Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records

Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records, 1888-1990

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Puget Sound Power and Light Company
Title: Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records
Dates: 1888-1990 (inclusive)
18881990

1888-1932 (bulk)
18881932
Quantity: 159 linear feet
Collection Number: XOE_CPNWS0004puget (collection)
Summary: The Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records document the emergence and early operations of one of the leading private power and transportation operations in Washington State. The collection reflects the history of Puget Sound Power and Light's predecessor and subsidiary companies from around 1888 to 1932 and in particular the development of rail transit systems in the Puget Sound area from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s. Records include administrative, financial, operational, legal, and property material documenting the interests and activities of over fifty of the “Puget Power” companies, and their role in the provision of utility and transportation services in Western Washington.
Repository: Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding the finding aid was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Puget Sound Power & Light Company’s history began with Massachusetts-based Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation’s acquisition of streetcar and power company holdings in Seattle and the Puget Sound region. In 1900, Stone & Webster’s newly created Seattle Electric Company consolidated property and rights of small privately-owned transportation and utility businesses including Madison Street Cable Railway, Union Trunk Line, and Third Street & Suburban Railway. Stone & Webster acquired West End & North End Railway and Seattle Railway in 1901, and Seattle Central Railway in 1902. With the formation of Seattle City Light in 1904, Stone & Webster became a major provider of electricity and street lighting to Seattle. Its achievements continued with the 1908 formation of Pacific Coast Power Company (a subsidiary of Seattle Electric Company), which established control over the land and operations of the Tacoma Power Company, including pending construction of a hydro-electric plant at White River. In the same year, acquisition of Seattle Tacoma Power Company provided access to property and assets of Charles Hinckley Baker – including power plants at Snoqualmie Falls and electricity distribution rights in Seattle and Tacoma.

In 1902, incorporation of the Whatcom County Railway & Light Company marked the start of Puget Power’s domination of public transportation and power systems in the City of Bellingham. Whatcom County Railway & Light acquired the former interests of the Whatcom-Fairhaven Gas and Northern Railway & Improvement Companies. These companies themselves comprised earlier consolidations of local rail and utility services: Fairhaven Street Railway Company, Lake Whatcom Electric Street Railway Company, Fairhaven Electric Light, Power & Motor Company, Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway Company, Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway, and Bellingham Bay Gas Company. In 1906, Whatcom County Railway & Light Company expanded control over distribution of gas, electricity and lighting in Bellingham through acquisition of the utility holdings of Columbia Improvement Society (previously owned by Bellingham Bay Improvement Company), and a forty-year contract to supply power in the City.

In 1901, Seattle Electric Company assumed responsibility for financing and construction of the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban, forming the subsidiary Puget Sound Electric Railway to control and operate both interurban and street railway interests in Seattle. The final stages of interurban construction occurred in 1910-1912 with completion of the Seattle-Everett Interurban Burlington line and construction of the lines between Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley by Bellingham-Skagit Railway Company. In January 1912, the newly incorporated Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company merged Bellingham-Skagit Railway and Seattle-Everett Interurban as Pacific Northwest Traction Company, responsible for the operation of several Puget Sound interurban railway lines. Whatcom County Railway & Light reorganized as the Bellingham Division of Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company. In addition to their passenger lines, Puget Power provided freight services to regional businesses and industries such as the Renton coal-mines owned by Puget Sound Electric Railway.

As automobiles became more prevalent during the 1920s, the company – reincorporated in 1919 as Puget Sound Power & Light Company – had to respond to the gradual demise of the railroad passenger industry. Subsidiary company Pacific Northwest Traction offered bus services between Seattle and Bellingham from 1925 onwards, while the Seattle Interurban Motor Company provided services to Vancouver, British Columbia as early as 1921. The various interurban rail and bus services ultimately integrated as North Coast Lines in 1927, as use of the railway interurban gradually declined and were disbanded between 1928 and 1939. “Puget Power” increasingly focused its interests on the distribution of power in the Puget Sound region, divesting its railway interests, and stepping-up acquisition of Washington utility companies. Despite involvement in some major development projects (such as the construction of transmission lines across the Cascades range in 1922), support for municipal ownership forced Stone & Webster’s subsidiaries to compete for increasingly limited property and distribution rights. Puget Sound Power & Light faced increasing competition and legal challenges from Washington State Public Utility Districts, losing power distribution rights in Seattle and Tacoma by 1930. These conflicts continued through the 1960s, despite its 1943 restructuring as a Washington-based corporation. In 1997, Puget Sound Power & Light merged with the Seattle gas distributor, Washington Energy Company to form Puget Sound Energy.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records document the emergence and early activities of one of the leading private power and transportation operations in Washington State. Records reflect the incorporation, property and operations of around fifty Stone & Webster, or “Puget Power” companies involved in the provision of utility and transit services in Western Washington and in particular the Puget Sound region. Materials span the period 1888-1990, with the bulk of records dated 1888-1932. The collection is divided into fifty-three series, each reflecting activities of specific predecessors or subsidiaries of Puget Sound Power & Light. Company records include administrative and corporate records, financial records, operational records and some property and legal records.

The collection contains a small volume of material documenting the existence and operations of early Seattle-based street railway systems including those of First Avenue Electric Railway Company, Front Street Cable Railway Company, and Madison Street Cable Railway Company. Record and minute books document the gradual acquisition of their interests and property by Stone & Webster – initially through Seattle Traction and Seattle-Everett Traction Companies, and by Seattle Electric Company in 1900. The collection also contains a small number of administrative and financial records relating to early street railway and power companies in the City of Bellingham, including Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway, Lake Whatcom Electric Railway, Bellingham Bay Gas and Whatcom Fairhaven Gas Companies. Whatcom County Railway and Light Company records contain significant information about street railway and power service in Bellingham after 1902, with the bulk of material dated 1903-1915.

Records for the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway, Bellingham-Skagit Railway Company and Pacific Northwest Traction document the construction and operation of the interurban railway systems in the Puget Sound region, and in particular, the line connecting Bellingham with Sedro-Woolley and Mt. Vernon. Stone and Webster’s interests and operations in the Everett area are reflected in the records of Everett Railway Light and Water Company and Puget Sound International Railway Company. Materials generated by Pacific Traction Company and Tacoma Railway and Power Company pertain to “Puget Power’s” interests and activities in Tacoma, while operations of the Seattle-Tacoma interurban railway are documented in the records of the Puget Sound Electric Railway Company. Puget Sound Electric Railway’s coal-mine holdings are documented in the financial and operational records of the Renton Cooperative Coal Company and Renton Coal Company. Puget Sound Power and Light’s increasing acceptance and use of automobile transportation is reflected in the records of the Puget Sound Bus Company and Seattle Tacoma Union Stage Lines. The collection also includes aerial photographs generated by Puget Sound Power & Light Company and its real estate department between 1986 and 1990.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records are arranged in accordance with the following series arrangement:

Series 1. Baker Estates, 1903-1907
Series 2. Bellingham and Skagit Railway Company, 1910-1912
Series 3. Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Company 1892-1899
Series 4. Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway Company, 1890-1912
Series 5. Bellingham Bay Gas Company, 1890-1902
Series 6. Bellingham Bay Gas and Railway Company, 1890-1891; 1896
Series 7. City Transport Company, 1922-1926
Series 8. Columbia Improvement Company, 1903-1905
Series 9. Edison General Electric Company, undated
Series 10. Everett Railway and Electric Company/ Everett Railway and Light Company, 1893-1907
Series 11. Everett Railway, Light and Water Company, 1896-1924
Series 12. Fairhaven and New Whatcom Railway Company, 1891-1897
Series 13. Fairhaven and Southern Railroad Company, 1890-1891
Series 14. Fairhaven Electric Light Power and Motor Company, 1891; 1900-1901
Series 15. First Avenue Railway Company, 1898-1901
Series 16. Front Street Cable Railway Company, 1888-1898
Series 17. Grant Street Electric Railway Company, 1891-1900
Series 18. Green Lake Electric Railway Company, 1889-1902
Series 19. Lake Whatcom Electric Railway Company, 1892
Series 20. Lynden Electric Railway and Improvement Company, 1901-1906; 1917
Series 21. Madison Street Cable Railway Company, 1889-1900
Series 22. Northern Railway and Improvement Company, 1898-1903
Series 23. North Seattle Cable Railway Company, 1889-1899
Series 24. Pacific Coast Power Company, 1904; 1910-1911
Series 25. Pacific Northwest Traction Company, 1911-1930
Series 26. Pacific Traction Company, 1909-1929
Series 27. Puget Sound Bus Company, 1915-1923
Series 28. Puget Sound Electric Railway Company, 1903-circa 1960s (1903-1929)
Series 29. Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company, 1907-1930
Series 30. Puget Sound Power and Light Company, 1986-1990
Series 31. Renton Coal Company, 1901-1924
Series 32. Renton Co-operative Coal Company, 1895-1901
Series 33. Renton Mine and Renton Mines Association, 1902-1919
Series 34. Seattle Central Railway Company, 1899-1903
Series 35. Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company, 1888-1899
Series 36. Seattle Electric Company, 1894-1922
Series 37. Seattle Motor Livery Company, 1902-1912
Series 38. Seattle Railway and Seattle City Railway Company, 1890-1922
Series 39. Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway & Seattle-Tacoma Railway Co., 1899-1912
Series 40. Seattle Tacoma Power Company, 1905-1906
Series 41. Seattle-Tacoma Union Stage Lines, 1921-1923
Series 42. Seattle Traction Company & Seattle-Everett Traction Company, 1897-1911
Series 43. South Seattle Cable Railway Company, 1889-1897
Series 44. Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation, 1910-1912
Series 45. Tacoma Railway and Power Company, 1903-1929
Series 46. Third Street and Suburban Railway Company, 1895-1901
Series 47. Union Trunk Line, 1890-1900
Series 48. Vancouver Traction Company, 1908-1911
Series 49. Washington-Oregon Power Company 1898-1921
Series 50. Washington Railway and Power Company, 1907
Series 51. West Street and North End Railway Company, 1890-1901
Series 52. Whatcom County Railway & Light Company, 1903-1938 (1903-1915)
Series 53. Whatcom-Fairhaven Gas Company, 1902-1922
Series 54. Other Regional Land, Power and Transportation Companies, 1883-1951

Acquisition Information

The bulk of the Puget Sound Power & Light Company records were transferred from the company’s Bellingham office in 1972. The initial donation included papers and bound volumes generated by approximately forty predecessors and subsidiaries of the parent company. In 1994, CPNWS received additional records documenting the property interests of various companies from Puget Power’s Real Estate office in Bellevue, Washington.

Processing Note

Curt Ryser initiated work on the Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records in 1987, inventorying oversized volumes and creating a box level inventory. Daniel E. Turbeville III contributed an introduction to this initial finding aid. Initial processing included a 1 in 20 sampling of certain journal entries, vouchers and receipts created by ten of Puget Power’s subsidiary companies (the remainder were destroyed). All sampled records are identified in the current container list for the collection. In 2001, Ruth Steele merged unprocessed material into the main collection, established consistent series and sub-series arrangement and created a comprehensive guide to the Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records. Records relating to the Lake Whatcom Improvement Society and Puget Sound Freight Lines (unrelated to the Puget Sound Power and Light Company) were removed from the collection and are cataloged as separate CPNWS collections. In 2003, Ruth Steele and Amber Raney re-engineered the collection. In June 2004, Michal Walden merged records created by Puget Sound Power and Light Company, and the Washington Oregon Corporation into the main collection. Joshua Zimmerman merged additional Puget Sound Power and Light Company materials in July 2005. In April 2006 Roz Koester merged additional materials into the collection.

Processing Note

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Bibliography

Turbeville III, Daniel E. The Electric Railway Era in Northwest Washington, 1890-1930. Occasional Paper #12: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University,1978.

Wing, Robert C. (ed.). A Century of Service: The Puget Power Story Bellevue, Washington: Puget Sound Power & Light Company, 1987.

Related Materials

CPNWS also houses the Daniel E. Turbeville photograph collection which contains historical images of street railways and interurban systems in and around Bellingham, WA. The Northwest Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives, located in the same building as CPNWS, houses "Nuclear Power Plant Rezone" files which were transferred from Puget Power to the Skagit County Planning Department. The branch also houses Puget Power acquisition records from the Snohomish County Public Utility District.

The Manuscripts, Special Collections, and University Archives division of the University of Washington Libraries has records from the Bellingham office of Puget Sound Traction Light & Power, which was responsible for the management and operation of the remaining Bellingham street railway systems following the company's incorporation in 1912. The UW also houses records from numerous other companies that were involved in regional power distribution.

Additionally, the King County Archives and the Seattle Municipal Archives have records related to the Puget Sound Power & Light Company.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Baker Estates , 1903-1907Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
1/1	Account Book	1903-1905
1/2	Journal	1903-1907

Series 2: Bellingham and Skagit Railway Company , 1910-1912Return to Top

Administrative and organizational records for the Bellingham & Skagit Railway Company include proposals for construction of the interurban line connecting Bellingham with Sedro-Woolley and Mt Vernon, as well as relevant title abstracts.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1910-1912
Box/Folder
1/3	Minute Book	1910
1/4	Articles of Agreement	1910-1912
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1910-1912
Box/Folder
1/5	Cash Book	1910-1912
1/6	Cash Book	1910-1912
1/7	Journal	1910-1912
Volume
1	Stock Certificates	1910-1912
	Sub-series 3 : Property and Legal Records	1911-1913
Box/Folder
1/8	Title Abstracts	1911
1/9	Title Abstracts	1912
1/10	Title Abstracts	1912
1/11	Title Abstracts	1912
2/1	Title Abstracts	1912
2/2	Title Abstracts	1912
2/3	Title Abstracts	1912
2/4	Title Abstracts	1912
2/5	Title Abstracts	1912
2/6	Title Abstracts	1912
2/7	Title Abstracts	1913

Series 3: Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Company , 1892-1899Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Administrative & Organizational Records
Box/Folder
2/8	General Correspondence	1892-1893; 1899

Series 4: Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway Company, 1890-1912Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative & Organizational Records	1890-1912
Box/Folder
2/9	General Correspondence	1891; 1895-1897
Volume
2	Minute and Record Book	1890-1907
Box/Folder
2/9	Minutes	1906; 1910-1912
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1890-1902
Box/Folder
2/11	Account Statements	1890-1891
2/12	Balance Statements	1891-1892; 1895-1899
2/13	Financial Correspondence	1891-1897
3/1	Stock Ledger	1891-1899
3/2	Vouchers & Receipts	1890-1897
3/3	Vouchers (1/20 Sample)	September 1899 – February 1902
	Sub-series 3 : Property & Legal Records	1890-1907
Box/Folder
3/4	Contracts & Agreements	1890-1907
3/5	Licenses	1897-1898
3/6	Report	1902
3/7	Trusteeship Records	1891-1896

Series 5: Bellingham Bay Gas Company , 1890-1902Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational	1897-1902
Box/Folder
3/8	Minutes	1897-1902
3/9	Resolutions	undated
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1890-1904
Volume
3	Accounts Receivable and Petty Cash	1899-1900
4	Cash Records	1897-1900
5	Cash Records	1899-1900
6	Cash Records	1900-1901
7	Daily Cash Collections	1902-1903
8	Day Book	1900-1902
9	Journals	1890-1894
10	Journals	1900-1901
11	Journals	1900-1903
12	Ledger Index	undated
13	General Ledger	1890-1892
14	Meter Records	1901-1902
15	Meter Records	1902-1903
Box/Folder
3/10	Mortgage Records	1891
Volume
16	Payroll (Monthly)	1900-1903
17	Petty Ledgers	1901-1902
18	Petty Ledgers	1902
19	Petty Ledgers	1902-1903
20	Petty Ledgers	1903-1904
Box/Folder
3/11	Stock Records	1890-1901
Volume
21	Works Record	1890-1904
3/12	Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses	1890-1891
3/13	Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses	1894
3/14	Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses	1896
3/15	Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses	1897-1900
	Sub-series 3 : Property and Legal Records	1890-1893
Box/Folder
3/16	Agreements	1890-1893

Series 6: Bellingham Bay Gas and Railway Company , 1890-1896Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Administrative and Organizational Records
Box/Folder
3/13	By-laws	1891
3/13	General Correspondence	1890-1891,; 1896

Series 7: City Transport Company, 1922-1926Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
3/14	Financial Reports	1922-1925
3/15	Financial Reports	1926

Series 8: Columbia Improvement Company, 1903-1905Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
3/16	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	April 1903-June 1903
3/17	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	July 1903 - September 1903
3/18	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	October - December 1903
3/19	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	January 1904-April 1904
3/20	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	May 1904-December 1904
3/21	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	October 1905

Series 9: Edison General Electric Company, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Operational Records
Box/Folder
4/1	Reports (Supply Estimates)	undated

Series 10: Everett Railway and Electric Company/ Everett Railway and Light Company , 1893-1907Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Volume
22	Cash Books	1896-1899
23	Cash Books	1899-1902
24	Journals	1893-1895
25	Journals	1896-1902
26	Journals	1893-1896
27	Journals	1896-1902
28	Journals	1902-1905
	Ledgers
Volume
29	Everett Railway and Electric Company	1896-1902
30	Everett Railway and Electric Company	1902-1903
31	Electric Railway and Electric Company / Everett Railway and Light Company	1893-1895
32	Electric Railway and Electric Company / Everett Railway and Light Company	1893-1896
33	Electric Railway and Electric Company / Everett Railway and Light Company	1902-1905
Box/Folder
4/2	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	July 1901-March 1902
4/3	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	October 1904-April 1905
4/4	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	August 1907-October 1907
4/5	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	August 1907-October 1907
Volume
34	Vouchers and Sub-journal Register	1905-1907

Series 11: Everett Railway, Light and Water Company , 1896-1953Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1905-1924
Box/Folder
4/6	Minute Book	1905-1924
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1905-1953
Volume
35	Account Book	1920-1953
36	Cash Books	1907-1915
37	Cash Books	1915-1922
38	Journal	1905-1907
39	Ledger	1905-1907
40	Periodical Audit	1914
Box/Folder
4/7	Stock Ledger	1905-1917
4/8	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	August 1909-February 1910
4/9	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	February 1910-January 1912
4/10	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	March 1910-July 1910
4/11	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	August 1910-January 1911
4/12	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	December 1911-December 1912
4/13	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	May 1913-December 1915
Volume
41	Vouchers and Sub-Journal Register	1907
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1907-1916
Box/Folder
5/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	November 1907-December 1908
5/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	November 1907-December 1908
5/3	Operating Reports (Annual)	1911-1912
5/4	Operating Reports (Annual)	1911-1912
5/5	Operating Reports (Annual)	1912-1913
5/6	Operating Reports (Annual)	1913-1914
5/7	Operating Reports (Annual)	1914-1915
5/8	Operating Reports (Annual)	1915-1916
5/9	Operating Reports (Annual)	1915-1916

Series 12: Fairhaven and New Whatcom Railway Company , 1891-1897Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1896-1897
Box/Folder
5/10	General Correspondence	1896-1897
5/11	Inventories	1896-1897
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1892-1898
Box/Folder
5/12	Account Statements (Monthly)	1893-1894; 1896
Volume
42	Journal	1892-1896
Box/Folder
5/13	Payroll Records	1892; 1895
5/14	Stock Ledger	1892-1894
5/15	Voucher Book	1896
5/16	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	February 1895-November 1898
5/17	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	July 1891-December 1894
	Sub-series 3 : Property and Legal Records	1891-1896
Box/Folder
5/18	Reports (Receivership Reports)	1891-1894; 1896

Series 13: Fairhaven and Southern Railroad Company, 1890-1891 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Volume
43	Daily Balance Record	1890-1891

Series 14: Fairhaven Electric Light Power and Motor Company , 1891, 1900-1901Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1900-1901
Box/Folder
6/1	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	June 1900- March 1901
	Sub-series 2 : Property and Legal Records	1891
Box/Folder
6/2	Agreement	January 1891

Series 15: First Avenue Railway Company , 1898-1901Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational	1898-1900
Box/Folder
6/3	Minute Book	1898-1900
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1898-1901
Volume
44	Cash Book	1898-1900
45	Journals	1898-1900
46	Journals	1901
47	Ledger	1898-1900
48	Stock Certificate Book	1898-1900

Series 16: Front Street Cable Railway Company, 1888-1898Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Volume
49	Cash Books	1889-1894
50	Cash Books	1889-1894
51	Journal	1888-1894
52	Ledger	1888-1889
Box/Folder
6/4	Stock Certificates	1888

Series 17: Grant Street Electric Railway Company, 1891-1900 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1891-1900
Box/Folder
6/5	Minute Book	1891-1900
	Subseries 2 : Financial Records	1891-1900
Volume
53	Cash Records	1898-1900
54	Cash Records	1900
55	Journals	1895-1900
56	Journals	1900
57	General Ledger	1900
58	Ledger	1898-1900
Box/Folder
6/6	Stock Certificates	1891-1900
Volume
59	Voucher Register	1898-1899

Series 18: Green Lake Electric Railway Company , 1889-1902Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative & Organizational Records	1889-1902
Box/Folder
6/7	Minute Book	1889-1902
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1890-1900
Volume
60	Cash Book	1890-1899
61	Journal	1889-1899
62	Ledger	1890-1893
63	Stock Certificates Book	1890-1900
Box/Folder
6/8	Stock Ledger	1889-1892
6/9	Stock Ledger	1890-1893
Volume
64	Voucher Records	1890-1900

Series 19: Lake Whatcom Electric Railway Company, 1892Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Administrative and Organizational Records
Box/Folder
6/10	Minutes and By-laws	1892

Series 20: Lynden Electric Railway and Improvement Company , 1901-1917Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational	1901-1917
Box/Folder
7/1	General Correspondence	1901-1904 ; 1917
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1902 ; 1906
Box/Folder
7/2	Stock Records	1903; 1906
	Sub-series 3 : Property and Legal Records	Undated
Box/Folder
7/3	Agreements	undated

Series 21: Madison Street Cable Railway Company, 1889-1900Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative & Organizational Records	1890-1900
Box/Folder
7/4	Minute Book	1890-1892
Volume
65	Stationary Supplies Book	1900
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1890-1900
Volume
66	Cash Books	1890-1893
67	Cash Books	1894-1900
68	General Ledgers	1890-1894
69	General Ledgers	1894-1900
70	Journals	1894-1898
71	Journals	1899-1900
72	Stock Certificates	1889-1899
Box/Folder
7/5	Stock Ledger	1889-1899
7/6	Stock Ledger	1889-1899
7/7	Stock Ledger	1889-1899
Volume
73	Trial Balance	1894-1898

Series 22: Northern Railway and Improvement Company , 1898-1903Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1898-1900
Box/Folder
7/8	Minutes and Articles	1898-1902
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1898-1902
Volume
74	Cash Book	1898-1901
75	Insurance Record	1903
76	Journal	1898
77	Ledger	1898-1893
Box/Folder
7/9	Stock Certificates	1898-1903
Volume
78	Voucher and Journal Registers	1900-1901
79	Voucher and Journal Registers	1902
Box/Folder
7/10	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	January 1900- December 1900
7/11	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	February 1902 - December 1902
	Sub-series 3 : Property & Legal Records	1899
Box/Folder
7/12	Agreements	1899
	Sub-series 4 : Operational Records	undated
Box/Folder
7/13	Field Book	undated

Series 23: North Seattle Cable Railway Company , 1889-1899Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational	1899-1899
Box/Folder
8/1	Minutes	1889-1899
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1889-1895
Box/Folder
8/2	Cash Books	circa 1889-1895
8/3	Cash Books	circa 1889-1895

Series 24: Pacific Coast Power Company , 1904 - 1911Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Property and Legal Records
Box/Folder
8/4	Title Abstracts	1904
8/5	Title Abstracts	1910
8/6	Title Abstracts	1910
8/7	Title Abstracts	1910
8/8	Title Abstracts	1911

Series 25: Pacific Northwest Traction Company, 1903-1930Return to Top

In January 1912, Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company officially incorporated and authorized the merger of Bellingham-Skagit Railway and Seattle-Everett Interurban to form Pacific Northwest Traction Company. This newly created subsidiary gained responsibility for the operation of several Puget Sound interurban railway lines. Operational records include field books and photographs documenting the construction of the interurban line connecting Bellingham with Sedro-Woolley and Mt Vernon.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1912-1929
Box/Folder
8/9	Account Statements	1912-1920
8/10	Account Statements	1921-1929
	Sub-series 2 : Operational Records	1903-1913
	Field and Survey Books	circa 1903-1913
Box/Folder
9/1	No. 20-23
9/2	No. 24-27
9/3	No. 28-31
9/4	No. 32-35
9/5	No.36-39
9/6	No.40-43
9/7	No. 44-47
10/1	No. 48-51
10/2	No. 52-55
10/3	No. 56-59
10/4	No. 60-63
10/5	No. 64-67
10/6	No. 68-71
10/7	No. 72-74 & 76
10/8	No. 77, 79-81
11/1	No. 82-85
11/2	No. 86-89
11/3	No. 90-93
11/4	No. 94-95
Box/Folder
11/5	Topography Books (2 Items)	undated (circa 1903)
11/6	Level Books (4 Items)	undated (circa 1903)
11/7	Transit Books (3 Items)	undated (circa 1903)
11/8	Unidentified Field Books (4 Items)	undated (circa 1903)
11/9	Mining Claims at Nooksack Falls	1903
11/10	Nooksack Falls to Bellingham (Pole Record of Transmission Line)	undated (circa 1903)
12/1	Photographs	circa 1911-1912
13/1	Photographs	circa 1911-1912
14/1	Rental Records	1930
14/2	Timecards	1930
14/3	Timecards	undated

Series 26: Pacific Traction Company, 1909-1929 Return to Top

Financial and operating reports provide data for passenger and freight services, as well as company expenses and revenues generated by service provision around Tacoma.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1910-1929
Box/Folder
14/3	Financial Reports	1910-1911
14/4	Financial Reports	1912
14/5	Financial Reports	1913
14/6	Financial Reports	1914
14/7	Financial Reports	1915
14/8	Financial Reports	1916
15/1	Financial Reports	1918
15/2	Financial Reports	1919
15/3	Financial Reports	1920
15/4	Financial Reports	1921
15/5	Financial Reports	1922
15/6	Financial Reports	1923
15/7	Financial Reports	1924
16/1	Financial Reports	1925
16/2	Financial Reports	1926
16/3	Financial Reports	1927
16/4	Financial Reports	1928-1929
	Sub-series 2 : Operational Records	1909-1927
Box/Folder
16/5	Operating Reports	1909
16/6	Operating Reports	1910
16/7	Operating Reports	1911
16/8	Operating Reports	1912
16/9	Operating Reports	1913
17/1	Operating Reports	1914
17/2	Operating Reports	1915
17/3	Operating Reports	1916
17/4	Operating Reports	1917
17/5	Operating Reports	1918
17/6	Operating Reports	1919
17/7	Operating Reports	1920
17/8	Operating Reports	1921
17/9	Operating Reports	1922
18/1	Operating Reports	1923
18/2	Operating Reports	1924
18/3	Operating Reports	1925
18/4	Operating Reports	1926
18/5	Operating Reports	1927

Series 27: Puget Sound Bus Company, 1915-1923Return to Top

Financial records document Puget Power’s takeover of the Seattle-Bothell bus service in 1920 (formerly controlled by Washington Bus Company), and provide evidence of route schedules, rates and passenger statistics.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1915-1923
Box/Folder
18/6	Account Statements (Monthly)	February 1920 - December 1920
18/7	Account Statements (Monthly)	January 1921 – April 1922
18/8	Correspondence	March 1920- June 1923
18/9	Insurance Records	1915-1921
18/10	Memos	circa 1920-1922
18/11	Reports (Annual)	1915-1917; 1922
18/12	Reports (Monthly)	March 1920 – December 1920
18/13	Reports (Monthly)	January 1921 – December 1921
18/14	Reports (Monthly)	January 1922 – April 1922
18/15	Stock Records	undated
	Sub-series 2 : Operational Records	1915
Box/Folder
18/16	Rules & Regulations	1915

Series 28: Puget Sound Electric Railway Company, circa 1903-1960s , (bulk 1903-1929) Return to Top

Although company records contain brochures and a small amount of correspondence from the 1950s and 1960s, the bulk of its records date to the period 1903-1929. Monthly financial and operational reports reflect activities and expenses associated with the operations of the Seattle-Tacoma interurban, documenting expenses and revenue, construction plans, and the company’s relationship with Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power and the Tacoma Railway & Power Company. Operating reports include statistical information document passenger car operations, and contain evidence regarding power distribution and suppliers. A small number of legal case records in the series, dated 1904-1908, reflect various disputes regarding the regulation of private utilities, and the construction of a hydro-electric plant at White River.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1957
Box/Folder
18/17	General Correspondence	1957
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1904-1929
Box/Folder
18/18	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1904-1906
18/19	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1907-1908
19/1	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1909-1910
19/2	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1911
19/3	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1912
19/4	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1913
19/5	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1914
20/1	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1915
20/2	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1916
20/3	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1917
20/4	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1918
20/5	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1919
21/1	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1920
21/2	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1921
21/3	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1922
21/4	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1923
21/5	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1924
22/1	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1925
22/2	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1926
22/3	Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)	1927
22/4	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1911
22/5	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1912
22/6	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1913
22/7	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1914
22/8	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1915
22/9	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1916
22/10	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1917
23/1	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1918
23/2	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1919
23/3	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1920
23/4	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1921-1922
23/5	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1923
23/6	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1924
23/7	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1925
23/8	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1926
23/9	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1927-1928
23/10	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1928-1929
23/11	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1928-1929
23/12	Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)	1928-1929
24/1	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	December 1920 – March 1912
24/2	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	April 1912 – May 1914
24/3	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	June 1914 – September 1915
24/4	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	October 1915 – March 1917
24/5	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	March 1917 – June 1918
24/6	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	June 1918 – September 1921
24/7	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	September 1920 – July 1921
24/8	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	July 1921 – January 1922
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1903-circa 1960s
Box/Folder
25/1	Operating Reports (Annual)	1911-1923
25/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1903
25/3	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1904
25/4	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1905
25/5	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1906
25/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1907
25/7	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1908
25/8	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1909
26/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1910
26/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1911
26/3	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1912
26/4	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1913
26/5	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1914
26/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1915
26/7	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1916
26/8	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1917
27/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1918
27/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1919
27/3	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1920
27/4	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1921
27/5	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1922
27/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1923
27/7	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1924
27/8	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1925
27/9	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1926
27/10	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1927
28/1	Brochures	circa 1950s-1960s
	Sub-series 4 : Property and Legal Records	1904-1908
	Legal Documents and Exhibits
Box/Folder
28/2	Tacoma Industrial Co. v White River Power Co.	1904-1905
28/3	City of Seattle v Regan	1908
28/4	Sipes v Puget Sound Electric Railway	1908
28/5	Sipes v Puget Sound Electric Railway	1908
28/6	Company Rules and Regulations	1908
28/7	Maps and Schedules	1908
28/8	Photographs	1908

Series 29: Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company, 1907-1930Return to Top

Records include monthly financial and operating reports describing the provision of services around Everett and Snohomish County. The manager’s monthly letters attached to these reports are often a valuable source of information regarding local changes in policy or revenue.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1907-1930
Box/Folder
29/1	Minutes	1907-1911
29/2	Minutes	1907-1910
29/3	Minutes	1911-1920
29/4	Minutes	1921-1930
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1907-1930
Volume
80	Accounts (Construction)	1910-1911
81	Accounts (Construction)	1912
82	Accounts (Construction)	1913
83	Accounts (Construction)	1914
84	Accounts (Construction)	1918-1922
85	Accounts (Fixed Capital/Operating/Subsidiary Assets)	1930
86	Cash Book	1907-1910
Box/Folder
29/5	Cash Book	1910-1914
29/6	Cash Book	1914-1922
Volume
87	Cash Disbursements	1922-1930
88	Cash Receipts	1922-1930
89	Expenses	1907-1909
90	Expenses	1910
91	Expenses	1911
92	Expenses	1912
93	Expenses	1913
94	Expenses	1914
95	Expenses	1914-1915
96	Expenses	1916-1919
97	Journal	1907-1910
Box/Folder
29/7	Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)	March 1922- October 1923
30/1	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1909-1911
30/2	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1912-1913
30/3	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1914
30/4	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1915
30/5	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1916
31/1	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1917-1918
31/2	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1919-1920
31/3	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1921
31/4	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1922
31/5	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1923
32/1	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1925-1926
32/2	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1925
32/3	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1926
32/4	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1927
32/5	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1928
32/6	Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)	1929
32/7	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1908-1909
33/1	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1910-1911
33/2	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1912
33/3	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1913
33/4	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1914
33/5	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1915
34/1	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1916
34/2	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1917
34/3	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1918
34/4	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1919
34/5	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1920
34/6	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1921
34/7	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1922
35/1	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1923
35/2	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1924
35/3	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1925
35/4	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1926
35/5	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1927
35/6	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1928
35/7	Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)	1929-1930
36/1	Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners)	1912
36/2	Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners)	1913
36/3	Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners)	1914
36/4	Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners)	1915
36/5	Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners)	1916
36/6	Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners)	1926
Volume
98	Financial Reports – Periodical Audits	1914-1915
Box/Folder
37/1	Financial Reports - Periodical Audits	1914-1922
Volume
99	General Ledgers	1914-1917
100	General Ledgers	1922-1925
101	General Ledgers	1927-1930
102	Ledgers	1907-1910
103	Ledgers	1907-1911
104	Ledgers	1912-1914
105	Ledgers	1917-1921
106	Payroll Books	1918-1919
107	Payroll Books	1920-1921
108	Payroll Books	1922-1923
109	Payroll Books	1924
110	Payroll Books	1925-1926
111	Payroll Books	1927-1928
112	Road Equipment Revenues	1914-1917
113	Trial Balance	1927-1930
114	Sub-Voucher Registers	1920-1923
115	Sub-Voucher Registers	1924-1926
116	Sub-Voucher Registers	1927-1929
117	Voucher Registers	1907-1909
118	Voucher Registers	1909-1911
119	Voucher Registers	1911-1912
120	Voucher Registers	1912-1914
121	Voucher Registers	1914-1915
122	Voucher Registers	1915-1917
123	Voucher Registers	1917-1920
124	Voucher Registers	1920-1922
125	Voucher Registers	1922-1923
126	Voucher Registers	1923-1925
127	Voucher Registers	1926-1930
Box/Folder
37/2	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	March 1916 – August 1916
37/3	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	September 1916 - February 1917
37/4	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	June 1918 – January 1919
37/5	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	October 1919 – June 1920
37/6	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	January 1921 – July 1921
37/7	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	June 1923 – October 1923
37/8	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	December 1923 – June 1924
37/9	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	July 1924 – February 1925
37/10	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	September 1929 – May 1930
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1906-1930
	Reports (Annual)
Box/Folder
37/11	Dept. of Public Works	1921-1924
38/1	Dept. of Public Works	1925-1926
38/2	Interstate Commerce Commission	1912-1915
38/3	Interstate Commerce Commission	1916-1917
38/4	Interstate Commerce Commission	1917-1919
38/5	Public Service Commission	1912; 1916; 1920
Box/Folder
38/6	Reports (Annual) re: Auto Transportation Company	1924-1925
38/7	Reports (Annual) re: Electric Companies	1911-1919
38/8	Reports (Annual) re: Electric Companies	1920-1923
38/9	Reports (Annual) re: Water Company	1911-1915
39/1	Reports (Monthly)	January 1909 – April 1909
39/2	Reports (Monthly)	January 1909 – April 1909
39/3	Reports (Monthly)	1909
39/4	Reports (Monthly)	1910
39/5	Reports (Monthly)	1911
39/6	Reports (Monthly)	1912
39/7	Reports (Monthly)	1913
39/8	Reports (Monthly)	1914
39/9	Reports (Monthly)	1915
40/1	Reports (Monthly)	1916
40/2	Reports (Monthly)	1917
40/3	Reports (Monthly)	1918
40/4	Reports (Monthly)	1919
40/5	Reports (Monthly)	1920
40/6	Reports (Monthly)	1921
40/7	Reports (Monthly)	1922
40/8	Reports (Monthly)	1923
40/9	Reports (Monthly)	1924
40/10	Reports (Monthly)	1925
41/1	Reports (Monthly)	1926
41/2	Reports (Monthly)	1927
41/3	Reports (Monthly)	1928
41/4	Reports (Monthly)	1929
41/5	Reports (Monthly)	1930
41/6	Field Notes	1907; undated
	Sub-series 4 : Property and Legal Records	1906-1928
Box/Folder
41/7	Title Abstracts	undated; 1906
41/8-41/11	Title Abstracts	1908
41/12	Title Abstracts	1910 ; 1920 ; 1928

Series 30: Puget Sound Power and Light Company , 1933-1934, , circa 1986-1990 Return to Top

Records include an early street light project called Bellingham White Way and a later project called British Columbia Hydro/Puget Sound Power and Light Intertie Project which includes aerial photographs of the project as well as Mylar film sheets, mounted display boards and other aerial photos from the real estate department. The BC Hydro aerial photographs are taken from south to north moving from Bellingham to the Canadian border. The real estate photographs also offer aerial views of the Puget Sound region heading both south and north to the Canadian border.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1949-1981
Box/Folder
41A/1	Notices to shareholders	1959-1981
41A/2	Annual reports	1949-1965
41A/3	Annual reports	1967-1974
41A/4	Annual reports	1975-1979
	Sub-series 2 : Project Records	1933-1990
	Bellingham White Way Project	1933-1934
Box/Folder
42/1	Operational records	1933-1934
	BC Hydro/Puget Sound Power and Light Intertie Project	1981-1990
Box/Folder
42/2	Operational records	1988 June
	Aerial Photographs	1986-1990
Box/Folder
42/3-42/4	BC Hydro Intertie Project Aerial Photographs (148 total)	1989
Oversize Folder
1	Aldergrove to Bellingham, (50 Mylar Film Sheets and Index)	1986
2	Georgia Pacific, Bellingham	1990
2	Skagit and Whatcom County (Contact Prints)	1987
3	Portal Way and the Portal Way Power Station	undated
3	Unidentified Coastal Region	undated
4	Aerial Photographs of Proposed Route from Canadian Border to Bellingham	June 19, 1987
5	Aerial Photographs of Lynden, Sumas, and Everson to Canadian Border	March 10, 1981
5	Aerial Photographs Bellingham and Surrounding Environs	June 19, 1987
oversize-box
1	1/600 Scale Aerial Photographs of Proposed Route from Canadian Border to Bellingham Display Boards	March 13, 1990
2	1/600 Scale Aerial Photographs of Proposed Route from Canadian Border to Bellingham Display Boards (5)	March 16, 1988
2	Negatives of Puget Sound Power & Light Proposed Route: Bellingham North to the Canadian Line (BPA Tie)	June 7, 1988
2	Aerial Slide Photographs Whatcom County	undated

Series 31: Renton Coal Company, 1901-1924Return to Top

Records reflect the activities of Puget Sound Electric Railway - owned coal mine operations in Renton, which were bought out by Seattle Electric Company in 1900

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1917-1933
Box/Folder
42/5	General Correspondence	1917 – 1918
42/6	General Correspondence	1919-1923
42/7	General Orders	1918-1919
42/8	Mine History	circa 1910-1918
42/9	Mine History	circa 1919
42/10	Minutes & By-laws	1917-1933
42/11	memo re: Coal Situation	1917
42/12	Sample forms	undated
	Sub-series 2 : Financial records	1917-1926
Box/Folder
42/13	Account Statements (Annual)	1920
42/14	Account Statements (Annual)	1921
42/15	Account Statements (Annual)	1922-1923
42/16	Account Statements (Annual)	1923; undated
42/17	Account Statements (Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous)	1919-1921
42/18	Account Statements (Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous)	1922-1923
42/19	Account Statements (Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous)	1921-1924
42/20	Account Statements (Monthly)	1918 -1919
42/21	Account Statements (Operation Costs)	1920
42/22	Advices (Suspense Debit)	1920-1923
42/23	Asset Statements	May 1924
42/24	Bank Statements,	1923-1924
42/25	Bank Statements (Payroll Accounts)	1921-1924
42/26	Billing Memos	April 1922-December 1922
42/27	Billing Memos	1920-1924
42/28	Budget Statements (Annual)	1923-1924
Volume
128	Cash Books	1918-1919
129	Cash Books	1920-1924
Box/Folder
42/29	Comparative Statement of Earnings	1901-1916
43/1	Credit Memos	January 1918- February 1918
43/2	Credit Memos	March 1918
43/3	Credit Memos	April 1918
43/4	Credit Memos	May 1918
43/5	Credit Memos	June 1918
43/6	Credit Memos	July 1918
43/7	Credit Memos	August 1918
43/8	Credit Memos	September 1918
43/9	Credit Memos	October 1918
43/10	Credit Memos	November 1918
43/11	Credit Memos	December 1918
43/12	Credit Memos	January 1919
43/13	Credit Memos	February 1919
43/14	Credit Memos	March 1919
43/15	Credit Memos	April 1919
44/1	Credit Memos	May 1919
44/2	Credit Memos	June 1919
44/3	Credit Memos	July 1919
44/4	Credit Memos	August 1919
44/5	Credit Memos	September 1919
44/6	Credit Memos	October 1919 - December 1919
44/7	Credit Memos	January 1920 - April 1920
44/8	Credit Memos	September 1922 - December 1922
44/9	Credit Memos	January 1923 – March 1923
44/10	Credit Memos	April 1923-June 1923
44/11	Credit Memos	July 1923
44/12	Credit Memos	August 1923
44/13	Credit Memos	September 1923 – November 1923
44/14	Credit Memos	January 1926 - May 1926
44/15	Financial Correspondence	1920 –1924
44/16	Financial Memos	December 1916- December 1922
44/17	Financial Reports (Annual)	1919-1920
44/18	Financial Reports (Annual)	1918
44/19	Financial Reports (Annual)	1919
44/20	Financial Reports (Annual)	1920
44/21	Financial Reports (Annual)	1921-1922
45/1	Financial Reports (Annual)	1923-1924
45/2	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	1918
45/3	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	1919
45/4	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	1920
45/5	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	1921
45/6	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	1922
45/7	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	1923
45/8	Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound Volumes)	January 1924 – May 1924
45/9	Financial Reports (Monthly – Pencil Copies)	1918-1919
45/10	Financial Reports (Monthly – Pencil Copies)	1920
45/11	Financial Reports (Monthly – Pencil Copies)	1921-1922 ; January 1923
45/12	Financial Reports (Monthly – Pencil Copies)	January 1923- April 1924
45/13	Financial Reports (Periodical Audit)	1918-1924
46/1	Insurance Records	1922
46/2	Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)	1918-1921
Volume
130	General Ledgers	1918-1920
131	General Ledgers	1920-1924
Box/Folder
46/3	Medical Aid and Compensation Records	1917-1922
Volume
132	Paycheck Register	1919-1921
Box/Folder
46/4	Payroll Records	March 1920 – December 1920
46/5	Payroll Records	January 1921 – January 1922
46/6	Payroll Records	January 1923– December 1923
46/7	Production & Distribution Statements	1918-1919; 1923
46/8	Requisition Records (1/20 Sample)	1919-1922
46/9	Sales Records	May 1915 – February 1919
46/10	Sales Records	1918-1919
46/11	Stock Classification Slips (1/20 Sample)	January 1918 – May 1921
Volume
133	Trial Balance	1921-1923
Box/Folder
46/12	Work Orders	March 1920 – December 1920
46/13	Work Orders	January 1921 – November 1921
Volume
134	Voucher and Journal Entry Registers	1917-1919
135	Voucher and Journal Entry Registers	1920-1921
136	Voucher and Journal Entry Registers	1922-1923
137	Voucher and Journal Entry Registers	1923-1924
Box/Folder
46/14	Vouchers (1/20 Sample)	January 1918-March 1919
46/15	Vouchers (1/20 Sample)	March 1919 – September 1919
46/16	Vouchers (1/20 Sample)	December 1921 – September 1923
46/17	Vouchers (1/20 Sample)	April 1923 – April 1924
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1916-1924
Box/Folder
46/18	Coal Analysis Records	1916; 1919
46/19	Daily Shipment Reports	January 1922 - January 1923
46/20	Daily Shipment Reports	July 1923 – December 1923
46/21	Daily Shipment Reports	February 1924 - April 1924
46/22	Delivery Records	1923
46/23	Freight & Service Car Records	July 1916; January 1919
46/24	Inventories	1919
47/1	Inventories	1920-1921
47/2	Inventories	1923
47/3	Lading Bills	January 1922 – June 1923
47/4	Lading Bills	July 1923 – April 1924
47/5	Memos (General)	1915
	Memos
Box/Folder
47/6	Dabney, Frank Assistant Treasurer Memos	1910-1922
47/7	Grambs, J. Auxiliary Operations Manager	1919-1920
47/8	Jones, LW. Superintendent of Mines	1916-1919
47/9	McGrath, WH. Vice-President of PSTLP	1917-1918
47/10	Peterson, RW. Chief Clerk of Mines	1920-1923
47/11	Plummer, GH. Northwestern Improvement Company	1914; 1917-1919
47/12	Somers, H. Traffic Manager	1916-1920
Box/Folder
47/13	Requisition Orders	January 1918-July 1921
47/14	Reports (Annual)	1912-1919
47/15	Reports (Annual)	1921-1923
47/16	Reports (Monthly)	1917-1918; 1922-1923
47/17	Work Orders	1920-1921

Series 32: Renton Co-operative Coal Company, 1895-1901Return to Top

Records reflect the early activities of the Renton Co-operative Coal Company, up until Seattle Electric Company's acquisition of its holdings in 1900.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1899-1901
Box/Folder
48/1	Minutes	1899-1901
Volume
138	Index	1901
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1895-1901
Volume
139	Cash Book	1896-1901
140	Journal	1895-1900
141	Ledger	1895-1900
142	Payroll	1896-1900
143	Real Estate and Accounts	1899-1901
Box/Folder
48/2	Stock Ledgers	1895-1901
48/3	Stock Ledgers	1986-1901

Series 33: Renton Mine and Renton Mines Association , 1902-1919Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1902-1919
Box/Folder
48/4	Cash Book	1902-1910
48/5	Checks	1910-1919
48/6	Checks	1910-1919
48/7	Injury Payment Records	1903-1910
48/8	Injury Payment Records	1911-1918
	Sub-series 2 : Operational Records	1902-1908
Box/Folder
48/9	Operating Reports	December 1902 – December 1903
48/10	Operating Reports	1904
48/11	Operating Reports	1905
48/12	Operating Reports	1906
49/1	Operating Reports	1907
49/2	Operating Reports	1908
	Sub-series 3 : Property and Legal Records	1919
Box/Folder
49/3	Agreements (Death Benefits)	1919

Series 34: Seattle Central Railway Company , 1899-1903Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1900-1903
Box/Folder
49/4	General Correspondence	1902
49/5	Minutes	April 6, 1900- January 10, 1903
49/6	Minutes	January 10, 1903
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1901-1902
Box/Folder
49/7	Account Statements	February 1902 – March 1902
Volume
144	Bond Register	1901
Box/Folder
49/8	Memos,	February 1902
49/9	General Ledger	1902
49/10	Payroll Records	February 1902
49/11	Stock Journal	February 1902-March 1902
49/12	Stock Journal	1902
49/13	Stock Certificates	1900; 1902
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1902
Box/Folder
49/14	Conductors' Trip Sheets	February 1902
	Sub-series 4 : Property and Legal Records	1899
Box/Folder
49/15	Agreements	1899

Series 35: Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company, 1888-1899Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records	1888-1897
Volume
145	Journals	1888-1897
146	Journals	1895-1899
147	Journals of Receiver	1890-1899
148	Journals of Receiver	1890-1899
149	Ledger	1895-1897
150	Payroll	1895-1896

Series 36: Seattle Electric Company, 1894-1922Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Property and Legal Records	1892-1922
Box/Folder
49/16	Title Abstracts	1892
49/17	Title Abstracts	1894
49/18	Title Abstracts	1895
49/19	Title Abstracts	1900
49/20	Title Abstracts	1902
50/1	Title Abstracts	1902
50/2	Title Abstracts	1903
50/3	Title Abstracts	1904
50/4	Title Abstracts	1905
50/5	Title Abstracts	1906
50/6	Title Abstracts	1907
51/1	Title Abstracts	1908
51/2	Title Abstracts	1913
51/3	Title Abstracts	1914
51/4	Title Abstracts	1915
51/5	Title Abstracts	1918
51/6	Title Abstracts	1922

Series 37: Seattle Motor Livery Company, 1902-1912Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records	1902-1912
Volume
151	Account Book	1907
Box/Folder
51/7	Checks	1902; 1907-1912
51/8	Share Certificates	1907
51/9	Vouchers and Receipts	May 1907
51/10	Vouchers and Receipts	June 1907 – July 1907
51/11	Vouchers and Receipts	September 1907 – December 1907
51/12	Vouchers and Receipts	January 1908 – March 1908
52/1	Vouchers and Receipts	April 1908 – July 1908
52/2	Vouchers and Receipts	April 1908 – July 1908
52/3	Vouchers and Receipts	September 1908-November 1908
52/4	Vouchers and Receipts	April 1909 – December 1911

Series 38: Seattle Railway and Seattle City Railway Company , 1890-1922 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational	1901-1922
Box/Folder
52/5	Minutes	September 28, 1901 – April 5, 1921
52/6	Minutes	September 28, 1901 – December 16, 1922
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1890-1904
Box/Folder
52/7	Account Statements,	May 1900-August 1900
Volume
152	Cash Journal	1890-1901
Box/Folder
52/8	Checks	1900
52/9	Checks	1900
52/10	Checks	1900
Volume
153	General Ledger	1890-1901
154	Stock Record Book	1901
Box/Folder
53/1	Stock Records	1890-1894
53/2	Stock Records	1901
Volume
155	Voucher Register	1890-1904

Series 39: Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway & Seattle-Tacoma Railway Co. , 1899-1912Return to Top

Records include title abstracts dated 1901-1911, reflecting the process of acquiring property and rights of access necessary to construct interurban lines between Seattle and Tacoma.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and organizational records	1899-1911
Box/Folder
53/3	Articles of Incorporation	1901-1911
53/4	Minutes	1899-1902
53/5	Minutes	1902
53/6	Minutes	1901-1912
53/7	Legal History of Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway	1899-1902
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1902-1921
Volume
156	Stock Records	1903-1911
157	Stock Records	1903-1909
158	Stock Records	1903-1909
159	Stock Records	1903-1921
Box/Folder
53/8	Stock Records	1903
53/9	Stock Records	1903-1907
	Sub-series 3 : Property and Legal Records	1901-1911
Box/Folder
54/1	Title Abstracts	1901
55/1	Title Abstracts	1901
55/2	Title Abstracts	1902
55/3	Title Abstracts	1904
55/4	Title Abstracts	1910
55/5	Title Abstracts	1911
55/6	Title Abstracts	circa 1901-1911
55/7	Title Abstracts	circa 1901-1911

Series 40: Seattle-Tacoma Power Company, 1905-1906 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Property and Legal Records	1903-1915
Box/Folder
55/8	Title Abstracts	1903
55/9	Title Abstracts	1905
55/10	Title Abstracts	1906
55/11	Title Abstracts	1906
56/1	Title Abstracts	1906
57/1	Title Abstracts	1906
57/2	Title Abstracts	1906
57/3	Title Abstracts	1906
57/4	Title Abstracts	1906
57/5	Title Abstracts	1909
57/6	Title Abstracts	1910
57/7	Title Abstracts	1910
58/1	Title Abstracts	1913-1915

Series 41: Seattle-Tacoma Union Stage Lines, 1921-1923Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1922
Volume
160	Minutes and Record Book	1922
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1921-1922
Box/Folder
58/2	Account Statements	undated; 1922
58/3	Daily Report Sheets	January 5, 1922-January 9, 1922
58/4	Daily Report Sheets	January 10, 1922-January 12, 1922
	Invoices (“The Rainier File”)
Box/Folder
58/5	General	1922
58/6	A-M	1922
58/7	N	1922
58/8	O-P	1922
58/9	S-W	1922
Box/Folder
58/10	Payroll	1922
	Receipts
Box/Folder
58/11	Reliable Auto Co. January	1922
58/12	Sullivan’s Tire House	1921-1922
58/13	Mortgage & Stock Records	1921-1922
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1921-1923
Box/Folder
58/14	Insurance Records	undated; 1922
58/15	Licenses	1921-1922
58/16	Operating Reports	1922-1923

Series 42: Seattle Traction Company & Seattle-Everett Traction Company, 1897-1911 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1896-1900
Box/Folder
58/17	Minutes and Articles of Incorporation	1896-1900
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1897-1911
Volume
161	Cash Book	1897-1900
162	Financial Report (Tax Commissioners)	1911
163	Journal	1897-1900
164	Ledger	1897-1899
Box/Folder
58/18	Stock Ledgers	1897
58/19	Stock Ledgers	1898-1900
58/20	Stock Certificate Book	1897-1900
Volume
165	Voucher Register	1900
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Reports	1909-1910
Box/Folder
59/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	May 1909 – April 1910

Series 43: South Seattle Cable Railway Company , 1889-1897Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records
Volume
166	Cash Book	1889-1897

Series 44: Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation, 1910-1912 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records	1910-1911
Box/Folder
59/2	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	May 1910 - April 1911
59/3	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	June 1911– October 1911
59/4	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample)	May 1912 – December 1912

Series 45: Tacoma Railway and Power Company , 1903-1929Return to Top

Financial and operating reports provide data for passenger and freight services, as well as company expenses and revenues, and include blueprints of city power distribution systems.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Financial Records	1904-1929
Box/Folder
59/5	Financial Reports	July 1904 – December 1906
59/6	Financial Reports	1907-1908
59/7	Financial Reports	June 1909 – December 1911
59/8	Financial Reports	1912
60/1	Financial Reports	1913
60/2	Financial Reports	1914
60/3	Financial Reports	1915
60/4	Financial Reports	1916
60/5	Financial Reports	1917
60/6	Financial Reports	1918
61/1	Financial Reports	1919
61/2	Financial Reports	1920
61/3	Financial Reports	1921
61/4	Financial Reports	1922
61/5	Financial Reports	1923
62/1	Financial Reports	1924
62/2	Financial Reports	1925
62/3	Financial Reports	1926
62/4	Financial Reports	1927
62/5	Financial Reports	January 1928 – March 1929
	Sub-series 2 : Operational Records	1902-1927
Box/Folder
62/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1903
62/7	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1904
63/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1905
63/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1906
63/3	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1907
63/4	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1908
63/5	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1909
63/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1910
64/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1911
64/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1912
64/3	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1913
64/4	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1914
64/5	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1915
64/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1916
64/7	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1917
64/8	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1918
65/1	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1919
65/2	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1920
65/3	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1921
65/4	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1922
65/5	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1923
65/6	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1924
65/7	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1925
65/8	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1926
65/9	Operating Reports (Monthly)	1927
65/10	Operating Reports (Annual)	1911
65/11	Operating Reports (Annual)	1912
65/12	Operating Reports (Annual)	1913
65/13	Operating Reports (Annual)	1914
65/14	Operating Reports (Annual)	1915
65/15	Operating Reports (Annual)	1916
65/16	Operating Reports (Annual)	1917
65/17	Operating Reports (Annual)	1918
65/18	Operating Reports (Annual)	1919
65/19	Operating Reports (Annual)	1920
65/20	Operating Reports (Annual)	1921
65/21	Operating Reports (Annual)	1923
65/22	Operating Reports (Annual)	1924

Series 46: Third Street and Suburban Railway Company, 1895-1901Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1895-1900
Box/Folder
66/1	Minutes	1895-1900
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1895-1901
Volume
167	Cash Book	1895-1900
168	Journal	1895-1900
169	Ledger	1898-1900
Box/Folder
66/2-66/3	Stock Records	1895-1900
66/4	Stock Certificates	1895-1900
Volume
170	Voucher Register & Journal	1901

Series 47: Union Trunk Line , 1890-1900Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1890-1900
Box/Folder
66/5	Minutes	1890-1893
66/6	Minutes	1892
66/7	Minutes	1893-1900
66/8	Ledger Index	1891
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1891-1900
Volume
171	Cash Book	1891-1900
172	Journals	1891-1898
173	Journals	1898-1900
174	Ledger	1891-1899
Box/Folder
66/9-66/10	Stock Ledgers	1890-1900
66/11	Stock Certificates	1890-1900

Series 48: Vancouver Traction Company, 1908-1911Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1908-1910
Volume
175	Minute Book	1908-1910
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1908-1911
Volume
176	Cash Book	1908-1911
177	Distribution Book	1908-1911
178	General Ledger	1908-1911
179	Journal	1908-1911
180	Voucher Record Book	1908-1911
Box/Folder
66/12	Vouchers & Receipts (1/20 Sample)	June 1908- June 1910

Series 49: Washington-Oregon Corporation, 1898-1921 Return to Top

Records include agreements, contracts, deeds, franchises, and leases involving the Washington-Oregon Corporation and their subsidiary companies and several towns in Oregon including Forest Grove, Kalama, and Tenino.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Administrative & Organizational Records	1898-1921
	Agreements
Box/Folder
67/1	Rainier Electric Company and Isaac W. Anderson (Washington-Oregon Corporation), Purchase Price	1910-1912
67/2	Articles of Incorporation (Amended and Supplemental), Kalama Electric Light and Power Company	1910
67/3	Kelso Electric Company and Isacc W. Anderson (Washington-Oregon Corporation), Purchase Price	1910-1912
67/4	Articles of Incorporation, Kelso Electric Company	1912
67/5	Allis-Chalmers Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
67/6	General Electric Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation, Veness LBR Co Sub-Station Winlock	1913
67/7	Furnishing and delivering poles on Kalama River Line between David Modrow and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
67/8	Allis-Chalmers Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
67/9	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Town of Kalama, Street Arcs	1916
67/10	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Ostrander Railway Timber Company	1912
67/11	Watson, Bystrom, Sims and Atkin (Kalama, WA) and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1903-1912
67/12	Original Rainier Electric Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation Deed	1911
67/13	City of Cornelius and E.W. Haines and Assigns	1907-1912
67/14	City of Hillsboro, Electric Franchise	1898
67/15	Franchise # 295 Hillsboro Water Light and Power Company	1912
67/16	City of Forest Grove, Electric Franchise	1911
67/17	Original Hillsboro Light and Water Company Mortgage with Merchants Savings and Trust Company	1912
67/18	Discharge of Mortgage for Independent Electric Company, Merchant Savings and Trust Company	1910
67/19	Mortgage release for Anna B. Connell and C.H. Jacobs (Hillsboro, Oregon)	1912
67/20	Temporary service for Kalama from Washington-Oregon Corporation	1915
67/21	Report of the Rainier Electric Company for R.B. Montague and A. Welch	1910
67/22	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Independent Electric Company (Castle Rock)	1912
67/23	Sundry Papers in regards to the purchase and sale of Independent Electric Company and Pole Line (Chehalis to Castle Rock)	1912-1914
68/1	Rainier Creamery Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation, electric and water	1912
68/2	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Patterson Lumber Company	1912
68/3	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Rainier Lumber and Shingle Company	1912
68/4	State of Washington and Elmer Hayden (Washington-Oregon Corporation)	1910
68/5	Kalama Electric Light Power Company, Sundry Parties	1906-1912
68/6	W.A. Caiwell (and wife) and Kalama Electric Light and Power Company	1907-1912
68/7	A. Remick and Kelso Water and Light Company	April 9, 1905
68/8	Watson, Bystrom, Sims and J.P. Atkin (Kalama, WA) and Isaac W. Anderson (Washington-Oregon Corporation)	1911-1912
68/9	Washington County and Washington-Oregon Corporation, county roads	1913
68/10	Kalama Electric Light Power Company and Rainier Electric Company	1909-1910
68/11	Notes on Main Extension Deposits for Clarke County Development Company	1911
68/12	Articles of Incorporation for Clarke County Development Company into Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
68/13	Deeds for Clarke County Development Company	1911-1912
68/14	Sundry Papers to Clarke County Development Company	1911-1912
68/15	Report of the Clarke County Development Company	1910
68/16	Gus Steves and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1915
68/17	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Gaston Gardens Company (Hillsboro, Oregon)	1914
68/18	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Jacobsen Bade Company, Hillsboro water contract	1913
68/19	Portland Wood Pipe Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1913
68/20	Charles H. Fry and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1913
68/21	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Lovegren Lumber Supply (Hillsboro)	1913
68/22	Special Arrangement between Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
68/23	Pacific Railway and Navigation Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
68/24	Haines Electric Power Company and A. Welch, Forest Grove, Oregon	1910-1912
68/25	E.W. Haines and August Lovegren	1910-1912
68/26	Henry F. Parsons and E. W. Haines	1910-1912
68/27	Florence M. Sturdevant (and husband) and E.W. Haines	1907-1912
68/28	E.W. Haines and Star Lumber Company (J.S. Greency, M.B. McFaul, J.C. Callahan,James Bryley)	1908-1912
68/29	Haines Electric Power Company and Hillsboro Pressed Brick Company (J.T. Opdyke and W.T. Walton)	1910-1912
69/1	Hillsboro Water System, Application for a bond with American Surety Company	1914
69/2	E.L. Moore (Hillsboro) and Washington-Oregon Corporation, power contract	1911
69/3	Babcock & Wilcox Company (Hillsboro) and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
69/4	General Electrics and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
69/5	E.W. Haines (and wife) and Haines Electric Company	1905-1912
69/6	Original deed from E.W. Haines and J.A. Thornburge to Haines Electric Company	1905-1912
69/7	Minutes of Hillsboro Council, water and light	1910-1912
69/8	Town of Beaverton, OR and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911-1912
69/9	City of Hillsboro and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1909-1915
69/10	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Tenino Stone Company	1911-1913
69/11	Allis-Chalmers Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
69/12	Washington-Oregon Corporation and W.B. Foshay (Tenino Water Works) electric power	1912
69/13	Tenino Light Power and Water Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911-1912
69/14	Town of Tenino and Washington-Oregon Corporation, street lights	1912-1918
69/15	Washington-Oregon Corporation and Hercules Sandstone Company	1911-1921
69/16	Tenino Light Power and Water Company and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
69/17	Tenino Light Power and Water Company and Henry G. Fleischhauer	1911
69/18	Blumauer Lumber Company and Tenino Light Power and Water Company	1909-1912
69/19	Town of Tenino and Sundry Parties	1905-1912
69/20	Town of Tenino and Tenino Light Power and Water Company, electric and water contracts	1908-1912
69/21	Town of Bucoda, Franchises #15 and #19, and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911-1913
69/22	Northern Pacific Railway Company and Tenino Light Power and Water Company	1909-1913
69/23	Satisfaction of Mortgage and Sundry papers for Kneeland Investment Company	1911-1912
69/24	Report on R.B. Montague and Tenino Light Power and Water Company for Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911
69/25	Sundry deeds for Tenino and Washington-Oregon Corporation	1911-1915

Series 50: Washington Railway and Power Company , 1907Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Financial Records	1907
Box/Folder
70/1	Stock Ledger	1907
70/2	Stock Journal	1907

Series 51: West Street and North End Railway Company , 1890-1901Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1890-1901
Box/Folder
70/3	Minutes	1890-1901
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1899-1901
Volume
181	Cash Books	1899-1900
182	Cash Books	1900-1901
183	Consumer Ledger	1899-1900
184	Journals	1899-1900
185	Journals	1900-1901
186	Ledgers	1890-1900
187	Ledgers	1900
188	Stock Certificates	1890-1891
189	Stock Certificates	1890-1898
Box/Folder
70/4	Stock Ledgers	circa 1891-1895
70/5	Stock Ledgers	circa 1890-1900
Volume
190	Trial Balance	1890-1900
191	Voucher Register and Journal	1900-1901

Series 52: Whatcom County Railway & Light Company , 1903-1938 , (bulk 1903-1915) Return to Top

With the incorporation of the Whatcom County Railway & Light Company in 1902, Stone and Webster consolidated control of Bellingham’s railway and utility companies. Administrative record books document early proposals for construction of the interurban linking Bellingham, Mt Vernon and Sedro-Woolley, and incorporation of Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company (of which Whatcom County Railway and Light became the Bellingham Division in 1912). Financial and operating reports contain detailed breakdowns of expenses and revenues for the Company’s railway and utility holdings in Bellingham. Operating reports contain monthly statistics relating to the distribution of water, gas, and electric power in the city, including manufacturing data for the various local power supply stations. Other financial records contained in this series include construction and expense accounts, voucher books and petty cash ledgers.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1902-1935
Box/Folder
70/6	Record/Minute Books	1902-1906
70/7	Record/Minute Books	1902-1910
70/8	Record/Minute Books	1907-1910
70/9	Record/Minute Books	1911-1924
71/1	Record/Minute Books	1925-1935
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1902-1913
Volume
192	Accounts Receivable	1903-1904
193	Accounts Receivable	1905-1906
194	Accounts (Suspense)	1906-1907
195	Accounts (Suspense)	1908-1909
196	Cash Books	1905-1907
197	Cash Books	1907-1912
198	Construction Ledger	1908-1910
199	Daily Collection Register	1906
200	Daybooks	1902-1903
201	Daybooks	1903-1904
202	Daybooks	1904-1905
203	Daybooks	1905-1906
204	Daybooks	1906-1907
205	Daybooks	1907-1908
206	Daybooks	1908-1909
207	Daybooks	1909-1910
208	Daybooks	1910-1911
209	Daybooks	1911
210	Deposit Ledger	1903-1911
211	Expenses	1907-1908
212	Expenses	1909
213	Expenses	1911-1912
Box/Folder
71/2	Treasurer’s Cash Account	1903
71/3	Financial Reports (Annual)	1905-1908
71/4	Financial Reports (Annual)	1909-1910
71/5	Financial Reports (Annual)	1911-1912
72/1	Financial Reports (Monthly)	1903-1908
73/1	Financial Reports (Monthly)	January 1909 – October 1909
73/2	Financial Reports (Monthly)	March 1909 – June 1910
73/3	Financial Reports (Monthly)	July 1910 – January 1911
73/4	Financial Reports (Monthly)	February 1911 – August 1911
73/5	Financial Reports (Monthly)	September 1911 – December 1911
73/6	Financial reports (Monthly)	January 1912 – May 1912
73/7	Financial Reports (Monthly)	June 1912 – December 1912
Volume
214	Report (Tax Commissioners)	1911
Box/Folder
74/1	Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)	June 1903-February 1905
74/2	Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)	December 1906 – September 1907
74/3	Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)	October 1907 – December 1909
74/4	Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)	February 1910 – August 1913
Volume
215	General Ledgers	1908-1909
216	General Ledgers	1908-1909
Box/Folder
74/5	Inventory	1902
Volume
217	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1904
218	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1905
219	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1906
220	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1907
221	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1907
222	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1908-1909
223	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1908-1909
224	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1908-1910
225	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1910
226	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1911
227	Jobbing Department Ledgers	1912
228	Journals	1903-1906
229	Journals	1906-1908
230	Journals	1907-1911
231	Journals	1909-1911
232	Journals	1910
233	Journals	1911-1912
234	Ledgers	1905-1907
235	Ledgers	1911-1912
236	Meter Deposit Ledger	1908-1910
Box/Folder
74/6	Payroll Records	January1904 – April 1904
74/7	Payroll Records	May 1904 – June 1904
74/8	Payroll Records	July 1905 – September 1904
Volume
237	Petty Cash Books	1906-1907
238	Petty Cash Books	1906-1908
239	Petty Cash Books	1907-1908
240	Petty Cash Books	1908
241	Petty Cash Books	1908
242	Petty Cash Books	1908-1909
243	Petty Cash Books	1908-1909
244	Petty Cash Books	1909
245	Petty Cash Books	1909-1910
246	Petty Cash Books	1909-1910
247	Petty Cash Books	1910
248	Petty Cash Books	1910-1911
249	Petty Cash Books	1911
250	Petty Cash Books	1911
251	Petty Cash Books	1911
252	Petty Cash Books	1911-1912
253	Railway and Cash Sales	1903-1905
254	Railway and Cash Sales	1905-1906
255	Real Estate and Tax Record	1903
256	Stock Journals	1905-1912
257	Stock Journals	1903-1913
	Stock Ledgers
Box/Folder
74/9	Preferred Stock	circa 1903-1904
74/10	Common Stock	circa 1903-1904
Volume
258	Tax Records	1903-1915
259	Trial Balance	1912
260	Sub Voucher Ledgers	1905-1906
261	Sub Voucher Ledgers	1910
262	Sub Voucher Ledgers	1910-1912
263	Sub Voucher Ledgers	1911-1912
264	Voucher Registers	1903-1904
265	Voucher Registers	1903-1904
266	Voucher Registers	1904-1905
267	Voucher Registers	1905-1907
268	Voucher Registers	1907-1908
269	Voucher Registers	1908-1909
270	Voucher Registers	1910-1911
271	Voucher Registers	1911-1912
Box/Folder
75/1	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	February 1904 – August 1904
75/2	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	September 1904 – March 1905
75/3	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	September 1905 – February 1906
75/4	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	January 1908 – April 1908
75/5	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	December 1909 – March 1910
75/6	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	October 1911 – January 1912
75/7	Vouchers and Receipts (1/20)	May 1912 – August 1912
Volume
272	Works Record	1905-1908
	Sub-series 3 : Operational Records	1903-1938
Volume
273	Accident and Fire Record Books	1903-1914
274	Accident and Fire Record Books	1924-1938
	Operating Reports
Box/Folder
75/8	Whatcom Gas	1904
75/9	Whatcom Gas	1905
75/10	Whatcom Gas	1906
75/11	Whatcom Gas	1907
75/12	Whatcom Gas	1908
75/13	Whatcom Lighting	1903
76/1	Whatcom Lighting	1904
76/2	Whatcom Lighting	1905
76/3	Whatcom Lighting	1906
76/4	Whatcom Lighting	1907
76/5	Whatcom Lighting	1908
76/6	Whatcom Railway	1903
76/7	Whatcom Railway	1904
76/8	Whatcom Railway	1905
76/9	Whatcom Railway	1906
76/10	Whatcom Railway	1907
76/11	Whatcom Railway	1908
77/1	Whatcom County Railway and Light	1909
77/2	Whatcom County Railway and Light	1910
77/3	Whatcom County Railway and Light	1911
	Reports (Annual) to Public Service Commission
Box/Folder
77/4	Electric Company	1911-1912; 1919-1923
77/5	Gas Company	1912-1913
77/6	Whatcom County Railway and Light	1912
	Sub-series 4. : Property and Legal Records	1903-1914
Box/Folder
77/7	Agreements	1904-1909
77/8	Trusteeship Records	1903-1914

Series 53: Whatcom-Fairhaven Gas Company, 1902-1922Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1 : Administrative and Organizational Records	1903-1922
Box/Folder
77/9	Minutes	1903-1922
	Sub-series 2 : Financial Records	1902-1906
Volume
275	General Financial Record Book	1902-1903
276	Stock Certificates	1902-1906
277	Stock Certificates	1903-1906
Box/Folder
77/10	Stock Journals	1902
77/11	Stock Journals	1902-1906
77/12	Stock Journals	circa 1902-1906

Series 54: Other Regional Land, Power and Transportation Companies , 1883-1951Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Bellingham Bay Land Company
Box/Folder
77/13	Contract (Draft)	undated
	Bellingham Coal Mines
Volume
278	Minute Books (Trustees)	1918-1934
279	Minute Books (Trustees)	1934-1951
	Merchants Delivery Company
Box/Folder
77/14	Articles of Incorporation/Meeting Minutes	1894-1896
	Northwest General Electric Company
Box/Folder
77/15	Financial Records	1893
	Whatcom County Abstract Company
Box/Folder
77/16	Title Abstract	1883
	Unidentified Companies
Box/Folder
77/17	Financial Memos & Notes,	circa 1890-1903
Volume
280	Financial Ledger	1890-1894
281	Receipts and Disbursements Record	1905
Box/Folder
77/18	"Power and Fish - You Can Have Both" image	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Electric power -- Northwest, Pacific
Electric power -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Area)
Electric power distribution -- Washington (State)
Electricity in transportation -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Area
Electricity in transportation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Electricity in transportation -- Washington (State) -- Whatcom County.
Street railroads -- Washington (State)
Street railroads -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Area
Street railroads -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

Corporate Names

Puget Sound Power and Light Company -- Puget Sound (Wash.) (creator)
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company -- Puget Sound (Wash.) (creator)
Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation -- Massachusetts (creator)

Geographical Names

Bellingham -- Washington (State)
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Seattle -- Washington (State)
Whatcom County -- Washington (State)

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