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Guide No. 134:

Barber Asphalt Paving Company Contracts, 1900 - 1906

Overview of the Collection

Repository:

Dallas Municpal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201

Creator: Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Title: Barber Asphalt Paving Company Contracts
Dates: 1900 - 1906
Quantity: One linear inch
Abstract: Legal contracts to pave areas near trolley tracks
Identification: 97-014
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

Typescript signed legal contracts.

Collection documents agreements between the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, the City of Dallas, and the Dallas Consolidated Electric Railway Company to pave areas between the rails and tracks of the railway lines on various streets in the City of Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Consolidated Electric Railway Company was incorporated in 1887 and merged four companies into one in 1902. It in turn merged with four companies in 1917 into the Dallas Railway Company.

The documents in this collection are copies placed by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company for public inspection in the City Secretary's Office.

 

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Street-railroads -- Texas -- Dallas

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

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Box Folder Title, Date
1 1 Correspondence and contracts for Elm and Main Streets, 1900 - 1906
  2 Main, Elm, and Commerce Street contracts, 1902 -1904
3 McKinney, Harwood, Elm, Jefferson, Lamar, Austin, and Commerce Street contracts, 1902 - 1903