Name/Title
Folder with City documents pertaining to railroads, 1922-1932Entry/Object ID
2011.64.2Scope and Content
Accession No. 11.64.2
Subject Category: City of Alameda; Transportation
Date or Period: 1922-1932
Object: File Folder
Description:
Description: acid-free, legal-size manila file folder with some documents marked on the reverse with “26” and a sequence number.
Size Folder: L 14 3/4” X W 9”
History of Object: Documents found in the attic of City Hall prior to renovation in the 1990s, pertaining to Railroads, such as complaints about street maintenance by the Southern Pacific R.R., changes in service, including ferry service; changes in location of stops. Includes a map with tracks colored in by hand, and with a summary of the related ordinance, pasted on (26-6), on a map created to reflect taxed property dating prior to 1931.
26-8 is a letter from Geo. Posey, warning that railroad tracks will be removed temporarily to construct the tube. Also included are letters from the Improvement Club (e.g. 26-15) and the Fernside Home Owners Association (26-23).
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date Cataloged: 10/8/11
