PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Orders: Formal Rate Files ("A" Files) at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Department of Public Service. | |
| Title: | Orders: Formal Rate Files ("A" Files). | |
| Dates: | 1900-1981 (bulk 1911-1977). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Docket files concerning transportation rates, opening and closing of lines and service, and station and line maintenance. | |
| Quantity: | 9.0 cubic feet (9 boxes) | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The files, originally entitled "Railroad orders," contain orders, reports and findings of fact, proposals for decisions, and other documents largely concerning the regulation of railroads in Minnesota. In later years, the files also concern truck companies, petroleum carriers, bus lines, taxi companies, and grain terminal associations.
ARRANGEMENT
Arranged numerically by chronologically assigned "A" docket number; followed by several miscellaneous files with varying alpha prefixes.
OTHER FINDING AIDS
Includes a partial index for the 1900-1975 files.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Public Service. Orders: Formal Rate Files ("A" Files). Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 980-6; 980-75; 981-9
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017245010104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 116.H.12.1B | 1 | Partial index, 1900-1975. | |||||||||
| File Nos. A-3 to A-2389, 1900, 1904, 1911-1919. | |||||||||||
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| 116.H.12.2F | 2 | File Nos. A-2390 to A-3728, 1919-1925. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.3B | 3 | File Nos. A-3731 to A-4738, 1925-1933. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.4F | 4 | File Nos. A-4739 to A-6099, 1933-1942. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.5B | 5 | File Nos. A-6103 to A-7111, 1942-1951. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.6F | 6 | File Nos. A-7112 to A-7520, 1951-1957. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.7B | 7 | File Nos. A-7522 to A-8105, 1957-1962. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.8F | 8 | File Nos. A-8106 to A-8361, 1962-1972. | |||||||||
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| 116.H.12.9B | 9 | File Nos. A-8362 to A-8496, 1972-1975. 11 folders. | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous formal rate order files. 8 folders: | |||||||||||
| File Nos. GR-76-10 to GR-77-55 (grain rates), 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| File Nos. TR-PC-1, TR-PC-2, TR-RR-1, TR-RR-8, TR-T-13, and TR-75-10 to TR-75-71 (transportation rates), 1975. | |||||||||||
| File No. PC-7000 (petroleum carrier rate order), 1981. | |||||||||||
| File No. RR-1000 (Minnesota railroads), 1979,-1980. | |||||||||||
| File No. TR-RR-1002 (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company), 1980. | |||||||||||
| File No. B-6000 (National Bus Traffic Association), 1982. | |||||||||||
| File No. T-3000 (Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau), 1979-1983. | |||||||||||
| File No. T-9000 (Minnesota Permit Truckers Association), 1980-1981. | |||||||||||
CATALOG 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:
- Bus lines -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Carriers -- Minnesota -- Rates.
- Carriers -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Grain trade -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Petroleum -- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Railroad law -- Minnesota.
- Taxicabs -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Trucking -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota.
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
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