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Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, Records, 1834-1997. Accession 36460, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.
This collection came to the Library of Virginia as two accessions in 1999 and 2000. The bulk of the collection is a gift of
At an earlier date, photographs, broadsides, and a few miscellaneous items of the R.F.& P. Collection had been donated to the Science Museum of Virginia along with other R.F.& P. artifacts. In July 2000 the Science Museum transferred those predominantly visual records to the Library of Virginia (Accession 37441). Since all items of Accession 37441 are integral parts of the R.F.& P. company records, they have been interfiled with Accession 36460, and one Accession number, 36460, is used to identify and describe the entire collection.
The following is a brief outline of the R.F.& P.'s complex, 157 year history. The Company has been the subject of several publications, which should be consulted for more in-depths presentations:
The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (R.F.& P. R.R.) was incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 February 1834. It was at the time the sixth railroad to be chartered in Virginia. The company's purpose was to provide rail service from Richmond to the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. In 1835 the General Assembly authorized the subscription to two fifths of the Company stock. The State was proportionally represented with two Directors out of five on the Company's Board. Throughout a large part of the company's history the State of Virginia guarded its interest in the R.F.& P. by prohibiting other railroads to parallel the route of the R.F.& P. In 1836 the tracks from Richmond to South Anna were completed, in 1837 the extension to Fredericksburg. Service for the Post Office began in 1838, increasing the line's traffic. In 1842 construction of the line was finished up to Aquia Creek, eliminating the use of a stage coach. From Aquia Creek the Washington & Fredericksburg Steamboat Co. provided the transportation to Washington. The R.F.& P. R.R. bought half of the Steamer Co.'s stock in 1845. With the goal of an eventual all-rail connection between Richmond and Washington in mind, the Alexandria & Fredericksburg R.R. Co was incorporated in 1851. With the completion of its line to Quantico in 1872, a continuous rail connection from NC to Baltimore had been established. The Potomac R.R. Co. lines were completed the same year and provided connecting service between the R.F.& P. R.R. and the A.& F. R.R. Co. For a few years, the new all-rail line was used alternating with the route that included the Potomac Steamboat Co., the successor of the Washington & Fredericksburg Steamboat Co., until in 1877 the R.F.& P. terminated its steamboat contract and turned its shares back over to that Company.
During the Civil War, the R.F.& P. R.R. operated largely in the service of the Confederate Army. The damage inflicted to equipment, tracks, bridges and buildings was considerable.
In the mid 1880's the company prospered again. In 1887 the Richmond Byrd St. Station was opened to accommodate the increased traffic volume of the R.F.& P.R.R. Co. and the Richmond and Petersburg R.R. Co. (R.& P. R.R. Co.). In 1888 a timely freight service for fresh fruit and vegetables was inaugurated, a business that should grow fast and steadily well into the 20th century. The same year authorization for a branch line was granted to these two railroad companies, so the growing volume of freight could be directed away from the city.
The R.F.& P. R.R., traditionally a short line railroad, had always relied on agreements with other railroad lines providing service south of Richmond and north of Washington, and in 1900, after several smaller lines had been grouped together, those railroads were: Seaboard Air Line R.Y. (from Portsmouth and southeast), Atlantic Coast Line R.R. (south of Richmond) and the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. (from Quantico to Washington, controlled by the Pennsylvania R.R. Co.). In 1901, Seaboard Air Line R.Y., Atlantic Coast Line R.R., the Pennsylvania R.R., the Southern R.Y. Co., the Chesapeake and Ohio R.Y. Co., as well as the Baltimore and Ohio R.Y. Co. agreed to form the Richmond-Washington Co. That Company acquired the entire stock of the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. and the majority of R.F.& P.'s voting stock. The six partner would all be treated equally and have the same rights in the dealings with the R.F.& P. The R.F.& P. and Washington Southern R.Y. Co. came under common management at his point, and operated jointly as the "Richmond-Washington Line." For the next two decades the R.F.& P. kept expanding and modernizing at a rapid pace. The Richmond Terminal R.Y. Co. was chartered in 1916 with the purpose of constructing and operating a passenger terminal, and in 1919 Broad St. passenger station (architect: John Russell Pope) was completed. R.F.& P. and Atlantic Coast Line R.R. both owned equal amounts of the Richmond Terminal Co.'s shares.
Starting in December 1917, the R.F.& P. R.R. and the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. came under Federal Control for 26 months, and played an important role in the transportation of military personnel and equipment.
Three years later, in 1920, the Washington Southern R.Y. Co., which had been managed jointly with the R.F.& P. since 1901, was completely merged into the latter. A large freight terminal was added to the Acca Freight Yards in 1924, tracks were improved and cars and locomotives modernized. The growing competition of automobiles on shorter distances prompted the R.F.& P. in 1928 to halt its less and less efficient steam train service between Richmond and Ashland and to replace it with a passenger bus service. Thus the Suburban Motor Coach Co. was incorporated the same year, the R.F.& P. R.R. being the main shareholder. Soon passenger bus travel was introduced between Washington and various places south of Alexandria, and the R.F.& P. Transportation Co. was chartered in 1929. It was fully owned by the R.F.& P. R.R. and the Suburban Motor Coach Co. merged into the R.F.& P. Transportation Co. in March of the same year. In August 1929, the R.F.& P. Transportation Co. and the competing Richmond- Washington Motor Coaches (owned by the Greyhound Co.) merged to form the Richmond-Greyhound Lines, Inc. Service was soon expanded to reach from Washington to Norfolk. During the Depression years, the R.F.& P. struggled with reduced passenger and freight service revenues, challenges which the company tried to meet by reducing it's passenger fares as well as attempting to join the developing market for truck service business.
Starting in 1931 the R.F.& P. Transportation Co. experimented with truck freight service between Richmond and Washington, but discontinued the operation due to lack of profits in 1939.
Traffic of passengers and freight reached a high during WWII, and considerable investments were made to modernize engines and rail yards. After 1945 passenger travel decreased steadily, and Amtrak finally serviced that part of the operation in 1970. With the foundation of the Richmond Holding Company in 1957 the R.F.& P. had started to pursue another business avenue. Although the R.F.& P. had always been involved in Real Estate deals, and was the sole stockholder of the Richmond Land Corp. (inc. 1901), it had done so only for the purpose of securing and developing land for the expansion of its rail service. Now the Real Estate and Land Development Business should become an enterprise in its own right. Other important development of the 1960's and 1970's were the opening of Bryan Park Terminal (1962), the purchase and subsequent development of the Dahlgreen Railroad line and adjacent properties (1964), and the move to the new Main Office building at Acca Yard (1976). At this point, the Richmond Terminal R.Y. Co. was dissolved, and Broad Street Station - no longer in usage - was sold to the Commonwealth of Virginia. By the early 1980's ownership of the Richmond-Washington Co. and with it of the R.F.& P. had changed: now the Commonwealth of Virginia, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Southern Railway, and Chessie System Railroad all shared the capital stock. R.F.& P.'s most important rail freight connections at that time were Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and Conrail. Despite continued modernization and collaboration with other carriers, earnings of the real estate branch outgrew those of the freight sector by the mid 1980's. Those changed realities let to a major company restructuring in 1988 with the founding of the R.F.& P. Corporation, a publicly owned, Virginia-based holding company that controlled the R.F.& P. R.R. and R.F.& P. Properties, a real estate investment, leasing and development company. Already before the reorganization, the CSX Corporation (formed through a merger of Chessie System and Seabord Coastline Industries in 1980), which owned the majority of the Richmond-Washington Co., and thus controlled the R.F.& P. Co., had been interested merging the R.F.& P.R.R. Co. entirely into its own enterprise. At this time the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) still held a 20% interest in the R.F.& P. After one failed merger attempt in early 1990, CSX and the VRS, which owned about 27 % of R.F.& P. Corporation stock by now, came to the following agreement in August of 1991: the VRS, through its subsidiary Systems Holdings, acquired 99 percent of the R.F.& P. Corporation's shares. It then sold the R.F.& P. R.R. to CSX Transportation, which fully merged it into its own railway line. This transaction factually ended the 157 year history of the R.F.& P. R.R. The remaining part of the R.F.& P. Corporation, the Real Estate business came under the control of the VRS, and was subsequently sold to Commonwealth Atlantic Properties.
Incorporated 1851 as Alexandria & Fredericksburg
Road Co.; taken over by the Pennsylvania R.R. in 1870. Merged
with the Alexandria & Washington R.Y. Co. to form the
Washington Southern R.Y. Co. in 1890.
Inc. 1854. Like the Alexandria & Fredericksburg R.Y.
Co., it became a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania R.R. Co.
Merged with the Alexandria & Fredericksburg R.Y. Co. to
form the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. in 1890.
Inc. 1920 as a successor of Fruit Growers Express;
shares were owned by several railroads in need of refrigerated
cars transporting fruit and vegetables from the South to the
North. R.F.& P. initially owned 4.5% the shares; it sold
its 3 % remaining shares in 1982.
Inc. Feb. 15, 1901. In 1957 the entire stock was
purchased by the Richmond Holding Corporation (sole
stockholder was the R.F.& P. R.R), who took over the
assets and liquidated the company.
Inc. 1867; connected the R.F.& P. and the A & F
R.Y. Co. at Quantico since 1872. Acquired by Washington
Southern R.Y. Co. in 1904; transferred all rights and
properties upon dissolution 1917 to Washington Southern R.Y.
Co.
Inc. 1852; successor of Washington & Fredericksburg
Steamboat Co. (see below); R.F.& P. R.R., which had bought
half the shares of Potomac Steamboat Company's predecessor,
the Washington and Fredericksburg Steamboat Co., ended its
participation in the steamboat company in 1872, when its
all-rail line to Washington was completed.
Inc. 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Co., name changed to
the above in 1899. In the 1940's the Pullman Company was
jointly purchased by a group of Railroads, who used its cars.
In the 1960's the R.F.& P. is shown to have owned .57% of
its stock.
Chartered by the R.F.& P. R.R. in 1929; merged with
Suburban Motor Coach Co. in March 1929 and with
Richmond-Washington Motor Coaches (owned by The Greyhound
Corp.) later that year; the operating name was changed to
Richmond-Greyhound Lines, of which the R.F.& P. owned 49%
and the Greyhound Co. 51%. The bus line provided service from
Richmond to Washington. The R.F.& P. Transportation Co.
also offered truck freight service in the 1930?s but was
dissolved in 1939.
Founded in 1926 as Richmond-Washington Motor Coaches,
Inc.; bought by the Greyhound Corp. In 1929, 49 % of the
shares were sold to R.F.& P. R.R. and the bus operations
of R.F.& P. Transportation Co. and Richmond-Washington
Motor Coaches were merged and the name was changed to the
above.
Founded Feb. 1957 as a subsidiary of the R.F.& P.
R.R., who was the sole Stockholder; took over the Lewis Ginter
Land and Improvement Co. (see above) the same year. In 1975 it
merged into Richmond Land Corp. along with the South
Washington Land Corp.
Founded in 1915; sole stockholder of this real estate
and development company was R.F.& P. 1975 both Richmond
Holding Corp. and South Washington Land Corp. were merged into
the Richmond Land Corp.
Chartered in 1916 to build the new Broad Street
Passenger Station in Richmond. The company was jointly owned
by Atlantic Coast Line R.R. and the R.F.& P R.R. It was
liquidated in 1976 after R.F.& P. Transportation Dept. had
moved to Acca Yard, the Main Office had been relocated, and
the passenger travel was serviced by Amtrak at a different
station. Upon liquidation, the terminal company sold the Broad
Street Station Building to the State of Virginia.
Chartered 1 Mar. 1929 as Union Terminal Corporation;
sole stockholders were Richmond Greyhound Lines and Atlantic
Greyhound Lines. Changed its name to the above in 1941.
Inc. 1901 through an agreement of Seaboard Air Line
R.Y., Atlantic Coast Line R.R., the Southern R.Y. Co., the
Pennsylvania R.R., the Chesapeake and Ohio R.Y. Co., as well
as the Baltimore and Ohio R.Y. Co. The company acquired the
entire stock of the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. and the
majority of R.F.& P.'s voting stock. The six partner would
all be treated equally and have the same rights in the
dealings with the R.F.& P. The R.F.& P. R.R. and
Washington Southern R.Y. Co. came under common management at
his point, and operated jointly as the "Richmond- Washington
Line." In the 1980's CSX Corp. owned the majority of the
company's stock.
Inc. as Seaboard Railway Co. 1944, its name was changed
to the above in 1945. It was supposed to carry out the plan of
reorganization of Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.; merged 1967
with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to form Seaboard Coast Line
Railroad.
Inc. 1957 as a real estate company, with more then 80%
of the shares in the hands of the R.F.& P. R.R. Was merged
into the Richmond Land Corporation in 1975 along with the
Richmond Holding Corporation.
Inc. 5 July 1928, wholly owned by the R.F.& P.;
merged into R.F.& P. Transportation Co. on 4 Jan.
1929.
Jointly owned by a large group of railroads, who all
shared usage of the trailer cars. The R.F.& P. R.R. became
a member in 1959.
Inc. 1882, with the goal to build a railroad line from
Richmond, Virginia to the Virginia-North Carolina State Line
in Mecklenburg County.
Inc. 1840 in Maryland. Starting 1842, it provided
service from Washington to Aquia Creek and later Quantico, and
at times, Baltimore; in 1845, the R.F.& P. bought half
interest the interest, and assumed control of its operations.
Predecessor of Potomac Steamboat Co. (see above).
Inc. 1890 through consolidation of A.& F. R.Y. and
A.& W. R.Y. and controlled at this time by the
Pennsylvania R.R.; in 1901 the Richmond- Washington Co. bought
the entire stock of the Washington Southern, and it came under
common management with R.F.& P. R.R., it was fully
absorbed into the R.F.& P. R.R. in 1920.
The records of the R.F.& P. R.R., 1834-1997, are organized into 31 series. Series I-X relate to record groups of the R.F.& P. R.R. itself, series XI-XXXI describe the records of R.F.& P. subsidiaries, both fully or partially owned, and of companies, of which the R.F.& P. owned a smaller interest at some point during its 157 year history, or with which it was otherwise affiliated. These include: Alexandria & Fredericksburg R.Y. Co., Alexandria & Washington R.Y. Co., Fruit Growers Express Co., Lewis Ginter Land and Improvement Co., Potomac R.R. Co., Potomac Steamboat Co., The Pullman Co., R.F.& P. Transportation Co., Richmond-Greyhound Lines, Richmond Holding Corporation, Richmond Land Corporation, Richmond Terminal R.Y. Co., Seaboard Air Line R.R. Co., South Washington Land Corporation, Suburban Motor Coach Co., Trailer Train Co., Union Terminal Corporation, Washington and Fredericksburg Steamboat Co., Virginia and Carolina R.R. Co., and the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. Also included are some records for the Richmond-Washington Co., which at times held the majority of R.F.& P. voting stock. In some cases information for subsidiary companies can be found as integral part of the R.F.& P. files.
The main record types found in this collection are minute books and minute files (the complete run of R.F.& P. Minute books, from 1834-1981 is especially noteworthy); legal files, like charters, bylaws, agreements, cases, contracts and deeds, and real estate files; as well as a substantial amount of financial files, like annual reports, audits, balances, check registers, daybooks, journals, ledgers, property records, security records, and tax records. To a lesser extent records of operating, transportation, and technical departments, some newsletters and corporate histories, as well as photographs are included. There are only a few singular correspondence files and letter books.
The collection includes records for 21 additional companies. Some are wholly owned subsidiaries, others were merged into R.F. & P. R.R., or are predecessor companies of those who merged with the R.F.& P. Yet another group of companies was affiliated with the R.F.& P. through a partial ownership of interest. The amount of records for those associated companied varies greatly. For some there is only a minute book or a few annual reports or security records. For others, the holdings are more extensive and a variety of record groups is present. The companies that have a larger share of records in this collection are the Richmond Land Corp., the Richmond Terminal R.Y. Co., and the Washington Southern R.Y. Co.
Several items of the collection were in need of restoration, which was performed by Etherington Conservation Center, either in the in-house lab, or in the North Carolina main office. The conservation work necessary consisted mainly of repairs of broken, torn and glued pages, damaged bindings, the cleaning of moldy volumes, and the preparation custom boxes to house fragile volumes, and those without binding.
The arrangement of series attempts to reflect the company's internal structure by following the organization of main divisions in its outline and by keeping the original order of documents wherever it was still present, or where it could be reconstructed due to internal filing numbers, file labeling, etc. Headings for files or filing units were also kept as found, whenever present. The arrangement within each series and subseries will be specified in the Series Description below. Miscellaneous files are placed at the end of each respective series or subseries. The predominant description level is at the folder and volume level. Exceptions are the photographs and broadsides, which are described at the item level. While the more then 300 photographs make up their own record group, the broadsides are inventoried under the Transportation and Public Relations, Advertising, and Marketing Departments.
The collection is housed in 347 boxes (including one oversize), and two map cabinet drawers. 177 volumes are shelved. Whenever size permitted, volumes were housed in boxes for better protection (353 volumes). Volumes that are placed directly on the shelves are interfiled with the boxes, following the order of the container listing (see below).
Oversize items are filed in one oversize box (No 344) as well as in two map cabinet drawers. There are a total of 39 oversize folders, containing various numbers of oversize items. Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place removal notices list the item(s) separated and the oversize folder number to which they have been moved. For location and content list of oversize folders see Appendix A.
I. General Administration, Management, 1834-1981
II. Legal Department, 1834-1986
III. Finance Department, 1834-1995
IV. Transportation Department, 1858-1929
V. Maintenance of Way Dept. (Engineering, Technology,
Research), n.d., 1889
VI. Public Relations Department, Advertising, Marketing,
n.d., 1945, 1984, 1997
VII. Membership in Societies and Associations, etc., 1923
VIII. Publications Department 1934-1991
IX. Photographs, n.d., ca. 1920-1990
X. Library, ca. 168?, 1875-1979
XI. Alexandria & Fredericksburg Railway Co., n.d.
1863-1889, 1901
XII. Alexandria & Washington Railway Co., 1887-1890
XIII. Fruit Growers Express Co., 1920-1966
XIV. Lewis Ginter Land and Improvement Co., 1901, 1939-1957
XV. Potomac Railroad Co., 1869-1917
XVI. Potomac Steamboat Co., 1845-1889
XVII. The Pullman Co., 1960-1966
XVIII. R.F.& P. Transportation Co., 1929-1939
XIX. Richmond-Greyhound Lines, Inc., n.d., 1932-1971
XX. Richmond Holding Corporation
XXI. Richmond Land Corporation, 1915-1987
XXII. Richmond Terminal Railway Co., 1916-1976
XXIII. Richmond Union Terminal Corporation / Union Terminal
Corporation, 1929-1960
XXIV. Richmond-Washington Co., 1901-1971
XXV. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co., 1947
XXVI. South Washington Land Corporation, 1957-1975
XXVII. Suburban Motor Coach Corporation, 1928-1929
XXVIII. Trailer Train Co., 1959-1966
XXIX. Virginia and Carolina Railroad Co., 1882-1886
XXX. Washington and Fredericksburg Steamboat Co., 1840-1871
XXXI. Washington Southern Railway Co., 1871-1925
Appendix A: Oversize Folders, Contents and Location
Appendix B: Misc. Reels 2161-2177, List of Contents
Vol. 1-192 of the State Government Publication,
Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad ledgers, 1834-1912 (LVA accession 53925).
Series 1 consists of 3 subseries: A. Correspondence; B. Minutes; and C. Miscellaneous records. Correspondence includes one 1863 letter from President P.V. Daniel to the C.S.A Secretary of War, James A. Seddon. Minutes contain Board of Directors Minute Books, which run continuously from 1834-1981; one Pension Board Minute Book, documenting the start of a new employee benefit program, which offered pension coverage and insurance for illness, accidents and death. The Board of Directors Minute Files cover the years 1881, 1900-1906 and 1944-1974. The files 1900-1906 contain some Washington Southern R.Y. Co, minutes as well. There are minutes, notes, letters, resolutions, income statements and other financial data. Some request for monetary help of relatives of railroad employees who died in occupational accidents are included in those early files as well. Files for 1944-1974 include minutes, correspondence, annual report drafts, charts, maps, financial date, etc. Stockholders Annual Meeting Minute files, 1864, 1897-1973 (bulk 1897-1905, 1944-1973) include some Washington Southern R.Y. Co. files as well. They consist of minutes, annual report information, and statements. In some cases there are only lists of stockholders and powers of attorney. Printed meeting reports are included in the Annual Reports in the Finance Department Series III.B.2. Miscellaneous Records, 1901-1905 contain the volume
Subseries are arranged in alphabetical order and within the subseries chronologically.
Do not serve originals. Use microfilm copies, MR 2161-2165.
Includes inserts, 1936-1941, filed with the volume.
Files for 1900-1906 contain some Wash. South. R.Y. Co. Minutes. There are minutes, notes, letters, as well as several cases of accidental death and compensation requests by relatives of the victims; resolutions; income statements and other financial data. Files for 1944-1974 include minutes, correspondence, drafts, charts, maps, some Annual Report drafts, financial data, etc.
Includes Washington Southern R.Y. meeting 12 Jan 1903
Includes Washington Southern R.Y. meeting
Includes Washington Southern R.Y.
Includes Washington Southern R.Y.
Includes Washington Southern R.Y.
Includes Executive Committee Meeting
Minute files include some Wash. South. R.Y. Co. files. In addition to minutes, they contain annual report information, and financial statements. In some cases there are only lists of stockholders and powers of attorney. Printed meeting reports are included in the Annual Reports in the Finance Series III.B.2.
Includes powers of attorney for adjourned meetings of 14 March 1900 and 18 April 1900
Includes obituary of E.T.D. Myers, and statistics.
Includes General History of the R.F. & P. and its relation to the Commonwealth of Virginia, compiled upon request of the company's State Proxies; Charter and other acts relating to the R.F. & P., comp. 1881; Financial Statement, 1911; Remarks of W.H. White, President, before the Joint Committee on roads of the Senate and House of Delegates, 1908; Statement of the Interest of the Commonwealth in the R.F. & P.R.R. Co., 1908
This series is made up of five subseries: Charters and Bylaws; Cases, Claims, and Dockets; Contracts; Real Estate Files; and Miscellaneous Files. In addition to a copy of the 1834 Charter, this collection contains several amended versions (1924, 1949), as well as various Bylaws (1947-1983). The case files, 1981-1992, concern cases in state and federal courts, and contain briefs, appendices, petitions, pleadings, trial transcripts, motions, and statements of facts. They are organized by court and within chronologically. The entries in the two Claim Books, 1888-1889 concern compensation requests by customers, predominantly for loss or damage of freight, entered on a daily basis. The dockets, 1920-1938, issued by and addressed to the Interstate Commerce Commission deal predominantly with property valuation issues. Included is one correspondence file, 1968. Contracts, 1867-1969, include contract files, 1871-1969 (agreements, merger agreements, contracts, deeds, mortgages, statements, certified extracts of minutes, trusts; in many cases amendments, additions, and revisions - organized according to internal numbering system) and mixed volumes, 1867-1950 that are composed of a mixed set of legal documents, as well as Credit Bond Files, n.d., 1916-1942. This subseries gives a good impression of the business relationships, clients, and partners of the R.F.& P. The following subseries, the Real Estate Files, n.d., 1929-1986, includes copies and drafts of agreements, deeds, correspondence, plats and plans,
Organized by court, then chronologically; they include some or all of the following: briefs, appendices, petitions, pleadings, trial transcripts, motions, and statement of facts
Labeled "Do Not Destroy." Refers to the R.F. & P. R.R. and the R.F. & P. and the R. & P. R.R. Connection Co.; also included are correspondence and accounting reports. Arranged according to their original filing order.
Includes excerpts and revised pages
Valuation Docket No. 372, Tentative Valuation Report on the Properties of the R.F. & P. R.R. Co., as of June 30, 1916
Valuation Docket No. 372, Tentative Final Valuation Report as of June 30, 1916 and Order of the Commission Entered July 8, 1924
Valuation Docket No. 372, Protest Against Said Tentative Valuation, Made and Filed by the R.F. & P. R.R., filed 2 Sept. 1924
Valuation Docket No. 372, Valuation Docket No. 393: In the Matter of the Tentative Valuation..., Brief for Carrier in Support of Protest, E. Randolph Williams, General Counsel
Valuation Docket No. 372, Valuation Docket 393: In the Matter of the Tentative Valuation...., Abstract of Evidence, E. Randolph Williams, General Counsel
Valuation Docket No. 372, Valuation Docket 393: In the Matter of the Tentative Valuation..., Reply Brief for Carrier, E. Randolph Williams, General Counsel
Finance Docket 3898 In the Matter of the Excess Income of the R.F. & P. R.R. Co., Brief for Carrier, E. Randolph Williams General Counsel
Finance Docket 3898, In the Matter of the Excess Income of the R.F. & P. R.R. Co. Supplemental Brief for Carrier, E. Randolph Williams, Edwin F. Wendt, Consulting Engineer
These two dockets were not included in the docket file; they are listed in chronological order
Submitted 21 Dec 1925, decided 31 Jan 1930; copy of P.A. Rice, labeled "Final Value R.F. & P. R.R. Co. and Washington Southern R.Y."
Includes contract files (agreements, contracts, deeds, mortgages, statements, certified extracts of minutes, trusts; in many cases amendments, additions, and revisions) and volumes that are composed of a mixed set of legal documents, as well as credit bond files
The following groups of contract files is arranged according to their original internal filing structure. Some files contain several different contract versions, updates, and/or multiple copies. RT refers to contract of the Rchmond Terminal R.Y. Co. Items without filing number have been placed at the end of this section in chronological order.
Arranged chronologically
Includes two loose-leaf typescript copies of the 1871 Mortgage
Includes copy of 1881 Charter; Classified Statement of Stocks, Dividend Obligations, Dividend Scrip, and Bonds and Certificates of Debt, outstanding 1889; Consolidated Gold Mortgage, 1890; General Gold Mortgage, 1903; Richmond-Washington Co. Collateral Trust Mortgage; Agreement, 1903; 3 copies; one copy includes table of content and single pages of Acts of Assembly, Mar 1912
Includes agreements with the following: Wash. South R.Y. Co., Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., Southern R.Y. Co., Atlantic Coast Line R.R., Pennsylvania R.R. Co., and Seaboard Air Line Railway
Under Agreement dated 6 Jan 1919, Robert B. Tunstall, Sole Arbitrator, 1937. Includes determination, opinion, stipulation and exhibits, reporter's transcript, and memoranda
Includes Application to Interstate Commerce Commission, approvals, certificates, receipt, resolutions, opinion, and copies of financial records
Potomac Yard Agreement, 31 Dec 1927; Six Party Agreement Incorporating Richmond-Washington Co., 31 Jun 1901; James River Branch, Agreement, 6 Jan 1919; Wash. South. R.Y. Co. Trackage Agreement, 17 Sept 1901; Washington Terminal Agreement, 27 Jul 1904; Phil Balt. & Wash. R.R. Co. and Wash. South. R.Y. Co., Agreement re: Handling Freight Traffic in D.C., 3 Oct 1917; one loose-leaf typescript copy of the Wash. South. R.Y. Co. Trackage Agreement, 17 Sep 1901
Compilation of 32 documents; includes Application to the Interstate Commerce Commission, letters, a report and order, Equipment Trust Agreement and Lease, certificates, agreements, opinions, receipts, notices, opinions, a guarantee, bill of sale, indemnification, and designation
Compilation of 54 documents; includes Application to Interstate Commerce Commission, letters, report and order, balance sheets, maps, financial statements, minutes, purchase agreements, certificates, waivers, acknowledgements, reciepts, notices, opinion, extracts from bylaws, deeds of discharge and release, and memorandum
Includes application to Interstate Commerce Commission, correspondence, report and order, final settlement, certificate of delivery and acceptance, conditional sales agreement, agreement and assignment, opinion, certificate of notification, report
Includes Application to Interstate Commerce Commission, opinion, bylaws, resolutions, notes, estimated expenses, notices of sale, correspondence, amended application, report and order, and statements
Consists of notice and invitation for bids, awarding of contract, Application to Interstate Commerce Commission, opinion, financial statements, letters, orders, certificates, closing papers, memoranda, receipts, agreements, bill of sale
Includes resolution, purchase agreement, invitation to bid, bid and acceptance, resolutions, certificates, conditional sale agreement, agreement and assigment, opinions, form letter of notification, form of acknowledgement, form of bill of sale, statement of final unit price
Includes resolution of directors, notice to stockholders, letters, Application to the Interstate Commerce Commission, opinion, certificates, finacial date, report and order, specimen of new stock certificates, mortgages
Also included are Surety Bonds; Arranged in original, alphabetical filing order
Includes: A.A. Harvey, Bond, 14 Oct 1926; American Express, Traveler's Checks, 3 Sep 1926; American Locomotive Co.; Bond, 29 Jul 1918; and letter, 23 Sep 1921
Includes: Anderson Automobile Co., Bond, 9 Nov 1927; Bad Axe Grain Co., Indemnity Bond, 8 May 1936; Banker Trust Company, Traveler's Checks, 8 Dec 1926; Bone Dry Fertilizer Co., Bond, 8 May 1936
Includes: Burton & Briel, Bond (not included, correspondence only), ca. 1929 and 1930; C.F. Sauer Co., Bond, 13 May 1925; Canadian Pacific Express Company, Traveler's Checks, 1 Sep 1926; Chase City Mfg. Co., Bond, 24 Apr 1925, 2 Oct 1925
Includes: Chero-Cola Co., Indemnity Bond, 25 Aug 1925; Bond, 6 Oct 1926; Clyde Eby & Sons, Bond, 17 Sep 1936; Craig-Huff & Co., Bonds, 24 Mar 1926; Crawford Manufacturing Co., Bond, 7 Sep 1934
Includes: D.W. Windelman Co., 96 hour credit, 6 Mar 1942; Dunlop Mills, Surety Bond, 10 Aug 1918; Bond, 15 May 1936; E.M. Todd Co., Bond, 19 Jun 1925
Includes: First National Bank of Boston, Traveler's Checks, 2 Aug 1926; Ford Motor Co., Bond, 8 Mar 1924; Bond, 9 Dec 1924; Bond, 12 Jul 1925; Correspondence, 1933
Includes: G.R. Coleman, Indemnifying Bond dated 27 Oct 1924 not included; correspondence only; George P. Lyon Excelsior Co., Bond, 17 Jul 1924; Georgia Wholesale, Bond, Jul 1929; Green Wish Co., Bond, 13 Aug 1924
Includes: H.D. Lipford Grovery Co., Bond, 2 Nov 1926; International Harvester Co., Letter, 11 Apr 1929; J.R. Sherwood, Credit Application, 25 Jun 1921; James G. Gill Co., Bond, 22 Mar 1927
Includes: John F. Kincaid, Bond, 2 Jul 1934; Jones Motor Car Co., Bond, 3 Jun 1927; Jones Motor Car Co., Bond cancellation, 6 May 1929; Koiner Flour Mills, Correspondence, 1925; Larus & Brother Co., Bond, ca. 1926 Milwaukee Drug & Distributing Co., 26 Jun 1935
Includes: Mutual Ice Co., Bond, 7 May 1921, 5 May 1926
Includes: National Pepsi-Cola Corp., Bond, 13 Aug 1929, 3 Nov 1930, n.d.; Northern Neck Motor Co., Bond, 16 Mar 1929; Oakland Motor Car Co., Bond 3 Jun 1929
Includes: Patrick-Young Co., Bond, 21 Feb 1921; Patrick-Young Co., and/or E.M. Todd Co., Bond, 7 Jan 1932
Includes: Peatross Manufacturing Co., Bonds, 6 Jan 1931; Polk-Miller Products Corp., Bond, 2 Nov 1928; Producers Co-operative Exchange, Bond, 10 Jul 1930
Includes: Republic National Bank of Dallas, Texas, Travelers' Checks, Dec 1939; Richard Fulton Thompson, Bond, 23 Jun 1927; Richmond Dry Goods Co., Bond, 29 Aug 1940; Richmond Union Stock Yards, Bond, 18 May 1929; 15 may 1930
Includes: Sam E. Finley, 96 hour credit, 9 Sep 1936; Sanitary Grocery Co., Lost bill of lading, 5 Oct 192?; Spotless Co., Bond 1 Aug 1918; Strauss Co., Letter, 10 Jun 1931
Includes: T.B. Pearman & Co., Bond, n.d.; Taylor & Sledd, Bonds, 10 Jun 1927; Tobacco By-Products & Chemical Corp., Bond cancellation Aug 1939
Includes: Virginia Baking Co., Bonds, 9 Nov 1925; Virginia Sales & Services Corp. Letter, 11 Mar 1931; Virginia Shipbuilding Co. and Washington Southern Ry. Co., 24 Feb 1919
Includes: W.C. Quarles Co., Bond, n.d.; Warner Moore & Co. Bond, 28 Dec 1918; cancelled Bond 29 May 1932; Washington Brick Co., 96 hour Credit, 29 Jul 1939
Includes: West Brothers Brick Co., 96 hour credit, 15 Jun 1939; Weyerhauser Timber Co., 96 hour credit, 23 Jan 1941; White Construction Co., Letter re: Bonds, 30 Apr 1926; White Construction Co., Bond, 3 May 1926; Wortendyke Mfg. Co., Bond, 27 Oct 1924; Wyatt-Prock Lumber Co., Bond, 1 Dec 1924
Files also include real estate records for subsidiaries Richmond Holding Corp. and Richmond Land Corp.; includes copies and drafts of agreements, deeds, correspondence, plats and plans, releases, etc.; organized according to internal numbering system; for financial aspects of real estate owned, see under Finance Series III.B.10 Property
hand drawn and colored plans of property, with excerpts from Deeds; Deeds abstracted date ca. 1865-1907; kept in original leather case
Includes: Johnston & Williams, 22 Feb 1869; Conway Robinson, 12 Aug 1869; Andrew Johnston, 26 Nov 1870; Johnston & Williams, 7 Feb 1871
Includes: Conway Robinson, 13 Jul 1872 and 28 Mar 1874; P.V. Daniel, Jr., 2 Feb 1876 and 21 Dec 1876
Includes: P.V. Daniel, Jr., 24 Apr 1879
Includes: P.V. Daniel, Jr., 25 Mar 1880, 21 May 1880, 27 May 1880, "supplemental"
Includes: George W. Biddle, 29 Mar 1881; Conway Robinson, 6 Dec 1881; A.M. Callum, 10 Jun 1886
Includes: George W. Biddle, 17 Dec 1888; Hill Carter, 1 Jun 1899; R.T. Daniel, Esq., n.d.
Includes: Interstate Commerce Commission: Classification of Operating Expenses (...), Income, Profit and Loss (...), prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission; as well as Regulations to Govern the Destruction of Records of Steam Roads
Includes: Catherine A. Smith, 22 May 1935; Bernard H. Graninger, 13 Dec 1941; John S. Graninger, Dec 1941; Eleanor Patterson, 17 Sep 1942
Financial Files are organized into 4 subseries: Treasurer's Files; Accounting and Bookkeeping; Securities; and Taxes. The financial records make up the bulk of this collection. Treasurer's files include information on R.F. & P. securities owned, the company's 1941 re-funding, as well as financial aspects of the company's transition to CSX, and financial statements prepared for the Board.
The Accounting and Bookkeeping section is divided into 11 categories: Accounts, n.d., ca. 1834-1978 contains information on expenses for various projects; Annual Reports, 1836-1995, consists of reports to the stockholders, with the exception of one report from 1839 addressed to the Board of Public Works (which held two fifth of the stock at that time) and one report for Richmond and Petersburg R.R. Co. for the year 1861 - there are volumes for individual years, multiple years, volumes that are bound with proceedings, statement, mortgages, etc., as well as reports for R.F. & P. and the Washington Southern R.Y. combined, for the years the two companies were managed together, 1901-1920; Auditor's reports are included for the years 1908-1965; Balances, 1834-1916, include Balance Sheets and Financial Analysis, as well as General Balance Sheets and Financial Analysis and one Trial Balance volume. Check Registers, 1907-1941; Day Books, 1860-1905; Income and Expenses, 1926-1972; Journals, 1834-1960; Ledgers, 1905-1960; and Vouchers, document the ongoing financial dealings and activities of the R.F. & P. Journals record costs of road repair depot and train expenses, bills payable, petty accounts, and interest on bonds, certificates of debt, and dividends paid; ledgers record assets, investments, debits, liabilities, surplus, credits, profit & loss, income, etc. The section on Properties, ca. 1973-1992, throws light on the type of properties owned and the many financial aspects involved including valuation, betterment and depreciation, by recording and analyzing specific types of financial and technical data. An exception is the Inventory of Property, 1873, which includes plans and drawings, in addition to listings of various other properties.
The subseries Securities, 1834-1957, contains a large number of certificates, registers, and transfer books, for Bonds, 1866-1939; Certificates of Debt, 1844-1901; Dividends, 1861-1957; and Stocks, 1834-1975. They provide a good insight into financial status and ownership of the company at different points in its history.
Tax records cover the period 1914-1992. Until an agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1912, the R.F. & P. had a tax exempt status. Federal Tax Returns include for the most part copies of returns, instructions, schedules, income statements, worksheets, receipts, correspondence, balance sheets, etc. For some years, records of wholly-owned subsidiaries, like Richmond Land Corp. and Washington Southern R.Y. Co. are included as well. State Tax Returns and Rolling Stock Information include copies of returns, schedules, and in some cases statement of property value and taxes extended made by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. Included are also two filing units, 1980-1992, that deal with Real Estate and Property tax questions, and miscellaneous tax subject files, 1914-1973.
Includes information on R.F. & P. securities owned, the 1941 re-funding, as well as financial aspects of the company's transition to CSX, and financial statements prepared for the Board.
Arranged chronologically; the files within each section are kept in original order.
Internal filing number 355; kept in original filing order.
Internal numbering system indicated by [ ].
Includes: financial statements, balance sheet, worksheet, income statement, sources for income statement.
Includes: operation expenses and income, statements, and balance sheets.
Organized into the following categories: 1. Accounts; 2. Annual Reports; 3. Audits; 4. Balances; 5. Check Registers; 6. Daybooks; 7. Income and Expenses; 8. Journals; 9. Ledgers; 10. Property; 11. Vouchers
The years 1838-1908 are comprised of annual reports and proceedings of stockholder meetings; after 1908 reports only; includes annual report for the Richmond and Petersburg R.R. Co. for the year 1861. With the exception of one report from 1839 to the Board of Public works all others are Annual Reports to Stockholders, 1836-1995.
Report of the President and Directors of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company to the Board of Public Works, Nov 1839.
Includes a copy of Charter and other acts, 1881, and Bylaws, 1871; copy of the 1834 Charter, which was glued onto the back cover, was removed by conservation lab and is filed under Series II, Legal Dept., Charters and Bylaws.
Includes: Proceedings of the Senate Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation as to Senate Bill Vo. 81 to Incorportate the Richmond & Washington Railroad Company..., Richmond, 1877; Internal Views of Conway Robinson..., 1878; Annual Reports 1879-1882.
Inclusive, with Connection Report for & Copies of New Mortgages Classified; Statements, Stocks, Bonds and Charters.
Inclusive, with Bylaws Adopted Nov 21 1910.
inclusive, with Bylaws Adopted Apr 20 1916 and Compromise Tax Contract of Mar 3 1913
inclusive, Agreement of Merger
Arranged alphabetically
Includes: 1. Property - General Information 2.. Property - Betterment 3. Property - Depreciation 4. Property - Expenditures 5. Property - Valuation 6. See also Series II, Legal Dept., Real Estate and Series III, Tax files
Includes: blueprint, plans, drawings; some loose and glued-in pages
Includes: data for Richmond Terminal R.Y. Co.
Register of Authories for Expenditures; lists purchases and retirements; includes data for Richmond Terminal R.Y. Co.
Arranged alphabetically; see also Legal Department Series II.B.3. Docket
Report on value of land owned as of 30 Jun 1916 by the R.F. & P. R.R. and the R.F. & P. R.R. Connection Co., prepared 1922; and of land owned as of 30 Jun 1916, the Washington Southern Railway and The Potomac Railroad Co., prepared 1922
Land reports for the years 1916-1927, prepared 1922-1931; includes reports for Richmond Terminal R.Y. and Washington Southern R.Y. Co.
Final engineering report as of 30 Jun 1916 (compiled 1923, revised 1930); includes data for the Washington Southern R.Y. Co.
Includes: 2 leases of Richmond Land Corp.
Includes: Richmond Land and Richmond, Terminal R.Y. Co.
Includes: 1. Bonds 2. Certificates of Debt 3. Dividends 4. Stocks 5. Mixed Volumes 6. Securities, Cancelled 7. Securities-Miscellaneous Files
sub groups are arranged alphabetically by record type and chronologically within
Includes: powers of attorney and correspondence (see Box-folder 116:1)
Includes: renewal for lost Certificates No. 928-951
Includes: papers relating to the redemption of shares 1941
Includes: papers relating to the redemption of shares, Apr 1947
Stockholders are listed alphabetically with place of residence
Includes: 1. Federal Tax Reports and Returns 2. State Tax Reports and Returns 3. Property/Real Estate Tax 4. Misc. Tax Subject Files
If not mentioned otherwise, arranged by tax year
Income Tax Returns include for the most part copies of returns, instructions, schedules, income statements, worksheets, receipts, correspondence, balance sheets, etc.
Arrangement follows original order: folders were kept generally by year; in cases parts of the annual return file had separate folder titles; those were kept as well.
Includes petition to U.S.B.T.A.(1929)
Includes petitions to U.S.B.T.A.
Includes draft of petition to U.S.B.T.A.
Includes petition to U.S.B.T.A.
State Tax returns and Rolling Stock Information include 1 or 2 copies of returns, schedules, and in some cases statement of property value and taxes extended made by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.
Divided into two sections according to internally existing filing units
Internal filing numbers in [ ]; an index precedes the files, but not all files listed in the index can be found in this collection.
Files cover federal, municipal, as well as state taxes
Arranged alphabetically
[73-14] Includes tax forms, correspondence, tax bulletins and reports, and research insititute publications
[73-14A; section 722] Includes tax forms, correspondence, tax reports, and income statistics
Includes correspondence, bills, calculations, and schedules
includes correspondence, stipulation, and supporting financial data, 1917-1926
The records of the General Superintendent's office, E.T.D. Myers at the time, who would be the R.F.& P. President from 1889 to 1905, consist of one letter book, recording outgoing correspondence from 4 May 1882-20 Nov. 1882.
There are a few more miscellaneous items in this series: three broadsides, one depicting directions for the operation of the heating systems of the private car
Arranged chronologically.
Reads:
Includes: religious groups, educational and non-profit organizations, listing individual members of each group; possibly to record free or discounted travel. Some names have notation "trip," most others "none;" as well as dates.
This series is divided into three subseries: A. Engineering; B. Research; and C. New Technologies. Of note are one volume of drawings and specifications of sections for bridge construction, 1903-1907, and two record books, 1889-1890, for the construction of the James River Branch. Those volumes also include data for the James River Bridge. The collection also comprises plans and drawings for about 500 architectural and engineering projects, which will have been separated from the main body of the collection and which will be described separately by the Library of Virginia's architectural records archivist. See also Series IX: Photographs.
Drawings, mostly sections, in ink, and brief specifications.
Includes James River Bridge data.
Includes subseries A. Corporate History; and B. Newsletters
One of the histories was compiled by an R.F.& P. traffic manager, John B. Mordecai,
Arranged chronologically.
Originals are in Boxes 265-267, and oversize in Box 344, folder 38.
Patrons are to use copies in photograph binder instead of original photographs.
There are 58 Broad Street Station photographs, dating from about 1919 to the 1960's. Many photographs are undated, but most dates can be narrowed down by comparison with dated images, and by evidence such as the styles of cars and clothing. Images include exterior and aerial views from different angles, as well as waiting rooms, dining rooms, a Christmas scene, and a ticket counter.
Originals in Box 265.
Photographs numbered 1-58.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
Photograph property of Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va. (Cook Collection); do not use without permission.
The 36 images in the Steam Locomotive group also comprise rail yard pictures, and several passenger cars, as well as the Cannonball Wreck at Dunlop Station, 1903. The steam engines depicted are from a line of engines acquired in the late 1930's and early 1940's. The freight train engines were named after Confederate generals, the passenger train engines after governors. Most engines depicted date from the 1920's through 1940's.
Originals in Box 265.
Photographs numbered 59-94.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
The third group of photos consists of two parts: Bryan Park Terminal construction scenes, [196-], which make up 33 of the 43 images; as well as 10 images of railroad cars, and buses, ca. 1928-1980. Interior and exterior views are depicted.
Originals in Boxes 265-266.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
Includes forms for the following cars: Pocohontas, Quantico, Potomac, Rappahannock, and Powhatan
Accompanied by brief history of the founding of the R.F. & P. Transportation Co., 1928-1929
Accompanied by technical data form (Car equipment record).
Accompanied by technical data form (Rolling equipment-passenger).
The fourth group includes photographs of the R.F.& P. presidents from Frank Corvo, Jr. to John A. Lancaster. There is no image for Edmund Robinson, and the images of the first presidents from John A. Lancaster to Joseph P. Briton are produced from paintings. Also included is a brief introductory note to the album (1 leaf); each portrait is accompanied by information on the dates of service for the R.F.& P. Images are mostly undated and reproductions of earlier photographs or paintings; it can be assumed that the original pictures date at some point during the individuals' presidency.
Originals in Box 266.
Photographs 138-157.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
Includes 150 photographs with construction scenes from Aquia Creek, 1945-1946. Photos were originally glued to paper backing, which was highly acidic; some photos were already loose; others were removed where possible.
Originals in Box 267.
Photographs numbered 158-307.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
Loose photographs include three aerial views of Arlington, Virginia, and smaller size prints of images of R.F.& P. presidents. Negatives and contact prints of the presidential images are kept in one folder, as is a list of R.F.& P. presidents, officers, and departments, which was filed with the photographs. Finally there are two oversize photographs, an aerial view and a front and side view of Broad Street Station, ca. 1920, the latter of which is signed by John Russell Pope, architect of Broad Street Station.
Originals in Box 267.
Photographs numbered 308-325.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
Not to be reproduced without permission
Not to be reproduced without permission
Not to be reproduced without permission
Originals in Box 344, folder 38.
Photographs numbered 326-327.
Use copies in photograph binder (barcode 0005623726) instead of originals.
The Library contains 17 volumes and 14 booklets, of legal and technical content, and several publications of the Association of American Railroads, including an 1968 color comic strip,
This series contains legal and financial documents, as well as one map. Included are Charters and Bylaws and Deed of Trust 1864-1870, 1872, and about 50 Deeds for property, dating 1863-1875, as well as Plat book illustrating the
Only a register of stock certificates, 1887, a stock ledger, 1887-1890, and a stock transfer journal, 1887 are included.
Incorporated in 1920 as successor of Fruit Growers Express. Since the R.F.& P. R.R. owned a small share of the Fruit Growers Express Co., it kept this group of annual reports in its file. The only year missing from the 1920-1966 run is 1956.
Incorporation February 15, 1901. The minute book includes a copy of the Act of Incorporation, 1901, Bylaws, and Board of Directors and Stockholders Minutes from 1939 to 1957, when the Company was liquidated and absorbed by the Richmond Holding Corporation.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2166.
Incorporated in 1867. The Minute book includes Board of Directors Minutes from 1869 until 1917, when the Company was dissolved and fully merged into the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. Also included is a stock transfer register for the years 1872-1874.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2167.
Incorporated in 1852. Included are Dividend Obligations, 1870-1889 (?) and a Stock Transfer Register, 1845-1871, 1889. The entries for 1845 show the purchase of 50% of shares by the R.F.& P.
R.F.& P. R.R. owned a small share of the Pullman Co., which explains why some Annual Reports, 1960-1966 are part of its files.
This series includes subseries A: General Administration and Management and B: Finance Department. The Minute book for this R.F.& P. subsidiary includes Articles of Association and the Charter; the minutes for Board of Directors and Stockholders cover the full ten years of its existence. Also included are Stock Certificates, 1929, and one resolution, 1932.
Includes: Articles of Association and Charter.
Do not serve original. Available on miccrofilm, Misc. Reel 2168
The Minute book covers the years 1932-1960 and includes Articles of Incorporation; the minute files for Board of Directors and Stockholders date 1951-1959; in addition there is a notice and some correspondence for 1968-1971, as well as Bylaws, 1935. The financial files, 1958-1968 concern mostly the stock exchange and proposed merger of Richmond Greyhound Lines into the Greyhound Corp., which sought to obtain the shares held by R.F. & P in 1958; there are statements, reports, and correspondence; also of Greyhound Corp. and Richmond Union Terminal Corp. They are arranged in alphabetical order. Also contains a brief history, 1926-1942, starting with the foundation of predecessor Richmond-Washington Motor Coaches.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2169.
Includes: Richmond Terminal Corp. and Greyhound Terminal of Washington meeting minutes.
Includes: Greyhound Terminal of Washington meeting minutes.
The Minute book, 1957-1975 for this R.F.& P. subsidiary includes articles of incorporation, and minutes of the organization meeting, board of Directors and stockholders meetings; minute files cover 1961-1970 and include copies of meeting minutes, excerpts of minutes, and some financial information; Financial files, 1963-1976 contain check stubs and a real estate tax file. Some legal real estate files for this company can be found in Series II.D.
Files in each subseries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each record type.
Includes: bylaws, articles of incorporation, and minutes of organization meeting.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2168.
Founded in 1915. Included are minutes, 1915-1970 and financial records, 1915-1987 for this R.F.& P. subsidiary. Some legal real estate files for this company can be found in Series II.D. Included is a minute book, that covers the years 1915-1954; the minute files include copies of meeting minutes, excerpts of meeting and some financial data and cover the years, 1924-1970, but there are no minutes included for 1955-1961. The accounting and bookkeeping records, 1916-1974, include a balance, cashbooks, check stubs, journals and ledgers. There is one volume of stock certificates, 1915-1916, 1975, and real estate tax information for the years 1974-1987.
Files in each subseries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each record type.
Chartered in 1916 and dissolved in 1976. Included are Minutes, Legal Records, and Financial Records. The set of two minute books, 1916-1975 includes Articles of Incorporation and Board of Directors and Stockholders meeting minutes; the files, 1961-1970 include balance sheets, resolution and excerpts from minutes. Legal documents, 1922-1958 consist of Articles of Association, Charter and Bylaws (in chronological order), and miscellaneous contracts, 1922-1958. Financial records, 1916-1975, contain some accounting and bookkeeping records such as annual reports, journals and ledgers; stock certificates and first mortgage 5% gold bonds, as well as state tax returns for 1935-1950.
Files in each subseries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each record type.
Minutes files include balance sheets, some annual reports, correspondence and resolutions, and excerpts from the minutes.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2172.
One copy labeled "Eppa Hunton, Jr., President"
Included: copies of Charter, 1916, Bylaws, First Mortgage, Agreement, Memorandum of closing, Application to the Interstate Commerce commission, with accompanying papers and specimen of bonds; indexed.
Included: copies of First Mortgage, Agreement, Memorandum of closing, Application to the Interstate Commerce commission, with accomanying papers and specimen of bonds; indexed
Includes: 1. Accounting; 2. Securities; 3. Taxes (see also R.F. & P. R.R. Register of Authorities for Expenditures, 1919-1990
Includes letter, 12 May 1976.
Some Inserts were removed from volume and are filed in three file folders in same box.
Chartered on 1 March 1929.
Minute book includes Board of Directors and Stockholders meeting minutes, certificate of incorporation, and bylaws.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2175.
Incorporated in 1901 in New Jersey; includes some data on Wash. South R.Y. Co. This series includes subseries A: Legal Department and B: Finance Department. The legal volume contains by-laws and certificate of incorporation, 5 Sept. 1901; the six party agreement that led to the company's founding, 31 July 1901; and a Collateral Trust Mortgage and Agreement, 1 June 1903. Financial files, 1901-1971 consist of annual reports, a stock analysis for 1950-1959, an evaluation of the company's condition, 1914; as well as an organizational chart outlining ownerships and financial interests of the Richmond-Washington Company and its subsidiaries.
Files in each subseries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each record type.
Some Tax information is included in R.F. & P. Federal Income Tax files
Includes for the most part correspondence, expenditures, expenses, betterments, and Annual Reports.
No report for 1909.
No report for 1911.
No reports for 1968 and 1970.
Includes agreement 31 Jul 1901, that led to Co.'s incorporation
Incorporated August 1957 and merged into Richmond Land Corporation in 1975. This series is divided into Subseries A: General Administration and Management; Subseries B: Legal Department; and Subseries C: Finance Department. Included are minutes, 1957-1975; articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1957, 1968; as well as financial files, 1965-1968, consisting of check stubs and real estate tax information for 1971-1972.
Files in each subseries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each record type.
Includes minutes of Organization Meeting, 4 Sep 1957
This series includes one Minute book for Board of Directors and Stockholders Meetings, 1928-1929 with Articles of Association and Bylaws; it covers the time from the company's incorporation on 5 July 1928 to its merger into the R.F.& P. Transportation Co. in 1929.
Includes: Articles of Association and Bylaws
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2174
Included are annual reports from 1959 to 1966.
Includes two stock certificate books, dating from 1882-1886, that document purchase of stocks by R.F.& P. president Joseph P. Brinton, and Moncure Robinson, who was the company's president from 1840-1847.
Includes securities for this predecessor of the Potomac Steamboat Co. (see above): Dividend warrants in the value of $100 and $500, issued in 1848, a stock certificate book, 1840-1855, and a stock transfer register, 1845-1871.
Incorporated in 1890 through the consolidation of A & F R.Y. and A & W R.Y.. This series consists of minutes, legal files, financial files, and miscellaneous files. The two volumes of Board of Directors and Stockholders Meeting Minutes, 1890-1920 cover the company's thirty years of existence, the Minutes of the Potomac Yard Advisory Board, 1909-1925 continue for 5 years after the Washington Southern R.Y. Co. was merged completely into the R.F.& P., which took over its place on the Board. The Advisory Board was made up of all five railroad companies using Potomac Yard. In addition to the Washington Southern R.Y. Co., those were the Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., the Chesapeake & Ohio R.Y. Co., the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R.R. Co. and the Southern R.Y. Co. Legal records, 1871-1917 include copies of charter, bylaws and mortgages, an indexed volume of contracts and agreements, as well as about 150 deeds. Also included are pre-1890 deeds that were made by one of the company's predecessors, the Alexandria & Fredericksburg R.Y. Co. (see above). Financial files, 1890-1921 include Treasurer's correspondence, accounting and bookkeeping records, and securities. The correspondence is made up of one letter book, 1890-1904; the accounting and bookkeeping records contain annual reports, balances, betterments, check registers, journals, and ledgers. The securities subseries includes stock and bonds ledgers, transfers and certificates as well as 4% and 5% gold and mortgage bonds. The miscellaneous file contains a brief corporate history until 1907. R.F. & P. tax records also include data for Washington Southern R.Y.
Files in each subseries are arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each record type.
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2176
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2176
Do not serve original. Available on microfilm, Misc. Reel 2177
Compilation includes the Agreement of the Consolidation of A. & F. R.Y. Co., and the Charter granted 1903; Bylaws, 1901; First (Gold) Mortgage, 1903; Collateral Trust Mortgage, 1903; as well as an agreement, 1903.
Includes: 1. Treasurer's Correspondence; 2. Accounting and Bookkeeping; 3. Securities
Comment on last page: "all letters after this date to be copied in R.F. & P. Letter book"
President's copy and Asst. to President's copy
Treasurer's copy
Includes analysis of expenditures for equipment, road and property.
Includes
Includes certificates, county notes, and signatures.
Showing the plat near Morrison.