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No. Name Incorporation Succession
1. Georgia and Florida Railway. Under general laws of Georgia, July 7, 1906.
2. Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad Company. See 3. Sold to 1, Aug. 12, 1907.
3. The Midville, Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad. Under general laws of Georgia, Nov. 5, 1888. Name changed to 2, Mar. 30, 1900.
4. The Valdosta Southern Railway Company (second corporation). Under general laws of Georgia and Florida through articles of consolidation dated Oct. 30, 1894, filed in Florida Aug. 9, 1895; Georgia, Aug. 24, 1895. Sold to 1, Aug. 12, 1907.
5. The Withlacoochee Railway Company. Under general laws of Florida, May 24, 1893. Consolidated Aug. 9, 1895, with 6 to form 4.
6. The Valdosta Southern Railway Company (first corporation). See 7. Consolidated Aug. 9, 1895, with 5 to form 4.
7. The Florida Midland and Georgia Railroad Company. Under general laws of Georgia, July 10, 1894. Name changed to 6, Oct. 22, 1894.
8. Florida Midland and Georgia Railroad Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Feb. 20, 1884. Sold at judicial sale July 5, 1894, after receivership begun May 19, 1893, and reorganized July 10, 1894, as 7.
9. Millen and Southwestern Railroad Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Oct. 11, 1897. Sold to 1, Aug. 12, 1907.
10. Millen and Southern Railway Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Mar. 28, 1890. Sold at judicial sale Oct. 5, 1897, and reorganized Oct. 11, 1897, as 9.
11. The Rogers and Summit Rail Road Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Apr. 23, 1889. Sold Oct. 23, 1889, to interests which conveyed property to 10, Mar. 26, 1890.
12. The Nashville and Sparks Railroad Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Mar. 16, 1900. Sold to 1, Aug. 12, 1907.
13. Douglas, Augusta & Gulf Railway Company. Under general laws of Georgia through articles of consolidation dated May 18, 1905, filed Mar. 7, 1906. Sold to 1, Aug. 12, 1907.
14. The Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway Company. See 15. Consolidated Mar 7, 1906, with 16 to form 13.
15. Wadley and Mount Vernon Extension Railroad Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Sept. 11, 1902. Name changed to 14, Apr. 5, 1905.
16. Ocilla, Pinebloom and Valdosta Railway. Under general laws of Georgia, Mar. 22, 1905. Consolidated Mar 7, 1906, with 14 to form 13.
17. Augusta and Florida Railway Company. Under general laws of Georgia, Nov. 16, 1904. Sold to 1, Aug. 12, 1907, and Oct. 12, 1910.
18 Sparks-Western Railroad Under general laws of Georgia, Sept. 8, 1908. Sold to 1, Feb. 27, 1911.
DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The owned mileage of the carrier, 318.557 miles, was acquired partly by construction and partly by purchase. Of the 14 corporations that comprise the line of succession culminating in the carrier as at present constituted, four corporations, the Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad Company; Douglas, Augusta & Gulf Railway Company; The Valdosta Southern Railway Company (second corporation); and The Valdosta Southern Railway Company (first corporation), did not construct any road or other common-carrier property. [...]

Constructed by the carrier:

Nashville to Valdosta, Ga., 1908 27.5
Garrant to Douglas Junction, Ga., 1909 9.0
Vidalia to Hazelhurst, Ga., 1909 28.0
Swainsboro to Pendleton, Ga., 1910 20.0
Sparks to Adel, Ga., 1910 2.5
87.0

Acquired by purchase through the Augusta Construction Company, Incorporated:

From the Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad Company, Aug. 12, 1907, constructed prior to November, 1888, Midville to Swainsboro, Ga. (the records reviewed do not indicate when or by whom constructed) 16.0
From The Valdosta Southern Railway Company (second corporation), Aug. 12, 1907—
Constructed by The Withlacoochee Railway Company, Madison, Fla., to the Florida-Georgia State line, date not ascertained 13.25
Constructed by Florida Midland and Georgia Railroad Company, Valdosta, Ga., to the Georgia-Florida State line, date not ascertained 14.25
From the Millen and Southwestern Railroad Company, Aug. 12, 1907—
Constructed by that company, Stillmore to Vidalia, Ga., date not ascertained 21.0
Constructed by the Millen and Southern Railway Company, Thrift to Millen, Ga., date not ascertained 10.0
Constructed by The Rogers and Summit Rail Road Company, Stillmore to Rogers, Ga., date not ascertained 32.0
63.0
Less road, Thrift to Rogers, Ga., abandoned by the Millen and Southern Railway Company 10.0
53.0
From The Nashville and Sparks Railroad Company, Aug. 12, 1907; constructed by that company, Nashville to Sparks, Ga., 1900-1906; rail, angle bars, and switch material used in the track leased from the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company 12.0
From the Douglas, Augusta & Gulf Railway Company, Aug. 12, 1907—
Acquired by that company May 9, 1906, from the Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad Company, Broxton to Hazelhurst, Ga. 30.0
Constructed by The Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway Company, Barrows Bluff, Ga., to the Satilla River, date not ascertained 28.5
Constructed by the Ocilla, Pinebloom and Valdosta Railway, Satilla River to Nashville, Ga., date not ascertained 27.0
85.5
From the Augusta and Florida Railway Company, Aug. 12, 1907; constructed by that company, Midville to St. Clair, Ga., 1905-1906 24.5
From the Augusta and Florida Railway Company, Oct. 12, 1910; constructed by that company, St. Clair to Keysville, Ga., 1905-1906 5.5
Acquired by purchase from the Sparks-Western Railroad, Feb. 27, 1911; constructed in part by that company, Sparks to Kingwood, Ga., date not ascertained; undetermined portion completed by the Georgia and Florida, 1911 20.0
Total 331.0
Less mileage abandoned by the carrier, previously acquired from the Douglas, Augusta & Gulf Railway Company:
1909, acquired by the latter company from the Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad Company, Garrant to Broxton, Ga. 10.0
1915, constructed by The Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway Company, Dickey's Farm to Barrows Bluff, Ga. 2.0
12.0
Total recorded mileage 319.0
Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 0.443
Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 318.557

The construction of the 87 miles of road built for the carrier, together with reconstruction and revision of a portion of the road purchased,

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