Hopkins Transportation Collection, 1868-1936

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Hopkins Transportation Collection, 1868-1936

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Table of contents

box 1, folder 1

Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway

Historical Study of Accounts, 1900-1915 of above and Valuation 1915

Notes on Franchises, land, equipment, etc., Calif. RR Comm.

Valuation 1922

box 1, folder 2

Cement, Tolenas & Tidewater Railroad Co.

Report of Value notes, valuations 1915,

box 1, folder 3

Death Valley Railroad

History and valuation 1915

box 1, folder 4

Carson & Colorado Railroad

Corresp. re: "The Man, Mink"

Lookover the way-bills

Photocopy of 1890 Guide (C connection with Va. & Truckee).

Receipts - 1882

Minke - 1889

box 2, folder 1

Fresno Traction Co.

Historical valuation of street rail-way showing progress & cost of construction, prices track, roadway, work papers 1922

box 2, folder 2

Glendale & Montrose Railroad Co. (electric).

valuations, 1915

box 2, folder 3-4

Great Northern & Western Pacific Railroads

Material re: proposed connection & expansion in 1929, 1930

Letters, circular, brochure, address, I.C.C. application, A.G. Mott - direct examination, statistics & reports for I.C.C., talk by John Edward Cooper

Container Summary: (typescript).

box 2, folder 5

Memphis and Vicksburg RR

box 2, folder 6

Minarets and Western Railway Co.

application to build, map showing location in conjunction with other local railways. 1923

box 2, folder 7

Miscellaneous

Valuation of Electric, Street & Interurban Railroads; 1927

Sales contract - sale of Indian Valley RR Co. by Engels Copper Mining Co. to Western Pacific RR Corp. 1928

box 2, folder 8

Nevada and California Railway Co.

Valuations maps, construction chart, rates, cost data, comments and field book, (Became part of Central Pacific at this time.) 1912,

box 3, folder 1

Northern Electric Railway

Diagrams, charts, electrical statistics, grading specifications, schedule, financial statistics.

box 3, folder 2

Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co.

Application for bond issue 3 valuations and general statistics 19l4, 1912 and 1913, 1933

box 3, folder 3-4

Ocean Shore Railway Co.

Inventories & Appraisals Abstracts, Physical Valuation, Company's appraisal, List depots' grounds, legal opinion, draft of report, mortgage, field notes, equipment reports, valuations 1912, 1913

box 4, folder 1-2

Pacific Electric Railway Co.

California Railroad Commn. re: rates, equipment, etc., on hauling rock, sand & gravel, statistics, maps; Pasadena rates - street car-motor coach, maps, statistics, inventories, memos, reports,

box 5, folder 1-2

Petaluma & Santa Rosa Electrix Railroad Co.

Profiles field books, Physical Valuation Appraisal 1912, 1914, 1913

box 5, folder 3

Sacramento Street Railway (owned by P.G. & E.)

Maps, history of track construction, printed brochures including Capital Business, rates, valuation (P.E. Dufour) 1927 1927

Box 6, folder 1-2

San Diego & Arizona Railway

Valuations and reports field books notes, work papers, diagrams, memos 1912-14,

Box 7, folder 1-2

San Diego & South Eastern Railway Co.

Valuations, reports, memos, notes, maps, field books, history includes that of predecessors

Box 8, folder 1-2

San Diego Electric Railway Co.

Petition & exhibits, maps, plans, statistics, valuations, reports, statements of construction, records, notes, drafts, appraisals, diagrams. 1914

Box 8, folder 3

San Francisco Napa & Calistoga Railroad

Statistics, reports, agreements on electrical accounts, valuations, field book.

Box 9, folder 1

South San Francisco Belt Railway

Valuations, reports.

Box 9, folder 2

Southern Pacific Co.

Passes are Prohibited typescript 1887

Index Common Standard Drawings 1930

Agreement with Red River Lumber Co., 1928 Annual Report. 1929

Box 9, folder 3

Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad Co.

Valuations, statistics notes.

Box 9, folder 4

Tidewater Southern Railway Co.

Register of deeds, statistics valuations, brochure, reports, extracts.

Box 10, folder 1-2, Box 11, Folder 1-2

Transportation Case 3154 1932

Investigation by C.R.C. on its own motion of the transportation systems of the state in 1932

Scope and Contents

Work papers, memos, statistics, tables, charts, statements, proposals, diagrams, questionnaire, printed material, exhibits, digest of transcripts.Much of the material concerns freight and the emerging motor trucking industry.

Box 12, folder 1

Union Pacific System

Common Standard Drawings

Photographs

Box 12, folder 2-3

Great Northern - Western Pacific

Scope and Contents

Aerial photos of S.P. lines, timber lands, barren lands, other railroads, grazing lands, etc. in northeastern central eastern California, as well as reconnaissance maps of above.

Box 12, folder 4

Southern Pacific Company, Pacific Lines - Exhibit 107 1928

Scope and Contents note

Track -Klamath Falls to Alturas, Shows various points on route, roadside equipment.

Box 12, folder 5

Southern Pacific Company, Pacific Lines - Exhibit 116 1928

Scope and Contents

Same as above, but with additional photographs, including Hackamore Station, Lakeview station, Alturas station, etc. Also includes route pictures of N.C. & 0. & Fernley Lassen Branch, Long Bell Lumber Co. Railroad, McCloud River Lumber Co., Lassen Lumber & Box Co. Logging, Fruit Growers Supply Co. Logging, and some roadways.

Box 12, folder 6

Southern Pacific Co. Pacific Lines - Exhibit 108 1929

Scope and Contents

Aerial photos with red inked lines and location names, South Keddie to Klamath Falls.

Box 13, folder 1

[Evidence of trucking hazards] 1936

Scope and Contents

Two untitled volumes of captioned photographs documenting dangerous situations and near accidents caused by slow trucks, blockage of highway by passing vehicles, passing on wrong side or in front of oncoming traffic, weaving, passing on hills and blind curves, etc.

Box 13, folder 1

Survey of Railroad Crossings on State Highways in California 1922

Scope and Contents

Loose photos, numbers on verso refer to corresponding location numbers on enclosed map, most unidentified.

tube 14

Pacific Electric Roll Map. Shows various lines & routes of system in Los Angeles & environs.be

tube 14

California Oil Fields and Oil Pipe Lines 1916

map-case not specified, folder 43

Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company

Container Summary: Xerox copies of originals in the Yerington Collection, Department of Special Collections, University of Nevada Library.

Minutes of meetings, 1868-1875

List of stockholders/dividends.

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