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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction Book, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "General Instructions - Tramway Traffic Inspectors", 1951
Yields information about the instructions that Ballarat Tramways traffic inspectors received in carrying out their duties and how to monitor the work of the tram crews etc.Twenty duplicated quarto pages or folios titled "General Instructions - Tramway Traffic Inspectors", bound within a manila folder. Dated March 1951 and has Manual No. 1 on each sheet. On bottom edge has "GOS6-55", indicating that it may have been printed in June 1955. Two steel clips used to bind sheets into folder. Details instructions for tramway traffic inspectors including behaviour, approach, appearance, general duties, knowledge of instructions and bylaws, supervision of employees, ticket checking, sickness, intoxicants, offences, traffic supervision, derailments, failures, safety, accidents, investigations, injuries and reports.Has "State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Electricity Supply Department" stamped on front cover.trams, tramways, instructions, inspectors, sec, employees -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, M. Sayers, "Electricity Supply for Buninyong", "Ballarat Trams in Picturesque Setting", 2000?
... "Electricity Supply for Buninyong", "Ballarat Trams in... "Electricity Supply for Buninyong" and "Ballarat Trams in Picturesque... "Electricity Supply for Buninyong", "Ballarat Trams in Picturesque ...Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 4, Feb 1937 titled "Electricity Supply for Buninyong" and "Ballarat Trams in Picturesque Setting". Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details. The first story features the provision of power to the town of Buninyong on 14/1/2937. The supply was provided by a 6.6kV line running from Sebastopol. The second story with a photo of a line up of 7 trams in the Gardens following the annual outing of the Pleasant Street State School trip to the Botanical Gardens and special trams in general. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD.trams, tramways, power supply, picnics, buninyong, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, M. Sayers, "Electricity Supply and Tramways / Reconditioning the Tramway Systems at Ballarat and Bendigo", 2000?
... "Electricity Supply and Tramways / Reconditioning the Tramway Systems ...Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 4, Feb 1937 titled "Electricity Supply and Tramways / Reconditioning the Tramway Systems at Ballarat and Bendigo". Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details. The item gives the background to the takeover from ESCo. Details some of the work undertaken in both Ballarat and Bendigo, including the widening of double track in McCrae St to 10' to allow ex MMTB trams to run. Work at Grenville St - City Loop, the method of track laying in Ballarat - concrete stringers, welded joints, financial arrangements for the work - employment council. Includes replacement of trolley wire. Features photos of reconditioned track on the Eaglehawk Route and a caterpillar tractor. Record revised 31/3/2019 to replace images with those from Andrew Cook CD and to include item .1 .1 - Item also was originally printed with different photographs in the Electrical Engineer and merchandiser Sept 15 1936. See Reg Item 2968i5.pdf. Copy provided on heat sensitive paper.trams, tramways, sec, reconstruction, trackwork, mccrae st, grenville st, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, M. Sayers, "Geelong Electric Tramways", 2000?
Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 3, Nov. 1936 titled "Geelong Electric Tramways". Two A4 sheets. The article gives a short history of the development of the Geelong tramway system, replacement of petrol buses, extensions to Belmont, Chilwell and North Geelong. Gives track construction details, track renewals from 1924 (concrete stringers replacement), trolley wire, power supply (550V DC), rolling stock, Birney trams, services, fares, passenger numbers and the new SEC green uniforms. Has a photo of the Geelong depot with senior staff named and a photo of a tramwayman in the new Green uniform. Trams 27,30, 5, 23 and 6. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD. Andrew notes the person in the photo could be Mr. Percy.trams, tramways, sec, geelong, trackwork, uniforms, track repairs -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Folder with papers, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "State Electricity Commission ACTS", c1935
Brown manila folder, quarto size titled "State Electricity Commission ACTS". Folder of the type that would have inside a spring backed folder. On inside cover lists the Acts of the Victorian Parliament that were relevant to the SEC or a reference documents. These include Workers Compensation Act, Melbourne Electric Supply Co. Act, Carriages Act, Electric Light and Power Act, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act, Motor Car Act, Motor Car Act, Motor Omnibus Act, State Electricity Commission Act, Tramways Act and Transport Regulation Act. Has ink additions of up to 1946. Older index sheet underneath. Gives Act Numbers and dates. On front cover in top left hand corner has "Deptl. Tramways Superintendent".trams, tramways, sec, acts of parliament, administration -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - List, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "List of Overs and Shorts for Fortnight Ending 30 October 1943", 3/11/1943 12:00:00 AM
... of Victoria, Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Branch "List... Supply Department - Ballarat Branch "List of Overs and Shorts ...Typed carbon copy headed State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Branch "List of Overs and Shorts for Fortnight Ending 30 October 1943". Typed with employee names, number, Over, Short, Fares Collected, Total and Balance of Over/Unders. Ruled in black and blue lines. Gives overs and unders for each day for each person and a total for each person and day and blue and red ink. Initialled in pencil and dated 3/11/43. Photocopies of sheet made - A3 and left hand side scanned image stitched together - see i3 (left hand half only) List of names: List of Employees– Overs and Unders return – 30/10/1943 SEC Ballarat Branch 1 Pyle NT 2 O’Donnell T 3 Prisk J 4 McDonald GJ 5 Furlong P 6 Preston H 7 McWilliam N 8 Bartlett C 9 Mason R 10 Van Berkel S 11 Young CE 12 Jolly At 13 Bodey HG 14 Johnston A 15 Ford EJ 16 Brown GC 17 Young T 18 Irving J 19 McLachlan D 20 White CF 21 Knight H 22 Bowden F 23 Scott S 24 Ellis AE 25 Sewell RW 26 Young JC 27 McCormack J 28 Eltringham E 29 Purdue A 30 Satchell GH 31 Smerdon J 32 Scruse F 33 McGann V 34 Morrow R 35 Reynolds S 36 Hall G 37 Strickland L 38 Skurrie 39 Paull J 40 Atikins B 41 Mitchell S 42 Browne M 43 Cheney J 44 Lawrence A 45 Doncaster T 46 Hudson T 47 Ritchie ME 48 Harrison J 49 Horbury T 50 Moss H 51 Tonkin P 52 Tucker V (Verna May Tucker - email of 23-9-2020 - 1914-2001 from [email protected]) 53 Denmead KI 54 Etty CC 55 Spielvogel J 56 Wightwick J 57 Jakobi EA 58 Egan V 59 Dixon DA 60 Cole M 61 Chibnall L 62 Grundell HP 63 Duke F Fox A (no number alongside)In pencil "Miss Gullock" ?? crossed out and "Mr. Munro"tickets, fares, employees, conductors, motormen, conductresses, uniforms -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Trip Way-Bill", 1950's, 1955, 1963
Demonstrates aspects of the SEC governance and monitoring system, gives information on actual tram running, tickets sold against a date. Could be used by Inspectors to check tickets on a tram. Version prior to the introduction of Pensioner fares.3045.1 - Printed form titled "Trip Way-Bill" of the SEC, Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways, on thin off white paper. Gives value of tickets up to 7d, City 2d, Pensioners 2d and 3d and parcel stamps of 4d. Has space for the Run No, Conductor, Day, Date , route time and tram no. Able to be used on both sides of the sheet. Has sheet or print number of TYE 1-250 3045.2 - Photocopy of the same form with fares up to value of 1/-c, three city tickets, no pensioners and parcels of 6d. Original form to Bendigo Tramways. Under sheet number of TYE 1-250, has date of (R6/63). 3045.3 - similar to 3045.1 - but different TYE number and differences in font etc. While fare denominations to max value of 7d, has does not have City and Pensioner fares - used prior to the introduction of these fares - 1/11/1955 to 1/7/1958. Should be checked with SEC by-laws. trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, trip waybills, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, Handwritten Notes, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Revenue Journal", 1950's
3046.1 - Printed form titled "Revenue Journal", for recording the value of tickets sold by Conductors. Headed - Electricity Supply Depart, Provincial Tramways". Has value of tickets up to 7d, parcel tickets of 4d. Gives the opening and closing number of tickets or checks issued to the conductor, check returned by conductor, total number issued, value, returned by conductor, cash returned, Prepared in L (pound), shilling and pence format, or notes, silver and copper. Used in during the mid 1950's. Has space for hospital vouchers and area where signed by conductor. Printed on off white paper. Has form number TYE 1-280. Two copies held. On the rear of one sheet has written ink ticket denominations issues from 28/2/1963 to 1/1/1969 - seven different series, though first have then been crossed out. Repeat on second sheet. Gives value of tickets issued, including scholars and parcel tickets. 3046.2 - Lined foolscap sheet - hand written notes on fares up till June 1958, then through to 1/2/1969 - 6 different fare schedules. Has been folded into 8.trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, revenue journal, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Monthly Reconciliation of Stock of Tramway Tickets", 1960's
3048.1 - Printed form titled "Monthly Reconciliation of Stock of Tramway Tickets" of the SEC, Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways, on off white paper. Gives value of tickets up to 12c, , scholar and parcel tickets. Has space for branch, as at date, with signatures of Accountant and Office Manager. Form has number TYE - (OP111), with two large holes on left hand side for holding or filing into accounts books. 3048.2 - Photocopy of the same form with fares up to 15c, parcel tickets of 10c. Has a number of marks and figures on the sheet. trams, tramways, tickets, accounting -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Daily Traffic Revenue Statement", 1966
3054 - Printed form titled "Daily Traffic Revenue Statement" of the SEC, Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways, on off white heavy duty paper. Gives value of tickets up to 15c, , scholar and parcel tickets, special trams, value of tickets issues, cash paid in by conductor, value of tickets collected, surplus or deficiency and hospital vouchers and Outfit number of either side of the form. Has space for branch, as at date, with signatures of Compiler. Form has number TRM 583-1 (OP109) , with two large holes on left hand side for holding or filing into accounts books. Form ruled in blue ink horizontally and red ink vertically with some horizontal lines. A similar form, printed only in black, without the holes also donated by Peter Watt. Has fare values up to 18c. Layout of form identical. This form has been imaged (i2) and passed onto to Bendigo Tramways.trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramway Conductors' Shortages and Surpluses", 1960's
3055 - Printed form titled "Tramway Conductors' Shortages and Surpluses" of the SEC, Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways, on off white thin paper. Gives name of conductor, outfit number, day of week, total shorts or surpluses, adjustment of shorts, amount deducted from wages and remarks for a specific week ending. Form has number TYE 1 - 520. Form ruled in black ink. trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Outfit Record", 1960's
3056.1 - Printed form titled "Outfit Record" of the SEC, Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways, on off white heavy duty paper. Gives value of tickets up to 12c, 8c parcel tickets. Has space for branch, date of issue, clerk, total stocks issued and outfit numbers. Form has number TRM 583-2 (OP110) , with two large holes on left hand side for holding or filing into accounts books. Form ruled in grey ink with printing of numbers etc in black. 3056.2 - as for above, but with fare values up to 15c and parcel tickets of 10c. Images, .1 show over all form and .2 - .5 show top and bottom sections of each form. Used mid 1960's.trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Roster, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramways - Motormen/Conductors Rotation Roster - Bendigo", 1970
Significant in being a roster rotation sheet for Bendigo that used a different method of advising crews of the system of tables and weeks. Shows how the system was used. Given date, may have been the last one issued.Printed form titled "Tramways - Motormen/Conductors Rotation Roster - Bendigo" for Bendigo Tramways. Duplicated foolscap size paper, giving roster for motormen and conductors AM and PM rosters. Duplicated form in black ink with a red line drawing to split the AM and PM rosters and two tables on Monday underline. Gives details of the run, tables for each day of the week and shows Spare Tables. Headed "Northern Electricity Supply Branch" Five copies held. Copy 1 has pencil date "29 June 1970" in top right hand corner. trams, tramways, tram crews, shifts, rosters -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Official Time Table January 1939", Dec. 1938
... , titled "Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Tramways..., saddle stapled booklet, titled "Electricity Supply Department ...Yields information about tram services and how timetables were printed using a clock face for use in Ballarat. Demonstrates timetable making.Twenty Eight page, white paper, saddle stapled booklet, titled "Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Tramways - Official Time Table January 1939", numbered TYE 1-48-5918. Gives notes on the through routing of the tram service, how the clock style format works and that it operates from the Tramway Centre. Also details when extra services are run and times as specific points along the route. Pages 24 and 25 detail the fares and charges, page 26 - luggage, page 27 - section destinations for the various routes and page 28, notes recent reductions in electricity charges. Two copies held. In the worksheet file is the basis of an article that appeared in Feb. 2006 Fares Please! See Reg Item 5637 for the August 1937 version.In blue pencil, the deletion of the 8.47am extra tram from Haddon St in both copies.timetables, ballarat, fares -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Roster, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Motorman's Runs with daily rostered hours", 10/1946?
... Supply Department - Ballarat Branch, Ballarat Tramways... of paper, titled SECV, Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat ...Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways following the end of the 2nd world war - when the tramway traffic was still high peak. Gives details of working hours, rosters for the week of motormen. Shows the additional trams to the basic service on Weekdays and hours of one man operation.Single large typed sheet of paper, titled SECV, Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Branch, Ballarat Tramways, "Motorman's Runs with daily rostered hours". Arranged with four main columns, Monday to Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and within each main column 9 further columns giving Run No, Take Up, Relief times, Ord Rate (hours), One Man Rate, Spread (always "-" except for two on Saturday). Sign On and Sign Off - either 10 or 15 and the Total Hours. Columns vertically ruled in red ink. Not dated, but preparation format aligns with 3418 - 11/10/1946 - assume 10/1946. On rear in pencil is sketches for brake rigging components. In top left hand corner in black ink "B.T.P.S. Cat No. 801"trams, tramways, ballarat, rosters, employees, shifts, timetables -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - List, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramways Traffic Personnel (Wages), Feb. 1970
Gives a list of names of people who worked on the Ballarat trams in the final 19 months of operations, some personal information and grade.Carbon copy of a typed list of SEC Ballarat Tramway traffic list dated 5 Feb. 1970, with hand alterations. Titled "SECV - Mid Western Electricity Supply Branch - Tramways Traffic Personnel (Wages)", gives a list of names, traffic number, position, date joined, date of birth, date passed as motorman, long service leave (taken or entitlement?) and whether a returned soldier - using letter "R.S." Three shown as "D.S." - disabled solider? List broken up into three components - "A" Motormen/Conductor Seniority List - Engaged prior to 1 Nov. 1952, - 9 Number, "B" engaged subsequent to 1 Nov. 1852 - 8 Number and "C" engaged since 30 May 1962 - 38 depending on the time. List A L Walker H Knight J Smerdon - crossed out A Turnbull - crossed out A Mercer R. Courtney W. Ward R. Williams D. Kellett - (also T/Insp.) A. Jeffreys List B D. McGregor D. Thomson I Willis D O'Leary - underlined J. Maher A. Morris D. Domaschenz R. G. Knight List C E Lake W. Maes I. Tierney B Munn N Cahill N Reynolds - crossed out W. Davies N. Hamilton L. McMahon - crossed out and (W/C) after name. J. Billman W. Nancarrow H. M. Van Oorschot W. Newell L. Bird D. Chambers H. Van Rooy H. Mannion N. Robe C. Harding - crossed out and (S/L) after name E. Van Rooy F. Edmonds - crossed out M. Blackman N. K. Alan - crossed out H. Hall J. Mason S. Davies W. F. Segrave J. F. Bolton - crossed out N. D. Hunt K. Butler - crossed out J. F. O'Brien - ruled out V. L. Gill R. K, Morris D. Everett T. Williams A. Reed R. Herauville - crossed out B. Melville I. Trenfield R. Walker - crossed out V. Thorne - crossed out B. Biddington - crossed out K. Jeffs - crossed out Hynos - in pen and crossed out Power - in pen W. Tuddenham - in pen See also list given in Reg Item 3462.1 and 3462.2 - difference in spelling for Willis = Wallis, and Power = Powell. No additional names, but not all this list names appears in the list in 3462.1Numerous crossings out of names as people left, and three additional names and numbers within circles giving sub totals and totals.personnel, sec, ballarat, crews -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Film - Movie Film & Box, Kodak, 1960
... Junction, trailing shot. 13:07 Shot of :Electricity Supply... Shot of :Electricity Supply Department, Ballarat Branch” sign ...Yields information in movie film format of Ballarat trams in 1960, how the system operated and was used by people., Yields information in movie film format of Ballarat trams in 1960, how the system operated and was used by people.Movie film - 8mm, approx. 17.5 mins, with leader strip on a plastic reel, within a black and white plastic box, titled "Ballarat No. 1. 1960" contained with a cardboard box, 'Tuscan Super 8 and Standard 8 Spool and Can' . Has been transferred to DVD - see Reg item 4100 as Segment No. 1. Filmed and made by Ben Parle. Also transferred to DVD by Rod Cook Oct. 2015, via Roger Greenwood for use in his DVD, "The City of Ballarat Trams, Gardens & Gold" of 2016. See Reg Item 6883. Synopsis: based on time. 0:00 Starts with bogies cars crossing railway level crossing (34?, 39?) 0:30 SEC Logo 0:45 Ballarat Station sign and intro “Some City Scenes” 0:49 35 turning from Lydiard St Nth to Sturt St towards Grenville St with Commonwealth Bank in view. and then 42 returning 1:19 42 showing Mt Pleasant, turns from Sturt St into Lydiard St Nth 1:53 Tramway road works in Lydiard St Nth, near intersection with Mair St with Jelbart Road roller in use, starts with an SEC roadworks sign. 2:12 39 passing the works out bound to Lydiard St Nth. 2:46 Good view of the roller working before 35 arrives. 3:01 35 passing the works in bound with 3:29 14 crossing Lydiard St in Sturt St, towards Grenville St 3:47 Trams in City Loop 3:55 21 coming up the hill 4:04 31 entering Bridge St from Sturt St with Bucks Head Hotel in the background. 4:27 Overhead work at corner of Sturt and Lydiard, with view of the sign at the City terminus “Trams leave here for Sebastopol, Gardens, View Point.” 4:34 Passengers getting off and then onto 38, ex Lydiard St Nth at city terminus including a young lady wearing gloves and a wheeling a pram hurriedly the photographer. A number of other prams in the view as well as. The Conductor helps to unload the pram. 5:07 41 proceeding up Sturt St, appears to have just rained. 5:26 11 using the Dawson St crossover, with a motor car doing a U turn as well. 6:00 14 descending Sturt St towards the City, filmed at Dawson St. 6:11 Title “The Gardens via Drummond St North Line” 6:16 19 showing Victoria St, turning from Drummond St Nth into Sturt St. 6:28 30 inbound in Drummond St Nth, approach and trailing shots. Trailing shot ahs the hospital in the background. 6:49 31 outbound, Drummond St Nth, approach and trailing shots, trees are in autumn colours. 7:04 12, inbound Drummond St Nth, with Macarthur St in the background, stopping to pick up a lady, approach and trailing shots and then entering the Mill St crossing loop. 7:53 14 outbound in Drummond St Nth, dropping a lady passenger off and then turning into Macarthur St and then tram going away. 8:37 View of overhead junction at View Point Jtn. 8:45 View of “Cars Stop Here” sign and pole sign “To City Only” 8:55 30 inbound in Wendouree Parade, stops to pick up passenger, and then a trailing shot of tram entering Macarthur St loop 9:37 View of “Cars Stop Here”, “End of Section” and timetable boards at Haddon St. 9:50 34, pausing at Haddon St and then proceeding towards depot – approach and trailing shots, with “Warning Oncoming Trams” sign in shot. 10:27 “Warning Oncoming Trams” sign 10:32 34 crossing 12 at the Martin Ave loop 10:48 39? Wendouree Parade, near Barrett Ave, stopping and letting off passengers. 11:24 30 passing depot junction and then trailing shot of it entering Tram Sheds or Depot Loop and then proceeding towards the City. 12:11 Shot of the “Caution Beware of Trams” sign at the depot. 12:14 25 stopping at depot junction and then trailing shot of it going toward Forrest St. 12:47 12 passing Depot Junction, trailing shot. 13:07 Shot of :Electricity Supply Department, Ballarat Branch” sign at depot. 13:13 View of a destination showing “Depot” on a bogie tram 13:15 Title “Some Depot Scenes” 13:19 View of a trolley pole and then 13 leaving the depot through the gates, destination showing “View Point”. 13:54 View of trolley pole and then 32 stopping at the depot gates. 14:08 12 (Sunny view) running out onto Wendouree Parade and then a bogie tram approaching Depot Loop. 14:43 View of 42 running in with a single trucker behind in Wendouree Parade, and another single trucker running out. 15:02 Title “Some Scenes in the Gardens” 15:05 25 running through the Gardens, approach and trailing shots, near our Depot Junction. 15:55 View of “No Parking East of Loop” sign 15:59 View of overhead and then trackwork (with points removed), but overhead still in position at the Old Gardens Loop or Gardens South Loop and then 12 entering the loop from the south and then a trailing shot looking along the Parade. 16:33 View of “Cars Stop Here” and “End of Section” and then timetable boards at Gardens Loop. 16:55 View of 34 leaving the loop 17:14 Title “The End”Written labels giving title information on outside of box.trams, tramways, ballarat, sebastopol, lydiard st north, victoria st, mt pleasant, sturt st west -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, H.P. James, "In Other Days", late 1930's
ESCo Employee Hours Work Record book that has been used by an ESCo/SEC inspector, H. P. James as a record / note book for his personal collection or papers or journal titled "In Other Days". Book sewn with string in 36 page sections, blank end papers, board covers with stipple paper out sides and Rexene cloth binding. Comprising plain paper end papers and 104 printed pages (52 leaves), with each sheet printed in black on feint ruled paper for recording the hours worked and other details of drivers and conductors employed by ESCo. Printed for daily use, with Day and date page headings - made out for the 1930's. Text generically printed feint ruled paper. Images: Book - i1 Inside front cover - i2 Members Certificate - i3 Photo of H.P. James and index page - i4 Has been used to gather mementos such as photos, articles, newspaper clippings, letters and other miscellaneous documents on Ballarat local history. Newspaper cuttings etc often have side notes written by Mr. James. Inside front cover has certificate recording Mr. James membership to the Ballarat Historical Society (on Australasian Historical Record Society paper) for 1937 - 1938. A side note records Mr. James elected as Vice President in 1939. Receipt signed by Edward Crimmins (See Reg. Item 2486) Has a table of contents for pages 1 to 65. Opposite is a photograph of Mr. James dressed for the Ballarat Tramways Social Club function - See Reg. Item No. 506 Primary items are: 1 - Newspaper cutting "A stroll along Bridge St. 50 years ago" - Nathan F. Speilvogel. 3 - Newspaper cutting "What I Remember of Early Ballarat" - James Sainsberry. 4 - Newspaper cutting "Magnet that Made Ballarat - New Monument Marks Gold Discovery" 7 - Newspaper cutting "Romance of a Ballarat Street Block" - Speilvogel 9 - Newspaper cutting "Sixty years of Dana St. School"- Speilvogel 11 - Newspaper cutting "The White Flat - its Transitions of Service - Historical Review" - J. Hargreaves 15 - Newspaper cutting "Memories of Russell Square - Fireman's Carnivals" - James 16 - Notes on the Alfred Hall 17 - Newspaper cutting - "Alfred Hall" - James 21 - Letter re Russell Square dated 24/2/38, J. McLeish 23 - Newspaper cutting "The First Train to Ballarat" 25 - Newspaper cutting "Story of Ballarat's Horse Trams 1887 to 1913", James - see Reg. Item 2489. 27 - Photos and Newspaper cutting of items re horse trams, and photo of ESCo No. 18 - See Reg. Items 2490, 2491 and 2492. 28 - ESCo opening ticket (See other Reg. Items 608 for examples of this) ticket No. 1595. 29 - Newspaper cutting "Story of Ballarat's Electric Trams", James, See Reg. Item 2493. 30 - Poster - SEC - Ballarat "The New System of Fares and Sections" - 3/10/1997 - See Reg. Item 2494. SEC - Tourist Ticket - See Reg. Item 2495 ESCo - 3d check ticket - See Reg. Item 2496 31 - Tickets and handwritten notes - with reference to page 51 ESCo 1d - See Reg. Item 2497 (2 No.) ESCo/SEC? - lunch hour weekly ticket - See Reg. Item 2498 ESCo/SEC? - Morning and evening weekly ticket - See Reg. Item 2499 ESCo/SEC? - 3d Adult Transfer - See Reg. Item 2500 ESCo/SEC? - 2d child Transfer - See Reg. Item 2501 ESCo - 1.1/2 child ticket - See Reg. Item 2502 ESCo - 3d Adult ticket - See Reg. Item 2503 Extract of an item titled "History of Ballarat Tramways", SEC Magazine, Feb. 1939 - See Reg. Item 2504 2d ESCo token (See other reg items 1794 and 1943 for details of this object) - sewn into page. 33 - Handwritten notes "Alfred Hall" 35 - Handwritten notes "Russell Square" 36, 37 - miscellaneous cuttings from the Courier for 1939 and 1940 39 - Newspaper cutting "South Street Band Contests" - cutting dated 27/10/1932. (See images - i5 to 41, 43, - ditto - contest results 44 - Photo of the Tramway Shelter in Sturt Street being removed - Courier dated 18/12/1923 - see Reg Item 2523. 45 - Extract of April 1938 from SEC Magazine, photos of the launch of the illuminated Ballarat Centenary tram - see Reg Item 2524. 47 - Newspaper cutting "Peeps into the Past" 48 - Listing of "Members of Returned Soldiers Band", Ballarat, dated 18/11/1919. 49 - Newspaper cutting "Ballarat, The Home of the Band Contests", dated 27/10/1932. 51 - Handwritten notes - "Tram Fares methods of collection" - See Reg. Item 2505. 53 - Newspaper cutting "100 years ago", Port Phillip Herald for 1840. 54 - Black and white photo of a gathering of people (tramway?) at the Showgrounds - See Reg. Item 2506 55 - Six black and white photos with handwritten notes ESCo 19 or 20 - See Reg. Item 2507 Group of ESCo employees by ESCo tram - See Reg. Item 2508 Photo of ESCo employee, Si Barker - See Reg. Item 2509 Photo of ESCo company bus - See Reg. Item 2510 (See also Reg Item 3813) Photo of No. 25 - Barkly St - See Reg. Item 2511 Photo of two ESCo employees - See Reg. Item 2512 56 - Loose newspaper cutting "San Francisco Struggle Buggies" - cable trams - The Age 15/3/1947 57 - Letter from Mr. Pringle of ESCo to Inspector James and Handwritten notes on ESCo management - See Reg. Item 2513 Handwritten notes on the token systems - See Reg. Item 2514 59 - Page titled "Bundy clocks and meters" but no notes 61 - Hand drawn map of Ballarat tramways with notes on tracks - horse, SEC and ESCo and loops - See Reg. Item 2515. 63 - Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and photo of the Arch of Victory 64 - Photo of W. J.K. Dunstan ??? (has notes written on back, but difficult to read)* - Notes on rear of photo p64. "49 years in service W.J.K. Dunstan Office Manager Ballarat Branch Retired 18/3/46" 65 - Newspaper cutting "Old Victorian Schooldays, letters and reminiscences by past scholars". 67 - Newspaper cuttings - photo of Ballarat Choral Union and Urquhart St. school 69 - Newspaper cutting "Saint with a top hat" 71, 73 - Newspaper cutting "District Mining Disasters of By-Gone Days" - John Hargreaves 75 - Newspaper cutting "The Ballarat Courier" banners for 2/9/1939 - outbreak of World War Two - normal and a special edition. 77, 79 - Newspaper cutting "My Youth in Ballarat" - T.P. Long. 81 - Two photos and handwritten notes showing trams in Sturt St and the line up of horse trams - See Reg Item 2516. 83 - Newspaper cutting "Theatrical History - The Charlie Napier" - Speilvogel 85, 87 - Newspaper cutting "Story of the Eureka Stockade Monument" - Speilvogel 89 - Newspaper cutting "The Beginning of Buninyong" - Speilvogel 91 - Newspaper cutting "St. David's Day" 93, 95 - Newspaper cutting "From 1856 to 1894, Ballarat's Foremost Citizen Major (William Collard) Smith Recalled - J. Hargreaves. 97 - Newspaper cutting "All Electrical Exhibition / Ballarat's Electric Supply, its development" - 1936, See Reg. Item 2517. 98 - Loose photo of the ESCo Power station chimney and steeplejacks - See Reg. Item 2518. 98 - Loose sheet of paper about the origin of the ESCo trams - See Reg. Item 2525. 99 - Newspaper cutting - about Electricity in Ballarat and tramway services, and handwritten notes on ESCo Inspectors - See Reg. Item 2519 100, 101 - Newspaper cuttings - "Mr. Melbourne Day by Day" cartoon series and the artist's death notice dated 22/8/1939. 102 - Poster - Dana Street School Jubilee Re-union, has N. Speilvogel and H. James as joint secretaries. 103 - Newspaper cutting of various photos and a scene of a gold train at Bendigo 104 - Newspaper cuttings - Bob Menzies and Adolph Hitler and backs of Melbourne tram tickets - "School Boy Howlers". 105 - Letter in an envelope to H.P. James dated 11/10/1937, by a person about the building of the tram sheds at Wendouree - See Reg. Item 2520. Newspaper cutting of the opening of the tramway to Lydiard St. North from Gregory St. - See Reg. Item 2521 Loose item - 1/- SEC Tourist Ticket No. A2676 - See Reg. Item 2522.Many in pencil and inktrams, tramways, h.p. james, esco, horse trams, ballarat, civic history -
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Sign, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "SEC DANGER HT"
Enamelled metal sign with circular ends and two large and protected mounting holes. With red background & lettered "sec danger ht" in white paint. Has a black enamelled back. Black paint by letter "c" and below it. Letter "h" missing due to damage & a punch mark- like a large can opener mark.trams, tramways, secv, power supply -
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Document - Photocopies, Public Records Office of Victoria, "The Electric Supply Company of Victoria Limited - Directors' Report" - ESCo Annual Reports - 1920 - 1934, 1994
Photocopies of the annual or Directors' reports for the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Limited (ESCo) for the period 1920 to 1934. All dated 31 March 19xx. Gives details of the electricity and tramways departments such as the lamps connected and Balance Sheets. Some reports have a statutory declaration on the rear. Photocopies arranged by Alan Bradley c 1994 from files of Company Records held in the Public Records Office of Victoria. Item Year 1244.1 - 1920 1244.2 - 1921 1244.3 - 1922 1244.4 - 1923 1244.5 - 1924 1244.6 - 1925* 1244.7 - 1926* 1244.8 - 1927 1244.9 - 1928 1244.10 - 1929* 1244.11 - 1930* 1244.12 - 1931 1244.13 - 1932 1244.14 - 1933 1244.15 - 1934 * 4 pages, all others three. The fourth page gives the Statutory declaration of the agent of the Company lodging the copy of the English balance sheet in Victoria. Declaration by George Cole of Bendigo, or Percival John Pringle in Ballarat. Reports cover activities in both Ballarat and Bendigotrams, tramways, annual reports, esco, john pringle -
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Document - Report, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Commission Acts and Regulations", May. 1958
Twenty two page document, outlining the Acts and Regulations of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria with an introduction, dated 28 may 1958. Gives background to the Electricity Commissioners Bill of 1918, SEC ACTS, General Powers and responsibilities, SEC ACT of 1929, which allowed for operation of Tramways, and associated provisions and powers, Yallourn Township, Tramways By-Law No. 1, Orders in Council for local councils to supply power and wiring rules etc. Printed by a duplicating process onto paper with rounded corners. Pages held in top left hand corner by a brass split binder. Pages have "sticky tape" repairs on edges.On top of the first sheet in ink "Received from o/m in December 1958"trams, tramways, sec, acts of parliament, power supply, tramways -
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Legal Record - Legal Document, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Extract from ACT No. 3776"
Single page giving an "Extract from ACT No. 3776 - An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Power and Duties thereof" - 1928. Gives an extract from page 11, "Provisions relating to Councils and Other Undertakers." Carbon copy of the report typed onto paper with rounded corners.trams, tramways, sec, acts of parliament, power supply, councils -
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Document - Report, Legislative Assembly of Victoria, "Progress Report on the Select Committee on Electricity Supply", Nov. 1922
Sixteen page printed report titled "Progress Report on the Select Committee on Electricity Supply" and subtitled "The Provision of the State Electricity Commission Bill and the Purchase of the North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Company's works and undertakings" Published by the Order of the Legislative Assembly 21 November 1922." Folded and stapled along left hand edge. Sheets have rounded corners. Looks at the purchase of the NMETL and rural power. Has an Appendix titled "The Powers of the Commission and how they are being exercised" signed by John Monash and and other "The Problem of Retail Distribution of Electricity in Rural Districts".Stamp of ESCo in top right hand corner dated "28 Nov. 1922" and throughout the report, many pencil marks highlighting or underlining aspects.trams, tramways, sec, nmetl, power supply, councils -
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Document - Report, Legislative Assembly of Victoria, "Report of the Select Committee on Electricity Supply", Dec. 1922
Twenty Four page report titled "Report of the Select Committee on Electricity Supply - the supply of electricity to the south west district and the Sugarloaf scheme for the supply of electricity to the north eastern district". Has minutes of evidence. Published by the Order of the Legislative Assembly 7 December 1922.". Folded and stapled along left hand edge. Sheets on one copy has rounded corners. Two copies held. Stamp of the "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd" in top right hand corner dated 25 Aug. 1928"trams, tramways, sec, sugarloaf, power supply -
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Document - Report, Willits H. Sawyer, "Report on the Status and Affairs of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Scope and workings of the SEC Acts", 1926
Thirty two page report titled "Report on the Status and Affairs of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Scope and workings of the SEC Acts", prepared by Willits H. Sawyer, dated 1926. Royal Commission into the status and affairs of the SEC, undertakings, works, programmes, charges, acquisition of power companies, extension of the power system, tramway and railway power systems, use of brown coal, council facilities, substations, nature of the power supply, sale of appliances, coal mining methods, distribution of power supply systems. Presented to both houses of the Victorian Parliament . Folded and stapled in the centre. Sheets have rounded corners.Stamp of the "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd" in top right hand corner dated 27 Apr. 1927"trams, tramways, sec, yallourn, power supply, royal commission -
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Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, takeover of the Ballarat Electric supply by the SEC, Jul. 1927
Set of four newspaper clippings July 1927 from the Ballarat Courier regarding the possible takeover of the Ballarat Electric supply by the SEC. See also Reg. Item 1973 for other background to these clippings. 1974.1 - Courier 14/7/1927 - Reply by Sir John Monash of the SEC to Mr Pringle's (ESCo) speech - regarding price of power supplies, load factors, distance of supply, tariffs, tramway services. 346H x 57W 1974.2 - Courier 13/7/1927 - Large item in the Courier with statements by Sir John Monash and Mr. P. Pringle of ESCo each stating their case and various points regarding the cost of electricity to the various communities. 631H x 305W. 1974.3 - Single sheet of paper reprint from the Ballarat Courier - dated 14/7/1927 - titled "The Electric Supply Problem / Read this Leader from the 'Ballarat Courier' of 14th July 1927". Editorial address various issues of the problem - SEC takeover of the company, Council's power to franchise, dividends going overseas, loss of income to Council. Newspaper was seeking an independent report to Council. 303h x 206W 1974.4 - Courier 19/7/1927 - report of City of Ballaarat Council's 1927 consideration of the SEC's offer to takeover ESCo the previous night. Very detailed report of the discussions. Also a report on the City of Bendigo's decision to accept the SEC's position subject to the trams being kept, report on Electricity to farms and a long letter regarding the issue by W. B. Grose. 631H x 173W. Within the envelope containing this item, is the brown file that contained Reg. Items 1971 to 1977 by the Roneo London company.Dates of the newspaper clippings in pencil -plain or blueelectricity supply, sec, esco, city of ballarat, city of bendigo -
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Newspaper, "All-Electrical Exhibition", 1936
Two Newspaper clipping contained within Reg. Item 2488, pages 97 and 99, titled "All-Electrical Exhibition", possibly from The Courier, Feb. 1936. The cutting features an exhibition by the SEC, from 29/2/1936 to 7/3/1936 in the Alfred Hall. Article on two pages notes early Ballarat power supply, ESCo, Benjamin Deakin, generating plant, policy of the SEC, statistics, the exhibition itself and the tramways in Ballarat and their rehabilitation. Note Item Not formally Numbered.Written notes in pencil.sec, electricity, exhibitions, esco -
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Document - Report, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Electricity Supply Department - Geelong Tramways Review 1953", 1953
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Report Document "Electricity ...Demonstrates a document prepared by the SEC promoting the closure of the Geelong system. Yields historical notes and statistics on the Geelong Tramway system - very detailed information about tram use, services, staffing and routes and the costs of continuing the system in use.Sixteen page carbon copy foolscap document titled "Electricity Supply Department - Geelong Tramways Review 1953". Headings are: Early History, Creation of the SEC, Acquirement by the SEC, Agreements with Municipalities, SEC Act, Municipal By-Laws (Buses), proposed extension of the tramway routes, physical characteristics and changes at Geelong, Outlook of SEC as to tramways, Attempts to define transport future, review by the Geelong Tramway Operation by the SEC, tramcars, fares, staff and employees, trams used in normal traffic, daily mileage, average speed of services, service summary, passenger density, present outlook, prospective cost to be faced if existing system is continued, Possible improvements to the present system, extensions to the present tramway system, conclusions. Probably prepared as one of the reports to be considered by Government in its decision to close the Geelong system in 1956. Parts of text have been used in Reg Item 3478 - Geelong history and statistics. Very good reference document.'BTPS 403" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, geelong, sec, mesco, history -
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Administrative record - Memorandum, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Electrolysis", 26/01/1939 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the installation of electrolysis drainage bonds and the costing allocation - to the tramways, Yields information about the installation of electrolysis drainage bonds and the costing allocation - to the tramwaysTyped quarto sheet, dated 26/1/1939 copy of a memo for the Tramways Inspector prepared by the Manager Ballarat Division for the Manager, Commercial Division, regarding Electrolysis and the installation of Booster Type Drainage bonds and the allocation of the cost of this work. Signed by A. M. Carter.Has an ink notation in the bottom left hand corner.trams, tramways, electrolysis, tramways, power supply -
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Administrative record - Memorandum, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), acquisition of surplus Brill 22E trucks from Ballarat, 16/10/1962 12:00:00 AM
Has a strong association with a person in the UK who was seeking tram equipment had the Ballarat system closed in 1962., Has a strong association with a person in the UK who was seeking tram equipment had the Ballarat system closed in 1962.Memorandum or letter, carbon copy, dated 16/10/1962 on Electricity Supply Department paper, about the acquisition of surplus Brill 22E trucks from Ballarat by a person, Mr John Batty of the UK. Based on the proposed abandonment being implement, asked for the appropriate price for such equipment. Copy for "Tramways' Abandonment file" in red. Sheet has rounded corners.trams, tramways, 22e trucks, sale of trams, closure