Telephone Systems
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Board of Public Works Miscellaneous Subject Files
Correspondence, reports, applications, permits, petitions, and contracts relating to construction, condemnations, street use, franchises, and rights of way. This series is an artificial collection arranged alphabetically by subject.
City of West Seattle City Clerk's Files
Administrative records of West Seattle filed with the City Clerk. Includes contracts, bonds, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, oaths of office, petitions, resolutions, and bids and proposals. Filed alphabetically by subject or record type.
City of Columbia City Clerk's Files
Law Department Correspondence (Series II)
Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.
Franchise Records
Correspondence, ordinances, agreements, and franchise statements relating to franchise granted by the City for street railways, railroad right--of-ways, and utilities. Includes some franchises of the City of Ballard. Arranged by file number. Index volume included with records lists franchise recipient, ordinance number when included, and file number.
Franchise Reports
Statements by franchise holders including name, character of franchise, length, date originally granted, original holder of franchise, date of franchise transfer (if applicable), officers of company or corporation, ordinance numbers granting franchise, and other information concerning the franchise. The bulk of reports relate to railroad and street railway franchises, but also include telephone and telegraph services, utilities, and fire alarm systems.
Honorable Edward E. Cushman, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, Southern Division, Petitioner, vs. the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, a corporation, Respondent., 1924
Register of Franchise Reports
Annual franchise statements required by Ordinance 4953. Includes name of franchise holder, character of franchise, length, date granted, to whom originally granted, date transferred if applicable, whether holder is person or corporation, owners/officers, ordinance granting franchise, and comments. Franchises include telephone and telegraph, railroads, electric street railway, water systems, electric power lines, gas lines, and fire alarm systems among others.