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Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Redwine

1914 OK 480, 143 P. 847, 43 Okla. 610, 1914 Okla. LEXIS 578
CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma
DecidedOctober 13, 1914
Docket5872
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Redwine, 1914 OK 480, 143 P. 847, 43 Okla. 610, 1914 Okla. LEXIS 578 (Okla. 1914).

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LOOFBOURROW, J.

On July 7, 1913, the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma made the following order:

“It is hereby ordered by the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, that the Kansas City Southern Railway Company move its freight depot at Spiro, Oklahoma, across on the opposite side of the tracks on the side of the railroad next to the business side of the town. Also to build a new passenger depot *611 at Spiro, the same to be located on the side of its railroad next to the town of Spiro, Oklahoma, all to be completed by November 1, 1913.”

From that portion of the order directing the construction and location of a new passenger depot at Spiro on the side of its railroad next to the town, the railway company appeals.

From the evidence in this case it appears that Spiro is a town of from 1,200 to 1,500 inhabitants, and that all of the town is situated on the west side of the main line of the Kansas City Southern Railway. On this main line the Kansas City Southern daily operates four through pássenger trains. The Kansas City Southern has a branch line from Spiro to Ft. Smith, and each of the through trains on the main line is met at Spiro by one of its trains from Ft. Smith; the branch line train that arrives to meet each through train counts as one train, and the train that leaves Spiro going back to Ft. Smith as each through train departs is another train, thereby making twelve passenger trains daily to handle this passenger traffic. In addition thereto there are two Kansas City Southern passenger trains running between Ft. Smith and Mena, Ark., which pass through .Spiro. In addition to this the Ft. Smith & Western Railway Company operates two passenger trains westward and two eastward through Spiro, to and from Ft. Smith, over the Kansas City Southern Railway Company tracks, thereby making eighteen passenger trains daily for the town of Spiro. While the trains on the branch line on the Kansas City Southern are counted as eight trains, four in and four out, if they are counted as only four trains, assuming that the same train that comes in makes the round trip from Ft. Smith, there would still be fourteen passenger trains. In addition to this, there are the usual number of freight trains necessary to handle that feature of the traffic. The following plat shows the location of the tracks and the location of-the passenger station as proposed by the railroad company:

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1914 OK 480, 143 P. 847, 43 Okla. 610, 1914 Okla. LEXIS 578, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/kansas-city-southern-ry-co-v-redwine-okla-1914.