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Alabama and Tennessee River Rail Road Company was incorporated under act of Alabama on March 4, 1848.〔Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 213. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. .〕 Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad Company constructed of railroad line between Selma, Alabama and Blue Mountain, Alabama, including part of an extension of about of line from Blue Mountain toward Dalton, Georgia, in 1862.〔ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 220.〕 A. D. Breed operated the line under lease between May 31, 1866 and August 8, 1866 in accordance with a contract to rehabilitate the railroad line and construct the extension dated May 25, 1866.〔ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 599.〕 After the American Civil War, Former Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston became president of the Alabama and Tennessee River Rail Road Company from May 1866 to November 1867.〔Symonds, Craig L. ''Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography''. New York: W. W. Norton, 1992. ISBN 978-0-393-31130-3. pp. 360–365.〕 During Johnston's tenure, on August 6, 1866, Alabama and Tennessee River Rail Road Company consolidated with Georgia and Alabama Rail Road Company and Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad Company to form the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company.〔ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, pp. 213–214.〕 The consolidation agreement was ratified by the Georgia General Assembly on December 13, 1866 and by the Alabama Legislature on February 8, 1867.〔 The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company constructed or reconstructed of railroad line between Blue Mountain, Alabama and Dalton, Georgia in 1870.〔 The rehabilitation of the property after the American Civil War and the construction of the extension of the line between Blue Mountain and Dalton was funded mainly by the sale of consolidated first-mortgage seven per cent bonds and second-mortgage seven per cent bonds.〔 The railroad in Georgia was sold in foreclosure on November 3, 1874 and conveyed to Georgia Southern Railroad Company on March 29, 1876.〔 The Georgia Southern Railroad Company was sold to East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company on November 6, 1880.〔 The railroad in Alabama was sold at foreclosure on June 14, 1880 and sold to East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company on February 5 and 11, 1881.〔 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company went into receivership on January 7, 1885, was sold in foreclosure on May 25, 1886, and conveyed to East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company on June 30, 1886.〔 The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through its acquisition of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.〔ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, pp. 212, 571.〕 == See also == * Confederate railroads in the American Civil War * Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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