MINNESOTA TRANSFER RAILWAY COMPANY:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Minnesota Transfer Railway Company, creator.
Title:Company Records.
Dates:1882-1986.
Abstract:Minutes, stock certificates, annual reports, correspondence and subject files, financial and accounting records, operating analyses and monthly operating reports, maps and engineering drawings, payroll records, and miscellaneous legal papers of a St. Paul-based railroad company organized under the impetus of James J. Hill by a consortium of nine major railroads entering the Twin Cities to facilitate the transfer and handling of freight entering the cities by rail.
Quantity:91.3 cubic feet (83 boxes; 1 partial box; and 1 roll, unboxed).
Location:See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Minnesota Transfer Railway Company, was incorporated in 1883 under the impetus of James J. Hill, who felt a need for a centralized terminal and transfer network to serve the nine major railway lines entering Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

The company was authorized to operate railway lines in Ramsey, Hennepin, and Anoka counties, and to provide terminal and transfer service to its nine owner lines: the Great Northern Railway Company; Northern Pacific Railway Company; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway Company; Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company; Chicago Great Western Railroad Company; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company; Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company; and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. In 1898 it purchased the New Brighton stockyards and thereby acquired the Minnesota Belt Line Railway and Transfer Company.

The Minnesota Transfer operated extensive railroad yards in the Midway District of St. Paul, and served a variety of industries there. It was used as a depository for almost all LCL (less than car load) freight that was sent to the Twin Cities. Some twenty million cars passed through its yards between 1910 and 1916. In 1955 the company operated 103 miles of yard tracks and sidings, as well as terminal facilities, in St. Paul, Minneapolis, New Brighton, and Fridley.

A series of railroad mergers beginning in the late 1960s resulted in a major reduction in the interchange of cars among the owning railroads, and Minnesota Transfer's work force was reduced accordingly. By 1982 the company's main activity was shunting cars to and from some 150 industries located on its industrial leads. The Minnesota Transfer Railway Company apparently ceased business around 1987.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection includes minutes of directors and stockholders meetings; some stock certificates; annual reports to stockholders, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), and the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission; correspondence and subject files; financial and accounting records; operating analyses; monthly operating reports; maps and engineering drawings; payroll record books; and miscellaneous legal papers. There are a few photographs (Box 47). There is information about the proprietary companies, the St. Paul Union Depot Company (SPUD), labor unions and labor agreements, corporation taxes, and yards and structures owned by the company, especially in the Midway area of St. Paul.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Annual Reports
Directors and Stockholders Minutes
Drawings and Maps
Financial and Accounting Records
Labor Files
Payroll Record Books
Subject Files: Minnesota Transfer Railway
Subject Files: MTR/SPUD Consolidated Files


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Transfer Railway Company. Minnesota Transfer Railway Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 12,400; 13,839; 14,978; 16,662; 16,670; 16,719

Processing Information:

Processed by: Dennis E. Meissner, September 1979 and December 1987; Alex Kent, June 2012.

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 990017351420104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseANNUAL REPORTS

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149.E.12.3B47Annual reports to stockholders, 1918-1929.
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146.C.1.6F7Annual reports to stockholders, 1923, 1930-1980.
Annual reports to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1902-1912.
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146.C.2.1B8Annual reports to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1913-1940.
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146.C.2.2F9Annual reports to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1941-1966.
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146.C.2.3B10Annual reports to Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1904-1928.
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146.C.2.4F11Annual reports to Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1929-1950.
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146.C.2.5B12Annual reports to Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1951-1963.
Annual reports to the proprietary companies, 1957, 1960, 1962-1979. 3 folders.

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Expand/CollapseDIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS MINUTES

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129.F.11.5B-11Directors minutes, 1883-1910. 1 volume.
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129.F.11.5B-239Directors minutes, 1911-1924. 1 volume.
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142.H.12.6F-238Directors minutes and related papers, 1884-1910. 1 volume in 1 partial box.
Glued into scrapbook.
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146.C.1.1B2Directors and stockholders minutes and related papers, 1893-1950.
Includes proxies, correspondence, reports, agendas, and clippings.
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146.C.1.2F3Directors and stockholders minutes and related papers, 1951-1959.
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146.C.1.3B4Directors and stockholders minutes and related papers, 1960-1963.
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146.C.1.4F5Directors and stockholders minutes and related papers, 1964-1968. 7 folders.
Stock certificates (Nos. 1-15), 1890-1898.
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146.C.1.5B6Directors and stockholders minutes, 1969-1970.
Minutes, 1970-November 1986. 4 folders.
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142.K.7.5B84Minutes of meetings of directors and stockholders, December 1, 1896-February 17, 1970. 4 volumes.
This set of minute books was transferred from the branch line records of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Volumes 1-3 (December 1, 1896-November 20, 1962) are indexed.
Minute books, May 21, 1926-November 18, 1969. 3 volumes.
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149.E.12.3B47Meeting files:
Board of directors, May 11, 1955.
Board of directors, November 21, 1955.
Special stockholders, February 7, 1956. 2 folders.
Special directors, May 9, 1956. 2 folders.
Stockholders, May 9, 1956. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseDRAWINGS AND MAPS

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142.D.7.243Blueprints, 1903-1957.
Include maps of corporate property and architectural drawings.
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142.C.7.436Roll 1:
All drawings are ink-on-linen tracings, unless otherwise indicated.
Yards and belt line, 1947, revised 1960.
B-16. Proposed trackage for Pittsburgh Coal Co. and Lully Abattoir Co., 1911, revised 1920.
B-42. Graph: Tonnages, costs, and labor costs, 1903-1939.
B-55. Graph: Unit system, undated.
F-1. Special ladder with switches 36 feet apart, 1913.
F-17. Proposed additional tracks, 1905.
J-35. Proposed change in "D" yard and rearrangement of "P" yard tracks, 1913.
J-35. Proposed change in "D" yard and rearrangement of "P" yard tracks, 1916.
K-23. Proposed track changes and additions, St. Anthony Park, 1906.
N-24. Revised plan for proposed set out yard, east of hump, 1913.
O-5. Map of land to be conveyed to MTR by NW Terminal Co., 1925.
O-46. Proposed rearrangement of pens in Twin City Stockyards (New Brighton, Minn.), 1923, revised 1926.
P-11. Sketch of proposed extension of "A" yard, 1905.
P-28. Dickerson's rearrangement (University and Fairview avenues), undated.
P-32. Hump tracks, plan and profile, Fairbanks 150-ton scale, 1913.
P-36. Industries served north of Como Avenue, 1921.
Q-26. Proposed additional repair tracks, 1918.
Roll 2:
All drawings are ink-on-linen tracings, unless otherwise indicated.
S-42. 5,000-ton ice house:
Footing plans, 1920.
Cross section details, 1920.
Longitudinal section details, 1920.
Slides, elevation details, 1920.
V-59. Car repair house:
Track and building location plans, undated.
Foundation, footings, and roof plans, undated.
Elevations, door and window details, undated.
Sections, toilet details, undated.
Furnace room, coal bin, derrick foundation, undated.
Electrical and plumbing systems, undated.
Roll 3:
All drawings are ink-on-linen tracings, unless otherwise indicated.
L-26. Proposed track changes and additions, St. Anthony Park, 1907.
U-31-A. Map and profile of proposed line to serve industrial district in northeast Minneapolis, 1914.
Map and profile of proposed line to serve industrial district in northeast Minneapolis, 1914.
Map of Minnesota Transfer area, St. Paul, 1938. Mylar sepia map.
V-2. Station map, New Brighton, 1919, revised 1927. Blueprint map.
Electrical power distribution system, 1952. Blueprint map.
Map of area around Prior and Minnehaha avenues, undated. Blueprint map.
Map of east area of Prior Avenue, 1946. Sepia map.
Roll 5:
All drawings are ink-on-linen tracings, unless otherwise indicated.
MTR station map (land, tracks, and structures), revised 1952, 1957. Blueline drawing.
MTR main tracks and yards, St. Paul to Twin Cities Arsenal, 1948.
U-26-B. MTR land at Twin City Stock Yards, 1903.
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132.I.5.1Roll 4:
All drawings are ink-on-linen tracings, unless otherwise indicated.
A-38. St. Paul, Minneapolis, and the Armour site, undated. Printed map on white linen.
H-8. Track plans: Raymond Avenue east to Hamline, undated.
U-57-B. Map of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and vicinity, 1924.
I-8. MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1910.
I-9. MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1916.
I-12. MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1908.
MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1904.
U-15. MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1916.
U-15. MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1928.
MTR railway yard at Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, 1938, revised 1958.
Yard showing right-of-way, track and connections, and structures, 1938, revised 1978.
Freight transfer track elevations, September 15, 1980.

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Expand/CollapseFINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING RECORDS

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146.C.4.5B24Audits of general accounts, 1903-1962.
Balance sheets, 1893-1917, 1940-1946.
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146.C.4.6F25Balance sheets, 1947-1968.
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147.F.14.9B37Officers' payroll, October 1946-December 1961.
Officers' pension payroll, 1957-1961.
Supplementary reports on yard study, January 3, 1948.
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142.E.19.8F28General ledgers, 1884-1922. 4 volumes.
Federal operations general ledger, 1918-1923.
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142.E.18.1B31Balance sheets, 1918-1929.4 volumes.
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142.E.18.2F32Balance sheets, 1930-1933.
Interstate Commerce Commission property valuation forms, 1919-1944.3 volumes.
Roadway construction completion reports, 1919-1928. 2 volumes.
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142.E.18.3B33Roadway construction completion reports, 1929-1952. 3 volumes.
Expenditure for construction and improvements, 1917-1935.
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142.D.7.142Court appearance, judgment docket and fee book, 1925-1936.
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146.C.8.6F44Monthly operating analyses, 1921-1937.
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146.C.9.1B45Monthly operating analyses, 1938-1952.
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149.E.13.5B59Monthly operating reports:
Include balance sheets, revenue and expense statements, cost breakdowns by proprietary roads, operating statistics, and other monthly accounting analyses.
January 1929-June 1932. 42 folders.
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149.E.13.6F60 July 1932-December 1936. 54 folders.
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149.E.13.7B61 January 1937-December 1940. 48 folders.
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149.E.13.8F62 January 1941-December 1944. 48 folders.
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149.E.13.9B63 January 1945-October 1948. 46 folders.
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149.E.13.10F64 November 1948-April 1952. 42 folders.
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149.E.14.1B65 May 1952-December 1955. 44 folders.
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149.E.14.2F66 January 1956-September 1960. 36 folders.
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149.E.14.3B67 October1960-December 1970. 9 volumes.
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149.E.14.4F68 January 1971-December 1976. 6 volumes.
January-December 1979. 1 volume.
February 1980.
Distribution of operating costs, 1979.

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149.E.13.2F56Brotherhood of Trainmen and Enginemen:
General files, 1944-1971. 5 folders.
Arbitration board award No. 282 files, 1964-1967.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1932, 1944, 1952-1966. 2 folders.
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 1941-1972. 3 folders.
Railroad Yardmasters of America, 1927, 1937, 1948-1971. 2 folders.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, 1944-1973, 1981. 2 folders.
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149.E.13.3B57International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers, Helpers, Roundhouse and Railway Shop Laborers, 1937-1978. 2 folders.
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees: Hearings and decisions, 1924-1949. 5 folders.
Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1945-1971.
Wage agreements between the five operating organizations and the fourteen non-operating organizations, 1943-1944.
Fifteen cooperating labor organizations, 1941-1971. 6 folders.
Fifteen cooperating labor organizations: 40-hour week, 1949.
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149.E.13.4F58Vacation agreements, 1936, 1940-1954. 2 folders.
Vacation allowances correspondence, 1942-1954.
U.S. Railroad Labor Board: Wage data, 1922-1926.

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Expand/CollapsePAYROLL RECORD BOOKS

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129.F.9.4F-140 1882-June 1887. 2 volumes.
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144.C.16.4F69 May 1891-December 1896. 5 volumes.
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144.C.16.5B70 1897-1901. 3 volumes.
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149.E.14.5B71 1902-1904.
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149.E.14.6F72 1905-June 1907. 3 volumes.
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149.E.14.7B73 July 1907-1908. 2 volumes.
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149.E.14.8F74 1909-1910. 3 volumes.
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149.E.14.9B75 December 1919-May 1920. 3 volumes.
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149.E.14.10F76 June-August 1920. 2 volumes.
Back payroll, May-July 1920. 2 volumes.
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149.E.15.1B77 September 1920-January 1921.
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149.E.15.2F78 1930. 4 volumes.
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149.E.15.3B79 1940. 3 volumes.
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149.E.15.4F80 January-February, May-June 1950. 2 volumes.
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149.E.15.5B81 July-October 1950. 2 volumes.
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149.E.15.6F82 November-December 1950, January-April 1960. 3 volumes.
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149.E.15.7B83 May-December 1960. 4 volumes.
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149.E.15.8F41 January-March 1970. 3 volumes.
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149.E.15.9B26 April-June 1970. 3 volumes.
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149.E.15.10F27 July-September 1970. 3 volumes.
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149.E.16.1B29 October-December 1970. 3 volumes.
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144.C.16.6F30 1980. 6 volumes.
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149.E.16.2F34Payroll comparative statements, 1967-1978.
Payroll rate sheets, January 1 and July 1, 1982, January 1, 1983.

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Expand/CollapseSUBJECT FILES: MINNESOTA TRANSFER RAILWAY

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146.C.1.5B6Arbitration of the complaint of Chicago and North Western Railway v Minnesota Transfer Railway Co., 1962.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Company expense accounts, 1982.
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146.C.1.6F7Historic and related papers, 1883-1956.
Interstate Commerce Commission finance dockets and bond prospectus, 1936.
Report of Clerical Reorganization Committee, 1927.
Annual examinations of corporation record-keeping methods, 1935-1943.
Valuation statistics, 1921.
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146.F.3.8F46No. 6-1. Officials: Powers and duties, 1919-1938.
NP File No.4834: Accounting procedure: Methods and records employed, 1930-1931.
NP File No.4861: First mortgage 5% bonds: Interest and sinking fund, 1923-1939.
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149.E.12.3B47Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1883-1962. 2 folders.
Organizational charts, job descriptions, and miscellaneous corporate data, 1972, 1980.
Excerpts from minutes regarding allocation of expenses, 1883-1962.
Sale of Roseville [Minn.] land parcel, 1961.
FBI, Protection of Industrial Facilities, 1940.
Conditional sale agreement between General Motors and Minnesota Transfer Railway, May 1, 1970.
Photographs, [1950s]. 9 items.
Donovan, Frank P., Jr., Gateway to the Northwest: The Minnesota Transfer Railway, 1954. 32 pages.
Revised articles of agreement, Twin City Joint Car Inspection Association, 1967.
Valuation docket No. 1053 Protest of the Minnesota Transfer Railway Company against the tentative valuation of its properties... 1927.
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149.E.16.2F34Income tax files, 1909-1929. 14 folders.
Capital stock tax, 1933-1938.
Capital stock tax: Refund claims, 1937-1938.
Federal accounts settled by USRRA, 1920-1924. 2 folders.
Roadway completion reports, 1953.
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144.C.16.7B35Roadway completion reports, 1925-1926.
Operating cost study, December 1961.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Employees' Association:
Secretary-treasurer's cash reports, 1912-1915. 2 volumes.
Minutes, December 1923-October 1926.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Employees' Credit Union:
Financial statements, 1931-1936.
Miscellaneous cash record book, 1926-1937.
Minnesota Transfer Railway Employees' Benevolent Association:
Miscellaneous cash record book, 1924-1930.

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Expand/CollapseSUBJECT FILES: MTR/SPUD CONSOLIDATED FILES

These are Minnesota Transfer Railway and Saint Paul Union Depot Company files. Numbers are incomplete. Files consist of correspondence and miscellaneous supporting papers. Some are Minnesota Transfer Railway files ("M"); some are Saint Paul Union Depot Company files ("U"); others are combined. They were left together because they were created as one integrated series.


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146.C.2.6F1322-M&U. Freight claims: Miscellaneous claims and other loss and damage claims, 1948-1967.
52-2-M. Freight revenue: Company material routed to equalize with operating expenses, 1936-1958.
62-M. Joint facility committees' reports and correspondence, 1930-1945.
62-M. Joint facility check by traveling auditors, 1946-1958.
62-U. Joint facility check by traveling auditors, 1946-1957.
87-M. Cost per engine hour: Archer-Daniels-Midland; Northwestern terminal district, 1927-1968. 2 folders.
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146.C.3.1B1489-1 [M]. Land sold during term of 20-year mortgage, 1936-1957.
97-M. Average agreements, 1918-1965.
157-3 [M]. Bonds purchased for sinking fund: Cremation certificates (June 1, 1936 mortgage), 1936-1958.
166-M. Interchange checkers, 1931-1943.
185-M. Twin City Joint Car Inspection Association, 1920-1958.
505-U. Claim pay due Mathison and Anderson, 1941-1942.
510-U. Abatement claims (federal taxes) year 1948 and prior years, 1928-1948.
511-U. Porters' tips from checking public parcels, 1938-1950.
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146.C.3.2F15512-U. Insurance on recreational center: Public liability, 1941-1947.
513-M&U. Forms: Stationery (checks and vouchers), 1964-1970.
514-U. Publication of financial statistics (Poor's Publishing Co.), 1920-1950.
515-U. Boilers (inspection and insurance), 1942-1946.
516-U. Commission on sale of accident insurance, 1923-1949.
517-U. Heating cars (steam furnished for heating), 1923-1949.
522. ICC: Classification of revenue and expense accounts, 1940-1962.
526. Travelers insurance: Non-operating employees and dependents, 1954-1967.
526-M&U. Travelers Insurance Company, 1961-1970.
537-M&U. Directors meetings, 1946-1959.
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146.C.3.3B16545-1-U. Ticket machines; common stock tickets, 1956-1968.
548-M. Destruction of records, 1912-1959.
548-U. Destruction of records, 1925-1954.
551. Employees in service information, 1943-1946.
552-M. Federal income taxes, 1917-1953, 1960-1970. 3 folders.
552-U. Federal income taxes, 1959-1969. 3 folders.
555-U. Benefit Association of Railway Employees, 1923-1957.
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146.C.3.4F17560-U. Mail and baggage: Test period count figures, 1937-1943.
561-U. Storage charges on passenger equipment, 1925-1946.
562-M&U. Office equipment, 1925-1954.
568-U. Bulletins, 1946-1965. 3 folders.
572-M&U. Annual reports to directors and others, 1927-1958.
575-U. Interchange: Reporting of cars handled, 1939.
578-M&U. Vacations: Instructions, 1922-1956.
583-U. Auditing committee's reports; general accounts reports, 1953-1959.
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146.C.3.5B18583-M. Auditing committee's reports; general accounts reports, 1942-1958. 3 folders.
Missing: October 31, 1943 to January 1, 1946.
587-U. Ticket office: Instructions, 1920-1951.
600-M. Traveling auditors report: Station auditors check, 1944-1960.
600-U. Traveling auditors report: Station auditors check, 1941-1959.
658-M&U. Interchange of cars, 1950-1956.
675-M&U. Labor agreements, 1922-1948.
[675-M]. Labor agreements: Personal copy, Mr. F. J. Rangitsch, 1950-1951.
[675-U]. Labor agreements: Personal copy, Mr. F. J. Rangitsch, 1950-1951.
Includes copies of labor agreements for 1942-U, 1943-M, 1950-GN.
679-M&U. Signature authorizations for bank purposes, 1920-1953.
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146.C.3.6F19680-U. Joint agency account: Tickets sold at Fort Snelling and Wold Chamberlain Field, 1944-1946.
701-U. Auto parking, 1950-1958.
721-M. Seniority roster, 1944-1958.
721-U. Seniority roster, 1946-1958.
726-M&U. Securities and Exchange Commission: Quarterly report on selected items of current assets and liabilities and expenditures for additions and betterments.
726-2-M&U. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1950-1960.
731. Material and supplies, 1945-1946.
735-U. Sinking fund: 3-1/8% Series B Bonds (First Trust Company):
1925-1956. 2 folders.
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146.C.4.1B20 1957-1965. 3 folders.
737-M. Shreeve plan, 1929-1940.
747-M&U. Rate changes: All departments, 1964-1969.
758-U. Derailments and accidents, 1941-1953.
764-M. Man-hour report: Monthly comparative, 1949-1969. 2 folders.
764-U. Man-hour report: Monthly comparative, 1949-1969. 2 folders.
768-M&U. General Managers' Association rules, 1947-1965.
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146.C.4.2F21770-M&U. Hospitalization service, 1948-1967. 3 folders.
776-M&U. Railroad Retirement Act: Unemployment insurance and taxes, 1948-1967.
791-M&U. Allocation of expenses, 1966.
799-M. Application for service interruption (strike insurance), 1954-1967. 2 folders.
799-U. Application for service interruption (strike insurance), 1954-1967. 2 folders.
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146.C.4.3B22804-U. Standard force for personnel officer-operating, 1961-1963.
807-U. Freight revenue: Company material routed to equalize with operating expenses, 1919-1958.
811-M&U. Pension and annuities and deceased pension, 1948, 1959-1961.
827-M&U. Insurance: General, 1963-1970. 3 folders.
827-2-M&U. Insurance: Claims, 1963-1967.
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146.C.4.4F23872-2-1-U. Escalator and elevator injuries, 1960-1965. 2 folders.
841-M&U. IBM proposal, 1964.
841-3-M&U. Vouchers and bills (IBM), 1965-1969.
Includes monthly statements; general ledger; budget comparison.
849-M&U. Western railroads: Income tax accounting conference, 1964-1969.
854-M&U. Budget, 1964-1967.
[no number-M]. Employees entering and leaving service of [Minnesota] Transfer Company, 1958-1965.
[no number-U]. Employees entering and leaving service of depot company, 1958-1965.
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149.E.12.4F4822-1-M. Strong Scott Manufacturing Company, 1970-1972.
62-M. Joint facility check by traveling auditors, 1953-1973. 2 folders.
62-1-M. Joint facility accounts: Audit, 1968-1977.
62-2-M. 1969 Joint facility audit adjustment, 1969-1970.
62-U. Joint facility check by traveling auditors, 1958-1973.
62-1-U. 1963 Joint facility audit, 1958-1973.
62-2-U. Joint facility check by traveling auditors (1966 adjustment), 1957-1966.
75-M. Western weighing assessment and audit reports (demurrage and storage detention), 1961-1984.
75-1. Western Railroad Association, 1972-1984.
85-1-M. Current demurrage and traffic items file, 1978-1979.
97-M. Average agreement, 1949-1971.
187-M. Real estate committee: Various meetings, 1973-1975.
514-U&M. Standard and Poor's Corporation and Moody's manual, 1963-1980.
529. Interstate Commerce Commission valuations, 1957-1971.
537-U&M. Directors' meetings and records, 1928-1985. 2 folders.
537-1-U&M. List of directors for Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, 1964-1976.
541. ICC investigation and adjustment of accounts, 1940-1975.
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149.E.12.5B49545-U. Popular excursion ticket reports, 1921-1971. 2 folders.
609-U. Soo Line Railroad Company: Discontinuance of passenger trains in depot, 1951-1973. 2 folders.
609-1-U. Rock Island Line: Discontinuance of St. Paul depot use, 1967-1970.
609-2-U. Burlington Northern: Discontinuance of passenger trains, 1971.
609-3-U. Chicago and Northwestern Railway: Demand for retirement of property, 1971.
609-4-U. Rock Island Line vs. Saint Paul Union Depot Company lawsuit, 1973-1974.
621-U. Milwaukee Road lease of space for switch tenders at Robert Street, 1923-1972. 2 folders.
639. Annual report to Interstate Commerce Commission (various years), 1921-1978. 2 folders.
644-M. Chicago and Northwestern Railway and Minnesota Transfer Railway arbitration, 1961-1963.
644-U. Great Northern, Omaha, and Soo Line arbitration, 1926-1941.
645-U&M. Condemnation proceedings, 1927-1972.
646-U&M. Controlled signature machine, 1964-1982.
649-U&M. Leaves of absence and furloughs, 1926-1974. 2 folders.
651-U&M. Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, 1967-1973.
652-U&M. Permits for picture-taking, etc., 1967-1984.
659-U&M. Depreciation charges: Locomotives and work equipment, 1921-1963.
660-1-M. Depreciation: Road and equipment, 1951-1974. 3 folders.
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149.E.12.6F50660-2-M. Minnesota Transfer Railway Company depreciation accounting, 1942-1970. 2 folders.
660-3-U. Saint Paul Union Depot Company depreciation accounting, 1940-1970. 3 folders.
662-1. Purchase of locomotives, 1942-1970. 2 folders.
663-M. Sale of diesel locomotives, 1970-1971.
664-U. Credit union, 1963-1970.
665-U&M. Gross earnings taxes, 1941-1972. 2 folders.
665-1-M. Minnesota Transfer Railway gross earnings taxes, 1941-1972. 2 folders.
665-2-U&M. Gross earnings to railroad retirement board, 1976-1980.
665-3-U. Gross earnings tax: Saint Paul Union Depot Company, 1953-1977.
673-M. Excess cash, 1963-1974.
673-U. Excess cash, 1962-1971.
674-U&M. Interstate Commerce Commission and safety violations, 1959-1971. 2 folders.
675-U&M. Labor agreements: All organizations, 1936-1968.
685-U&M. Drafts to parent lines, 1922-1972.
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149.E.12.7B51687-U&M. Traffic Executives Association: Eastern, western, and southern, 1972-1979.
691-U. State of New York Banking Department (gold bonds), 1923-1971.
694-U&M. Merger of proprietary companies, 1967-1973.
701-1-U. Parking lot application: City of St. Paul, 1971-1975.
704-1-U&M. Northwest Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers, 1951-1970.
706-U. Zone 1-B allocation of expenses, 1964-1966.
708-2-U&M. Forms for personal injury claims, 1941-1977.
713. Roseville [Minn.] industrial area, 1968.
716-U&M. Association of Western Railways, 1941-1971. 9 folders.
716-1-U&M. Association of Western Railways: Audits, 1965-1971.
718-U&M. Hearings and investigations, 1937-1970.
720-1-U. 1969 Depot committee study, 1968-1970. 2 folders.
720-2-U. Committee to study apportionment of expenses (1969), 1968-1970.
720-3-U. Committee to study employee separation expense distribution (1970), 1969-1971.
720-4-U. Accounting committee: Railpax (1970), 1963-1971.
720-6. Owner line committee: Division of expenses and retirement (1971), 1971.
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149.E.12.8F52720-6-1. Employee protection, 1971.
720-7. Committee on depot expenses, 1971-1972.
721-U&M. Seniority roster, 1959-1972. 2 folders.
721-1-U&M. Seniority roster, 1972-1982. 2 folders.
723-M. Twin City joint operating committee: South St. Paul joint agency, 1946-1980. 4 folders.
723-1-M. Joint railway agency: South St. Paul, 1949-1966.
723-2-M. Joint railway agency transportation study, 1969-1980.
726-2-U&M. Securities and Exchange Committee filings: Forms 10K, 10Q, 12K, 1960-1961. 2 folders.
728-U&M. Strike expenses, 1946-1953.
730-U&M. Instructions to employees in general office, 1946-1971.
732-1-U&M. Appointment of treasurer and others, 1964-1974.
734-1-U&M. Pensions: Information, 1925-1984. 2 folders.
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149.E.12.9B53734-2-U&M. Pensions: Officers and supervisors, 1949-1984. 2 folders.
735-2-U. Sinking fund: Series "B" bonds, 1956-1971. 2 folders.
735-3-U. Refinancing funded debt, 1969-1971.
735-5-M. Minnesota Transfer Railway Company conditional sale agreement No. 1 of 1970 with General Motors, 1970-1971.
797-U&M. Rotation of presidency, 1949-1980.
834-4-U&M. Material and supplies: Inventories, 1966-1967.
835-M. Adjustment of primary accounts: Interstate Commerce Commission accounting series circular No. 133, 1962-1967.
835-U. Adjustment of primary accounts: Interstate Commerce Commission accounting series circular No. 133, 1924-1967. 2 folders.
842-U&M. National Railway Labor Conference, 1964-1978.
842-3. National Railway Labor Conference: Wage-price controls, Phase II, 1972. 2 folders.
842-3-1. National Railway Labor Conference: Economic stabilization, 1971-1972. 2 folders.
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149.E.12.10F54843-U&M. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Arbitration Board award No. 282: Enginemen, 1963-1970. 2 folders.
843-1-U. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Arbitration Award No.13091, 1964-1966.
843-2-U. Arbitration: Donald F. McMahon, 1965-1967.
843-3-U&M. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Arbitration Board Award No. 298, 1967.
843-4-U. Mediation agreement (September 25, 1964) with machinists organization, 1967.
843-6-U&M. Mediation agreements, 1968-1972. 2 folders.
852-U. Counting tickets: Zone 1-A, 1935-1966.
854-U&M. Budget, 1968-1971. 3 folders.
854-M. Budget, 1974-1980. 5 folders.
857-U. Dale C. Blood arbitration: Soo Line, 1951-1968.
860-M. Job stabilization agreement, 1963-1971.
860-U. Job stabilization agreement, 1965-1971.
860-2-U. Saint Paul Union Depot Company job stabilization: BRAC, 1963-1971.
860-3-U. Job stabilization: Maintenance of way, 1963-1971.
860-4-U. Job stabilization: BRAC: Telegraphers, 1971.
860-4-U-1. R. F. Rose: Telegrapher, 1971.
863-M. Law committee: Claims from personal injury and death while working off premises, 1966.
871-U&M. Salary analysis program, 1967-1968.
873-U. Depreciation: Adjustment to use basis, 1942-1971.
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149.E.13.1B55888-M. Estimated operating expenses, 1963-1971.
890-U&M. Bombing threats, 1970.
891-U&M. Rail Passenger Corporation, 1970-1973. 3 folders.
891-2-U. Amtrak: Accounting series circular No.146, 1971-1973.
893-M. Midwest claim conference, 1971-1972.
895-U&M. Work rule changes: UTU, 1970-1971. 2 folders.
896-U&M. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 1971-1973.
904-U&M. Bureau of the Census, 1974-1978.
909-M. Bankruptcy: Proof of claims, 1975-1980.
914-M. Bankruptcy: Milwaukee Road, 1977-1985.
914-1-M. Bankruptcy: Rock Island Lines, 1975-1984.

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The Saint Paul Union Depot Company records are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

Records of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Soo Line railroads are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Business enterprises -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Industrial districts -- Minnesota.
Railroad terminals -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.
Railroads -- Joint use of facilities -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Management.
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul Metropolitan Area -- Yards.
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Minnesota.
Railroads -- Freight -- Minnesota.
Railroads, Industrial -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916.
Organizations:
Saint Paul Union Depot Company (Minn.).
Places:
Fridley (Minn.)
Midway District (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Minneapolis (Minn.)
New Brighton (Minn.)
Saint Paul (Minn.)
Document Types:
Photographs.
Technical drawings.

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