Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules, 1894-1913
Collection Number: 5174m

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules, 1894-1913
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5174m
Abstract:
Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules from Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company.
Creator:
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company [WLE] was a railroad that operated primarily in Ohio from 1871 to 1988. The railroad was designed to connect the coal fields around Wheeling, West Virginia with port cities on Lake Erie. In 1948, the WLE was leased to the Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad). In 1988, the WLE was merged into Norfolk and Western Railway.
This collection is comprised of five pamphlets from the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company describing Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Rates and Rules.
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Preferred Citation

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules #5174m. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Materials

Related Collections: 5550: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company Offices of Vice-President & General Manager Representative Files 6039: Railroad Files
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company
West Side Belt Railroad Company
Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States
Railroads -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules from Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
 1894-1913
Scope and Contents
5 booklets
Box 1 Folder 0
Item 1: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. Rules for the Government of the Transportation Department. Superseding Any Prior Orders or Instructions Inconsistent herewith. To take effect April 15, 1894.
 1894
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Published by Hadley & Hadley, Toledo, Ohio. 123 pages. Pamphlet signed out to J. E. Griswold, Agt., June 15, 1905.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0
Item 2: The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. Schedule of Wages No. 5. Rules.
 1899
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Published by Ward & Shaw, Cleveland, Ohio. 8 pages. Signed "R. J. Jones."
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0
Item 3: The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. Schedule of Wages No. 5. Rules.
 1899
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Published by Ward & Shaw, Cleveland, Ohio. 8 pages.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0
Item 4: Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co. Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Ry. Co. West Side Belt R. R. Co. Schedule for Train and Yardmen. Effective June 1, 1910.
 1910
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
20 pages. Cover signed by "R. J. Jones."
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0
Item 5: The Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co. The Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Ry. Co. The West Side Belt R. R. Co. Rates of Pay and Regulations Affecting Conductors, Trainmen and Yardmen.
 1913
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Award in arbitration between the Eastern Railroads and Order of Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Effective October 1, 1913. 34 pages. Signature "Ray Huntsinger" on cover page.
Format: Pamphlet.