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A Brief History of the Florida Railroad commission.

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Date Issued:
1938
Summary:
Summary: " A few historical facts about the development of transportation in our State together with a review of the scope and activities of the Commission".
Title: A Brief History of the Florida Railroad commission.
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Name(s): PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Text
Date Issued: 1938
Publisher: Stickney, J. W.
Florida Railroad Commission
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla.
Physical Form: online resource
Extent: 15 p. ; 23 cm.
Language(s): English
Summary: Summary: " A few historical facts about the development of transportation in our State together with a review of the scope and activities of the Commission".
Table of Contents: Introduction -- Florida's first railroad -- Railroad development in Florida from 1831 to 1887 -- Railroad commission established -- Railroad commission act repealed -- Re-establishment of the commission -- The commission from 1897 to date. Biography of Hon. Jerry W. Carter -- Biography of Hon. Eugene S. Matthews -- Biography of Hon. W. B. Douglass -- Members of the Florida Railroad Commission from the date of its establishment to the present -- The secretaries to the Florida Railroad Commission.
Identifier: DP0004033 (IID)
Note(s): Electronic version available on the World Wide Web as part of the Florida heritage collection.
Subject(s): Florida Railroad Commission -- History
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0004033
Use and Reproduction: Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2007. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Host Institution: UCF
Is Part of Series: Florida Heritage Collection.
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