1870

THE PITTSBURG AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

This company is the result of a number of incorporations, sales and reorganizations of railroads in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The first in order of date was the incorporation of the Painesville and Youngstown Railroad Company, March 17, 1870. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 8, page 64.) Little was done by this company until 1873, when on the 22nd of May a new certificate was filed by the company. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 12, page 356.)

The same year on June 25, the Parker and Karns City Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania to build a railroad from Parker to Karns City, Pa., where the road united with the Karns City and Butler Railroad [Railroard], which company was organized on the same day, June 25, 1873, under the laws of Pennsylvania, and both were incorporated with the Pittsburg and Western Company. In January, 1879, the Pittsburg and Northwestern Railroad Company opened a narrow [narow] gauge railroad from Etna to Zillanapolis, Pa., thirty miles in length. On the 24th of September, 1879, this road was sold under foreclosure proceedings, a new charter was obtained and the name of the company changed to the Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company. This was done on June 15, 1881. Only three months previous, on March 14, 1881, the Pittsburg, Bridgeford and Buffalo Railroad Company was organized under the laws of Pennsylvania to construct a road from Foxburg to Karns, Pa. On September 25, 1883, this company was consolidated with the Pittsburg and Western Company, taking the name of the latter company. On June 9, 1881, the Pittsburg and East-West Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania company, was consolidated with the Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company, the company taking the name of the Pittsburg and Western Railway Company. On December 15, 1881, the Red Bank and Youngstown Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, was incorporated under the laws of that State, and on December 25, 1881, was consolidated with the Pittsburg and Western Company. On May 1, 1882, the Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company was incorporated in Ohio. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 25, page 382.) This company consolidated with a Pennsylvania company of the same name on June 29, 1882. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 25, page 45.) On July 18, 1884, the road of this company was leased to the Pittsburg and Western Company for ninety-nine years. On November 21, 1882, the Pittsburg and Bridgeford Railway Company was consolidated with the Pittsburg and Western Company. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 28, page 411. On January 19, 1886, the Youngstown and State Line Railroad Company was incorporated. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 24, page 203.) Subsequently this company was merged and consolidated with the Pittsburg and Western Company. On May 6, 1886, the Painesville and Youngstown Railway Company was incorporated. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 34, page 381.) On June 13, 1886, the road was sold under foreclosure proceedings and name changed to Pittsburg, Painesville and Fairport Railway Company. The line of this road is from Niles to Fairport, fifty-three miles, with the Windron branch 8.50 miles in length. This line is also operated by and is part of the Pittsburg and Western line. In 1877 the Pittsburg, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania coporation(sp), was incorporated and has now become a part of the Pittsburg and Western line. On June 27, 1889, the Pittsburg and Western Company filed a certificate for building a branch from Burton, Geauga county, to East Orrville, Ashtabula county, fifteen miles in length. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 43, page 381.)

Line of road and mileage:

Miles.
Western Division-Allegheny (O. B. P. Mill) to New Castle, Pa. 30.20
Northern Division-Callany Junction, Pa., to Mount Jewett, Pa. 136.23
Duck Run, Pa., to Crowthers, Pa. 5.80
Branch Clarion to Clarion. Junction, Pa. 3.20
Karns Junction, Pa., to P. & E. Depot .20
Leased Lines:-
Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad-New Castle Junction, Pa., to Valley Junction 77.11
Pittsburg, Painesville and Fairport Railroad-Niles, O., to Fairport, O. 53.00
Total 339.27

CLEVELAND, LORAIN AND WHEELING RAILWAY COMPANY.

The history of this company dates back to the incorporation of the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railway Company, July 2, 1870. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 7, page 446). On October 21, 1872, this company purchased from the Elyria and Black River Railway Company (incorporated December 20, 1871, Rec. of Corp., vol. 9, page 343); the road from Elyria to Black River Harbor, eight miles in length. On March 5, 1873, the company filed a supplemental certificate for the extension of its line into Washington Township. (Rec. of Corp., Vol. 12, page 133.) The company becoming embarrassed and unable to meet its interest on first mortgage bonds, suit was brought to foreclose the mortgage, and in July, 1874, a receiver was appointed. On January 30, 1875, the property was sold at judicial sale to Selah Chamberlain and by him conveyed to five others, who organized a new Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railway Company, February 5, 1875. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 14, page 405.)

On March 21, 1877, the company filed a certificate for building a line from Uhrichsville, via Bridgeport, to a point on the Ohio river at West Wheeling. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 16, page 421). On March 1, 1883, the certificate of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad Company was filed. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 25, page 70.) This incorporation was the result of the sale of the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railway. On April 25, 1887, the Cleveland and Southwestern Railway Company was incorporated for building a railroad from Cleveland to Zanesville, Ohio. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 40, page 73.) On May 11, 1893, the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railroad Company was consolidated with the Cleveland and Southwestern Railway Company, taking the name of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railway Company, the certificate of incorporation being filed the same day. (Rec. of Corp., vol. 61, page 120.)

The line of road extends from Cleveland and Black River Harbor (Lorain) to Bridgeport, on the Ohio river opposite Wheeling, W. Va., with branch lines from Bridgeport to Bellaire, Ohio, and to Martins Ferry, Ohio. The road passes through the counties of Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Wayne, Summit, Stark, Tuscarawas, Harrison and Belmont.

The total length of main line and banches branches is 192.30 miles.