Buffalo and New York City Railroad – The directors of this company have received a proposition from the Buffalo and Rochester company to sell a portion of the present road between Attica and Buffalo. The Directors have consequently requested the contractors to suspend operations on the new line for the present, and have ordered the chief engineer to examine the old road, and report upon its value as compared with the new location.
Source: American Railroad Journal, 27 September 1851, p. 616, Google Books.