Henry E. Huntington letters to Julius Kruttschnitt
Description
Enclosure: 1898 August 16 letter had letter from Weber Railway Joint Manufacturing Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 June 22. Also: Note from Kruttsschnitt to Henry E. Huntington. Subjects: Crocker and Stanford, Central Pacific Railroad (see Volume 34, page 42 in Black scrapbook.
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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54 items. Enclosure: 1898 August 15 letter had copy of letter from R.P. Schwerin, 1898 August 10. Subjects: Clara Huntington, Oakland Railway, San Carlos Reservation and coal, San Francisco street railways, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Huntington-Hopkins Co., San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Jane Stanford.
35 items. Enclosure: 1894 May 31 letter had copy of letter from Epes Randolph to Henry E. Huntington, 1894 May 24. Also: memo by W.G. Curtis regarding Colonel Mendell and Santa Monica breakwater, 1894 May 23. Subjects: Market Street Railway, Crocker estate, Pacific Improvement Co., Southern Pacific Co. securities, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, Oakland Railway, Huntington-Hopkins Co.
Enclosed in: 1898 August 10 letter was in letter from Huntington, 1898 August 15. Enclosure: 1920 July 26 letter had letter from James Rolph to Schwerin, 1920 July 5. Also: estimated cost of constructing railway from Ellis…to 3rd and Townsend Streets; copy of telegram and letter from Huntington to Schwerin, 1900 September 15, 1924 January 8. Subjects: San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, and coal, Market Street Railway
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.
49 items. Enclosure: 1898 June 21 letter had letter from William Hood to Henry E. Huntington, with cost report, 1898 June 20. Also: copy of telegram from P.R. Thompson to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 June 4; copies of two reports on John Cross, 1894-1895; copy of a "Statement of Cost of Southern California Motor Road, complete to May 31, 1898;" memo on cash increases, leading stations, first five months, 1898; blueprint map showing Southern Pacific line Ontario-Chino-Pomona; copy of letter from William McLaughlin to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 June 17; copy of rough sketch of Los Angeles Terminal Railway property. Subjects: Holladay house, Oakland Railway, Chino Valley Railroad, Olympic Club bonds, California politics, San Francisco Street railway.
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.
