Manuscripts

(6) TRAIN REPORTS

Description: Sunday January 28, 1877 to Saturday June 30, 1877. Manuscript. Reports trains to the Comstock with conductor, locomotive, number of cars, cargo and destination.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862-1950.
Call number: NR 7
Provenance: Purchased from H. A. Levinson, February 27, 1963.; Purchased from Yale Brown, May 16, 1963.
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(3) REPORT OF UP TRAINS

Manuscripts

Period April 22, 1870 through December 31, 1872. Double spread special printed form filled out in manuscript. Records Up trains, that is trains from Carson City, elevation 4615 feet to The Comstock, elevation at Virginia City terminus 6215 feet. For each train, on each day during the period, is recorded the loaded cars with cargo and consignee, as also the name of the conductor, the name of the locomotive and the departure and arrival at Mound House, Silver City and Gold Hill and the time of arrival at Virginia City.

NR 8

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(4) CONDUCTORS' TRAIN REGISTER

Manuscripts

Period April 23, 1875 to April 30, 1876. Register at Carson City of each train by the conductor and engineer, with time of arrival, locomotive number and consist of cars.

NR 2

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V. & T. R.R. Co. - Train reports

Manuscripts

The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry.

NR 7

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(1) EXHIBIT OF RECEIPTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES

Manuscripts

This is a record for seventeen years, by months, for the years 1873 through 1889. A special printed form filled out in manuscript. Doubtless, this was a confidental record for the private use of the railroad's owners. This period includes the years of the Big Bonanza. The fabulous prosperity of the railroad and the Comstock during this period is indicated by the dividends paid. For the years 1876, 1877 and 1878 dividends averaged about $750,000 per year. Since it records concisely, the operating financial information accumulated from the many records of the company, it is most valuable for a study of the railroad during this period. Receipts are classified as from freight, passenger, ores, wood, lumber, weighing and miscellaneous. Disbursements are shown for train service, locomotive service, telegraph service, repairs, loss and damage to freight and property, etc. Of special interest are the manuscript notations of the payment of dividends, interest, the purchase of rails, payments to the contractors for the Carson and Colorado Railroad, etc.

NR 4

(6) TRAIN REPORTS

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