Abstract

Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Public Utilities to the Common Council, 1874-1932. The materials are arranged in chronological order. The Committee on Public Utilities was organized about the mid 1920s and was responsible for Streetcars (1921-1931), Telephone/Telegraph service (1930-1931), Water & Waste Water utilities (sewers and water). The majority of this series are resolutions related to sewer (1883-1932) and water service (1874-1932).

Abstract Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Railroads to the Common Council, 1858-1932. The materials are divided into Railroad Lines and Streetcar Lines; therein, arrangement is chronological. The railroad lines best represented in the series are Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1899-1932; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1874-1931; Green Bay lines (i.e. Green Bay & Minnesota; Green Bay & Western), 1873-1932; Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1868-1873, and La Crosse &...

Abstract Records of the Mississippi Valley Public Service Company based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which operated the streetcar lines. Records are incomplete but include newspaper clippings (1932-1942); a franchise book (1883-1913); and personnel records (ca. 1914-1936). The franchise book includes copied agreements between four utilities and their shareholders and appropriate municipalities. The four companies are La Crosse City Railway Co. (1892-1908), La Crosse Water Power Co. (1905-1913),...