Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 December 14. Subjects: Santa Monica wharf, iron ore, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Mexico coffee plantation, Collis P. Huntington's estate.
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: 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
36 items. Also: Printed article on oil as locomotive fuel in Southern California; translation (from French) of method of laying wood pavement. Subjects: railroad strike of 1894, San Francisco Street railway, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Southern Pacific Co., James Bailey, iron ore in California, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Market Street Railway, railroad commissioners, Santa Monica.
62 items. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 January 14; Power of Attorney from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 May 11; two news clippings regarding compressed air for street railway systems; four memos related to capital stock in companies owned by the Southern Pacific Co.; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to William McLaughlin, 1898 July 13. Subjects: Pacific Mail Steamship Co., J.A. Fillmore, Joaquin Miller, Richard Croker, New York politics, Dole in Hawaii, oranges for Collis P. Huntington and his house in San Francisco, San Pedro Railroad, Oakland Street and Los Angeles Street railways, Pacific Improvement Co., Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, George Crocker, California politics.
45 items. Subjects: Huntington-Hopkins Co., Stanford estate, San Francisco street railways, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland ferries, Southern Pacific Company bonds, Henry E. Huntington's health, Pacific Coast Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Market Street Railway, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Crocker estate, Capital Gas Co. stock, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Olympic Club bonds, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding.
