New England Railroads: Bricks on the Central Vermont Railway

C. V. RY. CO

JUL

19

1901

AMHERST, MASS.

Langlois scan

Bill of lading for a load of bricks from the Marcy & Gardner Brick Company.  Amherst, Mass. was on the New London section of the C.V. RY.

1879 C.V. RR map showing the CVRR and its connections tying together Montreal, Boston, and New York

Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska Livestock Contract

Contract for hauling a load of livestock on the Burlington & Missori River Railroad in Nebraska listing the corporate family of associated railroads including the:

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad

Hannibal & St. Jospeph Railroad

St. Louis, Keokuk, & Northwestern Railroad

Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad

Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City Railway

The one cent documentary tax stamp contains a B&MRRR printed cancel from 1899.

The contract was for the shipment of 76 head of livestock from Doniphan, Kansas to Kansas City.  Doniphan was on the B&MRRR in Nebraska mainline.

Railroads were often used at this time to move livestock on the hoof to processors in big cities like Omaha, Kansas City, and Chicago.  The processors would then ship dressed meat in refrigerated or iced train cars, often referred to as "reefers".

Chicago & West Michigan Railway

Or is it Pere Marquette?  Or the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern?  There is much going on with this check:

RN-X7 tax stamp printed check, prepared for the Chicago & West Michigan Railway, overstamped by the Pere Marquette Railroad and with a paid stamp from the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway.

The Pere Marquette Railroad was created on November 1, 1899, and absorbed through merger three railroads on January 1, 1900:  the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad, and the Chicago and Western Michigan Railway.

The Chicago & West Michigan check above was written only 12 days after the railway was merged into the Pere Marquette.  The PM RR, rather than throwing out a tax paid and preprinted check by C&WM Ry, simply overstamped their own name across the top of the check.

As to the use of the check, and with help from Bob H:  The PMRR hauled some cars belonging to the LS&MS the month before (actually, the C&WM did since the PM didn't own them yet.) and they are collecting mileage from the LS&MS.  The PM wrote up this draft and sent it to the LS&MS, who audited it, approved it (that oval "correct" stamp at lower left) and paid the money. 

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Company

check with printed tax stamp RN-X7

The B,CR&N Ry operated as an independent railroad from 1876 to 1903 and was thereafter succeeded by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.

B, CR & N Ry route map 1901

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company check with 2c revenue imprint

Langlois scan

The Duluth and South Shore ran from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault St. Marie in Michigan's upper peninsula.  In 1961 the D,SS&A was folded into the larger Soo Line Railroad, part of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The check was written to the Marquette County Savings Bank.  The city of Marquette, Michigan is the biggest city in the upper peninsula.