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Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Railway Co. Stock Signed by WS Stratton [155696]

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Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Railway Co. Stock Signed by WS Stratton [155696]
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190.00USD+ (47.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Mar 31 @ 14:59UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Inc. in Colorado. No. 199, issued for 6 shares to AL Lawton on May 8th, 1902 in Colorado Springs. Signed by WS Stratton as president and William Floyd as secretary. Stamp cancelled. Black border and print with electric streetcar vignette that has "Pikes Peak Ave" and the company initials on the side! Folds, creased right border, archival tape repaired separation. 8.25 x 11.5" WS Stratton was Cripple Creek's first mining millionaire. He discovered the Independence Lode near Victor in 1891. He found a gold vein close to the surface worth $3 million in 1893. The Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Railway was chartered in 1890. They bought the system created by the Colorado Springs and Manitou Street Railway who had began horsecar trolley service in 1887. The Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Railway established the first electric trolley line to Manitou Springs in October 1890, as they transitioned from horse-drawn to electric trolleys. In 1901, Stratton bought the line and combined it with the Colorado Springs & Suburban Railway Company to form the Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway. [Ref: www.trainweb.org]

Date: 1902
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Colorado Springs
Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection