Guide to the Hopkins Transportation Collection, 1868-1936 M0164
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997 ; revised 2021
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Hopkins Transportation Collection
Creator:
Railroad Commission of the State of California
Identifier/Call Number: M0164
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
(13 boxes, 1 tube)
Date (inclusive): 1868-1936
Conditions Governing Access
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Public Utilities Commission, through James Gibson, 1962-1964.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Hopkins Transportation Collection, M164, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists largely of working papers for applications to and hearings before the California Railroad Commission
(forerunner of the Public Utilities Commission) or the Interstate Commerce Commission from the years 1912-1915, 1922-1923,
1927-1930, 1932-1933, and 1936. Also included are reports, histories, statistics, briefs, maps, diagrams, etc. giving background
material on a number of the smaller California railroads (lumber, street, interurban and/or electric).
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Some of
these materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- United States -- History.
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.
box 1, folder 2
Cement, Tolenas & Tidewater Railroad Co.
Report of Value notes, valuations
1915,
History and valuation
1915
box 1, folder 4
Carson & Colorado Railroad
Corresp. re: "The Man, Mink"
Photocopy of 1890 Guide (C connection with Va. & Truckee).
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).
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 6
Minarets and Western Railway Co.
application to build, map showing location in conjunction with other local railways.
1923
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
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
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 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.