CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 3
2. CONTENTS 7
3. FOREWORD 9
4. CHAPTER I. THE FIRST STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISES 11
5. CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1850 AND i860 39
6. CHAPTER III .THE FIGHT FOR BROADWAY 1852 t o 1884 78
7. CHAPTER IV. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN i860 AND 1875 108
8. CHAPTER V .HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1875 AND 1884 143
9. CHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1884 AND 1897 173
10. CHAPTER VIII .THE ERA OF CONSOLIDATION 204
11. CHAPTER IX. FRANCHISE GRANTS UNDER THE CHARTER OF GREATER NEW YORK 221
12. CHAPTER X. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 235
13. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 249