A large collection of letters, notices & legal briefs and testimony. Examples are: One, 3 page photocopy of “Interstate Commerce Commission Decision AB-16 San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company Abandonment in San Diego and Imperial Counties Decided: May 18, 1979” finding that the “rehabilitation is justified because there is a strong public need for the services of the railroad;” photocopies of the following—“Reply of the City of San Diego To Exceptions of Applicant To Initial Decision” (testimony “Before The Interstate Commerce Commission AB 16,” 12/11/78 (6 pp.), “Reply of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board To Exceptions of Applicant to Initial Decision” (4 pp.) & “Reply of the County of San Diego To Exceptions of Applicant To Initial Decision” (12 pp.); 1 letter (11/15/78) from Frederick G. Pfrommer (Law Dept., Achison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System) to H.G. Home, Jr. (Sec., I.C.C.) re/ corrections in Initial Decision on SD/AE RR abandonment; one 6 page photocopy of William R. Daly’s “Exceptions of Protestant Shippers To Initial Decision Served November 1, 1978,” “Docket No. AB-16 (SUB No. 1);” 1 copy of a Memorandum (5/24/78) “To: Parties of Record From: Collister Johnson, Jr. [Law office of Peabody, Rivilin, Lambert & Meyers]” re/ “deadline for filing briefs [on AB-16] has been extended to June 19, 1978;” 1 photocopy of 4 pp. letter (5/18/78) From: Peabody, Rivilin, Lambert & Meyers for 19 public and private protestants— To: Forest Gordon (Admin. Law Judge, I.C.C.) requesting additional time needed to file briefs for AB-16; one 5 page letter (5/12/78) from John W. Witt (S.D. City Attorney) to Forest Gordon (Admin. Law Judge, I.C.C.) re/ “Protestants’’ Motion For Exclusion of Evidence Or In the Alternative To Reopen the Hearing;” 1 notice (3/29/78) from R.J. Massman (Dir. of Transp., County of S.D.) re/ hearings on SD/AE RR abandonment to held on April 4, 1978 in San Diego; 1 letter (3/2/78) from Lucille V. Moore (Chairwomen, S.D. County Board of Supervisors) & attached copy (3 pp.) of “Statement of Rep. Bob Wilson” (4/4/78) re/ “Abandonment Hearings for the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway;” 2 letters (3/27/78), 1 from Peabody, Rivilin, Lambert & Meyers & 1 from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Judge Forest Gordon (I.C.C.) re/ AB-16; 1 letter (3/17/78) from John McDonald Smith (So. Pacific Transp. Co.) “To Parties of Record” re/ attached copies of “Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(a), 5(b), and 59c) for your convenient reference;” stapled stapled photocopy of “Abandonment of SD & AE West of Plaster City, CA” (21 pp.); 1 photocopy (n.d.) of J.Rhodes Foster (Foster Associates, Inc.), “Verified Statement … Before the Interstate Commerce Commission…Determination of Current Cost of Capital For Southern Pacific Transportation Company and Its Wholly Owned Rail Subsidiaries Relative To Abandonment of Railroad Lines and Discontinuous Service” (72 pp.) & attached copies of “Exhibit to Verified Statement” (19 pp.) plus “Explantory Notes” (11 pp.); stapled copies of corresp. (Dec. 1976-Mar. 1978) from S.D Port Dir. Don L. Nay & RAdm. W. Haley Rogers (Commandant, Eleventh Naval Dist.) re/ the Navy’s position on disruption of RR service to S.D. resulting from Hurricane Kathleen in Oct. 1976; 1 copy of I.C.C., “Environmental Threshold Assessment Survey…Relating to: AB 16…Abandonment….” 2/28/78 (89+ pp.); 1 notice (2/24/78) from H.G. Homme, Jr. (Acting Sec. of I.C.C.) re/ No. AB-16 prehearing conference in S.D. on March 16, 1978 for one day; photocopy of Notice (2/16/78) from H.G. Homme, Jr. (I.C.C.) re/ AB-16 & attached 4 page “listing of the parties to this proceeding;” 1 copy of notice from H.G. Home, Jr. (2/22/78) re/ Order from I.C.C., AB-16, that the “application…filed on August 10, 1977 on behalf…[of SD/AE RR]…authorizing abandonment of all line operations west of milepost 129.69 at or near Plaster City, California…is referred to an Administrative Law Judge for hearing as indicated by the Notice served January 25, 1978;” 1 letter (2/16/78) from Collister Johnson, Jr. (Peabody, et al.) to Robert C. Bamford (Chief Admin. Law Judge, I.C.C.) re/ “courtesy copy of the Petition for Prehearing Conference filed with the Commission on Friday, February 10” re/ the concerns of the large number of prostestants in this case; 1 copy of “Petition For Pre-Hearing Conference” (2/10/78) & attached mailing list (4 pp.); 1 copy of a “Notice [1/19/78] of Assignment of Hearing,” for AB-16 (I.C.C.) for 14 days beginning on April 4, 1978 in San Diego, CA; 1 letter (1/13/78) from Richard T. Silberman (Sec., CA Dept. of Transp.) to Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin & attached copy of CALTRANS Dist. 11, San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Repair Cost Estimate of 1976 Storm Damage (Jan. 1978), map, text & photos (9 pp.)-- the report was prepared at Congressman Van Deerlin’s request; 1 photocopy of “Order Interstate Commerce Commission Docket No. AB-16” (10/27/77) from H.G. Homme, Jr. re/ “filed petitions to investigate received on behalf of 36 protestants;” 1 photocopy of “Interstate Commerce Commission Corrected Order Docket No. AB-16*” (10/20/77) re/ listing of “lines sought to be abandoned” by SD/AE RR in S.D. & Imperial counties.”