Eufaula and St. Andrews Bay Air-line Railroad

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The Eufaula and St. Andrews Bay Air-line Railroad Company was incorporated under Florida state law chapter 3801, approved June 3, 1887, for the purpose of constructing and operating a line of railroad from some point on St. Andrews Bay, in Washington county, Florida, to the Alabama State line, in the direction of Eufaula, Alabama. It was allowed to build branches to St. Josephs or Apalachicola.

[edit] Land Grants

The railroad was promised land grants along its line if it began construction within six months; no part finished after three years would be eligible for land grants.

[edit] Owners

The company was owned by J. R. Shomaker, W. R. Gainer, A. R. Goodwin, W. J. Daniels and J. B. Dickson of Florida, S. H. Dent, John W. Tulis and W. N. Reeves of Alabama, George M. West of Michigan, and S. H. Leathe of St. Louis, Missouri.