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1. 1.11.7-8 - Letter to the Editor

   Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper. 3/12/1923 edition written by Anne B. Call. Mrs. Call is addressing the situation with the People's Railroad Company (P. R. R.) and the Wharf. Mrs. Calls says the revenues from the Wharf have kept the P.R.R. afloat for ten years, and she is opposed to that continuing when Fairhope needs to invest in roads, not rails. She opposes the resumption of "up-town service" from the wharf to downtow...

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2. 1.11.78-88 - Legal Documents

   Memorandum of Agreement between the Peoples Raiload Company and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation regarding the Fairhope Wharf, 2/8/1913. This document states the beneifts of havinga railroad to connect to Robertsdale for the growth and convenience of Fairhope. The agreement states that the FSTC "will give to the Peoples Railroad Co. for the term of five years from Jan. 1, 1913, the right to administer Fairhope Wharf." The earning of the wh...

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3. 1.11.94-98 - Letter

   Letter from E. B. Gaston on the letterhead of The Peoples Railroad Company, Fairhope, Alabama on April 7, 1916 to the Directors, Members and Bondholders of The People's Railroad. The purpose of the People's Railroad was to give Fairhope and the country adjacent to it railroad communication to the world by a connection with the L & N Railroad at Robertsdale and with boats at Fairhope to provide service to Mobile and Baldwin County. It would al...

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4. 1.12.33-34 - Letter

   Letter dated 2/27/1923 to E. B. Gaston from A. G. Patterson, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission discussing the condition of the railroad (People's Railroad Company), its status as a "street railway" and its fitness for operation. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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5. 1.12.36 - Letter

   Leter dated 2/27/1923 to Anne B. Call from Thames & Batre, and insurance company in Mobile, Alabama. The company is responding to Call's request for information about securing workman's compensation and liability insurance on the People's Railroad. They have not been successful in finding coverage. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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6. 1.12.37 - Letter

   Letter dated 2/27/1923 to Anne B. Call from A. G. Patterson, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission. He acknowledges receipt of her letter of concern about the safety of the People's Railroad in Fairhope. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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7. 1.12.40-48 - Letter to the Editor

   Letter to the Editor from Anne B. Call discussing the current status of the People's Railroad. Call discusses safety issues, the current condition of the railroad, her correspondence with the Alabama Public Service Commission, her investigation about the possibilities of securing liability insurance and workman's compensation insurance, actual usefulness of the small car service as opposed the benefits of a larger car/cargo carrier, her disagree...

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8. 1.12.50-52 - Letter to the Editor

   Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper dated 3/26/1923 from Anne B. Call. She has previously written a long letter to the paper about the status of the People's Railroad. Mr. E. B. Gaston has responded, and Mrs. Call is responding to him. Call says she feels the administration of the financially troubled railroad should not be reassumed by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation because she sees no way it can be successful and will ...

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9. 1.12.54 - Letter

   Letter dated 3/27/1923 to E. B. Gaston from Anne B. Call. Both individuals have been engaged in a back and forth via the pages of the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing the future of the People's Railroad Company, and Call is really to call it quits if Gaston ceases also. However, she clear the board with comments about what she considers to be Gaston's misunderstanding of her letters. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call.

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10. 40_19_001-40_20_001 - Ticket

    Peoples Railroad Company bond certificates (front and back, and not cut) issued for April 1914, October 1914 and April 1915. These bonds were received as payment on Fairhope Single Tax Corporation membership dues. The PRR Company was in business from about 1914-1923 in Fairhope, Alabama. The original business plan was to extend the line to Robertsdale, Alabama where it would hook up with the L&N Railroad. The PRR suffered financial losses du...

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