Inventory of the contents of the HP&LB toolshed, in preparation of acceptance of the streetcar line by the City of Seattle as a gift.

City of Seattle
Municipal Archives
City Clerk Files
53880
Invoice. Tools and supplies of H.P. & Lake Burien R.R.

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Highland Park and Lake Burien R.R. Co.
Tools in Shed (Duplicate)

4 Grub Hoes
18 Spike Mauls
14 Picks with Handles
19 Picks with no Handles
49 Short Shovels
8 Burn Axes
4 Pkg nails
10 Bars of Steel
6 Pinch Bars
13 Crow Bars
8 Pole hole Shovels
7 Pike Poles
2 Rail Spacers
7 Pairs of Rail Tongs
17 Cold chisels with Handles
11 Rail Bolt Wrenches
5 Timber Carriers
28 R.R. Pick Handles
10 Spike Maul Handles
1 Part Spool Bonding Wire
2 Part Spool Pole Bacing [?] Wire
1 Hand dirt Car
1 Adze
1 Pair Bolt Snips
1 Brush Hook
1 Piceroon [sic, really picaroon “A short-handled device with a pointed metal end used to move and align logs and lumber inside a sawmill or in confined areas.”]
1 riveting Hammer
1 croscut [sic] Saw
1 Hand Saw
2 Driling [sic] Machines
1 Broken Brace
1 sodoring [sic] Machine
1 Wall Lamp
1 Lantern
2 Burn Peevees [?]
50 Cold chisels
2 Tong Timber Carriers
1 Striking Hammer
200# Soder
2 Doz[en] drills
1 Bbl [barrel] crude Oil
1 can Lubricating Oil
1 Part Spool Troly [sic, Trolley] Wire
1 Extra Switch
1/2 Keg RR Spikes
1 Keg Rail Bolts
30 Arms Rods
50 Insulators
5 lots of different Hangers
104 Rail supports [sic]
25 Extra Rails
3 doz[en] 4 inch Screws
1 dozen Eye Bolts
1 Box cast Wire Hangers
[crossed out]13 Bundles Banding Wire[/crossed out] Stolen
3 doz[en] Gywire [sic] clamps
3 Rail lifting Jacks
About 100 Extra length switch ties

Peter J. Lang RR4
City Watchman