Building Tennesse Railroads
Chesapeake and Nashville Railway 1884-1892
Gallatin Tenn to Scottsville Ky 35 miles. Consol Mar 1885 of the Cincinnati Green River and Nashville RR Co of Kentucky with a company the same name chartered in Tennessee Oct 6 1884. Road opened in April 1887. The project is for a railroad from Nashville Tenn to Danville, Ky. 165 m and from Glasgow to Elizabethtown, Ky 40 miles. See Manual for 1892 Road sold under foreclosure on Sept. 27, 1892 and purchased by the Mississippi Construction Co. Locomotives: 3, Cars: passenger 2, freight: (flat)45 total 47
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad 1881-1896
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad 1878-1951
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad 1836-1837
Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad 1853-1871
The act of November 18 1853 incorporating the Cincinnati Cumberland Gap & Charleston Railroad Company among other things enacted that said company shall be and it is hereby invested with all the rights powers and privileges and subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of the Nashville & Louisville Railroad Company, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. And the act of December 22d following entitled: An act to charter the Lexington & Knoxville Railroad Company further provides that the Cincinnati Cumberland Gap & Charleston Railroad Company shall be, and it is hereby invested with all the rights powers and privileges and subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad Company, except as otherwise provided in this act and the act this is intended to amend. (Source: The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 23-24, 1885, p. 615)
Letter from the company president dated 15 May 1867 stating that the last meeting was in 1861 and that the company had not been able to do much, if any business during the war. Before the war, the company had graded from Morristown to the French Broad River and the section was ready for rails. Also work had been done from the French Broad to the Pigeon. Most of the cross ties from Morristown to the French Broad River had been destroyed and the wood for the bridge at the French Broad had been carried off or burned. Link
Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad 1882-1884
Cincinnati Southern Railway 1870 1887-1889
Cincinnati Southwestern and Chattanooga Railroad
Incorporated 1865-6 1866-7 ch 48 State aid granted under Internal Improvement Law (Source:
Cleveland and Ducktown Railroad 1865
Aid granted to 1865-6 The same additional aid of 5000 per mile granted that was granted to & Pacific Railroad by Act of 1867-8. pub
1867-8. Bonds to this road may be issued on five mile sections 1868-9 (Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger, p. 1129)
Coal Creek and New River Railroad 1877-1889
(Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger, p. 1129)
Coosa and Chattanooga Railroad
Aid to 1859-60 Bonds to be applied only to ironing and equipping. (Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger, p. 1129)
Corinth and Tennessee River Railroad
Incorporated 1865-6 State aid granted upon completion as required by laws for reception of State aid. (Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger, p. 1129)
Cumberland and Big Stone Gaps Railroad 1889- 1900
Dandridge Railroad Company 1866
Incorporated 1866-7 Endowed with State stock $20,000 in East Tenn & Ga Railroad granted by Priv Act of 1865-6 to Newmarket Dandridge & Newport Turnpike Company (Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger,1878, p. 639)
Decatur, Chesapeake and New Orleans Railway 1887-1893
Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad 1872-1879
The company was chartered on November 4, 1870
Columbia to Fayetteville, Tenn. - 47 miles
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad 1848- 1869
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad 1848- 1869
Governor to endorse and guarantee bonds on certain conditions 1847-8. This Act repealed and coupon bonds to issue 1849-50. Bridge aid granted to bridge Tennessee river 1851-2. This Act seems to be the foundation or model of all the other Acts granting bridge aid to
railroads. The above act amended 1851-2 . Company may collect bridge toll of passengers in cars Any company may build said bridge and have benefits of this Act, or that will construct any other bridge or bridges across Tennessee river on different route. General grant of State aid under Internal Improvement Law 1851-2 and last proviso. In case of this road refusing to accept provisions of Internal Improvement Law the Junction Railroad Company incorporated and the State aid granted to Hiawassee Railroad and East Tenn & Ga Railroad transferred to Junction Railroad 1851-2. Governor authorized to appoint directors in East Tenn & Ga Railroad. Governor to endorse and guarantee bonds of East Tenn & Ga Railroad and Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to aid in constructing branch road from Chattanooga to East Tenn ti Ga Railroad 1855-6 aid bonds not to be sold at less than par. Issuance of bonds to East Tenn & Ga Railroad for that portion of their road running from Chattanooga to Cleveland etc regulated 1857-8 ch 58. Additional aid granted $250,000, 1865-6. Said bonds not to be sold at less than par. State stock in this road appropriated in trust to certain turn pike companies 1865-6. Same how disposed of 1866-7. Certain of said stock given to Knoxville, Tazewell and Jacksborough Turnpike company. Also to Sevierville Turnpike Company 1866-7 Also to Dandridge Railroad Company. Also to Knoxville Sevierville & Big Pigeon Railroad Company amending Private Act of 1865-6. 1867-8 ch 81. Also $10,000 of said stock in lieu of Sevierville Turnpike Company amending Private Act of 1866-7. Said stock heretofore given to Greeneville & Paint Rock Turnpike Company transferred to Greeneville & Paint Rock Railroad Company 1869-70.Consolidated with the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad under name of East Tennessee Virginia and Georgla Railroad 1869-70 See East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad infra this note. (Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger, p. 1129)
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad 1848- 1869
"for the purpose of establishing a railroad communication between Knoxville and the State of Virginia through East Tennessee east of Bays Mountain between the Holston and Nolichucky Rivers" (Source: A history of the legal development of the railroad system of Southern ...,By Fairfax Harrison, p. 659)
Bridge aid extended to 1851-2 . The same issued on forty mile sections $100,000 to each forty miles etc. Special provisions to guard against fraud. Allowed an additional year to complete first section 1855-6. Governor to and guarantee bonds. Consolidated with East Tenessee and Georgia Railroad under name of East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad 1869-70. See East Tennessee and Railroad supra this note (Source: A Compiliation of the Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee: Sec. 1-2745d, By Tennessee, Seymour Dwight Thompson, Thomas Maddin Steger,1878, p. 1129)
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway 1886-1894
From Bristol to the Atlantic at Brunswick To the Gulf at Mobile To the Mississippi at Memphis
EMBRACING THE STEEL ORE REGION OF THE SOUTH
(Source: The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway System: Mineral Wealth ..., 1890, Henry E. Colton)
This corporation owned as its main line a railway extending from Chattanooga, Tenn via Morristown to Paint Rock, NC ,where it connected with the lines of railroad forming the Richmond & Danville Railroad system and such main line furnished said Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Chattanooga its main connection and outlet for the business of the Mississippi valley and beyond which it received at Memphis. In addition thereto prior to said 1st of January 1892 said East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway Company had acquired and owned 106,264 shares of the capital stock of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company the same being a majority of all its shares. By means of such ownership said East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway Company controlled said Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company. It elected its board of directors a majority of whom were officers and directors of said Tennessee company Its operating and traffic departments were under the control of the same persons who were in control of the operating and trafiic departments of the Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway Company and it was entirely subordinated to said East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway Company and under its control as a part of its system. (Source: The Federal Reporter, Volume 113, 1902, p.477)
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad 1866-1983
Line of road Johnson City Tennessee to Cranberry NC thirty four miles. Total length of line in North Carolina three 3 miles all in Mitchell county. The road was chartered May 1866 road opened July 1882. ((Source: Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, Issue 1, By North Carolina. Board of Railroad Commissioners, 1892, p.490)
Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad 1852-1872
Greeneville and Paint Rock Railroad
AN ACT to Transfer Certain Stock from the Greeneville and Paint Rock Turnpike Company to the Greeneville and Paint Rock Railroad Company SECTION 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee That thirty thousand dollars of stock owned by the State of Tennessee in the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Com any heretofore transferred by An Act assed on the 24t day of May 1866 to the Greeneville and Paint Rock Turnpike Com y be and the same is hereby transferred to the Greeneville and Paint Rock Railroad Company Provided the Greeneville and Paint Rock Turnpike Company agrees and consents thereto. Passed March 2 1870
Gulf and Chicago Railroad 1889-1903
Harriman Railway and Construction Company 1890-1891
The Harriman and Northeastern was incorporated December 4, 1895, under the general laws of the State of Tennessee, for the purpose of acquiring the property, rights, and franchises of the Harriman Coal & Iron Railroad Company, which was done. The latter company was incorporated March 25, 1890, under the general laws of the State of Tennessee, originally as the Harriman Railway and Construction Company which name was changed on January 10, 1891, to the Harriman Coal & Iron Railroad Company. The property, rights, and franchises of the latter company were sold at foreclosure on July 22, 1895, after receivership begun November 21, 1893, and were conveyed to Isaac K. Funk and others by deed dated November 30, 1895, who reconveyed the property to the Harriman and Northeastern by deed dated December 4, 1895. The date of organization of the Harriman and Northeastern was December 4, 1895. (Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Valuation reports, Volume 37, 1932)
Harriman Coal and Iron Railroad 1891-1895
Harriman Junc to De Armond Tenn 6.5 m, James Ferry to Iron Mines Tenn (3 ft gauge) 7.5 m, total 14 miles. Chartered Jan 10, 1891 opened May 1, 1891. Narrow gauge chartered Oct 10, 1882 opened Oct 25, 1883. Construction in progress on extension to Frozen Head Mountain, Tenn, 16 m. Receivers appointed Nov 21, 1893: Locomotives 2, Cars: passenger 2. Operations year ending Oct 1 1893 Earnings passenger $1,755 freight $4,337 092. Operating expenses $8,743. Deficit $2.651
General Office: Harriman
Henderson and Nashville Railroad 1848-1867
Hickman and Obion Railroad 1853-1855
Hiwassee Railroad 1836-1848
Chartered on July 4, 1836
The Hiwassee Railroad 94 miles in length is to extend from Knoxville, Tenn to the Georgia State line where it will unite with the Western and Atlantic railroad. This road has been several years in progress and will probably soon be completed. The length of railroad communication between Knoxville and Savannah will be 503 miles: viz Hiwassee railroad 94 4 Western and Atlantic 118, Monroe 101, Central 190 miles. The distance to Charleston SC will be rather more :viz Hiwassee 94 4, Western and Atlantic 118. From Whitehall to Madison Georgia about 75, Madison to Augusta by the Georgia railroad 101, Augusta to Charleston by the South Carolina railroad 136 miles. Total from Knoxville to Charleston 527 4 miles. The distance from Washington city to Knoxville is stated at 516 miles. (Source: The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for ..., Volumes 15-16, p. 161)
Holston Valley Railway 1892-1915
Big Creek Park Tenn south 15 miles to pine forests of Shady Valley owned by Pennsylvania capitalists who are building the extension under construction AF Willey general manager Bristol Tenn. (Source: The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader, Volume 27, 1889, p. 262)
Illinois Central Railroad 1883-1972
Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad 1885-1887
Iron Mountain Railroad of Memphis 1886-1966
