Letterbooks, 1871-1911.

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Letterbooks, 1871-1911.

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Commission secretary's outgoing correspondence concerns annual report submission; grain elevator construction; complaints against railroad companies; passenger and freight rates; freight classification; publication requests (i.e., railroad maps; commission's annual reports; case decisions); position appointments (i.e., weighmaster); map preparation requests for railway line traces; crossing inspection appointments; accident investigations; and commission meeting notification. Letterbooks occasionally include chairman or consulting engineer's outgoing correspondence and form letters sent to railroad companies with schedule and rate amendments.

ledgers 55 volumes.

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Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse Commission

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