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The railroad of The Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern Railway Company, herein called the Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern, is a single-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad, extending southwardly from Sibley to Halls Summit, La., 29.505 miles. The company also owns and uses 3.173 miles of yard tracks and sidings. Its road thus comprises 32.678 miles of all tracks wholly owned and used.


CORPORATE HISTORY

The Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern was incorporated July 7, 1900, under the general laws of the State of Louisiana, for the stated purpose of constructing, leasing, and operating a railroad extending in a southerly direction from Sibley, La., and for leasing and operating steamship lines. The date of its organization was not determined from the records reviewed.

DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The owned mileage, 29.505 miles, was acquired partly by purchase and partly by construction, as indicated below.

Acquired by purchase, from Globe Lumber Company, Ltd., June 30, 1906:
Constructed by Bisteneau Lumber Company, Sibley to Yellow Pine, La., 1898 or prior thereto 5.0
Constructed by Globe Lumber Company, Ltd.—
Yellow Pine to south line Webster Parish, 1898-1900 6.0
South line Webster Parish to milepost 17, 1901 6.0
Milepost 17 to milepost 18½, 1902 1.5
Milepost 18½ to milepost 22½, 1903 4.0
Milepost 22½ to milepost 27½, 1904 5.0
Milepost 27½ to milepost 28½, 1905 1.0
28.5
Acquired by construction, milepost 28½ to milepost 29½, near Halls Summit, La., 1908 1.0
Total recorded mileage 29.5
Difference between total recorded mileage and mileage inventoried as of date of valuation .005
Mileage inventoried as of date of valuation 29.505
HISTORY OF CORPORATE FINANCING