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1.12.25 - Meeting Minutes
Excerpt from Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 10/3/1922. An agreement has been negotiated between the People's Railroad Company and the Fairhope Transportation & Excursion Comany (owners of the Bay Queen steamer) to extend the pierhead by up to 75 feet to be paid by the steamer company. The PRR will repay them, and the FSTC will assume the debt if the former cannot pay, or if ownership of the Wharf is transferred ba...
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1.12.50-52 - Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper dated 3/26/1923 from Anne B. Call. She has previously written a long letter to the paper about the status of the People's Railroad. Mr. E. B. Gaston has responded, and Mrs. Call is responding to him. Call says she feels the administration of the financially troubled railroad should not be reassumed by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation because she sees no way it can be successful and will ...
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40_24_001-40_25_001 - Postcard
Postcard from Webb & McAlpine, dated May 19, 1915 to A. M. Troyer, Secretary of the People's Railroad Company. James H. Webb and Jno. W. McAlpine were attorneys in Mobile, Alabama. Mr. Webb provided legal services for the Fairhope Industrial Association and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for years, and in many cases, gratis. Here, the note reflects his magnanimous spirit in hoping for success with the People's Railroad project and reque...
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viii.10.28-29 - Receipt
Two receipt sheets with People's Rail Road account information.
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viii.10.34 - Letter
Letter dated 5/8/1915 from Carl G. Johnson to A. M. Troyer of Fairhope expressing regret over not being at a meeting and that Mr. Winberg had promised to present some fills at the meeting, but did not do so. and notes he has not been paid any wages for a year and needs the cash as he is leaving in two weeks. He notes bills payable and outlines several issues with bonds being lost or transferred to others. Notes he gave E. B. Gaston a bond to be...
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viii.12.27 - Letter
Letter dated 9/16/1915 to E. B. Gaston from Elliott G. Rickarby, an attorney in Mobile, Alabama, asking questions about the People's Railroad Company for a client.
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viii.12.28-29 - Letter
Letter dated 9/17/1915 to Elliott C. Rickarby from E. B. Gaston. Rickarby is an attorney in Mobile, Alabama and is writing Gaston on behalf of a client about the financial background, current status, and future suppositions about the People's Railroad Company. Gaston goes into detail about the People's Railroad Company's relationship with the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, about Fiske Warren's $2500 investment in the mile of rails, about th...
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viii.12.47-48 - Letter
Letter dated 9/18/1915 to Dr. and Mrs. Slosson and Miss Nellie from E. B. Gaston. Gaston explains in detail the current financial status of the People's Railroad Company. He explains that the new pier on Magnolia Beach has taken business from the Fairhope Wharf, and "the Miller road has been completed to cross our main artery of travel from the east," which cuts off business from that sector. He asks if Slosson would be "willing to take over" ...
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viii.12.58 - Letter
Letter dated 8/23/1913 to S. C. Smith in Barnesville, Ohio from E. B. Gaston thanking him for the $50 subscription toward the People's Railroad. Gaston says he expects work to start soon.
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viii.12.62-63 - Form
Form dated 2/7/1920 (see related letter viii.12.61). This completed form is the State of Alabama Domestic Corporation Return For Franchise Taxes for the People's Railroad Company. Note the dated of original incorporation is listed on the form: 9/9/1912.
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viii.12.67 - Letter
Letter dated 9/25/1915 to George Staude in Chicago, Illinois from E. B. Gaston who is sending Staude more promotional pamphlets about Fairhope and thanking him for supporting the town. Gaston writes to Staude about the financial status of the People's Railroad Company and asks if Staude can buy some bonds to help out the project. There are payments coming due very soon. Cataloger note: The letter offers interesting information about the ...
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viii.12.70 - Letter
Letter dated 10/6/1915 to George Staude in Chicago, Illinois from E. B. Gaston thanking Staude for his promise to send $25 for the People's Railroad Company. Gaston says the Miller road is "entirely knocked out" and that is even more reason why "the people of this vicinity should unite on the People's Railroad.
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viii.12.79 - Letter
Letter dated 8/15/1915 to E. B. Gaston from C. D. Steele in Chicago. Steele reads the Fairhope Courier newspaper, and is sending $5 to the People's Railroad Company to help rebuild the wharf from the recent hurricane.
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viii.12.84-85 - Letter
Letter dated 9/19/1915 to Charles J. Stromberg in Chicago, Illinois from E. B. Gaston. Stromberg, who has a printing business, is a bond holder in the People's Railroad Company, and Gaston is writing saying the PRR will not be able to pay interest due to the financial situation of the "road." He asks Stromberg if he (or perhaps his mother) are in a position to take over the $2050 note the PRR has with National City Bank for perhaps a year. ...
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viii.12.86 - Letter
Letter dated 9/28/1915 to E. B. Gaston from Charles J. Stromberg in Chicago, Illinois. Gaston has asked Stromberg (or his mother) to take over the People's Railroad Company bank note for a year, but Stromberg tells Gaston he is not in a position to take that on. He and his mother plan to come to Fairhope in the winter and are looking forward to it. Stomberg comments of the War is affecting his business.
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viii.12.88-89 - Newspaper Article
Torn, partial newspaper article, likely from the Fairhope Courier newspaper around 1913-1915, concerning the People's Railroad Company, and the need to increase subscriptions and straighten out the railroad to run due east from Ring farm. Contributors are listed, including the Fairhope Country Club.
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viii.12.94 - Letter
Letter dated 7/25/1916 to W. S. Sumner in Geneva, Ohio from E. B. Gaston who is thanking Sumner for his contribution to help rebuild the wharf following the recent hurricane. Gaston says he hopes the pierhead will be ready to accommodate the Steamer Apollo when she tries to dock in the next few days.
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viii.13.10 - Letter
Letter dated 5/14/1915 to A. M. Troyer from K. B. Vanderslice regarding a bond purchase in the People's Railroad Company for Oscar Johnson.
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viii.13.13 - Letter
Unsigned letter dated 4/2/1926 to E. B. Gaston from either R. G. Brown or Abe. D. Waldauer in Memphis, Tennessee writing about his bond ind the People's Railroad Company. Gaston had written outlining the procedure to file a claim against the defunct Railroad. The writer said he meant the bond purchase to be a donation, he cannot find his copy of the bond, and if Gaston can find evidence of the purchase and get restitution out of it, then Gaston...
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viii.13.15-16 - Letter
Letter dated 5/22/1918 to Fiske Warren from E. B. Gaston who is sending Warren information about assests and liabilities in the People's Railroad Company. Warren is a large contributor to the P.R.R. Information include bonds outstanding, bills payable, wharf repair certificates, new car certificates and labor certificates. Gaston says interest on the debt has been paid except for interest on the actual rails which Warren owns. Gaston repor...
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