Trolley Railways Map (1 results)

One oblong elephant folio map, sized 36.5 x 12 in., w/ woodcut-engraved border, with minor creasing & soiling, some rubbing, and edgewear, a few old closed tears, neatly repaired on verso, still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceptionally scarce map demarcating the extent of the S.F.O.T. Railways Co. upon its formation in 1912 had after the merger of the Key System, East Shore & Suburban Railway, and the Oakland Traction Co. by the three main competitors to the Southern Pacific commuter ferry market, who also established their own ferry system, and substantially expanded their new streetcar line suburbs across the East Bay. The map depicts their growth and reach from Hawayrd to Richmond, CA, with stops in Albany, Berkeley, Piedmont, Oakland, Alameda, San Leandro, and San Lorenzo in between. Also depicted are the railroad lines of the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Western Pacific, Oakland & Antioch Railway, and Richmond Belt Line Railway. In 1932 the conversion to motorized buses began on August 1, when the East Richmond/23rd Street line was entirely changed over. They were then steadily converted until No., 1933, when the S.F.O.T. Railways streetcars made their last runs. No copies in Worldcat. See: San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways: Bond History and Sinking Fund Requirements (1915); Plan of Reorganization (1922).