HISTORY

OF THE

RAILROADS

AND

CANALS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY

HENRY VARNUM POOR

 

[1860]

 

REPRINTS OF AMERICAN CLASSICS

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AUGUSTUS M KELLEY  PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK 1970

 

 

Ed. This much-referenced work contains only the following limited information on The Beaver Meadow.  At this time (1860), the BMRR was wholly owned by the LVRR. J. McV.

 

 

BEAVER MEADOW RAILROAD.

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                  Wm. W. LONGSTRRETH, President                                                                   Philadelphia, Pa.

                  L. CHAMBERLAlN, Treasurer                                                                                              "

                  A. G. BRODHEAD), Superintendent                                                                   Mauch Chunk,

PRINCIPAL OFFICE                                                                                                                     PHILADELPHIA, Pa.

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LENGTH OF ROAD Mauch Chunk to the coal mines  20.47 miles. -Second track, 18.6 miles. Sidings, 5 miles.

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ROLLING STOCK-Locomotive engines                                                                              15

      Cars:-passenger, 2; freight and baggage, 4; coal, 1001                                         1007

 

The Beaver Meadow Railroad Company was chartered in 1830. Its configuration was commenced in 1835, and completed in 1836. It connects the Lehigh Canal and the Lehigh Valley Railroad with what are termed the Beaver Meadow Coal Fields. It is exclusively employed in the transportation of coal, and is the principal outlet for the Upper Lehigh coal basin.

 

The company publishes no reports, and declined to make any statement of its affairs. The only information to be obtained in reference to them is the report made to the Auditor General, in obedience to a recent law of the State. From this statement it appears that the cost of the road was $966,791; the equipment $260,000. The receipts the past year were-freight, chiefly coal, $304,495; passenger $5,557 - mail, etc., $1,150-total $311,202.

 

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