A Brief History of the Florida Railroad commission.

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Description

Summary: " A few historical facts about the development of transportation in our State together with a review of the scope and activities of the Commission".

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Florida's first railroad -- Railroad development in Florida from 1831 to 1887 -- Railroad commission established -- Railroad commission act repealed -- Re-establishment of the commission -- The commission from 1897 to date. Biography of Hon. Jerry W. Carter -- Biography of Hon. Eugene S. Matthews -- Biography of Hon. W. B. Douglass -- Members of the Florida Railroad Commission from the date of its establishment to the present -- The secretaries to the Florida Railroad Commission.

Notes

Electronic version available on the World Wide Web as part of the Florida heritage collection.

Subject

Florida Railroad Commission -- History

Publisher

Stickney, J. W.; Florida Railroad Commission

Extent

15 p. ; 23 cm.

Format

application/pdf

Place

Tallahassee, Fla.

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from no less than 400 dpi tiff images

Identifier

DP0004033

Rights

Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2007. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Collection

UCF Florida Heritage Collection

Recommended Citation

"A Brief History of the Florida Railroad commission." (1938). Florida Heritage. 1.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/floridaheritage/1