Common Council resolutions and reports began to be organized by a numbering system in Dec. 1932. Before that time the resolutions were kept folded up in chronological order, roughly by subject or Council committee (such as Parks, Judiciary, Fire, Police, etc.). This set of pre-1932 resolutions represents those labeled as Railroads, and date from 1858-1932.
The original order of these reports was not maintained, and the collection has been divided up into resolutions dealing with Railroad Lines from 1858-1932 and those dealing with Streetcar Lines, 1868-1920. Within the railroad section, the resolutions are further categorized by railroad name found on the resolution, therein chronologically. Streetcar resolutions are organized chronologically. Undated resolutions are filed at the front of each category.
The railroads best represented in the series are Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1899-1932; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1872-1931; Green Bay lines (i.e. Green Bay & Minnesota; Green Bay & Western), 1873-1932; and La Crosse & Southeastern, 1883-1920.
