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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Grand total 3,463.500
Difference between total record mileage and mileage inventories
as to date of valuation 2.432
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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
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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
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Total 9.193
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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
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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
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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
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41.292
Less: Fayetteville to Patrick sold to St. Louis and San Francisco
Railway Company, in 1887 25.620
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Mileage inventories at date of valuation 15.672
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