1891 New York RAILROAD Report & Large Railway Map Train Accidents & Problems

Description

Eighth Annual Report
Of The
Board of
Railroad
Commissioners
Of The
State Of New York
For The Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 1890
Transmitted To The Legislature January 13, 1891
Commissioners :
William S. Rogers
Issac V. Baker , Jr.
Michael Rickard
Volume I
James B. Lyon , Printer
Albany , N. Y.
1891
Hardcover.
Cloth Binding.
6" x 9"
431 Pages. Indexed.
128 Years Old
New York Railroad Report
Includes the
large
New York Railway Map
, 34" x 45"
( see condition details below )
Includes
:
Complaints
Made by Cities and Towns , Individuals , Businesses , etc.
( these are very interesting ; over 50 pages of complaints regarding streets blocked by locomotives and trains , shipping problems , excessive rates, dangerous conditions , bridges and bridge locations , defective cattle guards , defective signals , farm crossings , sleeping car problems , dangerous crossings , inaccurate charges , a burned train station , railway embankment problems , insufficient men in the railroad yards , suspended runs , station requests , lack of fence maintenance , train striking a bridge & killing a brakeman , bridge that effectively dammed a creek , a refused ticket , inadequate time table , freight rates , dangerous condition which sent a railway palace car into Lake George , etc., etc. )
Applications
For Change of Motive Power ( from Horses to Electricity ) , Increase of Capital Stock , Bonds , Suspension of Railroad Operations
Accidents
( 40 pages on accidents occurring in 1890 & accident inquiries ; NYC accident in which a man was run over & killed , collision at Oswego on the New York Lake Erie And Western Railroad , collision on the Western New York And Pennsylvania Railroad near Cuba , an accident on the Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad near Hamburgh in which 6 people were killed and 21 were injured , explosion of the boiler of Lehigh Valley Railway Locomotive No. 261 at Buffalo , plus many more accidents and collisions resulting injuries and deaths )
Lengths of Steam Railroads
( several dozen rail companies )
Inspections
( 55 pages of condensed reports of railroad conditions throughout the state )
Plus
:
Legislative and Governor's Decisions & Recommendations regarding Railroad matters
Minutes of the Board
The General Railroad Act , Laws of 1850
Revised Railroad Statutes
Act creating the Board of Railroad Commissioners
Laws relating generally to Railroads , from 1834 to 1890
Crimes committed on Railway Trains , etc.
New York Penal Code relating to Railroads
Interstate Commerce Act
Index of Laws
General Index
**
Condition
**
Worn binding.
Wear at the binding edges.
( see the photos )
The inner hinges are secure.
Plate on the front endpaper :
" Compliments of Martin T. McMahon , Member Of Assembly , 1891 "
No other markings.
No writing.
The paper has toned with age, but remains quite flexible.
The pages are in good condition.
The large Map is present but in very poor condition ; very misfolded, some tearing, much separation at the folds, and the paper aged and dry.
Condition issues, but much interesting 19th century New York Railroad information.
Carefully Packed for Shipment to the Buyer
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