III. Private Consulting Practice

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{"value"=>"1908-1930", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1908/1930"}
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1908
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1930
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1908
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1908
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1930
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{"value"=>"<p>Series III contains the records of Wilgus' private consulting practice in New York City. His files are arranged by client or project in three sections: New: York transportation; major railroad projects; and general client files. The files contain correspondence, engineering reports, drawings, blueprints, statistics, notes, photographs, copies of legislation, legal briefs, printed material, and scrapbooks of clippings. The New York section includes material regarding his work on the small car freight subway, 1908-09; the interterminal belt line, 1909; the subway situation, 1910-1919; New York/New Jersey Port of Authority, 1909-1933; the Holland Tunnel, 1919-1922; the Narrows Tunnel, 1921-1922; the Regional Plan of New York and its Environs; and the Mayor's Committee on City Planning. Railroad companies which engaged Wilgus for inspections, valuations, litigation and other projects included the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad and Coal Company, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad, and the Wabash Railroad. The records of his other engagements are arranged by case numbers which Wilgus assigned chronologically.</p>"}

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  1. Small Car Freight Subway [8/1]
  2. Interterminal Belt Line [14/1]
  3. New York Subway Situation
  4. Greater New York Belt Line
  5. Movement Leading to N. Y. - N. J. Port of Authority
  6. Holland Tunnel - Board of Consulting Engineers [26/1]
  7. Narrows Tunnel - Board of Consulting Engineers [42/1]
  8. New York Port and Transit Problems [2/1]
  9. Bangor & Aroostock Railroad [39/1]
  10. Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad/Chicago & Alton Railroad/ Toledo Terminal Railroad
  11. Lehigh Valley Coal Company - Appraisal [46/1]
  12. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad - Valuation
  13. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad - Hearing before the I. C. C
  14. Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad [2/1]
  15. Wabash Railroad - proposed consolidation [3/1]
  16. General Client Files [9/1]