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Object Name |
Application, Financial |
Title |
TER Return to Questionnaire for Docket 16092 [pg 21] |
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 21 transcribed] [Dallas-Waco Division cont'd] Name of Station Mile Post No. Population Served Also By West ………….. 79/351,979 MKT-T *Milam ………... 80/30None 0.8 Miles from West *Simms ………. 85/35None 6.2 Miles from West *Elm Mott …….. 88/33275 MKT-T *East Waco ….. …….(In Waco City Limits)…… *Duraglas …….. …….(In Waco City Limits) …… Waco …………. 97/0075,000 MKT-T, I-GN, StLSW, T&NO *Denotes nonagency stations. This station list is taken from A. P. Leland's I.C.C. No. A-27 (Official List of Open and Prepay Stations) The population figures for the incorporated cities and towns are from the 1940 Census, except that at Dallas, McKinney, Sherman, Denison, Waxahachie, Hillsboro, and Waco where there has been considerable growth since 1940, the unofficial estimates for the year 1947 as shown in the 1947-48 Texas Almanac are used. The population figures for the unincorporated towns are unofficial estimates as shown in the 1947-48 Texas Almanac. 9. The approximate population of the territory served by the line, explaining how the limits of this territory are defined. Answer: 675,000. This includes the population of the several cities, towns and villages served by Applicant, and a territory of approximately two miles on each side along the line and around each of such cities, towns and villages. 10. A detailed statement of the locaton and nature of the highways available for movement of the traffic now handled by the line, and of the common-carrier truck and bus service on such highways, if any,. Answer: Dallas-Denison Division United States Highway 75, a hard surfaced all weather road of concrete, brick or asphalt construction, closely parallels Applicant's line from Dallas to Denison. The following common carrier truck lines serve all points between Dallas and Denison, handling both intrastate and interstate tonnage: Johnson Motor Lines Northeast Texas Motor Lines, Inc. Webster Motor Lines, Inc. serves McKinney, Sherman and Denison, handling both intrastate and interstate tonnage. Central Freight Lines, Inc. serves Sherman and Denison, handling both intrastate and interstate tonnage. The following additional truck lines traverse this highway handling interstate tonnage: Best Motor Lines Breeding Motor Freight Lines, Inc. Frisco Transportation Co. Gillette Motor Transport, Inc. Keystone Freight Lines Luper Transportation Co. of Oklahoma Riss & Company, Inc. Roadway Express, Inc. Southern Express, Inc. Strickland Transportation Co., Inc. Yellow Transit Company --21-- |
Search Terms |
Abandonment of Service Best Motor Lines Breeding Motor Freight Lines Inc Dallas-Denison Division Dallas-Waco Division Finance Docket 16092 Frisco Transportation Company Gillette Motor Transport Inc Highway US 75 ICC A-27 International and Great Northern Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission Johnson Motor Lines Keystone Freight Lines Luper Transportation Company of Oklahoma Milepost Marker Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad Northeast Texas Motor Lines Inc Riss and Company Inc Roadway Express Inc Southern Express Inc St Louis Southwestern Railway Stations Strickland Transportation Company Inc Texas and New Orleans Railroad Texas and Pacific Railway Company Yellow Transit Company |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-109-21 |