[1] The company was given the rights to build an electrical generating station at Petty Harbour and build a transmission line to St. John's from the Petty Harbour Generating Station.

[1] The cars had a maximum capacity of 50 passengers and traveled at 8 miles per hour.

The streetcar system used the same narrow gauge as Reid's Newfoundland Railway.

[2] St. John's streetcar system was built three years before the first automobile was imported into Newfoundland, a Rolls-Royce, owned by Reid.

[1] During World War II the public, and visiting sailors, relied on the streetcar system, as ownership of automobiles was confined to the wealthy, and the owners of taxis.