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Object Name |
Application, Financial |
Title |
TER Return to Questionnaire for Docket 16092 [pg 23] |
Date |
ca 1948, April 26 |
Scope & Content |
Texas Electric Railway Return to Questionnaire (unsigned) to the Interstate Commerce Commision to abandon rail operations in total. This 32-page document was eventually signed, notarized and submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission. [page 23 transcribed] Competing motor truck lines have made material inroads into the volume of the local express business done by Electric Express Company. Applicant believes that if such competing motor truck lines can secure and handle a very considerable part of the local express traffic moving in the territory served by Applicant's line sought to be abandoned, as they are doing, such motor truck lines would desire to and could also handle all of the traffic that is being handled by the Electric Express & Baggage Company, aided, if necessary, by the steam railroads operating in the territory, in the event of the abandonment by Applicant of its operations. Competing motor bus lines have also made material inroads into the volume of passenger traffic handled by Applicant and its predecessors, particularly those motor bus lines that are operating in the territory between Dallas and Denison. Applicant has been advised by the Dixie-Sunshine Trailways that they are willing to add any necessary schedules and equipment to care for the passenger traffic now handled by Applicant on its Dallas-Denison Division in the event of the abandonment of its line. On the line between Dallas and Waco the present competition for the local passenger traffic is not so keen, except for the long haul traffic between Dallas and Waco, where the Southwestern Greyhound Lines is a competitor. Texas Electric Bus Lines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applicant, made application to the Railroad Commission of Texas in December, 1947, for a certificate to operate an intrastate motor bus line between Dallas, Texas, and Waco, Texas, over the main highway paralleling Applicant's line of railway and serving the same cities and towns. 11. The nature of the industries in the tributary territory (such as farming, mining, lumbering, manufacturing, etc.), how long established, and the extent to which each is dependent upon the line for transportation, State location and other facts concerning the most important plants served. Answer: The principal industries in the territory served by the line sought to be abandoned are related to agriculture, distribution and manufacturing. The industries in this territory are not dependent upon Applicant for transportation, except as outlined below, as the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company parallels Applicant's line between Dallas, Texas, and Denison, Texas, reaching all of its agency stations on that division, and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas parallels Applicant's line between Dallas, Texas, and Waco, Texas, reaching all of its agency stations on that division. Also the territory is well served by other steam railroads and numerous motor trucks as outlined in answers to questions 6 and 10 herein. Cotton is produced in all sections and is the most important crop. Corn, oats and other small grains are produced to some extent. Onions are produced extensively in the territory around McKinney, Texas. Since 1915 the territory has become one of the leading distribution centers of the Southwest, being the location of a number of large wholesale houses distributing such products as building materials, electrical supplies, farm implements, hardware, dry goods, clothing, food products, beverages, chemicals and drugs. In recent years manufacturing has developed substantially in the territory, same consisting principally of such articles and products as Portland cement, roofing, auto batteries, tires and parts, glass bottles, paint, cotton gin machinery, cotton seed and cotton mill products, clothing, flour, food products including cheese and meat packing, iron and steel fabrication and automobile assembly. Dallas, Sherman and Waco are the principal distribution and manufacturing points. Dallas is served by nine steam railroads, Sherman by five, and Waco by four. Industries on Applicant's line served jointly with other railroads are as follows: Station Industry Railroad Also Serving Cotton Mill Spur Denison Cotton Mill T. & N. O. (Denison) ShermanWashington Iron Works M-K-T of T. HillsboroContinental Oil Co. M-K-T of T. Exporters & Traders Warehouse Compress CoM-K-T of T. Hill County Cotton Oil Co.M-K-T of T. Industries on Applicant's line not served by another railroad: Arbuckle SwitchTexas State Highway Department RichardsonNorth Texas Lumber Co. (Warehouse) Vickery Stroube Lumber Company (Warehouse) --23-- |
Search Terms |
Abandonment of Service Bus Service Commodities Continental Oil Company Dallas-Denison Division Dallas-Waco Division Denison Cotton Mill Dixie Sunshine Trailways Electric Express and Baggage Company Electric Express Company Exporters and Traders Warehouse Compress Company Finance Docket 16092 Freight and Express Service Hill County Cotton Oil Company Icon-Bus Lines Interstate Commerce Commission Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad Southwestern Greyhound Steam Railroads Stroube Lumber Company Texas and New Orleans Railroad Texas Electric Bus Lines Texas State Highway Department Washington Iron Works |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-109-23 |