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Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Reports, Volume 40

St. Joseph and Central Branch Railway

Location and General Description of Property

The railroad of the St. Joseph and Central Branch Railway Company, hereinafter called the St. Joseph Branch Railway, aggregates 0.485 mile of road and consists of a connecting track between The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company and the Union Terminal Railway Company at Donovan, and an industry track extending from a connection with the latter railway to the freight terminals at St. Joseph, all within the State of Missouri. This is a detached property reached by the Missouri Pacific through trackage rights over another railroad.

Introductory

The St. Joseph Branch Railway is a corporation of Missouri having its principal office at St. Louis, Mo. It is controlled by the Missouri Pacific through ownership of its 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 July, 1910, the date of its completion, to December 31, 1917, since which 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 St. Joseph Branch Railway was incorporated September 16, 1905, under the general laws of Missouri, for the purpose of constructing and operating a standard-gage railroad from a point on the Missouri River in Buchanan County, Mo., opposite Atchison, Kans., thence in an easterly direction through St. Joseph, Mo., about 26 miles. The date of organization was not determined.

Development of Fixed Physical Property

The owned property, 0.485 mile of road and station buildings, were acquired by construction which was completed in July, 1910. The major portion of this company's investment in road consists of its lands.

Leased Railway Property

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