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The railroad of The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, herein called the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in southwestern Texas. The railroad is single track with the exception of 26.604 miles of second main track near San Antonio and El Paso. This road is a part of the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific Company and forms an important link in its through route from San Francisco, Calif., to New Orleans, La.

The owned railroad consists of two main lines and various branches, together with terminal property in Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Galveston. The principal main line extends in a northwesterly direction from Houston through San Antonio to El Paso, the other extending southerly from Houston to Galveston. The branches extend from Harrisburg to Stella Junction, Glidden to La Grange, Harwood to Gonzales, Rosenberg to Beeville, Wharton Junction to Palacios, Van Vleck to Hawkinsville, Gulf Junction to Port Lavaca, Spofford to Eagle Pass, and Strange to Seabrook. The wholly owned and used road aggregates 1,354.140 miles. The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio also jointly owns and uses with other carriers 2.539 undivided miles of road and uses under lease terminal property in El Paso and Galveston owned by other companies. The principal cities served by this road are Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, and Victoria.

The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio wholly owns and uses 1,776.201 miles of all tracks, jointly owns and uses an undivided interest in 9.511 miles of all tracks, and wholly uses but does not own 14.070 miles of all tracks. These tracks, consisting of first and second main tracks and yard tracks and sidings, are classified in the trackage table in Appendix 1. In addition, the company uses under trackage rights 37.48 miles of the road of other carriers, principally at Houston, the details of which are given in the chapter on leased railway property in Appendix 2.

No.	Name	Incorporation	Succession
1	The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company.	See 2.
2	Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway Company.	Special act of Texas, Feb. 11, 1850.	Purchased 3 Sept. 21, 1866. Taken over by new company of same name Jan. 26, 1870. Name changed to 1 on July 27, 1870.
3	Columbus Tap Railway Company.	Special act of Texas, Feb. 2, 1860.	Sold to 2 on Sept. 21, 1866.
4	New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company.	General laws of Texas, Nov. 17, 1880.	Sold to 1 on Aug. 8, 1905.
5	Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway Company.	See 6.	Sold to 1 on Aug. 8, 1905.
6	Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway Company.	Special act of Texas, Aug. 4, 1870.	Name changed[sic] to 5, Apr. 8, 1878.
7	San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad.	Special act of Texas, Sept. 5, 1850.	Consolidated with 8 to form 6, Apr. 22, 1871.
8	Indianola Railroad Company.	Special act of Texas, Jan. 21, 1858.	Consolidated with 7 to form 6, Apr. 22, 1871.
9	San Antonio & Gulf Railroad.	General laws of Texas, Mar. 31, 1897.	Sold to 1 on Aug. 9, 1905.
10	San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway Company.	General laws of Texas, Dec. 22, 1893.	Sold at foreclosure to trustee, July 7, 1896; in turn sold to 9, May 29, 1897.
11	The Galveston, Houston & Northern Railway Company.	General laws of Texas, Mar. 30, 1899.	Sold to 1 on Sept. 28, 1905.
12	Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway Company.	General laws of Texas, Oct. 7, 1892.	Originally incorporated as LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company. Name changed Jan. 30, 1895. Sold at foreclosure Oct. 4, 1898, and interest assigned to 11 on Apr. 1, 1899.
13	North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad Company.	General laws of Texas, May 18, 1894.	Sold Jan. 30, 1895, to 12.
14	North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad Company.	General laws of Texas, June 24, 1892.	Sold at foreclosure May 1, 1894, to Isaac Heffron and sold by him to 13 on May 18, 1894.
15	Gonzales Branch Railroad Company.	General laws of Texas, Nov. 12, 1881.	Sold to 1 on May 3, 1905.

DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The mileage of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio was all acquired by purchase and construction, as follows:

By purchase 474.58

By construction 909.30

1,383.88

Less retirements, revisions, and remeasurements 29.74

Total mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 1,354.14

Purchase.—Of the 14 corporations that comprise the line of succession culminating in the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio as at present constituted, two corporations did not construct any road or other common-carrier property. These companies were—

The Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway Company.

North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad Company (of 1894).

The property constructed by the remaining corporations, the years when the various portions of the line were constructed, and the manner in which the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio acquired the property are included in the following table, wherein, to facilitate comparison with the table showing the corporate succession, previously given, the same order of corporations is maintained:

Acquired from Thomas W. Pierce and J. W. Barrett by deeds dated May 21 and June 11, 1874, respectively, the railroad property formerly owned by the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway Company, constructed by—

The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway Company—

Harrisburg to Alleyton, 1853-1860 80.00

Railroad across Colorado River bridge, 1870 .60

The Columbus Tap Railway Company, Alleyton to Colorado River, opposite Columbus, 1861-1865 2.50

83.10

Acquired from and constructed by the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company:

Rosenberg to Victoria, 1881-1882 92.00

Wharton to Van Vleck, 1889-1900 31.41

Van Vleck to Hawkinsville, 1901-1903 16.71

Bay City Junction to Bay City, 1902 5.94

Bay City to Markham, 1902-1903 6.04

Markham to Palacios, 1902-1903 25.62

177.72

Less retirements, 1-mile of track in Victoria 1.00

176.72

Acquired from Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway Company (of 1878), Port Lavaca to Cuero and branch line Victoria to Beeville:

Constructed by—

Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway Company (of 1878), Victoria to Beeville, 1888-1889 55.60

San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad, Port Lavaca to Victoria, 1856-1861 28.00

Indianola Railroad Company, Indianola to Lavaca Junction (Clarks), 1859-1860 15.00

Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway Company (of 1871), Victoria to Cuero, 1871-1873 28.00

Total 126.60

Less road abandoned 15.00

111.60

Acquired from the San Antonio & Gulf Railroad, San Antonio to Stockdale, constructed by—

The San Antonio & Gulf Railroad, Cibolo to Stockdale 8.53

San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway Company, San Antonio to Cibolo, 1894-1895 28.40

36.93

Acquired from The Galveston, Houston & Northern Railway Company, Magers to Galveston, including branch:

Constructed by—

North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad Company (of 1892), North Galveston to Virginia Point, 1892 15.69

Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway Company—

Brady Junction to Strang, 1894-1898 16.48

Strang to Sylvan, 1894-1898 3.59

Strang to North Galveston Junction, 1894-1898 16.48

Virginia Point to Island Station, 1894-1898 2.06

Island Station to Galveston (Twenty-ninth Street and Post Office Station), 1894-1898 4.29

Houston (Magers) to Brady Junction, 1894-1898 1.21

59.80

Less road abandoned in 1896, North Galveston Junction to North Galveston 3.61

Total 56.19

Less road abandoned 2.06

54.13

Acquired from and constructed by the Gonzales Branch Railroad Company, Harwood to Gonzales, 1881-1882 12.10

Total acquired by purchase 474.58

Construction.—Information concerning properties acquired by the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio through construction, including the location, dates of completion of construction, and mileage, is shown in the following tabulation:

Mainline

Columbus to San Antonio, 1873-1877 125.00

San Antonio to El Paso, 1881-1883 637.89

Houston (Chaney) to Stella, 1879-1881 10.62

Houston Junction to Eureka, 1917-1918 2.94

Eureka to West Junction, 1913-1918 9.38

Branch lines

Glidden to LaGrange, 1880-1881 24.80

Spofford to Eagle Pass, 1881-1882 34.64

Stockdale to Cuero, 1905-1907 47.04

Strang to Seabrook, 1914 11.23

903.54

Line changes and revisions, addition 5.76

Total 909.30

LEASED RAILWAY PROPERTY

The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio uses on date of valuation facilities owned by other companies and other companies use

Solely used, but not owned, owned by Galveston Terminal Railway Company, terminal facilities at Galveston, $9,000 per annum plus maintenance 9,000.00

Jointly used, but not owned, owned by—

The Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston, passenger station facilities and 0.57 mile of track at Galveston; one-sixth of 5 per cent on $558,329.90 plus cost of additions and betterments 10,617.73

Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company, tracks, 15.96 miles, at Galveston. Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company, tracks, 17.78 miles, at Galveston. The Houston East and West Texas Railway Company, tracks, 3 miles, at Houston. Terminal facilities at Houston jointly used by these companies; 5 per cent on valuation of passenger station and yard facilities, plus additions and betterments apportioned to all parties on basis of maintenance and operation. Freight facilities—rental same as above apportioned on bases of tonnage handled 159,926.34

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, freight station and facilities, at Rosenberg; two-thirds of operating expenses and $15 per month 324.60

Southern Pacific Terminal Company, terminal facilities at Galveston; $4,369.75 per annum and 9 per cent on additions and betterments 8,618.22

El Paso Union Depot Company, passenger station and 0.17 mile of track at El Paso; one-sixth of principal of bonds and interest on first-mortgage bonds of lessor 2,800.00