AGENCY: Weber County (Utah). County Surveyor

SERIES: 5305
TITLE: Railroad survey report
DATES: 1886.
ARRANGEMENT: None.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains a brief report prepared for the Weber County Court by the County Surveyor, Washington Jenkins. Due to discrepancies in figures given to the County Assessor by railroad companies, the County Court requested that the Surveyor conduct a survey of track mileage for the various railroads operating in the county. In the report the Surveyor provides figures for the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Utah and Northern, Utah Central, and Denver and Rio Grande Railroads. The Surveyor presented this report to the County Court on 14 June 1886.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series has historical value as documentation of the activities of the Weber County Surveyor and the Weber County Court, as well as the local regulation of railroad companies.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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