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connect at Brewster's in Putnam County with roads for Boston 

 and Montreal. Its southern terminus was at High Bridge; 

 but the West Side and Yonkers Railroad was organized to 

 build an extension of one and one sixteenth miles to the Harlem 

 River to connect with the elevated railroads by means of a 

 bridge at 155th Street. As early as 1871, a considerable 

 portion of the right of way was purchased, and some grading 

 done, but owing to financial difficulties and reorganizations 

 the road was not opened to traffic until the spring of 1881. 

 A branch from Van Cortlandt Park connects with Yonkers by 

 means of half-hourly rapid transit trains. The Putnam road 

 has opened up High Bridge, Morris Dock, Morris Heights, 

 University Heights, Kingsbridge, and Van Cortlandt Park. 

 Though run at a loss during its earlier years, it is now paying 

 more than its expenses under its present lessee. The motive 

 power is still the steam locomotive, though suggestions have 

 been made to introduce electricity. The cost of the road has 

 been $1 1,700,000, an average of nearly $206,000 for every one 

 of its 58.88 miles to Brewster's, and it is single track at that. 



Under the State Railroad Act of 1850, a number of street- 

 car lines was formed and articles of association filed, but 

 nothing seems to have been done until later. Among these 

 later ones were the New York and Westchester Railroad 

 Company, September 24, 1859; New York and Yonkers 

 Railroad Company, October 17, 1859; Union Railroad Com- 

 pany of Westchester, December 15, 1859; Port Morris and 

 Westchester Railroad Company, April 2, 1861; and the 

 Third Avenue and Fordham Railroad Company, on the same 

 date. The president of all these companies was David 

 Milliken, and the leading name of each of the boards of 

 directors was Gouverneur Morris. 



The last of these companies was incorporated under Chapter 



