The Municipal Street Railway System was formed in 1919 when the City purchased the Seattle street car rail lines of the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company, Seattle Division. Voters approved the purchase on November 5, 1918. The Company was owned by Stone & Webster, based in Massachusetts, which purchased utilities and street railways in the late 1890s. Formed in 1898 by Stone & Webster, the Seattle Electric Company consolidated property and rights of small transportation and utility businesses. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power incorporated in 1912. Clerk File 72055 date December 30, 1918, describes the street railway property transferred to the City by Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company, Seattle Division. The property included franchises, contracts, and rights, rights-of-way, land, street railway track system, drawings for track system, bridges, trestles, and culvert construction, utility equipment, railway distributing system, tools, and buildings. Property was located throughout Seattle, including: Fremont, Green Lake, East Jefferson, Madrona, Madison Street, Yesler Way, James Street, North Seattle, Georgetown, Ballard and West Seattle. In addition to describing the property of Puget Sound Track, Light and Power, the textual portion of CF 72055 serves as an index to the prints and drawings that accompany the CF. Researchers should also consult CF 72055 for descriptions of property, schedules of rights-of-way, franchises, contracts, agreements,bridges, units of equipment, railway poles, and other data. Select objects are viewable in Digital Collections.