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Source:"Interstate Commerce Commission reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, Volume 149". United States Government Printing Office. 1929.


No. Name Incorporation Succession
1 The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. (See 2.)
2 The Somerville and Easton Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Feb. 26, 1831[sic - 1847]. Name changed to 1, Apr. 1, 1849.
3 The Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad. Special act of New Jersey, Feb. 9, 1831. Conveyed to 2, Apr. 1, 1849.
4 The Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 30, 1869. Conveyed to 1, Sept. 30, 1873.
5 The Newark and New York Railroad Company. Special acts of New Jersey, Mar. 1, 1866, and Mar. 17, 1870. Merged into 1, Oct. 10, 1873.
6 The Constables'[sic] Hook Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, June 15, 1882. Merged into 1, Dec. 5, 1887.
7 The Manufacturers' Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Apr. 2, 1873. Merged into 1, Dec. 5, 1887.
8 The High Bridge Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 22, 1872. Merged into 1, Dec. 29, 1887.
9 The Longwood Valley Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Apr. 3, 1867. Merged into 1, Dec. 30, 1887.
10 The Lake Hopatcong Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 19, 1882. Merged into 1, Dec. 31, 1887.
11 The South Branch Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 14, 1861. Merged into 1, Dec. 15, 1888.
12 The Buena Vista Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, July 20, 1889. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
13 The Carteret and Sewaren Railroad. General laws of New Jersey, Dec. 6, 1890. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
14 The Carteret Extension Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 5, 1889. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
15 Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Mar. 25, 1875. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
16 Bridgeton and Port Norris Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 27, 1866. Sold at foreclosure, Nov. 30, 1878, and conveyed to 15, Jan. 3, 1879.
17 Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 13, 1887. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
18 The Elizabeth Extension Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, May 29, 1889. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
19 The Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 23, 1890. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
20 The Atlantic Highlands Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, May 13, 1889. Consolidated Jan. 23, 1890, with 22, to form 19.
21 The New York and Atlantic Highlands Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Apr. 21, 1890[sic - 1883]. Sold at foreclosure Dec. 1889. and conveyed to 20, Jan. 8, 1890.
22 The Freehold and Keyport Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 10, 1890. Consolidated Jan. 23, 1890, with 20, to form 19.
23 The Keyport Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Nov. 23, 1888. Consolidated Jan. 10, 1890, with 24, to form 22.
24 The Freehold and New York Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Dec. 1, 1888. Consolidated Jan. 10, 1890, with 23, to form 22.
25 The Freehold and New York Railway Company. General laws of New Jersey, June 29, 1877. Sold at foreclosure Sept. 25, 1888. Conveyed to 24 on Nov. 3, 1888.
26 The Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Apr. 5, 1867. Conveyed to 25, July 3, 1877.
27 The Lafayette Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, June 11, 1889. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
28 The Manufacturers' Extension Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Feb. 12, 1889. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
29 The Middlebrook Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Feb. 1, 1899. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
30 The Middle Valley Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, May 26, 1897. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
31 The Navesink Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Oct. 7, 1891. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
32 The New Jersey Southern Railway Company. General laws of New Jersey, July 30, 1879. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
33 New Jersey Southern Railroad Company. See 34. Sold at foreclosure Mar. 31, 1879, conveyed to 32, July 15, 1879.
34 Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 20, 1863. Sold at foreclosure Mar. 31, 1879, conveyed to 32, July 15, 1879.
35 Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company (1869). General laws of New Jersey, Sept. 18, 1869. Name changed to 33, Feb. 16, 1870.
36 The Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 3, 1854. Sold at foreclosure Sept. 14, 1869; reorganized on same date as 34[sic].
37 New Jersey Terminal Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Oct. 17, 1901. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
38 The Passaic River Extension Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, July 8, 1890. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
39 The Raritan North Shore Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, June 20, 1890. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
40 The Sound Shore Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Oct. 26, 1894. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
41 The Toms River Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Sept. 20, 1881. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
42 The Toms River and Barnegat Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 26, 1893. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
43 Ralph B. Gowdy and others. Acquired as individuals Aug. 26, 1893[sic?]. Conveyed to 42, Jan. 27, 1893.
44 Toms River and Waretown Railroad Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 17, 1870. Sold at foreclosure Aug. 30, 1873, and conveyed to 43; by 43 conveyed to 42, Jan. 27, 1893.
45 The Vineland Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Apr. 20, 1877. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
46 The Vineland Railway Company. Special act of New Jersey, Mar. 14, 1887[sic - 1867]. Sold at foreclosure July 2, 1873, and conveyed to 45, Mar. 23, 1880.
47 The Vineland Branch Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Feb. 18, 1909. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
48 The West End Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Apr. 29, 1878. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
49 The West Side Connecting Railroad Company. General laws of New Jersey, Jan. 16, 1889. Merged into 1, Oct. 16, 1917.
DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The owned mileage of the Central of New Jersey, 384.855 miles, was acquired either by purchasing and merging other railroad properties or by construction. The Central of New Jersey's records show that it acquired 324.768 miles by purchase and merger and 54.450 miles by construction, a total of 379.218 miles, making a difference of 5.637 miles between the mileage inventoried by us and that shown in the records of the company. [...]

Acquired by construction:

Somerville to Whitehouse, N. J., 1848 9.500
Whitehouse to Phillipsburg, N. J., 1852 28.000
Elizabeth to Jersey City, N. J., 1864 11.500
Elizabethport to Brills Junction, N. J., 1872 5.450
54.450

Acquired by purchase and merger:

From The Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad Company, Apr. 1, 1849, constructed by that company—
Elizabethport to Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown), 1836 2.250
Elizabeth to Plainfield, N. J., 1839 11.500
Plainfield to Bound Brook, 1840 6.750
Bound Brook to Somerville, 1842 5.000
25.500
From The Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad Company, Sept. 30, 1873, constructed partly by that company, completed by the Central of New Jersey, Elizabethport to Perth Amboy, N. J., 1871-1873 12.099
From The Newark and New York Railroad Company, Oct. 10, 1873; constructed by that company, Communipaw to Broad Street, Newark, N. J., 1869 6.190
From The Constables' Hook Railroad Company, Dec. 5, 1887; constructed by that company, Twenty-second Street Station, Bayonne, N. J., to a point on the Kill von Kull, Constables' Hook, N. J., 1883 1.950
From The Manufacturers Railroad Company, Dec. 5, 1887; constructed by that company, Brills Junction to Passaic River, Newark, 1882 1.680
From The High Bridge Railroad Company, Dec. 29, 1887, constructed by that company—
High Bridge to Chester, N. J., including branches, 1876 21.58
Less road abandoned 1.24
20.340
From The Longwood Valley Railroad Company, Dec. 30, 1887; constructed by that company, Wharton to German Valley, N. J., 1876 10.960
From The Lake Hopatcong Railroad Company, Dec. 31, 1887; constructed by that company, Hopatcong Junction to Lake Hopatcong, N. J., 1882 5.350
From The South Branch Railroad Company, Dec. 15, 1888; constructed by that company, Somerville to Flemington, N. J., 1862 15.723
From The Buena Vista Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Greenwich to Greenwich Pier, N. J., 1890 1.000
From The Carteret and Sewaren Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, center line of bridge over Nose Creek to end of line, 1891 (the records indicate that this road was partly constructed under the charter of the Carteret Extension Railroad Company) 1.220
From The Carteret Extension Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917, constructed by that company—
East Rahway to Carteret, N. J., 1889 1.780
Less road transferred in 1897 to The Carteret and Sewaren Railroad Company .08
1.700
From the Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; construction by the Bridgeton and Port Norris Railroad Company, Bridgeton to Bivalve, N. J., 1872 21.303
From the Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Bridgeton Junction to Bridgeton, N. J., 1887 1.010
From The Elizabeth Extension Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Great Island, N. J., to end of line, 1889 1.620
From The Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917—
Constructed by The New York and Atlantic Highlands Railroad Company; Atlantic Highlands to Belfore, N. J., 1883 2.80
Constructed by The Atlantic Highlands Railroad Company, Belford to Lorillard, N. J. 3.80
Constructed by The Keyport Railroad Company, Keyport to Lorillard, N. J., 1889 2.50
Partly constructed by the Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad Company, completed by The Freehold and New York Railway Company—
Freehold to Matawan, N. J., 1877 12.0
Matawan to Keyport, N. J., 1880 1.7
Keyport to Keyport Pier, N. J., 1881 0.5
14.20
23.30
Less an unexplained difference of 0.63
22.670
From The Lafayette Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, in Jersey City, N. J., 1890-1892 .650
From the Manufacturers Extension Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917, constructed by that company, Cornelia Street, Newark, N. J., to end of line, 1889 1.230
From The Middle Brook Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Bound Brook to end of line, 1900 1.950
From The Middle Valley Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Middle Valley to end of line, 1897 1.338
From the Navesink Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Atlantic Highland Pier to Highland Beach Station, N. J., including spur, 1892 4.630
From The New Jersey Southern Railway Company, Dec. 15, 1888[sic]—
Constructed by The Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company—
Port Monmouth Pier to Lakewood, N. J., 1860 26.00
Eatontown to Long Branch, N. J., 1860 5.00
Lakewood to Atsion, N. J., 1862 38.00
Lakehurst to Toms River, N. J., 1866 7.50
76.50
Constructed by the Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad Company—
Long Branch to Spermacite Cove, N. J., 1865 8.00
Spermacite Cove to Horse Shoe Cove, N. J., 1870 2.50
10.50
Constructed under charter of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company, Atsion to Atco, N. J. 9.30
96.30
Less road abandoned 20.50
75.500
From the New Jersey Terminal Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Reformatory to Williams and Clark Station, N. J., including branch, 1902 5.610
From The Passaic River Extension Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Newark Transfer, N. J., along Avenue R, Newark, 1916 .700
From The Raritan North Shore Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Perth Amboy, N. J., to end of line, 1894-1896 1.702
From The Sound Shore Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, Bayway to Williams and Clark Station, N. J., including branches, 1894-1896 6.170
From The Toms River Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by The Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company, 1866, a part of road extending from Lakehurst to Toms River, N. J., conveyed to The Toms River Railroad Company, Aug. 29, 1881 7.500
From The Toms River and Barnegat Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by—
Toms River and Waretown Railroad Company, Toms River to Waretown, N. J., 1872 13.00
Ralph B. Gowdy and others, Waretown to Barnegat, N. J., 1879 1.80
14.80
Less an unexplained reduction of .09
14.710
From the Vineland Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by the Vineland Railway Company—
Atsion to Vineland, N. J., 1870 24.545
Vineland to Bayside, N. J., 1871 22.238
46.783
From The Vineland Branch Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by The Vineland Branch Railroad Company, Bowentown to Bridgeton, N. J., 1910 3.620
From The West End Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, East Long Branch to West End, N. J., 1878 1.420
From The West Side Connecting Railroad Company, Oct. 16, 1917; constructed by that company, in Jersey City, N. J., 1895-96 .940
Total 379.218
Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried 5.637
Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 384.855