Talk:Broadway Line (Lower Manhattan surface)

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[edit] Chronology

The article states: "The Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad was leased by the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad on June 30, 1893, and the lessee merged with the Broadway Surface Railroad and South Ferry Railroad on November 29, 1893 to form the Metropolitan Street Railway." This disagrees with the information in Jackson, Kenneth (ed.) (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. Yale University Press, p. 978. , which states that the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad and the Avenue C Railroad Company merged in 1874 to form the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad. Can anyone settle this discrepancy? -- BRG (talk) 20:49, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

It appears that your book is incorrect, though some of what I wrote is too. [1] generally agrees with the article, though the dates are a bit different (since I hadn't found that book when I wrote this). 1874 is when the Avenue C Railroad was reorganized to form the HWS&SF. I think the notes I took at Talk:List of streetcar lines in Manhattan/Consolidation were from that book, and should be accurate. --NE2 15:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)