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THE   NEW  YORK  CENTRAL   AND   HUDSON
RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY.
 

This company was organized by the consolidation on November 1,
1869, of the New York Central Railroad Company and the Hudson
Eiver Railroad Company.

THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

This company was organized under a special law passed April 2,
1853, authorizing the consolidation of the railroads between Albany
and Buffalo as follows :

The Albany and Schenectady.

The Schenectady and Troy.

The Utica and Schenectady.

The Mohawk Valley.

The Syracuse and TJtica.

The Syracuse and Utica Direct.

The Rochester and Syracuse.

The Buffalo and Rochester.

The Rochester, Lookport and Niagara Falls.

The Buffalo and Lockport.

Articles of agreement taking effect as of May 1, 1853, were filed
May 17, 1853 ; the first board of directors elected July 6, and the
whole line delivered to the new company August 1, 1853.

The organization of the consolidated roads, as mentioned above,
forming the New York Central Railroad, was as follows :

THE ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY,

Chartered in 1826 as the Mohawk and Hudson, was opened Sep¬
tember 13,1831, and was the first railroad built in the State of New
York. In 1847 the name was changed to the Albany and Schenec¬
tady.