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Descriptive Summary
Title: California Railroad Commission formal applications registers
Dates: 1926-1970
Collection Number: MS 600
Creator/Collector:
California Railroad Commission
Extent: 37 volumes
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Bound, handwritten registers for formal applications filed with the California Railroad Commission between 1926-1947 and
with its successor, the Public Utilities Commission, from 1955-1962.
Language of Material: English
Access
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff
to arrange for access.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
California Railroad Commission formal applications registers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Public Utilities Commission of San Francisco (Transferred from State Museum Resource Center to CSRM, June 1989)
Biography/Administrative History
The California Railroad Commission was created in 1870 under Section 22 of Article XII of the new California State Constitution
to regulate public utilities, including railroads. Rate changes, unfair charges and practices were under its jurisdiction.
In 1917, trucks came under its jurisdiction and in 1935, all highway and city carriers were added. In 1946, the name of the
CRC was changed to the Public Utiltities Commission.
Formal applications, which are a request for some right by a utility or a person or corporation wanting to become a utility,
were made to the CRC and PUC. Registers for formal applications were kept to keep a summary of these applications and their
outcomes. Formal complaints are brought to the Commission by a person or by the Commission's own motion on behalf of the
people of California or by a third party. Complaint registers summarize these complaints and their outcomes.
Scope and Content of Collection
Bound, handwritten registers for formal applications filed with the California Railroad Commission between 1926-1947 and
with its successor, the Public Utilities Commission, from 1955-1962. The volumes include: application number, date of submission,
name of applicant, brief summary of the cause of action, hearing dates, date of decision, decision number, and brief summary
of the decision. Applications are arranged chronologically by decision number.
Contains two bound registers for formal complaints. A formal complaint is a request by a complainant or defendant for some
right. Complaints are arranged numerically by application number.
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