Miscellaneous documents including the deed from the City of Tucson Common Council to Southern Pacific and other legal documents relating to the development of the Railroad, 1878-1882. Also includes tax assessments on SPRR property, business correspondence for the purchase of properties, and a copy of "Abstract of Record in the Supreme Court of the State of Arizona: Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers vs. Arthur L. Mills, Herbert Burgess & Frank R. Benton, [1932]."

Various financial documents for the Southern Pacific Company and its affiliates, including: Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co., Pacific Electric Railway Co., San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co., Southern Pacific Railroad Co. of Mexico. Includes data for the company's Pacific lines and Texas and Louisiana Lines. Some documents include data from other railroad companies for comparison. Includes data for years between 1941 and 1950; most documents are dated April or May 1950.

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