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Re: (erielack) Summer & Company (FY08-143)
Thank you Pat. Your summary gives some information on the company.
Mike Oravec
Pat_McKnight_@_nps.gov wrote:
> The folder I mentioned earlier that Steamtown has on Summer & Company (DL&W
> RR--Chief Engineers Files--1895--Track locations--Summer & Company--East
> Buffalo, NY (1948 - 1954)) is a relatively small folder. It has 36
> documents ranging from January 15, 1948, with the last on July 28, 1954.
> The documents in 1954 seem to be unrelated to Summer & Company, and
> mis-filed by the DL&W (there are a lot of mis-filed documents).
>
> There are two other groups of documents that deal with Summer & Company in
> this folder. One set of documents deals with a six month lease of
> "covering 1000 feet of track No. 5 in westbound yard, East Buffalo."
> Another document states the need for the track "for storing cars consigned
> to them for rehabilitation for the U.S. Government."
>
> The other correspondence in 1948 apparently deals with repair of a yard
> owned by Summer & Co. in Cheektowaga by the DL&W, including material cost
> and labor estimate. Not terribly exciting. There is no mention of cars
> bought and sold, just the track lease and track repair.
>
> Some of the correspondence is on Summer & Company letterhead, which lists
> their General Offices in Columbus, OH, with Branch Offices in Buffalo, NY
> and Cleveland, OH, with "plants" in Columbus, OH, Cleveland, OH,
> Cheektowaga, NY and Lackawanna, NY.
>
> Again, the folder is not earthshattering, but I would be happy to photocopy
> its contents for any with particular interests.
>
> Patrick McKnight
> Historian/Archivist
> Steamtown NHS
> 570-340-5193
>
>
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