| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Ford, Horatio |
| Title: | Horatio Ford Railroad Records |
| Dates: | 1896-1926 |
| Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume) |
| Abstract: | The Eastern Ohio Traction Company, a Cleveland interurban railroad, was formed by the 1902 merger of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, and the Chagrin Falls and Eastern Railway Company. In 1910, the company was reorganized into two affiliated, yet separate companies, the Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, which was abandoned in 1925, and the Cleveland, Youngstown and Eastern Railway Company, which became the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway in 1915 and was then abandoned in 1925. Horatio Ford (1881-1952) served on the board of several of these lines. Ohio was the heartland of the electric interurban railway early in the 20th century, with a 2,798 mile network. The electric carriers offered the public clean and convenient service, operating at greater frequency and dramatically lower costs vs. the steam railroad. The electric interurban was also an exceedingly attractive business venture. The collection consists of minutes of meetings, articles of incorporation, agreements, deeds, reports, resolutions, franchises, and other records, of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, Eastern Ohio Traction Company, Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, and Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern Railway Company. |
| MS Number | MS 2797 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Horatio Ford Railroad Records, 1896-1926, consist of minutes of meetings, articles of incorporation, agreements, deeds, reports, resolutions, franchises, and other records, of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, Eastern Ohio Traction Company, Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, and Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern Railway Company.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio, and the development of the interurban railway system there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Those studying the history of business, industry, entrepreneurship, and transportation will find this collection useful.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2797 Horatio Ford Railroad Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Horatio Ford.
Horatio Ford Railroad Records 1896-1926 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, articles of incorporation, minutes, and reports 1910-1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, minutes and reports 1919-1925 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-4 | Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, original franchises 1898-1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, record book 1898-1902 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, minutes and reports 1910-1913 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, minutes and reports 1914-1919 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, deeds and contracts 1896-1910 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Cleveland and Eastern Liquidating Company, records 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Cleveland, Youngstown and Eastern Railway Company, original franchises 1896-1901 | |||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||
| 1 | Eastern Ohio Traction Company, record book 1901-1904 | ||||||||||