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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 ...
The St. Paul was incorporated May 5, 1863, under the general laws of Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company. By resolution of the stockholders on February 7, 1874, a certificate was filed with the secretary of state of Wisconsin on February 11, 1874, changing the name to Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company.
- Location and General Description of Property
- Jointly Used Property
- Corporate History
- Development of Fixed Physical Property
- Leased Railway Property
- Predecessor Companies
The railroad of The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, herein called the Panhandle, is standard gauge and steam operated and comprises a net work of main lines and branches lying within the States of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. These lines extend from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cincinnati, Ohio, Ne...
Descriptions of property jointly owned by the Panhandle with other carriers, or by its lessors with other carriers, and jointly used by the Panhandle, are given in the summaries by accounts in Appendix 1, and the mileage so owned and used is summarized in the mileage table in Appendix 1. In Appendix 2, under the caption leased railway property, wil...
The Panhandle was incorporated under the general laws of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, for the purpose of consolidating the properties, rights and franchises of The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company, the Chicago, Saint Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, The Cincinnati & Richmond Railroad Company (se...
The Panhandle reports that its wholly owned and jointly owned mileage aggregates 1,155.98 miles, which is 6 miles in excess of the mileage of 1,149.980 miles, divided between 1,114.491 miles wholly owned and 35.489 miles of jointly owned, which we have inventoried to the Panhandle. This excess can not be explained from the accounting records. The P...
The Panhandle uses on date of valuation facilities owned by other companies and other companies use facilities owned by the Panhandle to the extent indicated in the statement below. The description of the property, the period and terms of use and the rentals accrued and charged or credited to income for the year ending on date of valuation, are as ...
The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company
Introductory This company was incorporated in the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Control of the company was vested in the Pennsylvania Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company through ownership of a majority of the outstanding capital stock. At the date of its demise, September 30, 1890, the company operated about 464 miles of standard-gauge railroad, the main line extending from Pittsburgh, Pa., southwestwardly through Columbus, Ohio, to Richmond Junction, Ind., with b...
The Pan Handle Railway Company
Introductory This company was Incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania. On the date of its demise, April 30, 1868, the company owned a single-track railroad, extending westwardly from a connection with the Steubenville Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburgh, Pa., to the east end of the Holliday's Cove Rail Road Company's bridge across the Ohio River near Steubenville, Ohio, about 41 miles. The above-described property was operated for account of the company from the date of its...
Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad Company
Introductory This company was an incorporation of the State of Pennsylvania. On the date of its demise, December 28, 1867, the company owned a line of railroad about 41 miles in length, extending westwardly from a connection with the Steubenville Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at the center of Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, to a connection with the tracks of the Holiday's Cove Rail Road Company at the eastern end of that company's bridge across the Ohio River near Steubenville...
The New York Central Railroad Company, tracks, 7.784 miles, from Silver Creek to Dunkirk, N. Y.; term 99 years from Dec. 31, 1892, with privilege of purchase during term of lease for $100,000 or renewal; fixed rental of $5,000 per annum, also taxes and maintenance. 5,000.00.
Main tracks, 76.40 miles, Washington-Southern Junction to Orange, Va.; stipulated payments, proportion of $125,000 (being 5 per cent per annum on valuation of $2,500,000) per annum basis of engine and car mileage for each company, with a minimum of $31,250 per annum; also proportion of interest at 5 per cent on cost of improvements based on ...
Little construction work was performed after 1855. The Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne resumed construction work in 1866, the work being done principally under contract by De Graff & Sons. About 25 miles of the railroad, extending from Richmond to Winchester, were opened for operation by the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne in July, 1870.
The Gettysburg and Harrisburg is controlled by the Reading Company through ownership of a majority of the outstanding capital stock. On date of valuation the Gettysburg and Harrisburg operated as a part of the Philadelphia and Beading Railway System, and used in common with the other roads of that system equipment owned by the Reading Company.
