Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad

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The railroad of The Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Company, herein called the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York, is a standard-gage, partly double track, steam railroad located in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania. The road consists of a main line extending in a northeasterly direction from Newtown Junction near Logan to Newtown, with a branch line from Olney to Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, a total distance of 22.239 miles. The Philadelphia, Newtown and New York also owns and uses 5.601 miles of second main track and 5.152 miles of yard tracks and sidings. Its road thus embraces 32.992 miles of all tracks owned.

The Philadelphia, Newtown and New York was incorporated November 28, 1876, under the general laws of Pennsylvania, by a committee of the bondholders of the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Company. The purpose [...]
 * CORPORATE HISTORY

The road owned by the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York was acquired by purchase, merger, and construction, as shown below.
 * DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY
 * Acquired by purchase:
 * From the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Company, Nov. 28, 1876—
 * Constructed by the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad Company—
 * Philadelphia to Cheltenham, Pa., May 1, 1872, to 1875 4.0
 * Cheltenham to Fox Chase, Pa., 1876 1.8
 * 5.80
 * Acquired by merger:
 * Philadelphia and Newtown Connecting Railroad Sept. 22, 1892—
 * Partly constructed road Newtown Junction to Olney
 * Acquired by construction:
 * Fox Chase to Newtown, Feb. 4, 1878 15.45
 * Newtown Junction to Olney, 1892 0.97
 * 16.42
 * Total 22.22
 * Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation .019
 * Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 22.239


 * HISTORY OF CORPORATE FINANCING