The Valley road : a history of the Traffic Association of California : the League of Progress : the North American Navigation Company : the Merchants' Shipping Association : and the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway : with portraits of representative men that advocate California's progress and industrial supremacy / photos by Taber of San Francisco and Spooner of Stockton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wheeler, Arthur, pub.

San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--California--History.

Railroads.

California.

History.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Schuyler, Robert L., 1947- (donor) (RBC copy)

Quinn, J. J. (autograph) (RBC copy)

Haman, John O. (stamp) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Wheeler, 1896.

Summary:

History of an effort to break the monopolistic control of the Railroad Commission of freight rates which favored Southern Pacific Railroad. With lists of stockholders. Many portraits.

Contents:

1. Valley Road, a history

2. Traffic Association

3. North American Navigation Company

4. League of Progress

5. Merchants' Shipping Association

6. Beginnings of the Valley Road

7. San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway

8. Railroad Commission of California

9. Stockton and the Valley Road

10. Down through the Valley.

Notes:

"An illustrated history."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Professor Robert L. Schuyler.

RBC copy has ownership inscription "The property of J. J. Quinn, June 11th, 1896" and stamp "John O. Haman, M.D."

OCLC:

7312936