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- ↑ "Railroad Merger to Be Consummated". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 27, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Cox, Terry (November 2003). Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads (second ed.). TCox & Associates, Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0-9746485-0-7 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 1918-1919 Legislative Documents. Vol. II. Trenton, New Jersey: State Gazette Publishing Co. 1920. p. 205 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Chelsea Branch Railroad Company". Annual Statements of the Railroad and Canal Companies of the State of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey: MacCrellish & Quigley, Book and Job Printers. 1895. p. 79 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "A Railroad Merger - All the Pennsylvania Lines in Southern New Jersey Consolidate". The Morning Post. Camden, New Jersey. May 2, 1896. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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