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ing much time, and becoming somewhat tedious when the 

 novelty wore away. The same style of rail road coaches 

 was still used. In the fall of this year a new pattern of 

 car was built in Schenectady, more nearly like those now 

 in use, the architecture of which was modeled from Dr. 

 Pott's parlor stove, and was called the gothic car. No 

 shop was yet prepared to turn out these vehicles with 

 dispatch. Mr. Jesse Buel has furnished me with a repre- 

 sentation of the new car, the drawing made by himself 

 in 1832. 



In January 1833, the company having erected in State 

 street for a hotel, the building now occupied by the Free 

 Academy, the cars were run by horse power from State 

 street to the junction, where they were coupled to the loco- 

 motive. The stock at this time was selling at $1.25, and 

 matters were in a prosperous and satisfactory state with 

 the directors, when an unexpected episode occurred to 

 disturb the even tenor of their way. 



At a meeting of the common council in J uly, the mayor, 

 Francis Bloodgood, made a long speech concerning the 

 tearing up the pavement of State street, for the purpose of 

 laying a track to the river, and concluded by recommending 

 the prosecution of the company for an unlawful proceed- 

 ing. It resulted in the company being fined ten dollars, 

 by Justice John 0. Cole. It is understood that the charter 

 of the company required them to lay clown a track to the 

 river. It was never used, although the company completed 

 it this year, notwithstanding the common council sought 

 to relieve them of this unnecessary expense by an enact- 

 ment. But the stock was largely owned in New York, 

 and it was found that the act of the legislature could not 

 be annulled by the city board, and the directors were ap- 

 prehensive that a failure to comply strictly with the terms 

 of their charter, would reinvest the turnpike company with 

 the rail road privileges, which they formerly claimed to hold. 



