Corporate records, 1886-1959 (bulk 1889-1907).

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Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota. Corporate records, 1886-1959 (bulk 1889-1907).

Corporate records, 1886-1959 (bulk 1889-1907).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263159164

Histories (1894-1895, 1900, 1944, 1947); minutes (1887-1959); annual reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission (1888-1907) and to the states of Minnesota (1889-1907) and Wisconsin (1889-1907); outgoing letter books (1887-1902) of presidents, vice presidents, general managers, and corporate agents; personal outgoing letter books of Samuel Hill (1892-1900) and James N. Hill (1896-1897); incoming correspondence of the President's Office (1887-1892); subject files of Samuel Hill (1886-1901) and James N. Hill/Louis W. Hill (1890-1903); stock certificates (1888-1959) and other stock and bond records (1888-1911); and financial records (1888-1907), including abstracts of vouchers (1888-1907, on microfilm), documenting a railway company with extensive operations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The records also include architectural plans of the Cambridge, Minnesota, depot (1899) and a West Superior, Wisconsin, boiler house (1888). The outgoing letter books and incoming correspondence/subject files contain substantive information on the following: Duluth Terminal Railway; Great Falls [Montana] Water Power and Townsite Company; Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway Company; Minneapolis Trust Company; Minneapolis Union Railway; Minneapolis Western Railway; Minnesota Sandstone Company; Northern Steamship Company; St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company; and the Sand Coulee [Washington] Coal Company. These files also contain data on the development of towns along the lines, iron mining in northeastern Minnesota, sandstone quarrying in Pine County, accidents, and the Hinckley fire of 1894.

62 cu. ft. (2 folders in 2 partial boxes, 23 boxes, 191 volumes in 35 boxes, 2 rolls, and 8 microfilm reels).

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