Finding Aid to the California Street Cable Railroad Company records,

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1 No online items records, Finding Aid written by George Miller and Rebecca Kim; revised and encoded by Lara Michels The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, Phone: (5) Fax: (5) URL: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. BANC MSS C-G 254 1

2 Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 254 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: George Miller and Rebecca Kim; revised and encoded by Lara Michels Date Completed: July The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: California records Date (inclusive): Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 254 Creators : California Street Cable Railroad Co. (San Francisco, Calif.) Extent: Number of containers: 8 boxes, 9 cartons, 3 oversize boxes, 36 volumeslinear feet: 23 Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, Phone: (5) Fax: (5) bancref@library.berkeley.edu URL: Abstract: Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley See: Preferred Citation BANC MSS C-G 254 2

3 [Identification of item], California records, BANC MSS C-G 254, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Alternate Forms Available There are no alternate forms of this collection. Separated Material Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. California Street Cable Railroad Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)--Archives Stanford, Leland, Borel, Antoine, Transportation--California--San Francisco Railroads, Cable-California--San Francisco Street-railroads-California--San Francisco San Francisco (Calif.) Minutes-California--San Francisco Stock certificates-california--san Francisco Ledgers-California--San Francisco Online Archive of California Acquisition Information The California Street Cable Railroad Co. (San Francisco, Calif.) Records were given to The Bancroft Library by W. P. Wreden and Dr. John O. Hanan in December Accruals No additions are expected. System of Arrangement Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by George Miller and Rebecca Kim in Additional processing by Lara Michels in Biographical Information In 1874, Leland Stanford set out to promote the idea of a cable car for California Street, the principle ascent of Nob Hill from the east, with a more reasonable grade than Clay Street. In 1876, in collaboration with several associates in the Central Pacific Railroad, he secured the franchise, and construction was begun on July 5, The line ran between Kearney Street at the foot of Nob Hill to Fillmore Street in the Western Addition, a distance of about 1.7 miles, and a power house, designed by W.W. Hanscom, was put in at Larkin Street. Initially, the line operated with 25 grip cars and trailers built by the Kimball Manufacturing Company and the Central Pacific shops. Service was initiated on April, 1878, at a ceremony attended by over six thousand people. The route duplicated the Clay Street Hill Railroad on its ascent of Nob Hill, but the western route was the first cable car service into the Western Addition. In the spring of 1879, the track was moved west by 0.8 miles, from Fillmore to Central (Presidio) Avenue. The extension was cheaply built of wood framing and planks in an effort to finance the project out of earnings. The new tracks were ready for service on May 30, 1879, but the right-of-way was so unsatisfactory it had to be rebuilt with standard conduit in In 1884, Stanford sold his interest in the company to Antoine Borel, a Swiss-born San Francisco banker. Borel and President James B. Stetson initiated an expansion of the property in Included in the extension was a new powerhouse at California and Hyde Streets, an extension of about a half mile east to Market Street in 1890, and a new cross-town route on O'Farrell, Jones and Hyde Streets which opened February 9, This line of ca. 2.5 miles was intended to provide a direct connection between the Russian Hill area and the shopping district south of Union Square. A shuttle on Jones Street served the Tenderloin district. Howard C. Holmes was in charge of track construction. The company was quite successful at the beginning of the 20th century, but like the rest of San Francisco's cable operators, the company suffered terrible damage in the earthquake and fire of Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, with which the company had some common ownership, was so hard hit by the disaster that the company settled for 50% of its claims. Management had the system back in operation by August 1906, but full restoration of the physical plant was not finished until July BANC MSS C-G 254 3

4 The company maintained its independence of the Market Street Railway and of the Municipal Railway throughout the first half of the century, but the forces acting against the transit industry generally began to afflict the company seriously in the late 1940's. Traffic held up fairly well, but costs rose disproportionately. In 1949, a legal judgement, in which the company was held liable, caused Lloyd's of London to cancel the company's insurance contract and brought operations to an end on July 31, The City and County of San Francisco bought the company for $138,000 and restored operation on January 13, Scope and Content of Collection Board of Directors files, including articles of incorporation and related documents, as well as minutes of meetings; stock records, including minutes of annual stockholder meetings, correspondence, certificates, dividend statements, notices, and transfer records; general files arranged alphabetically by subject; operations records, including daily car records (chiefly receipts from the California and Hyde St. lines), accident reports (which list the date, time, line, and parties involved), and records of personal injuries resulting from accidents; personnel records, including weekly, monthly, and half-monthly time books (which record hours worked by each employee, hourly pay rate, and wages paid each week to conductors and gripmen), payroll ledgers and reports, and records of the employees benefit fund; financial records, including journals of daily purchases, cash books (chronological record of cash receipts and payments), ledgers, and trial balances; and Railroad Commission files. Series 1: Board of Directors Oversize Box 1, Articles of Incorporation, 1884 March 31 Folder 1 Oversize Box 1, Declaration of Surrender and operating permit (Legal copy of original 1884 Folder 2 document), 1931 March Oversize Box 1, Minutes of meetings, 1884 July June 8 Folder Minutes of meetings, Series 2: Stock Records Minutes of annual stockholder meetings, , , Certificates, 1914, 1932 Correspondence, Dividends, Stock miscellaneous, Notices, Transfers, Volume 1-2 Transfer book and stock journal, , Volume 3 Cancelled certificates, Oversize Box 2, Loose pages from volume 3, 1937 Folder 1 Series 3: General Files Active accounts, Advertising, 1907, Agreements with other railway companies, 1887, , American Express, BANC MSS C-G 254 4

5 Series 3: General Files Andrews, F.T. & Co., B miscellaneous correspondence, Batteries, Benefit fund, Bid proposals, Bills, Blueprints, Busses, Carton 2, Folder 1 C miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 2, Folder 2 Cables, Carton 2, Folder 3 Cable inspections, Carton 2, Folder 4 Car hours and mileage, Carton 2, Folder Claims, Carton 2, Folder 7 Complaints, Carton 2, Folder 8 Copies of printed forms and letters, Carton 2, Folder 9 Corporation business, Carton 2, Folder Correspondence from concerned customers, Carton 2, Folder Cypress Lawn Cremation Company, Carton 2, Folder D miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 2, Folder Department of Commerce, Carton 2, Folder Department of Motor Vehicles, Carton 2, Folder Depreciation, taxes and insurance, Carton 2, Folder Employee bulletins, Carton 2, Folder Expenses, Carton 2, Folder F miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 2, Folder Federal reports, Carton 2, Folder Fielder, Sorenson and Davis, Carton 2, Folder G miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 2, Folder H miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 2, Folder Hammond, J. and Company, Carton 2, Folder I miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 2, Folder Insurance, BANC MSS C-G 254 5

6 Series 3: General Files Carton 3, Folder Insurance, Carton 3, Folder 6 K miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 3, Folder 7 L miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 3, Folder Labor issues, Carton 3, Folder Labor statistics, Carton 3, Folder Leases, Carton 3, Folder The "Let Go" official publication, Carton 3, Folder M miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 3, Folder Market Street Railway, Carton 3, Folder Marsh and McLennan inspection reports, Carton 3, Folder Memos, Carton 3, Folder N and O miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 3, Folder Operating permits, Carton 3, Folder P miscellaneous correspondence Carton 3, Folder Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Carton 3, Folder Property description, Carton 3, Folder Public Utilities Commission, Carton 4, Folder Public Utilities Commission, Carton 4, Folder Publicity, Carton 4, Folder R miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 4, Folder Reports, , 1934, Carton 4, Folder Safety materials, 1911, Carton 4, Folder San Francisco, City and County of, Oversize Box 2, San Francisco, City and County of, newspaper clipping, 1926 Folder 2 Carton 4, Folder Sales to the City, Carton 4, Folder Semsen and McLaren, Carton 4, Folder Superior Steel Company Carton 4, Folder T miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 4, Folder Tax reports, Carton 5, Folder 1 Tax returns, 1947 Carton 5, Folder 2 Termination of service, BANC MSS C-G 254 6

7 Series 3: General Files Carton 5, Folder 3 U miscellaneous correspondence, 1944 Carton 5, Folder 4 Uncalled for payroll checks, Carton 5, Folder Unemployment claims and strikes, Carton 5, Folder Union agreements, Carton 5, Folder 9 Union Trust Company of San Francisco, Carton 5, Folder W miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 5, Folder Wage and salary adjustments, Carton 5, Folder Wells Fargo Bank, Carton 5, Folder Wells, Lester K. (Corporate Secretary), Carton 5, Folder Worksheets and reports, Carton 5, Folder Wright, Wright and Stetson Carton 5, Folder Y and Z miscellaneous correspondence, Carton 5, Folder Outgoing correspondence steno notebooks (in shorthand), Series 4: Operations Box 1, Folder 1-3 Daily car record, 1907 July- 19 Dec. Volume 4 Daily car record, 1918 Jan Dec. Box 1, Folder 4-6 Daily car record, 1917 Jan Dec. Carton 5, Folder Daily car record, 1915, 1950 July 22 Oversize Box 2, Daily car record, 1951, Jan-Feb, April, June Folder 3 Oversize Box 2, Cash fares, 1947 May Folder 4 Oversize Box 2, Token fares, 1947 May Folder 5 Carton 5, Folder Rate charts, Undated 23 Carton 5, Folder Tickets, passes, and transfers, 1942, Carton 5, Folder Visitors record, Carton 5, Folder Accident report forms, undated 26 Carton 5, Folder Accident reports, , Box 1, Folder 7-8 Accident reports, 1916 Oct Dec. 31 Box 2, Folder 1-7 Accident reports, 1921 Jan Dec. 31 Carton 5, Folder Accident reports, Box 3, Folder 1-4 Accident reports, 1932 Jan Dec. 31 Carton 5, Folder Accident reports, Carton 6, Folder Accident reports, 1947 April Carton 6, Folder Accident reports: Analysis of claims, correspondence, and miscellaneous, Box 3, Folder 5-6 Personal injury records, 1927 Sept Nov. 29 BANC MSS C-G 254 7

8 Series 5: Personnel Records Series 5: Personnel Records Box 4, Folder 1-7 Weekly time books, 1906 Oct May 21 Box 5, Folder 1-4 Weekly time books, 1927 May Nov. 26 Box 5, Folder 5 Monthly time book, 1926 Jan March Box 5, Folder 6 Half-month/two week time book, 1942 Jan.-Aug. Box 5, Folder 7 Employee benefit fund: Trustees meeting minutes, Carton 6, Folder 7 Payroll ledger, 1906 June-Sept. Volume 5-6 Payroll ledgers, Volume 7-8 Payroll ledgers, Volume 9- Payroll ledgers, Volume Payroll ledgers, Carton 6, Folder 8 Payroll reports, 1917, Carton 6, Folder 9 Payroll reports, 1945 Sept., Dec. Carton 6, Folder Payroll reports, Carton 6, Folder Miscellaneous, , 1945, Series 6: Financial Records Volume 15 Journal, Volume 16 Journal, Volume 17 Journal, Volume 18 Journal, Box 6, Folder 1 Daily purchase journal, 1885 Aug May Volume 19 Daily purchase journal, 1904 Jan Sept. Box 6, Folder 2-4 Daily purchase journal, Box 7, Folder 1-4 Daily purchase journal, Oversize Box 2, Conductor list (loose from daily purchase journal), 1923 Nov. 23 Folder 6 Box 8, Folder 1-3 Daily purchase journal, Oversize Box 2, Cash book (loose pages), 1884 Folder 7 Volume 20 Cash book, 1905 July July 31 Volume 21 Cash book, 1906 July 2-19 May 31 Volume 22 Cash book, 19 June May 31 Volume 23 Cash book, 1914 June June 29 Volume 24 Cash book, 1918 July April 16 Volume 25 Cash book, 1922 April Sept. 24 Volume 26 Cash book, 1925 Sept Dec. 19 Volume 27 Cash book, 1928 Dec April 23 Volume 28 Cash book, 1932 April June 29 Oversize Box 2, Loose fragments removed from volume 28, 1894 Folder 8 Volume 29 Cash book, 1936 June Sept. 9 Volume 30 Cash book, 1940 Sept Dec. 30 Volume 31 Cash book, 1945 Jan April 30 Volume 32 Cash book, 1949 May Aug. 1 Volume 33 Ledger, Volume 34 Ledger, Volume 35 Ledger, 1906 July-1915 June Volume 36 Ledger, 1915 July-1948 March Oversize Box 3, Trial balances, 1889 Oct June Folder 1-8 Carton 6, Folder Monthly financial reports, 1904 July-1905 June 1905 Jun 19 Carton 6, Folder Monthly financial reports 1909 July-1951 May BANC MSS C-G 254 8

9 Series 6: Financial Records Carton 6, Folder Annual statements 1906 June-1931 Dec. Annual statements, 1932 Jan June Auditor's reports, , 1928 California State Tax Board Correspondence, Income tax returns, Financial statements, Real estate tax returns, Franchise tax returns, United States Internal Revenue Service Correspondence, Income tax returns, Tax withheld at source returns, Capital stock tax returns, , Series 7: Railroad Commission Carton 8, Folder 1-30 Carton 9, Folder 1-9 Carton 9, Folder -12 Carton 9, Folder Carton 9, Folder Annual reports, Annual reports, Correspondence, Reports, Application #24, 486 for fare increase, BANC MSS C-G 254 9