United Railroads of San Francisco Records

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Descriptive Summary

Title: United Railroads of San Francisco Records
Dates: 1902-1910
Collection Number: MS 62
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 12 volumes + 1 folder
Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: The collection consists of financial documents from the organization of the company to 1910. They relate to the initial financing of the United Railroads as well as later income and expenses.
Language of Material: English

Access

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. United Railroads of San Francisco Records. Collection Number: MS 62. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

Gift of Fred N. Holabird, 1993

Biography/Administrative History

Organized in 1902, the United Railroads combined the Market Street Railway, Sutter Street Railroad, and San Francisco & San Mateo Railroad. The company survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and a protracted and bitter strike the following year. It continued to operate streetcars in the city and down the San Mateo Peninsula until 1921. In that year, the United Railroads was succeeded in business by a new Market Street Railway.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of financial documents from the organization of the company to 1910. They relate to the initial financing of the United Railroads as well as later income and expenses. It contains several volumes of general ledgers from 1902-1910, registers of vouchers and voucher records, cash books and an audit voucher for payment of a $10,00 load from the Crocker National Bank of San Francisco all documenting expenses incurred as a result of the 1906 earthquake and fire and the strike of 1907.