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1 Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records, Overview of the Collection Creator Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages Sponsor Puget Sound Power and Light Company Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records (inclusive) (bulk) linear feet XOE_CPNWS0004puget (collection) The Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records document the emergence and early operations of one of the leading private power and transportation operations in Washington State. The collection reflects the history of Puget Sound Power and Light's predecessor and subsidiary companies from around 1888 to 1932 and in particular the development of rail transit systems in the Puget Sound area from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s. Records include administrative, financial, operational, legal, and property material documenting the interests and activities of over fifty of the Puget Power companies, and their role in the provision of utility and transportation services in Western Washington. Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Goltz-Murray Archives Building th St. Bellingham, WA Telephone: Collection is open to the public English Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding the finding aid was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note The Puget Sound Power & Light Company s history began with Massachusetts-based Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation s acquisition of streetcar and power company holdings in Seattle and the Puget Sound region. In 1900, Stone & Webster s newly created Seattle Electric Company consolidated property and rights of small privately-owned transportation and utility businesses including Madison Street Cable Railway, Union Trunk Line, and Third Street & Suburban Railway. Stone & Webster acquired West End & North End Railway and Seattle Railway in 1901, and Seattle Central 1

2 Railway in With the formation of Seattle City Light in 1904, Stone & Webster became a major provider of electricity and street lighting to Seattle. Its achievements continued with the 1908 formation of Pacific Coast Power Company (a subsidiary of Seattle Electric Company), which established control over the land and operations of the Tacoma Power Company, including pending construction of a hydro-electric plant at White River. In the same year, acquisition of Seattle Tacoma Power Company provided access to property and assets of Charles Hinckley Baker including power plants at Snoqualmie Falls and electricity distribution rights in Seattle and Tacoma. In 1902, incorporation of the Whatcom County Railway & Light Company marked the start of Puget Power s domination of public transportation and power systems in the City of Bellingham. Whatcom County Railway & Light acquired the former interests of the Whatcom-Fairhaven Gas and Northern Railway & Improvement Companies. These companies themselves comprised earlier consolidations of local rail and utility services: Fairhaven Street Railway Company, Lake Whatcom Electric Street Railway Company, Fairhaven Electric Light, Power & Motor Company, Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway Company, Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway, and Bellingham Bay Gas Company. In 1906, Whatcom County Railway & Light Company expanded control over distribution of gas, electricity and lighting in Bellingham through acquisition of the utility holdings of Columbia Improvement Society (previously owned by Bellingham Bay Improvement Company), and a forty-year contract to supply power in the City. In 1901, Seattle Electric Company assumed responsibility for financing and construction of the Seattle- Tacoma Interurban, forming the subsidiary Puget Sound Electric Railway to control and operate both interurban and street railway interests in Seattle. The final stages of interurban construction occurred in with completion of the Seattle-Everett Interurban Burlington line and construction of the lines between Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley by Bellingham-Skagit Railway Company. In January 1912, the newly incorporated Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company merged Bellingham- Skagit Railway and Seattle-Everett Interurban as Pacific Northwest Traction Company, responsible for the operation of several Puget Sound interurban railway lines. Whatcom County Railway & Light reorganized as the Bellingham Division of Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company. In addition to their passenger lines, Puget Power provided freight services to regional businesses and industries such as the Renton coal-mines owned by Puget Sound Electric Railway. As automobiles became more prevalent during the 1920s, the company reincorporated in 1919 as Puget Sound Power & Light Company had to respond to the gradual demise of the railroad passenger industry. Subsidiary company Pacific Northwest Traction offered bus services between Seattle and Bellingham from 1925 onwards, while the Seattle Interurban Motor Company provided services to Vancouver, British Columbia as early as The various interurban rail and bus services ultimately integrated as North Coast Lines in 1927, as use of the railway interurban gradually declined and were disbanded between 1928 and Puget Power increasingly focused its interests on the distribution of power in the Puget Sound region, divesting its railway interests, and steppingup acquisition of Washington utility companies. Despite involvement in some major development projects (such as the construction of transmission lines across the Cascades range in 1922), support for municipal ownership forced Stone & Webster s subsidiaries to compete for increasingly limited property and distribution rights. Puget Sound Power & Light faced increasing competition and legal challenges from Washington State Public Utility Districts, losing power distribution rights in Seattle and Tacoma by These conflicts continued through the 1960s, despite its 1943 restructuring as a Washington-based corporation. In 1997, Puget Sound Power & Light merged with the Seattle gas distributor, Washington Energy Company to form Puget Sound Energy. Content Description 2

3 The Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records document the emergence and early activities of one of the leading private power and transportation operations in Washington State. Records reflect the incorporation, property and operations of around fifty Stone & Webster, or Puget Power companies involved in the provision of utility and transit services in Western Washington and in particular the Puget Sound region. Materials span the period , with the bulk of records dated The collection is divided into fifty-three series, each reflecting activities of specific predecessors or subsidiaries of Puget Sound Power & Light. Company records include administrative and corporate records, financial records, operational records and some property and legal records. The collection contains a small volume of material documenting the existence and operations of early Seattle-based street railway systems including those of First Avenue Electric Railway Company, Front Street Cable Railway Company, and Madison Street Cable Railway Company. Record and minute books document the gradual acquisition of their interests and property by Stone & Webster initially through Seattle Traction and Seattle-Everett Traction Companies, and by Seattle Electric Company in The collection also contains a small number of administrative and financial records relating to early street railway and power companies in the City of Bellingham, including Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway, Lake Whatcom Electric Railway, Bellingham Bay Gas and Whatcom Fairhaven Gas Companies. Whatcom County Railway and Light Company records contain significant information about street railway and power service in Bellingham after 1902, with the bulk of material dated Records for the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway, Bellingham-Skagit Railway Company and Pacific Northwest Traction document the construction and operation of the interurban railway systems in the Puget Sound region, and in particular, the line connecting Bellingham with Sedro-Woolley and Mt. Vernon. Stone and Webster s interests and operations in the Everett area are reflected in the records of Everett Railway Light and Water Company and Puget Sound International Railway Company. Materials generated by Pacific Traction Company and Tacoma Railway and Power Company pertain to Puget Power s interests and activities in Tacoma, while operations of the Seattle-Tacoma interurban railway are documented in the records of the Puget Sound Electric Railway Company. Puget Sound Electric Railway s coal-mine holdings are documented in the financial and operational records of the Renton Cooperative Coal Company and Renton Coal Company. Puget Sound Power and Light s increasing acceptance and use of automobile transportation is reflected in the records of the Puget Sound Bus Company and Seattle Tacoma Union Stage Lines. The collection also includes aerial photographs generated by Puget Sound Power & Light Company and its real estate department between 1986 and Use of the Collection Preferred Citation Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA Administrative Information Arrangement The Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records are arranged in accordance with the following series arrangement: 3

4 Series 1. Baker Estates, Series 2. Bellingham and Skagit Railway Company, Series 3. Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Company Series 4. Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway Company, Series 5. Bellingham Bay Gas Company, Series 6. Bellingham Bay Gas and Railway Company, ; 1896 Series 7. City Transport Company, Series 8. Columbia Improvement Company, Series 9. Edison General Electric Company, undated Series 10. Everett Railway and Electric Company/ Everett Railway and Light Company, Series 11. Everett Railway, Light and Water Company, Series 12. Fairhaven and New Whatcom Railway Company, Series 13. Fairhaven and Southern Railroad Company, Series 14. Fairhaven Electric Light Power and Motor Company, 1891; Series 15. First Avenue Railway Company, Series 16. Front Street Cable Railway Company, Series 17. Grant Street Electric Railway Company, Series 18. Green Lake Electric Railway Company, Series 19. Lake Whatcom Electric Railway Company, 1892 Series 20. Lynden Electric Railway and Improvement Company, ; 1917 Series 21. Madison Street Cable Railway Company, Series 22. Northern Railway and Improvement Company, Series 23. North Seattle Cable Railway Company, Series 24. Pacific Coast Power Company, 1904; Series 25. Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Series 26. Pacific Traction Company, Series 27. Puget Sound Bus Company, Series 28. Puget Sound Electric Railway Company, 1903-circa 1960s ( ) Series 29. Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company, Series 30. Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Series 31. Renton Coal Company, Series 32. Renton Co-operative Coal Company, Series 33. Renton Mine and Renton Mines Association, Series 34. Seattle Central Railway Company, Series 35. Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company, Series 36. Seattle Electric Company, Series 37. Seattle Motor Livery Company, Series 38. Seattle Railway and Seattle City Railway Company, Series 39. Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway & Seattle-Tacoma Railway Co., Series 40. Seattle Tacoma Power Company, Series 41. Seattle-Tacoma Union Stage Lines, Series 42. Seattle Traction Company & Seattle-Everett Traction Company, Series 43. South Seattle Cable Railway Company, Series 44. Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation, Series 45. Tacoma Railway and Power Company, Series 46. Third Street and Suburban Railway Company, Series 47. Union Trunk Line, Series 48. Vancouver Traction Company, Series 49. Washington-Oregon Power Company Series 50. Washington Railway and Power Company, 1907 Series 51. West Street and North End Railway Company,

5 Series 52. Whatcom County Railway & Light Company, ( ) Series 53. Whatcom-Fairhaven Gas Company, Series 54. Other Regional Land, Power and Transportation Companies, Acquisition Information The bulk of the Puget Sound Power & Light Company records were transferred from the company s Bellingham office in The initial donation included papers and bound volumes generated by approximately forty predecessors and subsidiaries of the parent company. In 1994, CPNWS received additional records documenting the property interests of various companies from Puget Power s Real Estate office in Bellevue, Washington. Processing Note Curt Ryser initiated work on the Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records in 1987, inventorying oversized volumes and creating a box level inventory. Daniel E. Turbeville III contributed an introduction to this initial finding aid. Initial processing included a 1 in 20 sampling of certain journal entries, vouchers and receipts created by ten of Puget Power s subsidiary companies (the remainder were destroyed). All sampled records are identified in the current container list for the collection. In 2001, Ruth Steele merged unprocessed material into the main collection, established consistent series and sub-series arrangement and created a comprehensive guide to the Puget Sound Power & Light Company Records. Records relating to the Lake Whatcom Improvement Society and Puget Sound Freight Lines (unrelated to the Puget Sound Power and Light Company) were removed from the collection and are cataloged as separate CPNWS collections. In 2003, Ruth Steele and Amber Raney re-engineered the collection. In June 2004, Michal Walden merged records created by Puget Sound Power and Light Company, and the Washington Oregon Corporation into the main collection. Joshua Zimmerman merged additional Puget Sound Power and Light Company materials in July In April 2006 Roz Koester merged additional materials into the collection. Bibliography Turbeville III, Daniel E. The Electric Railway Era in Northwest Washington, Occasional Paper #12: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University,1978. Wing, Robert C. (ed.). A Century of Service: The Puget Power Story Bellevue, Washington: Puget Sound Power & Light Company,1987. Related Materials CPNWS also houses the Daniel E. Turbeville photograph collection which contains historical images of street railways and interurban systems in and around Bellingham, WA. The Northwest Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives, located in the same building as CPNWS, houses "Nuclear Power Plant Rezone" files which were transferred from Puget Power to the Skagit County Planning Department. The branch also houses Puget Power acquisition records from the Snohomish County Public Utility District. The Manuscripts, Special Collections, and University Archives division of the University of Washington Libraries has records from the Bellingham office of Puget Sound Traction Light & Power, which was responsible for the management and operation of the remaining Bellingham street railway systems following the company's incorporation in The UW also houses records from numerous other companies that were involved in regional power distribution. 5

6 Additionally, the King County Archives and the Seattle Municipal Archives have records related to the Puget Sound Power & Light Company. Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Series 1: Baker Estates, Financial Records 1/1 Account Book /2 Journal Series 2: Bellingham and Skagit Railway Company, Administrative and organizational records for the Bellingham & Skagit Railway Company include proposals for construction of the interurban line connecting Bellingham with Sedro-Woolley and Mt Vernon, as well as relevant title abstracts. Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /3 Minute Book /4 Articles of Agreement Sub-series 2: Financial Records /5 Cash Book /6 Cash Book /7 Journal

7 1 Stock Certificates Sub-series 3: Property and Legal Records /8 Title Abstracts /9 Title Abstracts /10 Title Abstracts /11 Title Abstracts /1 Title Abstracts /2 Title Abstracts /3 Title Abstracts /4 Title Abstracts /5 Title Abstracts /6 Title Abstracts /7 Title Abstracts 1913 Series 3: Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Company, Administrative & Organizational Records 2/8 General Correspondence ; 1899 Series 4: Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway Company,

8 Sub-series 1: Administrative & Organizational Records /9 General Correspondence 1891; Minute and Record Book /9 Minutes 1906; Sub-series 2: Financial Records /11 Account Statements /12 Balance Statements ; /13 Financial Correspondence /1 Stock Ledger /2 Vouchers & Receipts /3 Vouchers (1/20 Sample) September 1899 February 1902 Sub-series 3: Property & Legal Records /4 Contracts & Agreements /5 Licenses /6 Report

9 3/7 Trusteeship Records Series 5: Bellingham Bay Gas Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational /8 Minutes /9 Resolutions undated Sub-series 2: Financial Records Accounts Receivable and Petty Cash Cash Records Cash Records Cash Records Daily Cash Collections Day Book Journals Journals Journals Ledger Index undated 13 General Ledger Meter Records

10 15 Meter Records /10 Mortgage Records Payroll (Monthly) Petty Ledgers Petty Ledgers Petty Ledgers Petty Ledgers /11 Stock Records Works Record /12 Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses /13 Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses /14 Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses /15 Reports of Earnings & Operating Expenses Sub-series 3: Property and Legal Records /16 Agreements Series 6: Bellingham Bay Gas and Railway Company,

11 Administrative and Organizational Records 3/13 By-laws /13 General Correspondence ,; 1896 Series 7: City Transport Company, Financial Records 3/14 Financial Reports /15 Financial Reports 1926 Series 8: Columbia Improvement Company, Financial Records 3/16 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) April 1903-June /17 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) July September /18 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) October - December /19 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) January April

12 3/20 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) May December /21 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) October 1905 Series 9: Edison General Electric Company, undated Operational Records 4/1 Reports (Supply Estimates) undated Series 10: Everett Railway and Electric Company/ Everett Railway and Light Company, Financial Records 22 Cash Books Cash Books Journals Journals Journals Journals Journals Ledgers 12

13 29 Everett Railway and Electric Company Everett Railway and Electric Company Electric Railway and Electric Company / Everett Railway and Light Company 32 Electric Railway and Electric Company / Everett Railway and Light Company 33 Electric Railway and Electric Company / Everett Railway and Light Company /2 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) July 1901-March /3 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) October April /4 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) August October /5 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) August October Vouchers and Sub-journal Register Series 11: Everett Railway, Light and Water Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /6 Minute Book Sub-series 2: Financial Records

14 35 Account Book Cash Books Cash Books Journal Ledger Periodical Audit /7 Stock Ledger /8 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) August February /9 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) February January /10 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) March 1910-July /11 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) August January /12 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) December December /13 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) May December Vouchers and Sub-Journal Register 1907 Sub-series 3: Operational Records

15 5/1 Operating Reports (Monthly) November December /2 Operating Reports (Monthly) November December /3 Operating Reports (Annual) /4 Operating Reports (Annual) /5 Operating Reports (Annual) /6 Operating Reports (Annual) /7 Operating Reports (Annual) /8 Operating Reports (Annual) /9 Operating Reports (Annual) Series 12: Fairhaven and New Whatcom Railway Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /10 General Correspondence /11 Inventories Sub-series 2: Financial Records /12 Account Statements (Monthly) ; Journal

16 5/13 Payroll Records 1892; /14 Stock Ledger /15 Voucher Book /16 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) February November /17 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) July December 1894 Sub-series 3: Property and Legal Records /18 Reports (Receivership Reports) ; 1896 Series 13: Fairhaven and Southern Railroad Company, Financial Records 43 Daily Balance Record Series 14: Fairhaven Electric Light Power and Motor Company, 1891, Sub-series 1: Financial Records /1 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) June March

17 Sub-series 2: Property and Legal Records /2 Agreement January 1891 Series 15: First Avenue Railway Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational /3 Minute Book Sub-series 2: Financial Records Cash Book Journals Journals Ledger Stock Certificate Book Series 16: Front Street Cable Railway Company, Financial Records 49 Cash Books Cash Books

18 51 Journal Ledger /4 Stock Certificates 1888 Series 17: Grant Street Electric Railway Company, Subseries 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /5 Minute Book Subseries 2: Financial Records Cash Records Cash Records Journals Journals General Ledger Ledger /6 Stock Certificates Voucher Register

19 Series 18: Green Lake Electric Railway Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative & Organizational Records /7 Minute Book Sub-series 2: Financial Records Cash Book Journal Ledger Stock Certificates Book /8 Stock Ledger /9 Stock Ledger Voucher Records Series 19: Lake Whatcom Electric Railway Company, 1892 Administrative and Organizational Records 6/10 Minutes and By-laws

20 Series 20: Lynden Electric Railway and Improvement Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational /1 General Correspondence ; 1917 Sub-series 2: Financial Records 1902 ; /2 Stock Records 1903; 1906 Sub-series 3: Property and Legal Records Undated 7/3 Agreements undated Series 21: Madison Street Cable Railway Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative & Organizational Records /4 Minute Book Stationary Supplies Book 1900 Sub-series 2: Financial Records Cash Books

21 67 Cash Books General Ledgers General Ledgers Journals Journals Stock Certificates /5 Stock Ledger /6 Stock Ledger /7 Stock Ledger Trial Balance Series 22: Northern Railway and Improvement Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /8 Minutes and Articles Sub-series 2: Financial Records Cash Book Insurance Record

22 76 Journal Ledger /9 Stock Certificates Voucher and Journal Registers Voucher and Journal Registers /10 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) January December /11 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) February December 1902 Sub-series 3: Property & Legal Records /12 Agreements 1899 Sub-series 4: Operational Records undated 7/13 Field Book undated Series 23: North Seattle Cable Railway Company, Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational

23 8/1 Minutes Sub-series 2: Financial Records /2 Cash Books circa /3 Cash Books circa Series 24: Pacific Coast Power Company, Property and Legal Records 8/4 Title Abstracts /5 Title Abstracts /6 Title Abstracts /7 Title Abstracts /8 Title Abstracts 1911 Series 25: Pacific Northwest Traction Company, In January 1912, Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company officially incorporated and authorized the merger of Bellingham-Skagit Railway and Seattle-Everett Interurban to form Pacific Northwest Traction Company. This newly created subsidiary gained responsibility for the operation of several Puget Sound interurban railway lines. Operational records include field books and photographs documenting the construction of the interurban line connecting Bellingham with Sedro-Woolley and Mt Vernon. Sub-series 1: Financial Records

24 8/9 Account Statements /10 Account Statements Sub-series 2: Operational Records Field and Survey Books circa /1 No /2 No /3 No /4 No /5 No /6 No /7 No /1 No /2 No /3 No /4 No /5 No /6 No /7 No & 76 10/8 No. 77, /1 No

25 11/2 No /3 No /4 No /5 Topography Books (2 Items) undated (circa 1903) 11/6 Level Books (4 Items) undated (circa 1903) 11/7 Transit Books (3 Items) undated (circa 1903) 11/8 Unidentified Field Books (4 Items) undated (circa 1903) 11/9 Mining Claims at Nooksack Falls /10 Nooksack Falls to Bellingham (Pole Record of Transmission Line) undated (circa 1903) 12/1 Photographs circa /1 Photographs circa /1 Rental Records /2 Timecards /3 Timecards undated Series 26: Pacific Traction Company, Financial and operating reports provide data for passenger and freight services, as well as company expenses and revenues generated by service provision around Tacoma. Sub-series 1: Financial Records

26 14/3 Financial Reports /4 Financial Reports /5 Financial Reports /6 Financial Reports /7 Financial Reports /8 Financial Reports /1 Financial Reports /2 Financial Reports /3 Financial Reports /4 Financial Reports /5 Financial Reports /6 Financial Reports /7 Financial Reports /1 Financial Reports /2 Financial Reports /3 Financial Reports /4 Financial Reports Sub-series 2: Operational Records /5 Operating Reports

27 16/6 Operating Reports /7 Operating Reports /8 Operating Reports /9 Operating Reports /1 Operating Reports /2 Operating Reports /3 Operating Reports /4 Operating Reports /5 Operating Reports /6 Operating Reports /7 Operating Reports /8 Operating Reports /9 Operating Reports /1 Operating Reports /2 Operating Reports /3 Operating Reports /4 Operating Reports /5 Operating Reports 1927 Series 27: Puget Sound Bus Company, Financial records document Puget Power s takeover of the Seattle-Bothell bus service in 1920 (formerly controlled by Washington Bus Company), and provide evidence of route schedules, rates and passenger statistics. 27

28 Sub-series 1: Financial Records /6 Account Statements (Monthly) February December /7 Account Statements (Monthly) January 1921 April /8 Correspondence March June /9 Insurance Records /10 Memos circa /11 Reports (Annual) ; /12 Reports (Monthly) March 1920 December /13 Reports (Monthly) January 1921 December /14 Reports (Monthly) January 1922 April /15 Stock Records undated Sub-series 2: Operational Records /16 Rules & Regulations 1915 Series 28: Puget Sound Electric Railway Company, circa s, (bulk ) Although company records contain brochures and a small amount of correspondence from the 1950s and 1960s, the bulk of its records date to the period Monthly financial and operational reports reflect activities and expenses associated with the operations of the Seattle-Tacoma interurban, documenting expenses and revenue, construction plans, and the company s relationship with Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power and the Tacoma Railway & Power Company. Operating reports include 28

29 statistical information document passenger car operations, and contain evidence regarding power distribution and suppliers. A small number of legal case records in the series, dated , reflect various disputes regarding the regulation of private utilities, and the construction of a hydro-electric plant at White River. Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /17 General Correspondence 1957 Sub-series 2: Financial Records /18 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /19 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /1 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /2 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /3 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /4 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /5 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /1 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /2 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /3 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /4 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /5 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /1 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /2 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co)

30 21/3 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /4 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /5 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /1 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /2 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /3 Financial Reports (Puget Sound Electric Railway Co) /4 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /5 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /6 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /7 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /8 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /9 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /10 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /1 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /2 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /3 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /4 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /5 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /6 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /7 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /8 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies)

31 23/9 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /10 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /11 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /12 Financial Reports (Subsidiary Companies) /1 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) December 1920 March /2 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) April 1912 May /3 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) June 1914 September /4 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) October 1915 March /5 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) March 1917 June /6 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) June 1918 September /7 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) September 1920 July /8 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) July 1921 January 1922 Sub-series 3: Operational Records 1903-circa 1960s 25/1 Operating Reports (Annual) /2 Operating Reports (Monthly) /3 Operating Reports (Monthly)

32 25/4 Operating Reports (Monthly) /5 Operating Reports (Monthly) /6 Operating Reports (Monthly) /7 Operating Reports (Monthly) /8 Operating Reports (Monthly) /1 Operating Reports (Monthly) /2 Operating Reports (Monthly) /3 Operating Reports (Monthly) /4 Operating Reports (Monthly) /5 Operating Reports (Monthly) /6 Operating Reports (Monthly) /7 Operating Reports (Monthly) /8 Operating Reports (Monthly) /1 Operating Reports (Monthly) /2 Operating Reports (Monthly) /3 Operating Reports (Monthly) /4 Operating Reports (Monthly) /5 Operating Reports (Monthly) /6 Operating Reports (Monthly) /7 Operating Reports (Monthly) /8 Operating Reports (Monthly)

33 27/9 Operating Reports (Monthly) /10 Operating Reports (Monthly) /1 Brochures circa 1950s-1960s Sub-series 4: Property and Legal Records Legal Documents and Exhibits 28/2 Tacoma Industrial Co. v White River Power Co /3 City of Seattle v Regan /4 Sipes v Puget Sound Electric Railway /5 Sipes v Puget Sound Electric Railway /6 Company Rules and Regulations /7 Maps and Schedules /8 Photographs 1908 Series 29: Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company, Records include monthly financial and operating reports describing the provision of services around Everett and Snohomish County. The manager s monthly letters attached to these reports are often a valuable source of information regarding local changes in policy or revenue. Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /1 Minutes

34 29/2 Minutes /3 Minutes /4 Minutes Sub-series 2: Financial Records Accounts (Construction) Accounts (Construction) Accounts (Construction) Accounts (Construction) Accounts (Construction) Accounts (Fixed Capital/Operating/Subsidiary Assets) Cash Book /5 Cash Book /6 Cash Book Cash Disbursements Cash Receipts Expenses Expenses Expenses

35 92 Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Journal /7 Journal Entries (1/20 Sample) March October /1 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /2 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /3 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /4 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /5 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /1 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /2 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /3 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /4 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /5 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /1 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /2 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /3 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies)

36 32/4 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /5 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /6 Financial Reports (Bound Pencil Copies) /7 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /1 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /2 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /3 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /4 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /5 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /1 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /2 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /3 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /4 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /5 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /6 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /7 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /1 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /2 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /3 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /4 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /5 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster)

37 35/6 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /7 Financial Reports (Sent to Stone & Webster) /1 Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners) /2 Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners) /3 Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners) /4 Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners) /5 Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners) /6 Financial Reports (Tax Commissioners) Financial Reports Periodical Audits /1 Financial Reports - Periodical Audits General Ledgers General Ledgers General Ledgers Ledgers Ledgers Ledgers Ledgers Payroll Books

38 107 Payroll Books Payroll Books Payroll Books Payroll Books Payroll Books Road Equipment Revenues Trial Balance Sub-Voucher Registers Sub-Voucher Registers Sub-Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers Voucher Registers

39 37/2 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) March 1916 August /3 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) September February /4 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) June 1918 January /5 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) October 1919 June /6 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) January 1921 July /7 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) June 1923 October /8 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) December 1923 June /9 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) July 1924 February /10 Vouchers and Receipts (1/20 Sample) September 1929 May 1930 Sub-series 3: Operational Records Reports (Annual) 37/11 Dept. of Public Works /1 Dept. of Public Works /2 Interstate Commerce Commission /3 Interstate Commerce Commission

40 38/4 Interstate Commerce Commission /5 Public Service Commission 1912; 1916; /6 Reports (Annual) re: Auto Transportation Company /7 Reports (Annual) re: Electric Companies /8 Reports (Annual) re: Electric Companies /9 Reports (Annual) re: Water Company /1 Reports (Monthly) January 1909 April /2 Reports (Monthly) January 1909 April /3 Reports (Monthly) /4 Reports (Monthly) /5 Reports (Monthly) /6 Reports (Monthly) /7 Reports (Monthly) /8 Reports (Monthly) /9 Reports (Monthly) /1 Reports (Monthly) /2 Reports (Monthly) /3 Reports (Monthly) /4 Reports (Monthly)

41 40/5 Reports (Monthly) /6 Reports (Monthly) /7 Reports (Monthly) /8 Reports (Monthly) /9 Reports (Monthly) /10 Reports (Monthly) /1 Reports (Monthly) /2 Reports (Monthly) /3 Reports (Monthly) /4 Reports (Monthly) /5 Reports (Monthly) /6 Field Notes 1907; undated Sub-series 4: Property and Legal Records /7 Title Abstracts undated; /8-41/11 Title Abstracts /12 Title Abstracts 1910 ; 1920 ; 1928 Series 30: Puget Sound Power and Light Company, ,, circa Records include an early street light project called Bellingham White Way and a later project called British Columbia Hydro/Puget Sound Power and Light Intertie Project which includes aerial photographs of the project as well as Mylar film sheets, mounted display boards and other aerial photos from the real estate department. The BC Hydro aerial photographs are taken from south to north 41

42 moving from Bellingham to the Canadian border. The real estate photographs also offer aerial views of the Puget Sound region heading both south and north to the Canadian border. Sub-series 1: Financial Records A/1 Notices to shareholders A/2 Annual reports A/3 Annual reports A/4 Annual reports Sub-series 2: Project Records Bellingham White Way Project /1 Operational records BC Hydro/Puget Sound Power and Light Intertie Project /2 Operational records 1988 June Aerial Photographs /3-42/4 BC Hydro Intertie Project Aerial Photographs (148 total) 1989 Oversize Folder 1 Aldergrove to Bellingham, (50 Mylar Film Sheets and Index) Georgia Pacific, Bellingham

43 2 Skagit and Whatcom County (Contact Prints) Portal Way and the Portal Way Power Station undated 3 Unidentified Coastal Region undated 4 Aerial Photographs of Proposed Route from Canadian Border to Bellingham 5 Aerial Photographs of Lynden, Sumas, and Everson to Canadian Border June 19, 1987 March 10, Aerial Photographs Bellingham and Surrounding Environs June 19, 1987 Oversize-box 1 1/600 Scale Aerial Photographs of Proposed Route from Canadian Border to Bellingham Display Boards 2 1/600 Scale Aerial Photographs of Proposed Route from Canadian Border to Bellingham Display Boards (5) 2 Negatives of Puget Sound Power & Light Proposed Route: Bellingham North to the Canadian Line (BPA Tie) March 13, 1990 March 16, 1988 June 7, Aerial Slide Photographs Whatcom County undated Series 31: Renton Coal Company, Records reflect the activities of Puget Sound Electric Railway - owned coal mine operations in Renton, which were bought out by Seattle Electric Company in 1900 Sub-series 1: Administrative and Organizational Records /5 General Correspondence /6 General Correspondence /7 General Orders

44 42/8 Mine History circa /9 Mine History circa /10 Minutes & By-laws /11 memo re: Coal Situation /12 Sample forms undated Sub-series 2: Financial records /13 Account Statements (Annual) /14 Account Statements (Annual) /15 Account Statements (Annual) /16 Account Statements (Annual) 1923; undated 42/17 Account Statements (Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous) /18 Account Statements (Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous) /19 Account Statements (Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous) /20 Account Statements (Monthly) /21 Account Statements (Operation Costs) /22 Advices (Suspense Debit) /23 Asset Statements May /24 Bank Statements, /25 Bank Statements (Payroll Accounts) /26 Billing Memos April December

45 42/27 Billing Memos /28 Budget Statements (Annual) Cash Books Cash Books /29 Comparative Statement of Earnings /1 Credit Memos January February /2 Credit Memos March /3 Credit Memos April /4 Credit Memos May /5 Credit Memos June /6 Credit Memos July /7 Credit Memos August /8 Credit Memos September /9 Credit Memos October /10 Credit Memos November /11 Credit Memos December /12 Credit Memos January /13 Credit Memos February /14 Credit Memos March

46 43/15 Credit Memos April /1 Credit Memos May /2 Credit Memos June /3 Credit Memos July /4 Credit Memos August /5 Credit Memos September /6 Credit Memos October December /7 Credit Memos January April /8 Credit Memos September December /9 Credit Memos January 1923 March /10 Credit Memos April 1923-June /11 Credit Memos July /12 Credit Memos August /13 Credit Memos September 1923 November /14 Credit Memos January May /15 Financial Correspondence /16 Financial Memos December December

47 44/17 Financial Reports (Annual) /18 Financial Reports (Annual) /19 Financial Reports (Annual) /20 Financial Reports (Annual) /21 Financial Reports (Annual) /1 Financial Reports (Annual) /2 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) /3 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) /4 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) /5 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) /6 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) /7 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) /8 Financial Reports (Monthly, Bound s) January 1924 May /9 Financial Reports (Monthly Pencil Copies) /10 Financial Reports (Monthly Pencil Copies) /11 Financial Reports (Monthly Pencil Copies) ; January /12 Financial Reports (Monthly Pencil Copies) January April /13 Financial Reports (Periodical Audit) /1 Insurance Records /2 Journal Entries (1/20 Sample)