Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Co Financial Voucher Payment to
$ 6.86
Description
Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Co Financial Voucher Payment to. The item exhibits expected signs of age and handling, including central folds, edge wear, and marks consistent with storage in a corporate filing system. Catalog entry for document pertaining to the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company, dated 1937. The item is a financial voucher, number 8081, documenting a payment from the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The voucher is dated August 1937 and indicates payment by check number 5860 on September 4, 1937. The total remittance of $30.31 is itemized for three operational expenses incurred by the Atlantic City & Ocean City Railroad, a subsidiary line. These expenses include an $8.04 charge for track maintenance on the Newfield Branch, a $4.64 payment representing the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad's 25% share of operating expenses for the interlocking signal plant located at the Eighth Street and Haven Avenue crossing in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, and a $17.63 track rental fee for facilities in Ocean City, calculated according to a 1906 agreement. The artifact consists of a multi-page carbon-copy voucher set, providing a record of early 20th-century railroad accounting practices. The voucher includes typed line items, manually entered accounting codes, and a series of stamps and signatures, indicating approvals from the General Superintendent and the Executive Committee. Accompanying the voucher are supporting invoices on translucent onion-skin paper, which detail the cost-sharing arrangements for joint facility usage. This document provides specific information regarding the administrative and financial relationships between an interurban trolley line and a major steam railroad in Southern New Jersey during the Great Depression, as well as infrastructure details of the Ocean City interlocking plant and the contractual legacy of rail agreements dating from the early 1900s. The item exhibits expected signs of age and handling, including central folds, edge wear, and marks consistent with storage in a corporate filing system.
