The New York City directory, for 1854-1855, Part 199

Author: Rode, Charles R., 1825-1865; Doggett, John, 1809-1852
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: New York : Doggett & Rode
Number of Pages: 1000


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Housatonic, from Pier 15. foot of Liberty, N. R. Passengers are taken by steamboat to Bridge- port, Conn., where the railroad commences, or can go to Bridgeport by the New Haven Railroad, from 29 Canal.


Hudson River, from 239 Canal, Chambers cor. Hudson, W. 14th cor. Av. 10, foot of Chris- topher, and at the Depot foot of W. 31st, where steam is applied.


Long Island, from the South Ferry, Brooklyn. Morris and Essex Railroad Co., foot of Cortlandt. Passengers cross the North River by Ferry Boats. Principal Odice, Newark.


New Jersey, from the foot of Cortlandt. Pas- sengers cross the North River to Jersey City by the


New York and Erie, from the foot of Duane. Passengers are taken by Ferry to Jersey City, where the railroad commences.


New York and Harlem, from 1 Centre. New York and New Haven, from 29 Canal, and 412 Broadway.


New York, Providence and Boston, from Pier 2, N. R. Passengers are taken by steamboat to Stonington, where the railroad commences.


Norwich and Worcester, from Pier 18, N. R., foot of Cortlandt. Passengers leave by steamboat to Allyn's Point, where the railroad commences.


Paterson and Ramapo, from the foot of Cort- landt. Office, 75 Cortlandt. Passengers cross the North River to Jersey City by the ferry boats.


STEAMBOAT LINES.


, WITH THEIR PLACES OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE.


Albany, People's Line, (evening,) pier between Lib- |New Hamburgh and Marlborough, foot Murray. erty and Cortlandt. New Haven, Peck Slip, E. R.


Albany, Merchants' Line, foot of Robinson.


Albany and Troy, (evening,) foot of Cedar.


Amboy, pier 1, North River, and foot Robinson. Astoria, Peck Slip.


Astoria, Ravenswood, &c., Peck Slip.


Barrington, foot Murray.


Bridgeport, foot of Peck Slip.


Caldwell's, West Point, and Cold Spring, foot of Jay, and foot Robinson. Castleton, foot of Pier 10, N. R.


Catskill, foot Franklin.


Coxsackie, foot Jay.


Dobb's Ferry, pier, foot Jay.


Elizabeth Point, pier No. 2, N. R.


Fall River, (R. I.) via Newport, pier 3, N. R. Fishkill, foot Murray.


Flushing, Fulton SI. E. R.


Fort Hamilton, foot Murray.


Fort Lee and Bull's Ferry, foot Hoboken sl.


Glen Cove, Oyster Bay, &c., Fulton Market Slip. Hartford, (Conn ) Peck Slip, E. R.


Haverstraw, foot Jay. Hudson, foot Harrison, N. R.


Keyport, foot Murray.


Kingston, foot Murray, and foot Robinson.


Kingston and Roudout, foot Murray aud foot Rob- inson.


Long Branch and Shrewsbury, pier 24, E. R. and foot Robinson


Milton, foot Murray. Newark, foot Barclay. New Brunswick, pier 1, N. R.


Newburgh, foot Warren.


New Brighten, pier 10, N. R. 1


New London, foot of Cortlandt.


New Paltz, foot Murray.


New Rochelle, Catharinest.


Newport, Fall River and Boston, pier 3, N. R. Norwalk, (Conn.) Peck slip.


Norwich, (Conn.) and Worcester and Boston, fout Cortlandt.


Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, &c., Fulton Market Slip. Philadelphia, pier 14, N. R. (touching at Cape May.) Philadelphia and Camden, via Amboy, foot Battery Place.


Philadelphia Emigrant and Transportation Line, daily. (Sundays excepted,) pier 1, N. R. Port Richmond, pier 10, N. R.


Poughkeepsie, pier foot Murray.


Providence and Boston, via Stonington, pier 2, N.R. Quarantine, foot of Whitahall.


Ravenswood, Astoria, &c., Catharine st. Rhinebeck, foot Murray.


Sailors' Snug Harbor, toot pier 10, N. R.


Saugerties, foot Franklin.


Shrewsbury & Long Branch, pier 24 E. R., and foot Robinson.


Sing Sing, pier foot Jay.


South Amboy and French's Dock, pier 1, N. R.


Staten Island, foot Whitehall, and foot Cedar. Stonington, Providence and Boston, pier 2, N. R.


Tarrytown, pier foot Jay.


Tivoli, foot Murray.


l'roy, (evening,) foot Cedar.


West Point, Caldwell's, and Cold Spring, foot of Warren, and foot Robinson.


Yonkers, pier foot Jay and foot Robinson.


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length.


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


New York,


N. Y. Central Railroad and branches,


298 96 6


Erastus Corning W. C. Pierrepont


Albany


Chauncey Vibbard J. Collimer


Schenectady Watertown


Watertown and Rome,


Troy and Greenbush,


53


G. L. Schuyler


Saratoga, N. Y.


J. Van Rensselaer


Saratoga and Washington,


22


Edward Schriver Edward Schriver


Troy, N. Y.


L. H. Tupper


Saratoga and Schenectady,


25


35


Holmes Hutchinson


Troy, N. Y. Utica


L. H. Tupper A. G. Williams George V. Hoyle


Syracuse Boston


66


Oswego and Syracuse, Northern (Ogdensburg), New York and New Haven, New York and Harlem, New York and Erie,


118 61 130៛


(G. L. Schuyler H. Remsdell W. E. Morris


New York


B. Higgins


.


Long Island, Hudson and Berkshire,


314


J. W. Fairchild


Hudson


J. T. Waterman


4


Hudson River,


144


E. D. Morgan


New York


N. J. Meach, V. Pres.


Hudson Poughkeepsie


Chemung, Cayuga and Susquehannah,


17} 35 46֏


L. L. Sturgess


New York Geneva


W. R. Humphrey W. G. Lapham


Ithaca Canandaigua


4


Canandaigua and Elmira, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Albany and West Stockbridge,


22


38₺


Buffalo and N. Y. City (Attica, on the N. Y. Central R. R. to Hornelsville, on Erie, Buffalo and State Line,


60 69


R. H. Heywood George Palmer


Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y.


J. G. Hoyt C. C. Dennis


Buffalo Buffalo, N. Y.


Buffalo, Corning, and N. Y. (whole length 134 miles, open from Corning to Batavia,


Corning Batavia


J. S. Redfield Sam Brown


Corning Canandaigua


Canandaigua and Niagara Falls, Newburg Branch, (on Erie R. R. to Newburg,) Plattsburg and Montreal. Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls,


100 97 19 23+ 76 18


H. W. Bostwick Benjamin Pringle Erie R. R. Company W. Swetland Erastus Corning


Albany


G. H. Burrows T. Collimer


Maine,


Sackett's Harbor and Ellisburg, Troy and Bennington, Androscoggin, Androscoggin and Kennebec, Bangor and Piscataquis, Buckfield Branch, Calais and Baring, Grand Trunk Railway,


149


50AWestern Vermont R. R. 112 20 A. Garcelon William Willis W. T. Andrews 13 6 Atlan'c & St. Lawr'ce R G. M. Porter 55 IJ. S. Little


Lewiston, Maine Portland, Maine Boston


B. H. Cushman C. M. Morse Elbridge Harris


Calais, Maine Portland


J. C. Swan s. T. Corser


Canandaigua Sacketts Harbor Winthrop Waterville Bangor Calais, Maine


52 APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Saratoga, N. Y. Troy, N. Y. Troy, N. Y.


New Haven


New York


G. W. Whistler, Jr. W. K. Hall Charles Minot


New York


66


464}


New York


95


Brooklyn


Brooklyn


Rensselaer and Saratoga,


William Raymond Lee


Boston


Pierrepont Manor


John S. King


II. W. Nelson


=


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length.


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Maine,


Kennebec and Portland


60 9


Ruel Williams


Augusta, Maine


E. C. Hyde


Bath


Bath Branch


52


J. Goodwin


New Hampshire,


Eastern


Concord, (Nashua to Concord)


344


J. Spalding


Portsmouth, N. II. Boston Nashua


J. Russell, jr. John Kinsman N. G. Upham


Portland Salem Concord


Ashuelot, (S. Vernon, Mass., to Kecnc)


234


Connecticut River R. R. G. W. Nesmith


Franklin


Onslow Stearns


Concord


Bristol Branch, (Franklin to Bristol)


13


Northern R. R.


27


Operated by Concord R. A. W. Havens


Portsmouth


Samuel Nott G. Merrill


Portsmouth Charlestown, N. H.


Vermont,


Vermont Valley, (Brattleboro' to B. Falls)


24


H. H. Henry


Chester


J. S. Dunlap P. R. Chandler


Rutland, Vt. Putney, Vt.


Vermont Central, (Windsor to Burlington)


115


Charles Paine


Northfield


James Moore


66


Troy and Rutland, (Salem to Eagle Bridge)


Albany Northern, (Eagle Bridge to Albany)


51.


George Barker D. J. Vail


Albany, N. Y. New York Troy, N. Y.


Thomas H. Canfield W. S. Johnson S. H. P. Lee, jr.


Rutland, Vt. Rutland, Vt. Troy, N. Y.


Rhode Island, Connecticut,


Troy and Boston, (N. Bennington to Troy,) Rutland and Whitchall, (CastIcton, Vt., to N. Y. line, meeting Saratoga and Washington R. R.) Providence and Stonington, New Haven, Hartford and Springfield,


7 50


C. P. Williams Charles F. Pond


Stonington Hartford


A. S. Matthews M. L. Sykcs, jr.


Stonington Hartford


New Haven and New York, (to intersect with Har- lem Railroad)


R. Schuyler


New York New Haven


R. M. Dowd W. R. Storrs


New Haven New London


New London, Willimantic and Palmer,


Gordon L. Ford


New London


..


Middletown, (Middletown to Berlin)


110


N. Haven, Hartf'd& Sp R. Charles Hunt


Bridgeport


Charles Hunt Harvey Smith


Bridgeport Danbury


Berkshire


Leased to Houst'ne R. R.


Boston and Lowell Boston and Maine Boston and Providence


41 C. H. Warren


Boston Boston Boston


W. H. Osgood, Agent. T. S. Williams Danicl Mason


Boston Boston Boston


APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. 53


Portsmouth and Concord Sullivan, (B. Falls to Windsor, Vt.)


254


Edward Crane Robert Read


Boston


Wilton, (Nashville to Wilton)


15


Nashville


Rutland, (B. Falls to Burlington)


120


W. Raymond Lce


Boston


Vermont and Canada, (Burlington and Rouse's Point) Rutland and Washington, (to Salcm)


43 Merritt Clark 46, 175 30 James D. Wasson


W. Poultney, Vt.


66


Western Vermont, (Rutland to N. Bennington)


32


62


621 50 66 10


New Haven and New London,


E. A. Elliott


Housatonic, (Bridgeport to Pittsfield) Danbury and Norwalk


Eli T. Hoyt


23.4 21 1-5 254 George W. Lyman 74{ Southworth Shaw


Massachusetts, 4:


Portland, Saco and Portemouth


16֏


Albert Thorndike


Northern, (Concord to W. River Junction)


69


Manchester and Lawrence


66


47


Kennebec & Portl'd R. R.


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length.


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Massachusetts,


Boston and Worcester


44,


Thos. Hopkinson


Boston


G. Twitchell


Boston


Cape Cod Branch


27


I. H. W. Page


New Bedford


3. Bourne


Cheshire


50


C. W Chapin


Springfield


Connecticut River


54 1-10


Albert Thorndyke


Boston


John Kinsman John Kinsman


Salem Salem


19֏


George Hodges


Andover


.€


Fall River


51


Jacob Foster Ivers Phillips


Boston


L. Bigelow Ivers Phillips


Fitchburg


Fitchburg and Worcester


12}


William Livingston


Lowell


F. A. Nourse


Lowell


Lowell and Lawrence


Nashville, N. H.


George Starke


Nashville


Nashua and Lowell


14+


Robert Read


New Bedford


A. E. Swasey


Taunton


New Bedford and Taunton


J. J. Floyd


Boston


Norfolk County


26


Edward Crane Joel W. White


Boston Norwich, Conn.


P. St. M. Andrews, Ag't.


Norwich


Norwich and Worcester


66


F. B. Crowningshield


Boston


Old Colony


184


Wm. Burton, Agent


Providence, R. I.


I. H. Southwick


4. C. Phillips


Salem, Mass.


F. H. Nourse


Lowell


Salem and Lowell


A. E. Swasey


Taunton


Taunton Branch


O. T. Ruggles


Fitchburg


Vermont and Massachusetts


69


T. Whittemore W H. Swift


Boston


Henry Gray


Springfield


Western


155}


Worcester and Nashua


454


Alexander De Witt


Oxford, Mass,


J. W. Stowell


Worcester


Amherst and Belchertown


10 12 1-10 3}


J. S. Adams, Treasurer Samuel A. Walker Fitchburg R. R.


Boston


Dorchester and Milton*


Samuel S. Lewis


Grand Junction Harvard Branch. (to Cambridge)


3 1.10


Lexington and West Cambridge


61


Charles Hudson


Lexington


Medway Branch


Newburyport. (to Georgetown)


Fitchburg R. R. A, Thorndyke


Beverly Boston


J. Kinsman


Salem


A. C. Hersey


16


Stockbridge and Pittsfield


Nashville, N. H.


Stony Brook, (N. Chelmsford to Groton)


13 1-6


Tappan Wentworth


George Stark


IStoughton Branch


4


54 APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Sandwich, Mass. Keene, N. H.


534 Thomas Thacher


Boston


E. A. Chapin


Eastern


Essex


42₺


N. B. Borden


George Haven


Fall River


Boston


Fitchburg


14


Fitchburg


201


Joseph Grinnell


37₺


Pittsfield and North Adams


Providence, R. I.


Providence and Worcester


434 16֏ 11 1-10


W. A. Crocker


Taunton


Cambridge


Charles River Branch


34 144 23 8 1-7 11} 22


.


Petersboro' and Shirley South Reading Branch South Shore


North Adams


O. Taft


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length.


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Massachusetts, New Jersey


Burlington and Mount Holly Branch


2% 6 65


Robert L. Stevens


New York


Trenton Branch, (Trenton to Bordentown)t


6}


Robert L. Stevens


New York


New Brunswick Branch,


29


Robert L. Stevens


New York


Edwin A. Stevens


Hoboken, N. J.


Camden and Woodbury


Belvidere and Delaware, (open to Milford)


34 64


Charles Sitgreaves J. T. Johnson


New York Newark


A. Welch and Engineer John O. Stearns J. E. Bassinger and Eng


Lambertsville. Elizabethtown, N. J. Newark, N. J.


Union, (Jersey City to Erie R. at Sufferns) New Jersey, (Jersey City to New Brunswick)


31


J. S. Darcy


Newark


J. P. Jackson, Vice Pres.


New York.


Pennsylvania,


Philadelphia and Trenton


30


J. S. Darcy


Ed. C. Dale


Philadelphia


G. P. Henszey, Agent


Philadelphia,


Philadelphia City


99


S. M. Felton


Philadelphia Philadelphia


G. A. Nicolls and Eng'r.


Philadelphia and Reading, (to Pottsville) Philadelphia and Columbia Columbia Branch, (Columbia to Harrisburg)


93 82


Owned by Pennsylvania


28


Penn. R. R. route


36


Penn. R. R. route


Philadelphia


Herman J. Lombaert


Attoona,


Westchester, Pa. Carlisle, Pa.


Cumberl'd Vall. (Harrisburg to Chambersburg) Franklin, (Chambersburg to Hagerstown) York and Wrightsville


22


13 7 20


J. Anderson, Gen. Agent


Tamaqua, Penn.


444


25


A. S. Diven H. W. Bostwick


Elmira Corning New York


Robert Farios L. H. Shattuck D. H. Dotterer


Williamsport, Pa.


Blossburg and Corning, (N. Y.) open


41 50


George D. Phelps


20 19


Charles H. Reed W. Robinson, jr.


Erie, Pa. Pittsburg


J. F Tracy


Erie, Pa.


S. W. Roberte and Eng'r. Pittsburg.


APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Baltimore, Md. Reading, Pa. Parkersburg.


Pennsylvania, (Harrisburg to Pittsburg, including Portage road, from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown) Valley, (Norristown to Columbia) Westchester, (to Philadelphia and Columbia Road)


252 204 10 56


J. J. Lewis Frederick Watts Frederick Watts


West Chester, Pa. Carlisle, Pa.


P. P. Sharplese A. F. Smith A. F. Smith


66


strasburg, (Cumberland Valley R. R. to Strasburg) L. Schuylkill, (P. Clint. to Tamaq.) open Danville and Pottsville


Williamsport and Elmira, (N. Y.) open


Scranton.


Lackawana and Western (Scranton to Great Bend) Sunbury and Erie, (open to Shamokin) Erie and North Eastern, (Erie to State Line)


46


1Ohio and Pennsylvania, (Pittsburg to Crestline) 187


9


Easton, Pa.


Central. (Elizabethport to Easton, Pa.) Morris and Essex, (Newark to Dover)


35


William Wright


33


Run by the Erie R. R.


Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown) Germantown Branch


6 6


Phil., Ger., & Norrist'n R.


I. R. Trimble


Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore


John Tucker


J. B. Baker


Harrisburg and Lancaster


J. Edgar Thompson


17


West Stockbridge


Camden and Amboy


55


56


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length.


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Pennsylvania, 66


Mount Carbon


71


Schuylkill Valley and Branches


25


Schuylkill, (Schuylkill to Valley Road)


13


Mill Creek, (Port Carbon to coal mine)


12


John E. Nice, Agent


Pottsville, Pa.


Mauch Chunk and Branches, (to mines)


25


5}


26


66


Beaver Meadow Branch


10


66


Nesquehoning, (to Lehigh River)


5


66


Lehigh and Susquehannah


20


2L


66


Lyken's Valley, (Broad Mount to Millersburg) Pine Grove


16


Delaware,


Newcastle and Frenchtown


41 17 5


A. G. Gray W. G. Harrison


Baltimore


Frederick Branch, from Monocacy


3 31 57


Baltimore and O. R. R. R. Clinton Wright


J. F. England, Agent Alfred Gaither


Baltimore.


=


Baltimore and Susquehanna, (to Columbia, Pa.) Westminster Branch


10


Hanover Branch


Virginia,


Winchester and Potomac


William L. Clarke


Winchester, Va. Richmond


T. Geo. Heist, Agent W. N. Bragg


Winchester, Va. Richmond.


Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac


Edwin Robinson Wirt Robinson


T. Dodamead


H. S. Bird


¥


Richmond and Danville, (Richmond to Merherrin) Central (Richmond to Mechum's River) Chesterfield, (Richmond to coal mines)


64} 65 107 12


H. S. Bird W. P. Tunstall


Petersburg Richmond


A. Talcott


66


Orange and Alexander, (Alexander to Culpeper) Warrenton Branch


62


J. S. Barbour


Alexandria, Va.


H. W. Vandegrift and En. Alexandria.


.6


Manassas Gap, (Mount Gap to Franklin)


66


Appomatox, (City Point to Petersburg) South Side, (Petersburg to Lynchburg) open


38 10 62 Edward C. Marshall Samuel Stevens William Pannill


Alexandria Petersburg


M. M. Welsh


Samuel Stevens C. O. Sanford, Ch. Eng'r


Alexandria. Petersburg.


APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Petersburg. Richmond, Richmond,


E. Fontaine


Richmond


E. H. Gill


Newcastle and Wilinington


Maryland,


Baltimore and Ohio, (to Wheeling)


380


Washington Branch


Baltimore


Annapolis and Elk Ridge


12 21 32 76 224


Richmond and Petersburg


Petersburg, (to Weldon, N. C.)


12


Hazleton and Lehigh


Carbondale and Honesdale


=


Room Run, (Mauch Chunk to coal mines) Beaver Meadow, (Parryville to mine)


9


Minehill, (Schuylkill Haven to Tremont)


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length.


Presidents.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Virginia,


Virginia and Tennessee, (Lynchburg to Knoxville) Seaboard and Roanoke, (Portsmouth to Wel- don)


60


J. Robin McDaniel


Lynchburg.


Thomas Sharp


Lynchburg


80


William Collins H. D. Bird


Petersburg.


Owen D. Ball, Agent H. D. Bird


Portsmouth Petersburg


North Carolina,


Greenville and Roanoke, (Hicksford to Gaston) Gaston and Raleigh Wilmington and Weldon Wilmington and Manchester, S. C.


162


A. McRae


Wilmington Marion, S. C.


A. McRae


162


W. W. Harllee


Columbia


L. J. Fleming, Eng'r W. M. Stockton


South Carolina,


South Carolina (Charleston to Augusta, Ga) Columbia Bridge, (Branchville to Columbia)


68


John Caldwell


Columbia


37


John Caldwell


| Columbia


46


Charlotte and South Carolina, (Col. to Charlotte, Va.) King's Mountain, (South Carolina to Yorkville,) Greenville and Columbia


109 22


William Wright


Yorkville


C. B. Knowles


Yorkville Helena


143 12


T. C. Perrin T. C Perrin


Abbeville


H. T. Peake


Abbeville Branch


10


T. C. Perrin J. B. Irby


Laurens


J. D. Powell


192 R. R. Cuyler


Savannah


W. M. Wadley


17


J. U. Horne


Milledgeville


W. M. Wadley


Savannah


51


A. R. Lawton Isaac Scott


Macon


Emerson Foote


Georgia, (Augusta to Atlanta)


171


J. P. King


Augusta


6€


Athens Branch


40


J. P. King


Augusta


4


J. P. King


Augusta


Geo. Yonge


William R. Smith


Rome


W. S. Cothran


Knoxville


M. S. Pritchard


London


=


West and Atlantic, (Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tenn.) Rome, (to Kingston on the West and Atlantic R.) E. Tennessee and Georgia (Dalton to Knoxville) open Southwestern, (Macon to Ogelthorpe) Muscogee, (Columbia to Butler on S. W. R.) Lagrange, (Atlanta to West Point)


71 50


L. O. Reynolds


Macon


Geo. W. Adams


Macon


Daniel Griffin,


Columbus


Edw. F. Ricker


Columbus


87


John P. King


Augusta


L. P. Grant, Ch. Eng'r


Augusta


Alabama,


Montgomery and West Point


88


C. T. Pollard


Montgomery


S. G. Jones and Eng


Montgomery


Selma and Tennessee, (Selma to Ganter's Landing) now open


55 33


Sidney Smith R. S. Hardaway,


Mobile Columbus, Ga.


John Childs, Engineer G. S. Runey, Ch. Eng'r.


Mobile Boston, Mass.


Florida,


Mobile and Ohio, (open to Citronelle) Girard Tallahassee and St. Mark's [St. Joseph's


23


26


28


Portsmouth.


21


87


L. O'B. Branch,


Raleigh, N. C.


6€


136


John Caldwell


E. G. Palmer


Hinnsboro


W. M. Stockton, Ch. Eng.


Abbeville


Anderson Branch


6


Laurens


Newberry Savannahı


Georgia,


Central (Savannah to Macon,) Milledgville and Gordon


W. M. Wadley


Savannah Macon


Macon and Western, (Macon to Atlanta)


101


F. C. Arms


Augusta


Branch, (Camak to Warrenton)


Atlanta Rome


66


·


140 20 82 C. Wallace


Augusta


Waynesboro' and Augusta


Abbeville


Wilmington Wilmington Charleston, S. C. Columbia


Camden Bridge, (from Col. Bridge road to Camden)


APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. 57


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE.


Name of Railroad.


Length


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Mississippi,


Vicksburg, Jackson and Brandon Raymond


60 7


Geo. S. Yerger,


Vicksburg


J. H. Crump


Vicksburg Port Hudson, La.


66


·Mexican Gulf, (New Orleans to Proctorsville) West Feliciana, (Bayou Sara to Woodville) Pontchartrain, (New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain) Carrolton, (New Orleans to Carrolton)


24 27 26 6 8


W. G. Bakewell E. M. Gehee


New Orleans Woodville, Miss


W. A. Gordon J. W. Smith


New Orleans New Orleans


66


46


60


J. H. Overton


John Hampson


New Orleans


Tennessee,


151


V. K. Stevenson


Nashville


H. J. Anderson


Nashville


Kentucky, 66


50 29


W. A. Dudley J. F. Speed M. M. Benton


Lexington Louisville Covington


S. Gill J. F. Gamble


Frankfort Louisville Covington


Ohio, 66


84 55


R. Neil E. Lane Mad Riv. & Lake Erie R.


Sandusky


W. H. Clement W. H. Clement F. F. Osborn


Cincinnati Cincinnati Sandusky


129 16


24


66


116 13


John G. Camp, Jr. James O. Willard H. B. Payne C. Prentiss


Sandusky Ironton. O Cleveland, O Ravenna, O.


J. R. Robinson H. Clarkson L. Tilton John Durand


Sandusky Ironton, O. Cleveland, O. Cleveland, O.


46


Dayton and Western, (open to Indiania State line) Central Ohio (Zanesville to Columbus) Hillsboro' and Cincinnati ICleveland, Zanesville, and Cincinnati*


14


Greenville, O Dayton Zanesville Hillsboro Akron, O.


J. M. Smith 1. M. Smith G. W. Fulton W. H. Clement James Butler


Dayton, O. Dayton, O. Zanesville, Cincinnati, | Hudson


* This road will be completed to Zanesville (114 miles) this year.


58 APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Clinton and Port Hudson


R. W. Froth


Louisiana, -


New Orleans, Opelousas and Great West, open Nashville and Chatanooga, (28 miles by steamboat on Tennessee River,) Shelbyville Branch East Tennessee and Georgia. (See Georgia) Memphis and Charleston, open to Lagrange Lexington and Frankfort Louisville and Frankfort Covington and Lexington, open Ohio and Pennsylvania. See Pennsylvania Little Miami, (Cincinnati to Springfield) Columbus and Xenia Mad River and Lake Erie Findlay Branch, (from Carey) Dayton and Springfield Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark Iron, (Ironton to Centre Station) Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Cleveland and Pittsburgh, (open to Wellsville) Hanover Branch Akron Branch to Hudson Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Dayton and Greenville (to Union)


65


21


.I. Strader


Cincinnati Columbus


R. M. Shoemaker, Eng'r


66


66


135


100 14 14 25 S. S. L. Hommedieu 40 40 59 E. B. Taylor E. F. Drake John H. Sullivan J. M. Trimble Simon Perkins 37


Cincinnati


8


G. C. Duncan


New Orleans


LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUED.


STATE


Name of Railroad.


Length.


President.


Residence.


Superintendent.


Residence.


Ohio,


Cincinnati, Wilmington, and Zanesville


46


M. G. Mitchell


l'iqua, O.


J. R. Hillard


Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana (open)


45


David Barnett


D. M. Morrow


Hamilton, Eaton, and Richmond


20


I. V. Robinson


Portsmouth Cleveland


F. B. Phillips


Cleveland


:


Cleveland and Erie


86


William Case lohn Brough


Madison


John Brough


Indiana,


Madison and Indianapolis


61


1. S. White


Lafayette


William Durbin


Lafayette and Indianapolis


77


W. G. Armstrong


Jeffersonville


D. C. H. Bordley,


Jeffersonville, (to Edinburghi)


16


B. Irwin


Shelbyville


W. O. Rockwood


shelbyville


Shelbyville Branch


27


HI. B. Hill


Carthage


W. O. Rockwood


Shelbyville


Shelbyville and Knightstown


20


George Hibbear


Rushville


W. O. Rockwood


Shelbyville


Rushville and Shelbyville-


136


J. Brooks


New Albany


C. Knowlton


Michigan City


Crawfordsville and Wabash


73


Samuel Crawford


Terre Haute


S. Heustis


Terre Haute Indianapolis


Peru and Indianopolis (open from Ind. to Sharpsv.)


46


E. W. H. Ellis


Indianapolis


J. Burk


46


Indianopolis and Bellefontaine (open to Union)


84


J. Brough


Indianapolis


J. Nottingham


Marion, O.


66


Bellefontaine & Indiana (Cleveland to Indianopolis)


J. H. Goodman


Marion, O.


J. Nottingham


Lawrenceburg and Upper Mississippi, open


27


Samuel Hall


Princeton


Geo. Haven W. I. Bull, Eng'r


Terre Haute


Evansville and Illinois (open to Princeton) Martinsville and Franklin


25


46


Northern Indiana. (See Southern Michigan)


120


J. B. Turner


Chicago


J. B. Turner


Chicago


Galena and Chicago Union (open to Freept.) St. Charles Branch


8


Aurora Branch


13


Chicago and Rock Island


83


John B. Jervis


Boston, Mass.


Addison R. Gilmore Edward Keating,


Chicago and Mississippi, open


72


W. H. Platt


New York


R. Schuyler


New York


Win. P. Burrall


New York


Illinois Central (Chicago to Mobile) open


77 278


John M. Forbes


Boston, Mass.


T. J Carter and Eng'r R. B. Mason, Ch. Eng'r Edwin Noyes Jos. II. Moore.


Chicago Detroit Adrian, Mich.


Michigan, -


Southern, Michigan and N. Ind. (Monroe to Chicago) Erie and Kalamazoo (Adrian and Toledo) Tecumselı Branch


247 33 10 25


H. N. Walker


John Catlin


Milwaukie


Alfred Williams F. H. Brodhead and Eng. Milwaukie


Wisconsin,


Milwaukee and Mississippi, open to Janesville Rock River Valley Union


92 86


50


Thomas Allen


St. Louis


James M. Ward


St. Louis


Pacific


. Corwin


Wilmington


E. W. Woodward


Circleville, O. Piqua, O. Eaton, O.


Somerset, O.


Scioto and Hocking Valley


87


3. F. Vinton


Toledo, Newark, and Cleveland


95


L. Tilton


Cleveland Madison Lafayette Jeffersonville


APPENDIX .- LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Chicago Alton, Ill. Springfield


Great Western, open from Springfield


55


Central (Detroit to Chicago)


John B. Jervis


New York


Mich S & N Indiana R. R


46


Detroit and Pontiac


Pontiac, Mich.


Missouri,


118 89}


G. H. Dunn


Lawrenceburg, Ind.


Marion, O. Lawrenceburg, Ind.


Illinois,


New Albany and Salem, open


26


Terre Haut and Richmond (to Indianapolis)


J. W. Webb, Ch. Eng'r


59


60


APPENDIX .- BANKS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.


BANKS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.


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