Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Edgewater Terminal Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Reports, Volume 40
Edgewater Terminal Railroad
[edit]Location and General Description of Property
[edit]The railroad of the Edgewater Terminal Railroad Company, hereinafter called the Edgewater Terminal, consists of 1.905 miles of single-track railroad located in Missouri and comprising two short connecting tracks joining the main line of the Missouri Pacific near Kansas City, Mo., with the tracks of the Edgewater Connecting Railway at the Missouri-Kansas State line.
Introductory
[edit]The Edgewater Terminal is a corporation of Missouri, having its principal office at St. Louis, Mo. It is controlled by the Missouri Pacific through ownership of capital stock. The records do not indicate that this company controls any common-carrier corporation. The property was operated by The Missouri Pacific Railway Company (of 1909) and its successor, the Missouri Pacific, from August 1, 1912, the date of completion of the first main line, to December 31, 1917. Since that date it has been operated by the United States Railroad Administration as a part of the operating unit of the Missouri Pacific.
Corporate History
[edit]The Edgewater Terminal was incorporated November 19, 1900, under the general laws of Missouri, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from a point at or near the Big Blue River in Jackson County, Mo., thence in a general westerly direction to the Missouri-Kansas State line, about 8 miles. The date of organization was not determined.
Development of Fixed Physical Property
[edit]The owned road, 1.905 miles, was acquired by construction. It was constructed for this company by The Missouri Pacific Railway Company (of 1909) between 1912 and June, 1915.
Leased Railway Property
[edit]The entire property of the Edgewater Terminal is operated by the Missouri Pacific as a part of its own operating unit by virtue of ownership of the entire outstanding capital stock.