Harold E. Cox transportation collection


Collection 3158

( Bulk, 1858-1960 ) 1803-1967
(199.5 Linear feet 160 boxes, 624 volumes, 38 rolled items)

Summary Information

Repository
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
Creator
Philadelphia Transportation Company.
Title
Harold E. Cox transportation collection
ID
3158
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1858-1960
Date [inclusive]
1803-1967
Extent
199.5 Linear feet 160 boxes, 624 volumes, 38 rolled items
Author
Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza
Sponsor
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
Language
English
Abstract
Prior to the 1870s, Philadelphia's public transportation system consisted of dozens of independently owned and operated horse drawn streetcar lines. In the 1880s and 1890s steps were taken toward electrification and unification, a goal finally achieved in 1902 with the founding of Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). PRT constructed subway and elevated train lines, and managed public transportation until 1940, when the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was established, absorbing PRT and all of its functions. The Dr. Harold E. Cox transportation collection is composed primarily of records from PTC and PRT, as well as PRT's subsidiary and predecessor rail lines. This collection dates from 1803 to 1967, with the bulk of materials ranging from 1858 to 1960. It consists of financial records, legal records, correspondence, administrative records, ephemera, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, atlases, and route maps and diagrams. The collection documents the growth and development of public transportation in Philadelphia, with a focus on the business activities and legal affairs of the PTC and PRT.

Preferred Citation note

[Indicate cited item or series here], Harold E. Cox transportation collection (Collection 3158), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Biographical/Historical note

Prior to the 1870s, Philadelphia's public transportation system consisted of dozens of independently owned and operated horse-drawn streetcar lines. However, as Philadelphia's population grew, increasing street congestion and the disorganization of the numerous independent streetcar lines created a need for a more efficient transportation system. Efficiency could only be achieved through expensive mechanization, which required consolidated capital. The path to electrification and unification was begun in 1883 when three men, William Kemble, Peter Widener and William Elkins, formed the Philadelphia Traction Company to supply power to existing lines. At that point, there were three primary rival companies operating in Philadelphia: Philadelphia Traction Company, People's Traction Company and Electric Traction Company. They merged to form the Union Traction Company in 1895. Still, the problem of street congestion remained, and the solution seemed to lie in subway and elevated rail lines. To accomplish this, Union Traction Company was absorbed into a new organization, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) in 1902. Construction on the Market Street subway began in 1903, and by 1905 the western part of the subway was open for use.

Through a 1907 contract with the City of Philadelphia, the municipality gained control over the public transportation system and the company gave up leadership in the development of Philadelphia's rapid transit system. In addition, the burden of snow removal and other maintenance tasks formerly carried out by the rail companies, as well as the car licensing fees mandated in the 1850s by streetcar laws, were taken away. The city gained control of PRT through a number of measures. Namely, municipal representatives were given seats on the Board of Directors. The city also gained access to PRT financial records and the right to approve mergers or any other major changes to the company structure.

Despite the changes brought on by the 1907 charter, PRT still experienced financial troubles and could not finance the promised subway lines. Further pressure was placed on the PRT in the form of multiple strikes by transit workers demanding pay increases. The strike of 1910 turned into a violent city-wide riot, after which PRT underwent a drastic refinancing and reorganization. Thomas E. Mitten (1864-1929) took over management of PRT in 1911. He placated the workers by establishing a Co-Operative Welfare Association, expanded PRT's business, and brought the company back from the brink of financial ruin.

In 1913, the city established the Department of City Transit, which would oversee the development of rapid transit in Philadelphia. PRT could then rent or lease the infrastructure constructed and paid for by the city department. The relationship between PRT and the municipality was not without conflict, and disputes over finances continued well into the 1930s. Nevertheless, PRT and the Department of City Transit managed the public transportation system until 1940, when Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was created. With the establishment of this company, the City of Philadelphia and public transportation became even more intertwined. The city received half the company's profits and the right to purchase all its property. Essentially, through the formation of this private company, the municipality gained even more control of Philadelphia's transit system. In 1968, PTC was purchased by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), a municipal authority still in control more than 40 years later.

Bibliography:

Baer, Christopher T. "John F. Tucker Transit Collection Finding Aid." Hagley Museum and Library (Wilmington), accession 2046. April 2010.

Cheape, Charles W. Moving the Masses: Urban Public Transit in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, 1880-1912. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980.

Weigley, Russell F., ed. Philadelphia: A 300 Year History. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1982.

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Scope and Contents note

The Dr. Harold E. Cox transportation collection is composed primarily of records from the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), its predecessor the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), and that company's subsidiary and predecessor rail lines. The collection dates from 1803 to 1967, with the bulk of materials ranging from 1858 to 1960. It consists of financial records, legal records, correspondence, administrative records, ephemera, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, atlases, and route maps and diagrams.

A large proportion of the collection relates to the legal affairs of the PTC and PRT, focusing mainly on PTC's "rate cases." Whenever PTC wanted to raise its fares, it had to submit an application to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; often appeals were brought to higher courts, where PTC had to show the increase was necessary for its financial stability. Another well-documented area of the collection is the business activities of PRT and PTC: there are financial records and accounting reports, as well as copies of agreements, leases, and contracts. One of the strongest areas in the collection is records from PRT's subsidiary and predecessor rail lines. Documentation varies by company, but generally includes some combination of financial records, accident reports, and meeting minutes. Noticeably absent from the Harold E. Cox transportation collection are Board of Directors minutes from either PRT or PTC, and the collection is light on correspondence files. Some materials in the collection, including atlases, published court records, newspaper clippings, and newsletters from the ephemera series may be available elsewhere.

This collection is arranged into ten series: "Meeting minutes, 1913-1945"; "Financial records, 1857-1967"; "Legal records, 1867-1965"; "Correspondence, 1895-1941"; "General administrative records, 1872-1967"; "Ephemera and other published materials, 1880-1967"; "Subsidiary and predecessor rail lines, 1803-1941"; "Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, 1905-1942"; "Maps, diagrams, and ward atlases, 1869-1959"; and "Willow Grove Amusement Park records, 1896-1940." Unless otherwise indicated, and excluding the "Subsidiary and predecessor rail lines" and "Willow Grove Amusement Park records" series, all records dating after 1940 relate to the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and all records dating before 1940 relate to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT).

The first series, "Meeting minutes, 1913-1945," consists of minutes of PTC and PRT meetings. The series is arranged alphabetically by committee name. Only a few committees are represented in this series, and the records are incomplete; noticeably absent are minutes from Board of Directors or Executive Committee meetings.

The second series, "Financial records, 1857-1967," contains annual reports, audit reports, account records, property valuations and depreciation studies, and loan and trust records. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title. It provides a fairly comprehensive accounting of PRT and PTC finances, especially when taken with the exhibits relating to financial affairs in the legal records series.

The third series, "Legal records, 1867-1965," consists of legal briefs, court orders, exhibits and evidence, questionnaires and answers, printed testimony, and hearing transcripts. The series is divided into twelve subseries. The first ten subseries house records for ten well-documented cases relating to rate increases. The subseries are presented in chronological order of the cases, but within each subseries files are arranged alphabetically by folder title. The eleventh subseries contains documentation about PRT's bankruptcy, and the subsequent merger of subsidiary rail lines that resulted in the formation of PTC. It is arranged alphabetically by folder title. The final subseries contains materials relating to several cases that are not extensively documented. The cases are arranged chronologically by date.

The fourth series, "Correspondence, 1895-1941," consists of company letterbooks of outgoing general correspondence, and correspondence from the engineering department in particular. Of special interest is a letterbook from the office of Peter Arrell Brown Widener, one of the trio who founded Philadelphia Traction Company. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by subject. Researchers should note that letterbooks are filed within this alphabetical scheme under "L." The letter books contain chronologically arranged correspondence that pertains to multiple subjects. Additional correspondence files, dating from 1896 to 1912, are currently restricted due to conservation concerns; contact the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for more information.

The fifth series, "General administrative records, 1872-1967," houses a wide variety of records relating to the management, activities, and administration of PRT and PTC. Documentation is somewhat scattered and incomplete; researchers should review this series in conjunction with the financial records series. It contains accident registers, leases and agreements between PRT and subsidiary rail lines, vehicle specifications, Mitten Management training manuals, passenger statistics, property records, township ordinances and rights of way. Of special interest are "Historical data" files compiled by writers of PTC/PRT institutional histories, and a chart showing the subsidiaries of PRT and PRT's interests therein. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and/or record type.

The sixth series, "Ephemera and other published materials, 1880-1967," contains bound publications (publications by PRT in chronological order, in volumes by year), issues of "Off-Peak," PTC's employee newsletter; "PRT/PTC Traveler," a free public guide to Philadelphia events and how to get there by PRT/PTC transit; "Service Talks," Mitten Management's newsletter; press releases; bus schedules; and ticket samples. This series is arranged alphabetically by record type or name, and then chronologically within those groups.

The seventh series, "Subsidiary and predecessor rail lines, 1803-1941," consists of materials relating to any company besides the PRT and PTC. Documentation for each of the individual rail lines varies significantly -- some are only documented by a single record, while others are represented with several records over many years. Researchers will find one or more of the following for each: accident registers, minute books, letterbooks, account ledgers, annual reports and stockholder listings. Almost 60 rail companies are represented, but documentation is particularly robust for 13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company, People's Passenger Railway Company, Philadelphia Traction Company, Union Traction Company, and Wilkes-Barre Railway Company.

The eighth series, "Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, 1905-1942," is divided into four subseries. The first subseries, "Edmund Stirling scrapbooks, 1917-1935," contains scrapbooks created by Public Ledger editor Edmund Stirling. The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings about the PRT, and are accompanied by a card-file index to the scrapbooks. The second subseries is "Newspaper clipping scrapbooks, 1905-1912" and the third subseries is "Newspaper clippings, 1912-1936," compiler(s) unknown. The scrapbooks in the last subseries, "Miscellaneous scrapbooks, 1848-1942," include newspaper clippings, photographs, ticket stubs, and transportation ephemera related to PRT, PTC and public transportation generally.

The ninth series, "Maps, diagrams and ward atlases, 1869-1959," contains maps of Philadelphia and surrounding areas, transportation maps, and electrical diagrams of stations. The majority are bound volumes and rolled items.

The final series, "Willow Grove Amusement Park, 1896-1940," consists of materials relating to the PRT-owned and operated amusement park. Conceived as a way to generate business along the Willow Grove transit line, the park opened in 1896 and was in operation until 1975. It contains administrative, legal, and financial records relating to park operations, as well as photos of annual company picnics.

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Arrangement note

Series I. Meeting minutes, 1913-1945

Series II. Financial records, 1857-1967

Series III. Legal records, 1867-1965 Subseries a. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and City of Philadelphia (City) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries b. City of Philadelphia (City) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries c. City of Philadelphia (City) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries d. City of Philadelphia (City) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries e. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and City of Philadelphia (City) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries f. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries g. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries h. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries i. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries j. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Subseries k. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) merger Subseries l. Miscellaneous cases

Series IV. Correspondence, 1895-1941

Series V. General administrative records, 1872-1967

Series VI. Ephemera and other published materials, 1880-1967

Series VII. Subsidiary and predecessor rail lines, 1803-1941

Series VIII. Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, 1905-1942 Subseries a. Edmund Stirling scrabooks Subseries b. Newspaper clippings scrapbooks Subseries c. Newspaper clippings Subseries d. Miscellaneous scrapbooks

Series IX. Maps, diagrams, and ward atlases, 1869-1959

Series X. Willow Grove Amusement Park, 1896-1940

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Conditions Governing Access note

The bulk of this collection is open for research use. Portions may be unavailable due to conservation concerns; please contact the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for more information.

Conditions Governing Use note

Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Historical Society of Pennsylvania with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gifts of Dr. Harold E. Cox, 1990, 2003 (transferred from the Atwater Kent Museum), 2004, and 2005.

Dr. Harold E. Cox is Professor of History Emeritus and University Archivist at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania. He is the former editor of Pennsylvania History and has written extensively on the history of urban transportation and the development of inner cities in the nineteenth century.

Processing Information note

The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.

This collection was minimally processed in 2009-2011, as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories. A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers. When citing sources from this collection, researchers are advised to defer to folder titles provided in the finding aid rather than those provided on the physical folder.

Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's 2005 article, More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections, the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages, in 23 Philadelphia area repositories. A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of 2-3 hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections, replace acidic folders or complete any preservation work.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

Hagley Museum and Library: John F. Tucker Transit Collection, Accession 2046.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
  • Peoples’ Passenger Railway Company.
  • Philadelphia Traction Company.
  • Philadelphia. Dept. of City Transit.
  • Willow Grove Park (Willow Grove, Pa.).

Genre(s)

  • Atlases.
  • Correspondence
  • Ephemera.
  • Financial records.
  • Legal records.
  • Maps.
  • Minutes.
  • Newsletters.
  • Photographs.
  • Scrapbooks.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Philadelphia (Pa.).

Personal Name(s)

  • Cox, Harold E.

Subject(s)

  • Law offices--Records and correspondence
  • Local transit--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
  • Railroads--Management.
  • Railroads.
  • Transportation.

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Collection Inventory

 Series I Meeting minutes 1913-1945 

Scope and Contents note

This series contains meeting minutes from the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). There are also minute books in the seventh series, "Subsidiary and predecessor rail lines."

Box Folder

Equipment Committee 1942-1944 

1 1

Service Committee 1943-1945 

1 2-3

Public Service Committee of 100 1913-1915 

1 4-5

Transit Advisory Board 1923 

1 6

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 Series II Financial records 1857-1967 

Box Folder

Accounting for 10-cent fares 1959 

1 7

Accounting for 15-cent fares 1959 

1 8

Additions and retirements of cars 1935-1941 

2 1-3

Annual report detail 1957-1967 

2 4-8

Annual report detail 1957-1967 

3 1

Annual report of plant accounting 1952-1965 

3 2-5

Annual report of plant accounting 1952-1965 

4 1-4

Annual report of plant accounting 1952-1965 

5 1-5

Annual reports to the stockholders 1903-1938 

129 6-7

Annual reports to the stockholders 1940-1967 

5 6-7

Annual reports to the stockholders 1940-1967 

6 1

Application for certificate of war necessity 1942 

6 2

Audit reports 1908-1938 

6 3-6
Volume

Audit report 1910-1916 

432

Audit report 1917-1921 

67

Audit report 1922-1924 

68
Box Folder

Budget for the year 1942 

6 7

Chester and Philadelphia Railway Company estimates of reproduction costs 1937 

7 1

City Controller audit 1924 

7 2

Compensation for condemned properties, application 1928 

7 3

Compensation for condemned properties, characteristics of underlying companies 1928 

7 4-5

Condemnation of property, review of proposal 1929 

7 6

Construction, 2nd Street and Wyoming Avenue 1938 

7 7
Volume

Construction accounts 1904-1907 

104

Construction accounts 1908-1911 

109
Box Folder

Contract with Neibauer Bus Company 1949 

7 8

Cost of paving report 1945 

7 9

Data regarding Work and Company 1884-1897 

8 1

Departmental orders 1912-1939 

8 2-4

Depreciation accrual rates 1947 

8 5

Depreciation estimates 1946 

8 6

Depreciation exhibits and testimony 1940-1954 

9 1-2

Depreciation memo circa 1948 

9 3

Depreciation reserve accounts 1940-1941 

9 4-5

Depreciation study 1955-1962 

9 6

Depreciation study 1955-1962 

10 1-2

Distribution of estimated original cost 1937 

10 3
Volume

Earnings and expenses 1900-1905 

86
Box Folder

Earnings and expenses 1909 

10 4

Earnings requirements of debt capital 1942 

10 5

Earnings requirements of debt capital 1942 

11 1

Employee automobile reimbursement 1934 

11 2

Employees 1957 

11 3

Estimated original cost of property 1935-1937 

11 4-7

Estimated original cost of property 1935-1937 

12 1-7
Volume

Financial records 1920-1944 

72
Box Folder

Financial statements 1934-1965 

12 8-9
Box

Financial statements 1934-1965 

13-15
Box Folder

Financial statements 1934-1965 

16 1-4

Fixed charges and track rentals of Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company circa 1892 

16 5

Funded debt data 1952 

16 6

Funeral car body purchase with Brill Company 1912 

16 7

General orders 1920 

16 8

Income accounts 1927-1937 

17 1

Individual balance sheets 1927-1937 

17 2

Individual income accounts 1927-1937 

17 3

Lewis and Fowler Manufacturing Company, purchase of electric snow sweepers 1894-1895 

17 4

Link Belt Engineering Company 1893-1895 

17 5

Major changes to physical property 1937-1941 

17 6

Market prices and market values circa 1935 

17 7

Mortgage issues, real estate owned, tracks in place 1937-1938 

17 8

Office of Price Administration data circa 1945 

18 1

Passenger car and rolling stock circa 1930 

18 2

Passenger revenue and statistics 1952-1964 

18 3

Pier 34 North reproduction 1940 

18 4

Plant accounting, road and equipment 1940-1941 

18 5

Proposed $6 million car trust 1920 

18 6

Proposed equipment trust loan 1920 

18 7

Purchase of electric scale car 1911 

18 8

Real estate appraisal 1944 

18 9

Real estate by property plans 1926 

19 1

Reconcilement of income accounts 1927-1930 

19 2
Volume

Record of daily receipts 1901 

113

Record of daily receipts 1902 

114

Record of daily receipts 1903 January-June 

111

Record of daily receipts 1903 July-December 

112

Record of securities circa 1924 

71
Box Folder

Redistribution of indirect costs 1947 

19 3

Report upon audit of accounts 1919 

19 4

Reproduction cost estimates 1935-1942 

19 5-6

Reproduction cost estimates 1935-1942 

20 1-4

Schedule of fare registers 1938 

20 5

Statements of additions and retirements 1935-1937 

20 6

Street railway accounting 1903 

20 7

Subsidies and reimbursements by American Transit Association 1967 

21 1

Supporting schedules 1938 

21 2

Surplus statements 1927-1937 

21 3

Time schedule for operation of trains 1911 

21 4

Tracks and lines 1908-1909 

21 5

Treasurer's reports 1893-1896 

21 6

Trust indenture to Girard Trust Company 1939-1945 

21 7-9

Trust indenture to Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company 1939 

21 10

Unused track and streets 1941 

22 1

Valuation and plant accounts, annual report 1857-1896 

22 2

Valuation of property 1922 

22 3

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 Series III Legal records 1867-1965 

Scope and Contents note

Materials relating to these and other cases in which the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) were involved are probably maintained by relevant courts.

 Subseries a Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and City of Philadelphia (City) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1941 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-13608 and C-13595. It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, before moving up to the Pennsylvania Superior Court (1942) and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1944).

Box Folder

Additions and retirements, "Road and equipment" 

22 4

Additions and retirements, "Track" 

22 5

Appeals record 

23 1-6

Appeals record 

24 1

Brief, appellant's 

24 2

Brief on behalf of City 

24 3

Brief on behalf of PTC 

24 4

Exhibits 

24 5-7

Exhibits 

25 1-11

Exhibits 

26 1-4

Final orders of PUC 

26 5

Index to transcript of testimony 

26 6

Index record part III 

26 7

Miscellaneous court materials 

26 8

Orders nisi of PUC 

26 9

Record and brief draft 

26 10

Summary of operation 

26 11

Supreme court documents 

26 12

Superior court appeal 

27 1

 Subseries b City of Philadelphia (City) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1946-1947 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-14133, C-14134, and C-14139. It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, before moving up to the Pennsylvania Superior Court (1947).

Box Folder

Account for passenger equipment 

27 2

Accruals for new equipment 

27 3

Auch Interborough Transit Company investigation and suspension order 

27 4

Bill of complaint 

27 5

Brief on behalf of PTC 

27 6-7

Cash working capital 

27 8

Certified record in Superior Court 

27 9

Corrections to testimony 

27 10

Day and Zimmerman report 

27 11

Diary of Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission accountants 

27 12

Diary of Evans, Harclerod and Johnson 

27 13

Exhibits 

27 14-15
Box

Exhibits 

28-29
Box Folder

Exhibits 

30 1-2

Orders 

30 4-6

Petition of City for severance of its case 

30 7

Petition to intervene 

30 8

Prices, Day and Zimmerman 

30 9

Provision for depreciation and renewals 

30 10

Questionnaire answers 

30 11-18

Questionnaire answers 

31 1-7

Rate of return 

31 8-9

Read into record by A. A. MacDonald 

31 10

Special: Hamilton C. Connor 

31 11

Statement of A. A. MacDonald 

31 12

Statement of PTC under general order 68 

31 13

Union contract demands 

31 14

United Northeast Civic Association 

31 15

 Subseries c City of Philadelphia (City) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1949 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-14552 (City v. PTC), C-14559 (PUC v. PTC), C-14563 (Philadelphia and Western Railroad Company) C-14564 (Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, before moving up to the Pennsylvania Superior Court (1949). A group called "Citizens Committee Against the Fare Rise" coalesced to bring the PTC to trial.

Box Folder

Agreements and leases 

31 16

Briefs 

32 1-3

Charters 

32 4

Exhibits and testimony, index 

32 5-6

Exhibits 


    Box Folder
Text   32 7-8
    Box Folder
Text   33 1-5

Box Folder

Filing statements with supporting schedules 

33 6

Index and "Q" and "R" sheets 

33 7

Leases 

33 8

List of schedules filed with Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and Office of Price Administration 

34 1

Mortgages 

34 2

Notice of increase in rates of PTC 

34 3
Volume

Printed record volume 1 

440

Printed record volume 2 

441

Printed record volume 3 

442

Printed record volume 4 

443
Box Folder

Statement of PTC under general order 68 

34 4

Transportation Department Orders 

34 5-6

 Subseries d City of Philadelphia (City) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1950 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-14936 (City v. PTC), C-14954 (PUC v. PTC), C-14967 (Philadelphia and Western Railroad Company), C-14966 (Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company), C-14955 (PUC v. Auch Inter-Borough Transit Company). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

Box Folder

Briefs 

35 1

Exhibits and testimony, index 

35 2-3

Exhibits 

35 4-7

Exhibits 

36 1-15

Fact-Finding Board report 

36 16-17

File of A. A. MacDonald 

37 1

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission order and decisions 

37 2

Petition for appeal in Pennsylvania Superior Court 

37 3

Proceedings 

37 4-6

Proceedings 

38 1

Requests 

38 2-3

Questionnaire answers 

38 4-7

Questionnaire answers 

39 1-2

Statement and schedules 

39 3

Transcripts 

39 4-8

Transcripts 

40 1-5

 Subseries e Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and City of Philadelphia (City) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1952-1953 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-15676 (PUC v. PTC), C-15885 (PUC v. PTC), C-15667 (City v. PTC), C-15879 (City v. PTC), C-15666 (Shaffain and Jaspan v. PTC), C-15869 (H. Jerome Jaspan et al v. PTC), C-15667 (Auch Inter-Borough Transit Company), C-15678 (Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, before moving up to the Pennsylvania Superior Court (1954).

Box Folder

Annual report, Securities and Exchange Commission 

40 6

Answer of City to petition of PTC to vacate suspension order 

40 7

Answer of City to petition for temporary rates 

41 1

Answer of Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, suspension and investigation orders 

41 2

Answer of PTC to motion of City to strike reply brief 

41 3

Appeal, City in Superior Court 

41 4

Benton, F. E., file 

41 5

Briefs 

41 6-8
Box

Briefs 

42-43
Box Folder

Briefs 

44 1-2

Exhibits 

44 3-8
Box

Exhibits 

45-49
Box Folder

Exhibits 

50 1-8

H. C. C. special 

50 9

Hearing procedure 

50 10

Index to rate case proceedings 

50 11

Letter of transmittal 

50 12

Letter regarding additional 3 month suspension order 

50 13

Letters, Ehlers and Connor 

50 14

Memorandum in support of remission of record in Superior Court 

51 1

Motion for reconsideration of ruling of trial examiner 

51 2

Motion of City 

51 3

Motion to dismiss 

51 4

Notice of increase in rates of PTC 

51 5

Order and opinion, Superior Court 

51 6

Order, Commission 

51 7

Order of PUC 

51 8

Order, PUC suspension 

51 9

Petition for temporary rates, City 

51 10

Petition to advance argument, City 

51 11

Petition to vacate suspension order 

51 12

Proceedings, index 

51 13

Proceedings 

51 14

Proceedings 

52 1-5

Proceedings 

53 1-2

Questionnaire answers 

53 3-13

Questionnaire answers 

54 1-3

Rate cases chronology 

55 1

Requests, Klauder 

55 2-7

Request that PUC deny motion of City for oral argument 

55 8

Rule 5 and letters 

55 9

Schedule 10, Rule 5, labor contracts 

55 10-11

Schedule 11, revised 

56 1

Standard research consultants 

56 2

Statement 

56 3

Statement, preliminary 

56 4

Statement, schedules 1-10 

56 5

Tariff regulations for carriers 

56 6-8

Tariff regulations for carriers 

57 1-2

Testimony and exhibits, F. E. Benton 

57 3

Testimony, Ehlers 

57 4

Testimony, income and expense (rule 5), rebuttal testimony 

57 5-6

Testimony (prepared) and related exhibits 

57 7

Testimony (prepared) and related exhibits 

58 1

Testimony, revenue 

58 2-3

Testimony, Edward A. Roberts 

58 4

Testimony, R. H. Stier 

58 5

Testimony, R. H. Stier 

59 1

Witnesses 

59 2

 Subseries f Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1955 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-16311 (PUC v. PTC), C-16312 (PUC v. Auch Inter-Borough Transit Company). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

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Exhibits 

59 3-5

Exhibits 

60 1-5

Order, PUC 

60 6

Order, PUC suspension and investigation 

60 7

Questionnaire answers 

60 8

Requests, Commissioner Stahlnecker 

60 9

Schedule 2, Rule 5 

60 10

Tariffs filed 

60 11

Tariff regulations for carriers 

61 1-2

 Subseries g Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1956-1958 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-16757 (PUC v. PTC), C-16758 (PUC v. Auch Inter-Borough Transit Company), C-16779 (H. Jerome Jaspan v. PTC). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

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Briefs 

61 3-8

Exhibits and testimony, index 

61 9

Exhibits 

62 1-4
Box

Exhibits 

63-64
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Exhibits 

65 1-3

Hamilton C. Conner, correspondence 

65 4

Questionnaire answers 

66 1-3

Testimony, index 

66 4-5

Testimony 

66 6

Tariff regulations for carriers 

66 7

 Subseries h Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1958-1959 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-17075 (PUC v. PTC), C-17060 (Jaspan v. PTC), C-17070 (School District of Philadelphia v. PTC), C-17072 (City v. PTC). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

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Briefs 

66 8-10

Comparison of decreases in passenger revenue 

66 11

Court order and dissenting opinion 

66 12

Exhibits 

67 1-4

Exhibits 

68 1-8

Exhibits 

69 1-5

Petition for temporary rates 

69 6

Reconciliation of trended original cost 

69 7

Schedule 2, Rule 5 

69 8

Tariff regulations for carriers 

69 9

 Subseries i Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1960 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-17322 (PUC v. PTC), C-17317 (City v. PTC), C-17318 (Jaspan v. PTC), C-17341 (School District of Philadelphia v. PTC). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

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Briefs 

70 1-2

City requests 

70 3

Exhibits 

70 4-12
Box

Exhibits 

71-72
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Exhibits 

73 1-6

Miscellaneous important 

73 7

Petition to increase cash fare 

73 8

Questionnaire answers 

73 9-11

Qualifications, F. E. Benton 

73 12

Schedule 9 

74 1

Schedule A and B 

74 2

 Subseries j Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) et al. v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) 1963 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-17797 (PUC v. PTC), C-17796 (City v. PTC), C-17801 (Jaspan v. PTC), C-17798 (PUC v. Auch Inter-Borough Transit Company). It was a rate case first heard before the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

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Additional copies of data furnished 

74 3

Exhibits 

74 4-6

Exhibits 

75 1-3

Questionnaire answers 

75 4

Schedule 1 

75 5

Schedule 2 

75 6

Schedule 6 

75 7

Schedule 8 

75 8

Summary 

75 9-10

Testimony, R. H. Stier 

76 1

Transcripts of hearing 

76 2-4

Transcripts of hearing 

77 1-3

 Subseries k Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) merger 1937-1940 

Scope and Contents note

This case was associated with the following docket numbers: C-11492, C-11493, A-33559. Original petition was filed October 1, 1934. Debtor cases 6076, 6077, 6078, and 6104. Corporate reorganization hearings were before the US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, case 18204.

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Agreement of consolidation and merger 

77 4

Articles and agreements 

77 5

Briefs 

77 6-7

Briefs 

78 1-4

Evidence on behalf of Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company 

78 5

Exhibits 

78 6-8

Exhibits 

79 1

Orders, District Court 

79 2

Order nisi and applicant's exceptions 

79 3

Order nisi of the commission 

79 4

Paving general summary 

79 5

Petition and District Court orders 

79 6

Plan of reorganization 

79 7
Volume

Printed record volume 1 

444

Printed record volume 2 

445

Printed record volume 3 

446

Printed record volume 4 

447

Printed record volume 6 

448

Printed record volume 7 

449

Printed record volume 8 

450

Printed record volume 9 

451

Printed record volume 10 

452

Printed record volume 11 

453

Printed record volume 12 

454

Printed record volume 13 

455

Printed record volume 14 

456

Printed record volume 15 

457

Printed record volume 16 

458

Printed record volume 17 

459

Printed record volume 18 

460

Printed record volume 19 

461

Printed record volume 20 

462

Printed record volume 21 

463

Printed record volume 22 

467

Printed record volume 23 

465

Printed record volume 24 

466

Printed record volume 25 

467

Printed record volume 26 

468

Printed record volume 27 

469

Printed record volume 28 

470

Printed record volume 29 

471
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Report for Board Meeting, 22nd Street and Allegheny Avenue Passenger Railway Company 

79 8

Report for Board Meeting, Aramingo Avenue Passenger Railway Company et al. 

79 9

Report for Board Meeting, Darby and Yeadon Street Railway Company 

79 10

Report for Board Meeting, Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway Company 

80 1

Report for Board Meeting, Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company 

80 2-3

Report for Board Meeting, Lehigh Avenue Railway Company et al. 

80 4

Report for Board Meeting, Philadelphia and Willow Grove Street Railway Company 

80 5

Report for Board Meeting, Union Traction Company of Philadelphia 

80 6

Report on cost of railway and bus system property 

80 7

Report on cost of railway and bus system property 

81 1

Second revised plan of reorganization 

81 2

Stockholders notices 

81 3-4

Stockholder meeting minutes 

81 5

Testimony 

81 6-7
Box

Testimony 

82-83
Box Folder

Testimony 

84 1-2
Volume

Transcript, US Circuit Court of Appeals 

472

Voting Trust Agreement 

227

 Subseries l Miscellaneous cases 1867-1965 

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Sparhawk and Kenton v. Union Passenger Railway Company. Opinion 1867 

84 3

Swain et al. v. West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company 1878 

84 4

Swain et al. v. West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Report of examiner and master 1878 

84 5

Unknown case circa 1881 

84 6

People's Passenger Railway Company v. Appleton et al. Master's report 1883 

84 7

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Work et al. Minutes of People's Passenger Railway Company 1884 

85 1

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Work et al. Transcript 1884 

85 2-3

Cases before Court of Common Pleas 1885-1897 

85 4

Germantown Passenger Railway Company and People's Passenger Railway Company v. Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Bill and answer 1890 

85 5

City of Philadelphia v. Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Answer and bill 1891 

85 6

Citizen's Fairmount Park Street Railway Company v. Union Passenger Railway Company and Philadelphia Traction Company and William Wharton Jr. and Company. Bill 1892 

85 7

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Union Passenger Railway Company and Philadelphia Traction Company. Briefs 1893 

85 8

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Union Passenger Railway Company and Philadelphia Traction Company. Writ of Quo Warranto, petition and suggestion 1893 

85 9

Henry Seidenback v. People's Traction Company. Bill in Equity 1893 

85 10

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Union Traction Company and Philadelphia Traction Company. Answer and petition 1894 

85 11

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Company v. 42nd Street and West Park Passenger Railway Company. Bill in equity 1894 

85 12

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Company v. 42nd Street and West Park Passenger Railway Company. Report of referee 1894 

86 1

Fairmount Park and Haddington Passenger Railway Company and Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Company v. Philadelphia Traction Company et al. 1895 

86 2

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Company. Opinion 1895 

86 3

Roman Fisher v. Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Company. Paper book of defendant 1897 

86 4

Brode v. City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). Opinion 1908 

86 5
Volume

Brode v. City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). Printed record 1908 

473
Box Folder

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. "Strip ticket suit," opinions 1909 

86 6

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Decision of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1909 

86 7

Estate of J. Bolton Winpenny. Master's report and decree 1911 and 1939 

86 8

Danville and Plumstead Turnpike Road Company and Doylestown and Danboro Turnpike Road Company v. County of Bucks. Apellee's paper book 1916 

86 9

Allied Associations of West Philadelphia et al. v. PRT and Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company. Respondent's brief circa 1917 

86 10
Volume

War Tax Case. Printed record 1918-1919 

474
Box Folder

Northwestern Businessmen's Association v. PRT. "3-cent Exchange Case," President Mitten's statement 1919 

86 11

Northwestern Businessmen's Association et al. v. PRT. Respondent's brief 1919 

86 12

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Accounting report 1920 

86 13

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Brief and abstract of testimony 1920 

86 14

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Brief on behalf of PRT 1920 

86 15-16

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Exhibits 1920 

86 17

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Exhibits 

87 1-3

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Report of the Commission 1920 

87 4

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Valuation of property 1920 

87 5-6

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company v. Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. Opinion of the Court 1921 

87 7

City of Philadelphia and United Businessmen's Association v. Pennsylvania Public Service Commission and PRT. Brief on behalf of PRT 1923 

87 8

City of Philadelphia v. PRT and Philadelphia Rural Transit Company. Briefs and appeals 1924 

88 1

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Exhibits 1924 

88 2-3
Volume

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 1 1924 

433

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 2 1924 

434

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 3 1924 

435

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 4 1924 

436

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 5 1924 

437

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 6 1924 

438

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Printed record volume 7 1924 

439
Box Folder

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Regulation of rates 1924 

88 4

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Report of the Commission 1924 

88 5

City of Philadelphia v. PRT. Transcript, Superior Court of Pennsylvania 1924 

88 6
Volume

Benn and Shelby cases. Printed record circa 1925 

475
Box Folder

Pietro v. PRT. Supplemental record 1928 

89 1

Hadley and City of Philadelphia v. PRT et al. Adjudication 1929 

89 2

Hadley and City of Philadelphia v. PRT et al. Composite answer for all defendants 1929 

89 3
Volume

Hadley and City of Philadelphia v. PRT et al. Printed record 1929 

482
Box Folder

Hadley and City of Philadelphia v. PRT et al. Separate answers 1929 

89 4

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Appeals and protests 1929 

89 5

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Union Traction Company of Philadelphia et al. Briefs and opinion 1936 

89 6

United States v. Wilson et al. 1936 

89 7

Helvering v. Elkins 1937 

89 8
Volume

Caskie v. PRT. Printed record 1938 

477
Box Folder

City of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Plaintiff appeals 1948 

89 9

Jaspan and City of Philadelphia v. PTC. Tariff regulations for carriers 1951 

89 10

Jaspan and City of Philadelphia v. PTC. Tariff regulations for carriers 

90 1

Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company v. PTC. Transcript 1961 

90 2-3

City of Philadelphia v. PTC. Index of testimony 1964 

90 4

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and City of Philadelphia v. PTC et al. Testimony 1965 

90 5-6
Volume

Stirling's bound volume I: Taylor lease 1913-1917 

427

Stirling's bound volume II: Twining lease 1917 

428

Stirling's bound volume III 1918 

429

Stirling's bound volume IV 1915-1922 

430

Bound volume: Frankford El Leases etc. 1925-1926 

431

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 Series IV Correspondence 1895-1941 

Volume

Elevated and Subway lines 1904-1908 

29
Box Folder

Engineering department 1924-1941 

91 1-2

Engineering department 1924-1941 

92 1-2

Engineering department 1924-1941 

93 1

Bustleton Line 1928-1930 

93 2

Frankford Elevated engineering 1922-1928 

93 3
Volume

Letter book 1895-1905 

84

Letter book 1898 August-December 

97

Letter book 1901 April-June 

96

Letter book 1901 June-August 

95

Letter book 1904 May-June 

94

Letter book 1905-1907 

83

Letter book 1906 

81

Letter book 1907 

82

Letter book, office of P. A. B. Widener undated 

Scope and Contents note

Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834-1915) was a co-founder of Philadelphia Traction Company.

21
Box Folder

Market Street Elevated engineering 1922-1928 

94 1

Peoples Traction letters 1894 

94 2

Regarding photographs 1926-1937 

160 1

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 Series V General administrative records 1872-1967 

Box Folder

3-cent Exchange elimination proposal 1919 

95 2

Accident prevention bulletins 1909 

95 3
Volume

Accident register 1902-1903 

53

Accident register 1903-1904 

52

Accident register 1904-1905 

43

Accident register 1905-1906 

44

Accident register 1906 

103

Accident register 1906 July-December 

101

Accident register 1907 January-June 

102

Accident register 1907 July-December 

100

Accident register 1908-1909 

78

Accident register 1909-1910 

59

Accident register 1911 January-June 

73

Accident register 1912 January-June 

57

Accident register 1912-1913 

74

Accident register 1913-1914 

88

Accident register 1914-1915 

75

Accident register 1915-1916 

87

Accident register 1916-1917 

58

Accident register 1917-1918 

99

Accident register 1918-1919 

61

Accident register 1920 

89

Accident register 1921 

60

Accident register 1922 

98

Accident register 1923 

62

Accident register 1924 

76

Accident register 1925 

77
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Accident testimony 1876 

95 4

ACF Motor Company models 31-S, 31-SF, 41-S specifications 1941 

95 5

ACF Motor Company models 41-SF, 45-S, 41-SE, 45-SF, 45-SE specifications 1941 

95 6

ACF Motor Company, purchase of 18 model 31-S motor coaches 1938 

96 1

Acts of Assembly, Passenger Railway Companies circa 1870 

96 2

Acts of Assembly and ordinances, Philadelphia Passenger Railways and Steam Railroads 1884 

96 3

Acts of Assembly and ordinances, Union Passenger Railway Company 1889 

96 4

Acts of Assembly and ordinances, Philadelphia Traction Company 1893 

96 5

Acts of Incorporation, Passenger Railway Companies 1859 and 1878 

96 6

Agreement authorized by ordinance of councils 1939 

96 7

Agreement between Philadelphia Transportation Company and Chester and Philadelphia Railway Company 1943 

96 8

Agreement between City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company 1939 

96 9

Agreements and leases 1934 

96 10

Agreements authorized by ordinance of councils 1907 and 1939 

96 11

Agreements between City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company 1930 and 1939 

96 12

Agreements between Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and power companies 1912 

96 13

Agreements between Philadelphia Transportation Company and City of Philadelphia 1907-1957 

97 1

Air raids and blackouts circa 1942 

97 2-4

Analysis on propositions of market value 1953 

97 5

Annual report of billings department 1938-1947 

97 6-7

Annual report of billings department 1938-1947 

98 1-5

Annual report of Subway-Elevated lines 1946 

98 6

Applications circa 1957 

98 7

Application for certificate of public convenience 1930 

98 8

Appraisal of properties circa 1956 

98 9
Volume

Articles of association of PRT subsidiaries undated 

478
Box Folder

Before Labor Relations Board 1937-1939 

99 1

Borough trolley ordinances after 1935 

99 2-5

Borough trolley ordinances after 1935 

100 1-2

Boulevard plans and traffic 1923-1925 

100 3

Bridge clearances 1951 

100 4

Bridge Line lease agreements 1935-1941 

100 5-6

Brill Company, purchase of buses 1923 

100 7

Brill Company, ACF Motorbus test operation 1937 

100 8

Broad Street Subway improvements, information for bidders 1929-1930 

100 9

Broad Street Subway standards of maintenance 1959 

100 10

Building reappraisal 1935 

100 11

Bus purchases 1927 

100 12

Buyout negotiations 1956 

101 1

Cars sold and destroyed 1912-1929 

101 2-7

Cars sold and destroyed 1912-1929 

102 1

Cars to Point Breeze Park 1912 

102 2

Car trusts 1910-1947 

102 3
Volume

Car trust, Union Traction Company and PRT 1910 

479
Item

Chart showing PRT subsidiaries and stock holdings (4 copies) after 1911 

5
Box Folder

Charters after 1934 

102 4-5

Charters after 1934 

103 1-2
Volume

Charters, ordinances, and leases, volume 1 after 1903 

480a

Charters, ordinances, and leases, volume 2 after 1903 

480b
Box Folder

City and PRT construction agreement 1918 

103 3

City Controller report, property valuation 1937 

103 4

Committee on Street Railway Systems in Other Cities circa 1908 

103 5

Condemnation of railway properties and franchises 1928-1929 

103 6

Condemned track circa 1942 

103 7

Condition of equipment of Philadelphia Suburban Transit Company 1925 

103 8

Conditions of operation 1922 

103 9

Construction account 1895-1896 

104 1

Construction of high speed lines report 1923 

104 2
Volume

Contracts undated 

70
Box Folder

Contracts (indexed by subject) 1883-1889 

104 3-4

Contract amendment, Frankford Elevated railway lease 1919 

105 1

Contracts, car 1893-1895 

105 2

Contract, City and PRT 1907 

105 3

Contracts, manure 1891-1895 

105 4

Contracts, miscellaneous circa 1895 

105 5

Contract plans for subway between Filbert Street and Buttonwood Street 1917 

105 6

Contract plans for subway between South Penn Square and South Street 1917 

105 7

Cooperative Association, annual picnics 1927-1938 

105 8

Cooperative Association, annual picnics 1927-1938 

106 1-11

Cooperative Association, collective bargaining plan 1932 

106 12

Cooperative Association, committeemen elections 1922-1937 

106 13-14

Cooperative Association, committeemen elections 1922-1937 

107 1-7

Cooperative Association, committeemen elections 1922-1937 

108 1-3

Cooperative Association, entertainment 1927-1939 

108 4

Cooperative Association, employee and management agreements 1909 

108 5

Cooperative Association, group insurance policy 1920 

108 6

Cooperative Association, miscellaneous letters 1910-1940 

108 7

Cooperative Association, Mitten interview 1916 

109 1

Cooperative Association, striker's rights 1910 

109 2

Cooperative Association, synopsis of meeting minutes 1935-1937 

109 3

Court of Common Pleas 1887 

109 4

Demo of trolley cars 1932 

109 5

Electrical contract with Philadelphia Electric Company 1911 

109 6

Electric switches in service 1937 and 1948 

109 7

Employee handbook circa 1960 

109 8
Volume

Engineering department diary 1927 

481a

Engineering department diary 1928 

481b

Engineering department diary 1929 

481c

Engineering department diary 1930 

481d
Box Folder

Engineering report on City and PRT contract 1917 

109 9

Equipment trusts 1909-1947 

109 10-11

Extension of Market Street Subway agreement 1930 

109 12

Fern Rock shop, structural failures 1953-1954 

109 13

Fifth Avenue Coach Company, leave of buses 1925 

109 15

Ford, Bacon and Davis, engineers, opinion and suggestions 1917 

110 1

Forms used by Transportation Department circa 1965 

110 2-6

Forms used by Claims Department circa 1965 

111 1-2

Forms used by Comptroller's Office circa 1965 

111 3

Forms used by Data Processing Department circa 1965 

111 4

Forms used by Personnel Department circa 1965 

111 5

Forms used by Plant Maintenance and Construction Department circa 1965 

111 6-7

Forms used by Plant Maintenance and Construction Department circa 1965 

112 1

Forms used by Purchasing and Stores Department circa 1965 

112 2

Forms used by Rolling Stock and Shops Department circa 1965 

112 3-6

Forms used by Special Agents Office circa 1965 

112 7

Frankford Elevated inspection report 1952 

113 1

Frankford Elevated report and address 1919 

113 2

General Electric drive equipment specifications 1940 

113 3

General Motors model TG-32, 40, 41, 45 specifications 1941 

113 4

Green and Coates Streets lease agreement 1928 

113 5

High speed lines, summary of operations 1937-1947 

113 6

Historical data circa 1860-1950 

113 7-9

Historical data circa 1860-1950 

114 1-8

Historical data, Cooperative Plan - Fairchild 1924 

114 9

Historical data, Corporate Organization Charts circa 1902 

115 1

Industrial plant employee survey 1941-1942 

115 2

Interim annual reports 1950-1954 

115 3

International Bus Corp - Lease of double-deck motorbuses 1925 

115 4-5

Inventory of Land Title Library undated 

115 6

Inventory and appraisal of rolling stock, machinery, tools, and supplies of Darby, Media, and Chester Street Railway Company 1906 

115 7

Lease and agreement between City and PRT, Frankford Elevated 1922 

115 8

Lease agreement for street railways between Union Traction Company and PRT 1932 

115 9

Lease between 17th and 19th Street Passenger Railway Company and Empire Passenger Railway Company 1872 

115 10

Lease, Frankford Elevated and Bustleton Surface Line 1922 

115 11

Lease of City-built lines to PRT, statements 1917 

115 12
Volume

Lease of the Union Traction Company to PRT, volume 1 1902 

482

Lease of the Union Traction Company to PRT, volume 2 1902 

483
Box Folder

Leases 1890-1895 

115 13

Lewis and Fowler Manufacturing Company, Railway Register Manufacturing Company, Edward Chestermen, Demorest Duplex Register Company - Purchase of registers 1885 

115 14
Volume

Line section diagrams, part 1 undated 

22

Line section diagrams, part 2 undated 

23
Box Folder

List of motor traction companies 1920 

115 15

List of stockholders 1908 

116 1

Mac bus models specifications undated 

116 2-4

Mac International Motor Truck Corporation - motorbus test operation 1924-1939 

116 5-7

Management training manual, analysis of business data undated 

116 8

Management training manuals 1927 

116 9

Management training manual, Electric Railway Industry circa 1927 

117 1

Management training manual, "Handling Men" 1927 

117 2
Volume

Management training manual, "Public relations" 1927 

485

Market Street Elevated, construction records 1901-1906 

28
Box Folder

Market Street Elevated, removal agreement with City 1930 

117 3

Market Street Elevated, subway construction records 1909-1929 

117 4

Mileage of underlying companies 1919-1935 

117 5-7

Mileage of underlying companies 1919-1935 

118 1
Volume

Mileage sheets 1899-1905 

85
Box Folder

Miscellaneous agreements circa 1932-1957 

118 2

Miscellaneous data regarding Mitten Bank Securities Corporation circa 1928 

118 3

Mitten Building concourse 1926-1931 

118 4-5

Mitten Building concourse 1926-1931 

119 1-5

Mitten Building concourse 1926-1931 

120 1-6

Mitten Building, miscellaneous data 1927-1943 

120 7

Mitten Building, miscellaneous properties 1930-1931 

121 1

Mitten Building, proposed addition 1929 

121 2

Mitten Management Incorporated undated 

121 3

Mortgage agreement, Hestonville et al. to Girard Life Insurance Annuity and Trust Company of Philadelphia 1894 

121 4

Mortgage bond 1937-1938 

121 5

Mortgage, C. Benton Cooper 1924 

121 6
Volume

Mortgages undated 

484
Box Folder

New equipment and equipment trusts circa 1945 

121 7

New York Transportation Company, lease of buses 1924 

121 8

New York Transportation Company, purchase of buses 1926 

121 9

Odd Fellows Hall Association of Spring Garden Street, noise complaint 1890 

121 10

Operating agreements, Chester and Moores Lines 1928 

121 11

Ordinance of Councils, amended agreement 1939 

121 12
Volume

Passenger statistics 1911 July-December 

126

Passenger statistics 1912 January-June 

123

Passenger statistics 1912 July-December 

63

Passenger statistics 1913 January-March 

106

Passenger statistics 1913 April-June 

66

Passenger statistics 1913 July-September 

120

Passenger statistics 1913 October-December 

124

Passenger statistics 1914 January-February 

64

Passenger statistics 1914 March-April 

119

Passenger statistics 1914 May-June 

65

Passenger statistics 1914 July-August 

107

Passenger statistics 1914 September-October 

121

Passenger statistics 1914 November-December 

122

Passenger statistics 1915 January-February 

105

Passenger statistics 1915 March-April 

91

Passenger statistics 1915 May-June 

92

Passenger statistics 1915 July-August 

93

Passenger statistics 1915 September-October 

90

Passenger statistics 1915 November-December 

125

Passenger statistics 1919 November-December 

108

Passenger statistics 1921 November-December 

80

Passenger statistics 1922 November-December 

79
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Paving 1956 

121 13

Paving contracts circa 1895 

121 14

Petition to Pennsylvania Public Service Commission 1928 

121 15

Philadelphia transit studies 1955 

122 1

Plans of subway in 8th Street 1917 

122 2

Plans of subway in Arch Street between 8th Street and Broad Street 1917 

122 3

Poles and fixtures 1921-1951 

122 4

Priced trend data 1941-1942 

122 5

Properties 1921-1924 

122 6

Property and equipment reports circa 1930 

122 7

Property claims circa 1929 

122 8

Property records 1940 

122 9

Proposal for car service and track exchanges 1920 

123 1

Public service company law 1913 

123 2

Public service coordinated transport lease of buses 1938 

123 3

Rapid transit system traction program 1921 

123 4

Report and valuation, Schuylkill Avenue and Catherine Street (30th Ward) 1946 

123 5

Report of Transit Commission to Mayor 1920 

123 6

Report on Frankford Elevated Line by Transit Committee 1919 

123 7

Report on street rail systems in other cities 1909 

123 8

Reports from Pennsylvania Public Service Commission 1925-1926 

123 9

Retired cars 1936-1939 

123 10-11

Rights - Incorporation and franchise 1893 

123 12

Rights on 4th Street between Wolf Street and Moyamensing Avenue 1892 

123 13

Rights on Girard Avenue 1890 

123 14

Rights on Girard Avenue between 31st Street and 37th Street 1894 

123 15

Rights on Norris Street between Lawrence Street and 4th Street and on 4th Street between Norris Street and Lehigh Avenue 1889 

123 16

Rights on streets in Chester, Pennsylvania 1899-1900 

123 17

Rights of way 1921-1955 

124 1

Rights of way, Algon Realty Company 1940 

124 2

Route 66 papers 1951 

124 3

Salt on state highways 1950-1957 

124 4
Volume

Schedule of physical property, PRT and Philadelphia Rural Transit Company 1935 

69
Box Folder

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), miscellaneous 1967 

124 5

Smith, Thomas W., lease of buses 1926 

124 6

Statement by P. T. Stotesbury regarding City Build Lines lease 1917 

124 7

Statement under rule 5 1967 

124 8

Statement regarding city public convenience certificate 1915 

124 9

Status of bus routes [of Philadelphia Transit Company] prior to January 1, 1940 1948 

124 10

Stock trust certificate agreements 1893-1895 

124 11

Stockholders report on People's Passenger Railway Company 1883 

124 12

Stockholders resolution 1919 

124 13

Study of passenger transportation 1916 

124 14

Subway elevated lines, monthly report 1943 

124 15

Summary of skip-stop system 1921 

125 1

"Talk It Over Meeting' 1919 

125 2

Telephone information division 1931 

125 3

Track inspection techniques and procedures 1952 

125 4

Track removed by PRT 1931 

125 5

Track strip-extension paving memorandum 1953 

125 6

Traffic improvement plan 1957 

125 7

Transit Advisory Committee, report on transit situation 1930 

125 8

Transit data summaries, employee payrates for public transportation in various cities circa 1956-1960 

125 9

Transit data summaries 1960 

126 1-2

Transit plans and recapitalization 1920 

126 3

Trolley pole diagrams 1922-1924 

126 4

Trust indentures 1939 

126 5

Twin Coach Company bus model specifications 1940 

126 6-7

Twin Coach Company bus model specifications 1940 

127 1-5

Twin Coach Company - Purchase of buses 1938 

127 6

Twin Coach Company test operations 1937 

127 7

Uniform deposit agreement for stockholders 1928 

127 8

Union Traction Company and PRT car trust 1920 

128 1

Universal free transfers proposal 1914 

128 2

Westinghouse Electric, generator and motor specifications 1941 

128 3

White Motor Company, bus model specifications 1940 

128 4-6

Wilgus, Frank C. - Sale of buses 1926 

128 7

Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company - Purchase of buses 1923-1938 

128 8-10

Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company - Purchase of buses 1923-1938 

129 1-2

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 Series VI Ephemera and other published materials 1880-1967 

Box Folder

50-year employee dinners 1945-1948 

129 3

Annual pass-holder list 1952-1954 

129 4

Air service circa 1945 

129 5
Volume

Bound publications 1906-1912 

486

Bound publications 1913-1914 

487

Bound publications 1915-1918 

488

Bound publications 1919 

489

Bound publications 1920 

490

Bound publications 1921 

491

Bound publications 1922 

492

Bound publications 1923 

493

Bound publications 1924 

494

Bound publications 1925 

495

Bound publications 1926 

496

Bound publications 1927 

497

Bound publications 1928 

498

Bound publications 1929 

499
Box Folder

Bound publications 1931-1940 

129 8-10
Box

Bound publications 1931-1940 

130-133
Box Folder

Bound publications 1931-1940 

134 1-4

Boyd's Official Philadelphia Street and Trolley Guide 1939 

134 5

Buses, intercity schedules circa 1939 

134 6

Buses, rural transit schedules 1929-1932 

134 7

Charter service undated 

135 1

City transit "Talk It Over" meetings 1919 

135 2

Cooperative Association circa 1925 

135 3

Cooperative Welfare Association, annual dinner 1920-1931 

135 4

Corporate reorganization 1939 

135 5

Employee annual picnic 1920-1942 

135 6-7

Employee manuals 1917-1955 

136 1

Forms circa 1941-1950 

136 2

General description circa 1951 

136 3

General publicity circa 1950 

136 4

Guides to Philadelphia circa 1936-1953 

136 5

History of the organization and by-laws of the Board of Presidents 1880 

136 6
Volume

"Off-Peak" 1942-1943 

Scope and Contents note

"Off-Peak" was the employee newsletter of the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC).

500

"Off-Peak" 1944 

501

"Off-Peak" 1945 

502

"Off-Peak" 1946 

503

"Off-Peak" 1947-1948 

504
Box Folder

Operation Northwest, fare pamphlets 1958 

136 7

Operations newsletter 1946-1954 

136 8-9

"Philadelphia's Rapid Transit" (construction of Market Street Subway-Elevated) 1908 

136 10

"Phillybound" 1928 

136 11

Pennsylvania Railroad 1924 and 1947 

137 1

Picnic number and cooperative record 1921 

137 2

Press releases 1954-1962 

137 3

"PRT and the City - A Business Partnership," by Mitten 1925 

137 4

"PTC: Keeping Pace with a New Philadelphia" undated 

137 5

"PTC News" 1948-1957 

137 6-9

"PTC Street and Transit Guide" 1906-1959 

137 10
Volume

"PRT Traveler" 1930-1931 

505

"PRT Traveler" 1932 

506

"PRT Traveler" 1933 

507

"PRT Traveler" 1934-1935 

508

"PRT Traveler" 1936-1937 

509

"PRT Traveler" 1938-1939 

510

"PTC Traveler" 1940-1941 

511

"PTC Traveler" 1942-1943 

512

"PTC Traveler" 1947-1948 

513

"PTC Traveler" 1949-1950 

514

"PTC Traveler" 1951-1952 

515
Box Folder

"PTC Traveler" proof 1957 May 

160 5

Rapid transit handbook 1922 

138 1
Volume

"Service Talks" 1920-1925 

516

"Service Talks" 1926 

517

"Service Talks" 1927 

518

"Service Talks" 1928 

519
Box Folder

"Service Talks" 1929 

138 2

Smith Transit Lease Statement 1917 

138 3

"The Spirit of PRT" 1924 

138 4

"The Story of Transit in Philadelphia" circa 1950-1965 

138 5

Stotesbury-Mitten Management 10-year report 1921 

138 6

Street and transit guide 1953-1956 

138 7
Volume

Ticket sample book, bus routes circa 1940-1955 

520

Ticket sample book, lettered routes circa 1940-1955 

521

Ticket sample book, numbered routes circa 1940-1955 

522
Box Folder

Tribute to Frank B. Ellis 1945 

160 2

Trolley schedules circa 1950-1960 

138 8-11

Trolley schedules circa 1950-1960 

139 1-3

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 Series VII Subsidiary and predecessor rail lines 1803-1941 

Volume

2nd and 3rd Streets Passenger Railway Company. Board of Directors minute book 1858-1865 

209

2nd and 3rd Streets Passenger Railway Company. Board of Directors minute book 1865-1876 

211

2nd and 3rd Streets Passenger Railway Company. Board of Directors minute book 1876-1886 

213

2nd and 3rd Streets Passenger Railway Company. Board of Directors minute book 1886-1901 

214

2nd and 3rd Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1905-1939 

210

2nd and 3rd Streets Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders minute book 1858-1883 

212
Box Folder

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Act of assembly 1859 

139 4
Volume

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1880-1885 

252

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1885-1888 

242

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1889-1903 

251

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1903-1939 

254

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Day book 1891 

244

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1868-1892 

238

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1882-1892 

245

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1884-1892 

249

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1885-1891 

248

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger circa 1891 

241

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Financial records 1873-1881 

246

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1859-1883 

243

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1884-1922 

253

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Record of stock transfers 1927-1939 

247

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1859-1885 

239

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1863-1894 

240

13th and 15th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Treasurer reports 1887-1891 

250

17th and 19th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1873-1876 

275

17th and 19th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1894-1933 

276

17th and 19th Streets Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1859-1930 

274
Box Folder

Aramingo Avenue Railway Company. Records 1894 

139 5
Volume

Broad Street Rapid Transit Street Railway Company. Minute book 1901-1939 

4
Box Folder

Bucks County Railway Company. Cash book 1899 

160 3
Volume

Bustleton and Byberry Rapid Transit Street Railway Company. Cash book 1903 and 1921 

7
Box Folder

Centennial Passenger Railway Company. Vouchers 1892 

139 7

Central Passenger Railway Company and Chestnut and Walnut Street Railway Company. Acts of incorporation 1858 

139 6

Chelten Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Measurement of tracks 1892 

139 8
Volume

Cheltenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company. Financial ledger 1803-1857 

195

Cheltenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company. Financial ledger 1867-1907 

197

Cheltenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company. Managers minute book 1888-1918 

194

Cheltenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company. Stockholders ledger 1841-1864 

304

Cheltenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company. Treasurers book 1909-1918 

196
Box Folder

Cherry Street Passenger Railway Company. Records 1894-1897 

139 9
Volume

Chester and Philadelphia Railway Company. Cash book 1920-1941 

289

Chester and Philadelphia Railway Company. Financial ledger 1920-1937 

288

Chester and Philadelphia Railway Company. Minutes 1910-1919 

287
Box Folder

Chestnut Hill and Spring House Passenger Railway Company. Account books 1894-1896 

140 1

Chestnut Hill and Spring House Passenger Railway Company. Agreement with White Marsh township 1894 

140 2

Chestnut Hill and Spring House Passenger Railway Company. Articles of association 1894 

140 3

Chestnut Hill and Spring House Passenger Railway Company. Court decree 1897 

140 4
Volume

Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1887-1896 

37

Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1858-1875 

33

Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1876-1887 

34

Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1888-1928 

35

Citizen's Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1858-1879 

36

Colville Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1869-1874 

39

Colville Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1887 

41

Colville Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1870-1877 

42

Colville Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1875-1889 

38

Colville Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1877-1890 

40

Continental Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1876-1883 

301

Continental Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1879-1880 

303

Continental Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1894-1939 

302

Continental Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1873-1926 

300

Continental Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1893-1926 

290
Box Folder

Darby, Media, and Chester Street Railway Company. Rights of way 1923 

140 5

Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway Company. Account book 1900-1914 

140 6

Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway Company. Cash book 1900-1904 

140 7
Volume

Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway Company. Minute book 1900-1939 

199
Box Folder

Doylestown and Willow Grove Turnpike Road Company. Acts of incorporation 1853 

140 8
Volume

Doylestown and Willow Grove Turnpike Road Company. Minute book 1838-1919 

198

Doylestown and Willow Grove Turnpike Road Company. Treasurers book 1909-1919 

200
Box Folder

Electric Traction Company and Omnibus Company. Annual reports 1894 

140 9
Volume

Electric Traction Company. Accident docket 1895 

145a

Electric Traction Company. Accident register 1895 

3

Electric Traction Company. Accident register 1897 

1

Electric Traction Company. Account book 1895-1896 

48a

Electric Traction Company. Minute book 1893-1933 

145b
Box Folder

Electric Traction Company. Stockholders lists 1895-1938 

140 10
Volume

Empire Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1863-1939 

48b

Fairmount and Arch Street City Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1858-1864 

12

Fairmount Park Haddington Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1895-1939 

15

Fairmount Park Railway Company. Minute book 1874-1926 

181
Box Folder

Federal Street Passenger Railway Company. Records 1893-1897 

140 11
Volume

Frankford and Oxford Turnpike Company. Minute book 1889-1904 

16

Frankford and Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1862-1867 

215

Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Company. Cash book 1892-1912 

55

Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Company. Financial ledger 1915-1939 

178

Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Company. Minute book 1882-1893 

54
Box Folder

Frankford. Tacony, and Holmesburg Street Railway Company. Annual reports 1917-1920 

140 12
Volume

Frankford, Tacony and Holmesburg Street Railway Company. Minutes 1910-1917 

338

Frankford, Tacony and Holmesburg Street Railway Company. Minutes 1920-1925 

337
Box Folder

Germantown and Fairmount Park Railway. Records 1898-1900 

141 4

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Acts of incorporation 1859 and 1876 

141 1-2
Volume

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1874-1893 

207

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1878-1891 

208

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1859-1867 

206

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1866-1914 

205
Box Folder

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders lists 1885-1886 

141 3
Volume

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1858-1863 

347

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1863-1868 

348

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1868-1873 

346

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1873-1880 

342

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1880-1881 

349
Box Folder

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Correspondence 1879-1881 

141 5-6

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Exchange accounts 1879-1881 

141 7
Volume

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1877-1879 

344

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1882-1938 

339

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1876-1922 

345

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1858-1864 

341

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger 1865-1940 

340
Box Folder

Green and Coates Streets Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders lists 1882 

141 8
Volume

Hatboro and Warminster Turnpike Road Company. Minute book 1901-1918 

13
Box Folder

Hatboro and Warminster Turnpike Road Company. Miscellaneous papers circa 1913 

141 9
Volume

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1891-1892 

184

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1897-1939 

183

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Claim docket 1895-1896 

179

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1859-1876 

182

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1876-1894 

181

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1894-1926 

180
Box Folder

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Company. Rights 1875-1895 

141 10
Volume

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger (common stock) 1870 

185

Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1862-1881 

255

Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1881-1886 

256

Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1886-1889 

177a

Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1881-1886 

257

Lehigh Avenue Railway Company. Minute book 1873-1922 

177b

Market Street Elevated Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1901-1909 

8

Market Street Elevated Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1916 

110
Box Folder

Northern Passenger Railway Company. Vouchers 1891-1892 

142 1
Volume

Omnibus Company General. Minute book 1889-1896 

5

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident docket 1894 

144

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident register 1895 

2

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident register 1895 

134

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident register 1895 

135

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1886 March-September 

328

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1886 September-1887 May 

332

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1887 May-October 

324

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1887 October-1888 March 

331

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1888 March-October 

327

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1888 October-1889 April 

330

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1889 April-September 

333

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1889 September-1890 February 

334

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1890 February-July 

131

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1890 July-December 

335

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1890 December-1891 April 

336

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1891 April-September 

321

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1891 September-1892 April 

322

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1892 April-November 

318

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1892 December-1893 May 

319

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1893 May-October 

130

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1893 October-1894 March 

132

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 March-June 

129

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 June-July 

326

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 July-September 

128

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 September-October 

323

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 October-November 

317

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 November-December 

316

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1894 December-1895 January 

325

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1895 January-February 

329

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1895 February-March 

320

People's Passenger Railway Company. Accident reports 1895 March 

133

People's Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1875-1881 

140

People's Passenger Railway Company. Cash book (general) 1893-1896 

137

People's Passenger Railway Company. Cash book (operating) 1891-1893 

139

People's Passenger Railway Company. Cash book (operating) 1893-1896 

138

People's Passenger Railway Company. Day book 1881-1894 

142

People's Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1894-1924 

143

People's Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1873-1882 

136a

People's Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1882-1886 

141

People's Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1886-1895 

136b
Box Folder

People's Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders lists 1881-1938 

142 2

People's Traction Company. Correspondence 1894-1895 

94 2

People's Traction Company. Correspondence 1894-1895 

95 1
Volume

People's Traction Company. Journal of transfers 1894-1896 

315a

People's Traction Company. Minute book 1893-1915 

315b
Box Folder

People's Traction Company. Stockholders lists 1895-1938 

142 3
Volume

Philadelphia and Chester Railway Company. Detail book 1902-1911 

158

Philadelphia and Chester Railway Company. Minute book 1900-1909 

157

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Cash book 1864-1870 and 1922-1931 

312

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Financial ledger 1858-1864 and 1922-1928 

311

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Minute book 1858 

308

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Minute book 1858-1862 

309

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Minute book 1862-1880 

310

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Minute book 1881-1940 

313

Philadelphia and Darby Railway Company. Stock ledger 1881-1935 

314
Box Folder

Philadelphia and Delaware Street Railway Company. Legal records 1893-1900 

142 5

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Account book 1866-1867 

142 6
Volume

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1858-1864 

6

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1865-1872 

203
Box Folder

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1882-1891 

142 7
Volume

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1888-1939 

204

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1887-1939 

202

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders minute book 1879-1938 

201

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Board of Presidents minute book 1859-1873 

191

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Board of Presidents minute book 1874-1899 

192

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1859-1874 

189

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1874-1881 

188

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1877-1882 

193

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1891-1934 

186
Box Folder

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Correspondence 1892 

142 4
Volume

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Minute book 1868-1893 

190

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger circa 1878-1935 

187

Philadelphia Traction Company. Accident reports 1889-1891 

269

Philadelphia Traction Company. Accident reports 1891-1892 

271a

Philadelphia Traction Company. Accident reports 1894 April-1895 October 

291

Philadelphia Traction Company. Accident reports 1894-1895 

295

Philadelphia Traction Company. Accident reports 1895-1896 

270

Philadelphia Traction Company. Account transfers 1883-1888 

299

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1888 

277

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1889 

278

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1890 

279

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1891 

280

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1893 

281

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1894 

282

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1895 

283

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1896 

284

Philadelphia Traction Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1897 

285

Philadelphia Traction Company. Cash book 1883-1885 

263

Philadelphia Traction Company. Cash book 1887-1888 

265

Philadelphia Traction Company. Cash book (cable), Union Branch 1884-1890 

264

Philadelphia Traction Company. Contracts 1884-1895 

226

Philadelphia Traction Company. Contracts 1884 January-1896 July 

293

Philadelphia Traction Company. Directors minute book 1883-1909 

266

Philadelphia Traction Company. Financial ledger 1892-1895 

286

Philadelphia Traction Company. Installments 1884-1892 

268

Philadelphia Traction Company. Letter book 1893 September-November 

296

Philadelphia Traction Company. Letter book 1893 December - 1894 February 

297

Philadelphia Traction Company. Letter book 1895 February-August 

298

Philadelphia Traction Company. Minute book 1883-1909 

271b

Philadelphia Traction Company. Punch account with depots 1889-1894 

267

Philadelphia Traction Company. Records 1893-1895 

294

Philadelphia Traction Company. Sales ledger 1894-1895 

292

Philadelphia Traction Company. Stock ledger 1881-1892 

262

Philadelphia Traction Company. Stockholders minute book 1884-1925 

216

Philadelphia Traction Company. Stock ledger index undated 

261

Pittston Street Car Company. Cash book 1891-1894 

17

Real Estate Holding Company. Minute book. 1902-1924 

14

Ridge Avenue and Manayunk Passenger Railroad Company. Cash book 1862-1879 

45

Ridge Avenue and Manayunk Passenger Railroad Company. Stock ledger circa 1860 

47

Ridge Avenue and Manayunk Passenger Railroad Company. Stock ledger 1880 

46

Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1877-1886 

259

Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1887-1896 

258

Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1926-1939 

260

Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger, estate of William S. Blight. 1903-1908 

11

Schuylkill River Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1866 

27

Schuylkill River Passenger Railway Company. Subscription book 1866 

26

Unidentified. Account ledger 1864-1866 

25

Unidentified. Account ledger 1866 

24
Box Folder

Union Passenger Railway Company and its adjuncts. Acts of incorporation undated 

142 8
Volume

Union Passenger Railway Company. [Employee incident] reports 1884 

150

Union Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1870-1872 

151

Union Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1874-1876 

152

Union Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1881 

149

Union Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1884 

148

Union Passenger Railway Company. Cash book 1895-1937 

146

Union Passenger Railway Company. Director's minute book 1864-1894 

155

Union Passenger Railway Company. Director's minute book 1895-1926 

156

Union Passenger Railway Company. Stock ledger circa 1885 

153

Union Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders minute book 1864-1926 

154

Union Passenger Railway Company. Timetables circa 1880 

147

Union Traction Company. Accident register 1896 

20

Union Traction Company. Accident register 1896 

32

Union Traction Company. Accident register 1898 

56

Union Traction Company. Accident register 1899 

31

Union Traction Company. Accident register 1900 

30

Union Traction Company. Accident register 1900-1901 

19

Union Traction Company. Accident register circa 1902 

18

Union Traction Company. Accident reports, 1st division 1897 January-August 

234

Union Traction Company. Accident reports, 6th Street and Cumberland Street 1895-1896 

232

Union Traction Company. Accident reports, 41st Street and Haverford Avenue 1895-1896 

230

Union Traction Company. Accident reports, electric division 1895-1896 

231

Union Traction Company. Accident reports, people's division 1895-1896 

233
Box Folder

Union Traction Company. Additions, extensions and substitutions 1902-1937 

142 9

Union Traction Company. Annual reports 1897-1901 

142 10
Volume

Union Traction Company. Cash book 1884 

220
Box Folder

Union Traction Company. Earnings and expenses 1899-1902 

142 11
Volume

Union Traction Company. Executive Committee minute book 1895-1902 

235

Union Traction Company. Finance Committee minute book 1898-1902 

272

Union Traction Company. Letter book 1896 April-July 

219

Union Traction Company. Letter book 1896 May-August 

223

Union Traction Company. Letter book 1896 May-November 

229

Union Traction Company. Letter book 1897 February-June 

222

Union Traction Company. Letter book 1898 March-August 

224

Union Traction Company. Minute book 1899-1908 

236

Union Traction Company. Minute book 1908-1916 

218

Union Traction Company. Minute book 1922-1938 

225

Union Traction Company. Officers and Directors of subsidiaries 1901-1902 

228

Union Traction Company. Resolutions approved by Directors 1896-1898 

237

Union Traction Company. Stockholders 1896-1898 

221
Box Folder

Union Traction Company. Stockholders lists undated 

143 2
Volume

Union Traction Company. Stockholders minute book 1895-1899 

273
Box Folder

Union Traction Company. Track extensions 1897-1902 

143 1

Universal Cab Company. Application for incorporation 1929 

143 3

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Acts of incorporation 1877 

143 4
Volume

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Appointment book 1881-1885 

173

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Auditor reports 1879-1894 

343
Box Folder

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. By-laws 1877 

143 5
Volume

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Cash book circa 1879 

176

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Exchanges 1883-1886 

175

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1879-1888 

217

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1881-1882 

307

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger and stockholders ledger 1877-1939 

306

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Package tickets 1879-1884 

174

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders ledger 1839-1861 

305

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Stockholders minute book 1873-1926 

172

Wilkes-Barre and Kingston Passenger Railway Company. Financial ledger 1927 

10

Wilkes-Barre and Northern Railroad Company. Financial ledger 1897-1898 

9

Wilkes-Barre and Suburban Street Railway Company. Cash book 1887-1892 

49

Wilkes-Barre and Suburban Street Railway Company. Day book 1887-1892 

50

Wilkes-Barre and Suburban Street Railway Company. Financial ledger circa 1890 

51

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Cash book 1892-1899 

168

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Cash book 1900-1903 

164

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Cash book 1903-1906 

166

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Cash book 1907-1909 

162

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Cash book 1910-1911 

163

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Detail book 1899-1903 

160

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Detail book 1903-1907 

161

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Detail book 1907-1909 

159

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Financial ledger 1891-1900 

167

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Financial ledger 1892-1895 

170

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Financial ledger 1898-1899 

171

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Financial ledger 1900-1910 

169

Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Financial ledger 1901-1911 

165

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1910 

523

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1911 

524

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1912 

525

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1913 

526

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1914 

527

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1915 

529

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1916 

531

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1917 

534

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1917 

535

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1918 

537

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1919 

539

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1920 

541

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1921 

543

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1922 

545

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1924 

548

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1925 

549

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1925 

550

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1926 

551

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1926 

552

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1927 

553

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1927 

554

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1928 

555

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1928 

556

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1929 

557

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1929 

558

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1930 

559

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1930 

560

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1931 

561

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1931 

562

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1932 

563

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1932 

564

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1933 

565

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1933 

566

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1934 

567

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1934 

568

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1935 

569

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1936 

570

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1937 

571

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Department of Internal Affairs 1938 

572

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1914 

528

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1915 

530

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1916 

532

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1916 

533

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1917 

536

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1918 

538

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1919 

540

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1920 

542

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1921 

544

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1922 

546

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Annual report to Public Service Commission 1923 

547
Box Folder

Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. Federal tax returns 1910-1920 

143 6

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 Series VIII Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings 1905-1942 

 Subseries a Edmund Stirling scrapbooks 1917-1935 

Scope and Contents note

Edmund Stirling (1861-1948) was an editor and photographer at the Public Ledger, a Philadelphia newspaper. These scrapbooks are primarily comprised of newspaper clippings. There is a card catalog index to the scrapbooks that was donated with them. Some scrapbooks are unavailable due to conservation concerns; please contact the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for further information.

Box

Index to Edmund Stirling scrapbooks undated 

159
Volume

Stirling #11 1917 September-1918 March 

573

Stirling #12 1918 March-November 

574

Stirling #13 1918 November-September 

575

Stirling #14 1919 October-1920 April 

576

Stirling #15 1920 April-July 

577

Stirling #20 1923 April-September 

578

Stirling #21 1923 September-1924 August 

579

Stirling #22 1924 August-1925 January 

580

Stirling #23 1925 January-May 

581

Stirling #24 1925 May-December 

582

Stirling #25 1925 December-1926 October 

583

Stirling #26 1926 October-1927 February 

584

Stirling #27 1927 March-1928 January 

585

Stirling #28 1928 January-August 

586

Stirling #29 1928 August-1929 January 

587

Stirling #30 1929 January-June 

588

Stirling #31 1929 June-October 

589

Stirling #32 1929 October-1930 March 

590

Stirling #33 1930 March-September 

591

Stirling #34 1930 September-1931 April 

592

Stirling #35 1931 April-1932 April 

593

Stirling #36 1932 April-1933 July 

594

Stirling #37 1933 July-1935 March 

595

 Subseries b Newspaper clipping scrapbooks 1905-1912 

Volume

 1905 February-November 

115

 1905 November-1906 March 

596

 1907 September-1908 January 

597

 1908 January-June 

598

 1908 June-August 

599

 1908 August-October 

600

 1908 October-1909 January 

601

 1909 January-May 

602

 1909 May 

603

 1909 May-June 

116

 1909 June-July 

604

 1909 July-October 

605

 1909 October-1910 January 

606

 1910 January-February 

607

 1910 February 

117

 1910 February-March 

608

 1910 March 

118

 1910 March 7-12 

609

 1910 March 12-21 

610

 1910 March-April 

611

 1910 April-May 

612

 1910 May-September 

613

 1910 September-1911 January 

614

 1911 January-April 

615

Regarding Fenders 1911 April-May 

616

 1911 April-August 

617

 1911 August-1912 January 

618

 1912 January-July 

619

 Subseries c Newspaper clippings 1912-1936 

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 1912 December 

143 7

 1913 January 

144 1

 1913 February 

144 2-4

 1913 March 

145 1-3

 1913 April 

145 4-5

 1913 May 

145 6

 1913 May 

146 1-2

 1913 June 

146 3-5

 1913 July 

146 6

 1913 August 

147 1

 1913 September 

147 2-3

 1913 September 

148 1-2

 1913 October 

148 3-4

 1913 October 

149 1-6

 1913 November 

150 1-4

 1913 December 

151 1-6

 1914 January 

151 7

 1914 January 

152 1-3

 1914 February 

152 4

"Evening Bulletin" historical pictures 1934 

152 5

Philadelphia pictures circa 1926 

152 6

"Philadelphia Inquirer" pictures 1936 

153 1

 Subseries d Miscellaneous scrapbooks 1848-1942 

Volume

 1909 May-August 

620

 1909 August-October 

621

 1909 October-1910 January 

622

 1930 February-June 

623

Arts, sciences, railroads, navigation, manufactures 1848-1891 

624
Box Folder

Brill Company catalog undated 

153 2

Loose page from scrapbook undated 

153 3

Photo negative undated 

153 4

Photographs of PRT/PTC posters 1939-1942 

153 5

Portrait album undated 

Scope and Contents note

The men pictured in this album are unidentified. It is presumed that they were associated in some way with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.

153 6

Staggered hours, off-peak riding circa 1937-1942 

160 4

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 Series IX Maps, diagrams and ward atlases 1869-1959 

Item

22nd Street and Allegheny Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Track extension plan 1904 July 18 

1
Box Folder

60-cycle AC cable connections between stations 1933 

153 7
Volume

Atlas of 1st and 39th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1911 

400

Atlas of 1st and 39th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1912 

360

Atlas of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 30th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1905 

416
Volume Volume

Atlas of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 30th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1917 

411 398
Volume

Atlas of 5th, 7th and 8th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1914 

361, 391, 414

Atlas of 5th, 7th and 8th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1923 

393

Atlas of 6th, 9th and 10th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1915 

403

Atlas of 6th, 9th and 10th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1921 

359, 402

Atlas of 11th through 15th wards (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1886 

385, 389

Atlas of 11th through 17th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1909 

396, 404, 415

Atlas of 18th, 19th and 31st wards (J. L. Smith) 1904 

392, 410

Atlas of 20th and 29th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1907 

390, 406, 413

Atlas of 21st and 28th ward (G. M. Hopkins) 1875 

357

Atlas of 22nd and 42nd wards (J. L. Smith) 1906 

371

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1911 

363

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1899 

368

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. M. Hopkins) 1876 

351

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. M. Hopkins) 1885 

356

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1899 

370

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1911 

408

Atlas of 22nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1923 

373, 412

Atlas of 23rd 35th and 41st wards (J. L. Smith) 1910 

365

Atlas of 23rd and 35th wards (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1894 

367

Atlas of 23rd and 41st wards (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1920 

424

Atlas of 23rd, 35th, 41st wards (J. L. Smith) 1910 

419

Atlas of 24th and 27th wards (G. M. Hopkins) 1872 

350

Atlas of 24th and 34th wards (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1892 

366

Atlas of 24th and 34th wards (J. L. Smith) 1905 

401

Atlas of 24th, 34th and 44th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1911 

394

Atlas of 25th, 33rd, 37th, 38th, 43rd and 45th wards (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1925 

377

Atlas of 25th and 33rd wards (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1891 

386

Atlas of 25th and 45th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1910 

409

Atlas of 26th and 36th wards (J. L. Smith) 1909 

405

Atlas of 26th and 36th wards (J. L. Smith) 1913 

399

Atlas of 27th and 46th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1913 

421

Atlas of 27th ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1892 

369

Atlas of 28th, 32nd and 37th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1903 

426

Atlas of 28th, 32nd and 37th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1908 

395

Atlas of 33rd and 43rd wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1906 

422

Atlas of 33rd and 43rd wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1911 

420

Atlas of 35th ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1921 

397, 423

Atlas of 38th and 37th wards (Elvino V. Smith) 1912 

418

Atlas of 40th ward (Elvino V. Smith) 1917 

417

Atlas of 42nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1913 

379, 407

Atlas of 42nd ward (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1923 

374, 425

Atlas of Central Philadelphia, South Street to Lehigh Ave (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1922 

378

Atlas of Germantown (G. M. Hopkins and Co.) 1871 

384

Atlas of Lower Merion Township (A. H. Mueller) 1896 

353

Atlas of Mainline from Devon to Downingtown and West Chester (A. H. Mueller) 1912 

375

Atlas of Northern District of Philadelphia (G. Wm. Baist) 1901 

376

Atlas of northwest suburbs of Philadelphia (G. Wm. Baist) 1893 

354

Atlas of Pennsylvania (Stedman, Brown and Lyon) 1872 

352

Atlas of Philadelphia central business property (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1895 

362

Atlas of Philadelphia central business property (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1896 

381

Atlas of Philadelphia complete in one volume (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1910 

372

Atlas of properties along Pennsylvania Railroad, City Line to Malvern (G. M. Hopkins) 1881 

355, 358

Atlas of properties along the railroad, Philadelphia to Chester and Elwin Stations (J. L. Smith) undated 

388

Atlas of properties along the Schuylkill valley from Philadelphia to Norristown (J. L. Smith) 1886 

387

Atlas of West Philadelphia (G. M. Hopkins and Co.) 1872 

383

Atlas of West Philadelphia (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1918 

364, 382

Atlas of West Philadelphia (G. W. Bromley and Co.) 1927 

380
Item

Broad Street Subway, light, signal and emergency cables 1925 January 22 

2

Broad Street Subway power distribution, City Hall to Fern Rock Yard 1928 April 24 

3

Cabinet for mail secretaries' office 1923 August 9 

4

Chester and Philadelphia Railway Company. Rights of way maps (6 sheets) 1919 September 30 

6

City Hall Station, Broad Street Subway (2 copies) 1939 August 4 

7

City of Philadelphia population map as of 1920 census after 1920 

8
Box Folder

Diagram of high-tension system undated 

153 8
Item

Doylestown Turnpike from Willow Grove to Doylestown (2 sheets) 1911 March 30 

10

Drawing of street with elevated subway structure undated 

11

"Geographia" map of Philadelphia, Camden and vicinity undated 

12
Box Folder

High-tension cables 1940 

153 9

Horse and cable lines 1959 

153 10

Location of feeder sections 1953 

154 1
Item

Lombard and South Street Passenger Railway Company. Track extension map, 27th ward after 1881 

13

Maps of PRT lines 1920 March 3 and 1921 June 1 

14

Map of northern limits of Philadelphia up to Montgomery County, showing Willow Grove Park circa 1913 

15

Map of northern Philadelphia, Delaware River to Manayunk 1913 May 

16

Map of Philadelphia circa 1920 

17

Map of Philadelphia (John H. Dye, published by H. J. Toudy) 1869 

18

Map of Philadelphia, Camden and vicinity 1910 

19

Map of Philadelphia, Camden and vicinity (2 sheets) 1921 

20

Map of Philadelphia, Camden and vicinity, and Map of Philadelphia Rural Transit Company bus routes 1921 and 1925 April 14 

21

Map showing lines of the Electric Traction Company (2 copies) 1895 November 

22

Map showing tracks of PRT undated 

23

Plans and sections of car house, 26th Street and Girard Avenue (3 copies) 1919 September 25 

24

Plan for track changes 1926 

25
Box Folder

Plans of right of way, Darby and Yeadon Street Railway Company 1932-1935 

154 2
Item

Property exchanged between Motor Real Estate Company and George T. Sale (4 copies) 1925 June 15 

26

Properties in Nether Providence Township 1921 November 14 

27
Box Folder

Property in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties 1922 

154 3
Item

Rail map of 61st Street, Baltimore Avenue and Millick Street 1924 August 26 

28

Rail maps of northeast Philadelphia undated 

29
Box Folder

Rerouting maps 1913 

154 4

Rights of way undated 

154 5
Item

Route map circa 1920 

30

Route map 1925 

31

Station #20 cables 1940 June 5 

32

Steam and trolley routes in Camden in 1900 1937 April 

33

Street map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing streetcar, bus, and subway elevated lines 1951 February 

34

Track map (3 copies) 1927 January 1 

35

Track map with Doylestown and Hatboro lines (2 copies) 1927 January 1 

36
Box Folder

Track map 1950 

154 7

Tracks 1914 

154 6
Item

Transit development plan 1929 

37
Box Folder

Victory (Mill Road) Avenue, south of Cobbs Creek 1928 

154 8
Item

Walnut-Locust Station, Broad Street Subway, plan of electric pneumatic interlocking (3 sheets) 1930 May 1 

38
Box Folder

West Chester Turnpike at 69th Street 1946 and 1958 

154 9

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 Series X Willow Grove Amusement Park 1896-1940 

Scope and Contents note

Willow Grove Amusement Park was conceived by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company as a way to generate business along the Willow Grove transit line. The park opened in 1896 and was in operation until 1975. John Philip Sousa, a friend of PRT president Thomas E. Mitten, wrote and performed music at the park on a regular basis between 1901 and 1926.

Box Folder

Account book 1897-1906 

154 10-11

American Amusement and Construction Company, operation of amusements in Park 1906-1919 

155 1

Brady, James W., operation of slot machines, phonographs, etc. at Park 1912 

155 2

Brady, William A. and Company, operation of bicycle races and meats at Park 1898 

155 3

Cash book 1904-1911 

156 4

Comparison of operations 1897-1902 

155 5

Concessions at Willow Grove Park 1933 

155 6

Contracts 1896-1918 

155 7

Contracts 1896-1918 

156 1-2

Contracts for musical program 1902-1917 

156 3

Contracts for photographic illustration copyright 1905-1906 

156 4

Dentzel, Gustavus A., operation of carousel at Park 1902 

156 5
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Diagram of Willow Grove Park plumbing undated 

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Earning and expenses 1897-1905 

156 6

First National Bank of Beaver Falls, operation of amusements 1932 

156 7

Forrest Village Amusements Company, removal of amusements 1930 

156 8

General Amusements Operating Company, operation of carousel at Park 1916 

156 9

Irving, George, operation of "Fairy Theatre" 1902 

156 10

Morris Chute Company, operation of "Shoot the Chute" 1896 

156 11

Music correspondence 1911-1912 

156 12

Philadelphia Toboggan Company, operation of amusements 1906-1919 

156 13-14

Picnic photos 1940 

157 1-8

Picnic photos 1940 

158 1-2

Picnic posters 1920 

158 3

Property account 1937 

158 4

Silvers, Frank G. and Company, Production of "Battle of Manila" 1899 

158 5

Strobel, Charles J., Exhibition and operation of air-ships 1907 

158 6

Sturk Amusement Company, operation of "Crazy Village" 1916 

158 7

Thompson, L. A. Mountain Railway Company - Operation of scenic railway 1905 

158 8

Vogler, John G. Operation of bicycle flying machine. 1898 

158 9

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