Name/Title
Kansas City, Clay County, & St. Joseph Railway Co.Into Receivership File, c. 1933Entry/Object ID
AM2019.43.7Scope and Content
Kansas City, Clay County, & St. Joseph Railway Co. Into Receivership File, c. 1933. With ridership declining during the depression, and the rise of paved roads and availability of the personal automobile, the interurban line was losing money, eventually selling its property to Chicago Western in 1933.
A = Statement of Physical Property for:
--Kansas City, Clay County, & St. Joseph Railway
--Kansas City, Clay County, & St. Joseph Auto Transit Company
--Kansas City Interurban Freight Terminal Company
B = News articles about the Companies demise from the Western History Manuscripts Archives Collection, Kansas City.
C = "For Outer Belt, $330,500, Receiver Says He Will Oppose Confirmation of Sale. Concerns purchasing of Kansas City Outer Belt & Electric Railway Company. Plans to incorporate it into interurban lines.Lexicon
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Interurban Railway, Interurban Railroad, Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph RailwayRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ed GentryPerson or Organization
Woods, Robert P.