The Executive Department consisted of the President, Vice-Presidents and the
Secretary. The Secretary kept track of the Board of Directors and Stockholders
meetings, which constitutes a large part of this collection. The records contain
Annual Reports from the years 1880, 1882-1883, 1893-1894, 1902- 1903, 1906, 1908,
1910-1911, 1914-1922, 1925, 1930, 1952, and 1954-1955; Chicago Milwaukee
Corporation, providing stockholders meetings and reports of the Milwaukee Road’s
parent company; Executive Committee Meetings, containing handwritten meeting notes;
Great Northern Railway and Pacific Coast Railroad Merger, which includes
correspondence about a proposed merger between the aforementioned companies;
Mountain States Telephone and Telegram Company, providing correspondence about a
contract for wire crossings over Milwaukee Road tracks; and Newsletters from
President John P. Kiley, which contain statistical data related to operating
results, along with comments about important issues such as safety, equipment and
labor relations.
The Executive Department records also contain “Organization for Conducting the
Business of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway”, a booklet providing an
in-depth look at the organizational structure of the Milwaukee Road and its
different departments; Puget Sound Railway records, which has articles of
incorporation, a deed, and stockholders and trustees meeting notes from a Milwaukee
Road subsidiary; Staff Meetings and Stockholders Meetings, containing meeting
minutes and handouts; Stockholders Reports, listing Milwaukee Road operating
revenues, expenses and a summary of the Railroad’s activities; Washington Excess
Crew Law, containing correspondence related to changing an out-dated law in
Washington that required 6 member crews on freight trains; and the World’s Fair in
Seattle, which provides correspondence on how the Milwaukee Road dealt with the 1962
World’s Fair.
