Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

(in thousands)		2014		2013		2012
Revenues:
Transportation	$	129,162		112,120		103,476
Mining royalty land		5,349		5,302		4,483
Developed property rentals		25,629		22,352		19,555
	$	160,140		139,774		127,514
Operating profit:
Transportation	$	8,027		11,119		9,107
Mining royalty land		4,736		4,739		3,905
Developed property rentals		10,228		9,427		5,497
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to transportation		(1,721	)	(1,765	)	(1,631	)
Allocated to mining land		(755	)	(731	)	(674	)
Allocated to developed property		(1,133	)	(1,094	)	(1,012	)
Unallocated		(1,614	)	(1,261	)	(1,091	)
		(5,223	)	(4,851	)	(4,408	)
	$	17,768		20,434		14,101
Interest expense:
Mining royalty land	$	44		59		40
Developed property rentals		1,431		2,461		2,598
	$	1,475		2,520		2,638
Capital expenditures:
Transportation (a)	$	13,028		15,612		10,459
Mining royalty land		—		—		11,039
Developed property rentals:
Capitalized interest		1,763		1,863		1,646
Internal labor		469		418		609
Real estate taxes (b)		112		904		(1,209	)
Other costs		16,939		19,751		11,804
	$	32,311		38,548		34,348
(a)Includes $3,397 related to the Pipeline Transportation, Inc.    acquisition during fiscal 2014. (b)Includes a $2,311 receivable on previously capitalized real estate
taxes on the Anacostia property for fiscal 2012.
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization:
Transportation	$	8,813		7,401		6,750
Mining royalty land		124		105		112
Developed property rentals		6,721		6,141		5,729
Other		481		418		403
	$	16,139		14,065		12,994
Identifiable net assets at September 30:
Transportation	$	59,465		49,410		42,642
Mining royalty land		39,368		40,008		39,695
Developed property rentals		211,556		195,476		184,358
Cash items		1,013		502		6,713
Unallocated corporate assets		1,669		1,697		2,297
		313,071		287,093		275,705