Historical Timeline of the East Texas Transportation Company at Atlanta, Texas
     
 
 
 
     
 
East Texas Transportation Co. at Atlanta, Texas
  
     
  This is probably the best map this researcher has found that shows the route of the East Texas Transportation Co., which is marked on this particular map as that of the Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana Railway, which used the E.T.T.Co.'s right-of-way from Atlanta to Bloomburg only. Of interest her is the stations noted along the line, including "Joab" and "Era Station."  
     
     
  East Texas Transportation Company, 1886 - 1895  
     
 

March 10, 1887
“Filed today"
East Texas Transportation Company was chartered today.  To construct tramways from Atlanta to lumber mills. Capital: 100,000. Incorporators:  Ed F. Sheets, W. G. Wadley, T. W. Duncan, W. C. Brown, H. J. Allen, W. H. Rutland and W. A. Scott. Source: Dallas Morning News, "Tramway Company Chartered", March 10, 1887.

  
     
 

August, 1890
Annual meeting, second Tuesday in March. 
Directors: H. J. Allen, W. G. Wadley, W. C. Brown, F. M. Duncan, Queen City; W. A. Scott, Ed. Sheets, J. D. Johnson, Atlanta; Officers: P. R. Scott, Pres.; Ed. Rand, Treas. & Gen. Man., Atlanta; W. D. Wadley, Supt., Queen City.

Projected from Queen City to the Arkansas and Louisiana State Line; 16 miles; with branch from Atlanta to Queen City.  Track laid, 8 miles; gauge, 3 ft.; rail, 35 lbs. per yard.  Chartered in March, 1887, and bought ½ interest in the Queen City Lumber Co.’s road, which was chartered as the Queen City, Spring Bank and Linden R.R.  The road is now being operated under a 3-years’ lease by Ed. Rand & Co., who extends the road into the timber lands as the business demands.  Locomotive engines, 2; freight cars, 38. Financial statement – Capital stock (authorized, $200,000), $38,000; other liabilities, $42,000 – total, $80,000;  being cost of road and equipment to date.  Annual meeting, second Tuesday in March.  Directors: H. J. Allen, W. G. Wadley, W. C. Brown, F. M. Duncan, Queen City, Tex.; W. A. Scott, Ed. Sheets, J. D. Jonson, Atlanta, Tex.  Officers: P. R. Scott, Pres.; Ed. Rand, Treas. & Gen. Man., Atlanta, Tex.; W. G. Wadley, Supt., Queen City, Tex.  Principal Office, Atlanta, Tex. Source: Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials, August 1890.

  
     
  1895
According to the Interstate Commerce Commission's 1896 Annual Statistics of Railroads, the road "ceased operation in 1895", however, the ICC continued to list the company and its 16 miles in its statistical tables until 1900, with no mention of an earlier abandonment. The road certainly ceased to exist by the time the Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana Railway chartered its company 1897 and rebuilt the track between Atlanta, Queen City, and Bloomburg. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Tenth Annual Report, Statistics of Railways in the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1895. (Washington, December 1, 1896).		  
     
     
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Text and images were digitized and proofread from the original source documents by Murry Hammond. Contact Murry for all corrections, additions, and contributions of new material.