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262 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
STATISTICS OF TEXAS RAILROADS.There will be greater railroad building
in Texas during 1927 than in any other part
of the United States. Permits granted by
the Interstate Commerce Commission for
lines which will be under construction in
1927 will total nearly 300 miles of track.
This expansion will be in the Panhandle
and South Plains area, as follows:
Fort Worth & Denver (Burlington) will
begin construction of a line from Estelline
to Dimmitt, via Plainview, a distance of
133 miles. The same railroad will con-
struct a line from Silverton to Lubbock
via Lockney, intersecting the Estelline-
Dimmitt line. This latter line will be
sixty-nine miles long.
Quanah, Acme & Pacific (Frisco) will
build from McBain to Floydada, a distance
of twenty-eight miles.
In addition to above construction upon
grants by the Interstate Commerce Corm-
mission in 1926, there will be continued
wolk upon the Rock Island line from
Amarillo, Texas, to Liberal, Kan., part of
it having been constructed in 1926, ex-
tending north from Amarillo into Hutch-
inson County. During 1926, the Santa Fe
constructed a line from its main track at
Panhandle, to Borger in Hutchinson Coun-
ty. In South Texas, the Southern Pacific
extended its line from Falfurrias (south-
ern te minus of the old San Antonio &
Aransas Pass, which has been absorbed by
the Southern Pacific) to Edinburg, giving
the lower Rio Grande Valley its second
railroad outlet. Two other rail projects
were completed in 1925 in the Rio Grande
Valley, the Rio Grande City Railroad,
from Samfordyce to Rio Grande City, and
the San Benito & Rio Grande Railroad.
Tentative railroad construction, for
which no permits have been granted, in-
clude further extensions in the Northwest
Texas plains country, the Rio Grande Val-
ley and Central and East Central Texas.
At the end of 1927 the total railroad
mileage of Texas should be about 16,750.
Early Railroads.
The first railroad constructed in Texas
was the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colo-
rado, which is now a part of the Southern
Pacific system. The company was or-
ganized in 1851 by Gen. Sidney Sherman
and others, and during 1851-4 a line was
built from Harrisburg on the Buffalo
Bayou to Stafford, twenty miles west.
Shortly afterward it was extended to
Richmond, and in 1860 it was built to Al-
leyton on the Colorado River, opposite
Columbus, a point about eighty-three
miles from its origin.
The Houston & Texas Central (original-
ly called Houston & Red River) was be-
gun in 1853-4 by Paul Bremond and others
of holston and built during the four suc-
ceeding years from Houston to Cypress,
Courtney, Hempstead and Navasota, andin 1861 was extended to Millican. During
the same period the Texas & New Orleans
was constructed from Houston eastward
through Liberty and Beaumont to Orange,
and the Gulf, West Texas & Pacific was
built from Port Lavaca to Victoria. In
1857 the Galveston, Houston & Henderson
was completed from Galveston to Hous-
ton. There was also a branch of the H, &
T. C. constructed from Hempstead to
Brenham a little later. There were sev-
eral other incomplete projects in Texas at
the time, including a few miles from the
State line to Marshall, known as the
Southern Pacific at the time, the Houston
Tap & Brazoria running fiom Houston to
Columbia in Brazorra County, a line from
the port of Indianola jo'nlng the Port
Lavaca-Victoria line fifteen miles from
the coast, and a few miles of railroad at
Jefferson known as the Memphis, El Paso
& Pacific.
TEXAS RAILROAD MILEAGE INCREASE,
Note.-Minus sign (-) indicates decrease in
mileage.
Miles in Miles in
operation operation
exclusive of exclusive of
sidings, sidings.
Year- etc. Inc. Year- etc. Inc.
1854 ...... 32 ... 1890 ...... 8.710 224
1855 . 40 8 1891 ...... 8 634 -56
1856 ...... 71 31 1892 ...... 8 816 162
1857 ...... 157 86 1893 ...... 9 088 272
1834 ...... 9,13 64
1858 ...... 203 48 189 ...... 9 29 137
1839...... 284 79 186 ...... 9.437 147
1860 ...... 307 23 1897 ...... 9 484 47
1861 ...... 392 85 1838 ...... 9.1540 56
1862 ...... 451 59 1899 ...... 9.702 162
1863 ..... 431 ... 1900 ...... 9.867 165
1864 ...... 451 ... 1901 ......10.154 287
1865 ...... 465 14 1902 .....10.617 463
1866 ...... 471 6 1903 .....1108 463
1867 ...... 513 42 - 1904 . 11.536 456
1868 ...... 513 . . 1905 ...11.745 209
18 9 ...... 583 79 1900 ......12.058 313
1870 ...... 711 128 1907 ......12.3576 518
1871 ...... 863 164 1908 .....2901 325
1872 ...... 1.078 213 1909 .....13.110 209
1873 ..... 1,578 500 1910 .....13.819 709
1874 ..... 1.650 72 1911 .....14.326 507
1875 ...... 1,685 35 1912 ......14.941 615
1876 ... 2.031 346 1913 ......15,284 343
1877 ..... 2.210 179 1914 ......15,569 285
1878 ...... 2.428 228 1915 ......15.636 67
1879 ..... 2.591 168 *1916 .....15.655 19
1880 ...... 3.244 653 "1916 ....15656 1
1881 ...... 4.013 1.669 1917 ......15.739 83
1882 ..... 6.009 1,096 1918 ......15.917 178
1883 ...... 6.075 66 1919 ......15.922 5
1884 ...... 6.198 123 1920 ......16 050 128
1885 ...... 6,687 489 1921 ......16 120 70
1886 ...... 6.925 238 1922 ......16 092 -28
1887 ...... 7.889 9;3 1923 ......15.861 -231
1888 ...... 8.205 316 , 1924 ......15 837 -24
.1889 ...... 8.486 281 1925 ......19.955 118
Two figures given for 1916 because the Railroad
Commission changed its fiscal year ending from
June 30 to Dec. 31 during that year. Hence the
figure 1 mile represents railroad construction only
during the last six months of 1916.CAPITAL STOCK, BONDS, 'ETC., TEXAS RAILROADS.
Table shows for each class of company in Texas to amount on Dec. 31, 1925, of its outstanding capital
stock. funded debt, receiver's certificates, non-negotiable debt to affiliated companies, current liabilities
and total liabilities separately, and amount per mile of road. The totals are as follows:
- Class I Roads-- ---Class II Roads-
Amount. Per mile. Amount. Per mile.
Capital stock................................$120,903,016 $10,230 $6,682,517 $4,815
Funded debt unmatured ...... ............ 309,939,148 26,225 13,343.198 9,615
Rcier's certificates ........................ 210,030 17 110,000 79
Non-negotiable debt to affiliated companies...... 93,119,144 7,879 7,055,933 5,084
Current liabilities . 69,842,277 5,910 15.195,003 10,949
Total liabilities..............................$594,013,585 $50,261 $42,386,671 $30,542
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