1934 Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Railroad Power Billing Voucher-image
1934 Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Railroad Power Billing Voucher-image

1934 Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Railroad Power Billing Voucher

$ 10.56

Era: 1930s Country of Origin: nan California Prop 65 Warning: nan Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey Handmade: No Railroad Company: Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Document Type: Power Consumption Bill Exact Item: Billing Voucher

Description

This is a vintage July 1934 billing voucher from the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company, issued to the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines for the estimated cost of electric current used during that month. The document, a standard Form 32, itemizes power consumption in kilowatt-hours from key substations and branches of the interurban trolley network, including the Pleasantville meter, Meadows Tower, and the Newfield and Somers Point branches. The total amount due, $1,918.29, is meticulously calculated with typed rates per KWH for both direct and alternating current, reflecting the precise accounting practices of a major transportation utility during the Great Depression. The voucher is formally executed with three authorizing signatures for the Auditor, General Superintendent, and Executive Committee, and bears a "PAID AUG 28 1934" stamp alongside check number 5097, completing its transactional lifecycle. The item serves as a significant artifact of early 20th-century railroad electrification and corporate consolidation in southern New Jersey. Created just one year after the formation of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL) in 1933, this inter-company billing record documents the operational dependencies and shared infrastructure between the competing rail entities that were merged under the PRSL umbrella. The specific mention of branch lines like the Newfield Branch and Somers Point Substation provides a granular view of the Shore Fast Line's operational geography in Atlantic County. As a piece of Depression-era railroadiana, this voucher exemplifies the bureaucratic ephemera of corporate finance, from its pre-printed ledger categories for way and structures, equipment, and conducting transportation to its final validation as a paid invoice, offering direct insight into the cost structures and administrative interactions that underpinned regional transit during the interwar period.

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