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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