urn:taro:utexas.cah.02246 A Guide to the Interstate Commerce Commission Minutes, 1925 Original EAD encoding by Lauren Algee according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. January 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Interstate Commerce Commission Minutes 1925 Materials are written in English. 5 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprising a transcript and an application, the Interstate Commerce Commission Minutes, 1925, concern the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Company’s requests to build a rail line from Edinburg to Harlingen, Texas, and to extend its line from Falfurrias to the Mexican border. Biographical Note

Established by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulated the rates and services of carriers transporting passengers or freight from state to state. Created to fight growing railroad monopolies, its jurisdiction was later extended to include trucking, pipelines, and more. By the 1970s, trucking had turned interstate transport into a model of efficiency, causing the Carter administration to eliminate most of the ICC’s power. In December 1995, the ICC was abolished and replaced by the Surface Transportation Board.

Source:

Gordon, John Steele. “R.I.P., ICC.” American Heritage Vol. 47, Issue 3 (1996): 22-23.

Scope and Contents

Comprising a transcript and an application, the Interstate Commerce Commission Minutes, 1925, concern the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Company’s requests to build a rail line from Edinburg to Harlingen, Texas, and to extend its line from Falfurrias to the Mexican border. The application details the company’s plan, and the transcript documents testimony at an ICC hearing for the request.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Company United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. -- Archives Subjects Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- Texas Railroads -- Texas Railroads -- Mexican-American Border Region Preferred Citation

Interstate Commerce Commission Meeting Minutes, 1925, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2J107 Official stenographer's minutes before the Interstate Commerce Commission finance docket number 4823 and 5005 2J107 Application of San Antonio and Aransas Pass RY County, October 5, 1925 - October 9, 1925