30
 

Mileage Operated

The mileage operated by the Company at the close of 1948 and  1947 was as follows:

1948                     1947                 Decrease

Main line and branches                                                                               3,625.58              3,637.60                  12.02

Lines operated under lease or contract                                                           6,300.90              6,303.59                      2.69

Trackage rights                                                                                               804.14                 804.14                       —
 

10,730.62            10,745.33
 

The decrease of 12.02 miles in main line and branches was due to abandonment of
11.87 miles of the Antrim Branch between Wellsboro and Antrim, Pennsylvania, as author¬
ized by the Interstate Commerce Commission Finance Docket No. 15891; reclassification
of .13 mile of first main track to second main track on the Detroit Branch; and remeasure-
ment of the East Bradley Branch resulting in a reduction of .02 mile.

The decrease of 2.69 miles in line operated under lease or contract occurred primarily
through abandonment of 2.31 miles of the west shore railroad's Chenango Branch
between Manlius and Oran, New York, under Interstate Commerce Commission Finance
Docket No. 16030. In addition there were further reductions of .39 mile due to shortening
CHICAGO, KALAMAZOO AND SAGINAW RAILWAY main track at Hooper, Michigan, and .01 mile
due to realignment work on the beech creek railroad between Munson and Phillipsburg,
Pennsylvania, offset by an increase of .02 mile on the hudson river connecting railroad
between Schodack Junction and Unionville, New York, which arose through realignment
and other track work.

Application has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a Certificate
of Convenience and Necessity permitting the abandonment of Sackets Harbor Branch
between Watertown Junction and Sackets Harbor, New York, 11.43 miles.