Annual report of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and its leased lines being for the year ending September 30th ...

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Three-story brick office building for hay shed, 47 ft. by 68 ft., on 34th
street and 11th avenue. New York (in progress).

Ventilating chimney, 130 ft. high, for engine-house at 46th street.
New York (in progress).

New brick freight-house, 314 ft. by 129 ft., at Albany (in progress).

Freight-house at Ohio street, Buffalo, remodeled and repaired, and
facilities for handling freight improved, including mechanical
conveyors for drawing freight from the dock platform to freight-
house.

New sheep and hog-house and office, with bunching yards, chutes,
paving, fencing, etc., at East Buffalo stock-yards.

New station, 16 ft. by 24 ft., at Troy iron works.

New brick passenger station, 15 ft. by 15 ft., with wing for ticket
office, 5 ft. by 7 ft., at Troy, Adams street.

New brick station, 20 ft. by 36 ft., at East Palmyra, to replace the
one destroyed by fire.

New stations at Newark and Palmyra, to replace old ones destroyed.

Station at Lewiston moved and rebuilt.

Engine-houses at Pawling and Lyons enlarged.

New engine-house and turn-table at Croton Falls.

Five new 54-foot turn-tables, to replace old ones taken up, viz.: two
at Dewitt; one at Niagara Falls ; one at Chicago street, Buffalo ;
and one at Lyons.

Three new frost-proof tanks, 16 ft. by 24 ft., viz.: one at Medina, one
at Cold Water and one at East Eochester.
 

Docks, Piers, Piling and Crib Work.

Fender racks and ice protection cribs, rebuilt for Spuyten Duyvil

draw-bridge.
The following piers have been repaired:    Nos. 5 and 6, East river,

at o9th street. North river, and pier D, 60th street. North river.

New York.
Bulk-head between piers D and E, 60th street. New York, repaired.
Piers G and I, 60th street. New York, rebuilt (destroyed by fire).
Double track freight transfer bridge, racks and pontoon at 69th street.

North river. New York.
Fender racks to Harlem River draw-bridge, rebuilt and repaired.

Masonry  Structures.

Eotaining wall, averaging 40 feet high, along east side of freight yard,
between G9th and 72nd streets, New York (in progress).
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