village; on road leading from Williamsbridge to Westchester village, from Boston road to junction with West Farms road; on Bear Swamp road from Morris Park avenue to West Farms road; on Unionport road from Morris Park avenue to Westchester avenue; on Clason's Point road from Westchester avenue to Clason's Point; on avenue C (Castle Hill road) from Westchester avenue to Second street in Unionport; on Eastern boulevard from Fort Schuyler road, to new road to Long Island sound; on new road to Long Island sound from Eastern boulevard to Long Island sound. The routes on Olin avenue from Bronx river to White Plains road and on the entire length of White Plains road from 229th street, south to Allerton avenue, were constructed under a franchise granted by the board of trustees of the village of Williamsbridge and are now owned by the Union Railway Company. 42 The Brook Avenue Railroad Company Incorporation. August 14, 1885; General Street Railroad Law of 1884, for the purpose of constructing a street surface railroad in the city and county of New York; corporate life, 1,000 years; capital stock, $600,000; route (about five miles) as follows: Commencing on East 129th street, at or near Harlem river; thence running through, upon and along 129th street with double tracks to Third avenue; thence running through, upon and along Third avenue with double track to the bridge across Harlem river at Third avenue; thence through, upon and along said bridge and North Third avenue with double tracks to the Southern boulevard; thence through, upon and along the Southern boulevard with double tracks to Lincoln avenue; thence through, upon and along Lincoln avenue with double tracks to 134th street; thence through, upon and along 134th street, with single track to Brook avenue; thence through, upon and along Brook avenue with double tracks to 149th street; thence through, upon and along 149th street with double track to Robbins avenue; thence through, upon and along Robbins avenue with double tracks to Westchester avenue; thence through, upon and along Westchester avenue with single or double track to Forest avenue; thence through, upon and along Forest avenue with single track to 167th street; thence through, upon and along 167th street with single track to Union avenue; thence through, upon and along Union avenue with single track to Stebbins avenue; thence through, upon and along Stebbins avenue with single track to connect with tracks on Robbins avenue. Also from Brook avenue at 135th street, through, upon and along 135th street with single track to Lincoln avenue; thence through, upon and along Lincoln avenue with single track to connect with the tracks at 134th street. Special franchises. August 17, 1885; the Company petitioned the Board of Aldermen of the city of New York for a franchise covering this route. This petition was referred to the railroad committee, but no action was ever taken. Construction. No record of any construction. The Company has probably forfeited its corporate existence. 43 Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad Company Incorporation. September 2, 1887; under chapter 430, laws of 1874, and chapter 446, laws of 1876; as a reorganization of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway Company (no. 93); capital stock, $1,000,000 ($500,000 common and $500,000 six per cent cumulative preferred); for the purpose of operating the railroad of its predecessor from Atlantic avenue near Franklin, to the beach at Coney Island, in the town of Gravesend. Map. March 30, 1894, the Company filed in the office of the register of Kings County a map showing the change of route and terminus of the road. Special franchises. May 7, 1894, the Company obtained the consent of the common council of the city of Brooklyn to change its northerly terminus "from Atlantic avenue, near Franklin avenue, to Fulton street at or near Franklin avenue to connect with the railroad of Kings County Elevated Railway Company." The Company was granted the right to lower the grade of its railroad across Park place, about one foot below the grade of the street, and to raise the grade of its railroad across Prospect place about one foot, and to construct its railroad over all streets lying within the lines of the right of way as occupied and as altered, to its northerly terminus, and to construct the necessary turnouts, stations and platforms; but that no platform should be constructed over the sidewalk of Franklin avenue, and no portion of the land of said Company between Fulton street and Atlantic avenue should be used for a freight depot or coal yard. The Company was required to pay to the city of Brooklyn, after the construction of the road, $500 per annum. The Company acquired portions of its right of way from individuals. Stock and bonds. According to the report to the Railroad Commission, the Company had outstanding in 1899, when it went into the hands of a receiver, its entire capital stock $1,000,000, and bonds (authorized $500,000) for $485,000. Intercorporate relations. (See also chart IV, no. 76.) September 8, 1887, the Company took a deed from Charles B. Farley, sheriff, of the property and franchises of its predecessor, the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway Company (no. 93). January 25, 1890, the Company granted to the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company the right to operate over a strip of land about 175 feet in length, and 25 feet in width . . . being part of the extended route of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company. June 14, 1892, the Company agreed to lease to the Kings County Elevated Railway Company, for a term of 37 years, upon completion, the part of its road then under construction, from Prospect place to the elevated railway structure of the Kings County on Fulton street near Franklin avenue and the land between Atlantic avenue and Fulton street, to be acquired by the Company for the purposes of said change of terminus, extension and connection, and also the use of the said railroad of the Company and of its railroad stations from Prospect place to Newkirk avenue, formerly in the town of Flatbush. May 29, 1894, the Company obtained the right to cross the right of way of The Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company of Brooklyn, in Atlantic avenue, at an elevation of 21 feet above the surface of the street. On January 14, 1898, E. L. Langford was appointed receiver of the Company in an action in foreclosure. March 29, 1899, James McKeen, referee in a foreclosure proceeding by the Central Trust Company of New York, deeded the property of the Company to Anson R. Flower who on May 23, 1899, with his wife, deeded the property to the reorganized company, the Sea View Rail Road Company (no. 595). January 20, 1900, Frank D. Craemer, sheriff, deeded the property of the Company to the Sea View Rail Road Company, pursuant to sheriff's sale held January 18, 1900, in a suit by the Brooklyn Trust Company to foreclose a mortgage. Construction and operation. The Company did not add to the road which it had acquired from its predecessor, the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway Company, but continued to operate the double track road, 7.50 miles in extent, or together with sidings and turnouts, 17.86 miles of single track. Electric construction was begun in 1899. 44 The Brooklyn and Canarsie Rail Road Company (Brooklyn) Incorporation. January 18, 1865; General Railroad Law of 1850; for purpose of constructing a double or single track railroad; corporate life, 99 years; capital stock, $300,000; route (about four miles) as follows: Commencing at the Brooklyn city line, at the junction of Nostrand avenue with the line of the township of Flatbush, thence in the street to the Clove road, thence running through and along said Clove road to the intersection of said Clove road with Clarkson avenue; thence through and along Clarkson avenue to the intersection of said Clarkson avenue with the Clove road; thence through and along said Clove road to the intersection of said Clove road with Little lane; thence running easterly through and along Little lane to the intersection of the main street or road running through the village of Canarsie; thence through and along said road or street to the landing at Jamaica bay. Intercorporate relations. (See also chart IV, no. 50.) By chapter 558, of the laws of 1865, this Company and the South Brooklyn and Bergen Street Rail Road Company were authorized to consolidate their stock and property to form the Brooklyn and Canarsie Railroad Company (no. 45), upon terms to be agreed upon by three-fourths of the directors of each company subject to the approval of the holders of three-fourths of the stock of each company. A copy of the consolidation agreement was to be filed within 20 days after the making of such agreement in the office of the register of Kings County. The act provided that the consolidated company should be entitled to all the privileges and property of the constituent companies. It was also provided that an agreement might be made by the consolidated company with a majority of the directors of the Gravesend and Canarsie Railroad Company for the use or relinquishment of any portion of the latter's route. No record has been found of the incorporation of any company under the name of the Gravesend and Canarsie Railroad Company. In foreclosure proceeding brought by the trustee for bonds of the South Brooklyn and Bergen Street Rail Road Company in 1867, it is alleged that the consolidation of the two companies was effected on July 18, 1865, but no copy of the agreement has been found on file in the register's office of Kings County. Construction. No record of any construction. In the state engineer's report for 1882 the Company is described as extinct. 45 Brooklyn and Canarsie Railroad Company (Brooklyn) Incorporation. July 18, 1865, as a consolidation of The Brooklyn and Canarsie Rail Road Company (no. 44) with the South Brooklyn and Bergen Street Rail Road Company (no. 604), under the provisions of chapter 558, laws of 1865. No record of this Company's certificate of incorporation is to be found in the secretary of state's office. Intercorporate relations. (See also chart IV, no. 50.) By deed dated February 14, 1868, Patrick Campbell, sheriff of Kings County, conveyed to Samuel W. Dunscomb, individually, and to Samuel W. Dunscomb and Andrew B. Chalmers, executors and trustees under the last will and testament of A. Montraville Burr, all the railroad formerly of the South Brooklyn and Bergen Street Rail Road Company as follows: Commencing at or near the Hamilton avenue ferry, running by a single or double track through Sackett street, Hoyt street and Bergen street to and across Classon avenue, together with all the rights of way, franchises and property owned by the Company on October 1, 1863, or thereafter acquired, except the portion of the franchises and rights of way beginning at the terminus of the railroad track laid on the 20th day of November, 1865, at a point in Bergen street near Classon avenue and Franklin avenue, and running thence through and along Bergen street to Nostrand avenue, and thence through and along Nostrand avenue to the city line between the city of Brooklyn and the town of Flatbush. The deed recites a decree of January 30, 1868, in a foreclosure suit brought by Orrin Ballard, trustee, against the South Brooklyn and Bergen Street Railroad Company, and a sale on February 14, 1868, for the sum of $30,000. It would appear from this deed that the railroad had not been constructed further east than the intersection of Bergen street and Classon avenue, and that only the constructed portion of the road was sold under the foreclosure proceedings referred to. This Company retained after the foreclosure all the rights derived from the Brooklyn and Canarsie Rail Road Company and all the rights derived from the South Brooklyn |