Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company 1894 - 1928
July 6, 1837 - Willard Thomson
(1837-1917), founder of Eastern Shore Steamboat Company and VP of Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway, born at Southport, Maine. (MB - obit)
October 13, 1840 - Future
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Pres. John Ennis Searles
(1840-1908) born at Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., the son of a Methodist
minister of the same name. (NYT)
November 7, 1866 - Steamer City
of Norfolk arrives at Norfolk on first overnight run from Crisfield; through
line established between Philadelphia, Crisfield and Norfolk connecting with
Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad for points south (Wilm. paper); Willard Thomson
(1837-1917), future General Manager of Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway, named Captain of City of Norfolk. (MB)
May 1891 - Future Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Pres. Turnbull Murdoch (1869-1927) becomes
clerk to the receiver of the Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad. (PRRBio)
August 30, 1894 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway incorporated as reorganization of Baltimore
& Eastern Shore Railroad; John E. Searles, Secretary of the American Sugar
Refining Company (aka the “Sugar Trust”), elected Pres.; other major directors
are William F. Havemeyer of the Bank of North America, J.S. Ricker of Portland,
Maine, Pres. of the Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line, and Nicholas P. Bond
of the Baltimore house of Morrison, Nuuikhuysen & Bond; acquires property
of Baltimore & Eastern Shore for $1.5 million in preferred stock and $1
million common. (MB, Val, RyW)
August 31, 1894 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway acquires stocks of Maryland Steamboat Company
of Baltimore City, Choptank Steamboat Company of Baltimore City and Eastern
Shore Steamboat Company of Baltimore City for $1.25 million in bonds; includes
boats Cambridge, Avalon, Ida, Chowan, Joppa, Tivoli, Enoch Pratt, Kent, Tred
Avon, Choptank, Pocomoke, Eastern Shore, Tangier, Maggie and Helen. (MB)
September 1, 1894 - Willard
Thomson (1837-1917) named General Manager of Baltimore, Chesapeake &
Atlantic Railway, Albert J. Benjamin Superintendent of Railway Division. (MB)
October 20, 1894 - Baltimore
& Eastern Shore Railroad Company property deeded to Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway Company. (B&K)
October 20, 1894 - Maryland
Steamboat Company and Eastern Shore Steamboat Company, operating steamboat
lines between Baltimore and Eastern Shore points, deed all property to
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway. (memo)
December 1, 1894 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company begins operation of property of
former Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad and steamboat lines. (GO, Guide)
May 1, 1895 - Bay Ridge &
Annapolis Railroad, running from Short Line Jct. to dock at Bay Ridge, becomes
part of B&O system; is to form link with Baltimore & Eastern Shore
Railroad/BC&A. (B&O AR)
1895 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway repaints passenger cars from light green to Tuscan red;
steamer Cambridge rebuilt from night boat to day boat for Baltimore-Claiborne
ferry. (AR)
April 1896 - Grover renamed
Willards on Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway; Leacock renamed Leola
on Downingtown & Lancaster Branch. (Guide)
April 26, 1897 - John S. Wilson
(1832-1911) is to be Pres. of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway,
replacing John E. Searles, who is to remain Chairman. (NYT)
May 17, 1897 - John S. Wilson,
former Freight Traffic Manager of PRR, elected Pres. of Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway; John E. Searles to Board Chairman. (RRGaz, circ)
October 13, 1898 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway authorizes building a pedestrian bridge over
Light Street at Pier 3½; authorizes the purchase of the Sinepuxent Bridge from
the Ocean City Bridge Company on the expiration of the lease. (MB, Burgess)
September 4, 1899 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Pres. John S. Wilson confirms reports that
the PRR has purchased a controlling interest from John E. Searles of New York
and Scott & Co. of Wilmington for $2.25 million; Searles, who had wanted a
30-year tax exemption, sold after an adverse decision of Baltimore Tax Court;
road has never paid a dividend. (RyW, NYT)
September 12, 1899 - Finance
committee reports that it has acquired the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway recently for $952,000; done to maintain monopoly of transportation on
Delmarva Peninsula. (MB - Vexler has acq. 9/4)
September 20, 1899 - PW&B
Board authorizes purchase of BC&A Railway stock. (MB)
October 13, 1899 - Samuel Rea and
John P. Green, first PRR directors, elected to Board of Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway. (MB - check)
November 1, 1899 - PRR takes
control of Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway and elects full
PRR/PW&B Board; Sutherland M. Prevost Pres. and Willard Thomson, only
holdover from old Board, named VP & General Manager; NYP&N takes 5,000
shares common, and 3,000 shares preferred stock. (MB, AR)
June 15, 1900 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway executes a new five-year lease of the Ocean
City Bridge Company for $250 per year without tolls. (MB)
1900 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway sells the steamboat Kent to Washington, D.C., interests.
(Burgess)
March 1, 1901 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway assumes operation of former Wheeler
Transportation Line of steamers to Choptank River points and to Waymans on the
Tuckahoe River. (WEJ - note sale was 4/1 - WEJ says sale was 2/12, may have
been rumor - NYT dispatch 3/3 says BC&A has made bid, Burgess says only
1901)
March 5, 1901 - Former Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Pres. John E. Searles fails and makes an
assignment with debts over $1 million; he also resigns as Pres. of the American
Cotton Company; he is later able to rebuild part of his fortune. (NYT)
April 1, 1901 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway purchases Wheeler Transportation Line from
executors of Wheeler Estate for $79,000; Estate had tried to sell business for
$200,000; includes vessels Easton, Chesapeake and Minnie Wheeler and wharves;
at same time, BC&A buys Pier 5 Light Street, formerly used by Wheeler Line.
(MB - see above)
December 5, 1901 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway contracts with Harlan & Hollingsworth for
steel sidewheeler Maryland for Pocomoke River service. (MB)
1901 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway sells the steamboat Easton to the H.W. Williams
Transportation Company for use between South Haven, Mich., and Chicago.
(Burgess)
January 1, 1902 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway leases rights to the Crisfield, Md., wharf
from the NYP&N for its steamboats. (MB)
May 23, 1902 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway steamboat Maryland launched at the Harlan
& Hollingsworth yard at Wilmington, Del., for Pocomoke River service.
(BethStl, Burgess)
October 9, 1902 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Pres. Sutherland M. Prevost reports the sale
of the ex-Wheeler Line steamboat Easton to the H.W. Williams Transportation
Line of South Haven, Mich. (MB)
October 16, 1902 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway contracts with the Maryland Steel Company of
Baltimore County at Sparrows Point for the Virginia, a sister ship to the
Maryland of 1902. (MB, Burgess)
April 9, 1903 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Board reports sale of the steamboat Nanticoke
to the Albemarle Steam Navigation Company. (MB, Burgess)
April 26, 1903 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway begins daily year-round service to Ocean
City, Md.; previously ran only twice a week east of Berlin in off season. (Guide)
1903 - Steamboat Virginia built
by the Maryland Steel Company for the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway to replace the Tivoli on the Wicomico River line. (Burgess - verify
BethStl)
1903 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway sells the steamboat Nanticoke to the Albemarle Steam
Navigation Company. (Burgess)
January 1, 1904 - BC&A sells
steamer Ida to Saugerties & New York Steamboat Company. (MB)
August 9, 1904 - BC&A agrees
with Baltimore Transfer Company for transfer of freight and baggage between its
steamboat piers and PRR stations in Baltimore. (MB)
November 21, 1904 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway appoints Thomas Benton Chief Engineer of
Floating Equipment. (MB)
December 29, 1904 - Henry P.
Scott of Scott & Co., bankers, and Nicholas B. Bond inform BC&A that
they have purchased all the stocks of the Weems Steamboat Company of Baltimore
City and the Chester River Steamboat Company of Baltimore City and all the
First Mortgage bonds of the Queen Anne's Railroad; are to be reorganized as the
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway; offer BC&A all $1.5 million
common stock and $300,000 of preferred in return for guarantee of bond
interest; report notes Weems Line in good shape with 5 of 10 steamers less than
5 years old; Chester River owns 4 older steamers. (MB)
January 3, 1905 - Weems Steamboat
Company of Baltimore City, Chester River Steamboat Company of Baltimore City,
and Queen Anne's Railroad Company acquired by a syndicate for purpose of
control in interest of PRR; the Weems sisters receive $1.03 million for the
properties and 10 steamboats. (Holly has this as closing date at which
properties transferred or date of re-enrollment of vessels - BC&A MB says
in 12/1904!)
January 26, 1905 - BC&A
stockholders approve guarantee of bonds of MD&V. (MB)
January 30, 1905 - Maryland,
Delaware & Virginia Railway Companies of Md. and Del. consolidated as
reorganization of Queen Anne's Railroad Company; last independent railroad on
Eastern Shore comes under PRR control; stock owned and bonds guaranteed by
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway; PRR discontinues summer
Lewes-Cape May ferry, which competes with its own all-rail route;
reorganization is effective Feb. 1; MD&V placed under same officers as
BC&A, which owns all common and one half preferred stock of MD&V. (AR,
Val, C&C)
February 1, 1905 - Maryland,
Delaware & Virginia Railway absorbs Chester River Steamboat Company of
Baltimore City, which becomes its Chester River Line (to Crumpton), and Weems
Steamboat Company of Baltimore City, which becomes its Patuxent (to Bristol),
Potomac (to Washington) and Rappahannock River (Fredericksburg & Norfolk)
Lines; A.J. Benjamin of BC&A named Superintendent of Railway and Freight
& Passenger Agent; T.A. Joynes Superintendent of Steamboat Lines; Willard Thomson
Vice Pres. & General Manager. (AR - note this was sale of assets, not
merger)
February 1, 1905 - PRR
discontinues summer Lewes-Cape May ferry, which competes with its own all-rail
route.
March 15, 1905 - Turnbull Murdoch
(1869-1927) named General Freight & Passenger Agent of BC&A Railway and
MD&V Railway. (MB - PRRBio says for BC&A since 1899?)
June 15, 1905 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway renews five-year lease of Ocean City Bridge
Company. (MB)
October 1, 1906 - Masters, Mates
& Pilots union strikes the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway and
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway steamer lines out of Baltimore for a
50% increase; four routes are maintained for the duration of the strike:
Claiborne with Tred Avon and later Cambridge; Wicomico River with Virginia;
Pocomoke River with Maryland; Choptank River with Avalon. (Burgess)
October 11, 1906 - Albert J.
Benjamin ( -1906), Superintendent of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway, Railway Division, dies. (MB)
October 13, 1906 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway/Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway
steamboat strike ends after the companies grant the increase, and the captains
remain in the union. (Burgess)
January 1, 1907 - A.H. Seth named
Assistant to General Manager of BC&A and MD&V; W.U. Polk named
Superintendent of Railway Division, replacing A.H. Benjamin, deceased. (MB)
Summer 1907 - BC&A purchases
steamer Old Point Comfort from NYP&N for potato business. (MB)
July 1, 1907 - T.A. Joynes,
Superintendent of Steamers for BC&A and MD&V, resigns, and his duties
given to VP & General Manager Willard Thomson. (MB)
August 16, 1907 - NYP&N sells
passenger steamer Old Point Comfort to Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway; Maryland and Pennsylvania hold down ferry with New York as relief boat
(Mason); BC&A buys light-draft steamer Old Point Comfort for potato trade.
(AR)
December 17, 1907 - BC&A
Board approves purchase of steamer Neuse from Norfolk Southern Railway. (MB)
June 15, 1908 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway agrees to use bridge of Ocean City Bridge
Company free of toll in return for maintenance.
1908 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway extends branch of Tuckahoe Division of Choptank River
Line up to Trappe, Md. (AR)
1908 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway buys steamer Neuse from Norfolk Southern Railway. (AR)
March 28, 1911 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway places former Norfolk Southern Railway
steamer Neuse in service on Piankatank River Line after lengthening by nine
feet and renaming Piankatank. (AR)
January 19, 1912 - BC&A Board
authorizes sale of four old steamboats and purchase of two new ones. (MB)
November 1912 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway places new steamers Dorchester and Talbot in
service on Choptank River Line. (AR)
February 1, 1913 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway dismantles and sells relief and freight boat
Maggie. (AR)
1913 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway installs block signals. (AR)
January 22, 1915 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway steamer Maryland burns while northbound off
the mouth of the Magothy River; no loss of life; vessel is not rebuilt because
of poor traffic conditions and impending threat of Panama Canal Act. (AR)
February 11, 1915 - BC&A
Board asks Pres. to report on possible abandonment of boat lines under Panama
Canal Act. (MB)
July 30, 1915 - ICC rules on PRR
ownership of Chesapeake Bay steamboat lines of Maryland, Delaware &
Virginia Railway and Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway under Panama
Canal Act; finds Love Point and Claiborne lines are extension of rail
operations; Western Shore lines are not in violation of Panama Canal Act, but
ownership of other Eastern Shore lines is not in public interest and must be
sold by April 1, 1916. (AR, memo)
November 26, 1915 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway steamer Tivoli destroyed by fire while
southbound to Crisfield off south end of Kent Island; five killed, including
young son and daughter of Capt. Richard Heward, who were traveling with him because
of Thanksgiving. (MB, Mason).
December 27, 1915 -
BC&A/MD&V Railway committee reports on status of steamboats; recommends
discontinuing all lines except Love Point if can sell boats for at least $1.3
million. (MB)
1915 - ICC orders Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway to discontinue its steamer operations and
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway to discontinue its Chester River Line
effective Apr. 1, 1916.
1915 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway cuts Occohannock Line from Rues to Shields. (AR)
1915 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway cuts Tuckahoe River Line from Waymans to Cowards. (AR)
March 15, 1916 - Industrial
Corporation of Baltimore City declines to meet PRR's price of $2 million for
Chesapeake Bay steamboat operation as earnings do not justify price; preferred
stockholders of MD&V have filed for foreclosure, which PRR interests will
oppose. (MB)
March 23, 1916 - BC&A
committee recommends disposal of Chesapeake Bay boats except for Claiborne
ferry and Piankatank River Line; Board agrees to seek extension of deadline for
sale to January 1, 1917. (MB)
March 1916 - Baltimore shippers
petition ICC to permit MD&V and BC&A to continue to operate Chesapeake
Bay steamboat lines. (MB)
April 1, 1916 - ICC orders the
sale of PRR ownership of the Chesapeake Bay steamboat lines of Maryland,
Delaware & Virginia Railway and Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway under Panama Canal Act because it is not in the public’s interest. (AR,
memo)
April 17, 1916 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway sells steamers Enoch Pratt and Helen. (AR)
May 29, 1916 - Lewes &
Baltimore RPO cut to Lewes & Love Point RPO. (Kay
May 1, 1916 - BC&A sells
steamboats Chesapeake, Enoch Pratt, Helen and Minnie Wheeler for scrap. (MB)
June 15, 1916 - BC&A charters
gasoline boat Evadna from Charles Hopkins. (MB)
1916 - On petitions of local
residents, ICC reopens case ordering PRR to cease operating steamboats between
Baltimore and the Eastern Shore under the Panama Canal Act and grants extensions;
no alternate operators had come forward and railroads were unsuccessful in
attempts to sell boats. (AR)
1916 - Maryland, Delaware &
Virginia Railway defaults on interest payments; deficiency made up by
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway. (AR)
January 1, 1917 - BC&A
committee’s March 23, 1916, extension of deadline for sale of Chesapeake Bay
boats except for Claiborne ferry and Piankatank River Line. (MB)
April 17, 1917 - Willard Thomson
(1837-1917), VP & General Manager of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
Railway and Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway, dies. (MB)
June 15, 1917 - BC&A agrees
with Atlantic Transport Company of W.Va. for furnishing tug and six covered
barges for use between Crisfield and Onancock, Pungoteague and Nandua Creeks;
charters gasoline boat Somerset from S. Irwin Austin. (MB)
July 1, 1917 - Turnbull Murdoch
named General Manager of Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway; A.H.
Seth named Superintendent of Steamer Lines. (AR)
July 6, 1917 - Turnbull Murdoch
elected VP of Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway as well as General
Manager. (AR)
September 19, 1917 - BC&A
contracts with Baltimore Transfer Company for truck service between piers and
PRR stations in Baltimore. (MB)
June 1, 1918 - MD&V and
BC&A Railway uses Atlantic Transport Company for lighterage in Baltimore
harbor. (MB)
August 2, 1918 - BC&A and
MD&V inform USRA Regional Director C.H. Markham that income based on
three-year test period is insufficient to meet their expenses. (MB)
August 13, 1918 - USRA Regional
Director C.H. Markham writes that BC&A and MD&V are not under USRA
control, leaving them to face inflating costs alone; PRR refuses to make
further advances, creating a crisis for these lines. (MB)
January 10, 1919 - Turnbull Murdoch
named Federal Manager of Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway and
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway under USRA; gives up corporate office
of VP; both lines placed in Allegheny Region. (AR)
March 19, 1919 - BC&A
stockholders approve draft agreement with USRA covering operation. (MB)
March 27, 1919 - MD&V Railway
stockholders approve draft agreement with USRA covering compensation. (MB)
1919 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway cuts service on Occohannock Line from Shields to
Morleys. (AR)
1919 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway discontinues Tuckahoe River Line, including Trappe Creek
branch. (AR)
February 11, 1920 - Special
Committee on Organization reports on plan for post-USRA arrangements; believe
that growth of country requires executives at places other than Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh; recommend dividing whole PRR System (excluding LIRR, BC&A,
MD&V) into four regions headquartered in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago
and St. Louis, each to be headed by a V.P. with a full staff of officers;
recommend complete decentralization similar to divisional organization recently
developed by manufacturing companies such as Du Pont and General Motors; each
region to be autonomous with own Treasury, Accounting, Purchasing and Traffic
officers; headquarters staff to coordinate activities as a whole; also
recommend creating a central Personnel Dept. incorporating the Voluntary Relief
Dept. and Pension Dept. (MB)
March 24, 1920 - Turnbull Murdoch
named Pres. & General Manager of Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway and Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway, replacing W. Heyward
Myers as Pres. (AR)
June 1, 1920 - MD&V and
BC&A Railway contracts with Atlantic Transport Company for lighterage in
Baltimore harbor for five years from July 1, 1918. (MB)
June 16, 1920 - BC&A Board
approves acquisition and dissolution of subsidiary Ocean City Bridge Company,
as state of Maryland has built a public road bridge to Ocean City; existing
bridge to be converted to railroad use exclusively. (MB)
July 27, 1920 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway purchases property of Ocean City Bridge
Company, consisting of rail-highway bridge leading to Ocean City, Md. (AR)
September 1, 1921 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway is unable to meet interest payments; PRR
refuses to advance funds but does agree to buy coupons from bondholders;
continues this practice for several years. (MB)
1921 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway unable to continue payment of Maryland, Delaware &
Virginia Railway's interest; Delmarva traffic now goes directly by truck to
various cities rather than being sent to Baltimore for redistribution; state
has also granted subsidies to vehicular ferries across Chesapeake Bay. (AR)
February 17, 1922 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Board votes to dissolve subsidiary Kirby
Wharf Company, which is now abandoned. (MB)
March 1, 1922 - Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway defaults on interest payments. (AR)
January 8, 1924 - BC&A sells
steamboat Choptank for scrap. (MB)
May 1, 1924 - BC&A contracts
with Fred P. Jump for bus and truck service between Queenstown and Centreville,
Md., replacing train service on Centreville Branch. (MB - date of contract
5/16)
May 14, 1924 - BC&A signs
trackage rights agreement with PRR covering use of line between Queen Annes
Jct. and Easton, so that Ocean City trains may be rerouted from Claiborne to
Love Point. (MB)
December 12, 1924 - BC&A
abandons wharves at Seaford, Travers, Md., Saxis Wharf, Va., Powells Wharf on
Pocomoke River, and Double Mills Wharf on Tred Avon River. (MB)
1925 - Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway abandons Nanticoke River Line. (AR)
June 30, 1926 - BC&A VP A.J.
County reports on financial situation; company does not earn money for either
interest or dividends because of heavy truck and bus competition; PRR has
refused to continue to buy coupons. (MB)
July 16, 1926 - Special PRR
committee reports on future of PRR's relations with BC&A; authorizes no
further payments of BC&A coupons. (MB)
September 1, 1926 - PRR refuses
to pay Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway interest due this date, as
it has done since 1921, precipitating BC&A into bankruptcy. (memo)
September 15, 1926 - PRR Board
resolves to make no further purchases of BC&A Railway first mortgage bond
coupons, precipitating it into bankruptcy. (MB)
April
14, 1927 - Turnbull Murdoch (1869-1927), Pres. & General Manager of
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway and Baltimore & Virginia
Steamboat Company, dies. (AR - see below)
June 3, 1927 - BC&A sells
steamboat Tangier for scrap. (MB)
August
14, 1927 - Turnbull Murdoch (1869-1927), Pres. & General Manager of
BC&A and Baltimore & Virginia Steamboat Company, dies. (MB – see above)
October 24, 1927 - BC&A Board
authorizes sale of Bellevue Wharf on Tred Avon River. (MB)
November 1927 - Foreclosure
proceedings begin against Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway. (AR)
April 27, 1928 - Baltimore &
Virginia Steamboat Company approves purchase of Baltimore, Chesapeake &
Atlantic Railway steamer and wharf properties for $350,000; Baltimore &
Eastern Railroad approves purchase of rail properties. (MB)
November 28, 1928 - Baltimore
& Eastern Railroad acquires properties of former Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Railway between Claiborne and Ocean City, Md., plus Claiborne
pier (and ferry?) from Trustees; other steamboats and certain docks of BC&A
sold to Baltimore & Virginia Steamboat Company. (C&C)
July 1930 - ICC sets final
valuation of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway at $3,167,309.
(RyAge)
Source: "PRR Chronology," by Christopher T. Baer, PRR Technical & Historical Society.
"Rails Along the Chesapeake," John C. Hayman, Marvadel Publishers, 1979.
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