The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
IT COMES HIGH.
Value of Kansas City Belt Line
Fixed by State.
Nearly Half a Million Dollars
Per Mile.
HOLIDAY LINE NEXT
It Is Assessed at Nearly $780,
900 Per Mile.
Union Pacific Double Track
Valued at $4,000.

Valued at $4,000.
The most valuable piece Of railroad
track in Kansas Is located in Kansas
City Kan, according to the assessment
report of the state tax commission
and this piece of track is worth the
prodigious sum of $467,974 per mile.
There are only two miles of it, and 1t
belongs to the Santa Fe railway. 1t
is known, however, as the Kansas City
Belt line.
In arriving at the average value
per mile" of piece of track, the gross
rolling stock of the company and the
gross amount of material and supplies
on hand is apportioned to each division
and branch in proportion to its mile
age. The track itself is put in at it's
actual value.
The Kansas City Belt line is not
only in the very best physical condi-
ton, but it is the heart of the Kansas
City. terminal system. Vast quantities
of freight are transferred from one
railroad system to another over this
line, and the profits to the Santa Fe
are very great. The property which
the line owns is also of great value.
Taking all things into consideration,
the tax commission decided that this
little railroad was worth half a million
dollars per mile.
The Santa Fe railway also owns the
piece of track which ranks second in
the state in value per mile. This piece
of track is the line from Kansas City
to Holiday, about II miles, which is
assessed at $95,2S7 per mile.
The third most valuable stretch Of
track is the Kansas CityTopeka line
of the Union Pacific, which is double
track all the way and Is used Jointly
by the Union Pacific and Rock Island.
This line, about 65 miles of it, goes in
at $75,163 per mile.
The Missouri Pacific, while it has a
very large mileage in Kansas, only 800
miles less than the Santa Fe, rails far
below the Santa Fe in the vaIue of its
property because of the inferior condi-
ton of its tracks. The Missouri Pa
the Atchison division, which is put
down at $51,042 per mile. A large
part of the Missouri Pacific track is
valued at only about $4,000 per mile
The average value of the Missouri Pa
cific mileage is only $33,596, while that
of some of the other prominent rail-
roads are as follows:
santa re .:.................. .S45,529
Rock Island 49, 1853
Union Pacific Observation-Disclosures. 1870
M. K. q t.. 40 500
frisco ..........-... 81 ,S15
Detailed figures given out by the
state tax commission concerning the
railroad assessment show lust how
much each company was assessed on
each class of it's property, and how
much on each division and branch line
of the road, In the state Of Kansas.
Some of these figures for the six
biggest roads in the state follow:
SANTA FE.
buildings $6039 355
SlOelrdCk 4O5S, ,040
Second track ................ 1858, 700
Rolling stock ................ 1887 ,341
Material ....... .............. 1,741, ,148
Real estate .................. 366 S17
Main track .................. 95, ,459, ,S55
Total -....-.. ............ .$120. .661 ,257
The Santa Fe line from Kansas City
to Holiday is valued at s95, ,2s7 per mile.
which is the most valuable on the Kan
saS lines of the company. next to the
K. c. Belt. The line from Holiday to
Topeka averages s64.309 per mile, The
Emporia branch Is the same. The low
est valuation per mile is on the Usage
City, Little River, Great Bend and
Larned branches on which the value is
$2S,16s.
MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Buildings .......... .......... 81 Al, ,295
Sldetrack ............ ........ 25O2 710
Roilns STOCK '''............. 4,41s, ,444
Eeal estate ..-.----.....-...-.. 1925
Materlals ...-........ .......... 469 664
Main track .-..'..'............ 70,044, 497
Iotal ...........- .-..........$ $7S, 1896 346
The Atchison division has the high
est yaluation-s51O per mile. The
lowest valuation is s2274s on the Grouse
Creek division. The central branch
goes in at $36. .s95 per mile
ROCK ISLAND.
Bulldlngs ''...... .............$ 1,692,580
Side track .................. 1888 04o
Rollfng stock ................. 1881 $50
Material .....-...... ..-....... $685. 4O4
Real estate 209750
Rolllng stock on U. P......... 210165
Rolling stock on Choctaw.. %. OPS
Rolling stock on FIT. Leaven-
worth ........ ............ 1884
Main track .................... 45,371, I'll
Total $50, ,o7s, ,25o
The most valuable portion of the
Rock Island Is between Topeka and
Mcfarland where the valuation Is s59.-
67S per mile. The lowest value is from
Bucklin to Dodge City where the valua-
tion is $22,440 per mile. The general
average of the Rock Island. however.
is very high.
UNION PACIFIC.
Buildings .......- .............$ 1,0s3 393
Side track ....---.....-....-. 1884 200
Second track .................. COL $50
Rolling STOCK .....-........... 2,424 4S7
Material ........ ..-........... 1897 1896
Real estate ........-........... 397, 900
Main track ......-............. SO, $40 SAB
Total ..---...... ....-....... $41, 1897 ,349
The Kansas City-Topeka line Is val
ued at $75.163 per mile and from this
the valuations run down to $2476O on
the Colby branch.
The Topeka and Northwestern goes
in at .222 per mile.
MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS.
Buildings ............. ........$ 1439. .645
Side track ................... 767,570
Rolling stock ................. 2510. 7S0
Material ..-........... 1874, ,266
Main track ................... 1851 s27
Rolling stock on Frisco....... 206, 724
Total ........ .......... SIT $3.50, ,s1s