Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington
Description
64 items. Also: copy of voucher issued to Collis P. Huntington for cash advance, 1899 June 28. Subjects: William H. Holabird, Union Pacific Railroad, San Francisco real estate, Southern Pacific Co., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., coal fields in Mexico, Willard V. Huntington, Market Street Railway stock, Charles Crocker estate, Los Angeles real estate, copper mines in Arizona, Los Angeles Terminal, Los Angeles Railway Co., Jane Stanford, Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co.
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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27 items. Also: voucher for cash advance from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 October 31 and copy of voucher. Subjects: Sutro Railway, San Francisca real estate, Southern Pacific Co. and Charles Crocker's resignation, William H. Holabird, Central Pacific Railroad.
44 items. Also: report on Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, copy of report from W.H. Holabird (probably), 1899 December 4; copy of a voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 December 27. Subjects: Market Street Railway earnings, Oregon & California Railroad, Santa Monica beach cottages, Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co., California bridge over Salinas River, railroad employee relations, San Francisco real estate.
60 items. Also: copy of letter from E.P. Ripley to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 18; table of Oakland Railroad earnings and expenses, 1898-1899; two maps showing location of coal properties; report of dividend paid by Huntington-Hopkins Co. to Collis P. Huntington, Charles W. Miller and W.R.S. Foye; copy of voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 November 29. Subjects: Union Colliery Co., San Francisco real estate, Henry E. Huntington's position at Southern Pacific Co., Indian School in Riverside, Pullman Co., telegraphers agreement, Market Street Railway stock, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland Railway, Washington coal mines.
75 items. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 June 20; printed map of San Francisco with additions in red ink. Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, San Francisco real estate, Sonora coal fields, W.H. Holabird, Los Angeles real estate, Utah and Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Colonel Crocker's estate, W.H. Kountz, Market Street Railway stock, copper mine in Arizona, George Crocker, Frank C. Prescott, Paris Exposition.
45 items. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Terminal, Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., San Francisco real estate, William H. Holabird report, San Pedro Harbor.
56 items. Also: note from George E. Miles; list of Central Pacific stock outstanding in California. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Huntington-Hopkins Co., Los Angeles Terminal railway property, Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad, San Francisco real estate, George Crocker, S.P. Doane, Nevada politics, Santa Ana & Newport Railroad, Henry E. Huntington being elected Vice President of Southern Pacific Co. and Collis P. Huntington as President, Oakland Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, mortgage on lots of Willard Huntington, Market Street Railway stock, Los Angeles real estate, Central Pacific Railroad stock.
