Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad Co. - 1911 dated Railway Stock Certificate - Archival Repairs and Stain
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Stock printed by Goes. Archival Repairs and Stain at lower right. In relation to this railroad, the Jamestown and Franklin Railroad (J&F) was a shortline railroad which operated in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Established in 1862, its main line ran from Jamestown, Pennsylvania, to Oil City, Pennsylvania. A branch line connected Jamestown with Ashtabula, Ohio. The railroad leased itself to the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in 1864 for 20 years. A 1909 consolidation with three other railroads created the Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad, and ended the J&F's existence.
In 1862, George A. Bittenbender, William Gibson, David Hadley, Henry C. Hickok, A. W. Raymond, William Lawrence Scott, and John P. Vincent—all northwestern Pennsylvania businessmen—sought a charter for a shortline railroad in northwestern Pennsylvania. Their goal was to connect the Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad, which had a station in Jamestown, with the oil fields about 25 miles (40 km) to the east-southeast. The Jamestown and Franklin Railroad (J&F) was chartered under an act passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on April 5, 1862. It was permitted to build its line from Jamestown in Mercer County, Pennsylvania (about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Ohio-Pennsylvania border) to Oil City in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The company had the right to build branches to connect its road to any other railroad nearby, and to purchase any unfinished railroad in either county and complete it. On March 9, 1863, the state legislature amended the company's charter to permit it to purchase up to 5,000 acres (20,000,000 m2) of land adjacent to its line. These purchases could include mineral rights, and the railroad was permitted to open mines or drill for oil. Additionally, the firm's branch lines were limited to just 10 miles (16 km) each. On April 19, 1864, the charter was amended by the legislature a third time, to permit construction of either a narrow-gauge or standard-gauge branch south of Oil City into Cranberry Township in Venango County. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_and_Franklin_Railroad
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