Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

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[...] total 14 different corporations, of which one underwent a change of name, [...]

The owned mileage of the carrier, 78.372 miles, was acquired partly by consolidation and partly by purchase, as detailed in the statement below.
 * DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY
 * Acquired by consolidation from—
 * The Baltimore and Lehigh Railway Company, constructed by the Maryland Central Railroad Company (of 1882), Baltimore, Md., to Maryland-Pennsylvania line 43
 * York Southern Railroad Company—
 * Constructed by the Peach Bottom Railway Company, York, Pa., to Peach Bottom, Pa. 40
 * Constructed by the Slate Ridge and Delta Railway Company, Delta, Pa., to Maryland-Pennsylvania line 1
 * 41
 * Total acquired by consolidation 84
 * Acquired by purchase from the Dallastown Railroad Company, constructed by that company, Dallastown Junction to Dallastown, Pa. 1.2
 * Total of above 85.2
 * Less track between Delta and Peach Bottom, Pa., abandoned by the carrier, approximate length 4.0
 * Total recorded mileage 81.2
 * Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 1.042
 * Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 80.158 [huh?]


 * HISTORY OF CORPORATE FINANCING