Editing Corris Railway (section)

==== {{anchor|Decline|1906 to 1930}}Decline: 1907 to 1930 ====
Following a dispute with the directors, Dix was dismissed in June 1907,<ref>{{cite news |title=Machynlleth |work=Montgomeryshire Echo|date=15 June 1907 |page=8}}</ref> and replaced by John J O'Sullivan (formerly of the [[Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway]]). A new station building at Machynlleth was completed towards the end of 1907.<ref>{{cite news |title=Corris. A new railway station |work=The Aberystwith Observer |date=19 September 1907 |page=2}}</ref> As well as slate and passengers, the line hauled timber extracted from the Dyfi forest in the 1910s through 1930s. There was also a constant traffic in coal and general goods to the quarries and communities served by the railway.

After [[World War I]], the decline in slate traffic continued as cheaper foreign slate and alternative [[roof|roofing materials]] became popular. O'Sullivan had died in office in 1917; the parent company's Secretary, Frederick H Withers, acted as manager until a new manager, Daniel J McCourt (who had worked on Imperial's [[Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways Company|Middlesbrough]] system until that was taken over by the local municipality) took over in 1921 and was responsible for developing and extending the connecting bus services as partial compensation for the decline in rail traffic.