L-41-165 M E M O R a N D
L-41-165 MEMORANDUM ------------------------ Washington, D. C. April 4, 1941 TO The Director, Retirement Claims General Counsel SUBJECT New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company (Second corporation) Service claimed as operator, West Point to Kingston, New York, from March 1885 to December 1885. Submitted March 7, 1941. % The following is taken from the Valuation Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the property of the West Shore Railroad Company (27 Val. Rept. 505): The New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company was incorporated under the general laws of New York and New Jersey through articles of consolidation dated May 12, 1881 and filed in both states on June 14, 1881. Its property was sold at foreclosure and the company was reorganized December 5, 1885 as the West Shore Railroad Company. The property of the West Shore Railroad Company has been operated by The New York Central Railroad Company and its predecessor, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, since January 1, 1886. On date of sale the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company owned 423.67 miles of standard gauge railroad extending from Weehawken, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, and a branch line of 11.55 miles between Ravena and Kenwood Junction, New York, and a branch of 26 miles between Cornwall and Middletown, New York. That part of the railroad from Cornwall to Buffalo, New York and from Ravena to Kenwood Junction, New York, was operated by its own organization to June 9, 1884, and from that date to date of sale by receivers.
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