[2] In early 1863, Alfred Hovey, Edward B. Wicks, William D. Stewart, John V. Barker, D. P. Wood, A. C. Powell, D. Bookstaver, and G. P. Kenyon were authorized by the city of Syracuse to lay tracks for a street railway from Salina Street and Fayette Street in Downtown Syracuse to Hemlock, Bridge and Furnace Street (now Wilbur Avenue) but at that time part of Geddes.
[2] The company was organized on May 4, 1863,[2] with funded debt of $25,000 and construction and equipment bonds due on December 1, 1898.
The business office was located at 2 New Savings Bank Building in Downtown Syracuse.
[6] Officers of the company in 1875 included; R. N Gere, president; Charles Tallman, vice-president; R. A. Bonta, secretary and treasurer; and William J. Hart, superintendent.
[7] At that time, the Syracuse and Geddes Railway ceased to exist.