Canadian National: Report of Unsurrendered Order Bills of Lading
Name/Title
Canadian National: Report of Unsurrendered Order Bills of LadingEntry/Object ID
2021.1053.01Description
Form, report of unsurrendered order bills of lading. The form is blank however it includes the areas to record: week ending Wednesday, station, date form was submitted, car number, date car was held in transit diverted or delivered, name of the customer against whose bond invoice value of car applied, content of car, value of content. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used to record and report unsurrendered order bills of lading. 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