The Florida Interurban Railway and Tunnel Company
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The Florida Interurban Railway and Tunnel Company was incorporated in 1912 by the Bates Real Estate Interests and partners, which had extensive backgrounds in
automobiles and pedestrians.[1] The opening of the St. Elmo Acosta toll Bridge in 1921 connected both sides of the river and it was used by streetcars, automobiles and pedestrians. Nothing more was heard from the FIR&T Company, but several more interurban schemes played into the area's electric railway history. Jacksonville Traction Company itself incorporated the Duval Traction Company which in 1918 completed a line from downtown Jacksonville to Camp Johnston (today's NAS JAX) near the Clay County line.[2] The South Jacksonville municipal Railways flush with cash after linking Jacksonville and South Jacksonville extended its lines to both St. Nicholas and San Jose
, which was then considered 'far out in the country.'
References
- ^ Davis, Ennis (19 January 2012). "Unbuilt Jax: Florida Interurban Railway & Tunnel Co". Metro Jacksonville. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ Transit Journal, Volume 52. McGraw-Hill. 1918. p. 232.