Collection #

M 0780,
OMB 0090

 

 

Indianapolis Union railway company
Maintenance of Way Department
Records 1885-1956 (Bulk 1885-1930)

 

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

 

 

Processed by

Pamela Tranfield
11 July 2002
Updated 18 March 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

9 document cases, 1 oversize box, 23 oversize folders

COLLECTION
DATES:

1885-1956 (bulk 1885-1930)

PROVENANCE:

Roberta C. Coombs, 1031 Morning Sun Lane, Beech Grove, IN, 46107-2482, 25 June 2001

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

 

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

 

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

Indianapolis Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company Records (M 0067); Samuel E. and Charles S. Rauh Papers (M 0406)

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

2001.0837

NOTES:

 

historical SKETCH

The Indianapolis Union Railway Company was founded in the early 1850s. During the twentieth century the company was operated by a consortium of railroads. These included the Pennsylvania Railroad; the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four); the Nickel Plate Railroad; the Monon Railroad; and the Illinois Central Railroad.

The Indianapolis Union Railway Company owned and maintained the Union Railway Passenger Station (Indianapolis Union Station) and approximately one mile of track around the facility. In 1882 the company leased railway equipment, track, and facilities from the Indianapolis Belt Railroad and Stockyards Company. The Belt Railroad line covered fourteen miles of track from North Indianapolis to Brightwood on the eastern edge of the city. Industries along the line included the Indianapolis Stockyards Company, the Westinghouse Lamp Company, the Imperial Drop Forge Company, and the Carter Lee Lumber Company.

Around 1920 the Indianapolis Union Railway Company began a two-phase project to elevate the Union Station tracks and the Belt Railroad. The first phase, the elevation of the Union Station tracks, was completed by 1924. The second phase, approved in April 1925, involved elevation of the Belt track “from a point near West New York Street to a point near English Avenue, and from East Michigan Street to a point near East Thirteenth Street.” (Annual Report. Indianapolis Union Railway Company, 1925). The project included construction of new bridges in Marion County, including a bridge over the White River near Raymond Street and Bluff Road. Construction of elevated track continued into the early 1930s.

Sources: Material in the collection

Annual Report. Indianapolis Union Railway Company, 1925 (Indiana State Library)

“Fifty Years of Continuous Service: The Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company,” 1927 (Indiana State Library)

Indianapolis Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company Records (M 0067)

Rehor, John. A. The Nickel Plate Story. Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1965. General Collection: HE 2791.N593 1965

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection includes correspondence, contracts, financial records, and blueprint drawings created and accumulated by the Maintenance of Way Department of the Indianapolis Union Railway Company, largely between 1885 and 1930. The records concern the planning and execution of the elevation of the Union Station and Belt Railroad tracks, daily activities associated with track maintenance, employee relations, and the maintenance of Indianapolis Union Station.

The records in this collection were originally stored in labeled file folders. These titles were transcribed onto acid-free file folders and the original folders discarded. The folder titles are listed in the Series Contents section of this collection guide. Titles originally assigned to empty file folders are also included in the series list, indicated by the notation “original folder empty.”

The records are divided into three series: Correspondence, Financial Records, and Printed Material.

Series 1, Correspondence, is arranged according the Maintenance of Way Department’s original filing order. A large portion of the correspondence is associated with the elevation of the Belt Railroad line. Topics associated with elevation of the Belt Railroad tracks include the purchase and lease of equipment, construction of bridges (including the White River Bridge near Raymond Street and Bluff Road), the purchase of real estate in Marion County, and relations with sub-contractors and the City of Indianapolis.

The correspondence also includes letters exchanged with other railway companies, and industries served by the Belt Railroad. The letters contain details concerning the daily operations of the railroad, including the maintenance of signals and switches, and employee relations. Correspondence associated with Indianapolis Union Station consists largely of contracts, and letters exchanged with builders and contractors regarding improvements to the station, sheds, and railway yard. Material concerning railway personnel includes letters regarding the need for a locker room in Union Station for African-American brakemen (box 2, folder 4), and statistics concerning the daily work of trackmen, section men, and other employees between 1919 and 1922 (box 2, folders 15-18).

The series also includes maps and blueprint drawings associated with the purchase of real estate in Marion County, the elevation of the Belt Railroad line and Union Station tracks, railway operations, and maintenance of Indianapolis Union Station. These drawings were originally stored within the correspondence files. Included is a track diagram dated 1921 (box 9) and a map of Indianapolis showing the Indianapolis Union Railway and connecting railway lines (Flat Files: 14-h, Folder 1).

Series 2, Financial Records, includes payroll statistics (1918-30) and accounts payable and receivable records dating largely from 1920 to 1921. The accounts receivable files include invoices from Indianapolis companies as well as national suppliers of construction materials. Other financial records include inventories of materials owned by the Indianapolis Union Railway Company (1885 and 1893).

Series 3, Printed Material, consists of clippings related to the retirement of Indianapolis Union Railway officials and copies of the Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioner’s Journal (May, June, and September 1935).

 

 

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Correspondence, 1901–37

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Map of Indianapolis Showing the Indianapolis Union Railway and Connections, 19 August 1918

Flat Files: FF–14 h, Folder 1

1515: Work done by Stewart-Carey Glass Company [also movement of equipment, maintenance] February-March 1920

Box 1, Folder 1

C-1516 [Meeting with United States Railroad Administration, March 1920]

Box 1, Folder 2

1517: Damage to Property-Miscellaneous, 1920-24

Box 1, Folder 3

1518: National Veneer Lumber Co. (Old File C-239), April 1920

Box 1, Folder 4

1519: Proposed Siding for Ralph E. Jones Co., April 1920

Box 1, Folder 5

1520: Cork Flooring for Repairs in Union Station, March.-April 1920

Box 1, Folder 6

[Guaranty Period Allowance for Maintenance of Way and Structures, 1921]

Box 1, Folder 7

Information requested by Chicago Headquarters, War Dept. Maps and plans of coaling stations, yards, shops, etc.

[original folder empty]

1521: Physical [control period?] 1920 (1 of 3)

Box 1, Folder 8

1521: Physical [control period?] 1920 (2 of 3)

Box 1, Folder 9

1521: Physical [control period?] 1920 (3 of 3)

Box 1, Folder 10

1522: Maintenance_? Noble Street, 1919-20

Box 1, Folder 11

C-1523: Belt Elevation, 1923-27 (1 of 2)

Box 1, Folder 12

C-1523: Belt Elevation, 1923-27 (2 of 2)

Box 1, Folder 13

C-1524: Boilers, 1919-26

Box 1, Folder 14

C-1525: Union tracks and Union Station, March 1920

Box 1, Folder 15

1526: Widening bank between Martindale Avenue and Old Atlas Station, February 1920

Box 1, Folder 16

_? At Belt Shops, Brick Work around Boilers; Leon Joyce, Chandler and Taylor, circa 1915-1921

Box 1, Folder 17

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Boiler Room Betterments at Belt Shop, 10 September 1921

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 12

1527: Lease of ground from Belt R.R. and Stock Yards    Company, Erection of building for storekeeper, 1901-19    (1 of 3)

Box 1, Folder 18

1527: Lease of ground from Belt R.R. and Stock Yards    Company, Erection of building for storekeeper, 1901-19    (2 of 3)

Box 1, Folder 19

1527: Lease of ground from Belt R.R. and Stock Yards    Company, Erection of building for storekeeper, 1901-19  (3of 3)

Box 1, Folder 20

Blueprint Drawing: LS & MS Ry, Collinwood Shops Storehouse, Material Bins, Cleveland, Ohio, 16 December 1901, Drawing no. 920 [originally stored in 1527]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 3

Blueprint Drawing: Indianapolis Union Railway Company, Belt Railroad, New Material Cases for Storekeepers, 3 November 1919 [originally stored in 1527]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 1

1528: Private Industry Track, Indianapolis Pressed Steel Company, April-May 1920

Box 1, Folder 21

1530-Proposed Siding for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., 1921-29

Box 1, Folder 22

C-1531: Signals to Side Tracks, 1920-29 (1 of 5)

Box 1, Folder 23

C-1531: Signals to Side Tracks, 1920-29 (2 of 5)

Box 1, Folder 24

Blueprint Drawing: General Yard Layout, Westinghouse Lamp Company, Inc., n. d. [originally stored in 1530]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 2

Arrangements of Tracks and Signals at Pan Handle Junction, 1927 [originally stored in C-1531]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 2

C-1531: Signals to Side Tracks, 1920-29 (3 of 5)

Box 1, Folder 25

Blueprint Drawing: Red Signal Governing West Bound Trains [Nordyke Street], 1926

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 4

Plan Showing Tracks and Signals at Vandalia Junction, 20 February 1923 [originally stored in C-1531]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 4

C-1531: Signals to Side Tracks, 1920-29 (4 of 5)

Box 1, Folder 26

C-1531: Signals to Side Tracks 1920-29 (5 of 5)

Box 1, Folder 27

Drawing: Part of Penn. Val. Plan, Y2 Ind., circa 1923 [originally stored in C-1531]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 4

C-1532: Private Industry Track: Imperial Drop Forge Co., Carle Machinery Co., 1920-29

Box 2, Folder 1

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Improvements at Imperial Drop Forge Co., 1 May 1920 [originally stored in C-132, 2 items ]

Flat Files: FF 14–h, Folder 2

Blueprint Drawing: Plan Showing Proposed Lease to Pierson and Robertson, 14 May 1907 [originally stored in C-132]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 4

C-1533: Lumber Sales Corporation, 1919-26

Box 2, Folder 2

1534: Proposed Sewage Disposal Plant, 1919-20

Box 2, Folder 3

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Sanitary Conduit Across IURY, Property Sanitary District of Indianapolis, 10 June 1919 [originally stored in 1534]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 3

Blueprint Drawing: Belt Railroad, Temporary Bridge for 6 Foot Conduit near Bridge no. 2 [originally stored in 1534]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 3

[1535? Maintenance of Way, October 1918]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 5

C-1536: Locker Room for Colored Brakemen on Penn. System, May 1920

Box 2, Folder 4

C-1537: Data Relative to Various Passenger [?] (C. F. Loweth) [note on original file folder: Transferred to file C-724]

[original folder empty]

1539: Printed Form of Side Track Agreement [note on original file folder: All Papers Transferred to C-776]

[original folder empty]

1540: Private Industry Tracks, Haywood Tire and Equipment Company, August 1919

Box 2, Folder 5

1541: Car Capacity of Various Industries on Belt [note on original file folder: Transferred to C-1594]

[original folder empty]

1542: Proposed Side Track for Gale Construction Company [Federal Investment and Loan Company]

[original folder empty]

1543: Use of Ice by Workmen on Elevation, June 1920

Box 2, Folder 6

C-1544: ___? Changes? In Coburn Storage Co., Central Supply Co., and A. Burdsal Co., account of elevation, Arrangement of Tracks in Capitol Avenue Coach Yard,  1921-29 (1 of 3)

Box 2, Folder 7

C-1544: ___? Changes? In Coburn Storage Co., Central Supply Co., and A. Burdsal Co., account of elevation, Arrangement of Tracks in Capitol Avenue Coach Yard, 1921-29 (2 of 3)

Box 2, Folder 8

C-1544: ___? Changes? In Coburn Storage Co., Central Supply Co., and A. Burdsal Co., account of elevation; Arrangement of Tracks in Capitol Avenue Coach Yard, 1921-29 (3 of 3)

Box 2, Folder 9

[Blueprint Drawing] Plan to Accompany Agreement with Central Supply Company and the A. Burdsal Company, 16 March 1921 [originally stored in C-1544, 2 items]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 4

1545: [Proposed Design of Bumping Post, end of Express Track, West Line of Illinois Trainshed, 1920-23]

Box 2, Folder 10

1546: Bids for Roofing for Trainshed, April─June 1920      (1 of 2)

Box 2, Folder 11

1546: Bids for Roofing for Trainshed, April─June 1920      (2 of 2)

Box 2, Folder 12

C-1547: [Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Validation Department, June-October 1920]

Box 2, Folder 13

1548: Bridge 5A, Prospect Street, September 1920

Box 2, Folder 14

C-1550: Weekly Report Of Work Done By Section Men and Other Gangs, 1919-31 (1 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 15

C-1550: Weekly Report Of Work Done By Section Men and Other Gangs, 1919-31 (2 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 16

C-1550: Weekly Report Of Work Done By Section Men and Other Gangs, 1919-31 (3 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 17

C-1550: Weekly Report Of Work Done By Section Men  and Other Gangs, 1919-31 (4 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 18

1551: Private Industries, National Motor and Vehicle Corps, 1920-29

Box 2, Folder 19

C-1552: Vacations of Streets and Alleys, Belt Railroad (see also file 1577), 1920-27

Box 2, Folder 20

1553: Proposed Lease to Big 4 in Connection with “Ice house Wye” at Prospect Street, 1920-21

Box 2, Folder 21

Plan to Accompany Proposed Lease to Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis. Railway [Big 4], 22 September 1920 [originally stored in 1553]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 3

Land to be Leased from the Indianapolis Union Railway Company by Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway [Big 4], 12 September 1920 [originally stored in 1553]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 3

C-1554: W. Guy Justus, Side Track, 1919-20

Box 2, Folder 22

C-1556: Parcel Check Racks, 1920

Box 2, Folder 23

Blueprint Drawing: Union Station, Plan of New Parcel Check Room, 20 September 1920

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 5

Blueprint Drawing: Lyon Standard Shelving for Parcel Room, 5 October 1920

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 12

Blueprint Drawing: Lyon Standard Shelving for Union Station Trainshed, 5 October 1920

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder

[Drawings: Lockers and Shelving, 1920]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 11

[Blueprint Drawing: Steel Lockers, 15 October 1920]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 5

[Blueprint Drawings: Steel Lockers, 6 October 1920]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 12

[Accident at Martindale Avenue, September -October 1920]

Box 2, Folder 24

C-1557: National Veneer Company (old file C-239), 1920-21; 1926

Box 2, Folder 25

C-1558: Side Track, Mead Construction Company, 1925-29

Box 2, Folder 26

C-1560: Lease, A. A. Fendrick [Union Station] Restaurant, November 1920

Box 2, Folder 27

1561: Arch between Old Station and New Passenger Concourse, November-December 1920

Box 2, Folder 28

Blueprint Drawings: Tile Treatment, New Station Side of Arch Between Old and New Stations, 29 November 1920 [originally stored in 1561]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 6

1562: Rail Laid on Belt Railroad, 1919-21

Box 2, Folder 29

1563: Moore Packing Company (old file C-237), 1920-25

Box 2, Folder 30

C-1563a: Contract with Mead-Balch Construction Company, Moore Packing Company Coal Trestle, 1924

Box 2, Folder 31

Details of Coal Trestle for Moore Packing Company, 30 October 1924 [originally stored in C-1563a]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 6

C-1564: La Velle Foundry Company Side Track, 1920-29

Box 2, Folder 32

Drawing: Plot Plan showing proposed switching arrangements, La Velle Foundry Co., 21 September 1920 [originally stored in C-1564]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 13

1565: Snow Melting, Mahr Mfg. Company, 1920

Box 2, Folder 33

1566: Proposed Siding: Belt Railroad and Stock Yard Company, 1920-29

Box 3, Folder 1

1567: Right of Way Encroachment [?] of Manchester Land Co. at C. I. and W. Crossing, 1920-21

Box 3, Folder 2

C-1568: Contracts, Indiana Bell Telephone and Licenses, 1920-29

Box 3, Folder 3

Blueprint Drawing: [Location of telephone conduit under Indiana Union Railway, drawings 8, 9, 12; 30 June 1927] [originally stored in C-1568]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 7

Blueprint Drawing: Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Indianapolis-Webster-Irvington, Aerial Cable Construction and Trunk Cable for Consol. Of Service, 7 January 1921 [originally stored in C-1568]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 7

C-1570: Bush Patent, 1923-26 (1 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 4

C-1570: Bush Patent, 1923-26 (2 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 5

1571: Proposed Elevated Watch Tower at Martindale Avenue, 1920-21

Box 3, Folder 6

1572: Steel Re-inforcement [sic] on Ticket Office Door, 1919-21

Box 3, Folder 7

Blueprint Drawings: Cabinets and Drawers, Union Station Ticket Office, 1919 [originally stored in 1572]

OM0090: Box 1, Folder 5

1573: Contract, Western Union call box, from Express Office to Telegraph Office, January-February 1921

Box 3, Folder 8

C-1573: [Belt Elevation, Grades, 1923-25]

Box 3, Folder 9

C-1574: [Belt Railroad and Stockyards Company, 1921-27]

Box 3, Folder 10

Blueprint Drawing: Profile of Stockyards Loop, n.d.

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 10

1575: Private Industries, Nicholas Roberson, 1921-24

Box 3, Folder 11

C-1576: Private Industries, sw. 34, 1924-25 (1 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 12

C-1576: Private Industries, sw. 34, 1924-25 (2 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 13

C-1577: [Board of Public Works, 1915-29] (1 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 14

C-1577: [Board of Public Works, 1915-29] (2 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 15

C-1577: [Board of Public Works, 1915-29] (3 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 16

C-1577: [Board of Public Works, 1915-29] (4 of 4 )

Box 3, Folder 17

Blueprint Drawing: Plan Showing Improvement of Bloyd Avenue, 12 Aug. 1924 [originally stored in C-1577]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 12

Spreadsheets re: Improvement Resolution no. 11074, Curbing and Grading Roadways, 1924

Flat Files: FF 13–j,
Folder 7

1578: Private Industry, Midwest Engine Company (Old Atlas Engine Works) [note on folder: transferred to Terminal Manager’s File 349.1, Switch no. 320

[original folder empty]

1579: [Private Industry, Carter Lee Lumber Company, 1921-23]

Box 3, Folder 18

1580-Private Industry, Indianapolis Wire Box Company, sw no. 155, 1921-29

Box 3, Folder 19

C-1581: [Oil and Oil Drawing Procedures, 1921-26]

Box 3, Folder 20

1583: Private Industries, Central States Bridge Co., Switch no. 40 [note on folder: transferred to Terminal Manager’s File, 349.1, Sw. 140]

[original folder empty]

C-1583: [Fairmount Glass Works, sw 180] 1922-29

Box 3, Folder 21

1584: Miscellaneous Data for United States Railroad Administration, April 1921

Box 3, Folder 22

1585: Tracks-Pullman Company allowed more track space in Capitol Avenue Coach Yard, March-April 1921

Box 4, Folder 1

C-1586: Water Columns, Miscellaneous, 1918-27

Box 4, Folder 2

1587: Private Industry, S. M. Gusdorf and Co.-Switch no. 70, 1921─29

Box 4, Folder 3

C-1588:__? Switch no. 74, Metal Auto Parts Co., 1921-28

Box 4, Folder 4

1589: [Acme Evans, Inc., 1921-24]

Box 4, Folder 5

1591: Oil-Electric Locomotives

[original folder empty]

1592: Examination of Water, 1921─28

Box 4, Folder 6

C-1593: Repairs to Right-of-Way Fences, 1919-27

Box 4, Folder 7

1594: Classification [Capacity?] of Side Tracks

[original folder empty]

1595: Contract with Mead Construction Co., Bridge Abutments to Senate Ave. and Retaining Wall around, June-July 1921

Box 4, Folder 8

1596: Capitol Avenue Coach Yard, 1920-26 (1 of 2)

Box 4, Folder 9

1596: Capitol Avenue Coach Yard, 1920-26 (2 of 2)

Box 4, Folder 10

C-1597: [Belt Railroad] Bumping Posts, June-August 1921

Box 4, Folder 11

Blueprint Drawing: Belt Railroad Track Diagram, 15 January 1921 [originally stored with C-1597]

Box 9

C-1597: Private Industry Tracks, Oliver Coal and Ice Co.; sw 84 [Coal and Fuel Industries] 1913-28 (1 of 3)

Box 4, Folder 12

C-1597: Private Industry Tracks, Oliver Coal and Ice Co.; sw 84 [Coal and Fuel Industries] 1913-28 (2 of 3)

Box 4, Folder 13

C-1597: Private Industry Tracks, Oliver Coal and Ice Co.; sw 84 [Coal and Fuel Industries] 1913-28 (3 of 3)

Box 4, Folder 14

1598: [Street Improvements, 1921]

Box 4, Folder 15

Blueprint Drawings: Track Elevation Paving, S. Delaware Street, 1921 [originally stored in C─1598]

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 9

Private Industry Tracks, Oliver Coal and Ice Co., sw. 84

[original folder empty]

1599: [Private Industry Tracks] Gibralter Concretile, 1921-30

Box 4, Folder 16

? Equipment_Ellis Bumping, n.d. [note in original folder: transferred to Superintendent’s File, 347.011]

Box 4, Folder 17

C-1600: [Telephone System in] Baggage Department [Union Station] June-December 1921

Box 4, Folder 18

Blueprint Drawing: Telephone System in Baggage Department, Union Station

FF 13–i, Folder 7

C-1601: [Quotations re: installation of flush tank, Belt Supervisor’s Office] August 1921

Box 4, Folder 19

[Specifications for Coach Yard Ramp, Union Station Trainshed, 15 November 1921]

Box 4, Folder 20

C-1603: Private Industry Tracks, Switch no. 45, H. Rootstein, Albert Von Spreckelson, Quality Coal Company, 1922-29

Box 4 , Folder 21

C─3005: [Employment Applications] Steam Shovel, 1925

Box 4, Folder 22

C-3052: [Belt Elevation, 1923-27]

Box 4, Folder 23

C-3054: [Belt Tracks to Raymond Street, circa 1925]

Box 4, Folder 24

C-3601: [Belt Elevation, Street Widening, 1924-25]

Box 4, Folder 25

[Belt Elevation, Cost Estimates, circa 1929]

Box 4, Folder 26

D-3: Belt Elevation-General forms printed [Cement Work] 1928 (1 of 2)

Box 4, Folder 27

D-3: Belt Elevation-General forms printed [Cement Work] 1928 (2 of 2)

Box 4, Folder 28

Blueprint: General Plan of Reinforced Concrete Pile, 31 December 1928

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 12

D-5: Belt Elevation-General agreement between City-s. RR Resolution 16, 1924-25

Box 4, Folder 29

[D-?] Belt Elevation-General miscellaneous

[original folder empty]

[D-6] Belt Elevation-General applications for employment, 1928-29 (1 of 2)

Box 4, Folder 30

[D-6] Belt Elevation-General applications for employment, 1928-29 (2 of 2)

Box 4, Folder 31

D-7: Belt Elevation-General specifications, 1925─27

Box 4, Folder 32

D-8: Belt Elevation-General [cost?] estimates, 1925-27

Box 4, Folder 33

[D-9] Belt Elevation-General contractors desiring to bid on work, 1925-29

Box 4, Folder 34

D-10: Belt Elevation-General-Nickel Plate Track Elevation agreement

[original folder empty]

D-11: Belt Elevation-General-requests from city for plans-prints of profiles requested from Ill. Central, July 1925

Box 4, Folder 35

D-12: Belt Elevation-Miscellaneous-Foremen to report material used on Belt Elevation work, August 1926

Box 4, Folder 36

D-13: Belt Elevation-General-information and masonry cost data and D. O. Lyle furnished, Bureau of Valuation, n.d.

Box 4, Folder 37

Masonry Cost Data [Bridge Construction], 1925-26

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 9

Grading and Masonry Cost Data, circa 1925

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 10

D-14: Belt Elevation-general inquiries from Engineering News-Record and other papers, 1929

Box 4, Folder 38

[D-102] __Property of Belt Elevator and Feed Co. (HID__?)

[original folder empty]

D-102: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Property occupied by Louis Ferry Coal Co., 1924

Box 5, Folder 1

D-103: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Big Four Railroad

[original folder empty]

D-104: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Peoria and Eastern Railway, circa 1925

Box 5, Folder 2

Drawing: Belt Railroad Property Situation Between Stockyards and Meridian Street, 4 Feb. 1929

Flat Files: FF 13–ii, Folder 8

Blueprint Drawing: Belt Railroad Property Situation Between Stockyards and Meridian Street, 4 Feb. 1929

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 10

D-105 [Real Estate] Norman V. Devlin, 1925; 1936

Box 5, Folder 3

D-106: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, C. W. Jackson and Son

[original folder empty]

D-107: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Capitol Lumber Company

[original folder empty]

D-108: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Murphy Estate (Fletcher Savings and Trust), 1925

Box 5, Folder 4

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Purchase of Additional Property in Vicinity of C.C.C. and St. L. Ry, Chicago Division and Belt Crossing, 4 July 1925 [originally stored in D-108]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 8

D-109: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Finishing Products Co., n.d.

Box 5, Folder 5

D-110: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Insley Mfg. Company

[original folder empty]

D-111: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Plant of Central States Bridge Co. at Receiver’s Sale, January 1926

Box 5, Folder 6

D-112:  Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Ralph E. Jones and Wallace Cather

[original folder empty]

D-113: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Dr. John H. Oliver-Ida Osgood Stanley, June-August 1926

Box 5, Folder 7

Blueprint Drawing: Plan Showing Proposed Tracks and Right of Way Required in the Vicinity of C.C.C. and St. L., and P.C.C.C. and St. L. Crossings, 9 June 1926 [originally stored in D-113]

Flat Files: FF 14–h, Folder 3

D-114: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, opening of first alley north of Pratt St., east of Kealing Ave., 1927-36

Box 5, Folder 8

D-115: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Aurelia W. Stampton [Hampton]-near Prospect Street, 1927­-29

Box 5, Folder 9

Blueprint Drawing: Plan Showing Property to be Purchased from Mrs. James Hampton, 4 October 1927

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 6

D-116: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Property to be purchased from City of Indianapolis (White River), n.d.

Box 5, Folder 10

D-117: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Option-L. G. Brightmire, Beecher St., 1928

Box 5, Folder 11

D-119: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, American Aggregates Corporation, 1927─29 (1 of 2 )

Box 5, Folder 12

D-119: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, American Aggregates Corporation, 1927-29 (2 of)

Box 5, Folder 13

Blueprint Drawing: Plan Showing Property to be Purchased from the American Aggregates Corporation, 1929 (x 2)

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 3 

D-120: Belt Railroad Elevation-Real Estate, Samuel and Julius Falender, 1927

Box 5, Folder 14

D-121: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Granite Sand and Gravel Company, 1929

Box 5, Folder 15

D-122: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Katherine A. Hunt-Lot 14, McCormick’s Heirs Addition, March-August 1929

Box 5, Folder 16

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Purchase of Lot 14, McCormick Heirs, Subdivision of Outlot 14, West of White River (W. Market Street), 15 March 1929 [originally stored in D-122]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 6

D-124: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, 2102 Martindale Avenue, Fidelity Trust Company, 1929

Box 5, Folder 17

D-125: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, Property in vicinity of East 10th Street, August 1927

Box 5, Folder 18

Blueprint Drawing: Station Map, Lands. Belt Railroad, n. d.

Flat Files: FF 13–i,
Folder 9

D-126: Belt Elevation-Real Estate, George A. Slough, near Churchman Avenue, 1929

Box 5, Folder 19

Blueprint Drawing: Slough Property near Churchman Avenue, circa 1929 (x 4) [originally stored in D-126]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 10

D-300: Belt Elevation-Fill, Miscellaneous, 1925-26

Box 5, Folder 20

D-301: Belt Elevation-Fill Furnished by Lewis H. Colvin, October 1925

Box 5, Folder 21

D-302: Belt Elevation-Fill, Proposed tract to Mt. Perry, 1925-29

Box 5, Folder 22

D-303: Belt Elevation-Fill, Ashes, Board of Sanitary Commissioners, April 1926

Box 5, Folder 23

D-304: Belt Elevation-Fill, Report to Auditor of dirt removed from Connaty Gravel Pit, 1926

Box 5, Folder 24

D-305: Belt Elevation-Fill, Insley Mfg. Co., 1925-29

Box 5, Folder 25

D-306: Belt Elevation-Fill, contract with American Aggregates Corp.

[original folder empty]

D-307: Belt Elevation-Fill, O. P. Foreman-gravel deposit 1 ¼ miles west of Illinois Central (C. E. Sutton owner), 1928

Box 5, Folder 26

D-400: Belt Elevation__? Miscellaneous [re: Equipment, August 1925]

Box 5, Folder 27

D-401: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Clapp, Riley and Hall Equipment Co., 1926─27 (1 of 2 )

Box 5, Folder 28

D-401: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Clapp, Riley and Hall Equipment Co., 1926─27 (2 of 2  )

Box 5, Folder 29

D-401: Belt Elevation__? Bucyrus Company, n.d.

Box 5, Folder 30

D-402: Belt Elevation [Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc.,] Differential Steel Car Co.

[original folder empty]

D-404: [Dump Cars, Repairs, 1926]

Box 5, Folder 31

_____: [Steam Shovels] Dump Cars, etc., Dolan-Tucker-Smith

[original folder empty]

D-406: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Equipment Corporation of America, 1926

Box 5, Folder 32

D-407: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Harris Bros. Company, 1925

Box 5, Folder 33

D-408: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Jordan Spreader

[original folder empty]

D-409: Belt Elevation-Steam [Shovels], Dump Cars, etc., Magor Car Corporation, 1925

Box 5, Folder 34

Blueprint Drawing: Magor Car Corporation, Truck Details, n.d.

Flat File: FF 13­-h,
Folder 4

Blueprint Drawing: Magor Car Corporation, General Arrangement of 30 Yard Automatic 2 Way Air Dump Car, 19 December 1924

Flat Files: FF 20–b

Blueprint Drawing: Magor Car Corporation, Brake and Piping Arrangement for 30 Yard Air Dump Cars, 17 July 1925

Flat Files: FF 20–b

D-410: Belt Elevation-Steam [Shovels], Dump Cars, etc., Marion Steam Shovel Co., 1926

Flat Files: FF 20–b

D-411: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Peter E. Meagher, 1925

Box 5, Folder 36

D-414: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Water Wheeled Scraper Co., 1920─26

Box 5, Folder 37

D-416: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., The C. R. Cummins Co., 1925

Box 5, Folder 38

D-417: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Bates and Rogers Construction Company, 1925-26

Box 5, Folder 39

D-418: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Eugene Shubart, 1926

Box 5, Folder 40

D-419: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Walter A. Zelnicker Supply Company, 1925

Box 5, Folder 41

D-420: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., Piehle ‘Bros Testing Machine Company

[original folder empty]

D-421: Belt Elevation-Steam Shovels, Dump Cars, etc., W. S. Tyler Company

[original folder empty]

D-423: Big Four RR-Steam Shovel, 1926

Box 5, Folder 42

D-424: Belt Elevation-Machinery, Big Four RR-Stand Spreader, August 1926

Box 5, Folder 43

D-426: Belt Elevation-Machinery, Tinius-Olsen Testing Machine Company

[original folder empty]

D-425: Belt Elevation-Machinery, Blaw-Knox Inundation

[original folder empty]

D-427: Belt Elevation-Machinery, Testing Machines,  Miscellaneous, 1925-29

Box 5, Folder 44

D-428: Vulcan Iron Works, Steam Hammer, 1928

Box 5, Folder 45

D-501: Balch Construction Co., Contract for East 10th and East Pratt St. Bridges and two Retaining Walls, 1925-29   (1 of 2)

Box 5, Folder 46

D-501: Balch Construction Co., Contract for East 10th and East Pratt St. Bridges and two Retaining Walls, 1925-29 (2 of 2)

Box 5, Folder 47

Bids for Construction of East Tenth Street and East Pratt Street Bridges and Other Work, 1925 [originally stored in D-501]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 7

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Sewer for Draining Pratt Street Subway and Water Columns at Michigan Street, n.d.

OMB0091, Folder 3

[Pennsylvania Railroad, Design of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts, circa 1923]

Box 5, Folder 48

D-502 [Dravo Contracting Company, 1929]

Box 5, Folder 49

Contracts-Miscellaneous, n.d.

Box 5, Folder 50

D-600: Belt Elevation, Miscellaneous

[original folder empty]

D-601: Belt Elevation-Accounting, Bill vs. City, County and Street Ry. Co., 1925

Box 5, Folder 51

D-602: Belt Elevation-__?Engine Service transferred to “D,” 1916-31 (1 of 4 )

Box 5, Folder 52

D-602: Belt Elevation-__?Engine Service transferred to “D,” Account, 1917-31 (2 of 4)

Box 5, Folder 53

D-602: Belt Elevation-__?Engine Service transferred to “D,” Account, 1917-31 (3 of 4)

Box 5, Folder 54

D-602: Belt Elevation-__?Engine Service transferred to “D,” Account, 1917-31 (4 of 4)

Box 6, Folder 1

Contracts-Miscellaneous, 1927-29

Box 6, Folder 2

Belt Elevation-Material and Supplies, 1926

Box 6, Folder 3

D-700: Belt Elevation-Material and Supplies, Miscellaneous

[original folder empty]

D-702: Belt Elevation-Material and Supplies, Cement Inspection Reports, 1917-26

Box 6, Folder 4

D[704?]: Belt Elevation-Material and Supplies, Steel Inspection Reports, n.d.

Box 6, Folder 5

[Bridges, Structural Steel, circa 1920s]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 13

D-725: Belt Elevation-Material and Supplies, Steel-Hugh J. Baker, 1926

Box 6, Folder 6

D-727: Belt Elevation-Material and Supplies, Steel-Central States Bridge Co., April-July 1926

Box 6, Folder 7

D-728: Belt Elevation- Steel-Rochester Bridge Company, March 1929

Box 6, Folder 8

D-750: Belt Elevation-Material, Waterproofing, 1925─27

Box 6, Folder 9

D-900: Belt Elevation-Bridges, Miscellaneous, 1925-29

Box 6, Folder 10

D-901: Belt Elevation-Bridges, East 10th Street and East Pratt Street, 1925-27

Box 6, Folder 11

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1925─29 (1 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 12

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1925 ─29 (2 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 13

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1926─29 (3 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 14

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1926─29 (4 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 15

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1926─29 (5 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 16

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1926─29 (6 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 17

D-902: Belt Elevation-Bridges, White River Bridge, 1926─29 (7 of 7)

Box 6, Folder 18

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, September 1928

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 1

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Details of Steel Caissons for Bridge no. 2 over White River, Supplied by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron, 1929

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 2

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, Bar Lists for Abutments, 24 March 1929

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 5

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, Details of West Abutment, 24 March 1929

Flat File FF 13-j,
Folder 5

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, Details of East Abutment, 24 March 1929 (drawings 4 and 5)

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 5

Blueprint Drawing: White River Bridge no. 2, Details of Caissons, Piers 2-6, 3 April 1929[originally stored in D-902]

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 4

Blueprint Drawing: Alternate Design of Caissons, White River Bridge no. 2, 21 February 1929 [3 items, originally stored in D-902]

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 3

Blueprint Drawing: Details of Caissons, White River Bridge no. 2, 22 February 1929 [originally stored in D-902]

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 3

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 Over the White River, Details of Caissons, Dravo Construction Co., 22 February 1929 [originally stored in D-902]

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 2

Bids for Construction of Sub Structure of Belt Railroad Bridge no. 2 over White River, circa 1929 [originally stored in D-902]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 7

Blueprint Drawing: The Foundation Company, White River Bridge, Pneumatic Caissons, 27 February 1929 (x 2)

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 2

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, 3 March 1921

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 1

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, Details of Piers 2-6, 21 March 1929

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 4

Blueprint Drawing: Bridge no. 2 over White River, Details of Piers 1 and 7, 21 March 1929

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 4

D-903: Belt Elevation-Bridges, Villa Avenue Bridge

[original folder empty]

D-1001: Belt Elevation-Retaining Walls, 1921

Box 6, Folder 19

D-1100: Belt Elevation-Connections with other railroads, 1918

Box 6, Folder 20

D-1101: Belt Elevation-Connections with other railroads, Big Four

[original folder empty]

D-1102: Belt Elevation-Connections with other railroads, Pennsylvania Railroad, October 1923-January 1924

Box 6, Folder 21

D-1104: Belt Elevation-Connections with other railroads, P and E Railroad, February-April 1925

Box 6, Folder 22

D-1151: Belt Elevation-Changes in Private Industry Tracks, Abattoir, Piel Bros., Marmon Motor Car Co., 1902-30     (1 of 3)

Box 6, Folder 23

D-1151: Belt Elevation-Changes in Private Industry Tracks, Abattoir, Piel Bros., Marmon Motor Car Co., 1929-30     (2 of 3)

Box 6, Folder 24

D-1151: Belt Elevation-Changes in Private Industry Tracks, Abattoir, Piel Bros., Marmon Motor Car Co., 1929-30     (3 of 3)

Box 6, Folder 25

Blueprint Drawings: Piel Bros. Mfg. Co., Starch Works, Side Track System, Profiles and Plan [originally stored in D-1151]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 8

Blueprint Drawing: Plan to Accompany Siding Agreement with Indianapolis Abattoir Co., 7-11-12 [originally stored in D-1151]

Flat File: FF 13-i,
Folder 10

Blueprint Drawing: Plan Showing Proposed Tracks to Piel Bros. Starch Works and Indianapolis Abattoir Co., 1 July 1929

Flat Files: FF 20–b

Blueprint Drawing: Proposed Property Sale, to Piel Bros. Starch Co., 12 November 1929 [2 copies] [originally stored in D-1151]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 8

D-1301: Belt Elevation___? Width of streets opened and closed

[original folder empty]

D-1200: Belt Elevation-Fuel and Water Stations, Miscellaneous

[original folder empty]

D-1201: Belt Elevation-Fuel and Water Stations, East Michigan Street, 1925─26

Box 6, Folder 26

D-1300: Belt Elevation-Streets, Miscellaneous, February 1926

Box 6, Folder 27

D-1400: Belt Elevation-Signals, Miscellaneous

[original folder empty]

D-1401: Belt Elevation-Signals, East 10th St. Electric Signals

[original folder empty]

Blueprint Drawing: Elevated Track, n.d.

Flat File: FF 13-j,
Folder 6

Pennsylvania Railroad, Edgeworth, PA, Sewickley Change of Line, Chestnut St. Subway, Bridge no. 13.53, 23 July 1926

Flat File: FF 13-i,
Folder 11

Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge no. 74.37 (Old no. 68) East of Macksville, Indiana, 16 March 1928

Flat File: FF 13-i,
Folder 11

Bridge no. 97.21 (Old no. 92 over Tuscarawas River) Gnadenhutten, Ohio, Proposed Concrete Slab, 28 July 1929 [4 items]

Flat File: FF 13-i,
Folder 11

Series 2: Financial Records, 1885-1930

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

[Accounts, 1895; 1905; 1916-17]

Box 6, Folder 28

Operation of Union Station, Union Tracks, Belt Railroad, 1890

Box 7, Folder 1

Operation of Union Station, Union Tracks, Belt Railroad, 1891

Box 7, Folder 2

[Auditor’s Records, 1890-94]

Box 7, Folder 3

Comparative Income Account, March 1891 and 1892; April 1891 and 1892 

Box 7, Folder 4

Inventory of Stock on Hand, 1 January 1885

Box 7, Folder 5

Storekeepers Account, Material and Supplies On Hand, 1 September 1893

Box 7, Folder 6

Statement of General Office Payrolls, 1928-29

Box 7, Folder 7

Iron Workers on Watersoftner, Belt 385 [circa April 1920]

Box 7, Folder 8

[Accounts Payable, Big Four, May-June 1920]

Box 7, Folder 9

[Accounts Payable/Receivable, Big Four, October-November 1920]

Box 7, Folder 10

[Accounts Payable, 1920]

Box 7, Folder 11

Payroll Statistics, October 1918-October 1921

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 15

Payroll Statistics, July 1921-December 1923

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 16

Payroll Statistics, January 1924-December 1930

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 17

Payroll Distribution, Sundry Employees, June, November 1928; July-October 1929; June-July 1930

OMB 0091, Folder 17

Accounts Payable, April 1920 (1 of 3)

Box, 7,  Folder 12

Accounts Payable, April 1920 (2 of 3)

Box 7, Folder 13

Accounts Payable, April 1920 (3 of 3)

Box 7, Folder 14

Accounts Payable, May 1920 (1 of 4)

Box 7, Folder 15

Accounts Payable, May 1920 (2 of 4)

Box 7, Folder 16

Accounts Payable, May 1920 (3 of 4)

Box 7, Folder 17

Accounts Payable, May 1920 (4 of 4)

Box 7, Folder 18

Accounts Payable, June1920 (1 of 3)

Box 7, Folder 19

Accounts Payable, June1920 (2 of 3)

Box 7, Folder 20

Accounts Payable, June1920 (3 of 3)

Box 7, Folder 21

Accounts Payable, July1920 (1 of 2)

Box 7, Folder 22

Accounts Payable, July1920 (2 of 2)

Box 7, Folder 23

Accounts Payable, August 1920 (1 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 1

Accounts Payable, August 1920 (2 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 2

Powers and Addy Co., Estimates [originally stored in Accounts Payable, August 1920]

OMB 0090, Box 1,
Folder 14

Accounts Payable, September 1920

Box 8, Folder 3

Accounts Payable, October 1920

Box 8, Folder 4

Accounts Payable, November 1920 (1 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 5

Accounts Payable, November 1920 (2 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 6

Accounts Payable, December 1920

Box 8, Folder 7

Accounts Payable, January 1921

Box 8, Folder 8

Accounts Payable, February 1921

Box 8, Folder 9

Series 3: Printed Material, 1935-56

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioner’s Journal, May, June, September 1935

Box 8, Folder 10

[Clippings, circa 1950–1956]

Box 8, Folder 11

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