Manuscripts
"Inter-California Southern Railway -- Abandonment." File No. 080-2, Part 3. From (~1"). Detailed inventory of equipment and supplies; note that on May 8, 1941, Board approved sale (third board member Harry Chandler being absent, J.A. Small and E.B. Sloan, the other two board members, voted to do so) of line to Mexican govt., for a single purchase price of $200,000 pesos, for the line, totaling 69 kilometers. Not a very big line
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"Analysis of Operating Expenses, Fixed Charges and Purchases -- Years " 1 p. Some interesting line items: "Empalme townsite" (pesos $753,464); "Hospital Deficit" (pesos $1,102,365); "sleeper cars deficit" (pesos $935,000); "dining cars deficit" (pesos $50,000), 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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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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"Culverts -- Arizona-Mexico Lines." File No. 331.2-97, Part 1. Discussion as to whether or not Mex. govt. will accept corrugated iron pipe culverts as permanent structures. Maybe 15 pieces
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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"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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"Federal Income Tax Accruals, Payments, Etc." File No. 073, Part 1. From (~2"). Discussion of effect of sudden end of war on tax issues; tax credits; etc. It appears to deal primarily with the SPM's tax relationship with the U.S. govt., and thus deals with the SP's relationship with the U.S. govt
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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"Lease of Cars." Single folder with single item in it: letter from unknown [J.A. Small, President?] to A.T. Mercier, Chairman of the Executive Committee for SPdeM, in San Francisco. Notes that cash balance after converting pesos to dollars is $660,000 U.S. Notes a number of items owed: to parent SP company; to Ice Plant; to Pacific Fruit Express; etc. Final sentence notes: "As soon as the railroad is returned to us, as I wrote you, I will personally discuss with the President and endeavor to get his assistance for the rehabilitation of the line."
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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