Denver, Globeville and Golden Rapid Transit Company

Scope and Contents

Franchise and right-of-way to build and operate a single track railway to carry passengers beginning at the intersection of Avenue D (Jefferson Ave.) with east county line (Sheridan Blvd.) to Golden, and petitions signed by property owners along the route in favor of the franchise.

Scope and Contents File contains:1) Resolution granting the Denver, Mount Olivet and Golden Railway Company the franchise and right-of-way to construct and operate a railway telegraph and telepone line along Jefferson Ave. from the eastern line of Jefferson County to the point where the Union Pacific Railroad crosses said avenue two miles east of Golden (1893)2) Petition of property owners and residents along proposed line in favor of granting the right-of-way (1893)3)...

Scope and Contents

Collection contains Board of County Commissioners' resolutions granting franchises and rights-of-way to petitioners wanting to construct, operate and maintain single or double track passenger railways in Jefferson County during the 1880s and 1890s. Franchises were granted to cross county roads. In some cases bonds and/or petitions signed by property owners and residents along the proposed lines accompany the resolutions.