Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority records, 1848-1958.

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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority records, 1848-1958.

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Articles of incorporation, merger agreements, directors' and stockholders' minutes, executive committee minutes, monthly and annual reports, financial reports and operating statements, and statistics of the Cleveland Railway Co. and its predecessor companies, and of the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit and its predecessor, the Cleveland Interurban Railway Co. controlled by the Van Sweringen brothers. Included are public documents such as franchise ordinance negotiations between Cleveland Electric Railway and the City of Cleveland, arbitration proceedings which led to the "Tayler Grant", and printed ordinances regulating the street car companies. The collection is useful for understanding the history and genesis of the current Regional Transit Authority, as well as the history of public transportation in Cleveland and the daily operations of the various firms. The bulk of the collection pertains to the Cleveland Railway Co., and especially to the period of the "traction wars."

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Stanley, John (John B.)

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Cleveland Railway Company

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Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad Company

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Cleveland Electric Railway Company

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Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911

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Shaker Heights Rapid Transit

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Cleveland Interurban Railway Company

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Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936

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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

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Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935

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Tayler, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1852-1910

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Cleveland City Railway Company

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Cleveland (Ohio). City Council

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