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Los Angeles Railway Company agreement with Arthur L. Hawes, Valentine Peyton, et al
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Isaias W. Hellman et al letter to Union Trust Company
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Also signed by Antoine Barel and Christian de Guigne. Also: copy of letter from Huntington and Edward H. Harriman to Union Trust Co., 1904 December 7. Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway Co. stock.
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Los Angeles Railway Company letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Enclosure: 1902 June 12 letter had copy of letter from C.A. Henderson to J.D. Bicknell, 1902 June 12. Also: Estimate of Cost of Construction, single track railway…between South Pasadena and Monrovia, 1901 June 17; newspaper clipping re: sale of railway franchise; map of Central Avenue, 6th, and Easton Street area occupied by the Pacific Electric Railway Co. power house, etc., and blueprint showing property of George W. Frink on Central Avenue; unexecuted lease between Los Angeles Land Co. and Los Angeles Railway Company, 1904 November 15; copy of letter from S.M. Kennedy to District Managers of Southern California Edison Co., 1924 June 14; printed article by Willis Owen, "Knocking the Peak Off," 1924; copy of letter from Huntington to William E. Dunn, 1924 July 15. Subjects: California real estate.
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Southern Pacific Company letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: statements of income account of Pacific Electric Railway Co., 1924; copies of lists of officers of Southern Pacific Company and of Executive Committee and Board of Directors, 1925-1927; newspaper clipping about Julius Kruttschnitt; page 13 of Wall Street Journal, 1925 June 18 about Kruttschnitt; copy of letter from Huntington to Paul Shoup, 1925 June 22; copy of letter from Southern Pacific Company to Pennsylvania Railroad System, 1925 October 13; copy of letter from Huntington to Southern Pacific Company, 1925 December 7; copy of synopsis of Minutes of Meeting of Executive Committee, 1927 April.
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Los Angeles Railway Company agreement with Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway Company
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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Los Angeles Land Company lease with Los Angeles Railway Company
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Enclosed in: letter from Los Angeles Railway Company to Henry E. Huntington, 1907 February 20. Also: copy of lease, blueprint maps.
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Pacific Electric Railway Company letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: copy of receipt issued to A.A. Biard, 1903 February 26; list of employees, 1904 February 1; five photographs showing Pacific Electric Building in construction, and memos on progress of plastering and construction work on building; copy of letter from G.W. Mulks to Isaias W. Hellman 1905 March 15 and from Hellman to Mulks, 1905 June 24; statement showing cost of various lines built or acquired by Pacific Electric Railway Company and Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway Co., 1907 June 30; two equipment reports; sketch of area at 4th and Brand, Los Angeles. Subjects: Whittier line, railroad bonds.
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