1911 Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Voucher West Jersey Seashore $425.77 Check
$ 6.86
Description
1911 Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Voucher West Jersey Seashore $425.77 Check. Voucher number 3030 was issued on January 15, 1911, and the attached check, number 7060, was paid on February 23, 1911, through H. F. Bachman & Co., Bankers of Philadelphia, indicated by a purple "PAID" stamp. Documented is a 1911 railroad voucher and check from the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company, made payable to the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Company for $425.77. This document provides insight into the financial operations of interurban railway systems and infrastructure upkeep in early 20th-century southern New Jersey. Voucher number 3030 was issued on January 15, 1911, and the attached check, number 7060, was paid on February 23, 1911, through H. F. Bachman & Co., Bankers of Philadelphia, indicated by a purple "PAID" stamp. The transaction details expenses for track maintenance and station upkeep on the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad's Newfield Branch during December 1910. These costs are categorized under accounting codes 87 (Rent of Tracks and Terminals) and 65 (Station Expenses). An accompanying itemized invoice from the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, dated January 18, 1911, lists maintenance tasks as defined by a 1905 operating agreement. These tasks include snow and ice removal, unloading of cinder ballast, replacement of yellow pine ties, and maintenance of signaling equipment between Pleasantville and Meadows Tower in Atlantic County. Further noted are repairs to a crossing bell and gates on Shore Road, pump maintenance, and the installation of a new stove in the Linwood station waiting room. This financial record, inclusive of accounting tables, handwritten notations, and a perforated cancellation, illustrates infrastructure management and cost-sharing practices between these two Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary lines.
