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The following were leased in 1917:

--NE2 02:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Table

This will probably go in the article.

Company Lines Owned Leased Discontinued
Twenty-third Street Railway 23rd Street Crosstown Line March 1890 April 25, 1893: leased to Houston Lease kept by NY Railways 1936
Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad Bleecker Street Line and part of the 14th Street Crosstown Line January 10, 1876: leased to 23rd
April 25, 1893: leased to Houston		 Lease kept by NY Railways 1917 (14th Street in 1936)
Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad Part of the 14th Street Crosstown Line March 1893 April 6, 1893: leased to Houston and Metropolitan Cross-Town Lease kept by NY Railways 1936
Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Part of the Broadway Line and Seventh Avenue Line June 1886 May 13, 1890: leased to Houston Lease kept by NY Railways 1936
Central Crosstown Railroad 17th and 18th Streets Crosstown Line May 1897 February 8, 1904: leased to Metropolitan Operated under agreement by NY Railways 1913
Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad Eighth Street Crosstown Line April 26, 1890: leased to Central Crosstown
February 8, 1904: leased to Metropolitan		 Remained leased to Central Crosstown; operated under agreement by NY Railways 1936
Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway 34th Street Crosstown Line April 1893 December 21, 1896: operated by Metropolitan Operated under agreement by NY Railways 1936
Sixth Avenue Railroad Sixth Avenue Line, Lenox Avenue Line, and Sixth Avenue Ferry Line February 1, 1892: leased to Houston Lease kept by NY Railways 1936 (Ferry Line in 1919)
Ninth Avenue Railroad Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues Line March 12, 1892: leased to Houston Lease kept by NY Railways until 1919 1935
Eighth Avenue Railroad Eighth Avenue Line November 23, 1895: leased to Metropolitan Lease kept by NY Railways until 1919 1935
New York and Harlem Railroad Fourth and Madison Avenues Line and 86th Street Crosstown Line June 11, 1896: leased to Metropolitan Lease kept by NY Railways until 1920 and reinstated in 1932[citation needed] 1935 (86th Street in 1936)
Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Avenue C Line June 1886 December 12, 1893: merged into Metropolitan 1919
Chambers Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad Madison Street Line June 1886 January 31, 1891: merged into Houston 1919
South Ferry Railroad South Ferry and Vesey Street Line January 1889 December 12, 1893: merged into Metropolitan No idea
Broadway Railway Broadway Line October 1890 December 12, 1893: merged into Metropolitan 1936
Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Spring and Delancey Streets Line March 1891 May 28, 1894: merged into Metropolitan 1931
Central Park, North and East River Railroad East Belt Line, West Belt Line, and 59th Street Crosstown Line August 1892 (minority) October 14, 1892: leased to Houston and Metropolitan Cross-Town Reorganized as the Belt Line Railway
Columbus and Ninth Avenue Railroad Columbus Avenue Line May 1893 November 12, 1895: merged into Metropolitan 1936
Lexington Avenue and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Lexington Avenue Line May 1893 May 28, 1894: merged into Metropolitan 1936
Fulton Street Railroad Fulton Street Line October 1895 February 19, 1896: operated by Metropolitan Abandoned in 1908
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad 28th and 29th Streets Crosstown Line September 1896 Reorganized as the Mid-Crosstown Railway
Second Avenue Railroad Second Avenue Line, First Avenue Line, and Astoria Line January 28, 1898: leased to Metropolitan Became independent
Third Avenue Railroad and its subsidiaries Third Avenue Line and many others March 1900 April 13, 1900: leased to Metropolitan Reorganized as the Third Avenue Railway
Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad 145th Street Crosstown Line January 1898 November 1, 1905: operated by Metropolitan Operated under agreement by NY Railways[citation needed] No idea
New York City Interborough Railway Many lines converging on Interborough Rapid Transit stations 1906 Became independent
Bridge Operating Company Williamsburg Bridge Local May 1904 (half) June 21, 1907: operated by NYC Railway and Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Brooklyn and North River Railroad Brooklyn and North River Line


[edit] Corporate/Financial/Corruption History

Why isn't there some discussion of the notorious corruption involving Tammany Hall, the Metropolitan, and its Wall Street promoters, especially Thomas Fortune Ryan and one of the Whitneys? It's not as if it isn't documented. DCDuring 15:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)