Southern Pacific Company letters to Collis P. Huntington
Description
Note: 1888 August 28 letter is extremely discolored and difficult to read. Also: copies of estimates of cost of reconstruction in Arizona and New Mexico; vouchers. Subjects: Galveston & Western Railway Co., Central Pacific Railroad.
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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43 items. Also: copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 June-August, December 6, 26, 28; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Frank M. Stone, 1892 August 19, and letter from Stone to Huntington, August 19. Subjects: Santa Monica wharf, British Columbia mining property, politics and railroads, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Co., Oakland Waterfront case, Chicago lakefront, Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railway, Main & Winchester vs. California Pacific Railroad, Oregon Pacific Railroad.
67 items. Also: copy of "Questions asked by Henry Edwards Huntington, answered by Henderson, Galveston, Texas," 1900 February 4; copy of memo regarding Ray Copper Mines; copies of vouchers from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1900 January 31, February 28; statement showing businesses and expenses of San Francisco Freight Station for 1899. Subjects: San Francisco real estate, Houston freight depots, Southern Pacific Co., William H. Holabird, Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, J.D. Spreckels, Carson & Colorado Railroad, Nevada Central Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Congressman Bishop, coal shipments.
37 items. Note: Overlaying the 1900 June 26 letter is the impression through "bleeding" from a press copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to R.T. Schwerin, 1900 June 22. Also: copy of a letter from Collis P. Huntington to D.A. Chambers, 1900 June 20; copy of a statement of cost of Oakland Street Railroad and reconstruction, 1900 April 24; pencil memo regarding railroad branch lines; copy of memo; copy of voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1900 June 30. Subjects: Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., politics, sulfur mines, Chinese quarantine, Southern Pacific Co., W.B. Harlan, Sonora Railroad, Epes Randolph, Oakland Railway, San Francisco real estate, Carson & Colorado Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Galveston, Santa Monica property.
43 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to William H. Holabird, 1900 July 10; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to E. Hawley, 1900 August 13. Subjects: Southern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Phelps Dodge & Co., Mr. Naugle, oil lands, Houston and Galveston, Union Colliery Co., Sonora Railroad, Epes Randolph, railroad terminal in Southern California.
Also: certification signed by J.F. Simons and J.C. Gengler, 1903 December 28. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Galveston & Western Railway Co., 56th Judicial District Court of Galveston County, Texas.
60 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to G. Boschke, 1900 July 2; correspondence related to trust fund credit of Mary D. Caldwell, 1900 July-August. Subjects: Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., oil in San Joaquin Valley, Southern Pacific Railroad, Carson & Colorado Railroad, Guatemala Central Railroad, Galveston news, "The Wave," Central Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles, Epes Randolph, Sonora Railroad, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Union Colliery Co., San Francisco real estate.
