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Finding Aid for the Los Angeles Railway Corporation Legal Records and Correspondence
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Title: Finding aid for the Los Angeles Railway Corporation legal records and correspondence
Dates: 1890 - 1944
Bulk Dates: 1891 - 1899
Collection number: 73-DGPTL
Creator:
Los Angeles Railway Corporation
Collection Size:
4 boxes
0.83 linear feet
Repository:
Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archives.
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952
Abstract: Legal documents and correspondence generated in the operations of Los Angeles Railway Corporation, the company that operated
local streetcar transit from 1895 - 1945.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Please contact the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archives for information on collection access and restrictions.
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Dorothy Payton Grey Transportation Library. Permission for reproduction
or publication is given on behalf of the Dorothy Payton Grey Transportation Library as the owner of the physical items. The
researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from reproduction or publication of materials
from the Dorothy Payton Grey Transportation Library collections.
Finding aid for the Los Angeles Railway Corporation legal records and correspondence, 73-DGPTL. Dorothy Payton Grey Transportation
Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition:
Southern California Rapid Transit District material was passed on to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(LACMTA) after LACMTA was created by the California State Legislature through a merger of the Los Angeles County Transportation
Commission and the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
Los Angeles Railway had a library, and some of the material from that library became part of the library established by the
Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) in 1971. SCRTD's library and its materials were retained by the successor
agency, Los Angeles County Transportation Authority, undergoing a name change in October 2001 to commemorate the work of former
librarian, Dorothy Peyton Gray.
Items in this collection have been cataloged, but were not processed or arranged, simply stored, folded in boxes. Therefore,
the numbers assigned to each item are not in sequential order.
Biography / Administrative History
Los Angeles Railway Corporation (LARy) operated local streetcar transit from 1895 - 1945. Distinguished from the father reaching
Pacific Electric Railway Company's streetcars by vehicle color, LARy was also known as the Yellow Cars of Los Angeles. During
its operation, LARy expanded service by merging with the Main Street & Agricultural Park Street Railroad. Henry E. Huntington
became owner of LARy in 1898, and the controlling interest remained part of the Huntington estate until 1945 when the Fitzgerald
Brothers purchased those shares. LARy became part of the National City Lines, was renamed the Los Angeles Transit Lines, and
eventually the streetcars were phased out, replaced by motor buses.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection is comprised of documents generated by the operation of Los Angeles Railway Corporation. This includes drafts
and final copies of trust deeds/mortgages, contracts made with stockholders, banks, and other corporations such as the Southern
California Power Company. Also included are check stubs, correspondence, accounting documents, and handwritten notes.
This collection is arranged in five series. 1. Contracts, 1890 - 1944. 2. General Operations, July 1893. 3. Correspondence,
1894 - 1899. 4. Construction, April 1898. 5. Miscellaneous, 1898. Arrangement within each series is chronological with unknown
dates at the front.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Los Angeles Railway
Local transit
Los Angeles (Calif.)--1880-1890.
Transportation
A more detailed container list is available in this repository.
Materials created by and related to Los Angeles Railway Corporation are available in this repository.