Atlantic City & Shore RR Payment Papers to West Jersey & Seashore Railroad 1912
$ 6.86
Description
Atlantic City & Shore RR Payment Papers to West Jersey & Seashore Railroad 1912. The voucher itself contains a printed grid delineating expense codes for Maintenance of Structures, Transportation, and General expenditures, completed in both cursive script and stamped purple ink. This archival packet originates from a July 1912 financial transaction involving the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company, Atlantic Avenue and Longport Division. It documents a payment made to the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company, finalized on September 21, 1912. The file includes the original voucher, the corresponding invoice, two pieces of technical correspondence, and the issued check, providing a record of inter-railroad accounting practices and the technical aspects of early electric traction systems. The core transaction details a payment of $2,420.76, itemized as $1,646.01 for railway expenses and $774.75 for boat line maintenance. The invoice and correspondence specifically account for 376,461 direct current kilowatt-hours (D.C.K.W.H.) of electric current provided at a rate of $0.012316 per unit. This power was supplied by the West Jersey and Seashore's New York Avenue Power Plant and Coopers Point Shop in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, for the Atlantic City line's operational needs during that month. The documents offer insights into early 20th-century utility metering practices, intercorporate billing procedures, and the infrastructure supporting electric interurban railways. Included are technical letters between General Superintendent J. N. Akerman and Pennsylvania Railroad Superintendent James Buckelew, which discuss corrections to wattmeter readings at the Somers Point Substation, illustrating the precision required for shared power resource management. The voucher itself contains a printed grid delineating expense codes for Maintenance of Structures, Transportation, and General expenditures, completed in both cursive script and stamped purple ink. The negotiable check, drawn on H. F. Bachman & Co., Bankers of Philadelphia, and marked APPROVED by the General Superintendent, completes the payment process. The grouping, held together with its original brass fastener and exhibiting tri-fold creases along with minor age toning, constitutes a primary source for research into New Jersey transit history, early electrical engineering, and corporate finance during the Gilded Age, reflecting the operational requirements of powering electric railroads along the Jersey Coast.
