Robert B. Cable

Robert B. Cable was General Manager of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company in 1891-1892. He resigned as General Manager in August 1892. He previously had worked as a railway Superintendent in New York and as Superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1890 or 1891. He served for a time as Receiver of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company. He also served as general manager of the Indian River Steamboat Company. He became general manager of the Florida Southern Railroad, but resigned in 1895.

Name Variations:

• General Manager Gable
• R.B. Cable

Sources:

• Minutes of the Trustees Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, Volume 7, 1909
• Notes of Cases Relating to Railway, Private and Municipal Corporations, v. 8, No. 5, 1893
• The Railway Conductor, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1891
• Palatka Weekly Times, August 12, 1892

References in the Texts:

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• April 16, Saturday

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1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015