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 was sold in 1888 to Aaron Haas and W.H. Patterson. They laid new rail along all routes and began running dummies (steam driven engines). Their stables and car-house were on the southeast corner of Fair (now Memorial) and Park Ave, the current location of the Oakland Park lofts.[1]

After passing through receivership, all was purchased by the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway in 1892.

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