But the five o'clock express train (Morgan's) which followed, having switched off" to the west track, on coming abreast of the wrecked train halted to render assistance, and while so doing was run into by the five and a-half Peekskill train (Nichols), which had also taken the west track, but was driving ahead heedless of danger at the usual speed. Here again others were hurt, some very seriously. The company exhibited on the occasion great concern for the sufferers, and visited with prompt punishment the offending officials.

The Vanderbilt influence came into control of the New York and Hudson River Railroad in 1864, but the road between New York and Albany was operated independently of the Central Railroad until 1870, when, in accordance with the legislative act of November, 1869, authorizing a consolidation of the whole interest between New York, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge, the consolidated organization assumed the title of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. The Hudson River road cost, to build and equip, $78,014,954, or $76,272 per mile of track.

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad extends through the county, making a junction with the Harlem, at Washiugtouville in the town of East

Chester, and so passes into the city. It runs in its course from the Connecticut line through the towns of Rye, Harrison, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Pelham and East Chester, covering a distance of 13.61 miles. The work of constructing this part of the road was carried on during the years 1847 and 1848. On Christmas day, 1848, a party of gentlemen made an excursion over it from New York to New Haven, returning the next day. The road was opened for business on the following day. The character of the ground of the road in this county is described as "heavy with rough heavy cuttings." It was at first a single track road.