Records, 1905-1918.
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Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
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Subject to constitutional limitations, the power to regulate public service companies operating in the State of Washington is vested in the Legislature. Before the year 1905 the Legislature exercised this power, as the occasions required by the enactment of specific laws to deal with the most urgent regulatory problems that arose. As these problems multiplied in number and complexity with the passage of time, the ineffectiveness of regulation by direct legislation became more and more obvious. T...
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
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Incorporated in 1879, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company carried agricultural and mining freight on two mail lines; Portland to Huntington, Oregon and Pendleton, Oregon to Winona, Washington. By 1890 it owned over 642 miles of track, but in 1896 it was sold to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. From the description of Timetables, 1881-1903. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 48757673 ...
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...
Northern Pacific Railway company
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The Northern Pacific Railway Company was the successor of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and was established in 1896. The company operated railway lines between the Great Lakes and Washington State until it merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. From the description of Northern Pacific Railway Company photographs, circa 1900s-1920s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367951939 The Northern Pacific Railroad Company was chartered in 1864 to build a railro...
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
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The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) was a railroad that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles of track running east from Portland, OR to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. The railroad operated from 1896 as a consolidation of several smaller railroads and was reorganized as the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company in 1910. Although the OR&N was initially operated as an independent carrier, by 1898 the railroad was a subsidiary of...
