Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

(in thousands)		2013		2012		2011
Revenues:
Transportation	$	112,120		103,476		97,801
Mining royalty land		5,302		4,483		4,261
Developed property rentals		22,352		19,555		18,044
	$	139,774		127,514		120,106
Operating profit:
Transportation	$	11,119		9,107		9,602
Mining royalty land		4,739		3,905		3,507
Developed property rentals		9,427		5,497		5,874
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to transportation		(1,765	)	(1,631	)	(1,574	)
Allocated to mining land		(731	)	(674	)	(650	)
Allocated to developed property		(1,094	)	(1,012	)	(975	)
Unallocated		(1,261	)	(1,091	)	(1,415	)
		(4,851	)	(4,408	)	(4,614	)
	$	20,434		14,101		14,369
Interest expense:
Mining royalty land	$	59		40		37
Developed property rentals		2,461		2,598		3,309
	$	2,520		2,638		3,346
Capital expenditures:
Transportation	$	15,612		10,459		6,743
Mining royalty land		—		11,039		—
Developed property rentals:
Capitalized interest		1,863		1,646		1,232
Internal labor		418		609		603
Real estate taxes (a)		904		(1,209	)	1,212
Other costs (b)		19,751		11,804		8,082
	$	38,548		34,348		17,872
(a)Includes a $2,311 receivable on previously capitalized real estate
taxes on the Anacostia property for fiscal 2012.
(b)Net of 1031 exchange of $4,941 for fiscal 2011.
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization:
Transportation	$	7,401		6,750		6,269
Mining royalty land		105		112		111
Developed property rentals		6,141		5,729		5,222
Other		418		403		608
	$	14,065		12,994		12,210
Identifiable net assets at September 30:
Transportation	$	49,410		42,642		39,001
Discontinued Transportation operations		—		—		114
Mining royalty land		40,008		39,695		28,295
Developed property rentals		195,476		184,358		175,618
Cash items		502		6,713		21,026
Unallocated corporate assets		1,697		2,297		2,336
		287,093		275,705		266,390