The Fort Meade Street Railway was chartered in January 1886 with a 99-year
franchise. It opened on January 1, 1887, to connect the center of Fort Meade and the new
Florida Southern Railway depot. The charter granted it the exclusive right-of-way in the town of
Fort Meade, Florida, and exempted it from city taxes for ten years. The
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
had two miles of
narrow gauge track and owned two cars and two horses. In 1904 the directors were: Max Reif, President: M. M. Loadhollis, Vice-president: W. H. Francis, Secretary: L. B. Flood; E. O. Flood was Treasurer and J. G. Carter, Manager. C. E. Roberts is shown as Vice-president in the 1907 ''Poor's Manual'' with the other officers being the same. The general offices were in Fort Meade. Operations ceased in 1913.
[ State Archives of Florida, '' Florida Memory'', item 28345]
See also
*
List of Florida street railroads
This is a list of street railroad operating in Florida in the United States.
Horse car companies
Railways using horse or mule power
* Altamonte Springs Street Railway
* Arcadia Street Railway and Improvement Company
* Avon Park Street Railway ...
References
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3 ft gauge railways in the United States
Florida street railroads
Railway companies established in 1886
Railway companies disestablished in 1913
1886 establishments in Florida
Fort Meade, Florida