Scope and Contents This series consists of a single bound volume containing the minutes created by the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission during the period of December 9, 1915 to June 30, 1920. Beginning in the middle of the volume, the typewritten pages chronicle the work of the Commission during this five year span. Created by an Act of the Legislature on November 12, 1889, the Commission's prime function was to oversee the re-leasing of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Some examples of business...

Scope and Contents This series consists of two post binders containing condition reports, updates and related documents to same on the property of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. The earliest and most complete inventory was compiled at the request of the Hon. C.M. Candler, Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission Chairman, and completed in March 1917. It resulted from a careful inspection of all state property connected with the railroad by three men, Mr. J. Houstoun Johnston, Special Engineer, Mr. J....

Scope and Contents This series consists of the original bound lease agreement and subsequent amendments to the agreement between the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. The original lease called for a fifty year period beginning December 27, 1919 to December 27, 1969. By an Act of the General Assembly on November 30, 1915, the Western & Atlantic Railroad was leased to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway for complex political and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound and unbound original and copied deed records to the right of way and property on the right of way leased to the Western & Atlantic Railroad. The bound records consist of two volumes, one volume containing the copied abstracts of property belonging to the State of Georgia in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This volume is in no particular arrangement. At the end of the volume is a direct and reverse index to several of the abstracts contained within. The other volume...

Scope and Contents This series consists of documents relating to the State Properties Commission's responsibility for the disposition of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and all associated property, including that in Tennessee. The Commission engages in the following activities in fulfillment of its mission: leasing property by receiving bids and by submitting proposals to the General Assembly for approval and managing property by inspecting it, insuring it against loss, and paying any taxes legally levied by...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound and unbound original blueprints, measuring approximately 22" X 46" in dimension, along with photocopies and negatives, of the official lease maps and supplemental maps of the Western & Atlantic Railroad right-of-way and side track facilities as operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. The original blueprints, with certain portions in color for notation, show the entire span of the Western & Atlantic Railroad property beginning at...