LIBRARY

OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR

UNIVERSITY.

A.440

CONTENTS.:

REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

Alphabetical list of companies required to make reports, with the date of
filing the same.

List of companies organized during the year....

List of enactments relating to railroads, passed by the Legislature of 1874,

ABSTRACT OF THE REPORTS OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.

Stock and debts......

Cost of construction and equipment.

Characteristics ...

Business of the year

Cost of maintenance of roadway.

Cost of repairs and machinery..

Cost of operating the road..

Earnings and payments...

Accidents......

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Comparative statements of certain items taken from the abstracts of the

reports of steam roads for 1874-1875...

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Deductions from the foregoing results..

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Comparative statement of deductions from the abstracts of the reports of

steam roads from 1858 to 1875 inclusive....

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Deductions from reports of principal companies, showing amount received

for, and cost of transporting freight, etc.....

Deductions from reports of various companies, showing cost of running

freight trains per train, per mile.....

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Table showing lines leased, and who leased by

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Mileage of a few of the main lines with branches owned and leased.....

Table showing the date when the several railroads were opened for public

travel.

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DOCUMENTS.

GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE.

General railroad law, chapter 140, Laws of 1850.....

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An act in relation to railroad corporations, chapter 19, Laws of 1851........

An act to abolish tolls on railroads, chapter 497, Laws of 1851.....

An act to amend an act in relation to railroad corporations, passed Febru

ary 13, 1851, chapter 53, Laws of 1853......

An act to regulate the construction of roads and streets across railroad

tracks, chapter 62, Laws of 1853....

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GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE—Continued.

An act in relation to mortgages against railroad and plank-road companies,

chapter 502, Laws of 1853....

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An act in relation to the construction of railroads in cities, chapter 140,

Laws of 1854......

An act amending general railroad act, chapter 282, Laws of 1854.

An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 302, Laws of 1855,

An act for the protection of immigrants, chapter 474, Laws of 1855......

An act authorizing the change of the grade of railroads in certain cases,

chapter 478, Laws of 1855.....

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An act in relation to the stealing and forging of railroad tickets, chapter

499, Laws of 1855 .....

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An act to prevent extortion by railroad companies, chapter 185, Laws of
1857.....

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An act amending general railroad act, chapter 444, Laws of 1857..

An act to prevent fraud in the sale of tickets to passengers upon railroads,

etc., chapter 470, Laws of 1857 ...

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An act in relation to assessment and collection of taxes, chapter 536, Laws

of 1857 ....

An act repealing an act to establish railroad commissioners, and appointing

a Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor, chapter 633, Laws of 1857......

An act repealing portions of the foregoing act, chapter 110, Laws of 1858,

An act in relation to sleeping cars on railroads, chapter 125, Laws of 1858,

An act amending general railroad act in relation to weight of rails, chapter

449, Laws of 1862

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An act empowering railroad companies to employ police force, chapter

346, Laws of 1863 .....

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An act to amend chapter 146 of the Laws of 1856, and chapter 454 of the

Laws of 1857, authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hudson

river at Albany, chapter 243, Laws of 1864.....

An act amending general railroad act, chapter 582, Laws of 1864.....

An act to amend an act entitled An act empowering railroad companies

to employ police force," passed April 29, 1863, so as to include steam-

boat companies, chapter 259, Laws of 1866.....

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An act for the preservation of the health of animals for human food, chap-

ter 560, Laws of 1866.

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An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to authorize the forma-

tion of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April

2, 1850, chapter 697, Laws of 1866...

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An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 254, Laws of
1867 ...

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An act to prevent injury and loss of life to persons on railroad cars, and in

relation to a uniform for the employes thereof, chapter 483, Laws of 1867,

An act in relation to railroad corporations, chapter 515, Laws of 1867 ....

An act in relation to the valuation of the property of railroad companies
in school districts, for the purpose of taxation, chapter 694, Laws of
1867

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An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of

GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE—Continued.

railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850,

chapter 775, Laws of 1867....

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of

railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850, in

relation to reports of railroad corporations, chapter 906, Laws of 1867.

An act in relation to mortgages executed by railroad companies, chapter

779, Laws of 1868.....

An act in relation to immigrants, chapter 793, Laws of 1868 .

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An act to amend an act to prevent fraud in the sale of tickets to passen-

gers upon railroads, etc., chapter 820, Laws of 1868......

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An act amending the general railroad act, chapter 237, Laws of 1869...

An act to amend an act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter

844, Laws of 1869....

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An act amending the general railroad act (general bonding act), chapter

907, Laws of 1869.....

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An act authorizing the consolidation of certain railroad companies, chap-

ter 917, Laws of 1869.....

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An act to regulate proceedings against corporations by injunction and

otherwise, chapter 151, Laws of 1870.....

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An act amending chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (the general bonding act),

chapter 173, Laws of 1870.....

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An act to provide for the payment of bonds of towns, villages and other

municipal corporations, chapter 300, Laws of 1870....

An act to authorize owners and holders of certain bonds, payable to bearer,

to render the same payable only to order, chapter 438, Laws of 1870...

An act to facilitate the payment of taxes by railroad companies, chapter

506, Laws of 1870.....

An act to define the powers of commissioners appointed under chapter

907, Laws of 1869, bonding municipalities, chapter 507, Laws of 1870...

An act in relation to mechanics' liens, chapter 529, Laws of 1870........

An act to amend an act entitled an act to vest in the board of supervisors

certain legislative powers, and to prescribe their fees for certain services,

passed April 3, 1849, chapter 597, Laws of 1870.......

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An act to provide for the better protection of life and safety of property

transported on the several railroads of this State, chapter 636, Laws

of 1870....

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An act amending chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (the general bonding act),

chapter 789, Laws of 1870..

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An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads to certain towns in the

county of Erie, chapter 64, Laws of 1871........

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An act to authorize the owners and holders of certain railroad mortgage

bonds, made payable to bearer, to render the same payable to order only,

chapter 84, Laws of 1871.......

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An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads to the counties of

Albany and Greene, chapter 146, Laws of 1871...

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GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE—Continued.

An act to amend the general bonding act as far as relates to Cayuga and

Tompkins counties, chapter 260, Laws of 1871......

An act to amend chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (general bonding act), chap-

ter 283, Laws of 1871......

An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal ĉor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads in the county of Niagara,

except the town of Royalton, chapter 388, Laws of 1871....

An act requiring commissioners of towns, cities and villages, etc., to pre-

sent bonds and coupons paid by them before the boards of auditors in

towns, cities and villages, and providing for the cancellation and preser-

vation of the same, chapter 537, Laws of 1871.....

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An act to amend the general railroad act, in relation to locating road, filing

maps, etc., chapter 560, Laws of 1871.....

An act to amend the general railroad act; weight of rail, laborers' wages,

etc., chapter 669, Laws of 1871...

An act to amend chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (general bonding act), and

chapter 507, Laws of 1870, "An act to define the powers of commission-

ers," etc., chapter 925, Laws of 1871...

An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads, to the towns of Skane-

ateles and Spafford, in the county of Onondaga, chapter 54, Laws of

1872.......

An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads in the towns of Salina

and Clay, and the village of Liverpool, in the county of Onondaga,

chapter 62, Laws of 1872 ...

An act to amend an act passed April 19, 1871, entitled "An act to amend

an act entitled An act to authorize the formation of railroad corpora-

tions and to regulate the 'same,'" passed April 2, 1850, chapter 81, Laws

of 1872....

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An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads, to the village of Middle-

port, in the county of Niagara, chapter 307, Laws of 1872 ..

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of

railroad corporations and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850,

chapter 350, Laws of 1872.....

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An act extending the provisions of certain laws, permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads, to the county of Erie,

chapter 516, Laws of 1872.......

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An act to regulate processions and parades in the cities of the State of New

York, chapter 590, Laws of 1872......

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An act extending the provisions of certain laws, permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads, to the town of Marcel-

lus, in the county of Onondaga, chapter 689, Laws of 1872......

An act to amend chapter 907 of the Laws of 1869, entitled "An act to

amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of railroad

corporations, and to regulate the same,'" passed April 2, 1850, so as to

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