Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Pacific Railway and Navigation Co. records
Dates: 1905-1913
Collection Number: MS 141
Creator/Collector:
Pacific Railway and Navigation Company
Extent: 2 boxes + 4 volumes
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Financial records of the Pacific Railway and Navigation Company records.
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 Capital District Collections Manager. 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
Pacific Railway and Navigation Co. records. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
From Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection.
Biography/Administrative History
Incorporated October 13, 1905; 91.20 miles from Hillsboro to Tillamook, Oregon. Construction was started in November, 1905
and completed June 30, 1911. The Southern Pacific Company acquired an interest in 1906, assumed control on June 5, 1909 and
purchased it on July 1, 1915. [Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California:
1967), p. 401].
Scope and Content of Collection
Financial records generated during the construction of the Pacific Railway & Navigation Company include cash books, construction
accounts, contracts, agreements, insurance and mail accounts.
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