
California Transportation Company
Over the years, the company became one of the largest operators on the river, operating a fleet of ships that included:
- Yosemite
- Chrysopolis
- Capital City
- Julia
- Amador
- Sacramento
- Onsibo
- Isleton
- Delta Queen
- Delta King
- Fort Sutter
- Pride of the River
The company owned a ship yard on Wood Island off Rio Vista, and in 1904 purchased the Union Transportation Company of Sacramento - which signaled the company's serious entry into passenger service.
In 1907, the company began to occupy a prominent location at the new City Wharf in Sacramento at the foot of M Street (Capitol Avenue) and began to offer through passenger and freight service betwen Sacramento and San Francisco.
The company's zenith of freight and passenger service occured in the mid-1910's, but rail, automotive and trucking advances started eating away at profits soon there after. In 1927, the company reorganized under the same name, and five years later it merged with the Sacramento Navigation Company and the Fay Transportation Company.