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| THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND |
1867 STOCK CERTIFICATE FROM COLLECTION OF AND WITH THANKS TO JOHN M. SZABOL
IN MAY 1875 THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY WAS STILL USING SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD CHECKS
| THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND WAS INCORPORATED MARCH 23, 1860. THE PERIOD OF TIME ALLOWED FOR COMPLETION WAS EXTENDED BY TWO YEARS IN 1864 AND AGAIN IN 1866. WORK BEGAN MAY 28, 1866 AND IN SEPTEMBER 1866 THE DIRECTORS VOTED TO EXTEND THE ROAD TO PATCHOGUE. TO REACH THE EAST RIVER FERRIES THEY APPROACHED THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD FOR A TRACK CONNECTION IN JAMAICA AND THE USE OF THEIR LINE TO HUNTERS POINT. THE OLDER LINE REFUSED AND FOILED ATTEMPTS BY THE SOUTH SIDE TO USE THE BROOKLYN CENTRAL & JAMAICA AND TO PURCHASE THE NEW YORK & FLUSHING RAILROAD WITH WHICH IT WOULD HAVE CONNECTED AT LAUREL HILL. THUS THE DECISION WAS MADE TO BUILD THROUGH BUSHWICK TO SOUTH EIGHTH STREET WILLIAMSBURG. ON OCTOBER 28, 1867 REGULAR SERVICE BEGAN BETWEEN JAMAICA AND BABYLON.
ON JULY 18, 1868 SERVICE WAS EXTENDED WEST TO BUSHWICK AND ON NOVEMBER 4 TO THE EAST RIVER. IN DECEMBER 1868 SERVICE BEGAN TO SAYVILLE - IN APRIL 1869 TO PATCHOGUE. A FREIGHT STATION WAS ESTABLISHED AT YOUNGSPORT IN JULY 1869 THE FAR ROCKAWAY BRANCH RAILROAD OPENED AND STEAM DUMMIES REPLACED HORSES WEST OF BUSHWICK.
TO PROVIDE A MARINE FREIGHT TERMINAL, IN THE SUMMER OF 1869 A SPUR WAS BUILT TO NEWTOWN CREEK AT FURMAN'S ISLAND WHICH WAS STILL SURROUDED BY WATER. See ----> FURMAN'S ISLAND
THE HUNTERS POINT & SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD COMPANY IN FEBRUARY 1872, THE PURCHASE OF THE WESTERLY PORTION OF THE NEW YORK & FLUSHING HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, A FREIGHT DEPOT WAS OPENED AT HUNTERS POINT.
IN JULY 1874 THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD WAS SOLD IN FORECLOSURE LOUIS RINGHOUSE, LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CONDUCTOR, HAD BEGUN HIS CAREER WITH THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD. See ----> LOUIS RINGHOUSE |
PUBLIC TIME TABLES OF 1869 AND 1870
PUBLIC TIME TABLE OF JANUARY 1, 1869
SAYVILLE WAS THE TERMINUS UNTIL APRIL
1869 WHEN SERVICE BEGAN TO PATCHOGUE
VALLEY STREAM WAS NOT YET A STATION.
ISLIP CENTRE MAY HAVE SERVED THE OLYMPIC BOAT CLUB AT THE FOOT OF SAXON AVENUE.
OLYMPIC SIDING - JUST EAST OF SAXON AVENUE - LASTED UNTIL RECENT YEARS
PUBLIC TIME TABLE OF MAY 30, 1870
ISLIP CENTRE IS NO LONGER SHOWN
VALLEY STREAM AND THE FAR ROCKAWAY BRANCH RAILROAD APPEAR.
EMPLOYE TIME TABLE OF OCTOBER 3, 1870 - IMAGE REDUCED IN SIZE
EMPLOYE TIME TABLE OF OCTOBER 3, 1870 - LARGER IMAGE
FROM AUGUST 11, 1869 "SOUTH SIDE SIGNAL" BABYLON NEWSPAPER
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SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD TRAIN AT FAR ROCKAWAY
THE STATIONS
WEST STREET AND RAILROAD AVENUE - PHOTOGRAPH AND MAP
Go to PATCHOGUE STATION
A FREIGHT STATION WAS ESTABLISHED AT YOUNGSPORT
Go To YOUNGSPORT - GREAT RIVER
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SEYFRIED STATES THAT HEBBARD'S STATION APPEARED ONLY IN THE MAY,
JUNE AND AUGUST 1870 TIMETABLES AND THAT THE HEBBARD FARMHOUSE
WAS LOCATED ON FLUSHING AVENUE AT ABOUT 52nd STREET.
THE 1873 COLTON MAP SHOWS THAT AREA WHICH WAS KNOWN AS "EAST WILLIAMSBURG"
OUR 1962 PHOTOGRAPH IS LOOKING WEST AT FLUSHING AVENUE AND
SHOWS THE CROSSINGS THERE AND AT 56th STREET - MILTON STREET
55th STREET - FURMAN AVENUE, AND 54th STREET - GARRISON AVENUE.
IN NOVEMBER 1895 A THREE LEVER INTERLOCKING MACHINE WAS INSTALLED WITH
TWO SIGNALS ON THE RAILROAD AND TWO DERAILS ON THE TROLLEY TRACKS. THE
MACHINE AND DERAILS WERE REMOVED IN 1941 AND STOP BOARDS REPLACED THE SIGNALS.
Go to HEBBARD'S STATION EAST WILLIAMSBURG
FLUSHING AVENUE CROSSING - THREE IMAGES
TIMETABLE AND THAT THE STATION BUILDING OPENED IN JULY, 1871. IN THE SUMMER OF
1889 A NEW STATION BUILDING WAS ERECTED. PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL STATION BECAME
THE FREIGHT HOUSE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. 1892 THE VILLAGE NAME BECAME ROSEDALE.
Go to FOSTER'S MEADOW STATION
NEW YORK & ROCKAWAY RAILROAD CROSSED THE SOUTH SIDE
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