Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) Board Minutes

Contains minutes of 31 Board meetings. Meeting held monthly with variation dependent on circumstances. Issues covered regularly include; minutes of the previous board meeting(s), cash statements, documents sealed, provisional monthly results, registration work, provisional financial statements, recommendations from Standing Joint Committee, traffic receipts, staff matters, loans from National Provincial Bank, election of Directors, Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Special issues include; the London Traffic Act, the London Electric Railway (LER) Act 1923 and City and South London Railway (C&SL) Act 1923, strike of omnibus and tramway employees, the Croydon Corporation Bill, and the deaths of Sir Henry Babbington Smith, Right Honourable E S Montagu and Sir William M Acworth.

Contains the minutes of 55 Board meetings, 18 General Purposes Committee meetings, 7 Finance Committee meetings and 2 meetings of Committee of Directors. Issues covered regularly include: financial statements registration work; sealing of share certificates; staff matters; loans to other companies; minutes from previous meetings and dates of future meetings; directors’ fees; discussions of staff pay; sealing of documents; rolling stock; traffic statements; operating statements and cash statements. Special issues for Board meetings include: new office building plans, passing of the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) and London Electric Railway (LER) bills, W C Burton resignation, Lord Colwyn election and subsequent resignation, deaths of Rt Hon Sir Algernon West, W E Mandelick and L Robinson, National Steam Car Company routes taken over by London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) and introduction of increased fares. Special issues for General Purposes Committee meetings include extra cars obtained for LER, Lord Ashfield elected as Chairman, H A Vernet elected as Deputy Chairman, passing of the Companies Fares Bill in the House of Lords. Special issues for the Financial Committee meetings include Rt Hon Lord Ashfield as Chairman and L B Carslake appointed as solicitor to committee.

Contains minutes of 105 Board meetings, including the final winding-up meeting of UERL and the termination of Lord Ashfield as Chairman. Meetings were usually held every two weeks, however there are the occasional gaps in meetings. Issues covered regularly include transferring of shares, cash statements, traffic statements, minutes of previous board meetings, parliamentary matters, financial results, leave of absence granted, and documents sealed. Special issues include: the deaths of Sir Herbert Jekyll, Viscount Knutsford, S B Joel, C J Cater-Scott, Lord George Hamilton, Z E Knapp, Sir George Gibb and Lord Stuart of Wortley; leave of absence for the chairman to take up research role for the the Prime Minister in n Canada; the termination of Lord Ashfield as Chairman; and the final winding-up meeting of UERL.

Contains minutes of 133 Board and Finance Committee meetings. Meetings are not held at regular intervals though they average once per month, this may be a result of World War One. Regular items of business include: minutes of the previous board meeting; cash and capital statements; documents sealed; purchases and sales of stocks and issue of bonds, parliamentary matters, dealings with the War Office, appointments and resignations of company officials, and interactions with various railway and transport companies. Special issues include: effect of war on railways and omnibuses; extension of lines such as Paddington, Bakerloo and Edgware; special armistice week bonus; and London United Tramways (LUT) scheme of reorganisation and reconstruction.

Contains Minutes of 106 Board Meetings, including two adjourned meetings. Meetings are held fortnightly, although the early meetings are held weekly. Issues covered regularly include; minutes of the previous board meeting, Cash statements, documents sealed, transfer of share certificates, Works Committee recommendations for acceptance of tenders, sale of stocks and shares, appointments and salaries of Directors and officers in Britain and abroad, sale of and payment of dividends on stocks and shares, parliamentary matters, and loans to various railway companies. Special issues include; construction of Lots Road power house and arrangements for distribution of electricity generated, death of Charles T Yerkes, design of company seal and share certificates.