Enclosed in: October 18 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 22; November 29 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 17. Also: copy of estimated cost of a line from the Southern Pacific mines at Douty to…Commencement Bay….Washington. Subjects: Northern Pacific Railway Company.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Enclosed in: 1897 October 8 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 18; 1897 December 17 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington, 1897 December 17. Also: two memos regarding the cost of moving coal by railroad. Subjects: coal shipments, Northern Pacific Railroad.
Also: memo re: cost of removal of old track on San Pablo Avenue and conversion to electric power, 1897 October 6; copies of notes to Collis P. Huntington from Henry E. Huntington; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 30; statement of receipts and disbursements of East Oakland Railroad Co., 1897 January-September and press copy; copy of letter from Frank S. Douty to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 October 12. Subjects: Oakland railways, Mrs. Stanford, Market Street Railway stock, I.W. Hellman, Oakland waterfront property, Southern Pacific Co.
Also: report on cost of construction GH & SA Railway between San Antonio and the east; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 December 24; memo relative to sinking fund of Southern Pacific Railroad of New Mexico; report on number guests at Castle Crag Tavern, 1892-1896; report on prices of San Francisco property of Pacific Improvement Company, 1896 July 15; report on freight costs on coal paid to Northern Pacific Railway Co. 1896 June-1897 August; press copy of letter from George Schonewald to F.S. Douty, 1897 October 26.
52 items. Enclosure: 1897 October 18 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to C.S. Mellen, 1897 October 8; 1897 October 22 letter had letter from C.S. Mellen to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 October 18. Also: copy of statement of earnings "Sunset Limited," 1896-1897. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Pacific Improvement Co., coal freights, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Market Street Railway, coal freights, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Lewis H. Mulligan, Central Pacific Railroad stock, Oakland Railway, Hotel del Monte, Carson City Railroad, Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Oakland waterfront.
Enclosures: 1892 July 29 letter had letter from Collis P. Huntington to F.S. Douty, 1892 July 29; 1895 February 5 letter had letter from Mahl to the National Hollow Brake Beam Co., 1895 February 4; 1896 March letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1896 March 5 and letter from Douty to Mahl, 1896 March 11; 1897 January 21 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles A. Dean, 1897 January 21; 1897 February 23 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles F. Crocker, 1897 February 24; 1897 December 28 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to E.C. Wright, 1897 December 28; 1898 March 15 letter had copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Mahl, 1892 July 21; printed circular showing Sterlingworth rolled steel brake beam; several newspaper clippings re: use of electricity on railroad lines; copy of letter from Mahl to Crocker, 1897 January 30; Report on Operations of Southern Pacific Coast Railway, 1892-1896; copy of letter from Mahl to Wright, 1897 December 18; Southern Pacific Co. Lines condensed Statement...for 5 months ending November 30, 1897; copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1898 March 12; account of T.J. Wilson for Right-of-way purchases for Southern California Motor Road, 1898 June 18; copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Subjects: coal interests in Vancouver, Pacific Improvement Co., coal for Central Pacific Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Houston & Texas Central Railroad, Collis P. Huntington properties.
Enclosures: 1895 September 24 letter had letter from W.G. Curtis to Collis P. Huntington, 1895 September 6 and two reports regarding car mileagle on Southern Pacific System, 1894-1895; 1898 February 9 letter had letter from Worthington to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 February 9 and report by William Hood. Also: two bills from E.J. Duffy Gas Fixtures to Collis P. Huntington, 1894 October 6 and November 24; drawing of suggested rack in toilet under main stairs, Collis P. Huntington's San Francisco house; copies of four letters related to alleged maligning of Henry E. Huntington in Southern Pacific Co., 1895 April-May; copy of letter from Worthington to Frank S. Douty, 1898 February 9; telegram from G.F.R. to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 February 20; printed memo by Worthington. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., California politcs, Huntington Hopins Co., Grove Johnson, George Crocker, Leland Stanford.
