Trust Company as trustee, succeeding George D. Betts, to guarantee the payment of five per cent bonds for $200,000 payable July 1, 1908 and according to the report to the Railroad Commission for 1890 all these bonds had been issued. Intercorporate relations. (See also chart IV, no. 21.) April 4, 1874, the Company granted to The Park Avenue Railroad Company trackage rights on Park avenue between Vanderbilt avenue and Navy street. April 26, 1884, the Company obtained from The Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company of Brooklyn trackage rights on Atlantic avenue between Court street and Columbia street. April 22, 1887, the Company granted to The Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company of Brooklyn, the right to construct and operate a cable railroad over its tracks in Park avenue between Washington avenue and Navy street. The ownership of the tracks was to be retained by the Company. August 1, 1889, the Company leased its road to The Brooklyn City Rail Road Company (no. 82), and October 31, 1890, by certificate filed in the office of the secretary of state it was merged with the latter company. Construction and operation. In 1872, when the Company changed its name from The Brooklyn City, Hunter's Point and Prospect Park Railroad Company, it had constructed a double track road 6.61 miles in length or 13.22 miles of single track. The state engineer's report for 1880 shows the length of double track road laid from Long Island City to Erie Basin as 8 miles. The Railroad Commission's report for 1885, shows that the Company owned a double track road of 5.73 miles, or total single track, including sidings, of 11.46 miles, and that it operated under lease a double track road of 2.52 miles or 5.04 miles of single track. The report for 1889, shows single track main line from Long Island City to Erie Basin, 5.01 miles, second track, 5.01 miles, and total length of track and sidings 10.02 miles. 85 The Brooklyn, East New York and Rockaway Railroad Company (Brooklyn and Queens) Incorporation. December 1, 1863; General Railroad Law of 1850; for purpose of constructing a railroad to be operated by horse power, or, if necessary, to be operated (not within present city limits) by steam; corporate life, 99 years; capital stock, $600,000; route as follows: Commencing at some convenient point at Fulton ferry and thence along Fulton street, York street, Hudson avenue, Nassau street, Flushing avenue, Adelphi street, Greene avenue, Washington avenue, Gates avenue, Bedford avenue, Fulton avenue, New York avenue, Atlantic avenue to the city line at East New York, and continuing along Atlantic avenue to Alabama avenue, to North Carolina avenue, to Wyckoff avenue, to Liberty avenue, to Rockaway avenue or road, and along same to some convenient point at or near Far Rockaway. Also along the Jamaica plank road commencing at the junction of the Flatbush road and Atlantic avenue and along Flatbush road to the Brooklyn and Jamaica Plank road; thence through the Brooklyn and Jamaica Plank road to a street or avenue about 300 feet beyond Cypress avenue, and along said street or avenue to the road leading to the junction of Liberty avenue and Rockaway road; and thence along Rockaway road as aforesaid. Special franchises. By resolution of the common council of the city of Brooklyn, adopted over the mayor's veto March 21, 1864, the Company was granted a franchise to construct its road on streets as follows: Commencing at the City line, where Atlantic avenue intersects said line; thence, by double track, through and along Atlantic avenue to New York avenue; thence through and along New York avenue to Fulton avenue; thence through and along Fulton avenue to Bedford avenue; thence through and along Bedford avenue to Gates avenue; thence through and along Gates avenue to Washington avenue; thence through and along Washington avenue to Greene avenue; thence through and along Greene avenue to Clermont avenue and Vanderbilt avenue; also commencing at some convenient point at Fulton ferry, with a single track, to run thence through and along Water street to Hudson avenue; also commencing where Main street intersects Water street; thence through and along Main street to Plymouth street; thence through and along Plymouth street to Hudson avenue; thence through and along Hudson avenue to Park avenue; thence through and along Park avenue, with double tracks, to Vanderbilt avenue and Clermont avenue; thence through and along Vanderbilt avenue and Clermont avenue, with single track, to Greene avenue; also through Clermont avenue or Vanderbilt avenue, where the same intersects Park avenue, to Flushing avenue; thence through and along Flushing avenue to Navy street; thence through and along Navy street to York street; thence through and along York street to Fulton street; thence through and along Fulton street to the place of commencement. By Chapter 322, Laws of 1864, passed April 23, 1864, the Company was granted a franchise as follows: Commencing at some convenient point in Far or Near Rockaway, thence by the nearest direct route to the Jamaica South plank and Rockaway roads; thence through and along the Jamaica South plank and Rockaway roads to Liberty avenue; thence through and along Liberty avenue to North Carolina avenue; thence through and along North Carolina avenue to Alabama avenue; thence through and along Alabama avenue to the Brooklyn and Jamaica plank road at the city line; thence through and across the Brooklyn and Jamaica plank road to Broadway or Division avenue; thence through and along Broadway or Division avenue to Chauncey street; thence through and along Chauncey street to Stuyvesant avenue; thence through and along Stuyvesant avenue to Hancock street; thence through and along Hancock street to Franklin avenue; thence through and along Franklin avenue to Lafayette avenue; thence through and along Lafayette avenue to Ryerson and Houston streets; thence through and along Ryerson and Houston streets to Park and Flushing avenues; thence through and along Park and Flushing avenues to Navy street and Hudson avenue; thence through and along Navy street and Hudson avenue with single track to York street and Plymouth street; thence through and along York street to Bridge street and Plymouth street to Main street; thence through and along Bridge and Main streets to Water street; thence through and along Water street and from where the same intersects Hudson avenue to some convenient point at Fulton ferry. By the same act the Company was allowed to extend its route: Commencing at a point where the Rockaway turnpike road intersects the Jamaica South plank road; thence through and along the Rockaway turnpike road to the village of Jamaica; thence through and along said road in the village of Jamaica to Fulton avenue, in said village. Also commencing at a point at the junction of Liberty avenue and the Jamaica South plank road; thence through and along Liberty avenue to Jamaica; and also to increase its capital stock from $600,000 to $750,000. Construction. No record of any construction. In the state engineer's report for 1882 the Company is described as extinct. 86 The Brooklyn Elevated & Atlantic Beach Rail Incorporation. March 14, 1879; General Railroad Law of 1850; corporate life, 50 years; capital stock, $2,500,000; route (about 8 miles) as follows: Commencing at or near some convenient point in the city of Brooklyn, near East river bridge; thence through streets and private property to connect with as many railroad lines as practicable, and thence to and along Coney Island to the Atlantic beach on Coney Island in town of Gravesend. Maps. The Company filed in the register's office of Kings County, maps as follows: May 13, 1879, a map and profile of its terminus at Coney Island; May 13, 1879, a map and profile of its route on Furman street; February 28, 1880, a map and profile of its route (three parts); May 29, 1880, a map showing additional lands required for railroad purposes. Stock. In the Company's last report to the Railroad Commission for 1885 it stated that the total amount of capital stock outstanding was $472,121, of which $3,000 had been issued for cash. In this report the Company is described as a lessor company, the New York and Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company being the lessee. The Commission has, however, no record of this lease. Construction. No record of any construction. In 1885 the Railroad Commission described the Company as not in operation. It has probably forfeited its corporate existence. 87 Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company (Brooklyn) Incorporation. May 27, 1884, by Frederick Uhlmann, Alfred J. Pouch and others, as a reorganization of the Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company (no. 88), under chapter 469, laws of 1873; capital stock, $5,000,000; route, that of its predecessor, the Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company. Special franchises. September 10, 1884, the common council of the city of Brooklyn authorized the Company to abandon a portion of its route on Ralph avenue from Broadway to Marion street, and on Marion street from Ralph avenue to Broadway; and instead, to construct, with the consent of the owners of a majority of the property, on Broadway between Lexington avenue and Marion street. The resolution carried no extension of time and subjected the Company's road on Broadway to the use thereof by any other company that should be authorized to construct an elevated railroad thereon. April 6, 1885, the common council of the city of Brooklyn authorized the Company to relinquish that portion of its railway: Commencing at or near the corner of Hudson avenue and York street; thence along Hudson avenue to Plymouth street; thence along Plymouth street to Main street; thence along Main street to Water street, and in lieu thereof to build from the intersection of York and Washington streets, along York street to the intersection of York and Garrison streets; thence northwesterly and along the northeast side of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, over property belonging to the city of Brooklyn to Mercien street; thence across Mercien street and over property belonging to the New York and Brooklyn bridge, and over private property to Front street; thence across Front street and Dock street and over property belonging to said New York and Brooklyn bridge to Water street; thence along Water street to Fulton street; thence along Fulton street to York street, and thence along York street to Washington street. May 18, 1885, the above resolution was amended by requiring the Company to relinquish its rights on Hudson avenue from York street to Plymouth street, on Plymouth street and Main street from Plymouth street to Water street, and in lieu thereof, to build on a route as follows: From the intersection of York and Washington streets, along York street to the intersection of York and Garrison streets, thence northwesterly and along the northeast side of the New York and Brooklyn bridge over property belonging to the city of Brooklyn, to Mercien street, thence across Mercien street to and over property belonging to the New York and Brooklyn bridge and over private property to Front street, thence across Front street to property belonging to the New York and Brooklyn bridge, thence over said bridge property to Dock street, thence across Dock street to property belonging to the New York and Brooklyn bridge, thence over said bridge property to Water street, thence across Water street to property belonging to the New York and Brooklyn bridge, thence over said bridge property to the Brooklyn pier of the New York and Brooklyn bridge. The Company was authorized, moreover, to erect and maintain a covered footway: From the intersection of Washington and York streets, over the center of Washington street to the northerly side of Prospect street, thence westerly to the north side of Prospect street, thence over Prospect street to property of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, thence along such property to the corner of Sands and Washington streets. December 14, 1885, the common council of the city of Brooklyn authorized the Company "to abandon the operation of its cars or motors from the corner of Sands and Washington streets to the corner of York and Washington streets," and in lieu thereof to construct and operate on the following route: "A.”—- Beginning at the corner of Grand and Myrtle avenues; thence westwardly along Myrtle avenue to the intersection of Myrtle avenue and Adams street; and if within two years from the day of the date hereof the bridge shall not have been extended and no railway shall have been established for the common use, on equitable terms, of elevated railways which may : |
