22 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



evolution of the original Staten Island Railroad Company into the 

 Staten Island Railway Company, after the Westfield explosion on 

 July 30, 1 87 1, and the subsequent construction of the Staten Island 

 Rapid Transit Railroad in 1884 and the establishing of business re- 

 lations with the Baltimore and Ohio Railway system. The illustra- 

 tions include a map of Staten Island showing the railway lines and 

 connections, cuts of types of locomotive engines, ferryboat and tug 

 service, and a view of the freight terminal at St. George. Mr. 

 Frederick C. Syze, trainmaster of the Staten Island lines, is the 

 subject of an article, with portrait, by Elias Bernstein, entitled 

 " Appreciation of Frederick C. Syze," in which is included a 

 sketch of his early life and an account of his present duties and 

 responsibilities. " Recollections of Early Railroading on Staten 

 Island," and a " History of the Baltimore and New York Railway 

 Company " are discussed by W. Cornell. The first mentioned 

 article contains a reproduction of a timetable of the Staten Island 

 Railway, which announces that on and after Dec. i, 1875, the 

 train boats will leave New York at 7, 9 and 11 A. M., and i, 4, 5 

 and 6 P. M. The second describes the agreement between the 

 Philadelphia & Reading, N. J. Central, and B. & O. lines, known 

 as the " Blue Line Agreement," and the Staten Island connections. 

 A portrait of H. W. Miller, general freight car foreman of the 

 Staten Island lines, a picture of one of the engines in the freight 

 service between St. George and Cranford Junction, and a view of 

 the Arthur Kill bridge, give a touch of local color to the text. 

 W. L. Dryden, signal supervisor, New York Division, B. & O. 

 R. R., contributes a short account of the " Progress of Signaling 

 on the Staten Island Lines," with two illustrations, one of the 

 signal tower at Pleasant Plains, the other of the twelve-lever 

 interlocking plant at " Princess " Bay. Two^ pages only are given 

 to "Representative Industries on Staten Island" and about one 

 half of this space is occupied by cuts, one of the lumberyard of 

 I. T. Williams & Sons, at Tompkinsville, the other showing build- 

 ing stone in storage at the Arlington freight yard. " Staten 

 Island's Future " is discussed optimistically, from the standpoint of 



