Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company

Timeline

March 1900

Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New Hampshire.

Source

John Moody, “Gas, Electric Light, Electric Railway and Water Supply Companies: Part II. Electric Railways,” in Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities, 936-1210 (John Moody & Company, 1902).

March 7, 1901

Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company incorporates by special act in the State of New Hampshire and is authorized to acquire the assets and franchises of Rochester Street Railroad Company and Union Electric Railway.

Source

New Hampshire State Legislature, “An Act to Unite the Rochester Street Railroad Company and the Union Electric Railway into One Corporation, to be known as the Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company,” in Laws of the State of New Hampshire Passed January Session, 1901, 712-714 (Arthur E. Clarke, 1901).

July 1901

Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company is leased to Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company for a period of 99 years.

Source

John Moody, “Gas, Electric Light, Electric Railway and Water Supply Companies: Part II. Electric Railways,” in Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities, 936-1210 (John Moody & Company, 1902).

July 1, 1901

Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New Hampshire.

Source

Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, “Reports of Street Railways,” in Annual and Statistical Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31, 1925, 47-74 (Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, 1926).