http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8445jw9 Online items available Finding Aid for the Pacific Electric Railway Company Records Finding aid prepared by Denise Villegas, 2012. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Library and Archives © 2012 One Gateway Plaza Mail Stop: 99-15-1 Los Angeles, CA 90012
[email protected] URL: http://www.metro.net/about/library/ Finding Aid for the Pacific Electric 70-DPGTL 1 Railway Company Records Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Library and Archives Title: Pacific Electric Railway Company Records Creator: Pacific Electric Railway Company Identifier/Call Number: 70-DPGTL Physical Description: 4.80 linear feet, 14 boxes Date (inclusive): 1908-1964 Date (bulk): 1940-1950 Abstract: The Pacific Electric Railway Company, established by Henry Huntington, connected cities across the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The records in this collection consist of information about rules and regulations governing employees, timetables and vehicle information, financial, operation, and service reports, as well as contracts and agreements made during the sale of Pacific Electric Railway Company property and stock to Metropolitan Coach Lines. Physical Location: LACMTA Research Library and Archive Biographical / Historical Pacific Electric Railway (PERy) was created in 1901 with Henry Edwards Huntington as principal stockholder. Huntington completed the first PE line in 1902 which ran from Los Angeles to Long Beach. He later sold his shares to Southern Pacific in 1910. In 1911 the “Great Merger” took place. Although continuing to operate under the Pacific Electric name, Southern Pacific Railway merged PERy with nearly all of the interurban railways in a four-county region of Southern California.