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Copy of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company Track Tie Order - November 22, 1937 - Addressed to Wallace Betts

Railroad track tie order for November 22, 1937 from the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company, addressed to Wallace O. Betts of Alta Lake, BC. The order requests "hewn peeled fir track ties at 45 cents each" and goes on to list the requirements and standards for these track ties. It is signed by [J Williamson?], the Purchasing Agent.

Speeder train

Photograph of a speeder on the PGE railway with two men. The man sitting on the speeder appears to be Bob Jardine.

WA_2020_025 - Textual Material

Textual materials donated by Louise Smith on August 13, 2020 regarding the history of the Jardine-Neiland and Betts families, including memoirs by her mother, Jenny Betts (nee Jardine), a Christmas card from Grace Archibald to Jenny Jardine dated 1937, and a Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company track tie order for November 22, 1937 addressed to Wallace Betts.