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This is a page of partial transcriptions of Interstate Commerce Commission valuation reports for railroads, mostly from the late 1910s. The Rice Index was the starting point for the following list. Class I railroads are bolded. The ICC annual report shows intercorporate relations as of December 31, 1917 (also 1918, 1919). Years in parentheses ...
- Location and General Description of Property
- Economic Conditions Relating to Traffic
- Physical Characteristics of Road
- Introductory
- Corporate History
- Development of Fixed Physical Property
- Leased Railway Property
- Predecessor Companies
The railroad of The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, herein called the Nickel Plate, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The owned railroad consists of a main line extending from Buffalo to Silver Creek, N. Y., and from Dunkirk, N. Y., to the Indiana-Illinois State lin...
Farm development—The country traversed is largely fertile farming land, producing hay, grain, livestock, fruit, vegetables, poultry, dairy products, etc. Industrial development—The manufacturing industry in the region served by this carrier is extensive and varied, the company serving the important manufacturing centers of the Chicago District, Cle...
Grades—The maximum grade between Buffalo N. Y., and Conneaut, Ohio, is 1 per cent eastbound and 1 per cent westbound; between Conneaut and Bellevue, Ohio, 0.53 per cent eastbound and 0.68 per cent westbound; between Bellevue, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Ind., 0.60 per cent eastbound and 0.75 per cent westbound; between Fort Wayne, Ind., and Stony Island ...
The Nickel Plate is a corporation of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, having its principal office at Cleveland, Ohio. It is controlled by O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen, of Cleveland, Ohio, through ownership of a majority of its capital stock. On the other hand, the company controls, through ownership of its entire capital st...
The Nickel Plate was incorporated under the general laws of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, through filing with the secretary of state of New York, September 27, 1887, and with the secretaries of state of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, September 24, 1887, an agreement dated August 18, 1887, for the purpose of consolidatin...
The owned mileage of the Nickel Plate, 498.174 miles, was acquired by it as indicated hereunder: 1. By construction. 3.050 2. By consolidation. 503.230 2.1. 506.280 3. Less mileage abandoned. 7.780 3.1. Total. 498.500 4. Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation. .326 4.1. Mileage inventoried as of da...
The property of the Nickel Plate, together with the property of others that it leased, devoted to common-carrier purposes, was taken over for operation by the United States Railroad Administration on January 1, 1918, and is so operated on date of valuation. The arrangements of the Nickel Plate with other carriers, in effect December 31, 1917, cover...
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The accounting records of The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company (second corporation) were not obtained. Therefore, no information can be given from its accounts regarding its financial dealings, corporate operations, or investments. The records reviewed did not indicate whether the company was controlled by any individual or corporation on September 24, 1887, the date of its demise, or, on the other hand, whether it controlled any common-carrier corporation. The property of the...
The Cleveland and State Line Railroad
The accounting records of The Cleveland and State Line Railroad Company were not obtained. Therefore, no information can be given from its accounts regarding its financial dealings, corporate operations, or investments. The records reviewed did not indicate whether the company was controlled by any individual or corporation on September 24, 1887, the date of its demise, or, on the other hand, whether it controlled any common-carrier corporation. The property of the company was operated by the...
The Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad
The accounting records of The Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad Company were not obtained. Therefore, no information can be given from its accounts regarding its financial dealings, corporate operations, or investments. The records reviewed did not indicate whether the company was controlled by any individual or corporation on September 24, 1887, the date of its demise, or, on the other hand, whether it controlled any common-carrier corporation. The property of the company was operated by the...
Tracks, 60.54 miles, Spokane, to Marengo, Wash.; term perpetual; 2.25 percent on valuation, 4.375 percent on additions and betterments, and maintenance and taxes on wheelage basis. 106,796.19 Tracks, 3.34 miles, Argo to Seattle and terminal facilities, Seattle, Wash.; term 5 years from May 12, 1916; stipulated payment $93,688.87 for real estate ...
The company owned on date of sale approximately 14 miles of single-track, standard-gage railroad, all acquired by construction in the year 1887. The records reviewed indicate that this company had issued capital stock par value $280,000, and first-mortgage bonds, par value $280,000, but the considerations received therefor were not ascertained.
The compensation for the use of the Fourth Avenue station is an amount equal to 4 per cent per annum on a valuation of $58,292, together with a proportion of the expenses of maintenance and operation, including taxes and insurance divided on a basis of passenger trains of each company stopping at the station. $6,621.21
The rental received for the year ended on date of valuation amounted to $154,281. This amount represented 6 per cent dividends on the outstanding capital stock, preferred, and interest on the outstanding funded debt of the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland.
The only information obtainable with reference to the financial transactions of this company indicated that the Minnesota, Saint Croix and Wisconsin Railroad Company, in purchasing this property, assumed its first-mortgage bonds of $90,000 par value and set up liabilities for conversion of its preferred stock of $54,000 par value and common ...
