Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1891 — The First Railroad in New York. [ARTICLE]

The First Railroad in New York.

The Albany' & Schenectady Railroad... chartered IjT 1862 as the Mohawk & Hudson, was opened September 12, 1831, and was the first Railroad built in the slut; of New York. In 1847, tho muna was changed to the Albany & Schenectady. , in 1858, this road was consolidated with nine other small lines, forming tiie New York Central: and in 1869 this company was consolidated with the Hudson River Railroad, forming what has since been known as the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. In 1831, the Mohawk & Hudson carried but a few hundred passongers; last year, the New Y'ork Central & Hudson River Railroad carried over eighteen million. A syndicate at Mancie recently par, chased 1,200 acres of land adjoining that city