gr00118.xml RAILROAD WAREHOUSE COMMISSION An Inventory of Its Finance Docket Files at the Minnesota Historical Society Encoding funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Alex Kent, November 2010. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Finance docket files. 1920-1933, 1953-1969. Materials in English. Finance docket case files of the Interstate Commerce Commission involving railroads doing business in Minnesota; they were seeking authority from the ICC to issue bonds to finance permanent improvements or additions to road mileage or equipment. These files had been forwarded to the various state governors to determine whether any state would have an objection to the ICC's granting of authority, and to give them a chance to testify on any point on behalf of their citizens. 6.3 cubic feet (5 boxes and 3 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The files include notices; correspondence; exhibits, including agreements, leases, deeds, expenditures on upgrades and equipment, schedules, and findings and orders.

ARRANGEMENT

Arranged by ICC finance docket number, which follows a roughly chronological sequence.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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

Topics: Railroads -- Minnesota -- Finance. Organizations: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Finance Docket Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 977-1; 2010-10

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001737688

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 1920-1933

Most files date from 1920-1928, several recovery (excess income) cases date from 1932-1933.

104.I.13.1B Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad, 1920-1921. No. 1069. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1920. No. 1094. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1921. No. 1096. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1920. No. 1097. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1920. No. 1100. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1921. No. 1109. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1920. No. 1133. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1920. No. 1134. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1920. No. 1136. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1920. No. 1138. Illinois Central Railroad, 1920-1921. No. 1160. Illinois Central Railroad, 1920. No. 1161. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha Railroad, 1920. No. 1162. Illinois Central Railroad, 1921. No. 1204. Illinois Central Railroad, 1921. No. 1208. Electric Short Line Railway Company, 1921. No. 1221. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1921. No. 1225. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1921. No. 1227. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1921. No. 1239. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1921. No. 1257. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1921. No. 1271. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1921. No. 1288. Northern Pacific Railroad, 1921. 2 folders. No. 1374. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1921-1923. No. 1383. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1921. No. 1426. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1921. No. 1449. Chicago Union Station Company, 1921. No. 1488. Great Northern Railroad, 1921. No. 1510. Illinois Central Railroad, 1921. No. 1517. Illinois Central Railroad, 1921. No. 1518. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1921. No. 1580. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1921. No. 1656. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1921. No. 1657. 104.I.13.2F Illinois Central Railroad, 1922. No. 2201. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1922. No. 2309. Illinois Central Railroad, 1922. No. 2377. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha Railroad, 1922. No. 2389. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul, 1922. No. 2442. Northern Pacific Equipment Trust of 1922. No. 2513. Electric Short Line Railroad Bonds, 1923. No. 2604. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1923. No. 2614. Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1923. No. 2646. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1923. No. 2756. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1923. No. 2764. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, Testimony (pages 1-703) and exhibits. 5 folders. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1923. No. 2794. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1923. No. 2825. Illinois Central Railroad, 1923. No. 2830. Illinois Central Railroad, 1923. No. 2831. Illinois Central Railroad, 1923. No. 2842. Great Northern Railroad, 1923-1924. No. 2853. Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1923. No. 2871. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1923. No. 2896. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1923. No. 2930. Illinois Central Railroad, 1923. No. 2931. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1923. No. 2955. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1923. No. 2985. Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1923. No. 3046. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1923. No. 3072. Minnesota Transfer Railway, 1923. No. 3179. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1923. No. 3243. Illinois Central Railroad, 1923. No. 3278. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1923. No. 3291. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1923. No. 3329. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1923. No. 3342. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1923. No. 3359. 104.I.13.3B Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1923. No. 3400. Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1924. No. 3423. Chicago Union Station Company, 1924. No. 3461. Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1924. No. 3466. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 3485. Duluth & Iron Range Railroad (excess income), 1933. No. 3706. Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railroad (excess income), 1932. No. 3833. Minnesota Dakota & Western Railroad (excess income), 1932-1933. 2 folders. No. 3836. Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1924. No. 4009. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1924. No. 4044. Great Northern Railroad, 1924. No. 4052. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1924. No. 4068. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1924. No. 4088. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4135. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4171. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1924. No. 4197. Great Northern Railroad, 1924. No. 4235. Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1924. No. 4255. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4278. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4283. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1924. No. 4284. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4299. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4366. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1924. No. 4368. Illinois Central Railroad, 1924. No. 4371. Great Northern Railroad, 1924. No. 4401. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1924. No. 4434. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1924. No. 4435. Illinois Central Railroad, 1924. No. 4454. Chicago Union Station Company, 1924. No. 4468. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1924. No. 4497. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1924. No. 4517. Great Northern Railroad, 1924-1925. No. 4541. Great Northern Railroad, 1925. No. 4571. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1925. No. 4598. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1925. No. 4660. Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic Railroad, 1925. No. 4694. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1925. No. 4725. Northern Pacific Railroad, 1925. No. 4753. 104.I.13.4F Illinois Central Railroad, 1925. No. 4775. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1925. No. 4786. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1925. No. 4788. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1925. No. 4840. Great Northern Railroad, 1925. No. 4845. Illinois Central Railroad, 1925. No. 4852. Great Northern Railroad, 1925. No. 4894. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1925. No. 4923. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1925. No. 4937. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1925. No. 4964. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1925. No. 4973. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1925. No. 5016. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1925. No. 5022. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1925. No. 5062. Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault St. Marie Railroad, 1925. No. 5079. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1925. No. 5140. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad, 1926. No. 5176. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1925. No. 5207. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1925. No. 5266. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1926. No. 5284. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1926. No. 5285. Illinois Central Railroad, 1926. No. 5481. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1926. No. 5587. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1927. No. 5945. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1927. No. 6112. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, 1927. No. 6184. Chicago, Milwaukee & Pacific Railroad, with exhibits, 1927. 4 folders. No. 6240. 104.I.13.5B Chicago, Milwaukee & Pacific Railroad. 1 folder. No. 6240. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, 1927. No. 6241. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1927. No. 6329. Great Northern Pacific Railroad, 1927-1930. 3 folders. No. 6409-6410. Great Northern Railroad, 1921-1928. 7 folders. No. 8250. Miscellaneous pages, 1922-1928. 1953-1969 123.F.19.3B Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1954. No. 14720. Illimois Central Railroad, 1953. No. 17751. Chicago, Great Western Railway Company, 1954. No. 18086. Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1953. No. 18149. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1953. No. 18209. Illinois Central Railroad, 1953. No. 18362. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, 1954. No. 18586. Illinois Central Railroad, 1954. No. 18638. Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1954. No. 18727. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, 1954. No. 18737. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, 1955. No. 18958. New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, 1956. Nos. 18991, 19086. Chicago, Great Western Railway Company, 1955. No. 19028. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1956. Nos. 19094, 19066, 19257. 104.I.13.1B Illinois Central Railroad, 1961. No. 19538. 123.F.19.3B Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste Marie Railroad, 1956. No. 19561. Illimois Central Railroad, 1957. No. 19678. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, 1957. No. 19711. Illimois Central Railroad, 1959. No. 19726. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1957. No. 19738. 104.I.13.1B Belt Railway Company of Chicago, 1961. No. 19742. 123.F.19.3B Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1957. No. 19842. Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1957. No. 19902. 104.I.13.1B Michigan Central Railroad Company, 1961. No. 19921. 123.F.19.3B Chicago, Great Western Railway Company, 1957. No. 19949. Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1958. No. 20081 Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1958. No. 20146. Northern Pacific Railroad, 1958. No. 20384. Great Northern Railroad, 1958. No. 20392. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, 1959. No. 20494. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, 1959. No. 20499. Illimois Central Railroad, 1959. No. 20563. 104.I.13.1B Canal Randolph Corporation, 1961. No. 20813. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1961. No. 20940. Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21066. Universal Transportation Company, 1961. No. 21070. 123.F.19.3B Chicago and Northwest Railway, Minneapolis, St. Louis, 1960. No. 21115. 104.I.13.1B Watson Bros. Transportation Company, 1961. No. 21203. Erie and St. Lawrence Corporation, 1961. No. 21317. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1961. No. 21366. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1961. No. 21369. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21391. Soo Line Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21412. Clipper Carloading Company, 1961. No. 21430. Little Audrey's Transportation Company, 1961. No. 21476. Great Northern Pacific and Burlington Lines, 1961. 3 folders. Nos. 21478, 21479, 21480. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21492. Midwest Emery Freight System, Inc., 1961. No. 21497. Bruce Motor Freight, Inc., 1961. No. 21575. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21576. Soo Line Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21620. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1961. No. 21637. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, 1961. No. 21668. Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1961-1962. No. 21696. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1961. No. 21814. Chicago, Great Western Railway Company, 1961. No. 21844. Great Northern Railway Company, 1962. No. 22017. 104.I.9.2F Lyon Van and Storage Company, 1962. No. 22106. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1962. No. 22140. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 1962. No. 22142. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, 1962. No. 22196. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 1962. No. 22212. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, 1962. No. 22292. Spector Freight System, Inc., and Steffke Freight Company, 1962. No. 22296. O'Boyle Tank Lines, Inc., 1962. No. 22347. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 1962. No. 22349. Aero Mayflower Transit Company, Inc., 1962. No. 22367. Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1962. No. 22370. 123.F.19.3B Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1969. Nos. 23388, 23389. Northern Pacific Railway, 1965. No. 23488. Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railroad, 1968. No. 24182. Unnumbered: Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste Marie Railroad, 1954. Great Northern Railroad, 1958. 104.I.9.2F Chicago Great Western Railway Company, proposed discontinuance of passenger service, 1961. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, proposed discontinuance of passenger service, 1961. Northern Pacific Railway Company, to assume obligation and liability as guarantor, 1962.