New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-09
OVER 400 MILES OPERATED BY TEN COMPANIES
TUE xrv.yopK AND HARLEM GOT THE
FIRST CHARTER-sTATTsTIcs
or BUSINESS.

.many Nov 7 (SpeciaD.-The four hundred anu
oad miles Of railroads which gridlron Manhattan
Island and tho annexed territory OF Nt"-'o'"
CIV devoted exclusively to the carrying OF pasSeh
,ors ere controlled and operated by ten companies
~, ,hose companies In active operation the rec
ords show that the Ncw-Yoik and Harlem ~ 'ie
oldest Its charter granted April % lSSi' anu
-. road extends from the postOfice In New fork
CIV to Chatham a distance OF 12o96 niles on
April l. 1873. the steam portion OF the ro"u wa
lo,sed TO the New York Central ana HUDSON f'''
Railroad Company for i0l years, under wn'ch
dividend OF per cent on stock u paul. anu
,lso the interest on the funded debt These are the
rsrt under the terms OF the lease. The company
,orotcs tho street surface railroad In New-fork
city.
rho second oldest road is the Sixth Avenue, winch
was chartered September g. 1851. In February ''-
the property and franchises OF the company pasS'"
IN the contrpl If the Houston, West street an"
Pavonia Ferry under lease
In Isi3 two new railroads were formed. the Sec
ond Avenue chartered on January y. ana the INN"
Avenue chartered on october s. on December 10.
lsi, the grant 10 build the Second Avenue itatoa"
was obtained from the city or New-f ork' anu ~"
co,nnarv was chartered under the General Railroad
act OF 1850 by Chapter 80. Laws OF ls'Z' inc COLI
Many vas authorized to extend Its tracks. ana
again bv Act 252 Laws OF 1884. the company on
tanned from the city the privilege OF carrying It's
tracks from Harlem River through First-ave. 10
Eiftv.acvcnth-st and through Undergraduates.
from First to Second ave, ard by contract WIN
the Central Park North and East River Railroad
Company obtained the right to run through f'''
ninth-st from First to Second ave
Tho Third Avenue Compans. In the form OF II
partnership obtained from New-York city grant
% hud n road from Park Row 10 the Harlem
River and under the grant built ROAD from iarN
Row through Chatham-st.. lio"ery ana Ihfn-aNe'
to sIxty-hrst-st.. and equipped and operated IT, 70.
gether with a lire OF omnibuses. In October lAS'.
tho prcsent company was chartered with capital
NJ 81 40 go and continued the construction OF '"e
road to the Harlem River. In 1870 the company
,oas.d tho road through one hundred -and-twenty-
efth-.t from the East River TO tn" Hudson
River and in 1850 acquired fun control OF IL d!
purchase. In 1883 TN" company began 10 pui'n !"
road in Tenth-ave.. from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
nth to One-hundred- and-eighty SKIN ST. 10 DC
operat.d by cable. which was completed IN lSso'
The company cabled the main Inc subsequently
and is now operating II.
The Eighth Avenue was the hfth company TO re-
ceive n charter. which was on January ~ I''''
The road was built by association, ana trans
ferred to the Eighth Avenue Railroad company
I, lease. no tracks. and has no consolidation with
any other road.
Following the next year came the charter 10 inc
Ninth AvcfNe Company on July % The road was
built by am association and transferred to the
ninth Avenue Railroad Company on April H.
lse, the road leased TO the houston west
Street and Pavonin Ferry Company.
In 1850 on July ~. the Central Park North
and East River Company chartered Under an
agreement to pay $50 per annum the company runs
over the tracks OF the Dry Dock. East broadway
and Battery. The company also has perpetuai
lease OF the tracks Of the New-fork Central ana
Hudson River Railroad Company from Thir,leth-
st. to Canal-st. through Tenth-avc. and West-st'
for which It keeps the tracks and roadway In
repair.
Three new companies were chartered In 1915 the
pr, Dock East Broadway and Battery. TO Harlem
Bridge Morr!sanlh and For!ham. ana the rory
second street and Grand street Ferry. The hFs'
named was chartered December :. the second on
MAY . and the last named on February 10 IHe
Forty- second Street AMI Grand Street Ferry COM
pany vas the successor of n company created under
act Of 800 authorizing the construction ~ rail-
road IN Tcnth-Avc.. Forty -second-si. ana certain
other streets. which delivered and assigned ~"
rights and franchises to the foriy-second street
| and Grand Street Company.
The following year. 1861, two additional com
panes formed FOR business the Bleecker Street AMI
Fulton Ferry chartered December r. and the Broad
| way and seventh Avenue. chartered May % The
former vas leased 70 the T~enty-third Street. and
| the latter the Houston. West Street and Pavona
Ferry Company The Bleeckcr Street ana Fulton
Fcrry's lease Is for ninety nine years. It's bond
| holders - receive 7 per cent Interest Noo0n
| on 100000 capital stock The Broadway and Seventh
Avenue road was constructed under Chapter 3D.
| Laws OF 1860 granting John Kerr and eleven other
| persons named grantees the right II construct
MAINTAIN and operate railroad upon certain streets
The Houston. West Street and Pavonla Ferry
was incorporated on June g. 1874 The same year II
bought the tracks. property and franchises OF the
| Avenue c Railroad Company from John Lowery. h.
Bead.cston and : +. Knapp wno had purchased
Them at pubic auction for $4,000 This company
gathered many other roads Into iis management
| as years rolled on The Chambers Street and Grand
Street Ferry Company merged Into this com
pany on January q. 1891. the Broadway and seventh
| Avenue was leased TO II June 20. 1880. the Sixth
| Avenue February !. 1892. the Ninth Avenue April
| 90 1870. and the Twenty-thrd Street on June l. 1873
| The franchise build the Twenty-hlrist road
| was bought at auction by sydney A. Yocmar9 .oi
| $4,000. and july II. 1872. was sold to the Twenty
third Street Company, which had been incorporates
| on January 90 1872 on March 10. 1873 the company
| was authorized to extend It's route from Twenty
thlrl-st ana SccOnd-ave. the foot Of East Thirty
| fourth-st. and January 10. 1876. the company
| leased the Beecker Street AMI Fulton Ferry road
Two companies sprang into existence In 1873. They
| were the Central Crosstown chartered March rs
| and The Christopher and Tenth Street chartered
| April a. After seventeen years existence the for