Canadian National: Memorandum to Bill of Lading
Name/Title
Canadian National: Memorandum to Bill of LadingEntry/Object ID
2021.1047.01Description
Form, memorandum of agreement for a bill of lading. On the reverse side of the form, the conditions of the memorandum are listed. The form itself is blank however it has the areas to record: car initial, car number, kind of car, date, waybill number, consigned to, mail address, final destination, route, stop off (if any), name and address of party at stop off point, shipper's number, station from, shipper, charges to be collected from, shippers instructions, length of car ordered, marked capacity of car ordered, if charges are to be prepaid mark "prepaid", number of packages, description of articles and special marks, weight, calls rate or agreed charge number, payment received, agent signature and date, charges advanced, amount, fee, total, shipper signature, agent signature. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, official form used as a memorandum for bill of lading agreements. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National