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KinstonâCarolina Railroad & Lumber Company, hereinafter called the carrier, owns and operates a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad in the southeastern part of North Carolina, extending from Kinston in a south-southwesterly direction to Pink Hill, a distance of 19.806 miles. The carrier has 2.821 miles of yard tracks and siding, making a total mileage of 22.627 miles.
Corporate history.âThe
carrier was incorporated under the general laws of North Carolina January 25, 1910, to acquire from
John L. Roper Lumber Company, which concern had purchased it at foreclosure sale the preceding October 29, the property of the insolvent
Kinston Lumber Company. This last-named company had been chartered July 2, 1904, to acquire at a receiver's sale the railroad, sawmill and planing-mill property of the
Gay Lumber Company, the original builder. The railroad had been opened to commercial business about 1900-1901, under the business name of the
Kinston and Carolina Railroad, by the Gay Lumber Company.
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KinstonâCarolina Railroad & Lumber Company, hereinafter called the carrier, owns and operates a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad in the southeastern part of North Carolina, extending from Kinston in a south-southwesterly direction to Pink Hill, a distance of 19.806 miles. The carrier has 2.821 miles of yard tracks and siding, making a total mileage of 22.627 miles.
Corporate history.âThe
carrier was incorporated under the general laws of North Carolina January 25, 1910, to acquire from
John L. Roper Lumber Company, which concern had purchased it at foreclosure sale the preceding October 29, the property of the insolvent
Kinston Lumber Company. This last-named company had been chartered July 2, 1904, to acquire at a receiver's sale the railroad, sawmill and planing-mill property of the
Gay Lumber Company, the original builder. The railroad had been opened to commercial business about 1900-1901, under the business name of the
Kinston and Carolina Railroad, by the Gay Lumber Company.