Manuscripts Collection
These documents are organized into the following sections:
M566: Performance of Locomotive Records. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 4 microfilm reels.
M568: Operating Expense Statements. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 7 microfilm reels.
M573: Abstracts of Charges to Line Construction. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 20 microfilm reels.
M574: Construction Detail Ledgers. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 12 microfilm reels.
M576: Abstracts of Cash Vouchers. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 53 microfilm reels.
M583: Abstracts of Various Persons Bills. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 24 microfilm reels.
M585: Abstracts of Journal Vouchers. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 25 microfiklm reels.
Microfilm is available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.
The microfilmed originals of operating expense statements (1888-1940, 1934-1946, 1955-1956); abstracts of charges to line construction (1889-1928); construction detail ledgers (1924-1933); abstracts of cash vouchers (February 1890-December 1915); abstracts of various persons bills (February 1890-June 1915); abstracts of journal vouchers (February 1890-December 1915); and performance of locomotive records (1877-1901, 1940-1948) were disposed of after microfilming.
Accession numbers: 1170; 1364; 1366; 1367; 1368; 1369; 1370; 1371; 1372; 1373; 1374; 1375; 1376; 1377; 1378; 1379; 1380; 1381; 1382; 1383; 1384; 1385; 1386; 1387; 1388; 1389; 1390; 1391; 1392; 1393; 1394; 1395; 1396; 1397; 1398; 1399; 1400; 1401; 1403; 1404; 1405; 1406; 1407; 1408; 1409; 1410; 1411; 1412; 1416; 1417; 1418; 1419; 1420; 1421; 1422; 1423; 1424; 1425; 1426; 1427; 1428; 1429; 1430; 1431; 1432; 1433; 1434; 1435; 1436; 1437; 1438; 1439; 1441C; 1602; 1603; 1604; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 2132; 2133; 2134; 2135; 2136; 2139; 2140; 2142; 2144; 2145; 2148; 2153; 2154; 2161; 2162; 2163; 2164; 2165; 2177; 2182; 2183; 2184; 2185; 2186; 2187; 2188; 2189; 2190; 2191; 2192; 2213; 2217; 2218; 2219; 2222; 2260; 2261; 2262; 2303; 2304; 2305; 2306; 2306; 2307; 2385; 2601; 2602; 2603; 2965; 2966; 2967; 2968; 2969; 2970; 2971; 3268; 3269; 3421; 3422; 3423; 3424; 3425; 3426; 3427; 3428; 3429; 3453; 3505; 3506; 3693; 3713; 4092; 4216; 4217; 4218; 4392; 4456; 4457; 4458; 4459; 4460; 4461; 4462; 4463; 4464; 4465; 4466; 4467; 4468; 4469; 4477; 4506; 4538; 4539; 4540; 4542; 4543; 4544; 4545; 4560; 4562; 4563; 4564; 4565; 4566; 4569; 4573; 4575; 4577; 4578; 4580; 4581; 4582; 4583; 4584; 4596; 4600; 4601; 4602; 4605; 4606; 4607; 4608; 4609; 4610; 4611; 4612; 4613; 4614; 4615; 4616; 4620; 4621; 4622; 4623; 4628; 4629; 4631; 4632; 4633; 4634; 4635; 4636; 4638; 4639; 4640; 4641; 4642; 4643; 4644; 4645; 4646; 4647; 4648; 4649; 4650; 4651; 4652; 4653; 4654; 4655; 4662; 4663; 4664; 4665; 4666; 4667; 4668; 4669; 4670; 4671; 4672; 4673; 4674; 4675; 4676; 4677; 4678; 4679; 4680; 4681; 4687; 4688; 4689; 4690; 4691; 4692; 4693; 4694; 4695; 4696; 4697; 4698; 4699; 4700; 4701; 4702; 4775; 4776; 4777; 4778; 4779; 4780; 4781; 4782; 4783; 4784; 4785; 4786; 4787; 4788; 4789; 4790; 4791; 4792; 4793; 4794; 4795; 4796; 4797; 4798; 4799; 4800; 4801; 4802; 4803; 4804; 4805; 4806; 4807; 4808; 4809; 4810; 4811; 4812; 4813; 4814; 4815; 4816; 4817; 4819; 4820; 4821; 4822; 4823; 4824; 4825; 4826; 4827; 4828; 4829; 4830; 5227; 5230; 5357; NP 6129; NP 6613; NP 8867; 15,160; 15,164; 15,165; 15,166; 15,190; 15,191
Catalog ID number: 01719909
Work on the Great Northern railway company records was supported with funds by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation.
Great Northern Railway Company Records. Advertising and Publicity Dept. Opening radio broadcast, January 12, 1929. 17 phonograph records in 2 albums.
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
The files contain the documentation for the financial operation of Great Northern and its subsidiary companies, in many of which Farrington held corporate offices. Files on mining, economic development, and railway construction abound. Special note should be made of very voluminous files on the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers and on the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Includes stock certificates.
Missing files 167-169.
Missing file 223.
Includes history of Kaslo & Slocan Railway to June 30, 1908.
Incorporated into files 255-256.
Missing file 275.
Missing file 316.
Missing file 354.
Missing file 504.
The Edward Tattnall Nichols subject files contain letters received and copies of letters sent by Nichols as Secretary of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and as Secretary, Treasurer, and Third Vice President of Great Northern. Dating mainly between 1880 and 1912, the correspondence is grouped into 530 numbered files. Within each file the letters are chronological.
The genealogy of these records is not entirely clear. After Nichols' departure from the active service of the railway in 1912, the files remained in his New York Office for some time. Later they were transferred to the records storage areas in St. Paul. Sometime during the 1940s they were weeded and renumbered into a semi-alphabetical series by the Great Northern Comptroller's office. How extensive a weeding was done is not known, though most of the files appear complete.
These files concern the financial affairs of the Manitoba and Great Northern
companies and their branch lines. Stock and bond records are especially
voluminous. Especially significant are files relating to branch lines and
subsidiary companies. Often, Nichols was a corporate officer of these
companies. When using this inventory the researcher should be cautioned to
note that records relating to several railroad companies may be found in
more than one file but that the railroad has not been repeated in each
title.
This situation applies to the following cases:
The following persons appear as authors throughout the series: Adolphus H. Bode, James Jerome Hill, Robert Irving Farrington, William Pitt Clough, John S. Kennedy, Richard A. Jackson, Richard B. Angus, and Reuben Barney Galusha.
Includes incomplete set of Comparative Statement of Earnings and Expenses, January 1909-October 1912.
Missing file 103.
Missing file 183.
Letterpress books contain outgoing correspondence of Edward Tattnall Nichols as Secretary and later Vice President and Nicholas Terhune as Assistant Treasurer and later Assistant Vice President.
All volumes have accompanying indexes. Correspondence concerns stocks, bonds, and other financial interests.
Letterpress books consist mainly of Treasurer's daily statements of receipts and disbursements with supporting papers.
Letterpress books contain outgoing letters of Nicholas Terhune. Both volumes have accompanying indexes.
Correspondence deals with stock transfers regarding proposed Great Northern-Northern Pacific merger.
Contracts and agreements covering west end matters which were retained and filed by John D. Farrell, Assistant to the President. He was based in Seattle to monitor the operations on the west end. At this same time he served as corporate official to many of the Great Northern branch lines and related companies.
These agreement files concern all facets of the operation of the Great Northern system. Right-of-way matters, contracts for buildings, installation of equipment, and service agreements are included. A list of prominent subsidiary companies which appear in the contracts follows: Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway & Navigation Company; Seattle and Montana Railroad Company; Great Northern Steamship Company; Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway Company.
Of special interest are several contracts with Japanese firms regarding the operation of the Great Northern Steamship Company. Coal contracts and mail service agreements predominate.
These files consist of reports, correspondence, historical data and miscellany. Many of the subject files contain financial data, especially accounting audits, relating to the Great Northern Railway and its subsidiaries. Also included are correspondence, memoranda, and reports on the histories of various Great Northern properties and on corporate planning and operations.
These files were selected for preservation from a much larger group of comptroller's subject files. They have been rearranged according to topical content.
Several missing.
Turnburke's personal subject files (including correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, statistical accounting data, and reports) emanate largely from his service as General Auditor, although some might reflect his work as the company's statistician.
There is much information on various Great Northern accounts, especially statistical analyses of particular accounts. The files also document accounting department methods and procedural modifications. Many files are concerned with regulatory demands, especially those of the Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC]. There is a large amount of background information on rate increase and service change applications. Many files deal with particular ICC dockets.
Much of the statistical data concerns comparisons of Great Northern performance in various areas with that of other roads. There is also a large group of files providing statistical and other data on the economics of the proposed consolidation of Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads during the 1920s.
Correspondence files relating to accounting procedures, methods, audits, expenditures and other statistics.
Subject files include correspondence, memoranda, statistical data, reports, maps, and legal case documents. These files were kept by the Comptroller documenting the economic, legal, and service factors involved in the ICC proposal to consolidate all Class I railroads in the United States into several major noncompeting rail systems. The files document the Great Northern's study of several combinant options that could be used to form the north-western consolidated system.
Includes alphabetically arranged index to file titles.
Proposed merger of Great Northern and Milwaukee.
Proposed merger of Santa Fe and Milwaukee.
Newspaper article on Ralph Budd's comment that if Chicago, Burlington & Quincy-Great Northern-Northern Pacific Combination is broken up, Northern Pacific must go.
Includes maps.
Includes railroad maps.
Includes maps and national magazine articles.
Includes Montana Railroad Map.
Includes Maps.
Includes 4-group plan map and 5-group plan map.
These volumes contain notes kept by Louis W. Hill, Jr. regarding the Northern Pacific and Great Northern 1927 merger application.
Theses correspondence files, 1923-1928, were kept by the Northern Pacific vice president of marketing, Seattle, regarding the consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railways. The correspondence is in reverse order within each of the three sections.
The Public Utilities Commission was formerly know as the Railroad Commission of California.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission was formerly called the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Iowa. Annual reports for 1909 and 1910 are missing from this series.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
The annual reports for 1913 and 1914 are missing.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
The board of Railroad Commissioners was formerly known as the Public Service Commission and the Railroad Commissioners.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted. The 1955 Costs and statistics supplement is missing.
The Public Service Commission was formerly known as the Commissioners of Railroads of North Dakota and as the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Dakota.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
Annual reports of railroads were directed to the Railroad Commissioner and to the Public Service Commission at various times.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
The Public Service Commission was formerly called the Board of Railroad Commissioners.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
Railroad reports were directed to the following state agencies at various times: Railroad Commission of Washington, Department of Public Works, Department of Transportation, and the Public Service Commission.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
The Public Service Commission was formerly called the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31, unless otherwise noted.
All volumes contain annual reports for the year ending December 31.
Includes detailed statements of operations per mile of road, freight statistics, abstract of commodities of freight, tonnage and earnings of branch lines, passenger statistics, train earnings, bonds owned, land department statistics and operations, additions and improvements, report of accidents including deaths and injuries (names, location and reason), miles of road under operation, and related records.
Summary statistical data on monthly revenues and expenses, and net income, from all corporate operations of the Great Northern Railway Company.
These volumes contain detailed statistical data and tables regarding revenues, expenses, equipment, track and road mileage, freight commodities and passenger traffic, building rentals, and stocks and bonds. Included in the volumes are yearly maps of the Great Northern system and summary reports on operations, property changes and improvements, investments, and personnel. Earlier reports show comparative figures for the years including and following 1882, and Volume 3 contains the resolution adopted by the Board changing the fiscal year from July 1-June 30 to January 1-December 31. Portions of printed annual reports to stockholders are included in the early volumes and whole annual reports accompany Volumes 34-46.
Volumes containing detailed statistical data and tables for various operating accounts of Great Northern.
This group of maps, many of which are railroad maps or other maps showing railroad properties, was collected and preserved by the Great Northern Comptroller's Office, presumably as an office reference file. The maps are organized by state.
Proposed Baltimore and Ohio System on verso.
Showing location of railway lines of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific, including historical data of the lines and their subsidiaries, and the related states. Issued by the Passenger Departments of the three respective lines.
Contains similar historical data as volume 1.
From July 1890, through December 1925, these monthly records were called General Balance Sheets. Thereafter, they were known as statements of accounts. The record contains the general balance sheet, income and expense statements, and other supporting documents summarizing the financial condition of the company.
June 1890 missing.
The series of cash voucher abstracts (53 microfilm reels) itemize vouchers prepared to control and document the company's cash transactions, that is, transactions itemized in the general cash books of the corporation. The 1890-1915 period - the first 25 years of the Great Northern's existence - are significant because it was a time during which the company was rapidly building new lines and greatly expanding its business.
A voucher was prepared in response to every invoice received from a creditor. The voucher documented the company's obligation to pay a debt, and it was presented to appropriate officials for approval before payment was made. Vouchers prepared in a given month were numbered in a sequence beginning with "1." The abstract itemizes the vouchers in sequential (numerical) order. Therefore the abstracts of vouchers provide a record of all outstanding current cash liabilities of the company on any given date. They also indicate how each vouchered transaction was posted to the general ledger.
As the series title suggests, each volume abstracts its entries according to the type of account(s) to which it was posted in the general ledger. Each set of facing pages contains a number of columns listing principal ledger accounts grouped by general expense categories: operating expenses, sundry accounts, clearing accounts, revenue accounts, supplies, shop expenses, store expenses, additions and betterments, freight sales, outside operations, and miscellaneous accounts. This abstracting provides at least a general idea of the nature of each expense recorded in the volume. Each entry also notes the date the voucher was audited, the date it was sent on to the treasurer for final approval, and the date the expense was finally paid.
Since each microfilm frame contains a single page, the user will often have to view two frames to take in the full record documenting any single voucher. Each line on every page is numbered, which makes it fairly easy to track an entry across two succeeding pages.
This series of journal voucher abstracts (25 microfilm reels) itemize vouchers prepared to control and document the company's journalized transactions, that is, transactions itemized in the general journals of the corporation. The 1890-1915 period - the first 25 years of the Great Northern's existence - are significant because it was a time during which the company was rapidly building new lines and greatly expanding its business. Volume 1 (Reel 1) also includes separate sections recording vouchers (April-July 1890) of two large subsidiaries of the Great Northern: the Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota and the Montana Central Railway Company. See the Branch Line notebooks for additional records of these two companies.
A voucher was prepared in response to every invoice received from a creditor. The voucher documented the company's obligation to pay a debt, and it was presented to appropriate officials for approval before payment was made. Vouchers prepared in a given month were numbered in a sequence beginning with "1." The abstract itemizes the vouchers in sequential (numerical) order. Therefore the abstracts of vouchers provide a record of all outstanding current liabilities of the company on any given date. They also indicate how each vouchered transaction was posted to the general ledger.
As the series title suggests, each volume abstracts its entries according to the type of account(s) to which it was posted in the general ledger. Each set of facing pages contains a number of columns listing principal ledger accounts grouped by general expense categories: operating expenses, investment accounts, clearing accounts, payroll, stock of supplies, station agents, operating revenue, bills, and miscellaneous accounts. This abstracting provides at least a general idea of the nature of each expense recorded in the volume. Each entry also notes the date the voucher was audited, the date it was sent on to the treasurer for final approval, and the date the expense was finally paid.
Since each microfilm frame contains a single page, the user will often have to view two frames to take in the full record documenting any single voucher. Each line on every page is numbered, which makes it fairly easy to track an entry across two succeeding pages.
Months are in reverse chronological order.
Months are in reverse chronological order.
This series of various persons bills abstracts (24 microfilm reels) itemize the railway's bills against other companies and individuals. The 1890-1915 period - the first 25 years of the Great Northern's existence - is significant because it was a time during which the company was rapidly building new lines and greatly expanding its business.
After each invoice against another person or company was prepared, it was recorded in the abstract, along with other explanatory and accounting information about the transaction. Bills prepared in a given month were numbered in a sequence beginning with "1." The abstract itemizes the bills in sequential (numerical) order. Therefore the abstracts of bills provide a record of all outstanding current accounts due to the company on any given date. They also indicate how each bill was posted to the general ledger.
As the series title suggests, each volume abstracts its entries according to the type of account(s) to which it was posted in the general ledger. Each set of facing pages contains a number of columns listing principal ledger accounts grouped by general categories: operating expenses, open accounts, current accounts, revenue accounts, stock of supplies, and miscellaneous. This abstracting provides at least a general idea of the nature of each invoice recorded in the volume. Each entry also notes the date the bill was audited by the comptroller, the name and address of the debtor, and the reason for the bill.
Since each microfilm frame contains a single page, the user will often have to view two frames to take in the full record documenting any single bill. Each line on every page is numbered, which makes it fairly easy to track an entry across two succeeding pages.
The months/pages in volume 21 are out of order.
The months/pages in volume 21 are out of order.
This series of records itemizes all the expenditures made by the Great Northern, through 1928, in constructing its railway lines and those of its principal subsidiaries. Most of the entries document work done in North Dakota, Montana, and Washington, although construction in other states is also recorded. The series of 24 volumes provides an extremely detailed record of the costs incurred and materials used in constructing each line segment, as well as a rough diary of construction progress.
The first 21 volumes record expenditures relating directly to the construction of trackage and attendant structures and facilities. The remaining three volumes record only expenditures made in constructing side tracks and appurtenant structures. Each volume is organized into geographic sections, each one usually relating to work on a particular division or branch line. The volume list that follows this description itemizes the sections within each volume in the order in which they appear on the microfilm. Each of these sections is, in turn, often subdivided into shorter line sections. Within such sections, transactions are recorded more or less chronologically. Each entry notes the date and number of the voucher authorizing the expenditure, and gives a brief textual summary of the work involved, often including an itemization of the materials expended in performing the work. The dollar expenditures involved in the transaction are then distributed according to the relevant ledger accounts.
Although the number of account columns varies a little from volume to volume, they typically include the following construction expenditure accounts: right of way; real estate; engineering; clearing and grubbing; grading; masonry; bridges and culverts; cattle guards, road crossings, and track signs; ties; rails; rail fastenings; frogs, switches, and miscellaneous track material; track laying; ballasting; surface filling and lining track; transportation department buildings; road department buildings; roundhouses and shops; fuel and water stations; grain elevators, coal bunkers, and stockyards; other buildings and structures; fences; telegraph; shop tools and machinery; protection against snow and ice; locomotive and car service; general expenses; docks, wharves, landings, and inclines. In many of the volumes the columns of data extend across two facing pages, which means that the user will often need to view two succeeding frames on the microfilm to find all the data pertaining to a particular transaction. Since the lines on each page are numbered, tracing a transaction across two frames is fairly straightforward, if a little awkward.
Volumes 22-24 record only expenditures relating to "side tracks and structures." They do not distribute the dollar amounts by the many accounts noted above. Rather they contain a brief description of the transaction, and distribute the expenditure according to "labor" and "material" charges. The format of the volumes is therefore simpler and all data pertaining to any given transaction is contained on a single page.
The container list summarizes the contents of each volume and indicates the order of the volumes on the microfilm. The list indicates the major line sections into which the volume is divided.
A detailed content index is included at the front of each volume, except for volume 24, which contains an index of projects giving only the AFE number. Volume 24 also has entries pertaining to all companies intermixed throughout.
This series of accounting records documents the costs incurred in several large line construction projects in Washington, Montana, and Oregon that were undertaken long after the original Great Northern line had been built. The construction projects documented are the Scobey Extension in northeastern Montana (Volume 1); the Saco-Turner Line in north central Montana (Volume 2); the southern extension running from Bend, Oregon to Bieber, California (Volumes 3 and 4); the Chumstick Line located in Washington between the Columbia River and the Cascade Tunnel (Volumes 5-8); the Cascade Tunnel (Volumes 9-15); and the Fourth Street Office Building in Seattle (Volume 16). The latter volume documents the construction of the Great Northern regional headquarters building.
Each entry in the volumes typically includes the month and year of the expenditure, the number of the voucher covering the expense, the name of the creditor, a brief description of the expense, and the dollar amount.
Includes table of contents.
In 3 segments: Oregon line, California line, and Bieber Terminal. Each segment has its own table of contents.
Volumes 7 and 8 (reels 6 and 7) include the following accounts: engineering; grading; tunnels and subways; bridges, trestles, and culverts; ties; rails; other track materials; ballast; tracklaying and surfacing; fences; crossings and signs; and buildings.
This series contains the detailed statistical cost of construction reports.
Material ledgers containing costs for ties, rails, track fastenings and other materials, frogs and switches used in the construction of the Great Northern line.
The record book provides tabular data on track mileage added or changed during the 1921-1970 period according to the following categories: (1) General corporate construction data, (2) Mileage constructed under general mortgages, (3) Main track changes (mileage operated), (4) Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway mileage, (5) Mileage pertinent to ICC Finance Docket no. 1990.
The book contains several system and division maps showing mileage additions and deletions.
The records consist largely of monthly statements summarizing the monthly operating expenses of the railway. They are augmented by related records summarizing some of the same expense information, for the 1890-1927 period, in somewhat different ways. All of the records were prepared by the accounting department to provide detailed breakdowns of the company expenses that could be charged to operations and maintenance.
The statements consist of data (either handwritten or printed) recorded on printed forms. The size and layout of the form changed frequently, so the appearance of the records on the microfilm will change, sometimes markedly, from time to time. The information being recorded, however, remains virtually the same through all the format changes.
Each of these expense lines on the form records the dollar amount spent on that activity. That total amount is then subdivided by operating division and district. Each form contains a number of columns corresponding to the several operating divisions of the railway. These divisions are mainly geographical, but some coincide with subsidiary companies. Each entry on the forms is also divided into separate passenger and freight columns to further specify the expenditures. The monthly statements for a given year are often accompanied by annual (and, occasionally, semiannual) summary statements.
Includes separate statements for Montana Central Railway beginning July 1889, as well as separate operating statements abstracted by state beginning July 1889.
May 1955 missing.
These two volumes abstract expense items by state, rather than by operating division, to give a different statistical perspective.
The six volumes in this series contain annually aggregated expense data, broken down by operating division as with the monthly statements. The final volume in that sequence (1917-1927), which chronologically overlaps those preceding it, seems to pertain to operating expenses recorded in the books maintained by the federal operations manager.
Years ending June 30.
Years ending June 30.
Years ending December 31.
Years ending December 31.
Years ending December 31.
Accounts of federal manager.
The materials in this microfilm edition comprise the Great Northern Railway accounting office's monthly compilations of statistical data regarding the efficiency of the locomotives in the company's active roster. This substantial body of data give a detailed indication of how well classes of engines (1940-1948), or individual locomotives (1887-1901), were performing. The series consists of two segments separated by hiatus of nearly 40 years, during which the nature of the record changed notably in both form and content.
The 1887-1901 segment was recorded on oversize blueprint pages bound into six large volumes. The sequence of volumes is organized by operating (largely geographical) divisions. There are several divisions within each volume. Within each division the records are organized by date, with all the pages arranged in reverse chronological order. Each page comprises a record for one month, and organizes the information by individual locomotive, arranging them in numerical order. The data for each locomotive are arranged in columns across the page, as follows: engine number; cylinder size; engineer's name; mileage during the month (by type: passenger, freight, mixed, work, switching, and total); repair costs (labor, materials, and total); fuel consumed (wood quantity, coal quantity, and cost); wages paid to engine crew; stores consumed (illuminating, valve, and engine oils; pounds of waste; and cost of stores); total engine expense; miles run per: ton of coal, pint of valve oil, and pint of engine oil; pounds of coal consumed to haul 100 tons one mile; cost per mile run (repairs, fuel, wages, stores, and total); and miscellaneous remarks. In addition, footing figures on each page aggregate mileage and cost figures for all the engines enumerated on the page.
Includes aggregated statistics for entire road, 1891-1898.
The 1940-1948 segment was recorded on typed, unbound forms. Unlike the earlier segment, these forms are arranged first by year, and thereunder by month (again, in reverse chronological order). Within the section for a given month, there is a separate page for each operating division, and the information on each page is arranged by engine class. Although the type of information is the same as for the earlier segment, there are many fewer categories and information is more aggregated. Information is not analyzed by individual locomotive but, rather, by class of locomotive. Data categories for each class are: mileage (by type); repair costs (labor and material costs not segregated, but a category for "wrecks" added); miles run per: ton of coal, pint of valve oil, and pint of engine oil; pounds of coal consumed per 1,000 gross-ton-miles hauled; and costs per mile run (fuel, repairs, engine house costs, lubricants, and supplies). There are no footings aggregating these data on a monthly basis, but the group of forms for each year includes a series of sheets aggregating the data for all divisions for the entire year. These recapitulations are filed at the beginning of each year's sequence.
Locomotive and motor car statistics by class of equipment.
Freight train operating statistics by divisions.
By operating division.
Monthly reports to the ICC of passenger train performance.
One folder for each month.
These records list freight earnings, passenger earnings, and station expenses by year, and are organized by station (each volume contains a station index).
Agents' records, and a manual of instructions to agents.
Impression copies.
Volumes include official lists of officers, agents and stations, including station numbers, class of stations, telegraph calls, population and miles of line operated.
Volumes include payroll statistics.
Physical Note: Many illegible pages:
Proxies authorizing purchase of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company properties and railway lines of other corporations.
Folder contains articles, statistics, and newspaper clippings.
Information requested by Minnesota Tax Commission on September 25, 1933, concerning stocks, bonds, and advances owned by Great Northern, 1915-1933.
Information for stocks include: Name of issuing company, number of shares, place of incorporation, nature of business, reason for acquiring stock, method of acquiring, method of management and operation of corporation, stocks pledged, and has issuing company paid a Minnesota property tax.
Bonds include: Name of company, par value, registration tax paid to Minnesota, extent of ownership by Great Northern, and bonds pledged.
Advances include: Name of company, amount, reason for making advance, Great Northern ownership of the company's stocks/bonds.
Statement of claim as provided under contract of December 30, 1918.
Volume contains mimeographed details and schedules.
Includes status of the histories of miscellaneous companies and investments as of September 1, 1938. Also includes chart of Great Northern corporate history, January 1, 1956.
Statements of expenses and income showing distribution and apportionment of tenant lines.
Agendas for annual meetings of the Audit Committee including reports of the activities of the accounting department such as changes in organization, methods, systems, and procedures,1963-1969.
Issued or received by Auditor Disbursements to employees.
Great Northern sponsored teams.
Volumes 1-6 are monthly commodity statistical reports, volumes 7-8 contain figures on revenue tons, passenger miles and revenue, joint facility rents, train mileage, Canadian employees and compensation.
Monthly entries of operating expenses and income.
On account of Vancouver False Creek joint property, in which Northern Pacific has a one-half interest.
Correspondence, blue prints, cost statements, and other miscellaneous papers relating to tidelands, terminals, and tunnel property.
Monthly lists of principal commodities, the total amount, and cause for loss or damage.
Monthly and annual statistics of the Minnesota Highway Freight Service and Highway Mail Service operated by Spellacy Motor Cargo, May 1954-1961.
Monthly comparative statements.
Includes quarterly statistics to the ICC.
Monthly statistical reports.
This series consists of statistical reports of the operating expenses and revenues of Great Northern, spanning the years 1959-1973. The majority of the statistics were prepared by various sections of the disbursement accounting department, including the equipment service, freight, customer and station, and passenger. These statements were forwarded to the office of the comptroller.
Monthly statements showing tonnage of lake and rail iron ore received at Allouez ore dock from mines in which Great Northern Iron Ore Properties are interested (mine-grade-tonnage).
Monthly statements of account.
The LeRoi Mining Company was incorporated in England in 1898. It owned and developed mining property near Rossland, British Columbia. Great Northern and its subsidiary, Red Mountain Railway Company, received revenue from the transportation of ore from the mine. In 1905 Great Northern bought stock in the Company hoping to prevent efforts by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company from acquiring complete control of LeRoi Mining and therefore diverting ore traffic away from Great Northern. Canadian Pacific, however acquired controlling interest.
Folders contain correspondence, statements, and speeches.
Monthly operation statements.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photos, and working papers regarding ships owned and operated by Great Northern and subsidiaries.
Printed materials issued by Great Northern or of interest to Great Northern.
Great Northern brochure.
Original and revised editions.
With emphasis on Northeastern Minnesota.
Printed circulars pasted in scrapbooks.
Includes index.
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.
Clippings, photos, and programs of meetings.
Pictoral record of construction.
Financial statements including operating expenses and income, additions and Improvements, earnings, etc.