16
 

Line abandonments

Authority was obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon that
portion of the Toledo Branch of the Michigan Central between Nebraska Ave. and Colton
St., Toledo, Ohio, 0.96 mile, in order to permit the demolition of a long viaduct, no longer
needed, crossing this Company's main tracks.

St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad Company

The above-named Company was the owner of a railroad extending from South Bend,
Indiana, to St. Joseph, Michigan, a distance of 39.3 miles, which railroad was leased to
The Michigan Central Railroad Company for a term expiring February 23, 1950, renewable
for fifty years, which lease passed to this Company upon its lease of the Michigan Central
Railroad. In 1942, this Company acquired all the preferred and all but 161 shares of the
common stock of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern, and following such acquisition,
that portion of the railroad of said Company between Baroda and S. S. & S. Junction, near
South Bend, which had not been in use for a number of years, was abandoned pursuant to
authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission (referred to in report for the year 1943),
and in February of 1944, pursuant to like authority, the St. Joseph, South Bend and
Southern conveyed all its remaining property to this Company. It is proposed that the
St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad Company now be dissolved.

Mileage operated

The mileage operated by the Company at the close of the year, compared with the
previous year, was as follows:
 

Main line and branches

Leased lines and lines operated under contract

Trackage rights

Total
 

1944

Miles
3,629.69
6,305.75

810.83

10,746.27
 

1943

Miles
3,618.57
6,325.72

801.21

10,745.50
 

Miles
11.12 Inc
19.97 Dec
9.62 Inc
 

.77 Inc
 

The increase of 11.12 miles in main line and branches is due to the transfer from leased
to owned property of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad, 14.30 miles, offset
in part by the abandonment of the Yonkers Branch, Van Cortlandt Park Junction to
Yonkers, N. Y., 3.08 miles, and minor adjustments of .10 mile.

The reduction of 19.97 miles in lines operated under lease or contract is due to the
above change in classification of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad, 14.30
miles, abandonment of the Chenango branch of the West Shore Railroad between Oran and
Cazenovia, N. Y., 5.84 miles, offset in part by minor increases of .17 mile.

The increase in trackage rights of 9.62 miles is on account of additional trackage over
the Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad of 9.58 miles plus remeasurements of .04
mile.