Palatka and Heights Street Railway
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] A photograph in the Florida State Archives show the tracks on Emmett Avenue[3] and Lemon Street.[4]