Enclosed in: 1898 April 14 letter was in Henry E. Huntington letter to George Crocker, 1898 April 14. Also: printed copy of "Estimated Cost of Removal of Tracks on San Pablo Avenue," San Francisco, 1897 October 5. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Oakland Railway.
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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Also: memo re: cost of removal of old track on San Pablo Avenue and conversion to electric power, 1897 October 6; copies of notes to Collis P. Huntington from Henry E. Huntington; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 30; statement of receipts and disbursements of East Oakland Railroad Co., 1897 January-September and press copy; copy of letter from Frank S. Douty to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 October 12. Subjects: Oakland railways, Mrs. Stanford, Market Street Railway stock, I.W. Hellman, Oakland waterfront property, Southern Pacific 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
40 items. Enclosures: 1898 January 18 letter had copies of two letters from William H. Mills to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 July 12, 17; 1898 January 20 letter had letter from Harr Wagner to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 January 20; 1898 May 31 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to W.J. Landers, 1898 May 31. Also: Autograph note by Henry E. Huntington and copy of estimated earnings of Southern Pacific Co., Pacific System, ending May 15, 1898. Subjects: Oakland Railway, orange shipments, California politics, Hawaii and President Sanford B. Dole, Joaquin Miller, Wells, Fargo & Co., Willard V. Huntington, Shorb station, Central Pacific Railroad, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco.
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.
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.
