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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle Transportation Commission

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Seattle Transportation Commission Appraisals

 Series
Identifier: 9380-06
Scope and Contents note

Appraisals of the value and usability of equipment and facilities following the 1939 rehabilitation of the City's Municipal Street Railway System and subsequent organization of Seattle Transit.

Dates: 1941

Seattle Transportation Commission Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 9380-04
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and contracts let for rehabilitation of the city's transit system.

Dates: 1939-1942

Seattle Transit Commission Minutes

 Series
Identifier: 9379-01
Scope and Contents note

Proceedings of Transit Commission meetings.

Dates: 1952-1971

Seattle Transportation Commission Minutes

 Series
Identifier: 9380-01
Scope and Contents note

Proceedings of commission meetings.

Dates: 1939-1951

Municipal Transportation System Revenue Bonds

 Series
Identifier: 1800-12
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, legal opinions, and copies of legislation relating to a ten million dollar loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to modernize the Seattle Municipal Street Railway System. The City issued bonds to pay for the loan. The system was reorganized as the Seattle Transit System under the direction of the Seattle Transportation Commission. Included are documents outlining the organization and authority of the Commission.

Dates: 1939-1942

Seattle Transportation Commission Rehabilitation Bids

 Series
Identifier: 9380-03
Scope and Contents note

Bids for various work projects relating to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation funded rehabilitation of the City's transit system.

Dates: 1939

Seattle Transportation Commission Reports of Expenditures to Reconstruction Finance Corporation

 Series
Identifier: 9380-05
Scope and Contents note

Financial and narrative reports to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation regarding progress on the rehabilitation of the transit system in Seattle.

Dates: 1940-1942

Seattle Transportation Commission Resolutions

 Series
Identifier: 9380-02
Scope and Contents note

Resolutions relating to the operation of Seattle Transit.

Dates: 1939-1951