Glen, Citizens of St Joe organized a road in 1853 called the Platte County RR
Co and built north 17 miles to Savannah in 1860. In 1855 they organized a road
called the Atchison and St Joseph RR Co and built 19.4 miles south to Winthrop
in the year 1859. That same year they organized the Weston and Atchison RR Co
and built south 15.24 miles from Winthrop to Weston in 1861. In July of 1859
all three companies were united by contracts. In 1863 the name of the Platte
County RR Co was changed to the Platte Country RR Co.. In 1864 they defaulted
on loans from the state of Missouri and by a special act of the state
legislature in February of 1865 the state as owner , vested title to the entire
properties from Savannah to Weston jointly in the two companies namely the
Atchison and St Joseph and the Weston and Atchison and they agreed to complete
the roads and widen the guage. The legislature in March of 1867 changed the
A&StJ to Missouri Valley RR Co and consolidated them with the the W&A. The
MVRR extended north to Maryville 34.09 miles in 1869 and south to North Kansas
City 25.26 miles in that same year. This brought the length of the MVRR to
111.35 miles from Maryville to KC. I will continue later with the building out
of Council Bluffs but I am sleepy. Regards, Archie PS I'm not smart but WW
Baldwin was.
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From: zephyr98072
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 8:22 PM
Subject: [SPAM][CBQ] Trackage around St. Joseph
I am looking for information that would verify the earliest
construction north and south from St. Joseph. The information in
Overton's book is a little confusing to me. It indicates that trackage
existed from St. Joseph to Weston and from St. Joseph to Savannah Jct.
perhaps as early as 1859, but doesn't indicate who constructed it.
It seems too early to be either SJ&CB or KCSJ&CB. Was it H&StJ, or
could it have been MV? (who evidently constructed some of the trackage
north of Savannah toward Creston)? I'm not sure what MV stands for,
but am guessing Missouri Valley?
Could it also be true that the original trackage from St. Joseph to
Savannah (Jct?.) may not have gone via Amazonia, but by some other
route that was torn up when the SJ&CB was built between Council Bluffs
and St. Joseph?
Thanks for any insight.
Glen Haug
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