Overview
Texas State Archives
Railroad Commission of
Texas. Rail Division.
Rail Division incoming
correspondence
1872-1955
bulk 1891-early
1920s
The Railroad
Commission of Texas (RRC) had jurisdiction over the rates and operations of
railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. These records are the
incoming correspondence to the Rail Division (formerly the Main Office, then
the Main and Transportation Division and then the Transportation Division) of
the Railroad Commission of Texas covering the period 1872-1955, bulk 1891-early
1920s. The records contain a wide variety of physical formats besides letters
including telegrams, petitions, newspaper clippings, circulars, tariffs, and
printed railroad memorabilia. The records can be roughly divided into four
groups of correspondents: general public, business, railroads, and government.
The predominant topic among all these groups is the subject of railroad freight
rates.
52 cubic ft.
These materials are written in
English.
Restrictions on Access
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search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by
staff members.
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may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received
by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The
researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17
U.S.C.).
Technical Requirements
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the exploration,
production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in Texas. Its statutory
role is to prevent waste of the state's natural resources, to protect the
correlative rights of different interest owners, to prevent pollution, and to
provide safety in matters such as hydrogen sulfide. It oversees hazardous
materials pipelines and natural gas pipelines and distribution systems as well
as propane, butane, compressed natural gas, and liquefied natural gas. It works
to make sure a continuous, safe supply of natural gas is available to Texas
consumers at the lowest reasonable price. Additionally, the Commission
regulates surface mining for coal, uranium, and iron ore gravel, and conducts a
program for reclaiming lands that were mined and abandoned before 1975.
The Railroad Commission of Texas had its origin in the demands of the
shipping public in the late 1880s that insisted that railroads be subject to
regulation based on public interest. An advocate for governmental regulation,
Attorney General James Stephen Hogg ran for Governor in 1890 with the issue of
railroad regulation as the focal point of the campaign. Hogg was elected
Governor in the general election and the voters also approved an amendment to
Article X, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution that empowered the Legislature
to enact statutes creating regulatory agencies. These elections paved the way
for the Legislature to enact on April 3, 1891 "An Act to Establish a Railroad
Commission of the State of Texas," that later was placed in the Texas Revised
Civil Statutes under article 6444 et seq. (House Bills 1, 3, and 58, 22nd Texas
Legislature, Regular Session).
The Commission originally consisted of three members appointed by the
Governor for three-year terms. Governor Hogg appointed the first three
Commissioners in 1891 including John H. Reagan, who resigned as U.S. Senator
from Texas to serve as the first Chairman. The Texas Constitution, Article XIX,
Section 30 was amended in 1894 to provide for elective six-year overlapping
terms for the Commissioners. That same year John H. Reagan was elected and
served until his retirement in 1903.
The Texas Railroad Commission was the first regulatory agency created
in the State of Texas and originally had jurisdiction over the rates and
operations of railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. The legal
focus was on intrastate passenger and freight activities. Interstate
jurisdiction fell under the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. For the first
twenty-five years of its existence, the Railroad Commission was largely
concerned with regulating railroads, setting rates, receiving complaints, and
making investigations. As other controversies arose where the Legislature
deemed that the public interest could best be served by regulation, additional
duties were assigned to the Railroad Commission.
The Railroad Commission's authority was broadened beginning in 1917
with the passage of the Pipeline Petroleum Law (Senate Bill 68, 35th
Legislature, Regular Session) that declared pipelines to be common carriers
like railroads and placed them under the Commission's jurisdiction. This was
the first act to designate the Railroad Commission as the agency to administer
conservation laws relating to oil and gas. The Commission's regulatory and
enforcement powers in oil and gas were increased by the Oil and Gas
Conservation Law (Senate Bill 350 of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session),
effective June 18, 1919. This act gave the Railroad Commission jurisdiction to
regulate the production of oil and gas. Acting upon this legislation, the
Commission adopted in 1919 the first statewide rules regulating the oil and gas
industry to promote conservation and safety, including Rule 37. This rule
requires minimum distances between wells at drilling sites in order to protect
field pressure and correlative rights.
The Gas Utilities Act of 1920 (House Bill 11, 36th Legislature, 3rd
Called Session) gave the Commission regulatory and rate authority over
individuals and businesses producing, transporting, or distributing natural gas
in Texas. In 1937, following a large natural gas explosion in a school in New
London, Texas, the 45th Legislature passed legislation giving the Railroad
Commission the authority to adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the
odorization of natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases (House Bill 1017,
Regular Session).
The passage of the Public Regulatory Act of 1975 (PURA) (House Bill
819, 64th Legislature, Regular Session) required certain state regulatory
agencies, including the Commission, to set the overall revenues of a utility
based on its "cost of service." Regulation of liquefied petroleum was added to
the Commission's responsibilities in 1939 by the 46th Legislature (House Bill
792, Regular Session). The legislation authorized the Commission to adopt and
enforce safety rules and standards in the storage, handling, transportation,
and odorization of butane or LP-gases. Regulation of compressed natural gas was
added to the Railroad Commission's responsibilities in 1983 (Senate Bill 617,
68th Legislature, Regular Session).
Railroad regulation was initially overseen by the Main Office, later
the Main and Transportation Division, then the Transportation Division and
finally the Rail Division. This division was responsible for checking equipment
and track, railroad and signal operations, and hazardous material handling;
conducting investigations of accidents and complaints concerning railroads; and
securing federal funds to improve branch lines and preserve rail service to
rural areas. The Division enforced rules aimed at removing obstructions on
railroad rights-of-way and operated a crossing safety education program. In
2005, the Rail Division and its remaining function, rail safety regulation,
were transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation (House Bill 2702,
79th Legislature, Regular Session). The Railroad Commission no longer has any
railroad-related functions.
(Sources: Guide to Texas State Agencies,
various editions; general laws and statutes; and the records themselves.)
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) had jurisdiction over the rates
and operations of railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. These
records of the Rail Division (formerly the Main Office, then the Main and
Transportation Division and then the Transportation Division) of the Railroad
Commission of Texas include incoming letters, telegrams, petitions, newspaper
clippings, affidavits, depositions, transcripts of hearings, maps, blueprints,
pamphlets, circulars, tariffs, copies of legislative bills, mortgage contracts,
and merger agreements. Also present are various printed items such as railroad
tickets, free railroad passes, labor union contracts with railroads, railroad
passenger tax receipts, and copies of railroad valuation statements. The bulk
of the correspondence dates from 1891 until the early 1920s with some materials
from 1872 to 1955. The correspondence can be roughly grouped into four
categories: general public, business, railroads, and government.
Correspondents from the general public included passengers, farmers,
lawyers, labor unions, chambers of commerce, and other citizens who wrote to
the Commission on such topics as complaints about passenger facilities and
rates, free passes, jobs with the Railroad Commission, requests for racially
segregated depots, and petitions for more frequent train service.
Correspondence from businesses was overwhelmingly concerned with
freight rates on commodities and with such shipping problems as overcharges,
lost cars, demurrage costs for delays or damages, and the classification of
commodities. Other business topics included cotton compress regulations,
rebates, tariffs, taxation, and weight limits of freight shipments.
The same preponderance of concern over rates was also evident in the
correspondence from the railroads and their freight agents. Other
correspondence from railroads concern reports filed by railroads to comply with
legislation regulations. These include the annual reports and the valuation
statements each railroad had to file with the Railroad Commission and the
frequent corrections and addenda. More correspondence was generated by the
examination of railroad capital stock records by the Railroad Commission, the
issuance of railroad stocks and bonds, the costs of construction, and general
questions on Railroad Commission policy and form requirements.
The fourth category of correspondents with the Railroad Commission
were government officials from the local, state, and federal levels. This
included county attorneys, Texas governors and attorney generals, governors and
railroad commissioners from other states, Texas representatives and senators on
the state and federal levels, and the federal Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The overriding concern reflected throughout the incoming
correspondence is the subject of rates, both passenger and freight, with the
most attention given to freight rates and the costs for the many different
commodities. Businesses, farmers, and other shippers complained about high
rates and sought relief from the Railroad Commission; railroads defended their
rates and asked for increases through the Commission; the Commission held rate
hearings, received mail from both sides lobbying their respective positions,
then made rulings, issued rate orders, and published tariffs and circulars
announcing the new rates.
These records document the reactions of the railroads and railroad
users to the policies and actions of the Commission. The incoming
correspondence reflects the nature of the Commission's outgoing correspondence,
from routine form letters to the predominant subject of rates.
An inventory of the records was conducted to provide a brief
description of the contents of each box including the dates and types of
materials and a notation of any filing arrangement that may be present.
This finding aid describes one series of the Railroad Commission of
Texas records. See
Railroad Commission of Texas: An Overview of
Records for more records series.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are unarranged, in the order received from the agency.
The dates in the inventory are not always accurate and there is much
chronological overlap among the boxes, so researchers are strongly advised to
look through all the boxes when searching for particular dates.
The correspondence within the boxes is sometimes arranged
alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent. The alphabetical
arrangement can be widely scattered in a box, e.g., M, T-Z, L. The
correspondence from each particular correspondent is arranged in chronological
order. Frequently, correspondence with major railroad lines was not filed under
the name of the railroad but by the name of the agency or railroad officer who
wrote the letter. In these cases, it would be helpful to know the names of the
officials if a researcher is interested in a particular railroad. At other
times, no order among the correspondence is evident.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Railroads--Texas--Rates.
Railroads--Texas--Freight.
Railroads and
state--Texas.
Freight and
freightage--Texas.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Railroads and
state--1872-1955.
Telegrams--Texas--Railroads and
state--1872-1955.
Clippings--Texas--Railroads and
state--1872-1955.
Memorabilia--Texas--Railroads and
state--1872-1955.
Petitions--Texas--Railroads and state--1872-1955.
Functions:
Regulating railroads.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Railroad
Commission of Texas, Rail Division outgoing correspondence, 1891-193, 43 cubic
ft.
Railroad Commission of Texas, Rail Division tariffs,
1890-1984, 44.8 cubic ft.
Railroad
Commission of Texas, Rail Division annual reports of railroad companies,
1859-1967, 1873-1885, 1890-1996, 380.24 cubic ft.
Railroad
Commission of Texas, Rail Division express companies annual reports, 1908-1949,
7 cubic ft.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Rail Division incoming correspondence, Railroad
Commission of Texas. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
Processing Information
Inventoried by Archives staff, pre-1980
Described by Paul B. Beck, September 1986
DACS compliance by Laura K. Saegert, February 2009
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1962/218 and unknown
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Railroad Commission of Texas on July 19, 1963 and at other undetermined
times.
Detailed Description of the Records
Incoming correspondence,
1872-1955,
bulk 1891-early
1920s,
52 cubic ft.
Correspondence to Commission:
4-3/423
A,
1891-1892,
1894-1898
4-3/423
B,
1891
4-3/424
B,
1892-1899
4-3/425
C,
1891-1898
4-3/426
D,
1891-1897
4-3/427
E-F,
1891-1898
4-3/428
G,
1891-1897
4-3/428A
G-K,
1891-1892
[All correspondence is addressed to
Commissioner John H. Reagan. Includes agents of various railroads.]
4-3/429
H-I,
1891-1897
4-3/430
J-K,
1891-1897
4-3/431
L,
1890-1899
4-3/432
M-N,
1895-1897
4-3/433
O-R,
1892-1900
4-3/434
S,
1891-1892,
1894-1897
4-3/435
S,
1891-1897
4-3/436
T-V,
1891-1897
[Note: Includes a bound letterpress
copybook, T-V.]
4-3/437
W-Z,
1891-1897
4-3/348
Correspondence, annual reports, daily reports of
conservation agents, accounts, circulars, newspaper clippings, and other
material,
1888-1902, 1908-1909,
1919-1923
4-3/349
Correspondence, annual reports, accounts, and other
material,
1886,
1891-1907
4-3/350
Correspondence, reports, annual reports, accounts,
testimony, newspaper clippings, and other material,
1888-1902, 1904, 1910,
1923
4-3/351
Correspondence, reports, accounts, testimony, and other
material,
1875-1902,
1911
4-3/352
Correspondence - some with Attorney General's Office,
accounts, and other material,
1882-1888, 1895-1899,
[1900?]
4-3/353
Correspondence, folders of correspondence by subject,
report, tariffs, accounts, newspaper clippings, and other material,
[1897-1898?], 1910-1911,
1913, 1915-1920
4-3/354
Correspondence, circulars, and other material,
1896-1899
4-3/354
Gaa-Gz correspondence - not in order, partial
House Journal, House Bill, circulars, accounts,
and other material,
1899-1901
4-3/354
#42-#84 numbered correspondence, circulars, accounts,
and other material,
1909,
1913-1915
4-3/354
Newspaper clipping,
[undated]
4-3/355
M correspondence,
1900-1902
4-3/355
L correspondence,
1901-1902
4-3/355
A. W. Houston correspondence; correspondence re:
railroad lines; circulars, miscellaneous materials re: tariff, freight,
division sheets, percentage sheets; Western Classification No. 49 and Western
Classification Committee materials; and other material,
1907-1911,
1913
4-3/356
T correspondence,
1899-1901
4-3/356
Correspondence by subject, A-G correspondence, Adjutant
General opinion, General Land Office printer article re: school land sales,
Western Classification No. 30, daily reports of conservation agents, and other
materials,
1875-1876, 1881, 1887,
1900-1936
4-3/357
Paa-Q correspondence,
1892-1901
4-3/357
A-C correspondence, Legislative
Record, House Journal for the Regular Session of
the 30th Legislature, accounts, letter opener, and other material,
1907-1909, 1911,
1920
4-3/358
Baa-By correspondence,
1902
[first expanding wallet in the
box]
4-3/359
Daa-Ez correspondence,
1902-1903
4-3/359
Correspondence by lines, accounts, wage schedules, and
other material,
1901-1904,
1910-1913
4-3/359A
D, E correspondence,
1903-1904
4-3/360
Waa-Z correspondence,
1903-1904
4-3/360
Correspondence and tariffs mostly re: St. Louis &
San Francisco Railway Company, and other material,
1911-1914,
1927
4-3/360
Correspondence by lines mostly re: Ft. Worth &
Denver City Railway Company, and other material,
1912-1917,
1919-1920
4-3/361
N, O, R correspondence,
1903-1904
4-3/362
P, Q, and by lines correspondence, tariff, Joint Tariff
Port Arthur Route, points alphabetical by destination, and other material,
1898, 1901,
1903-1908
4-3/362
A-Z correspondence and partial Western Classification
No. 47,
1902-1907
4-3/363
Hal-Hz correspondence and other material,
1904-1905
4-3/363
D, E, R correspondence,
1905
4-3/363
Correspondence re: tax material,
1906
4-3/364
Haa-Hz correspondence,
1905-1906
4-3/365
Correspondence, some by person,
1906-1908
4-3/365
#78-#105 numbered correspondence, material concerning
auditor, annual reports, and fiscal material,
1911-1913,
[1914-1920?]
4-3/366
F, M correspondence and newspaper clipping,
1906
4-3/366
B, C correspondence and newspaper clipping,
1908
4-3/367
Mc-M, P, Q correspondence and newspaper clipping,
1906-1907
4-3/367
Mc-T correspondence,
1906-1907
4-3/368
R-T correspondence,
1906
4-3/368
Waa-Z correspondence,
1907
4-3/369
Correspondence by lines and Texas blue print,
1909-1911
4-3/369
Correspondence mostly re: Humble Pipe Line Company,
Texas blue print, and railroads,
[1906?],
1907-1925
4-3/370
Correspondence by lines, petitions, applications,
leases, agreements, accounts, newspaper clipping, applications for positions,
Western Classification Nos. 27 and 42, and probable oil lease cards,
1898, 1906-1930, 1933,
4-3/371
Caa-Cz correspondence and other material,
1906-1907
4-3/372
G, P correspondence, newspaper clipping, and other
material,
1898-1900,
1907-1909
4-3/372
L correspondence, correspondence by person and subject,
accounts, and other material,
1907-1912
4-3/373
Correspondence by lines and other material,
1906-1911
4-3/374
F, M, P correspondence and other material,
1906-1907
4-3/374
Correspondence by lines and accounts,
1916-1920,
[1921?]
4-3/375
#22-#42 and #22-#30 numbered correspondence, accounts,
and other material,
1909-1911,
1913
4-3/376
Correspondence by lines, H-S correspondence, #44-#63
numbered correspondence, N-W correspondence, accounts, and other material,
1910-1912,
1915-1916
4-3/376
Correspondence by lines, R-T, W correspondence, #64-#77
numbered correspondence, and accounts,
1911-1913
4-3/377
B-F correspondence,
1910-1913
4-3/378
Correspondence by lines, A-F correspondence, #1-#28
numbered correspondence, A-S correspondence, #1-#20 numbered correspondence,
1912-1915
4-3/378
M correspondence, correspondence by lines,
correspondence by person and subjects, R-T, W correspondence, and newspaper
clippings,
1912-1913
4-3/379
Correspondence with Texas associations and clubs,
correspondence by subject, and other material,
1913-1916,
1919
4-3/379
Correspondence by lines and other material,
1913-1915
4-3/380
Correspondence by subject, tariffs, and other material,
1915-1920
4-3/380
Correspondence by lines,
1916-1920
4-3/381
W-Y correspondence, correspondence by subject, G-W
correspondence, tariffs, and other material,
1907, 1915-1917,
1919-1920
4-3/381A
International & Great Northern Railroad
correspondence; E, F, G correspondence; Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
correspondence,
1915-1920
4-3/383
Correspondence by subject, tariffs, and newspaper
clipping,
1915-1920
2-10/477
M, T-Z correspondence and newspaper clipping,
1898
2-10/477
L correspondence,
1898
2-10/478
A, G, N-O correspondence and newspaper clipping,
1896-1898
2-10/478
D-E correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1897-1899
2-10/478
B correspondence,
1898-1899
2-10/479
C, T-Z correspondence, newspaper clipping, map of Texas,
accounts, other material,
1897-1899
2-10/480
P-Q correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1891,
1895-1898
2-10/480
A, C, S correspondence (including John H. Reagan
letters), map of the city of Galveston, other material,
1897-1898
2-10/481
A, T-W correspondence and other material,
1896-1899
2-10/481
S correspondence, newspaper clipping, accounts,
1898-1899
2-10/482
C, L correspondence,
1899
2-10/482
B, K correspondence, tariffs, accounts, other material,
1898-1899
2-10/482
G, N-O correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1898-1900
2-10/483
M, S correspondence, Governor's correspondence, tariffs,
1899-1900
2-10/483
B, K correspondence and tariffs,
1900
2-10/484
I-J correspondence, newspaper clippings, other material,
1897-1900
2-10/484
L, R-S correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1899-1900
2-10/485
D-E, R correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1897-1900
2-10/485
C, W-Y correspondence, accounts,
1900-1901
2-10/485
B-C, K, N-O, S correspondence,
1901
2-10/486
S, W-Z correspondence, circulars, newspaper clipping,
accounts, other material,
1900-1901,
1903
2-10/486
A, E, N-O correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1900-1902
2-10/486
D-E correspondence, other material,
1900-1902
2-10/487
A, L, R correspondence, clipping, other material,
1900-1903
2-10/487
C, S correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1902
2-10/488
H, N-O correspondence, accounts,
1891-1897 (possibly
1901-1906)
2-10/488
Texas and Illinois classification rates, tariffs, joint
circular, terminal charges in Galveston,
1901-1908
2-10/488
P-Q correspondence, other material,
1901-1903
2-10/489
H correspondence, other material,
1900-1902
2-10/489
H, M, W-Z correspondence, other material,
1901-1903
2-10/490
A, G, S correspondence, Governor's correspondence,
1902
2-10/490
I-J correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1896,
1901-1903
2-10/491
M correspondence, newspaper clipping, accounts,
1902-1903
2-10/491
B correspondence, other material,
1901-1903
2-10/492
L, R correspondence, newspaper clipping, accounts, other
material,
1902-1903
2-10/492
G, I-J correspondence, newspaper clipping, accounts,
other material,
1901-1907
2-10/493
F correspondence, other material,
1901-1904
2-10/493
H, W-Z correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1900,
1902-1903
2-10/493
T correspondence, Western Classification no. 35, other
material,
1902-1904
2-10/494
G, S correspondence, newspaper clipping, accounts, other
material,
1896,
1902-1903
2-10/494
S correspondence,
1903-1904
2-10/495
B-Y correspondence, Texas map,
1903-1904
2-10/495
I-K correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1903-1906
2-10/496
C, P correspondence, other material,
1902-1905
2-10/496
H, M correspondence, other material,
1903-1904
2-10/497
T-V correspondence, other material,
1901-1903 (possibly
1904)
2-10/497
S correspondence, other material,
1900-1905
2-10/498
A correspondence, accounts, other material,
1901-1905
2-10/498
D-E, T, V correspondence, accounts, other material,
1903-1904
2-10/499
B correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1903-1904 (possibly
1905)
2-10/499
D-E, G correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1904-1906
2-10/500
B, K correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1904-1905
2-10/500
S correspondence, other material,
1903-1906
2-10/501
B, L, T-V correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1903-1905
2-10/501
C-F, T-V correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1901,
1904-1905
2-10/502
C, J-K correspondence, map of Texas, newspaper clipping,
accounts, other material,
1889-1891 (possibly
1899-1901), 1902-1905
2-10/503
I-J, M correspondence, other material,
1899, 1903,
1905
2-10/503
G correspondence,
1905-1906
2-10/504
L, S correspondence, other material,
1900,
1904-1906
2-10/505
K, N-O correspondence, blue print of Texas,
1905-1906
2-10/505
S correspondence,
1906
2-10/506
A correspondence,
1905-1906
2-10/506
W-Z correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1905
2-10/507
H correspondence, newspaper clipping, map of Chicago,
other material,
1897-1900,
1907
2-10/508
C correspondence,
1906
2-10/508
B correspondence,
1906
2-10/509
B, K, R correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1905-1906
2-10/509
L correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1906-1907
2-10/509
R correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1906-1907
2-10/510
A-Y correspondence, newspaper clipping, accounts, other
material,
1905-1907
2-10/510
K correspondence, newspaper clipping, blue print map of
Texas, other material, Motor Transportation Division receipts,
(possibly 1906),
1907-1909, 1930
2-10/511
C-E, H, O-P correspondence, accounts, other material,
1903,
1906-1907
2-10/512
D-E correspondence, other material,
1906-1907
2-10/512
H correspondence,
1907
2-10/513
S correspondence,
1907
2-10/513
B, D-E correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1905-1906
2-10/514
C, W-Z correspondence, other material,
1904-1905,
1907
2-10/514
B correspondence,
1907
2-10/515
D-E, Y-Z correspondence, blank forms,
1907
2-10/515
R, T-V correspondence,
1907
2-10/516
R-Z correspondence, histories of lines,
1907-1908
2-10/516
M correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1907-1909
2-10/516
R-Z correspondence, newspaper clippings, blue print of
Texas lines, daily reports of Conservation Agents, other material,
1898, 1907-1909, 1911,
1915-1916, 1928
2-10/517
C, E correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1907-1908
2-10/517
M-N correspondence, newspaper clippings, accounts, Oil
and Gas Division correspondence,
1907-1909,
1931
2-10/518
H correspondence, clippings, accounts,
1906-1908
2-10/518
H, O-P correspondence, blue print of Texas, other
material,
1908-1909
2-10/518
C-E correspondence, other material,
1907-1910
2-10/519
G-H, O-R correspondence, newspaper clippings, other
material,
1908-1909
2-10/519
Correspondence mostly concerning Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe Railway Company and H. L. Ziegler, other material,
1908-1912, 1917,
1926
2-10/520
#46-#63 numbered correspondence, S-W correspondence,
accounts, other material,
1908-1910,
1912-1913
2-10/520
Correspondence, records of railroads, blue print of
Texas, accounts, W-Y 3" by 5" cards concerning oil leases, other material,
1888-1928
2-10/521
H, M correspondence, accounts, blue prints of Texas,
maps of railroad lines, other material,
1906-1909
2-10/521
Railroad lines correspondence, accounts,
1910
2-10/522
Telegrams; E-H, S-T correspondence; #23-#41, #67-#72
numbered correspondence,
1894-1910
2-10/522
Q-W correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1910
2-10/523
D, L, T correspondence, newspaper clipping, blue prints
of Texas railroads,
1910-1912
2-10/523
#23-#62 numbered correspondence, E-R correspondence
1911
2-10/523
#2-#21, #85-#105 numbered correspondence; A-M, S-W
correspondence,
1910-1913
2-10/524
B, W correspondence, newspaper clipping,
1911
2-10/524
#61-#84 numbered correspondence, G-W correspondence,
other material,
1911-1912
2-10/524
#3-#55 numbered correspondence, B-T correspondence,
other material,
1907-1909,
1911-1913
2-10/525
D correspondence, print print of Texas railroads, other
material,
1907-1908
2-10/526
G-I correspondence,
1912
2-10/526
C-D, T-W correspondence, other material,
1908,
1910-1917
2-10/526
Earle B. Mayfield checks,
1913-1915
2-10/527
Earle B. Mayfield checks, other material,
1912-1915
2-10/527
S-W correspondence,
1914-1915
2-10/527
B-C correspondence, other material,
1909,
1911-1917
2-10/528
Circular #4751, Hearing #1573, other material,
1915-1916
2-10/528
B-C, F, R-T correspondence, Senate Bill 1054, 64th
Congress, 1st Session,
1914-1916
2-10/528
Railroads fiscal records, Governor's mansion and
grounds, other materials,
1909-1917
2-10/529
M correspondence,
1916
2-10/529
O-P correspondence, other material,
1915-1918,
1921
2-10/529
A, G correspondence, other material,
1919
2-10/530
S-T correspondence, reports especially Magnolia
Petroleum Company, Gas Utilities Division C-E correspondence, other material,
1917-1923, 1929-1930,
1935
2-10/530
A-C, N-Y correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1917 (possibly 1919),
1920-1924
2-10/581
#3-#40 numbered correspondence, fiscal records,
1911-1915
2-10/581
C-T correspondence, fiscal records, other material,
1902,
1914-1916
2-10/581
A-T correspondence, blue prints of equipment, other
material,
1901-1903, 1911, 1913,
1915-1917, 1922
2-10/582
Correspondence mainly Texas & Pacific Railway
Company, reports, rules and regulations, blue prints of equipment, photos of
tracks and switches, other material,
1890-1891, 1896,
1898-1904, 1907, 1913
2-10/582
Daily reports of Conservation Agents,
1929
2-10/583
Commission Hearing #1576,
1915
2-10/583
A-D, H, L-N, P, R-S, V-W correspondence, other material,
1912-1915,
1935
2-10/589
Correspondence concerning Aransas Pass Harbor Terminal
Railway, briefs concerning stockholders, blue print maps of Texas,
1895-1896,
1912-1918
2-10/590
Coy Burnet correspondence concerning land purchase,
1927-1929
2-10/590
Galveston Houston Electric Railway Company
correspondence, Galveston Causeway maintenance and operation,
1909, 1917,
1938
2-10/590
Gulf & Northern Railway Company correspondence,
1918-1920
2-10/590
Gulf, Texas & Western Railway Company
correspondence,
1909-1911, 1913-1914,
1930, 1938
2-10/590
Richard Florian - Harbor Island land purchase
correspondence,
1929-1930
2-10/590
Charles E. Greene - Harbor Island land purchase
correspondence,
1919-1920,
1928
2-10/591
Bryan & College Interurban Railway Company
correspondence,
1910-1911,
1915-1916
2-10/591
Bryan & Central Texas Interurban Railway Company
correspondence,
1914
2-10/591
Bartlett Florence Railway Company - Bartlett Western
Railway correspondence,
1909-1910,
1916
2-10/591
Chicago, Weatherford & Brazos Railroad Company
correspondence,
1896,
1900
2-10/591
Cisco & Northeastern Railway Company correspondence,
1921,
1924
2-10/591
Bois d'Arc & Southern Railway Company
correspondence,
1934-1935,
1939
2-10/592
Dallas Rapid Transit & Terminal Railway Company
correspondence,
1895-1896
2-10/592
City of Corpus Christi, Harbor Island, time extension
for improvements correspondence,
1913, 1916, 1918, 1920,
1924
2-10/592
C. H. Kearney and J. E. Jarrett Harbor Island land
purchase correspondence,
1911-1913,
1919
2-10/592
Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf Railroad Company
correspondence,
1918,
1920-1922
2-10/592
Fredericksburg & Northern Railway Company (formerly
San Antonio Fredericksburg & Northern Railway Company) correspondence,
1913-1914, 1917-1918,
1923-1925, 1928-1929, 1931, 1933-1934, 1940
2-10/593
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company - Lampasas
branch correspondence,
1903
2-10/593
Planters Terminal Railway Company correspondence,
1898
2-10/593
Peach River & Gulf Railway Company correspondence,
1904-1907
2-10/593
Palacios San Antonio & Pecos Valley Railway Company
correspondence,
1911-1912
2-10/593
Harbor Island surveys correspondence,
1911-1913
2-10/593
Jefferson & Northwestern Railroad Company
correspondence,
1933-1936
2-10/593
Humble Oil & Refining Company Harbor Island land
purchase,
1927
2-10/593
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company - Mexia
Nelleva Cut-Off correspondence,
1910-1911
2-10/594
Uvalde & Northern Railway Company correspondence,
1920-1922
2-10/594
Warren Central Railroad Company correspondence,
1931
2-10/594
Warren & Corsicana Pacific Railway Company
correspondence,
1901-1904
2-10/594
Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Company
correspondence,
1906-1908, 1924,
1940
2-10/595
Rapid Transit Railway Company (Dallas) correspondence,
1899
2-10/595
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway Company correspondence,
1911-1914
2-10/595
Rio Grande Railway Company (later Port Isabel & Rio
Grande Railway) correspondence,
1919, 1922-1926,
1928
2-10/595
Rio Grande & Northern Railway Company
correspondence,
1889,
1893-1894
2-10/595
Edward G. Ryan Harbor Island land purchase time
extension correspondence,
1912, 1914-1916, 1918,
1920, 1922, 1924
2-10/596
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railway Company
correspondence,
1911-1913
2-10/596
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Railway Company
correspondence,
1930
2-10/596
Rio Grande Railroad Company - Brownsville to Port Isabel
correspondence,
1872-1874, 1880, 1883,
1893-1895
2-10/596
Southwestern Railway Company - Henrietta to Archer City
built and abandoned, correspondence,
1909,
1911
2-10/596
Stephenville North & South Texas Railway Company
correspondence,
1907-1908,
1910-1913
2-10/596
Rio Grande Railway Company - Brownsville to Port Isabel,
correspondence,
1882-1884, 1910-1912,
1914
2-10/597
Briefs, Interstate Commerce Commission material, annual
reports, documents, pamphlets,
1885, 1887-1889,
1891-1895, 1899, 1905, 1907, 1942
2-10/597
#779, #1507-#1704 circulars,
1901-1902
2-10/598
Railroad Commission of Texas dockets, exhibits, El Paso
Drainage District record,
1912,
1924-1926
2-10/598
Railroad Passenger Tax receipts,
1892-1895,
1897-1901
[3 bound volumes]
4-3/403
Correspondence including some Oil and Gas Division
material, tariffs,
1898-1899, 1915-1919,
1936, 1941, 1955
4-3/403
Railroad Subsidy Tax (railroad bond tax) Sherman,
1875, 1879,
1880
[bound volumes]
alphabetical by property
owner
4-3/403
Free service reports concerning transportation, yearly
reports of telephone companies and exchanges, correspondence,
1917-1918
2-10/579
Port Arthur Canal & Dock Company; Senate Journal,
37th Legislature, Regular Session; other material,
1892-1894, 1897-1899,
1901-1903, 1905, 1908-1909, 1911, 1921
4-3/458
Correspondence,
1907
4-5/9
Correspondence of lobbying efforts to raise freight
rates, newspaper clippings, petitions,
1907-1916
4-5/12
Correspondence, circular, reports, newspaper clippings,
transcripts of hearings on protests against raising minimum weight loads of
commodities,
1914-1916,
1918
2-10/548
Correspondence, fiscal materials of railroad lines
including outside Texas, other material,
1915-1917,
1919-1924
2-10/532
A-B correspondence,
1916-1920
2-10/533
S-T correspondence,
1916-1921
2-10/533
F-H correspondence, other material,
1918-1921
2-10/573
B-W correspondence; B, P job application correspondence,
Oil and Gas Division material, other material,
1921-1922, 1925,
1929-1930, 1934-1935
4-3/422
Railroad petitions, applications, correspondence,
hearings,
1923, 1926-1928, 1930,
1934
4-3/392
Index to testimony, tariffs, correspondence, other
material,
1900, 1908,
1926
2-10/563
A-H, R-S correspondence, Oil and Gas Division and Gas
Utilities Division material,
1930
2-10/568
A-C correspondence, job applications, Oil and Gas
Division material,
1929-1931