Guide to the Financial Records of Railroad Companies Operating in Ohio, 1889-1898 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0338 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2018 March This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-03-15T16:33-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Financial Records of Railroad Companies Operating in Ohio SPEC.RARE.CMS.0338 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.4 Cubic feet 1889-1898 The 19th century railroad system in Ohio provided citizens with quick and affordable transportation for goods and passengers across the state. After the American Civil War, Ohio began to experience significant growth in railroad mileage. Larger railroad companies purchased shorter lines across Ohio and connected them into an integrated railroad system throughout the midwestern and east coast states during the late 1800s. The Financial Records of Railroad Companies Operating in Ohio contains accounts payable forms, payroll checks and receipts, billing statements and claims notices, way-bills, and a financial agreement. Materials are dated from 1889-1898. (1) 5" letter document box English Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Cincinnati, Portsmouth, and Virginia Railroad Company. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company. Columbus Connecting and Terminal Railroad Company. Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company. Kanawha Dispatch. (Cincinnati, Ohio) Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. Ohio and Northwestern Railroad Company. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway Company. Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged alphabetically by railroad company, and chronologically within each company.

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 Historical Note

Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company ran from Toledo to Athens and Pomeroy via Columbus, Ohio, transporting both coal and passengers. It formed as a merger between three other Ohio railroad companies in August 1881. The company became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway system in 1910. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company (C&O) was a class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads. In 1888, the Cincinnati Division of the C&O was constructed, connecting Huntington, West Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. The C&O's primary transport was coal.

Ohio and North Western Railroad Company, chartered in 1886, bought the Cincinnati and Eastern Railway at foreclosure in January 1887. The Ohio and North Western Railroad Company was foreclosed in March 1890 and sold to the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad in June 1891. The Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad Company merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in October 1901. Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, formerly the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad, was purchased by E.W. Clark & Company at a foreclosure auction in 1881. The lines ran between Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Its primary transports were agricultural products and coal.

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL) had primary routes in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. CCC&StL, also known as the Big Four Railroad, was formed by a merger of several other railways operating in the midwestern states in June 1889. The railway transported both freight and passengers.

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, also known as the Panhandle Route, was formed from a merger of five railroad companies in September 1890. The company merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1956.

 Scope and Contents

The Financial Records of Railroad Companies Operating in Ohio contains accounts payable forms, payroll checks and receipts, billing statements and claims notices, and way-bills for the following railroad companies: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company; Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad Company; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company; Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company; Norfolk and Western Railroad Company; and the Ohio and North Western Railroad Company. The collection also contains a financial agreement between the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company and the Columbus Connecting and Terminal Railroad Company to cross lines. Audit bills, receipts, and notices from the Cincinnati branch of the Kanawha Dispatch claims department for freight regulation violations, are also included. Materials are dated from 1889-1898.

 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Cincinnati, Portsmouth, and Virginia Railroad Company. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company. Columbus Connecting and Terminal Railroad Company. Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company. Kanawha Dispatch. (Cincinnati, Ohio) Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. Ohio and Northwestern Railroad Company. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway Company. Invoices Payroll records Railroad companies--Ohio--19th century Railroads--Claim departments--Ohio--Cincinnati--19th century Railroads--Finance Railroads--Ohio--History--19th century Waybills Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company expense bills and claims notice 1 1 1892 February-April Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company payroll checks 1 2 1897 April-May Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company payroll checks 1 3 1897 September-December Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company accounts payable correspondence 1 4 1898 January-April Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company payroll checks 1 5 1898 February-March Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company payment receipt 1 6 1898 May 23-24 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company billing statements 1 7 1892 May 9, 17 Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company freight billing statements and receipts 1 8 1891 October-1892 February Kanawha Dispatch claim department car audit bills, receipts, and notices 1 9 1892 January-August Norfolk & Western Railroad Company freight billing statements and receipts 1 10 1891 October-November Norfolk & Western Railroad Company way-bills and transfer manifests 1 11 1892 January-February Norfolk & Western Railroad Company, Scioto Valley Division billing notices 1 12 1892 March-June Ohio and North Western Railroad Company accounts payable forms 1 13-15 1889 December Ohio and North Western Railroad Company accounts payable forms and payroll checks 1 16-20 1889 December-1890 January Ohio and North Western Railroad Company accounts payable forms 1 21-22 1890 February Ohio and North Western Railroad Company accounts payable forms and payroll checks 1 23-27 1890 February-March Ohio and North Western Railroad Company accounts payable forms and payroll checks 1 28 1890 June-July Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company agreement with the Columbus Connecting & Terminal Railroad Company for payment to cross lines 1 29 1892 June 27