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The '''Palatka and Heights Street Railway''' was chartered in March 1888 with a 50 year [[franchising|franchise]]. It opened in January 1889, with three miles of three-foot gauge track. In 1904 it is shown as owning two cars and two horses, though common practice in the South was to use mules rather than horses- pictures in the Florida State Archives show the P&HSRy car pulled by mules.<ref>State Archives of Florida, ''Florida Memory'', item 53652</ref> The directors were: Wm. H. Craig, of [[Orange, New Jersey]], President; Thomas Murray, Secretary; E. S. Crill, Treasurer; Henry S. Wilson; Wm. P. Craig. The general offices were in [[Palatka, Florida]]. and J. G. Carter, Manager.<ref>Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1904 Edition, Poor's Railroad Manual Co., New York, N. Y., p. 875</ref> |
The '''Palatka and Heights Street Railway''' was chartered in March 1888 with a 50 year [[franchising|franchise]]. It opened in January 1889, with three miles of three-foot gauge track. In 1904 it is shown as owning two cars and two horses, though common practice in the South was to use mules rather than horses- pictures in the Florida State Archives show the P&HSRy car pulled by mules.<ref>State Archives of Florida, ''Florida Memory'', item 53652</ref> The directors were: Wm. H. Craig, of [[Orange, New Jersey]], President; Thomas Murray, Secretary; E. S. Crill, Treasurer; Henry S. Wilson; Wm. P. Craig. The general offices were in [[Palatka, Florida]]. and J. G. Carter, Manager.<ref>Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1904 Edition, Poor's Railroad Manual Co., New York, N. Y., p. 875</ref> Photographs in the Florida State Archives show the tracks on Emmett Avenue<ref>State Archives of Florida, ''Florida Memory'', item 26303</ref> and Lemon Street.<ref>State Archives of Florida, ''Florida Memory'', item 6670</ref> |
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The Palatka and Heights Street Railway was chartered in March 1888 with a 50 year franchise. It opened in January 1889, with three miles of three-foot gauge track. In 1904 it is shown as owning two cars and two horses, though common practice in the South was to use mules rather than horses- pictures in the Florida State Archives show the P&HSRy car pulled by mules.[1] The directors were: Wm. H. Craig, of Orange, New Jersey, President; Thomas Murray, Secretary; E. S. Crill, Treasurer; Henry S. Wilson; Wm. P. Craig. The general offices were in Palatka, Florida. and J. G. Carter, Manager.[2] Photographs in the Florida State Archives show the tracks on Emmett Avenue[3] and Lemon Street.[4]