Guide to the Carson & Colorado Railroad Company records, 1881-1901
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Guide to the Carson & Colorado Railroad Company Records, 1881-1901
Collection number: BANC MSS P-G 232
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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- Processed by:
- The Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- ca. 1972
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- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Carson & Colorado Railroad Company Records,
Date (inclusive): 1881-1901
Collection Number: BANC MSS P-G 232
Creator: Carson & Colorado Railroad Company
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 carton and 3 packages
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: This fragmentary collection consists of correspondence, 1884-1901; station ledgers and accounts, 1886-1895; miscellaneous
financial records, 1881-1896; register of waybills, 1896-1900; rate books, 1883-1884, 1892-1897; passenger statistics book,
1881-1884; and related materials.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carson & Colorado Railroad Company records, BANC MSS P-G 232, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
This fragmentary collection of Carson & Colorado Railroad records comprises 1 box, 1 carton, and 3 packages and covers the
period 1880-1901 when the railroad was primarily under the operation and control of the Virginia & Truckee. The collection
was acquired by purchase from Grahame H. Hardy in 1948, 1952, 1953, and 1957; by gift of Louis B. Siegriest in 1954; and by
a gift of Stephen E. Drew in 1972.
Brief Company History
The Carson & Colorado Railroad Company was incorporated in Nevada on May 10, 1880 as a narrow gauge extension of the parent
Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Rails were laid south from Mound House, Nevada on the Virginia & Truckee during 1880-1883 through
the communities of Wabuska, Hawthorne, Belleville, Candelaria, Laws, and Owenyo to Hawley, later renamed Keeler, California--some
300 miles south of Mound House. Consolidation of three separate operating divisions and reorganization as the Carson & Colorado
Railway Company occurred on February 27, 1892. With general offices and shops at Carson City, Nevada, the Carson & Colorado
was operated by joint V. & T. and C. & C. officers as a feeder or branch of the V. & T.; its sole President and General Superintendent
was Henry Marvin Yerington. Control of the C. & C. was negotiated by major stockholder Darius Ogden Mills with sale on March
1, 1900 to the Southern Pacific Railroad which subsequently operated the line under the name of the Nevada & California Railway
Company beginning in May 1905. In February of 1912 the Nevada & California was absorbed into the Southern Pacific System and
portions of the original 1880 right-of-way continue in present operation.
Key to Arrangement
Box 1
Correspondence & papers arranged by railroad officer or department. 1881-1901.
Assistant Secretary: Edward Boucher Yerington. 1888-1899. (1 folder)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, tax matters, & bills.
Chief Clerk to President: George F. Ford. 1881-1890. (1 folder)
Freight Bills for Transportation Rendered.
General Freight & Passenger Agent: David Almon Bender & Edward Boucher Yerington. 1882-1900. (1 folder)
Scope and Content Note
Includes bills & passenger statistics.
Miscellaneous. 1881-1901. (1 folder)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, notes, telegrams, train registers, time table reprint, check & some correspondence of Assistant Superintendent
Robert James Laws.
Paymaster: Robert H. Wright & George Todd Mills. 1883-1887. (1 folder)
Scope and Content Note
Includes pay rolls, pay orders, & cash receipts.
Purchasing & Supply Agent: Marvin Hume Yerington & Lawrence Leroy Elrod. 1890-1899. (1 folder)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, shop & material supply orders.
Agency of the Bank of California in Account with C. & C. R.R.
Mar. 3, 1885-Feb. 24, 1886. 1 v.
Daily bank balance book at Virginia City, Nevada.
Freight Tariff: General Directions, Rules & Conditions Taking Effect Jan. 1, 1886. 1v.
Scope and Content Note
Issued by Henry Marvin Yerington, General Superintendent and by David Almon Bender, General Freight & Passenger Agent.
Paint Shop Account Books. 1890-1897.
Scope and Content Note
Account books of materials & supplies furnished from C. & C. stocks at the Virginia & Truckee Railroad's Carson City Paint
Shops.
Oct. 1890-Feb. 1893. 1 v.
Aug. 1891-Aug. 1896. 1 v.
Aug. 1892-Dec. 1893. 1 v.
Jan. 1896-Dec. 1897. 1 v.
Carton 1
Letterbook, Apr. 23, 1880-Mar. 7, 1884.
Scope and Content Note
Incoming letters to General Freight & Passenger Agent David Almon Bender regarding freight tariffs & traffic.
Letterbook, May 28, 1884-Jan. 26, 1896.
Scope and Content Note
Incoming letters to General Freight & Passenger Agent David Almon Bender regarding V. & T. and C. & C. freight tariffs and
traffic.
Letterpress Account Book, Apr. 30, 1881-Jan. 3, 1887.
Scope and Content Note
Copybook of General Freight & Passenger Agent David Almon Bender regarding freight matters; includes bills, invoices, statements,
notes, & waybills.
Record Book of Special Freight Rates Allowed Over the C. & C. R.R., Mar. 1882-Nov. 1886.
Scope and Content Note
Lists date, commodity, rate, & destination.
Special Freight Rate Circulars, July 1, 1892-Nov. 23, 1897. 1 v.
Scope and Content Note
Printed special rate circulars Nos. 1-105 sent to station agents with notes for posting.
Passenger Statistics Book, Jan. 1881-Dec. 1883.
Scope and Content Note
Information on passengers carried, including number of passengers, mileage traveled, & fares collected by V. & T. 1881-1883
and C. & C. 1883.
Daily Agent Cash Remittance Reports, 1884 (4 bundles); 1891 (5 bundles).
Scope and Content Note
Daily statement of receipt forms completed by station agents and forwarded to Secretary Edward Boucher Yerington at Virginia
City.
Daily Conductor Cash Collection Reports, 1884 & 1887 (1 bundle).
Scope and Content Note
Daily statement of cash collection forms completed by train conductors and forwarded to Secretary Edward Boucher Yerington
at Virginia City.
package Package 1
Register of Way Bills, Jan. 1896-July 1900. 1 v.
Scope and Content Note
Yearly record of train waybills, consecutively numbered and arranged for each issuing station.
package Package 2
Agent's Ledger, Jan. 1886-Mar. 1888.
Scope and Content Note
Account book of daily cash transactions for each station, arranged monthly.
Station Accounts, Apr. 1888-Dec. 1889. 1 v.
Scope and Content Note
Account book of daily cash transactions for each station, arranged monthly.
package Package 3
Station Ledger, Jan. 1890-Nov. 1891. 1 v.
Scope and Content Note
Account book of daily cash transactions for each station, arranged monthly.
Station Ledger, Oct. 1893-Oct. 1895.
Scope and Content Note
Account book of daily cash transactions for each station, arranged monthly.
