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APPENDIX 2

INTRODUCTORY

The Catasauqua and Fogelsville is

CORPORATE HISTORY

The Catasauqua and Fogelsville was incorporated July 2, 1853, by special act of the State of Pennsylvania, as the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Plank Road Company, and by special act of the same State, approved April 20, 1854, the name was changed to the present one with authority to construct a railroad instead of a plank road as originally authorized.

DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The owned mileage of the Catasauqua and Fogelsville, amounting to 30.774 miles, was acquired by purchase and construction as detailed below:

By purchase from—

Crane Iron Company-

Crane branch 3.44

By construction:

Catasauqua to Rittenhouse Gap 1857 19.71

Breiningsville branch 1873 5.56

Gehman branch 1891 1.57

Chapman branch 1906 1.48

Total recorded mileage on date of valuation 31.76

Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation .986

30.774

HISTORY OF CORPORATE FINANCING