North Carolina Railroads - Suffolk & Carolina Railway




North Carolina Railroads - Suffolk & Carolina Railway

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
S&C RR	1884	1885	1906*	Suffolk, VA	Edenton, NC
*1906 - Merged into the Norfolk & Western Railway on January 27, 1906.
*1906 - Re-Organized and renamed to the Virginia & Carolina Coast Railroad with the merger of the unfinished Carolina Coast Railroad on January 10, 1906.
+ 1889 - Consolidated with the Edenton & Norfolk Railway; retained its name.
Between 1885 and 1902, the Suffolk & Carolina Railway, a narrow gauge railroad, was built from Suffolk, VA through Whaleyville south to Edenton, NC. A branch line extended from Beckford Junction (on the Suffolk-Edenton section) to Elizabeth City, NC.
Chartered as Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow-Gauge Railway Company in 1873. Name changed to the Suffolk and Carolina Railway Company, February 26th, 1874. Another source asserts that this railroad was chartered in 1884 in Virginia and in 1887 in North Carolina.
From the 1st Annual Report of the North Carolina Railroad Commission, dated December 31, 1891: Chartered as Nansemond Land, Lumber & Narrow-Gauge Railway Company in 1873. Name changed to the Suffolk and Carolina Railway Company, February 26th, 1874 [no - 1884]. Chairman of the Board --------------- Wm. H. Bosley----------------------- Baltimore, MD. President------------------------------ Wm. H. Bosley---------------------- Baltimore, MD. Secretary------------------------------ Jno. S. Gittings.---------------------- Baltimore, MD. Treasurer ----------------------------- Wm. B. Oliver------------------------ Baltimore, MD. General Solicitor---------------------- A. H. Taylor -------------------------- Baltimore, MD. General Manager--------------------- Wm. T. Hunter ------------------------ Suffolk, VA. Superintendent Transportation -------- H. Macleary -------------------------- Suffolk, VA. Attorney ------------------------------ Robt. R. Prentis --------------------- Suffolk, VA Attorney ------------------------------ L.L. Smith --------------------------- Gatesville, NC Property Operated: Suffolk & Carolina Railway Company, from Suffolk, VA, to Montrose, NC, 39 miles.
From a December 31, 1902 article in the New York Times: Baltimore, Md., Dec. 30. - The Suffolk and Carolina Railway Company has declared a stock dividend of 100 per cent, for the year 1902. The present capital stock of the company is $400,000. This railroad is entirely owned by Baltimore capitalists and runs from Suffolk, Va., to Edenton, N.C., on the Chowan River, a tributary of Albemarle Sound. An extension now being built will carry the road to Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River.
Towns on Route (in NC): NC/VA State Line Corapeake (1885) Savage (1904) Sunbury Bosley (1887) Trotville (1894) Hobbsville (1888) Gliden (1885) Ryland (1888) Tulu (1903) Amboy (1890) Tyner Chowan > Woodley (1888) Cisco (1891) Rockyhock Edenton
The Sixth Annual Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission for the Year Ending December 31, 1904, with Compilations from Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1904, includes the route of the Suffolk & Carolina Railroad, including mileage: Stations in Order (62.8 miles in NC): Suffolk, VA Corapeake, NC Sunbury Bosley Trotville Hobbsville Gliden Ryland Icaria Center Hill Beverly Maraton Valhalla Hancock Edenton