Scope and Content Note
Each bill gives: date; time of run; name of superintendent; direction of movement (all eastbound); destination; type of freight; and railroad charges. Bills were submitted to the Comptroller in accordance with a law of 1834 (Chapter 228) incorporating the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company and requiring it to pay canal tolls on freight it carried and to submit statements thereof to the Comptroller.
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