Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . ecticutalone, the mileage reached 551 miles, while in the New Eng-land States, 2,845 niiles were in operation, besides severalhundred miles under construction. The cost of building wasfrom $35,000 to $40,000 a mile, and no pecuniary aid hadbeen given towards their construction, except that in a fewinstances the companies had been relieved of taxation for astated period. One of the important projects of this epoch was the com-pletion of the New York & New Haven Railroad, whichwas opened to the public Dec. 19, 1848 ; the
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . ecticutalone, the mileage reached 551 miles, while in the New Eng-land States, 2,845 niiles were in operation, besides severalhundred miles under construction. The cost of building wasfrom $35,000 to $40,000 a mile, and no pecuniary aid hadbeen given towards their construction, except that in a fewinstances the companies had been relieved of taxation for astated period. One of the important projects of this epoch was the com-pletion of the New York & New Haven Railroad, whichwas opened to the public Dec. 19, 1848 ; thereby completingan all-rail connection between New York and Boston, theWestern Railroad having been built from Worcester toSpringfield. Three trains were run daily between NewHaven and New York. A railroad was opened on July 22, 1852, between NewLondon and New Haven. It was not until 1858 that a roadwas completed from Stonington to New London; this madea second continuous rail route from New York to Boston,which had already been connected with Providence, and that 294. CONNECTICUT AS A STATE with Stonington, It ran along the shore of the Sound, whenceit took its popular name the Shore Line. Charters were granted to several companies during thefever of speculation in railroad construction; prominentamong these were the Naugatuck Railroad Company, organ-ized to build a railroad from the city of Bridgeport, runningin a northerly direction to the town of Plymouth. It wasopened for traffic in 1849, ^^ has since been extended toWinsted. The New Haven & Northampton Railroad Companyreceived a charter in 1846. They followed the line of theFarmington Canal, and completed a road from New Havento Plainville in 1848, which was later continued to North-ampton, Massachusetts, more recently to Williamsburg, andfinally to Shelburne Falls. The New London, Willimantic & Palmer Railroad Com-pany was chartered in 1847. It was afterwards extendednorth to Grouts Corner, Massachusetts, to connect withl
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