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Frisco
Development of the Fixed Physical Property

St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company
St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Company
Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company
Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company
Paris and Great Northern Railway Company

St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company

The owned mileage of the Frisco, amounting of 3,465.932 miles, was acquired
by purchase from the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company and the
Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad, as detailed in the statement below. The 
Frisco has constructed no road. Of the 82 predecessor companies, no record 
has been found to indicate that 25 of them completed the constructiln of any 
road or other common-carrier property. These companies are:
	The Pierce City and Kansas Railroad Company
	Oswego and State Line Railroad Company
	The State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway
	St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company
	Missouri, Arkansas and Southern Railway Company
	Joplin Railway Company
	Joplin Railroad Company (Kansas)
	Joplin Railroad
	Fort Smith and Southern Railway Company
	St. Louis, Salme & Arkansas Railway Company
	Kansas City, Memphnis and Mobile Railroad Company
	The Kansas Midland Railroad Company
	Bentonville Railroad Company (of 1891)
	Arkansas and Choctaw Railway Company
	North Arkansas & Western Railway Company
	Cape Girardeau & Northern Railroad Company
	Crystal Railway Company
	Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway Company
	Cape Girardeau Railway Company
	Cape Girardeau and State Line Railroad
	Pilot Knob, Cape Girardeau and Belmont Railroad Company
	Southern Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Company of Arkansas
	Arkansas Railroad Company
	Clarkton Branch St. Louis, Kennett & Southern Railroad Company
	St. Louis, Kennett & Southern Railroad Company (of 1895)

The property constructed by the remaining corprorations, the years when
the various portions of the line were constructed, and the manner in which 
the Frisco acquired the property, are indicated in the following table,
wherein, to facilitate comparison with the table showing the corporate
succession, previously given, the same order of predecessor
corporations is maintained:

Acquired from the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company,
   Sept. 15, 1916, constructed by --
      St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company --
         Bangert to Decamp, Mo., 1900                         4
         Bangert to Decamp. Mo., 1907                         6
                                                           ------     10
      St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company --
         Franklin (now Pacific) to Spring St., 
            St. Louis, Mo., 1883                              32
         Spring Street to Twenty-Third St., St. Louis,
            Mo., 1896                                          1
         Arkansas-Oklahoma State Line to OKlahoma-Texas
            State Line, 1887                                144
         Fayetteville to Fort Smith, Ark., 1882              63
         Fort Smith, Ark., to Arkansas-Oklahoma State
            Line, 1887                                        9
                                                           ------    249
      Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company --
         Pierce City to Neosho, Mo., 1870                    23
         Neosho to Seneca, Mo., 1871                         16
         Granby to Granby Mines, Mo., 1875                    1.5
         Seneca, Mo. to Vinita, Ind. T., 1871                34
         Vinita to Tulsa, Ind. T., 1882                      64
         Tulsa to Red Fork, Ind. T., 1885                     4
         Red Fork to Sapulpa, Ind. T., 1886                  10
                                                            ------   152.5
      South Pacific Railroad Company,
         Arlington to Pierce City, Mo.,  1870                        164
      Southwest Pacific Railroad,
         Rolla to Arlington, Mo., 1867                                12
      Pacific Railroad --
         Franklin to Dillon, Mo., 1860                       71
         Dillon to Rolla, Mo., 1861                           6
                                                            ------    77
      The Missouri and Western Railway Company --
         Brownsville to Oswego, Kans., 1878                  27
         Oronogo Junction to Joplin, Mo., 1878                9
                                                            ------    36
      Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad Company
         (Misouri and Kansas), 
         Carthage, Mo. to Brownsville, Kans., 1873                    20
      Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad Company
         (Missouri), 
         Pierce City to Carthage, Mo., 1872                           26
      St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company (Missouri)
         Monett, Mo., to Arkansas-Misouri State Line, 1880            32
      St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company (Arkansas)
         Arkansas-Missouri State Line to Fayetteville, Ark., 1881     37
      Joplin and Galena Railway Company (Kansas),
         Missouri-Kansas State Line to Galena, Kans., 1881             2
      Joplin and Galena Railway Company (Missouri),
         Joplin, Mo., to Missouri-Kansas State Line, 1881              6
      Joplin Railroad Company (Missouri and Kansas).
         Girard, Kans. to Joplin, Mo., 1877                  36
         Litchfield Junction to Litchfield, Kans., 3 miles,
            less road abandoned by St. Louis and San 
            Francisco Railroad Company, 3 miles
         Belt Line in Joplin, Mo., 1877                       3
                                                            -----     39
      St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway Company --
         Oswego to New Albany, Kans., 1879                   61
         New Albany to Wichita, Kans., 1880                  81
                                                            -----    142
      Springfield and Northern Railway Company,
         Springfield to Bolivar, Mo.,  1884                           38
      Springfield and Southern Railway Company,
         Springfield to Chadwick, Mo.,  1883                          34
      Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad Company,
         Fayetteville to Patrick, Ark., 1887                          26
      L. D. Lathan and Company, contractors, branch line to
         Hunnewell, Kans., purchased by the St. Louis and
         San Francisco Railway Company in 1887, 2 miles,
         less road abandoned by St. Louis and San Francisco
         Railway Company in 1891, 2 miles
      Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad Coompany,
         Beaumont Junction, Kans. through Arkansas City,
         Kans. to point on Kansas-Oklahoma State Line, 1885           62
      St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad Company --
         Cuba to Salem, Mo., 1873                           41
         Howes Station to Plank Iron Mines, Mo., between
            1874 and 1879, 5 miles, less road abandoned by
            St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company,
            1900, 5 miles.
      Sligo Furnace Railroad Company,
         Goltra to Sligo, Mo., 1881                                     5
      Dent and Pehlps Railroad Company,
         Bangert to Smith's Bank, Mo., 1878                             3
      St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railway Company,
         Sapulpa to Okalhoma City, Okla., 1898                        104
      The Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company,
         near Kansas-Oklahoma State Line to Blackwell, Okla., 1899     18
      Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway Company --
         Osage River, near Osceola, to Osceola, Mo., 1897     3
         Osceola to Bolivar, Mo., 1898                       38
                                                            -----      41
      Kansas City and Southern Railway Company --
         Osage River, near Osceola, to East Lynn, Mo., 1885  54
         East Lynn to Kansas City, Mo.,  1889                52
                                                            -----     106
      The Kansas Midland Railway Company,
         Wichita to Ellsworth, Kans., 1888                            106
      Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad Company,
         Bentonville, Ark., to Grove, Ind. T., 1900                    41
      Bentonville Railroad Company (of 1882),
         Bentonville to Rogers, Ark., 1883                              6
      The Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad Company,
         in Oklahoma City, Okla., 1900 (1 mile)
      St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Coompany,
         Sapulpa to Okmulgee, Ind. T., 1900 and
         Okmulgee, Ind. T., to north bank of Red River
            near Denison, Tex., 1901                                  193
      Crawford County Midland Railroad Company,
         Cherry Valley Junction to Cherry Valley, Mo., 
            1905, industrial tracks, 6 miles
      St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad
         Company --
            Ashdown to Arkinda, Ark., 1896                   24
            Ashdown to Hope, Ark., 1903                      33
            Arkinda, Ark. to Frisco Junction, Okla., 1903   153
            Kiersey, Okla. to Texas Junction, Okla., 1903     9
                                                            -----     219
      Ozark & Cherokee Central Railway Company,
         Fayetteville, Ark. to Muskogee, Okla., 1903                  103
      Muskogee City Bridge Company,
         Bridge across Arkansas River, about 1100 ft., 1903
      Shawnee, Oklahoma and Missouri Coal and Railway Company,
         Muskogee to Okmulgee, Okla., 1903                             41
      The Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company,
         Van Buren, Ark., to Fort Smith, Ark., 1886                     1
      The Oklahoma City and Western Railroad Company --
         Oklahoma City to Lawton, Okla., 1902                90
         Lawton, Okla., to Red River, 1903                   84
                                                            -----     174
      Sulphur Springs Railway Company,
         Scullin to Suplphur, Okla., 1903                               9
      St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad Company --
         Nash to Paw Paw Junction (now Lilbourn), Mo., 1903  47
         Hayti to Grassy Bayou, Mo., 1904                     6
         Southeastern Junction to Crystal Station, Mo., 1904 29
         Crystal City to Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1904           91
         Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Pocahontas, Ark., 1902        50
                                                           ------     223
      The St. Louis and Memphis Railway Company,
         Blytheville to Luxora, Ark., 1902                             12
      The St. Louis and Memphis Railroad Company,
         Paw Paw Junction (now Libourn), Mo., to
            Portageville, Mo., 1898                                    13
      The Memphis and St. Louis Railroad Company,
         Portageville to Caruthersville, Mo., 1901                     22
      St. Louis, Caruthersville & Memphis Railroad Company,
         Caruthersville, Mo. to Blytheville, Ark., 1901                27
      Crystal City Railway Company,
         Crystal Station to Crystal City, Mo., 1879                     3
      Southern Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Company
         Mingo to Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1901                              17
      St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Ft. Smith Railway 
         Company --
            Cape Girardeau to Sturdevant, Mo., 1882          34
            Sturdevant to Idlewild, Mo., 1883                 6
            Idlewild to Wappapello, Mo., 1884                11
            Wapapello to Williamsville, Mo., 1888            20
            Williamsville to Hunter, Mo., 1889               22
                                                            ----       93
      Hoxie, Pocahontas and Northern Railroad Company,
         Hoxie to Pocahontas, Ark., 1896                               15
      St. Louis and Gulf Railway Company --
         Vanduser to Zeta, Mo.,  1903                        11
         Bloomfield to Caligoa Junction, Mo., 1904           35
         Clarkton to Malden, Mo., 1904                        7
         Tallipoosa to Pascola, Mo., 1904                    17
                                                            -----      70
      Pemiscot Southern Railroad Company,
         Pascola to Deering, Mo., 1901                                  6
      Morley & Morehouse Railroad Company,
         Morley to Morehouse, Mo., 1898                                16
      Kennett & Osceola Railroad Company --
         Kennett to Abyrd, Mo., 1897                         17
         Abyrd to Missouri-Arkansas State Line, 1898          4
                                                            -----      21
      St. Louis, Morehouse & Southern Railroad Company,
         Morehouse to Tallipoosa, Mo., 1900-1901                       26
      Houck's Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company --
         Morely to Commerce, Mo., 1893                       13
         Commerce to Gulf Junction, Mo., 1901                11
                                                            -----      34
      The St. Francois Valley Railroad Company --
         Caligoa to a point south in 1898                     3
         Less road abandoned by the St. Louis, Memphis and
            Southeastern Railroad Company in 1906             3
                                                            ------     --
      Ward Lumber Company --
         Campbell to a point north (same point as referred
            to above), 1896 line sold to St. Francois
            Valley Railroad Company in 1898                   6
         Less road abandoned by the St. Louis, Memphis and
            Southeastern Railroad Company in 1906             6
                                                             -----     --
      Louis Houck, sold to the Clarkton Branch St. Louis, 
         Kennet & Southern Railroad Company in 1901,
            Gibson to Tallipoosa, Mo., date of construction
               unknown                                                 13
      Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway Company
         Brownwood to Aquila, Mo., 1891                                11
      Brownwood and Northwestern Railway Company,
         Brownwood to Zalma, Mo., 1887                                  8
      Missouri Southeastern Railway Company,
         Bloomfield to Zeta, Mo., between 1892 and 1894                 6
      Pemiscot Railroad Company --
         Kennett to Caruthersville, Mo., 1894                25
         Less road abandoned by the St. Louis, Memphis and
            Southeastern Railroad, Hayti to Caruthersville,
            Mo., 1906                                         7
                                                            -----      18
      St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad Company
         Campbell to Kennett, Mo., 1891                                18
      William E. Guy and wife, purchased by the St. Louis and
         Gulf Railway Company in 1903, Missouri-Arkansas
         State Line, date of constructrion unknown                      4
      The Arkansas Valley and Western Railway Company,
         A. V. & W. Junction, near Tulsa, to 
         Avard, Okla., 1904                                           175	
      The Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern Railway Company
         Blackwell, Okla. to Red River, near Vernon, 
         Tex., 1901-1903                                              238
                                                                    ---------
      Total acquired from the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad  3,454.500
 
Acquired from Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad, Sept. 28, 1917,
	Constructed by that company,
      De Pew to Shamrock, Okla., 1916                                   9
                                                                    ---------
      Grand total                                                   3,463.500
Difference between total record mileage and mileage inventories
   as to date of valuation                                              2.432
                                                                    ---------
      Mileage inventories as of date of valuation                   3,465.932

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St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Company

The road owned by the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas on date of
valuatioln had been acquired by purchase and construction. The location
of properties acquired, the names of predecessor companies which
constructed them and from which the company acquired them, the date
of construction, and mileage of road are shown in the following tabulation:

By purchase:
   Acquired from Red River, Texas and Southern Railway Company,
      June 25, 1904, constructed by same company --
         Sherman to Carrollton, Tex., 1901-02                          53.000
         North Fort Worth to Fort Worth, Tex., 1901-02                  4.500
   Acquired from Blackwell, Enid & Texas Railway Company,
      June 30, 1904, constructed by same company --
         Oklahoma - Texas state line to Vernon, Tex., 1901-02          12.369
   Acquired from The Oklahoma and Texas Railroad Company,
      July 25, 1904, constructed by same company --
         Oklahoma - Texas state line to Quanah, Tex., 1902-03           8.857
                                                                       ------
      Total                                                            78.726
By construction:
   Oklahoma - Texas State Line to Denison, Tex., 1900-01                5.328
   At Sherman, Tex., 1900-1901                                          1.560
   At Carrollton, Tex.                                                  1.239
   At Fort Worth, Tex.                                                  1.066
                                                                       ------
      Total                                                             9.193
                                                                       ======
      Total wholly owned                                               87.919

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Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company

The road owned by the Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company on date of
valuation has been acquired by it as indicated hereunder:

By construction:
   Fort Worth to Granbury, Tex., 1886-1887                   40
   Granbury to Dublin, Tex., 1889-1890                       50
   Dublin to Commanche, Tex., 1890                           22
   Commanche to Brownwood, Tex., 1890-1891                   30
   Brownwood to Brady, Tex., 1901-1903                       49
   Brady to Menard, Tex., 1909-1911                          40
   Santa Fe connection, Fort Worth, Tex., 1891                2
       Total                                                ---       233
Less sales, abandonments and remeasurements:
   Brady to Whiteland Junction, Tex., 1911                             12
                                                                      ----
Total road mileage owned on date of valuation                         221

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Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company

By construction:
   In Quanah, Tex., 1909-10                                   1.37
   Acme to Paducah, Tex., 1909-10                            37.62
   Paducah to McBain, Tex., 1913                             39.93
                                                             -----
      Total                                                  78.92  

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Paris and Great Northern Railway Company

By construction:
   Oklahoma - Texas State Line - Paris, Tex., 1888                     24.547

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Brownwood North and South Railway Company

By construction:
   Brownwood to May, Tex., 1911                                        18

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Fayetteville and Little Rock Railway Company

By construction:
   Fayetteville to Patrick, Ark., 1886-1887                  25.620
   Patrick to St. Paul, Ark., 1887                            7.862
   St. Paul to Pettigrew, Ark., 1897-98                       7.990
                                                             ------
                                                             41.292
Less: Fayetteville to Patrick sold to St. Louis and San Francisco
      Railway Company, in 1887                               25.620
                                                             ------
Mileage inventories at date of valuation                     15.672

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