With The Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail Road Company:* June 17, 1901, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, as lessee of the Company, obtained the right from The Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail Road Company to cross its tracks at Union

street.

December 21, 1907, the Company joined with The Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail Road Company in an agreement with The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company for the rearrangement of the operation of the "New York" and the "Brooklyn only" cars of the Smith street and DeKalb avenue lines of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Company in the vicinity of the Brooklyn bridge, so as to provide for the use of tracks in High street as a car stand for "Bridge only " cars of the Smith street line. The Company granted the Coney Island and Brooklyn Company the use of the siding and its connections in Washington street, between High and Concord streets, as a stand for "Bridge only " cars of the DeKalb avenue line; also the option to use the tracks and their connections in Concord street between Jay and Washington streets for "Bridge only" cars of the Smith street line, upon 30 days' notice, and . upon the discontinuance of the use of the tracks and their connections of the Brooklyn Heights Company in Sands street.

January 29, 1912, the Company and the Coney Island and Brooklyn Company agreed for the reciprocal use of their trolley poles for the suspension of trolley wires.

With Coney Island and Gravesend Railway Company:

June 28, 1907, the Company obtained trackage rights from the Coney Island and Gravesend Railway Company for its West. End line on Surf avenue, from the terminus of the West EndConey Island line to Dreamland park.

With The Long Island Railroad Company:

July 31, 1894, the Company obtained the right to cross the tracks of the Long Island Railroad Company at Atlantic avenue, at New York avenue and Hamburg avenue, near Fairfax street, at grade.

* See also agreement of March 18, 1903, by The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, as lessee of the Company, with The Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail Road Company, as lessee of The Brooklyn City and Newtown Rail Road Company.

May 31, 1898, the Company granted the Long Island Company the right to cross its tracks on Atlantic avenue near Hamilton avenue at grade.

March 28, 1903, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company as lessee of the Company, agreed with the Long Island Company to construct double track curves, special work, switches, etc., at Flatbush avenue and Bergen street, and at Washington avenue and Bergen street, so as to permit of the operation of the Douglass street cars in Flatbush avenue to Bergen street, and on Bergen street, Washington avenue, and through Washington street, and to remove the tracks, poles, etc., on Atlantic avenue between Flatbush avenue and Washington avenue.

November 9, 1911, the Company obtained permission from the Long Island Company to remove a portion of the surface tracks of the latter company on Atlantic avenue at Georgia avenue, in Brooklyn, so as to enable the Company to install continuous rails across such tracks of the Long Island Company and to construct a single track in Georgia avenue, across Atlantic avenue. The Company agreed to place its overhead trolley wires and fixtures in a trough along the viaduct of the Long Island Company at Georgia and Atlantic avenues.

January 24, 1912, the Company obtained the consent of the Long Island Company, as lessee of the steam division on Atlantic avenue of The Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company of Brooklyn, for the acquisition of a franchise for a double track street surface railroad on Atlantic avenue from Fifth avenue to Shepard avenue, and for the operation of the same. Surface tracks were

already on the ground in Atlantic avenue, having been constructed under the elevated structure in connection with the Atlantic avenue improvement, carried out under chapter 499, laws of 1897. The Long Island Company had claimed the right, as lessee of the Company, to use the surface of Atlantic avenue for surface cars, but this claim was defeated by a decision of the Court of Appeals, 199 N. Y. 288, in a suit to enjoin the city of New York from tearing up the tracks on Atlantic avenue. The Long Island Company agreed not to claim any right, title or interest under the franchise to the Company. The Company agreed to make certain payments to the Long Island Company for the tracks already on the ground.

This agreement was approved by the Public Service Commission for the First District on the date of its execution.

With The New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway Company:

July 31, 1894, agreement granting the Company permission to cross the steam tracks at Liberty avenue and Ocean avenue in the town of Flatlands, at grade.

With Long Island Electric Railway Company, and The New York and Long Island Traction Company:

December 7, 1906, the Company agreed with both companies to extend its tracks in Liberty avenue with those of the Traction Company on Broadway and the Electric Company in Liberty avenue, Brooklyn, and to grant both companies the right to operate on its tracks in Liberty avenue.

With Sea Beach Railway Company:

March 1, 1907, the Company granted permission to the Sea Beach Railway Company to operate through Sea Beach, Coney Island elevated trains on its tracks in New Utrecht avenue from 38th street to the tracks of the Sea Beach Company, at 63d street.

October 28, 1907, the Company granted the Sea Beach Company joint terminal facilities at the West End terminal, Coney Island. October 29, 1907, the above agreement was modified as to terms. It was further modified October 2, 1908, and May 7, 1909.

With South Brooklyn Railway Company:

March 1, 1907, the South Brooklyn Railway Company assumed operation of the surface cars of the Nassau Company routed to Coney Island via the tracks of the South Brooklyn Company to the Culver terminal.

June 1, 1907, the Company obtained permission from the South Brooklyn Company as lessee, to use the tracks of the New York and Coney Island Railroad Company between Surf avenue and the main line, covering approximately 350 linear feet of single · track.

June 28, 1907, the Company joined with the other companies in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system in an agreement with the South Brooklyn Company for the operation by the latter company of freight cars on the tracks of the other companies.

Agreements with the Transit Development Company:

February 28, 1907, the Company leased to the Transit Company its power houses west of Second avenue, between 39th and 40th streets, and on Third avenue between First and Second streets. February 28, 1907, the Company together with the other companies of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System entered into an agreement with the Transit Development Company generally referred to as the "Equipment Contract" whereby the several companies leased to the Development Company their power houses and plants. This contract among many other things provided that the Development Company should take over and engage the employees and officers employed in these plants in connection with their operation, also to furnish all necessary labor and material for the maintenance and construction of track, sub and superstructure, poles, wires and buildings, etc., as required by the several railroad companies parties to this agreement. It was to take effect March 1, 1907, and continue thereafter for one year and until terminated on thirty days' notice.

February 28, 1907, the Company together with the other companies of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System and the American Railway Traffic Company entered into an agreement with the Transit Development Company generally referred to as the "Power Consumption Contract," whereby provision was made for the supply of electrical power to the several companies parties to this agreement for the operation of their cars at the cost thereof plus 5 per cent. The apportionment of the net cost of the power furnished was to be computed on a car mileage basis as shown by the car mileage returns submitted by the companies monthly.

December 23, 1907, the Company together with other companies of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System operating cars across the Brooklyn Bridge entered into an agreement with the Transit Development Company providing for the renting of a number of cars of a selected type for local bridge service and for the maintenance of such cars at cost plus 10 per cent.

January 1, 1908, the "Power Consumption Contract" of February 28, 1907, above described, was generally modified by the parties thereto and particularly so by changing the rate of interest chargeable by the Development Company upon the cost of power

houses, etc., to 6 per cent instead of 5 per cent, and also by adding 1 per cent per annum upon the cost of the power houses.

July 1, 1908, the parties to the "Power Consumption Contract" entered into a second agreement with the Transit Development Company whereby a new arrangement was made for the supply of electrical power. This agreement was substituted for the original one of February 27, 1908. The method of computing the price of power furnished to the companies was the important change made. It was agreed that the new contract should continue for one year from its date and indefinitely thereafter until terminated on thirty days' notice.

November 1, 1908, the Company and other companies of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System entered into a contract with the Transit Development Company slightly modifying the “Equipment Contract" of February 28, 1907, above described.

May 1, 1911, the Company and other companies of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System entered into an agreement with the Transit Development Company modifying the agreement of July 1, 1908, substituted for the "Power Consumption Contract" of February 28, 1907. The modifications were in connection with the supply of power and the cost thereof, and the credits to be allowed this company and the Brooklyn Heights Company. This agreement recited that the American Railway Traffic Company had been dissolved and was not now a party to the original

contract.

Stock control. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has had the stock control of this Company since February 15, 1899. Construction and operation. The Company began operation of its road on July 28, 1895.

391 Nassau Railroad Company

(Brooklyn and Queens)

Incorporation. March 3, 1865; General Railroad Law of 1850; corporate life, not stated; capital stock, $600,000; route (about 13 miles) as follows:

Commencing at some convenient point or points near the railroad depots of the Long Island and the Flushing Railroad Companies at Hunter's Point in the County of Queens; thence crossing the bridge of the Williamsburgh, Ravenswood and Astoria Trunpike Company, to Union avenue, along Union