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Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Reports, Volume 40

Edgewater Connecting Railway

Location and General Description of Property

The railroad of the Edgewater Connecting Railway Company, hereinafter called the Edgewater Connecting Railway, consists of 0.454 mile of single-track railroad located in Kansas and comprising a connecting track joining the main line of the Missouri Pacific near the Kaw River bridge with the tracks of the Edgewater Terminal at the Kansas-Missouri State line.

Introductory

The Edgewater Connecting Railway is a corporation of Kansas, having its principal office at Kansas City, Kans. It is controlled by the Missouri Pacific through ownership of capital stock. The records do not indicate that this company controls any common-carrier corporation. The property was operated by The Missouri Pacific Railway Company (of 1909) and its successor, the Missouri Pacific, from August 1, 1912, the date of its completion, to December 31, 1917. Since that date it has been operated by the United States Railroad Administration as a part of the operating unit of the Missouri Pacific.

Corporate History

The Edgewater Connecting Railway was incorporated March 7, 1906, under the general laws of Kansas, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad extending from a connection with the road of the Edgewater Terminal in Wyandotte County, Kans., thence westward to a point of connection with the road now owned by the Missouri Pacific, about 2 miles. The date of organization was not determined.

Development of Fixed Physical Property

The owned property, 0.454 mile of road, was acquired by construction. It was constructed for this company by The Missouri Pacific Railway Company (of 1909), having been completed August 1, 1912.

Leased Railway Property

The property is operated by the Missouri Pacific as a part of its own operating unit by virtue of ownership of the capital stock.