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, a former attorney for the

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, as its president. The CRI&P advanced the CK&N about twenty-five million dollars to begin construction in exchange for nearly all of the CK&N's stock. Essentially, this made the CRI&P the owner of the CK&N from the very beginning. The CK&N had put down about 1388 miles of track, mostly in

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and

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, but in 1889 it failed to make its interest payment to the CRI&P. The CRI&P started foreclosure proceedings on the CK&N, eventually fully taking over by June 17, 1891.

Construction Record

* 1886: Elwood KS - Horton KS, Beatrice NE - Fairbury NE * 1887: Horton KS - Beatrice NE, Horton KS - Topeka KS - Herington KS - Caldwell KS, Herington KS - Salina KS, Fairbury KS - Belleville KS - Mankato KS, Belleville KS - MacFarland KS * 1888: Mankato KS - Goodland KS - Limon CO - Colorado Springs CO, Herington KS - Liberal KS, purchased Dodge City KS - Bucklin KS * 1889: Caldwell KS - El Reno IT * 1890: El Reno IT - Minco IT

References

Defunct Missouri railroads Defunct Kansas railroads Defunct Nebraska railroads Defunct Oklahoma railroads Defunct Colorado railroads Predecessors of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Railway companies established in 1886 Railway companies disestablished in 1891 {{US-rail-transport-stub