The Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway was an attempt by Joel Hurt to take over the various Atlanta streetcar systems.
4-605: Incorporated in May 1891, Hurt began negotiations to consolidate widely overlapping competing companies. On September 21, 1891, the titles of the following were conveyed to the Consolidated: The fully steam-powered Metropolitan Street Railroad was absorbed on November 22, 1892. Only the Atlanta & Edgewood was completely electrified and they began work to convert the others. There were three small companies left outside of
8-432: The "Second Battle of Atlanta" which resulted in the formation of Georgia Railway and Electric Company (predecessor of Georgia Power ) combining all existing companies in 1902. This Atlanta, Georgia –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This United States railway company-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transportation in
12-523: The U.S. state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Metropolitan Street Railroad The Metropolitan Street Railroad was an early streetcar company in Atlanta . The horsecar line was organized in 1882 by Lemuel Grant , Jesse W. Rankin , William L. Abbott , William A. Haygood , and Jacob Haas . The goal was to serve the southeast side of town. It operated two lines: The original company did not do well financially and
16-417: The system at the time (two headed to the northwest and one down to the barracks at Fort McPherson ) but by the mid-1890s many more competitors were built. Hurt continued with the electrification project having to contract for more and more power from Henry M. Atkinson while fighting a public relations battle over a perception of monopoly. By 1899 Hurt and Atkinson were feuding in what has come to be called
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