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Expense form 30, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 1, 1909

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Creator
Creator: Bancroft, W. H.
Creator: Tilton, E. G.
Creator: Clark, J. Ross (James Ross), 1850-1927
Creator: Allen Photographers, Inc.
Date
1909-07-01
Description
Form 30 of San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company. Expense request submitted on July 1, 1909 by W. H. Bancroft, signed by J. Ross Clark; approved by E. G. Tilton on July 12, 1909. All signatures are stamped. Request is approval of funds to construct 20 four-room and 20 five-room employee cottages. The cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. This initial request for construction of 40 dwellings would be followed by 24 more for a total of 64. E. G. Tilton was the chief engineer for the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. W. H. Bancroft was the first vice president of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. J. Ross Clark was the second vice president of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
Digital ID
snv002561
Physical Identifier
Box 1, File 1199
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http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1z892v93
Details
Subject
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Business enterprises
Finance
Real estate development
Railroad companies
Dwellings
Building
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
forms (documents)
Digital Project
Southern Nevada The Boomtown Years 1900-1925
Citation

snv002561. Union Pacific Railroad Collection. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1z892v93

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Date Digitized
2010-08-27
Language

English

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FORM 30 San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company ENGINEERING Department No. 9. Appropriation No. 846 Los Angeles, Cal. July 1st, 1909. Authority is asked for the expenditure of $60,606.00 for the following work, detailed estimate of which are attached. Charge to Las Vegas Land & Water Company Description: 20 Four-romm Employee's Cottages as per floor plan & design No. 1, Drawing No. 15573, submitted by Chief Engineer to and adopted by the Special Committee June 17, 19809, but to be built with outer walls of concrete blocks, lath and plaster partitions and "Ready Rock" roof @ $1,429.30_______________________________________$28,586.00 20 Five-room Employee's Cottages as per floor plan design No. 2, Drawing No. 15574, submitted by Chief Engineer to and adopted by the Special Committee June 17, 1909, but to be built with outer walls of concrete blocks, lath and plaster partitions and "Ready Rock" roof @ $1,601.00_______________________________________$32,020.00 Labor $_________________________ Material $_________________________ Total $60,606.00 The reason why the above expenditure is recommended. Approved:_________________________ _________________________ SUPERINTENDENT. Approved; Approved: E.G. Tilton, CHIEF ENGINEER JUL 12 1909 Approved: _________________________ 190_ W.H. Bancroft _________________________ GENERAL MANAGER (Signed) J. ROSS CLARK SPECIAL COMMITTEE