Twenty Third Street Railway Company Stock Certificate (New York)

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Intricately engraved antique stock certificate from the Twenty Third Street Railway Company dating back to the 1890's. This document, which is signed by the company Vice President and Treasurer, was printed by the American Bank Note Company, and measures approximately 10 3/4" (w) by 7" (h).
This certificate features a pair of vignettes - the New York state seal at the top and a trolley at the bottom.
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Historical Context
The
was a street railway in
. It was originally operated as horse cars and later
. Its trackage ran along 23rd Street between 13th Avenue at the Hudson River and the East River east of Avenue A, with a depot on the north side of 23rd Street between 13th and 11th Avenues.
The company was chartered on January 29, 1872. It leased the
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. Upon consolidation, it became the 23rd Street Crosstown Line. Trolley service along the line ended on April 8, 1936.
Today the main line of the railroad is the M23 bus of the MTA's Regional Bus Operations.