Scope and Content Note
The series consists of a card file, apparently incomplete, that indexes Barge Canal contract work and related documents. Although many cards show dates when the indexed documents were apparently filed "In Division Office" (typically from 1919 to 1924), it is not known when or by whom the card file was created or brought together. It is likely that the Department of Public Works maintained the file, and many of the cards at the start of the file are stamped "1936" without other explanation.
The earliest materials referred to in the file are diaries dating from 1909 to 1920. Almost all cards have a contract number at the top, along with an unidentified number at the left corner which may be a field book or other type of document number.
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