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Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Reports, Volume 133

Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern Railway Company

Location and General Description of Property

The railroad of the Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern Railway Company, herein called the Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern, is a single-track standard-gauge railroad, located entirely within the State of North Dakota, and extending from Rock Lake to Hansboro, 13.052 miles. It also owns tracks and sidings aggregating 2.332 miles. The road thus embraces 15.384 miles of all tracks owned. The property is operated under lease, by the Farmers' Grain & Shipping Company.

Corporate History and Development of Fixed Physical Property

The Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern was incorporated under the general laws of North Dakota on July 17, 1905. Its principal office is at St. Paul, Minn.

The property of the company, previously described, was constructed by A. Guthrie & Company, general contractors, of St. Paul, Minn., which company also constructed a 30-mile connecting line for the Farmers' Grain & Shipping Company immediately prior to the time the Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern line was built. The right of way of the latter [company's] line was procured in the summer of 1905, grading was commenced and finished in the summer of 1905, and tracklaying was commenced September 29, 1905, and finished October 13, 1905.

The Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern owns a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Farmers' Grain & Shipping Company, and all of that company's outstanding bonds. The capital stock of the Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern is, in turn, owned by the Great Northern, which exercises control over both the Farmers' Grain & Shipping Company and the Brandon, Devils Lake & Southern and was instrumental in creating the latter.