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(COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.). Colorado & Southern Railway Co. Business Ledger, January 1, 1916 - December 31, 1917.
Colorado & Southern Railway Co., Hardcover. A unique item, the handwritten business ledger of the Colorado & Southern for a two year period. It enumerates the transactions with hundreds of companies sorted alphabetically beginning with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and under each, a chronological list of financial transactions. A typical business ledger, it is about 17 inches wide, 12 inches high and 6 inches thick. Covered in coarse grayish buckram on thick boards. The first few leaves have some minor insect damage and some very old tape repairs. The binding is sound although the binding structure is visible at one point about two inches into the volume. The covers are quite soiled; the corners rounded and worn through to the boards; and there is a tear to the cloth at the head of the spine at the front hinge uncovering about a square inch of the spine strip backing. This presents a detailed picture of the financial workings of a small Colorado narrow gauge mountain railroad in the heyday of its operation. The Colorado & Southern was formed by the amalgamation of the Denver, Leadville & Gunnison with the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf in 1899, and included the lines once operated by the Denver, South Park & Pacific. Major abandonment of trackage began in the 1930's. An unusual research item. Good.
Offered for US$ 333.30 by: The Gallagher Collection - Book number: 8562
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