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The
Peach River
and Gulf
Railway
Company was
chartered on
October 31,
1904, with
authority to
connect Willis
in Montgomery
County with
Beaumont in
Jefferson
County to the
southeast. The
railroad had
capital stock
of $100,000,
and the
principal
place of
business was
Timber,
Montgomery
County.
Members of the
first board of
directors were
A. W. Miller,
C. S. Victor,
C. H. Moore,
Maco Stewart,qv
and B. I.
Sparks, all of
Galveston;
James G.
Berryhill of
Des Moines,
Iowa; and M.
M. Riner of
Timber. The
Peach River
and Gulf began
about 1902 as
a tram road
for the
purpose of
supplying logs
to the
Miller-Victor
Lumber Company
mill at
Timber. The
line was
gradually
extended and
reached
Midline in May
1905. The
Peach Pine
Route, as the
road called
itself, also
extended from
Timber to
Oaklawn and
Midline to
Bartle, a
total distance
of eleven
miles.
Connections
were made with
the Gulf,
Colorado and
Santa Fe
Railway at
Timber and
with the
Houston East
and West Texas
Railway at
Midline. The
Railroad
Commissionqv
never
recognized the
Peach River
and Gulf as a
common
carrier, and
it resumed its
original
function as a
facility of
the lumber
company in
1908 shortly
after the
Interstate
Commerce
Commission
decision in
the Tap Line
Case.
Nancy
Beck Young
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Handbook of
Texas Online,
s.v. ","
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/eqp8.html (accessed
March 3,
2008).
(NOTE: "s.v."
stands for sub
verbo, "under
the word.")
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