The Fort Meade Street Railway was a railway in Florida, United States, chartered in January 1886 with a 99-year franchise. It opened on January 1, 1887, to connect the center of Fort Meade and the new Florida Southern Railway depot. The charter granted it the exclusive right-of-way in Fort Meade and exempted it from city taxes for ten years. The railroad had two miles of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge track and owned two cars and two horses.
In 1904 the directors were Max Reif (President), M. M. Loadhollis (Vice-President), W. H. Francis (Secretary), L. B. Flood, E. O. Flood (Treasurer) and J. G. Carter (Manager).[1] C. E. Roberts is shown as Vice-President in the 1907 Poor's Manual with the other officers being the same.[2] The general offices were in Fort Meade.
Operations ceased in 1913.[3]
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edit- ^ Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States (1904 ed.). New York, NY: Poor's Railroad Manual Co. p. 874.
- ^ Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States (1907 ed.). New York, NY: Poor's Railroad Manual Co. p. 1075.
- ^ State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, item 28345