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Pacific County Public Utility District No. 2 records

Inventory

Accession No: 0456-001

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The Public Utility District No. 2 of Pacific County was established in 1940 after the purchase of the West Coast Power Co. Material concerning this purchase and the relationship of the Public Utility District to the Willapa Power Co. can be fpund at the end of the entire collection in the subgroups. The collection covers the dates 1940-1952 with some material concerning 1953. The built of the mateml is general correspondence with firms and federal agencies. This is filed alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. Tttere is also considerable interoffice correspondence with the two subsidiary offices at South Bend and Ilwaco, minutes of meetings, and correspondence of the Board of Commissioners and financial records. Because the filing systems used 'during the 12 years covered differed consid- erably depending on the manager any given year, the arrangement is somewhat complex. The disruption of any ·one pattern will account for the seeming lack of completeness of particular files such as those of financial records. Where much material has been clipped together, it has been left as such, and it has been identified according to the POD designation. (This also accounts for items filed with the most recent date on top.) However, all the correspondence has been integrated for all years. FUD #2 Pacific Co. Inv. Pol

PUBLIC UTil,lTY DISTRICT N0.2 OF PACIFIC COUNTY

· Box l CORRESPONDENCE-OUTGOING

l-{l-6) August 1949 - December 1950 ca~ 000 1-7 Miscellany 1940 - 1952 ca. 30 (Includes resolutions, notices of sales, news releases, etc.)

Box 2 CORRESPONDENCE,INTEROFFICE

2-(1-3) Memos from Raymond Office (Allen E. Rotta, Manager) 1950-1952 ca. 500 2-4 Memos to Raymond Office (A.E. Rotta) 1950-1951 ca. 200 2-(5-8) South Bend Office 1940-1945 ca. 75 2-9 Souilh Bend Office. Inventories 5 Box 3 to Box 4-13 Ilwaco Office 1940-1952 ca. 700 ,-14 to Ilwaco Office 1952-1953 (Carbons of bills sent to 5-10 customers) cao 550 5-ll Miscellany 5-(12-23) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - Board o:f' Commissioners This series contains both correspondence with the PUD no. 2's offices and with other companies with which the FUD did business. The dates covered are 1940-1947. Names of promi- nant correspondents and the folder location of each follows. 5-13 1941 Bone, Homer Truett; Leavy, Charles H.; Leavy, Charles H.; Hill, Knute; Jackson, Henry Mo; Coffee, John M; WallgreflJ Monrad c.; Smith, Martin F.; Magnuson, Warren G.; Holman, Rufus Co; Rankin, John E.; Pierce, Walter M.; Mott, James w. 5-14 1941 Smith, Martin F. 5-15 1943-44 Commercial Credit Corp. u.s. Bonneville Power Administration 5-16 1944 u. s. Bonneville Power Administration 5-21 1947 Norman, Fred; Morse, Wayne; Horan,. Walt; Jones, Homer R; Tollefson, Thor C; Holmes, Hal; Can, Harry P. fl 5-23 1947 U.S. Bonneville Power Administration Ma.ck, Russell V. Box 6 MINUTES - Board of Commissioners

6-(1-7) 1940-1950 ca. 500 6-(8-11) Memos, stenographic notes of meetings 1940-1946 ca. 350

Box 7 FINANCIAL RECORDS 7-(1-5) Monthly reports 1943-1947 60 7-(6-10) Financial Statements 1940-l.942, 1945-1947 PUD #2 Pacific Co. Inv. p.2

Box 8

8-(1-4) Treasurer. Letters of Transmittal 1940-1944, 1946-1947 ca. 105 8-5 Accounts 1951 ca. 150 8-(6-8) Accounts: Brooklyn, Wn. 1941-1943 ca. 200 8-9 Accounts: Claims & Deceased ca. 10 8-10 Accounts: Construction - Architect"s Duplicate Voucher 1946-1947 ca/ 100 8-11 Accounts: Miscellany ca. 10

Box 9

9-1 Budget: Bank reconciliation 1951-1952 ca. 12 9-(2-4) Budget: Cash Fund balances 1949-1952 Ca. 10 9-5 Budget: Miscellany ca.10 9-(6-7) u. s. Internal Revenue Service 1941-1947 (some correspondence included but financial in natureo most is forms.) ca. 60 9-8 Statements: Bay Center Water District 1950-1952 ca. 50 9-(9-10) Purchase requistions 1941-1945, 1949-1952 ca. 50 9-11 Purchase contracts 1940-1942 ca. 20 9-(12-13) Purchase authorizations-completed 1949-1951 400 Box 10

10-ll-9) Purchase authorizations-completed 1952 250 10-10 Operating and capital supple orders 1948 l ledger 3 inches Box 11 Operating and capital supply orders 1949 2 ledgers l in. ea. 11-1 Miscellany ca. 15

11-2 COURT PAPERS Miscellaneous (writs of garrnisbment, bankruptcy, etc.) ca. 10 11-(3-8) Employment; APP._ilications 1930-1945 ca. 150 (The built of the material is dated 1939-1940 during the formation of the FUD.) 11-9 Employment: Wages, Hirings, etc. 1942-1943 ca. 20 11-10 Employment: Resignations and termination 1947 ca. 4 11-11 Employment: Miscellany ca. 10 11-(12-16) EPHEMERA (Broken down into advertisements, periodicals, congressional bills, etc.) ca. 30 Box J.2 CLIPPINGS ca. 15 MISCELLANY (The folders headings, with the exception of the last one, are·· those used by the PUD in their filing.) 12-2 All-electric rate schedule 1944-1945 15 12-3 Consumer statistics 1945-1947 30 12-4 Lebam Water District (prpposed) 1941-1943 ca.15 12-5 Meter reports 1951 10 12-6 Work order originals 1945-1947 ca. 107 12-7 General RID# 2 Pacific Co . In. p. 3

Box 13 CORRESPONDENCE - G'c.t..JE.~\\ \--

13-(1-2) Addressograph Sales Agency 1941-1952 60 13-3 Advertiser, The 1940-1952 35 13-4 -Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. 1945-1951 30 13-5 American Coach and Body Co . 1949-1950 10 13-6 American Lumber and Shingle Co . 1940 5 13-(7-8) American Public Power Assn. , 1951-1952 40 13-9 American Steel & Wire Co . 1947-1952 15 13-10 ..... Angell, Homer D. 1941 2 13-(11-14) A Miscellaneous 100 13-15 Bay Center Water District 1945-1946 10 13-(16-17) - Beck (R.W.) & Associat es 1943-1952 20 13-18 Benson Office Supply Co. 1941-1952 35 13-19 Berk Electric Co . 1950-1952 20 13-20 Best (Ken H.) Co . 1940-1952 10 13-2l Bixby (R.W.) I nc. 1951-1952 3 Box 14 14-(1-2) Bone, (Milt) & Associates 1949-1952 15 14-3 _Bone, Homer Truett 1942 5 14-4 Brooklyn, Wash. 1947 10 14-5 Bryan, Williams. 1950-1951 3 14-(9-7) Burroughs - Adding Machine Co . 1940-1952 30 14-(8-10) B Miscellaneous 90

14-11 C & G Radio Suppl y Co. 1950-1952 20 14-12 ~ Cain, Harry P. 1948 1 14-13 Cascade Pol e Co . 1940-1951 20 14-14 - Chambers of Col1\1:lerce-Misc. 1949-1952 10 14-15 ._ Chicago, Milwaukie, St. Paul & Pacific ··Railroad Co . 1940-1949 20 14-16 Chinook Observer 1941-1952 30 14-17 -Coffee, John M. 1941 1 14-18 Columbia River Packing Co . 1942-1950 10 14-19 Consumer' s Pubi ic Power Di strict (Nebraska) 1952 3 14-20 Co- op Power 1949-1951 7 14-2l Copperwell Steel Co. 1950-1952 30 14-22 Cottrell, William J. 1950-1952 25 Box 15-(105) C Miscellaneous 125

15-6 Daily Journal of Commerce 1945-1952 20 15-7 Delaney, A. J. 1946-1952 10 15-8 Dow Chenical Co. 1951-1952 8 15-(9-10 ) D Misc. 60

15-(11-12) Edison Electric Institute 1952 15 15-13 _ El ectric Light and Power 1952 30 15-14 - Electrical Workers, Int . Brotherhood no. B-77 1941-1946 30 15-15 -..Electrical World 1943-1950 20 15-16 Eltron Inc. 1949-1951 5 15-17 -Equitable Life Assurance Society 1951 100 15-(18- 20) E Misc. 00 Box 16

16-1 Fairbanks, Mor se & Co. 1941-1952 15 16-2 Farmers Electric Cooperative Corp. 1952 5 POD no. 2 Pacific Co. Inv. p.4

16-3 Ferris & Hardgrove 1940-1941 10 16-4 Finzer (W.E.) & Co. 1941-1947 15 16-5 Foster & Marshall 1941-1952 10 16-(6-8) F Miscellaneous 00 16-9 Gehrman, Agnes 1943 5 J.6-~lQ-20) General Elec. Supply Corp. or 1940-1952 500 Box 17- 1-8) ....General Electric Co. 17-9 -General Petroleum Corp. 1941-1950 25 17-10 George, Clarence w. 1946-1948 3 17-11 Gilbert Brothers Inc. 1951-1952 10 17-12 Gillies., A. D. 1942-1947 5 17-13 _ The Grange News 1950-1952 10 17-14 Grant {William R) & Son 1950-1951 10 17-15 -Gray., Henry L. 1953-1950 25 17-16-18) _Graybar Electric Co. 1940-1952 300 Box 18-1 ---Grays Harbor Coo 1944-1946 20 18-2 Gwinner Commercial Printing Co. 1941-1942 10 18-3-5) G Misc. 100 18-6 Haas., Raymond 1946-1947 25 18-7 Hallidie Machinery Co. 1950-1952 25 18-8 Harbor Power Line Construction Cg. 1950-1952 5 18-9 Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. 1940 25 18-10 Hartley, R{'.ers & Co. (Seattle) 1940-1946 50 18-11 Haseltine., J.E.) & Co. 1950-1952 20 18-12 -Henry., Edward E. 1941-1942 20 18-13 Hill, Kenneth W. 1950-1952 15 18-14 -Hill, Knute 1941 3 18-15 Hite, Clard & Shigley 1950-1951 6 18-16 Holman, Rufus c. 1941 l 18-17 Home Electric coo 1945-1951 30 18-(19~23) H Misc. 150 Box 19-l Ilwaco Telephone & Telegraph 1945-1952 20 19-2 Ilwaco Tribune 1941-1952 30 19-3 ....Inland Empire Waterways Assn. 1950-1952 30 19-4 International Power Machinery Co. 1946-1951 10 19-(5-6) I Misc. 60 19-7 - Jackson, Henry M. 1941 2 19-8 James & James., Rochester, Wash. 1941-1952 30 19-9 Joslyn Pacific Co. 1950-1952 30 19-10 J MiSCo 40 19-11 Kamphausen {Dan) Co. 1951-1952 4 19-12 Kollenborn, J. c. 1941-1942 8 19-13 Kuhl.man,.. Electric Co. 1941-1950 15 19-(14-16) K Misc. 90 19-17 '-La.nglie, Arthur 1942-1952 52 19-18 -Leavy, Charles H. 1941 2 19-19 Lerrard,.Abstract Co. 1945 5 l9-~20-2l.) Lewis., Clyde L. 1940-1950 60 19- 22-24) -Line Material Co. 1940-1952 150 Box 20-l Long Beach, Wash. 1951-1952 7 20-2 Long Bell Lumber Co. 1949-1952 40 20-3 Los Angeles-Seattle Motor Express Inc.1950 5 20-4 Love Electric. Coo 1949-1952 5 20-5 --Lowman & Hanford 1949-1952 10 PUD # 2 Pacific Co . Inv. p.5

20 -(6 -7) L Misc. 60

20- 8 McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co. 1949-1951 10 20-9 McDonald Credit Service Inc. 1951-1952 15 20-10 wMack, Russell V. 1949-1952 15 20-11 't Magnuson, Warren G. 1941-1951 8 20-(12-13) Maydwell & Hartzell Inc. 1947-1952 50 20-14 Mayflower Inter-Insurance Exchange 1951-1952 4· 20-15 Mercantile Adjustment Service 1943-1947 30 20-16 Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. 1949-1953 30 20-17 Minneapolis-Honeywell Heating Controls c. 1952 10 20-18 ,_. Mitcall, Hugh B. 1941-1945 5 20-19 Moak, D. 1941-1946 20 20-20 Moloney Electric C. 1940-1951 10 20-21. Monohan Water District 1941 12 20-22 Monroe Calculating Machine Co . Inc. 1941-1952 10 20-23 Montgomery Ward 1945-1951 10 20-24 Moody's Investment Service 1941-1952 6 20-25 Murphy, Will~m J. Jr. 1946-1951 7 20 -26 \/MYers ( Guy C• .J. Cranberry Coo 1943-1955 20 Box 21.-(1-5) M Miscellaneous 100

21.-6 Naselle cWash3 Superintendent of Schools 1945-1952 2 21. -7 National Adequate Wiring Bureau 1950-1952 3 21-8 National Committee for Utilities Radio 1949-1950 5 21-9 National Personnel Service 1951-1952 4 21.-10 Niedermeyer & Martin Co . 1950-1952 10 21-11 Norman, Fred B. 1943-1944 4 21-12 Norris, George W. 1941 l 21-13 North Shore, Inc. (formerlyr:Nu±hr Transfer Co.) 1948-1952 25 21-14 Northern Pacificpailway Co . 1941-1952 30 21.-15-17) ~Northwest Public Power Assn. 1941-1952 40 Box 22-1 Northwest Utility Radio Anns . 1950-1952 15 22-(2-4) Nuveen cjohn3 & Co. 1940-1952 75 22-(5-7) N Misc. 70

22-8 Olympic Hardwood Co. Mill No. 2 1942-1952 10 22-9 Olympic Wood Preservng , Inc. 1950:1952 20 22-10 Onan Electric Plants 1950 6 22-11 0 1Phelan, John I . 1943-1951 4 22-12 \. Oregon, Misc. 1949-1950 8 22-13 0 Misc. 20 22-14 ...Pacific Builder & Engineer Inc. 1946-1952 8 22-(15-18) Pacific Co., Wash . Auditor 1943-1952 120 Box 23-1 Pacific Co . Wash. Board of Comm. 1944-1952 15 23-2 Pacific Co. Wash. Road District #3 1952 2 23-(3-9) Pacific Co . Wash. Treasurer 1940-1952 130 23 -10 Pacific Co . Medical Service Corp. 1948-1952 30 23-(11-12) ~cific Electric Mfg. Corp. 1940-1952 25 23-13 Pacific Highway Transport Co. 1952 3.2/" 23-14 Pacific Indemnity Co . 1952 40 3 23-(15-16) Pacific Stationery & Printing Co . 1940-1951 40 PUD #2 Pacific Co. Inv. p.6

23-(17-20) '-'1?acific Telephone & Telegraph 1940-1952 10 Box 24-1 Pacific Transformer Co., Inc. 1943-1950 40 24-2 Pacific Underwriters Corp. 1950-1951 5 24-3 Pioneer Inc. 1940"1952 15 24-4 Porcelain Products, Inc. 1951-1952 9 24-5 Prescott, D. Clinton 1943-1952 10 24-6 Pruzan (Jack) & Co. 1950-1952 10 24-7 vPublic Ownership League of America, Wash. 1941, 1943 2 24-8 J?UD no.l Benton Co. 1943-1952 20 24-9 wRJD no.l Chelan Co. 1950-1952 8 24-10 .,/POD no.l Clallam Co. 1945-1952 1 24-11 ~PUD nol. Clark Co. 1444-1952 25 24-12-13) vPUD no.l Cowlitz Co. 1941-1952 60 24-(14-18) v-PUD no.l Grays Ha:rWotr Co. 1941-l.952 110 Box 25-l vPUD no. l 10.id:i.tat Co. 1949-1952 6 25-2 no.l Lewis Co. 1944-1952 30 25-3 vPYD no.l Okanogan Co. 1945-1952 10 25-4 PUD no.l Skamania Co. 1941-1952 25 25-5 vPlJD no.l Snohomish co. 1946-1951 8 25-6 ...., POD no.l Wahkinkum Co. 194Q-1952 30 25-7 PUD no.2 Grant Co. 1946-1952 6 25-8 "PUD no. 3 Ma.son Co. 1942-1952 8 25-9 POD Misc. 1 25-10 PUD Oregon 10 25 .. (11-13) '··< PUD Research & Inf111rmation Service 1941-1947 eo 25-14 ,i Puget Sound Power & Light Co. 1941-1950 35 25-(15-20) P Misc. 130 25-21 Quinault Pole & Piling Co. 1951-1952 8 Box 26-1 Rambo Logging Co. 1945 2 26-2 Ranken, cJack T.J Co. 1943-1952 20 26-3 vRankin, John E. 1941 l 26-4 Raymond, Wash. 1941-1950 15 26-5 Raymond Herald 1941-1952 15 26-6 Remington Rand, Inc. 1940-1952 40 26-7 Richfield Oil Corp. 1941-1947 15 26~8 Robinson cH.L.J Co. 1940-1950 15 26-9 JRoebling's cJohn A. 2 Sons Co. 1940-1951 20 26-(10-15) R Miscellaneous 140 26-16 Schetky Equipment Corp. 1950-1952 20 26-17 Schwager-Wood Corp. 1950-1952 10 Box 27-1 vSeattle, Misc. 1942-1950 5 27-2 vseattle Lighting Dept. 1941-1952 15 27-3 Seattle Assn. of Credit Men 1941-1944 6 27-4 /Seattle First National Bank 1944-1952 20 27-5 Sexton, William c. 1941-1942 5 27-6 Shell Oil Co. 1941-1952 10 27-7 Signal Oil Co. 1941-1945 1 27-8 .J Smith, Martin F. 1941 4 27-9 Smith Brothers General Contractors, Inco 195()-1951 4 27-10 South Bend (Wash.) Journal 1940-1952 20 27-11 Southwest Wash. Public Utility Comm. Assn. 1941-1950 30 27-12 Spa.uling Meter Co. 1951- 5 27-13 Standard Oil Co. of California 1940-1952 25 27-14 Stark, Russell F. 1950-1952 t5 PUD #2 Pacific Co . Inv. p.7

27-15 Stubbs Electric Co . 1950-1951 7 27-16 Sunset Casualty Co . 1940-1946 J.5 3 o 27-(17-23) S Misc. 160 Box 28-1 -Tacoma Public Utilities Dept. (monthly financial report) 1950-1951 15 28-2 --Tacoma Public Utilities Dept. 1950-1952 10 28-3 Telephone Register Publishing Co . 1941 7 28-4 ~Tennessee Valley Authority 1950-1952 4 28-5 -..Jfennessee Valley Public Power Assn. 1951-1954 20 28-6 Test Instruments Unlimited 1950 4 28-7 Tisdale, Clyde V. 1943 l ~-8 1 n ck. & Murray 1941-1950 20 28-9 Tulsa Winch Manufacturing Co. 1941 l 28-(10-12) T Misc. 90

28-13 Underwood Corp. 1945-1952 15 28-14 L..lJnion Oil Co . of California 1940-1950 20 28-(15-17) YJ'.S. Army 1940-1952 90 Box 29-(1-19) '-- U.S.B.P.A. 1937-1947 380 Box 30(1;..14) II 1948-1952 2'.)G 30~15 II Inventories 1940-1941 10 30-(16-19) II Statistics 1940-1952 80 Box 31-1 '-U.S. Census Bureau 1940-1947 12 31-2 '-U.S. Coast Guard 1940-1945 10 31-(3-8) _ U.S. Defense Electric Power Admin. (1951 & 1952 include section of instructions) 1951-1953 120 31-(9-16) - U.S. Federal Power Commission 1940-1950 200 Box 32-1 - u.s. Navy 1938-1940 6 32-2 ~ U. S. War Dept. 1941-1944 8 32-3 - U. S. War Production Board 1942-1945 20 32-4 --u.s. Misc. 35 32-5 U Misc. 13 32-6 V Misc. 15 32-7 LWagner Electric Corp. 1950-1952 3 32-8 LWallgren, Monrad c. 1941, 1944 2 32-(9-12) ~washington.Auditor 1940-1952 100 32-13 -Wash. Conservation & Development Dept. 1940-1950 15 32-14 ~ Wash.Employment Security Dept. 1945-1951 20 32-15 Washington Fisheries Dept. 1949-1952 8 Box 33-(1- 2) - Washington Highways Dept. 1940-1952 50 33-(3-6) ~Washington Labor & Industries Dept. 1940-1952 90 33-7 - Washington Licenses Dept. 1947, 1950 3 33-8 - Washington Public Lands Dept. 1949-1952 3 33-9 - Washington Public Service Dept. (Monthly Reports) 1940-1947 8 33-10 - Washington Public Utilities Dept. 1945-1947 7 33-11 ...._ Washington Secretary of State 1946-1952 10 33-(12-14) - Washington State ~loyees' Retire- ment System 1950-1952 80 33-15 Washington Tax Commission 1945-1953 20 33-16 ...... Washington (State) Misc. 30 Box 34-(1-3) Washington Public Utility Commissioners' Assn. 1937-1952 30 34-(4-6) Washington Public Utility Districts' Assn. 1941, 1951-2 50 34-(7-16) Westinghouse Electric Supply Coo 1940-1952 275 FUD# 2 Pacific Co. Inv. p.8

Box 35-(1-4) W~yerhauser Timber Co. 1946-1952 80' 35-(5-6) Willapa Harbor Lumber Mills 1940-1949 60 35-7 Wolfe Electric Co. 1940-1942 15 35-8 Wood, (Thomas s.) Co. 1950-1952 15 35-(9013) W Msc. 100 35-14 Y-Z Misc. 10

SUBGROUPS

I

Box 36 Willapa. Electric Co. 7 vols. l. Acquisition of the Willapa Electric Company's Electric Distribution Property 2. Public Utility District# 2 Pacific County, Report on Willapa. Electric Company 3. Appraisal, Rate and Service Investigation of the Willipa. Electric Company 4. WUJ.apa Electric Company Appraisal November 1938 Field Inventory--Steamplant--8ritchboard-Sub Station. 5. Willapa Electric Company Appraisal November 1938 Field Inventory--LDistribution System--Workpapers 6. Willa.pa Electric Company Appraisal November 1938 Pole Depreciation Tests 7o- Willapa Eleetrc Company Appraisal November 1938 Cost of Production New

II

Box 37 Willapa. Power Company 1914-1926 Apparently this was a company started by Frank R. Nettleton in 1914 and sold out to People's West Coast Hydro-Electric Corp. in 1926. Note covering letter from son, Frank R. Nettleton cJr. 3 dated May 11, 1939. Papers (4 items) concern water rights.

III West Coast Power Co. 1938-1940 (These items concern the purchase of the West Coast Power Company by the PUD's of Wahkiakum and Pacific Counties and by the U.S. Bonneville Power Administration. General correspondence: 1938-1940 (Peoples Light and Power Co.; w.s. McCrea) 4 items Reportcon proposed purchase, 19393 Agreements: 1939-1940 2 exhibits Parties: Pacific Co. PUD; Wahkiakum Co. PUD