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The railroad of the Buffalo, Bradford and Kane Railroad Company, hereinafter called the Buffalo, Bradford and Kane, consists of 0.628 mile of single-track line at Smethport, Pa.


The property of the Buffalo, Bradford and Kane was operated by its own organization from January 6, 1904, to January 11, 1905; by the Keating and Smethport Railroad Company from January 12, 1905, to August 8, 1911, and by the carrier from the latter date to date of valuation, under its lease of the Keating and Smethport Railroad Company.

CORPORATE HISTORY

The Buffalo, Bradford and Kane was incorporated January 6, 1904, under the general laws [...] The Buffalo, Bradford and Kane, itself, and that corporation, together with its predecessors, total four corporations and comprise the line of corporate [...]

No. Name Incorporation Succession
1 Buffalo, Bradford and Kane Railroad Company. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, Jan. 6, 1904.
2 Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway Company. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, Mar. 26, 1892. Sold at judicial sale Dec. 4, 1903, and reorganized Jan. 6, 1904, as 1.
3 Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad Company. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, Mar. 3, 1880. Sold at foreclosure and reorganized Mar. 9, 1892, as 2.
4 Bradford, Bordell and Smethport Railroad Company. Under general laws of Pennsylvania, Apr. 21, 1880. Sold at foreclosure and reorganized Mar. 9, 1892, as 2.
DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

[...] the same order of corporations is maintained.

Acquired by reorganization:

From the Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railway Company 29.50
Constructed by the Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad Company, [?] 1880-1881 18
Constructed by the Bradford, Bordell and Smethport Railroad Company, Simpson to East Smethport, 1880-1881 10.50
Less road abandoned 28.87
Bradford to Ormsby Junction, 1906 20.50
Ormsby Junction to East Smethport, 1905-1907 8.37
Total 0.63
Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 0.002
Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 0.628