Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence pertaining to the Missouri Lines which were comprised of the H&StJ, StLK&NW, KCStJ&CB, and CB&CK and were run jointly by the CB&Q as lessee, and owned by the CB&Q after 1900. Letters are primarily from W. C. Brown, general manager of the Missouri lines, and cover topics including crop and weather conditions; condition of cars; deaths on tracks; personnel issues, and competition over freight rates. Subject indexes can be found at end of series.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence pertaining to the Missouri Lines which were comprised of the H&StJ, StLK&NW, KCStJ&CB, and CB&CK and were run jointly by the CB&Q as lessee, and owned by the CB&Q after 1900. Letters are primarily from W. C. Brown, general manager of the Missouri lines, and cover topics including crop and weather conditions; condition of cars; deaths on tracks; personnel issues, and competition over freight rates. Subject indexes can be found at end of series.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Correspondence in the President’s File has been assigned “record file” numbers, each number representing a different exchange of letters on a given topic. Topics include all aspects of the railroad business such as: operations, personnel, unions, budgets, changes in the regulation of railroad commerce, and relations with other lines. The era covered in this correspondence was a time of major expansion of the Burlington system, and there is a great deal of material on the leasing and...