The South Florida Railroad Company was incorporated on under the general incorporation laws of Florida, and built a railroad from Sanford to Kissimmee.
Florida state law chapter 3491, approved March 5, 1883, reincorporated the company and extended the route, to be owned by J. E. Ingraham, C. C. Haskill, F. H. Rand, B. R. Swoope, of the county of Orange, in this State, and R. M. Pulsifer, E. B. Haskill and C. H. Andrews, of the State of Massachusetts,
beginning at Sanford, on Lake Munroe, thence to Orlando and Kissimmee City, thence to Bartow by the most practicable route, thence to or near Tampa, with branched from or near Bartow to Fort Meade and Charlotte Harbor, and from some point between Sanford and Maitland to Apopka City.
The railroad was promised land grants along its line, provided that it be built to Bartow by January 1, 1884, and Tampa by January 1, 1885 or connected with another railroad for that purpose.
The SouthFloridaRailroad was incorporated on October 16, 1878, but was unable to obtain a charter until December 9, 1879, when they took over the charter of the Lake Monroe and Orlando, which was in danger of losing its land grants.
Specifically, the Florida Southern would not built any lines south of Pemberton's Ferry and Brooksville or north of Bartow, and the SouthFlorida would build their Pemberton Ferry Branch between the two and assign trackage rights to the Florida Southern.
The SouthFlorida leased it in 1883, and it was standard gauged on September 21, 1886.
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