The Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad, chartered in 1853, a rival company to the
Syracuse and Utica Railroad, threatened to build a line from
Syracuse, New York
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to
Utica by a more direct route, by way of
Vernon. This reduced the total travel time from four hours to three and one-half hours.
The road consolidated with the
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...
in 1853.
History
The
Syracuse and Utica Railroad was chartered in 1836 and opened in 1839, extending the line further to Syracuse via
Rome
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(and further to
Auburn via the already-opened
Auburn and Syracuse Railroad). This line was not direct, going out of its way to stay near the
Erie Canal
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and serve
Rome
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, and so the Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad was chartered January 26, 1853, although nothing of this line was ever built because the
West Shore Railroad served the same purpose.
Company management
In 1853, directors of the company were
John Wilkinson, Oliver Teall, Holmes Hutchinson, Joseph Battell, Joel Rathbone, Hamilton White, E. W. Leavenworth, D. Wager, Samuel French, George Barnes and Horace White.
Charles Stebbens was president of the company.
New York Central railroad
The road consolidated with the
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...
in 1853.
References
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Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad
Defunct railroads in Syracuse, New York
Defunct New York (state) railroads
Railway companies established in 1853
Railway companies disestablished in 1853