A LIST Of the principal places on the Canals, and their distance from each other, as adopted by the Canal Board, CANALS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, *This work extends into the state of Pennsylvania, and is owned by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, in connection with a rail-road of 16 miles in length. The other canals are all owned by the state of New-York, and are all within its limits. RAIL-ROADS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, NAME. FROM To Miles Miles finished. unfin❜d. Albany & W. Stockbrg. Greenbush, Lockport & Nia. Falls, Lockport, Mohawk & Hudson,. Albany, New-York & Harlem,. New-York, Saratoga & Schenec'dy, Saratoga, Schenectady & Troy,.. Schenectady, Brooklyn, Greenport,. 47 Schenectady,. 16 ... Troy,..... Dunkirk, Westchester Co.,. 14 Ballston Spa., 231 Rochester,. Carthage,. 3 Schenectady,. 211 Troy,... 201 Skaneateles, 5 Syracuse & Utica,.. Syracuse, ........ Tonawanda, ... Rochester,. Utica & Schenectady,..Utica, Total Miles,. 724 680 RAIL-ROADS. ALBANY AND WEST STOCKBRIDGE R. R.-Offices at No. 4 Exchange Build. ing, Albany, and Depot, Greenbush. Chartered May 5th, 1836; expires in 1890. Capital $1,000,000. The road is 38 miles long, and connects with the Massachusetts Western R. R. at the State line. The work was commenced in December, 1840; was completed in Dec. 1842; whole cost $1,412,000, or rising $37,000 per mile. Marcus T. Reynolds, President. Samuel Cheever, Secretary. George Bliss, Agent. ATTICA AND BUFFALO R. R.-Office at Alexander, Genesee Co. Chartered May 3d, 1836, for 50 years. Capital $350,000. Shares $50. This railroad is 31 miles long; was commenced Sept. 1st, 1841; finished Dec. 24th, 1842; whole cost, exclusive of cars, engines and buildings, about $250,000; or about $8,000 per mile. Henry Hawkins, President. V. R. Hawkins, Sec'ry and Treas'r. Wm. F. P. Taylor, Agent. BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA R. R.-Office No. 57 Merchants' Exchange, New-York. Chartered April 25th, 1832, for 50 years. Capital $300,000. Shares $50. Leased to the Long Island R. R. Co. for 45 years. John A. King, President. Robert Schuyler, Sec'y. AUBURN AND ROCHESTER R. R.-Office in Canandaigua. Chartered in 1836. Capital $2,000,000. Shares $100. Length 78 miles; completed in November, 1841. Total cost up to March 10th, 1842, includ ing interest on $200,000 of State Stock borrowed, $1,514,455 39. Henry B. Gibson, President. Charles Seymour, Sec'y and Treas'r. R. Higham, Superintendant and Engineer. AUBURN AND SYRACUSE R. R.-Office at Auburn. Chartered in 1834. Capital $400,000. Shares $100. Length 26 miles. Borrowed $200,000 of State Stock. A branch of 5 miles extends from this road to Skaneateles village. J. Philips Phoenix, President. J. B. Varnum, Secretary. E. P. Williams, Sup't. and Eng. BUFFALO AND BLACK Chartered in 1833. Capital $100,000. $7,500 per mile. Ebenezer Johnson, President. James Haggart, Sec'y and Agent. BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS R. R. Chartered in 1834. Capital $110,000. Length 23 miles. Peter B. Porter, President. Geo. P. Stevenson, Sec'y, Treas'r & Ag't. CATSKILL AND CANAJOHARIE R. R.-Office at Catskill. Chartered in 1830. Capital $600 000. Length 78 miles, of which 26 miles from Catskill built: Borrowed $200,000; and failing to pay the interest thereon, the railroad was sold at public- auction by the Comptroller, in May, 1842, for $11,600, to Amos Cornwall. LEWISTON R. R. Chartered in 1836. Capital $50,000. Length 3 miles. It ascends the Mountain Ridge and intersects the Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad. Horse power is exclusively used on this road. HUDSON AND BERKSHIRE R. R.-Office in Hudson. Chartered in April, 1832, for 50 years. Capital $450,000. Shares $50. Length 34 miles. Opened September, 1838. Borrowed $150,000 of State Stock. John Powers, President. Josiah W. Fairchild, Sec'y & Treas'r. |