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Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway, Jacksonville and Havana Railroad, Litchfield and Madison Railway, Wabash Railway

http://books.google.com/books?id=ER0VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA499

Alton Terminal Railway? Pawnee Railroad? Springfield, Havana and Peoria Railroad?


Mileage from ICC annual reports

  • Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad of IllinoisChicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway: Jacksonville and Springfield to Pekin
    • 1888/90: 120.00 owned/operated, owned by J&SE
    • 1891: 118.10 owned/operated (decrease of 1.90), owned by JL&StL
    • 1892: 167.50 owned (increase of 49.40), 217.96 operated (increase of 99.86), owned by JL&StL (the increase was probably Madison to Litchfield; the extra operated mileage was the StL&C)
    • 1893: 165.00 owned (decrease of 2.50), 215.46 operated (decrease of 2.50), owned by JL&StL
    • Who operated it in 1894??
    • 1895: 164.20 owned, 221.65 operated (increase of 221.65), independent
    • 1897: 166.68 owned, 231.66 operated (decrease of 3.00) (shouldn't the StL&C be removed from the operated mileage?)
    • 1898/99: 166.68 owned, 281.75 operated (decrease of 50.09) (I guess this is it)
    • 1901: 232.55 owned, 299.81 operated (increase of 7.40)
  • St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railway of Illinois (reorganized 1897-05-31) ← St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad (reorganized 1892-09-05) ← St. Louis, Alton and Springfield Railroad: Grafton to Bates, later Alton to Grafton and Springfield
    • 1888: 71.40 owned/operated
    • 1890: 83.00 owned (decrease of 13.00), 96.00 operated
    • 1891/92: 85.80 owned (increase of 2.80), 99.00 operated (increase of 3.00)
    • 1893: 87.50 owned (new), 100.70 operated (new)
    • 1895: 110.50 owned (increase of 15.60), 111.00 operated (increase of 15.60)
    • 1897: 110.50 owned (new), 111.00 operated (new)
    • 1898/99: 109.50 owned (decrease of 1.00), 111.00 operated
  • Alton Terminal Railway
    • 1890/91/92: 3.00 owned/operated (increase of 1.50), owned by StLA&S
    • 1893: merged into StLA&S
    • 1897: 3.00 owned/operated (new), owned by StLC&StP
    • 1898/99: 1.00 owned (no decrease shown - 1897 was probably incorrect), operated by StLC&StP
    • 1901: 1.00 owned, operated by CP&StL
  • Litchfield and Madison Railway
    • 1901: 43.97 owned, operated by CP&StL
Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1897

The first half of this is a very rough transcription.

CHICAGO, PEORIA AND ST. LOUIS RR. CO. OF ILLINOIS (THE)

Main Lines of Road:

  • Litchfield, Ill., to East St. Louis, Ill.
  • Pekin, Ill., to Springfield, Ill.
  • Jacksonville Branch: Havana, Ill., to Jacksonville, Ill.

Since July 1, 1896, the company has used the tracks of the Jacksonville and St. Louis RR, from Waverly to Jacksonville, Ill., a distance of 33 m., instead of using the tracks of the St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul RR. Co. from Waverly to Springfield.

History. — Reorganization, Jan. 30, 1896, of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Ry. Co., whose property was sold under foreclosure on Sept. 21, 1895. For plan of reorganization, etc., see MANUAL for 1896, page 111. This company owns a one-quarter interest (2,500 shares) in the stock of the Peoria and Pekin Union Ry. Co.

--NE2 20:23, 10 September 2008 (UTC)Reply