Santa Fee and St. Johns Railway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page.
Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion.

Steps to list an article for deletion: {{subst:afd}} • Preloaded debate OR {{subst:afd2|pg=Santa Fee and St. Johns Railway|cat=|text=}} • {{subst:afd3|pg=Santa Fee and St. Johns Railway}} log

This article or section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please help improve this article or replace this tag with a more specific message. This article has been tagged since November 2006. (help, talk)
This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.
Please improve the article or discuss this issue on the talk page. This article has been tagged since December 2006.

Florida state law chapter 3653, approved February 12, 1885, incorporated the Santa Fee and St. Johns Railway Company, owned by George M. Whetstone, J. L. Davis, William T. Weeks, William O. Tison, A. M. Powell, Thomas Sweat, William H. Edwards, Samuel B. Rhodes, Mathew L. McKinny, Volney J. Shipman, Thomas J. Burrin and Simon J. Temple,

  • for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from a point near the head of navigation of the Santa Fee river, running in an easterly direction through the counties of Columbia, Bradford and Duval to the St. Johns river.

The railroad was promised land grants along its line, as long as it began construction within one year and finished within five years.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../s/a/n/Santa_Fee_and_St._Johns_Railway_7661.html"