Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Manila and Southwestern Railway

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The railroad of the Manila and Southwestern Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad extending in a northeastwardly direction from Herman to Lunsford, Ark., a distance of 5.127 miles. The carrier wholly owns and uses 6.707 miles of all tracks, which are classified in the trackage table in Appendix 1.

The carrier was incorporated March 28, 1904, under the general laws of the State of Arkansas for the stated purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining a railroad in that State from Manila to Culberhouse, a distance of about 24 miles. The date of its organization was not determined.
 * CORPORATE HISTORY

The owned mileage of the carrier, extending from Herman to Lunsford, Ark., a distance of 5.127 miles, was all acquired by it through construction.
 * DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY


 * HISTORY OF CORPORATE FINANCING