Railroad: Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway Company


Canada & St. Louis → Sturgis Goshen & St Louis Railway  → LS&MS → New York Central


Reorganized: 1889 - Canada & St. Louis - Sturgis to Goshen, IN - Controlled by LS&MS.

Operated for 26 years.

Sold: 1915 - to New York Central

Reference: [MRRC]


 

Notes

The Sturgis Goshen & St. Louis railroad was chartered in 1889 and was acquired by the LS&MS railway on December 1, 1889 and is operated by that company as a proprietary road. The LS received the $300,000 is capital stock and the company guaranteed the payment of the bonded debt of $322,000 - 100 year 3% bonds and interest.

The Lake Shore also operated 72 miles of the Battle Creek and Sturgis Railroad as its "Findley Branch" so called, making a total of 10.55 miles of railroad operated by the LS&MS railway from the Indiana state line to Findley. The line also operated 25.58 miles in Indiana.


Time Line

1889. The railroad is now controlled by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. [MCR-1916]

1915. The railroad is formally conveyed to the New York Central. [MCR-1916]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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