Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Jacksonville Terminal Company

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The property owned by the Jacksonville Terminal Company, hereinafter called the carrier, consists of a union passenger depot, engine terminal, passenger and freight yards, and facilities appurtenant thereto, located in the city of Jacksonville, Fla. The mileage consists of 1.701 miles of first main, 1.463 miles of second main, 1.313 miles of third main, 1.675 miles of fourth main, and 34.575 miles of yard tracks and sidings, aggregating 40.727 miles of all tracks owned and used. The station building is located on Bay and Johnson Streets and is a modern concrete structure 72 feet by 360 feet with large concourse of steel with concrete roof. There are 14 stub and 11 through passenger tracks that serve the station, all provided with butterfly covered platforms. A subway with ramps is used in reaching the outer or through tracks. There are also two tracks for the passage of through freight trains.

The carrier also owns an express building which it leases to the Railway Express Agency, Incorporated. On the other hand, the latter leases to the carrier mail sheds and platform, while a hoist is leased from a private party, R. J. Gillespie.

The carrier is controlled jointly by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Florida East Coast Railway Company, Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, Southern Railway Company, and Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the proprietary companies. The proprietary companies have joint use of the common-carrier property of the carrier, except that leased to the Florida East Coast Railway Company and to third parties.

CORPORATE HISTORY

The carrier was incorporated April 7, 1894, under general laws of Florida for the purpose of furnishing terminal facilities in and near the city of Jacksonville for any railroad and other transportation companies having transportation lines running to Jacksonville with which the carrier might contract. The date of organization was not determined.

DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The original property of the carrier was acquired by construction in 1894 and 1895 and opened for operation February 4, 1895. The work was performed largely by company forces.