Pennsylvania Railroad Collection, 1859-1956
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Object ID: MG0131
3 boxes 67 folders 1.5 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization)
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4
Description: The papers in this collection are largely the documents of legal actions against the Pennsylvania Railroad for damages incurred or vice versa.
Creator: Pennsylvania Railroad.
System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.
Conditions for Access: No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: Unknown.
Box 1
Folder 1 Deeds of Conveyance, 1859-1901.
Folder 2 Legal Action: PRR vs. William Buckins estate, Lancaster, 1883.
Folder 3 Land Purchase, Marietta, A.N. Cassel & Son, 1903-1908.
Folder 4 Construction Contract, 1904.
Folder 5 Legal Action: PRR vs. Columbia Lace Co., 1905-1908.
Folder 6 Proposed Construction at Lemon St. and Plum St., Lancaster, 1905-1909.
Folder 7 Agreement with the Lancaster & Eastern Street Railway Co. at Leaman Place and Paradise, 1905-1910.
Folder 8 Legal Action: PRR vs. Michael Thomas, 1906-1909.
Folder 9 Legal Action: PRR vs. John Rottmond, 1906-1909.
Folder 10 Legal Action: PRR vs. Franklin and Susan Beck, 1906, 1909-1910.
Folder 11 Legal Action: PRR vs. S. Book & Bro., Quarryville, 1906-1910.
Folder 12 Legal Action: PRR vs. S. Book & Bro., Quarryville, 1914-1919.
Folder 13 Legal Action: PRR vs. S. Book & Bro., Quarryville, 1920-1924.
Folder 14 Legal Action: PRR vs. S. Book & Son, Quarryville, 1925-1928.
Folder 15 Legal Action: PRR vs. Ira Habacker, 1907-1908. Claim #39769.
Folder 16 Legal Action: PRR vs. Ira Habacker, 1907-1908, 1924. Claim #39770.
Folder 17 Legal Action: PRR vs. Ivan Silverthorne, 1907-1910.
Folder 18 Land Purchase, Dillerville, Israel P. Hepler, 1908.
Folder 19 Land Purchase, Columbia, Alfred Bruner, 1908.
Folder 20 Legal Action: PRR vs. Frank Mettfelt & Bro., 1908.
Folder 21 Right of Way Agreement with Conestoga Traction Co. at Rheems, 1908.
Box 2
Folder 22 Superior Court of PA case: Martin L. Gibson vs. The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co., 1908.
Folder 23 Legal Action: PRR vs. Jeannie Tragesser, Pequea, 1908.
Folder 24 Legal Action: PRR vs. Anna Heidelbaugh, Quarryville, 1908-1909.
Folder 25 Claims regarding fires, 1908-1909.
Folder 26 Claim of C. Ralph Mowery, 1908-1909.
Folder 27 Agreement with the Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Co., 1908-1909.
Folder 28 Right of Way Agreement with Conestoga Traction Co. at Coatesville, 1908-1909.
Folder 29 Agreement with The Lancaster & Eastern Street Railway Company at Christiana, 1908-1909.
Folder 30 Legal Action: PRR vs. George Murray, 1908-1909.
Folder 31 Legal Action: PRR vs. Edward M. Bissell, 1908-1909, 1929.
Folder 32 Reports on Jurors, 1908-1919.
Folder 33 Bridge/Footbridge at College Ave. and Liberty St. Proposal, 1908-1922.
Folder 34 Settlement of Claims, 1908-1922.
Folder 35 Legal Action: PRR vs. Martin N. Risser, 1908-1910.
Folder 36 Legal Action: PRR vs. Abner Snyder, 1908, 1929.
Folder 37 Legal Action: PRR vs. Frederick Shoff & Bro., 1908, 1910-1911.
Folder 38 Legal Correspondence, 1908-1912.
Folder 39 Land Purchase, Salunga, David Brubaker, 1909.
Folder 40 Railroad Siding Agreements, Elizabethtown, 1909, 1917.
Folder 41 Railroad Siding Agreements, Lancaster, G. Sener & Son, Harrisburg Ave., Prince St. and Mulberry St., 1909-1918.
Folder 42 Legal Action: PRR vs. Columbia Lace Co., 1909-1926.
Folder 43 Legal Action: PRR vs. Michael Thomas, 1909.
Folder 44 Legal Action: PRR vs. Christian Gunzenhauser, 1909.
Folder 45 Legal Action: PRR vs. Harriet J. Lefever, 1909.
Folder 46 Legal Action: PRR vs. Mrs. Ezra Witmer, 1909.
Folder 47 Legal Action: PRR vs. The Robertson Cigar Co., 1909.
Folder 48 Correspondence of Release by the Columbia & Washington Boro Turnpike Co., 1909.
Folder 49 Legal Action: PRR vs. Charles G. Kise, 1910-1912.
Box 3
Folder 50 Legal Correspondence, 1913-1915.
Folder 51 Report on Jurors, 1914-1916.
Folder 52 Legal Correspondence, 1916-1918.
Folder 53 Legal Correspondence, 1919-1923.
Folder 54 Land Offered for Purchase, 1922.
Folder 55 Legal Correspondence, 1924-1932.
Folder 56 Legal Action: PRR vs. George Murray, 1924-1928.
Folder 57 Agreement with the City of Lancaster, 1925-1926.
Folder 58 Legal Action: PRR vs. Lewis Norbeck, 1925-1931.
Folder 59 PRR Administration and Legal Department, 1916-1935.
Folder 60 Publication, 1917-1923.
Folder 61 USRR and PRR list of officers and heads of departments, 1919-1920.
Folder 62 Articles, 1919-1920.
Folder 63 PRR Bulletins & Reports, 1921-1932.
Folder 64 Charts of PRR Committee on Adequate Transportation, 1923.
Folder 65 Court Action, 1910, 1922.
Folder 66 Railroad Bill, The Transportation Act of 1920.
Folder 67 Book: Acts of Assembly of PRR, 1881.
Folder 68 PRR Souvenir Booklets, 1887, 1889, 1927, 1956.