Corporate history of the Southern Pacific Company and proprietary companies, comprising the Pacific system as of June 30, 1916, 1919.

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Corporate history of the Southern Pacific Company and proprietary companies, comprising the Pacific system as of June 30, 1916, 1919.

This bound corporate history compiled by the Valuation Department in San Francisco, California states that it was made for the use of the Interstate Commerce Commission; it was also made available in a limited number of copies to the companies listed in the work. The history covers approximately 7000 miles of track located in 6 states and involves 158 different corporations in the matter of ownership during the period between 1855 (date construction began on the Sacramento Valley Rail Road between Sacramento and Folsom, California) and June 30, 1916. Tabbed sections cover the following railroads: Southern Pacific Company, Central Pacific Railway Company, Southern Pacific Railroad Company, South Pacific Coast Railway Company, Oregon and California Rail Road Company, New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Company, Inter-California Railway Company, Coast Line Railway Company, Tucson and Nogales Railroad Company, Hanford and Summit Lake Railway Company, Porterville Northeastern Railway Company, Beaverton & Willsburg Railroad Company, and Colusa and Hamilton Railroad Company.

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