Annual Report: Sacramento & Woodland Railroad Co. - to State of CA, 1916

Description

Annual Report: Sacramento & Woodland Railroad Co. - to State of CA, 1916.
Content:
Rare, this is an official copy of an Annual Report completed in pencil, with
sworn oath attesting to accuracy, signed by Chief Officer, Auditor, and Notary.
This actual copy was sent to the State, as it Certificate of Receipt from Interstate Commerce Commission.
Several of the 73 page forms are left blank, as not relevant.
However, details are entered in several sections, as noted below.  This report contains a lot of information.
The Report provides hand-written details for
:
- ICC Receipt and Letter.
- Signed Oath from NER Co.
- pasted in 1/2 page typewritten explanations.
- names of Directors and Principal Officers and addresses.
- Voting powers and elections & corporate control.
- Comparative general balance sheets for assets & reliabilities details.
- detailed investments in Road and Equipment
- income statement for the year, & profit/loss summary.
- Operating Revenues.
- Operating Expenses details.
- General Balance Sheet.
- Mileage, Traffic & Misc. Statistics.
- small notes on several pages for other topics.
from Wikipedia:
The Sacramento Northern (SN) was an electrified interurban railroad in California that extended 183 miles from Oakland north to Chico. There were two branches, one to Woodland-Colusa, and the other to Oroville. The SN had been two separate interurban companies connecting at Sacramento until 1925. The Oakland, Antioch, and Eastern Railway was a trolley-wire powered line that ran from Oakland through a tunnel in the Oakland hills to Moraga, Walnut Creek, Concord, Pittsburg, to Sacramento. It was renamed the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad briefly. The Northern Electric Railway was a third-rail powered line that ran from Sacramento north through Marysville-Yuba City to Chico. The train crossed the Sacramento River on the Red Gate Bridge. It was renamed the Sacramento Northern Railroad in 1914. In 1928, the two lines combined to become the Sacramento Northern Railway and came under control of the Western Pacific Railroad which operated it as a separate entity. An extensive multiple-car passenger service operated from Oakland to Chico until 1941 including providing dining car service on some trains. Passenger traffic was heaviest from Sacramento to Oakland. Freight operation using electric locomotives continued into the 1960s. The SN was a typical interurban in that its trains, including freight, ran on downtown city streets in Oakland, Sacramento, Yuba City, and Woodland. This involved multiple car trains making sharp turns at street corners and obeying traffic signals. Once in open country, SN's passenger trains ran at fairly fast speeds. With its shorter route and lower fares, the SN provided strong competition to the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific railroads for passenger business and minor freight business between those two cities. North of Sacramento, rail business was less due to the small town agricultural nature of the region with is small towns and by competition from the SP Railroad.
Condition:
This original 73 page, paper-covered hdbk (9x11.5 inches) is in Good or Good-Minus  condition.  Cover shows mild edge and surface-wear, with only real flaw a 1-to-2-inch watermark along bottom edges of cover.   Hinges/binding are tight/strong.   Inside, the bottom page edges are a little crinkly from water-stain, but little visible staining, and none of it interferes with writing.  Otherwise, interior shows minor signs of use and age, but no real flaws.  Paper is strong ...not at all brittle...and almost no age-tanning.  Writing is generally as strong as new...all is fully legible.  This is a sturdy original piece of history, complete with signed oath of accuracy and receipt from the State of CA, which can stand normal use.