Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad

Meal Tickets

Issued by John C. Stanton for the AL & Chattanooga RR

John C. Stanton's Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company issued scrip in 1869, initially for workers' meal tickets and later for paying workers. The National Bank Note Company in New York printed the high quality scrip in denominations of 20, 25 and 33 cents. The scrip was hand signed by the AL & Chattanooga Railroad Company Local Treasure, H. E. Waite. The vignettes are in black print. The reverse of all three denominations is identical. They indicate that it is redeemable by the local treasure on payday.

In 1870 when the AL & Chattanooga timetable was issued in the Official Guide of Railways 1870 the railway was operating from Chattanooga to Asheville Station (Ashville current town name). Ashville is about 53 miles northeast of Burmingham.

Timetable 1870

$0.20 G-1364 AL & Chatt scrip

$0.20 AL & Chattanooga sheep in black G-1364
Engraved by J. or J. D. Smillie

$0.20 G-1364 AL & Chatt scrip back

$0.20 AL & Chattanooga sheep in black - back G-1364

$0.25 G-1365 AL & Chatt scrip

$0.25 AL & Chattanooga chickens in black G-1365
Engraved by J. or J. D. Smillie

$0.33 G-1367 AL & Chatt scrip

$0.33 AL & Chattanooga ducks in black G-1367
Vignette Ducks by James Smillie

Issued by Receivers of the AL & Chattanooga RR
The receivers issued similar Meal Tickets printed by the National Bank Note Company in New York in denominations of 20, 25 and 33 cents. They had the printed signature vs. a hand signature of the AL & Chattanooga Railroad Company Local Treasure, Henry E. Waite. The vignettes are in brown vs. black print and the word Receivers was printed above the vignette. The reverse of all three denominations is identical and similar to the first issue. The "Receivers" issued indicates it is redeemable by the treasure (not local treasure) on payday. The 20-cent meal ticket is not listed in Paul Garland's book "The History of Early Tennessee Banks and their Issues" and is very scarce.

$0.25 G-1366 AL & Chatt scrip