Manuscripts
"CLASSIFICATION: New Lines. SUBJECT: Southern Pacific of Mexico RRCo of Mexico -- Extensions and Completion of Existing Main Line and Branches. NOTE: Correspondence in August 1912, on suit of Lewis Warfield vs. General Miller, President of the Galena Signal Oil Company, and L.F. Loree for $6,000,000, in connection with the affairs of the Occidental Construction Company, which originally had in mind the construction of a line from Guaymas to Orendain or Guadalajara. - is filed in 089-L. (Loree)." Also another note on cover mentioning a book titled "Mexican West Coast and Lower California: A Commercial and Industrial Survey," published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1923. File No. 310-973, Part 1. From (~1.5 inches). VERY useful file
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"Construction of Line, Tepic to La Quemada." File SPM 300-4, Part 3. From (~1"). Post-construction legal and financial hassles between the SPM and the Utah Construction Company. Shows hassles of being an American company in Mexico and working for another Mexican company in Mexico
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: Investment in Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico -- Southern Pacific Company. SUBJECT: Construction of Line Tepic to La Quemada and accounting therefor. Agreement between President Obregon and S.P. of Mexico. Notes Received by S.P. of Mexico from Mexican government. Statement of claims against Republic of Mexico." File No. 1083, Part 1. From (~1.25"). Most of this concerns the early days of startup of the construction of the line, after Mexico agreed to pay $13 million pesos to SPM for claims due to damages to line from Revolution; contract bids for companies to do final construction segment. Lots of details on rehabilitation of main line; 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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4. Map showing lines constructed under concessions, are filed in this file at " [numbering added]
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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"Part I; from Classification: Roadway & Structures. Subject: Construction Work: Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico." File No. 300.4-973; Part 1; 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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"Transfer of Property by Allen Goh & O'Hashi to the Federal Government of Mexico." File No. 089-4, Part 1. From [folder containing this item says "Land Development & Irrigation Cos., 089-4."] (~1"). More on the Baja California lands and the Compañia de Terreños. (But see Item XIII:1 above)
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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"Part I - Construction of Line Tepic to La Quemada," File No. 300.4, Part 1 ["Item 1" of this box is Part 2]. From "Construction of Line Tepic to La Quemada."
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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