1913 Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Voucher Check NJ, Interurban Railway
$ 6.86
Description
1913 Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Voucher Check NJ, Interurban Railway. The voucher’s interior contains the original invoice, dated January 31, 1913, from Camden, New Jersey. The reverse side of the voucher features a pre-printed chart of accounts. The expense is manually allocated to line item 63, designated as Misc. Document Description: The item is a 1913 fold-over voucher check issued by the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company, authorizing a payment of $91.30 to the Atlantic City Railroad Company. The document provides insight into interurban railway operations and accounting practices of the period. The transaction, dated February 1913, is drawn on H. F. Bachman & Co., Bankers of Philadelphia and is signed by Superintendent A. J. Purinton and Treasurer H. C. Bachman. The voucher’s interior contains the original invoice, dated January 31, 1913, from Camden, New Jersey. The invoice specifies payment for services rendered during the previous month, itemizing the costs associated with a day and night crossing watchman and one ton of stove coal at the Eighth Street and Haven Avenue crossing in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, as per an agreement dated September 27, 1907. The reverse side of the voucher features a pre-printed chart of accounts. The expense is manually allocated to line item 63, designated as Misc. Car Service Exp., an example of early 20th-century railroad cost accounting practices. The document contains multiple original markings in red and blue stamp ink, including the voucher number, check number, and a PAID stamp, along with handwritten approvals. Signatures from Secretary J.M. Campbell and additional, as yet unnamed, officials appear under the headings “Examined and found correct” and “Approved for Payment by the Executive Committee”, constituting an internal audit record. The tri-fold document, with its serif typography, provides a detailed record of a specific operational expense and reflects financial and safety protocols of the interconnected railway networks along the Jersey Shore during the pre-World War I era.
