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82 NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.
8. “ An Act for the Incorporation of Companies formed to Navigate tlie Ocean by
Steaffiiships” was passed April 12, 1852.1
9. “An Act to authorize the formation of Companies for Ferry Purposes’’ was passed
April 9, 1853.2
10. “ An Act for the Incorporation of Companies formed to Navigate tlie Waters ©f
Lake George by Steamboats” was passed January 14, 1854.3
11. “ An Act for the Incorporation of Companies formed to Navigate tlie Lakes and
Rivers” was passed April 15, 1854. Cos. report annually to the State Engineer and Surveyor.4
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1 Previou; to 1852, Steamship Cos. were incorp. by special acts; since that time tl*ey have organized under the general act.
Ocean Steam Navigation Companies. |
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Names op Companies. |
Date of Or¬
ganization. |
Capital. |
Names op Companies. |
Date of Or¬
ganization. |
Capital. |
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Amazon Steamship Co................
Amer. Atlantic Steam Nav, Co....
Amsterdam Steamship Co..........
Atlantic Steamship Co...............
Cal., N.Y., & Europ. Steamship Co.
CaL, N.Y., & Europ. Steamship Co.
Cent. Amer. & Cal. Steamship Co..
Mexican Ocean Mail & TnlantfCo.
N. Y., Balt. & Alex, Steamship Co..
N. Y. & Boston Steamboat Co ...
N. Y. & California Steamship Co...
N. Y. & Galway Steamship Co....
N. Y. Harbor Steam Freight Co...
N. Y. & Havana Steamship Co..... |
Dec. 26,1853
( Feb. 23,1839, )
1& May 8,1845/
Jan. 6,1854
May 26,1855
Oct. 1,1858
Oct. 1, 1859
July 7, 1852
Jan. 25, 1853
Oct. 27,1852
April 19,1828
March 15, 1853
Sept. 6, 1853
March 11, 1853
Jan. 14, 1859 |
$55,000
2,000,000
300.000
686.000
500.000
400.000
1.500.000
120.000
150.000
1.500.000
1.000,000
100.000 |
N. Y. & Havre Steamship Co.........
N. Y. & Matanzas Steamship Co....
N. Y. k New Orleans Steamship Co.
N. Y. South American Steamboat Co
N. Y. & Southern Steamship Co.....
N. Y. & Virginia Steamship Co----
North American Steam Nav. Co....
Ocean Steam Navigation Co..........
Ocean Steam Packet Co...............
Ocean Steamship Co.....................
Parker Vein Steamship Co............
Staten Island & N.J. Steam Nav. Co.
U. S. & Cent. American Transit Co.
U. S. & Liberia Steamship Co.........
W. India & Venezuela Steamship Co |
Jan. 13,1855
Jan. 15,1859
Sept. 12,1854
April 14,1827
Sept. 29,1853
April 10,1850
May 1,1839
May 8,1846
May 6, 1839
April 7, 1819
Dec. 26, 1853
March 17,1853
June 25, 1859
March 13,1854
March 8,1856 |
$700,000
360.000
100.000
500.000
300.000
1,500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
250.000
1,000,000
50,000
100.000
150,000 |
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S The Ferry Companies are required to report annually to the Secretary of State; but the reports are not published. |
Ferry Companies formed under the General Act.
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Names of Companies. |
Date of Or¬
ganization. |
Capital. |
Names op Companies. |
Date of Or¬
ganization. |
Capital. |
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Brooklyn Ferry Co..................
Esopus k Hyde Park Ferry Co...
Fort Montgomery Ferry Co......
Flushing. College Point & N. Y.
Steam Ferry Co.....................
Garrison &West Point Ferry Co.
Long Island Ferry Co. (N. Y. &
Brooklyn)............................
Navy Yard Ferry Co................. |
Feb. 26, 1855
Nov. 7, 1854
April 19,1853
June 29, 1859'
Jan. 21,1854
Mav 9,1859
June 20, 1859 |
$100,000
3,000
500,000
12,000 |
People’s Ferry Co. (N. Y. to Wil¬
liamsburgh).,...........................
Piermont & Dearman Ferry Co.....
Bhinebeck & Kingston Ferry Co...
Bosevelt & Bridge St. Ferry Co.
(N. Y. to Brooklyn)..................
Sidney & Unadilla Ferry Co..........
Staten Island & N. Y. Ferry Co.....
Union Ferry Co. of Brooklyn........ |
April 21,1853
Sept. 5,1853
May 7,1853
April 26,1853
April 25, 1855
Cct. 26, 1853
Nov. 9,1854 |
$300,000
50,000
8,000
250.000
100
900.000
800.000 |
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8 The only Company formed under this act is the Lake George Steamboat Co., incorp. Jan. 23,1854. It has a capital of $20,000. |
4 Inland Steam Navigation Companies.
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Names of Companies. |
Date of
Organization. |
Capital. |
Names op Companies. ^
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Date of
Organization. |
Capital. |
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American Steamboat Co...............
American 'Transportation Co.“.......
Archimedean Propeller Co............
Black Hiver Steamboat Co„..........
Black Biver Steamboat Co............
Blanchard Steamboat Co..............
Buffalo k Toledo Transportation Co.
Catskill Steamboat Transport. Co..
Cayuga Lake & Inlet Steamboat Co.
Chautauqua Steamboat Co............
Crooked Lake Steamboat Co.........
Dutchess & Orange Steamboat Co..
Essex Steam Navigation Co..........
Flushing Steamboat Co................
Fulton Steamboat Co...................
Harlem & New York Nav. Co---------
Hudson Biver Steamboat Co..........
Hudson Biver Steamboat Co.........
Lake Champlain Steamboat Co.6...
Lake Champlain Steamboat Navi¬
gation Co..................................
Lake Erie Steamboat Co...............
Lake Erie Transportation Co. ......
Lake Erie & Buffalo Steamboat Co.
Lake Ontario Steamboat Co'......... |
Feb. 3,1858
Jan. 11, 1855
June 1, 1859
April 12,1848
April 24,1856
Feb. 25, 1856
May 6, 1856
Aug. 15,1854
Feb. 25, 1828
May 4, 1829
April 18,1826
April 20,1825
April 24, 1829
April 21. 1829
April 18,1815
Jan. 14,1856
April 20, 1825
Sept. 15,1856
March 12,1813
May 11,1835
March IQ, 1820
Nov. 20,1856
March 23,1859
Jan. 28,1831 |
$80,000
540.000
200.000
25.000
10.000
25.000
• 120.000
20 000
50.000
[10,000
5,000
100.000
20.000
15.000
250.000
27.000
200.000
20.000
200,000
100.000
114 000
100 000
50.000
100,000 |
Lake Navigation Co......................
New York Transportation Co..,.....
New York k Albany Propeller Line
New York k Western Towing Co...
Niagara Falls Steamboat Assoc......
Northern Transportation Co..........
Northern Transportation Line......
North Biver Steamboat Co.d..........
Old Oswego Line..........................
Oneida Lake & Biver Steamboat
Co.*........................................
Ontario Steam & Canal Boat Co/....
Ontario Steamboat Co..................
Ontario & St. Lawrence Steam¬
boat Co .a..................................
Orangetown Point Steamboat Co...
Poughkeepsie Steamboat Co.........
St. Lawrence Steamboat Co..........
Seneca Lake Steamboat Co............
Suffolk Steamboat Co....................
Susquehanna Steam Navigation Co.
Troy Steamboat Co......................
United States Mail Steamship Co...
Western Transportation Co........... |
Feb. 20, 1S56
April 15, 1854
Dec. 1,1856
Sept. 21,1857
Sept, 2,1854
Feb. 6,1855
April 6, 1857
March 10, 1820
May 2,1856
April 2, 1838
1842
May 12,1859
1848
April 16. 1830
March 30, 1827
1842
April 6,1825
March 25, 1829
May 11,1835
March 31, 1825
April 5,-
Dec. 8,1855 |
500.000
100.000
40.000
55.000
50.000
" 300,000
59.500
600.000
300.000
10.000
100.000
10,000
50.000
20.000
8,000
50.000
80.000
1,500,000
800,000 |
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a Capital reduced to $270,000 Jan. 15, 1859.
6 Charter expired April 11, 1833. The first steamboat on
Lake Champlain was in 1810.
« Merged in the Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. in 1848.
Exclusive individual and corporate rights for steam naviga¬
tion upon the waters of this State have been granted under
special acts, as follows:—An act was passed March 19,1797,
granting to John Fitch the sole right of steam navigation in
the waters of the State for a period of fourteen years. Having
d Charter expired April 11, 1833. |
« Charter limited to 20 years. Beincofporated April 12,1842.
f Merged in the Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. in 1848.
o Merged in the American Steamboat Co. in 1858.
done nothing for ten years, this act was repealed in 1798. An
act was passed March 27,1798. granting to Kobert It. Livingston
the sole right of navigating by steam for twenty years, con¬
ditioned to building a boat of at least 20 tons, capable of moving
four milss per hour against the current of Hudson Biver. This |
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