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Miles run by freight traing .. 5,417,456
Number of tons carried on freight trains. 3,473,725
Total movement of freight, or number of tons carried 420,604,609
one mile
Classification of Freight.
Tons.
Products of the forest
303,236
Products of animals ..
734,995
Vegetable food
914,206
Other agricultural products.
77.174
Manufactures
325,596
Merchandise. 562,378
Other articles
556,140
Total tonnage
3.473,725
Costs.
Repairs of road bed. $2,282,807.73
Cost of iron for repair
464.712.95
Repairs of buildings .. 207,846.56
Repairs of fences and gates. 48,660.35
Taxes ou real estate 290.771.47
Other road expenses
398,329.66
Total road expenses $3.693.129.72
Repairs of engines. $ 930.627.16
Repairs of cars.
1.003.906.26
Kepairs of tools 82.975.15
Oil. waste, &c. 112,518.64
Other costa,
43.759.29
Total cost of repairs of machinery. $2.173.786.69
Number of passengers of all chisses carried in cars ... 43,786,579 The same. exchiding city roads. 11,250.073
Number of miles traveled by passengers, or number
Porters, watchmen, and switchmen attendance. 420,180.66
clu led.
373,159,179 . Wood and water station attendance.
96,958.14
$ 1,575,098.79 1,289,933.98 662,500.00 220,000.00
715,070.60 220,000.00
Buffalo, New York & Erie ..
142
11.33
1,500,000
687,000.00 380,000.00
473,000.00 70,000.00
1,221,378.49 480,402.28 70,000.00
Eightlı Avenue
5
Long Island.
95
10.08
1,852,715.79
24,182,400.00 11,000,000.00 5,717,100.00 2,980,839.33
639,497.67 14,402,634.69 26,438,016.55 5,151,287.21 2,163,500.00
9,297,003.04 653,263.02 14,402,634.69 27,170,274.41 5,298,927.88 2,194,051.07
Sixth Avenue.
Syracuse, Binghamton & New York
81
7.09
1,201,300
Troy & Bennington.
5.38
80,000
75,358.00
171,200.00
86,500.00
8
800,000
627,200.00
236,500.00
269,913.32
131,339.90 175,000.00
3,758,466.59
8,842,000.00
$ 1,625,098.79 1,289,933.98
1,500,000
804,647.99
Blossburg & Corning ..
outs.
306,810.47
75
RAIL ROADS.
for the year ending Sept. 30, 1858.
Total cost of road
equipments and other expenses.
Earnings for the
year ending Sept. 30, 1858.
Gross transporta-
tim expenses.
[Dividends paid.
Number.
Mileage.
Number.
Mileage.
Killed.
Wounded.
$ 2,010,634.64
$ 84,119.86
$ 72,904.83
196,911 171,046
1,864,210
34,918 226,035 13,136
698,360 7,511,341 316,660 831,679
14,360,000
# CO :
14
2,772,987.09
840,116.71
480.507.05
108,000.00
296,194 26,253
8,192,000 17,854,082 623,885
85,556
2,674,375
...
400,000.00
338.410.16
177.753.91
96,000.00
6,768,203
479.841
4,293
175.969
308,891.38
40,072.52
41,566.29
226,779
1,483,464
1,460
8,356
175,000,00
58.207.21
47,367.60
10,500.00
37.110
413,356
50,806
880.466
15
1 4 ·2
30,732.517.54
6,528,412.70
3,487,292.67
1,919,564.00
2,124.439
136,091.023
765,407
7.446,561 3.715.364
11
1
4,788,791.26
410.806.66
283,793.93
2,108.75
71,764
2,767,920
150,432
13.210.357
1
2
761,380.11
115.996.68
54,649.63
37,097.93
92,492
2,131,962
42,810
1,375,557
2
1.587,028.08
94,385.03
49.672.54
71,850
1,725,177
21,112
699,023
900,550.58
208.222.86
110,982.77
18,300.00
151,576
3,662,026
59,903
1,580.757
...
653.539.64
37.280.57
3,514.02
43.948
703,184
27,700
470,900 74,692
480,684.15
30,150.00
139.388.67
95,723.46
12.544.00
93,035 4,504.645 5,612,357
2,753,962
73,410
5,058,890
3
1.378.090.74
403,055.08
242,811.53
93,600.00
7,945,462
1,798,203
56,049
1,482,292
294,731,43
338.688.87
732,114.72
2.159,295.04
391,973.40
232.667.41
44,952.00
127,285
4,100,132
123,509
9.899,128
3
8
$129,621,542.88
$20,527,951.53
$12,716,305.68
$2,517,667.08
40.977,229
375,335,441
3,569,082
423,362.032
117
204
and its connecting roads have a gaugeof 4.71 ft., the same as New England roads generally. The Buffalo & State Line R. R. has a gange of 4.83 feet, like the Ohio roads; and a few tracks near Suspension Bridge have a gauge of 5.5 feet, like that of the principal roads in Canada.
.
Engineinen and firemen ...
552,985.29
Grading and masonry
1,598,250.16 Bridges ... $58.355,306.85 Oil and waste for engines and tenders. 204,078.43 Superstructure, including iron. 2.396,300.42 28.165,443.55 Oil and waste for cars ..
Loss and damage to goods and baggage.
98,939.98
Passenger and freight stations, buildings and fix- tures,
4,777,786.65
Damages for injuries to persons ..
135,214.26
Engine and car honses, machine shops, nia- chinery and fixtures.
1.920,498 40
Land damages, and fences
9,047.417.34
Locomotives and fixtures and snow plows.
6.584.506.70
Passenger and baggage cars. 2.670,501.01
Freight and other cars
5.586.736.19
Engineering and agencies
12.102.948.10
Total cost of construction and equipment
131.907.445.21
Total cost of same, excluding city roads.
126,873,010.70
From passenger business.
$ 9,016,747.50
From freight business, city roads excluded ..
10,532,714.97
From other sources.
759,591.38
Total earnings for all roads.
$20,309,053.55
Payments for transportation expenses
$12,830,526.87
Payments for interest.
4,156,997.05
Payments for dividends on stock
2,503,013,93
Amount carried to surplus fund. 218,541.42
Total payment for all roads.
$19.709,079.27
Accidents.
Number of passengers killed. 20
Number of passengers injured .142
Number of employees killed .. 29
Number of employees injured. 21
Number of others killed ... 68
Number of others injured 36
Total number killed. 117
Total number injured 202
Total number killed, excinding city roads. .114
Total number injured, excluding city roads. 191
Excluding City Rail Roads, the following deductions per Mile.
Average cost per mile ..
$52.916.23
Average cost single track per mile .. 34.206.05
Average number of miles traveled by cach passenger 33.17
Average number of passengers to each train. 60.72
Average distance each ton of freight is transported in miles.
120.91
Average number of tons in each freight train ...
77.54
Average number of trains over each track daily. ... 8.54
Average Cost per Mile of Road.
For maintaining of road way $1.511.70
For repairs of machinery. 692.47
For operating road .. 2,415.49
Average, Cost per Mile of Single Track. $ 677.19
For maintaining of roadway
For repairs of machinery. 577.45
For operating road. 1,561.42
Average amount received for passengers per mile. 108 cts. Proportion of passengers killed to miles traveled. 1 to 18,657,959. Proportion of passengers killed to passengers traveling, 1 to 562,504.
Proportion of expenses to earnings, 63 to 100.32.
7 33
87
34,058,632.63
5,151,616.43
975,853.86
3,791,457.62 617,061.47 532,477.85
793,662
64,931,456
816,965
142.691.178 165.895,636
25 6
5
7.948,116.35 5.324.527.09
836,612.14
953,819
32,908,957
64,058
.....
5
1.038,839.97
395,026.80
288.771.22
$ 12.500.00 80,000.00
7,505,859
2.975,325.66
429,753.89
301,632.09
185,876
1,121.012
496,661.28
.23,554.24
28,091.92
53.647 9,364
103,847
73,908
143,709 290,532
19,809,225
1,183,012.71
97,151.68
77,285.40
1,041,773.43
1,415.339
56,658,109 7,380,760
89,480
2,236.990
2,566.270.07
320.58$.93
174,215.05
360.130
720,070
17,940.971
122,371
1,871,411
1,005,403.71
227,457.70
855.957.22
280.617.86
178,226.24
75.000.00
2.837.607.66
177,627.85
100,700.61
253.931.19
3,164.88
1,422,188.86
125,042.55
71,753.69
7,500.00
7,340
68,913
8,342
2
833,642.87
200,000.00
17,989.46
11.947.28
15.852
5,094,681
1,234,514.64
60,524.33
2,289,933.98
PASSENGER TRANSPORTA- TION.
FREIGHT TRANSPORTA- TION, LY TONS.
AccI- DENTS.
Total cost of operating roads
$6,636,051.33
Farnings.
18,519.15
General superintendence ..
203,301.81
Contingencies.
545,259.03
Other costs
906,669.45
. Cost of Construction and of Equipment.
Conductors, baggagemen, and brakesmen. 553,122.23
Fuel and cost of labor in preparing for use.
54,202.29
1
389.170.84
48.358.60
119.704.37
1
6
87,432
2,452,281
62,868
903,890.92
1,636,412.28
11,328,989.96
160,197
18,416,865
1
3
1
53
1
2
Damages for property and for cattle killed.
107.504
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NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER. Rail Roads Projected, Abandoned, and merged in other Roads.
NAMES OF RAIL ROADS.
Date of Organization.
Capital.
Connections.
Remarks.
Adirondack
April 1,1839
$100,000
[ Adirondack Iron Works and ) Clear Pond.
Nothing done.
Albany, Bennington & Rutland
April 23, 1850
400,000
Albany, Bennington, and Rutland
Merged in Albany Northern R.R.
Albany Northern.
Feb. 12,1851
335,000
Albany & Colioes
Co. not organ'd
Albauy & Saratoga
June 28, 1852
300,000
Albany and Green Island.
Albany & Saratoga Springs.
Sept. 20,1852
200,000
[ Albany Northern K. K. and } Saratoga Springs.
Nothing done.
Albany & Schenectady.
April 19, 1847
Albany and Schenectady.
Changed from Mohawk & Ilud- son, and merged in the New York Central R. R., May 17, 1853.
Albany & Susquehanna.
April
2, 1851
4,000,000 200,000
Albany and Binghamton Albion and Batavia
Partly graded. Nothing done.
Atlantic & Great Western.
Dec.
1,1858
150,000
[ Buffalo & New York Central ) 1 R. R. and Penn. State Line
Nothing done.
Attica & Allegany Valley.
Sept.
16, 1852
1.000,000 350,000
Attica to Penn. State Line .... Attica and Buffalo.
Partly graded.
Attica & Buffalo
May
3, 1836
Attica & Hornellsville.
May
14, 1845
750,000
Attica and Hornelleville.
Attica & Sheldon
May
21, 1836
50,000
Attica snd Sheldon
Auburn & Canal
April
24, 1832
150,000
Auburn and Canal
Auburn & Ithaca
May
21. 1836
500,000
Auburn and Ithaca
Nothing done.
Auburn & Rochester.
May
13, 1836
2,000,000
Auburn and Rochester.
Consolidated in New York Cen- tral R. R.
Auburn & Syracuse.
May 1, 1834
400,000
Auburn and Syrscuse
Consolidated in New York Cen- tral R. R.
Aurora & Buffalo.
April 14, 1832
300,000
Batavia & Check tawaga .... Bath & Coney Island.
April 17, 1832
900,000
Nothing done
Black River
May
21. 1836
200,000
Clayton and Carthage
Nothing done.
Black River
Jan.
27,1853
120,000
Brewerton & Syracuse
May
1,1836
80,000
Broadway R. R. Co. of Brooklyn
Aug.
11, 1858
200.000
Brooklyn, Fort llamilton May
12. 1836
150,000
Buffalo International
Feb. 25, 1857
150,000
( Buffalo and proposed inter-) national bridge, opposite Squaw Island.
[ Buffalo, New York & Erie}
Buffalo, New York & Erie ..
Sept. 1,1857
1.500,000
R. R. at Corning.
Buffalo & Allegany Valley.
May 21, 1853
300.000
Buffalo & Batavia ...
April 18, 1838
500,000
Buffalo and Batavia.
Not constructed by this organi- zation.
Buffalo & Black Rock
April 29, 1833
100,000
Buffalo and Black Rock
Buffalo & Conhocton Valley
June 26,1850
1,400,000
Buffalo, Corning & New York
March 18, 1852
Buffalo & Erie
April 14. 1832 May 12. 1846
650.000 500,000
Buffalo and Eric, Penn. Buffalo and Ilinsdale
Surveyed and located. Nothing done.
Buffalo & Lake Huron (Canada)
Buffalo & Lock port.
April 27, 1852|
600.000
Buffalo and Lockport.
Consolidated with New York Cen- tral R. R., 1853.
Buffalo & New York.
Jan. 16, 1851
350.000
Buffalo and Attica.
Connected with Attica & llornells ville R. R., and name changed to Buffalo & New York City R. R.
Buffalo & New York City. .....
April
8, 1851
Buffalo and llornellsville.
Consolidation of Attica & Buffalo R. R. and Buffalo & New York R. R.
Buffalo. Tonawanda & Niagara Falls ..
June 23. 1853
250.000 110.000
Tonawanda and Black Rock. Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Not constructed. Leased to New York Central R. R .. Co. in 1853.
Buffalo & Pittsburg
Oct.
7, 1852
750,000
Buffalo, Pittsburg & St Louis ...
Oct.
11. 1852
Buffalo & Rochester ()ct.
8. 1850
1.825.000
Buffalo and Rochester.
Formed by union of Tonawanda and Attica & Buffalo R. Road4. Connected with Chemung R. R. to Elmira
[Canandaigua Railway & Trans- ) portation Co ..
April 12. 1828
50.000
Canandaigua and Watson
Canandaigua & Corning
May 11. 1845
1.600.000
Canand sigua and Elmira.
Canandaigua & Elmira.
Sept. 11, 1852
Canandaigua and Niagara Bdge
Formed from Canandaigna &Corn- ing and Chemung R. Roads. læased to New York & Erie' R. R. Co. Leased to New York Central R. R. Co. in 1858.
Not constructed. Nothing done.
Bath and Crooked Lake.
Nothing done.
Binghamtou & Susquehanna.
March 24. 1831 April 29, 1833
20,000 150,000
Binghamton and Penn. S. Line f Rome or Herkimer and River } St. Lawrence.
Clayton and Mohawk Village. Outlet of Oneida Lake and } Syracuse
Through a part of Brooklyn .....
Nothing done. Not constructed. Nothing done.
Nothing done.
Consolidation of the Buffalo. Corning, and New York R. R. and part of Buffalo & New York City R. R.
{ Bnffalo and Attica & Alle-) gany R. R.
Partly done.
Ilorse-power. Since abandoned. f Buffalo, New York & Erie R. R. Now the Buffalo, New York & Erie R. R.
at Corning.
Name changed from Buffalo & Conhocton Valley R. R.
Buffalo & Hinsdale ...
Allowed to purchase real estate in 1857.
Buffalo & Niagara Falls.
May
3, 1834
f Buffalo and State Line near ? Olean.
Reorganized as the Buffalo, Pitts- bnrg & St. Louis R. R. Partly graded.
Bath & Crooked Lake.
Aug. 17, 1850
300,000
Aurora and Buffalo. Batavia and Attica & Buffalo R.R.
Nothing done.
Albion & Tonawanda
April 17, 1832
Albany and Troy, and Rutland Sold, and succeeded by Albany, R. R. at Eagle Bridge.
Albany and Cohoes ..
Vermont, & Canada R. R. Nothing done. Nothing done.
Consolidated as Buffalo & Roches- ter, afterward As Buffalo & N. York City R. R., at present as Buffalo, New York, & Erie. Consolidated, and is now the Buf- falo & New York City R. R. Nothing done. Nothing done.
Black River
Nothing donc.
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RAIL ROADS.
Rail Roads Projected, Abandoned, and merged in other Roads, continued.
NAMES OF RAIL ROADS.
Date of Organization.
Capital.
Connections.
Remarks.
Canandaigua & Niagara Falls ...
Dec.
10, 1850 $1,000,000
Cuuandaigua and Erie Canal.
Nothing done. Nothing done.
Canandaigua & Syracuse.
Nov.
26, 1853
1,000,000
Canandaigua and Syracuse ..
Cassadaga & Erie
May 21,1836
250,000
[ Cassatdaga Creek and Penn. { 1 State Line.
Nothing done.
Castleton & West Stockbridge ...
May
5,1834
300,000
Castleton and West Stockbridge
Catskill & Cauajoharie.
April 19, 1830
600,000
Catskill and Caunjoliarie.
Catskill & Ithaca.
April 21, 1828
1,500,000
Catskill and Ithaca.
Nothing done.
Chautauque County
.July
23, 1851
50,000
Chemung & Ithaca.
Muy
16, 1837
200,000
HIend of Cayuga and Penn. Line Nothing done.
Cherry Valley & Susquelianna ...
May
10, 1836
500,000
Nothing done.
Clifton & South Clifton.
March 8, 1853
350,000
Clyde & Sodus Bay
Jan.
22, 1853
150,000
Coeymans
May
21, 1836
75,000
Cold Spring ..
April
30, 1839
2,500
In Cattaraugus co.
Nothing done. Intended for lum- bering purposes.
Cooperstown & Cherry Valley ... |May
15, 1837
150,000
( Cooperstown and Canandai- ) gua & Syracuse R. R ..
Nothing done.
Corning & Blossburg.
April 5, 1851
Corning & Olean
Feb. 5. 1853
850,000
Corning and Olean
Coxsackie and Schenectady
Dansville & Rochester
March 22, 1832
300,000
Dansville and Rochester.
Delaware
May
21,1836
400,000
Division Avenue
March 1, 1853
Dunkirk & State Line.
April 15, 1850
500,000
Dunkirk and State Line.
Dutchess
March 28, 1832
600,000
Dutchess
May 25, 1836
1,000,000
Elmira, Canandaigua & Nia-} gara Falls.
April 24, 1857
Elmira and Suspension Bridge ...
Formed by connection of Ca- nandaigua & Elmira and Ca- nandaigua & Niagara Falls R. Roads.
Elmira & Williamsport
April 21, 1832
75,000
Erie & Cattaraugus.
May
15, 1837
200,000
Erie & New York City
July
11, 1851
750,000
Fishhouse & Amsterdam
April 26, 1832
250,000
Fishkill Landing & State Line ...
April
12. 1648
Fredonia & Van Buren.
May
21. 1836
12,000
Genesee Valley
June
2, 1856
300,000
Genesee & Cattaraugus.
May
15, 1837
400,000
Genesee & lludson River.
Dec.
11, 1852
7,000,000
Rochester and Albany
Geneseo
April 11, 1848
15,000
(oneseo & Pittsford
May
11. 1836
150,000
Geneva & Canandaigua.
April 21. 1.28
100.000
Geneva and Canandaigua
Gilboa.
April
15, 1839
150,000
Gilboa to Canajoharie.
Albany and Goshen ..
Goshen & New York
May
13, 1837
Great Ausable ...
April 17. 1828
150,000
Greene.
April
18, 1838
20,000
Ilarlem & High Bridge.
Ang.
25. 1953
150.000 200,000
East River and High Bridge. Herkimer and Trenton. Erie Canal and lloneoye Lake. Hudson and Berkshire ...
Merged in Hudson and Boston R. R.
Hudson & Delaware
April 19, 1830
500,000
Ithaca & Geneva.
April 9,1832
800,000
Ithaca & Owego ..
Jan.
28, 1829
150.000
Ithaca & Port Renwick
April 16. 1×34
15,000
Ithaca and Cayuga Lake.
Jamesville.
May
21,1836
25,000
Jamesville to Erie Canal
Johnstown
May
13, 1836
75,000
Jordan & Skaneateles
May
6, 1537 20,000
Kingston Turnpike & R. R
April
23. 1×35
20.000
Lake Champlain & Ogdensburgh Lake Ontario, Auburu & New York
April
15. 1851
1,500 000
Lake Ontario, Auburn & New
May
9.1656
1,500.000
Lake Ontario & Hudson River ...
April
6, 1857
Lake Ontario & New York
Ang.
20. 1-52: 150,000
Nothing done.
Lansingburgh & Troy
May
19. 15361
40.000
Lansingburgh & Troy.
Nov. 13, 1:53
10,000
Lansingburgh and Troy. The same.
Nothing done. Nothing done.
Lebanon Springs
Dec.
1. 1851|
500,000
Lebanon Springs and Chatham. . Grading commenced, but no part
Lewiston.
Mav
6, 1936
200,000
Lewistou and Niagara Falls ..
completed. Leased to the New York Ceutral R. R. Co.
Ilmeoye.
May 21. 1836
Hudson & Berkshire.
April 21, 1858
250,000 350,000
Newburgh and Delaware River .. Graded, but nothing further done. f Ithaca and Geneva & Canan- ) daigna R. R. Ithaca and Owego Not constructed.
Changed to Cayuga aud Susque- hanna R. R. Not constructed. Nothing done. Nothing done.
Not constructed.
7
Esopus Creek and Kingston ..
Not constructed.
April 20. 1832
3,000,000
Ogdensburgh and L. Champlain .. Surveyed, but not constructed.
f Little Sodns Bay and Clyde & Grading commenced, but no part Sodus R. R.
completed.
The same.
[ Work resumed, but no part completed. Naine changed from Sackets Har- bor & Saratoga R. R. No part completed.
f Lewiston and month of Ni-} 1 agara River ...
Nothing done. Nothing done. Nothing done. Nothing done. Nothing done. Nothing done. Nothing done. Nothing done.
Goslien & Albany.
April
12, 1842
1,500.000 150,000
Goshen to New Jersey State line Port Kent and Ansable Forks ... [ Greene and New York & ) Erie R. R
Nothing done.
Herkimer & Trenton
May 13. 1836
500.000
Brooklyn.
Not constructed. Nothing done.
Nothing doue.
Poughkeepsie and State Line .. [ Poughkeepsie and Mass. or } 1 Conu. line
Nothing done.
Elmira and Williamsport, Penn. Nothing done by this Corporation. Nothing done. f Attica & Buffalo R. R. and } Genesee & Cattarangus R.R. S Little Valley Creek and Penn. State Line Partly graded. Fishhouse and Amsterdam ...
Nothing done. Company never organized. Nothing done.
Fredonia and Van Buren. Avon and Mount Morris
f Attica and New York & } Erie R. R.
Corning R. R. Nothing done. Nothing done. Surveyed. Nothing further done. Nothing done.
Coxsackie & Schenectady.
May 15, 1837
500,000
J New York & Krie R. R. and } l'enn. State Line
Not constructed.
[ Utica & Syracuse R. R. and } New York & Erie R. R ..... Clifton and Vreeland Farm, on Lower Bay.
Nothing done.
Nothing done but survey.
Clyde and Lake Ontario. Landing and Moss Will Quarries Nothing done.
Nothing done under this organi- zation.
Partly constructed, and after- wards abandoned.
Corning and Blossburg Coal Changed in 1854 to Blossburg & Region in Penn.
Delhi and Deposit.
Trains commenced in March 1859.| Nothing done.
Gen-seo and Canal in York Geneseo and Pittsford
Not constructed. Nothing done. Nothing done.
f Johnstown and Utica & Sy- racuse R. R .. Jordan and terminus Ska- neateles R. R.
York
78
NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.
Rail Roads Projected, Abandoned, and merged in other Roads, continucd.
NAMES OP RAIL ROADS.
Date of Organization.
Capital.
Connections.
Remarks.
Lockport & Batavia
May 21, 1836
Lockport & Niagara Falls
April 24, 1834 $ 175,000
Lockport & Youngstown
May
21, 1836
350,000
Madison County.
April 17, 1829
70,000
Lockport and Youngstown. Chittenango and Cazenovia.
Nothing done. Merged in the New York Central R. R. Nothing done. Preliminary surveys made. Notli- ing else done.
Malden
May
13, 1837
350,000
Roads ..
Manhattan
Nov.
28, 1853
310.000
Manheim & Salisbury
April 28, 1834
75,000
Mayville & Portland.
March 29, 1832
150,000
Mayville and Portland.
Medina & Darien
May
15, 1834
100,000
Medlina and Alexander.
Medina & Lake Ontario ..
May
13, 1836
200,000
Medina and Carlton ..
Mohawk Valley.
Jan.
11. 1851
2,000.000
Utica and Schenectady Albany and Schenectady.
Name changed to Albany & Sche- nectady R. R. First R. R. in the State.
Mohawk & Moose River
April 14, 1857
1
Mohawk & St. Lawrence R. R. & Navigation Co.
May
11, 1837
1,000,000 100,000
Vienna and Lake Ontario .. ( Lower part of the eity and } Maconibs Bridge
Nothing done.
New York & Albany.
April 17, 1832
3,000,000
New York and Albany
No part of the road completed by this Company.
New York & Connectieut
May 12, 1846
150,000
New York & Newburglı
Mareh 27, 1854
500,000
New York & New Rochelle.
Feb.
18, 1852
1,000,000
New Rochelle and New York City
No part eonstrueted.
New York & Troy
Jan. 30,1852
1,000,000
Nothing done.
New York & Western
June 10, 18 3:12,000,000
Niagara Bridge & Canandaigua ..
Aug. 23. 185S
1,000,000
Niagara Bridgeand Canaudaigua Changed from Canandaigua &
Niagara Falls R. R. Leased to New York Central R. R.
Niagara Falls, Buffalo & New York
June
4. 1952
250.000
Suspension Bridge and Buffalo ... | Nothing donc.
Niagara Falls & Lake Ontario ...
3. 1502
100.000
Niagara Falls & Lewistown
Sept.
1. 1:47
150.000
Niagara River.
July
3. 1.52
175.000
Northern
May
14, 1945
2.000,000
Northern (N. J.)
April 15, 185S
Northern Slackwater & Railway Co
May
13, 1846
2,000,000
Port Kent and Boonville
Ogdensburglı.
Dec. 31. 1857
1.538.500
Ogdensburgh. Clayton & Rome.
Fch. 19. 1853
2.000,000
Ogdensburgh and Rome.
Orange & Sussex Canal Co ...
April 9, 1829
Oawego. Binghamton & New York Oswego Northern & Fastern.
Jan.
12. 1$53
400.000
[ Oswego and Whitehall & Rut- 1 land R. R
Oswego & Troy.
May
13. 1.36
750.000
April
26. 1832;
200,000
Owego & Cortland
May
21. 15:00
500,000
Penfield & Canal
Way
6. 1937
12,000
Piermont West Shore
Dr.c.
4, 1857
40.000
Plattsburgh & Rouses Point.
March 17. 1851
500.000
Port Byron & Anburn
April 17, 1829
50.000
Rochester. Lockpurt & Niagara Fall-
Dee. 10, 1$50
Rochester and Niagara Falls
Consolidated in New York Cen- tral R. R.
Rochester & Canal Rail Road
March 26, 1$31
30.000
Rochester and Lake Ontario.
Rochester & Lake Ontario.
May
3,1852
100,000
Rocliester and Charlotte.
Rochester & Lockport
MILY
15. 1837
400,000
Rochester and Loekport.
Rochester & Pittsburgh
.fuly
18, 1853; 1,000,000
Rochester & Southern
Dre.
27. 1852
200,000
Not constructed.
Rochester & Syracus.
1. 1850
4,200,000
Rome & Port Ontario
May
13. 1837
Ruciand & Whitehall
Sackets Harbor & Saratoga. .
April 10, 154%: 2,000,000
Sacketa Harbor & Watert. wn .... Ang.
25. 1555
Consolidated with New York Cen- tral in 1855. 350.000 Rome and Port Ontario. Nothing donc. 100,000 Whitehall and Rutfand Fackets Harbor and Saratoga. Nothing done. Partly graded. Name changed to Lake Ontario and Hudson R. R. 110.000 Fackets Harbor and Watertown Surveyed. but nothing further done.
Nothing donc.
Surveyed, but not constructed.
Mohawk & Hudson
April 17, 1826|
300,000
(New York Central R. R. in) Montgomery county and Moose River Lakes
Nicholville and Piseco Lake.
Not constructed. Nothing done.
Newark
May
21, 1836
New York City
May
12. 1851
120,000
Ridgefield, Conn., and Harlem ... f Newburgh and New Jersey State line.
Nothing done.
New York & llarlemn R. R. in Ghent and Troy State Line in Rockland Co. and Canandaigua.
Surveyed, nothing further done.
Niagara Falls and Youngstown .. Graded and rails laid, but not used. Niagara Falls and Lewiston. Nothing done. Nothing done. Niagara Falls aud Lewiston ..... Houses Poiut and Ogdensburgh. Since changed to Ogdensburgh R. R. Piermont and Jersey City. Allowed to extend from State Line to Piermont. Constructed.
Route explored, nothing further done. Name changed from Northern. Partly graded, and abandoned. Allowed to build a R. R. on the line of their route. Nothing done.
Nothing done beyond surveys. Nothing done.
Oswego and Tray Oswego and Utica
Cooperstown and Milford
Owego and Cortland or Homer. Penfield and Eric Canal
Nothing done but survey. Nothing done but survey. Nothing done. Nothing donc. Nothing done.
( Piermont and terminns of) Northern R. R. (N. J.) at State Line
Superseded by exinsion of Nortli- ern R. R. to Pieriuont.
Plattsburgh and Ronses Point ... Auburn and l'ort Byron.
Nothing done. Nothing done.
Completed to near the Landing in 1822. Leased to New York Central R. R. Co. on consolidation .. Nothing doue under this organi- zatiou.
( Genesee Valley R. R. and ) Allegany Valley R. R ...... Rochester and Mendon .. Rochester and Syracuse ..
Not constructed.
Ang. 14, 1955
400.000
Oswego and Syracuse
Dawenn & Utica
21. 1554
2.000.000
Lockport and Batavia. Lockport aud Niagara Falls.
(Malden and junetion of) Smithbush and Esopus
Nothing done.
Manhattanville and South Ferry Little Falls and Nicholville.
Nothing done. Naine changed to Mohawk & St. Lawrence R. R.
Nothing done. Nothing donc.
Nothing done.
Nothing doue.
21. 1.56
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RAIL ROADS.
Rail Roads Projected, Abandoned, and merged in other Roads, continued.
NAMES OF RAIL ROADS.
Date of Organization.
Capital.
Omnections.
Remarks.
Sulina & Port Watson ..
April 27, 1829|$ 375,000
Saratoga Springs & Schuylerville
April
6, 1832
100,000
Saratoga & Fort Edward.
April
17, 1832
200,000
Saratoga and Fort Edward.
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