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LIBRARY
OF THE
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR
UNIVERSITY.
A.438.
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 1872,
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 of machinery
Cost of operating the road
Earnings and payments
Accidents
Deductions from the foregoing results ...
Deductions from reports of principal companies, showing amount received
for, and cost of transporting freight, etc......
.....
Table showing the date when the several railroads were opened for public
travel
DOCUMENTS.
GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE.
General railroad law, chapter 140, Laws of 1850..
. 53
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 Feb-
ruary 13, 1851, chapter 53, Laws of 1853.....
76
77
78
An act to regulate the construction of roads and streets across railroad
tracks, chapter 62, Laws of 1853....
79
An act in relation to mortgages against railroad and plank-road compa-
nies, chapter 502, Laws of 1853.....
80
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.....
GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE Continued.
PAGE.
An act authorizing a change of the grade of railroad in certain cases,
chapter 478, Laws of 1855 ...
An act in relation to the stealing and forging of railroad tickets, chapter
499, Laws of 1855 ...
An act to prevent extortion by railroad companies, chapter 185, Laws of
1857 .....
An act amending general railroad act, chapter 444, Laws of 1857....
An act to prevent fraud in the sale of tickets to passengers upon rail-
roads, etc., chapter 470, Laws of 1857.....
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 appoint-
ing a Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor, chapter 633, Laws of 1857, 102
An act repealing portions of the foregoing act, chapter 110, Laws of 1858, 103
An act in relation to sleeping cars on railroads, chapter 125, Laws of 1858, · 103
An act amending general railroad act in relation to weight of rails, chap-
ter 449, Laws of 1862 ...
104
An act empowering railroad companies to employ police force, chapter
346, Laws of 1863 ....
105
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.....
106
107
110
An act for the preservation of the health of animals for human food,
chapter 560, Laws of 1866 ....
111
An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to authorize the for-
mation of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April
2, 1850, chapter 697, Laws of 1866...
112
An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 254, Laws of 1867, 113
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
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 775, Laws of 1867 ...
114
116
117
in relation to reports of railroad corporations, chapter 906, Laws of 1867, 118
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..
121
GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE—Continued.
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..
123
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 ....
125
An act amending the general railroad act, general bonding act, chapter
907, Laws of 1869 ...
An act authorizing the consolidation of certain railroad companies, chap-
ter 917, Laws of 1869 ....
130
An act to regulate proceedings against corporations by injunction and
otherwise, chapter 151, Laws of 1870.....
134
An act amending chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (the general bonding act),
chapter 173, Laws of 1870 ..
136
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 the owners and holders of certain bonds, payable to
bearer, to render the same payable only to order, chapter 438, Laws of
1870....
138
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 invest in the board of super-
visors certain legislative powers, and to prescribe their fees for certain
services, passed April 3, 1849, chapter 597, Laws of 1870 ...........
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.......
139
140
141
142
chapter 789, Laws of 1870....
An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads to certain towns in
the county of Erie, chapter 64, Laws of 1871.....
144
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.....
145
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads to the counties of
Albany and Greene, chapter 146, Laws of 1871......
An act to amend the general bonding act as far as relates to Cayuga and
Tompkins counties, chapter 260, Laws of 1871 ......
146
An act to amend chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (general bonding act), chap-
ter 283, Laws of 1871...
147
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads in the county of
Niagara, except the town of Royalton, chapter 388, Laws of 1871.... 148
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 pres-
ervation of the same, chapter 537, Laws of 1871.....
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, laborer's
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 commis-
sioners," etc., chapter 925, Laws of 1871....
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads to the towns of
Skaneateles and Spafford, in the county of Onondaga, chapter 54,
Laws of 1872.....
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads in the towns of
Salina and Clay, and the village of Liverpool, in the county of Onon-
daga, 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
corporations and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850, chapter
81, Laws of 1872.....
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads to the village of
Middleport, in the county of Niagara, chapter 307, Laws of 1872.....
railroad corporations and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850,
chapter 350, Laws of 1872.....
149
150
154
156
160
161
162
163
An act extending the provisions of certain laws, permitting municipal
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads, to the county of
Erie, chapter 516, Laws of 1872......
An act to regulate processions and parades in the cities of the State of
New York, chapter 590, Laws of 1872.....
164
corporations to aid in the construction of railroads, to the town of Mar-
cellus, in the county of Onondaga, chapter 689, Laws of 1872....... 165
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
permit municipal corporations to aid in the construction of railroads, as
amended by chapter 925 of the Laws of 1871, so far as the same is
applicable to "The Sodus Bay and Corning Railroad Company," under
the present or former corporate name, chapter 824, Laws of 1872.... 166
An act in relation to the formation of railroad companies, chapter 829,
Laws of 1872........
166