Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company records, 1873-1901.

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Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company records, 1873-1901.

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Correspondence, affidavits, and other legal papers of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, from the offices of Thomas F. Withrow, general solicitor 1873-1888; Thomas S. Wright, assistant solicitor 1873-1888 and general attorney 1889-1895; and Robert Mather, assistant general attorney 1894-1895 and general attorney 1895-1901. Litigation involved claims of personal injury, property loss, etc. by the general public and by employees, all resolved in the District Courts of Iowa, under which laws the company was organized and conducted business. The company was known as the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company from1866 to 1880.

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Originally chartered in Illinois in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Railroad Company, the road was renamed Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company in 1851, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company in 1866, and the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company in 1880. In Texas, three main Rock Island routes crossed the state through Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, Dalhart, Memphis, and Amarillo. From the guide to the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Ra...

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company. Legal Dept.

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Withrow, Thomas F.

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