Raynors HCA 2019-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/30/2019
Printed Document Signed by W.H. Mitchell as President of The Mobile and Girard Rail Road Company, State of Alabama, September 30, 1866, being a $500 bond, iwth nice train vignette at center. Cancellation holes, else very good condition. The Mobile and Girard Railroad was constructed in the mid-19th century. In 1852, Alabama was granted a right of way across US government lands from Girard, Alabama (across the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, Georgia) to Mobile Bay. Construction began in 1854 and by October 1 of that year, cars were running on the first nine miles of track, to Fort Mitchell, and to Guerryton by mid-1855. But construction of the 13 miles from Guerryton to Union Springs. was delayed, and was not complete until November, 1859. The line was completed to Troy in 1870 and later as far as Andalusia. The plan for Mobile to be the end point was in doubt as early as 1857 when it was determined that it would cost four times as much to complete to Mobile as it would to Pensacola. Also, Mobile had never made payment on its subscription to the railroad.
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