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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Rekeying. Date of source: 1985.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Records of The Pacific Car Demurrage, 1901-1946 Collection number: JL020Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Special Collections staff1985Michael G. Olson

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Descriptive SummaryPacific Car Demurrage Records, 1901-1946 JL020Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau, creator. 11.5 linear ft. Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau to the Jackson Library of Business, 1973. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.

Preferred Citation:

Records of The Pacific Car Demurrage. JL020. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Historical Note

The Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau also called the Pacific Car Service Bureau seems to have been a sort of collection agency for the different west coast railroad companies. The P.C.D.B. would be responsible for collectiong the fee that came due whena freight car was held beyond the reasonable time for loading or unloading of transported materials.

Scope and Content

The Records of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau contains only records associated with business transactions including: receipted vouchers, payrolls, register of vouchers, cashbooks, time books, journals, and ledgers. Most of these are pasted into ledger books, which are old (dates range 1901-1946) and, in some cases, in poor condition.

Access Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau.Business enterprises--California.Business records.Cashbooks.Ledgers.Journals (bookkeeping)Payrolls.Collection Contents1Receipted Vouchers, 1901 July - 1902 MayVouchers #1-211 inclusivePayroll - Pacific Car Service BureauExpense Accounts - Pacific Car Service BureauCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads2Receipted Vouchers, 1902 June - 1903 MayVouchers #212-274 inclusive and #1-193 inclusivePayroll - Pacific Car Service BureauExpense Accounts - Pacific Car Service BureauCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads3Receipted Vouchers, 1903 June - 1904 MayVouchers #194-263 inclusive and #1-204 inclusivePayroll - Pacific Car Service BureauExpense Accounts - Pacific Car Service BureauCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads4Receipted Vouchers, 1904 July - 1905 JulyVouchers #224-267 inclusive and #1-167 inclusivePayroll - Pacific Car Service BureauExpense Accounts - Pacific Car Service BureauCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads5Payroll and Receipted Vouchers, 1906 Apr - 1908 MarSP #1-5 inclusivePayroll #1A-24 inclusiveVouchers #1A-416A inclusiveCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads6Receipted Vouchers, 1908 Apr - 1909 AprSP #7-40 inclusivePayroll #24-37 inclusiveVouchers #417A-649A inclusiveCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads7Receipted Vouchers, 1909 May - 1910 FebSP #41-49 inclusivePayroll #38-47 inclusiveVouchers #650A-862 inclusiveCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads8Payroll and Receipted Vouchers, 1910 Mar - 1910 DecSP #7-40 inclusivePayroll #24-37 inclusiveVouchers #417A-649A inclusiveCost of operating Bureau and distribution of expenses by railroads9Statements Expenses Account and Distribution of Expense1901 July - 1924 MarRefund claims10Register of Vouchers1905 Sept - 1937 Feb11Register of Vouchers1922 Mar - 1937 Feb12Cash Book1901 July - 1905 Jan13Cash Book1909 July - 1915 May14Cash Book1915 June - 1921 Aug15Cash Book1921 Sept - 1927 Dec16Cash Book1928 Jan - 1934 Mar17Cash Book1934 Apr - 1940 June18Cash Book1940 July - 1946 Sept19Journal1909 July - 1919 Mar20Journal1919 Apr - 1926 May21Journal1926 June - 1932 Dec22Journal1933 Jan - 1939 Apr23Ledger1909 June - 1926 June24Ledger1926 July - 1942 Dec25BookInterest on Working Fund advanced by SPCo and AT&SF Ry Co1915 May - 1916 Mar26BookPayroll sheets1926 June 1 - 1933 Dec 3127-1Bank BookWells Fargo Nevada National Bank1910 July 30 - 1919 Dec 3127-2Bank bookPayroll sheets1920 Jan 14 - 1929 Dec 3127-3Bank BookPayroll sheets1930 Jan 2 - 1937 Nov 3027-4Time Book - Monthly1906 Apr 1 - 1919 Dec 3127-5Time Book - Monthly1910 Jan 1 - 1912 Dec 3127-6Time Book - Monthly1913 Jan 1 - 1916 Dec 3127-7Time Book - Monthly1917 Jan 1 - 1929 Apr 3027-8Time Book - Monthly1917 Feb 1 - 1919 May 2027-9Time Book - Monthly1920 May 1 - 1922 Apr 3027-10Time Book - Monthly1922 May 1 - 1923 Oct 3127-11Time Book - Monthly1919 Mar 21 - 1924 Mar27-12Time Book - Monthly1922 Oct 1 - 1925 Dec 3127-13Time Book - Monthly1923 Nov 1 - 1925 Apr 3027-14Time Book - Monthly1925 May 1 - 1926 June 3027-15Time Book - Monthly1924 July 1 - 1939 Sept 3027-16Time Book - Monthly - Revising Department1930 Jan 1 - 1934 May 3127-17Time Book - Monthly - Revising Department1924 July 1 - 1929 Dec 3128Time Book - MonthlyPayroll Bundle1911 Mar - 1912 June1912 Aug - 1912 Sept1913 Nov - 1916 Sept1916 Nov - 1917 Dec1919 July - 1919 Sept1919 Nov - 1919 Dec1920 May - 1921 May1921 July - 1921 Dec1922 Feb - 1922 Aug1922 Oct - 1922 Nov