• Valuation : $708,487 (This includes track, rolling stock, buildings and more.) The railroad, then called the Artesian Belt, was valued at $554,572 in March 1914. By 1920 the track was 3.52 miles shorter because the link between Macdona and Kirk was abandoned.


• Liabilities : $308,547 (This includes bonds and other debts.) The S.A.S. was created in 1920, after the Artesian Belt went into receivership a second time.

• Freight revenue : $182,725 - up 73.95% from previous year
• Passenger revenue : $10,703 - up 9.38% from previous year


• Total Revenue : $200,661 - including mail & other, up 65.46% from previous year
• Total Expenses : $143,460 - up 41.31% from previous year.

The S.A.S. was running at a profit

• Mixed : 39,500
• Freight: 1,695
• Passenger: None. All S.A.S. passenger activity was mixed consist
• Special : None
• Switching : 4,078
• Non-revenue : 373

Total : 45,646

• 13,512 passengers were carried, at an average of $0.79 per passenger
• 148,525 tons of freight were carried, at an average of $1.23 a ton

Products of Agriculture


• Corn : 2,659
• Oats : 67
• Flour & Meal : 209
• Other Mill Products : 218
• Hay, straw & Alfalfa : 113
• Cotton : 845
• Cotton Seeds & Products (not oil) : 565
• Potatoes : 35
• Other fresh vegetables : 1,078

Total : 5,789

Products of Animals


• Horses & mules : 117
• Cattle & calves : 8,048
• Sheep & goats : 22
• Hogs : 28

Total : 8,215

Products of Mines


• Clay, gravel sand & stone : 58,899
• Crude petroleum : 24,931
• Salt : 41

Total : 110,3925

Products of Forests


• Logs, posts, poles & cord wood : 2,136
• Ties : 508
• Lumber, timber, box shooks, staves & headings : 4,386
• Other products of forests : 20

Total : 7,050

Manufactures & Miscellaneous


• Refined petroleum and its products : 9,237
• Bar & sheet iron, structural iron and iron pipe : 3,194
• Castings, machinery & boilers : 642
• Cement : 379
• Brick & artificial stone : 215
• Lime & plaster : 27
• Agricultural implements & vehicles(non-automobile) : 35
• Automobiles & trucks : 58
• Household goods & second hand furniture : 492
• Ice : 146
• Fertilizers (all kinds) : 172 Other manufactures & miscellaneous : 150
• Merchandise - all less than carload freight) : 2,332

Total : 17,079

GRAND TOTAL : 250,333

Total number of employees : 56
Total Payroll : $70,331

Selected employee categories (from over 40)

• Officers : 9
• Clerks : 3
• Station Masters & Assistants : NONE
• Station Agents : 3
• Engineers(Train) : 1 (Freight)
• Conductors : 1 (Freight)
• Firemen : 1 (Freight)
• Brakemen & Flagmen : 2 (Freight)

• Engines : 3
• Other freight : 2
• Passenger coach : 3

TOTAL : 8

The S.A.S. used Missouri Pacific freight cars for most of its revenue service.

• Passengers : None killed, NONE injured
• Employees : None killed, 1 injured
• Other : None killed, NONE injured.


TOTAL : None killed, 1 injured

No accidents involving pedestrians or motorists at grade crossings were reported