DATES WHEN COMPANIES FORMED. When When Tarrytown, White Plains and Mama Ulster and Delaware 1902 roneck 1898 Unadilla and Schoharie 1836 Tenth Avenue and Grand Street. 1860 Unadilla Valley 1890 Terminal (of Buffalo) 1895 Unadilla Valley 1904 Terminal Railroad and Tunnel 1900 Underground (New York) 1896 Terminal Underground Terminal Union 1886 Union 1851 1889 Union (Buffalo) 1869 Third Avenue ... 1853 Union of the City of Brooklyn 1884 Third Avenue and Fordham Third Street (Newburgh) 1861 Union (New York city) 1892 1887 Union Electric of Saratoga 1890 Third Ward Railway 1886 Union Elevated 1886 Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Union Passenger Railway Transfer Streets Crosstown 1884 Company of New York 1885 Thirty-first Street 1885 Union Pneumatic Railway 1867 Thirty-fourth Street 1884 Union Railroad Company 1857 Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown 1896 Union Station 1899 Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and Union Street 1890 Eleventh Avenue 1885 Union (Syracuse) 1852 Thirty-ninth Street, Brooklyn Ferry Union and Syracuse Straight Line. 1852 and Suburban 1893 Union Terminal of the City of Buf Thirty-second Street 1880 falo 1881 Tilly Foster Mine 1888 Union Terminal (New York, under Ticonderoga .. 1889 ground) 1902 Ticonderoga Union Terminal. 1905 Union Traction 1902 Tioga and Erle 1866 Union Village and Johnsonville. 1867 Tioga and Savonia 1875 Union (of Westchester) 1859 Tiveli Hollow 1893 United Railroad Company (Brook Tonawanda 1832 lyn) 1897 Tonawanda, Genesee Valley and United States and Canada 1883 Pine Creek 1882 United States and Canada 1888 Tonawanda Electric 1890 United States Harvey-way Construc Tonawanda Street 1890 tion Company 1882 Tonawanda Valley 1880 United Traction 1899 Tonawanda Valley and Cuba 1881 Upper Hudson 1872 Tonawanda Valley and Cuba 1881 Upper Hudson 1896 Tonawanda Valley Extension 1881 Upper Hudson Electric and Rail Tonawanda, Wiscoy and Genesee road Company 1905 Valley Transit 1882 Uptown Fifth Avenue 1885 1872 Utica, Adirondack and Saratoga. 1888 Trenton and Sacketts Harbor 1837 Utica Belt Line 1886 Troy and Albia Troy and Averill Park Troy and Bennington Troy and Boston Troy and Chatham Troy City Troy City Troy and Cohoes 1866 Utica and Binghamton 1853 1886 Utica and Black River 1861 1851 Utica and Black River 1883 1849 Utica and Black River 1886 1882 Utica, Chenango and Cortland 1870 1867 Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna 1891 Valley 1866 1862 Utica City 1862 Utica, Clinton and Binghamton 1868 Troy and Lansingburgh 1860 Utica and Deerfield Street 1871 Troy and Lansingburgh 1880 Utica and Fair-ground 1875 Troy and New England 1889 Utica, Georgetown and Elmira 1870 Troy, Rensselaer and Pittsfield 1901 Utica and Herkimer Street 1895 Troy and Rutland 1849 Utica, Horseheads and Elmira 1870 Troy and Saratoga 1871 Utica and Ilion Narrow Gauge. 1877 Troy, Saratoga and Northern 1886 Utica, Ithaca and Elmira 1872 Troy and Stockbridge 1836 Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railway Troy and Susquehanna 1871 Company 1878 Troy Terminal 1902 Utica and Mohawk 1874 Troy Turnpike and Railroad 1831 Utica and Mohawk (Street) 1869 Troy Union 1851 Utica and Mohawk Valley 1902 Troy and Utica 1853 Utica and Schenectady 1833 Tunnel Extension 1882 Utica and Suburban 1896 Tunesassa and Bradford 1905 Utica and Susquehanna 1832 Tuscarora Valley 1902 Utica and Syracuse Air Line 1880 Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Street 1884 Utica and Syracuse Railway 1865 Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Utica and Unadilla Valley 1888 Streets Crosstown 1885 Utica and Waterville 1854 Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Utica and Waterville 1867 Streets Crosstown 1896 Valatie and Kinderhook Street 1889 Twenty-third Street 1869 Twenty-third Street 1872 Van Nest, West Farms and Westchester Traction 1892 Twenty-third Street District Rail Valley 1869 way 1885 Twenty-third Street Ferry and New Van Brunt Street and Erie Basin.. 1861 Vermont and Whitehall 1902 town 1893 Tyrone and Geneva 1837 Ulster County .. 1836 Waddington, Canton and Southern. 1894 Wakefield and Westchester Traction 1892 Walden and Orange Lake 1894 Ulster County Electric 1895 Ulster and Delaware 1875 1888 Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries. 1898 Wall Street Ferry The Following are the Rules of Procedure Adopted by the Board of Railroad Commissioners in Matters Coming Before It. Complaints. Complaints to the Board against railroad companies should be made in writing, and the cause of complaint should be stated clearly. Upon receipt of a complaint (unless in the judgment of the Board immediate action is required) a copy is sent to the railroad company, which must answer within ten days, unless longer time is allowed by the Board. A copy of the answer is sent to the complainant, and, if not satisfactory, issue is joined, a hearing held and a decision rendered. Change of Name. See sections 2411-2417, Code of Civil Procedure. Increase of Capital Stock. (Section 46, Stock Corporation Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. A date for hearing, not earlier than ten days after the receipt of the petition, will be fixed. Accompanying the petition there must be: First. Three certificates of the proceedings of the meeting of the stockholders, two to be endorsed (if the application is approved) and one to be filed in this office. Second. A sworn statement, in detail, of the financial condition of the company, giving the amount of capital stock authorized and amount issued; outstanding indebtedness; and other pertinent information, and a sworn statement, in detail, of the cost of road and equipment. Third. A sworn statement, in detail, of the purposes to which the proposed increase of stock is proposed to be devoted, and, if for further construction and equipment, a verified estimate, in detail, of the cost thereof, made by a person competent to make the same. Reduction of Capital Stock. (Section 46, Stock Corporation Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. A date for hearing will be fixed. The Board requires: First. Three certificates of the proceedings of the meeting of the stockholders, two to be endorsed and one to be filed in this office. Second. A sworn statement from the proper officer of the company that the reduced capital is sufficient for the proper purposes of the corporation and is in excess of its debts and liabilities, the aggregate amount of such debts and liabilities to be stated. Consent to the Issue of Mortgage. (Subdivision 10, Section 4, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition, stating what the lien is to be. A date for hearing, not earlier than ten days after the receipt of the petition, will be fixed. Accompanying the petition there must be: First. Proof of consent of the stockholders under the statute. Second. A sworn statement, in detail, of the financial condition of the company, giving the amount of the capital stock authorized and amount issued, and amount of mortgage bonds authorized and amount outstanding, and amount of other indebtedness of the company, as well as other pertinent information; also a sworn statement, in detail, of the cost of road and equipment. Third. A sworn statement, in detail, of the purposes to which the proceeds of the proposed mortgage are to be devoted, and, if for further construction and equipment, a verified estimate, in detal, of the cost thereof, made by a person competent to make the same. A copy of the mortgage must be filed with the Board. Filing of Maps of Railroads. (Section 6, Railroad Law.) Section 6 of the Railroad Law shows in detail what is required. Sign Boards at Crossings. (Section 33, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition, which shall state the application in detail, following the provisions of the section. A date for hearing will be fixed. Accompanying the petition there must be a print or drawing in detail of the sign or signs of which approval is asked. Discontinuance of Railroad Stations. (Section 34, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board will in each case prescribe rules for proof in applications under this section. Accommodation of Connecting Railroads. (Section 35, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board will in each case prescribe rules for proof in applications under this section. Railroads Crossing Each Other at Grade. (Section 36, Railroad Law. See Section 68, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board requires: First. As to the precedence of trains: The Board will in each case prescribe rules for proof in applications under this provision. Second. In applications for approval of an interlocking switch and signal apparatus at such crossings, a hearing will be given at which a blue print or sketch of the proposed system must be submitted to the Board, which shall show distant signals at least 1,500 feet from the crossing (except where impracticable), home signals and throw-off switches (except where impracticable), all interlocking and operated from a tower. Safety Devices. (Section 50, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. Applications under this section will be considered under rules made for each case. Cooking Stoves Used in Dining Cars. (Section 51, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. In applications under this section for approval of cooking stoves in dining cars, the Board must see the stove proposed to be used, or a blue print or sketch of it. |