The Street Surface Railway Franchises of New York City / Harry James Carman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carman, Harry James, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1969]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the street railway franchises from the mid 1800's and looks at the surface railways of Manhattan and to those companies whose lines were consolidated in forming the railway systems.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

CHAPTER I. THE FIRST STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISES

CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1850 AND i860

CHAPTER III .THE FIGHT FOR BROADWAY 1852 t o 1884

CHAPTER IV. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN i860 AND 1875

CHAPTER V .HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1875 AND 1884

CHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF RAILWAYS INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1884 AND 1897

CHAPTER VIII .THE ERA OF CONSOLIDATION

CHAPTER IX. FRANCHISE GRANTS UNDER THE CHARTER OF GREATER NEW YORK

CHAPTER X. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89759-6

OCLC:

1100463991