Central & Montgomery Railway Company
Chartered in 1877, with headquarters at Plantersville, Grimes County, the Central & Montgomery Railway Company built a stretch almost thirty miles in length from Navasota to Montgomery by 1878. Its incorporators were G. Jordan, President; F. A. Hyatt, Vice President; and T. W. Blake, Secretary-Treasurer. The shortline was sold to the Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe in 1887, which became a part of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe in 1947.
Zlatkovich reports that the length was 27.4 miles.
Colonel F.A. Hyatt of Beaumont demonstrates the interconnection between railroads and the lumber industry. In 1876, he was a part owner in the firm of Hyatt, Stewart, & Fuller, a sawmill company cutting railroad ties and timbers for the Southern Pacific in Orange County. Along with Jonas and William Rice, he held a partnership in the Rice Lumber Company at Hyatt, from the early 1880s to 1906. By 1906, he was the vice president of the Eastman-Hyatt Lumber Company at Eastman, in Hardin County.
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Corporate Name:
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Ownership:
G. Jordan, President; F. A. Hyatt, Vice President; T. W. Blake, Secretary-Treasurer.
Years of Operation:
1877-
Track Type:
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Track Length:
27.4
Locations Served:
Plantersville Montgomery
Counties of Operation:
Grimes, Montgomery
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Equipment:
The Central & Montgomery began as an independent shortline to haul the finished products of the sawmills. Its standard equipment was general railroad rolling stock.
History:
Chartered in 1877, with headquarters at Plantersville, Grimes County, the Central & Montgomery Railway Company built a stretch almost thirty miles in length from Navasota to Montgomery by 1878. Its incorporators were G. Jordan, President; F. A. Hyatt, Vice President; and T. W. Blake, Secretary-Treasurer. The shortline was sold to the Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe in 1887, which became a part of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe in 1947.
Zlatkovich reports that the length was 27.4 miles.
Colonel F.A. Hyatt of Beaumont demonstrates the interconnection between railroads and the lumber industry. In 1876, he was a part owner in the firm of Hyatt, Stewart, & Fuller, a sawmill company cutting railroad ties and timbers for the Southern Pacific in Orange County. Along with Jonas and William Rice, he held a partnership in the Rice Lumber Company at Hyatt, from the early 1880s to 1906. By 1906, he was the vice president of the Eastman-Hyatt Lumber Company at Eastman, in Hardin County.