Excerpt from The City of New York, by Its Rapid Transit Board, With John B. McDonald, Contractor, and Interborough Rapid Transit Company: Agreement Modifying Contract for Construction and Operation of Rapid Transit Railroad; Additional Tracks Near 96th Street Whereas, heretofore and on or about the Elst day of February, 1900, the City, acting by the Board, entered into a contract with the Contractor for the construction and operation of a Rapid Transit Railroad in the City of New York and otherwise, as therein mentioned, the said contract for construction and operation being hereinafter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.