St. Johns River, Lake Weir and Gulf Railroad

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Florida state law chapter 3803, approved June 7, 1887, incorporated the St. Johns River, Lake Weir and Gulf Railroad Company, owned by W. E. McKay, J. H. Curry, O. J. Bogue, A. C. Dittmar, F. S. Whiting, J. C. Stapp, R. W. Roper, J. A. Couper and J. W. Hogan,

  • to construct and complete a railroad for the transportation of passengers, produce, goods, and all other articles of freight, from a point on the St. Johns river on or near Little Lake George, in Putnam county, Florida, and to run southward in nearly a straight line as practicable through the counties of Putnam, Marion, Sumter, Hernando and Hillsborough, Florida, to a point on the deep waters of the Anclote river, in Hillsborough county, Florida, the length of said road to be one hundred and twenty miles, more or less,
  • with a branch of said road, beginning at a point on said line of railroad at or near Orange Spring in the county of Marion, and State of Florida, and running northerly to the city of Palatka, in Putnam county; thence in a northerly direction, as near as practicable, to the city of Jacksonville, Florida, the distance of said branch road being about one hundred miles.

The railroad was promised land grants along its line if it began construction within one year and completed the line and branch within five years.

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