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F.A. Molltor cost account book

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Description: Cost account book entitled "Miscellaneous Estimates and Prices, Costs of various work and etc," kept by railroad engineer F.A. Molltor.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1892-1910.
Call number: mssHM 52094
Creator: Molltor, F.A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Eugene Rosenberg, January 1986.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Subjects - Cost Containment (2 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: collection of memos, lists, reports and related material within the wider subject of cost containment. More specific subjects include cost of employee recognition events, security services, medical department, history center, pc training lab costs, etc.

mssLAT

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George W. Goethals letter to William R. Scott

Manuscripts

Typed letter signed on Isthmian Canal Commission letterhead and marked "Personal" from George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal to William R. Scott, author of the soon to be published, Americans in Panama. The letter discusses the time table for the first ship to pass through the canal and what must be accomplished such as the completion of lock gates and the state of the Culebra Cut (also known as the Gaillard Cut). He estimates the approximate date for first passage as late September, 1913. Goethals goes on to run through the construction, labor and associated costs. He is still uncertain as to how far under the $375,000,000 estimate the Canal will ultimately cost as certain costs were not figured into the original estimates. The letter concludes with cost figures and estimates on excavation for the Culebra Cut. According to Goethals, the original estimate of 196,000,000 cubic yards to be removed will probably increase by 25,000,000 cubic yards.

mssHM 16528

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Minute book

Manuscripts

The minute book covers the Lemon Men's Club meetings from December 1904 to October 1909. In the minutes, all aspects of growing lemons are discussed including prices and costs, diseases and how to fight them, and shipping and storage.

mssHM 68189

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Thomas Doane engineering notebooks

Manuscripts

Four illustrated and textual notebooks kept by civil engineer Thomas Doane from 1875 to 1888. The volumes include construction cost estimates for roadbed construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, along with engineering information and schematics for a variety of projects, primarily centered in Massachusetts. Two of the notebooks specifically concern work on the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Eastern Railroad in the early 1880s, as well as residential surveys in the Boston area. The notebooks also contain detailed information on Boston streetcar routes, including precise measurements.

mssHM 83837-83840

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Frank S. Douty letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: report on cost of construction GH & SA Railway between San Antonio and the east; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 December 24; memo relative to sinking fund of Southern Pacific Railroad of New Mexico; report on number guests at Castle Crag Tavern, 1892-1896; report on prices of San Francisco property of Pacific Improvement Company, 1896 July 15; report on freight costs on coal paid to Northern Pacific Railway Co. 1896 June-1897 August; press copy of letter from George Schonewald to F.S. Douty, 1897 October 26.

mssHEH

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Unknown store account book

Manuscripts

Account book for an unknown store in an unknown geographic location. There are names of customers and the merchandise they bought, with prices. There is a flattened dead fly on the inside back cover.

mssHM 84382

F.A. Molltor cost account book

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Subjects - Cost Containment (2 of 2)

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