Code: | 235 |
Corporate Name: | Orange, Jasper, and Henderson Railroad Company |
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Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | Stephen W. Blount, Dr. Lewis V. Greer, and Matthew Cartwright and seven others |
Years of Operation: | Proposed |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Proposed 160 |
Locations Served: | Orange |
Counties of Operation: | Orange, Jasper, Sabine, San Augustine, Panola, Rusk |
Line Connections: | |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | |
History: | Stephen W. Blount, Dr. Lewis V. Greer, and Matthew Cartwright and seven other investors chartered in October 1866 the Orange, Jasper, and Henderson railroad company. To keep the charter valid, twenty-five miles of track would have to be laid by 1870. Nearly none of the five million dollars for stock was raised nor was the rail laid. A Sabine County investor suggested that a tram road and a sawmill be constructed so that the money could be raised for the trunk line. Nothing was accomplished, and the charter lapsed. |