ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202


GRAND FORKS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL #1022

DATES: 1908 - 1974

SIZE: 1 linear foot

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Grand Forks Street Railway Company Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Edward K. Lander, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on June 18, 1985 (Acc.#85-1382).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Grand Forks Street Railway Company was incorporated in December 1908. A franchise for the operation of a trolley/streetcar line was granted by the city of Grand Forks in 1908 and East Grand Forks in 1910. In 1936, the stockholders authorized changing the name of the company to Grand Forks Transportation Company and, at the same time, authorized the use of buses. The company operated in Grand Forks until it was liquidated and dissolved in October 1974.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Grand Forks Street Railway Company Records date from 1908-1974, and consist of four books which contain the records of all business transacted by the company from incorporation to dissolution. The books include by-laws, meeting minutes, and stock certificates, as well as the 1974 dissolution plan.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Book #1
    Certificate of Incorporation: December 1, 1908
    Corporate Renewals: November 28, 1928 and November 29, 1948
    Articles of Incorporation: December 9, 1908
    Stock Issuance: October 22, 1915
    Assignment of Franchise: January 11, 1909
    By-Laws and Amendments
    Minutes of Board of Directors and Stockholders Meetings: 1908 - 1911
    Register of Original Stock Certificates and Dividends
  2. Book #2
    Minutes of Board of Directors and Stockholders Meetings, 1912-1926
  3. Book #3
    Minutes of Board of Directors and Stockholders Meetings, 1926-February 1947
  4. Book #4
    Minutes of the Board of Directors and Stockholders Meetings: February 1947-1974
    Revised By-Laws
    Liquidation and Dissolution Plan.
    Certificate of Dissolution: October 8, 1974
 Original Donation  First Addition: 1919-1939
 Second Addition: 1900-1947  Third Addition: undated

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