Manuscripts
Arizona Highways, p. 29. Note on cover says, "Note: Mr. Young said to make this book part of our Mexican land files and mark article on p. 29. -HS, 3/6/51." Article is entitled "Morelos: The Dam That Friendship Built." About U.S.-Mexican cooperation to build Morelos Dam. Brief discussion of labor, and how dam will benefit both countries
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"Devaluation of the Peso." Notes Mexican government's withdrawing support of the peso with relation to U.S. currency. "It is a practical certainty that both prices and wages will advance in the near future, and that the S.P.deM. problem will be further aggravated thereby." 1 p
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Forecast of Mexican Lines' Operating Results (Also Mexican Government Income Tax)." File No. 221.4, Part 3. From (.5"). Concerns about how to meet Article 123's requirements that all railroad structures be permanent within 10 years
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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Concessions of the line; noting dates, dates amended, dates of expiration. Includes info on 40-year bonds owed to SPM by Mexican govt., etc
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Investment in SPM -- Agreement between Mexican Government and SPM -- Notes Received and Claims Against Mexican Government." File No. 1083, Part 7. From (~1"). There's a good clear summary of tax issues on green paper roughly midway through this: notes when first Mexican tax law was passed (1924), why (primarily to tax the U.S. oil companies doing business in Mexico), and what the effect of the income tax is and has been on SPM. Lots of financial issues discussed, such as bond issues, coupon payments, etc
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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Publication -- Financial-Insurance News, Vol. 21, No. 49. "Mexico Number." Article on p. 8 about what the SP will mean to the development of Mexico and the future wealth of the Pacific Coast. By Taylor Caven. Cover includes pic of a very youthful-looking H.B. Titcomb. Also includes an ad for the Mexican Land Syndicate on p. 3 (Harry Chandler of The LA Times was a key player in this company)
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Classification: Southern Pacific Company. Subject: Investment in Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico -- Agreement between Mexican Government and S.P.RR.CO. of Mexico -- Notes received from and claims against Mexican Government." File No. 1083, Part 5. From Related Files: 4004: Mexican Depredation; 7015: Preliminary Surveys Etc. About 1 linear inch. Details of unpaid indebtedness of bonds owned by various U.S. concerns in Mexico: SP, East Coast Oil Co., Inter-California Southern Railway Company, Nacozari Railroad Company, SPdeM. In general, details notes due from the Mexican government to the line in the early 1930's
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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