Seattle Municipal Archives
Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway
Records
Seattle (Wash.). City
Clerk
1802-C1
0.4 cubic feet
1903-1914 English .
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1991 City Charter amendment transferred the Comptroller's function to the
Department of Finance and the City Clerk's Office became a division of the
Legislative Department effective in 1993.
Minute book, original certificate share book, list of shareholders,
transfer of shares, legislation, and deeds relating to sale of railway to the
City in 1914. This was one of the earliest municipal ventures in street railway
ownership.
Records are open to the public.
A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports,
petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City
departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been
placed "on file" with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily
permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically
purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed,
arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the
Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.
On 2/15/1991 0.4 cubic foot of records were transferred from the Office
of the City Clerk to the Puget Sound Branch-Washington State Archives
(91-PS-0046). Records were returned to the Seattle Municipal Archives on
8/18/2004 (ra04-14).
[Item and date], Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway Records, Record
Series 1802-C1 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle Municipal Street
Railway
Highland Park and Lake
Burien Railway
Seattle (Wash.). City
Clerk
Seattle (Wash.)
Electric
railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle
Transportation--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Municipal
franchises--Washington (State)--Seattle
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Transfer of Shares to the City of Seattle
1912-1914
1
1
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Transfer of Shares to the City of Seattle
1912-1914
1
2
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Transfer of Shares to the City of Seattle
1912-1914
1
3
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Transfer of Shares to the City of Seattle
1912-1914
1
4
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Transfer of Shares to the City of Seattle
1912-1914
1
5
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Ordinances and Proposed Ordinances
1914
1
6
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Resolutions
1914
1
7
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Deeds
1914
1
8
Clerk File
52181
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Assignments of Franchise
1914
1
9
Clerk File
45562
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Assignments of Monies
1914
1
10
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Report of the Corporation Counsel on the Transfer of Railway to the
City of Seattle
1914
1
11
Clerk File
55087
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Bond of City of Seattle Accepting Transfer of Railway
1914
1
12
Clerk File
55121
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Certified Copy of Mortgage
undated
1
13
Clerk File
48315
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Minute Book, Including Articles of Incorporation and Financial
Statements
1912-1913
1
14
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Stock Certificate Book
1912
1
15
Clerk File
63601
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Railroad: Stock Certificate Ledger and Index
1912
1
16
Clerk File
63601