Central Passenger Railway Co Atlantic City Financial Docs Invoice Check 1907
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Description
Central Passenger Railway Co Atlantic City Financial Docs Invoice Check 1907. This collection comprises a complete set of financial documents from 1907 related to a transaction between the Central Passenger Railway Company of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Atlantic City Railroad Company. The set includes three main items: a tri-fold voucher jacket in salmon color, the original itemized invoice, and the cancelled check. The voucher jacket, numbered 323, summarizes the transaction, recording an $88.00 payment authorized in March 1907 for services performed in February. On the reverse side, it documents the internal review process, featuring signatures from the company secretary and an approving officer, under the headings "Examined and found Correct" and "Approved for Payment." A handwritten annotation directs the payment to Reading Terminal in Philadelphia. The accompanying invoice, dated February 28, 1907, details wage payments for crossing watchmen employed at two intersections in Atlantic City, Atlantic County: Baltic & California Avenue and Arctic & California Avenue. The invoice specifies a wage rate of twenty-five cents per hour, with each watchman working 176 hours during the month, resulting in a payment of $44.00 per location and a total amount of $88.00. This reflects operational requirements in a resort city where electric streetcar lines intersected with a steam railroad right-of-way, necessitating continual safety oversight. The final item is the original check, issued by The Real Estate Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia on March 27, 1907. It is signed by W.A. Stern, president, and the company treasurer. The check bears a PAID perforation and includes a fiscal control stamp limiting the amount to not exceeding one hundred dollars. Together, these documents provide a representative example of early 20th-century corporate accounting practices, illustrating wage standards, inter-company financial interactions, and the administrative procedures within a regional transit and railroad context during this period.
