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.