City of Seattle Clerk File 72055 dated December 30, 1918, describes the street railway property transferred to the City. The property includes franchises, contracts, and rights, right of ways, land, street railway track system, drawings for track system, bridge, trestle, and culvert construction, utility equipment, railway distributing system, tools, and buildings. Property was located throughout Seattle including: Fremont, Green Lake, East Jefferson, Madrona, Madison Street, Yesler Way, James Street, North Seattle, Georgetown, Ballard and West Seattle. In addition to describing the property of Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power, the CF 72055 serves as an index to the prints and drawings that accompany the CF. Researchers should consult CF 72055 for descriptions of property, schedules of right of ways, franchises, contracts, agreements, bridges, units of equipment, railway poles, and other data.

Individual maps are cataloged in the Map Index and can be found using the search term 1802-D8. All maps and drawings are described below at the folder level. Drawings include the track system and equipment, as well as buildings such as car barns and waiting stations. Legal descriptions of the property being transferred to the City is also included in the Clerk File. Rolling stock, freight, passenger and miscellaneous cars owned by Puget Sound Traction at the time of the purchase, are also listed in the Clerk File.