Canadian National: Shipping Order
Name/Title
Canadian National: Shipping OrderEntry/Object ID
2021.1049.01Description
Form, shipping order form. The reverse side and front both tell the terms and conditions of the shipping order. The form itself is blank however it has the areas to record: car initial, car number, kind of car, date, waybill number, stop off (if any), name and address of party at stop off, consignee, consignee code, mail address of consignee, destination, route, destination station number, shipper's number, origin station, origin station number, shipper, shipper code, charges to be collected from, shipper's instructions, length of car order, marked capacity of car ordered, if charges are to be prepaid write "prepaid", number of packages, commodity code, number of cars, rate code, subs code, weight, class rate or agreed charge number, freight, miscellaneous code and charges, amount, fee, total, charges advanced, amount received, agent signature, shipper signature, agent signature. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used to record shipping orders. 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