Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts and Archives Department

NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM
CERTIFICATES, 1840-1910


Collection #
M 0230
OM 0119


Table of Contents

Collection Information
Scope and Content Note
Item Listing
Cataloging Information

Processed by
Charles Latham, 20 January 1994
Additions
Alexandra S. Gressitt
23 November 1994
2 July 1996


COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:

1 manuscript box, 1 oversize folder

COLLECTION DATES:

1840-1910

PROVENANCE:

Kenneth W. Rendell, Dover MA, January 1974, January 1979, November 1994, July 1996; Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio (originally from Kenneth W. Rendell). August 1996

RESTRICTIONS:

None

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society

ALTERNATE FORMATS:

None

OTHER FINDING AIDS:

None

RELATED HOLDINGS:

None

ACCESSION NUMBERS:

1974.0105, 1979.0118, 1995.0075, 1995.0076, 1996.0539, 1996.0718

 


SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection, filling one small manuscript box and one oversize folder, contains stock and bond certificates of companies, mainly railroads which became part of the New York Central System. They are arranged alphabetically, with a separate group of companies which have no apparent connection with the New York Central (a few became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad.)


ITEM LISTING
(Note: Rwy=Railway, RR=Rail Road, Rr=Railroad)

Folder 1: A to Central

Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern RR Co.

Beech Creek Rr Co. (2)

Buffalo, Thousand Islands and Portland Rr Co. (2)

Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Rwy Co.

Canada Southern Rwy Co. (10)

Carthage and Adirondack Rwy Co.

Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor RR Co.

Central Dock & Terminal Rwy Co. (Buffalo) (2)

Central Union Station and Rwy Co. of Cincinnati

Folder 2: Chicago

Chicago & Canada Southern Rwy Co. (2)

Chicago, Indiana & Southern Rr Co. (2)

Chicago, Indianapolis & St. Louis Short Line Rwy Co.

Folder 3: Cincinnati

Cincinnati and Indiana Rr Co. (2)

Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Rwy Co. (11) (See also OM 119)

Cincinnati, LaFayette & Chicago Rr Co. (2)

Cincinnati and Southern Ohio River Rwy Co.

Cincinnati Northern Rr Co. (10)

Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Rr Co (11)

Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Rwy Co.

 Folder 4: Cleveland to Columbus

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Rwy Co (8) (See also OM 119)

Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Rwy Co. (6)

Cleveland & Erie RR (3)

Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Rr Co (12) (See also OM 119)

Cleveland & Toledo RR Co. (13)

Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati RR Co. (8)

Columbus [IN], Hope and Greensburg RR Co

Folder 5: D to E

Detroit, Delray and Dearborn Rr Co (3)

Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Rr Co. (9)

Dolgeville [NY] & Salisbury Rwy Co. (2)

Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Rr Co. (3)

Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Rwy Co. (3)

Erie and North East RR Co. (4)

Erie and Ohio RR (4)

Evansville, Indianapolis & Terre Haute Rwy Co.

Folder 6: F to I

Fulton [NY] Chain Rwy Co (2)

Geneva, Corning and Southern Rr Co. (5) (See also OM 119)

Grand River Valley Rr Co. [MI]

Harrison Branch Rr Co. [OH] (4)

Hobart Branch Rr Co. [NY]

Hooverhurst [PA] and South Western Rr Co

Iliana Coal Co. (2)

Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Rr C. (3) (See also OM 119)

Folder 7: J to L

Jackson and Cincinnati Rwy Co.

Jamestown, Franklin & Clearfield Rr Co. [PA]

Jersey Shore, Pine Creek & Buffalo Rwy Co.

Junction RR Co. [Buffalo]

Kaaterskill Rr Co.

Kalamazoo and White Pigeon RR Co. (2)

Kanawha & Michigan Rwy Co. (11)

Kanawha and Pennsylvania Rwy Co.

Kanawha & West Virginia Rr Co. (2)

LaGrange Connecting Rr Co.

Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Rr Co. (3)

Lake Erie, Youngstown & Southern Rr Co

Lake Shore Rwy Co. [OH] (7)

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rwy Co. (17) (See also OM 119)

Lewiston Suspension Bridge Co. (2)

Little Falls & Dolgeville Rr Co. (5)

Folder 8: M

McKeesport and Belle Vernon Rr Co. (6)

Mahoning Coal Rr Co (11)

Meadow Brook Crushed Stone Co.

Merchants Despatch, Inc.

Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. (2)

Michigan Central RR Co. (38) (See also OM 119)

Michigan Midland and Canada Rr Co. (3)

Michigan Southern RR Co. (8)

Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana RR Co. (22)

Muncie Belt Rwy Co. (2)

Folder 9: Na to New York

National Stockyard Co. [Weehawken NY] (3)

New Jersey Junction Rr Co (3)

New York and Fort Lee RR Co. (7)

New York & Mahopac Rr Co. (3)

New York and New Jersey Ferry Co.

New York and Northern Rwy Co. (12)

New York and Ottawa Bridge Co.

New York & Ottawa Rwy Co. (2)

New York Central Niagara River Rr Co

New York, West Shore and Buffalo Rwy Co. (3)

Folder 10: Niagara to Oswego

Niagara Falls Branch Rr Co. (2)

North East RR Co

North River Construction Co. (2)

Northern Indiana RR Co. (22)

Northern New York RR Co.

Northern Refrigerator Car Co. (2)

Northern Refrigerator Line, Inc.

Norwood & Montreal Rr Co. (2)

Ontario Pacific Rwy Co. (3)

Oswego & Rome Rr Co.

Folder 11: P to R

Penn Yan & New York Rwy Co.

Peoria & Eastern Rwy Co. (8)

Pine Creek Rwy Co. (3)

Pittsfield and North Adams Rr

Rocky River Rwy Co.

Rome, Watertwon and Ogdensburg Rr Co. (8)

Folder 12: S

St. Joseph, South Bend & Southern Rr Co. (2)

St. Lawrence and Adirondack Rwy Co. (7)

Schoolcraft and Three Rivers [MI] Rr Co. (5)

Securities Corporation of the New York Central Rr

Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Rr Co. (2)

State Line & Stony Point Rr Co. (2)

Streator and Clinton [IL] Rr Co.

Sturgis, Goshen & St. Louis Rwy Co.

Swan Creek Rwy of Toledo, Ohio (4)

Syracuse and Chenango Rr Co. (2)

Syracuse Chenango and New York Rr. Co. (4)

Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Rwy Co. (3)

Syracuse, Ontario & New York Rwy Co. (4)

Syracuse & Utica RR Co. (8)

Folder 13: T to V

Three Hundred Park Avenue, Inc.

Tivoli Hollow Rr Co.

Toledo & Michigan Belt Rwy Co. (4)

Toledo and Ohio Central Rwy Co. (11)

Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co. (2)

Ulster and Delaware Rr C. (4)

United Railways Terminal Co. [Cincinnati] (2)

Utica and Schenectady RR Co. (14)

Vernon, Greensburg and Rushville Rr Co.

Folder 14: W to Z

Walkill Valley Rr Co. (3)

Ware River RR Co. (2)

Warren & Venango Rr Co. (2)

Webster Coal and Coke Co.

West Branch Coal Co.

West Shore and Ontario Terminal (2)

West Shore RR Co. [NY] (2)

Western Transit Co. (3)

White Water Rr Co. (7)

Folder 15: Not apparently New York Central (See also OM 119)

Adelphia Bank & Trust Co. [Philadelphia]

Bay Ridge Co. [MD]

Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton RR Co. (11)

Keystone Cooperative Banking Association

Mount Holly, Lumberton & Medford [NJ] Turnpike Co.

National Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine

Northern Liberties Railroad Loan [PA]

D. M. Osborne & Co. (2) [farm machinery]

Roselle & South Plainfield Rwy Co.

Susquehanna & Clearfield Rr Co. (4)

Zanesville and Western Rwy Co. [joined Pennsylvania Rr]

OM 119

Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago RWy Co.

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Rwy Co.

Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula RR Co. (5)

Geneva, Corning and Southern Rr Co. (2)

Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Rr Co. (2)

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rwy Co. (5)

Michigan Central Rr Co. (11)

Pittsburgh and Connellsville RR Co. (2)

Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Rr Co.

Not apparently New York Central:

Fame Mutual Insurance Co. [PA]

Gosydarstvenniy Kredit Biletz

Pfaelzer Casino [Philadelphia]

Loan of the City of Philadelphia (14)


CATALOGING INFORMATION

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