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The '''Pensacola Street Car Company''' was the first entity to operate a [[Pensacola streetcar system|streetcar system]] in Pensacola. The company was chartered by act of the Florida Legislature on [[March 3]], [[1881]]. The initial partners in the corporation were [[Conrad Kupfrian]], [[Christian Corner]], [[Henry Pfeiffer]], and [[John B. Guttman]]. The act of incorporation laid out specific privileges for the Company: | The '''Pensacola Street Car Company''' was the first entity to operate a [[Pensacola streetcar system|streetcar system]] in Pensacola. The company was chartered by act of the Florida Legislature on [[March 3]], [[1881]]. The initial partners in the corporation were [[Conrad Kupfrian]], [[Christian Corner]], [[Henry Pfeiffer]], and [[John B. Guttman]]. The act of incorporation laid out specific privileges for the Company: | ||
| − | {{cquote|...The said Street Car Company be, and it is hereby authorized to construct, own, maintain, equip and operate, with steam, horse or other motive power, a Street Car Railroad beginning at the south end of [[ | + | {{cquote|...The said Street Car Company be, and it is hereby authorized to construct, own, maintain, equip and operate, with steam, horse or other motive power, a Street Car Railroad beginning at the south end of [[Palafox street]], and running by any route selected by said Company to [[Kupfrian's Park|Kupfrian Park]], with a branch railroad from the intersection of [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]] and Palafox streets to the Pensacola and Perdido Railroad, and another branch from the intersection of [[Government Street|Government]] and Palafox streets to the Pensacola Railroad.|20px|20px|''Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida at Its Eleventh Session.''<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=AgA4AAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA181,M1 ''Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida at Its Eleventh Session.'']</ref>}} |
The act also directed the company to begin construction of the railway within one year and to complete the main line within three years, and set a maximum passenger fare of five cents per mile. | The act also directed the company to begin construction of the railway within one year and to complete the main line within three years, and set a maximum passenger fare of five cents per mile. | ||
