THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY OF   LONG   ISLAND
THE BROOKLYN AND MONTAUK RAILROAD COMPANY THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY |
SEYFRIED WRITES THAT FROM THE START THERE WAS TALK OF TERM- INATING THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD AT SAG HARBOR OR RIVERHEAD. |
THE BROOKLYN & MONTAUK RAILROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED NOVEMBER 20, 1879 AS A REORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY WHICH HAD BEEN LEASED TO THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD IN JANUARY 1876. IN 1881 THIS COMPANY EXTENDED THE TRACK A DISTANCE OF 19.18 MILES TO A CONNECTION WITH THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH AT EASTPORT. |