00481 NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY An Inventory of the Northern Pacific Library Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by staff Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2000.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Northern Pacific Railway Company. Secretary. Northern Pacific Library collection. 1840-1964. A group of books and pamphlets that includes both government documents and privately published works relating to the NP, and to exploration and railroading in the Western states.. 24.0 cu. ft. (24 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS

The Northern Pacific Railway gave the name "NP Library" to this group of printed books and pamphlets, which were maintained by the office of the corporate Secretary. Principal topics include:

Travel, exploration, and survey work in the states near the NP line (Minnesota - Puget Sound), mostly 1840-1870s;Western transcontinental railroads in general including the Central Pacific, Kansas Pacific, Union Pacific, and Canadian Pacific, mostly 1850s-1870s; The Northern Pacific land grant, mostly 1870s-1880s; State and federal regulation of railroads including rates, taxation and valuation, accounting procedures, strikes, and wages, mostly 1900-1920.

Industrial, commercial, and natural resources of the states and municipalities along the NP line.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS

The items are arranged alphabetically by author. Boxes 23-25 are an addendum to the series as originally received, and are therefore outside the alphabetical sequence.

RELATED MATERIALS

Additional records of the Northern Pacific Railway Company and of the NP Secretary are available in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Corporate libraries--Minnesota--Saint Paul. Corporations -- Minnesota -- Investor relations. Pacific railroads -- Land grants. Railroad engineering. Railroads--Economics of construction. Railroads--Employees--Labor unions. Railroads--Finance. Railroads land grants--West (U.S.). Railroads--Management. Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Finance. Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Management. Railroads -- Northwestern States -- Statistics. Railroads--Research. Railroads--Statistics. Railroads--Surveying. Railroads--Taxation. Railroads--Traffic. Railroads--Freight--Rates. Railroads and state--United States. Places: West (U.S.)--Economic conditions--19th century. West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration. West (U.S.)--Description and travel. West (U.S.)--Guidebooks. West (U.S.)--Geography. West (U.S.)--In mass media. West (U.S.)--Population--Economic aspects. Persons: Newcomb, H.T. (Harry Turner), 1867-1944. Nimmo, Joseph, 1837-1909. Organizations: Association of Western Railways. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Kansas Pacific Railway Company. Northern Pacific Railroad Company -- Reorganization. Northern Pacific Railway Company -- Trials, litigations, etc. Union Pacific Railway Company. United States--Interstate Commerce Commission. Document Types: Speeches. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Northern Pacific Railway Company. Secretary. Northern Pacific Library Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 158; 163-198[?]; 358-384; 6613; 8815; 9741-9852; 10,659; 10,696; 11,959

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 09-00322487

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 138.H.17.1B 1 Adams, Charles Francis. "Railroads' Position Critical" [letter to President Wilson]. Oct. 14, 1914. 10 p. Allen, William F. "The History of the American Railway Guild." Speech, Chicago, 1912. 45 p. American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents. Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Convention held at "The St. Paul," St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 19 and 20, 1911. 100 p. American Railroad Employes [sic] and Investors' Association. The Railroad Situation from the Railroad Man's Viewpoint. Chicago, The Association, Jan. 21, 1910. [12 p.] American Railway Express Co. Uniform Contract for Express Operations Over Rail Lines. New York, 1920. 38 p. American Railway Association. Program of the Railroads to Provide Adequate Transportation Service in 1923. 12 p. Arbitration Between the Eastern Railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers In Re Engineers' Wages, Pursuant to Arbitration Agreement Dated April 30, 1912. Brief on Behalf of Railroads. 87 p., plus 10 foldout exhibits. 138.H.17.1B 1 Association of American Railway Accounting Officers. Present Method of Settling Interline Accounts Between Railroad Companies in the United States, Canada and Mexico; versus A Proposed Railway Clearing House. June 30, 1905. 11 p. Association of Western Railways. Conference Committee of Managers. Report of Committee to Represent Certain Railways in Conference with Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Chicago, March 25, 1910. 28 p. Association of Western Railways. Editorials from the press of the United States: "Public Demands Settlement of Railway Wage Issue." 1916. 32 p. Association of Western Railways. What the Press is Saying about the Demand of the Railway Enginemen and Trainmen for a $100,000,000 Increase in Wages. Chicago [1916]. 50 p. Astoria [Oregon] Chamber of Commerce. Annual Reports of the President for 1879 and 1880. 2 vols. (5 p., 15 p.) Atkinson, G.H. Address...before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, upon the Possession, Settlement, Climate and Resources of Oregon and the Northwest Coast, Including Some Remarks Upon Alaska. New York, Dec. 3, 1868. 17 p. Atkinson, G.H. The Northwest Coast, Including Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, A Series of Articles Upon the NPRR in its Relation to the Basins of the Columbia and of Puget Sound. Portland, 1878. 56 p. Bailey, W.F. "The Story of the Northern Pacific." The Pacific Monthly, 21: 293-310, 383-393 (1909).

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Baldwin, W.W. "The Proposed Federal Rate Legislation. An Address Delivered...Before the Denver Philosophical Society, at Denver, Colorado...," November 23, 1905. 38 p. Bellingham City Construction and Coal Co., Bellingham City, Washington Territory. Exhibits of Resources of Bellingham Bay...["Bellingham City the Pacific Terminal of the Northern Pacific Railroad."] New York, [May 1873?]. 30 p. 138.H.17.1B 1 Blanchard, George R. Railway Pools: Their Equity and Public Value. New York, May 1897. 70 p. Bogue, Virgil G. "Stampede Pass, Cascade Range, Washington." Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 27: 239-255 (1895). British Columbia and the Canadian Pacific Railway. "Complimentary Dinner to Hon. Mr. Trutch (Surveyor-General of British Columbia), Apr. 10, 1871." Montreal, 1871. 12 p. Brown, J. Ross. Resources of the Pacific Slope; a Statistical & Descriptive Summary...[Containing: Report...on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains, . 1868, 678 p.; and A Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California, Washington Territory, and Nevada, 200 p. New York, Appleton, 1869. Bureau of Railway Economics. Railway Economics: A Collective [Union] Catalogue of Books in 14 American Libraries. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1912. 446 p. Byers, M.L. Analysis of the Natural Relations Between the Industrial Corporations and the State. St. Louis, Feb. 11, 1910. 22 p. Canada. Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation. Report. Ottawa, 1917. [105 p., 86 p.]. Caswell, Lucien B. The Northern Pacific Railroad: Remarks... in the House of Representatives. Washington, June 8, 1878. 8 p. Carnegie, James (Earl of Southesk). Saskatchewan and the Rocky Mountains: A Diary... 1859 and 1860. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1875. 448 p. 138.H.17.1B 1 Central Pacific Railroad Company. [Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1860-1869; [23?] pamphlets in one bound volume; spine title: California Central Pacific R.R. Charlton, James. On Two Cents Per Mile Passenger Rates: Address Before the Illinois Legislature, March 31, 1897. Chicago: Rand, McNally. 24 p. Coates, F.R. The Conditions which Influence the Life of Track. New York Railroad Club, May 20, 1897. 56 p. Committee on Railway Mail Pay. Preliminary Report of the Investigation and Recommendations, Jan. 6, 1911. 21 p. Cunningham, William J. American Railroads: Government Control and Reconstruction Policies. Chicago: Shaw, 1922. 409 p. Dakota (Ter.).. Surveyor-General. Report to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1879. Washington: GPO, 1879. 5 p. Delano, Fredric A. Notes on the Application of a Depreciation Charge in Railway Accounting. Chicago, March 18, 1908. 12 p. Dodge, Grenville M. How We Built the Union Pacific Railway. Washington: GPO, 1910. 130 p.

Senate Document No. 447, Sixty-First Congress, Second Session.

Dolph, Joseph N. "Forfeiture of Unearned Railroad Lands." Speech...in the Senate of the U.S., April 26, 1888. Washington, 1888. 48 p. 138.H.17.2F 2 Eaton, J. Shirley. Education for Efficiency in Railroad Service. United States Bureau of Education Bulletin, 1909, No. 10. Washington: GPO, 1909. 159 p. Emerson, Harrington. Securing Efficiency in Railroad Work; Story of an Attempt to Apply Scientific Management to Some Departments. New York, 1910. 38 p. Evans, Elwood. "Washington Territory: Her Past, Her Present and the Elements of Wealth which Insure Her Future." Address delivered at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 1876, and before the Legislature of Washington Territory, October 13, 1877. Olympia, 1877. 51 p. Felton, Samuel M. Increased Production Impossible Without Railroad Expansion; Transportation Needs of the Western Territory; A Statement Presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission, [ca. 1920]. 14 p. 138.H.17.2F 2 Fitzgibbon, Mary. A trip to Manitoba. London: Bentley, 1880. 248 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult catalog for its location.

Fitzwilliam, W.W. A History of the San Juan Water Boundary Question...., by Viscount Milton...London: Cassell, 1869. 446 p. Garfielde, S. Climates of the Northwest: Being Condensed Notes of a Lecture.... Philadelphia, 1872. 24 p. 138.F.6.5 24 General Managers' Association of Chicago: Rates of Pay and Regulations Governing Employes in Telegraph Service on Roads Between New York City and the Pacific Coast and North of the Ohio River, St. Louis, Kansas City and El Paso. (2303) 134 p. Rates of Pay and Regulations Governing Employes in Roadway and Structures Service on Roads Between New York City and the Pacific Coast and North of the Ohio River, St. Louis, Kansas City and El Paso,. [ca. 1907?]. (2304) 106 p. Rates of Pay and Regulations Governing Employes in Shop Service on Roads Between New York City and the Pacific Coast and North of the Ohio River, St. Louis, Kansas City and El Paso, [ca.1907]. (2305) 483 p. Rates of Pay and Regulations Governing Employes in Engine, Train and Yard Service on Roads North of St. Louis, Kansas City and El Paso, and Between Chicago and the Pacific Coast, [ca.1907?]. (2306) 150 p. 138.H.17.2F 2 Gilfillan, John B. "Northern Pacific Forfeiture." Remarks...in the House of Representatives, July 26, 1886. New York: Sackett, 1886. 39 p. Gray, H.A. The Future of the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers. Atlantic City, N.J., April 25, 1907. 9 p. The Great Northwest: A Guidebook and Itinerary for the Use of Tourists and Travelers Over the Lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad. St. Paul: W.C. Riley, 1890. 439 p.

See also Henry J. Winser, same title, 1883, on this list.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Greenhow, Robert. Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of North America, and Adjacent Territories. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1840. 228 p. Griffin, T.A. Why Business Stopped; What Will Start It; How You Can Help. New York: Railway Business Association, July 24, 1909. 16 p. Hamilton, J.C. The Prairie Province: Sketches of Travel from Lake Ontario to Lake Winnipeg. Toronto, Belford Bros., 1876. 259 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult catalog for its location.

Hanson, Burton. Argument of Burton Hanson, General Solicitor, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, before the Joint Committee on Railroads of the Legislature of Wisconsin, on the Subject of Railway Regulation, Feb. 28, 1905. 66 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult catalog for its location.

Hanson, Burton. A Reply to Those Portions of Governor La Follette's Message of 1905 Which Relate to Railways. Chicago, Jan. 30, 1905. 25 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult catalog for its location.

Harding, Warren G. "The Railways and Prosperity:" Address...at the Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association, Dec. 10, 1914. New York: The Association, 1914. 12 p. 138.H.17.2F 2 Harrison, Fairfax. "A Statesman's Opportunity:" Address...at the Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association, Dec. 10, 1914. New York: The Association, 1914. 13 p. Hart, Burdett. The Opening of the New Northwest. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, 1871. 22 p. Haupt, Herman. Suggestions to Encourage Settlement and Secure Rapid Development of the Wheat Lands of Minnesota and Dakota, Tributary to the Northern Pacific Railway. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Tribune, 1881. 14 p.

Discusses wooden-rail railroads and light-duty branch lines.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Henry, Robert S. "The Railroad Land Grant Legend in American History Texts." Reprinted from the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 32: 171-194 (1945). Hines, Walker D. "Regulation of Railway Rates." Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce of the United States Senate, April 24-27, 1905.

Washington, [GPO?], p. 235-445 of an unspecified publication.

Hines, Walker D. Statement Before the Railroad Securities Commission, Dec. 22, 1910. New York: C.G. Burgoyne, [1910?]. 50 p. Hines, Walker D. Townsend Bill: What is a Differential in Railroad Traffic Parlance?, undated. 14 p. Hoff, W., and F. Schwabach. North American Railroads; Their Administration and Economic Policy. [Spine title: Official German Report of American Railroads.] English translation from the German. New York: Germania Press, 1906. 447 p. Horetzky, Charles. Canada on the Pacific. Montreal, Dawson, 1874. 244 p. Hungerford, Edward. The Real Romance of the Rail, �1911 by the author. 16 p.

Describes the Bradford, Ohio, YMCA on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

138.H.17.2F 2 Idaho. Governor. Biennial Message of John B. Neil...Dec. 13, 1880. Boise City, 1880. 19 p. Idaho. Governor. Report...to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1880. Washington: GPO, 1880. 15 p. Idaho. Public Utilities Commission. Annual Reports, 1915-1930. 12 volumes, Idaho. Surveyor-General. Report...to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1879. Washington: GPO, 1879. 14 p. 138.H.17.3B 3 The Interstate Commerce Law; Full Text of the Commerce Court Act and the Act to Regulate Commerce, as Amended June 18, 1910. Washington: Traffic Service Bureau, 1910. 32 p. Interstate Commerce Law Conventions; Held at Chicago, Oct. 26 and 27, 1905. St. Louis: Federal Rate Regulation Association, 1905. 205 p. Jamestown Board of Trade. The Upper James River Valley of North Dakota, 1883. 16 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Johns, H.T. Duluth. [Duluth?: published by Johns?, ca. May 1873.] 55 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Jones, Harry E. Railroad Wages and Labor Relations, 1900-1952: An Historical Survey and Summary of Results. [Bureau of Information of Eastern Railways?], 1953. 375 p. Kittitas Valley Irrigation Canal Co. Prospectus. Tacoma, Washington, [1892?]. 17 p. Knapp, Martin A. Address Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association, New York, Nov. 22, 1910. 13 p. Knox, Philander. "The Future of Commerce:" Address before the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Feb. 12, 1908. 40 p. Knox, Philander. "The People, The Railroads, and the National Authority:" Address before the Lincoln Club, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Feb. 11, 1908. 26 p. Kretzinger, George W. "The Rate-Maker:" Address...Before the Transportation Club of Detroit, Dec. 3, 1910. 27 p. Kruttschnitt, Julius. "Efficiency of Public Service of the Railways:" An Address Delivered [at] Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., April 26, 1911. 28 p. Latham, H. Trans-Missouri Stock Raising: Pasture Lands of North America.... Omaha, Neb., 1871. 88 p. 138.C.6.6 London Times. "American Railways," June 28, 1912. 1 oversize folder. 138.H.17.3B 3 Lovett, R.S. Statement Before the Railroad Securities Commission, Dec. 21, 1910. New York: C.G. Burgoyne. 36 p. MacDonald, Duncan George Forbes. British Columbia and Vancouver Island....London: Longman, Green, 1862. 524 p. MacFie, Matthew. Vancouver Island and British Columbia. London: Longman, Green, 1865. 574 p. Manss, William H. "The Industrial Commissioner." Chicago, University of Chicago Press, [ca. 1907?]. Reprinted from Railway Organization and Working, p. 44-62. Mather, Robert. "The Railroad Problem:" An Address...Before the Chicago Association of Commerce, Oct. 12, 1907. 22 p. Mayne, R.C. Four Years in British Columbia and Vancouver Island. London: John Murray, 1862. 468 p. Meeker, E. Washington Territory West of the Cascade Mountains; Containing a Description of Puget Sound and Rivers Emptying Into it. Olympia: W.T., 1870. 52 p., plus 23 p. advertising. Miles, Nelson A. Northern Pacific Railroad: Its Character and Importance to the Government: Letter..., March 6, 1880. 4 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Milton, Viscount. See Fitzwilliam, W.W. Missouri & Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. Pamphlets, 1851-1873. 12 pamphlets in one bound volume. Mitchell, John H. Northern Pacific Forfeiture: Remarks...in the Senate of the United States, June 15, 1880. New York: Sackett, 1806. 15 p. 138.H.17.4F 4 Montana. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor & Industry. Agricultural Montana...Helena, Montana, 1911. 48 p. Montana. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor & Industry. Annual Report for the Year Ending Nov. 30, 1902. Helena, Montana, 1902. 733 p. Montana. Board of Railroad Commissioners. Annual Reports, 1907-1908 to 1918-1919 (1st - 12th reports). 13 volumes. 138.H.17.5B 5 Morris, Thomas B. Report of the Chief Engineer of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company, Nov. 1874. 48 p. Mullan, John. Letter...to Hon. L.F. Grover, U.S. Senate, Relative to Shipment of Cattle from Oregon or Washington Territory, Dec. 28, 1880. 3 p. Mullan, John. Report on the Construction of a Military Road from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Benton. Washington: GPO, 1863. 363 p. Mundy, Floyd W. The Earning Power of Railroads, New York: Oliphant, 1904, 1909, 1910, 1911. 4 volumes.

Financial information; arranged by railroad.

Newcomb, H.T. Changes in the Rates of Charge for Railway and other Transportation Services. Washington: GPO, 1898. 80 p.

USDA Div. of Statistics, Miscellaneous Series, Bulletin No. 15.

Newcomb, H.T. Have Railroad Rates Advanced? Washington, D.C., Aug. 1904. 16 p. Newcomb, H.T. The Proposed Radical Railway Legislation. Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1905. 32 p. Newcomb, H.T. Proposed Solutions of the Railway Rate Problem. Washington, D.C.: Howard, 1906. 31 p. Newcomb, H.T. "Rebates," Reprinted from Yale Review, Aug. 1907, p. 119-155. Newcomb, H.T. "Who Own the Railroads?" Reprinted from the Railroad Gazette, Feb. 24, 1905. 13 p. Newcomb, H.T. The Work of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington, D.C., Gibson, 1905. 102 p. Nimmo, Joseph. "Abstract of the Reply of the Interstate Commerce Commission to a Resolution of Inquiry introduced in the Senate by Senator Elkins." Reprinted from the New York Journal of Commerce, May 22, 1905. 7 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Against Granting the Rate Fixing Power. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1904. 6 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Certain Paramount Political Issues: A Non-partisan Discussion of Political Questions, Vitally Affecting the Governmental Institutions of the Country. Washington, D.C.: Darby, Oct. 3, 1904. 36 p. 138.H.17.5B 5 Nimmo, Joseph. The Commerce Commission and Its Record. Washington, D.C., Jan. 1905. 12 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Commercial Liberty and Governmental Regulation of the Railroad. Washington, D.C., Darby, Nov. 12, 1906. Nimmo, Joseph. Commercial Liberty in its Relation to Governmental Rate-Making; A Question Not Ripe for Legislation. Washington, D.C.: Darby, May 2, 1906. 30 p. Nimmo, Joseph. The Genesis and Development of Railroad Regulation in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Darby, March 11, 1907. 18 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Judicial and Administrative Supervision and Control of Railway Affairs; An Historical Argument. Washington, D.C.: Judd and Detweiler, Feb. 8, 1908. 56 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Political and Commercial Results of Governmental Rate-Making. Washington, D.C.: Darby, April 5, 1906. 22 p. Nimmo, Joseph. The Political Aspects of the Railroad Rate Question. Washington, D.C.: Darby, Oct. 9, 1905. 22 p. Nimmo, Joseph. "Power of Congress to Regulate Commerce; Railroad Rates Controlled by Commercial Conditions." Reprinted from the New York Times, May 21, 1905. 14 p. Nimmo, Joseph. The Present Status of Governmental Regulation of the Railroads. Washington, D.C.: Darby, Dec. 22, 1906. 10 p. Nimmo, Joseph. "The Railroad Problem. The Impracticality of Governmental Ownership and Control of Railroads in the United States as Proved by Facts of History." Reprinted from the New York Tribune, Aug. 18, 1891. 8 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Railroad Regulation in its Political Aspects. Washington, D.C., May 4, 1909. 35 p. Nimmo, Joseph. Railroad Regulation in Wisconsin. Washington, D.C.: [published by the author?], Mar. 11, 1905. 26 p. Nimmo, Joseph. The Regulation of Commerce Through a Dispensing Power....Washington, D.C.: Darby, 1903. 51 p. 134.K.18.5B 23 Nimmo, Joseph, Jr. "The Commercial and Political Considerations Involved in the "Ann Arbor" Cases." Washington: Gilson Bros., 1893. 9 p.

Reprinted from the Railway Review of April 15, 1893.

Nimmo, Joseph, Jr. The Interstate Commerce Act, the Commercial Interests of Boston and of the New England States, and the Canadian Question, July 1890. 6 p. plus addendum. 134.K.18.5B 23 Nimmo, Joseph, Jr. Our Relations with Canada, April 26, 1890. 51 p.

Statement before the Select Committee of the Senate on Relations with Canada.

Nimmo, Joseph, Jr. Statement in Regard to the Canadian Government and the Canadian Pacific Railway, April 1890. 24 p. 138.H.17.5B 5 North Dakota. Commissioners of Railroads. Annual Report, 1896-1922. 13 volumes.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

138.H.17.6F 6 Oates, William C. Northern Pacific Forfeiture; Remarks in the House of Representatives, July 26, 1886. New York: Sackett, 1886. 21 p. Old Colony Trust Co. Analyses of the Railroad Corporations Whose Bonds are a Legal Investment For Massachusetts Savings Banks.... Boston: Old Colony Trust Co., 1913. 707 p. Oregon. Board of Railroad Commissioners. Annual Report, 1897. 1 volume. Oregon. Railroad Commission. Annual Report, 1907-1914, 1919. 11 volumes. Oregon Improvement Co. Land Department. Eastern Washington Territory and Oregon. Portland, Oregon, 1881. 38 p. Poor, Henry V. Influence of the Railroads of the United States in the Creation of its Commerce and Wealth. New York: Journeymen Printers' Co-operative Assn., 1869. 43 p. Portland, Oregon. Board of Trade. Annual Report, 1876, 1882-1883. 3 volumes. Portland, Oregon. Chamber of Commerce. Bulletin, Feb. 1912.

Includes articles on railroads and a large section on Japanese trade.

138.H.17.7B 7 Pratt, Louis W. Tacoma: Electric City of the Pacific Coast. Tacoma: Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, 1904. 48 p. Pullman Co. Future of the Pullman Co. Cleveland: Robert Heller and Associates, 1951. 2 volumes. The Railroad Mail Pay; Statement of Short Line Roads, Filed with the Post Office Committee of the House, Jan. 9, 1911. 38 p. The Railroad Question in the Northwest; A Few Plain Facts and Arguments. [ca. 1882?]. 14 p. Railway Accounting Procedure. Washington, D.C.: Railway Accounting Officers Assn., 1922, 1924, 1926-1928. 6 volumes.

1926-1928 volumes include bibliographies.

Railway Accounting Rules. Washington D.C.: Assn. of American Railroads, 1936, 1945, 1955, 1965. 4 volumes. Railway Signalling Club, Chicago. Proceedings, 1897-1898. Chicago, Dec. 1898. 129 p. Randolph, Carman F. Brief on Railway Rate-Making Legislation. New York, June 1908. 88 p. Roberts, Thomas P. Report of a Reconnaissance of the Missouri River in 1872. Washington: GPO, 1875. 56 p. plus maps. Robinson, Maurice H. Railway Freight Rates; The Legal, Economic, and Accounting Principles Involved in Their Judicial Determination. New Haven: Yale Publishing Assn., [1908?]. 32 p. Sayings and Writings About the Railways. [No publisher given, ca. 1913?]. 240 p. Sears, Clinton B. Annual Report Upon the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors on Lake Superior; Being Appendix KK of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1900. Washington: GPO, 1900. p. 3547-3647. 138.H.17.8F 8 Small, Hugh. Oregon and Her Resources: From Personal Observation and Investigation; A Home for the Industrious of All Nations. San Francisco, Bancroft, 1872. 130 p. Smith, Frank M. "Summary of Engineering Activity in Montana for 1910; Address at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Society of Engineers, Jan. 14, 1911." Reprinted from the Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies 46: 151-184 (March 1911). Southhesk, Earl of: See Carnegie, James. Spokane Spokesman-Review. "A Race for Empire, and other True Tales of the Northwest," 1896. 48 p. Steel, William A. Seattle and King County: Statement of Facts Showing the Resources, Business Conditions and Progress of the Chief City and Largest County in the State of Washington. Seattle: Chamber of Commerce, 1905. 47 p. Stickney, A.B. Railway Rates: An Address...at a Banquet of the Railway Employees Transportation Club of St. Paul, Feb. 2, 1907. St. Paul, 1907. 18 p. Strahorn, Robert E. The Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory. Boise City, Idaho, 1881. 88 p. Stone & Webster Public Service Journal. Puget Sound Supplement. Boston, Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., June 1912.

Includes illustrations of water and electric power facilities and railroads.

138.H.17.8F 8 Symons, Thomas W. Report of an Examination of the Upper Columbia River...in September and October, 1881....Washington: GPO, 1882. 133 p., plus 26 maps.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey; U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 186.

Taxation of Railroad Property in the State of Washington. [Statement issued by NP, GN, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Co., ca. 1913]. 31 p. Thompson, Slason. The Railway Library. Chicago: [Bureau of Railway News and Statistics?], 1909-1911, 1913-1914. 5 volumes.

Collected speeches and papers.

Thompson, Slason. Four Reasons Why Railroad Rates Must be Raised. Chicago: Bureau of Railway News and Statistics, Leaflet no. 14, June 8, 1910. 7 p. Tilton, James. The Survey of the Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad. Walla Walla: W.T., Statesman Printing Office, 1871. 7 p. The Townsend Bill: The Claim That it is a "Conservative" Method of Railway Regulation Examined, undated. 8 p. Townsend Bill: The Decision of the Purley Judicial Question is the Root of the Exercise of Any Ratemaking Power; Yet No Review of this Act is Provided, undated. 7 p. Trenholm, A.W. Address...at the Minneapolis Traffic Club Luncheon, April 6, 1916. 7 p.

Regarding 8-hour day. Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Trueman, Charles D. "His Partner: The Northern Pacific Railway." Reprinted from Railway World, Dec. 11, 1908. 11 p. [Union Pacific Railroad Co. Charter and By-Laws.]; An Act to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, Approved July 1, 1862, with Amendments, 1864-1867; and By-Laws of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. New York: Brown & Hewitt, printed 1867. 51 p. Union Pacific Railway Co. Washington Territory: the Far Northwest and Its Manifold Inducements to Settlers.... 8 p.

Omaha, Neb.?; UP?; 1880 or after.

138.H.17.8F 8 Union Pacific Railroad Co. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1860-1870. 2 vols. Union Pacific Railroad Co. Land Dept. Guide to the Union Pacific Railroad Lands....Omaha, Nebraska: UP, 1872. 48 p. U.S. Auditor of Railroad Accounts. Annual Report...Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year Ending June 30, 1880. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1880. 332 p. U.S. Auditor of Railroad Accounts. Land Grants to Railroads. Letter...Relative to Land Grants Made by the U.S. to Aid in the Construction of the Pacific Railroads, Jan. 26, 1881. 28 p.

House of Rep. 46th Cong., 3 Sess., Mis Doc. No. 10.

138.H.18.1B 9 U.S. Census Office. Report on Transportation Business of the U.S. at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Part I - Transportation by Land. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1895. 867 p. United States Coast Survey. Pacific Coast: Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory, by George Davidson. Washington: GPO, 1869. 262 p. U.S. Commissioner of Railroads. Annual Report, 1881, 1884, 1897-1903. 9 volumes. U.S. Congress. Northern Pacific Railroad before the Forty Fifth Congress. Senate and House Bills for Extension of Time and Report of the House Committee, 1878. 14 p. U.S. Congress. House Committee on the Judiciary. Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, June 6, 1882. 3 p.

47th Cong., 1st Session, Report No. 1283.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Railroad Land-Grants to Certain States, June 6, 1882. 4 p.

47th Cong., 1st Session, Report No. 1284.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Receivership of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., March 9-10, 1894. 18 p. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Pacific Railway System. April 1, 1880. 6 p.

46th Cong., 2nd Session, Report No. 691.

138.H.18.1B 9 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands. Forfeited Land Grants Northern Pacific Railroad (Minority Report), [ca. 1882?]. 11 p. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands. Forfeited Grants Northern Pacific Railroad, April 11, 1884. 32 p.

48th Cong., 1st Session, Report No. 1256.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands. Forfeiture Lands Northern Pacific Railroad Company, April 3, 1888. 16 p.

50th Cong., 1st Session, Report No. 1498.

U.S. Congress. "House and Senate Public Works Committee Documents collected by G.K. Warren," 1867-1879. 11 bound volumes containing miscellaneous printed documents.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

138.H.18.3B 11 U.S. Congress. Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants. Hearing Transcripts March-May, 1925, with related documents dating from 1856. Washington: GPO, 1925-1927. Parts 1-14 in volumes. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Hearings on Regulation of Railway Rates, Dec. 16, 1904-May 23, 1905. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1905. 5 volumes. 138.H.18.4F 12 U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands. Report [regarding the NP Land Grant], June 26, 1884. 8 p.

48th Cong., 1st Session, Report No. 804.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Railroads. Report [regarding the NP Land Grant], April 1, 1878. 14 p.

45th Cong., 2nd Session, Report No. 211.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Railroads. Views of the Minority [regarding the NP Land Grant], April 5, 1878. 3 p.

45th Cong., 2nd Session, Report 211, part B.

U.S. General Land Office. Annual Report, 1867-1881. 15 volumes. 138.H.18.5B 13 U.S. General Land Office. Circular Instructions to Registers and Receivers Relating to the Adjustment of Railroad Grants. Washington, D.C.: GPO, Nov. 7, 1879. 31 p. U.S. Geological Survey. Annual Report, 1888-1901. 11 volumes. Selected volumes, as listed below: 10th, 1888-1889, Part II - Irrigation. 11th, 1889-1890, Part II - Irrigation. 18th, 1896-1897, Part III - Economic Geology.

Includes Puget Sound, Montana, Idaho.

138.H.18.6F 14 19th, 1897-1898, Part V - Forest Reserves.

With separate volume of maps.

20th, 1898-1899, Part II - General Geology and Paleontology.

Includes geology of the Cascade Mountains.

20th, 1898-1899, Part III - Precious-Metal Mining Districts.

Includes Oregon, Idaho, Montana.

20th, 1898-1899, Part V - Forest Reserves. 21st, 1899-1900, Part V - Forest Reserves.

With separate volume of maps.

138.H.18.7B 15 22nd, 1900-1901, Part II - Ore Deposits.

Includes Montana, Oregon, Washington.

U.S. Geological Survey. Guidebook of the Western United States: Part A. The Northern Pacific Route. Washington: GPO, 1915. 212 p.

U.S.G.S. Bulletin 611. Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. Annual Reports, 1870-1872. 3 volumes.

2nd, 5th and 6th.

U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Annual Reports, 1887-1911. 25 volumes. 138.H.19.1B 17 U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Classification of Investment in Road and Equipment Steam Roads. Washington: GPO, 1914. 37 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Classification of Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses of Steam Roads. Washington: GPO, 1914. 104 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Classification of Train-Miles, Locomotive-Miles, and Car-Miles for Steam Roads. Washington: GPO, 1914. 16 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Condensed Classification of Operating Expenses of Steam Roads. Washington: GPO, 1914. 15 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. "Consolidation of Railroads; Statement of Subjects to be Considered at Public Hearings of Commission, St. Paul, Helena, Seattle and Portland." [ca. March 1, 1920.] 4 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Intercorporate Relationships of Railways in the United States. Special Report #1, June 30, 1906. 516 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. The Interstate Commerce Act...Revised to July 1, 1929. Washington: GPO, 1929. 363 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Interstate Commerce Activities, 1887-1937. Washington: GPO, [1937?]. 269 p. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Statistics of Railways in the United States, 1888-1937. 50 volumes. 134.K.18.6F 25 U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Statistics of Railways in the United States, 1938-1941, 1944-1948, 1951. 10 volumes. 138.H.19.5B 22 U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Uniform System of Accounts for Steam Railroads. Accounting Classifications...1936 & 1942 editions. 2 volumes. U.S. President (William H. Taft). Message of the President of the United States Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session Sixty-second Congress on the Anti-Trust Statute. Washington, 1911. 43 p.

Contains a summary of anti-trust cases, 1889-1911, including the Northern Securities case.

U.S. Railroad Securities Commission. Report...to the President. Washington, 1911. 42 p. U.S. Second Assistant Postmaster General. Instructions Issued...Relative to the Transportation of the Mails by Railroads. Washington, 1897. 11 p. U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Decision (June 11, 1879)...on the Status of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company with Respect to its Land Grant. New York: Evening Post, 1880. 8 p. U.S. Secretary of the Interior. "Letter... Transmitting... Information Concerning Land-Grant Railroad Companies That Have Not Performed the Conditions of Their Grants," Feb. 19, 1880. 8 p.

Senate, 46th Congress, 2nd Session, Exec Doc. No. 88.

U.S. Secretary of The Interior. Land Patents to Certain Railroad Companies. Letter.... 39 p.

House of Rep., 47th Cong., 2nd Session, Executive Doc. No. 29.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Letter...relative to the lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railway Company. April 20, 1886. 23 p.

Senate, 49th Cong., 1st Session, Executive Doc. No. 126.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Letter... Calling for a Certain Decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Opinion of the Attorney - General Relating to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, etc.

Senate, 47th Cong., 1st Session, Executive Doc. No. 64.

138.H.19.5B 22 U.S. Treasury Department. Internal Commerce of the U.S. [for] 1884. Washington: GPO, 1885. 172 p. Van Den Berg, Y. Another Side to Mr. Hines' "Shall Railway Rates be Raised?", [ca. 1910?]. 12 p. Villard, Henry. A Journey to Alaska. New York, 1899. 12 p.

Description of a journey in July-Aug. 1899, from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Alaska.

Walker, Aldace F. Should Congress Legislate on the Subject of Railway Rates? , Dec. 24, 1897. 31 p. Washington Irrigation Institute. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting... Dec. 16-18, 1914. North Yakima: Republic-Herald Printing Co., 1915. 186 p. Washington. Bureau of Statistics, Agriculture and Immigration. State of Washington, 1905; Its Resources, Natural, Industrial & Commercial. Olympia, Wash.: C.W. Gorham, 1905. 47 p. Washington. Irrigation Commission. Report. Seattle: Lowman and Hanford, 1904. 83 p. Washington. Railroad Commission. Annual Report, 1st-5th, 1906-1910. 4 volumes. Washington. State Inspector of Coal Mines. Biennial Report (16th) for 1913-1914. 1 volume. Washington. Surveyor-General. Report...to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1879. Washington, 1879. 10 p. Wheeler, Olin D. "The Northern Pacific Railway and Its Country." Bankers Magazine 84:179-192 (Feb. 1912).

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Whitham, Paul. Plan of the Port of Astoria. Astoria, Oregon: J.S. Dellinger, 1912. 78 p., plus maps. White, Kenneth G. and J.C. Dox. An Advocate of Justice, 1911. 46 p.

Fictional defense of railroads.

Wilkes, George. Project of a National Railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.... New York, 1845. 2nd ed. 23 p. Wilson, James F. Argument...Delivered Before the Committee on Pacific Railroads of the House of Rep. on Behalf of the Northern Pacific Railroad, April 8, 1880. 15 p. Windom, William. Northern Pacific Railroad; Speech in the Senate of the United States, April 22, 1878. Washington, 1878. 13 p. Windom, William. The Northern Pacific Railway: Its Effect Upon the Public Credit, the Public Revenues, and the Public Debt. Speech...Delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 5, 1869. Washington: Gibson Brothers, 1869. 60 p. Winser, Henry J. The Great Northwest: A Guide-book and Itinerary.... New York: Putnam, 1883. 276 p.

See also The Great Northwest (1890 version) listed by title on this list.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Wood Preservers Association. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting. Chicago, 1910. 168 p. Woodman, Edwin E. Recent Railway Economics. St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., 1897. 16 p. Wymond, Mark. Railroad Valuation and Rates. Chicago: Wymond and Clark, 1916. 339 p. Young, Edward. Special Report on Immigration...[by the Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Statistics.] Washington: GPO, 1871. 231 p. 134.K.18.5B 23 Association of American Railroads. Proceedings of Session of Operations and Maintenance Department, Electrical Section, Division V - Mechanical, Held at Chicago, Ill., October 27-28, 1937. 170 p. Association of American Railroads. Uniform System of Accounts for Railroad Companies (prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission), Revised to January 1, 1958. 265 p., plus amendments. Atkinson, Edward. The Railroads of the United States: Their Effects on Farming and Production in That Country and in Great Britain. Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1880. 48 p., plus 36-page appendix. Curtis, Benjamin R. and William M. Evarts. Minnesota State Bonds: Memorial to the Legislature - Statement of Facts. New York: Evening Post Steam Presses, 1871. 57 p.

Legal opinion.

Elliott, Howard. Minnesota: The Railways and Advertising; Address by Howard Elliott Before the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs, St. Paul, Minnesota, January 26, 1911. Elliott, Howard. The Railroads and a Country's Business (in Swedish), by Howard Elliott. September 29, 1911. Elliott, Howard. Public Opinion: Its Effect on Business, January 10, 1912. 15 p.

Address by NP president before the Publicity Club of Minneapolis.

Elliott, Howard. Relation Between the Farmer and the Railroad, January 17, 1912. 19 p.

Address by NP president at the Tri-State Grain and Stock Growers Association, Fargo, N.D.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Elliott, Howard. The Work of the Farmer and of the Railroad in Minnesota, January 9, 1912. 19 p.

Address by NP president before the Minnesota Agricultural Society at the State Capitol, St. Paul.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

134.K.18.5B 23 Harris, Forbes & Co. The Hill Roads: A Short History and Description of the Railroads Comprising the Hill System. New York: Harris, Forbes & Co., 1921. 20 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Melville, Allan, et al. Address to the Holders of Minnesota State Bonds. New York: Evening Post Steam Presses, 1870. 13 p. Minnesota. State Board of Immigration. Minnesota, the Empire State of the New North-West. 1878. 88 p.

Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society book collection. Consult the catalog for its location.

Modern Railroads magazine, July 1964. 45 p.

Features NP Railway at the time of its centennial.

National Railway Training School, Inc. (St. Paul). Fireman and Brakeman's Preparatory Instructions, Parts 1-3. 1905. 3 booklets: 22 p., 22 p., 11 p., respectively. Seattle. Municipal Plans Commission. Report of Virgil G. Brogue, Engineer: Plan of Seattle. 1911. 235 p., plus maps. Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Pacific Northwest Commerce Magazine III:1 (July 1910). 40 p. Spokane Chamber of Commerce. Eighth Annual Report, 1905. 40 p. Spokane Chamber of Commerce. Report of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting, 1909. 149 p. State Board of Managers for Montana - World's Fair. Montana: History, Resources, Possibilities. 1893. 64 p. Symons, T. W. Itineraries of Routes and Tables of Distances in the Department of the Columbia. Headquarters Department of the Columbia, Vancouver Barracks, W. T., May 1, 1881. Trade Review: Pacific Northwest, R. G. Dun & Co., January 1912. U.S. Geological Survey. Guidebook of the Western United States. Part A: The Northern Pacific Route. Washington: GPO, 1916. 218 p.

U.S.G.S. Bulletin 611.

U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Classification of Additions and Betterments as Prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for Steam Roads. Washington: GPO, 1910. 41 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. ["Order" concerning specifications for maps and profiles]. 1914. 22 p. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Specifications for Maps and Profiles. Washington: GPO, 1914. 134.K.18.5B 23 Walker, Aldace F. "The Apportionment of Competitive Traffic Under the Law," June 1890.

Published letter addressed to Joseph Nimmo, Jr., by Walker, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Nimmo's reply.