Gulf and Florida Northern Railroad

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The Gulf and Florida Northern Railroad Company was incorporated under Florida state law chapter 4262, approved May 22, 1893, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from a point on St. Andrews bay, Washington county, to the Alabama and Florida State line, in Holmes county, with branches to Wewahitchka, St. Joseph and Apalachicola; also a branch from Wewahitchka to the Alabama state line in Jackson county, through the corporate limits of the town of Marianna, in the State of Florida.

[edit] Land grants

The railroad was promised land grants, provided that construction began within six months of the act and completion within four years. The railroad was to be standard gauge.

[edit] Owners

The company was owned by Horace Tucker, H. H. Brown, Andrew Relm, J. G. Fuller, of the state of Illinois; John E. Cailey, W. H. Milton, Jr., M. L. Dekle, James F. Glen and John H. Dawson, of the State of Florida.