Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of ErieCollins, 1899 - 668 pages |
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... Railroad from the Hudson River to the Southern Tier held at Monticello , Sullivan County , N. Y. - The Railroad Meetings at Jamestown and Angelica - The Marvin Notice of Application for a Charter for a Company to Build a Railroad ...
... Railroad from the Hudson River to the Southern Tier held at Monticello , Sullivan County , N. Y. - The Railroad Meetings at Jamestown and Angelica - The Marvin Notice of Application for a Charter for a Company to Build a Railroad ...
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... railroads and railroad carriages and ma- chinery . " The Holland Land Company , which owned whole townships in Allegany , Cattaraugus , and other Western New York counties , and the Pultney estate , which held vast areas in Steuben and ...
... railroads and railroad carriages and ma- chinery . " The Holland Land Company , which owned whole townships in Allegany , Cattaraugus , and other Western New York counties , and the Pultney estate , which held vast areas in Steuben and ...
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... Company that the railroad would return a profit of from 10 to 13 per cent . Al- though the Legislature was flooded with petitions from people all along the line of the proposed rail- road , and from the authorities of New York City and ...
... Company that the railroad would return a profit of from 10 to 13 per cent . Al- though the Legislature was flooded with petitions from people all along the line of the proposed rail- road , and from the authorities of New York City and ...
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... Company's Treasury again Empty -- And Owes $ 3,000,000 to the State - Politics , the Press , and the Erie Question — Futile Aid Meetings in New York - The State Turns its Back , and the Company Assigns - The Railroad Advertised for Sale ...
... Company's Treasury again Empty -- And Owes $ 3,000,000 to the State - Politics , the Press , and the Erie Question — Futile Aid Meetings in New York - The State Turns its Back , and the Company Assigns - The Railroad Advertised for Sale ...
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... Railroad Company was granted letters of incorporation , with authority to construct a single or double track railway ... company , with permission of the authorities of New York City , to extend its railroad " along the Fourth Avenue to ...
... Railroad Company was granted letters of incorporation , with authority to construct a single or double track railway ... company , with permission of the authorities of New York City , to extend its railroad " along the Fourth Avenue to ...
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affairs Albany amount appointed April Atlantic Barlow Benjamin Loder bill Binghamton bridge Buffalo Canal capital stock cars cent charge Charles charter coal committee Company's conductor connection construction contract County Daniel Drew debt Delaware Diven dividend Division Dunkirk Eleazar Lord election Elmira engineer Erie management Erie Railroad Company Erie Railway Company Erie stock Erie's expenses feet Fisk freight Goshen Henry Homer Ramsdell Hornellsville Hudson River interest issued James James Fisk James McHenry January Jay Gould Jersey City Jewett John Judge July Lake Erie land lease Legislature loan locomotive Loder March Marsh McHenry ment Middletown miles Nathaniel Marsh Newburgh operation Owego paid pany passed passenger train Pennsylvania Piermont Port Jervis President purchase rails Receiver resigned road route Samuel Samuel Marsh Senate station stockholders Street Superintendent Susquehanna terminus tion track Valley Vanderbilt Vice-President vote Watson West Western Railroad William York and Erie
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Page 292 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 293 - The said corporation shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the general restrictions and liabilities prescribed in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes.
Page 292 - ... shall be inspectors of the first election of directors of the said corporation, and shall certify under their hands the names of those duly elected, and deliver over the subscription books...
Page 461 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 293 - ... in such manner as to afford security for life and property: but the corporation shall restore the stream or water- course, road or highway, thus intersected, to its former state, or in a sufficient manner not to unnecessarily impair its usefulness or injure its franchises.
Page 293 - ... forfeit and pay to the said corporation double the amount of damages sustained by means of such offence or injury, to be recovered in the name of the said corporation, with costs of suit by action of debt.
Page 192 - Ward and each of them, their and each of their heirs, executors and administrators of and from all and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts...
Page 292 - ... any director, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year wherein they may happen, by the board of directors...
Page 292 - Statutes, have power, 1. To cause such examination and surveys for its proposed railroad to be made, as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route...
Page 293 - ... as shall be made to the said corporation, to aid in the construction, maintenance and accommodation of the said...