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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.
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 ...
- Location and General Description of Property
- Corporate History
- Development of Fixed Physical Property
- Leased Railway Property
The railroad of The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, herein called the carrier, is a standard-gauge, steam railroad, located in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The principal main lines extend from Chicago, Ill., via Omaha, Nebr., to Col...
The carrier was incorporated under the general laws of Illinois and Iowa as a consolidation of The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (second corporation), The Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad Company, The Newton and Monroe Railroad Company, Atlantic Southern Railroad Company, Atlantic and Audubon Railroad Company, and th...
The road wholly owned by the carrier, including approximately 13 miles of jointly owned mileage, was acquired as follows: Of the predecessor companies named in the tables given below, the following acquired, in some cases all and in others part of their property, from antecedent companies: 1. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (second corporation...
[...] The property owned by the carrier and leased to others, and that leased by the carrier from others, is set forth in detail below: Property of other carriers used solely by the carrier 1 mile, track at Winterset, Iowa, owned by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; lease implied. 978 miles, owned by the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf, its...
Main tracks, 11.53 miles, from Pemberton to Westwood, W. Va., and from Forest to Woodpeck, W. Va.; stipulated payment 50 per cent on valuation with minimum of 25 per cent per annum divided on basis of cars handled; also proportion of maintenance, operation, and taxes on same basis.
The railroad of The Ohio River and Western Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track narrow-gauge steam railroad, located in the eastern part of Ohio. The owned mileage extends in a westerly direction from Bellaire to Mill Run, a distance of 110.516 miles. There is about 15 miles of third rail for standard-gauge equipment.
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.
The Cincinnati and Dayton was incorporated March 30, 1887, under the laws of Ohio to build or otherwise acquire a railroad having Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, for its termini. The date of its organization has not been ascertained. Pursuant to the above purpose, the Cincinnati and Dayton on February 3, 1888, acquired by purchase the property ...
