# Atlantic Short Line Railway

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The **Atlantic Short Line Railway** was chartered on May 24, 1890,[2] and formed on December 9, 1892, from the failed [Macon and Atlantic Railway](/source/Macon_and_Atlantic_Railway). Leadership consisted of John R. Young, president, W.C. Hartridge, secretary and treasurer, and J.T. Millen, general superintendent.[3] It managed to build a 29-mile (47-kilometre) stretch of railroad east out of [Brewton, Georgia](/source/Brewton,_Georgia), (spelled Bruton at the time) before going bankrupt. Allegations arose that the railway's directors sought to defraud investors by enabling a monopoly of rail transportation in Georgia led by [Southern Railway](/source/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)).[4] It was sold to the [Central of Georgia Railway](/source/Central_of_Georgia_Railway)[citation needed] in 1896 and reorganized as the [Bruton and Pineora Railway](/source/Bruton_and_Pineora_Railway) in 1897.

## References

1. [*Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YLcKFEMgNO0C&dq=Atlantic+Short+Line+Railway&pg=RA1-PA192). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. December 6, 1897. p. 192. – via Google Books.

1. Thomas, Henry W. (1895). [*Digest of the Railroad Laws of Georgia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Jb5NAAAAYAAJ&dq=Atlantic+Short+Line+Railway&pg=PA522). Atlanta, Georgia: Franklin Printing and Publishing Company. p. 267. – via Google Books.

1. [*Poor's Directory of Railway Officials*](https://books.google.com/books?id=02Y0AQAAMAAJ&dq=Atlantic+Short+Line+Railway&pg=PA6). New York: Poor's Railroad Manual. 1895. p. 116. – via Google Books.

1. ["Sale Will Occur: Atlantic Short Line Will be Sold at Swainsboro Today"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26671820/the_atlanta_constitution/). *The Atlanta Constitution*. December 17, 1896. p. 3. – via Newspapers.com.

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