Summary Information
Milwaukee Road Finance and Accounting Department Records
1870-1985
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad
Company.
Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 4
19.8 cubic ft. (50 boxes)
Milwaukee Public Library (Map)
This collection consists of records from the Milwaukee
Road’s Finance and Accounting Department. These records include documents from all
areas relating to financial and accounting matters such as statistical reports,
station numbers, the Milwaukee Road Credit Union, equipment information, annual
reports filed to the ICC, and more.
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Biography/History
Commonly referred to as the "Milwaukee Road" (or simply "The Road"), the origins of
this railroad began in 1847, when the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad was
incorporated. Three years later its first train operated between Milwaukee and
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and by 1857, its track reached Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. In
February 1874, the name changed to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway as
it continued to expand throughout the Midwest. By 1887, it reached into Iowa and
South Dakota, as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, and north into the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
In 1905, the Milwaukee Road decided to expand west again, this time to Puget Sound in
Washington. The "Lines West" were built between 1906-1909, from the middle of South
Dakota to Seattle and Tacoma in Washington. Even though the lines were technological
marvels, they were never successful, and were a major contributor to the bankruptcy
in 1925. In 1928 the Road reorganized as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &
Pacific Railroad, but went bankrupt again in 1935 and 1945. In 1977, in financial
trouble once more, it reorganized and sold off two-thirds of its trackage. It was
acquired by the Soo Line Corp. on February 21, 1985, which operated it as the
Milwaukee Road, Inc. until merging it with their own lines on January 1, 1986.
The Finance and Accounting Department originally was called the Treasury and
Accounting Department until 1893 when the two groups formed separate departments.
All of the accounting operations were centralized in Chicago, where W.N.D. Winne was
an early leader. Winne served the Department for over fifty years, with many of
those years spent as General Auditor. After his death in 1913, the Department
underwent a reorganization in which Benjamin Dousman became General Auditor of the
Milwaukee Road. Dousman had begun his career in 1879 as a junior clerk in the Car
Accountant’s offices in Milwaukee.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the records from the Finance and Accounting Department of
the Milwaukee Road, and includes materials such as accounting circulars, reports,
statistics, freight charges, revenues, statements, payroll totals, and
classification of accounts. Other records include the Construction of All Lines East
of Mobridge, South Dakota, an 8 volume set consisting of correspondence, blueprints
and signed contracts regarding mortgages that were introduced at a 1935
reorganization hearing; Credit Union files, which includes annual meeting reports,
cash disbursements, cash receipts, invoices, monthly statements and mortgages
related to the Milwaukee Road Credit Union; Equipment Information, providing
statistical data for locomotives, cars and passenger equipment operated by the
Milwaukee Road; Freight Rate Course, a volume containing materials from a freight
rate correspondence study course offered to Milwaukee Road employees; and
Improvement Budget, containing yearly summaries of road improvements and new
equipment purchases.
The collection also contains Instructions to Camp Clerks, which provides instructions
for handling camp accounts in Spokane, Washington during railroad construction; and
Interstate Commerce Commission, which contains annual reports filed to the ICC by
the Finance and Accounting Department; the Jacobson Report, providing an in-depth
written analysis of the Finance and Accounting Department; Kent, Charles, consisting
of correspondence files from a Milwaukee Road accountant; List of Station Numbers,
comprised of station numbers on the main and branch lines; Reorganization, which
consists of financial data of the immediate years after the Milwaukee Road no longer
operated under a trusteeship; Report on Study of Feasibility of Electronic Data
Processing, a written report about the benefits of using electronic computers;
Republic Coal Company, which contains information on property investments, balance
sheets and blueprints; Salary Administration Program, a pamphlet discussing a job
evaluation program for all administrative employees; Savings and Loan Association
By-Laws, including reasons for why an employee would benefit from creating a savings
account; and Taft Story Inventory, which contains prices of all supplies and tools
at the Taft Store.
Arrangement of the Materials
The collection is in alphabetical order by subject or personal name, then
chronologically within each folder.
Preferred Citation
Milwaukee Road Finance and Accounting Department Records, 1870-1985, Collection 4.
Milwaukee Road Archives, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Alternate Format
Select materials from the Milwaukee Road have been digitized and are available in
this digital collection: Milwaukee Road Archives.
Related Material in the Milwaukee Public Library
Archival Collections
Publications and Other Items
Annual Report of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Company
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission : Statement of Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Relating to Proposed
Discontinuance of Passenger Trains Numbers 55 and 58 Operating Between
Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Other Repositories
Additional Milwaukee Road materials are also available at the Milwaukee Road Archives
in the St. Louis Mercantile
Library located at the University of St. Louis.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Some of the employee records are restricted; please consult a staff member for
more details. There are no access restrictions on the rest of the materials. The
collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view the
Milwaukee Road Archives by appointment at the Central Library. To request an
in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please
contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection
(Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
The Milwaukee Road Archives was received by MPL from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) formally on January 13, 1981 as
stated in the donor’s agreement signed by acting City Librarian, Henry E. Bates,
Jr. and President of the Milwaukee Road, W.L. Smith.
Processed by Jay Hyland, Milwaukee Road Archivist, 2006. Additional processing by
Jody Hoks, Contract Archivist, 2011. Additional processing by Jay Hyland,
Contract Archivist, 2015.
Contents List
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Accounting Circulars, 1914-1923
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Box
50
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Analysis: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad by John
Leeds Kerr, 1932
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Annual Reports
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Box
16
Folder
1
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All States, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
2
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State of Idaho, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
3
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State of Illinois, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
4
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State of Indiana, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
5
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State of Iowa, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
6
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State of Kentucky, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
7
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State of Michigan, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
8
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State of Minnesota, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
9
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State of Missouri, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
10
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State of Montana, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
11
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State of Nebraska, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
12
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State of Oregon, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
13
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State of North Dakota, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
14
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State of South Dakota, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
15
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State of Washington, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
16
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State of Wisconsin, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
17
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All States, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
18
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State of Idaho, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
19
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State of Illinois, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
20
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State of Indiana, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
21
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State of Iowa, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
22
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State of Kentucky, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
23
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State of Michigan, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
24
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State of Minnesota, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
25
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State of Missouri, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
26
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State of Montana, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
27
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State of Nebraska, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
28
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State of North Dakota, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
29
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State of Nebraska, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
30
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State of South Dakota, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
31
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State of Washington, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
32
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State of Wisconsin, 1981
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Box
16
Folder
33
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Bank Holders of the Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern and
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroads,
1979
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Box
16
Folder
34-37
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Bankruptcy – Invoices sent to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &
Pacific Railroad for services rendered by the Milwaukee Road,
1985
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Box
17
Folder
1
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Cars, Tons, Ton Miles, and Commercial Freight Revenue by Commodities,
with Tons per Car, Average Distance Hauled and Revenue per Car, Car Mile and
Net Ton Mile, 1977
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Box
17
Folder
2-4
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Certificates to Trustee of General and Refunding Mortgage, Volume 3,
1913-1919
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade & Western Railway Company – Record
book, 1877
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Box
17
Folder
6
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Computation of Statutory Adjustments and Reduction in Reserve,
1956
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Construction of All Lines East of Mobridge, South Dakota
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Box
1
Folder
2-3
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Volumes 1-2, 1939
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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Volumes 3-4, 1939
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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Volumes 5-6, 1939
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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Volumes 7-8, 1939
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Box
17
Folder
7-8
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Corporate Plan, 1983
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Box
18
Folder
1-2
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Cost and Growth Forecasts, including AAR Railroad Cost Recovery
Index, 1980-1985
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Credit Union
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Box
4
Folder
3-5
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Annual Meetings, 1955-1969
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Box
5
Folder
1-18
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Cash Disbursements, 1933-1964
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Box
5
Folder
19
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Cash Receipts, 1933-1961
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Box
6
Folder
1-7
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Invoices, 1949-1959
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Box
7
Folder
1-8
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Invoices, 1960-1967
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Ledger, 1933-1949
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Box
45
Folder
15
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Ledger, 1950-1966
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Box
8
Folder
2-10
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Monthly Statements, 1933-1964
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Mortgages
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Burdick, Bernard, 1961-1967
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Hudy, Jerome, 1950-1956
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Kitzman, Henry, 1955-1965
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Letteer, Leonard, 1963-1965
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Neumann, Harold, 1954-1958
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Steuer, Joseph, 1962
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Pass Books Record, 1954-1957
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Box
46
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Cremation Certificates of Various Bonds and Coupons (#350 – #410),
circa 1900-1925
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Box
47
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Cremation Certificates of Various Bonds and Coupons (#412 – #455),
circa 1900-1925
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Box
48
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Cremation Certificates of Various Bonds and Coupons (#456 – #480),
circa 1900-1925
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Box
18
Folder
3-4
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Depreciation Accounting – Working Papers for Analysis Statement,
1942-1947
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Box
18
Folder
5-6
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Equipment – 1976-1977 Capital Investment Program, revenue equipment
and fixed property, 1975-1976
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Box
10
Folder
1-11
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Equipment Information, 1949-1979
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Expenditures Under Authority
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Cumulative Sheets
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Box
18
Folder
7-8
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1977-1978
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Box
19
Folder
1-6
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1982-1983
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Box
20
Folder
1-6
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February-March 1983
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Box
21
Folder
1-6
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April-May 1983
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Box
22
Folder
1-6
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June-July 1983
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Box
23
Folder
1-7
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August-October 1983
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Box
24
Folder
1-8
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October-December 1983
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Register
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Box
25
Folder
1-3
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for states of Washington, Illinois, Indiana, March
1983
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Box
25
Folder
4-6
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for states of Minnesota, Missouri, March
1983
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Box
26
Folder
1-3
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for states of Washington, Illinois, Indiana, April
1983
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Box
26
Folder
4-6
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for states of Iowa, Michigan, April
1983
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Box
27
Folder
1-4
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for states of Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
April 1983
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Box
27
Folder
5-6
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for state of Wisconsin, April
1983
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Box
28
Folder
1-2
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for state of Wisconsin, April
1983
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Box
28
Folder
3-5
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for equipment at various locations, April
1983
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Box
29
Folder
1-3
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for state of Illinois, May
1983
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Box
29
Folder
4-6
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for states of Minnesota, Missouri, May
1983
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Box
30
Folder
1-3
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for state of Wisconsin, May
1983
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Box
30
Folder
4-6
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for equipment at various locations, May
1983
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Federal Income Tax Information
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Box
31
Folder
1-6
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Tax Return, 1963-1979
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Box
32
Folder
1-3
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General, 1981
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Box
32
Folder
4-5
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Bar 839A Consolidated, Income Tax File Coding,
1981
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Box
32
Folder
6-7
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Casualty Program, 1981
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Box
33
Folder
1
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General, 1982
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Box
33
Folder
2-4
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Bar 893A Depreciation Generator,
1982
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Box
34
Folder
1-3
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Extraordinary Retirements of Rolling Stock,
1982
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Box
34
Folder
4
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General, 1983
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Box
34
Folder
5-7
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Bar 893A Depreciation Generator,
1983
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Box
35
Folder
1-4
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Extraordinary Retirements of Rolling Stock,
1983
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Box
35
Folder
5-6
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State and AFEs summary (equipment only) and Rolling Stock
Retirements (ETSS files only), 1983
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Box
36
Folder
1-2
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General, 1984
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Box
36
Folder
3-4
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Return, 1984
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Box
36
Folder
5
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Road and Equipment, 1984
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Box
11
Folder
1-3
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Financial and Statistical Reports,
1950-1952
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Box
36
Folder
6
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Financial and Statistical Reports,
1984-1985
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Financial Operations Statistics and ICC Valuation Compilation,
1921-1950
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Freight Charges by Stations,
1965-1973
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Freight Rate Course, 1953
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Box
11
Folder
7-10
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Gross Revenues by Stations,
1943-1961
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Gross Revenues by Stations,
1962-1966
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Improvement Budget
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Box
12
Folder
2-6
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1960-1964
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Box
36
Folder
7-10
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1963-1965
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Box
37
Folder
1-8
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1966-1975
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Instructions to Camp Clerks, 1907
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Box
38
Folder
1-3
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Insurance Lists – Value of Buildings and Contents by Location and
Structure, 1944, undated
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Box
38
Folder
4-7
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Insurance Schedule – Estimated Reproduction Costs New – Less
Depreciation of Major Buildings, Fixtures and Machinery at Treating Plants,
1966-1974
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Annual Reports, 1951
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Box
39
Folder
1-5
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Annual Reports, 1957-1961
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Box
13
Folder
1-6
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Annual Reports, 1962-1970
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Box
39
Folder
6-8
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Annual Reports, 1971-1975
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Box
40
Folder
1-9
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Annual Reports, 1976-1984
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Box
41
Folder
1
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Valuation Docket No. 1072, 1933
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Box
41
Folder
2
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Index of Joint Facility Arrangements with other Railroads,
1960
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Jacobson Report, 1973
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Kent, Charles, correspondence, 1906- March
1908
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Box
14
Folder
1-2
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Kent, Charles, correspondence, April
1908-1911
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Box
41
Folder
3
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Liquidation Value of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad, 1978
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Box
14
Folder
3
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List of Station Numbers, 1905, 1927, 1953,
1978
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Box
41
Folder
4
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Manual of Identification Codes for Disbursement Accounting,
1958
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Box
49
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway – Account Distributions,
1870-1872, undated
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Box
41
Folder
5-6
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Milwaukee-Kansas City Joint Agency – Data and Information obtained on
Operation, Car Movements and Methods, during a Field Observation of the
Line, 1947
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Box
41
Folder
7
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The Milwaukee Motor Transportation Company and Subsidiary Company
Financial Statements, 1980
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Box
42
Folder
1-2
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Operation Costs Model (OCM) Program BAR Income Statement,
1983-1984
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Passenger Revenue Statements for Trains 23 and 12,
1957-1960
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Payroll Totals, 1908, 1932
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Box
42
Folder
3
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Personnel Budget and Area Responsibility Master,
1985
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Box
42
Folder
4-9
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Position Rate of Pay Listing,
1979-1984
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Box
42
Folder
10
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Railway Accounting Rules, 1985
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Reorganization
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Apportionment of Expenses,
undated
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Expense Incurred in Consummating the Plan of Reorganization as
Redistributed to Account 702.5A,
1945-1947
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Expense Incurred in Consummating the Plan of Reorganization as
Redistributed to Account 725, 1945-1947
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Box
14
Folder
9
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Expense Incurred in Consummating the Plan of Reorganization as
Redistributed to Account 727, 1945-1947
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Expense Incurred in Consummating the Plan of Reorganization as
Redistributed to Accounts 460, 532, 542, and 551,
1945-1947
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Journal Entry, 1945-1947
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities,
1945
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Box
42
Folder
11
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Report on Construction by the Milwaukee with the Rock Island of New
Double Track Line, 1947
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Box
42
Folder
12
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Report on Coordination of Terminal Facilities with the Kansas City
Southern at East Kansas City, 1938
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Box
43
Folder
1
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Report of Revenue and Cost Equations, System Employee Counts, Cost
Program Transactions, 1985
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Box
15
Folder
3
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Report on Study of Feasibility of Electronic Data Processing,
1958
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Box
43
Folder
2
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Responsibility Reports, 1982
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Republic Coal Company, 1951-1954
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Salary Administration Program,
undated
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Savings and Loan Association By-Laws, circa
1912
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Box
43
Folder
3-5
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Station Earnings and Expenses (Tolls, Electric, Telephone),
1959-1970
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Box
44
Folder
1-2
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Station Earnings and Expenses (Tolls, Electric, Telephone),
1959-1970
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Box
44
Folder
3
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Station Data (unaudited) Section 1 and Section 2,
1974-1976
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Box
44
Folder
4
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Summary of Charges, 1974-1979
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Box
44
Folder
5
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Summary of Charges, Amtrak Project Hoffman, St. Paul, MN,
1974-1979
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Box
44
Folder
6
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System Wide Market Value and Liquidation Values,
1982
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Taft Store Inventory, 1908
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Taxes and Assessments
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Box
44
Folder
7
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Breitung Township, Michigan,
1911-1915
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Box
44
Folder
8
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Channing Hotel and Eating House, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
44
Folder
9
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Crystal Falls, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
1
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Dickinson County, Michigan, 1910
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Box
45
Folder
2
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Escanaba Ore Dock, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
3
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Idaho, 1911
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Box
45
Folder
4
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Iron Mountain Township, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
5
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Menominee, Michigan, 1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
6
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Ontonagon Township, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
7
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Stambaugh Township, Michigan,
1912-1915
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Box
45
Folder
8
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Village of Iron Mountain, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
9
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Village of Ontonagon, Michigan,
1910-1915
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Box
45
Folder
10-11
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Washington, 1911-1912
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Uniform System of Accounts for Steam Railroads, accounting
classifications, 1953
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Box
45
Folder
12
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Weights of Construction Materials used in Addition and Betterment and
Maintenance Work, 1958
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Box
45
Folder
13-14
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Weights of Construction Materials to be used for Computing
Transportation Charges over Company Lines, on Railway Company Material used
in addition and Betterment Work, 1941,
undated
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