Question

What was the MAIN motivation behind the General Assembly's charter of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company in 1835?

A) to make the importation of British goods more efficient.
B) because of the need for protection from Indian attacks on the frontier.
C) to compete with the transportation of goods that taking place with the Alabama Canal System constructed on the Alabama River.
D) to compete with the South Carolina Railroad which was diverting cotton and other products from the Piedmont area to Charleston.

Answer 1

The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company (reporting mark GA) also seen as "GARR",[2] was a historic railroad and banking company that operated in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 1967 it reported 833 million revenue-ton-miles of freight and 3 million passenger-miles; at the end of the year it operated 331 miles (533 km) of road and 510 miles (820 km) of track.