The crash of the stock market and the subsequent depression hit TA&W fairly hard, forcing them to lay off several employees and turn down many applications for employment. Dustin had previously served, since 1906, as President of the Forth Smith and Western Railroad in Arkansas, and his experience led the TA&W through a period of prosperity which peaked in 1929 with the company showing a profit of over $55,000. Dustin was hired as president of the company. Throughout 1910's, the Railway began to expand beyond its Stone Quarry roots, serving a variety of industries that popped up around it including an Oil Refinery (Hickock Oil), a Bottling Plant (Owens Bottling Plant), and a Fertilizer Plant (Stadler Fertilizer Company). In 1913 Toledo, Angola and Western bought out the Silica Northern Railway, increasing its track length 2 1/4 miles to the northwest, connecting it with Centennial, Ohio. Largely the quarry funded its construction and the construction supplies were shared with the Toledo Terminal Railroad, which was also forming at this time. Originating as a spur of off the much larger New York Central Line at Central Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, the Railway linked the Silica Stone Quarries to the world. On July 11th, 1902, The Toledo, Angola and Western Railway with its 8 1/4 miles of track, was officially incorporated. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion.Ĭompleted by: Benjamin Grillot, November 1998-June 1999 Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. Processing Note: Some materials have been sampledĬopyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Toledo Angola and Western Railway Records, 1898-1986
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2022
Categories |