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The railway leased the Bleecker Street And Fulton Ferry Railroad , which went from 14th Street on the Hudson River to Fulton Ferry on the East River ; both were leased by larger companies.


HISTORY

The company was chartered on January 29 , 1872 . It leased the Bleecker Street And Fulton Ferry Railroad on January 10 , 1876 , and was leased to the Houston, West Street And Pavonia Ferry Railroad on April 25 , 1893 , which was consolidated into the Metropolitan Street Railway in December 1893 . The Metropolitan Street Railway was leased by the Interurban Street Railway on April 1 , 1902 , which changed its name to the New York City Railway on February 10 , 1904 . That company went bankrupt in 1908 , and the Metropolitan Street Railway separated on July 31 .


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