Manuscripts
"Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico -- Extensions and Completion of Existing Main Line and Branches." File No. 310-973, Part 7. From "Note: This file includes c/s on settlement with the Mexican Government on account of construction, transportation service, depredations, and transportation and other taxes, etc." Includes longish list of x-refs on front cover. Includes great summary dated 10/21/31 for Mr. Holden about the Company's current status. More on the 10% transportation tax
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"New Construction: SPM -- Extensions and Completion of Existing Main Line and Branches. Includes correspondence on settlement with the Mexican govt. on account of construction, transportation services, depredations, and transportation and other taxes, etc. Note -- clippings... are filed in... envelope." Also long list of related files on cover. File No. 310-973, Part 8. (~1.5"). [slightly mildewed and a few pages stuck together, but nothing major.] Important item; contains a 30-page report called "Brief Outline of the More Important Current Affairs of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico" - a plan by an unnamed author for turning around the railroad's economic woes
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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(last item in box; in brown envelope.) File No. 310-973, Part 3. Loose items:
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: New Construction. SUBJECT: SPdeM -- Extensions and Completion of Existing Main Line and Branches." File No. 310-973, Part 5. From (~2"). Cover notes:
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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-- in brown envelope. File No. 310-973, Part 1. Dated ; slim collection of items on consolidation of concessions. (~.5")
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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"SPM: Extensions and Completion of Existing Main Line and Branches." File No. 310-973, Part 9. From "Includes settlement with the Mexican Government on account of construction, transportation service, depredations, and transportation and other taxes, etc." Includes some discussion of the 1933 resignation of Mexican Secretary of Finance, Alberto Pani; and his disagreements with Pres. Rodriguez. Notes that Calles will become the new Secretary of Finance. Pani was an important player in SPM dealings with the government because of regular Mexican attempts to tax the SPM for various reasons. Some discussion of tourist hotels, such as rough draft of Committee action dated 6/6?/33
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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"Proposed Spur From Zorilla Station Northward to Boundary Line." File No. 310-973-(Z-L), Part I; from
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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