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Buena
Vista and Ellaville
Railroad,
Marion County GA
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The Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad is a historic railroad
that operated in Georgia. It was originally incorporated as the
Buena Vista Railroad December 3, 1880 and the name was changed to the Buena
Vista and Ellaville Railroad in 1885 following a corporate
reorganization. It was merged with several other
lines into the Savannah and Western Railroad, a subsidiary of the
Central of Georgia Railway
about 1888.
The Central bought the Buena Vista and Ellaville Railway for 30
cents on the dollar in 1886 and extended the rails to Columbus.
The eastern terminus was originally supposed to be Oglethorpe,
then it was changed to Andersonville and then to Americus.
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Map of
RR line into Buena Vista
ca 1886 |
In 1889 it operated one locomotive and two cars. The railroad ran 30 miles (48 km) of track between
Buena Vista and Americus.
The grading of this line was accomplished with local funds.
The Central of Georgia Railway supplied the rails and the "rolling
stock".
Link to
Buena Vista and Ellaville old board re-elected,
1 Aug 1886
Link to
Buena Vista and Ellaville accident, 9 Nov 1888
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Freight and Passenger Tariffs of
Buena Vista & Ellaville Railroad Company
and
City
and
Suburban
Railroad Company.
I. On
and
after the fifteenth
day of April, 1889, the
Buena Vista &
Ellaville Railroad
Company will be allowed to
charge for the
transportation of freight
and
passengers
as follows:
Freight—To classes 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, A, E, G, H, add to
Standard Tariff as follows:
Between
0
and 40 miles 50 per
cent.
Between
40
and 70 miles
40 per cent.
Cotton,
Class J per Rule One.
Lumber,
Class P per Rule One.
Fertilizers per Note A, of
Circular No. 82.
To Classes C, D
and
F '. per Note B, of
Circular No. 82.
To Classes L. M, N, O
and
P apply Standard
Tariff.
To Classes B, K
and
R . . . . apply
Standard Tariff per Rule
One.
Passengers—Class
A—(three (3) cents per
mile.) All circulars or
parts of circulars in
conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
II. On
and
after the fifteenth
day of April, 1889, the City
& Suburban
Railroad Company will
be allowed to charge for the
transportation of freight
and
passengers as
follows:
Freight—To Classes 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, A, E, G, H, add 50
per cent. to Standard
Tariff.
Cotton
Class J.
Lumber
. . , Class P.
Fertilizers per Note A, of
Circular No. 82.
Classes
C, D
and F per Note B, of
Circular No. 82.
To Classes B, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P
and R apply Standard
Tariff.
Passengers—Class B, (four
cents per mile.)
By order of the Board.
A. C.
Briscoe, CAMPBELL
WALLACE,
Office Of The
Railroad
Commission Of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga., April,
1889.
Campbell Wallace,
Chairman, 6
L. N.
Trammell, Commissioners.
Alex.
S.
Erwin. J
CIRCULAR No. 138.
The Report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1889
Sources:
http://railga.com/buenavis.html; The Courthouse and the Depot, The
Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair, by Wilber W Caldwell,
Pass for the Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad, posted on GAGenWeb
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