The Fulton County Street Railroad Company of Atlanta, Georgia was organized in 1883 by:Acts passed by the General Assembly of Georgia' 1883', p. 220
James W. English, businessman and once mayor of Atlanta J. Henry Porter, who was once a city councilman William T. Newman, Confederate war hero, U.S. district judge and city attorney; father of writer Frances Newman William A. Hemphill, who was once mayor Dr. Henry Lumpkin Wilson, physician and city councilman who was active in the city's expansion and development Maj. William D. Luckie, "prominent secret order man" and cashier of the Merchant's BankAtlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s By Franklin M. Garrett, p.103 Robert A. Bacon, secretary of the railroad commission David C. Black, and Augustus Shaw, "well-known railroad man and veteran of the Confederacy"Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s By Franklin M. Garrett, p. 490
The first lines authorized were to go from the Union Station to what is now Midtown Atlanta along West Peachtree St. and Jackson St.
The primary route became the Nine-Mile Circle which was intended to develop the newly subdivided neighborhood of Copenhill, where the Carter Center now stands.Atlanta's Streetcars of the Nineteenth Century (blog)
It was merged into the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway in 1891.
The trolley barns on on Virginia Avenue on the east side of the BeltLine (today's Virginia Highland Apartments), remained in service into the 20th century, servicing city buses until 1977. In 1988, the trolley barns were torn down despite the City Council and Virginia Highland Civic Associations's attempts to save them. Although previously assuring local residents that he avowed saving the historic structures, Mayor Andrew Young then vetoed the resolution, and the Council's vote of 11–3 was not enough to override it. Young cited the discovery of asbestos in the buildings and other hazardous materials on the property."Proposal to save trolley barns fails by one vote in council", October 20, 1987, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Page A/28Citing asbestos, Young now wants trolley barns razed", October 17, 1987, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Page Number: B/1
References
See also Streetcars in Atlanta Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta