Atlanta & Mt. Pleasant Railway Company
The Atlanta & Mt. Pleasant Railway Company was a tram road owned by the Jefferson Lumber Company. The ICC reported that it had eight miles of track in 1890. It was sold by Jefferson Lumber Company to the Kildare Lumber Company in July, 1892. The company was in financial straits. Its ownership of W. B. Ward, Jno. H. Bemis, W. B. Chew, and Elijah Robinson ordered its Trustees, H. A. O'Neal and E. A. Allday, to sell the company to Kildare Lumber Company, W. B. Ward, President for $171,000. Property included the plants, the Kildare Mill and Mill No 2 and planing mills, at Kildare with the Kildare & Linden (a locomotive, twenty-four logging cars, a box car, a passenger car, and twelve miles of tracks, with stations at both towns); and the sawmill and planing mill at Atlanta, with the Atlanta & Mt. Pleasant (two locomotives and). Robinson gave a quitclaim on Kildare Lumber Company on July 19, 1892.
On August 15, 1898, Ed Rand, A. C. Smith, and M. Jacobs conveyed to W. A. Rule the assets of the former Kildare Lumber Company, worth $25,000 of sawmills, planing mills, railroad stock, etc. Rule, as agent of the National Bank of Commerce could sell the property if the note was not met.
The Atlanta sawmill used a Baldwin 4-4-0 locomotive during the 1880s.
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212
Corporate Name:
Corporate Name:
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
No
Ownership:
Jefferson Lumber Company. Kildare Lumber Company.
Years of Operation:
1880s to 1901
Track Type:
Track Type:
Track Length:
Eight
Locations Served:
Mt. Pleasant (Titus)
Counties of Operation:
Titus, Cass
Line Connections:
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Track Information:
Track Information:
Equipment:
Two locomotives in 1892
Eight miles of track in 1890
History:
The Atlanta & Mt. Pleasant Railway Company was a tram road owned by the Jefferson Lumber Company. The ICC reported that it had eight miles of track in 1890. It was sold by Jefferson Lumber Company to the Kildare Lumber Company in July, 1892. The company was in financial straits. Its ownership of W. B. Ward, Jno. H. Bemis, W. B. Chew, and Elijah Robinson ordered its Trustees, H. A. O'Neal and E. A. Allday, to sell the company to Kildare Lumber Company, W. B. Ward, President for $171,000. Property included the plants, the Kildare Mill and Mill No 2 and planing mills, at Kildare with the Kildare & Linden (a locomotive, twenty-four logging cars, a box car, a passenger car, and twelve miles of tracks, with stations at both towns); and the sawmill and planing mill at Atlanta, with the Atlanta & Mt. Pleasant (two locomotives and). Robinson gave a quitclaim on Kildare Lumber Company on July 19, 1892.
On August 15, 1898, Ed Rand, A. C. Smith, and M. Jacobs conveyed to W. A. Rule the assets of the former Kildare Lumber Company, worth $25,000 of sawmills, planing mills, railroad stock, etc. Rule, as agent of the National Bank of Commerce could sell the property if the note was not met.
The Atlanta sawmill used a Baldwin 4-4-0 locomotive during the 1880s.