Guide to the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records, 1901-1946 JL020

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2001; revised 2023
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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records
Identifier/Call Number: JL020
Identifier/Call Number: 115
Physical Description: 9.75 Linear Feet (16 flat boxes and 2 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1901-1946
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

The records of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau contains only records associated with business transactions including: receipted vouchers, payrolls, register of vouchers, cashbooks, time books, journals, and ledgers. Most of these are pasted into ledger books, which are old (dates range 1901-1946) and, in some cases, in poor condition.

Biographical / Historical

The Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau also called the Pacific Car Service Bureau seems to have been a sort of collection agency for the different west coast railroad companies. The P.C.D.B. would be responsible for collectiong the fee that came due when a freight car was held beyond the reasonable time for loading or unloading of transported materials.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records (JL020). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau to the Jackson Library of Business, 1973. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.

Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cashbooks.
Business records.
Journals.
Business enterprises -- California.
Ledgers.
Payrolls.
Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau

Box 1

Receipted Vouchers 103065 1901 July - 1902 May

 

Vouchers #1-211 inclusive 103073

 

Payroll - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103071

 

Expense Accounts - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103069

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103067

Box 2

Receipted Vouchers 103055 1902 June - 1903 May

 

Vouchers #212-274 inclusive and #1-193 inclusive 103063

 

Payroll - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103061

 

Expense Accounts - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103059

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103057

Box 3

Receipted Vouchers 103045 1903 June - 1904 May

 

Vouchers #194-263 inclusive and #1-204 inclusive 103053

 

Payroll - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103051

 

Expense Accounts - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103049

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103047

Box 4

Receipted Vouchers 103035 1904 July - 1905 July

 

Vouchers #224-267 inclusive and #1-167 inclusive 103043

 

Payroll - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103041

 

Expense Accounts - Pacific Car Service Bureau 103039

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103037

Box 5

Payroll and Receipted Vouchers 103025 1906 Apr - 1908 Mar

 

SP #1-5 inclusive 103033

 

Payroll #1A-24 inclusive 103031

 

Vouchers #1A-416A inclusive 103029

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103027

Box 6

Receipted Vouchers 103015 1908 Apr - 1909 Apr

 

SP #7-40 inclusive 103023

 

Payroll #24-37 inclusive 103021

 

Vouchers #417A-649A inclusive 103019

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103017

Box 7

Receipted Vouchers 103005 1909 May - 1910 Feb

 

SP #41-49 inclusive 103013

 

Payroll #38-47 inclusive 103011

 

Vouchers #650A-862 inclusive 103009

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 103007

Box 8

Payroll and Receipted Vouchers 102995 1910 Mar - 1910 Dec

 

SP #7-40 inclusive 103003

 

Payroll #24-37 inclusive 103001

 

Vouchers #417A-649A inclusive 102999

 

Cost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads 102997

Box 9

Statements Expenses Account and Distribution of Expense 102991 1901 July - 1924 Mar

 

Refund claims 102993

Box 10, volume a

Register of Vouchers 102989 1905 Sept - 1937 Feb

Box 10, volume b

Register of Vouchers 102987 1922 Mar - 1937 Feb

Box 11, volume a

Cash Book 102985 1901 July - 1905 Jan

Box 11, volume b

Cash Book 102983 1909 July - 1915 May

Box 11, volume c

Cash Book 102981 1915 June - 1921 Aug

Box 11, volume d

Cash Book 102979 1921 Sept - 1927 Dec

Box 12, volume a

Cash Book 102977 1928 Jan - 1934 Mar

Box 12, volume b

Cash Book 102975 1934 Apr - 1940 June

Box 12, volume c

Cash Book 102973 1940 July - 1946 Sept

Box 13, volume a

Journal 102971 1909 July - 1919 Mar

Box 13, volume b

Journal 102969 1919 Apr - 1926 May

Box 14, volume a

Journal 102967 1926 June - 1932 Dec

Box 14, volume b

Journal 102965 1933 Jan - 1939 Apr

Box 15, volume a

Ledger 102963 1909 June - 1926 June

Box 15, volume b

Ledger 102961 1926 July - 1942 Dec

Box 16, volume a

Interest on Working Fund advanced by SPCo and AT&SF Ry Co 102957 1915 May - 1916 Mar

Box 16, volume b

Payroll sheets 102953 1926 June 1 - 1933 Dec 31

Box 17, volume a

Bank Book - Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank 102949 1910 July 30 - 1919 Dec 31

Box 17, volume b

Bank book - Payroll sheets 102945 1920 Jan 14 - 1929 Dec 31

Box 17, volume c

Bank Book - Payroll sheets 102941 1930 Jan 2 - 1937 Nov 30

Box 17, volume d

Time Book - Monthly 102939 1906 Apr 1 - 1919 Dec 31

Box 17, volume e

Time Book - Monthly 102937 1910 Jan 1 - 1912 Dec 31

Box 17, volume f

Time Book - Monthly 102935 1913 Jan 1 - 1916 Dec 31

Box 17, volume g

Time Book - Monthly 102933 1917 Jan 1 - 1929 Apr 30

Box 17, volume h

Time Book - Monthly 102931 1917 Feb 1 - 1919 May 20

Box 17, volume i

Time Book - Monthly 102929 1920 May 1 - 1922 Apr 30

Box 17, volume j

Time Book - Monthly 102927 1922 May 1 - 1923 Oct 31

Box 17, volume k

Time Book - Monthly 102925 1919 Mar 21 - 1924 Mar

Box 17, volume l

Time Book - Monthly 102923 1922 Oct 1 - 1925 Dec 31

Box 17, volume m

Time Book - Monthly 102921 1923 Nov 1 - 1925 Apr 30

Box 17, volume n

Time Book - Monthly 102919 1925 May 1 - 1926 June 30

Box 17, volume o

Time Book - Monthly 102917 1924 July 1 - 1939 Sept 30

Box 17, volume p

Time Book - Monthly - Revising Department 102915 1930 Jan 1 - 1934 May 31

Box 17, volume q

Time Book - Monthly - Revising Department 102913 1924 July 1 - 1929 Dec 31

Box 18

Time Book - Monthly (payroll bundles) 102911

 

102909 1911 Mar - 1912 June

 

102907 1912 Aug - 1912 Sept

 

102905 1913 Nov - 1916 Sept

 

102903 1916 Nov - 1917 Dec

 

102901 1919 July - 1919 Sept

 

102899 1919 Nov - 1919 Dec

 

102897 1920 May - 1921 May

 

102895 1921 July - 1921 Dec

 

102893 1922 Feb - 1922 Aug

 

102891 1922 Oct - 1922 Nov