Glen, Here is the rest of the story. In 1867 the Council Bluffs & St Joseph RR
Co was organized under the laws of Iowa to build 53.42 miles from CB to the Mo
Iowa state line At the same time the St Joseph & Council Bluffs RR Co was
organized and built 80.93 miles from the state line south to St Joe. In April
of 1869 these companies were consolidated under the name St Joseph & Council
Bluffs RR Co which was then cosolidated with the Mo Valley RR in May of 1870
becoming the KCStJ&CB RR Co.In 1870 this company built an extension north from
Maryville to the Iowa state line via Hopkins a distance of 16 miles. In 1872
they leased the two miles from Hopkins to the state line to the Burlington and
Missouri River RR Co to be operated as part of their Creston branch. The
original line from St Joe to Savannah 17 miles was abandoned in 1872, and a
cutoff was built from Amazonia to a point near Savannah (6 miles) in 1872.
There were 3 other branches built by this company (one mile) East Leavenworth
to Stillings in 1892, Armour to East Atcinsin(Winthrop) 3.5 miles in 1898, and
Nebraska City Junction to Crosby, Iowa ( 3.65 miles). This company caused the
orginisation of the Nodaway Valley RR Co in March 1879. and the Tarkio Valley
RR Co in 1880. From Jan 1883 to Oct 1887 it operated the St Joseph & Nebraska
RR under a lease. The followinf info was gleaned from WW Baldwin's CB&Q RR CO
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY Vol two Lines in Iowa and Missouri
----- Original Message -----
From: Archie
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [SPAM][CBQ] Trackage around St. Joseph
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.
----- Original Message -----
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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