Collection, 1906-1989.

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Collection, 1906-1989.

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The collection has been arranged into five series with the papers in each series arrange by topic and then chronologically. Series 1 contains the papers relating to day-to-day functions of the South Shore. Series 2 consists fo papers from board and stock holders meetings. Series 3 contains financial papers. Series 4 consists of the agreements and petitions filed by the South Shore to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Series 5 contains seven posters that were made to publicize scenic views and destinations along the line during the 1920s.

42 manuscript boxes, 33 postcard size boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 9 bound volumes, 7 posters.

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Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad.

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The South Shore Line has survived as the country's last electric interurban railway. The modest beginnings date from 2 December 1901 when the Chicago & Indiana Air Line Railway was incorporated with a route from South Bend to East Chicago, Indiana. A 1904 corporate name change, to the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway, signaled the owners' intentions for direct service to Chicago. After 1921 the railway's fortunes declined. The Midland Utilities Company bought the railway, and ren...

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 ...