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Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Reports, Volume 116

Rutland and Whitehall Rail Road Company

Location and General Description of Property

The railroad of Rutland and Whitehall Rail Road Company, hereinafter called the Rutland and Whitehall, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, located in the west-central part of Vermont. The owned mileage extends northeastwardly from the New York-Vermont State line to Castleton, a distance of 6.833 miles. The Rutland and Whitehall also owns yard and side tracks totaling 2.205 miles. Its road thus embraces 9.038 miles of all tracks owned.

Introductory

No accounting records of the Rutland and Whitehall were obtainable, the information here submitted being taken from its corporate records and its sworn reports to the Vermont Public Service Commission and to us.

Corporate History

The Rutland and Whitehall was incorporated November 13, 1848, under a special act of Vermont, and perfected its organization on March 3, 1849, by the election of its officers. The entire property of the Rutland and Whitehall is leased in perpetuity to the Rensselaer and Saratoga from February 1, 1870. The lease was assigned to the carrier on June 15, 1871, and the property has been operated by the latter since May 1, 1871. The principal office of the Rutland and Whitehall is located at Fair Haven.

Development of Fixed Physical Property

The Rutland and Whitehall acquired by construction, under contract with R. H. and G. L. Schuyler, its road extending from the New York-Vermont State line to Castleton, approximately 6.833 miles, which was completed November 1, 1850. It also constructed under contract with Arundah W. Hyde, its vice president upon organization and subsequently its president, a branch road from Hydeville to the shore of Lake Bomoseen, about 1.5 miles in length, which was completed about the first of the year 1854, but subsequently abandoned.

Leased Railway Property

The property of the Rutland and Whitehall was leased in perpetuity from February 1, 1870, to the Rensselaer and Saratoga, which lease was assigned June 15, 1871, to the carrier. The lease provides for an annual rental of $15,342.