SUPREME COURT, NEW YORK COUNTY. DECISION OF JUDGE VAN BRUNT SUSTAINING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE NEW YORK ARCADE RAILWAY COMPANY'S CHARTER. [Caption title: SUPREME COURT. JOHN JACOB ASTOR ET AL. VS. NEW YORK ARCADE RAILWAY COMPANY, SPECIAL TERM DECR. 1886.].
[New York: 1886]. 14, [2 blank] pp. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched. Near Fine. New York State authorized Alfred E. Beach in 1868 to construct pneumatic tubes beneath New York City and Brooklyn for the purpose of conveying letters and parcels; an 1873 Act authorized Beach to construct an underground..... More