IHLC MS 945
Montgomery County, Illinois.
Railroad Reports, 1871-1896
Manuscript Collection Inventory
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Montgomery County, Illinois.
Railroad Reports, 1871-1896.
Documents
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Report by Isiah Whitten, Montgomery County Surveyor, and E.R.
Stiles for the St. Louis, Alton, and Terre Haute R.R. Co. to the
Montgomery County Court, 1869, concerning the condition of
railroad crossings.
One letter, Joseph Moses, Special Tax Agent for the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Ry. Co., to John Green,
Montgomery County Treasurer, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 13, 1894,
concerning local tax assessment of railway property.
Two statements from the Auditor of Public Accounts to the County
Clerk of Montgomery County for the years 1887 and 1890 indicating
the assessed valuation of each railroad operating in Montgomery
County.
Railroad Reports
Reports providing an inventory of property (i.e., Railroad Track;
Rolling Stock; Tools and Materials for Repairs; All Other Personal
Property and Real Estate) for tax purposes, its location and listed
value for the several railroads operating in and through Montgomery
County, Illinois. The reports fall within the years 1871 and 1896.
The Railroads reporting and the year of the report are as follows:
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Toledo, Wabash & Western Ry. Co.
Toledo, Wabash & Western Ry. Co.
Toledo, Wabash & Western Ry. Co.
1871
1874
1876
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Indianapolis &
Wabash Railway
Wabash Railway
Indianapolis &
1876
1877
1878
1880
St. Louis Railroad Co.
Co.
Co.
St. Louis Ry. Co.
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Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co.
Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.
1880
1881
1881
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Jacksonville Southeastern
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co.
Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis R.R. Co.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co.
1882
1882
1882
1883
1883-1884
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Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.
Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co.
St. Louis & Chicago Ry. Co.
Wabash Railway
1883
1884
1886
1887
1887
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Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R.R. Co.
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R.R. Co.
Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co,
1888
1888
1889
1889
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Wabash Railway
St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R.R. Co. (1)
St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R.R. Co. (2)
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R.R. Co.
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Ry. Co.
1889
1890
1890
1890
1890
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Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Ry. Co.
Litchfield, Carrollton & Western R.R. Co.
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Ry. Co.
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Ry. Co.
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R.R, Co.
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Ry. Co,
1891
1891
1891
1892
1892
1892
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Litchfield, Carrollton & Western R.R, Co.
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Ry, Co.
Wabash R.R. Co.
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R.R. Co.
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R.R. Co.
Litchfield, Carrollton & Western R.R, Co.
1892
1893
1893
1893
1894
1895
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Jacksonville, Louisville & St.
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Ry.
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Ry.
St. Louis & Eastern Ry. Co.
Jacksonville, Louisville & St.
Louis Ry. Co. 1895
Co.
1895
Co.
1896
1896
Louis Ry. Co. 1896