Offered here is an ornately engraved 1890 bond certificate of the former Utica and Black River Railroad Company.  It was printed by the American Banknote Company - legendary engraver of stamps, currency, stock and bond certificates since 1795.

History:  It was incorporated on January 31, 1853. The ground was broken at Utica on August 27, 1853, with a great deal of ceremonym, the distinguished Governor Horatio Seymour making the principal speech. There was a parade with band music and other appropriate festivities. In 1857, the Black River & Utica Railroad operated a single passenger train daily between Utica and Boonville. It left Boonville at 8 a.m. and arrived at Utica at 10:20 a.m. Returning it left Utica at 4 p.m. and arrived at Boonville at 6:20 p.m. Seventy-five cents was charged to ride from Utica to Trenton and $1.25 from Utica to Boonville. The road at that time had four locomotives-T.S. Faxton, J. Butterfield, D.C. Jenney and the Boonville.

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