Selections From Meade's Manual

ST. JOSEPH UNION DEPOT COMPANY.

Incorporated in Missouri, March 22nd, 1880 - 50 years.

Capital Stock authorized - $100,000
- 10,000 issued
R.R. Co's - 90,000 shares
Directors - 10,000 shares

The following roads use the depot: The A.T.& S,F,, The C.B.& Q., The Chicago & Great Western, Central Branch, the Missoouri Pacific, Rock Island and St. Joseph & Grand Island.
The Union Depot Company own 2,305 miles of track
The Union depot was built in 1882, Allen & Co., Contractors. Burned February 1895. Rebuilt at once by Carter & Co., Contractors of St. Louis, Mo.