5 20 109 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/8cefe5bcc1e42aa9fb522420bd80dda5.pdf a652f4452cc16308f0e5fa8178c6cde6 PDF Text Text fl. > Imm " . i\ I I'i jK*!! Hff ■■ .is i- - -/ I' ); itsiM ,':V-r December, 1868. * • ••; , I think the above la the amount ir?*m^"liand9 as it-ho# s hovvs. I have the $1000 stock of the Credit Mobilier in a certificate that I can endorse over-the others are included in larger certificates. 1- can take on a certificate and take this'from it. I hope you will contrive some way to stop the -leaks out on the road. I'will not go back to-'.lYashington until about the time wo meet. I see by a California paper that they intend to meet'us 150'miles this side~6f Salt take and at'the foot of Wahsateh Mountains. • - Note: S, R. Craig to N. P. Dodge, Philadelphia, 30: In relation to'property which Gen. Dodge sold him. Declines to pay taxes until the thing is settled, and ?/ill hold II. P. Dodge fesponsible for its correct settlement. ' Peter Melindy to Gen. Dodge, t)8s Moines, June 13th:- (Telegram) ' Extend an invitation to Grant aaid Colfax to'visit Des Mbine ks they go West. Answer, . " " • •• J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, June 15:- Message of Saturday received. It is already ascertained that rifn can be overtocme with 53 ft. grades. Hudnutt is nov; working towards Green River, Letter in detail. ' Note: Jas. A. Roughs to Gen, Dodge, North Bend, Janufiry 1:- r Wants appointment as Mail Agent on U.P.R.R* ' Ifote: Estimate Of gold dust and bullion -taken from Idaho Terri tory in 1867 da !I868, January 1869. ■C • . Note: T. 1.', Brown to Gen. Dodge, Penn Yah 2:- t." ' Wants copy of pamphlet from State Department givi:ig a list of all the Diplomatic and Consular offices abroad, .V.'ill try to' get „ an appointment and w^ts Gen. Dodge's assistance. , , Note: E. M,' Wright to Gen. Dodge, Des I.Ioines, 2'.- f Wants an. appointment on F.P.R.R. or some other road, and aslcs Gen. Dodge's assistance in retting it. , , ^ J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 2:- . I arrived here yesterday evening. HcCabe was here expecting me, haying left his party in charge of i:r. Mob erly near Brigham City a few days ago. He has extended his work from mouth V^eher canon to near Brigham City, showing all the sections cut by our located line. ^ H e did not get mj letter relieiving him^until a short time-ago, it having been delay/fd on tho way. He still desires to go East, and L have directed him to make a short statement^or report of his doings, - embracing the facts communicated to me in conversation and which will answer your letter to him dated some time ago which he has shown me. This he is now engaged ip doing a»d when finished he will go, Morris and Ricksecker were absent at Ogdon where they went to • • Meet Dr. Durant. They hav,o just .returned. Morris expects instruc tions from Durant. Ui go with party tp Promontory to mn additional lines in a few days. Ricksecker says there was talk of removing the office to Brigham City, and he thinks he may be instructed to move it . . < * January, 18G9. , , . up there, Morris' party is camped near the Warm Springs with, their line at the edge of the city ready to close in one more day's time. This I, will have done iinder any circumstances before.^he ^oes away. •My desire is to settle my accounts here in the shortest possible time, dismiss the men or turn them over to construction; gather up papers, maps, &c. and remove this office to Omaha and then finish up my report. I ought to -at away from here in a.week or less, but may be detained, If Durant orders the office to Brigham City I shall consider that as a delivery of the papers to Omaha, and pay no further attention !o them, except to consult them as far as necessary to make up my repopty Is correct? If I cannot take ,the profiles and naps to Omaha, I^may be obliged to stay up,til my, .report is finishMr. Morris informs, me that severa 1 letters which he thinks you have -ritten him vere never received, and this explains why they w ere never answered • Two or three letters which he says were addressed to n|e at Omaha I noveP got. The itrack was at. the stage station at the foot of Echo grade when I jjassed there on the night Pf Dec, 31st. It ought to be at Echo City on the 10th inst or before, Morris tells me that nearly one-third of the distance from mouth of Weber to Bear River crossing on U.P. Line is graded, but thinks less than 1-4 of the work between tho.se points is done. Nothing done Ipetween Bear River crossing apd Promontory January, 1869, / :rr-r. suranit; a little done on west slope of Promontory and from foot of west slope to Monument i»oint nearly all is done. The Central Pacific Company have their grading well advanced between Monument Point and foot of west slope of Promontory; little or nothing done betweer that and Bear iRiver crossing, but considerable work done between Bear River and Ogden, This work between Bear River and Ogdeh is lighter than ours and for that reason thoy have a larger portion of that line ready for the track than we have, but not aS much labor performed as on our line. Their location undulates more, and has more «nd sharper Curves. ' " ' » Our line along Clay Bluffs thl. side of Ogden i ch4"nged andi thrown on sliding hill-side, and will bo changed at oth«r points ' ic between Ogden and Promontory. Before I go EaAt I desire to ride over the line from here to Ogden, and may extend my trip tn Promontory or Monument Point to see how things look unless you think I should rot do so.* I ought at all events to see Maxwell before I go away, and he is on Promotory I understand, and I should like to see the Central Company's line. At hnalia I received Vour fetters of 7th, lOth and 21st Dec, You think //e set the coulter too deep. I* hope e shall not break the plow;' liut seri usly it will take more money to put your road in good working condition for permanent use than you think, and if we live ten years I think you will admit it. Besides it would have-been in January, 1869. easy job to let the - r run deeper still. I will-be in a few days send you calculation of strain on bridfyes as requested. I thank you for your kindly feelin-ilis expressed in regard to news-^aper squib?, &:c. The Omeha paper piablighed V/arren*s letter -and made honorable explanations, I am told; did^not see the article. . I wrote Bingham before I left ;x>me as you may have ascertained before this time. _That the location of the Central Pacific line is much inferior to yours is very certain, and it seems -to me Durant should be a little cautious hov/ he changes it or^ he may not be so well able to res.ist Browning, or will meet him less advantageouSlj^,. ^As we made the location every engineer of any character will at once tell Browning or Congress that our line should- be taken and not that of the Central Company, As Durant may lease the line or rather build the road, thia- may not be so clear.^ I am surprised at the action of the Government in accepting the C. P. location to head of Echo., but I fear Dr. Durant has in some, way got t e Government, officials prejudiced agains;U hi^, and this would naturally send their sympath.ies to the other side. May there not be lack of confidence in the Doctor's statements or want of trust in his word which has injured your road? The long grasp to Huraboldt Wells and its subsequent abandonment, the first no doubt made with many assuraiifles and assertions which could qot be made good, I fear has had nuch to do with all thig, and would naturally tend to destroy confi dence in all tJ.ings from the same source, oven if they wore true. January, IBGQ. llorric tells me the line of the Central Company up Weber and Echo was an an^le line and no" curves run in. I mean their line of 1867 the only one' theyhad. This he is confident of. I fill collect all the information I oan in regard'to their lines-and work so that if* desired I think ne can show that they certified to an actual false hood. If there is anything special you wish me to do, advise me.^ W. F. Sa'ppt o Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 3:- • Your New York letter-received. have seen Cale and her • agreed to nrite to Mr. Grimes. 1 have written U> Kirkwood also as you reouested. I also wrote to Henry O'Connor to -write Price and have Burroll write him. I will have Judge Ford write to Pomeroy as he is' personally acquainted with him. I have letters from Kirkwood, Baker, O'Connor and Judge Day and will get letters from Judge Ford .uid Douglas.* Any" and all of these getnelemen will do all they (fan. X will-d-ehd you these letters if you think best. TTlthrow Will do all ho can. 1 alsd wrbto to Welke o.f the Wcoster District Ohio to see Aillbon and Ladghridge. He wrote me he would and that Delarfo would see them also. They were Ohio frl-anda of; A. and L. and thought they could help'. 'T also wrote both allison aid Laughridge mySelf. Alison promised me but Laughrdige said h^ was pledged to another man in another part of the State. This is-all I have'dbne. I will Peep-yod'posted and lot me know at any' time what I can do that I am not doing. I do not believe I over ■ ■ 'j; ■■■(. January, 18G9, V • ' estimate your influence- at any rate whfether I succeed or rict I will " remember the interest you have taken in the matter for me, ■==• — J. T?. House to Oen. Dod3e, ~ 6maha, 4:- Mr, Eddy starts tonight for Salt Lake with instructions to lay out the town, &c, I have directed him to have it laid out on the odd sections if it is possible to ascertain the section lines, and at the same time secure suitable grounds for a divisional terminus. Have also given him a letter to S.B.Reed-asking his views upon the subject and have directed Mr. Eddy to conform to them as nearly as possible. I regret excdedingly that it is impossible for me to go out, but hope . • • to be able to get dWay in ten days or two weeks. I wrote Mr. B, to t-^legraph me what McCabe had done in regard to section lines but have not heard from him yet. Yudder has been 10 days on the road getting up sidings, buildings, • • • &c. to Cheyenne. I have them frpm here to Cheyenne, and when his reports arrive will at once forward the entire information. ' y Mr. Eddy writes me that tlie entire Salt lake Valley is settled and farmed and claimed by the settlors. What disposition shall be make of those claims? I . my instructions 1 told him claims that have been made since 1867) we will pay no attention to, but those made prior to that time I do not know how to arrange. Please give me some information and instructiona for I am at « loss how to act. I was not aware till he told me that there would be any likelihood of interfer ing with settlers in the location of town. Hodge's general map goes January, 1869, today by mail. J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen, ^o^ge. Salt Lake City, 4:- I have this moment received a communication of .which the following." is a copy: Union Pacific R,R. Ogden, Jan, 2 '69, J. Blickensderf Jr., Esq., ^a.lt Lake City. Sir: You will please consider your services for this company at an end from and after the time when you left your work to accept an appo Intment under the Government, The office, instruments and papers at Salt Lkke City, together with any other property in your possession belonging to the company will be turned ever to Mr. D, Morris, acting Division Engineer, Your accounts will be settled by the Chief Engineer. ■ • ■ ' ■ . - r ' . Yours Respectfully, Thos, C. Durant, V.P* Morris has showe me his letter of app ointment. It appoints him Division engineer and orders him to take charge of all books, papers, r> notes, ^c, in officer here and remove it to Brighara City. The design no doubt is to cut me off from all access to them. My only regret is that I csmnot without access to all the papers and notes and that in V-'' January, 1869. • " , ' ' some detail make to you the report. I desired to make, going intii a full and complete discussion of the. location a t head of Eoho, as well as also at Promontory and other important points, inwhich I think I could not only justify our v/ork, but put you in good position before the country. To go to BriCham ^ity on to Durant's office anywhere and solicit or beg permission to use the requisite papers I v/ill not. Without'them i cannot report properly, and I see no other way at pres ent than to postpone my report. All this is on the supposition, that Durant has the authority to act as he has done, and from the statements I received froin.you last summer after your return East in July. I presume ha has this autnority. I have this evening telegraphed you and shall if possible await yout answer before acting. Morris is not altogether at ease, but fears he will injure his position with the Gompamy and his prospects of future employment if he declines Durant's aiapointment. Unless I hoar from you by telegraph to the contrary I shall| if liorris demands the office, let him take it. This I wisii you to umderstand, .1 do simply because I understood you to say in August last, that full powers on all sub jects had been given Durant, , . Tdttcrrow I expect to close McCabe's account and settle Morris' to Jan. 1st. There will be nothing left here then except to Ipok over ilaxwell's vouchers to Octbbor Ist and pay him.whatever balance mpy be j' * i ^' ^ .•'f. h'.' January, 18 69, due hiii and settle with Rickbecker. All this can be done in two days when I shall move East, unless I hoar from you meantime. Should I fails to get an answer to my telegram to you'of this evening, I will wait .ntil this reaches you and meantime collect all the information I can get in reference to work, location, &c. of both companies, 'which r think may be us ;i'ul to you, Mr. House has written me saying you had requested him to come out here and attend to location of town above Ogden, but that illness in his family prevented his coming, and requesting me to see that section lines, &c. are run to enalbe the location to be made. I have ansv/ered that section lines were already- run and sent him a sketch-the same I ^ enclosed yod, and offering to "make location for him if he wished. I send the small sketch enclosed, and will forward, you map of the complete surveys as far ks made as soon as it can be completed. I write this for yoiir information. I shall continue to draw for balances due parties for services prior to Jan. 1st, (09 and hope drafts will be properly honored. Matters subsequent to Jan, ist *69 will not settle^^ • t W. Snyder to Gea, Dodge, Wahsatch, 4s- # I I enclose you by aftll today last ti«i« table Central Pacific Dec. 28 * 68, TTill arrange at ohbA to have aman there to post you on daily progress and prospects. Will write you in full as soon as I can got a few minutes leisure Have kdd a very severe snow storm hfere but are all right today, and ^ ■j/j: /.''fffl* •!>' »■ . *fi', ' . . \' January, 1869, I am pushing ina.t0rial to the front. * ' ^ •-.5 • .,• E. F. Hooker to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 4: ' Post Master Tichenor has and is taking a very active inte rest in trying to get for me the position of Special Age-nt of P.O. Dept. and his kindness for doing what he has I cannot and never shall forget. Savery writes me that if it is your wish that I should get the position that Mr. Harlan will do all in his power to get me the place. While I <io not wish to stand in the way of any one to whom you are pledged-, still if you are free I shall be under lasting obligations to you if you will use your influence in securing me this positio; . J, E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 4:'- I send you copy of telegram received from Mr. Blickensderfer. Salt Lake ^ity, Jan. 4, 1869. J. E. House. ' Letter iwseTi'ved. All necessary surveys made; will cheer fully do jfodr business; need not send Eddy imless you prefer. Be X cautious will write. J. Blickensderfer, Jr. Sddy has gone. When. Mr. B's letter arrives will make you acquaint od with its contentw, Edward P. Noyes to Gen. Dodge, Cincinnati, 5: I received your letter of the 21st Dece. enclosing badge of 16th A.C. I have handed it to ftickenlooper and have spoken to Gen. Force January, 1869. . , about it. They say it will cartainly be included. But Hickneleoper says the bad^e which you send differs .from the one furnished by Gen. Hurlbut. Are 5^ou certain yours is correct? We rnust be mire and get , it right. • V , , There were several things done and several omitted at Chicago which were not satisfactory to some of us; but I- trust this will be corrected in the future, and we shall have no mo;:'e big meetings. Please let me hear from you again about the badge. To Gen. Dodge from his brother, Gounci1■Bluffs, 4:-, 7^. B. ReeBe'3. letter with your endorsement was duly re ceived. One of his wiirrants was used to enter a tract of land to turn into Durant at time we got those bonds, and I. think charged up on B. & 1>. for the mill books; at any rate the old firm owe Beebe $200 with interest and I have written him to send the account to me and I will collect. . The consideration in deed was changed from $200 to .$290^ for some reason. I have explained l?ie matter to.him as well as I could. . ^ en lose a letter from Craig, which made me boil when I road it, I had a notion to return 4.t refusing to notice a letter couched in so diareaepctful language, but instead wrote a respectful reply, stating you w.ore responsible for any statements made and that you wofti^d be in Washington until 4th of March; tliat I had no interest in the sale, and also that you had offered to take the property ^ back and MoComb refu.sed, * January 1869. ^ « Thos. Bv- Morris to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lalce City,; 6: (Telegram) Am ordered to take charge of Engineer's office; all books, pppers &c, as acting Division Engineer, Wait ansvferl -jj ^ J. i.I. -Brown to Gen. -Dodge, St. Louis, 5;- ' af;'. ■ • 'I have yours of 1st inst. from New York. ' - The coupons amount to |240, The-qio tat ions from New York at 12 .o'clock is 34 3-4 and the S.S.A. allows you 34 L-4; so the amount to Annie's credit is $322.00 I am engaged no?/ in.balancing up my books 4,o 1st Jan. I know no that -L have lost -considerable more than I Imvp made. As soon as I am through I will write you qpd give you an idea how soon I will be able to pay you. , . Geo. C. Tichei^or-to Gen. Dc^dge, Des Moines, 5:- I am cle.arly of the opinion that if lumber can be shipped . on- the U.P.R.R. to the prospective city in the Salt Lake Valleys it can .'.• be sold at largo profits. My plan would be to-ship say 1,0 0,000 feet as eoon as possible after the road reaches that point, which could be sold before the roads meet, as when they jneet lumber can, of course be shipped much cheaper from California. WilliniTBon hua Just been Vero and is very anxious to have me go in with him in such a speculation. I think there is moneiy in it yet ' J have not the time to give it my personal attention-lf, however, you can gat it eho^ped on the U.P.R.R. I would purchase the lumber in January 1869. Chicago (as I am thordughly posted in all the "tiicks of the trade") on the most advantageous terms , and you could probably arrange with some friend at the Bluffs to manage the shipment c-.c. Williamsof? is sanguijje that at least $50.can be netted on every 1000 -ft,-Of course, to make it .successful it would have to be shipped rapidly as possible say 3 to 5 cars per day- immediately njon the completion of the road t the point named, Williamson and Tiernan prooose^ to furnish one-half the capital to buy the lumber and to pay -all freight and andle the lumber for two-thirds of the profits, Blease write me at once what you think of it and whether you are able to manage the shipping part, ^ J* Biickensderfer, Jr, to Gen, Dodge Sal-t Lalce City, 5:- Yours of 26th Dec. is- received, I have already written you the state of the work out here, and what Mr. Morris had added in ^hs letter or yesterday will supply deficiencies in my communication, . , That the estimates and expenses of the last month or tWo are high I do not doubt, and that your Com'pany is being fleeced ts to my mind very probable. That Brigham, Young and Bates ahou Id fraternize is to me rather strange., knowing the opinions formerly entertained by Brigham of Bates, but the fact is true, however strange it may appear. This I', know. There is no doubt that your idea is correct that the G.P.Company has merely ado|lkted their preliminary line of 1867 and drawn in the v' ' - ' ■ ■ ■ 'f-i: January 1869. curves. But it seems to me they themselves disprove their ovn state ment by the marks on their stakes. Yoa '^i 11 remember when I was at Ilunboldt Wells to start the .graders I passed Eve's 0 at the pass. From the stake standing there I copies the marks on it. They -were "C.P.R.R.location 0, July 25, 1868." This shows at once the time •they made their location there and by their own acknowledgement. Their parties have placed similar stalces at either points; one at Ogden, another near our 3U.-mit on Promontory, and another at Monument Point. I jiave no doubt th dates are marked on each, 4Jid it was m.y desire to visit the line, see these s.talces, note the dates and look over the location of their line* This would,enable me to give opinions from ray own knowledge of a .reliable character hich I hoped might be of value to you, Bu\ In the present condition of affairs I do not feel so much at liberty to make this personal examination. I claim to ••be a friend of your road, my sympat;iies are all with you. Your location I know to be good and that of the C.^. Company,as far as I have seen it, is inferior to yours. I think they have simply imposed an untruth on Mr. Browning, and if so I would be glad to possess evidence by personal knowledge^ which I believe exists to prove this to the satieCaotion of your friends or the Cabinet at Washington if necessary. These being my feelings., I am not disposed to let the bad treatment received from Durant and Seymour influence me, but I am inclined nevertheless to do all for you that I can, and go East fully I Jam^ary 1869. • ' ~■ armed V7ith the berit information I can collect. On the other hand I am not inclined to ~o out on the line, ask questions and trura up • facts witli the 'liability of being" snubbed off by any subordinate hire ling '.7ith the question "What business have you here^" For I T^now pains hav ^ been taken to let it be'knovm that I am stripped of •nu-thority. T am yet undecided what I will do. My desire is to get away from here as soon'us possible. In another day or two I will have settled all my accounts to Jan. 1st, 1869, and will be read: to move away from here on shoirt'notice. Morris has finished branch location and starts '-Is party for Promontory tomorrow. He has telegraphed you his orders from Durant as well as I. IThon your answer comes'tomorrow we shall probably know what is to be done. I expect track to be at mouth Hcho by last of this week or early next.y Thos. H. Bates to Gen. Dodge, Round Valley, Aug. 20 (Telegram) Can :ou furnish me the notes of location from Station four hundred-and thirty to six hundred on the north or first located line? The contractors have been on the line over dno' month with a force wait ing for the work to be laid out, and they have to be paid the sawe as though they were at woric. Gen. Dodge to Tlios. H*'Bates, Brigham City, Aug* 20:- If your contractors have waited for work it is your fault. Line was located a month ago and they could have worked evory daj'' on it if they desired up to the time January, 1869. >'h„' ■ .rt. " iV A ' they had failed to. Tie do the clearing to-enable them to start work. Notes of_adopted line were sent you to Echo City. Rotes of line you mention can be obtained in,Salt Lake office, bu,t - it is not the adopted line. Note: Regulations in regard to free passes over Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, 1, - W. Snyder, Gen. Supt. Note: Trial balance and face of Ledger, Jan. 1st, ty J.L. Eddv. Webster to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 5:- Enclosed I, hadd you estimate for bridging, buildings and snow fencing required on U.P.R.R. from Omaha west 1056 miles. The bridges from Omaha to North Platte are in good condition havins nearly all been rebuilt in the^ last two years. T'.ey now have good pile foun dations and pine timber superstructure. The bridges will last about eight years with CMily two ordinary repairs required by wooden bridges. These bridges should all be rebuilt at the end of eight years. Bridge across North Platte should be rebuilt in 1869. I have estimated for eating house at Shell Creek and ten-stall enginer house at Valley Station 35 miles from Omaha whore engines should be changed; at present engines are changed at Grand Island 154 miles from Omaha, The bridges on the 3rd and 4th hundred should bo rebuilt this year. The contractors are at work quarrying and distributing the stone to com;.)let0 the masonry this year. Prom the 4th hundred the January, 18G9. bridging should be reuilt as soon as the work can be done, excoptinr; f-" th^ Howe-Triass bridge. The contractors are building IIowe-Truss bridges from Laramie'west as fast as the Work can be donek' Bridge over the Big Laramio is completed. All of the bridges over Bitter Greek '.^11 be finished this month. Dale Creek Bridge would be safe six or eight years, but I would reco-irc:'ond -its bein~ fil-led" up immodiately, It would require •ab ut 18 months to build the culvSrt and fill up the bridge. "• • The contractors are building all 'of the necessary station build ings -as fast as the work progresses*. * Material for fencing the line as far as Loup Pork has been purchased and part of the fence built; It ^ will not bo hocossary'to fence any further. The greater part of the material for completing thrr buildings at Omdha and Cheyenne has been bought and parties at worW'bn ihenf. have estimated for'"shops and othdr buildings required at 'Bhyan or at some point neah there. Enclosed I scfnd you list of tools and machinery required'f^or the same but cannot make an estimate of'the coot. All of the machinery has been purchased bjf parties in ITow York and no bill sent out hero; thore is no one here tJhat kno¥^ what the value is, I have not estima ted for snow fences east of the* 4th hundred miles; do'not think they will be required, McMamin's prices for masonry are as follows For open culverts $6.CO per C.* Yd., arch $7,75 bridge abutment and piers K. $16, )mildingo $16 measured in the walls. Abutments and piers on Bitter January 1869. . •(-' Creek I have been told he gets $20. Other parties are getting $27.50 for raasnnry of North Platte bridge. '■ t ■ , . I have not folloved these prices in iiial;,ing this estimate, but have made the prices at what I think the work can be 6.or\o, J ^ Thos, B. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 5:- I wrote you on the 2d inst.- giv'.ng account of my visit to Dr. Durant -^1 ^stated he would forward to me the written directions. These directions I received yesterday afternoon. I copy them: Union Pacific Railroad, Ogden, 2*69 T. B. Morris, Esq,. . Acting Division Engineer. t - "fSSir: The formsr Division Eni^ineer having left his 'ffork^to accept an appointment under the Government, you are hereby appointed Acting Dislsion Engineer with head quarters at Ogden or,Brigham City. You will at once take charge of the office at,gait Lake City together with all instruments, maps, profiles, fiold notes and other property whiich Mr. <1 Blickansdorfer has been x)rdered to turn over to you-a d remove the s'^e or so emch of.it as you may deem advisable to your headguarters. During the abse,npe of. the Chief Engineer from the line of the road you be governred following instructions: (1) Complete the survey and locat on you are now making of the • ,v • : i ' lim I : VvH', '.V 'r- , , '1 it,X • J . January, 1869, ' branch to Salt Lake City and k-eep possession of the maps, profiles and notes pertaininc to tho sane until further orders from ne. (2) After completing'the above you uill take your party to Promontory Point and make such further survyes 'unon the eastern slope as w ll "enable me to decided upoh the expediency o.f making some changes in the line innthat vicinity, (3) I desire to know at the earliest practical day the differ ence in length and cost between the lines already run and the best 1 'line you can got crossing the summit, with such grades and curves as in "our judgment are best adopted to the couv.try, -^You - '/ill report the resnats of these surveys to me by telegraph and await further instruc^^^ tions, (4) You will draw upon Cron, G, Dodge, Chief Engineers, through Mr. J, E, 'HoSse, Division Engineer at Omaha, for such funds as may b necessary to enabio you to carry out these instructions, I enclose for your information a copy of the resolutions passed by tho ExocTltive Committee on'the 3d July 1868.* Yours Respectfully, ' Thos. G. Durant, V. 0." The resolut on Is one offered by Mr, Duff, giving Dr, Durant very large powers, saying:, *Aad all officers and employees are sub ject to his instructions." It does not say he can create or promote officers, I have shown the instructions to Mr. Blickenaderfer and have telegraphed you. Have bought supplies and refitted my stores irMi some other few things necessary and started wagons and party for . f-1 'if /A- ..v'.v, • V--., .-■ \r'\^ ■ ,■ ''^V'.. '• , January, 1869, • T'-^■ Promontory Point tonight. I have not demanded from T,Ir. . the papers profiles,* instruments e-.c, I h ve in my possession the notes of the Salt Lake City Branch. I have not h'ad any topographer 'for the past month and hence have not kept up wit'i ray office v7ork and have some worlc on 'profile and map. T would like to know what' you wish me to do in regard to re- • r porting progress and results of any surveys I may make from nov; on; also what to do with maps and profiles <5:c. of branc'n line. Mr. Biickensderfer also tells me he expects to move his office to Craaha iindor any circumstances. Am I to do anything towards looking after ^.he • interests of this Company by directing or supe'rvising' the motions of my party except the one I am and have been directly in charge of^ I will go to Promontory probably in a day or two. Will wait for answer to* telegram to you. S. Seymour telegraphs me toniglit that he will meet me at Ogden and go out with me, bringing probably much more specific idirections about curves, grades, &c. Until I hear something from you I sha^ 1 re port directly to you in Washington. John T. aldwin to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 5:- I . Mr. Everetts* has this day given me the refusal of his ♦ land at $20,000. If you can soli for $24000 or $3t)0 per acre I will divide the difference with yo'u. If necessary to extend the January, 1869. division to one or two others I will agroe to it. Answer as soon • • • as you can as other parties are talking about buj'-ing it. No, 2 - 5: Prom same. I call your attention to our first quarterly report in th Nonpareil of this date. I did not make any draft on .you. Mr. West thought that our account would sho?/ large enpugh the first time with out anything else. We would like your draft any time you may send the fimds here. • « • Mr, Blannerhassets of the house of Opedyke & Co. is here sol iciting our account , What would you advise in regard to the change? Note; L. T, Field to W. Snyder, Supt., Green River, 5: ^ Wantp to build some business houses near the denot at that place and wants permission to do so. Note: J, n, Adams to Gen. Dodge, Lone Tree, Neb., 6:- Encloses final payment of §30 on lot in to'.Tn of Lone Tree. J. Plickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lalce City, 6: (Tel) Message received. All right, will do -.o. Thos, P. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, G:- More inveatiga^tions at Promontory, McCabe gone East; his and 9'UBil's party are near Brigham City. I will call in and discharge McCabo's party, G. H. Atkinson to Gen, Dodge, New York, 6:. January, 1869, The -su^jiestion of Mr. Duff yest,erday that a re/5olution be offered In full board, to grant lots for churches and parsonages in all your towns to all Christian boclias-who apply for and w^ill use them for such, meets the case whioh I desired to gain. This p<blicy allows time to the Christian bodies to select and occupy their lots. The friends and supporters of churches are few at first in all new to-^ns. It is hard and almost impossible ear.ly to erect houses of worship. Business and specula^tlon are usually, far in the advance of religious affairs, and after the speculative rise in lots cripples, efforts to- secure them, or crowds t'e churches toapk to inconvenient localities. The poWjpy of the proprietor of Portland, Oregon was to grant lots befojcehand which wore early chosen, and which- gave orno of the c'urches a very good position and a greater influence for good. The same policy of providing liberally for free shhools, by gran ing-blocks or half blocks in various-parts of new towns greatly pro motes the oeusw of popular education. I thank yoi* for granting me an interview and the opportunity to i;a?esetlt those nwttera for eons id e rat ion. I fully believe that ,their benefit to the people wh® will in the.near or more distant future in habit the towns along the U»P.R.R. will prove an equal benefit to the R.R.Comi)any, January 1869. J. ?. Quiinby to Gen. Dodse., Rochester, U.Y.6 f6n the ci'ound of old" and ^pleasant association I presume |to , * ask a very ";reat favor of you, Knov/ing that you are besieged ?^lth aiaoh iippllcatlons from your proper constituents and that you ought not to be annoyed with them by those who have no official claim upon you, still I am encouraged to matze the application by the report that -Gen. C. S. Hamilton gave me of a conversation he had with, you at tlie St. Nicholas Hotel. . ' - ^ I want the appointment of Collector of Customs of the post of Ndw* York, a big thing to ask-toomuch to ask perhaps. ' Grant knows me and my claims and qualifications for this- office. He knows that the 'Government loses millions every year through the incompetence or dis honesty or bdth of the Collector and his subordinates. So far as such losses are dependent otl 'the dishonesty of the incumbent I pledge my self if "appointed that they shall be stopped. Now, what I have Si>eclally to ask of yod is this; Pieaso approach Grant to leam if it would be worth my iriiile to make an application for this appointment, and to bring su'ch Influence to support it as would Justify his giving-it to me. If you will undertake this, my dear General, and urge my claims- if you thirik 1 have any, with Grant you will put me under a load o£ obligations which however great my opportunities I could never fully discharge. Let me .hear frqm you at your earliest convenience, ''' January 1869. ^Z, Bliclconsderfer, Jr.,. to Gen. ^^odge Salti (Lake City, 6: Your telegrams of today to Morris and .myself, of course, determined our actions. Morris.will take what notes &c. ho.wants at the west, will leave in my care all I need- to be by me taken to Omaha and will ship all others toiOmaha office at once. , I ought to have stated that Hodges was paid "ff by House in Omaha sometime ago. McCabe was paid off by myself here immediately on my arrival, und^ the only parties in field are Morris* and that part of McCabe's under Moberly tracing section lines. O'Keil's, party has witliin a day or twa, I understand, arrived to take Moberly's place and the latter will be paid off at once. I should have done it, hut now Morris will; at all events, he so informs mo. This should be done and thus reduce the forces here to Morris' and O'Neil's parties. I never learned how far you desired to have tlie section lines traced. If your only object was to get far enough to locate the town near Ogden, that work should be stopped-for the lines are now traced to Brigham ^ity; but if you desire the thing carried on as fan as U.S* surveys have been made it will take all winter. ,I enclose you a map of the work as far ad we have it iu the officia, I shall, of course^ await your instructions fr m New York as in dicated in your telegram of today.- I have already vritten what I had desired to do in the way of passing over line and collecting informs-; tion, . . ' • V , --ilJ. ■ January, 1869. of courss'e, all is subject- to your pleasure. My accounts vyill be Closed- tomorrow so far that I can finish them at any time in an hour or two,* and after tomorrov; I can leave here at any time on 24"hour's notice, ' " ^ I* find many things wanting'to a full discussion of location at head Echo; profito s'-, maps, ^c. having been gobbled up by Reed, Sey mour & Co, and not returned, and it will take me some little time to ♦ get up what I want or think it all out again. But this work can be t < t as -ell done at* Omaha, or perhaps even at my home, as aniwrhere-elsef now that I cannot have Morri s or Rickseckar to help me and I shall bo Compelled to think it all up alone. ^ Durant wants* Morris to make additional surveys on Promontory to I I , , . try" to gat a cheaper line, I think he' will be ordered to use 100 ft, grades and run over the higher sUmmit into Hudnutt&s ravine, down the south side of that ravine, and at it^ mouth turn south and follow down to flats. This makes a cheap lino but a higher sunnit imd about 3 miles 'longer and more curvature, Cornercially the line is so infer ior to the revised 80 ft, grade that wriert he first wrote »e about it I told him it woufd riot answer, ' Whatever you drosire me to do telegraph or write and I will move at once. My desire is to get away from here soon as possible, and finish what may be left at Omaha or at home •J 0,T.B.Williams to Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne 5: . ^ You are doultless aware that I am placed by the ~ January, 1869, ,. , , ,. • • Central Executive Committee of the Republicans of this Territory in the position of applicant for the appointment of Governor bf 'Vyom.ing. Althought I had never souglit the position and indeed did not think of it until notified by tho Committee that I had been selected as the choice of Republicans here, I accepted it and am no-,? desirous of suc ceeding, if I can do so by honorable means. If you have not already promised to assist any one.else, could. I count uipon the favor of your assistance in this matter? Please let me know frankly if you can afford me any aid. I do not as a matter of course Jslaim anything fr::m our past friendship, which I trust will continue under any and all circumstances, but still it would afford me the hi~hest gratification to be assured of your co-operation, I hope • • ii will not be inconsistent for you to do so. How comes on the Arsenal Bill? I believe you have it in charge. I • Can you get it through tliis session? You would do a great thing for this country if you could get it through. I ear. estly hope you will have success. I hope to be in Washington the fourth of March next at the inau guration of Gen, Grant. Quito a number of our citizens will also be there-asking favOrs for Wyoming, and we shall count you among our friends. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lahe City, 7:- ih', -:i'W -V ,.' ■ ■ January, 1869. In accordance with your telegram and the orders of Dr. Durant, a Copy of which I forwarded, I have tahen charge of such profiles, maps, notes and other property of the Compaiiy as was under the control of the office at Salt Lake City. I divided them into two parts-such a as might be needed in anj,' alteration or re-running of the location v/est of Brigham City, "and all preliminary or other notes which had found their way into the office. The first I take with me to Brigham City: the others I packed and have made arrangements to ship to Omaha together with such notes as ore packed up by Mr. Hodges. Mr. Moborly, now in charge of Mr,"McCabe's partyj has been orde ed to report to Salt I^ake City where Mr. Bllckonsderfer will pay tliem off'and return the vouchers in his account. Mr. Blickensderf er has n<J turned ever the profiles, field books or maps of the located line east of Weber Canon but takes them with him to Omaha. I understand Mr. O'Neil has received special instructiofis from Dr. ^Hirant, and 1 suppos I -.vill hove no charge over any work he may do. I have a map and profile of the Salt Lake Branch to mal:;e and a Kopy for iiiou which as soon as I can 1 will have Mr. Rickseoker do and forward. There is now a telegraph office of the Western'Uhlon Company i Brigham City and any telegrairis or letters for me had better "be ad dressed there, I leave here tomorrow; stay one day' in Brigham City January, 1869. and go to Pro:nontory. Col. Seymour has telegraphed me that he will go v/ith ne. I shall ask for more defivite Instructions as to grades, curves, foc. as I am instructed to run the line best adapted to the ground and -I th,ink the present located <80 ft. grade line is the best line for the Ocympa;iy' to build and operate. A muck, cheaper line will be found to biiild but i.t will be longer, a hi-hjr summit and probably a steeper grade. It -will not compare "cornraercially" but will probably be some l|^200,000 less first cost. r As I go Wept, I Wiill, oarefxilly examine'the work on both the U.P. and 0 P. lines and write yoi> the very latest. I will go as far west as lionumontr Point Tor that purposely/ . , .. < P. W. Pftlmer to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 7:- Yours of the 2d, with accanpanying letter on War Claims, reached me this morning. The War Claim letter is a good one, and ClarksOn will put it in the Register.tn the morning. . , I see in the dispatches t'ls morning a statement-apparently wol backed up-rthat Qreeley < has#,been offered the Poi t Master Generalship. If he should get it he would be very apt to want Kasson for first Assistant, for he only kneS Kttssoi. favorably from his association with him in Committee at the National Convent on at Chicago in 1860. The appointment of first, assistant, however, comes ■tJlroa4|.'*^ the President, «nd if Grant 1^ warned in time the^r'e will be no trouble January, 1869. I intend to st'feirt for Tfashinston about- the otiddl'e of February If I Could be of any assistance to you in your ill health I would leavo here befor'e.^^^^^ ■ • M. J. Morgan to Gen. Dodge," Ft. Leavonworth, 7:- 1 do not rem-ember having gotten any news from you lately, and now write in the interests of the army. I wish you would look at the navy Register and compare the umber of rear sudrairals with trie number of Major Generals in the a-rmy; also the number of Commodores ■vith the number of Brigadier Generals' in the array; also the fact that they can have any number Apparently acting as Admirals and Coramordores and drawing the pay thereof. I- do not wish to injure the officers ^ the navy, but they have repeatedly by false representing .that the army get bigger pay than they do Had their pay increased. Just compare the pay of a captain on duty in the havy with that of a colonel tn the array. In the army the pay allowed us for servants is counted as part of our pay. In th5 navy the Government "ships" co'-hvs, stewards and boys for the officers and pays them. They ship a crew for the Captain's boat wiib do nothing else. ThSy give them, I think, or allow thei^funds to Himish their cabins. They feed their servants f'or'thorn. They allow the olYicer at least one ration in kind at sea. I do not know that I ha4^^ enumerated half their allowances that are not seen. Senator Grimes can tell you perhaps all the allow ances . January, 1869. Now, I dg not ohject to any of this* I find no fault with any thing except that whenever we try to have our pay increased some mean follows from t-h? navy step in and represent our pay to he higher than it Is and their own lower than it is and thus kill any increase for us. I say let them have all,Congress thinks they should have but let them not misrepresent our case. I never was so poor as I have been since the^close of the war or rather the past year. I want to save something in order to pay my expensep to my nojct station v^en ordered from here. There are others worse off than> I am. • I am a Major with one child. There are Lieuten ants a id Captains with two or three children. Give, us 50 c. per ration provided that such increase shall not extend to more than 10 rations and all to which an offficer is entitled except if that shall be commu ted at 30c. per ration. This will benefit ill, but it will chiefly benefit the junlorn officers who need it most. Bent to Snyder, Sa't Lake, 7;- Yoiirs of 3d and 4th from Wahsatch came to hand this morning I have a man oj^t on the C.P. and expect to get report in a few days; as SQon as received will send copy to Gen. Dodge and to you. The message has to be sent from Ruby Valley across to the road one hun dred and fifty nriles. I did.not arrange for the messenger to stop there but to return with his report* I will arrange seas to have a truity man kept there and send his reports direct to Washington. January, 1869. Prom the best infernation I can ,';;et the C. track is 40 miles west of Humboldt Wells and thoy are doin^ little or nothing" in advanc ing it. i think there is but little doubt but the U.^. will build ' 100 miles west of Weber Canon, the grading can he dono-the only hold back will be ties and iron. The C. P. are very sick about this time for they have made a big hang out for a darned small wash-in the way of track laying. Those five tliousand Chinese and 1000 teams represent ed as abeing at work east of Humboldt Wells was a thing well put up for yhe Washington market, but it v^ont pan in the end. If the U.P. can hold out in funds-, keep the credit good this will have those chaps where the dog had the hen- If Congress will only put that Special Com- ^ mission on the Central they are played. I have not the least doubt but what thoy have 130 ft. grades ritli any amount of sharp curves on the line- that wont stand the pressure. I think the Doctor will make it hot for tho Reed and Seymour rin this tim.e, I gsve the" Doctor some items that opened his- eyes som.o. R :od and Mark SeymOur gave Cosselini an unlimited letter of credit to Hussey, Dalher & Co, He has drawn out $1-0,000 on it. Bates is mixed with them. Bates and Gocselini have $15,000 out of Same Banl:. I ordered Hussey "to make a clean breast of all the transactions to T.C.D. as ho was the only man that could save him. I am looking for a grand crash in tlie Construction department. When Bates' head went off it January, 1869, • i . ■ if labor is to be re varded by oxir party I think my claims ought 'to be pretty good. Whether they are or notC in other words) whether't'vaey wil], avail me, you must' better judge, I think more at -"i-^sent of jnal^ing monkey than of honor. Wit.e the read3'' means I can serve m^' friends, without means, I am but little less than mine o-rn enemy. I expect to go to Lincoln to witnesw the Nebraska Senatorial contest; afterwards presume I will come on'to Washington, 1 can see no way for me to fix up the Bel knap matter except it be to- comiminica e 'ivith some Iowa paper after I et on thei'o. Can that be done? T. J. Carter to Gen ."Dodge, Wilmington, 8:-"' ' n; Yours of 5th inst is ab hand requesting informat on upon Central Pacific R.R. and comparative mertis with Union Pacific R.R. I i^ill answer your inquiries briefly though no doubt detailed facts would bo more interesting which the limit of a letter would not adiiiit. In my examination of the road, work and striactures wh.en there in August last had favorable opportunity to witness all departments of the work in progress, as that completed and in use. The officers and en gineers received me cordially and were ready to impart any desired information, and I tobtained s-jveral maps on large scale showing the location of the road, also the terminus at San Francisco, which may be important for you to examine to illustrate my views: Ist: Ballasting—The port ion of road across the lx>ttom* hear ".yMyJanuary, 1869. ' • ' t Sacramento is only partially ballasted, the.mountain portion is well ballasted with broken stone and coarse gravel-about 20 miles near "Huraboldt Link" is composed of "alkali" soil and not ballasted when there, and must be dona with trains after track was laid. The other portion of the line appears to have a road bed of sand and gravel not requiring ballaisting. Many of the cuts in the mountains are composed of hard~pan or cemented clay and sand, that the sopes are nearly vertical, which were ballasted from the vicinity as there is abundance of good gravel along the line suitable for ballast. 2d. Machine shops and stations-- When I was there the only shops purpose, were tenp<orary and nearly frame all structures, the work was small, dnne entirely out floors-the inadquate to^ls for and the | machinori^ occupying most of the buildings, and the Master Mechanic informed mo timt he labored under great disadvantages in his keeping the rolling aotck up with such facilities. These shepa are at Sacraraenton, whwixi the fourHtait Ions of engine house, machine shop and car shop v/ere touil and tjie brlok work coramenced; about the size of Omaha Shops and llkw them, located about a mile from the prospective requiements of a through line to San Prancisco. Those are the only permanent rei>air sliops that were in progress. It is intended to have ehops built at Wardsworth, 192 miles east of Saci^iunonto at "big Bend" of Truckee River _noar tti®. east base of Nevada Mountains; also will build engine house at summit. There is an engine January, 18G9. ^ cr ' -2 » f ' f■ . 'T ' hovise built of stone, 26 stalls, 14 miles of ea'st Sacramento near west base of mountain and the only permanent structure on the Toad in buildThe passenger station at Sacramento is a large frame shed at stofiraboat landing, having only a ticket and freight office in it for clerks &c. The Way stations are rough frame buildings; several of them were used as terminal.stations in progress of the road, and now mostly closed up as not required for local business. At Cisco is a very comfortable eating "house, also at Maryville Junction7 All the atatiohs are much inferior to.those nn U.P.R.R. and much less faciliti !3 for repairs. 3d-- Bridges and trestle vTork. The longest structtire is over tlie Andrieve River a few mile east of Sacraraonto about a mile im length mostly trestle work, ^xcept 3 span of Plowe Trua.s at the channel on- trestle piers. That bridge was overflowed last spring 4 feet deep, and when I was tliere they were raising the whole aboirt 6 ft to aVoid future floods. On the west slope of th4 mountains are mafaiy high trestle and Howe Truss bri-dgSs from 20 to 80 ft, high, 10 to 500 ft.- long without any masonry, but the trestle piers arranged that it may be -ut in. On the east-.slope most of culverts, piers and abutments are stone. The bridge over Truckee at Big Bend is Howe Truss 600 ft, long on -trestle piers- a temporary bridge 30 ft. bolorw grade was in use "there till the new »■ ' [i January, 1869. bridge was completed. Several of the trestles are upon steep grade£ and sharp curves. 4th--Alignment. The line seems to hav been judiciously located over the mountains, wdiere very heavy v;ork in rock and earth, has been done. There is more, curved line than U.P . .R. and from 6 to 10 curves in many places upon the maximum grade 116 ft, per mile of which there is 9 miles in succession and occurs often on the west slope, less on east slope-by reversing and running up,one side and down othor of ravines in canons to increase distance. The line in Humboldt Valley is loss curved yet has been adopted to save work, and some grades of 80 ft. are use d oast of Truckee ^^iver, a d such undulati^is as would save cuts and fills. , The track is -veil laid and in quite good order 2400 tons per mil rails 64 lbs, '.Tith first joint-then for 200 miles. Their system of laying track differs from U.P.u.R by wliioh it can be done more ranidly and ^aocounte for 6 to 7 milds per day at times; thoug'.i averare 2 to 5 miles. They do not lay track to any grade or set any grade stakes, but put it do'.vn on the road be-pmitting half the tiep, which are ixit in sorter and saves teaming them. A gang of men are kept to put in ti\e othor tios and sji^juPfaco and ballast track when the material is suitable. They employed dcubjLe gang of men on track-one net from 4 Januarj?-, 1869, ^ tol.'J o'clock,, another 1 to 8 o'clock. Almost the entire force are Chi nese with American overseers, and the Chinees are very good for the . ptijcpose,, wages about $1.50 gold-who live princip ally on rice and vegeI tables., and they are employed on. repairs of track almost excluviely. There is one fact I learned in regard to snovi sheds. They had 4 miles last year and are erecting ^0 more which they say and appear . will protect the road from snow in the moxintains. Thejpe is, however, an important subject to consider-if the gen eral route could rot have been located to avoid the "snow region" via Berhwith Pass, which information J[ obtained from a reliable source, that such a route can be selected with less graies, lower summit and shorter distance. The terminus at San Francisco, is also important for all traffic to select the best, "Govt. Island "Valligo or other points are ex amined, and have maps to show comparison. I have eD(ieavore d to give you tho items you wished, but if it is not intelligible'or if you wish further information or explanation write me and I will give more details from my notes^ on the subject^ Note;- Enoch Thompson to I'r. Harvey, Sldnoy, Iowa, 8:- * .In relation to mail route; says they are very much neglected in getting mail matters. . *^J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, 0*aha, 8; . January*, 1869. • • Yotirs of the ^tb caine to hand this raornih-'T.- Imme'diately upon the receipt Of your telegram ordering the laying ^ut of the Salt Lake tcKrn, I telegraphed Salt Lalce t-o find out what had been- done. llr. Bli ckensderfer'replied by telegra h- of which you have a copy-. I have not heard, from him" since. I started Eddy out as soon as I could after getting up the monthly statement. O'lieil did not get your instructions at all, as I now understand it, but he is in Salt Laice' Valley n t worlc. Whan Eddy arrives wo wi'll get a full report of everything. I have been annoyed beyond measure on account of the Wahsatch "bov/n. Williamson say Snyder and Dr. Durant on the 26th of December and nothing was said to him at that time' that a cliange of terminus was contemplated from Evans ton, consequently when as he supposed every thing was settled at that plaoe-and his business in proper shape, he wOTt home to spent New Year. Ori*"the 20th J rodelved telegram from Snyder asking where Willian^on was, Celling me that they were ready to sell lots in WarieatcTi and vfanted an agent. I supposed at that time that Williamson was in Bryan and telegraphed him to go to Wahsatch at once. Hearin-*' nothing from Bryan that day I supposed he had gone. On the 1st of-January-a letter came '.vritter,-at Boone and dat^ 50th thAt Williamson was on his way to De3 Moines. I telegraphed hi : that he was needed at Wahsatch at once. . He replied that he would start on the 4th. In the meantime .Bnyder-kept telegraphing me about the agent f^.C, saying matters were getting mixed up, town was ready, <"c. 'jii! January, 1869. ' I found tliat Williamson could not get the^e'in time, tried to find O'Neil and learned that he was in Salt Lake- sent there by-the Doctor. Vedder was between-the end of track and Cyenne ge-^tinfj up the infor mation wanted on sidings, buildings, &c. Evans had told Harding that he thought there would be nothing done by the Comr.dssionors for he next 30 days, and th^t ho also c.ould mako a short visit East. Harding arrived hero on the morning of the 1st and I sent him back tlie evening of the 2d to Wahsatch "/ith instructions to sell lots and attend to the business till Williamson arrived. Harding arrived tliero on the 5th and. telegrap5:ed me that the town was not properly l&id off. that he • . woijld have to do it all over again, I write tiius articularly that you may seo that I did all in my poworo to meet the requirements of having the town started as soon as poBSible. I asked Mr. Snyder to lot one of his men act till I coi^ld get a re >resentative or appoint some o.;e there. He replied that "lis mon had all that they could do -without attending to town lot matters, r was as well a-are of that before he told me as aftor, but thourht he ml^t accommodate for a day or two and not suffer by it if he felt 00 disposed; he.continually representing that the town was suffering for the want of an agent.^ As it is, Williamson will be on the ground before the town is ready for him, at least.y I am afraid the map will not be ready for your report in January. January, 1869. There ic a r^ood deal to do. The profile has to be reducdd tv/ice X before I can put it on the map; also will have to make up a new map of the entire lino. Our old map you know was made some the a^o and on the west is very incorrect. I am having great pains taken and hope to get up a respectable map as well as a correct one. Should j'^ou desire not to ha e the amount of labor put on it, but hurry it up for the report this month, will do the best I can to have it finished, Vedeer has not sent in his report yet; as soon as it comes will forward at once all t e information you ask for . TIr. V/ebater is now at Cheyenne. 'When he returns will say to him that you wa. t a report from him on repairs, ^ I settled up with Hodges and paid him to the lot of January, and told him that there was nothing for him to do that I knev/ of. The looked for event has not yet come off at my house--but look for it everyday. As soon as my wife is well enough to leave I will •go to Salt Laio at once aikd-itay t>iero till all thooos towns you men tion are laid off. I have not seen Mr. Boomer or any of his representatives since yhur left. The Bridge seems to drag at this end. Mr. Sickols I have not heard from since he started for Kansas.* The api>raioer3 are* at work every day mfeking condemnations of depot grounds. ; I am sorry to hear that you are unwell; hops you will soon recover, h . i,K ii January, 1869. \ ' \ . • 0. F. Davis to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 9:- \ V/ill : ou leasd\^ascertain as soon as poss hie the condition of affairs in relation to th-o surveys and Governmer.t lands of Utah. I have not seen, the report of the Commissioner General Land office • * for 1868,^ Is there an unexpended appropriation for the surveys in Utah? If so, there should, he work done there at once. It could be •: done at this seasion of the year-in t e valley of Salt Lake. The land should be surveyed, the leuid office opened and an opportunity given to acquire titles at the earliest period possible. Our interests in the valley will-be of great importance, and if -.vo could obtain the f.- ' title to our town sites there it would giave a great deal of trouble hereafter. I suppose that the map of the 11th hundred miles is filed in the office^of the Secretary of Interior; if-so, please see that a with drawal of the odd humbarod sections on that hundred miles is 'made at once. The land depw^tment allows settlements on all the.lands-both odd and even numbered sections, until the loca_ land office is notifled of the filing^of the map, and that the odd numbered sections are withdrawn from market. If convenient please send me a copy of the laws of the last session; also a copy of the report of Commissioner General Land Office for 1868. ] I HI ii lummt i|i^Ijf'' Janur.ry, 18 69, Note: LI. G. 6icler to Gen. Dodge, Osceola, Iowa, 9:- • In relation to Post Office at Osceola, Says the Republican all want Mr. Agnew appointed Post-ir,aster. Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Dec Moines, 9:- Kasson's scheme no * is to get in as 1st Asst. ?.•!.!. Genoral believing that Sreeley is to be P. M. (General. He said yesterday to one of my-"secret service men" that he hoped Greeley would be made P. LI. General as he (Kasson) would then go in as 1st Asst., wliich would give him the control of appointments in the Departnent and theroby enable him to "serve his friends and hit his enemies." in Iowa. He spoke of Groeley's remembrance_of him in connection with the Commit tee on resolutions in the Chicago Convention of 1860 and says Greeley is his warm friend now. Now I tell you that this must be watched and headed off. If Greeley is to bo P. M. General he must be made to understadd exactly whAt Kasson is and how he stands in Iowa. Let fries' and Wilson,-and the balance of the delegation understand it. I tell you the thing must be watched closely. Let Grant and Rawlins know to a dot who this specious scoundrel is and that ho must not bo trusted or recognised, Hio is now fixing up a war on Prank Allen in the form of a little bank opposition liere through Merrill, himself and others, and also to oust Allen, Tracey emd others in the C.R^I & P. ■ ^' •.Ai, January, 18G9. > ■ . election in June. I have spies on his track all'the time and he cant escape rae. Note. 3. J. Kirlavood to Gsn. Dodge, "owa City, Iowa, 10:- In relation to claim of Col. Pattee and that Gen. N. P. Chipraan knows all about it. /f. Case to Gen. Dodge, Denver, 10:- - About a year ago I wrote you saying we had discovered good coal on the east side of Platte .close to my R.R. location. You-were Inclined to doubt coal being found in any considerable quantities. This veih, described, in' the Tribne article was found nearly a year ago 37 inches thick. This winter in di.gging a hole to let the water drain into 18 inches down they struck coal again, and nov? it is de veloped to be 7 1-2 feet including the 1 1-2. ft. of carboniferous strata which burns. There is over 5 1-2 ft. of godd solid coal,. I have made this coal question a study-particularly the rocks in juxtaposition. The Cheyenne coal is in a higher coal series. The vhite sandstone in immediate vicinity geologically of the .good coal crops out several himdred feet geologically below the Cheyenne coal bisds, in the valley of Lone Tree croe;:. No one has over pros pected there for coal. The same sand3tone(Supposing it to be horizonO tal) would bo 500 ft, below Cheyenne ^ity, Then I have another tlieory in relation to it, and that is that our best coal will not be found January, 18 G9. , mor.o than 20 milGS distance from the foot of the high mountains; that the action of the heal or prensure or both at the time of the upheaval has irade the coal of better quality. I have for this theory only the fact tl.at coal has been fou ci very abundant out on the Kiowa, Bijou and Sandy, yet no good coal has been found. It is a brown lignite imperfectly carbonized. -. , . ■ . . . The only coal yet found that will coke is down on the Arkansas River—some .10 miles b.elow Canon City. The same external indications of coal that are on the surface at this coal mine of on th.e line of the D. P.R. e xtend this way in the bluffs for ten miles and more.) . ^ This carboniferous letter may not interest j'ou, if not I beg I pardon for tho ifitimsdon. •• / J.. Kikroowd to Genl. Dpdge,-lowa Gity, Iowa, 10.:-/ H I have thought of writing to you from time to time since tho Conm;Gncejnent of Session, but have postponed it until no.w. I want to say a word or two and to learn something about the condition of affairs in Washington. I had a letter from Laughtidge some time ago in vrtiich hp said in substance that our friends in Congress could not agree upon any plan for the resumption of specie pa^/ment; that there were many plans to accomplish that object but the friends of each were so strongly attached to it that nothing could be , . . .. January, 1869. msLl agreed upon. Now this wont do-to confess that our party in Congress • cannot agree uix)n any plan of action touching our finanoec is to crnfoss that our party i.. Congress lacks ability to deal with the subject and if this be once admitted if does not require-a prophet to foresee that men will be sent to Congress who will agree upon some plan. I do not regard as important that the present Congress shall act definitely, but I do regard it very important that the nev/ Congress shall so act. It would, in my judgment, be very unwise to allow the greenbacks to continue as at present irredeemable until the next President ial election and ii; we are to come to pedemptionrlbefore that time it ' ■ should be so soon that we would have gome time to recover from the shock that will certainly .follow before that election. I hope^ and believe that the election of Gen. Grant has substantially settled the question of reconstruction. If so that will be out of tho way in 1872 and if at that time our financial condition shall be the same as it is now I am fearful our Democratic friends will be stronger than fney were in 1868. If wo, however, shall soon resume specie payment ; and thus make greenbacks equal to gold vye get rid entirely of the nueafiion as to manner of paying our bonds. , ^ This is all In a non-party view of the nabter but my opinion is clear and decided that the best interest of the whole country aside ■ 'i' from all question of party requires the resumption of specie payment January, 1869, at the very earliest day that it can be-done ivithout too ^roat a shock to the business of the country. Tie must resiime at some time and whenever we do so--sooner or later-some shock to the business of coun try must follov^. It s-eems to me idle to expect anything else, and it seems 'to me that we should at once go to work and settle upon some plan that will bring this result about certainly and with unavoidable speed. I think we are daily becoming less prepared for resumption the longer we delay it, that is we- are daily.becoming more and more in debt and will continue to do so, so long as the present speculative condi tion of- money matters continues, I fully expected and am very glad to learn as I do by the paper; I tijat Gen. Grant -insists upon strict economy, I hope he will use all the influence his position give's him -to insure it/ ' I presume there i will be a combination between the "orthern & Southern Pacific Rail road companies to procure the passaga of a law granting subsidies of bonds to those r6ads. I do trust sucli law will not now pass. The one road will answer our rurpo«e very well for a few ye^rs until wa get things into shape financially, tTo cannot afford to build more Pacific Railroads until we do, The-Union Pacific will I presume be finished next y^ar and 1 think w© siiould have a breathing spell before we com mence another, I loartied quite « ccidentally a few days since Jfhat quite a number of postmasters in the State ware recieving higher salaries tlian are paid to the Governor or Supreme Judges or any other Janua?"^', Iboy. Officers of this state. It seeras to me this need not> and should not "be so. There are many ways I am satisfied in which large savings might bo r.ade properly and fairly, and I hope the new administration will make a business of looking after them. *' Some of the papers state that Gon. Grant will not act upon the maxim that "to the victors belong the s^ils" that when ho finds in office a faithful and competent officer who has been lo al during the war he will not re iove. him although he may he a Democrat. liy opinion on that subject is thi : lliat the sweeping system of removal from office of faithful and competent men and the appointment of ^lew and untried men merely onpolitical grounds has done great injury to" the country ^d will do still greater injury unless in some way checked. The sera mblo for office U)X)n tlie incoming of a ne-.? administration • » * 1 s simply disgraceful. But can Gen. Grant successfully change the syr-tera? I confess I dont Icnow. I have great faith in him, and if any x^ar « Can do it ho can, but in doling it he will find himself in conflict wiy. many of his political friends. If he can successfully acconipii„^ ho will have done almost as much in his civil as in his llltarv tat ion. I hear very little of v/hat is going on in our 3tate poii . "^^icaily. I had a letter from Sapp asking ray recommendation as wanted State Dist. Atty. for Iowa, which I very cheerfully gave and I hopo succeed. I had also a letter from VTm. M. Jenkins of "^ashingf rnr; jiinirrit'n~- January, 1869^ ., . , ( •y'\r- ••-, ■ •. .r*r •• askinr- niy recorDncndation or him for the same place^-w'^ichr," r. .'Li.-" of c ourse, T could not yive as I had'-already reconiirtended f>app» 1 i^reflU]^'Ur. Brownin!3 the present occupant will not expect to' continue in "office.y I -i Cannot something be done for Gen. 'Tilliamson? I 1 earn he has srome position now on the Pacific RailroacU If so and'he is rikel;r to i continue in it and is doing "well he had better" stay Wfra h^dsV"but if his positi on is not a'good one" or .will soon - Cease'1 shotil^ bh very ' glad if you could do something for him. He did well ih the^^ferny and I think he desehves and he certainly needs some hs'l y - ■ Now a -.Yord about personal matters. I have a'strWg-d"eT3ire y ati, go over tlie Pacific Railroad and see the country it passes through,! could make tlie trip thlo summer, but the expense of the trip vrith myself and wife is somewhat of an .item to me, and then" the iff^fe riding tlu'ough the country by rail gives but little charlce of seoihg-it» It occuri'ed to me recently'that there are some Government positrons-con nected with the U.J'.Roa d one of which "I might perhaps'fiTl ,'feat would pay :"y oxnenaes and give mo more time * arid opportunity ■ to'•se®-th<i road , thatn I otherwise could hive. I canncit lay my hands bp; the 1 Aw but are thove not Inspectors Director^ of tlie road appointed by the Pros*, O^c of Wl-iich I would be capable of filling? Jmd if so, are en will } any.'^f them* bo vacant? I wish you'would inquire wlo.t these po,:itionc "are J^nd Whether of them ai'e or will "bo vacant, I want you to ynderntArid distinctly thi^t I do not want any vacancy made for mo. ¥ ' -V ' .. '' '' 1^'.. ' 4-<><),. , ■■ January, 1869 is only on condition there ie a vacnacy ^o be filled that I will be ^ applicant and not then if it wUl. at all em barra.s you or the PresPlease say nothinC about this until I hear from you. I received the sack of documents from you at the last Session, ^ for which accept ray thanks; I wisli you would favor me again in the same waj^j^ / Gen. Do'^e to Hon. 0. H., Bro'/ming, Washington, 11:- In compliance ••.Ith the. order of the President of the U.P. « R.R., I herewith furnish you a profile of our line located over the head of Echo, extending from Yellow Creek 10 miles east of that point 'Va.ll'wy. I accompany it with a sketch to enable you to see th«-.«xtent of the . country it covers. I am unabase to say \7h0ther it is over the identical ground covered by the map of the C.P.R.R^ as they have never made a fihal location over that country, but practically it is over the * same country. It follows dov/i the ravine and valley that their preliminary line of 1867 does, and that is the^only lihe they r?vor run in that country. J. Blickensderfor, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 11 (Tel) Mcss-ftQP received. Wliere is Warren? Tell him to give nre all bhe time ho can. Will finish report if possible. ^Accounts will be cloned. O'Neil is here* Sliall I pay off Hoberly's party? Have you ■,ny instructions for O'Neil? January, 1869. J. L. '"illiams to Gan. Dd':^e, Ft. 'Tayne, 11:- I have yours of the 5th. I recret that the conrany did not put up Government bon^s instead of first mortgacQ. I understand yoh to say that on tho final estimate from Groen River to mouth of 'Tober ^ as per return of quantities the cos*, of grading is 025,000 per mile. I am astonished at nothing that comes from Durant in -the shape of large estimates. I have not the sl'iglites*t confidence iu any engi neer that will act under Ids immediate direction. You recollect the Black Hills? Durant showed me estimates with 100,000 cub. yrds.: -of soli . rock, from one horseback journey over it. I felt authorised inmy ^ estimate to reduce it more than half. In constructing the work tViere was not really one tenth part of'the rock he and his engineers esti mated. He also said to me that tliere would be 1600 ft. Howe truss bridge on Lodge Pole making about a dozen crossings. It had no effect for I have soon you fixing tho location when at Laporto. I knew there were but three ODossings. . i' If any Committoo of Congress wants raV view of all these cases vinder oath, I shall say exactly what I 'say hov;. You and Dillon hoard - IJj me say to Durant in New York last nummer that "I knew him (Durant) perfectly" and that he would never have an engineer *in his employ-ff ^ I he could help it who would not make reportd" just as he should order , him." Since the Executive Committee on the 2d Jly last. Duff, Lam- j bard, McConb and Brooks passed that order vdiich was sent to you'a?t January, 1869. , Bear Rivor by telegraph, putting the locating eneingeors under Duraht' control. I have had no faitli or hope in their operations. The Execu tive Committee-deserve to be swindled out of two millions as thoy will by Durant. Still I sincerely-regret their embarrassment and bope the Company will got along without great sacrifice. I have no doubt that ir their tremendous push through the fall and vinter the^radin^ on the Black's Pork and the Wahsatch has cost a great deal more per y(j than it Should; but that is no good reasod why Durant's-engineers should double up the quantities of rock, haul, &c. If it should. be measiirod by disinterested engineers it would be found-that the quantities are not as now reported at the office. If there had been such a vast amount of rock tiiey could not have done it so soon,, tj. . ^ Is all bosh. This extra cost of wt)rk they may make up if they can «cure the btiiilding of another 100 miles thereby, I saw Evans last week in the cars. lie says they are huip^jj^j^^ stone abutments on the Weber, leaving the wall dry to be grouted t(5 ji ■ards by pouring in from the top. Grout will not rUn down more than two or three courses, so it will always be dry-masonry. Have the goodness 4,o send me as-many of the pamphlets con+„. my report as you can. A number of- my railroad friends want I- want very much to see the Engineers report of the North^j^j^ Pacific and also the Southern Pacifio or the -^anta Fe foute. *hat . u-t I B4r?97 January, 1869, ' want particularly is th® i ' f. - looking in.the Physical avation of the surrir;\it of mountains, Ara portion ' Tpvatio^s of the whopg j.anS®* f the Continent and v/ant to compare, th© onv p r r-H TTDwill pass this any P.R.R V^ubsid-'^^ n| Tell me whether y° winter and if any .vhigii suggosted the p^ah Whoever of our prices, thus th® company poor did to themselves at such enori^ p^,., a ca - * ^011 the mischief, 'No comp®"-^ • gen. Dodge, near = - 12- / ■ • J. L. Wllllan^ to J neferoooo to thoDurant — y® r I WJ. \ ^ as a sumer morp-j^^ sinC® ta.1.:. In fuee.. Dillon s.ye all ^ A„3=, Dillon and the office they all sc®'^ even Alley, Dillon',, tel®S^^ Icxjation ' Seya.our replied to ' ferontly. He *\\e that if tiiey were on seems now to be at Sal^ of the California endthe Wahsatch on their LaK®^ negotiating wi^j^ th® eneingeers ou need r ot breai, ,3oU0t-t»1^0 it aaoy. axpocts to get to week. If -oe ai;i ^^^^rt tiddlo of week jocts to get to middle of week Omaha about the last o ^ Better ^ goO<^ ready, I •vill after say 24th or 25th ^^uiness matters ^ . . . . , xra rre^ _ . . _ ■ work har.d next week to t they can spare me for „ weeKS' «nd If I cap go o Salt Lake, January, 18o9. I suppose you will bring with you all bridge plans and ray 1otters and estimates so that we can refer if necessary to them. I want to speid a day on the.groimd. Joy says if to do over he -."ould build a high bridge at Kansas City. , I tabbed one-half hour to one-half dozen of thq most influential of the Board and Corarai ttee. including Durant, llcCorab, &c. about the . road and tiieir duty to build it right and com lete it with masonry,, good shops, <S:c. Told them that Congress aisd the country would not rest quiet without this. Suggested as sound polciy a reserve fund in the hands of a trustee which, of course, they did not approve but they gave very earnest attention, I then insisted upon an immediate build ing of stone culverts and ^abutmenets, In this they are doing on the Lodge Pole or preparing more than I suppose we must pass this. Presume you will go by tJio way of New York. Try to ascertain wh4t they will do as to masonry, &c. They must do the work or Congress next winter will break loose./ _ • ■ - ^ This large (Subsi^ in jpoaqportion to the work cannot be kept from discussion and members of Congfress dare not listen , to I^rant as before. The eyes of a].l men and others are on this road no\^ ^'ill we go on horseback from end^of track to Salt Lake? Can we get any horsQs that will do? Could we get an ambulance so that we could change about? Mr. Rawllns said t-iat he could not ride horseback all the time and it may make us a little sore. How many days will we Jaiiuary, 1869. , " ■ te from end of track to Salt Lake? I think my son will go with me. I can use him as » "clerk, Luther S. Bent to Ge • . Dodge, Salt Lal^e City, 11:- I- send you herewith information given a friend today by Gov. Stanford as official and reliable, notwithstanding I have serious doubts as to'its'truthfulness. I am expecting a messdnger daily who will give a time account of the state of affairs at the end of the G. P. track. "The Central Pacific Raod is finished'today to Bishop's Creek 14 miles west of Humboldt V/ells or what is now officially called Tulasco, 506 miles east of Sacramento. The C.P.R,R_ grades west will I join grading parties east on the 15th inst, making a contimious line east to Monument Point all but two miles wliich will not retard the tracklaying. Grading ori the Promontory is progressing very satisfacto rily.' From personal cbservat-ions I know that grading on the Promontory is being done by sttll parties and a few stations in places where it can be done easiest. There is not to exceed seventy-five teams at wowk between MonuBent Point and Brigham-City. They are short-of nec essary supi>lies of all kinds, J. C. Savery to Gen, Dodge, Washington, D.G, 11:- I came here from New York at request of some friends at Dos Moines to see you and other members in relation to getting a mail January, 18G9. Ac"5ncy for our mutual friend, Col. E. F. Hooker (the old staler^ Harlan and myself vrent to see Randall with a request signed by all the delegation to send him out on the Pacific road, at the teminus, Randall said he would find a place for him if pbssible. Now then, General, if you will see him he can make it possible. If he could get into a good place now he can keep it. Hooker has the sympathy of all of us.at Des Moines in lis misfortunes and of his fitness for anything pertaining to mail bags you can testify as vrell as I, Please let me Hear from you at Metro.^olltan Hotel, New York. ?H. C. Crane to Gen. Dodge, New York, 11 :•!!•(Telegram) Will take land at two hundred and fifty. Write you' tdoay. J. C. Crane to Gen. Dodge, New York, 11. I telegraphed you today would take the" land at the Bluffs at iJSSO per acre. Direct the deed mad e to me and I will raalce a trust holding it for G.G.Gray 1-4,. ^has. Tuttle 1-4, E.C.Moore 1-4 and myself 1-4. 3 " ' t m. ■ Let ma hear fittiii you receive this if there is anything more to b« 4°^® to effect the purchase except pay Gee .that the title ia good. . «' •• ' . * ' ; ' To Gen, Dodge from his brdlhher, Council Bluffs, 11:"- . Yours from New York received from U. and which he thought it was well for you to know, but not .as through# him v/as as follows: Capt, Davis has had, as I presume you know, trouble with Durant and is down January, 1869. .'Hi. on him. Claims his father has.be^n pne of Durant's friends and an influential one. That by him and otiiers he is assured Durant will be thrown overboard. The item I was to inform you of ^^as the purcfiase of Puget Sound ^.Pi. Charter by Davis Sr. and othere leaving Durant out and all unbeknown,to him.. How much this amounts to you may know; I to not, nor care. I couid close the Hyatt sale at any time but am delayed by B. & W. I want to sell them so as to secure them in case of any litigationnot_ao much for that now as for they would stir it up as a matter of business in case they'got no interest. Am^satisfied no one of the advisers claimants.will ever do it. In case I only lot them have one or two loets will Dillon put in $S000 or |6500? . " . Real estate gales hero are now frequent and at increased prices. Morgan had $700 aide walk tax against this lot. I allowed him discount on warrants, and beat .it .down to yl5Q less,. -Advised him to sell one of his lots on Broadway at $1500, thinking could makfe the sale .during spring. He wrote mo to sell. I started Palmer after GOv. Saunders, who came over to buy real estate here and got $1700 for it. Lots in Riddle trac will sell well this spring. .Property in that direc tion will advanc*^ rapidly if the attention of spdhulators. is not turned in Some other direction,. PlwaeT a sign deeds and return. IM ; • r January, 1869. ^ ^ Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dod-e, Salt Lake City, 11;- Your telegram of yesterday from New york advising me that Warren and myself r/ore appointed to oxainine .0. P.R.R. reached me this morning. Stanford and Grey.are both now in the city but probably are not yet advised as tbey have said nothing to me about the matter. I. shall wait until they approach me. I wish it were not winter, as during this season of the year it will be difficult to form a good opinion of the work.. We ought to see the line when the ground is free from snow. I will pass over the line from mouth of Weber westward if possible continuosly to-end.of C.P. track and if Warren will do so will take him over the line also. . I hope your instructions '.vill no', only justify this, but require it. I have heretofore written you ray views pretty freely. My accounts will all be closed before I,leave hero or if any re main it will be Hudnutt&s and my own personal accounts. My report I will endeavor to get done but may not quite succeed as I have been so * . ^ mucli occupied with my accounts, and the material for the report is so much scattered that I someti^jies fear that I cannot get it done. If Warren could give me a little time^ before he comes West I could pfobably finish it. O'Neil arriveJ ' ere ye8»terday* He says ho has instructions from January, 1869. Durant to'run section lines, and*if necessary to begin at Tample Block in this city. He says he will begin here and run north so as to enable him to be certain'irt Identifying the numbers dfT the sections and then connect with TicCabe's work". Mo])Grly is also hero with his party. -I ordefed him in to pay him off and disband his party. Today I tele graphed you to know vjhether this was right-, but if your answer does not come will discharge the party at all events, as I understand from your lesire to diminsih expenses and from the fact that McCabe and Moborly only took up tiiis Work because O'Neil did not arrive, that so sobn as o'Neil appears the other party is to be disbanddd. o'TTeil ' says he has but one two mule team and wants transportation. I'have therefore decided tb give him one of Mob::rly's teams, the best and will sell the rest'. 7.Tien"th.is is done everything will bo closed up here, and Morris and O'Neil's parties the only ones left. Will write fully about th?5 dispo'sit on of the property when I get done. I.IcCabe was laid off and went Sast soon after I came, llorris has gone north, taking Rlclcsecker with him and established an office at Brigham City. He took with him ever^ paper and note in the office relating to the line west of mouth Hfeber Canon. I learn the weather in the mountains east of "this has latterly been ouite stormy and there has probably been trouble with show but to what extent I have not learned. The track on Saturday was within about three miles of Echo City, Grey told me a few days ago their January, 1869. track '.vas .about 85 mileo from Ilumboldt « • Jells. Tie have « « aoout 6 inches of sno'.7 here in the valley,- but the weather is mild and it thaws very day. Sta-es run to Hardy's 14 miles out and then sleighs run to the now town of Waiisatch on the summit at the head of. Echo. I think their switches do not work very .ell, but did not see them oneratin^g^ Baldwin to Gdn. Dodge,. Council Bluffs, 11:.- Treynor -will make an effort, to be appointed P. H. in the place of Maynard. I do pot think the change is demanded by the people or thr true men of the party here, I know that Treinaor is a good man and has done a good work for the party. At the same time it may be said he has been rewarded for his zeal. I make no onjections to him, at tl-ie same time I think that Maynard has been faithful in the discharge of his duties, and that he is capable and honest; two qualifi cations that should commend him to the Incoming administration. It is not true that Maynard is Kasson man. If I thought he was I would oppose his appointment. It is not truo-as you rere advised. That Maynard urged that K. should come here and make apseech. ~ 1 • • • U. has no,correspondence with K. since your nomination. I know him to be Palmer's friend. It is reported here that you refuse to endorse Maynard. I dont believ it. I think it would be unjust on your part to turn against as old and tried a friond as Maynard. I dont bellwwe you * will do it. I wish you would write me and let me know how you feel on this subject, and anyHJiing you may say will be In confidence. «L ' "T -r »/,!- ■ i'l' January, 1869, • 77. F. Sai^p to Gen. Dodrje, Council Bluffc, 11:- Yoiir letter of the 6th just received, I got a letter fron Palmer today stating that Nourse would not be a candidate and that he would do all in his ponor for my appointment just as you wrote. r am indebted to you for this rbsult, I .rote to Kirkwood and he will write Grime and Laughridge, ' r'^Hiso wrote hin to write any other of the d&legates he thought best, Kirkwood will do all he can. Cale \7rote a strong letter to Grimes and made "my appointment a person al matter. I will •.vrite PalrSer today and have him write some of the new members and if .yo^ Have time I wish you would do so too. I go to Harrison County today to* Court, and will come on to Washington as ^ J. soon as I get back, Withrow writes that Melindy vill gdt the Marshalship and that ' " * he thinks I will have a sure thing. Let me know of Any thing I can do I rogrot to haar you have been ill, Hope yoa will have recovered by the time I readh you, J, E. "'ouse to Gon. Dddge, Omajia 11:- I send you the repdrt of buildings, sidihgs, &:c, -complete f a- far as Cheyenne, Vedder has been engaged on the balance for a long time; have telegraphed him repe&tedly but get no answer. Thoro is something wrong somewhere. Telegrams aro often three days in gotting through and often times not at all, I will send the report from Cheyenne to end of track as soon as Janxiary, 1869. I get it, and if it does not coine witl in a fev; days will start a party from here to get it for me. I also send yot; a statement of the equip ment as furnished mo from the Supt. office. I have the alignment fro •tho General map reduced and platted; also the profile is made up. I . enclose a tracing of the Black -Hills that you may. soe what it is like and if it embraces all you wish to show. The statement of Act. was made up-De'c. 31st, and sent by express to N.Y. ; it must have arrived by this time. ' , is , ■ Tracing of Black Hi'll^.. , J, TI, Ilous.e to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 121- r p oJj ' I this day drew on you" frr favor of Omaha National'Bank for ;Jl0,000. I did this for the reason that J have no blank drafts with your signature, and was afraid that tjiey would ribt 'lonor draft \Yith your name signed' by myself. • Mr. Bllckansdei*fer, di'ew qi:ite largely today 1^7300 which is the cause of our being short-and the Banks are -hard up caxised by tho U.P. R.R. not payipc promptly. I have charged(oli our books) tho Omaha National and given you credit for the amount, hnd if you pay this by draft on tho U.P.R.H. Cmpany I will give them credit and charge'yoi . This will, make the transaction all riglit. If you would send m'e some blank draf ts digned It would avoid drawing through you. Ezra Billard to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 12: January, 1869. • Mr. HouoQ wished a considorable sune of money today and as we are not in f^ood shapre or in fact any shape at all to carry over drafts he has m de the amount, ^ood by his check on you'which I enclose herein !'Jl0,000. Please send chock for •this amoimt to the Chemical National Bank, New York, for the credit of this band and advise. This Omaha National is mif-hty 'veil off in everyth.ing except mon Never made as much in any one quarter as in the last, (say $12,000) but for God's salce how can we do irithout money? If you. can set aboiit $200,000, owiny by the U.P.Il.R* we will be all rig]it exactly. Unless ■ve do I cant tell what the consequences may be. Joe. is. East trying to get this money;- should'he call on you for help do the best you can for him. 'Joe -lust succeed. Dont let him fail to' succeed in. getting mone^ H. ■ 3. McComb to Gen. Dbdge, V/ilmington, Ded. 12:- The charter of our Association, having been passed by the Legislature of Tennessee, is now a law. I think it bent that we should reroganize under it at as early a day ac practicable and to that end I suggest that wo all iga-down to visit .the property and perfect our new organization in the State of Tennessee, at nome good point on the line trf our road.- I would like very much that every shareholdor-for himself, should viovr the property covered by our leAse. Lt is highly imixjrtdnt that w'e prepare for the extension of our road by the building Of- tho twenty-one miles from Jackson, Tenn, northward. January, 1869, to Milan, as required by our contract with the Miss. Cent. R.R.Company and it would lead to a better undferstanding of the desirableness of the work to have all our associates on the ground. We shou d atart on or before the first of February, Please answer naming the earliest day you could leave that I may arrange for a,joint trip,. „ Note: John T. Baldwin to Gen, Dodge, Council-Bluffs,• 12: Sncloses Everett's deed to Crane a-lso.blank i^ight of way deed from Mr. Crane. Says the City will pay $1000 in city bonds for right of way through this land . . Note.^ A, U. West to Geri. Dqdge, Water Valley, Mi:^, 12;,- , Circular letter in relation to the payment of certain coupons of the MississliJpi Central Railroad Company, . L. E. Ricksecker to Gen, Dodge, Brigh am City, Utah, 12 (Tel.) All our maps and profiles east of mouth of Weber wore sent to Omaha, Will make a copy from mouth of Weber to Humboldt Wells at • • once* • • H. M. Hpxio to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 12 (Telegram) ^ ^lelp Millard with An^es and Crane. ^ .He is now in New York, ^ H. C. Crane to Gon. Dodge, New Yor . 13 (Telegram) - . To the lOOOth milej will be ready for examination by time they can reach it-so says Durant, 861 " January, 1869, • -J. Bllckensderfsr, Jr. to Gen. Dodco, Salt Lake Gity, 13: (Tel) ' '' ' What map for coininission? J. Blickensderfer, to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 13:- Tho general map and profile I will have coPipleted if ix)ssihle by the last of the month and sooner if it can be done. The align ment and profile is already reduced and platted; also all the information is compiled-it now wants working up, * ■ • I answered Mr." McLaughty utx)n receipt of lettir from you, and ^gave him deed of lot as you directed, I will get up the statement of Act, as well as I can, br: do not think w» oan make the monthly act, 'compare with tJisbo.* ' ^ ^ r . -V "' Wo, 2 13:- Yours* of the 7th relating tc> my vouchers came this morning. ■ I have returned vouchers to the amdUnt of $5600 on engineering act, ' and for $12000 on t( wn lot act, for the past year, making my salary $4800. 1 hope this will prove satisfaAtory,' * Note; Jolin Adams to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 13:- * Wnats position as Mail Agent' on U.P.R.R* ' W. Maynard -to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 13:- I thank you for your kind letter of 25th Dfec.'mailed on the loth of You sent no other letter to me and I had begun to think that you meant to treat me ""shabbily. If I am removed I shall not feel so badly about it, now that I ' January, 18G9. . ... • « " • ,? ♦ have your as.:}uranc© that you will not favor such removal because of anything personal between you and I. I believe I have the confidence and approval of the party here, and I think I state it correctly and not too stron • when I say that a large majority of the Republicans here are averse to my removal. I believe these statements are sus- » ♦ ceptible of being demonstrated to the satisfaction of any one. But, if the reverse of this should be true and the real men of the partjf h^re ask for my re .oval, then I think the duty of our triend F. W. Palmer is plain enough and he should not hesitate to recommend the man the people demand,. All I ask is a fair chance with the others, I do not want the office against the expressed wishes of tlie party hero, 1 have endeavored to discharge the duties of the office honestly, faithfully and impartially, I have made aome enemies, of course, should be §orry .to think ,I ^idnftt for a public servant cannot always do what he thinks right without offending somebody occasionally. The objections my friends Treynor and Jilliams urge against me is that I did not take as active a .-art in the campaign as they thought I ought to havo taken. The objection is not well take for the duties of my office prevented .me from turning out upon all occasions. The party here does not share in the doubts of these men or to,my being radical enough, for-I was elected a delegate to the county convention in the spring. Was elected by the county convention a delegate to the " ■ ' -J.V ! ■' ■ . Januarj^, 1809. Con'^resGional and State Conventions, both of which I attended. I was also a delega' e to the county convention for the nomination of county officers, and was unanimously elected one of coynty central committee. So that it would seem that I had the confidence of the party to a considerable degree. But, I vill not bore you further ohly to say that if the wishes of the party are consulted that is all I could ask or desire. The weather here has been quite pleasant for a few days and bus iness is quite brisk for the season, I think some i8f coming down to Washi'ngton to see the sights sometime in March, as there is quite a number going from here, ^ 1 John T. Baldwin to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 13:- * Your telegram of 12th "received. Everett will make-deed at 5850 per acre. This dont leav me anjtthing to pay expenses of tele graphing &c. Some arrangements mast be made about right of way through this land for U.P.R.R. Brld|;e Co, Will the parties that purchase donate this or take a deed from Everett excepting'the right of way? If so I dan gei something from the city for it and will divide it with you, i am candid fcbout this and want you to be the same, r would have closed a sale by tomorrow with Chicago Parties at $300 if you had not sold it, and I 6ught in some way make something. Write me what can be done in the matter. Januar^", 1869. Note: N.P. Dodge tpS. H. Craig, Council Bluffs, 14: In relation to land transaction, Mr. Craig is not satisfLfid to get out only his otoi ; expected to realize a handsome profit. y- • . • . . . , ( Thos. B. Morris to Gep. Dodge, Promontory, 14: * , > « I reached here day before yesterday with my party. • • 5 « . I have received no further instructions from Durant. I am running a lino with 100 ft., grado dor-n the ravine used fop temporary 116 ft. grade lino. I will use no curve less than 6°, Will forward to you results as^ aoon- as obtained. , I rode over most of the line-, from Bear River west and examined moot points where work was going on east of. Bear River of both the n. p. and C.p, Companies. From Weber Canon to Ogden there is a large force at *jork on the BP- Almost every point of any magnitude is opened and .twenty days ^ould close it up.^The work is about 1-3 done. The Q. p. have no location or work done east of Ogden, From I • Ogden to Hot Springs tliere are onl, . two outfits working on the U.P,; on of about 30 eastern men. The other a "casting" gang of about a dozen mormons. IJot more than 2 miles completed out of 10. C.P.Co. have about 100 ft, graded at Ogden and a mile ewid a half on the bench 5 miles north of Ogden. They have about 0 teams at work on same distance. Prom ^ot Springs to IVlllard City U.P. about half done, C.p. 1-6 done. Prom WiltardClty to Bear River U.P. 1-4 done. C.P. about 1000 ft, glided* January, 1869. From Bear River to'Lit tie * fountains distance about 9 miles U.P. ' all done but a littlb finishin^:^ C.P.nothin;:. From Little ^^ountain to Hay Branch C. P. nothing, U.P. 1000 ft. C. P. no one at work- U.P. two small Mormon ou'tfits. From" Hay Ranch to foot of 80 ft, over Promontory U.P. nothing, C. P. about one mile. 15 teams working on CP. Eastern slope of Promontory, UP. nothing done and no one at work. Boyd Bros' had just begun about 1 mile east of suTimiit but were stopnod yesterday by oVders from Durant. a P. Company have about 1 mile graded near the foot of the gradn-in three pieces. They have besides on the heavy work the following pita opened with mentioned force; Rock Cut about 10 ft. No. I., 11 men and one ox cart. ^ Largest fill on the work, 26 men, 5 wagons and one plou-gh. ' * Rock Cut No. 2, 9 men, i drill and two barrows. Rock Cut No. 3; 6 men, i drill and one barrow. • ^ ' ' Rock Cut No. 4, 4 men, i drill and 8 shovels. Large Embanlment, 3 scrapers, 4 wagons, "8 men and 1 pough. Rock Cut No. 5, 11 men, 2 drills, 2 barrowS. • ■ Rock Cut No. 6, 2 men 1 drill, 1 shovel. • '> '*0. <■ ''' Rock Cut No. 7, 3 men, 1 drill 1 ehdvel, > ""'•i Light Cut, 4 wagons iind-S men. Total on-east elope of PromdntOr#-9C men and 81.teams. There is a driver for each-team and twomen with a plow not included in the number of men. The total amount graded by the men" will.not exceed January, 18G9. ^ ^ 600 feot. ■ Between the west end of the heavy work and the east end of our 50 ft, grade on the west slope of Promontory the C. p. Company have 2 1-2 mile graded and have 12 teams working. U.P.Company noth ing and no men at work. The rock work, about three or four miles from the , 3U. mit-west, is not touched by either company, ; On the work from about 3650 of our line to the-mud flats the U.P. have a large and efficient force and-the work is 2-3 done. The C.p* _ have about 20 teams and put.all their small pieces together it might measure 2 1-2 miles. The mud flats- U.P. has three miles dwo out of 4 1-2 miles. C. P. has two small pieces not to exceed 1-2 mile in Xall. .Prom west'side of pud flats to Monument Point U.p. all done, C. p. about ono mile. , ^ • These salt flats are soft now,-the lake has been up to foot of embankment; but they can be worked nov;-how long. I.dont knov/. I w ".11 write youCas soon as I can determip© them) the main foautres of the C. P. lopatipn over Promontory. . ^ Note: N. Hpwaird White-to,Gen; Dodge, Villisca, Iowa, 14:- Enclcses petition which he wishes forwarded to P.O. Depart ment, asking for a change in the-mail route between Quincy and Clarinda. 3. R. Craig to N. P. Dodge, Philadelphia, 14:- Youra of 4th inst received. I wrote to Mr» McComb of its contents and received the witbin reply, , ♦ At any rate Gen. Dodge's proposition would not be satisfaotory January, 1869. as I went in witli the expectation of makin?' a large profit on my investment, • and to be siire would not be satisfied to got«out onl .V ' «>. ■ V A • my ov/n. . . . . E. F. Noyes to Gen. Dodge, Cincinnati, 14: I enclose j'ou drawings of 16th corps badge-as given by you and Gen. Hurlbut, and also a possible combination' suggested by Hick 'enlooperi I think Hurlbut's is the"handsomest and would work in best, but if it is-'hot the right Badge, it should, of course, be dis carded. what shall be done? ~ • I received from Tichenbr the Iowa State Senatorial (I think it was that) eontalnin'g A scathing article o41 Bellman's address. .It' was ^ first r ate, and Belknap must feel it. I will Speak to Hickenlboper about"the badge., -Note: Clebum3 to Geh. Dodge, Omftha, 15'. • ; * tf ' '.i ' SanSs plan of hodse. f , - Jno, H. Keatley to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 14:- -■ Your note of 12th inst, was received, ^ince the adve t of the-new editdr I have not given as much attent^on to the general editorial columns ot the paper but have confined myself chiefly to my own department.- t have not watched tho- course of the Iowa exchanges for that reason as clbsoly as I brdinarily do, but shall hereafter make it my special businjss.to see thb Register is assaulted horse, foot and dragoon.s, * ' ' . . . c'i .'a January, 1869. , . ■ ■ The now editor does not have the force I expected him to have or had reason to expect, and in any caee arising as you indicate .1 shall be hap y to follow your suggestions. I will have no trouble in moulding himi so as to prevent his objections J,o anj'' mode of warfare I mgcy adopt. I would be glad to see any documents or newspapers that are within your reach at Washington that may throw light on the subject and aid me in taking hold of the matter. -n . • ' ' I raisi our mutual friend Chapman. He is out of tomi. nothing new has transpired in the citj'. If you see Mr. D. J. ^Uorreell of 17th Dist. Pa., say to him.that I am here. Ho is an old friend of mine. Make any suggestionsryou choose and I will be glad to see them, , 'To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 15: I sent Hyatta deed today .containing 15 lots in Hyatt's suby, consideration $5100, fpr him to execute and deliver to you. at Willard's hotel at his earliest convenience. The.grantees name I left blank; you have him fill it in when he delivers the deed, ^/^liver Amea to Gon. Dodge, Mew York 15: I have your favor of today and most heartily, sympathize with you in your indignation at the course of Durant. I have teleraphed as you suggested that no alteration be made in thp lin fo road as finally located, and have also written Durant a letter enclos ing him a copy of the instructions of Browning. I think he w 11 do what he can to remedy any changes he has made in line. Durant has ' • i ' . - January, 1869, • «"■' been as furious in his demonstrations as any one could well be gener ally, but has till now made no imix>rtant change's in your lind. I think we may find when'Co:miiiS3ioners get out there that the changes may not be as radical as you now supposo. 1 know that Durant has wanted to take the full charge of the'line and have.it run to suit his notions, which are to conform the line to the surface of the country with ~rades and curves up to the limit of the law> But the strong*support which your lino has received from our Board has preven ted chaiTges.-I hope you will feel t'^.at though the Dr. may want power and exerciOe it'wihtout judgment frequently, yet the board of directors are strongly your friends and I hope you will not let your feelings ^ arainst Durant lead yoii into any demonstrations against the road. We would like to place you in some position on our road vihere we Could have your influence in Govt. of road after it is completed. If you will -rite to Bliekensderfer to let the location cdnform as near ly as poBsi'blo to olc location, end these changes that Dr. has-.made to save time and get «head of the Central we will Change hereafter, hut now#e better i'et the charifees be accepted-wTie^e the line is not redi- ' cally bad^y/' ' " . .. th; Mote: Ger. Dodge to Col. W. R. 6ibson, Washington, 16:*- Mqnts to know when" the claim «of Ool,' Pattee v;ill be ready for adjustment. 0 -£ ♦ (I no/' .Tantxary, 1369 John T, Baldwin to Gen. Dodj^G, Council Bluffs, 16: , Your favor of 14th is received. I will have Everett get abstract and nahe out deed as soon as I hear frora you in regard to Bight of way. Ho will not pay any Com. for selling; says theGO acres rrrust net him $20,000. ' * Chapman got scared about getting office, and insisted that it might bo necessary to ume money for influence in Washiiegton. He is loser in the printing business here and is getting desperate.. He .is now in Lincoln for the purpose of getting recornnendations.. The election for U-.3. is to be on .tlie 19th.- IJcCannis quite confidehce of success. Others think he has no chance. . ■; If you need mon?y here send the bank draft on N.Y. VIq would like the exchange. ' . ■ : • , J. Blickenaderfer to Gen."Dqdge» Salt Lake City. 13: (Telegram) Riokseckor and office at Brigham City. I doubt whether map and profile will be ready. Do you mean that I shall arrange for Tfarren dhd myself to pass over lino from mouth TTeber west? . . W. Snyder to Gon« ^odge, Uahsatch, 16 (Telegram) . . Track reached Echo city last ight. Prospect good to ICOOt mile i)03t, „ J. l\. Eddy to Gen. Dod'-e, Ogden, Utah, 16: (Telegram) Best town site by far in section 36. Shall I locate \vithou « fixrther advices? Answer to Salt Lake. January, 18 69. . ' . J. 0. Iludnutt to Gen. Dod^e, Boise ^ity, 16;- Permi t me'to-ask you wi.ether my services are needed for the corainc: year, and also if thoy are Torth any more to you than the year past. Dont considor me as dissatisfied at all, for I J70uld rather have my pay and position on this great National Highway than nominally a better on some smaller road. ■The Trustees of 'the Illinois Ic Michigan Canal have asked if my servic-es could be had as Supt of that work, "but I prefer remaining here if atgreeable to you. H. n. Hoxi'e to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 17 - •- I have been dizzy and not well enough to work" at the desk. Am gaining ground now, ^ ^/^r, Snydor at Wahsatch. He has telegraphad you about track etc. ahd I suppose wrote you. If Dr. Durant would now stop all track laying at Echo, give the men und animals dn construction time to rest and feorganize ahd permit ua to build the road-Bryan to Echo and accumulate matorl-0 at Bryan and Wahsatch until spring opens, we wovild have more miles of track July 1st than we will under present arrangements and save one million of'dollars. The track from Bryan to Wahsatch is laid on frost, goes down all the time- 4 miles per hour is the maximum speed allowed and then we are off the traek about 1-2 the-time. The Iron will be worthless by o ring and there will he no road left. Water in Bitter Creok'country is destroying all our locomotlvos. Januai-'y, 136.), •? . ' • ^ ^ ■ It c;ro;vs worse every day. Had ten dead engines last^week, in One day cause want of v/ator and what we had was poor. About 1-3 of water powei- on'that division is in the shops-that act; Tie are so hard up financially that I dare not build tanks here. Pay naster not yet ov^r the road for November. Men growling, striking, and generally de.^.oralized. The pre :o.;co of Silas '^eymour at Durant's heels and putting'all kinds of fodjlish notions in his head will yet ruin ;|he company. Mil lions of dollars spent for naught to simply gratify Seymour, I never have written you'this berore, but I feel it my dutyyi send you some passes. You will notice they are good only one way. Will* write you again. /J, michensderfor, Jr.'to Gen, Dodge, Salt Lake City," 16; Yours of 6th reached me today, and I ?;ill frankly acknowl edge that it was some gratificati-on 6o me to be assured that the I balance of your people do not participate in the feeling towards me oxhi ited by Durant and Seymour, -The little depression I felt when I received the Dr's commUnleatlon has howeverj long since loft me, for thought I was justified in Considering it as emanating chiefly from Seymour, Your moasag»iS!*«f the lOth and iQtli have advised me that Warren and I are to go to the Central P. l$ne but except that I Infer from 873 Janu ryj^: 1869, -,3.. the fact that map and profile from mouth of ^eber west is bein;;; pre pared for us, -yiat we are to examine-thrt line I knoi7 nothing of our duties of a specific hharaoter. I presume ^'arren will bring instinictions. I regret to hear that the work west of-Gr^een ^^iver has cost so largely, but I am not so much murprised at it as some probably will ho. There is no doubt ftliat- the thing has been mismanaged and that the same results could often have been obtained at a greatly reduced cost; but in addition to this I apnrehend a thorough investigation ^ O would show many things which would surprise some of our good people at the East, It cannot be that rottenness has never visited Echo City and its vicinity. My accounts are about all settled here and only a small amount more will be required here, unless Hudnutt wants more at this nlace. There la not a single man here now under pay outside of Morris and OM'eil'a parties and everything paid off to date, I could 1 save ■ for the Eaet in 2 hours if necessary, I can fully appreciate your fofclings when you sAy you are out of f ' heart at the present state of things on the road for it is sickening to see matters tending so dangerously towards utter destruction, and what excites my wonder is that such men as Ames and some other could not foresee this last summer, I.fear the C.p, folks hereabouts see January, 1869. ' • the way matters are worl:ing and are delifshted at ths mana.rrement which ten's to such results. ■ ' . ' ' I hope I shall in a few days hear more-fully from you in regard to ouf visit to the C.P.R.R* TJhere shall I present account for services as Commissioner, at New York office or at'Omaha?^ ' : ' 4' ■■ . .vhl F. ?/'. Palmer to Gen. Dodge, Dec ^s^oinds,. 17; - ' I have jtist learned confidentially that an applicatn (Dr. Va Sandt of Page Co) living near our friend Anderson is proposing by gettingssignatures to apply for the Assessorship of this district. The Doctor has not notified me yet that he wants thi-s particular thing and it has occurred to* me if you could by any means get Ander son appointed immediately: it might save a-good deal of embarrassment. If Ewing or any other old personal fri.and at court would take hold no Cop, ctould have any object'now in blocking the game, yours of the 6th received, ^ r ■ »' •, Gee. C. Tichenor to Gen, Dodge,' Des Moines, 17:- , r have your kind letter of the 13th. Hooker is away from . homo at preeent hence I camot see him. I will, however, assume the responsbibility of assTirlng you that he will accept the appointment you name (Special Malli Agent of tl>^ D.P.R.R. ) and be most thanlcful for it. I have .carefully investigated the matter regarding i*xich I wrote you January, 1869, . ^ asking yovc to hold his appoir.tment back and am pretty well convinced that it was a trick on the part of his enemies. I therefore ask you now to secure the appointment for him if possible and as soon as you can. PIo is really in very needy circumstances, and absolittely lacks the means necessary to support his family. He has nothing." His home will be sold in a day or two to satisfy incumbtances auid he is really an object of sympathy. Get Randall to fix the compensation.as liberal ■as possible. ' I suppose it will be about $2500. I will tell you whah I see you the natuhe" of the rumor regarding which I wrote you.' If you get the place for him, write him a good long latter telling him" he must gi"ve it his attention and remind him ^ of the importance of remembering his friends. Give him to knew whov/ he is indebted to for the place and warn him of Kasson. Allen is quite snxious that he get th'e place. I have written Hooker about If and he will write me and I'will enclose you'his lettor-meanti-mo be assured he will most gladly accept it. . I wrote you about the lumber matter hi the instancn of Williamson who seemed delicate about asking additional favors of you. Ho thinks there is a big spaculatlon in- It and thought you Might have some friend whom you wduld be giad to have go into It ?;ith them, and I told him if so I would interest myself in -the matter to the eStent of buying for them. I will write Hoxie abcut shipping, Williarison thought, however. January, 1869. • I that Hoxle would have little to say in that matter and seemed to think that \7hile the road was beins constructed tlie Chief Engineer controlle its use more than anybody else, I shall go to iVashington with Palmer. We will probably start about the 10th of February; Frank is litterally besieged to death ' t ^ • * - with applicants for office. There is an army corps of applicants for Pension Agency; Judge Hatch, Goodrell, Godfrey, &c. &c. There are no loss than 20 applicants for ray little Post-office, each one of whom • • s are confident of success, so that I really feel very Infirm on ray official legs. As a number of aspirants are growing up for■the AssGSoorship I think it would be well for you to make anothed drive to oust lloel and gel Anderson in before your term expries,.., My reasons for this are good I can assxire you, I have never talked with Frank about my office; his remembrance of thf past should he^s fresh as my own. If he wants some new freind to have my place I shall resign it before Grant is inaugurated. I have taken a solemn vow that I never will if I know it ask a faovr of an unwilling giver. Understand me, I am not expressing any fears nor making complaints, -'Ut simply speaking with reference to an improbable contingency. r • Kasson continues his business of micchief making, educating the Whole community tp apply fOP. Office, so that they will be disa^.)9inted January, 1869, ' ' and blame Palmer. He has a particular spite at me and has created no less than a dozen dandidates for Post-master. He tells them all that rI was appointed at the instance of the Democracy and all such stuff. ' L. E. Rickseckcr to Gen. Dod^^e, Brigham City, Utah, 17 (Telegram) ■ "* r -' ' ' - I ■ . • Will have them done to Red Doihe in four days; to Humboldt Wiles in a wefek m6re if possible, "here shall I send'them. ' J. Biidcbnsderfer, Jr., to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, Is'^CTel) Eddy 19 here, I think you bettftr aUtliorize^him to drrange for Commission going over line. Mtc j. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Om.aha, 18 (Telegram) ' ' * CAn let Warren have the original if that will arswer. J, Bllckor.sderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 18: Youra of 9th and also your answer to Browning were received today <And from your telegram of yesterday in addition to your loiter bogin'to get an idea of the duties of the commission. I hope our in structions will be full ahd eX ilHt, I telegraphed you that I thought you ?iad hotter let Eddy arrange «• ' 'O. to 8 end Commissioners over line, and he has received yoUr answer, f did this because I thought it would look bettor and be better that toy Oonnectioh with the U.P.R.R. should end, and that I should tread on a complete level wltli the other Commissioners, with no more apparent January, 18G9, , interest in your arrancements than they had.- ■ I hope to hear from you fully in regard to everything which may be of interest ..in copection with this business, especially everything relating to C. P. Company in California which I ought to know or to which my attent on should be directed, ^ ^ - /^our answer to Browning is good, and eo far as I am able to judge there is not a statement in it which cannot be substantiated.- I am afraid your company will regret that.they placed so much in the hands of Durant,- for I am. very; much inclined to think the U.P.R.R. Comi)any would occupy much better position in TTashington -if that same Dr. Du rant were a less prominent feature in the concern, besides I am atrongly inalined ti> think he Aot only adds nothing to the.credit of the Ooncorn but really detracts from its credit in spite of all his reputation for energy and administration ability. It is currently report out hero that the U.P. Company is hard up for funds and sev eral months be'aind in payments to contractors, and true or not true, I fs r it is workS^ig-you^great injurj^. and adding much strength to yoi.ir .opponents^y/ ■; I will t-ry hard to finish up my report before leaving for the West. I desired to discuss location pretty fully but may be obliged to abtidge for want of time. In that event I could Jierhaps at a future day add something ]?«fore it must bo jsibliohed or used. The proper preparation of my vouchors and accounts has fallen on ma January, 1869, * 1 pornonally and occupies 'boo mucli of ray tim^, but I "shall get them turned over soon, ■p. Hodges to Gen. Dodge, Boston, Mass,, 18:- I arrived in Omaha 22d December, settled accounts and handed in map, profiles, lc.c, as ordered. It being thought that a report should accompany thorn I brought some of the papers here ~f or the purpose, I have been sick for the past two weeks but am now but again. Shall finish up report, estimates, &c, withint tendays. When finished T propose to-take them to Washington'^^lere I desihe An interview with you'in regard to iViture services should theybe desired; perhaps they .may be needed on permanent roadway. * •-- ^ Mr, Ames aslfed me about going Over the lino and measuring the work. I replied that I thought tho contfacting engineers estiiiates ' would generally be found honest, ^rom my knowledge of them I should judge tfilt they were inclined to be liberal bAt there re but few who are said to be on the iSttkA, W, T', Otto to Gen^ DOdge^, Washington, D.C. 18:- I enclose you a ticket you kindly sent me.last yoar. You will notice" that it has ex Ired by its own limitation, I do not thlnlc it probable that I shall havo occasion to use one for the ooiting year, but Ahotlld be obliged to ^ou for sending-mi dn®t ' '* G, C. Cox to dAri. Dodge, Tfashington, D. C. 18; ' ' > ■ R. . I.; V January, 1869, In rasponso t© your note of the 15th ii^st. relative to the case of George !7. Locker, who was granted a pension by a special act of Con gress, I have to inform you that he .was ordered to be examined on the 14th o; last October, since which time he has not been he^rd from by this office. The certificate cannot be issued until ho has complied with the order raqviiri. g him -^o report to the examining Surgeon who will note his disability. Gen, Dodge to J. "• lickesnderfor, . Jr., Washingtonk 11)24 DRIBO) Warren in St. Paul. Pay off Moberly's party. O'Ne 1 wants to lay off towi^}, where should it go? ^ ^ . Gen, Dodge to J. E, House, Washington, 13 (24d""180) Furnish Gon, ".'arren when he goes tJirough on way west with map and profile from head of Echo to mouth of Weber. Giverhira map on large scale that came from Salt Lake, Gon. -Dodge to John Baldwin, "ashington, 12 (24DR180) Have sold tho.aight at two fifty per acre. Gon. Dodge to Mios. B.,Morris, Washington, 12: )(24DR180) ' Make map and profiJbo of located line from head of Echo to Humboldt ?,'ell5 immediately for Commissioners who are to examine the line, Ans vor. Gon. Dodge to E. House, Washington, 13 (24DR181) Make map and profile from thousandth mile post to mouth of Wei or for Commission, 041797 h 'i''i January, 1860. Gen. Dod^e t© T. C. Durant, Washington, 13 C24DR1B1) • ■ Roporf sect ions to Oliver Amos officially as fast as complete Commission will be ordered to examine them. 0 ••erate Omalia forwai-d. . Dod./^e to Thomas B. Morris Washington, 16: (S4DR181) I am in receipt of your l&tterS of Jari. 2d, 5th, and 7th and your course is satisfactory to me. Mr. %rant has authority from the Board to direct such surveys as he deems proper. I desire to present to'the compsmy a line that in an onsineering point of vIct and « com^- mfercial'point is tlie best line; if they see-fit to adopt other that is their privilege, but with the determiiiied fight "here and the critical scrutiny they give everything vre now do, any other line v70ul:i. not he apt to be ad) pted except■ fdr temporary'- purposes. I desire to bo kept fully postSd ^s to your surveys and conclvisionc; also with the doings of S.P.R.R," " They haire been playing a desperate game hero-but have so far been-defeated, and always will be if our company •preserves the course. As soon as yoi^ complete your ^rveys it-is my intantl'ontto place yeU in charge of-a portion of comploted road on repairs. I'suppose'the discharge of McCabe's party gi ves you only your own to look after. 0*Nei: will be on town surveys and ho probably through by time you are; however, all matters pertain ing to my departiant yau'wanfio look after; o'Neil is directly under orders from Mr. lions'--, but anything that you consider s houId be done Ja.naary, 18G9. ' • , or any change made he \7ill comply with your orders.''."i?* ; ' " ^at-iclnd of a line have the C.p.r.r. over Promontory Point? • I have no douht that tlie Commission sent out "by the Government, V/arren, B1 Ickenslerfef and Will la e, will decide upon mylocatlon through t6 '■ Huraholdt Wells. They cSrtainly cannot decide upon C.P.R.R.location. If Commission desire any informiation from you give if to then promptly. I have ordered turned over to them the map and profile of the adopted location from moutla of Weber to Huiaboldt Wells wl:ich' I filed there. It has all t.he improvements made on' line by you and others and is the 80 ft. grade-line over Promontory, and it is the best line in an engineer ing and commercial point of view that has yet been submitted to me* If you succeed in getting a hotter over Promdntory I shall be very glad of it, but I- doubt if the country is tliere to obtain it in. You say 90 ft. line with heavy work costs |200,000 less. Is that after deducting^ - cost-of thrise niilea of e^'tra distance, rails, ties, ^cc. There da m uestion I would like your views on. At Green River wo use 60 ft. grad e and great ourvaturn, . We have to use helper over it as trains from RavTlins Spinrgs to Green Riv-or haul more cars than they can over that summit. If we had used ajmimum grade, less curvautre and less cost of work would not the sane power v;e now have to use been adequate? The question is, what is true economy on a grade when wo have got to put on additional power? The same question arises tTanuary, 1869. on rim of basin and.the argument against it is tlia we-hav virtually. gained nothing by oflr extra cost of line to obtaina 60 ft, grade where we^ have to have a helper over that. For tho traiiis used on that division helper would "take trains' over 80 f;.. grade as well as 60. A case like this.ppe.sented to im professional-minds, especually v;hen interested in having little cost as possible, weighs heavily against the- true engineering question. It is one worth studying and it is well, for us to^as ably treatyas possible. - ' A. A Gen, Dodge to Oliver Ames, Washington, (24DR183). . llr, Chauncey Snow, Government Director U.P„,R-.R. is jcn^routo ■to malce a personal inspection of our road. He visits New ^'ork for the purpo-e of -obtaining some Inforraort on before going out west and may desire letters of introduction-to our Superintendents of Dept. Weat, ^ "bes^ttk for him that jsourtesy^d aid tl>at will make h .s trip a pleasant one, «nd would suggest^ that passes be obtained for him from New York to Chlca-y); from 'threr west I have provided them. rt ' ''' j. IT. Linvjlle to Gen. JDodge, Philadelphia, 18:- My'experience in designing and superint33idi .g the construction of tho uperstructure-of the Steah^nvillo bridge con vinces me of the very serious difficulties that would be encountered in constructing a span of 500 ft. In Ihe Steabonville channel span a large po-tion of material is '•**' ■ i '.*^ , ' * January, 186'J. employed to otay the structure laterally whiclj. adds .to tlie ,wQigt and diminishes to that extent the hearing capacity of the truer-ses. As the _^length of, span and consequently the height of truss is increased, the quantity of material required to be usecl for this purpose increases, in rapid proportion. .With.the longer spans greater width.of.base is necessary to in sure lateral stability. The m.aterial required in construction cannot. be manufactured in sufficient lengths, .and additional weight and defi ciency in hearing .capacity results from numerous joinfs and splices, The piers being longer and .more massive to, support.the increased width. and, weight of.. superstructure, the cost of masonry is thereby greatly increased. Since tlie co "t of the truesses, independent of the construction. increases nearly as the squares of tho spans, it is obvious that the cost of a span 500 feet all things.considered would probably exceed three times the cost of a span of ;^00 ft, length. The risk attending thq erection of spans of different lengths over the ch.a.nnel. of..navigable streams is in proportion to tlio weight of material to bo handled. The legnth of time required to erect the structure, and tho immensely increased loss that would result from accidents by floods or otherwise. The work wpuld not be assumed by any pitadent bridge bu llding ^Qompany without a very large margin to cower contingencies. 'ifi- rniti irifll January, 1869, \^ile abundant evidence in my opinion has been heretoforo addiiced to prove the sufficiency of 300 'ft. spars, to meet the wants of river navigation it cannot be maintained that 50 to 100 ft. additional clear ance would not afford more space than is resonably requiired for the" passage of tows or steamboats, ' ' Legislation enforcing the useless expenditure of money in the construction of spans of unnecessary length would be prejtiducial to Cormaerce and Trade over land routes, and by retardir^g the biisiness and gfowth of cities would injure rather than promote the interests of inland navigation. Careful and mature consideration of this subject has confirmed my opinion that spans'exceeding 350 ft. are unwarranted by the engineers of river navigation and involves an'injudicious ex- 'penfliture of capital,^ Note: . n. Lewis to Gen, Dodge, Cam Douglas, Utah, 19: Wants pass over U.p.R.p* Geo, U. Il^iCrary to Gen I Dodge, Keolcuk, 19:- Although not personally acquainted with you ^ desire to say ^ * I worked in behalf of our mutual friend Hon, Seth Craig late of Van. Buren County, now of Council Bluffs. It may be that I Icnow him more intimately than you do, and I desire to assure you that he iS a gen tleman of ability and intengrity, and*that his services as a Republican worked in and out of the Legislature entitles him to our favorable consideration. I do not know a lore faithful or efficient worker li4 January, 1369. t .e Republican ranks. I trust it may be in your power to advance Ms interests, . o ' G. V7. Frost to Gen. Dodse, Lincoln, 19:- ^ Before you receive this you will knnw of the election of Tipton to the U.S.S. I am confident that under all the circumstances this was the best move both for the interests i the ^ State and Road that could under the circumstances bo mado.. It was conceded that wo must have a South Platte man to keep faitli with that portion of the State.„ Hitchcock was making a move as a compromise candidate for both sections, and to keep,out of the strike wo had to ::o in. ■ , ^ •• : I saw ,Tipton before we concluded to go for him and had a long talk with him. ^H^.^lomnly pledged himaelf' to go first, last and every time for the interest of the road, not meroly as a negative friend but as a positiv . frierid. He said "I f the friends of the Road through myself ^3 an agent of^tho road would indicate what we wanted he would use all Ms influence to carry through any measure vte might deem ira- * • jDortant for-ow interests. He furthermore said he considered the interests of Nebraska go closeljy interwoven with those of the U.P.R.R Company as to be one, .and that it would be his pride and pleasure to. woTk for it for, the benefit of state." I am confident he will keep his pledge. He wishes the friends of tlie road to post hii^i of all the movements «nd I told him you would be happy to give him any iiSformation *-• * •■ ; •• . -' r« . ■ ' - » .'.y . . ' . ' ■:^ ^ ■imr January, 1869. • ' < r shall see him at Omaha on Monday and tako him-tlirough'our shops and post him all I can. I think, so far "as I- can see, that the spiri't of th.e legislature is favorable to the road. They have had a project of taxing us as heavily as passible, but I think that iB -abndoned as they fear the influence of the Mo. P.R.R. on the St. Louis forBfianch road should they sho-,7 any hostility to it in any way. I shall watch their move ments carefully, ' T. M. Bro\7n to Gen. Dddge, Penn Yan, 20:- Have rocoived the pamphlet yoru kindly foruardod me, and" return thanks. Am watting patiently nov; for a line expressing-your ^ views as to the probability of my getting an appointment ei tier at Bremen, HAinburg, Aix la Chappelle, Munich or Beipsic, -Some of these Gonsuls have been here since-'61 and ought to come home. 'Jill it be of any use for me to come to Washington after a time? I have another good friend in the Bouse- Judd from Chicago - who may do something too. He was Minister in 6 erlih while I was Yhere. To Gen. Cbd'TO from his father, Council Bluffs, 20:- • *'* You lumber has arrived; is hauled and is now being measured off and piled. It looks to me like a fine lot. - It had to be inmcdiately taken out the cars and I "hired Mr. ^Jpooner to take my te*m and help haul b . - 4- I"' . I January, 18G9. ♦ t ' ■ I had supponed your stone was contracted for until Nathan infor med me tliat Jolji lammer will deliver it at the depot for youat $5 per perch* Pleas lot Hammer Imow at once if you intend to contract for them. John Hammer and John Keller will be in Wasliington next month and expect to see you* , Note: 0. II. Browning to Goh. *Dodge, 20 Washington, D. C. • Acknowledges receipt-"of'-jirofile of lino from Ogdem to Mon ument Point* • ' ■' , ■ : r ' 0 '' • L*' S.- lent to Gen. Dodge, Salt LaRo,- 20;- ' ' • ■ I have just received full information from a special messariger sent to dnd of C.p.r.r. which I Copy below: - "Jan* 12, end of tra&k throe raiXed east of North Fork of Hum- ■ boldt, 476 miles east of Sacrsuaento, 33 miles west of Humboldt Wells* They are lavying an average of about two miles per day not more and if. anything loss* Tracklaying force about 74 to 80 men* They are short of on accoimt of small pox at end of track. Their usua track-laying force about 120 men as near as I could ascertain, but small pox be hg very bad I do not think they can add to their preset force for some time. They have no 4,ies bedded ahead of track layers. No ties nor ir^on on hand at end of track* But one train of material received daily at end of track, • f' Did not go to Argonta but It is reported that they have thirty miles of iron and ties there (87 miles west of end of track)nono nearerl ' " ■ . iv,. .., '--• 'li January, 1869, Their great dra?/hacl: in gettin;;' supplies forwarded is the want of fuel for engines,. They have ordered their teams to go to Cedar Pass (12 miles east of Humboldt Wells) to load with wood for end of track, I-rode over a continuous grade from end of track for twenty-five miles. Grade will be finished to Humboldt We],ls by 20th inst, with exception of bridge ovor Bishop's^ Creekwhidi will be .completed before traok gets to it. Bishop's Creek 20 miles from end of track (lOtliinst) Grading forcd 2500 to 30t0 Chinamen. One contract of 42 miles let east from Humboldt W.ells, but no- work hhs been done by c.ontj'actors of ^ any account and it i-s generally understood that the contract is ban- .,v\ d Iv oned. About 400 ^Chinamen and 50 carta have been at wori about three eeks on the big cut near. Pegnop Summit. No other wprk has been done , on your old works (from Humboldt. Wells oast 50 miles) untirwithin a few days. The Chinamen are moving up-in Swarms* They use pick and shovel Qhly. One scraper is worth more than a jiozen Chinamen, The Company oxpeot to finish your work within two or tliree week but do not expect to use qfulte all the dump ou finished, My j^pinion is that they will find more work within 30 miles east of Humboldt Wells than they have had 75 miles west. Tlioir average f ill is less than two feet for 75 miles wrest .of the Wells and "the dump is not to exceed eight feet wide on the top. The fro3.t do.^a not hinder much as they blast the earth where they cant- use pick and shovel," X January, 1869, The above is a verbatim copy of lott.or receivod this morning and is from a trusty man. NI iave the utmost confidence in its accuracy, :iote: Receipt of Gen. -Dodge to the city of Council for the Union Pacific Railroad Company iJlOOO in city bonds, said bonds r ^to be applied in obtaining the right of way for the U,P.R.R.Company, Note: John 1'. Baldwin to Gen, Bodge,. Council Bluffs, 21:- Inrelation to Everett's land, promised hims $60,000 cash. Note: S. R. Craig to IT. P. Dodge, Philadelphia, 21:- In relation to lotsdeeded to him; is not satisfied and wants his money refunded, principal and interest,. K. E. Edwards to Gen. Dodge, Charitor., Iowa, 21:- In reply to your favor I havjs .to infonm you that- there are a few thousand dollars of stock or caritifcates- of B & M- R.R. held by the farmers of this county. They have been offered 20 or 25 dollars. OS the 100 but I have hoard of no sales of late, I think the Ttock . could bo purchased at a -^ood discoimt. If I cap. do anything for you, „.G«ir|ajal, jpleaso let.roe,know it., 1 ■ Hon. Jas, liar Ian writes me that he thinks the Com, will report unfavorably on our Lucos Go,-_Swamp Lan Bill. . I am very sorry to hear it. J. E. House to Gen. Bodge, Omaha, 22:- What price shall I p^y I7illlamson po.r month? The agents at liareunie and Ben ton wore paid $150 per month, Williamson's expenses January, 1869. have been very mudh /treater than theirs. 'Jould it be too riiich to nalce hie '^aUcEyy at $20b per month and travelling expenses? He has realized out of Bryan and Wahsatch about 4l206o and thinks' he can swell the latter place some $2000 more. Your te-legram ordering tlie location of town on section 36 cane. I have ordered Eddy to locat there, what name do you-think suitable 'for the Salt Lalce ' H. IT. Hoxie to Gen. Dddge "bmaha 21: r • "TJ We are about plaj^ed out on the financial queston in Omaha. These 90 day drafts ar'o nearly **PTell." If tliey would allow us to draw 25 per cent 30 days-, 25 per cent 60- days and 25 ped'cent 90 days would make parties Shold the balance. ' Wo- shall be obliged hereafter to pay more than suiy one else for what we need. Have always paid nbre than w^ dught to. Frost is not a good purchaser, but with no assurance of'bislllg Able to meet our paper, no one would be. Will look out for S.-.ow, Had his -pedigree from Wendel.. Wlien rogues fdL 1 dut hondst men get their dues. S.R.H and S.S,- had made their arrangements to Have Echo terminal-l-aid only the town. Until S.S. is out of this country there will be no pease. The western outfir have coot this company millions. I am ready to quite whenever any one else wants the place. gbii -I Januaryk 1869. /' . Geo. T. Ticlienor to Geri. Dod^-i, Dos Moinos, 22;- As.I have made Bolknap so penitont that he is disposed to make the "Al onde honoraT)le" I am ir7illin,'3 to suspend hosyptilities. I had, bovrever, carefully prepared an article (to-be used in J case he came.back at me) which I am certain would have silenced his batteriesfor all time, and made all future orators at ©unions do the 10 corps and all comrades, justice, I ivroto the other hurriedly^ my ' last would have been most carefully presentecU^ I cannot see how Hooker can possibly accept a "iQOO Heute ArrnncyO he oannot, I Supposed it was a 'special agency with salary accordingly say v2000 to $2500, There shouldbe such ah officer; it will be the C .most important jnail route iij the worldoahd will reuicjro the unrenitt— ing attention of a most efficient special agent, and if it needs a sp";cial act to create on'e, such"'aii act should be passed at once, I Icnow whereof I speak in tftls matterone will have to 'be appointed. " -^ou know .the great Pacific maisl, the most important we have or the world has, will pass Over that route, , .v Can I get k room at 'ViHards as late as Feb. 20th"? I shall want to'stop with you there. Please arrange for me. If jrou have«no special friend td fniVe Sihat U.P.R* Route Agency to I ccn dispose of It very advaniageouily, . . © Seth cralg begged a letter from me to you. I know y0u would January, 1869. ^ knov; him and iherefore place little stress on my letter, I knov? but lit le about him and less of the merits of your C. Bluffs P. 0* scramble. R. G, Hazard to Gon. Dodye, Peace Dale, . I. 22:- . ^ You kno\7 of the case'in. R. li against Durant. He wants to get it into U. S.-Court, the only objectior .to which on the part of the Ptfifs^ is that of the delay and the.expense. D. having.got a very large amount out of the company will hope in tliat event to exhaust his an tagonists, , i As the law now stands I think he cannot Remove it. Tlie state ' Court has so decided, and it would be much like him^to^eek to get the ^ law altered to effect his object. Jsncks, one of our representatives, is retained dy him ancj he will probably influence other delegates except;! Spragu-o» who is aboent. I widh you would look to it that no change for 8v»eh Individual purpose is affected. Oakes Ames and Hooper of Mass. I think will ba disposed to ,aidyou, and orth of Ind. a d Taylor of Ponn, I think would fa-^or me, and in the Senate Paterson of R. n. Who probably.knows -Durant; also Corbett of Oregon. The attempt will probably be to so.ctiange the law that ever} if some of the Ptffs. are of same-statie with dfts. It may be carried up. Or if the suit is against 4 U. S. Corporatior} It may in all cases be "taken up or something of this kind, I will probably be in Washington next mon^h and hope to see you. Jamiary, 1869. . In New York this week I found that ooine U. P, ntock (7C0 shares) exchanged by Busnell for land war hawked about at very low price and I proposed to some of the Company to join me and take it.out. They declined and I bgught.all of it the parties would.sell at the low price (300) shares for myself. It was hurting the credit of the company losing the market value of ow. property. I am offere I a small amount oven at 3 shares for 2 of stock but am pretty well loaded at present. « I think tboro iriay be a,rise in it when the road is completed and tha.t . there is little doubt you will do better to hold till then. • Gen, Dodge .to Oliver Ames, New York, 22:- . . . , ' I desire, a decision and instructions on the proper plan to locate the town in-Salt Lalce Valley. Gen, Order No. 9 issued by Vice President directs that bofpro I malte permanent locations it shall be submitted to the company. I have run the section lines and I find that the .ground oolect-od for the town is on em even section thirty six. I'r. Eddy who was sent out to determine theq us stion, telegraphes as fol?.ow3: • • "Salt Lake, Jan. 18th. 0 Section 25 is low. One is settled upon and improved, both aro poor sites, l>irty-3ix is best; twentytfive and one next best. J. M. Fddy." This ground covers the entire country suitable for a city in this vicinity. If we locate on One or twenty-five others will take twenty January, 1SC9. six, I thereforo judf^G it would be best for us to tako 36 as vre shoiild then control one and 25 and be able to keep off intruders, I must make an immediate decision in this matter, as the track is fast approachinr^ the town site and people are flocking into the valley. J. L. r/illiams to O-en. Dodce, Lafayette, ^nd. 23: Have yours of iVth.,* I dislike to think either Reed or Evans wdntinr in integrity. The large estimate of solid ^id loose rock' may have been made by some subordinate under I>urant's order and interested with him in'the sub-contract, so that Rood and Evans may have merely passed it through their hands. They must, however, have kno-ai that it was wrong but concluded to say nothing about it. For as engineer to keep on good terms'with Durant on this work for 4 years is prima facie evidence against hi character. Contractors' engineers the world over are a pt to become a little corirupt, I would never act in that capac ity, nor would Evans or Blickensderfor or yourself. I am very gl'd the engineers are sent out to examine C.p.r.r, and to settle location. I saw Huntington in Chicago. He seemed to fear it^^^ I conclude that there will be no sdbsidiSs this winter, A 1 honor to grant for his views in favor of husbanding our resources, The Govorrjnent must spend less in every way and thG lobby sent a-ay from V/ashiiigton. I see that rJanate Gonimittoe goes in for iJiSOOO pfer * mile of Govt. bonds, I ought to have put it at about $5000, but I January 18G9. . < ' t'oucht I «ould carry $3000 ift the bonds, '^here should be a further sum kept back for tunnels and 6ther grading to be completed. Send me all Pacific reports; also copy of Secretary' Interior' s current report. I want very much copy engineers-report'"on "orthern Pacific and Southern Pacific surveys and also survey of Eastern Div. filed last sum-ehi I want to get a general view of the elevation of the central part of the Continenet, the mountains, occ. Send me the pamphlet roport*if you can get a copy, Indirm sends an'excellent man "to the Senate, 0-; .Pratt, I havo known him we'll" for 25 years"; a. man of high-toned morals and good ability. I'he State coiild hot have done as well just n.ow, I may say to you not to be spoken of, that for two months and, especially for a week past ny name has been suggested lncertaj.n circles, but I never allowed it to be announfced* Dont ^Widerstand that I think I could have been elected, for' I have neither had acquaintance with tlie present position nor do I believe I ought to ijiave-been elected. The Senate requires a spealcer, I could never have run agains^t eitl:er Frazor or Pratt, I ahcaild have "been out of place in Congress, Would bather be in the Rooky Mountains following ".R. routes. All right it is, Cumbert should not have aspired to it-not half as wel fitted for the Senate as oven myself; See Pratt whbn he goes on 4th of March, January, 18G9. If Grant has any impo^'tant service in my line in which I could bo of service add do myself credit I misht accept, unless oome other qualified man needs it more, . Who"will bo Secretary of Interior? I never thought I was born either to behun^ or to so to Consresa. L, 04 Bent to Gen. Dodse, Salt Lake City, 23:- Telegram just received, reports end of Central Pacific track as being 20 mil ea west of HumboJ.dt 'Jells on 2lGt inst, . T, E.-Sickels to Gen. Dodge, ^inciruiaAi, 23:- ■ I regret to say that the botton cylinders cast here for kr. Boomer-three, of vThich aro now f iniahed-I carxnot accept in consequence of the holes in the flanges coming too close to the inner edge of the flanges, ' The difficulty was car sod by moulder having made j:,po much allowance for shrinkage. , • ■ I would like to submit to you my> plan for using the bottom sylinders and on receipt of your telegram will meet you whorevqr you may. appoint. . s •I made- ifiaiTfiirmmifn'ti of water -from the spring at the distillery, and took levels from thq Transfer grounds both to it and to another spring about two miles fv^rther north. I be pleased to submit these also to you and to receive any, further instruct ens relative \ thereto, llr. Diiion end Mr. Richardson explained the object of these 898 . January, 18C9, exarriinationa, and I therefore brought samples of water from the spring and from the Llisaouri river for analiiisis. le hd f:ef! L. E. Rioksecker to Gen. Dodge, Brighara/'ity, 23:-if(Telegram) Have forwarded to J. Bliokensderfer maps and profiles Weber to Red Dome. C. C. Hyatt to Gen. Dodge, Ilyattsvill^, kj3: I will bring over the deeds and can settle agreeable ,to your brother'.s instructions. The amount of the purchase money if $5125. ^ou^ brother stated he wished you to rSceive the deed arjd pay mc the money in Wasliington. '- « ^ L. D. Boomer to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, 23;- Yours of the 14th inst asking my views as to the practicability and economy of building bridge of 500 ft. span over navigable • - . > streams, is received, ' . . . • • ■ .-0 ■ It is a^general rule among.bridge builders that the material increases as the squares of the bridge. This is not strictly correct « for in very long spans the material in the trusses increase in a great ratio than the squares. While the flooring and lateral brae ing will be nearly as the length, unless the bridge is increased in width in proportion to the length of span, wliilo in that case the flooring and lateral bracing will b®, the squares. It is well known to every practicable bridge engineer or bridge • • - ' ♦ builder that the cost of very long spsns is greatly in excess of the January, 18'39. squares of the naterials, for the reason thr.t the length of panels, height of truss and parts composing the bridge cannot be propoi'tloned a:" the squares and beomce the proportionate number of parts or joints are greatly increased by the jncreased length of the span; therefore the general rule does not liold good unless all of tiie dimensions or parts are in proper ti on'to the length of sp^. All of thase particular points were thoroughly discussed by the I Board of Engineersconvened by me at St. Louis, August 21st '67 a copy of this report I send you, and ^ refer you particiflarly to page 48 of said report. You will observe that the cost not tlie weightoof ■m • ' a 500 ft. clear span 6r '5^0 ft. total span "will be more'thdntiwce as great per foot of bridge as a span of 368 ft. and not less than throe times as great *8U3 a span of 304 ft." which is very nearly as the cubes of the span. On a comparison of opinions after a deliberate and thorough examination of the subject In join Committee the unan imous result is expressed by resolution on page 35 of said report. ' ' r, r That shows the cost of tlieee spans of 520 ft. each- of that bridge, which was baised upon building it of four trusSes and 76 ft. wldewoutLd cimount to .52,226,000. irre than the same length of bridge would cost in span of 368 ft and 264 ft. They therefore, in ray opinion, very wisely rocomm.ended to the parties interest not to venture upon the construction of 500 ft. clear pJanuary, 1869, • < span, fof they believed it \70uld be impossible to raise the additional $2,255, 0 to gratify mere fancy. In other words it would prove a commercial failure. It is evident from the report that they believe ♦ « • it possible to build a 500 ft. clear span as Ueey give diagrams and show the comparison of that with other spans, but for reasons given they consider it impracticable and wholly unnecessary for the accomo- ^ , J ■ - . i . . . w datio;. of the Post of St. Louis and the River Commerce, for there are but two iteamboatsafloat on our Western rivers that are over 300 ft. long, and I believe there are but two over 270 ft, long one of these is 312 ft. and the other 336 ft. Witli the exception of these two all others can float broadside through a 300 ft. span and any tow or barges cannot exceed half that distance. If Railroad companies are compelled to build bridges of 500 ft. .' " ■ ■ r • • • clear span, over our navigable rivers it will result in no bridge being built. It will be utterly impossible to build draws of that span for the strength qf iron and steel will not admit of it, and there are many localities where a high bridge (without a drav;J^ woulddefeat • J!" # . ' •• the building of bridge altogether if permitted to build it of any length of span, ^ho vast andrapidly increasing traffic over the land lines would have 19 succumb to^the water piers, while each should yiei d and have the right of occupying in proportion to their relative importance, 0 0 v.- January, 1869, J, Blickens.derfer, Jr. to Gen. ^od2e» •^alt Lake Gity, 2 3:- I am in receipt of yours of 14th inst, with copy of letter from T. j. Carter. I have closed all accounts here except Iludnutt's b . ' " ■ and my ovm personal accoxmts, and sent vouchers for all to Cmaha office, Hudnutt's vouchers subsequent to October 20 h, v/hon ho started on the northorn trip-which he has sent me from Boise, I have yet in my possession, I "ould have sent them also to Omaha, but I fou nd my time passing; away so rapidly with the malcing up of my accounts with Omaha, after having settled with the parties, that 1 stopped • # ■ short with them. My own acco\mts I have not made up entirely, but have sent in vouchers for 9 months personal services from 1st Fch, to Ist Nov. 1868., with vouchers for all incidental expenses to 20th Jan, 1869. and -have left the balance for the future, Rudnutt wants the balance due him to January 1st, 186 ~ after crediting vouchers sent from Boise, placed to his credit here wil h ^ells, Pargo & qo. This I will do, take credit for his vouchers and ■ 1 , . f * close his account to Jan. 1st '69, Moberly was paid off to date of disbanding his party Jan, lOtl^ and all his matters closed up by myself at :iorris' request. The only parties in field here now are Morris' and o'Feil's, I shall probably need a little more money, but will draw on Omaha fiftr enough to ^ I my wants which can be settled when I go east again. I em afraid I ehell disapppint you about my report,for I do not January, 1869. • '* think it possible to prepare it before 1 go^West. I presume ^"differ sonewlxat' from other persons, but writing or preparing reports is very ^ hard work for me. It takes a certain time for me to get ready, to get my mind properly to take hold of the subject,and I cannot begin the v/ork without this preliminary preparation. I hoped to ^et away from here, tO Omaha or home-out of this ring- or reliobed• entirely of ne# subjects like this C.p.Coimnission(about which I find myself con -<■ O'stantly thinking) and then get at the report in earnest, I have now main force pushed aside accounts, &c, and am trying to work into •^•'the report, but there is not a line written yet. This explanation is due to you, but J am v;ithout an apology for it, -I am not idle but ho?/ fast I can gUm along I cannot say. Will keep you advised, • Jfl About Seymour^'a question a'beut rim of^basin, my first"remark will be to ask what he proposes a# a substitute for our location? This must be stated distinctly before I will give him an answer. If he •®*'cannot give us a substitute I can answer nothing. If his plan is as suggested, 90 ft. grade with leas curvature, less distance and •"'^'less cost, I will ask does he mean this at rim only or also at other 'points, and if so wheref if Itt rim only, what about-Green River? 'Seymour should consider that if a helper is necessary at rim of Basin with 60 ft, grade it will also be at Green River on Rattlesnake summit on Sulphur Creek, on Echo Creek at mouth, below Echo City on January, 1869. ^H^jWeber (if I recollect aright) perhaps at some other points, without noting the 90 ft. Grade Carmichaels cut on Bitter Creek, and I wish to knov/ whether his design contemplates 80 or 90 ft. grades at all these points well. The fact is 60 ft, may practically be considered a miling grade west of Laramie while the 90 ft. grade at head Echo and Devil's Gate are not ruling grades, but accidental grades to be overcome with special or assistant engines. For this very reason because the 90 ft, grades anywhere than 60 ft, excpet in those two ac cidental cases named. The practical difference between a grade of 53 ft, and one of 60 ft^ is not large and the former we know occurs very frequently. For passenger trains the difference will be less marked than for fre but my impression is the true argument is to XIIV Jti. reduce the 60 ft, grades to 53 ft, rather than increase them to 90 ft, per mile, and if the Union Pacific Railway ever becomes the great thoroi^hfare which it is claimed it will be, this will be done, Watever train any ^gine can bring from Laramie to Green River the same engine can take to "^alt Lake, without being Helped over Green River rim of Basin, and for all the gain a helper will secure in taking ■over a 60 ft. grade a train v^ill load a common engine on a 53 ft, grade, I apprehend few helpers will be used; especially as for this eatefiK advantage you must aee them not only at Green River and rim of c oi»cf ^mm oito^ ea Wirtq|Jbi£ iJUanm 904 January, 1869. ■—■- . ^ j^asln but at numerous other points as well. ... ^tl tHiXliPV' ^ glad you called my attention to this question of Seymour. wish you would do the same in regard to any other point raised, but INfJ i necessary it will be for me to be well acquainted with the location not only west of Green River but between Laramie and Green River to discuss such points intelligently. Does Seymour conj., sider 53 ft. per mile the ruling grade, t at to which engines are to be loaded and trains adjusted, and all others as accidental to be ^ helped over. If so let him say it in plain terms, and then we shall l^^erhaps be able to discuss the location generally with him. I really ^ would like to know what is the ruling grade to which he considers the location should have been adopted , Please write me directing me to any sources of information touching the matters you have referred to in California. lettei* to jne at Sacramento would probably reach me in time. imt' '.'at Morris will be benefitted by letters from you and if placed on his professional honor will, I think, do well. 'J a,; ^ If fcu can do so I will thank you to send a copy of reports of Special Commission to some of my friends named on enclosed list. I will write you as frequently as possible. ^ Ho Gon. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, f3: .^,4 IM9 believe I have not written you .that have secured the 5 January, 1869. acres which made the full qr. "bought at |300 per acre. It was owned by a man in Cinciimati. John Hawthorn went over there and prevailed up imS , on him to sell and he agrees to do it for $1575- which is more than Mr. Dillon was to give. I agreed to pay it rather than lose the opportunity. When the deed is returned I shall have to pay that amount, of the $1500 deposited with me I have paid out as per itmes t upon enclosed slip and there is the 1868 State Co. taxes to be paid. ' Please inform me of whom to collect this. ■ Palmer has just been in blowing over his 20 acre purchase of ^"^'Everetts which I wrote you of several days ago,^ It was not closed until today. It joines Jones' tract next Pierce's Adn. Sic! els and Smith I think are in it and give Palmer an interest to sell it out. Speculation will run :igh around the transfer grounds this season. 9i 2 ho I'f ?he Company would make a good thing by laying off some of thdir land in lots. I wovfld not want anything "better than to sell for them on commission. Cant you control their land matters on this side? What la their plan for 'the comlrlg season? 'i - . j yQU would inform me why the U.P.R.H. Company is so behind *tn their payments. Charley Hendrie, who Is doing work for them amount ing to $300 |xdr day, came to me somewhat troubled. They were owing him $16000''J?or work done In NOvembei^ and December and*he Wuld only get a 90 day check on TOt $6000 of It and had to stand quiet. Can January, 1869. nituMt # My* I tell him to keep on that the purchasers 'ai^ Bound^ of does this delay indicate something virorse ahead? '• '■'* ' • I shall build me a^i office, two story-brick where I now am early in the season. My neighbors, Engel and Lutynger will join mo making •ta block of three buildingg, I ahall have my banking office in front and real estate office in rear with separate entrance by hall, so soon .as we get the matter in more definite shape I want you-fo buy me a car of lumber same way you got yours. I have not much ready money and must get up with as little cost as ;X)ssible.- !• dont intend bit'J- to let it run over |5000. j goid my lot o )posite Bigg's house last I » ' week for $ioOO cash. I want to sell one or both of our Bancroft St. lots ne xt to Rices- am Offering them for $700 each. The Woodbuyy lot on corner next to Codpera opposite my home sold for $lOOO the other day• Hoxie bought a lot over by Horace Everetts-west of his home for Ml i$1000. • Everett sold 15 lots in his Adn. to an Omaha bbBU for $2500. *"' '1 su ^pose Wilson is in the Cabinet, is he not? palmer to emu, Des Moines, 24:- "• * •fc* Yours of the 18th inst# , relative'to the cfiariton'Postoffice ig just received. Edwards Is a good msm for the appointment •rti '- and if he can be appointed and confirmed immediately a Contest and "•possibly had blood mmy be avoided* cm <Wil 4aUlM i-i < H* M. Hoxie tc Gen, Do(ige, OraiTsAf 2MI^*^ MAM MH •dd MIM f iro'groat improvement yet f fnandTaflyJ* GflnrioT~8e'e""theend of Mbtti January, 1869. this outfit., T.C.D. still at Echo and so .is W. S. i hope they will be here by Wednesday or Thursday. T.D. must either stop work or "Itn't break the machine up. We are terribly bothered with water on Bitter 5^,. ,Creek-trains laid out all the time. .ilgiei. ,;jj , iii , Pleas® ask N. Y. to hurry i^ip thpae iron tanks ordered by me. Weather good entire line» , . :U »vl Y • '£ turn , iutm x: _ Mrs, Dodge wrote me some tijne since about a woman out: Weslk^* Please tell her I cant.find her nor leam who she was or is*.c» -jgt W.. Palmer to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 25: r ' Before the receipt of yours of the I9th I had already told one of Van Sandt's friends that the Assessorship must go to Anderson. ^ laX the office^of storekeeper would suit Van I.would like to see it ^ake that direction. But I intend to leave for V/ashington in about ten days and will then talk with you about that and other matters . fully.! I go earlier than.I intended at the request of Gen. .Given, he wantw to make a good race for he postmastership of the House I am getting a flood of letters.from the Bluffs On the subject of the postmastorahip, but am holding all parties off at arms' end, Show yo« the names, x ^ ^ ^ Miille t^nM Jk' I delighted to leam that Grant has not given the cue for the war on railroads that has been led on by Waahburn. I have tried,to hold the Milie brothers quiet on this sub^eQl;^ but they seem to think 1o thif they know more about runiil#« a newspajper than^]^.^, and must take the January, 1869. consequences. They would'hav^^publlsbed the Cincinnati"tzasette arti- ^ cle against Harlan if I had not talked them out of the notion, j/'- • I- J. Webster to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 25;- .r'trtoc* tAq 9^ erf bnw' Enclosed I send you description of work coitipleted and in course of construction in 1868. We havo no means of telling what the -••t-cost of the structures amounts to as but a lUrt of cost eomeS to our "'department. The plans and bills of material are made in engiJseer's office, and bills of material sent to-Gen. Supt's office; he sends • the bills fo lumber, stone, brick, &c. to the purchaser who purchas- ^ ■ es supplies. The iron work is furnished from the Company's shops. ^ Carpetner work is generally done by the men in the employ of the tlorapany. No bills for labor or material are sent to engineer's office 'and we know but little about the actual cost of the work. d-ryoc The construction is done according to the direction of the engi neer, and he cerlifies to all work done by aontraot excepting that done by • . Best such as stations and eating houses. All that we hav 'had to do with them is to imt in foundation. it'OOl mi'i '8^. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Ppomontdry» 25;-rf> Mi* M •• aarJ ■ j hope to be done here by February 1st, All which Durant's orders, it dopy of which I sent you, embraced. « rtIM Should it be probable that this CosQiany would need any angineerArties next summar It might bo well to have the mules which I am ' <*" -f ' ■ , ' 'S.i ■*' ' I rH* i ■ i- ' ' January, 1869. vf y. - • 4 ■ ■"X ___ using herded on Promontory, They are all good mules ^d in good - ordep and the cost will he but little; I think it is $1,50 per head per month. The price for mules is much more in the spring than now, njand I am sure should they be needed by April 1st, herding would be IK,,ithe cheaper, lo c, v , JMU . X -i/joo mx> c?J Letter to Senator Sherman with your endorsement reached me yesn^terday, I will hunt- "the young man up and write him. I do not know him nor where he is employed. _ jti»« -i t,- ^ •W . Dr. Durant offered me. the Promontory division on construction, Jjut I prefer remaining in the employ of the R.Pl.Company and told him ■i/j-*. 0 so. He left the matter open. imt V ••tttc I have run here a line with summit 75 feet higher than your ^ located Une-grade pf >0° feet per mile-not equated and having 4 curves -l^of 717 feet radius. Th® work is very light. I will send you the Jquantitiea in two days* Were it not Jor the increased height of.,, fWf f summit it would compare favorably with the other lines, b The location of the C.p.R.R, Company is on a 90 ft, grade unequal ed and 8° curvoa , (717 ft. Had) used. This is on east slope of PromrtiXi ontory^ On west slopaiii|j|mf; have used much steeper grades than ours- as high as .70 or 80 Wd make a much higher crossing of the ridge near the lake, leaking an undulat ion in their line of , I should think Jnot lass than 150 feet; this shortens the distance somewhat, but their Crossing the nud flats between Promontory and Monument points so much January, 1869. ■ north of the line of U.P. loses this advantage, A man from Humboldt pffiyt Wfti 1 a puts the end of C. P. track at that point January 20th. ,, -aJJC Note: Estimate 1st cost 80 ft. line, U.P.R.R. .. .. |f" ' nlAlM* •# 90^ jNote: John B. Skinner to Gen. Dodge, P. 0. Department, 25: , ^ In relation to F. P. Richardson as Post M aster at Lewis- - htirgh Iowa. ■ . j ni taeunt 9$ j,„. Note: J, Webster to Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne, 25: t rig»X i» fi ff. Gives a description of work completed and in course of I. I <ipiroX construction in 1868. Grading, buildings, sho ;s bridge masonry &c. T*'j' John H. Keatley to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 25:- Mil Register has dried up since I threw in the shot* The enclosed is from Davenport Gazette. The article had de sired effect. •! ■ f. . . - ^ 'o :wq ' : t» Gen. Wm, S. Smith to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 25:-,... yaikt •XQAta •Mtt ir Boomer has sent ma a copy of your letter to him of %, |bhe 14th inst. with regard to bridges of 500 ft. span and requested m ^ < to write you on tha fubject. j . I.t kl • "the exertion of suspension bridges I .know of no single «,.i. spans of such great length.^ The long span of the Kinlembury Viaduct to J' ' over the river Lek in Holland (49 2 ft) recently completed, is the near- *Jt approach that has been made, so far as I know, to the 500 ft. span ^on any but the suspension plan; and at American prices for iron and 1 b Vlpf •n 0 oe « 911 tUbm January > 18 69, t ..." - . IHodf!g.(.QQ2 made into *the forms required this -span would have cost, fitted ready for erection $713,664. The cost of false work on the shifting and tre cherous bottoms of such streams as the Mississippi and Misaouri that could be relied upo.i with any sort of confidence to sustain Buoh a costly structure during the time that must necessarily be con sumed in putting together in place 2124 tons iron and steel, con sisting of so many parts, would-be something very difficult to esti— ^ '""iflate. I (flont think very judicious contractors would place it at less t'^.han 25 per cent of the cost of the structure itself; when the lower chord of the bridge is placed as the steamboat interests now demand, '50 feet above hi^ water surface. Add this amount $178,416 to the c^^ of span $713,664-and we get the enormous sum of >892,080 for a single span of 492 feet, the only example furnished us from actual practice for the purposes of an estimate, • • - ■ ^ We find, in fact, that in the case in question the single long • cost in raw material four times as much as the short span of 262 1-2 ft. and as much as the whole 7 spans fo the same bridge of 186 ft. each; and this without allowing for the enornous additional '•'^^expense for falsework and erection.* One 492 ft. span is therefore • equal to (4X262 l-2e 1050 feet of bridge in spans of 262 1-2 feet or <yK{a '66 3fsot more'than double its length. It is equal to (7X186( 1309 ft, 'apart of 186 feet or two and two-thirds its length The eight additional feet required to make it a 50 0 ft, span would increase the 1*' January, 1869. AtWlX •dimensions of its pants nearly in proportion^to-the square of this addition, and so make the comparative cost of the long span greater Iv still. 1 C it It. so happens that many of the great navigable streams of our Country lie aaross the lines over which its surplus pr9ducts must move OJ- to neach their best markets. As the trade obstructed by them increases the burdens imposed upon it unnecessarily by the far less important g|lfj river commerce will beconie more and more distasteful to the pfiople j, interested, and they have a right now to demand that while guarding a - minor interest a greater one shall not be sacrificed* We of the Northi wdst will have to pay in additional frei^t upon our grain and other products an interest on every additional dollar which the legislature proposed will cause our bridge to cost. . ^ .w -T. Thos. B. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Brigham City, 26:- •afX > letter of Jan. 16th received tonight. I completed - hew line on Promontory this morning and arrived here this afternoon to meet Col* Seymour. I locatdd with a grade of 100 ft. per mile, using 8 curves in four places- two of these curves can be replaced by u'i isixes with but little additional cost, but the other two must stand or the coat will be quite largely increased* . . t, 't. I have made an estimate upon this new line using the same care s .J M i||l( used in ..tiie estimates of the cost of the 80 and 90 ft. lines, viz; taking slopes and whore necessary cross sections. I enclose January, 1869, 'copies of the quantttiesi estimate of cost, and equation of the two ""'^lines. I have used the 3e.ine prices as were used before; and have corrected my egtimate of Qq ft. line as was necessary on account of alteration mad© by myself, j -.vould not take the ICO ft. line as it stands now. I consider the 80 ft, line the best line that can be •••' obtained over promontory hut not ^as estimate proves) the chepaest to build. i '♦M' I do not think the iqc ft. grade is used to the best advantage • h! for a line to equate well, i wanted to make a deeper summit cut but Dr. Durant (in conversation) wanted me to avoid heavy cuts and mentioned 25 ft. cut at summit, j made it 85 in locating and think it should be 50 at leastl • The deeper the cut the less curvature, the shorter line, the less rock work and the higher you cross the mud flats, r am satisfied from the results of the line just run that if ' 'you make a 60 ft, cut and use 100 ft. grade you will have a line that '*'Vill equte well with any line over Promontojcy, I have an estimate •*(on judgment) of effect of cutting 15-ft-, more. I-enclose the t"? %i •w'copy. • • ia -PIri two: two: r:.^i rv- rv- "iun. had time to run the new line to its connection with 80 ft, line, but in order to have distance and be able to compare 'lines, I triangulatac? to a stake on 80 ft. line by using fires and working at'night'. loaves 11 miles not ^rMh 'hut it is across* the •aoXone I mmMB t%ae«9aart n»t{< i m a«i8l|i giUHmS |«tv fiif January, 1869. pifii bottom land and mud flats, and I think it will be fully as cheap as line to build if not cheapaJ^ "than the one located. in estimating, -CIiMlthese lines have been tak©n as equal in cost. to # The Central Pacific Company are doing hut little on their earth ^ 'Work from Monument Point to Brigham City. I know of only one outfit at work and that s amii one. They have about doubled their foce on .the east slope of Promontory since I sent yqu a list of thoir foroQ, . Bishop West, one of the contra ctors of the work here, tells me h^ intends to put on a very large force and complete the v/ork '^hCe, They are doing poor work and putting in very few culverts or other ^ drains. I wrote you in relation to the line of the C. P, company over Promontory in my last, •iO jar p* »,i. i' . Mr. Ricksecker has bent to Mr, Blickensderfer^th® first iqq -Similes of map.and profile from mouth of weber west, and hal^hce win be ^completed by tomorrow night. The $200,000 was the grosa fliaving, extra distance, ties, iron &c. was to be deducted. t) iiow.'vMr. Blickansderfor informed me that you would give"®® ®- po^^ition on constructed road, but could give me no information to salary^ amount of road under my charge nor to whom I would report. I wili iHMgiadly take a position under you, but would, not like to take a divio."«»jaion or seotion and report to any tmae between the Chief Engineer and myself; nor would I like a division on which there is no wurk of January, 1869. ^importance, such as are between Cheyenne and Omaha. I would like very ^ch to have the division from the Salt Lake Valley east to Green jjj_V0r where thene will be Questions of importance to decide and struc~ tures of size to build. Dr. Durant has desired me to take charge of i" the construction of the noad over Promontory and also said he would n increase my wages $1000. I told him I preferred remaining in the -« employ of the Company, and he said he would leave the matter Open. •If convenient to you I would like to know something more in relation »'to length of division, salary and position of engineers on constructed road, (♦itf.vCwo mi t ' mm Should the line *lth 100 ft. grade be taken as the permanent { location, I want to keep my party a week or .ten days dressing up that -line. Then there will be about two .weeks of office work completing •4 lithe records of my locations during the ontire season. 7/ith your per- •••*%i3sion I would like to make a CQjoplete record before closing up niy connection with the Ceoip*ty6sS W f . .r wiJi I have made inquiries and find Charles Laughridge to be in Lawrence's party angaged near Quaking Asp. I understood that wo«ld be engaged duwlag'^ost if not all the winter. - i fr -Ivlb f)Q yoTi want Qny of the members of my party to go on completed fc'W^road? Two or thi?e* are aompetent and. have had akperisoc® in the same kind af work on roads in the East. H ' ■« X t 'Ui-'- (1UfaNI'4M e*, 1016 January, 1869. ' I have written to Maj. Lawrence asking for information. ?[ill send you .ri"' any information I can get,. . j I find I will not have time tp answer your questions in relation .ill ,'to 60 ft. grades at Green River and Quaking Asp aS Col. S. Sejn^our and -;W ,£ph bably Mr.,Reed will be here tomorrow, and I have a few calculations e to make before I am entirely ready for Col, S. Seymour. I will give you my views on the grade question very soon. .0 JinJ: Note ^ .Eastimate of Mr, Thos.,B. Morris of cost pf 100 ft grade, lot fiJ S. S. Post to Gen. Dodge, Jersey city, N. Y. 26:- •AJ Your letter, asking at what time it will be convenient for t ' ia'e to come to Washing.ton to give evidence .on the question of long and V-- ahort span bridges, 4.S receivedi, ' - i UM My health for the past few months has not been good, and I shall " • he glad to avoid the necessity of a visit to Washingont this winter. t'l hope therefore you will permit me to send you a short writ-ten ^ Btatmement of my views on some of the points bearing upon the ques- • ni b€.! tion to which you allude. ■ i, i . .. juij j "*<1) 1st, Aa to the relative quantities or weights of materials re- • 4trired for bridges of different spans. It is a very general rule that 1 - the woight of a bridge per foot is in direct proportion to the length of the span of, what is tjhe a^e .tj-iinf^. the whole weight is as the square df the span. . MiimdB ihos fMBXoeet 9... f.'' . 1 -V '?■ IV' January, 1869, «-®ISI tY'UroWfc i Note: John M, C. Scully to Gen. Dodge, New York, 26:- ' V^ants position on U.P.Ji«R.-and asks Gen. Dodge's influence, or ni t Note: Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 26=- DJOa *'• • in relation to establishing a post office at Atls^btic, la. ^ote: Capji, E. A. Ball to Gen. Dodge, Ft, D.A.Rusell, D.T. 26:- JCn* I . Acknowledges receipt of two volumes (1st & Sud.) on the Conduct of the War,-&c. mmtn^ Ji r. Chapman to Gen.-Dodge, Council Bluffs, 27:""i "• Old "Windy" Smith paSsed through this city en route for -^'"'Washington with a delegation of the principal chiefs from the Qttoes, " what his mission is you can easily imagine. The swindle of which I wrote you before is about to be consummated- a splendid opportunity tH lUito * them Will mostly probably offer* He is. a Kasaon satellite, as you are probably aware, ^ -oowii '* c i - Since I have coiftMbnbted clbglng my business and find my more "•"^'than two years labors on the paper, nave brought me an outlay of nearly all I had at the start. What will I do if I should be disappointed in procuring an appointraeait? ■ toils reflection cuases me jio little anximii f^^iety and oauaWa m to rvrite you in this annoying strain. I ^'ad a letter from Harlan A oounle of days since, P^edlng me hla support for •■'''^anything for which hA Is not previously committed to others* I am gathering up reoomaendationa and should my passes come-voer iHoj^t of January, 1869. the railroads thither- I will come on with Col. Sapp^?,; Ee hxpects to go about tliG Gth of February* . Jf' . ' -0 HMffUi The Nonpareil is, in some quarters very bitterly complained of under the new management; they have cut down the reading matter very much and talk of stopping the dispatches. If they do, it win t)e the death knell of the paper-this they may discover before it is too late. I suppos ^ you are very busy and am loth tp bother you with my matters; but turst the day may yet come when I shall be able to re-; iiiunerate to some extent for whatever sacrifices you may make, in that direction. r J 7o ttU mw "Justice" to Wm. B. Hyde, Boston, 28:- m i% mm UN %mii j will recollect that Gen. G* jj. podge was very much inclined .to give to the new Commissioners, who,^ave been appo nted by the Gov ernment to examine the Central Pacific Railroad, such information as will assist them in their duty to the Government, You will please ,ficall his attention, first to the fact of their road out of Sacramento running to Auburn, distant say about 30 miles, is nearly parallel with j the^Sacramento Valley k. Road. I think this road was within 6 miles if of the latter place whew iWW Central was commenced and those interes ted in that road were very anxious that the Central should adopt that route rather than build on the one they did, although its eafnings were for years upwards of twenty •Uiou8ajBid_ dollars per month. But the Government subsidy was too much for the^to losej say for the ipLrst_ January, 1869. ♦ftiilWiT o 5 or 6 miles out of Sacranonto they received $16000 per mile, the balance to Auburi; $48000 per mile. . , rtulRlo" Ici ' . It would be well for the Commissioners to examine why the Govern ment allowed them as the latter figures instead of the former, or was not the Central bound to take the Sacramento Valley Road already runnin .oand a good, substantial road. The Central so completely injured the Sacramento Valley Road, that subsequently it was bought up by them for a-nominal sum, perhaps one quarter of what they received of Government subsidy. Had they not better look into this matter? G. F. Bragg, Esq. of San Francisco was the President of the Sacramento Valley Road at that time and can give you all desired information on the subject; and i ■ would it not be well for them to look into the doings of the V/estern "Pacific from Sacramento via Stockton to San Francisco Bay, now build ing? This road wae originally part of the Central, and has the same Government aid that-hae, but four years ago I judge the Central as- ' Aligned their right iHd interest to other parties, retaining 10 per ct. as was understood for their benefit, but the parties who had the as signment of this failed to carry out or fulfill their part of it, and the Central was obliged to take it back and are now at work or will be •^boon to complete it. The parties to whom it was assigned built 2G miles from San Josd north, and secured the Government subsidy and I am satisfied that this transaction ought to be carefully looked Ittib'd* « iKftpLSJcd' to the Government* »»»• ^ January, 1869. at (s.aik , The Central who have this road now in hand it is understood in stead of using the 20 miles huilt by the former, design when they meet /•nthis road to go to, Oakland, an entirely different direction, and claim ffOOWiflljhe same subsidy as vms given to the 20 miles to San Jose, Instead of claiming this should they not be made to pay back to Government what i,was received on this 20 miles, both the subsidy and value of lands, or oS <i compelled to use it as their route as originally surveyed, laid out and accepted? , vmns 1 «• J»l»l ^ . .Col, L* M, Dayton,to Gen, Dodge, St, Louis, 28:-..,» I have the honor to ack.owledge the receipt from you of a copy each of parts one and two of "Conduct of the War"; also copy of Messages and Docviments, Please accept my thanks for same. The General is quite recovered, and today we'start for New Orleans for a pleasure trip. For our anhuals of t is year on U.P.R.R. I sent a list to Mr, Snyder; was that correct? I did so because last year you referred the list to him, and I thought I would not trouble ^ou. Our report of the Chicago Reunion is now in the hands of the pu blisher and all will be ready for distribution in a few days. We have nearly seven hundred members, and I think are in a fair <ifl£Jr to become a permanent thing, H, M. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Omaha Durant went East this A, M. Snyder wtill we^ with Commission M r . ■■ ■"!'. A J January, 18 69. .uMi Will be here by Saturday I hope.' i did not see Gen. Warren, was in Council Bluff s when he went through on Sunday. Telegraphed him and asked what I could do and did what he requested. C. II.Snow, Governmen •'mrectoi^, went west this P. M. He is a big th-f. Would take a spittoon *"or a palace; tried to smell out the cohtracts, &c. «- %o little help today from New York. Can get our Paymaster '^over the road for Qecember. 90 day drafts are not pleasant things to look in the face, and Omaha people do not know what to make of them. The outfit west-badly demoralized. Reed spending money fast as * '^%e can, and he and S.S. putting all they can in their pockets. You ^ can bet on this. I could get nothing out of Durant; shall write Crane^ .•'juit aibi*. '■ t . ^ G^n. Dodge from his father. Council Bluffs, 29:- I received yesterday two letters from you directed to me. ^ hut on opening them discovered that one of them was intended for Jim Beard, and accordingly had it put in hi ■ P. 0. Box. I wrote you some ten days ago that your lumber arrived j^25000 ft) • » .was hauled stuck and piled in the best manner- of splendid quality. • f1 " ■ . , T • ^ . Johnson being short of help I employed Mr, Spooner who is a good carpenter and used to the business. It was done according to Mr. Johnson's directions. The flooring fills the carriage house and the balance was piled under the south fence in the yard and a roof built over it. ,A 922 January, 18:9. .QftCX ; I will see if I can find any blue grass seed, though it cannot be Sown until we have more snow, as the late snows have nearly left your field but a few patches remain. If it is possible to find the ^seed I will see that it is sown after the first snow, as you have,^ directed. jIuC io Ji- io'' .j . _ Nathan would like one of your R. R. reports, and I would also like .One.if.Jiou have any to spare, ^nd some seed of various kinds if conven ient, John Baldwin would like the trial of Wietz and otiier murder ers of President Lincoln; also any military trials you can convenientr -1 ly Obtain. As your jibe^-jP^^viiegg I3 short you must remember some of yoiir friends when convenient, ^he Judge thinks you Jiave forgotten ^ -- - , rft'i .1 ' , W® are all as well as usualj, jjila has grown Ao handsome; her grandmother has ha^ sopie photpgraphs pf her taken. , Much love to both ijj. .i the Annies^ , : , ^ Iw .*«.? J* Eddy to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lfi&e City, 30;- r,,n ; v»«' 1 MiJlflMdo • -t' Your telegram^^ to arrange to have Commissioners taken from end pf U.P.R.R. to C.P.R.R. came duly to hand, and I beg leave to report that the instructions were fully carried out. I had made all 1. necessary arrangemants for transportation, supplies, camp equipage, ,r saddle horses, A:0,, and everything completed to make themoom fortable, flc^jEUid at the time specified J>y thsao* ,j- -tr tit . ■ r , II' I was advised# howSver, last nig^it that thigQ^Sd decided to take January > 1869. A 0kt tmm . nai^ . f.ij / in' the coach for end of C. P.R.R* and make examinations of unbuilt lines ''on their way back; and Gov. Stanford tells me that he will make the ' necessary arrangements to bring them back. I have promised to either bring or send them anything they might need on receipt of telegram, meeting them at either Monument Point or Duff Creek, oill CKHis 'l''^Hote: 'E. E. Edwards to Gen. Dodge, Chariton, Iowa, 30:- -iWdOo IJ" kit In relation to purchase of B & N RR stock and P. 0, ap- -•feointment. • ^ Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New York, 30:- (Telegram)' ''*• v*4lr« I have deposited to your credit in Leather Uanufacturer&s rtivgank ^5125, "'"'t . ''iJ l. mm . syViieO nai^ . i/o / in' J. Blickensderfer, Jr« to Gen. Dodge, Salt Bake City, 30 (Tel) ^ ^Mf Do you design Ectdy to accompany outfit with Commissioners? d$9i •* 'vj, Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Sale Lake City, 80:' Yours of 2l3t is at hand. You will no doubt remember that J have not seen the line from mouth of Echo(echo City) to-mouth of •"^Ifeber, since August last, and, of course, I can only infer what changes have T)een made from rt^eientations'which have reached me. From *'*theae I am o ertain'the long tiwigent above'Peterson's Po int has not • ^een built, but that Durant a»d Reed adopted the circuitous lino for ,e>/ which Bates aeked the noes when we were going west. This, of course, changes your location more than^ *'15 ft." but taking no consideration *'Am<S '^f this I am alio advised that titHiigeB were made in Round "Valley, SlV j4IL' January, 1869. . ' T below "Uie lower tunnel on V/eber which, if the truth had. been told, are t. likewise greater than represented. So also along the Clay Bluffs between mouth of Weber Canon and Ogden, changes have been made which I am advised Mr. Bisse^^ Reed's contracting engineer, admits not only damaged the alignment, but actually made a material increase in the wor.-, and without saving any ripra-p. Of course, i cannot speak fron m own knowledge. : . :, ; In regard to the reported saving in cost the fact is simply this, that I will stake my reputation against his that the statements made on t^at subject are simply untrue, unless indeed every principle of value in our location has been sacfificed, and even then I do not , ^ believe half his statements are correct. In rega.?d to Promontory , Point 1 am well satisfied he cannot find a better line commercially than our 80 ft, grade line. He can get one about three miles longer -ali' Ilth 90 or 116 ft. grade that will cost less .money, but not near enough to compensate for extra length or high grade, have morris' estimates and will try to hunt them up and send you copies. , Promontory Point ri»/will afford Durant and Seymour leas success than head of^Echo unless - I have been very blind Indeed. rt- tfof Slatt n v farren.arrived here today days ago suffering somewhat from snow- -^%>lindoa8s. Bis eyes are now better. Jilliamson arrived on^Mond^^ JLasti. i '-M T wofh Applleation was made te Stanford for map and: profile of.their location from end C.P. track to head Echo, Uit we were advised they i "tf-i "i t'i.fr T January, 1869. would have to be prepared and cou d not be delivereS fiere in less than say ten days. Against my inclination the other members decided under the circumstances to proceed at once to Sacramento and occupy the time intervenins until those maps and profiles -could be prepared 'in examining the line in California, and then examii^Q between two tracks from Huiriboldt Wells eastward. We therefore leave here Monday morning for Sacramento. I will write you as often as practicable. Now, in regard to my report, I have v7ritten cons iderao e and •'"fiegan to get into it pretty well, but the real points are not yet ^prepared and I do not know how it can be done at present. The historical part only has 'been touched upon and that has just reached the period which occurred early in June. There is really^ nothing yet on paper which I think would be of interest to you or I would send it. ■i - After gettinft into it t found myself gradullay tending to a his- ••'^^torical statement of tHe year's transactions without stopping to discus S3 points urttil afte'rward, ■ wfunS I designed t" impor tant point by itself and give you my views on it i" th plan will suit you and not be too prolix I would like to make a full coraparison of all lines over rim of Basin givin- length, grades and BUrves and comparative cost of•each with my idea of its general prorpertiea and commercial value to a corporation or company owhing it and desiring to work it lbr profit^lA-d tlxeo from « full comparison show i 9»'iv * vvwr liMNi .T.'j torn- rnmt i o im^ox p- January, 1869. .the propriety of adopting our present location with 60 ft. grades in BSart* preference to any other. u .-irtw' ."irtw. . . m m.' '>;i '>;.L ^ &ts V'lij ieie In the same way I would present and discuss hhe location at head . Echo and at Promontory Point, giving all our surveys complete wiiih full estimates and comparisons. In addit on to these three important ioBU points I would present some reasons for making easy curves, &c. between such points as Red Dome and Toans grade, on Weber, &c, showUO* I c ihe propriety of giving engine drivers the opportunity when practicable of making a good run to make up small losses of time. &c. jk; ^ The presentation of such a case as that at Peterson Point in Weber Valley where the question was between a five mile tangent and a long J - *. ... succession ^ of curves would give good opportunity T for this. . In .. addition to I all this it seems to me a fair Iand reasonable estimate of the - quantities of work required^by our location throu{^out ito entire If length givon in sections would be desirable. This would show your t- I'iro ctors the value of Durant's "savings" in a manner which I apprejMpd would put him on the defensive. oi J ii'j. illustrate properly our work at rim of Basin,,head of Echo tiB Promontory Pointy there should be presented v;ith the report a map o as small a scale as practicable showing our surveys there, I think a mere inspection of such a map at those points would go far to satisfy c; most men* Rioksecker partially completed such a map for himself for head of Echo, and says Seymour at one tlbme ssk him at work on it, when .c im ' -X 1 Hi 04 X 927 January, 18G9 cl after looking at it,''he suggested to Ricksecker that it was not neces :ary to put down the surveys on the stage road ravine. That mpp shows '' conclusively that our present line deviates less from an air line be tween the coraraon points at the summit and at the foot of the 90 ft. grade than any other; that by the main ravine not excepted. This fact and the propriety of abandoning the stage road ravine is very apparent f2?om the map and many would be satisfied by it alone. My letter is already long; I will only add that I have given you an idea of what I designed. It is not done, and for this I have no excuse to offer, except such allowances if any as you may think may be made for the circumstances ;hich have latterly occurred and have surrounded-me. I will yet, as soon as done with this Commission, com detl "ihis report If you desire, and to show you I am in earnest, will cheerfully do so without compensation. 1 ought to have access to the notes, and would be glad to have the assistance of some such man-as • ' Ricksecker to help get up estimates and make the maps mentioned. If the Company will simply pay my expenses and if possible give me a "'•^l.lttle help ¥'%il^ fiiilsfi it up.^ I presume it would take from two to 0 Youj, weeks to do it jpropehly, possibly a' little longer to complete all estimates included, but my time I Will freely give. • r- ft* Xtttimt of t me or if you prefer tell me when I see you what you would to have done, f ha-ve transmitted vouchers for my own services 9 ^nths from l^eb. 1st to Nov. 1st, 1869 +at f550 ittltJIti and nothing more. I designed to oharge in addition for 1 1-2 months at same rate ^ and nothing January I 1869» t for services between No. 1st and Jan,;31st, 1869 and let that, close ' to the present time. Will that be satisfactory?. ::oiJt 11 o C'i« regard to the cost of the work, Lawrence told me recently that ^.vhe knew much of the earth embankment in Bear River Valley cost ^1,50 per yd. The ground was frozen. . .. .y " I have determined the longiture of S, L. .city and perhaps Ashley would like to know that the llB^h meridian lies about 6 miles west of the City. The longitude of the Tabeernacle is lii° 53» 2^i", This is th result of two comparisons between this.and Chicago by telegraph made e»Jji.:6th ahd 7th of January. texji , . 'ir-JTyi nl H. M, Hoxie to Gen. Dodgei Omaha, 1:^ , I . ■ T Mr, Snyder returned with Commissioners Friday night. They made favorable report on the whole amount to 1000 mile post, »' I am told by the best of authority that the whole thing at west end is rotten. There appears not to be much doubt that Durant, °l jip. R. S. S. are partners. That Davis, Sprague & Co, and Davis and asso- -Isolates are the bi - thing now. All the stealin g hereafter is to be done through that firm-everythii;ig is made subservient to their end. Bllnn was removed G9sline from Frost's office cou:|.d be made the supply,man. They are new taking the five cent pieces that I have been loft, I The entire outfit is rotJ,en,, How it is down Bast I cannot tell, Durant tried his beat while Rere to shove Snyder out. Everything was iiiaB that eould be to ftake hia and myself leave f.S. fays that V. 929 January, 1869, he intended to get us "both out. We are both.prepared to go arid dont care much how soon. What we want now to know is whether yourself and friends are going to control tn the next election and whether we are wanted to stay. Unless a change is made it will not do for either to stay here as what little reputation we have will be gone soon, W.S. 4' will write you soon, - In the meantime let us know what you think the result of the next election will be. What is wanted is a practical R.R. riJ 'man for President. J. Blickensderfer, JP. jT-'tb Gen, Dodge, Gait Lake City, 31i"- ' After hunting myself tired without finding Morris' estimates of line on Promontory, I remember that I gave you Morris' letter in ^ I* bmaha in November,'^d you were to have left me a copy which I never received. I will try to get another copy from Morris, utiUi yee* start in the aoming for Sacramento. '• <,l^Xi3t of stock holders of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, place of rttoidence and amount of stock standing in name of bach. Hamea,. j 'Eedidende, :2:i' ti No, of Shares, Alley, Joiin Lynn, Ma3S»V«*«tll 2,203 Ames, (Oliver, '• wltli iVac North Easton, Mass4 25,673."^ Ames, Oakea tvll " " " t* , :10,754.1/' • iiiMjmes, Oakes, Tru5$ll •! wclfoaton^J«assi lUiVO axfi,2791 i 'vadJjaijpaws, Pranl8*'ll» •# eitnw fuaj tid MHt $mmm 514 M mU oi «r Mma# Mi 3,204 v %eu930 January, 1869. Bakdr, Ezra H. Boston, Mass, •0 ^'3,350,, Bkker, Ezra H., Jr. • Bardwell, Josiah ^ ** " Bardwell, Josiah,. Trustee-■ ?4a Barnes, Oliver W. Bates, Benj. E. .JC , Philadelphia, Pa, • Boston, Mass t •'3,B64,. ■ " iP 1,445.. ielphia. Pa, . 47 3,.075,>fXi(lp JBa1?ea, Benj. E. Trea.Truetee New York, N.Y. ,Tt n<bl422ol Bates, Benj, E. Trus.tee for Mrs. L.E.Hourse, Boston,Ma^ 23li^^n Beard, Eli ^ollifia i New Haven, Conn, ,|,.415^^ Beard, Sylvester M, , Bell, Clark • New York, N. Y* Blood, ttenry. jiHoY " " ■» .Beyer, B. M. " Norristown, Pa, Boyer, B.M. Trustee for Mi^, Boyer * " Bi^adford, Gamalial • Boston, Mass, j| £ •Bristol, Wm, B, Haw Haven, Conn, .Bushnoll, C. H. •MMB vj* o* .Chapman, Oliver J« «#0 #44* ' Canton, Mass* 0 00 .Charlick, Oliver .fflt " " Charlick, Oliver e4iial« " 1 »0tjo moy Norristown, Pa, Bi^adford, Gamalial » Bristol, Wm, B, .Bushnoll, C. H. Charlick, Oliver Cook, Ebenezor, *Cook, Clarissa C. Cisco, John J. 0avonport, Iowa, ,t Hew York, N.Y. --415 . 40 ,-ilgl .C »a d'.4]^l'''.«iil0g0 . 8,7,-sgt iMi0l ,'415,- .|g|0| ^ -807,, .0 2,866,f (hr4i ••»44 2,333_„J00^ •441* „»I 0*101 4fit>4l ,.505«ftli »iiWH> 1,100 itB .4,|» 311. :»0 •f ,> ,.506. 110 January, 1869 Crano', Henry C. , Wew York, N.Y. •R mMf ,■ 327, Crane, Henry C.!Sttus. W.D.Train, " " 4.11 Crane-, J. J. « 956. ,JI 5,000, ,x:1,870, ,«lilQXe Davies, Ct, Crane, H.-, C. Trustee Davies, John M. Dillon, Sidney Dodge, Mrs. Anna, « New York City, Credit Mobiler of America * Philadelphia, Pa,k,, 1,870, Cummings, W. A, %MttiQXe Davies, Ct, .ff ^iVllO , 415. Crane, H.-, C. Trustee tMll , New York City, Jl , 900. Davies, John M, •T^M New Haven, Ct„J(»^ ,S •IflM < 625. Dillon, Sidney ♦••fina.r. New York City, : : .'■« #1 .5,420,'^ Dodge, Mrs, Anna, •«■!•• fttMriCouncil Bluffs, Iowa. IXf , 635, Duff, John* * Boston, Mass, »■* .2,0 00 Duff, John R, Durant, W. P. Durant, Thos, C, Eustis, W, P, Fessenden, Sewell H. Fisk, James Jr. Forbes, W. D. Foster, Pierrepont B Pre cJi, L. uigene Gilbert, Horatio Gilbert, Horatio 1« •MM >T .M New York City. •1*1 -ibt 3i-i 8,302, ' 1,300 ,M . 31,339 ' , 10, ♦MX Now York City* Boston, Mass. «i' <Soston, Mass* 4HmJmMi6 |b'^u:807. Now York City* 49 nio" 6. Boston, Mass. -1^ 4XX' 200. ^ircmrew Haven, Ct, ♦». iMNrliO ♦«a-i807, N^ York City, MMllO •Mln 55. Boston, Mass* MMtfO »MHrS<r: " eWM** , 678 Gilmore, E.W. Gliddon, W. T. • H .T.*f .jNaT .D •••IviXG »!'i822, •t flfto' 3,843, January, 1869. Gray, H. Winthrop.»t Gray, G. Griswold. Grimes, James W. • Grinnell, Moses H. cMi Guest, W. D. Handy, Benj. F. Hazard, Anna. t JBBi Aimw York, Mew York.X ai#16f1333 v. ioL 'Burlington, Iowa, York City. .•Mil •^1! Newport, R.I. Hazard, Elizabeth %itO ,3tmt : Hazard, Elizabeth, Trustea** ** " Hazard, Isaac P. • • % it Hazard, Marp P. • • n n Hazard, Roland G. Peacedale, R.I. Hazard, Hazard, Rowland Rowland jl^New Port Conn. •Hedden, Josiah • •Hobart, Aaron, Jr. •Holliday, BenJ. [Ic Nev^ York City. Boston, Mass. MWMew York City. •Hooper, Saml. & Co. •4^1'? JBoston, Mass •Homer, Anna. •Hotchkisn, Henry •Hawley, M . C. •Haugh, B. R. •Raskins, Jos. Hawley, W, N. «•% r Newport, R.I. New Haven, Conn. @,130 M ^K'8,077Mtdl 10,000; tot •a tu 700 ;iJUI ..ei-rioa Jl .• ,1.83 v-jH Jk MMi wJI «^<33 )o.I 2,077, U . . 9,516 o'Jgi Jl ,0 ^l,962i.|f)J| 'iWi •t •iii^ «i< l03.fMail .r4,,112 kJI 4,112 • >' (oJd ^•^622. •n •Mrtt .50. kwimrn ,.'157..i,h «r JI5 Mu January, 1869. Jenks, Barton H,. 3Sl%0t Joh ston, James B. Jones, David .MM Jordai, R. S. King, John L. Kountz, Augustus, Kennedy, W. Lambardj Chas, A. Lockwood, Le Grand Low, AA». Macy, W. H. McComb, H. S. McCormich, C. H. McNeil, R.G.S, McPherson, Wm. Moore, E. C, McCorniick John Myers, E. Reed. Martin, Henry i Neilson, Chas. H. Nickerson, Frederick Nickerson, Joseph 9 Philadelphia, Pa.'otrWnll 1,740 • " New York City .r ,830 " " .9 mtm ,2,077. Mux' Boston, Mass. U99tK ,I,j2,000. Springfield, Mass. .fl ,'490 Omaha, Neb. * 300, • X.l ,! 610 • Nbw York, City tiNOlftf ,'3,858 ,2,077, ,i,:i2,ooo. Nt, II .2,075 mmmx • •• " • » qn»ii ,1,745 • IJI ,eXSI Wilmington, Del, .n nrwloil ,4,832 J':New York City. MVliitlft . 5,171 •l#l§ Philadelphia, Pa, «tM0 « Omaha, Neb, ^y^t^OOO. ##!• jHcJIew York City. •tM « Omaha, Neb( •o3 4 . (200. • IJI ,l-i<i>hiiadelphia. Pa, law York City Boston, Mass. •* e^iSSii January, 1869. Nickerson, Thomas. ©pdyke, George Peck, Nathan Pigott, Joseph B Richardson, Joseph Robbins, Henry A. Robbins, Royal E, Mass Steves, W. B. Trustee Sandfrod, Henry Skinner & Co « * Boston, Mass Boston, Mass New Haven, C Smith, J. N. Stetson, Thos. N Swarcey, W. J, •* Scranton, J, H. Thatcher, Isaac, Torrey, Lydia Tracey, John V* Trowbridge, Ezekiel ll, • Trowbridge, Hmy ' - tf Tattle, Qhad. Ten Hare & Vanessejf*^ •u , ' • • « New York City .nn.9 .w?®" Havon, Conn _ n n • Jln:.Y •. ..r Boston, Mass, Newport, K^, Chicago, 111. New Haven, Conn II' n » " ■- • fcy 'I .jj 987. New York City, anjilffy New Bedford, Mass, « 1. ,T n- '' Omaha, N eb, ' vitarii6 mii4 Scranton, Pa. 200 10 New ^ork City • •fiunV Amsterdam, Hollahd, V^t :.ids 4mfom mm Iks onn ^ • ■' ' - 381. ► iblUH oi ^.gt 3,885. M hW m m .b , lilt ■t ."u ^ UTff Mr{ 1»445. 158.,, .. IN* 625 ■207. 311 220 518 20 Januaryk 1869, Vernon, Sophia Waite, 0. C. New York City, Wliife, Mrs, Emily Francis" New Haven, Conn, Williams, wins one! _ .T- J. v , ■'Rnstrni^ Mass« *.'i. Boston, Mass, Ntew Port. R. I, New York City, r .X 382 '* *120. ♦ Williams, J. Guion Williams, J, Guion Youn'g, Brig ham Zbrasskie, Martin New York City, n *1 It * *•^3,681-.^*^^*' 1^*^' 500,'*"^^ «alt Lake ^ity, Utah** -^^5,000,^ New York City, . 315-. , *a«iO ,ff<r v ■ 207,"380'shares full pffidT'*** 420,538,000. ^g^Ptions 24,300. • ' _ ^ $20,726,300. _ ■ g^JIOtet Walters, Trailing & Bros, to W. Snyder,, Medicine Bow, W.T. Are desirous of estahlishin:; wholesale and retail store at that station, and want to obtain a grant or permit from the U,P.R.R* Company to build and trade until it shall be convenient for them to make a survey when they will purchase a complete block, F. Hooker t Geo. C. Tichenor, Atlantic, 14 (Telegram), • • • t . . . ' J ta have done tight; will write or see you soon, . I ' '.•criT -g- M, S. Williauw, to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 7:- Yours of 31at with vouchers as stated, $5,284,58 has been received,, and same amount this day entered to yoiir creidt on the . I .L 207,380 $24,300,- books of the company. January^ 1869. Oliver Ames to Gen, Dodge, North Easton, February 3, 1870) .,1. Your letter in regard to stories being circulated here that :t rfo>You had misappropriated money and been expending large amounts-not -fi'authorized is received. I have mad e inquiry of Mr.^Duff and other parties here, who all say they have never heard anything of the kind. I wrote you a few days since, on receiving your resignation of your Tosition as Chief Engineer of the road, a letter expressing my opinion of your services to the Company, and the Ex-cominittee passed l^»ia Resolution expressing their appreciation of your services. We have -appointed Mr. T, B- Siokels in your place. His position on the bridge I requiring his attendance there, and he will have no additional salary • for his services aS Chief Engineer. I have the very highest opinion of hie practical judgment in.the expenditures h® may order. ■'.fi'.t hfia payment of interest on dur 'bonds requires of las the moot rigid economyk and the saving in salary of Chief Engineer with quite a munber of other salaries will enable ua to present a better exhibit - • to our stockholders* We hope in the oming season to do a large h dnoWgh business to pay all our interest and put our road in first class condition, so that another winter will find our snov/ sheds and fences all up, and ^0 will not be liable to detentions by storms that wo MOW are. I feel astrong desire toc#un-thd road with the utmost - eeonomy, and whenever we oan out dodn.our expenses end not impair the efficiency of the road, it is our duty to do so. ♦' B " January, 1869./ " / , : ax i^fNH ?• Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Oiriaha, 9th, (69.io^iI0 fatU mtfkd have a clear track this morning Omaha to Quaking Asp. Chi. & N. W. still blockaded. Our storm fences have helped very much in the Black Hills, .and our own pattern Qf snoly Plows have worked splen- ,1 didly, j.; , .. .-erf.' tJUs " . , 'it: ^ - Am giving Reed "lots" of material this week, but he cEin lay no track account non completion of grading. . i •- ttn ii. " Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch; 4:-Q^ ,o otaloo wviifl .Yours Dec. I2th^ 2l3t and 25th reached me here. Have been p^I,iat this and of road since 2oth ult doing what i car; tq forward constructioh. Will stay for some time yet. noXit' ThT6 is ao much.to say ^bout th® work,out here that I cant to the outfit Justin in writing about it. In construction the waste of imoney is awaful. It Is the last part of Reed and his outfit and they eiare Waking the most of it* Th? track west of Aspen is not fit to run ft ever and wo aro ^ttQhing trains daily* Grading is done at an enormous expense by day work iNader supervision of Dompany's men and the Govern ment subsidy in this section of country will not begin to pay cost of road. 1 k>n4.\ XI ^ ■hT w -r JvOi Durant arid are %% ffdsn. Stanford of Central Pacifi Jthere also. HuntingtoCii Vice President, of..C. p, is §alt Lake* I haws arranged to man oa C. ge keep jfOk kQeted;<Q#i their progress wnd t prospects* ,ne oL )(ju. t«/c ni mlJ to '(steieXz . r ' January, 1869. f , ■ -05^ : Track to^iight is at Castle rook; 4 miles west of there we will 'reach 12 miles of ties already laid. These ties cost over $4.50 each on the ground. Ties are now beinS delievered 8 miles east of Evanston and in few days I think enough can be gotten there to supply demand for construction. vT . ' j .a- v - n-: Thos. H. Bateg and Maj. Lawrence, engineers on construction, ••Bhatre been discharged by T. C.D. They both deserved removal. Evans has .taken an interest wi^n Ledlie & Corse in contract for some bridges here, I think T,C.D, would have extended his division if Evans had -possessed the necessary muscle, bwt he has smelled the crows and fishes and weakened. i.; I am eecuring a good supply of subsistence stores and forage here for the contractors go ©s. J-o be ready for any storms* Am going my best to supply all demandr^for material, and my men are working like w. tigers. Personally am about worn out and if I had money enough to support my family six.»onths t would quit now* The Company cant stand such drafts as I know tbw Censtuuction Department must be making. '^'^Ueury v iT ^ - o,,'. *1" Have made »«■»? itofiPess with track today. I think I can close the tie gap toaiorrov Wiich will give us 18 milos clear sailing, mild and if it continues so we ought to reach .Ogden by Feb. O.K. w« >t Xttllava not opened for businesa regularly.west <>f Bryan-from there '-f) I ) i ife rntmf f'i OC' '. -ft tmvo oJ eweik iSm e#ert OC' '« ^x| wevo reoe -inim (•ttm wg n«i ^ • X 'o ' January, 1869. Xfi^attach coach and baggage car to construction train. Government pays for mail services to Evanston, Prom Eyanston to Wahsatch I will fl»4ccollect for mail from Wells Fargo & Co. at Government rate. TPIe •*o't p. o.D. will not accept extension of mail services for less than 25 miles. Have been bringing goods for Salt Lake to Eyanston by cartload, owners risk and handling.- I dont want to advertise as ready '' for business such a road as Reed has turned over to me west of Piedmonet. Win put a steam excavator on if I can get it to secure the banks. .. It ' Cant place any reliance on what we hear from Salt Lake in re gard to progress on the Central Pacific. Will-have the man sent ther f '^write tcfybu dallyi-^- « T - X' My greatest difficulty how is with the transportation on Bitter '^Creek; had ten dead engines.there yesterday. The water has always been bad and slnc<> ice formed the balance grown worse daily, i have asked N.Y. offioe te buy for ua 12 regular tenders capable of holding 3600 gals. water <without any spaoe left for fuel. These attach ed to ordinary tender will give water enough to run freight trains Rawlina to Green River. Thii is the cheapest solution I can suggest • N,Y. office mast help me more promptly with funds or there will be ♦ * much suffering. I spent up to Dee. let during 1868 over $1,800,000 on construetion •eoount. Tmaeportation of contractors material to same #it9 amounts to over $1,000,000 at rate allowed for freight ( 1 6-10ct^||^ per ton per mile) which does not cover actual cost. Material and fuel January, 1869. .<!§♦! on hand was over $1,000,000 vhich Is no.t a large amount for road of this length. I am ot>lig®*i ta keep ah hand sup lies to meet every of the contractors promptly and lay out of the use of th e mono I'e We purchase and pay for all their supplies ^nd charge up when paid. * If some of the Directors were on the line they wouJLd have a better r. idea of th j way things are managed and-woaild he somewhat surprised to observe what the Company has to do after the road is nominally comple ted. I hope to live to see the two roads meet and everything success- '>Jful. I could not stand three years more of such service as I have had on the Union pacific. And I will suggegt here that my salary has ^ never been established. Have drawn money, course, from the Cashier to support my family; would nke. to know what l am to be pa d. Reed • and Seymour have salaries of $8,000 think I have worked as hard and as faithfully as- either them and have had heavier responsibilities. Carmichael on the -ijiWi®* gets $6000 and expenses. If proper opportunity occurs I widh you would auggeet fixing the rate, as my salary is all { have to depend upon. o Hoxle is writing and telegraphing ne daily, but I fear is not '* * as well as we all wish, -Ai soon as I aan return to Omaha will urge him to go-to Laramle-for change of «Ilip mdi relief for few weeks fromujtive duties. Campbell, Svlpt df l,aramio diri ions, resigned. I offered the place to Dave Ramick but he declined# fta 1« getting $5000 a year 4* from Wells, Fargo & Co. as their manager south of Cheyenne. Am promised ^ . ■ ' '■ ■ , - \ » '■■:•'- iJ '^r. I ■' .1 . ■ ' ' i '-■*■! , '1. V t ' , ' January, 1869. , ' i.. a man by name J. Keaks, now Gen. Road Master of Watertown and ^ ■, Oglesbury R.R.; formerly Asgt. 3upt. of the Miss. & !.:/>. R.R. I know 1 : ' , ■ 4s>aii:. him to bd thoroughly honest and capable* ' ^ V- " r ' ' ,'.f .1 cant understand how Reed could have spent $2,600,000 west of here up to Dec. 1st. 1"^ Is probably a fqct that some of his grading o# ' (with work) has cost $4.1-2 per C. yds. The Directors know Reed's •• -tX capacity and have had ^ opportunity of investigating his management. -«tW!.''<They seem determined to koep him and are paying a very large price for . Mjfehe luxury, if it can ^ called one The only a man ne.eds to li ' ! vart tobtain a position unde^ Reed Is to show P- discharge from the opera- •f li t ting dppartmentj/ : • . tHWlWb •. . k ^ |»#ii Kote; j. B. to Gen. I>odge, Council Bluffs, 31:- ftM Imi INuw^ In regard to team; aayd it will cost from $450 to $700. •WUlJI Willard S, Pope to Gen. Dodge, Detroit, Mich. February 1:- . Your /aver of 28th ult. is at hand. We shall take pleasure t- in sending you In a few days gome drawings of pl^ns for irqn girders. &c. as you request. . ' k w 0 *i i . I i.JNMd ml In event of your favoring us with any orders, we shall spare no ' ■ ' «t/l give you complote satiofactipn. . . jj XX? a/. ' ' •frU(^ . : ! t Note: circular order issued bjr W. Snyder»- C^en. Supt. Union Paci- * ' flc Railroad, appointing Messrs. A. j. Ho pper ,and D.V.Wa.rren to ''laosltions on road, (^iflha, February, Ij** ■jtma eoaXt| beai uK,| . 'b it* aA *10 A mmmfi ..aflalr jMitt •1^ M atiO A mmtt Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/57f1699e0ef5f40c560c8f90d5ca4d95.pdf 2cdc1084285b94bb607794e87925da0d PDF Text Text 3 ' '■ /J,..' January, 1869. ■ ' ' 1.,. a by name J. W. Meaks, now Gen, Road Master of wi jWatertown and OglQsbury R.R. j formerly Asst. 3upt. of tho Miss. & t'jo, R.R. I know otfK'ti ' .hi® to bd thoroughly honost and capable. I cant iinderstand how Reed could have spent $2,600,000 west of up to Deo. 1st. It is probably a fqct that some of his grading Qj , (with work) has cost $4.1-2 per C. yds. The Directors know Reed's ->« n cnP®®ity and have had an opportunity of investigating his management, -oiw,: .Th®y seem determined to koep him and are paying a very largo price for luxury, if it can be called one The only a man needs to Mrt ^btain a position under Reed is to show discharge from the opera- ^' JlliLytihS dppartment^ ^ ^ ^ lit^I Note; J- B. Beard to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 31t— ,♦ n** bm Km In regard to team; says it will cost from $450 to $700. .a#i/JMUWjBLllard S. Pope to G^en. Dodge* Detroit, Mich. February 1;- yn-LilUcrit W . Yonr Xavor of 28th ult. is at hand. We shall take pleasure XI tif eendtng you In a few days some drawings cf plans for iron girders. &c« ft'S you request. . ».■ br«: »*» j JCii rJ *• " In event of your favoring us with any -orders, we shall spare no «lrt ^'palns to give you com9&*«# satisfaction. . Note: Jircular order issued br W. Snyder^ (Jen. Supt, Union Pacirm. JRailraad, appointing Messrs. A. Rp pper and D.V.Warren to '^pstltionS OflMha, February, Iv^ a- ^ uta It m A eAtM mmHI ii. Fobrvi^ry I 1869 • . » Thos. G. Durant to Gen. Dodge, New York, 1 (Telegram( You submit any instructions you may give engineers to this jp.pffice^ before sending the same. „ ^ • .... ...A.. C. H. Snow to Andrew Johnson, Pres. United States, Rawlins, 1: Ol2iF¥W8 : . • think any more money should be given to the Union j Pacific Railroad until it is better constructed, and managed better. MKt Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 2;- ^ On VilAAljr my return X W li. from M \JiU. the i/xxw 7^est, 11 w 9 I ^found X. «.«««* A so 1U.WXV/XX muchcorrespondence v.* VJX X O o l/V.'llVJiOXAV./« from line of road that required immediate attention tiiat I have not been able to write you as fully as I wished. Win keep posting you as fast as I can get leisiore. .to af" vvo ■ ,/ - To begin with, T.C.D. in all his movements indicates th't he con aiders the game about over. He is sustaining the entire. Reed, Seymour Davis & Co, outfit, and winks at all their operations. The stealing i the Construction department has been steadily increasing for the past year, and its rottenness is now a matter of notoriety in the West. The Davis & Co, outfit with V/. F. Durant, the largest partner, supply all the timber and tiea and have full sweep over Reed and the balance. The talk about my wood contract is only their cry of "stop thief" to " I ' draw attention from their own operations. They wanted the contract, : J ■, ; - .-i but we let to the lowest bidder, hence the howling. - V ■ ' td% e* Seymour charge ^f construction over Reed, It Is believed by February, 1869. f all that Silas is a partner in" firm of Green & Hill,'Mont Seymour is reported partneh of Whiteman & Warner on grade and bridges. Maj Lawrence was mixed up with Nounan Sc Co., Tom Bates representing himself and Others, with all the Mormons. The ties that were laid in advance of track from Echo City 12 miles east cost $4.50 each at track. Reed's supply man keeps a store in Company's warehouse and is always able to furnish contractors good and 'subsistence stores when the Company has nont on hand at a good profit. It happens too frequently that the 'company gets out of the needed articles. Men doing work by the day 'for the Company (Carmic'hael and others) have made fortunes and some of their earth work as cost $4 per cy. * The whole outfit is rotten tc^^ the core, most of the tie inspectors, foreman Clark fi:c. being men that I have discharged Cor various good'reasons. Durant was cr azy on his last trip and dlschargirlg me daily. Seymour and J. W. Davis dared not let him get out of reach of their voices fearing somebody might expose their operations. I was ordered a dozen times to stop shipment of commercial freightj could not get permission to send Salt Lake goods west of Bryan, while roads were such that teams could not get there, and we had $50,000 locked up in ' freight charges. wiSsn' talking with would threaten to disV charge me for incompetency account not getting goods through. It is useless to go over the grounds in detail. No man can run this road !;■ a February# 1869. while Durent has power, and I am .through if he is to remain in control 'If there is no prosiiect of radical change in March please let me know I>c; * at once .and I will vacate at once. fd ."c The reason our operating expenses figures about 7o per ct. of t^earningai is that l am allowed only 1 1-10 cts. per ton per mile for transportation of contractors freight. This is much less than actual cost as I will show in report. Take out cost, of their transportation - and what we are allowed for it and I will show a handsome report; Prices for labor on cpnstruction have been so enormoush this far that my rates have beeji much higher, than would otherwise have been the case. Besdies I have worked my men ni.ghts and Sundays at still higher rates to load and forward construction material. The expense of operating f; : the road during 1868is not a fair criterion for the future. I have been straining every nerve to assist construction, while most of the contractors officors have done all that was possible to embarrass ma, i } JPracklaying was stopped last week account non completion of a rock cut on Cheasbrcwgh*s and UcOee's work. This firm is anothertao "specimen," If left alone I would have kept commercial freight moving promptly, and had just as much track laid as. there is now of course if 1 not delayed in grading. As it is thai whole country i. howling and just ly too, while t have to stand the re^pponsibility. . i •«» Durant has much to say about the firm of Myroth & Co. The brother that I had at Cheyenne is agent is with thaa. The firm forwards 94IS& •" •='••,?.' ■"■ ■ - " : , ■ '■" • (•■ February, 1869, 4 1i I - goods to Salt Lake &c. from Bryan. Tbey havo never owed tbe Company q cent; dont get as many favors as they would if my brother was not with them. He pays his far© when he travels over the road. I arranged : tQ ship some Salt Lake freiS-t for them and others, Bryan to Wahsatch at $125 per car charges prepaid and entirely at their risk. This was X ' another opportunity for the Seymour crowd to cry "stop thief taat they might steal more. My rates and .conditions were uniform to all parties, price per car very large and no risk to Company, and no construction material delays but as Mygroth & Co. wore the largest ship- .•••5)er3 it was too good a thing for T.C.D. to let go. We cant transport freight between New York and San Francisco fo:^^ anything like steamer rates. We will do three-quarters of the Cal ifornia passenger bualnass. win get most of the Montana freight this ypar. Think our local froight and passenger business will be fair at once and steadily increase. » -p Cutting distance between the two roads now 260 miles. I think we can lay at least 160 miles more track; ought to lay about in that pro- '•n portion. I can supply material for track as fast as Reed, can get t grading out of thmntmrnf. -^rju'L rrft -Qbt Mr. Ofkba iaem/.aettejr this: morning, Thayer is still after me. Please explain, attuatloa.lb# Mr. Ames and 1 .will I'rlte hifa spon as .-,1 can* .o^' i asrt i l^^siBewere show saarorwest Of Lariunle yesterday md road blockaded 94* February, 1809. ♦CDQI there in part today. ..j . .,t ol elxoJi .."i .TT . Our Government Oiroctor, Snow, is making a fool of himself, but he cant get a cent here, I11« hnm mU |«r£ Jfl X»i s, •'» to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 2:- ml • . * My wife died yesterday at 4 .o'clock P. M. After the funeral shall go home for a short time; will probably be absent from Omaha Awo weeks. : .ti. The general map is completed and will be sent tomorrow. Shall have Mr. Lambach correct the map from Sanders to Salt Lake, Scale 4 miles to one inch; also continue it to Humboldt Wells. Iffill have the alignment put on the profiles ahd all other notes. When the Dr. passed through on his way East I saw him in referen ce to that'town in the valley. His idea is'that it makes no difference whether town is located before or after track passes-that he wants Cross sections made'of the best sites from Taylor's Mill to Station 1000. I have ordered'Eddy to*instruct O'Neil to make all those'surveys and examinations and submit maps ahd profiles to this office when they will be forwarded to New York. I will leave directions at the office that if they should be sent in before my return to have them forwarded to New York; should nothing but the notes arrive, will have them worked up. Mr. Clebum will be bu^ most of the time on buidling, Jlfi -iO lllv: I .r f .w ; plans, etc. 947. February, 1869, H, M, Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 2:- .••ic •ft iHNidi ^tr<f tl Mr. Snyder will write you fully as soon as he can, I am going West last of the week and will post you on all I learn. '* *' • Please dont say b word about my salary. If Mr, Durant dont play fair by me I will-best him-both W.S. and myself know too much to be ''snubbed by him. He is now stealking the spike- I mean picking Up the small things. Please dont repeat what I say so "that it will injure , von-. t><. 0 c 1 I wish you would let us know as soon as you can vdiether you and i' ! '' « your party succeed in March, so that we can look ab ut for another place. Snyder will write you fully, and I will write from Salt Lake, rtl p. S. Hodges to Gen, Dodge, New York, 2:- J .leiilf Called on Mr, Bein this morning and left map,. He will . . ■ ' '■ ,t . ■ " 0 photograph on first fine day. Have written La Baume about the sketches. Saw Judge Carter to day, He showed me a dispatch from Ft. Bridger that they had had "no i-' . ^ail for a week end no prospects," I suppose the road is blocked with snow. Judge C, goes to Washington day after tomorrow, , i i4i» V " . , ^ To Gen, Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 2:- -fai , I Ml in receipt of yours letter 27th wi-th deed from Hyatt ^ 1 «i •' 1 X i I . ^ to DJ.ilon» which I have f .^led out with your name Trustee and adding f25 to the consideration* I will charge your account with this $25 February, 1869. r ; and credit Hyatt, so you will collect of Dillon, I am glad to inform you of the return of deed for the 6 acres to Dillon and it will go on record this morning. I will correspond.with • iMr. Dillon and request him to remit, forwarding him vovichers. W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 3:- Yours Jan, 29th at hand this morning. I alii looking closely % aftor th3 mOVGlIlGntS of all my heads of departments and "clean out" as fast as ^ discover defections. Have not been able to fill every office with exactly such men as I wished, but by watching constsuitly all points, think I have been beaten but little. My policy has been to'.a promote hard workers.and honest men. That is an impetus to others in subordinate positions and can do more with a man v;h has "worked his way up" than *ith dandy R.R. men from first class roads in the East, ♦' who know nothing about work or the difficulties (to be encountered in r this- country. 1 fine n.'XIf'f moa • Prom Bryan to Walisatch it will cost an average of |4000 per mile to put the road In good shape. Prom ^pen to Wahsatch our. tpains make but 6 miles per hour on account of condition of road bed, I have been trying to get all ^alt Lake and other freight <throu^ fast as possible, Durant's operations prevented it. By this action everybody has been swearing at us; many, merchants have been nearly ' ruined and oUr anemies have got good argument against us. 949 Pdbruary, 1869. Tracklaying has not been advanced one foot because we have caught graders twice west of Aspen and the whole institution has been demoalized. As I. said last night in ray letter, I am utterly sick of this style of work, and will get out unless there is absolute certainty of a change in March. Clcc--.. No. 2 3:** I .ttI '"Tri fM ♦nut "^-oT nm "jirfc This morning's dispatches inform mei that we have unloaded at i o5<^!Echo City; 150 cars iron, loo cars ties and large amount of subsist^ ence stores for contractors. We have accumulated at >Yahsatch suffi cient stores for the contrators between there and. Castle Ro,ck, tp last iithem until completion of work on. jpermanent line. "ov uur. ci. Chesbrough & McGee's rock cut will be. out Friday, 5th inst., and tracklaying resamedi»«*v o iaTi >ni 11 nl vti Dont think ttb will'nebd Cbmmlssioners again until after March We are now billing Mdse. and ticketing passengers Omaha to ^ahe.L satch direct. StoimrBtill continues and road partly blockaded^^.^^ 4 T.C.Durant to Oen^ Dodge, New York, 3 (Telegram) j- ♦tu I propose to have line on east slope of Promontory located <1}^,' ijest interest of the Oon^any without regard to former surveys. Can you come her a next Tueai^bi^? lyeieqo c' r 'otiin . : M B. Bttkhnell-'tb'Qwi. Dodgjeib N»e ""Jork, 3L*Telegram g-vr . Put our Bridge through without amendpnent today y: possible. February, 1869. Note: Jolm Flick to Gen, Dodge, Bedford, lowa, S;,- In relation to the settlement of his accounts with the M 'V Department. .la ^rL m q aaoS ,/ R. G, Hazard to Gen. Dodge, New York, 4 -! #^1 oi fter.l Mr. Dillon handed me your .letter .late this evening. We ^.evidently have enough. I have secured the full coOoperation of some parties wanted against us, and are now v;ith Mr.. Ames, and Mr. ^illcnj] directing my dttention to the best plan oil.avoiding all questions L> likely to arise from the crooked policy heretofore adopted whicli has': been full of complications, and embarrassments. I have a plan pretty; ' well matured about which I shall confer with Ames and Dillon, '^rite McGorab, Tildenand Allen tomorrow an(i, hope to .decide 'upQn, all the »Jo details this week,. - ■ sf C.. '-i j e . Please advise me. at once if! I mty use your letter on the point of Grant'-S. views as to the necessity of changing our managers, &c. I expect to remain; here until the 10th, .jj.- vJ ' >! I open this today that we have ,just received a no^Jce. from Brawning that the President has appointed 3. Temple of Tennessee, Government Director in ^pfltaoe of George Ashman. If y.ou can; get new :I directors appointed to act jon the morning otf the lOtlx it will v.ary.T ease itially aid us. The notice from Browningf nCt say that Ashman resigned. 961 ■ " ' ^ ft**' February, 1869. ^J, W. Davis to T. u, Durant, Piedmont, 4 (Telegram)" Private conference. (Sno.v) wants coal contract two hundred tons per day at six dollars. This will make all right if-i am author ized to pledge it. Regard this as very important to you.- Answeri/ Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 4:- ' It is news to me but may be old news to you'that J.W.Davis (brother .to Mrs. F.T..) is the contractor for building the road west of the Oakes Ames contract. We assigned the contract for the "Trustees iPdrtthe Cbntractor8" whoe-^er they may be-all arranged by T.C.D. it may be a repetition of .the Gssnor contract. .1. iucx. -lof CT W.e can earn this year $10,000,000 and operate the road for ^O pp^ ct, if the road has a fair show. Cant do anything With presentr con struction outfit. Seymour, Reed & Co* at the front^'i-tThere must be '2 0 .iaofi entire change at fomt or road i^ done tov.^ vtji . . Notaj.. Benjamin Barker to Oen,' Dodge, Gorydohy lows," 4f<-* In relation to getting?4lOO bounty for veteran service, &c. V. Bhgnter to Gen. Dodge., Qawha, 5:- 'iMi Tf T 4 enclose copy of dispatch going through this morning. You will Bee thaeec paints on it consisting of 1st, Snow, 2d, Davis, 3<a, ' T.C.D. Please show dispatch to no person* jJFill give you further ripointa as they devalofavijlfTWoTt'i .urn asij. »!:«. bJLa 'illhij f'B.'.G February, 1869. tfHiKitf : Jli Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 5:- .'1 od? no inoJLtn»inl Hrleri^ " Hoxie started Weat last night to look at west end road, and get friend in with operations on constructions &c. .Will remain west probably a few weeks. I. tt. : :: f.io&Otv Durant is trying to make a handle of my trade with W.C.'icalled on me for a written statement to explain voucher. I gave' it'5' ®11 about the affair before I paidj said he would not authorize ^it, but made no objections and told me that he had been in my position he would.not have done precisely as I did. cr. iJ ' i ' . Snow, the Gijvernment Director, is at Piedmont in the hands of J, ?avis trying to make a bargain. I can only repeat what I have before written that ^ wont mix with the Davis.outfit; that the thieves must get out or I will next months-r if) n iTfWi' r.iso 0^ WTi wwwss imiJ r S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake Ctty, 5j-i .1 , ilaoii #j:j I nis i ^d of C.p.Tracltj Jan. 28th, eighteen miles west.of Humboldt Wells* |[ave force to lay two miles per day; plenty of material now, ., 'Jan. 29th laid two miles of track-expect to reach Monument Point 10th of April, feather clear ai^d eoldj about one inch of snow at end of track,, ;4ie i m 'le.ijo erW rree tt\ . :4 • 9. Thomssea to'Gen, ^q^e^ 9ef Uo^es, ^ ^ Hfmi t : Iberfontesi foea rgn here as usual, ^udge Hatch is a candidate for ft9«ination for l^^ypr, but hfi^ not relinquished his .. If > February, 1869, .70C' , - intentions on the P, 0. Goodrel and fJol, Godfrey are also anx ous. I ^' saw Palmer yesterday^ and he said that there was no objection against me personally pr officially and all that was urged was that to the victors belong the spoils. He did not say. what he wished in the matter.nor did I ask him, but I learn from his friends that he is undecided and somewhat embarrassed to knov/ what to do* '■ " o: . I look upon Palmer as a personal friend, honorable and fair, and th&t .whatever he does do will be frdm what he considers necessity•for the interest of thoge who have been his friends politically. He has "jno better personal friend than myself, Allen and others of my friends think that he will make more enemies by insisting upon a change for ( any one in particular than he would if nothing were done, for they assure me that no one wants a change 0*cept those who expect to get' the position for theBS.alves and wJiat-Palmer-told me strengthens that ■tblc Opinion, I saw Gov. OAlniiOf-^Pt, he assured me that h6 and Pomeroy had no desire foi? -a change and would prefer that I would •retain it. I believe there will bd "o objection from my old district, h- i When you have conversed with Palmer as you suggested-in your last, and have seen the others interested end think it can be of any benefit to me to^idje# down, ielegrsph ne at onco and I will come. HeJeH t"'tbiie. •^■•MIU?Pi!claughlln to ^heyenne, 5:- nW relation t6 lAws of territory, &c, eiadlbneo « *1 954 : • r February, 1869. .:7Wf ^ . .;'Tq Gen. Dodge from bis brother. Council Bluffs, 5y-»•'!••??9 rt e: • Palmer ha.s just made sale of your lot (1 B 10 Baylis 1st Addition) for $2500 half cash and haLf in 6 months with 10 per ct. int. The pui^chaser is an officer on Hannabl & St. Joe H.R. next under Meadj do not know his namd and have left i.t b.lank. i;; R, 0. ®azard to ^en. Dodge, Peace Dale, R. 5;- 'V Yours Of 29th ult, waited my return today, i am much l obliged bjp your attentior^ to my last and got .a copy of your report vfhich.I shall examine with much interest. : v > I" \ In my last I should have said $3 stock for $2 bonds. Last week Opdyke sold it to Cisco,.500 shares U.P. stock at 50, 50t000 for $25000. j X was much surprised that Opdyke sold this as he has very large money means and it indicates want of confidence. I think all thestock offered at that price will be taken at once, its future value for a long time L .%htnkJ»iJ.i depend u]^n the board elected next month. With a little pluck a board may be elected of honest, efficient, reli- .able men known such «ad with the phblic Confidence. I think the .stock will rise to pay on the opening of the ■oad, though, or soon after* • ^ 1 r um aeoC . .X ^ I hope to^saai^lR nait .and confer-on this and other..matters, It ww with the t fiows, that I advised you to.hold your stock, but you may Jofiof the probabilities better thanjl^^do. If ygu want money to Febmiary, 1869. :!y3X , ' ifeelp carry the stock please write me at U.P. R.R., New .York, on receipt of this, and I will see if I can arrange for it. The bonds were in demand today in Boston at 98 1-4 and probably about the same in N.y. At this price the loss in selling now would not be much. Lt. John B. L. Skinner to Gen. Dddge, Washington, 6: • '^^bnu I hope I- may be able to avail 'myself of your kindness in the course of the coming suTunier. - ■ 'i. j jto 1 s.Seymour to Gen. Dodge, Ogden,; Utah;' 6 (Telegram) „ .■ •"iWo Please send me few copies Commissioners report; Ex« t>6cj fifteen. i • fil O.Ofl'.'* • ThoSrf B. 'Morris to Gen. Dodge# Ogden, 6 (Telegram) '"o-- rcnoti Commissioners left Salt Lake for Sacramento on Monday last to examine constructed road, C.P. Company; had no maps or pforiles ready. j Jn bo'i ^AJocm.. ^ J, filliecmon to Gen. ^6dge,^TlfsD£s*atch, 6;- i r.- • lot -Jtlrt ■ Mr. House informs me that the Board are not willing tc ' ariow me more thtei fl50 < month and my necessary travelling expenses. There was nothing sAid about the price but I supposed that 15 per ct. of sales would have been as little compensation as .vould have been offered. |l50 a Aonth is rally not more than expenses of living at decently in this country. TSie work that I have had to do has been ^ol^a very disagreeable nature in consequence of the rival towns at ^ ,' •- - ■ '***'» •> '^' February,' 1869. . -fiX Green River and Bea^ Riv^^. ,At Green River several of the v/orst men proposed to hang me for trying to carry out my instructions. I have worked hard and been exposed to all kinds of inconveniences; have paid my own office rent and now the compensation offered me will not absolutely more than cover necessary expenses. Can you not get something^ more allowed by showing the facts tol f parties who control this biisiness? From all that I can hear and can judge from wliat I know, I think Mr. House will not let me havd the selling of the Salt Lake Valley town, where I might make a little money by buying lots of the company. The towns I have sold ^ , Dei {lave^ been of no account and not a chance to make a dollar by specu lation in either of them. Mr. Snyder suggested the propriety of me writing to you and g ttin^ you_ to ask the Board to appoint me Genl. I Agent for the lands In Salt Lake Valley. He was of the opinion , rthat Gen. Agent or Commissioner already appointed would have all jj., that he could attend to between the Mo. River and this plape. If the place could be had and Is worth anything I would like to have it. ^ fWjfcail . u. . Brant to J^odge, De« Moines, 6:- ••J'lir 'v ^ am no hand to figure and bore a man in regard ,to-.posi- , , tions for myaelf, but pex^t mo to say that^ the time is nownhear at to ' hand (to wit, <ttiwn a oMpe^ in administration tEikes placai> that according to agBwwaent between, Itwwsrs. Tichenor, Palmer, Withrow and others tliat I was to receive the appointment of P. M. at Des Moines. I •, •' •*1 . ■ Februfxry, 1869, tfOMndo" - Now I would be very glad indeed to have you aid me in this matter. I think that upon the word and honor of men of honor that I should have it. I also think that you and Palmer can provide for Tichenor so as to make it satisfactory to me and friends of mine. Please write me and let me know what you can flo for me. • Gen. Sm, F. Smith to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 6:- .'u.'v'j will feel greatly obliged to you if you can procure for ■ me the report of the Committee on post offices and post roads on the * ' question of bridging the Ohio river, made during the last session. ' k dont know whether it is a special report on that subject or incorpo- "" rated in a general report. It forma printed "Sen,Kept, Com, No, 186, ^ 40th Congress, 2d Session.2 ■ I have everything in apple-pie order here for work, and only await Mr, Sickels* decision on Cin Oylinders , We have commenced oper ations in our own foundry and shall soon bo independent of Cincinnati swell-heads. We find the*peoplb here very sociable, and living h re yery pleasant; ' • ■ ' - • » ' ^x^'rhos, B. Morris to Gen. Hodge, Promontory, 8i- ' The" d»y after my last letter to you left here. Col. Seymour "^''^eaaie to Brigham City, and after eWMninlng leaps, profiles and estimates '6f tafte 80 and ICQ ft, grade lines went to Promontody with me. He was parts of three days liii*.mfter fHBihnd the, j®..in Xbatures of the work here Returned to BrlgtMua» eeited ineemee^ oi snlimioeoii ^ lio 1 ' .i io iicwaJi-lv q; k...J ev,teee<i oi aar ^ Hria February, 1869. . T~r He instructed me to examine and report to him the amount of money vhlch could be saved in first cost of the 80 ft, line by using 10° curves and 1161 ft. grades as temiX)rary tracks around the hard work.I ♦ • was to take the 80 ft. line as a base and break up the grade using pieces of level or light grades and regain the lost elevation by heav ier grades, none of whicli were to exceed those allowed by the charter of the company. I made such a survey resulting in a saving of $200,000 but a 10° * curve alignment and the maximum grade is 116 ft. per mile unequated. I completed the estimate on this line on Thursday and reported results to Col. S. at Ogden on Friday. Mr. Durant telegraphed Col. S on that daycBking what line could be had by using 116 ft. grade and 10° cruves on the ground over which the 100 ft. lino is located. I told hira(Col. S,) I thought $40,000 could be saved in first cost and 3800 ft. in distance over the 100 ft. line. He then iiistructed me to go and see. I began this morning and expect to com lete line and estimate by Wednesday night. There can be no doubt so far as the engineering questions are concerned but th' t the 80 ft. line is by far bhb best, but the difference in the cost is very great for seven miles of work. The final line of the C. p.Company is a 90 ft. grade with 8° curve and I can find no signs of equation. The plan of the location is the one Mr. Stevenson advocated and was working on when you were here. ... 1 r.ius February, 1869, except they have run around the point through which he located a tun nel, This has ';:iven them more distance and they cross Blue Creek at I, • the same place the 80 ft. line of this company c rosses. The work on -vrC'i ■JX i: their line is v^ell opened and has been pusheci wherever the lines of the two companies approach. In two or three places ivhere there are heavy embankments to be built by both companies the C.P,Company is using up the convenient material for their bank. This will materialI ly increase the cost of constructing the line located by you. They have between three and four hundred men on the east slope of Promonlufli tory and are doing little or no work at other points. A man just in from end of C.P.track says it is 11 miles east of Humboldt ^7ells, If this is true they are making good headway, something near a mile and a half per day. 0 J > -C » Our track is at Slate Cut near Loose Creek being* detained there ^ I by slide. Expected to begin laying today; have 8 miles of ties*down. Jir : . and about 27 miles between Piedmont eutid end of track. Our vork from 3V ' ' • ♦ '' Ogden to Brigham City looks well and is being pushed. One or tw6" r '' I swamps are the only pieces likely tp be*' in the way of track and there is plenty of time to get them out. Work on East slope of Promontory •rwtfo b ^ ■ ibould be under way r:'J r ' '1,. Mr. Eddy told as he had written you fully about special Commission and its movements. Col. Seymour says he wants me as his principal February, 1869 .1 t i'tmFfdie'K assistant and has|telegraphed Dr. Durant asking if he can have me, I told him I waa in your department and would not leave without being transferred or until you did not longer want me, and asked him if he I moved in the matter to have me regularly transferred. He said he would have Dr. Durant speak to you about it. 08*. ; I now have mape showing 80 ft. line ref erred to in this letter and will put on the 116 ft. line I am now running. I will send you copy to New York, : J a •. I * : J. E. Hudnutt to J. E. House, Camp 20 miles east Old's Ferry,8: Not kno'wing the whereabouts of Gen. Dodge I will report •VA O-.* ^ ^ through the Omaha office. a .1: , o' J After completing estimates, maps &c. of 250 miles of line in i. • • . the Oregon branch I pusehd my party into the field ^an. 18 and on the 6th da$ of February we had run 95 miles, and by day after tomorrow shall reach Old's Ferry, and am in hopes of reprting from the foot of Blue MountainsSBO miles from the Columbia River, y March 10th. The n • • . . . . last hundered miles has bemi light grades with good alignment and light work; no rock Wj^a encountered. The Boise and Pazette Rivers as well as the Wieaer have been crossed, and each will require some tolerably m heavy embankments, for one half mile or more, as the bottoms are low and have numerous byona and sloughs. J - ■ "t'"C ^ 1 W l,: ■ . Party all weOLl but a little discontentend withflSO per month 909O t bl » '• . -- J , ' ■ ^ ^ February, 1869. - -J. . -75-* f - ■ - greenbacks, when wages in the mines are f6 in coin per diem. When springs opens Ishall be compllled to raise the wages of common hands, ^ for good men cannot be had at our present rates, where coin is the ^ tWVw . .. i ■ < ' basis in the whole country. •ifl tXwow Please vn?ite me prospects for our branch. Cj ^ woa X J. M. Brown to Gen. Dodge, St. Louis, 8:- k • .. ^ I am' chagrined with the thought of appearing to you as an office-seeker and beg you will not think of it' again; indeed, *^*"l would rather have had a contract by'i^ich'l could earn sometliing at ' business than any office, thou£^ I would have been glad to have gotten a consulate to some commercial port that would pay. na To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 8:- . 1 . The N.W.R.R. came in yesterday; first train for nearly , . . . one week; cuts filled with snow and I gues they must have had a small force to shovel out. •jrflf . • '"! r' , -'-•rt ^ 9*ttB Note. O. H.BDowning to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 8:- Acknowledges receipt of pass over U.P.R.R. X|#f M r „ ^ ^ 0« |#to* T. J. Quinby to Gen. Dodge, Rochester, II.Y. *8:- y^i4mfto4 3^- * Yours of the 8th is at' hand. I am thAnkful for I'lie interest you have taken in my nephew Theo. N.* Vail and am' much gratified at the success of your application in your behalf. I shall at once notify him and also his parents at Waterloo, Iowa, that he owes his i i &B2 February, 1869. . OCX , ft.n; appointmen.t to you»: ilflril flkt Jr»oIffHiito* atX^lMT »i1i ♦«l b In reference to your question about the P.O. at this isl^y, I have nl J- ; only to say that ."bqggars must not be choosers" I want no position ot' ♦fUnder Grant's administration that I cannot fill creditably for out of F ' personal regard for him no less than patriotic considerations I want tha^t administration a complete success and I am honest in saying that I would sacrifice all I have rather than bring disc: edit, upon it. Still is he decides to give ne an appointment I want the best he can conscientiously give me. if he cannot give me some one pf the several appointsmenta in ^ew York City, then the marshalship of Southern Dist. ^ . or that of the Northern Dist, if .the State would be the most desirable of home appointments. After these the collectors of Internal. Revenue for the Diatric.t(2ath) and next, this City, Ih ■ v I am not over confident of getting any officey still I- believe »' that Grant thinks I have fair abilities and certainly as iiiu.ch honesty "at least as is possessed by thj average of officials under the present administration, . {1 ' Perhaps in no office in the'gift of our National Executive is there so nnioh corruptic8ji.and chance for corruption as in the collectorship 0^1^ tile Post of New York, and I do kftoir thai- a large majority a -vr mong the most of coanpetitors for that office are ipersona who would ' i o ui) * 1 i {teve ni < j i»3 i bat' jrCl February, 1869. '.r make the public subservient to their private Interests. Knowing and ,fully apprecia.tijig the difficulties of Grant's position it should be my aim to diminish rather than increase them. Therefore-' I say that in to V any ordinary sense I will not be an applicant for any office under his administration, but will wait for an offer from him, feeling assured toat if he thinks me deserving a suitable one will be offered. . Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 9:-.. rXm c- ■ "tin'.vet .• •jow I p>; J ' Yours 5th .itO Hoxie received this evening; will, send to him i*'M*v<toraorrow* i -i r .iliid -"1 . „ I have been sending you scraps'trith iten^ for a week past as ,'often'as I could get spare time. Enclosed is copy dispatch on Snow, — Lawrence, late(and perhaps now) engineer on construction, 'appears ,' to be mixed up with thoyoutfit. Jt is all rotten. I wont give Snow . IWra. ,a cent in ai^ contingaacy or any contract. He is a thief of the first Hilof /water, and has fallen into the hajada of. the worst thieves on the. road. 'Six iTionths more su<jh<plundering aa wh now have in the Construction Department will kill the institution so dead that no set of men can •I <aave it from bankruptcy. -I want to get out of the concern if the -Holot .Seymour and Read ou fit is to continue in. t • ^3-' My opinion i» that the permanent line between Wahsatch and ^ tJastle Rook will hWt hw completed until middle of April. They ape hav ing very bad luck there in every form. Traciclaying not resumed yet. February, 1869. We are unloading iron, ,tieb, &c. ; at EchoV- --^ending'ties Ix) fr^t^as fast as they are delivered at Piedmont and some still from Laramie. •'lOt'i: Reed has estimated Davis & Co. at least 60,000 more-ties than iblffiy have delivered. He has formed an alliance with them, offensive ftJt and defensive. They are naking all their combination to steal-every el cent there is in the concern, ;l oo' ; ja.uo j Oxt E. Jonas jnato Gen. Dodge, Quincy# Quincy# 9:-":- "I ; .3 ifne. anM I send enclosed a portion of a letter from one of my "Reb' brothers living at Aberdeazi, Miss., which concerns me in a measure. t: If you think it worth attention and can do anything in the premises I shall be under many obligations, though-if it is in the least incon venient I would rather that you pay not attention to it, for I dont like asking favors of Government at best; it'looks exceedingly like begging, but as my brother seeme to desire it very nnach I thought it would be no particular harm to mention it though I do not pretend to havb any claims upon which-1 base an application for any position, "b-ts do not e#efl' knA# filhether I cda2d fill the positions of either assessor or colleStAr satisfactorily, -The Marshalahip I do not care about; it sounds iob much like constable or policmeui but I presume I am no greater fool than other people and could learn as easily. ,r .'.i » ^ 1 c, r ■ , . L.v » ot I like be'^'p##aint at the'inauguration but times are too infernal dull and I am afriad I«>cant V%ryi#ell afford it ' . ' f- ' . *' ' ♦ i • -T ''iv * • :-v/*:lS-,r February, 1869. ^,(1^ am learning to be prudpnt in my. old age, you perceive.) / tV Tichenor wrote that he would be here on business as Special Agent p. 0. about the loth ^uid ^ am expecting him today or tomorrow. He intends being in Washington at the inauguration. My old friend, ^r.p-en. pretntis, leaves her© fan Washington about the 21st. He expects to get something good; some South American mission, i presume he is very confident and has made all his arrangements to take me with him. "drj-l'll go if he gets his appointment and there's a prospect of my being .able to live on the salary he could obtain for me. ; 'i'. Jo-io 1 have been wanting ^ appoointment in the army, but I presume ■ rtocfcb®- proposed reduction, prevents all that and I expect it is a good ^ lAhing for me for no doubt I'd fihd it so unlike what the army was oduring the war thr;t I'd be glad to get out again. ..n ejUl iA Semeraber am to Mrs. Dodge and the girls. , m Jmi «*" B. Morris to Gen, Dodge, Brigham City 9:- (Telegram)- . Shall I BMke ai.y arrangements to have commissioners meet HarfLiit# Central pasSfic track or leave all to Qov. Stanford? #on fiete: LL# B,;laJS|nfcer . to.Gen^, Podge*. Chicago, 9:- naSMMk I 1 In ralati«5i %p pl^ OX house si^mitted to him and progress on work of bridge, &e« 'Ji' iJj £ n To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 9:- ^ il#.' . oMi,s'ir , I have jhtnt a deed to Hyatt to execute for the remaining : lota In his atditlen*' «• i b l' x*xr4eVtl s. ^ sii rift February, 1869. . ( '^p' W ■ U . f . Cooley to Gen, Dodge, Farmington, Iowa, Qi-'j oetm w ctf iit You have doubtless had yoxir attention called to this line of road, its importance, the aid it would give to the devolopenent of ^ ^ ^ the resources of Southern Iowa, and the important link it would be ( in connecting the road East with the one from Pacific Coast. A * ' * •: « - glance at the map will show that this entire line is identical or (, rather is a part of the line from Logansport, Indian and Nebraska m'j .City. J. L. Williams to Gen. Dodge^ Ft. Wayne, 9:- ,<l fil " r. Ikhe report of Southern Pacific R.R* lines ^ on 35th and 56th paralxels. In hastily glancing over Gen. Palmer's report I was struck with the inferiority of the line in comparison with ours except in the sr.aller amount of snow and perhaps somewhat greater feritility. "^e grades are higlaer and the aggregate ascent greater. This indeed W:(^.«iight expect from the greater depression of the Colorado in c.oniparison ^th Green River where we cross it, except m'M the greater depth of snow we probably have the best route; possibly jthe Northern Pacific may teat us. I shall very carefully study this .-r report, I now lack only the prtoted-regoqt of the Northern Pacific. I see by th# P^aips that the 1st of June is thoprobable time rosd. I woul^ like to so through then to California fi. jand possibly tftke ay wiff.^^iilill you go.,pn the first trip?3jj„ ^ eiiin.. : ' t. UiA a i i#! ec —m (wot : ntXtf •Tte^ eiiin.'. , ' r. Ui& February, 1869. I"hope to be at Washington a few days before the inauguration. •rrJI Little seems to be known about the Cabinet. Tell me if you know who is to be Secretary of the Interior. ^ ' You have not advised me about writing to Oolfax as to Wilson of Iowa,' I suppose, of course, that he will go in. Let me hear from yoa I suppose that Blickensderfer suid Warren are on the C.p. now, "ft' seeras not only from their report but from what I leam from the late Master Machinist, who is no.; our Master Machinist here,- that the Kansas Pacific is the poorest built road of all. Please send copy of report of U.P.R.R-. Company sent in answer * ''to Resolution! ofWJ- '..ilJa.. Note: Fred H. BiPcyWn to Gen. Dodge/ St, Louis, 9:- ilAdwMIO# hAcfwMIO# Svi. Wants position. position. Sec, - MJtv Ati if Porte, 9:- - 1 ^anta to bo D.S.Marshai of Wyoming. • - .ftmn Brown to Gen, Dodge, St. Louis, 9:-* ofco*»<AloO oxU XXtfAMOif J Oant you buy my farm and wont you? I did not think to ask ' ^thid^ '(JulJrftlon in nvy note ©f yestOrday* I need not tell • * you that it is a good investment. You kftow the location and advan tages of marketi A0»^ Property has increased greatly since you were there, Mr, Van Horn sold his farm adjoining-mine and not worth near as much for |?5 per acre. The 40 acre-lot lying between me and the Tillage (city now) once offered me for $50 per acre and which Annie February, 1869, asked me to buy for her in 1862 has been divided up into one acre btti dwelling lots and sold at $400 to $500 apiece. A. tier of lots across Xe, the north end of my place could be disposed of in the same way at fair •Vl/-plaices say $300 a piece or upwards and the balance of the land in creased in value, I will sell it to you for $25,000. I will .see after it for you v/ithout charge, ,It will be worth $35300 .on less than five :: years. Think and answer. ■_ rwj. ; iMMto J A C. Hubbell to Gen. Dddge, New York, 9:- •i toJ Mrs, .Habbell is determined to witness Gen, (grant's inaugu ration* and proposes to leave for V/ashington the 2d March and be there on the 3d. Will you please engage .a room for her? , I .cannot go, • fuH rm W. Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, lOs-., i,>:anfr a" I , Think they will commence laying track again today'and wil not be delayed again this side of Ogden. Am sending ties to_front as fast as they are delivered, Nothing new f rom .%iOw since yesterday , .'5 tWi ,1. Hoxie to W. S«0<ier, Wabsatch, iij^ stuoT "tai lie Looked over Soho.today; about 260 cars iron, 15 of splices, e-t 3 bolts I 8 spikes 92 ties besides 6 miles distributed. Plenty of all kinds of supplies except h^ir^ . Casemewt trying track today; will strike the sharp .curve %®ri^Prow probably, it io 12 degrees of trestle work and 21 degrees %xi worst (,j;)^fe. Casement pro^^xjses to use tie _ switch bare on It and to guard rail also. February, 1869, <0OdX «nt®« ; Weather warm today. Snow melted under ties down 'Echo leaving track in bad shape. • Have directed Warren to cover track with men and tlf't malce It safe. Shall also give proper orders to put one or two gravel -trains Bear River bridg© to Wahsatchj those I consider to be our salva • tion. We must now give them ties and a few spikes, ' n To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council ^luffi^^lX:- J. II Yours about ehest silver received,' ■! have ordered to house today, _ r , ' - - i , . -flJMNfi a' Have -been sIcTc with a bad cold for a week. • eVMil 9^ tn': Gas works will be built under recent charter X)y November next, • cr fThoS. B. Morris to Gen. Dodgo, Brigham ^ity, li>- 'I . . f Commissioners have complete map and profile of our line, i ' Eddy s&ys th^t Governor Stanford agreed to ss® i-o outfit, &c. I will aeet tlWte keeping my party ready to make any investigations they may i 1 V ■ desire, • ^ Duff to Gen, Dodge, NSW^ork 5'-i Yours relating to Burlington River railroad stock iWb «l*#<>eived on my return home* and I have seen all the large - ' holders of tA^^stook and they say there Is n® price for it; that there has not been a sale for a long time. One of them sa d that he tought •Mfc jjt would be it' thing-at about forty or under, i think it would do to buy at that, and I telegraphed you today t® hu^? ^oint account at . ria ii 'im Maigi •! #1 IH» awl jMIwc. . ■fr- . " ' ■* ■ h ■ February, 1869 ^ . . UX ^ that price or less, I will make fu ther inquiries and write you again , in a fww days • . , . ^ • - ' ■ ' ^r^S.- 'uar- '' leam from Ames that you are having a big fight with Browning • and the Central, but I feel confident that you will head them off. I trust you are looking after the subj ct of our directors. I tmean the Government Directors, What I think we want for the great in terest of the road is some first class men of standing and who will give confidence in its management. What we want is that the public * should have confidence in the directors, exs that will have a good effect on our stock which is a really important matter to us large stockholders and all others that are interested in its security :t'3b.N9 Orf J. Duff to Gen, Dodge, New York, 11(Telegram) • w r , ' Give 40 on joint account. What is asked? iMftotnoi i» r- < -rawlD T. S. Bent to Gen, Dodge, Salt Lake City, 11: ,, , Elko Feb. 6th. Work's been going slow last two days on account delay of material, 40 cars came to end of track today. Small « pox has broken, out among the Chinaman. End of track reached Humboldt Wells last night. ^ , -liseoc #• ■ r Mrs, Carrie Chenowlth tp Gen. Dodge, Richmond, Va, 12:- Recent letters inform me that an application has been sent to Washington by my husband's friends in Massachusetts asking Gen, I - Grant to give Mr, Chenowith a foreign appointment. The document is now in tl^e haudp of ^r* Sumner who^ 1 tmderstand, is to present it next February, 1869, IMHi. Cjo'zi Sa /.J XXtir I month. The paper asks for ah appointment to Italy'or some other genial climate, and the reasons given are that Ivtr,* Chenowith*s health and entire property, also my property were sacrificed in the country's cause; that he is a man of undoubted ability and that the country owes him some substantial recognition. ' You Imow something of my hu'dband's war record, and paper bearing your endorsement show me the high estimation in which you held him as ' I - an" officer. His subsequent career has been entirely successful, the I past three years having been passed in Massachusetts in official pos ition until failing health forced him to resign and seek the benetits of a milder climate. t 1 ilacj'. The object of my letter,^ benoral^ request you to endorse Mr, Chenowith's claims to the appointment cal ed for, by a personal interview with Gen, ^rant if you are in' Washington, or if not, by a letter placed in Mr, Suxnner's hands to'be presented with the applica tion. JiXo: r TThis proposition was made by Mr, Chenowith's friends without his knowledge and intended, if successful, as a*pleansant surprise. * ' * Hoping you will'grant my request thereby rendering the dndorse- .tnat ment strong as possible, •fief' ^ ^ „ ^ C S. i ear . Durant to 0». Dodge, Kdw York, 12 (Telegram)^ ^ ' i-il b . djJ- .'X. cvX, oi i Coiae on Saturday night. IjMin Diirant to Gen. Ifcdge, "^Telegreim)'''' February, 1869. .,r * ' ■- .1 t » Can you be here tomorrow? Bring map of Promontory Point with you, Answor. , ,J.3.T s. Bent to Oen. Dodge, Salt Like Oity, 12:- / ^ Elko Jan. 30th. Work continues same-they average 2 miles a day. , Jan. 31st. Heavy snow storm yesterday; snow fell 2 inches here 12 ft. in Sierras. 30 cars iron and other material passed today en route to end of track. ,, ^ ^ - ooiirt ^ laying 5 miles a day when they get r ^ ^ behond Humboldt '^'ells. I think it all talk. 5 Feb. 2nd. Making strong preparations to lay 5 miles a day after 10th; say they will be at Bear River in 60 days, I doubt it. The following Government Gonimissioners are here: Frank Dennes, ^^ol. Henley, and.Ex-Gov. Bigler. ). J. • ■ i-a ^ miles today. Gen. Supt. Crocker came to end m e-itrack yesterday and stirred up the tracklayers with a sharp stick; l^fm told t^em they raust do better or leave the road. I believe they will reach Monument Polpt ^ 40 days from date, perhaps a few days sooner, yhey are sending things here now-20 cars iron came to front todayy/ •noUal*: Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 12: ^ I encloee a dispatch received from Hoxie last night. It givei situation at front in brief. I ^ sending ties to the front as fast fc Co. deliver ti:e». • lo endl ■ . Bnow. GovU Director was at Cheyenne yesterday, will be here tUfi' 'i J ^ - . ■ 't '1 February, 1869. •iMtf «VI«inrf0H , ^ i- ! • . A ^ Ji -r tomorrow P. M.; dont think he made the coal'contract'work, T.C.Durant to Gen. Dodge, New York, 12 (Telegram) t O Mdoni Are you to be here tomorrow? Sidney Dillon to Gen, Dodge, New York, 14'"(Telegram) some wordc. T I dont know unless he wants you to* change loca*tioh en :a. 1. .i't Sv- 'C',. . C. Durant to Gen, Dodge, New York, 13 (Telegram) I telegraphed you some time since nort to 'send instruction West without first submitting the same to "me. You are away from the ■f" " work attending to ICDther business and are not sufficiently posted. If you cannot find time to report ^ere "'I shall of necessity be ebi 1 fTofi t.rk aiirtAriAaHA Vmi - / . OlXCl liged to supersede you,^ ' ■ ^J. G, Casement to Gen. Dodge,'Echo City, 13:- ''® tm oJ II. 0 : ' I arrived here'from Washington in five dayS all right, D?j< Mdl Jr has started for home but id snowed in at Aspen, The weather here is Xl|W ■; S- . good. Have laid the track around the' iirst tunnel west of here and I j will reach Ogdon by the 5th of March if we osm get ties fact enough. Y ) Reed is out on the road looking after things generally, so that SeymoTir may not have'to rupture himself by over exertion. That ■viG J1 . , vo - I Maor is all I know about the road at larg^^ ysij'f nr 1 ' ■ Now letiao ge't my glmblet and'bore 'for a friend, 'iK' fierce, brother of the Ex-Suveyor Gen, of Colorlftdb,' tte will be an applicant J r. \ . ■ for Surveyor Gen, of V/yomlng, and as'lie wfta with hib brother during February, 1869. .CTrr ,^-r -x , his whole term of service, he is well qualified frr the place besides being a republican of culture and high character. A boost to him rod<^ without laming your own arm will be duly appreciated by those who love you for the good whisky you never lose the key of. , ^ W. ^yder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 13:- . ^ Please show this to no person until publicity is given my ..j report in New York of operations for '68, • , , , , y^At rates allowed by N.Y.Office (1 1-10 per ton per mile fo]^ »a*-. • • f ■ ^ -^freight) the contractors business cost me in 1868 $1,410,473,34 more than I was allowed to charge tliem. This, of course, is not fair. 1^ . Including Contractor's business at rates allowed I cannot, of course, make a decent showing; but charging that at actual cost and no more, I show operating expenses about 41 per ct. Have done very lage amount of free business during the year for Company,, which will be ^ wiped out as soon as road is completed. Thinlc showing is good^^^/ tit I'ote: G. B. Bailey to Gen, Dodge, Elkhorn, 14:- • • .> 1. Gives a history of the farm at Elkhom, stock &c. .. "iii# , tt . J. 0. I!udnutt to Gen. Dodge, Camp on Burnt River, 14:- • . ,: . , , ' ^ i -n t The past we^k has given us three days of stormy weather which delayed me seriously and then I had some trouble with a summit between Old's Ferry and Brunt River which I found nearly 600 ft. above Snake River with a short approach on both sides, and I found it would require 80 or 90 ft. grades with heavy work. Hence I crossed February, 1809. Snalce and continued another line down that stream 6 miles from 01d*s Ferry and crossing the Snake seeing into the mouth of the Burnt River Canon. Here I left my line last night (Saturday 13th) and abou two and a hair miles will bring me up to the Miller's Ranch. The distance across from Olds Ferry i& 5 milbs by our present line, will be 8 at least but with light v;ork and easy grades. A very good article of coal is found in the ^nake ^iver hills near"Olds ferry, the vein is said"tb be from two to three feet thick. It ftiay "beeolne valuable in "this place in connection with the use of the * little steamer on the River. There seems to be 120 miles of good river navigation from Olds to the Owyhee Ferries. The frost is just ^ * leaving the ground and the roads are the worst possible. - Burnt River is Very* crooked and badiy land locked but by frequent crossings a tolerable line can be had. JiliitiJtU' t " Two of my party left for the mines Where they are* ge^'t'ing $6 per day in coin. At our present rate of pay ($50*in*greenbacks) it will be difficult to keep men, and I wrote forlhstruc ilons upon this subject. In fact, clothing*,' boots, A:c.' is very high^ and'at coin i^tes. '1 shall continue to S^'eport as' often as" once a week. Distance run '37^miles. ■ ' - ' ' w ' '^x.: ♦ it 0. Sickels to GSn. Dodge, a'biO 41 jurtt/oK 1 X>itA , ^ have not written tO ' ou fc/t* the last tvfb %*^ej£a^yi® since I aeno ^ h,:i .41 .^0 OC khKm ■r,: February, 1869. .r-n; .we commenced doing something on the bridge, supposeing you would come _> to Council Bluffs directly after the adjournment. Your brother on Saturday told me he thought it likely you would be detained some time :■ in New York, and I will therefore hereafter send you a weekly report •V of the condition of the work and oftener if anything of especial . interest occurs. 'i. Mr, Duff requested me towrite to him relative to. Mr. Boomer's ability to case the cylinders, and also^at the time of commencing the work of sinking them, with which request I have complied, . • On Tliursday the column (No, 1 Pier 11) was hoisted into position and was sunk 2 ft, by use of sand pump. The next day the cap was bolted on and the air exhausted when it^sunk 16 ft, in two operations about half hour in all, Saturday tho sand pump visls again used and another qection bolted on, ready to resume sinking today, , ,j nocu iiv. . •. So far everything seems favorable for a rapid prosecution of the work* Today, howevor, the thermometer is below zero. The ferry-boats are running but it is feared the ice will stop them,. The temporary t ; bridge ie takena up, piles included, aUt %*ttv It, ^Mr, House^goes West today, _ •nwo^ eeV •iKilKtn i Wt, : B«<M»Hhiwe#».4#r,(;Jen» Podge,, lew York, !$»*.; ^ ^ 'I thank you most eordially for your kindness and courtesy in r.ti^ndlng me the pubXi« documents. I read with great ineterest and profit, the report of the Union Pacific Railroad. Your name, of Chief February, 1869. Engineer and a projector of tlii^ road, one of the most stupendous en terprises ot eithen ancient or modem times, will be handed down to future ages. .. c.rt e n ' I received a few lines from t!rs. D. the other >• day in which she state she is doing tolerably well. I hope yoii both will do well if not come over after the #th and I will see if we can not do something'for you." ^ •' ■ • V M. Eddy to Gan. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 16 (Telegram)-'''' •h" Did you get my telegram 13th inst? - iiJtcnf <Klni fote: J. T. Baldwin to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs,' 16: ^ * In relation to account against Geoj- E. Spencer.'-' B($(iy to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 16: jjti fcsiw . ^ returned here from the north last night, 'having been up looking-after the claims mentioned in yours of 24th ult. - 4 lo . V I find that tftS^qfiiaBter sections cornering on 36 have all been and^all ooottpted and improved but one. The S.E. of .26 claimed but no occupant on the ground*^ - Am here nattu?ally doing nothing, waiting orders to go ahead with the town. Parties that come to.buy and locate are going away every day tired of waiting and becoming discouraged by hearing the rtimors that are alolt purporting to come from "R.R.Men" Salt Lake papers are full of tlMHiVo •'laarnlng from R.R. officials higfl^ An authority &c .rsJSn 'iJf Y 'liijLii i*i :K.t M Jh' - „r »• ' ■ ''I .r * /' t •• ■.A ./•♦'. " V-i- - '•"■ ■ February, 1869, .0#dX J'jait' that the Company did. not intend to make a town. Lesirning by telegraph ' v that Brigham'a offer ]:Kad bee.i accepted, &c, &c," . -Ctrl; : Eastern houses have had agents here waiting to eatablish Branches arid to leam something definite, and the class that the company must •i' > look to for support are clamorous for a Gentile town. A rumor to the effect that-the C.P.R.R. Company ^aue loqating a town .at .Bear River ; crossing is attracting consi derable.attention among the merchants here, f'v'. . ■ I am certain that if I could have tlirown the town into market trtHC 0#h«n it was first laid off that the sales would have exceeded $30,000 ^ by this time and that the Company are losing mpney faster than they I realize by waiting for the track, that is if the present site is ever :m V accepted, I have carried out all of my instructions to the best of my ability, keeping Mr. House fully posted. The last received dated o; ' Jan. k;7th was "CroM Section each eligible site between Taylor's X"Mill and Station 1000," This I have carried out by cross sectioning 01 the entire llnCV f Could not consider any point eligible, compared • with present site. X asked O'lTeil to send his views with the notes, i-which he did over two weeks ago, I telegraphed you from Ogden the 13th inSt, not knowing but that instructions by mail had been delayed. Have re^eilPid no answer yet. .,ri ;)0t t %ave received encouragem^t whatever-or even asked for advice 'from any ef^ihe gentleftae oojsabcted Srith the Construction Department, ::l eeloa t-voi nSJ u ic w s set w .i j, .vur'jdyL*uk._ February, 1869, ictf'-: ; and have reason to think that they are very much disinterested In what I have done, or interested in what I have not done. p.a.lD;!. ■ i hope I may be able to carry out yotir wishes to your satisfaotion, but being obliged to go it alone here, I may have erred in ®''- ;judg^r.ent. -iool •t ^ ^ L. S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 16:-. 'i - Elko, Feb. 11th. End of.track is 8 miles east of Rumboldt . J»:r'.^ell^» Laying a little over 2 miles a c3^y. ^ . ■ P'X>»i.>€v Let'."Been sick 4 days and could not write during that time. 40 cars '' fron and ties passedd here for and of track. Weather cloudy and warm, i, p. i l/^Thos^ B. ^orrl§ to Gen. Dodge, Brigham ''ity, 16:- m M %> jo'» ? lU Enclosed please find letter from. C.P. Laugh^»idge the youn' '\ '• X©.H loan whom you wished me to hunt up, .< ; . "j.: e'lvi When I last wrote you I had examined the gnound over whiuh the tfttl'60 ft. line is located With reference to alterations for temporary benn tracks. I was then directed to examine and repojpt on a line with 10 curve and 116 ft* grade. I continued the line,which I had run for 1 temporary track under your direction to the flats and connected it .Lexw;with the 80 ft, line* Reeult was saving of $100,000 i^ cost and 3300 feet in distance over the 100 ft. grail,f_lin as reported to you, •oJhrl ii 'I I inquired-i^iffa the apceioal commission was and found they wer tiffilw San Praneisco^ and that Col, Williams could not leave there on account of business Cor a week or ten days, I have all notes in my February, 1869. hands of the Promontory surveys. Mr. Reed has nothing but the notes tiie located 60 ft. line, , , , , L received two telegrams from Dr. I^rant about line over Promontory. One directing him to put forces to work on the line * ■ 1 .. 4 Ij ^described and recommended by Col. Seymour which is the 80 ft. line j^.-with alterations (116 ft. grades and 10° curve) the other that the I grading must be ready for the track in 40 days. itotS an! I have received no orders from Dr. Durant to turn over notes to j anyone, Neither. Mr. Reed nor Col. Seymour are willing to direct me to turn over notes, eoid so I "hold them for further orders" as directed •,_..by Dr., Durant. ^ , '19 h-'kr eg Gen. Kurd and Mr.. Maxwell both being away from their line, I went over tlie lino from Brigham City to the Salt Rlats, near Monument , Point, with Mr. Reed and returned today. The work from Station 3550 « , to Monument Point, is almost completed. A good force is at work from to 3400 and Maj*« Bent sent his forces which had been working f. west of 3500 to the East slope of Promontory today. He will have about 3; 0 men and 100 teams At woric on the east sloP®. In addition • • • w O All) 1 these forces most of McGee's force who have been discharged in * - » ■ . ^ ,Weber Canon are working west and will be picked bp by Besnt. ,♦ Go^^progress has been made from Ogden west and I think there is . nothiag iD the way of track until the Salt Flats are reached between liMC'A n -mm at mm aatt 1,81 at htuoc < .IX mmtrnm .t\ tux February, 1869. Little Mountain and Promontof'y. *I rode over there with Mr. Reed on Sunday; found about 1-4 mile which waa undef a foot of water, and a mile and a half which is very soft and away from any high ground where "material might be borrowed. Although it is the very worst season of C • ' the'yQ^r for work upon these flats, yet that work can be done and done in tine to prevent the track from being delayed if it is taken hold of now and lUshed by men who will not talk all the time against the possibility of doing the work. Mr. Reed says there is no question in his mind but that the material will stand*and will make a good road-bed. i Mav A . . .. The Central Pacific Company have about 600 faen between Odgen at^g^ * Monument Point; are doing good work on Promontroy and*have opened all jjf the rock cuts. More men are going daily to them. Since Commission went west their force has been multiplied by them. They have some fltD'X ^ Salt Flats both east and west of Promontory yet to do. * . I have just received the following from ^.F.Reed: "The following e v . telegram Just received." 'Let Morris take charge of constjmiction on ^ ^ I ' ^ eastern slopa of Promontory' Signed s.B.Reod. I will start work and go to meet Commissioners. I wrote Col. Seymour telling him I did not think the 80 ft. modified line could be co pleted in 40 days by t, S'i'. ' any force the company could put on the work; also that the 80 ft. line as far west us station 2898 aould be done in that time. That the 116 ft. temporary line could be from 2998 to 3256- that it could^^ February 1869. .. g'711 . ."i^elT be finished in time and that the xjost would be for grading about i |59,000, and.length of temporary about 5 1-2 miles; and that the work done on the temporary tracks around heavy work on 80. ft,, line, end which would be thrown away when line was completed wpuld amount tO: fully. $50,00^ . . : - v-f t:; , .'0 *3vc. .. W. to. Gen. Dodge San Francisco, 17 (Telegram) , As Senate Committee report against aid to Branch, I. suggest by proviso to some bill or. by resolution, your company obtain right to purchase 150 township in Idalio, Oregon and Washington to aid constaniction with right of immediately ication either surveyed or unsurveyed and no restrictions as to selection. This controls the grcund and other valuable points 30 inches on pass 1st. January. . >i Ji, It, Eddy to Geh. Dodge, Salt Lako city, 18 (Telegram)! No instructions relative to town since January 27th. Every thing at. a s,tand-still. Am waiting for. orders, to go ahehd,. : t-.C" Snyxlor to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 17;- f-vrr: •»« » Hoxie telegraphed laat night from Echo as follows: "Detained from end of track. The. temporary line around end of tunnel No. 3 is hard one to operate laying ties in the ice and snow and cannot lay rtOAftore than one mile a day. It will take 30 days to roach Ogden." oj • r • I have iron at Echo to lay track beyond Ogden. Am taking ties there as fast as Davis and associates deliver at Piedmont &c. Plenty of spikes, splices, &c. on the ground. Have at Echo at least 1000 v' February, 1869. .C^^3X tons supplies for men and animals. ' f i fiS tciB ocrJr rt :»rf : Have had terrible storm for fou'r dayfe ^ast Hillsdale, to Quaking Asp; regular train still blockaded west of Ehcyenne, but weather - i. moderate today# ' ' -c r-JiW oiilX rio: •Is !dw Snow, Govt. Director, will be here today from Pheyenne. Send my report for *68. to Mr. Ames this morning. Am. not ashamed 4''*. Lof it if they will allow me cogt for Contrator's business. If. Davis to C. T. Durant, Echo, 17:- . ciw* i xcf -mff km oJ 1 mean thisT' The report to Ay J.^^Avill be damaging to your - .interests. He has been closeted with Lawrence and fully advised* Contract throiigh me or any one else for his benefit entirely changes ^ atters. You must use your own Judgment if it is necessary. If you are independent of rapbrts# Ujrill do nothing otherwise. Instruct ftonfco Me Ifith p®wer to arrange for you. Answer yes or no^/ J..'Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. DocJge, Lacramento, 17:^ We leave here, for, the East in the morning. I mean ^en. Warren, Mr. Montagatf and myself, Williamson will follow in a day or « two and overtake us (bilfare we cross the sierra, ;o tm V-f I have collected considerable information here and will endeavcr io gather more, ntft specially pertaining "tP this Comraission, but which aiaay be interes-tlng to you. 1 Bhall write but little xintil this investtsatfcon has been closed, except to Inform you at, intorvias of our movQoi®nts, I ♦inoline strongAy t« think my nonnectKin wlthtljis .r< . K K • February, 1869. ,-r; Commission is not well liked, although I am very courteously treated. Keep me posted at Salt Lake and at Omaha on everything of ^ interest. . vj .A. ! ■- miMAO- e J. B. Beard to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 17;- T-aj : nffi - _ I have been out in the country buying some horses, and »WfiFf , found a team that I think will suit you. They are young and sound as U .far as I can judge. They cost you $475. I drew on N.P.Dodge in your ' name for them, I had bought several pair for myself and was light for cash or,should not have drawn, as you had said nothing about the . ' u . C" money. -if"": . JJt' ti« rtr- Joorr; J. H. Eddy to Gen. Dodge, ,Salt Lake, 18 (Telegram) • 'i w J I am ready to sell. Parties are waiting to buy, I was ordered to wait decision as regards site. Have not heard direct from Commiss oners since they went weat*j|^ Jftaw aro^ m' Brm J vfi &1M Oiti!. J'RB.. ' ' fis ©V + J 1o IMV Grant's elected, and I am determined to^ put ©iv the jQiiast amicable face ossible and make the best of it, fondlyr hoping and basing ay hopes in groat measure upon your opinionJipf that he will prove a generous lord «nd master if not a friend and brother. Eddie, have you any, influence with him, or have you any .friends of influence who have influence over him? Now dont imagine that I aa after anything and ^would profit by tt^e^ c^rowning of a Caeser m February, 1869. whose crown I battled hard to withhold, for I have no favors to ask of the powers that be or are to be, far from it. This is what I am thinking 'bout. This is one of the best revenue districts' in the country and an elegant place to live and T want you to try' and obtain the appointment of assessor or collector under the new President. Gen. Grant has frequently of late expressed hi s determination to fill every post of that Icind with good and tried soldiers rather than risk a nev; era of peculaton, and I believe your military record will go a long way in securing you a good position. As Assessor your salary would amount to about $6000 and as collector dit would in the allotted percentage foot much more. . .. ^ 'Now dont turn up your nose at the idea and say you are no pollI. ticia : and all that sort 6f thing; neither is Grant a politician, and he does not want to fill the posit ons of trust throughout the South with any but conservative and honest man, who are not by cliques and caucuses. Anbther fine opening here is that of U. S. Marshal for the northern district of Miss; a post worth 5 or 6 "thousand a year «nd with but little to do; the present Marshal, Maj. Blevines is a citizen of Tennessee and a particular friend of mine but M he is a devoted friend of Johnson's and is personally o-dious to Grant, he will not, of course, make any effort to retain the post. Do not let the fact of" your not residing in the State deter you. We February, 1869. expect all Federal officeo to be filled fromt abroad.iel>^pi|l 1 /1^\ - Jas# A« Evans to Gen. Dodge, Laramie, 18:-. ' «tyO ^ We are snowed in here, having iiad but two trains froni the j Eagt and none from the West in six days, _ I started for Echo last Friday (l2th) smashed up between Wyoming and Cooper s Lake and had to return. There is not muqh prospect of our getting away in several days yet . I am afraid that we are going tb Jhave some trouble from f l.'now on until Spring. . ra • - '"b'S: -C. . Do you know who will be Governor of this new territory? 'I hope whoever it may be he will have sense and judgment enough to make this point the capital. If this can be done it will be Qf advantage to the town and I think you will agree ^ith me in thinking that it is the Ijest place. I believe, too, that the fulmre will demonstrate that this is the proper point from wiiich to operate-the U.P.R.R. It is so long that some point about equal distance from its terminus will be the proper point for the'Oenl, SupderintednCt and staff. As I have-not been able to get West I know no|,hJng about how the work is progressing. Ae soon gs I .do guccecd in getting there will write you. . .ei'. iMHQPNMt) tl «o4tet •• •Mft Ji •« February, 1869. ^0081 .TWWrwMl*: ' W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, 6maha, -ISf ILl iMMpMi Our Government Director, Snow, came in last night full of ®1whiskey ^nd surrounded by an additional lot of dead beats. He is at the Co2sZ6ns House this A M. talking loud about the wretched road, &c. Ihave not gone to see hiit because I will have nothing to do with such a crowd. Think he will go East today. Weather warm here but storming terribly west of Chsyanne. Road blockades there for nearly a week past. From Bryan west we keep train moving and get iron and-ties to end of track faster than needed. Think our Mo- River Bcidge will not stand this weather, more than two or • '-^three days more, ^ i Ji •9 • L r 1 i e.,J H. Hoxie to Snyder» Echo, 19 (Telegram) -ri-o' . . .-About ten thousand yards of slide,at mouth oi Weberj will o«piK)batiy -traok-laying some» They will try a temporary line around-1 ^^ed gone down ito it, r J u , J r rtoX W. S*yder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19 (Telegram) f^^ff tdl ww#f $m- !' Enclosed Juet received, S.S. and S.B.R. are saving money out there ty reducing slopes* Will have plenty.of rock and earth slides after a while on their lAto grading. . X eiltr sick. Please telegraph ns prospects for March meeting as I am getting iL, M. Hoxie to W, Snyder, Echo, 19 (TelogramJ 988 769 ■ T Jfl ■¥ W^' S Si ti >' , f j/ ?l < I ! y r February, 1869. ip _ ■- j . »" "-X . . .'. .iC'S I Read and Seymour here; say they can get around slide on 20 degree curve. Grade to Ogden and Bear River mostly out, they say. I have directed Hopper to keep road open at all hazards Piedmont or * Wahsatch. Must get ties and timber. If this snow storm continues they cant haul ties from timber. Snow 5 ft. deep in woods. Plenty, of all supplies for man and bea^t here except hay. Synder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19;- ■'3 • . tf "£ sJL'f (Jno. M.) writes Gov. Butler that he is, offered posi tiop as Secretary of Interior imder Gen. Grant, and will take it if he can name his successor for the Senate. Butler has promised the appointment to E., ^.Taylor. Taylor will withdraw if the road wants • the position for their own man as he can get an appointment as Indians Commissioner or A^ent of some kind in v/hich there is more room „ _ for operations provided that the road vrill cone down some $5000 or 4 ♦lo ,000 for Gen. B, who is used up financially, Mr. Frost is very anxious for the appointment, JM.T, dont want him but the funds would probably securd it. I c£in hardly believe that Gen, Grant will give T, the Interior Department, but politicians here take it as fact and are working on it. I have taken no action as yet, • « « Wi^h you would telegraph me what you think of programme and whether it . t r\ ^ iwould pay to invest $5000 or more to secure the appointment of F. • . .-'w.'q o2 Si '" S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake ^ity, 20 (Telegram) February, 18G9. .6381 Track fifteen mi*les east of Humboldt V/ells on 13th inst. Laying two arid a half miles per day. " . . - o ■ w. Snyder to Oen. Dodg , Omaha, "so Yours 18th came last night. I will give the Repdblicans some of our prfnting. Have giVen the HerSTld none for several'months; have V,. . ' been getting it done by a job printer who works cheaper "and gets up - • C r .■ '-r . . his work in better style, " . , - . o We are havin' an awful snow storm froiil Laramie to R awlins. cuts *, ♦ drift full as fast as Ve can 'shovel them out. Am working every man and engine but prospects ard poor this morning L. W. Ross to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 20:- ^ aa K' tryenor, Esq. will leave hero on Monday for Washing '•V ~'ton. ' He"goes hoping to secure the P. 0.' at this place. - I wrote you on the 28th ult. on this matter but receiving no answer I condludod that my letter not received. ' ^ » - yqu Qan Inftrience •yfiifi matter to soine extent at least. In my ' jud^ent Mr. Treynoi-^As ttttth^capabilltiy and honosty; then if any one ine our midst can cldim a "local Of flea <5n'the* ground of meritorieus service I think he can. I do riot know, however, that he bases his claim wholly on the fact of past service to the party, yet we as a party, if we act tfl ely , will f«^ward the active men of our party with the offloea in the gift of the |)artyi If we-fail in this> we will go February, 1869, dawn, Such ic tlie judgment and feeling of the" active Republicans here. « ' -I write this with some knowlodg^ of the friendship whicli has lut'ilieretofore existed between yourself and Maynard, yet with a hope thag ' you .will favor Treynor for the office, ,j - c,, , tuw J, M. Eddy to Gen. I^odge, Salt Lake ^ity, 19:- . n • I am still waiting orders to .locate a new town site or throw the present one into market, having been told by letter and I telegraph by Mr, House that the decision would have to be made in New • • York, -after the"cDoss-section notes had been received and examined there. aior i.'' ^ By the tone of your telagrara received today, i am led to-believe ~ that you were not aware of order requiring me to wait further '-^advice, else orders countermanding it bad been sent me which I never "•■received. The town as laid off received the a pproval of all the ^-business men that I hatte talked with-that wihh to locate, and they are very anxious to go on grehfid, ">* .'Jo * V7ith the many town® on the.road east, as.a precedent, people are ~ becoming posted and are now looking forward for a town which is to be permanent. They are anxious alao to know what inducements they com pany offer; so if the company intend to erect houses, shops &c. I would like authority to tell people so which, would add greatly to j account of sales. I will here mention that the officers at Camp Douglas '•'"V ■ ■ ■ > ■'■ February, 1869. . .d . .y'O: .cn wish me to ascertain if time would be allowed them on lots^*5 Cals..ib Lewis and Reynolds and Capt. proctor have spoken to me aboitt it. *; Bear River crossing is attracting considerable attention, a great many are going there and a to^ ought to be laid off thore soon, else a repetition of-.Gre^ River v?iii be .the result, a prog'e.ct J,s now on foot to organize a company, make and sell out an independent town. I have been offered inducements to co-operate with them, and am told Tynthat Agents from New York are at the head of it. i ' The Government surveys show that a school section (sec. 36) covers - - - , the best ground at the crossing^ but when O'Neii gots up there the f'V lines will be established accurately, : - It has been over threo weeks since I have received any comrauni- ^ cations by mail, iMii the latcgt (27th Jan, from Mr. House) instructed me to wait until I was advisee that the Company had accepted the pres- ^--«n,t site or decided upoa a Iccaility. Your telegram tells me to sell if I haven't instructions to the contrary, (Rest of letter missing.) **** *•* ' ' b. Bent to W,..Si-vyder, Echo, 21 (Telegram) tt<f ot V i: Feb, IStJ^ %he end of C* p. Track was 15 miles east of Ilum- ""Ibcldt Wells ; as laying 2 1"*$ miles per day, 600 ft. trestle bridge near-Cisco was-swept away on the 10th. It is sup posed it will take two wweks to repair it. . oaa : .r i ^ _ m miju tx m 'P' ia v/W yseti mw •ted ilie I .eigfta -'iw February, 1869, A < W, Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha 21:- % tvt: Itm 0mei' " ' . 9 I enclose dispatch received last night from Hoxie. Have some 6 miles of ties ahead yet at Echo and so far hawe takQu them, there as fast ttS delivered by D.S. C,- -They have delivered lately less than one mile ties per day, - , • ti- ^ Advices from Cheyenne to Rawlins this morning very discouraging. Snowing and Blowing fearfully. Several hundred men and 10 large snow0 plows at work, hut cuts, fill up as fast as they can shovel them out. Road open to Cheyenne and trains nearly on time. Cars all at west of Cheyenne as I was able to get freight.over the Black Hills for I 'days when they were blockaded beyond. tnrc £ r ^ c." Change of weathtor here .will give us use.pt temporary bridge some time longer. no et. 4 a .1 Blickensdorfer, Jr« to Gen. Dodge, Sacramento, 21*- ,>1*..r tii. YfQ examined thw road about half way up the western slope of Sierra and retu«Aed to place to spend Sunday, Tomorrow, . '^^itorning we leave again for the eastward; Col. Williamson having ar rived here yesterday even'.ng, completes the Commission, excopt Mr», Clement whom we shall meet somewhere on the line. , i f."" The mono I think of it the more I incline to the opinion that ^ ^after viewing the this commission should pass over the 'Baltimore ft Ohlft Railwiir^t iWhat do ya". think of that? The fact ia» neitier Warren or Williamson havg much personal knowledge of railroad V'' -■ February, 1869 . V work and although not yet full prepared to e,xpr0ss an opinion, I think .the magnitude of the wor kover, the Sierra has been much exagger- •- ated. Much is said of the immense amount of tunnel work &c. It is true they have fi ftton. tunnels but t.hei.r aggregate length is only €600 ft. Now the first road I ever built (in.1850-3) had over '5400 ft, tunnelling on it, in five tunnels three of which were each only a few •^'hundred feet shorter than their longest w'hch alone exceeds each of »-the three; and the last road I was engaged on before I came west, the -Pittsburgh & Stenbruville, has over 5500 ft. of tunneling on it in - less than forty miles, one of which is over 2200 ft long and has an approach at one end over a mile long in rock cutting running gradually ^ ""' from 0 to over 60 ft. cutting. I appj-ghend the single tunnel in the Blue Ridge between Charlott and Staunton in Virginia will or has- v cost as much as all the»tunnels on the.C.P.R.R, put together. - It is no easy Uhiilll for inexpej^ianced men ilike "illiamson and Warren to realize these facie 1i*thout seeing such work, and while the Califomians have dane-good' they really think they have unheard of things, wonders never before eite«ipted which is all a mistake.;^ Please thindc of this atter and write me 4o Omaha. I am not ' disappointed in my views of the C.P.r.r. in general although of course I could have had but a neagre idea of things bofore I came hero and I 'know you will appreciate my reasons if I say I db Qpt like to write much on that subject at this timey. ■■■ February, 1869 ■*I .T The weather continues very fair here since the late storm, and © Pi 4 ^ V • ' riQW that Williamson has joined us I hope that we shall mahe more rapid progress on our way eastward. • ■ ■ ^ A. ■' W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 21:- J •n«riT .r 1. V. t, I enclose copy of dispatch going through tonight. It is rather rich. There are not quite 150 passengers at Rawlins, none of them have been there 10 days and most of them but thbee. Storm has been awful; whole force of men on the division and ^ all outsiders on (could employ has been at work all week. High winds and cuts fill with snow faster than we can shovel out. Advices a little more favorable tonight. Got through Laramie to ^heyenne today and think that part con .be kept open, v v, ^ . Dont know who the signers to the disj>atch to C.P.D, are^ but.. ^ will find out and wJiat figuring for. The ^fording of dispatch induces me to think that some, ;aie^^ connected with the road have had a hand in . . i>ao A, J, Hopper to W, Snyder, Rawlins, 22 (Telegram) U ' 1 • 4 Running nothng but snow trains today. Blewing hard; cuts all full. I leave in morning at 7 A, u, with snow train for Bryan. think will be able to keep road op'en uhlosa storm increases.* Well ' T7 " '; supplied with coal at points where needed. VP JK H. M. Hoxie to ti. Snyder, Wahsatch, 82 (Telegram) Against my better Judgment I let passenger train ^arV from February, 1869 ^LfiPir Rawlins east, having 4 days^^o'visions. Unless you direct otherwise shall not permit any more 'to leave terminal stations Cheyenne to Raw lins. There are plenty of provisions here except beef for 30 days, ht W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 22:- * ' • - Hoxie telegraphs last night: "Snow storm last ni^t stops Casement.' Prospects not good for fast work." . !3l*t Maj. B-ent and LeRoy go to' Salt Lake today ^d will report C".-t>^. matters &c. from there. Bent got $50,000. ' Dispatches from West this morning are mixed but look rather more favorable. Black Hills track clear; snow is hard as ice. Have sent engines and snow plows from east of Bheyenne to help clear Laramie^^'- division. Thermometer at 7 above this A. M. at Sidney, Cheyenne and Laramie 17 below zero. orU J Have about 30 miles of iron at Echo with plenty of spike, pit, plate, bolts, &c. Will keep them supplied if men and engines cah^ open "the road. , Si I i . .. f ( . jj" ^ r, Passenger tra^^ etart.ed oast from Ra*lins this morning, but getting along very slow, . ! \ f- -ilwl liM X. N. Casement to W, Snyder, Laramie, 23 (Telegram) A*' ' j i-- .iiti Must have assistance from the East before Me can do anything. Men all worked out and frozen; impossible to get work done. Am afraid passengers will suffer unless they get ussistance soon. - i -ieiicJ . .. .. . . - A February, 1869. Ho. 2-23: ■.."' •"-1 ' t* ,■ •- , i "Ji .'*;■■? Prospects this M. same as last night; wind blowing very •xol ; . hard. Must have help from the East. What do you think hbout sending men from Omaha? .iL J v> ' - W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 23: I have sent to Laramie for the Antelope heads and will get I ' ■ ' them in as soon as road is clear. Will forward to R.C.notices as you request. H. M. HoKie to Gen, Dodge, Wahsatch, 23 (Telegram) ^ ^ , Shall run snow plow between here and Piedmont and keep road (^$aX B*ofJ . ^ , , open for ties and timber. Started passenger train from here at 2 P. M. all now at Piedmont. Shall not let them go east of Ralinws till some hope of going through. Shall stay here at present to look out for ties .. . X ■ ■ ■ t • J ■ Warren's division in good shape. How are things? 11f* ' Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 23 (Telegram^ ^ _ Vlockade west Cheyenne last ten days. Storm continues severe, 14 U Tttiolt It: - -) 1 'I , . . : ir. . oj -n. . .• «i J. S, |toynard to W, Snyder, Gsurbon, 23 (Telegram) Left passenger train with ttoee engines about two miles west of Simpson, Do not think they will get out fo;* two days. Plowing a perfect gale. They have about 4 days provisions, February, 1869, 'Ciet j|ni»cX B. Mosoly to Snyder, Bitter Creek, 24 (Telegram)' ^ Arrived here this morning with passenger train; waiting for "road to be cleared from Separation to Rav/lins;' expect to leave in the afternoon. Plenty of provis ons here, and passengers all quiet and comfrotable, * ' ier. S. B. Reed to W, Snyder, Echo, 23 (Telegram) ' ^ tttv- ; Ogden. "Shall eant from below'Piedmont 125,000 ties to use West of alBDX B, 'F.Allen to Geri. Dodge, Des Moiries, 2^:- tyA '>1 ait (nI hati X;. Mr, Tichenor writes me that you would like to have some lots *in Atlantic, If such is the case 1 will let you have them so that it ^ will be satifactory to you. When are you coming west? You must post up our good friend. Prank Palmer, on matters and things ingeneral so that he will gdt as good a start as possible, 1 suppose 3)%U are not sorry that yodr time at the (iapital will Sbdn tSb 6ut,'fto tliat you will bo a free man 6n ce more, I, N. Casement to W. Snyder, Laramie, 24 (Telegram) • Passenger trAin west'is betweon Cooper Lake and Lookout, '^orthop with 60 men at Lookout, About 80 men between Como and Rock Creak workinu Sast. passenger train bound east afcoal mines 2 miles west of Sarbon,* fha Mbw that" fell yesterday will not delay. Passen gers end men getting plenty to eat and reported in good spirits. February I 1869 • ♦COBX eX'fliiWWf W-i-Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 24:-» et no:"- Butler didntft reach Omaha last night as expected. "1 Jr. ■ Reed telegraphs me today that he will want 125,000 ties from east of Piedmont to use west of Ogden. This, of course* means from the ^'Laramie River, I will send them if wo get the tie® but it is awfully . f>tirK 'expensive to transport ties 450 miles, ■ £ Wind has gone down., today east of Rawlinsj weather some warmer. • ' (Part Of letter missing,) . I i . w. H. M. Hoxie to W. Sny'der, Wahsatch, 24 "(Telegram) I Bent telegraphs from Devil's Gate that Central v'^acifiS track is on 7th mile east of Rumboldtt Wells,. Wo trains from Sacram ento for 5 days, Snow^ everywhere, 21 cars ties from Piedmont today. jJ' .t 'x; . w, Snyder to Gen, Dd<ige, Omaha, 24:- hJ Yours 22 d received this P. M. xJ «B|»4 BiS My authority Witt statement in'regard to bontraet for buidling the road west of the Ameii^^%ontract is. T,.:; 0. Durant himself. Re told me (on his last visit west) that ho had glvtm the contract to Jas, W. Daivs and that Davis had assigned the contract to the trustees for the contractors. This is straight, t . I?".?' - ■ ' j J ap ^ Have not^ sent copy of my report "to secretary of Interior. J want N.Y, Office to allow me a bettor rate (at least cost) for transportation of contractor's man and material. February, 1869, To Gen. Dodge from his brother, Counoil Bluffs, 24:r . il enclose two deeds, one for you and one for Farnham, whom I presume you will see in Washington. They convey your interest in the CjP.S, & Pacific De ot, Groundp. V V " Middler is an applicant for something wanted m^ to give him a letter to you but I had not time to write. I think him a very good .•man, v;ell adppted to his present business, viz; county and city Assessor, and I would be very sorry to see him resign, that office for any other. I have paid Beard $475 for a^pair of horses he has bought for you Guess he has got a nice pair. ; , yx. Ic„ . » lot oJ-n» Shattuck to Gen,.Dodge, New York, 24s-^o rxl ? o al yojir statement of distances upon the U. P. Line given me some time since, made a-total,^)f 1767 miles, from Omaha to Sacramento as follows: .1 reriwoei b -V. t.'. .--y 'jjcUll)! ^Omaha to JsgMtho nl ^026 j . pi •a fciu.'Mouth, of * »232 x . ^ |gl^ avloQ .** .i: Humboldt. to Saez^unento- • , e.i jati Total #««dE «Jif m) eKJ 'lol oi ■ • ^ ' T • Upon the enclosed |xroof slip Mr. O'Brien has made such corrections (S to put the distance 1721 to SacrMiento, as in former pamphlet. Please inform mo if the table aa corrected by Mr. L'BBien Is correct miJa: . ri}£ Jm) (Wiii -.1. ' w. for the new pamphlet. Lna isea a^noiaa^lnoa lo February, 1869. J' Gen. Dodge, New York, ii4:- rj; „ ^ I have this day deposited in the Leather Manufacturing Bank to your credit $90-being amount Pullman Car Company dividdnd. J. M. Eddy to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 24:- Hearing nothing from yourself on ,'r. House, which gives me authority to go ahead with the town 7 miles north of Ogden, I am still waiting further instructions. , r- - Have learned though various sources that a "To^n Company " has been organized and expect to<^ay out an independent town at Bear River Crossing, and fearing a repetition of Green River troubles I am going up there tomorrow, and will select the best site and have O'Neil lay cut another large town, wich without throwing it into market will - block the "Town Company" game. As i do this without authirty from you,. I can only^hope that it will meet with your approval on the ground ^^that by simjly atakin^jPff the site, making no extra noise about the affair &o. it can at least do no harm. I,am very certain that there will be a demand for lots there. Have had no Eastern mail since 11th inst. and road still blocked. Telegraph news very conflicting, so the doings in Congress are imknown to us all here, but people in general believe that the Junction of the two roads will be established.at Ogden. I mention this fact so if H .'rapj . . i » . tynirrao tZ/M di 1001 "lA^a a!-/ < toQjr ► -' ''li" ' -- J f, ■, .i' February, 1869. •6081 « there is any thing I'have neglected 'to do*'twas because* ithout authority, I was afraid I might go wrong. I will write you from the Bear River Crossing, ■- -j- tt •: oj Note: E. ■ E, Edwards to Gen. Dodge, Charitony Iowa, 84:- Oi,. 60V'* XXli« am In relation to purchase of B & M R R Stock. "Nbto. P. R. Root wants pass over U.P.R.R. &c. T. C. Durant to W. Snyder, New York, 25 (Telegram) er * Send §00 flat cars to Chicago. If ^ou cant send the cars send your resignat:on and let some one mefda^at-o it who can.-' ' *■ ' W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 25:-" yj^ Davis on Feb. 1st drew on Cisco for ^>50,000 through Cheyenne Bank; draft was paid and proceeds deposited by Davis to his individual credit. ^ Above i gcli gOod Source aiid'^'-believe it. -^If Soi^rect i's it ' not rather Confirmatory of the Davis Contract? Cannot facts in relation to this be obtained frora*Clscos? - - -i-Jifis: H. M. Hoxie to W, Snyder, WhSsatch, 2S (Telegram) ' * XXl* nice,.. . , land slide'was fe elow Devil's Gate; will SISfi'S. station ' when liet it. ' ^ ^ ^ ' B. Mosely t%*^.^l&iydor. Bitter Creek, 25 (Telegram) ^ ^ ot Jr . gpjLdger division'clear. Hopper just arrived wi til snow plows from east at 11,50, We start east this rorning. 1002 February, 1869. . H. M. Hoxie to W. Snyder, Wahsatch,;25 (Telegram) Casement telegraphs that he will have to distribute next rjji,. - 2 miles of his with men. That land slide pan be gotten around, per haps out of the way. I cant get station. • fK r "t. tnlt ^ Note: L. S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 25:rf) afpt Reports from end of C. P. R. R. oinciwnMC W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 25:.- n ni 3,:.. »1 I enclose copies of a few dispatches showing the situation this morning. , r '««V. TjC.D. appears determined to get me out of the way, as he and his tools find that 1 am not to be bought, sold or scared by them. My I ' „ 'resignation is at the service of the President of the road whenever he desires it. I dont propose at present to get out of the.way fpr any body else,. ; . en ui .1 .r, aaillo . ,Ri to Gen. Doigst^jSa'okuk,, SSjMy son# Capt. Glen.Lowe la ana.pplicant for tljie Marahalship of Idaho Territory, where he has been residing two years^ You can leam aonethlng of his.military record from the member, elect of «*»t|hia District, Hon. 0#a. W. McCroy. He served 4 years and was honorably f^lsclMrged, bat made a fo** Hf® tn ths service. . He is a very honest, worthy fellow and well qualified for the office. I feel very anxious for.his. appointment.,vs McCroy will g#t up a paper to be signed by the meabexna from this state} it would gratify He if you would 1003 February, 1869. . ol join in the recommendationi^*''^^*"^ ^ * •« .11 l*«rT »4: L. S Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 25:- ,? * ^-"Elko 20th. Track layers idle-yesterday; rock cut not bein finished. 40 cars material reached end track* today. I^ie Commission ers are here, but have not examined road yet. Large number carts from Sacramento reported on road-to be sent to Promontory-whtiher Crocker is going in a few days. .;•/ . (iQt'tt.rj Weather cold ahd fltbrmyl • WMiftflne 1 W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 26:- rfmoe- nli'i I send you today by express copies of parts of statistics 'attached to my report for *68 for your private use. Item of transpor04 'f tation given in detail will furnish base of estimate of this year's business. t. 4eB -J i yi i J. T, Baldwin to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 25: ' 1-^ ./>;>■* Denning has sent Treynor to Washington to.get the office r-fal of P» H. at this place. I tliink D. expects the influence of Grimes t;o'/ enough C ooibaugh and l[cCt*ary. I do hope you will do all in your power to prevent Treynor'a appointment. w ^1^010 ,-«v ihe proliable paeeage of - the Bank bill thl§ congress will Change ^evt&e^iMBdrier.ef ImeAnMMl we wanted attended to th Waahlngton and New Toiii* We.will'waitJ tile result. ifnr: br» wvned (>r:i ^ e t - cVeatJxes? clod iiM tAaJ»tnt« fteall lewtate iivel#.wot mpcImi %lmm M0% 11 Ml leJwIe elill wcWl e*ce<lnKff #41 fr 1004 tooi February, 1869, uc-« i. ,-iC. c. Dodge to Gen. Dodge, New York, 25: _ * ■ • vf .' * 1 F :..u I particularly appreciate the friendly remembrance which j: Induced your sending them. When will Mrs. Dodge and yourself be I in New York again. We often speak of you both and should be very glad to see you once more. Are you coming on here when this Session ^ closes? If so come right to our house and telegraph me by what train 1 you will arrive. ^ M. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch, 25'- m S ed 3-Ia i I have been at this end for past three weeks looking arounX^ Have picked up some information but little that can be sworn to, John T. Kingsbury, an engineer, civil, told me today that he knew whe transaction that Silas S. got $5000 in a certificate of deposit before contract was let. It was a matter of ties. He says he knows what Durant is in but would not tell. Says S.B.Reed and Gosline are part- ' nera in several things. I believe he could be ijersuaded to tell all about the entire transaction. Says that M.. T. Lyman is nov hiring teams for the Company at $40 per for hauling lumber to tie siding , r^4 miles east Bear River near Aspen. They divide with Seymour. Other il%eiuas not in toe ring are getting $22 and $25 per , These fellows say that,T.C.D. gets 19 per ct. of ^Lll.contracts, but you cant tell what is true. All I kiiow, Ip th at the entire gutift la rotten to the core, i * . - • - -i 'i. i - teen f', w >led etlifi .Q-Q .oSBx February, 18 69. Were it not for you and Mr. Snyder whom I know to be my friends, I would leave and go to Iowa, for no man can stay here and be above suspicion. The track from 1000 mile post to 1020 is about the same as that from Aspen to Evanston, only that we have 14 degree curves on bridges and 82 on grade to run. It is about impossible to work it now and what it will be next spring no man can tell. I dont think there will be 2 miles of consecutive track when the snow goes off that an engine can be run over. Around tunnel No. 3 we have no track, beyond near State Point and Morgan City it is still worse. They are now taking men "and teams off of the permanent line at head of Echo and sending them to Promontory. ' « c ^ ' The C. P. track was 18 miles east of Humboldt Wells on the 17th and they have material for about 100 miles except ttie ties and fuel 'for engines. They are getting that as fast as they can. One and a half miles per day is their extent I think, -I have sent to Salt Lake about the injunction matter; dont -think Brigham Young will dare to play false-but he may. " ' 'No telling when we can dig but of the snow dn Laramie Division, about 600 men at work and no progress made. Snow 10 ft. deep and all ^ they valley full, write you again if blockade raises^^- r f » r . ^ ^ ... W. Snydor to Dodge, Omah&, 26 (Telegram) Slide below Devil's Gate near station 000. 1006 February, 1869. •lailr'o eal. N. Caseraent to W. Snyder, LaraniLe, 26 (Telegrani') Snowing some and wind blowing over whole division. :fim hir- . Ming every man I can get to shovel snow. Prospects poor this morning. , ; W4 Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 26;- ■' •. oi:: an.' o.t ^ f ' I am trying to. get W. M. Blair to. go to Washington to see you and post you in person as to matters in the construction department. Biair for past year has had charge of supplies for Evans and forwarded supplies for Reed. He was to have gone to the road, with full powers when Evans' division was finished, but the-Seymour, Reed and Davis influence secured.his discharged and the retention of the men who have been the tools of the thieves. Blair, in my opinion, has performed his duty well and is thorough ly honest. He can explain how Reed has nm short of supplies so that the thieves around him could speculate off contractors and road, and the manner in which Davis & Co. get their supplies without check or limit* Reed is e partnd of Gosline, the flihn who issues his supplies. . G. has a stoa?e in the Company!a warehouse at Echo and always has what the Company lacks. Reed has telegraphed Blair to send him no ' more flour so as t<S give his parties a chance to speculate on their stock. Silas Seymour, Mark Seymour, Tom Bates and others are in the ring,r -ifwut*.. >1 a'.i 1007 •Mi -'ir '■ ' ■ -X''" \: ■ February, 1869. '" Blair is in Chicago, I send there ,to secure him his laie chiefs „-Clerk, Harrow Horrow, who is also posted. I have faith in the integ rity of both for they would no.t have been ousted had they been thieves. Morrow has more nerve than Blair and by remaining with him can get him to tell the whole truth. Blair is not aware that I have anything to do with his trip to Washington. Please pay them nothing as I aill j attend to that. If he needs say $100 for return trip let him have it and r will refundy^ : . . ij • . o- c- • . . . .-i \ R. G. Hazard to Gefti. Dodge, Peace" Dale, 26:- /. i\|fc *W:aitr m-'t •vafl 0 . . u I just written to of A*^about U.P. Matters^ i think it may be important to have the Government.directors nominated as soon after the 4th as poggible that they may meet preparatory to the annual ^ meeting of stockh$i^^^n8« The conduct of Johnson in giving conunisaions to men who openly dejtfindod large bribos as a condi tion for not making false reports is outrageous and should.not be endured a moment longer ^than necessary, j gaw a wery n^ean fellow at the office thisweek I it was told demandfg _ He had spent much money for A. j, and I suppose not time to make approaches to the objective Jar!* point and made a direct aasualt in hppaa to carry it before hia base ' of operations was cut off. •i* ■ ,'X I think the public cee well pleased with Grant's independent' fOOJl 1008 February* 1869, •:\ri . 'JA J - .t t .OK'lt oi Tm0 ir "s# j«NI q|v»)^ Vrm •mJO' K no'w^rxj® ^ ^ i. r ' ' ^ r fe, .t ,>1 js * ¥ . . im »» course and woiild be glad if he'would cut off all that patronage which M. C, have usually assumed and which they have so generally used for corrupt and selfish piorposes, I have great faith that he will get honest, capable men about him. « ' • i • r* If I had had time I should have made a suggestiori to him about our Indian troubles, which, however, you and he would think at best a very strange one, but I believe will bear examination. It is to'put f the whole matter into the hands of'the Society of Friends, who through their yearly meetings in N. E., Pa,, Baltimore, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa would*find men who would undertake it as a duty and who at half the expense now Incurred would preserve peace and advance the Indians in civilization and the arts. Under the management of peace there was no violence from the Indiana In Pennsylvania for 70'years, and there are still many In that society and they are ready organized for such work. Others w .11 tell you what I have written. Grant's order about the losses is a straw very Indicative of his way of thinking of things,. I. N, O&ttement to W. Snyder' Laramie, 27 (Telegram) ■ Prospect not very good^loday; have just had cuts between here and Cheyenne shovelled out; they are full again. Train will be here by' 4 P, l,U Will turn snow plow and start east. Will organize a force at Cheyenne /Ith provisions and boarding cars, start west, supply I 1009 yf>j February, 1869. section houses and keep men until we can get to Percy, With pleasant weather it wil. take at least one week. Willltry to keep you posted. Am giving passes back to Omaha. Do not think it advisable to send any more West. i^imuoo W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 26:- Cant get from Echo station near where land slide occurred. Think from enclosed it must have been west of where I telegraphed this A. M, Track last night was at station 237, Supposed it was at end of track when slide took place, but Hoxie's dispatch leads me to believe track has not yet reached it, I get no information from Construction headquarter® at Echo when it is possible for them to prevent it, ^ Matters look as blue as ever on Laramie division this A M. More ^«now and wind at all points. Am sending men from here and other divi sions to shovel snow. Will do all that men itnd motive power can ac complish to open the road. Would like to go ou■ but financial matters are in such ahfi|)e here that, I must watch every movement and dare not leave while Hoxie absent, ^ ' aeaiMiI Mil D. T. Casement to W. Snyder, ^aramie, 27 (Telegram } « . . . I . , Arrived here from front today. Have seen how the snow works and it is my opinion you cant run trains over this division only by sending a snow outfit ahead with boarding cars and provisions, and as 1010 viOoX February, 1869, 4 spon as you get through a cut hq.ve train follov/. Have seen a cut fill up in two hours that took 100 men 10 hours to shovel out. Train west is well organized, but cant more than keep engines alive when it blows, I dont see how you can improve things here except to get water at points v;here it has failed, J' tX-' H, M, Hoxie to W, Snyder, Echo, 26:- (Telegram) Warren and myself are going to end of track tomorrow and thence >y train to mouth of Weber and Ogden, Shall return to end of T track tomorrow night. Want to see the next two sections before we get to them. Jf dont see anything shall go east as far as Rawlins, Hopper here,_will return to Rawlins Sunday, All the ties delivered moving promptly. 250 cars iron, 160 kegs bolts, 300 kegs spikes on hand. Dont think they will catch up until we are west of Ogden, When pi ( road opens will want supplies for men first; am buying some, Sr. T> . L' S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 27:- Elko, 22d; Track layers suspended work, grading being un finished, Will be delayed about 4 days, 30 to 40 cars material being brought to front daily. Weather clear and cold, Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 27: „ , „ ■ • , • I enclose couple copies of dispatches received last night. oT Central Pacific liappen to be delayed at Cheyenne t set# 1011 •ml3 •anDft .tiiC tlOl .i' ' February, 1869, and Rawiins and are telegraphing awful lies througft"the country. - I ^thihk they are assisted by some sore heads and propose to find out who they are. ^ > ' L. S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 28 (Telegram) - 22d. Delayed by grade, will last 4 days, 30 to 40 cars to front daily, - "• . voit. Eddy to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City 27:- no o-t !'i , • : "Omaha, Jan. 27th. ' Dr. Durant says it is not'absolutely necessary to locate towns before * track passes. You will get all the information you can in regard to the best location from- Taylor's Mill to Station 1000, The growth of ^ twon wants to be teiken into consideration and the- facilities of drair.- a'ge, whether it wais to be done or not. Cross section each point that you think eligible and send map and profile to me. Answer as each is determined; also state what you think will be the comparative cost of grading the depot of each, ' I want to diibmit it -to New York before a decision will be made on "the looatioh. J. S. House, X II This I hare aarried -out as <E before wrote you, and have since waiting tbe decision, . The idea of establishing a iainumum price on lots, then selling t to highest bidder is a very good one, and I advanced the save thing to Mr. House acme time ago. iiOi 1012 February, 1869. , _ . . >ai » Will telegraph you when I comiTienc selling, and as I have been s so closely identified with this town, would like to have opportunity to sell it out and make it a success. . ► J, 0. Hudnutt to Gen, Dodge, Baker City, Oregon, 28:- Vi'l ■' „ My line is at this point at last and I have to report that a' 1 I was not at all disappointed in finding the 40 miles of line from the mouth to the head of Burnt River a very heavy line. Twice I had to stop and distribute grade backward, finding at one point for 6 miles that an 80 ft. per mile best fitted the ground and near the head of the river another 5 mile stretch of 20 or 105 ft. per mile. Very little improvement in these places could be made on location for the lines werde run with care. At the last crossing of Snake River the elevation was 2071 ft. and the Burnt River summit 4036 ft. or a total rise of 1965 ft. for the 40 miles. But the difficulty is that this rise is not evenly distributed. Some of the wider and straight por tions of the river fall 30 ft per mile, whle through the crooked canons the river hurries down at the rate of 300 ft. per mile. t ■ From the summit to this place is about 10 miles and the descent can be made with 70 ft, per mile(possibly 65 ft. with a heavy increase of work) for 6 miles and then the creek flattens out to a very light grade to the intersection of South Powder, Last week I received two letters from you, the last Jan. 30th. 1013 ■- J . , r = / *- ' February, 1869. <bT4*lAy*ld»^ You had not then received my estimates &c. I sent you the distance I 80 far as run to points of importance, but will give you additional information now. Prom Monument Point to Boise 260 miles. From Mon1 • > » ument Point to mouth Burnt River «74 miles. From Monument Point to S Baker City 423 miles. Thus far is measured and from this on to Portmiu land I take from the best information I can get. From Baker City to Salgrande 52 miles. From Salgrande to Umatillr 75 miles. From Umatille to Portland 205 miles. Add to the measured distance 423 miles makes a total of 757 miles. The total descent of Sanek River from the first caiossing near the mouth of Goose Creek to the crossing 6 miles below Old's Ferry is 2107 ft. Of this the grade at King Hill accountf^j for 467 ft, and the rest is distributed along the river. V I am more than ever impressed vith the necessity of a careful •• ♦ examination of the route via the John Day and North Fork of the Walher and shall take the first opportunity I have to make the reconnoissance. Shall write you soon again. ■. "JIO To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 28:- ^ Kl .m t ^ ' If convenient I wish you would send me one of those Govt. books which abound in pictures of Carrie, I suppose, of course, that « wasthe sole purpose for which thoy are published. Note: James Dugan to Gen. Dodge, Washington, D. C. 29:- Hopes that Gen. Dodge will favor him with a biographical •'•"v - - 'I- . - • - -f f ' T. MOl X0X4 February, 1869. Sketch of himself, and a brief ".listory of the past taken by his > • Ci'jb' command in the late war. . . - .>44- ' oJ Jr Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 27;-.-..^.. **51 JII send you a copy of dispatch just received (4 P.M.) from Laramie. It makes me sick. New York cant appreciate the situation or the severity of a mountaon snow storm. I can only say that we have done all that was possible and will keep at it. f # - Glad to hear that Thayer ig not to go in the Cabinet. His friends -here were counting on big stealingg. He certainly wrote here that he was offered position as Secretary ©f Interior and his friends have believed iti ifoad could afford to give $5000 to secure election of F. and get rid of him where he is. One of us must quit very soon. nli I will carry him no longer. ^ Have telegraphed thia^ P. , t§.,aacertain location of Warren and Blickensderfor and situation onthe Central Pacific. Will telegraph you facts if I get definite information*- Can think of no^ man excepting Evans to act as Supt, of Construc- ' tion. I believe him thoroughly honest, but he lacked nerve. Still if he knew he would be supported at N. Y. I am (Part of letter mad ^peU-ssing.) «.rcl m'J icrw emi y^t" w. iw o ri.r : Divislonfla snof/ bank* and freights train^^^ on side tracks are entirely o}it of siglit^,^ npt_ feoing to start, any 1015 February, 1869. «1.1 more trains between Laramie arid Rawlins^until there Is a certainty of /retting them through. We keep trains moving between Cheyenne and Cmaha. with very little detent on. Ha ve also kept open from Piedmont to end 'Of track, and sent ties and timber to front fast as delivered. 10 ffotj No. 2 -27-- The dispatch sent to the Associated Press from Cheyenne 25th inst., stating thafKro had but 4 inches of snow and that no efforts teing madd to open road, was signed by: Chas. James-San Francisco ' W. J. Hall-New York; W. B. hunt-Sacramento; A. J. Rhodes-Sacramento; X,. S, Edmonds-New York; S. VY. Newton, New York, - 'i' - At least 4 of these men are employed on the Central Pacific R.R.^ Their statement is false except as to the fact of blockade, I think they have had some assistance in forwarding their dispatch from parties ^ ■. *'"■' Connected indirectly witlr this roadV in iregard to which I propose to ascertain facts. ^ j . f.: • ■iffcci* ^ Nothing favorable today from west end regarding the weather, •DWUmSiO 'i 3., Rodge* to Gen. Dodg-?, Hew York, March 1:-' tt « l£j.^ Bien hae prottiUlifed to explain the extra charges by letter. Maps to'^ Ids ready on the lOthr or* 12th 01 this month. Eddy has written ne that the sale of lots in Salt Lake Valley has been withheld; can your explain the reason? Please send me one of your reports for 1866- there i-s none here, otic. 1016 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/dc939eec4ae5daa4dbe620353fdf956e.pdf d2848dc04f1de9cd10319d73864ce0d7 PDF Text Text February, 1869. more trains between Laramie and Rawlins until there is a certainty of getting them through. We keep trains moving between Cheyenne and Cmaha. with very little detent'on. Ha ve also kept open from Piedmont to end 'of track, and sent ties and timber to front fast as delivered. rtoli No. 2 -27— . . . . 1 ' The dispatch sent to the Associated Press from Cheyenne 25th inst., stating thafwo had but 4 inches of snow and that no efforts ^"were being madd to open road, was signed by: Chas. James-San Francisco ■ i;W. ff. Hall-New York; W. B. hunt-Sacramento; A. J. Rhodes-Sacramento; L. S. Edmonds-New York; S, W, Newton, New york. ^ At least 4 of these men ttre employed on the Central Pacific R.R.^ Their statement is false except as to the fact of blockade. I think they have had some assistance in forwarding their dispatch from parties connected indirectly with this road-, in regard to which I propose to awcertain facts-. la.' o' Nothing favorable today froa wes^ e?id t^gsd^ding the weatker, "iMnitiMtQ tog. If. lodges to ITew York,'1larch 1:-' I t Blen hab promised to explain the extra ctargea b|^ letter. Uaps to be ready on tke lOth- or-12th oi this month. ^ ' Eddy has written me that the sale of lots in Salt Lake Valley has been withheld; can you explain the reason? Please send me one of your ^ reports for 1866- there i-s none here. ."1 hti :/L i 1016 >' : 'A*!!.. • ■ ■ ■ "/t '■ i-'V, February, 1869. 5®T > L. S. Bent to Gen, Dodge, Salt Lake City, 1:-. ' I ^tfdl -'irttv . Elko 24th. Finished 1 mile yesterday; .will be retarded Keveral days longer. 30 to 40 cafs material to front dally as before. Weather clear and cold. Telegram of 28th "Cora4issloners received 20 miles of road." . Ox ..i 1 - j - i K/i J No. 2 - 1 Elko 24th ult« Finished 1 I'-S miles yesterday. . .GotVemment CommissLoners on road from Sacramento will be here todayi, adkl Weather waraand pieasant. .«Pc5ii i or fm Gen.- S. .Smith to Gen. Dddge, Council Bluff si r- , r-C oT lifi 'tin Ev,ery. I meat your brother I ask for news from you, and this morning ha told me you had some hcrttion of quitting your place as Chief Engineer of the U,P.R.fb.. /£ hope .this, ia.only a notion bora of a weary moment and banished by rest. t -K-, ■: 0^ ■ i The scroll the names are written to be honored here- "In connectioiBi lath tatf"feraat work that you have thus far direct ed is of wax now; it will become exsturln^ Snarble when tiie work is done. Keep yours at tMa head ot * the list until that ti;jie-now so near at _ hand, arrives. It eesBie to me thio will be the advice .of every that cherishes a true friendship for you. - i i.if- trVAiri « ' J. L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Ft, Wa|¥n^? It-cv/ aw nwot ol-liet ew i' It is too bad that I cannot ga to Washinfeon tijis -whole ■« •eio'iM I lo i imuimt ii ttjum •• il . ee 1017 - U, ■■ March, 1869. .Q&ai winter but I have, some pressing duties on hand which I hope, to get through with soon. ; Hope to meet you in New York next week. .li Please send me Warren and Blickensderfers report. ,!!» L' I notice that in obedience to a resolutdon of Senator Therman not into Senate my reort of 16th June, 1868. The one you re- - ceived at end of track -July 1st,' 1868^ Was it printed?- WiJ.1 you do me the JTavor to ascertain and send me onSf or two copies.- presume there are surplus copies in Senate Doc. Room. .1 - 1 • ■. n jw n To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 1:-.i^o ^ tan t wt-a i not®, irhat you say about leaving U.P.R.R,, gmd your desire to settle down and into business with me. I know so little about your relations with the jU.P.R.R. I am n-ot- capable of judging relative to your interests in that direction. I would rather see you retain - your position there until the R.R. is completed and our bridge is - built aoid transfer- bua4ne8s definitely fixed. I think the developeraents in next 12 months will indicate clearly whether or not we are to be a large city, and you asl® Ua a position to aid us greatly in securing certaift^things that might otherwise be turned against ^s, I have alwpys thought that when were prepared to return and settle down we would ^ind our interests running together, and that it would be pieasaiit for us to be in business together provided we could so plan it as to make it mutually profitable. ( 1018 "i '*7 j' March, 1869. .iC'Ai . -:X .* ^,.7 r-1 J Mr:" i'r;t" ir^:.*' I am just loose from an unprofitable (pecuniarily) partnership trt ■'.#«?» •■: ' • • and have no plans laid for the future other than to keep my Banking Business well in hand, take no risks and my land business I shall Confine strictly to a Commission business and work for the interests of my correspondents. Increasing both all I can, run them alone until you are foot loose and wo can see it for our interests to join. My work in the past has been to build up and establish my business on a good foundation. It has not given me the return it ought and what one would think it would but it grows better every year, and with increased capital I could enlarge my Banking business and with the settlemtn of the country increased sales of real estate and corresponding in crease of in commission, and I think I can see not very far in the future a better return for the hard work I have done than I am now getting, tie t L. S. Bent to Oen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 1 (Telegram) •cnrc Commissioners received 20 miles road 28th ult. r.rto U rH. M. Hoxie to W. Snyder, Wahsatch, 1:- New York ought to luaderstand that we must have pennanent bridges put up at Bear River and in Weber Canon also tunnel No« 2, Hust be out before high water . Rip rapping must be done. TTe can use the work trains to help some. Devil's Gate trestle is 70 ft. high 240 ft. span. 1019 March, 1869. .v'>8| |itSS»l Note: Markinfield Addey to Gen. Dodge, New York, 1:- V/anta Gen, Dodge to furnish him with the necessary data for C.n < ■«/ ' i' Vi; Eia biography. It' . ' . ' Vl (MMiifliiifl W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 1 (Telegram) Hhen will you go to New York? H. M, Hoxie to W. Snyder, Wahsatch, 1:- TjJl . 'I'' Returned from Ogden; track from Morgan to Devil's Gate bridge. Where end was last night is laid in snow and the worst that has ever been. Grade about clear to Ogden or rather Taylor Mills n. .«' ' ■ ^ . .. where side track will be from there west. I think bridges will be r , • ,, j caught; lots of piling to do. ^ ^ Seymour has agreed to put up temporary house for telegrph men at Taylor Mills. Reed says will have s dhanty at mouth of Weber for section men. Only 2000 ft. siding at Taylor's Mill. Will have to give Warren another gravel train to work at tunnel No. 3. C. P. are at woiic M.P. to Ogden and small force east their track 40 miles oast Humboldt. Casement going to throw up and work force by day. Am going to Rawlins in the morning; have you any ins ructions before I start? Nol - 1 - Bent gone to Promontory, I saw message on Saturday f . ■» . , . ■ . 't : ' iV" r night 40 miles oast Hunboldt Wells, on 24th Feb. 30 to 40 cau?s material r! ■ . . . " r' • X c -li • j ' ' •' .r X' . i vj j. li 3i-i\ v f-i. MUit over their road and their prospects fair. ,n««a 0^ 1020 March, 1869. .«aai ^dstvm s-.Bnfi M* Simmons to Gen. .U.S.Grant, Salt Lake City, l;-"^ ... . ' -I have in my possession positive evidence of a great swindl in regard to estimates of work done in Weber Canon on the U.P.R.R ■ The wrong should be Investigated for I do not think the Government or the R.R.Company^should be cheated out of $100,000 or perhaps more; As an ihiroduction I refer you to Gov. Chas, Durkae, Secy. Reed and the Hon. Demas Barnes, New York City. . r .t „ Note: Richard J. Hinton to Gen. Dodge, ''Washington, 2:- ■) t In relation to pass over the U.P.R.R. Is the correspondent j"' of Worcester Daily Spy, Syracuse N.Y, Journal, Rochester Express, > Richmond (Va) Journal, Portland (Me) Press and some others. Wlll.jg write up the ro^d fully, i ' . ■ j c -a* Sna To Gen. podge from his brother, Council Bluffs, 2 tUiv hwfi I enclose my draft on National Park Bank $1100. Amount duo -*rfrom Baldwin Wright for lOt 3 B. 14.. Lot 11 and S 1-2 12 B, 12. Hyatt's S b. Diy, contained in Hyatt's last deed to yon,.,,^ jin ~X'Ttr\ f. Snyder to ^en. Dodge, Omaha, 2:-, j mtJ . . .1 enclose diepa^ch from Hoxio. Talked to T.C.D. and have written Jlew Yo^^js apout bridging, &c. in full. Reed will do nothng to save road i^ fpring if he, can help it^* • ! am spending the money to keep up the tracic that he.lajrw flth expectation that it will give me trouble within a week. March, 1869. Hope id'have "road open tomorrow.»Wiil telegraph Aasociated Press /l,.J.goon as it is sure. Weather warm today on entire line and no snow or wind.- * -I am going to take trip out as soon as I dare leave here which will be soon as we get funds to pay men for January, ' . . Want to hear from you early next week as I am getting very tired of present programme, ..'.J! mdJ b .o •W.'Myers to Gen. ^odgo, Omaha, 2:- X •' I have^been expecting a letter from you for some time noti fying me when and where I can-find some ond to go with me to Pt. Steel, and fix a place to Boone the North Plate, I am ready to go 9-ny time ^ and am only waiting for the man. I presume.you have been too busy with othei? matterB* on: -• ti-KT; ew. .. ntj.i. ifow, I see that Genls, Cla^y arid Sivords have been retired making * two vacancies or rathef promotions in the grade of Major, Cant some thing be done now to place me in the position in my corps to which I think myself entitled to? Gen. Schofield told me he would.do every thing in his power to rectify matters. If my name is sent to the "Senate to date January 18| 1867, just below Col. Chandler, there will he lid trouble t» gdt confirmation, I leam also that McDonaldson will be retired. If ybA can spare time please stir up the case. Gen. Augur and myself are obliged to you for your reply to Windom 1022 mm-"- ••••.a"' March, 1869. CMi I am getting the data for ;'a full report in the matter-as soon as I .j hear from Grimes, who was in Powder River country at the time. . Sweitzer is obliged to you for the Dociiment sent. Cant you send him a report of the "Land Office Mineral Resources" and the report of .the Indian Department ? i ^ .^J.' If you can say a good word for John C, Myers, a brother of mine, •iwho is applicant for surveyor of the post of Philadelphia, do so. He titrt <served during the war, «nd is baclced Cameron, Alley and others, besides he isreliable always, and poor. . v,' ^ ; Gen. Augur and others here with to be remembered. Kind regards to Mrs, Dodge. ■ t ; Jumnki' . . v- n bnu /r -., h . . Lewis L. Merrill to Gen. Dodge* Omaha, 2 (Telegram) . h e a t Please see Schofield. and have order for ma to leave here suspended until appointsient of JudTS Advocate is decided, .^swer. T. C. Durant to Gen. Dodge, New York, 2;*(Telegram) Joint resolution as published.legalizes requirements of -Special Comunls8loners} if legalized It.will cost us millions. W, Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha,. 2 (Telegram) ^ * • . Bliokensderfer and. Warren west Salt Lake; cant ascertain whare» Think will have road open toni-^i-.- .on sSoel. G. Hazard t,c tJen. Dodge,. New York, SLr f < Bi^f*e'i Dillon a»d myself have been conferring about the Government Directors. We both think it would embarrass us very much to have even ! 'ji 1023 March, 1869. 31 a single one in whose fidelity and aid in any important vote we could not *rely; one diseased spot weakens the whole system. We want now to have men who can act together with perfect harmony and confidence, an lo have the confidence of'the Government and of the public generally. I was in Boston Monday; all things working very well there, I arrived here this A.m. and have not yet learned the ground fully. Shall remain here a week if I can beof any use in^reforming things, "We are all suffereing in repu ation and everybody seems to deem us fair subjects for plunder, vg.. . , If-you will telegraph te His; Dilloil the names of Government Directors he will understand it. Direct to me at his house- 5 37th ^ Can you get them apppinted so as to meet with the present Poard on the morning ot the lOth before the election by the C,? This is a most "important point. Please let Dillon know-about it as soon as praoticabloy/ / • ; t ' . - ' S. Dillon to Oon. Dodge, New York, 3 (Telegram) Be sure that J. fi.i Will vote every time right if appointed, 1 fear he would be neutral j ' §btd: Horace Capron to •GehJ:lte<ige, Washing^ohi D.G.3: Sends notification that he has forwarded plants^ A)C, F. D. Cobb to Gen, Dodge, New York 3 .4 , ' . iimWftWfaD oU Haaac^d Ins true t». ae to send you tlie within proxies, ifWHa ^^wev ttt wi'v- ii'wow M4 aninv #3 •awoioail'' ■ p,*' March, 1869. tfUt M. Eddy to*Geh. Dodg e. Salt Lake City, 3;^:^ .^oXl'WVO I returned last night from Brigham City and the Bear River Crossing. At the latter piace I found quite a number of squatters, a small town staked off and claimed, and a large niimber of business * ^irms represented, and all anxious to invest and locate somwhere. *' ' All the land on even sect ons has been claimed and a clique using all ^^eir influence to have the main town of the valley located there. 'l' found an "Independent town Jompany" had been organized, so to prevent another Grecm River trouble I 14id out a town on the west side of the river on Sec. 31 (asnear as we couJLd make it out) which viill at least prevent the selling of lots by them, and ih case the R.R. Company want to make a town there it will be ready to throw into market at any time,- jibd I tiiink I could sell a large number of lots I* t .. there ''now. ti . •1 Itfo? r ! , I am, of course, still #aitiiig for the decision as to site, but 'As the end of track reaches past mouth of Weber Canon today, am in hopes to learn something definiate soon. Was told that Mr. Reed ordered a side-track put in just east of Taylor's Mill; also one on the east side of Bear River but Its to the latter plada advantage can oQly be taken of the river water by locating on the west side, and the lay of the ground is such that the north, east.and south side of the town touches the riwer,*bedides the west side ia hlfihar: and,less liable to fcI n*.* *1A > c 1026 MOi HIT March, 1869• overflow. The ground is about 16 feet above the Lake, grade good and v.a long tangent from the river west, r t ~ i^I dldnt take the C.p.R.R, grade into consideration in locating • the town, and their line runs througii parallel to the U.P. and north of it. The Central people all think or at least say that Bear RiveS 11; Crossing is the most eligible site in the valley. The telegraph Dept. at this and seems very corrupt, and the surest and moat speedy way of Qi wgiving any important order to the public is found by sending lU •Wt through telegraph office. Parties here knew of Mr. House's order for :me to delay the. sales &c., before I ever received it. J. . . , - Gen.. Williamson was at Brigham City when I l?ft_; said he was W through with Wahsatoh. ' 1 i « •aUu* 5™"' / • -> ': .o If the Company intend to countenance the building .up of one large place instead of three or four minor ones I would like to stay and istH «Beii it out, Hytflwader present oi ix) urns tan ces think I could do better ^or the company than any one elae-flj^^g somewhat pera^on^ly identified n I jrould do my utmost t<J isuocesa. r , • j ^ JtM'. ' Be are expecting a mail in about 4 days, and I was so informed by Mr. street, who started for Wahsatch today. tevl ■ ';aX e. J i 1 Weather.'vcry warm and pleasant; farmers have been plowing and oi midmi !iy. L. willla«» %S> sm» MS&, Pt^..,yaync, f, .(Telegram) V. Will reach Hew York Sunday night, and perform duties re- ^ %:■ 1026 March, 1869. ■quired, Ti*9m9 n. \ mB t ,4Mii rfltcdel) m» ^ III* .ji! Xii* . w. H. Gray to Genv Dodge, New YorK, 5:-/rv-wi#if intr fr.tV" . I would have answered your letter before but have been sick ' in housde. I did not at first understand that you wanted anytliiing done in your first telegram as you did not state amount, -r. ^e are now executing an order to buy 100,000 Govt, and sell* $100,000 gold. Will telegraph you in a few moments about it. If amount is not satisfactory we can change it, ;j-., •1 If Grant is going to say (as many suppose he will) that money wont pay for Alabama claims and that he favors recognition of Govt.s, th then gold is a purchase and Govts, a sale. Cant you find out and let me know before Inaugural is out? It may save, us both money, When will you be here? ■ 1 V] imi V ■Note; J. B. Beard to Gesn, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 4;- In relation) to buying a carriage for Gen, Dodge; also says he Vilf exercise hie horses everydajyj says the^ are perfectj.y kind but a little green. John B. Allay to Goh* 'Dodge» BoatQn, 4:-t n; I have been at work busily since .1 -left Washington, and feel greatly encouraged in all quarters, X made good use of your determin ation and will? and told Oliver Amqs and Duff what to expect if they failed their duty. iPPomlses to be stiff. I feel now that iiJU "Ai'. 1027 '■ ■ ' I'-'i '',1 ■ March, 1869. . "iU he will if we are determined. The concern under its present.manage ment fairly stinks-everywhere. Give us Government Directors who will be honest, straight-forward men and all will be satisfactor. What a treat it will be to sit in the Board with a good set of.honest men. You spoke of Price and Morris. I doubt if they could be bettered*_ Brooks, for a Democrat, would be well. I suppose Williams you will go for'. He is an honest man, and for that reason I should not objeOt although he has used us-cruelly-on account of his anger and contempt •for D. and McComb. I told Oliver Ames you must be,put in to the Board, He thinks so also. i. * M. ^ ^ . r was great>y gratified with GraA*s appointment of D&lano> I have said I knew of but two men in the country exactly fitted in ^ ^ every respect for that position those were Boutwell 5aid Delano. Grant's election cost me corMaderable loney, and I want jand. expect nothing but «t« good Government; and "If all' appointaatshts are equal to this one we shall surely have it, and I shall only b© too glad^pXjrhait ,vin aid of this excellent Chief Magistrate^ . * ' 10 aiiJii a iud J. E. House to'Gan. Dodge, Omaha, 5 (Telegram).- bm , J Vhe town Mmt Hiver is. laid out* Shall I open it for •'^^'talfet •mire will be great demand for lots* ! - . " rw Bikit to den. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 5:- . notl# f/! :j End of track 2?th Feb. Lajpijlg X 1-2 to. 2 miles a day. Bringing all reserve forces to front and hauling them out along the '\038 March, 1869. line., Commissioners are to be at front today. End of track is -81-2 miles east of Humboldt Wells. Weather- clear and pleasant.: i»(.. C Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 5:- ' rtOl I Yours 27th ult, received t is morning.' '.y u Our snow difficulties with past three weeks have about used me up. , Dare not leave here on account of financial, situat on. Am satisfied .that man have done all that could be done, and forces are propserly j.: organized under good foremen. Have sent from here all men that it has been possible to. employ. I,send Mr. Ames cojjies. of dispatch.es received daily giving situation and location of forces. Dispatches sent to « Kew York for papers have been engineered by parties connected with Central Pacific, and signed in additior^ by parti.aa irho know .nothing abou' snow storm in this country, uri c it: a' .. Dan Casement came over the road last week and knows what we have hod to oonteand with; .said he would probably be in New York next week " end explain ta' Mr- AnaB* A personal explanation from party not in terested may be norjatieati a factory than, my letters. •v. I f ■Hoxie is In the snow region this, morning. ,Ho will do all that man oan do to open the-road. Jc .i#! r btn." 1 Snow gets his case on coal, wood and wind mills fron^ J.W.Davis, ttie difficulty with Bevia is th^t he Cant steal in.'my department. If ' the officers of ttKe Aladl.thttiiic a I get out. I will 102#oi .1 Llarch, 1869, • -eay one more to you and not for the Directors that I h^ve never made one cent-directly or indirectly from any department of the road; have never been interested in any contract; have never received any present or given any contracts to any relatives, or personal friends. I dont .Q., 'iflr care a cent what Davis says or Snov/ thinks, but I do '.vant you to be assured that* I have worked honestl;, and faithfully for this company. and the cloest investigation that can be made will demonstrate it, I hope for the best in New ^ork next woek. If of Seymour, '>jl©0d, Davis & Co. is to continue I propose, to quit at ohce, I hope you have seen Biair ■«nd liorrow as they can give you facts and figures, . ' Road open yet from Piedmont to end track and ties forwarded as fast as delivered. Iron at Echo for several miles more track, Campbell on Laramie Divis *<*1 has ' sent his resignation to take effect at once. Hoxie will take charge there for the present. Dave Remlck was here last week and said he would take it if he could get ■* away from Wells Fargo & Co. honorably. Would like to, get him as I con sider him one of. "tlw Bab t R.Rv in the west. .f bejao'.t ' I wikh you would telegraph ale from New York ron W^^esday next in regard to election, &c. as I wie h to know .sooh ue possible what to ^>*pec^ fc xAt ucit. b , 0 cuof wo.-ti- - Hovwa to (l#i. 'Dode«i QmatCa, 5r* ilv Ydivf»mih atU ..X: . '<-0 Sent jou by this day's exproaJ <U3.) paekato of vouchor3,viz ; lOSO -* • v' _ March, 1869. J. Blickensderfer, Jr*, $36,538.66; J. 0. Hudnutt $7,980,22 and abstract of town lot ac « and vouchers for month of December corrected, i.' - John Duff to Gen. Dodge, New York, 5:- - * ' ; I saw your letter referring to Gen. Rawlins, and I think ioM'^tha't your wishes in the matter can be accomplished after -we get - .through the .election that is to come- o-ff- the 10th. The question of bf!', the election is an important one and whether it is an open one depends 1-f on fact of "Ames Contract" being ended or not. If the "Ames GoAtract" i is. not completed the matter of electing Directors is tied up by that contract. Under the terms of agreement that Oakes Ames made with'^* Durant and his friends the present Board of Directors or those of them who are elected by the stockholders can nominate the next Bosird, and tiie iTrusteea. of. the Ames contract cast the vote, "* ' You I suppose.icnow the way in which our- stock is tied up, and the vBtockholders are in the hands of a bare majority of the present Board of Directors, That contract was Jnade by Oakes Ames without consulting mstSTB in fact ahy of tJtis Boston: |)arties, perhaps with the exception of John B. Alley,and in its eacecution was oomruitted to parties who had not taken any interest in the work. The parties who had devoted their time to the interest of the road at the request of Mr. Oakes Ames were entirely ignored and even Mr, Wllllaas, Who was assaulted by Durant in perforning what Mr. . ♦ ■ ■HWt, ■ ref^tt■l^ated, was entirely-left out. 1031 March, 1869. and others who had never taken the^^least interest in work or loaned the co^a^ny their money and credit were put into places thct they ?;ere entirely inc.ompete. t to fill. Arjd if the present Board of Directors or a majority of them are-ia the interest of others than the Boston parties, end if a majority of all the Committee are in the.same interest and control the U.P.R.R. it is the work of Mr. Oakes Ames, cjj , I for one do not believe the,'Ames contract" to be finished and •j^.that I am bound by that assignment as I have taken the dividends under .,it, and as far as I am concerned ^ do. , not intend to 50 into a fight and then be left out aa I and my friends were before. I shall let them make their own fight and take such course as I deem for the best ^ interest of the road. , f The Pisk case <lecl4eji against the Company, , Siad^ Barnard rej,fusing to remove it to the United States Court. I do not wish to i,^^emain in the Board ^d J am prefectly independent of all the cliques , that are tryiiig to ge.t control. I think if we go into, a fight we 1c <Bliall come out aa-we did before. It will make no differehoexwhether il am in the fight or net as they can do as they please if they have .j ■ a maj^ority ©f the aA#eh»; as they, claim they have, • ; i •etibii |hat.. aJA will cosie out ri^V and that there may be hotaing dfl^a .that w.iJLl injure pur great interest in the road, , .tu J" li. S,' ^ant ts-Gjfi. Dodge, Salt hake Git', 6 (Telagra»): March, 1869. ,<368i End track 27th. Twenty-seven miles ea?t, laying so?^9 2no AMil miles a day. rii. I ■'Si: ^ -Gen. Dodge and K." Price to the President, Washington, D.c.8:- BV ; ' ,W9 have- been informed that John A. Kasscai is,an applicant CpI^ the pod-tion of Pirpt Assistant Post Master Genl. and knowing ^thet he is not the choice of our people and would not be acceptabler to them, and being well satisfied that his political and mpral char acter is not such as you ^ould apppove or endure, w,e earnestly request that ho may not receive any such appointment. ; Hazard and Dillon to Gen. Dodge,,New York, 8 (Telegram). . Hiportant. . .Sew Directors,act morning of 10th. Expecting you here. Sideny Dillon to Gen. Dod'^.e, New York 8 'Telegram) ^ f . , j It .Ua -d . Cakes Ames in Boston. - Gtt your letter of the 2d. John J. Homes to Gen. Dodge,.P. Hamilton, 8 (Telegram) , |e<r Yd Please infOiwme if any immediate change in the stations of our regiment is conte«piAtied by the authorities, -jii, laski I.J' . li. S.. ®9nt to 'GiPn. Dodge, Salt laice City 8.—f J 'Tb . . 'I \?v*xbt - > : "in letter yesterday should have siad "End track 27 miles east" instead of 2 1-2. The figures were illegible. That latter « being mailed and this by W.F,. & Co. express will say the report was dated, "End of ti?ack S7th-adding, "Laying 2 1-2 to 2 miles a day. Weather clear and pleasant." Bringing all reserve forces to front and hauling 1033 .'j' ■ ■■ .. March, 1869. them out along the line."' 3^l'« B.iTffi 7i90%t ItoJi W. E. McLeland to Gen. Dodge, Madison, Ind. 8:- JS OOTI .■' . Having heard my son, Thomas E. McLeland of Clieyehne, Whoming "territory (P.M. at that place) speak of you as his fri'end, I have taken the liberty, of writing you in ids behalf. I do not know whether he has any friend «t Washington to look after his appointment and con firmation. 1 wrote to Senator Morton to attend to his confirmation - - if his name was sent-to the Senate, in fact, I heard that he was nom« inated by Mr. Randall, but have not heard of the Senate taking any action-in the matter. If he is not mistaken in having your influence ; 1 would be under lasting obligations to you for-your influence in his ^ behalf. I Note: William Luce to Mr. Geo 11. Williams, Canyon City, Ore. 8:- Giving advantages to be derived by Irt'anch R.R. to Oregon by being nin through that section.. e*; o: . .r, Oi c' lo nfi • 1. O. HUdnMM' -ib Gen. Dodgej Gr^inde Rohda Valley, 8:- Last Sunday I wrote you from Baker City 423 miles on our survey line, and today 1 have to report 460 miles of line, completed. Prom Bake City I find a direct line with light grades down Powder River South Pork till within 7 miles of. the summit of the rl(%e betireegn Powder ami Grande Ron da Valleys» where the Ndrth Fork of the Powder join# %he 'jjouth Tork and both. Canon -for 1 mile into iJjfe .T, Oi C' t 'jyrmmt'i. i -f ",J 1034 etox March, 1869. , ,, , , « W Jl 4 • when the rocky walls open again leaving a tolerahle slope to run upon for 2 miles more. Here we reach the mouth of a small creek which heads at the summit. A grade of 65 ft. carries us up this and 80 ft. down on the west side into Grande Ronde Valley, This summit is the : . head of the Pyle Canon and is at Sta, 23736 elevation 3504 ft. Elevation « of Grande Ronde Valley 2750 ft. Total Desc, ft, 794, Two more days run will carry us to the mouth of the Canon on Grande Ronde River and close at the foot of the Blue Mountinas, The alignment down the Pyle Canon is very crooked, but the curves for te most partquite light, I am somewhat fearful of the grades down the west side of the Blue Mountains, but we shall soon know. Will keep « - sou posted often, . t , Note; R. King to Gen, Dodge, Chicago, 111, 9:-^ ^^ ^ Wants Gen, Dodge to examine their Terra Cotta works on his iBOft • fetum west, and is anxious to furnish the doow and window caps, 1 " i 'i ^ ^ oO" brackets, &c, for iiis new house. i Tj ' arrj m W, H. Barnes to Gen. Dodge, New York, G:-' • J i.* . <>• Stuit w tiXIe# ortw Please send me your photograph for the engraving at your earliest conveinence. Also enclose the name and address of the young man who will furnish the biographical material. Please let me hear from ipu soon, . . . . w" ' • k! * - . .I ■'is.eie«€ E. ®. Edwards to Gen. Dodge, Chariton, Iowa, 9t» 1085 -a.w,'' lo •m 1# ilii » MM »mm b%mtnq March, 1869. Before I received your last letter telling me to pay as high as $40 for R.R. stock, the Agents who are engaged in'buying stock for f the B & M road employed men and went over the country and bought up all the s took that was unsold. They paid as high as $45 and I am told nc' * $50 i5er share. I have not been'able to get a single share for you, and I regret that I could'not do something for you, I have written to Clark, Union & Adams Co. to see if I could buy tthere for you, but got no satisfactory answer. I think if you * would write to some friend in Montgomery, Mills or Adams Co. you might get a few shares, but the Company is industrious'in hunting up the stock. u'lrv If I at itny time can serve you in any other way let me know, f- -1 M ^ A. _ "aJ ^ hope to meet with better du6cess the next'time.' : • General lot ma ask what you think of the'speculation to buy some "Colldge Scrip" and locate on the fine pine timber land on Puget Sound at the terminus of the Northern Pacific R.Rt I have a friend there ^ who tells me that some fine selectidns can'b^ made and thinks there is a good speculation Just now in entries of that kind. J. M. Eddy to Gen, Dodge, Brigham City, iG:(Telegram) en ^ - Special Commission arrived here this P. M. Have examined road from Sacramento to this place. Will remain in Salt'Lake City till report of examination between the 2 ends of track is made, then proceed east end of U.P,track a miles north Ogden, 1036 March, 1869* fAvuM Note; D. C. Haskell to Gen. Dodge, New York, 10:-' .itntKjiiw enTT, imjii I • In relation .to land of Mr, Chancy and himself which Gen. Dodge put in for them. • ^ bl A. L. Chetlain to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 10:- Your kind favor of the 7th ult., enclosing passes for self and wife to Omaha Is received. Accept my sincere thanks for the-,./ favor. You are very kind and I hope someday toibe able to reciprocate gn. this, and all the other favors shown me« r-j , ,j I have no doubt ypu are glp.d to got away from the excitement and work incident to your position as representative at Washington, -k ^ President Grant's inaugural reached here thd day. of.its deliver ' J regard it as an admirable state paper. It has the ring of the true rtinetal. His choice of Cabinet officers surpsied me a little. I sup pose my friend Washbum was booked from choice as minister to Prance. Stewart for the Treasxiry la a, Judicious selection, but he lisyr have to resign unless the la* of ('98 is repealed. I believed t ' all.- along that Jiidge Wilson of your state would go i^nto the Cabinet, I am like McComb» waiting for sometMng to,turn up. If Gen. Grant offers ms Something that has money in it I will take,it; if not I will Stay hero In this office euid operate outside as I have oppor tunity. At ay age of life I feel.like getting money enough together to secure a coiBfortablo ho«a» I have been wandering around long, arh 1037 ■; ■ :ir™ "Wi March, 1869, enough. You understand, ^ ^ ,T .f . We are all 7/ell. My wife wrote Mrs. Dodge a long letter some weeks ago. The blockade on the U.p.R.r* for 20 days past has serious ly interfered with our mail. Yesterday we received an eastern mail 1I( the first since the 16t}-u ult; another mail will come in today Mrs. Hussey left here 32 days ago for Des Moines, lowa; has not yet reached #?] , 'Xiaramie City. She has had a very disagreeable trip of it so far. My wife joins me in kind regards to yoxjrself and to Mrs, Dodge :.A including the little girls and Mr. and Mrs. Beard. We shall ho e to see you all during the spring, Ml ' 'OiWiec •i t'-'X yI . J. E. House to Gen. Dodge Omaha, ll:i' jflnr " ^ eini •r'^ Herewith hand you total sales town lot act, up to date.Dec. -81st, 1868. Mr. Ham, Auditor> has requested that the same should be sent him. : a# er sw»W J i \ji »;:■ er li. J. Eddy X©J.Qan. Dodg®, Ogden, Utah 11 (Telegram) .eOfw bit«» I'ed?! of the apocial commission desire to gt) over.road"to • Echo at once. Have asked me to get transportation for them by rai3l.l Told Mr. B, I would ask you for orders, ion 1' ;JIj. a» Bent to Gen. Dodge, Salt i-ake City, Utah, 12 (Telegram) Track 36 miles east 3d instj making slow progress account haavy grade which may last 7 days, ©omaiissloners passed over 2d inst. deaingihg to visit U.P.R.H. and ^ait Lake City. Result unksaowji. 1038 : March, 1869, J. E. House to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 11 (Telegram) « m ■* *1' ♦, ^ . . . O'Neil's notes of examinations about Ogden just received. They do not compare favorably with the tovm on See. 36. Do you want * them to send to you before decision is made? , L. 3. Bent to Gen, Dodge, Salt Lake City, 12:- ' r V • Elko March 3d, End of track 3 5 miles east of Humboldt Wells • • Laid only 1-2 mile yesterday delayed account graders Iron laid up -/Tv graders. The work will be slww some 4 days. Government Commis sioners passed over the road yesterday-could not learn what they did. They are going on down ta the U.p.R.R. Crocker brought some fine , .horses from Sacramento to take thdm to Salt Lake. As soon as a piece of road is graded-if only 20 yards, the iron is put on. Weather clear • '.i- - . , and cold, « . ■ r* ■* " • * « » 'v. 4 4 *r. 1*^1. ' . ^ 4. A . ^ el . . of track,.itorch 6th, Laid one mile yesterday. Bringing all their forces to front, Thiiik it will take 7days to get thrugh .this heavy wrok, 60 or 80 cars material arrive at front every Weather clear and pleaeant, , < J. E. House, to Gen, Podge, Qjaal^ia, 1^ (Telegram) ^ »111 start for Salt Lake on Monday unless ^you wish me to renaiin t ill you arrive here. Answer,. ^ ' oO Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 12 (Telegram) , , Will be ready for directors. Road open now entire length and trains moving well. Missouri Bridge taken down. Plenty iron here. 1039 March, 1869. R. G. Hazard to G^rf. Dodgef, New York, '12 ^(Tel'egr'am) .1 -'v Duff understand you want Durant on Committee. Going West. Answer W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 13 (Telegram) ^ Central 35 miles east Wells 3d March. Will* ascertain about Commission as soon as possible, • .-jc M Eddy to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake ^ity, 13 (iTelegrara)' May I eay that division terminus, shops* &c. will be estab- 'lishedon towri 'site just north of Ogden? Will comence sales at once. •dC'l« a m 'W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge*, Omaha, 13 (Telegram 0^ ^ Special Commission at Ogded' today. Will go to** ^ahsatch ano '^"^'Vetxirn to agden by raill * ,«f- Wi. . J. Blickenaderfer, Jr. to Gen, Dodge, Ogden, Utah,* 13 (Telegram) fXa ^ot know where C.P. will present another section. It is said a section was accepted 37th, Rer^ort wfll not bo-ready for sev- -Lain-T** eral' weeks. Will write. lo W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, TS (Tel^egwSi) mdJaat Buford here. Are other Commissi^ei^s coming aoon? C9 Wtt fliiw Morrla to Gen, Dodge, Promontory, 13 (Telegram) ConaniS3 loners arS in Salt Lake making report on line be tween tracks. Met taipi mi Proifcefitory} wrote you fully at time, ■'<43|ri«X ►on Lac>A - . a-..? ^ noTi tfmfi .CM* riwAfti e^iltlf ' .ir»« i March, 1869. • «i«D14lU teiJ Geo, C, Tiohenor to Gen.,Dodge, Des Moines, 13:- .w n' icmie , I have just got home.. I wanted to remain xintil your re turn from New York but felt obliged to leave, <n i _I am glad to learn that y<ju was successful ifi youi* H.P.R.R. fight at New York, althgugh I know nothing of the particulars, I wish you .|,j-^would write me about it and let me woric it up for the press. i find a strong feeling here in the State against Wilson for refusing a place in t^e cabinet, I have justified him, but he should have placed himself right through the press. , r Hoyt Sherma/H^ has hopes I am sure of .getting my office, aS one or two other gentelmen here. They expect it directly through Grant and not through Palmer. I think it would be -well for you to see both. Grant and Cresswell and leave your protest against my removal in such f)'. shape that they will not forget it. I shall be under additional obli- •i; V gat ions if you will do so* ulhad intended when I went to Washington .to make an effort for another position so as to relieve Palmer, but my courage failed Die» and I now want to hold on to this, ov. I tiiiiijc .yott-J^nd ^rice and Wilson ought., to stay at Washington until the patro age is disposed of; if you do not .Iowa .will not gat anything, and the curses loud> long and deep against i 1 pA your very mddest successors. If you see any first rate place that ( nobody will take, lot me know. . -.bw. ..ofj" 1041 March, 1869. We ought to have First Asst.-P. M. Genl. as vvell^as other offices and otfier outside places. • I ho e you can assist Spencer in his fight; he has a big job on his hands. ' *• ^ n .j:..:. .Mote: J. W. Barnes to Gen, Dodge, Warsav/, Ilts, I4?- B i'*' . In relation to appointmont; asks Gen. Dodge to use his' in fluence to secure him the office of Collector of Internal Revenue for nthe 4th Dist. of -"-lls.! 1 - rt'-'t J a m ^ ' hXuoi' / Sidney Dillon to Gen; Dodge, New York, 14'j-»ewXq • He havo had a livoly tiiae'io# it'sindevysdl^'CJ' but'have beatn^ the enemy so far, and have barricaded the old lion in his den, and if we all stand firm hd wi^ll have to remain there. "He seeraS'at very tame at this time yet he may bo pn^paring for another leap, sk) At we must be careful to watch him close* i I i . -iG r,i< i lido I I spoke to Duff about an.attorney at Salt Lake. Hd said you had noyrj better too, YOU can send Poppleton to look after the ,matter if you think ba«ti but dont failrto have it attended to. I did not show Durant your tehwgwiiHay but I asked hi if we had an attorney to act for u0* Jie.aaid there was no danger but that you were looking after it. • i 11 ;lo I n • n • As for yotu* Washingteor mattera# I wauit you-to have .aaerything right there* I depend eH you t® look after details; dent fail to have our election made valid. I dont th'-nk it wilX^tte *ziecassai7 fjjMS'tee to March, 1869. . , ,, _ . t : 0 \: go to TTashlngton; if it is v/ill come on if j'ou will let me know t think Ames hps a'l the proxies anr^ ypu can organize, but be careful •f - to make it straight. < . We should go ^'est as soon as possible, if things are a] 1 right If we do we want full power on the contractor's work as well as the company's, so tliat we can make vhat changes we thi k best. Say to M Price that I depend on him to go with us. I want you to keepour ' , forces all right. Duff is allright. I shall insist that you shall have power to act when the Committee is sent out there so. thai som those old robbers will shake In their boots. Let me hear from y - Note: John H. Hawes to Gen. Dodge, Ft. Hamilton, N.Y. 15. Wants to be assigned to duty on Gen. Sherman's staff aid-de-camp, and asks Gen. Dodge'a inflinsnce in securing same W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 15 (Telegram) ' ' ".■'r-i . • •• , Has Committee on construction has made 4? How long w'n you sbe in Westhineton? Buford and -Wendell have gone East. • • ' • - • special Commissioners will be near end track all this week. •J Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New York, 15, (Telegram);- ^ Have Central pacific received bonds to Ogden? T. 0. Durant to Gen» Dodge, New York, 15 (Telegram) It is said Central Pacific has received Government work to Ogden. Is this so? iiwcli UfiJ " ...ridf 1043 -i March, 1869. - • • . i J. M. Frtdy to Gen. T)or^ge, Salt Lake City, 16; ' r-liri'T' - 'j been telegraphing oulte extensively of late, trying to ascertain vhether the corr.pany intenc^ed to locate shops, ^.c. at the ''' nW town jufet north of Ogden. As it is, I have advertised that lots 'would be offered for' sale at auction on 22d inst. Bear River crossing ^ ' • has taken a great many away that were waiting for t^'ts town to be put into market'; have goner there- and squatted "ala" Green River and trouble may be anticipated. Gen. Wil-liam'son is there and I think anxious to hav that town (called by tiim "Corinne") / Also thrown into marke.t up to Bear River expecting to remain there and look after matters,* but the special •commission arriving and after a talk v.ith Mr. Bli-kensderfer,* I anticipated'orders, and offered my services ui:^|^ r was otherwise ordered. I telegraphed you from Brighnnr what they intended to do, but the next morning they changed their prograrxime, which you doubtless understood by my asking for cars for them, &c. and I -brought Gen. 'barren and Col. Williamson's Assistant (Lt. Hener) to this city. The Central •fO'iu ' ' very attentive and there being no one to look after their COB^Oht and- conveyance from Ogden to t^-^is city on account of the tInlW i»wcific Company, I took the responsibility of acting. Hav^ pWvldetf roonfs for fell having received telegrms thfet the balance of commi sion would arrive from Ogden tonight and will remain with them till the 20th, then go to the new town and take charge of the March, ' 1869. - . , . « i. . 1 sales. There had been no name given lor it-and when the time came advertisement,;&c»,, I natned itjBenneyiiJ^ in honor of Col. Conneyille whom hiatroy says came to this country in 1827 apd made the first map-tliat was ever laade. of., the Great JBasin, etc. , . ^ , Track now reaches past the site, but noting is being done towards putting in sidings, and Mr. Reed can tell me nothing about j.j where depot will be estapli^hscl, and if I can ascertaip.nothing will Q^ve to start at it hap-hazard, jj • t: to I ^r;. . . - ^ Ames telegraphed t^,Vhe^jtould-atart^ f or this city yester day, but the road is again. bljO.pked sp^ there is noj:.hi^g certain about ho ;'his, arrivals ; - ^ ro . ij j l ;o . 'jor j The officers at Camp-Douglas ar® anxious to^et some lo-Us on time, I_told Col. Lewis that I wrote you some time a^o and until I j' h®frd direct from you, on the sii-.bijeot would hold nome lots in resf^ftorye for th||piy i|i antJLcipation.jQf orders*, I will reserve .the 50 ^. ^ lots fijynte me abouty..a^di send., ypu map,^and the numbers soon as the l»oJ??nt5r^, of town Is determined^ . ]fea - if'. Qhclose a i^ss handed to by.Maj. -Egan,-He requested me to ask tp have it renewed.^ - . ■ ^ . . . ., , Baldwin & Dodge to Gap. Do^e, Council Bluffs, 16 (Telegtam) Maynard Senior Editor. Possession Monday* We have drawn ■■ * • f w» •# a. V, ' A N' X t, t o#n fWU. New TorK < J n... nri®« Joft Jorr 9%®h overt II W. §nydjer to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 16 p-.' ■ i'Gfl rf :rfT tnelr; 0 • ' ' Have not srritten lately because I did iibt know how boon you ^ould be here. . . : • /1*. We are* having severe weather again on Laramle*^Division and trains 'a somewhat delayed, Hoxie at Lai^amie and will remain there some Matters must come to a focus here at once. If Durant ig to run - road any longer it is used up beyond any redemption." If- we are tD® jiave a strai^t, working administrationk I propose to* take off heads gome parties that have been forced on me,' '" o* — — Hope to see you and balance of Directors here next' we'ek.' Sned ,4 60 blank season passes by mail today, - X Judge C, Baldwin to Gen, Dodge. Council Bluffs, 16:- - ^£^'- I received a latter from Sapp t lis morning atatlng"'1,hat the creating Circuit Judge, &c. woxild likely pass very soon, I-did X intend at present to ask for any office under the new administrat have been in hopea for some "time that Iowa wpuld be divided to judicial di3"tricta, and when that was done I intended to ask the appointment of D.S* District Judge,' This new law win dissithat hojfs, and Sapp ahd others urge me to apply for the appointj^t of Circuit Judge. - •* 'A e. • . ^ I have not seen the provisi'ons of'^ the* new bill. If it is as I March, 1869. .'"f" , suppose I. would like the place, I wrote to Palmer yesterday on the subject, and for him to see you if you were yet in Washington. I do most aswfully hate to apply for an office but I want this vary much. It is for life and the salary is what I needed. — I thir:ik I stand in as good position for a.judicial honor as any.man in,Iowa, I know the Bar of the State will endorse me as quickly as any man in.the State, if not quicker. Politicians may head me off, but the Bar of the State would not. ,j iji' no .If the bill should pass and'the place is open, I should rely very much on you. I ^ow your influence with Grant and Rawlins- and_your friendship, for me.. If ypu cannot take time or have not the disposi tion %0 ypwr utmost, I will consider my chance not wo th much. Judge Miller of the Supreme Ct, is a special friend; so are Grimes, Wj-lson. McQrfi&cy, Ayis^, Blaine; and can get Kirkwood, Judge Wrighiand others at home, I can get the end rsement.of the leading fBl®rittbll»3^ of the,bar ©f tfie Statp, I wij.1 dp nothing till I hear from you as to the prospect of tiae bill passing and what you advise me t - If you expect tori leave before you can write and hear from ma agai telegraidi me what to do. If you think the bill, will pass and that I had bettor secure the Ihfluanoe of the persons above named and that you will aid me-telegrap|j me to c.o ahead. Write me also, 7 1047 March, 1869. j vtn'' eri^ -u W. H. Lewis to Gen. -^odge, Camp Douglas, 17 (Telegram) Can Officers at Camp Douglas have lots in railroad town on •90 days credit? u: : . iito. »rt ill L.J lo Gen. Dodge -from his sister. Council Bluffs, 17 (Telegram) oi i Wv cu. House cleaned. .Chamber-maid-secured. Not heard fromjj.) Charlotte. -rp «UI »« V ji oiu to i*fr - W. Sny^ier to Gen. Dodge^ Omaha, 17 (Telegram) 11 Poppleton goes tomorrow night and will remain long as neci-'v ©ssary. First-class man goes today for observation in departments, -as requested. Will have Evans talked with tonight, and-am certain he will accept if you request. We owe two millions,- Cfontractors owe us three-quarters allHoji for supplies which If paid at once will make us easy. ■« i r 1 j .1" I, ^ « No. 2 CTelegraa). Evans will take it. Prompt change there will fe ave thousands. • > . fia 4^^ n. - : .etio f : n. i 1 j, Blickensd^yyqp^' Jr.^to'Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 17 (Tel) The following is all we have relating to Clemen.! appointment "Wash ngton, Feb. I2th, 1869, To Leland Stanford, S.M. «V r. il i OlrimMit will be appointed to act with the other Commission ers, Nfee are.'^Warr^, Bllokens^arfer and Williamabn on the ewamination " . .... of the locatidn between 4he oonpleted portions of Uie' road of the Wl-x j ««i )i. ^gPleJ'-. 11 xit 1048 March, 1869. ,^' ^" , ,r->iR Central and Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and if the Commissioners have not examinations of said roads he will he authorized to examine them; also^wrote sAid Commissioner. 0* H. Erowning, SeC. Washington, Feb. 15, 1869. "Gen. G. R. KWarren: warren: 1 f>jl/k tiB lol ii|»»Aiqjq*3 j j<j mjBlB lit 'tf* tc: Jo;i r . - ... .bI j t . ( If the Coraraissioners ,^ave not completed their oxarn- , i-nations of the C.P.R.R. L. M. Cisnent aiH b® added to the Commission , and you will so advise him. 0. H. Brown ing, Secy." ,s u Was the appointment never actually made, and is he nolj, authrozied to act? Answer at once. " ; T. C. Durant to Sen. Do^, Hew York, 18:- (Telegram) ,, 3 . ..T T ... Is Mr. Allison in Washington?, If not where will a letter reacAiifeini?< J .. !l! •fll .,j» /■ , r . : #f}l . . :t( : MoC M- Eddy, to Geri. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 18 (Telegram)^^.^^^ Am I awthorized to pay bills for Sjpecial C.pmmission wWle in this city? JIIW t W. Jnvder to iGen. Dodge, Omaha, 19 (Telegram) ctrvl lo Warren wants maps and profiles again of entire road for Special Commission. Shall we furnish all or part? , -n ^ r, Iv J- piickensderfar to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lal^e City, 19 ) (Telegram) . . Work head Echo will be done in 30 days. Instructs^ ^to com plete ex.aminationa and proceed to Washington and make report^, v- .■^'1 f! March, 1869. * .addl ■ •'.w - . . '•-Lewis Do^e'il.D, -bd Gen? bodge, Chicago, 19;- •"* I'^'U I may or may not be a relative of yours, and for the purpos- *3s of this letter it is i;nmat4rial for it is on business. I am an applicant for an Agency of the Union PacifictRailroad lands and mines; not for myself alone but in behalf of the Union Col- "lection and Agency Company, An incorporation with ample capital and means* Oii® department of i ts business is the promotion of immigration fro© Eastern states and European'Countries, and the settlement cf t( f lands in -the United States and Territories. ^ Our application for an Agency is on file in the office of your in New York* City, having been made In my name after a consulwith Gen. Dix before he left for France; also with Mr. T, vj. ont^and Mr. Ames. The last consultation I had with Mr. burant he -.-«r.0d me to yourself and Mr. Cook of Davenport. I saw Mr. Cook a r0i®* — ^ays since ahd he referred me to you.'^:'* I Will you please forward me one or more of your pamphlets and maps yQTjr lands and mines, and such infonnation as may pertain to this .'i:- -•! . J. M. Eddy to 6^'. D^giT,'Salt IJIdce-City 19: - firibecir ^ir* ' T wrote ycn/^-l-dth Inst, saying that I was looliing after ji^^mfort, Ac.* tsSl^' ttt#'Social Commission, and have so far endeavored ^^cilttate their movements and represdnt the Company Ac. by 1050 ■ i . March, 1868. hrlnpinj^ them to t^e citj; from O^^den, ohtalninf rooms, e^tendint autsh oourtesles as I Aeefiied wotlld moot v^dth-your approval op tljat lav in my power. Without authority I have taken the responsibility of payinr ■ theli* minor bills-,'"but yesterday concluded to teleyrpphyypu on that * subject, 'and as 'yfet have,received- nb'peply. ■ - ■ f • •' made.tnrranprements-with the WeHs-Parco &co'a--Agent here to ■ 'take'.thfe'Comini as ion- to'mouth of Weber Ganbn Wben-they are ready to - proceed with their examinations east-, and. today, at the rgquest of • Mr. BllckeTOsderfeir for more help-^ to makeritp their profiles and trocI telefrraphefl for'Kr. Harding to'come over from Echo and helfh .*r. Rlcksfecker fwho-is'af work here for'them.' " t T . Mr. House is between Omaha and this place so, 1 can reach no one but you-, vhlch le my fe polO'Tr for "eonmunicatiniB: with' you so frequentl ~ Am Wing up to Boonfe-vllle -thlu p. in. to be ready to commence business am'advertised, 1*tt Am -certal-n that'the - ti'me -for ■ihrotrlng the town iTfto'ntaT^fet 1& pasaed-,-yet I'am in'hopwe to «take it- a Bucoesft after all, 1- wwttld' l-ilta* to krroM that efbat I'havte 'dPne'meets with -" yotBialJprov^l, n, rli-f" . y ■ ' L. 5r»ar»t t-rt Gen. DbdgUj Salt Lake City, .2C {Telegram) e;:.' - •»' -Mnd Pf-'tmek'March'IStiK LAld" 4 mil es-yesterday. Arte one Mormon contract and. will prcrrreus 4'w5 mileu daily. t-. # f I- ft y r.n f»Ot - - Sfy- ' y- •1 .. • ■ u .r* V Mnrch,' '•"tt-»>r.-»i-<'- ^ "'.f" •• * ' ■" " ' J. to Gen. Dod^A, 0,^den, 'Iftah, 20 ^TSlepram) I '^'- Coinmls Si oners start ftast frdr. Sdi-it Lak? City "On 84**NfcTi5t. *' • g.-Bxieirensd^rf^r, Jrr to-Gen. Dodp;®, Salt Lake City, -f©-(Tel) I know Of no" loo-atlons'yjjr-e.P.east Of -Monument. PoiO't-prior to POfr Of OctoOeiT' e*oe'pt irhftt yoti sA# on Promontory. ■ None'made east of WeLer nation except iVei** 18C7'. ' Art trylnp to'ascert^iin>ail definitely. •' Lj"S; fient to ©e^. ■ DodgA', 'Salt lAkO'City, 20:- ' »• •♦rr of" trAck 13th^MaPch. Laid 4 miles yesterday;" 'Are"now on the Mormon'contract- and wlU'comfe right alonr-they say at nate of 5 miles per day. I think. 4'mllft'si? per day"»flll'"be' abotit-'their aVOrage. Tfeather St'ornr^."' t ■ ■h*- y'" ^ ^.y\s dias. &e La.'Batiftrer'to frdTr.-'Dodgh',' fromontotn»+ " * ■ -TeslrferdAy. 1 received a" I'ettenr''frbm Mr; Nodgeft, informinrm^> thht yoti irl1gpa<r to gfeV thb sfretches I Itttde of Cedar Pase and ttonftment Poinrt-. 1 eaftd them to y&a with this letter hy yells Farg & Co", tflir* Omaha* |»!<P to be ♦orglven for* my* cskrelerssnebe'' in forgbttln'^ deliver them to yoti before the parting at Humboldt Wells, I join to them sovwajy others wh lob'ybu*ma'y use -fSh j-oiir reports.* Should yon get bhem MthOghapihed I*wonld*bo nxctreningl7'' ohltged to If yon won id rememher to oend'ftib'li co^y directed btr Salt Lkke. "c 'Towns are sprln'-ing up fast along the reilrosd lino, an.g I liod n fart,' 1052 ^ f ,**,V. ■ •V , V..' lil-'HV' ." V ■ .A ih, ri i March, ^ ' f f- ..4*-, - frntlon to start one. at-Monument Point, as you told nys once it woiild **0 I'be- the main point on the,,line,, Tao /treat, dra^vbach there is water. T ■* * - •• • '> f . ,r 4 • ^ ^ had a well sunk ht^t ..3t,rucl!; salt ,water. After ,a careful -urvey I am -r' positive that fresh watsr can b? brourht from Deep Creek 15 miles *'north and 4should-the U.P.R.R., ryp to that point and then start a ♦ ^'- 'branch line.,to.Idaho ant liontana, which is, a „c^eat deal .easier and , shorter than. frQm,.Boar.River, then Monument Point ?;ould be a place ' f ••>P #»«v ^ - r 5; ♦ - worth something, . # ... ■♦ ♦ », . 1. , ' -T) th®wcht,.(lf-yoUrt'.hink J ^am^^not too i;iquisltive)^X would ask .your advlaa on'thtt 3ubje9t. before I undertake the expensive work of . .,3^inhinp peop Creek .to-that place. ^You.knpw my miepns are very limited, -Wppld not.iiiJSie vajn in such an enterprise, i-r.# 'H. M. *alker to Gen. Podge, San Francisco. 20:- X received a long time since your nPto^acknowleding receipt of map and px^oflje of Cow''i^z^ Pjfiss,,, fnt^regre^ th?t, ; ooj^ld not have sent one .at, the^g#me^lme of the, Snp,;-quol-mie. .1 ^h^ye J,u;t come across ./jomc meipor^nda, the survey, from wMch.X have mede^a, skeleton map . pept herewith^ tT^ Which Ip. substcntially correct. ^ . Fl;?cln^. upon Sea tt I.e. or^ any point be^pw, for a^ tenplnvs pf a road, .the Sound '.7OTjld.be reached at less distance from,Walla Walla vja the 3no-qncl-mle, than by ti e. Cow"! it while thp grado on the eastern „ slopes would be about the same, the approaches from the west to the «no-qui.-mift would be much more difficult and the summit may require March, 1869. a tunnel. The Oo-'lltt l3 exoeedlnEly favorahle end hy adopting that route in oanrylnz a line of railroad to the Sound Wd naklhr Sehme ' or a nolnt below the termlnuo a mieh ler'cor and more yulu'eble scope of oount^ 'would be Included than by the Sno-quol-ir.le''. " "the moct'marT.lflaent timber land fn the territory We' no* too remote from tide water to be made avolVble (and indeed they a^S'not yet" needJd) which wouli be eaaliyfenched when a raJlroad-fe C'onetruoted,'ao'well as laree acres of famine'lahd of the very best Cubllty. TV,en If the 1 inc were continued to that best of all 'the harbored of the ■" Sound-.BelUnFham Bay, anotV.er llrye belt of'tAese'fine llmrer lands ' would be passed tsrouRh'between Seattle and Belllnybhfi afiJ-addlflonaa larce scopeo of Tine agricultural land; In feet, the whoie line'fhorn W Burnt mver-to'the'Soind"by way 'if the Oowlits, with thh eiSe^tlon of one or two short strSto'hes, Is sktrted by fine crasvny, t'lmben and ^ It. - ■ , » » . a - r » /ay J • ' T agrlculU^ral land. ' Should'thi miion Pacific decide to^puoh a road trirouph from the ■ Vicinity of Sail Lak% to the Sound, anVcan'got from Con-resft th^ privilege of buying p. certain nitmher bf townshlpc of land as surpested In ray telcGJ^am, knd provided thet prlvllepe pives them the rlpht to select at once, and from ^rveyed as well as unsurveyed lands, It controls the '^root hody ot timber lands borderlnp the Sound, as well "'•8 in the Blue Mountains'and Inrgfe areas of the finest grazing ranges ♦ (ktm ff'»•* MeWIBuw . •-* •!>'' ^ ■ 1054 ♦ f ■ k ■ A.. £.#9 vw W March, 1S69. on the coast, lyirjg JLn the:course of the contemplated North Pacific Road. I'lo The talk of a:railroad terminating at Puget Sound as alreadyaroused the land speculators,.and large amounts have been purchased during the last 9 months; large m^ll owners on the Sound-who have extensive lumber and tinJher depots in thie city, even going from the Sound oyer into the.Columbia and entering land. The privilege of ^furchasing these lands on the condition stated -,70uld put it within-the power of the company to designate and map out the whole amount in two days, and thus put i't.out if /yie power.oi' speculators :.to gobble them up., , ;-d *■ r-« n: n J- icr Could you, without cost or trouble to yourself, -e-ause to -be forwarded tp ffirom ^shington a set of Pacific Railroad reports, if ..they :ire not all exhausted? I had .a full set presented by Gov, : I. Stevens, but d\iring my absence i,n .NetwIYork som®' two years since they were destroyed*^ ^LP. 'j'.i 'I ! r. u- 'tt h :f . -Uota: (^ray. Prince tc; Gort. 'Dodge, New York;ijasr>^i f'c 3 Have closed gold and Governments according to instructions. To Oen« Podga from his brothe^r, Gounci. Bluffs, 22.i'- . i leyjoJpan* Smith ends word to ymjc that he is having good succxdili; «Let pH IP'ipll Hotrn ^60 ft in J&l hours best; :tiA ever / f: U- '0 A ••Ki .. ^ 1055 March, 1869, ,v:;c4. made with Jt,he i?r,o,cess. He has hundreds of vlsi torsK is* Hfid" and-^ obliging in explaing to them and is much liked. So far he has hot' lifted a bucket full of earth by hand. The pressure is so -great that even great lumps of clay are blown out,* * , . K. i, ■ T. E. Sisiisls to Gen, Dodge> Omaha, 22:- -i-"! * *, t •< !. Column Np, 1 is now do wn to 43 ft, below the surface-or 40 ft, below low water, .The material has been excavated entirely by the airject which proves to be preferable to the steam-jet, -About 15 ft, below low water the column entered coarse sand in which, with occasi n ally a thin stratum of clay, is still continues. The sand is an ex cellent quality for making concreter'or-vriiortar and is being saved for I that purpose. , .i t i . j i * ' l .0 i , (Oonsi^ejMlfeitf .t-ltM .wits lost last'wemik by cdjld weather send some mishajifljrfot, llkflH|r to occur again. HiS real working time on the colujwa ia^^ogether tea not exceeded 4 daya.'O.ie ir l. ' W W : V ii A channel is open in the River on the East side,' ' .Tfhen the lee goes the acqw wl 1 be ^jiiaxed .in position, and a- column for pier No. 2 will be simk. •icivooa lj.. ..fWE-v bcu -i r A. -J. Rsn^B td Oen, ttedfte, Vwr York, 198, Urnu you aooeile to request in ay letter of 15th? lIoteti'JXmeB. a, Yatman JtO Jfen. Dodge. St, Louis, 1,056 I,'.'. , March, 1869. Wants a pass for Dr. Ellmtt, who is desirous of going West to recruit his healths ^ "• • ' ' -ii n-.' j j. D. Thompson to Gen. Dodge, -Des Hoines, 23;- Your favor is thankfull received. I 'had already come to the conclusioii that a chartga wOul Jbe agreed u on by the delegation from this State, but whether they would insist upon its being immedi ate or not I could riot judge. If-the thing was delayed till October I should care but little about it, as I have-about determined upon my line of action after that time. Of-course, I cannot and do not blame. Palmer. I presume he can do no different. But I should like to have Gen. or rather President know »who I am before he makes the change, rind if I should-Come within his line of exceptions, of course, should be very glad to avail myself of the benefit. • - - Would it be asking too much for you to give him a statement with out of course arrayirtg yourself against your friends or even giving a preference'bo »a to "Wttempt'io influence him? I would not have you mi^e more enemies'evert the position. If you should think it consistent with your duties to others to do me that favor, let me know for that will be the-extent of tty effort-to retain the poaition. ^ ' Kotet GVay , PrletOe Wt -Col to Gen. Dbdge^ New York 2#:- Have bought 500 shMts Han. & St. Joe Stock at 117.' 80CX 1057 March, 1869. .'CilOSf' cl c.tv: tiioJIIS .'iC i Baiii, r alnrW Gllddep & 77111 lams to Gen. Dodpie, Boston, 23 (Telegram). ,jTelegr^n rocelved. , P. S. .Hodges promises to start for Washington on 3 o'clock train today. • p &vymour to Gen. Dodge, Ogden, 24, (Telegram) *• ! .■ I have no Information on subject. Will get what I can soon .y as possible and send affidavits. Poppleton went to Salt Lake Cllty today. Ask him to co-operate* Telegraph me at Brlgham City. ^ •0VX ' Thos. P. Tre.vnnr to Gen, Dodge, Chicago, 24 (Telegram) ; •vn.-! C'i t-Sii -i. • ^^3, Dodge and little Annie arrived here this mqrning. Well. Snyder ,to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 24 (Telegram) j-r- i ^ ' ,rr-zn*" io Fourth ConTmiosloner is Mentzer. Clements an omployee of Central, Proba bly t.® reports split between Central man and old Com- »; missloners, and Csntral one hundred mile® west sumuiit Promontory, W* SnX^r to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 24 (Telegram).. . / 1 1 Sent go<id man to lool| aftermatter mentj.ondd JLn Grant's letter that comparatively small Item, Will Committee ,.oig Commissioners be hare next waeli? Itoad all open, . .^i.iJulius Biw^lio Gerj, jDodge New York, 24:-,'!^ r,(f i. ti tot -if;. ■. Xouif in^pa ^.eady for deliye^jf to inform mo where to J,. tc" •i- ^ VfA ii iJii 4rff4#0<l IV ... 1058 March, 1869. J. Blickensderfcr. Jr. to Gen. Dodga, Wahsatch, 25:-^; Yours of 15th inst. reached,me here this evening. You n^ed have no fear of warren. He is all right-I think fully so, and I am ir • » * ■ strongly inclihed to think we shall go far towards bringing Williamson right, though there is some difficulty on account of the character of his previous report. - . j o • 'ijlui I do not feel at liberty to -write you very much, but think we shall soon get to Washington whanj shall see yeu, and will have many things to sa ,. I can fully underst^d your troubles* and the diffi culties you have had .vith Ducaiji*. and others. ,-■9 -.'J u. , - I hope my friends at Washington will be willing to put, me right with Cox and Grant.as I am not personally known to either, and I have —' - t « • • • Boms desire to be entitled to at least reasonably favorable consider ation }.n regard to my Q^^ntfns*. ,.^ 1 i. . v.J . . We proceed In ttM morning^and Ij^shal 1 be in Washii^i.on at the earliest praet(lcabl9 moment. . j ^ I have used up all the money have, and have borrowed some from Weils, Pargo & Co, Can you arrange to give m e three or four hundred at OnpiHk? .. > - ^rlwid' ^nswqSi.T) tsrm W. Siiyd^to 0|i|»|k ^.5 (Tele^sm) „ Permanent work near W^jieatch,,jg^& slwo. Tunnel JJp. 2 about March, 1869, • Witt completed,*" " Tunnel No, 3 will take about "30 days more. Black Hills llockaded since yesterday, but will open tonisht. J. L; Williams to Gen"i Dodge, New York 25; (Teiegrainl? M.. Will I be needed East after Friday or Monday? Answer, : S. McComb to Gen. Dodge, Wilmington, 25 (Telegram) ^ Telgram of yesterday received, I knew you would do it, have written you, ififwr. - Seymour to Gen, I^dge, Erigham City, 2 Telegram}' ' ■ -li" Have telegraphed Poppleton to come here, and sent special messenger to collect witnesses. No time will be lost, March 2d -track was at Station 47 east of here. Today it is at Station 110 west, , ' H. S. ?.:cComb to Gen, Dodge, Wilmington, 25:- Your telegram yesterday notifying-ae of the fiaSS^ge of the bill through the House to allow our road to come into the cityj reached me on return home last evening, and was Veipy gratifying, 1 knew when you and Wilson took hold that» it would go throftigh, and ao told. Our people, I shall insist on your and Wilson's being put in on the ground floor. You or Wilson iKiwt H'ewk this business, with Dungrave and Chapman, during my tf^eence. All that are in the Alexandria# &c,, Ac, Road must go In tO the same' tdPtont on this. ♦•'I . '' 'What aboht-th^ bill? - 't 1060 • ' March, 1869 l>' .f>081 .r» . ^ ,-•""" , •. i . nelHic M .tsHeiieei se^iH *irtr ol m HA m f rn^t.": ,-| rv «1 •' rfT .fwiJ f 1#» r»A .; J. M. Eddy to Gen. Dodge, Ogden, 25:- I conmienced the sales in the town 7 mile's north of this place as advertised on the 22d inst. But very few were on the ground yet all prepared and anxious to invest, -t ^ Before the sale commenced a Coinmittee waited upon me and asked if j I could assure them that the company would make a div. terminus there A . - ^ , or ever guarantee a side track; as nothing of the kind had been done or promised, this, of course, I could not do, but gave them my word that if the cora;"any did not make a terminus there and put in a side- ' It track at least, that their money would be refuded. I sold 22 lots and could have sold a hundred more the same day, but the track has now reached Willard City, some 8 miles north; nothing is being done towards putting in a siding wiiere the tbwn'is laid out and no one will give me authority to say thai there will ever be a - • * « switch there even, and the consequence is everybofy is going to Bear River where Williaaeen says ha has been advised that the R.R. town is to be built» and has telegraphed to that effect all over the country. Mr. HqusQ arrived here yesterday morning; cou Idnt say to me that anything would be done here at all, rode over the site, said if was a < • • • \ nice locatio 1, and without doubt the best between Taylor's Mill and the Hot dpring, but wouldn't say that cars would ever stop there. March, 1869. * ■ ■ ' j He went on to Bear River yesterday, giving me orders to remain here and sell the town. There is no question about it, if the Company had allowed me to go no with sales six weeks ago there would have been six thousand people there and the Company would have realized over $100,000 today; but as it is, unless something is done or said there will never be a lot sold. The policy of one Agent trying to sell lots by falsifying" "sniother I Consider suicidal to the interest of boljh (towns and now the result will be instead of on large place, there will be three or four minor places which will net the Company about 1-2 as much as the former, and never contribute one dollar to the running part in the future, where a large business centre would one hundred, ^ The town lot business seems to be greatly mi ed out here, there being no particular head, it runs to try to suit everybody and the 0 b r.t rewult is it suits none, J. F, McCabe to Gen, Dodge, Havre de Grace» Jtich, 23 (Telegram) J " ——— I will be in Washington this evening, Bi . h tewlf Sidnepy Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New York, 26 (Telegram) * T «o to Aaherst today; will be back Monday, 9ur case looks a i ^ r ^#14 il 4I ' f t, .1 ^ r * -f ^ .f KtNotei W. L, Nichols to Gen, Dodge,. Washington, 26:- bJTB il r I , .r.srr!.* n Acknowledges tracing of a map of the Union Pacific flailroad (scale 20 miles to the inch). • r i *' T .it March, 1869 Note; W. L. Niiiholaon tC Gen, Jlndge, Washington, D. C. 26:- . . f Wants information, maps, &c, in order to ascertain altitude W. glider to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 28:- - . » T» tft , ^ j enclose a private note from Schimonsky, draughtsman, for Se^, It gives the status and operations of Seymour in glowing aolors, Schimonsky is the only honest man that I know of in the C6^* struction outfits; • ' •iicn ' It is getting awfully blue hef*e on the financial question. Am doing the best I can. Cant hold together much longer without help. T. C. Durant. to Gen. Dodge/ New York, 26 (Telegram) On the 6th of Mcirch Central Pacific 37 miles east of Humboldt Wells; would bo detained several days in grading. ' i-i IT E. QpusA to Gen. Dodgn, Omaha, 26: (Telegram) t lUnu ^ Hudnutt for ^6000 and Eddy for $5O06 came in for '^ilji^ent today. Haye alccepted in Omaha National Bank would overdraw account there fSOOO, which they say they cant carry. Please give me authority to maiw (Sest of telegram missing.) I c:x Jas, j1 6^|_Ezd-®n- tS Gen. Dodg^ New York, 26 (Telsgrara) Received telegram today. Sent maps and profiles fey Adams Express. - iiJ '4* Ji Htdliin^pn 16 Gen'. T5todg4, ♦aSHlnglonV^S T March, 18C9. ^ *5"'! Your favor of today received. In accordance with yourr^ '4i. request we ship by Express the $15,000 5-20s (left with us as a special deposit) to Gray, Prince & Co., 261 Broad St., New York, Geo. W. Martin to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 26 (Telegram) Deposit at Gehmical National Bank, New York City, for credit of Omaha National Bank $6000. Will letters reach you before leavingWashington? Ki '. J ' t J i i A.i M. M. Bobbins — ■■ I > to Gen. Dodrce, Kansas City, 26:- 0 . .^ .01. IW f.lotrt • j. . Enclosed you will find a deed of release cf deed of trust, which you hold against my property here. If you are willing tosign it I should like to have you do so in order to save any trouble in the sale of it when I find a purchaser, which I expect to find this spring. ..... If you would sign and sead the deed back^I.will not have it recorded . ijntil I sell, or if,yo» prefer doing so you can send it to Lawrence to ' ^ ^ f * t. • • • be'held by him until suf^ivt^me as it should be required. When I do sell I shall make such disposition of the proc eeds as you may direct. If you are willing for me retain the money or a portion of it, I, . shall use it in building another house on'same lot which I have pur-. ^ , .jJB chase^, and on which I^om give you ample security for the money, p. ..b.^ will please^f yLl.bl^ks left for date jn^^e and deed of trust, and book and page in wiich it is recorded. well. I think Lettie*« ^•«|.th is improving. The rest of us awe all 'io64 March, 1869. .'jnOi 1 ri Seymour to Gen. Dodge. Promontory, 26 (Telegram) - I expect Popple ton here tonight to take testimony. What shall be done with aflidavits? Blickensderfer's testimony .would be important. Why not compare tlieir lines as filed with line as actually building? There must be great discrepancy. Central track is now„ IQO miles west of Promontory sup^iiit. ,o OCCk Caleb Baldwin to Gen. Dodge, Co\incil Bluffs, 26:- , - |r ■ - nnr Yours received. When 1 wrote to you about the. Circuit judgship I was not aware that the bill had been pending so long, and that so many combinations had already b^n made. I thank you kindly for your proffered aid, but I mu'^t beg of you not to ask not be released from your promise, to Judge D,^UUin. ^ .Judge D. is a good man and perhaps ought to have the. appointment-especially as there never has been any provisions made for the "Price family" and the "Judge has never been gratified in his demanda for position." One reason why I declined being a candiate for ^^-electloji to the supren^p^bench was that Judge D. was so ambi tioua wanted t^ poeition but did not want to be a candidate eigalnet vkW' >lt wm the h^or not the pay he wanted. I wanted the pay, not tha honor* As soon as he was on the bench he de manded of the Legislature an increase^ of salary and in order to get it had to strain the langugage of our constitution,, and with all this J . ; .ir f 1 ro'> ''i: nlr.'.T I am satisfied that I could get the endorsement of as many good 7^. ■ Uarch, 18G9, c?ai ,^©' and prominent men in Iowa as Judge D.<, but as many of my friondo were pledged before! knew there was such a position, I will no longer xirge my claim. I was not advised d'f the features of the hill","but from necessity I would have liked the pos-ition. I could have saved from $3500 to $4000 ovor the expenses. This is much more than I can make by ray ' ^ profession, -It la not the position that -I wanted but the eraoluraent, I want a U,5,District Judgeship, and if there is a chance for such a position either by the resignation of Judge Love or the creation of a new district, I am -in for that and expect to command you. Now, General, what I write ybu is in-'confidence. I should have not affcflS anything abc^t Judge, D. , but it is to you, , H tl ^er bill may not pass this Session, Judge D. may change his ' mind, something may turn up, perhaps it would be better to await -'*<1 further developemants and say nothing, ^rite me.^ i ' "zidao;: B11 ckensderfflr, jp, to Gen. Dodge. Bitter Creek, 27:- « f ! M -J If© arrived here this e'l^enlng^, and as Mr% Clements Insists V - 1 ^ that red^^^^not less than ten days more to complete 'la exam* ■ftfifeitions of D,P.^»r,, WWrren'hits decided to take the first eastward* bound passenger trafo aitd' go dn, spend a dii/ br two In New York IMP-- then ijroeeod to "ashlngion^t^lthout wfeiti"iElifg for Ihe rest.^f I Inollho to remain with Comraisslon until we reach Cheyenne at- lekatV unlessl can . urn d ieeww*ffe I tellaiise ioe I 1066 ™ March, 1869. . , get an engine to take me over the road between here and Cheyenne by daylightC the passenger trains run over this part by night) in which event I am somewhat inolinded to do that, and then go on at once to Washington. I am out of patience with the constant delays, and yet I am dispos ed.to see what is done by the others, . I wish to ask you whether you are aware that the foundations for the permanent masonry on Black Fork are being prepared on bends outside of the line as located and built, and not on the line as now construe- - * « ' ted. The plan is to break up the present long tangents thus , „ putting in the permanent bridges in the bend in some places 200 feet from the present line right in the long tangets. At Green River also the foundations are being prepared on the present temporary line and not on- the main line, I consider the whole of this as a piece of , infernal noni|»^e, and the U.P.Company may as well understand that tiie Government Coiiunissioners will so report it, and make up their minds accordingly, I have no idea tir^t you know anything about it, and therefore write, Jr: t There are other strong indications that work represented to be temporary last fa^l is designed to be retained as permanent, of which I preauiq^ you^are, Sp alfo tlw maspnry on Bitter Creek If of a chaMtfiier .that will not stand inspection, and^ I think if the U.P,Comt)any takes such work off the contractor's hands it not 1067 mm*. March, 1869. : • . ' " only does itself inju'^tice feit will find'the Govemmenl wiil'^ot^^be satisfied with any such work. There are strong indications of things in that work which will recoil with bad effect on the company. You^may consider this as none of my business, but I-assure yoii I write with the best interests of your company in view, as well as '• in the conviction that you and President Ames are ignorant of what is '■ going on, and ,th^it the Government Commissloners will notice these "things, and I believe they should be-promptlyjl^avowed both for * your sake and the Company's. . . I could have wished some authrozled agent of the U.P.Comftany like yourself could have accompanied this Commission over your road. The want of"'it iS felt, and I \iannot Sti^Ty the ommission in my own person. Our prO'^ress is'dolaybd and^our-labo^s^wii:^be^ increased ■ther«hy» besides the effect-is I think-permanent, especially as Coll ffilliamaon is one of those'irtio especially fells want of accomodations. . 5^e fact is, he is more of old granny anddmpws less than Gffli.Barns-, though I believe him an honest man and fair as far as-he knowe>'Wl®eh makes 'aiareaids for very rmchy^ ' _ John t. ^sodatih to tien. Do^e, CoiiBfeil 27:- . I-received your telegram in regard to G.P.drafts. We have :^tH^t |18,000 K)f tliem; will not buy any more, Gilamn & Son agreed to" TftOX 1068 : ■ ffarch, 1869 .«&aX .rf -discopnt for us at 7 per ct. prem., but if they are not pai'^ where do we atill have to. protect them, . -The-banks on* the other side ar^' ■overloaded with them sind vouchers*, and now .even refuse to take -.vouchers as collateral security. I think they will be all right,'at least I hope so. jri Traynor's friends here say that he will get the P. 0. and if so Maynard's friends will blame Pai^mer for it, and if Tr^vnor gets the appointment tlirough Palmer. he (Palmer) will have ha ve a rough road'to travel for anything in the future, Maynard has the strength here to elect him if the question qag submitted to a party vote, and it would ^ be an everlasting disgrace to the towh and country to- put such a thing as Treynor into the office, .sau U • . c-ox Jv i..Sote: Prince &: Co_, to Oen. Dodge. New York, 27:* I - '.-Acknowledges receipt of |15,000 5-20s from. 1st. National Bank, Washington. .1 r*; irn •: jl. il f*. j i .n vii lo «4i.r Iia;- 1-1) •: ji .'A vii lO Wote: W. w, HSiiqeDhttfvhci .Dodge., New York,lJ89:* 1 > i In relation to draft for flOOO given him by.Mr.-Hudnutt. #1 W. SnjtJ£i.r ta Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 29:*! ' ' ' 'PWli looking over the a^/idavitsl in the.Fiak suit, my lia" pression is that he gets most of his information in our N*Y. office. It is a question with many people here which side of•the case T.C.D Is on. His policy mbdoub'^dtlr will b® tfe rule or ruin, / 1069 y I s' March, 1869. I find .thati W, is truatee. for Cheesbrow & McGee. con tractors men at Echo, and gets 2-S og the profits. Contract let by T.C.D and this mrt understood., of course,. Want the Committee on Con3tru.O:- tion to look through the operations o;r Davis & Co. and they will ascer tain where considerable of the road's mondy has gone .to. . Think the ,fira has been paid for 70,000 ties more than they ever delivered. ehJ ..J- have not been over the road west of the 1000th mile post All ftrack west of Piedmont is poor; Aspen to Echo very poor*' To put track in good order fron Bryan West and bpild-snow fences will cost at least j{5,000 per mi^e. I have been obliged to rebuild about all of Reed's 'bridges for past year and; put up everything in the way of buildings * ^ exce t depots and section houses, , . i ,,-'. Am baying 200 cpirs irop and bridge timber sent to Fremftnt via S.C. & P. B.R.te save time and make certainty of getting material this VsX''.- side of river. It coats $20 per car only, which is pot over $S per car more than It costs herp. Am getting Iron faster than we can take care of it.-toere. r> v ..11 'M sV'if Freight ahipments frpsa Opph* nop averagi^ag $15,000 daily, which <tlll soon help smiM in finimiMm . Travel, is daily, increaeing. Could get along, easily if contractors would pay^, , ttd t * . . No^ ,8 —89* . - 1 1' - ■ oi. :. ..i:- t. - iz /we. are awful shape pisve financially and it is hard work '}■ ■ . v:. Tjmim ..i:- , u. art jja awful shape lueire financially and It is hard work 1070 t. ■ f A>' March, 1869. ' ... . . to keep (iown excitement. Banks and bua^ess men of Omahaniust have help soon or a crash will certainly come. I am almost discouraged but will try to hold matters together until you come out. If you get the power you spClje of I am willing to remain and assist to the best of my ability. If not, wish to got out vary soon. Am growing old r. 'too fast and no salary that could be paid me would make it an object to remain hor® another three years and expetience the same trials Ho le has been 77est since early in February. Has had charge of Laramie Division now takes Bridger Division also until I can got good division Supt. Campbell, who had Laramie, was a first class , R.R. man, but under presaurp gave way to some bad habits. Seymour, ; McCallum, Davis ft Oo« and,Reed's whole outfit fought him all last year because they could not use him and manufactured many of the stories that were circulated about-him. A. J. Honj)ar who has had charge of ii. J©ridg4»r Divlsiiai JLf he at-fcepded to his business would be a first rate man, but ha was being run by Seymour, Reed and Davis Co. and was meddling witia oth,8r divislant* and the public and I told Hoxie to tako .the dlviaion4!.»»<i*adr Wea-tam R.R._ men are afraid to^ come here now on >, account reports cLroulating in .regard to the road. Have about eaug^it up with accumulated freight here and will .tShJje^Xlt .thzMMiSh so tA get the yons^ on it«. Will do. a splendid is 11 . i, j.i io 1071 1 ;• I March, 1869. .C.5"X , iiw business this year in freight and passengers if once get straightened out. .. " a 0 'I . i'.. ^ ■ Notd: E. Weed tci Gen. Dodge, New Tobk, 30:~ 'C-l il'w lEhat he has sent 1000 maps by Express ■f>XO, 3|al. jg^g ^ O'Brien to Gen. Dodge« New York, •30:'--T ^ 'i JoaL'fd j desirous of obtaining an appointment as Consul abroad, and With that view I have made out the enclosed application, which .1 ' will feel much obliged to you to have laid before the President, and at the samd time to exercise your influence in securing the db ect named. T have conversed with Dr. Durant on the subject and he suggest^^ to place the matter in your hands, as ho is sanguine of your success in procuring the ap ^ointment. > V ■ -•) Note: Clark Bell to Gen.• Dodge, N»# York," 30t»t g- i oJ«*l ic ii l relation to voubhers issued by Gov, Black of Montana in 18^, called "Montana' vouchera»." John T. Baldwin to ^n. Dodge. CaunolA; Bluffs, 30:- . rib Your favor of 25th received.- ^ Cy. Bill passes'Wwant Oy. on |100,000 of bonds. Wo have now |86,000 in bonds, will make it $1C0,000 Mr. Alley has neither paid for his stock or returned Cft. Thef failure of the U.P. to pay Is creating consideraUli|T(i^.oitement West. We are not buying any vouchers now, but if we had plenty i-va 1072 March, 1 869« of nffinSBy; could mak& sl%dS^ thilrig buying them. ' When tke CcSlniJI^fr/'"get ready to pay I wish you would make some arrangements by which we could buy, I can buy at a-heavy discount.. The parties that the Company • owe are keeping up such an everlasting howli"hg-that I would like to iaee them shaved a little. - I will See Nonpareil folks in regard to blowing up th? Central. . i i ' The Mill is standing still this year, it might have run arid done Jwell if IJ.?. folks would have given us our share of their patronage. Mr. Frost has an idea that you are interested in the Mill and dont - propose to patronize any person that is not Purant. We have not sold him or any one connected with road to- the amount of a sack of flour, except what little you have~bought, since the road was commenced. Proa*"^ys thousands of sacks of flour every month all around us; buys ou'r flour sometinves- from other parties and pays froia 25 cts. to 50 cts, more than ire offeri to sell at. - With" such men #ii3 the Company have to operate their road^ it is a great wonder, to me that the whole thing was not busted higher than-a kite long ago. I *" Nathan is sell^ybig wome of the B. P. ^ Co. lands-not selling .any im: Town lots are adtttvcRing rapidly and selling fast. Kiere are : more hd^xswl tinder wary at any otie time last yeair. B.]^. & Vo^ matters are about all closed Up, There is but one unsellted claims that I know of, and that is being ^oont as ted in court, I thitik Nathan »fOi 1073 (Vt March, 1869. .1 _ 1 ,Q^ X has about enough of our jmoney on hands to pay it if it goes against^ us. Pegram is a long ways behind, to us. The City promised to pay r $1000 city bond for right of way.. ^ If you hav-e the deed you. Jiar-d better send it to me unless you are coming home soon. Treynor told me he would see me about room for P.O. Demming is going to try to keep the office where it is. X hope Chapman may suc ceed in getting some thing, if he dont, it will break him up. Have you seen Mr. Farnh^ aljput our land matter?. Jt. is a good thing if he can get it fixed up, • ^ . I ; I wish yot .would get a few chromo paintings of Rocky Mo^J^'tain scenery for our new bank parlor. "T'- brjr t. -J. E, House to Gen. D^^e, Salt Lake City, 30:- j j-jufw 3rv) ' t: I came down from Corinne (Bear River Crossing) yesterday in ordeir to forward currency to Martin, to be placed to the credit of Omaiia National^ to liquidate the over draft that has accumulated since I left Omaha. I leave here tomorrow for the mouth of Weber Canon where I am negotiating for 100 acres of land for town and depot pur poses. Tho-price aekud ie $.40 per acre, I telegraphed Snyd^ and he thoaglit advisoable tepVMPhase. I have the refusal for ten days and will not close the txfiKl#iHtlll l look carefully over the and learn whether it ie the best that can be done or not^.j^ •: Corime Is m. suooeee far, having sold up to .Saturday about rroi X074 March, 1869. $30,000 worth of property. The town is located on section 6 and 31. Section 6 was claimed hy some 10 different parties, they giving quit ^ • - t J ■■ claim deed to the R.R.Com^^ny for the odd numbered lots. This deed I had taken in my name in trust for the Company. This was done in order that I could quit claim to the town Company the ev6n" nximbered lots-as rivas on the groiind and they were anxious to close the matter up atonce. I hope it will meet with your approval. The town of Bonneville west of' Cgden is not a favorable location and no property could be sold there without the assurance from the Company that it would be a division terminus. I asked Mr. Snyder if he could give the assurance, and he replied not tl11 he had viewed the « . ground. The ^fcouth of Weber seems to be the point where a change will be made, as the heavy engines will no be needed west of that point. I am told that Bear River is the las^t "fresh water of any amount to Promontory Range. If that is a fact Corinne will undoubtedly be a turning point. It also commands the trade of Cache Valley. The fine agricultural lands of Malade and Bear River Valley, ^ redirected n*Wftll to run a set of levels up Bear River to ascertain what fall there is to see if we could make it available for irri gating purposes. I suppose he will have it done by the time I get back. I will start from here tomorrow, would have gone today but it « • • is snofing furiously with no prospect of stopping. JIddy goes wihh 1075 Wol March, 1869. ; w-.— *1115 to Ogden and will return to Cmaha the last of the week. Prom "Corinne I intend'going to Promontory^ Monument Point and Locomotive Springs. By the telegrams of today I see that there is a fair pros pect of making the junction at Ogden. If such should be the case our towns west will be of no importance; however, I shall go on till ordered back. Mr, •Qton has just arrived from Promontory, where he has been engaged in taking depositions. iWlXinaoX c . j, : The track down Weber is in a terrible condition and if the storm continues I hardly see how trains can be gott-en over the road. An also told that'west of Promontory it is almost impossible to get along horseback. to Gen. Dfidige, Brighain City, 29 (Telegram) Testimoney will be completed today and Popple tori takes it mJ- ; to Salt Lake City tomorrow for verification. Shall I send special f messenger with it to you or Chandler? ft appears eonclusivc in our favor. Merideth declines to testify. I have not seen any of their maps or grading. Can Se'ready for -"■'.•out." . track to Monument in 30 working days. Our track on the 27th was at ' ' .h'- ^ ■ —1 » r 1420. C.P. on 24th was 75 miles east of Humboldt Wells, * Prepay yoiu? dispatches in Washington. * II icfrf . 1 Gen. Dodge, 0maLfl4: 29 (Telegram) Jiiw 1 Gen. Warron will be hero tomorrow on liis way alone. WT!: March, 1869. Sidney Dillon, Augustus Kountze. & Ezra Millard to Gen. Dodge. " Omaha, 30, (Telegram) - ,7,,;: J -V- J " 4,* Have Hous q proceed in condemning depot grounds and right of way. Arrangements all satisfactory; funds v.dll be ready, L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Hew York, 30 (Telegram) Am still waiting here, What^Jppospect of organizing board soon? .J'.'ioMyCiJ .. vn;l W. Snyder to Gen. Dctdge,-Omaha, ,30 (Telegram) Bliokensderfer and balance of Commission will be hero on Wednesday. Will try for items. . rt Sidney Dillon to .Gen. Dodge, Mfew York, 30 (TelegrsmJ . Received your letter "this,momefit> just as I s tart for Springfield to meet Ames and Duff. I think well of your proposal. Win telegraph you from there. / h v-rois j„cw 3. Seymour to Gen. Dodge, Brighfcm City, 30 (Telegram), j.i $$ ■■ We commenced first November, they first December. We show their work averaged less than 5000 per mile 85th February between Humboldt Wells and Mcsith Wt iWebar, Central track 57 miles west of Monument 28th and preparing to lay 9 miles yesterdftj,. Grading at r;® Red Dome would be eorapleted niddle of April. • - * S. Seymour to Gen, Dodge, Brigham City, 30 (TelOgT'am) Morris' testimony very full. No such messenger to send. .7.. I 1077 March, 1869 Poppletgn will send package by young Frost from Salt Lake tomorrow, track last night at 1570. , Note; Edward H. Jfeed to Gen. Dodge, New York, 30;-»VirtJ Encloses bill for maps, lie r. Thos, B. Morris, to Gen. Dodge» Prgmontory, 31 (Telegram) We will be at least 10 c^ays behind the Central unless they have acciddnt. ? j. t W. Suiuiar to Gan, Dodge. Omaha, .51 (Telegram) j .w t . Am sending men daily to head Echo, but White Pine is tak ing many and force not large as it has .been. Earnings road.last quarter this month will be over $160,000 Qaah. II' S. Seymour to Gen, Dodgg, Qwaha, 31 (Telegram) rgil ii . ' With plenty of track mater al.and work driven to u|m§s|$!:®n west slope of Promontory, I think we may reaqh Monument first, others wise not. , Agent fully poetSd ft?om Central wUX arrive in few days Wham I can tell bettef>« I I . T.C.Duyant-'iW Have w \ 1 t •ricC DO^e. New York, 31:- .. i Art 'd by AdMMi Express as desired. See Stevens speoAh before the louse at same time. i W. Snydor to Gen. Dodge, OiBaha, 31 (Telegram) tJiu-yw ^ ( Think we cap make Mohumen.t Point, sure.) itr iti\,eC ... . - u fit -jci, -aaeai , f ji! >,. . . Ii'. ; . ; 'ii t iiiylN 1078 ■'Uii': March, 1869. . .OtJ , ■ ••£ • S. Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New. York, 31 (Telegram). ; ' XX.' #t.i> • lilt" .. Look for a letter tomorrow morning. Otir. chances are'fair ' to have case renewed,, - ^ . ;; . Note; A. H. ffands to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, 31:- Wants pass for himseir'"and wife to go"East on, &c. - W. Snyder to Gen. DQdg;a^ Omaha, 31:- Yours 26th received this morning. I have been firing at 0. P. for past ten days 'through press ojf CMcago, Cincinnati, Albany, &c. N.Y. papers have refused to ^ake dispatches and letters favorable to the road. Dispatches paid for here. I am trying them again today. Blickensderfer not in this morning as pxpected; stopped with other Coramissi oners* I hava.B®nt men out to meet him and get" items that, _ you requested,,which I till telegraphi Have paid mofi in s.^pi^ l»e^'e for Januapyj also paid about $20,0000 at Cheyenne and l.a'^iQ |b1>o^ .for.January, Oyre balance of men for wages since January let. Have been able so far to pay discharged men and those wjio qqit of their own aocordi,"t!"ant stand it much longer -j and I fear trouble daily* Banks and businssa men of Omaha hold our , paper for J600,OGO. "lilffiltfOt fuel-oi^ ^ line of^iroa.cV. /Not moju ifi^tbtadfiasa in^wna besides Omaha and . r , Chicago. Must pay amployes and fuel contractors to keep road going. 1079.Oi t - * . "•hT I.!arch, 1869. -."^1 Lliller* s article in-fieri ad verf igfe'o'dj and 5 will haVe it copied In Chicago papers^^/' - . 'I'sJ.toX « Mo'i o, ' Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New York, Sl:*-f-- " - -• .1 aaw Yarcus and Duff last evening. They say that you may promise 50 thousand stock or kJO thousand cash if we can get what we want and It will be forth CDm-ingt at that time.* We have all -.e can do to-keep our paper from pretest. - j o. : K\,ujb\ . Bushnell says he will be in Washington Ih two or three days. eIJ>:*?''^iver Ames to Gen a Dodge, North Easton, 1Z:- ^' 1' I ' • / ' I wrote you'ye&terday on matters of U.P.R.R. hat tdday-I' have your letter:of 10th, and alsO'agreement made with Central Pacific R.R. That part of thfa agreement giving the Centra], Pacific bonds on the road we Vu lid beyond Ogden is an outrage-tipen us and ought neV'dr tor have been consented We have burdens enough to bear to have some little help In bearing them, but for us to give to the Central ^hese bonds and let them pay us f^r the road whbn they gdt ready will" T fear break us down* 1 Watii-Coiwelva how-you ever should have con-** sen tod to it. If J^u'^'had ftnowh the Bohdltion^of the company you would not hay® dm® it. Certificates for these bonds have already been sold eind it calls upon us to raise ramey at once to redeem them. When if -■ you had stood for bonds of Government on all the road wo build, we - i 'C 1080 ./V'iT^TV: March, 1869. should have got them and had part of our pay, while as it now stands we shall have a quarrel^with the €. P. -to get any p'^y out of them. The rock and earth work is put down very much below what it is costing-us. The feeling among our peo le is very strong against thesurrender of the bonds and limiting us' to actual cost of the roa(J,^^^ in fact, very much below-what the road has-cost us this winter, The letter you-slly^ you enclosed-me-with instructions to Chandler is not recei 'ed. TThen it arrives I will communicate with Mr, Chanlder,^ giving him such instructions as the interests-of the road may require, •1 think, as we have a good office at Omajia, ali'^d it is quite nec essary to have your office in close connection with the general office of'thW tfOmpany- it is inexpedie'nt to remove the same until after the completion of the road and bridge," 1 Should feel' if superintendent of the road it would be a great convenience to haVe -the engineer and land office in close connection with the general office, ' ■ t-rJi; 1 In my letter to you yeaterdisy I" sent you a disohfiO'ge^l^f Col, Sgymour from duty on t ;ii^ rSdk'dyi-to be berlt or ttKOidod to him as you should see fit. • • a* in i t? ,r We are raising "eonva money to -sand out on tba road btift the severe money'iliarkot qnd losW obr socuritlwsl-and Cr. by this Icompromise makes it hard wrork Tor «us to do it. ' We "Will^-h*»ever.,' da inhat we can. and may, shall, bo ableA^# I 104l ehofU^ to put'our rails March, 1869. together. u.- t- i . fo 4'v , Mr, Duff has gone to NewHayen today and will go tp New York tomorrow, and will in a few days go out on the road with you. He wants to get money enough to pay up the most pressing labor claims before he goesy^ - j.. . X i • . s ^ G. Wj Martin to Gf^a,. CpcLg.e, Omaha, 22; ^ j 'Otr. / >: f I enclose herewith copy of Col..-Hudnutt'a letter this day received. 11 ■ Oi'i Joa DC; a W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Willow City, 23^r. f • ..-r r.fd -r-Jvl*- - '.y ' The end (Of U.P. is here today on edge of Salt Lake. They lack ties to make much headway, . - - - fc * . -1. . * V _ I, V. . ^ r ^ "y. Warren' s Div, is bad. He workS; hard; will get it in bettej? phape soon. The weather is favorably for^ him now, ^ ^ !j . j The Central is working some along grading, are piles a few miles wes.t of here. ' f J "iCiVzoO C lo r.i ; j''Ic . Gen, Caaememt is qi:yite unwell, ^ j . 0^ . Warren has charge of &c; that Division (west of Wah-. satch) D.W.E. and has an awful track, , - > ; ^ , ,rJrot«: 'Jf* T. . Iley to Gen. Dodge, Omah%, 1 wApriU art oi. In relatlcyi to planting forest trees around depots, irwo . J. L, Wjlli^ tq Gen. Dodge, "New York, April-l:- ej;' • You should telegraph to hurry up Elickensderfer and Warren W - 1 «• 1002 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/8a3299cb889b53a10a61f792de2354d3.pdf 05fe52e56e94ba349d36c1891e482c01 PDF Text Text March, 1869. together. ; U" 'i S'v. 'i.f" to 4ti f, 'io3 'wr'T l i ^ Mr. Duff has gone to New_Haven today and will go tp New York tomorrow, and will in a few days go out on the road V7ith you. He wants to get money enough to pay up the most pressing labor claims before he goesy' ^ , x i - I'l • x. u G. Wj. Martin to Gen. Dodge. Omaha, 22; ^ '.I r I enclose herewith copy of Col. Hudnutt's letter this day received. Jo.'i W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, V^illow City, 23;.r. w The and of U.P. is hero today on edge of Salt Lake. They lack ties to make much headway. < t Warren * a Div. is had. He workSp l^ardj will get It in hette^ f hape soon. The weather is favorable for, him now. -"w : ! .. . 1 IHie Central is working some along grading, are dr^vlfig .piles a few miles weo.t of here. .1, ' Gen. Casement is quite iipwell. ^ ^ r.IJi'X xn j ^ Warren has charge of Bjrers,^ &c; that Mvision (west of Wahsatch) D.W.E. and has an awful track. , X? u . t, «•* , v.c .hJIota; J. T. Iley to Gen. Dodge, Omah^, 1 *April. , al l 0-1 _ K. In relation to planting forest trees around depots, j. ao < J. L. Wjlli^ tq Gen. Dodge,- "New York, April-1:-' ttj» • Yqu should telegrajh to hurry up Blickensderfer and Warren April, 1869. to give their viows before the Senate Committee. I knov7 they would • - • - t V - / • - " throw much light on the question of comparative location and construc tion. But they must tell their own story, I will say to you privately that the bridge may get into a bad position, not as to engineerirxg but as to means and the use of it by Eastern roads. I gather here that botli the North Western & Rock Island will stand aloof-as matters now are, both in regard to contribu ting funds and pledges of using it in the future. They profess to be afraid of a job inside. They say that the U.P. have commenced it without an arrangement and that the;: are bound to builS it and pay for t . . . . . . it any how. It is a great pity that there had not been a contract in the mutual interest of the U.P. and the iJ or 3 Eastern roads a year ago, Mr. McComb and his Committee have not managed very prudently. ' ■ " - « • As it how is I am very confident that our folks will have to take all the certificates. I, must starjt west on Monday, Nothing will be lost as I see no pr^j^ct of the organization of the Board very soon. The courts and the press seem to be against us. A very unjust editorial is in the "New York !]^es" of this, morning ; get the paper and read it. I thought that Journal was on the other side. lie- eif.i .. . 1 ^nyder to Gen. Dodge,, Omaha, 1:- (Telegram) „ ^ •▼•IT I Must have help at once to keep going. 1083 . -.arc April, 1869. \- I . - ' " "' . ' ■ i' * S. Seyniovir to G*en, Dodge, Brigham City, 1 (Telegram: ./•I Our engineers and contractors all say that they never saw or heard of Commissioners passing over Central line between Monument and Weber previous to 1st March, J. Poppleton to S. Snyder, Salt Lalce City,l:- * I reached Salt Lake City on the evening of the 24th and the next morning received a telegram from Brigham City, in relation to affidavits, from Col.' Seymour, and also your telegram directing ine to' co-operate with S. in taking testirony. I I'eft S.L.City the morning of the 26th and returned again on the evening of the 30j^h, having spent the interve._ing time in taking testimony at Promontory Point and Brigham City, and yesterday morning i s'en't all testinioney taken by Welis Fargo & Co. to Echo City where it will go by special me'sseng'er ' -^^ 4' « " J fill I'vxri ii .. to Washington, as directed by Gen. Dodge. I find as yet no move on the part of the C.P.rf.R.' towards a lit igation but think it is inevitable'within the next 30 says unless Gonress unites the* knot.'' The ^o tracks cross each other once east * ' of Promontory point'and s^erai* times 'beyond it. Whenever we lay " track across their grade, as we will within the next 10 dat^s, I think the pall nnist open. I have lost nd in'miking mj^self fdmiliar with the organiza tion of the courts and laws of Utah, and feel that' I am 'already 1084 April, 1869. 1 familiar with the ground. My judgment is lhat the courts and judges are both ignorant and \incertain ^d when once, laucnhed in litigation. no one can tell where It will end* For these reasons it is very , ■'.♦C way desirable that the points in the controversy should be settled by . . Congress if possible, and I think you*"shn:uld urge upon Gen. Dodge thlaji Vein of the matter. ♦ .il «-X In the peculiar situation of affairs hefre it does not seem likely that" I will be able to leave for some weeks, "^n the meantime I wish you would post me on anything important transpiring in New York, as i .f, I am utterly without informat on since I lefty/ •. . Jti 'lo f 'W. Snvder to Gen. Dodge.,. Ogiaha, 1;- y r.d# ' ©if I understand that peremptory orders, have been given to move the U.S. land dffice from Omaha to West Point to take effect within one month. This will; hurt us in many ways and will not help the public. Think Thayew 'has effeotBd it to. carry out pledgee giv^ by him. ought to have the officeur here or at least some station on the road,^^..^ The Oovsmmont will loaa. notvey by changing tp . Note: J. D. Cox to Own» Dodge, Washington, 1» ^ ^ .-id i i atr: ^ j " Encloses liat Qf dates qf filiqg of certain papers by Pacifi TRaillNMBtP lo ate* i snat: 0»■#>#iutt -Pen. Qodg^, Biut • lir" .', - April* 1869. , ')0l ,!.• I have just returned from a rough trip through 'the canons of the glue Mountains, west side. I reached, the foot of the mountains March.. 9th» have run one line acorss, got a good lihe with light grades up East side, but found the descent west so heavy that 1 left it , om row trying another pass. « ■ f- . v an® Snow is 2 1-2 ft. deep and more falls every cLay(&nowing fast all ^ y today) What with wading in snow and. fording deep creeks and .j^ljiual rain and sleet, we are having a moistUnie of it. In fact, duri^S .tlie last 10 days we have worked only two full days., because ^ StOr^SS. .vl'-i . - ... .. j j!r From the pass at the heiui pf Mercham Cra/ak I am now running a lin® down the ii%«t M'd®^ ifbpe 'to get down aritii 80 ft. grades, but through a fearful canon fot' eight miles aiid'then by a pretty ./ J n IP line ' it i® . crook to the Umatllla River. When we rekoh that wa are all right, gO^d < n .J QX'SiSB 1®' crd^M^'^t i^,itocl ve!?, gpfcten flourishing down In Umatilla 1tailley< Hp here wj^have an artic winter,, Shall» • V, orr aa fast'as th4 • w#«*hWr i^Jtermlta so as to reach the open plains pusn ^ ^0 Umatilla. " T^Hl write you -again so soon or, I readh bottom. ,' t Klchal-d White to Oen, Podge> Chicago^: 2;- ; ■ Wh^iever you have any favors to ask of please Qomraunicate me directly, ifM edydWIfcstHif idoat send .an agont who has nqt more ^ith uxx-awiixjr, wmx eETywwwwkv ^♦ion than to offer me money. ■ ' ii I ' April, 1869. Pleaso do not say anything about IJiiis.^?-I-think Mr. H^-has already been sufficiently punished under the circumstances. I think^it is proper that y.ou should know about this matter, but it will please me^fbeist if you keep it to yourself. .:.J- ':v: itto .Cjtt -7 W. Miller to Mr. W. Snyder, Salt Lake City, 2:- or- ! . I telegraphed you this morning that I had seen J. M. Simmons. The result of a long interview with him is this: Simmons, up to a j short time cigo, was arr"engineer ip. Capt. Bates' division, and he .as- . eribes as a reason for his writing that Letter to President Grant,, that he had been reli,eved by said, Beites asnd; took that measure tg obtain his. revenge. ■c It , . - . " He states that the worst kind -of coolness is now and has been existing between the engineer corps and the contra ctors, and that up tor.-taaa'Jlfet day odP January of this yiee« "^are were two acogunts kept in the banking house of Hussey, DaJiler & Co; one called miscellaneous^ ht other ,road Ciieieount, and each one had, a balance upon that day of a quarter of a million, acre or less. Purtherraore, that there are \ vouchers existing stating what those balances represent of for what^ they are kept, save.thtat they are the products of gigantic stealings; Purihewmore that he made out an exhibit or ratha^ifafepied one at the instigation of said Bal^s. and that-.said .«lhihit ^s now ?.n the posses eion of S.B.Reed* 1087 April, 1869, W % X ^ ■ Item No, 2. That- S.B.Reed sub^let a contract for ties to Brigham Vni^pr. Jr., and stipulated to pay §10 per day for each item, and he is cognizant of' the fact: that vouchers were given for four and complete work according to the tenure of the contract, whereas there would only be one load of ties delivered within a space, of 5 days, •Item No. 3. That one,-Jonas, Chief tie Inspector of ths Construe tion, was fudly aware of the fact, that about one third of the ties contracted for were really delivered, and that he gave for them vouchers for full amount, reserving for himself a heavy percentage'.'lo over and above the stipulated percentage allowed, and that S.B.Reed was in full Icnowledge of said fact luid received a commensurate sum, AncP%o -he goes or. enumerating such like proceedings, proving conolu- ^ sively *ith "hho heads of the Construction, and they in turn with sub contractors and moths of lesser magnitude that have been flutter ing around the lamp of construction, * I met last night another member of the Engineer Corps, who proves conclusively th4t the from Wahsatch west ca^ be and was built at a cost of betiNr«iiaKlrty and thiry-two thousand dollars per mile, 'whereas ninety-six thousand was the price charged, -Now the inference I draw from cJLl these reports ts this, that we have a key to a vast amount of corruption apd theft in the banking .i rtci c April, 1869, ■i^n- . , . «» • 1 • *» V ^ n V* V t tf 1, . •■:*. '■ rfl itu" ram'Toa q4 nneif «1 .-"'''l .%.' frt" ,r«»tMiiij " House of Hussey, Da'hler &_Cp; they possess and have knowiedge of private accounts, and accoimts for private purposes* tinder ficl^P^ous " titles. The question is have you any power that can force this house into disgorging these- statements both true and false. If you have the matter can be exposed by comparJLng vouchers, and accounts with apparent work performed, J . ilw It is not in 'ify power, neither would it be province to attempt to obtain any inforaation from them directly on the sub'ject; further- • more within a short time back contractors and sub oontractors have be- ^ ' tween extremely reticent on matters pertai ing to their departments, 1 remained in Echo City, Mr. Reed's headquarters, an entire day with- ^ out hearing or learning anything of importance saere this: One of Maj, Dajjia,' chief clerks told Me that the- pig was nearly up with" them. T presume he had reference to Davis and associates. So under the clrcumstancjs, I conclude that to learn any news one must go away from home. a If I h»( ' Col, Seymour is nilT Srigham City, a point 1 will reach in a day or two, and I will Watt here until ttmorrow to receive any advice that you might have ai>ei4 fit to forward. Kf'. Poppleton dasires ma to visit the above place alWo Ogtfan, In much asone-. Judge Robl^n- &i Sacramenton •f<^r the at. one or the other of thea«:- At , .1 . ■ i April, 1869. .caeX places, and Mr. P. thinks is here to comence suit in the U.S.Court against this, road. Ho w:^es me to aid htm in finding out this particu lar. A certain Mr. Yates.. brother to the Cashier of the 1st National Bank at Omaha, and assistant to Engineer House, informs me that the arrest of Durant and the injunctions of Jr. are nothing t^an the carrying out of a programme by which said Durant and P sk will obtain entire control of the road by prodjacing a state of „ affairs (which they certainly have done) and so involving the; road in fJLnancial disaster as to force a sale of the Ist mortgage bonds, and .with the aid of what stock they hold obtain the road into -to virtually. Of this particular you doubtl :ess know more than either he or I, but in as much as I I^awe biftfna sent out to become a faithful chronicler fit events and. ^inga.t rl giv^ it to you for its specific value. Such bein& the case. I give ,f<fu a telegram ripeivod in this city a £ew> hours ago, and which'* I presume will appear in the evening papers. That , Dtirant. was in confinement vuider guard,- and that the railroad officials in Omaha had left the city. During. niT "this A, .||% with Simmons I came to the con clusion thatrvhflhw> wilting thi^triatter was out of a mre spirit ©C .aiilioe in tha hopes .of allveiviating to a certain degree the chagrin ho was ,ohairfing under by having bean removed. There is no j doubt but that ha money during his official career, for upon his hOM April, 1869. , , < ' - • retirment, he was enabled to bi:iy out a large restaurant in the Revere « House, of this city. You may safely rely upon his statement being in the main correct, as I dont think he has any desire to obtain money ^ for what information he did or may possess. The general feeling^n this city is that the road is bankruj^ and what few people I have seen that have any money invested are swear ing eternal vengeance on the contractors in general and T.C.Qurant in • t particular, and merchants here are not in the least backward in pronoucning it the most gigantic swindle ever perpetrated upon a credulous and outraged public. ' ^ 1 j r ■ .rr , r If I can possibly obtain any furhter information from this point, ♦ > I will immediately forward it; if not my next coirmunication will be • * from Brigham City or Corinne, If I should leave this city before re- - I m ' I ^ ^ X ceiving any advice from you, should yoj forward any, I will inform llr. c' • - » I Poppleton of my .vhereabouts that he may be able to remail to their . , iv.v. proper destination./ A. J. Ponnlolon to W. %iyder. Salt Lake City, 2;- I have^tftls morning learned that Judge Wilson, iflio is now East, will return by way ol* Omaha, passing through about the 15th or 18th of April . He is Judge of^ the district in which our jA«li^a%fu» • « • , ; V " must take place, if we have any. I suggest that you intercept and pass - .d.A iKiifl'T will 90 nciJl4aKi Oitat %09t April, 1869, .9081 iltnqA '■ ■u-nJiaBt ^ it»r ojh frl'joni" r.s- : lUw him over the road. The Central Pacific have^ retained M&rshall &* C.aili£r» 'Atty''s here, and'I have thought it best to retain one and if we ccfea to a struggle • • . 1.' j. may retain another, ' ' I have been looking into' the condition of the lands of Utah this <rc\ ■ v : "v . . r ' . - i .-r morning and have written 0. F, Davis, making some suggestions as to what ought to be done here at once, asking him to confer with you, I have seen in telegrams that some'kind of an act hats been "passed by Congress pro ibiting suits vs. the Company in any court other than a United States Court, If this be so telegraph Gen. Dodge to send me a certified copy. Our greate st danger is thdt we may fall into the hands of the Mormon Probate Court. I learn this morning that a Mr, Robinson. Attorney frdm Sacra- *mento, is here for "the C,P,R,R*, and I lo6k for active operations in a few days. . , . . 1' hi' f t*" Note: A. A, Hug^hrevs to Gen, Dodge, Washington, 2;- * "*• -: , , , " " . ,t *, A Giving address of Gen', G. K. ivarren. jfC t-f , . j . I Note: I, Price,to Gen, Dodge, Says that if he is wanted to atleM meeting of i^krd* " " • ' . • ' . . ; A 'i ■ iUCl Directors to telegraph him at Davenport, lowa,^ Note: Jacob Ri^to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 2^- Wants position on the Union Pacific R.R. for a friend. 1092 % , 1869. >• • r ^ / Half?; Ayerr& -6D, ; Gefl.. Dodfe, Chicafro, 2'i<^ —Your teie/*iHim was receired today:- Tlio wfiter iTrmediately called on Mrw Wftlte,* the Senior Editor of Chlcaao" Tribune, and ' he promioed the Writer that he would -arite ■ a' rood-, stron-y article-' expresslnc himself atronrly that the U.P»R.P.. had riphtr on-their^-side unless there was soitietMnji-'ln, a'9 td the-point of meetinf flxj.nw it at, a plven point-.-' e-'r / -r - .» ■» t We came to the consluclon It was not adWisable Vo have Aft article on that"Snbjact-puMdshed-at-fthe'same time, 9s if miyht look as if it Was (gotten up" for" this particular, oncasloifi by doncer 6f' action smehg the <ifoumal8- of the city'.' "fomorroW wlll-«endeav6h»*lS'D hav" . an article In some ether"paper.♦ ff thehe is anythiftp #e can do f6r - -yett further, eownand tls.wnfl we'*will obey. I have'written Sehator" Carpenter,- who »ifl-an-IntimAte fhtend of-thff whiter, l"i^ behalf of the U.P. R. O. Hazard W-Gen. Date,' W.l.^ 2rC t !•> o • Tha •anifdst desli^e"Af'Hwrtr Grant" tfi his Cabinet tc ' solaat hrmest non for •offices »of the •woomnwnt^ohcnwi^ <fnrist' 'all 'rood men in the-"<«IMoo^ Some 'Offlcfe'*»eeke#s do fidfstrffer frcWi 'e<ceSS of modesty la-purihinr ^theinse>we».. . •>-'0 ."«P ni h-T'" --' . ' .T t believe-Gen. BumsWe with Iw tJhis matter; his own preference Inolinine-to Mr. I»erry/ who-didb ftlroadY'b''dd some'«W|5brlence. •I have darned it heat-vte-make tlffe»%tH!J^ttomP,'Vis you "ferfyWiaNlls"\he tfm April, 1869. . " / opportunity thein useful.,! Rove never*aske^a any favor of the * "ftoyel»Rm«flt'fOr fiiij^self heVer-recommended any one 'for any office in any case^ift" irfttcR I <5iS-^net^tKlnk" the"public interest would bepromoted by^tfte select!onJ'and t know of'rtc •eaftfe-In ifhich It^was'-rtot found to be'so when tried* ' •! r Jl T. Baldwin to Gen.• Dody^,-Council Bluffs•, B:- * napfrnf I sent you sonetlme ayo account on G. E. apincerl'^WRat Aid you db with !tf- f»«, ♦ >■ ►r "» it ' ' TCm Conner, who had been a h^avy cbntractor on the'noHhwestern ft-Rock Island R.R; wafits-tor ^o'in %ith me'and take ^dohtract for grafflinp approach P«'"Bridce^on tfil'Sogf de'or both'sides; Tfe'hfts a larj;© amount of Stock and liRPlomdnts and" iS'prepared tA do the wOrh, T7ould-there be'any-ohanCfe.to ^et it?' ''Gen. Smith told.me'thert Boomer has nOt-fjot that work, t undorfttartd''that Crefmhton is trytjli^tO"'§&t Do yoTl .flhlnlt IRiO'dM) *day draft given byBlnsey ofT Cisco .vill b« paid »wti«T(lae|i*W4'got aberOt"1(^18 of'thdm ^d ^ot those discounted r«-.^-by Gilman ib Sdna; If-ihey ar# rtoU paid'a«'ffl?rturfty'Vo 'wllT'hjfir* to provide for those "and'If possible would llk-^ t6 know before htfnd. R. G. Hazard to Oen. Dod^e, .F««(rfe llald, Tl.l. 2:- ' 'I' «*P«*t •to-^be»4n-Rew Ydr* • Cgaln TifoTsffei^ A.M. and will , ^.^rpoooaod .W Washlibgtow Irf 1 ban be of any. usd"tnere ^sori and bis „ wife and four ot>Aldreti walld for Buropb ewf Iro'dnbbdaV 'next and 1 will mri April, 1869. » ' ■ jjL , i.., . - be glad to see them off, hut if important, I will forego it. Please write me Care New Jersey Central R.R.company, 103 Liberty St, New York, and let me knov/ if there is anything I can do. ?^e are suffering very much by the delay but I suppose some of the Senators • . ' ■ ■ . J .. 'ji;. I , want us to suffer till we consent to pay Fisk, Wm, M. Fvarts to Hon. Cakes Ames. Washington, 2:- When you called upon me'on Wednesday of last week and in-' formed me of the wish of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to retain me in an expected litigation with the Central Pacific R'. R.Company, I started to you that I had been spoken to by a gentleman representing th4 last named c^mp^y the day before, and that upon iriy expressing a doubt about my relations, or those of any firm, with the U.'P.R.R.Company in some suits in New York, would leave me at liberty to take a retainer from the Central Pacific R.R.Co,, he had requested me to - ^ ' jL *1 allow my, position to remain as it was until he had opportunity to go to New York and see the President of the Company and further coramu- ♦ " ■ w i , : nicate with me on the subject. This, as 1 also stated to you, I " agreed to,and therefore declined to entertain your application until 4. a reasonable time had passed for the Central Company to make up its mind on the subject, when I would have to considoh'whediher I Was fr&h from any implication with the U.P. R.R.Company, and aVltbe^ty to take •• u 1 v o*"' ' " a retainer from the other company, - -Irto , :;,5. ,1, 1095 L April, 1869. ■yt, . . '.*ni IL: * <!-"■*-. ■ ' ,' ^ ♦ .p,/;- r-cf When you made your application to me on Monday la.st, I pro- '' '^'T Jt ' posed to consult still further the wishes of the other company from an unwillingness to have any misunderstanding arise. But as there can now be no doubt that the Central Company has no occasion to as^ any further reserve of my services, I feel myself boiind by the ordinary rules of professional duty to accept a retainer from the Union Pacific ^ . 1 . n rRailroad company. Note: Snvder to Gen. PpdgQ, Omaha, 2:- .V- c ■ J Returns letter of Geo. F. Sdmuad? favoring Leslie M. Platt. • i .j , oJ Can give him situation if Gen. Dodgg.-d-esires it. • ^ \ j■ u.Kn Icil 43.: Gen. Podge to Oliver Ames, Washington, D.C. 2:- I have learned today, from the report of my engineers, that in the building of the bridges over Green River they are preapring to put it in on the present liAe run." Although I have no chared or super vision of this matter, yet I deem it mjnduty to most-resepctfully protest against this and request that it be put on the line located. I do not think that line of too much angle to the stream to make any great difference in oost, at_ any rate not so much as the increased'-^ ' curvature on present line. .'rai .1 also am infonned that they are-preparing to -put the Truss Bridge over Black's Fork to one aide of the main located line, thus<> breaking up t e tangent and very materially increasiiig the curvature. 1096 • V pf V'' April, 1869. . •C'W- iXiW^iA »«P' otum 1» ; '( Lttw ^tU Ti/0 , :.t "prfjr a« vj {r;^ ».►?• letyj Against this I most earnestly protest and urge you to immediately. ^ notify the contractors that these bridges must bo b.uiLt on the located • * » line or^theywill not be accepted by the Company. The masonry on Bitter Croek# I am also told, is very inferior, the foundation abov^ I • . ' low water, &c< In the rebuilding^ of all structures great care should be had to malee them peromanent, and I hope psotivie instructions will be given in these matters. t * < i " ' ''i Thos, B. lisariLLa to Gen. Dodge, Promontory, 2 (TelegramO • , Between Station 4070 and 4130; between stations .3660 and . 3720; between stations 3200 and 3400. At all these poii^ the two ... lines are within 500,f«et and grades within a few feet of same elevation. ' ' f . i . , ,S. B. Raail-to Gen, Dodge, Echo City, 2:- ^Tekegram) , Frost left last evening with depositions, , hn% ' Exra Millard to Gen. Docile. Omaha, 2 (Telegram: - Irote S^th ^rch, Tele|^aph results; immediate response imperative, ^ - l.t r.'*'* 'if I'r"- •: •fev ocj rviiow Oakes Ames to Genl >odge. New York, S (Telegram) . ♦ . < • " . ' t ' f# .f*' Shall I be wanted before Monday morning in Washington? S. Seymour to Gen. Podge, Brigham City, 2 (Telegram: fi-TT. -.-J Will resolution pass fixing our western terminus at Ogden? April, 1869. .C* :* Our regular line will be completed at head of Echo and tunnel 3 long before tracks can meet. Please post me fully as to what is doing in Washington and New York. t- .'j'i®.:. Warren to Gen. Dodtee New York, 2 (Telegram) '■ r will leave here for Washington on Sunday evening. " Seymour to Sen. Dodge. Brigham City 2 (Telegram) " » » ' On the 5th December, 1868, mailed at Willard'-s hotel Secretary of Interior A written application signed gf^i^cially by T.C. Durant, V.P., for an examatlon by Corainissi.oners of work done on our line in advance of last.completed section, and an allowance of Gov ernment IfUbsidy in accordance ^irtth section 8 of amended act. What has become of it? e«'#ed ; jS' - vi .- T. J. N. to S. Snyder^. N,erth Platte, 3 (Telegram) Commissioners extra left at 7:30 A, M. They proceed no fur ther than Grand -tJlilIKi today. Mr. Clement has temporary seat under head light on whieh ridden through from Ogden. But very few minutes were ddvoterS to otir eetablishment here; examination"fi^^fsory. He claims for the Central a better permAneAtt way but Ccncades our motive power and other facilities to be superior. A. Eyanft. to Gen. D.od^e, Omaha, 3:* V* cJ' f Jiay^ wri^^th you with regard egard toto n'.«A ae.irO thS bridge^,' but the des to write you about mattere more private Is irresistible. 1098 April, 1869. ,'^H ,t?-- Matters here financially are in a very critical condition; a spark liable to dro p any minute that would thrpw everything into con fusion. It doesn't seem to me that matters can possibly hold together t a week longer. ^ - 'K .. The Omaha National Bank,^ in which we are both interested, I find . today have advanced to Snyder to pay off dl^chargdd men some $55,000. They hold in addition vouchers enough to make their claim $100,000. Talking with Millard this morning I told him tiiat I would write to you asking you to give the matter some attention. The asistant Cashier ■1 ',u is now in New York seeing to the matter. Milliard claims that Mr. V ■ I Ames promised verbally that if anything of the kind was done ho would make it right. At any rate the advance w§is made in such a way as to pake it a matter of honor to pay it^ Spyder fe^s eP and I hope it will be ar^ranicpifl soon., b- -. i ■ r.: " ; What I am afriwd of is th^ft fgjuebody will pitch in and ^stop the punning of the roadi/by attaching rolling stock; thiA will certainly happen unless relief oomes aoon, Wrane telegraphed today that funds would bo here next week* I. dont know if the tiling will hold together till then, ^ t.i'fsjT •di :0 ol : . . o-.1 From a tolecnub sent me by Snyder two weeks agoj, asking about- - taking charst of! coi#||«c^oft. and oomifig primarily from you, I hoped iimin ft '.' t -I'-vo /oo- A. 1099 ' * M no .1^ .. ...1 J April, 1869. fil thaU mattera would so-Shape aa to iaake the getting rid of the thieves at the west end possible. Now it seems from what I can leam^^hat the ■ undignified and disgraceful quarrel in New York will last, and-that matters will continue in the same old ruts. . cS is '' W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omalih,' 3:- ■ ^ .OCOt'-- As soon as Commissioners telegraphed me that they were ready to*go over track between Ogden and Wahsatch, I telegraphed Mr^ House^ requesting him to accompany them. H. was then at Ogden but did not' get dispatch until he was near Bear River and the Commissioners on the road* 1 had no intimation that they were coming east of Wahsatch until I heard of them at Rawlins on.their way through; was then too late to get an|^ody to l^elKi ' . Webster has bean B&st and «hly returned Thursday of this week. House at Bear River; Hoxie in charge of Laramie.Snd Bridger Divisions and under present situation of our financial affairs I would not dare leave Omaha for an houb, our position is awful and I have only heldxthe organization complete hy watching livery moment and borrowing in all quarters to pay discharged men* Itust-ftaVe^ help or there will be' ■ trouble. New York can now see the beautids of the Duj^anl^ Seymour and Reed management • - v; • Am now sending ties again from Ft. Sanders. T want the new Cbmmission on Construction tft look over the grounds, see what has been 1100 •> 1 ^ • >1 ■ ! ■,' ' '• r'r ■ ^ .r. - *1, April, 1869. <1# dpne and then I want to move East for « permanent residence* ' r j >o' Evans has written you today on the-bridge question. I showedyour dispatch in regard to elevation of line to will talk to others tomorrow night. James Dredp.e to Gen. Dodge, Londson, 3;^ n . ,5>rtJt« I have the honor to thank you for the remittance of two printed reports upon the Union Pacific Railroad, which I have had much pleasure in reading §uad in making use of in combination with pther inforaation, in scHae articles which are appearing in "Engineer ing" I regret, however, that my soyrce of information is far from being Complete, and fear that_therefore i may havp been led into inac curacies in.my statement. jl would ask you> if It be not giving you too much, trouble, to fonrard me cuiy printed document bearing on the subject that you may •have by you, that I amy be enabled t« place them before the engineer ing profeselon hero. I aAmo iromld ask you kindly to answer the fol lowing qtUMMMhi vhJJht«mir''tQr the way entirely personal; '■ut. 1 Supposing thfNit-'iMto {rallwey to Sacramento is. com deted by the 4th of Ju3^ next, will the line be. tpr so reliable a condition that ladies could travel by themselves to the Pacific Coast, and will the speiial aooomodatlonm |»lt>vj.dad. for, then bp sufficiently good to warrant them in taking the long railway journey? How will the opening 1101 . I ^ April, 1869. • • of the railway affect the ocean roui^'^ith regard to rate of fares, and what about will be the approximate fares throxigh from New York to San Francisco?. We-hear wonderful stories here-of bowie-knives,ire- .. volvers and Indians encountered on the Journey, and as^gme friends o mine, American ladiesi eire bound for San Franc,j^'^o^^this coming sujmer I am very anxieus to obtain reliable infornatiQp^.on the subject.. T think there- is noth^jag^-1 would wish for better than to'be ' able to make the first trip over your line. Pardon the trouble I am -thus putting you to. I fear I have overburdened you with questions. ■Sote; J. D. Co^ to Gen. Dodfto. Washington 3;- nH *i : That verified statements of the completion of' the.section of Central Pacific R.R. are not fil^,j in this dep^r^craent. , T. C.Durant to Oen. t)odge. New York, 3j- f -.i- ' . i::» L. I think Hoxie can post you on Snow's conduct. The proposi us to-give hia a eoal contract ^made throu^i. a third party T* wlll iili I I IHi rif fhB party to have his named used. At present I do* net taiet hinilwc ivam to ..consider it cna^i^^tial. . -No. 2-3. Have «!ebtiende *« blt^ depositedJ^n the Treasury Dept. coUtited to see they are all there. I think there apa stole:^bpnds on the market I «• : ; I % jt. ' ««n. Hki^aw^ Ills. 3;^ . Xali r .w Alia l ofl <5, \j . vr -ol oi ,;i Oilrfi 1102 toit •V ■ • . f KW.' April, 1869, Stanely has been holding back ray recommendations. He writes * r. • . 4 rae to that effect himself in answer to mine inquiting concerning it. I expect my chances are poor enough, are they not? W. Snx^der to Gen. Dod.ge, Omaha, 3 (Telegram) Blickensderfer here. Will reach Washington Friday next, Williajnson and Clements on road east North Platte in charge Division Supt, reach here tomorrow night, Warren ought to reach Washington today. No, 2, 3: No proposition to Company's representative direct, but through owners of coal mine for contract, as stated for purpose of securing favorable report on road. This can be proved, , . Jas, A. Ejtaos to .Gen. DfidSP* Omah; , 3 (Telegram) Foundation commenced at all crossings; at last crossing of Black Pork masonry commenced. Write you fully today. J. IXiff to Gen, Dodge, Boston, 3 (Telegram) How can c..ange be made without action of Senate? 3, Snvc^ou to Gen, Dodge. Omaha 3 (Telegram) Evans^here; says bridge atf last crossing Black's Fork changed by 3eymQur , who insisted upon phanging all as to crossing west of Granger, He coincided as line distorted, but little better crossing S0cora dn piles Can be driven as is necessary. Other crossings are being made on established line. / 1103 April* 10G9, * ' Geo. W,' Martin to Gen. Dod.^e* Omaha, 3 (Telegram)*' Mr, Blickensderfer of Special Commission arrived in Omafia this morning; rest of Com:.;ission ^ill probably be in the 7tli. Bjickens-' de££ar thinks they will want complete Aaps and profiles of our line to take to Washington wi h them. He has*suggested that we had better be prepared for them to prevent delay. Could copies of maps and pro- ■ • -i . ■ , • , files filed in Washington or New York be procured for them, if nbt would it be best to send originals from this office along with them in charge of some trustworthy parson? Answer. ' Sidney Dillon, to Gen." Dodge, New York, 3:- " i Your letter and repjort from Dlickensderfer is'^:^coived.'i' 1 am glad to hear from you in regard" to the' location of thos^ bridges. IPPF*' They must be put in right place and I will see Duff next week and have • I''- ' ' . **i 1 X •' - 0 r ■ it attended to. Thiggs are locking better today. ' I saw Mr. Tlldon thl's morning. He thinks case will be removed; if It is not our folks I>uff and all hands are awake and are determined "to teike all of our matter to 'r, ■ ■ . . . Boston, that is the contractor's part, which is the whole. They raised $300,000 yesterday to pAy Off drafts from the WeAt smd to take up bonds that were pledged at 50 cts. on the dollar, ^e have had a hard time of it for the^ast tliree days but"! thihk'we are over the 1 1104 April, 18G9. , -C: worst of it. T.q can. go on if the cItsB is not remoVed". They are all deternined to raise jnoney enough to ijut the^'thing through and they have gone to Boston to dp it-t 1. Li . ...S :. I think some of us will go otit on the road next week to put things straight and hope that you may be able to be with us for,we want your advice. As for responsibility in Washington take"it and I will back you up in it. We pay $100,000 to go West today. Say toSnyder to keep up good courage, we will.be with him soon. Let me hear from you soon. J zl , ..Oil- •':'VC ^/^as. A. • iVans to Gen. Dodgej Cmaha, 3t- * '■^1 Happening I'n the office here yesterday-I ti&S able to furnish the information to you by Snvtlgr in-reply-to your telegram, •in answering your ttigpatoh of this morning it was impossible to be as ^explicit a4 I meanwto bi in this letter, in which I propose to give the whole history of the bridges west of and including Gre^'fiivor far as 1 hlMi<'mn](ihing to do with them; J l , lot. The Green River Bridge: Here the foundations are started above a-.,d close -in'the-'^brldg^ tibW-'-ln use. The angle differs slightly coinciding on the west side and on east side eo far from present track ~as to avoid the neeeeslty of rmoetiig thd water ttaiu' This gives a corssing heerly at rlQjht anglee with'the tMMid of the current.-' With niiMi oj 1105 ■:OXi .Vhi: April, 1869. - \ regard to thig crossing, I think this is right, at-any rate it is much better than the one first located; . ' . ■- 2nd. First Crossing of Black Fork (west of Bridger). This is put in on main line; foundatlon_is grand. : They:are ready and mas onry.is now being put up. r . . - ; ' ■ . '3di Crossing of Black Fork:. This will be put on present line the fovindation I eing same as l^st so that we,can work and uso present bridge. Npthing done here yeti- Thip is .the best tempflirary bridge we have over Black's Fork, wliich is the reason we leave it till last. / • 4th. Ham's Fork,;, fhis. brj-dge, is ,on main line; .foundation are ready for masons 'i. c^.r '' .,tj;. 5th. Third Crossing of Black Forkj This bridge is to right of iline» Foundations are Skcavated and piles being driven at the bridge and the one abov# piling is,absolWteXy necessary. It would be diffioult preparing the foundations:.p§ the present line and at same time using the road. This it geaati to me is the only reason for changing .them* -vtr. ... . rr cl ;? • 6th'. 'Bourth C^flfsipg. of ®laok Pork. As stated before t© right of linjsf foui»dtt4en prepared a«d masonry started. With regard to two last bridges th#»a is saved in amount of^bridging nor in di rection eacept with regard to the.form which is a better crossing, not enough, however, to make any change were it not for the difficulty of April, 1869. .J'8X ,1:1,A j^etting in the piles. •" o4 ifjiflurtpat .Y.fP.C: '•I tfcwlroei IiiiJ ^icV liuoY . ' I » , <i i Now, as to my connection with the matter. It is pretty generally conceded that all the bridges referred_^to should be secured. In Feb ruary meeting Dr. Durant at this place (Omaha) he requested mo to see the foundations of the bridges, which I told him I would do. Upon going west I found that Seymolilr had started the bridge over Black Pork (4th crossing) to rigiit-of line. My determination was then to • . .VT.'. „ V - - . . '.q 0 . have nothing to do with the liiatter, but you know that I am interested in this bridging, having the most of them framed and some in transit, tha'lt occurred to me that it would be wiseon my part to maintain some kind of a connection with the business, and I have therefore paid some attention to the matteh, If I had not done so all of the cross ings would have been changed, for which no possible reason could be , q- : h, : ■■ giv n other than such «aS would be likley to occur to S.S. The Dr. * / ' - - • -t.. - . - - ^ r V- - • . . . . . , ^ ■ y. . . • . . ' I, previous to leaving here gave him pretty extensive power, . : , 1 < , - I" q •' * . - " 'V" yj ' With reference to the Green Rl/ver crossing, I' am sorry th4t I cant agree with you and Mr. Blickensderfer. My impression is that it would be ruinous to advocate the adoption of the old crossing, tn.- :. n . . : . 1 - i.:-. loai 0 a infl : q: - -I i To tceibti ixJleRocen 1107 April, ,1869. S.W.Y.Schiiuonskv to W. Snydor, Echo, 4:- Your very kind letter received, and I do thank you for them, the more that they prove that there are some men yet who befrierid me. I am afraid I will for the last few weeks (I shall stay) have no time as we are closing, and have outside work for final report to make ^ r. " - 1 ■ ■ . ■ * ♦ the plans for .all work previous done with estimates and bills and but * .. V t 50 day s time. The day of my railroad bliss or captivity are numbered-not ihat I complain for the past-- had very little to do; all my fretting came rather from the contrary direction seeing things done to tarnish the re utation of any engineer. Bridge after bridge bound to go down, \ carrying the loss of thousands and tens of thousands. Our abutments I> * * have often very often but a face, v;hile in the back is carted loose gravel and stones. I did ahow t Mr. Armstrong: a good deal of it, so that by taking with a penknife a stone out, out came a with loose gravel. There is reason for your losses. Two miles from here the bank instead of being rip rap wi h stone is so with flat and box cars and will be on a steep grade a reversed curve where a tangent at exactly the same cost could have been; the bank might have been r ' . . 6 inches higher at an additional cost of $200. The land slides were a natrual necessity; instead of 1 1-2 slope through clay we had a 1-4 1108 April, 1869. :(one-quarter) slope. Our 4 1-2 ft. high side cuts have no sustain- •ing walls or not even an .engineer like-slope, and God knows they could have been made at les.s cost. Is there jiothing to fret? Whenever I "Inade a plan was it not always entirely destroyed by some ignorant change or addition to. show his superiority? All these things I was ■ mentioning to you S did not for tJie old-womanish desire of complaint, , but to show you where you must, necessarily suffer in working this road, as if some of these great evils shouQ^d not be removed you will and must necessarily have disaster by all care. Also I dent blame the Company which has paid for first class work-the money forth-coming promptly, and more than abundantly; but honestly speaking the fault lay in the employ of a jaan not adquate to the task. What Col. Seymour. did I never found <tu"t-hB never found one of the mii^lion real faults, '/'-TsAt aome of imaglriatioin-all he di^ wiB*(per3onal comfort and employ of humbug^ and loafers. If the man Snow (Lawrence incl) had really un derstood his business or pretended business he might-have found really " something, not against the Ccaapany but ajgainst the Constructing man, and if the Dr# had made last summer the ohange he did intend he might have saved hi of thdhsands of dollars in the past and ma;^ be^ in the future# 'O aav. -io'! r ; - i Inn V If r Energy? I even Any this quality- the,energy:,cfui^vin thundering ..V:/-. ; '!t n.,L April, 1869 .~'0.r telegrams and fear of being disgraced -and di srai-ssed What crowds o'f engineers-none of expervience-mostly none even of knowledge and almost all with an inquiiitive bvimp. Think of l.taclL_Sy(who could never even read a plan, but who paid tremendous sums"employing cabinet-makers to make without necessary tools trifling and trinkets and playt things, being booked as bridgemon • Think of the uselss status alone. ,■ - Col. Seymour having feot the lot our office is on from Bromley, claims this house as his ow n, preparing to build a two-story house with' cupola in front (I made the plan and Mark is getting the timber from the refuse of bridge timber) A nice present made to himself by himself of about $10,000; hot that I shdtild begrudge it if .a man should benefit the Company to the amount of $8000 I would overlook his ^ -pilfering of $10,000 tvLt. I cant see wherto^ei* he did. . , In regard to the car-brake, I thousJht- it might be wise to delay -It till I come to Omaha, as by different trucks .the construction must ..I necessarily be modified not the principia* t' : • . « You are tired to death (for all your Icinxiness) by nje and I close, . Would it not be WWwe to cleeir the wrecks beforq the Commissioners come, either burn theai or ramote^^em? ahr^eTenelegraphTpoles for shears with block and table-a locomotive for power could remove them in a few hours hr days hi " .d. ruivt T 1110 April, 1869. W, Snv ler to Gon. Podge, Omaha, 4 (Telegram) Commissioners not considered,officially location between Union and Central or point of Junction, being instructed to furnish other examinations and proceed to V/ashington. Grading and bridging Central line one hundred miles west of Monument will cost four to five thousand. t'. i . leave here tomorrow; goes direct to Washington. Williamson and Clements arrived here this .-orning. S. ieymour to Gen, ;e, Brigham City, 4 (Telegram Track last night at 1760 about 5 miles east of Monument Point, No later news from Central-expect some,in day or two. ^ I mail to .you thi;^ day my revised affidavit to take place of one sent in package by speci&l messenger. Has Commissioner's report,,on located reached Washington? .. 1, -x' '-d od ©ic M JB.B. to W. Snyder, Ft. Saunders, 4. (Telegram) Boyle lost G teams yesterday by Indians; 4 were shot»^ Glidden & williama to Gen. Dod^e, Boston, 5 (Telegram); . ^ Telegraph yp today poceedings and write us, ^ jx W. ff •Snvder to Gen. w*. • Dodfte, w Omaha, * 5 ^ (Telegram) * «-» —' t f Wllliainspn and Clements stc^rt. this morning; reach Washington Monday next. 1111 , , ' ' April, 1869, » ''ol ,X M ' .W Geo. S. Bou twd ji to Gen. Dod^e,' Washington, 5:- The bearer, William Baker, is the young man of whom I spoke to you last evening. W. Snyder to ^en.'Dodge, Omaha, 5 (Telegram) ''i ' ' "ftu .1' tr.Kit i'.- Is it necessary for Popoleton to remain at Salt Lake? He is needed here and hag secured good man in Utah to act for cdmpany if any legal action is takeni O'l'i xac, J '* 'I fi ' P Marion MorHjuon to Gen> *DodgQ, Spraland, Ills, * 5: - Your will pehhaps not recognize m6 at all until I say that i I was Chaplain of the 9th Ills. Moimtaed Infantry during 1863 and 1864. MJr object in troubling you with this 1 itter is to ascertain if I can when a certain piece of work is to be accomplished at Omaha. I have seen a statement that some time this summer very large piles are to be driven in the Missouri River with a view of constructing a R.R.Bridge. If the work is bf such magnitude as I have seen*stated it will be one of the greatest triumphs of science and art, and I would like to witness'it. Would you"be so kind as to let me know when it will occur?' If 80, I will try and see it if I 'dan raise the means for my expenses at the time'. ^ ' To Gen. Dodge^from his' bi»bther. Council Bluffs, 5:- ills \ur April, 1869, Your letter of 30th just received and note your suggestions about -my (Sffioe. I shall settle upon no plan until after your return. .ft I am highly pleased with the prospect of Father's appointment to supersede Street, which I learn from Annie. It is just the tiling for him, will.give general satisfaction hare, and one that I can supervise without any inconvaiisnce.. Street is unfit to .attend to any .business half the time and you heed not hesitate to make intemperance a cause i^'frr his removal, I rWas under the impression these offices would soon be merged Into the Des Moines office. "Gen, anlth met with his first disappointment last week, when-f down 50 ft. He cannot get poweij enough from Iowa coa; although he uses part wood the coal clinkers so bad he has to use a cold chisel to >get it out of grates. He has sent far car lojjd of Mtss^^wri coal to try it; has made a --reat many satisfactory experiments with his cylinder, very anxious for your return. i.. a l-RM c-fit; t shall go to Elkhorn tomorrow with Annies -trt ^buni JtH* fv Qildden & wn.llama to 0®a. Dodge# Bostony. 5s- a r. ! .4 i We'telegraphed today S. C. pomerory and Suraner and W3J.osn as anolOitdii -Hots: Telegram from Qildden A ;|yltltaiBa to Hon» Q. ^umner, about getting bill through. • *1 it' ' ■ '110 V 9 ■ 1 1113 Hi • ti i* ■ • i' Lii April 1869, • IIInqiA *> J. W. Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha 5:- t JicI lis t I enclose copy.of part dispatch fi*o1n Seymour "giving '§ituation at front* 'OTe have for past ten days been picking up ties faafet as possible at all points.on line.as far east as North Platte (Benton) and now commence at the Laramie. Will do all wo can to push things. S. S^rmour- to -W. Snyder Brigham City,. 5:- (Telegram) ■ This is the situationL Track now 1 mile east Bear River, grading done from this to east base of Promontory, on .20 miles of which track should be laid at once, so.as to deliver timber for large trestle wo work 5 miles beyond. While this is being done and grading .finished over Promontory, which may delay one week, material should be delivered and track Iftid ort »oad at side of Echo and tunnel No. 3., so that road may be accepted. All this must be done within next 30 days or we are whipped by Central' for possession of Monument Point. We are Jiow 50 mi miles and thoy about the same .distance of leas from it., If^ypu can gat track material here in tll»e'*• can .beat them to death. Is not tJiis more important than anything Ihebe are ties enough along, the road west Shennan^'wlth those l^elng delivered at Piedmont t'O lay track to Monu ment. OBght they not all be picked up at once and brought tg the front? « Please-keep Ifce-iposteA about material as other arrangements and expenditures may be governed by it. 1114 April, 1869. 0. P. Da.vi3 to Gen. Dp^se, Omaha,; 5;- .^s f'O' jilT;. I thi-pJc it would be good idea to have the lands alon^* the eleventh hundred miles withdrawn from market as soon as possibl^e; thQse are the lands in the valley of Salt Lake I bellevsHi . Settlers will continue to take up ar\d occupy lands until the R.R. lands are T^ithdrawn from market;^ cind settlement thopiigh the Land office. Please see that the necessary instructions are sent to the District •Land Office at Salt -'-'ake City by the Co^'.miissioner of the General Land Office. It might bo boat for'US to make an entry o f some of the lands there. ,'lt IM'f' c A m as far'ready as I can gat td sell Jiands; have the necessary records, ic. in fine style. Am making exatolnations fon an appraisal. » Note; Thos. J. Stanflold to Schuyler Coifax. South Bend, Ind. 6;- In'relation tp passes for excursion th California* i ' JT ' Glidden & Williajas to Gen. Dodgeii Boston,-6: r fin "vr ' & ?f. telegaphed you yesterdEvy. and received your' reply, for which are much obliged and hope to get another message from you this evening. Our AMto«la f«|drrMts gives ua bu% PQ»r reports,. Your .i the defeat of the Ogdon amendment is very gx^tifying-ahd we pgot it from no other source. Think the .Of «ckes AnkA'Azfd othei^s out today amet help the IXilil r-' ■ ■Mt.i/.f • 'V,' 1 r' ■"«- • . ' . - •:; ' .- v'-;^v ' April, 1869. . f Senate; it is a good statement. Wish our friends could have .passed to a vote on our simple proposition, for election arid removal of offic e from -N Y. and left the fixing the place of meeting for a fhs-rparate vote. Our U.P.R.R. .friends will all be in New York on Thursday or Friday. H. C. Crane to Gen. Dodge, New York, S:-* ^ ' ' Some time since I spoke to you in regard to selling ifly stock • ; I in the Bank at Council Bluffs, at which time you thought I could .do so without difficulty. Will you please put me in a way to dispose of^it. I have 50 riiares for which X paid $5000.-, I, suppose it pan Ire s.old >o now at a premium. Would like to hear from you soon. ^ jn -rr f© are having pretty rough times hare-whare it will end I cannot If the U.S.Court has no jurisdictl^"Judge Barnerd--^v7ill ,strip %he Co.mpany. I would not give much for what the. co.mpanjy will have loft aflier their affairs run-throug i the hands of Pisk's crowd-who have all matters their; own way at present. , ' .'X? . to 9is anyder^ CP. end of track-> March., 30 th: : . We are now 30 miles west of Duff Crook and 60 miles from'i Monument Point. They laid 17 miles last week, delayed on account of.j matepHsal. Yesterday was wet apart for a big days' v/rck, but iron and "t- -- . ties oame to lay 4 1-2 mi lea only,; a paLrt of material went in-ditohV:> Prom hare to Echo the road is almost impassable. They cant get down more than 2 1-2 to 3 miles eaSh.idmjr At present. Road, eergllMs and lllfXl April, 1869. til'j cars are poor. Green pine wood for fuel. Ties all corae from thp Truckee. iron all at summit to lay to'Ogden. Ogden is.still talked of. Hard came here yesterday; seems.to be well known here; is here thifl. ittorning. Told met ha was going pn an explorih.g expedition up the Truckee. Told another man he had some teams here waiting for freight, Water is poor for 50 miles west; a train'hauls water for outfit. '-.'.f Watson is at Sacramento. Train dispatcher, Donalson. also. Thatcher -^r. running freight.- H. Hunter expects to be Division Supt. soon,.I cant get a job yet. Have a tough time getting acquainted some. I was in all outfitting camps pn road up; saw a gr.eat. many, teisas op rpad;. did.. not see anytliing wrong in freight-. -i': I. .nr.. . W. Snvdor to Qen. '.Dodrce'. Omaha, 6'(Telegram); ^r. IP-..: Ji . . Difficulty ip ties. We arp loading at Laramie; all west of theiWI mhipped.and only 15,000 per day.nielivered at PiiyjUpQnt; 20 miles iron in transit west, 4C miles iron her© tliat I will ship.on-, 12, days track delayed last nigjit by grading, also, out of tiesj* , ■ 'I C. C. Crowo^ jto Gen* Dodge^ fafjiington,' d I In dw Uy chancop for Confirmat oct, are awfully slim, I fear, and I am ediwwitwndlngly blue My casp was ^ this momin". Howard ^d X hea lanift aM»©man.' -iRepira. and McCrearv*' Dem. were opposed to me, end the cas suspended until tomcsTTQ^. JLf continue^d by a friend, because tua saw April, 1869. . a < . ' . danger, if by an opponent because he wanted more time to.strengthen ' o . the opposition. iJye. I suppose^ is for me. I dont know how Oregin ... . .:'rT stands nor who the other two of the Coimittee are. I learn that McCreary, Dem., who is against me, vms for Longstreet. I.have always apprehended that Democrats who. supported Longstreet would, op ose me on the principle (without vanity) that I had fourdit them harder and dam aged them more thap he had. M X'.e/.n j The Conmlttee meet again in the morning arid.I need not say how grateful I would be if you.could.be on hand to help me" through triihitch. It is neok or nothing.absolutely with.me, because I cant keep my family any longer in that social hell in Alabama, and this . appointment is thoi diiy. read I see byvWLAch I.can get out of.it. - S. Se.vmr:!I r t:o Oen. Dorlrre ^ Brigham Cityf'Utah, 6 (Telegram) TT" Central 38 biles west,of Mehumezii' last night. pi|iloiia 50 East. 'We are being ruined for want of track material, x.: n! -lvI . ..i Geo. J. Eflmond to Gen. Dod-rre. Wae-hington, 6:-, . - ; J. ' ; I beg leave heartijy to, ask you toappoint some.suitable place' in yoiir^ Sorps of engineers ny young frierid, Lesie 1,1. Platt of m state, but at-HWAoiw Wisconsin. You will find him strong,- • ^ willing and oapable for who Im. s had no exparience,' in the fleld» : Oliver Ames ^to Oefw Dodrta. Worth Eaaton, 6:- ( rv ' t-J w « V ■ Your letter of 2d inst. enclosing one from Blickensderfer. 1118 April, 18691 ::>L is reoeived. Not knowing exactly from yours the sort of lett^ir you desired, I have written the enclosed and also a letter to Rred on defective oonstruction, - If this is not right will you please state more definitely your idea of what should be written to m?et the case. I am sorry to see you are getting along -so poorly in the Senate, -I am afraid we shall^ get no satisfactory action and shall have to lay the responsibility upon the President, - If he is willing to take it we shall be all right. J . . H. M. Hoxie Snvder. Rawlins, 6:-* f '- ^va given orders to side-track-mdgs, at Cheyenne, Laramie, and Rawlins and B-ryan, and to push construction material to end of . . track. Send me all the motive power that oan be spared from below, om Notes: James Blake to the President of the United States, Washing ' Applies for appointment aa Superintendent of -Indian affairs m for the territory of !Jew Mexico, Refers to James n ilson, Richard YateS, Geo. E. Spencer, Gen, G.!,!. Podge, John Sherman. John A. Logan. K. B, Jxldd and others, « , o I i tr ''^Oliver Ames fo ConSractSra of TI.P.R.R., Boston, 6:- ' .'rto'J The character of the work under the Ames and subsequerjt; Xr:^ contract with this company was-to ba first quality and-everything was to be dftRd rOquirOd to make a first -OlaSs road, 't c t '« , X/f , tn gpj vflt vflY •/fic ,'I. * u Sffit/ 1119 mis/' April, 1869. • - ^ ■ I .understand..that, the masonry and its foundations on ^bridget work on Bitter Creek are unv/orthy of a first class road, thai the bridges are placed on sharp curves,, diverging from the Iqcatinn line, making tt dangerous to run over them on high speed and th. t temporally work.l^S being substitutde for permanant. Let me say to.you that such work caimot be accepted, and unless made first class as required by contract, the Company will do it ab ince at _your expense —«r —; ' D.II.E, to W, Snydor, End of C.P. 7:- in Xr.'r od ll / Crocker, Supt.,. returned from the east yesterday. He told several tl)at they woul4 meet tha ll.P. at the Promontory; said that the U.P, would not be able to get the cuta open there before the C.P. would have thelt track there. They have laid 9 miles in the last 3 days. ^ j : V Himd,returned fpOiiii j*fst today. He said he,had gone to the TruCkee and.back, Rdae Reed. 20 miles from Duff Creek West, is to be the end .of a division* Water .is brought 8 miles in wodderi pipes to that point. The pipe Is coming, it is said, for 15 miles to putin at Monument Point. Duff and Locomotitif ^gringa cant be useT, "'too salty. J :t>l ■ , t" • April, 9s- Four miles laid today. A man is here who claims to be a U.P. man by the nam^rof HaryQy;„ia sent by Seymour-1 think. He dont seem to have any favorw shown to hin here by this company Brg^ ■-IJLX 1120 April, 1869. gi great heap on th«. U.P. i -'i •X^ « ri^lqq^Jv .-^"rf T s-trTf* April 9: 12 M. Laid €#6 mires'toda^r'iD&re iron expected,'" "i' April 11: I have been here 14 days and 4:2miles have been'laid'" in that time. They had a collision, two engines and several cars used up yesterday. ' hon-w-'-'i i -u • v d . - Z,Z Strowbridges,'-Sapt, Construction said yesterday they-would haVe to change tlieir line some from the Promontory to Ogden^y' : Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, Hew York, 7 (Telegram)-1 I e*; . How soon can you meet me in Omaha? Answer. p oifw ^-laJ i .Tfllm A.-Alley to Gen, Dodge, New York 85 (Telegram): * rfnir . Field, Counsel for Fisky Says they shall disregard. Black-- fork's decision, and tlaey have issued subpoenas to appear before ref eree this morning; Bai;nes and himaelf had not yet done anything either way, but probably will today, f t t - trtu S. Soyiaour_^o Gen. Dodge, Brigham Ctty 8 7 (Telegram).'"It- 5 K - * Particularly ties. Read says tliere are plenty on line west of Shermaii. iiia' blitlg delivered at Piedmont to l. y, track over Promontory, but they do not come forward. I have telegraphed Sr^yc^&g and Durany^^ _ repeatedly upon the subject. o5 ifr^criifvo" .. joxls .ic.'-Xi r'ln ' u H. liiilac. to W. Snyder. Brigham City, 7:- ,.tZ ••t'mrrived here this aftwt^ipjb«Cilirect frbm Salt Lake City, ^ J •*!#«# ion ut' 1 t'. itift 9di lo !. 1121 Mii ■ V V. v; April, 1869. ,xi r where I have been stopping a few days at the rQqijest of Mr. Ponnleton. who anticipated the coiamencement of legal proceedings on the part of the C.P.R.R\n ^ Upon my arrival-here I found Col. Seymour. at this.hour 9 P.M. ' S,B. Reed and party have just returned from the frnnt; they,intend returning tomorrow and I have determined to go myself on the first coach tomorrow i^orning,^ .. . . /?• ^ -r "■ I met this evening,a man by the name of Brown, a timber contrac tor, who certainly has done well by hie contract facilities, in as much as he is the possessor of a fast woman, horses, 5:C. &c. and is generally "loud"* .HIS case could not stand a very searching or honest investigation. •cTvOTJ :• The railroad from Wahaatch t Cori-ine is in a fearful condition and requires the utmost care for the construction trains to pass over it in safety. I understand- lipen inquiry that the same amount per mile is charged for tfaie road in its present condition as though it were ppw^erly gwftdwd, bAlaated and ironed, and it is a self evident fact that it will require as much money by two-thirds to put it in. nunning order, should the Oovemment Commissioners deem fit to accept it. ■ :*r . . « I will mention Jew#: that Ki^iu different Head-Quarters of Construe tion are adorned by gems of the fair sexj I am not aware that this t-.'.sri' April, 1869, item has any particular ,jt>e^ing upon construction, hut merely^ notice the matter to show tha-t> our aforesaid heads have some time to devote to the fine arts. aul m .i'tfi v I write tonight woTe to inform you of my movements than to impart any particular intelligence, but tomorrow noon I will be in Corinne, which has .already become a fast place, and where liquor is dispensed and punished to a fearful extent; I then hope to transmit to you information touching directly upon the subject of research. /J. Duff to Gen. New York, 7:-y^ ^ ; h I answered your telegram saying that ^J.eld, counsel, for Pis^ had Bommoned Cisco and Durant before the refiwed to testify, end they refused to sworn as they considered the case in the United States court* It 1,8 not known what Judge Barnard will do but the impression is that he will disrega rd it« 1 '■ tJ Dillon goes West tonight .and I ^ink it very important that you and Price should be with him, as he will want your advice and Judgment about straightening out oar affairs there*- I hope you can go with him, I hope to io:out to nex^, week %nd -et our land matters put lifte-l^aiNb so that we ean put them on the market at an early day. Have we got no friend in the State who vill'oput our case as it is?, r I think that we shall get our affairs in good condition here in a i : i-.f- yfH '■ 'TM * j /inlij Jv .-v. t 112S ' -p'' ' • i 7*^- ' April 1869. .^DCI , ri'tqA few days, Unfortunaitely the money market is worse than it has been ^ since the road has been building, but we hope to have a change in a few days. Let me hear frmra you toinorrow^/^ . :^J i h Webster is here and Price is expected toni^ti' -'' — i'v- - W. Snyder to Gen, Do^e, Omaha, 7:— .olJ'ir- iftd inr- - * I enclose a of last night*s dispatches. The track at Slate Cut west of Echo has frequently been obstructed an entire day by • blasting-side cut and material thrown on track that required an entire day to remove. As soon as -Seed is ure tliat trains cannot pas-s his obstructions he ccamaences telegraphing all over America that he cant get material. i 'i - . . ■ *:a c C •/. , ...itf - - - Geo. W. Martld to Gen. Dodge; Omaha^ fTelegram) ratrxct licrU Eddy arrived in Oradhdi' yesterday morning, Mr*.House is' at Corinne, '' 'i at 't. Jieae-t t. -- ■ifi'' - f^vder to Gdh, Dod^j (3maI3L, 8 ^Telegram)" I'C " " ' Sanford officially notified Bent forbidding him stirring any material within 200 ft, of Central line on Promontory, J 'oor P. V. Hay den to GOftV Bodge, Phibaidelphia j 8;-p ? : • , u Your ^#te came wlien I had come On here and just commenced my lecturesi I sSnd you a paper, Just publiah®d,,:on the .geology of the • route from Ortaha to Salt Lake City, •r. • I do not think there are ayy valuable beds of coal along the lino 1124 April, 1869. . ' ,J ;♦* .A of the Pacific Railroal west of Ooalville. The next coal east la at Bear River, and Important mines will be found of f that line. You -will see by the dislocation of the beds that the exposures of the coal are accidental and cannot be numerous. The ereat coal fields of the _ west commence about 15 or 20 miles east of Green River and extend to Carbon Station, That there is little or lio coal in Salt Lake Valley and vicinity we may know from the fact that Brisham Young has for years offered a great reward to any one who would discover coal within a reasonable distance of Salt Lake City, and the coal used there is at this time transported from Coalvllle to Salt Lake City. ^ I If you fail to get my numerous notes on the geology of Wyoming and Colorado Territorosi, Ho. 2, let me know at once and I will s^end you a another copy. I shall go over the whol^ ground again in June and I will ■give you all the facts I can get with pleasure. ^ ^ 0 0 Oeo. L. Miiy^er to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 8:- . _ , , km much letter. Dent-work yourself out down ther«» _ --f z -^nn'^ : » • « ts : . I think. .8 you say, ye- have already got the enemy good as down. Clements and nil.lmson had pne before your letter reachedl " snyder has given, you definite accounts, pf their ride over the road, .JyvXWfV • thinks yon will ho ahle tojiphh1| l1 amson.^^ 1125 'tl irrotKii nt . •til '■ - ■ ."i ,. ''i-i;?!- April, 1869. • ' f t '' '.'Sf\,. '' X '' '. I ■ r . r ..fc . J gn^dar suggested a doubt about"the publioat-ion of the Ames feply to Huntington and I am '.vithholding It, since you said nothing about - - it, until r see signs of it East. It is to me as being a masterly answer. You wrote it, and you know you di^^ o f : I want you to me a favor. I have asked it-in vain of Durant •.?? for whom I have done, I fear much more than he deserved,, and he has'-.-jO failed to care for me or iny interests. When hw was weak he. required .. my help, and at much hazard, after he was down-as I supposed forever, _• I tried to let him fall easilyJ even when as good a friend as you are advised me to silence. He'was the t'oal^s representative, he had been kind to me, I admired his great pluck and ability,- and I stood by him as I always stand by my old friends. • » ll-r:. Now this is what I want; I h ve fought with you anji for your for nearly four years- I mean for the road for which you have peroonally done 90 much. T have done 'it to Such an "extent and in the face of so many stroms that I havo^oome to bo regarded as the champion of the line and its managers by friend and foe. I have perhaps done more to settle conflicts between the line and Omaha on several occasions than any other tto men in Omaha. This, I think, is the unanimous opinion of our people, and I am sure It Is the opinion tef Mr. Snydqr-, IJr. * 'XI " Hoxie. Mr. Ciank^Col. Browns on and all the rest of your represontattives. In the recent fight I have, I am sure, given Mr. ^nvder a r.x r 1125 April, 1869. . 11 , J i't ; valuable indirect support in a trying time, aside to my hea^y respon883 to your suggestions rrhich I am flattered to have you so cordially approve. T was the only man in all this section of country who dared to speak out and change the comment of opinion as you know, ' l5o much preliminary, and now to business, ' " " % ' " . w , You do ^300,000 worth of printing in New York and Chicago yearly. (>f"this amount, with a fine office and ready to do it, we do only 4 or ■ 'fe' thousand a year; the Republican a much perhaps"; the Nonpareil perhaps more whils^t a favored job office in this city conducted by Gray gets as hi'gh as 4 or 5 thousand a month# A job office that can~ not- dixcel on work, tha-t charges as hi(^ and higheir than we do, ' * and that has not the slightest po ver to do you the ^-BAighAast good. It is all accomplisrted by Ham atfd Eudd ami one or two clerks, whilst Mr. Snyder ddea not'desire to and Jwould not interfere. Now I want you to have Mr.- Ames addair» ^ilion stop this injus- '^''tide. If after all I have done for the road you-cannot give me its business, 1 beg of you in the naaie 6f all that Is right:to-.giVe it to the Nonpareil fiCnd Republican. It is a shame that a corporation lilMI yours shotlld'linO^the of absence, unknown and ireosponsible men with moneywhBn the newspapers dd so' much to help it. My article ift^ybUr^'ii'Ad's alone hda done you mOf*© gOod than yotir whole job work In printing could do me if I had It myself, and I say I have a 1127 Aoril, 1869. • . ^ righteouG coid woll; earned claim upon you for a definite contract for printing articles, I am ready to do it at Chicago rates and quality., giving a card that no pay shall be asked unless. I do this. The Republica ; paper never does anything for you; it is and always has been, as you know, agains t you, but if you camot give, this work to me ■ ¥ youmught to give it even to that concern or the the Nonpareil You - ought to susta'n the Ilorald with at-lest $50,000 in- printing a year, provided we will do .it^ee well- and at the some rates as it can be done in Chicago, which we are ready -to give cards to do. Authorize such, contracts and we wili^i inynedately prepare for the work. This is ? . r u 0 ' #1 business, G-aneral, eend you see I am in earnept. You know^.hw® m^y ^ years we have otimgglod on here in building up- this region of country. .You Have been in high position. I in, a low one, but. General you know how I have stqo d by you and all your interests. I have never - flinched or faltered and never will. !\h' Joe Wilson» the Land Commissioner, Oscar Davis. your agent, say 80'and evem RepuMican in Chnaha will toll you that I have the beat f * pfiper in this whola country out of Chicago.and St. Louis and th' I it is ddiing ton tlmds'a® awah for^the advancement of settlement and business cn'^ydur line than all othe«>e putt together. ^ Now I ask if ,I ought not to have my peward-not in bribes, not in eb li:sro -nl: 1128 April, 1669. X , llnft/ J.i favors as such, but dkn the simple pr:-vlege of doing your printing on ^iriv an honest business basis-or my. share of your printihg-say $50,000 of your $300,000 per year; a. contract for this amount so that I can pre pare to execute the work. Please read and ponder. You know how bic- (freely I talk, to you and will excuse this franlmess of style which is my own. If I am right lay my claim before Mr. Ames, Mr. Dillon and Mr. Duff, and act if you can as I. know you will.» . • . ♦ ou i J. M«^ Ii;d{i -to G-en. Dodge, OmaJja, 8:- no I arrived here from Salt Lake yesterday^t-o take charge of the office during Mr. Hpus^Js absence, there being nothLng.moro''for me to attend to out there, I left Mr, House at Ogden expecting to dtart for Promontory the next day (3rd inst.) i. At the suggestion of Mr. House. I obtained the refusal of suff icient: land at Desert for station, shops with some eighty acres suitable for a town sits, ttrt: ground can be bought for $4000 cash and the owners agreed'td'-hoM ft at that figure until the loth inst, I told Mf. House about'It btJt think Jiothing has been done since. I also informed Mr, Snyder yesterday, as ordered t6 do by Mrl' House, oyi fljM» .1 found here in the office an invoice of Ord. stores which came nj '•>! during mbsence and ifiae'ilot forwarded. Gen. Myer told attJiasIf^ December that it was nartf iMNMlssary fler'you to make retui^SyV'tHaf he had carrlied,all the iMCelgedllar on hta papers, and if I would furnish 1129 April, 1869. .' , i' nf'J^ him with receipts showing to whom it had bden transferred he wduld himself invoice it to the parties. I gave him receipts covering every article for which you were responsible. The Ciiief clerk told me to day that the M. Genl. requires you to make returns, and I have » t - made arrangements to have them gotten up immediately and will forward ' them to you for signature, 'nlv -I*") i; W. Snyder. to Gen. 12od£e,' Onaha, 8 (Telegram) , ."T " ./*. Track crossed Bear R^ver yesterday; men at ttinnel No, 3 on •t - strike for pay due. Quiet injooy d®partmen't but must have help very quick. J r-i •-'.■.I't o/.; 01 S. Seymour to Gen. Dp^e, Prpmontory, 9: (Telegram) ',)! Central track at ten yoaterday was 32 miles west ofa •v-ltfr *onumentj Union itgKiiijf 48 east. U iyt^Note: Hijdenbrand to Goni Dodr.e, New York, IG:- lal In relation to check given him by Hudnutt, cAdifcilUd ' -WOX ^ Megeqth tO ?. Sayder, Wahsatch, 11:- . . "I'i b.'J t-I " . . .. .1 Last night we had hers 37 loaded cars 13 switched off at ^ Eo!io qnd 10 at Castle Rock, Ve gst them up so slowly I have conolude4 Wiw.:have as many as we will get up for next 15 days* You can see by estimating ft. that wq have over~|iooo,ooo in ft, and it as much as I felt willing to risk and have adviaeti Hurd to stop checking until we get some out of thsyard. On moat of tints ft, we cannot realize 1130 ■ . ';'i:'.. V '' • 1-,. April, 18G9. :y^f «x:!' a until delivered at destination and as a natural consequence has about used up our small change. Our ft. bills so far this month have been about $10,000 per day. Another reason for not wanting any more ft. is that nearly all the men west of tais have struck and will not allow those that are willing tb''work to do so. Threats have been openly made that no car can run west of this after the 1st, if the-men are not paid off, and the damned rascals would as Soon wreck one of our cars as not if it should get off the track, On my return from Echo today all along tlie line of the rofi'd where there was camps were squads of drunken men; their : oney is about gone and as soon as their credit^uns out hunger will drive them to some more desperate means of getting a living than work. I heard an engiiieer tell Earl that every engineer west was in the league not to imn a car after the*3r6th if not paid, and at same time-said that when ® ' th«y left the engines would want to go to the shops^ So you will see that things are not in the most pleasant fix here. I write this to Justify Megreath & Co, for holding up checking goods until we can clean up cars already checked. ^ ' S. Seymour to Gen, Dodge Brigham City 10 (TelsgrAmJ "."oj . , Central track last night 20 miles west of Monument, ' Ro track ifclV^bn'Unioh"last 8 days,* *'v • Xu JA : : lisi iji'' » '.I'O April, 1869, ,C^?I i -c- « House to Gen. Dodge ;to Gen. Dodge, Corinne, Utah, 10;- ' ev»' ■' ^ have already sold ^85,000 worth of property at Bear _River. How shall I settle thi^ matter with the people hnre? Answer. ojiB ' r Seymour to Gen. Dodge. Brigham City, 10 (Telegram) Please post me every day or two all about matters in WashliiSton, f 1' jrr,v - . s \co . • , Note, N. P. Chipman to-Gen. Dodge, Washington, 10:-, . w Wants a pass for his brother-in-law; says he is going to California to take charge of a Mission Church. ■fif , Note:- Instructions to Gen, Dodge about settling with C.P.Co,, -and to use up siarpliis stock of iron steel &q, on hand; and to have -every thief r^jid incompotent man rey|foed as soon as his place can be filled with « better man. r. * ve - ' i h' !*.>> .ih.lt gt, H. Miller to,!. Snyder, Brigham City, 12:-, j. IIJ? 1 returned to this point last night from Promontory; came in with a lot ofmulo teams belonging to a sub contractor who is . shortly goifigj^n to t^. Nerthom Pacific. The information gaines while there I will give to you substantially as follows: Finetrltoek contracts a s a rule have been very profitable and are.more susceptible of producing large returns than the ordinary run of grading contracts: About a year ago there was one, James Farrell, XA132 V'-' w. -'■f: April, 1869. • -"S came out from New York wit'houi a dollar "and for some time was thd -'-recipient of the'"bounties of his celtic friends; through the Influence «' of Carraichale he obtained a sub contract for rock grading from S^B. Reed, the stipuations of the contract read rock, and the price claimed per yrd. $5 was allowed, under this false statement; what t roc^c existed within the limits of his contract was only sand rook rtiJO"*# which cost him Including wages, ^tock expenses,'&C. $250 per yd. a clear gain to the aforesaid of $2.90 per yd.'.'.-This-man will admit ' himself (so t am informed) that he has made over $50,000 on that and ''' other jobs, from off a capital of-nothing, and now intends trying ..is ^ expetience-backed by his present capital-along the line of the Northern Pacific. ThiswInfonaation is in the main correct as I received it from a party who was at «ne time a foreman of the aforesaid pontract. SecOndJ-■ 'In feferenoe to ties and their delivery, I rode down from Promontc«py with a.man who 11 the owner of 86 mule teams, and has b b«att"oll!#itged in thaP daCLiVery of ties. He contracted for and received $i6"per dayt for aa»h'"tr<Wua»«l»d on sKtte days only one team would be at work, on other^ys a t%w of his toams would make.a trip and during the whole course of the day perhaps only two dozen tiea would bo delivered d'latribLrtod. When he thought he had tiee enough ahead so as not to out Mo taaun- to* waftireiy-outa|#o parties for ifcoao'i i lioAt lo 'uo .♦'t; yjiolo' ' lo ana ! I . - ■> r Vf ■ ■ ■ - J -•'.: April, 1869, . . jfiX. »I ap' the transportation of freight, and way he has made consider able money, aiough-to enable him to imcest several ,thousand dollars in land along the lineof the road, considerable portion of which is at Corinne City» , . ; '.'.o rncJti ' J Carmichael has made equally as much If nbt.more than any other sub on the road, and judging from what some of his own me. i tell me, he is the most.accomplished thief ig^t^e construction, and he has around him the worst gang of.cut-throats and marauders that it has ever been my misfortune to fdll in with. When I was in their midst they were cl highly delighted at the prospect before them of cutting the Chinamen into small pieces. Hill Green are also at Promontory and they are entirely bank- »if>',rupt, the firm's liabilities being_over a quartejq^of a million. From what I saw and learned I dent believe any contractor is making much d » money on the works aA around Promontory. They have very heavy rock work largo through and are wprking the same men all day and up to 10 o'clock at nightj night work and §uredaya fi0a.hle wages, besides this it requires many taams to be taken: off- from Aegitimate work for the ; purpose of hauling binish to keep their night fire blazing. Some of V * these rock contracts, however, have been given out at fi ures ranging '( .. fron-thirty to forty dollars fter yards, but you may rest assured that should any of the m moroly get out of their presont contract without 1184 April, 1869. losins money they will be certain .to make uo the loss before -they, get .through with it. , r , .1 L Matters here are at a stand still; there has been no track laid forthree oi* four days, and I understand by last night's -report that » .the Junction will not be decided upon until May, If you see Mr, Poppieton inform him that Judge Robinson is at present at Corinne, and I learn from good authority that he has not at present any intention of commencing suit, but is there on business -with the contractors of theC.P.R^R. I will remain between this place and Corinne; cannot go to Promontory vary often, as it very ^eaypensive euid my treasury is growing ^extremely low. i , Oliver ^es to Gen, Podge, North East on, 12;- ,-0 vrmnl'l Your telegram a aying you would leave for the west Siinday . night is received. The arrangement made to settle on point of Junction we have not yet le^arnad definl^tely wo have yet on]^ the riimors of the papers. J^a9-/a•tt^ment is better th^n a constant figh*^, but —i. jtiao infonaation.we yet hevej is not as fiavorable as we hoped. To give the Central Pacific / th® .fJ^btion at Ogden, la giving all they claimed. They only paying us for our road to Promontory Poipt and probably not -I,, saying neay &e puoh «a it has oos^ us* * • j j , ^ The Qammltte# Qhos<l^ t<^ ^ out qo the road and take charge of construction and everything else on the line and report at the PCi: 1135 35? April, 1869. » —.-^wearliest moment has not yet started. I h&ve a telesram today frc^m Dillon wanting si copy of resolution appointing thd Coinnitee with the full power of the Board. ' I will telegraph our Secretary in the morning to send It to him. ... .. ^ . .. - Oi^r money matters are In a^bad'state and I fear before we-get them running smoothly we shall have s ^me more difficulty with our men - on line of road, though I hope just as soon as *we get our offkce and "-'^•Board removed to Poston to have things very mu"ch smoother. - • I want you to take full charge of the engineering department and "in order to *flnish up the road we mus t * use the'utmo r t economy in our ^ finances. TTe will got things working here smoothly soon, and as soon as the road is opened wo shall have such a flow of business as will - at once give us credit. Smdoth up'the road so itl^ill run well and r:.;. i' before another winter sets in we should have ur •machine ohops snowfences-, water tanks and reservoirs all prepared, and we think'wd shall wwoug^h Veiling stock all tWo^^fomands ^pon. i t. - • Yoti will prdbalfiLy /rtEhd Dillon at Oinaha.. Price was here Satur- *• day and left for Washlngtdn Saturday ni^t and will go out witli you over ' the foad if he can got hono iw'flihe, I sfioWld not# however, delay my visit on ac ount of delay of Mr« Brlsio, arf the of this Commltoo on lino of road iJBs^itlal to lUf spaedj^ eompXetion and the t/.W ' i-nv .1^ Oili J . t. .oiv r "J1136 ■T.i,. April, 1869. »i:?i A rjeslioration of confidence to its stockholders v -'Jtyi rr*' I /Oliver Ames to Coll Silas Seyiaour, North Easton, 12;- ^ . <; r ♦ • Xou will please give to Gen, G. M. Dodge,, Chief Engineer of this Company, all the maps, prfifiies and contracts you may have -relat ing to the^ ai^gineering and construction of tlie road, together witLi such other informa^ic^j as you may have of service to the Company, and report to this office either in New York or Boston, as you may be. . required* Note: 01iYe£_Amea to Gen, Dodga, New York, 13:-, , 'Ci' V . Notio® of stockholders* meeting of U.P.R. R*. ilei4tiL Noter W^W,Boyj^pgton to Gen._Iludge, Chicago, 13,:- ,, '■J V' ^ relation to specifications for the various mechanicql workni has made an estimate for the bui .Idings, &c, , , , V ■ 't.ilt ■ J - h -:cF • ■V' X M Oliver Ames w- to Gen, • I - '' —^ ■ :ib I enclose herewith a dismissal of Col, Seymour from,service of th^ ;comply on the iin^,jPg. jpoad. You may forward it to .^im i;.imediai^ly or:,]>ii||d it to^h4jiy,ii^|i^ you reach his scone of duty. I suppose ptifjAJfc a^Qtitiyy to 6|Bipa one there and a, poor man is better than S-a rr^ ,, , , ^ 1 ,6,W,Y. Schtmonsky to W. Snyder, Echo, 13:«„ ,, , _ - • y . * - i;: • J . Clouds and^ tJa^e4teni|^ wpathor while I^^do^rite, and dark ■' X, >\;f3ioo9d.nc feelinsa awang iMp. |Ir«. xlQ9.d> h&8 9>2?2^jL !V3C1^ ^ji^XX t^lTiO IfOC xiar, April, 1869. «- 1. up with new carpet at *the end of the thin- and I do believe that even smal "'room will be talten because msrse-needs it—there is a bic family here. I had this roora built with my own lumber-not that I ~ claim it, I had paid v/ith my time to Bromley and this time as I-Ir.- Reed thinks beloncs to the Company, so I see my dismissal hourly be fore me. I begrugde nobody-but I would likd to look at the last scramble. Seymour (the Colonel) looks at these things as his private prpperty, while Mrs. Reed marks all furniture, bedding, &c^, with i S.B.R.- may they long live and prosper. "* ' I sympathized earnestly with you all the time. T know every disaster put on your shoulders, while our poor work, which I maintain ■^ehould have bean first class-as on this section we all the time in the " beat and glorious weather and plenty of moneyj but where thingah were done in such a suspicious way-nothing else could haVe-been ex pected. Now to na'ibnry alonei On• Strawberry'Ford the engineer, Truesdale wont aec6pt the sound stoneB because too small and outside of reach of apecificatiott-dwon comes North with orders to accept them-the insin uation being held out that Dr. Purant, is in cahutea with Whit^. and Warren the solietmen. Now suppose It were so, would the-Doctor being more interested In the road not rather i«h (cahutea or no) the work well done? Are life of passengers and- loss df goods and rolling stock 11S8-- ■ April, 1869, .>';rx nothing? Bl^t you know where i-t ooines from. Winter work is "bad but ' there is excusQ, but da it in this case? How-often have the slides of the sand cuts not closed the road; a small wall (sustaining) of 11 ft, would have prevented it, the sand below forced out, the cost would long ago have paid for the work. Lt would have been cheaper than takin-g more out at an increase of the enormous height of cut. Think of'sheet piling in the salt flafes ifor the purpose of. merely ptunping the water out and making an embcMnkment when it could have been quicker and better accomplished. The rround being perfectly level, by simply - planking, laying track and afterwards raising it to any height by gravel trains. * . ■ . • . .. I ktfow'4ivMitared of faults athd frauds, • I dan prove a defaulting of I of about ffeoOO lately in-favor of Olirnicliael." 1 know of " Brlgtiom Young Shi new'wagons funder prete^ise- of work on gi^hde-)"^' which he hauled t^ Salt Lake and sold-the report of it being made and squashed.!^ These things are nothing and would mean nothing if -there in fould not lay the igerra of disasters which inevitably fall back tn youand even tiieso things must bo supprswwWHi or else they Would add -ter- **'*>ibly to the discredH of this roaTf.''*% feel IWce the accomplice of criminals, 'If I can help you by those' hinits to mend up and better the road for your and the Co pany*s sake I shall feel" thankful, anyhbw 1139 April, 1869. __ _ . . , lliqA forgive thi-s intrusion and regard it aj being well meant. - Now I would ask a kind of favor from you, whose refusal will not in the least affect me as I do it in - the belief that I have wronged the man, >3 I am positively sure that the fait of the reason of his dismissal lay direct with Mr, fieed. as he states that he im plicitly obeyed Mr. Reed*s special orders in regard to the Weber bridges, I . mean Capt, Bates, He wants a contract for delivering at Echo Sta tion 50 and upwards of tons of coal daily. You will Ineed all this CDoal as Spragua has gone to his limits. He asks the same as Spra^-cue has. Now, the owners of the coal is a company in Salt Lake (Mitchell & Co) of some twenty men. Bates does merely the hauling but these ' men go his full security, ^ The mines are this side of Boalville but J:ho same distance^ the coal is exactly the same if not superior, terms, &c. same as Sprague. I do believe tlie contract will not be bad, as I think the company bettor monopolize the coal trade and sell to the California Company. These men will bind themselves to exclusive trade with the U.P.R'R, not that 1 propose sk speculation to the com pany, but in case of need to avoid a dangerous co:petition. My wife loaves, and i close* In case you. honor me with an answer w 11 li jiofftiiipadi.it Mrs....Raad- is very curious and I fear i I i . z - i 1140 1 April, 1869. >rWm». E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington", 13:- .':r.8x ♦x.tnA ' set... :ot) rfi I called on .Judge Dent and offered hinu the retainer as re quested by you. He didn't seem satisfied.;and asked me to talk with?-' Paige, his iJjfirtner. Paige said they ^jreferred .some arrangement for a yearly fee-say $5 00 to $1000 per month-that they had. just been offered flOOO per month to fight us , &s. have no idea of taking $500 as a retainer, which would keep them still ; 5:c., but must have a yearly arrangement. The Judge said-that Gen. Rawlins had said to him that he would be retained by the U.P.R.R*, and he had been expecting a very liberal proposition. I talked prudently and discreetly with them, but they declined detainer, and await propositions for a definite arrange ment. .1 4 'tis .btilnKiDlGated resiilts to Mr« Ames and he said, "Let them gor- we will not pay such stun". I suggested that perhaps we had better submit to it until our bonds .vere all delivered, but he said, "No" and so I lot it drop.. I shall toll Judge D. that the .Company is in a transi tion state and that 1 do not gpet any defdnliel answer. I suppose they mean to get not less than $600D out of ut It they get anything. Judge D. ie a clever, well-meaning mam, but he has got into the hands of '•c Paige, Who is a smart, shahp money-makingr--- . « Yesterday morning the Cabinet considered the subject of.: the new 1141 April, 1869. ':xr Commissioners and will probablj' appoiji't, shortly. I shw, Gov. ■ a moment yesterday, and will see him -eilid Gerl^ Rawlins aga.in tliis morn ing and give them our names, 'l.'-'.- . J" * 1 - , , I sent you Gen. Culcshing's and m^r opinion y^sterdpy by mail^ No tiling else nev/. The office seekers are getting terribly disappoint ed as the appointments oome off , C Tichenor to. Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 14:- ,10 '' 'J . ■ ^".*11 r.l- Is Jim "ilson going, to make a fight for Senator? I see your name mentioned in a number of papery* amongst the candidates. Judge ; Wj'ight is a very anxious candidate, and as our nominating convention meets in a I'ew days I want to know yotUc wishes. We can control the legislative nominations in this county if necessary, but dont care to ^ make a fight ag^inat i('riBht nwiRfls you or Jim Wilson are interested 'I can also do acme tiling in the matter of..'legislative mominations in GuUirio, Dail^ CBMMne, ^ar. 10114 aftveral other counties, but have nol reliah..for that w^ffc unlesa it j.o servo you or Wilson.. : ; How did look j^t WafMngton whan yt)u left? What shape is ' tihui Marshalship In? I tell ^^j^u that if Jtta Wjj^on is going to be a candidate for Senator be had better pee to It that Hedrick Is not appointed Special Mail Agent-unieae he pl»484s |il»ttelf in writ to catpjport hiiDa^t ?? rfj .ittwit0 "S'J/i Iill42 ' v.. .. , • I. . . ' m'} ^ ■ » rii:.-' ■ V ■" dfiX: D. B. Randolph Koim to Gen. D odn:e, V^ashinRton, 14 :- ■. . . ^ You will probably remember the pass over your road for Mr. I'^oQ (of the Press) in relation to which I* spoke to you, I presume you have since received the supply you were expecting. Would you please forward tickets promised for Mr, D. R. McKee to the care of "J"? 0 N. Y, Associated Press Office, Washington, D.C.?- . . ■■ rjl l1 enfidi Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 14 (Telegram) Dont remove office from Omaha till advised from me. dAlr -'t; J. 0, Hudnutt to Gen. Dodge, Dmatllla River, 15:- ,j, 4 - ^ A week of good weather has been Improved and my second line over the mountains connected wi Mi the first on the Grande Ronde Rlve:^^ 12 miles from the summit east side and we have- run down 10 miles from the summit west. Grade used In both sides of summit 2.0 (105 Ft, per mile). Thl^ can be madq some lighter by encounterijig heavy vork. < Height of summit 4260 ft. or 162 ft, lower than the Birch Creek Pass. This range not so high but the ascent and most espoci^ly the . - • j I ^ descent west Is very short. The line I have now got will be of cheap contructlon, . - ' 'ici-rr -x • , About 12 miles more will carry me to the Umatllla River, whore the question of grade ceases to be troublesome. Today Is very stormy and snow one foot deep , has fallen In Mie mountains. The whole route ~ ■ f-P' • , . « .. . 'if' April, 1869. .i - ■ ■• . ■ . ■•■ . ■ .' ?T. /. I '' -'jifl . ." has bean through two foot of snow and very thick tTimber and brush ' . . ' • < . *"• ' J" . ' J which has hindered us very much. ** Have jU3"t moved down fro' the summit to the Umatilla today and tomorrow shall 'pack some of my mules up Meacham Creek where we left * off as my train cannot make 'the canon. Once down to the Umatilla there is no further troubl^, " * " I have not" heard froid Omaha for a long time, and never learned whether you received my map and estimate_bf 250 miles of lino, which I sent you frdm Boise City. ' Vmen I reach Dallas shall put my camp on to a boat and drop down the* river. Please inform'me* w*hat disposition to make of my camp, ' j c' ' V i u ■■ 1' SX outfit and mules 4;c, and what route you wish "me to return. " - ■■ 2 ■ ■ ^ ^ 1 ^ . -.J 'I . u c. • rfj W. any dor t.n Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 15:- • itl " . . f... r " ' - I will be over to see you at 7^9^clbck this B. , *if you will . '■'^"7' j.; I bo at home during the evening. ' ■ ' S. Seymour. Webster Snyder, Birgham City, 15:- (Telegram) Sidings were put ^n east of Bear River on account of plenty of good, available water from Box Elder Creek. No water*oh westsld'e for many miles and Bear River wa-ter very bad in summer. When will Dillon be here? 0 Lf'C) V < ' I »■ '" 4 W. Sny der'to'CW. Dodge, Omaha, 16:- (Telegram) 1144 April, 1869. . flioA -vJ Bent telegraptjia;^his morning the Central continues to push their .work qh )eastor»'r«lope;'.dont (driderstand it if act of Congress is of no account, Chinapien-at work near symnit. , . r ft ' r-O/'ftlMWl {'(' W. E. Chandler to Gen. Podfre^ Washington, 16 (Telegram-)- , ^cvOpinion iistai>t^d:.Monday, All await Warren* s report to be ready next week. Ndw Commission will be appointed immediatelyi .-cjf;rtu W. Snyder to Gen. Dod.nie. Omajaa, 16 (Telegram) (unS Sm im»^' See fifth page of New York. World, April Igth^ «*w II .ft, L., Hoxic to W. Snydar, Hawlins, 16:- i'il' • Warren telegraphs me that at 6 P. M. last night there ianeeded 22S cars ties, 30 of iron west of Wahsatch to close vp to- ,, Promontory summit. I have 243 cars ties loaded and shall be through,. loading this week. Letter regarding opal received-, 'and also one aboift 1st Morg.. .Am glad to hekr "the news. -• • - iifote: Hfenry Delojng. to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 16:- . ' • In relBtloxi lo Gen. Dodge's spiritual welfare; says the General has grown old so fast and thinks it is too much business. « • Tgr Boylngt'Oo to Gen. Bodge>. .Chicago, 17s-. Enoloses set of tracings of house, &c., AieheD nsrtjhwf W.SnidfliL_to Gen. -^odge, Omaha, 17 (Telegram) •aillew f •Iff April, 1809. * " Your letter with enclosed received pt 5:30 P. Dillon tele graphed Kennedy yesterday to pay only men employed by Co .pany untl 'w he reached Echo, ^ill send D. letters tomorrow. . No. 2 (Telegram) ' I send you Blickensderfer's dispatch as received. Dont understand it as I have not telegraphed him anything except that yuu were at Council Bluffs, , ' Thos -. B. Morris to Gen, Dodge § Promontory, 17 (Telegram) Central Pacific track tonight 2 miles pf Monument jPoint, If we have no strike will be ready for track in 15 days. Final estimate completed on all but about 7 miles. Can turn work over at any time with few days notice. *11 V;, Snyder to Gen. Dodge. Omaha, 17 (TelegramJ ttfrf* - »• -f,; gllckensderfer says: • "Have received telegraph. , Course and distance between Centi^f pacific. «:#ro at Ogden and some station of U.P. line; also bearings 6'f C. V," and aong D.P. tangents: immediately. No. 2. (Telegram) ' ? ♦ : , - Bllck^^l^jjiileupfer wishes -to know where he c.an ^et quantities between Ogden and ffllAdldt Wells. - Add ress care Secy^ of Interior, ,^d<wr.O Washington, No.3, (Telegram) I get nothing direftt frcm Central P acific, but outside 1146 April, 1859. ., ' i; j ftTfi; dispatches say that they are within 3 miles of Monument Point. Think *■ Duff is not on todny's train,- ^ n®" •xo No. 4 (Telegram) III fttwln •• ^ , onr" 4 " ' • ' Have telegrap'K"^15uf# req uesting tiTm to 'At*op and see you at Council Bluffsj also want-to gsi exact location end of Central. <• n • T . ./• i--,- a •>» •L ^ ■; I ^/''■^os, B. Morris to Geh. DOdge, promontory, 17: I ^ - I was anxious before afisweri^iS -your question ahout the grade at Green River-on the location made by yOurself-to hear froix a reli able source th^r"^grades used east of there, also soiie additional facts as to the manner iii which the road was constructed.; how well the track was surfaced and wh-thor the settling of-the large embankments had not very materially increased the grade uSed in locating. I am now satis- ^ the location is the best and true engineering one-assuming that the location ffir 160 miles eas€ of thf point is the correct one-becauae I consider the ruling grade of' tha 150 miles east of Green * River to bo tfie grade'which controls" the grade used in or© ssing the Didi«e between Green ^Iver and Black's Fork, If all the grades east of nuaking Asp*(excepting the Black Hills) could have been made 53 ft. per mile I then should have used a 90 or lOO'ft. grade there and a hfiI mT : -I'c^ ti T • . helping engine. I consider the futft Voh give me 111 yo«r J-Stfttei-, via; "that .an 1147 ■"\ »* ■■ April, 18C9. . , "* ;"" * engine will haul more cars over grades east of Oreen River them over the Green River grade" is not due to the located grades nor the curva ture, but to some inferiority in surfacing the track on the grade or to the increased grade due to the imperfectly made embankments. Of the general question of grades, curvature and general -questions of location, I think a little more in favor of heavy grades than most - engineers. I prefer'to make low gradqs most of the way and then put T^'in a division of heavy, very heavy grades to overcome the elevation. -While engaged in locating the Rondout & Oswego R.R. this question. , caifle up, l ( ±n connection with my father made the following table) which I found by "comparison'agreed very nearly with the guaranteed "duty" o^' Baldwin's best locomotives:- • Assume that the "load of one engine is 100 units-~thus; , One engine upon a 14vel "f ♦ 100.*- < Grade 0,0 load of li eng, 100 Tw6 engines Upon 30 ft* grade i enp;" 20 ft, ^ 50 Two and 1"*2 Engines' ; 30 ft# e^lOO " 30 40 Three Engines ' ."-f-;i»100 " 40 ft-*^ o*" 't -f" f».fy rftt Vr. ,.rr.loo " 60 Ft, ^ * 25, ' ."-f-.,.100 " 40 ft. " 33 1-3. • * ;t od ot ' ■ • ■ rr« Ar. ..rr.lOO " 60 Ft. • 25. Five'*' «• " rre*f hf $0 100 . _ 80 ft. " 20. glx P? 100 100 . • 100 " " 16 2-3, . 100 " 16 Fro.u thia I say if the grade on the plains Was 40 ft, per mile we could tidb -100 fti", grades on the- mountain divisions and on3y fully. u«'- April, 1869. -'friA use the second enf^ine which it is calculated shall he put on the heavy grades. Even if the same engine is used on the heavy grades that is used on the plains, I think the above, arrangement is the correct one, as she could make two trips up the grade and have each t5me a full load. From a report of. Oliver H. Barnes, C.E., on lines surveyed in .connection with the Dutchess & Columbia ^.R., lately ublished, I take .the following: "Uppn a gradient of 60 ft. per mile an engine , witth its tender weighing 50 tons v/ill take up at a speed of 10 miles per hour, 18 loaded cars of 17 tons--306 tons. Upon 34 ft, grade 13.2 cars at 17 tons- 244.4 tons. Adding 50 tons per engine and we have 356 tons on 60 ft, grade and 274 tons on34 ft. grade. Now the load of same engine on level grade is 1424 tons, apply my table to load of 1424 tpna and we hav® on level 100; on 60 ft. grade 25 or 25-100 of 1424 tons. 356 tons for load of engine on 60 ft. * " 'grade and for 34 ft. grade 19.23-100 X 1424--273.8 tons, which agrees very well with Ur. Barnes' reprt. It is not true engineering on grades to maafli the grades and, make them heavy so as to enable you to dpubl,© your whole ibf it*? ^ - A»s regards the curvature on Green River grade-had a 90 ft. grade "• * r • ' 1 been used the amount of curvature would have been very slightly o i«* ui 0^0^^ 9is»in r . i ' ?ort ihm miff 1149 wrt ".vV'l, '1 . , X' '''i .1' 'r ^ r^-rt; -April; 1869. . . . , m \J ' • « .' I. . . I . ' - r — - '• ■ -- * , r. ^ r decreased because there was a bench which was ,iust passed by the 60 ft. * grade. Had the -^rade used been 90 it would have been necessary to * put in a piece of level grade at this point and made all the curves now used. ^ I had thought xuitil I saw Mr. House that you were fully informed as to the work here* ahd the line* which" this company were building in air its details. The" line which is being built up to the big fill (station 3030 is the line located by you-80 ft. to mile and 6 curves) except in one place, near station 2730, her the line was thrown in by increasing the curvature to avoid long swamp; change was to add 30 curvature In one degree curve SLhd 220* ft, of distsuice. A-t the big .O. fill the alihgmeht has been battered by throwing a tangent across the gulch in place of turning in as was the original location. The em- » ■ ' I ' T • bankment has been very much increased; this is being filled by trestle V ^ work. The alteration also mad e the rock cut lighter. There are two _ f 8 curves at either end of tangent which can bfe reduced to 6 by taking off a little more rock all of which can be used* in the fill. At station 3053 a 10 curve is used which runs around the point there and leaves very little of the hlg rock cut and allows the 6 curve tb lay flurther up the hill, decreasing the long fill but increasing the distance. 2e next rock cut near station 3030 is very much decreased by 1150 April, 1869. another 10 cruve. Prom, station 3090 to 3110-90 ft. grade and align ment are both used. Rock cut at 3115 is taken out on 80 ft, line and fot very nearly to 80 .ft, grade. Fro.. 3120 to 3155 there is a tenporarjr line having a ,ntDnb©rwOf 10 curves and a 116 ft. grade to station 3140 and level from there to 3155; from 3155 to summit 80 ft. line, curves and grades. Chas. Laughridge went north and v/est with 3, Lawrence and up .to yesterday I could hear nothing from hi.n. He was ^.in Oorinne yester day but I have not bean able to get one word out, of. hira. I hop.,^ , however, to see hiia tomorrow or Monday, There are two cuts on the- line of the C.p. Company on the east * • • slope of Promontory which willi noft be out until our line is grades unless the force is very mUch increased and worked _to better advantage. If*"oUjP track doe's not come ahead ^faster ttipiti it has during the last *^15 or'^ days ^"S will hate all of the grading out of the.way. j. The Central Co-Tipatoy have drawn aff all f.Qrce,3 east of the cross ing of Blue CreekJ r- , ' L. B. den. l&edgc, Chibago, 17 (Telegram) Mr. Duff nfit airiiea.• ■Expected daily; will telegraph his arrival. " " : ^ ' Jesse L.^tilli^s to bdn. Dod^j ^«hlcag»> l-Bini '"i .Ti: c'.f ryh *0try fUrttv .tn'-' arrival. I . , 1151 . .1 • , .. .1 . .i . if-ij " Wvm '•■'■ •wr;- ' ■S'" April, 1869. I learn here that ycsu "passed through here some days ago , and that Duff expected here soon. So I suppose there Is to be no meeting of Board in Boston on 22d, but only sto^kholde-rs, Whenever the Board does need to organizre, we ought all to be there to secure the right 'man; tut I 'suppose with all their warning the will not put Durant in again. ' Write me all the news about the road and the officers in New York, I cant understand about that five millions in Com, Exchange, back'money,* or is there any money there? Tell me how the bridge goes fto "^/'sn^dor" to-Gen, bodge, Oinaha, 18 CTelegramix: About throe miles of track laid yesterday* rrff To 2-18- (Letter) Pirat paid, missingv ; --afrtxr Wahsatch is as far as on bill regularly commer- . .. cial freighty wast of there ship at risk of owner in chartered cars and send wheh' If doitt interfere With construction material. We get $50 per car to Echo, $100 to Ogden from Wahsatch. The paymaster of western division will reach Wahsatch today with "^"funds to pay tor January. He has,paid for January from Cheyenne west. No, 5- (Telegram) 19:- ^ , Honefe telegraphed from^ i;>esert. about depot grounds. I dont know location. What do we need there? r :r r 1152 P April, 1869. , Note: Statement of 'rf. Snyder of the estimated earnings of the Union Pacific I^.R, froi^ April 9th to 15th, 1869.' : ^ tup c Note: Gee. C'Tr.ic, Jr» fo' Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19:itnIlliF .ijif to Wants a situation. B'. House to Genv DOdge, Ogden, Utah, 20:* (Telegram)-,-,^' '• ' ^' *" Course of tangenf U.P. at Ogden Station .480 plus .80- north 38 degrees and 20 minutes west. Distance from same station to zero , on>C.P. 1V70 ft., course north 71 degrees wast, course of tangent ' central Pacific at' station zero north IG degrees west. ' Snyder to Gen. Dodge* Omaha, 20 (Telegram), ^ .""If'- tl, ^I-./yXwr-n ' Mr. Evans wants to know when you will leave for the West? rXH w-Uj. B. House to Gen. Dodge, Corinne, Utah, 20:- (Telegram) , , ' n- i - flave you given any order regarding miner's camp outfit and stock? If not will you when done with them? I have disbanded O'NIel's pprty 'and i^ goes ^aat j.n a .few days. • sfo''^ " : .t. Note: Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 20:- ®n relation t'o shcubbery, , mtm "irtl £; Bdomer t« Gem. Dodge, Ghlcago, 2G:- Mr. Piltean, my partner in charge of raising bridges on your line informs me that 3'Sowe Bridgaa of my construction have fallen doitn-one of Ihra th« iw«t day aft.r it wa. ralsad, owlna to th. Imperf.dl Mviih *•>•*'"P. .pactod, and that ri -rr' tad wtf fflw t -153 .1 ^ April, 1869. , fiTci 'another (the 150 ft, combination) is giving^ wsTy, While T presume your Company will abtach no blame to me. for their J'alliriff down, yet to the uninitiated the odor wiLl fall upon me", I therefore protest against raising any more bridges upon .imperfect or unsafe masonry or supports, and have instructed my f<M?eman not to haise any nuore bridges upon imperfect masonry-only unden a written protest directed to the engineer in charge, and not until he has received said engineer's order in writing to do so. I am not' informed upon wh'at portion of the line these* accidents occurre--'' but infer that it is Upon Mr. Evan's portion, Mr. Evans has displayed masterly inactivity in forwarding my woriE since fxe has turned bridge builder, I would not knowingly do him or anyone Inlustlce, 'but it doefl i^eem .to me that he has done all he well coui^ to detain toy work and to bring m: in bad ador with yo\r Company, train. Mr, Sickels arrived thisTnbifnlHg^. Mr. Duff-fi^xpected evening^ . .eer, • , Ten ^ W. Snyder to Gen, Dodge „ "Qnalm^ 21 (Telegram) Central'with'IB irtfl®s .of sumiBit Promontory Point this morn- •ir»r*v nrt itig; we are within 1« mrlf##, " d.w.E. to Snyder, Promont&i^; SI- (Telegram) q._ , ■h.% • WBiurf CiP. le iS miles th# eonnecting pi^iat this morning but may'be detained iotow' for flllLtt bad condition; it has been raining. I will be here xintil tomorrow. 1154 % April, 1869. , ^r.r ./ ^yder to. Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 21 Telegram) r f* Your message to House- on location C.p. and U.-P, delivered 7 to him all right, Dillon at Promontory yesterday. No, 2- 21 Letter: yThe place called Desert near mouth oi! Weber la point near est Salt Lake, and if the Weber was bridged I think-.SL. shops and freight would leave the road there; bridge could be built I am informed for $2000., R.R. could control the town and make traffic take that direction,' ■/* ru/rfltT orW House*s dispatch dated Red Desert must refer to Desert, and I • ^ #ould recommend purchase of the land there, ^ill start men at once on-ties and timber w.est of Black Hills, . -rirl * f Jaa, P. Wilson-to Gen. Dodge, Fairfield, Iowa, 22:- , -ayfl tmlSlfr' I have youcNH of the 16th and .19th, . '•IffiJW/'iC 'have a ^aste now ^of the independence of private lif® and dont trhinl^'!Bmwill give up soon, I will not be a candidate for the Senate,' ' Gtta you get Tichenor to stick a few pins for AllisonJ I dont "t® '' think we oTaght to send an Inexperienced man lioewrrt Grimes, • ' c The Tribune (Chicago} published an editorial on my cabinet and HeflBWHoiMH matters, Wk44»t,;#|||^I,letely demoralized Washburn, Washburn attempted to take Whtta to for it when hhite told him he had lost iie&f April, 1869, •I ^ , 1. all confidence in hi-:i. ' Iwill tell you all -about it when I* see you. Townsend -wrote to -White in answer to his demand for his authority as to his statement that I had lost a place in the Cabinet on account of my connection v.ith the Mc. G, case; that Washburn told hiiir so, ' I see it announced that the two tracks will meet next Sunday, Is this true"? I hope the meeting at Boston today will put matters in good shape, and leave every rascal out of the directory. It is my purose to remain at home until instructed to' proceed- out on the road, Townsend will write no .ore for the Tribune after the 15th of July, at which time his contract will expire^ Vt-h v IT. SnydeV to Gen, "Dodge', Omaha, *22 (Telegram) hrwinoo I think Mr, Duff-is on train this p-. M. from Chicago,-lo J. 1flicl(^hsderfer, Jr. t-r (Jen. Dbdge, Washington Z2:- Yours of rYth is just* received contai ling quantities from mouth of i^eber to Htfinbofa-i-'Wells in gross, I an sorry those quanti ties will be f no ase to "ds. W© want the details of the quantities 80 we ' can institute comparisons between your line and ap; line between any desired point. This is necessary to "cfiip^^e th^ from point to point. I*have today teleg^ajtied'for'these'details and'if you have not sent them or have not got them when this reaches you let.me know at April, 1869. once, We are now calculating the quantities on C.P. line on detail f"* *for use in this coiaparison, The quantities were calculated in part while we were on line locatAng, hut I have not the results here, Thos. B, Morris to-Gen. Dodge, Promontory, 22 (telepam) ersfi' ^ ' C. P. track yesterday 22 miles east of Monument Point; raine here for three days. Mud in flats very bad. Central Company carried tS.es on to them; cant work ahinials. U,P, track at station 2740 ,11 miles east of summit,; S, Dillon to Sehi Bpdg®, Echo, 22 (Telegr^) ^ ^ 01 140(10 II you know lia^re Mr. Duff.is^.. ij^en will you and he be up? AnsW^T^® .C."'. . IT .-Mar : "" t - -"twifl It; «; .-»• »v. ' T, C. Durant ta DuCf,. Chicago, 22:-, (Telegram) .oiwoliin i leave Uiiq,.Pw Mn7 for .Omaha; was detained in New York to 'sigh' ' - ' f ' t -VT ' '''^ Sidney DllTE^i ^o- Co-n. Dodge, Echo, Utah, 22:- (Telegram) I saw Gotland and Stanford, Their line over Promontory Point'fB^eariy done.- Vm Vant ua to.atap and lay a track on their line. It wili taia lintil the 10th or 16th of July to finish our grading. What do you thlhft oMt, will it interfere with our settling with themT> V '■ o ?r> 1 ' -Thos. bI'.'«oMs tar (*n„ Dodge, ?romontor5, 22. (Telegrm) • • (!. f. »erog»->«B flat. Tmues oast ,of Upnuoent Point. They havo 2 miles raaterifcl on hand. «^fl 1167 April, 1869, ,?"^nr Sliekeng^erferj'-Jpi to Gen, Dodge, Washington, 22 (Telegram) .♦tttq rl ' ' Your iiuantities will .'hot answer. Send details per station immfediately, ' "/id T ' "ij r ...-,2 f ;in r-* " W. Snyder to Gen. Dodgej Gihaha, 22:- Your dispatch received, I Judge that ^eyjpour and Reed have ? e'- gotten hold of Dillon and are making the most of it. He takes their wor' for various matters without examining Cor himself and is telegraphing me to do various things which I know are not rjLght, and which he would not do if S, and R. were not writing dispatches for hi::., - / I wish you could go out and*look through the outfit. It ought to be done quickly or there will be nothing left. If T.C.D. comes here with any authority I propose to quit- at oncey/' ' ' . ^ I Jas. H, Bowen to Gen, Dodge, D-ill-on, Duff & Durant, Chicago, 23:- Say when last connecting rail wi:i be laid^ We desire to arrange for demonstration^ here at swine time. Will you arrange to have it occur at noon that day we oan Jubilate? - r t ^X^idney Dillon to^^en. Dodge, ilahsatch 23: (jTelegram) Wd have'iWlfliS track lay yet» I think th© work will be ready for tr:^Ck oicipi'Carmichael'd cut 2 1-2 miles from end of track; that will take until 10th of May, We are working it ni^ht and day with all the 'pwer we can pwt oh^ I am going over work at head of T Echo today with Mr.'«eed; wilf report y^ U^s evening. / • no we / .^r 1158 April» 1869. Thos, B.sJIorris to Gen. Dodge,-Promontory, 23 (Telegram) hamp equipage is all that I stored in Salt Lake City, It is in charge of "Wii, Gilbert. Received notice yesterday to change it, thought it had better be sold or send one of teams after it from here, > trv Have 14 mules, one horse 4 wagons with camp outfit and blankets com plete here under charge of Isaac Rogers, who is herding the mules. . f ^-Sidney Dillon to Gen.^Dodge, Y^ahsatch, 23:- (Telegram) Jrwf • "''Ot ■ L dont give up our rights, Y'ill finish to Promontory Point, ,Duff and you had better take the officers car when you come up the . road, 4.,. ei ^ .. JPeter A, Dey to Gen, Dodge,. Iowa, City, 23:- yi p. I •. «r r • r.-. ■ I. R, Hartsack of this place has been appointed and confirm- ' ■ • . • » * ed Post Master hero. The feeling of indignation is universal and 9 bitter. He held the office at one,time before, was very much disliked and in overy way unfit for the place. That he should be froced on this coraratinity for another 4 years is an outrage-no man applying was •as unfit ow unpopular. . ^ ^ 1 j ^ . I began this letter, not for the purpose of finding fault with anybody but for myaelf and Fra|\k,, to thank you for the interest you have taken in him, and to assure you we appreciate your efforts to T - aid him^ anA >only #ioir regret that It was not in your pwer to have ■ ^ —7 T,-. ^ .f f. r-M a- succeeded, o^r r 1159 April, 1869. W. S^yder'to Gen. Dodge7 Omaha, 23:^- Telegram. .tl ,y* Will you be over today? Al-1 eas'y as yet,*^ but I get no »help ffim the East. ' nl Seymour to Geh."l^odge,■ BrlghlSif Gl'ty^'*:^3''(f'e^Iegraai)^ * 0 ^ A _ M ^ M. J "I "1 ^ Ah -Mhvhhhh AhhAh 4> rt A. /T%. + V\ « + O V> 4 If both companies agree will Government«agree that Central 'line be adopted on east slope instead of ours? X' Irrt-jf y«io • * r f J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen.'Dodge, Washington, 23 (Telegram) ' Received no pay ""form Reed. •^iT^ail invoices today. Want r quantities between points of comparison with Central Pacific line, that is between stations 480 at Ogden and 2742 Lookout Mountains 4589 Monument Point 5932) Red 6ome 8395, Passage Creek 10240; Turno Summit 11230; Pig Nop Summit 12308, and location each by itsdlf. V/ill need ' tr.f- * le - ■ , ^ A .. it immediately. J. Blickensderfer, Jr.^to Gen. fiodge, WailhlngCon, 23;- • no h99C\) s ' n'. Your telegram dated yesterday. Inquiring whether I had r 'HI-' ■ • received pay for outfits of Lawrence, Maatw^ll and others ttirned over to Reed on construction, was received today. I ansiWW'eirtMt i had X w f«.) , ■ j . A .. . ' J i ' not received pay for any. I enclose hferewlth ther'pai^ra in my possession showing the disposition made of prop^ty in hahds of parties'in Utah. You will probably find^ it someSAat' defetive as my departure • ' * 0 :f * f I f- fc . with you for the west occurred before Lawrencb^s matter wad entirely 5' 1160 - April, 1869. disposed of, and my subsequent ...ovements ifrete ^cfi' that I' could not weil keep trace of what was done .•' Morris'finally came into possess- ' I'lW V'ion of mtich of 't.he Company's property, and as rejgards Maxwell, you will- remember I parted from h'm and you before he actually entered on constructing service, and you said you would ascertain what was in his hands before"'you parted with him. I'ain tO be charged with the follow ing: Sold'ijy licCabe and Moberly and accounted for in my settlements ' ' - '. if f 'f: with House: Sold by McCabe; One wagon $50; 3^-mules and one bay marfe'.$2^0; -$500.00, Bold 'iiy Moberly; 6 mules and 2 wagons $1025.00; -one.ihaj?e $50, fotal $1375,00. ^One additional mare turned over to pfe by Moberly was ly me turned* oVei^ to' ur. fiddy in ''Salt Lake City. . , • I telegraphed you today also in answer to your other message about quantities on TJ.P. line Ufel^en? "Ogden and Humbbldt :?fells. You sent me the aggregate quantities','but as we desire in our report to institute comparisons between the U.P. and the C.. P. lines from point to point these aggregates will notr do. We want P. quantities be tween Sta. 480 at Ogden and 2742 *east of Blue'Oreelc; between 2742 and Monument Point; between Monument Point and Red Dome, &c. &c., in short, we want the quantities in detail so we can select any point we .choose and Institute a complete coipparlwon'of the two lines between : f 1 rv-if ew Vrv-'i" e . 1 •Xu<'*T 1161 '' f\f r April, 1869. . ■"•r. r , ritr,. any points selected. 'I ^designed, to ,a,sk you for these facte before - you left here, but' it escaped me.. trr'r • r/, .T , r' I understand the Central Pacific Is becoming anxious to hurry up our report. I think they should have hurried some ti..i ago. I fear we shall not get entirely done here until week after next. The com- ~ . parison between the two locations west of Ogden will be favorable to "'TT.P. line and my impression-Js it will be the line reported to the Secretary by the Commission. We have not yet fully discussed the " * sutrjectj but I think we shall do so tomorrow. • ^ "thos. B, Morris, to Gen, Dodge, Promontory, g4 (Telegram.),.^ — "fit " V c. p. forces drawn off on Lost ^lope. Our men maiing troub for money. C,p, t^aclc">at east side of-cmd^ flats. U,P.track near Blue Creek tonight„^ rd - • ; r * .C 'W. B. Ohandlwr-to-Gen. Dodge, Washington, 24 (Telegram) tr"*- r Wid tlorria will^ jprobably be sent out next week; Warren to folLOW^ Soope-delay in withdrawing lands, but will^ succeed • * > - nextwoek^ Al] .look» here. , ♦ , . hrm t ' "(Mtfdeen * to ^en. Dodge, Boston, 24:- . ■ ■ " .r "• fti .'^Tour8 Apil 15th and 16th received; also your telegram of "21st to Oliver Ames received at Washington, and the reporters rregft fhenhole* ' w^re .la ,puf f ? wm ® by-word? Tour certificate and stock we have to keep till the books can 1162 April, 1869. f ,'^taA ' be pi in shape. Have put"^ you'down ad taking your Share of bonds, but dont see ^ow you can do it as cannot probably change that security at Savings Bank; have been too busy to attend to it; will try to t;jt« John R. Duff to. He has moved home-we fear that he cannot do it. ',V V. . ^ ^ ' WOT n X Please hurry Duff and Dillon back and all Govt. Directorsyourself *lth'theA, so we .iflay have an election, are not safe till we d(y'(Confidentially). Erie might borne solvent and pay $10,000,000 or $12,000,000 or so, and with some of the friends (enemies) get the control, pay themselves back and ruin omt ppy-see to this. ^ I 'J i y W* Snyder to Sen. Dodge, Omaha, 24;- |L « . ^ " ' ♦ ' ' Indian news,looks very bad; the ^evils are all along our line, Pine Bluffs to Willow Island and mean to give us trouble. They steal stftftk* and murder whenever they can. All the plains, men 'say that we will mile more trouble than ever^. , the peaceable Indians *' are coming in to Ft, Platte as they say to be safe from those on the War path a'rtitl'to- demonstrate their good intentions, . f, " - ' fEnclosed fiMW-Bant ..explains itself. It will hurt us on the grade ' ( *" "* I* , ■ ^UvShernAn is expected mwe tomorrow,and I shall make strong efforts to have force of Pawnaao put in service to patrol the road.y I. ^ fit -7 . OhMldlup to Oeu^ Dodge, Washington, 25:- Youn Utters of 16th and 17th inst. and teiegram of the • • f a • . - ^ . : r .fi ^ 24th are before me. Wkxr 1163 April, 1869. f Huntington, in reply to a telegram-from me,,said it must a -ittfflistake about their working east'of Promontory summit, that he would telegraph and stop it if such was the fact, 1st, Warren and the other Commissioners will probably be throug'i their report in a week frmm this time. They will probably all agree ^ upon a line-substantially-1 think the line built upon by both roads With some variations, which may not require serious action by the Government." Thereport will not hurt us so far as past controversies are concerned, neither do I think It Will whitewash the Central Pacific road; of course, we want to* be vindicatedr. At the same time I think it would be best that all the Commissioners should agtee upon the whole report if possible. * ' 2d. Ab I fslegraphed- Tmnlf f .hall gst tomorrow or next day ""'iWtruotlona laaued "to the cc»BlBBldhirB to oar oompletad aeotions, and hawe il^rrls go out, get Wilson ahd proceed to the end of the track. If Warren Is delayed here too long he will draw a report _from .the lOWth to the-lOdOth mlle-eend it out-Wilson and Morris can Mgn and return It here, so tSiAt it may KB placed on file before Ihrren makes hio examination of the balance Of the road. M. t hare been delated in tpitting the lands .withdrawn. They 'should be withdraim upot'o^it definite locatlbn from the 1000th mile to oj rl',: , 0" I r1164 £ April, 1869. " / y'l- Promontory Point, as we do not wish the map of October 20th tO'nbe+ - recognized east of that point; but the question of line-causes-the delay. I told Secretary Cox yesterday that somehow or other, prior to th'" 4th of March' the« Central Pacific could get anything it wanted and the Union Pacific* nothing it wanted at the Interior Department, .ifimln: 4^^^ The new Commissioners were selcted Friday but it- was sol- '•eiinly agreed to conceal fcom all of us their names until they accept ed. * I Shall try and find out tomorrow who they are. I have no doubt they are good men, and I trust some of the names we suggested are among the number;although the Cabinet probably had friends whom they ^ wished to honor by appointment cm the Commission, In other matters I know little more than you do. The Central Pacific are anxious to get some bonds, and Mr. Amds is anxicd© to get land patents and also lands. The Administration "is earnestly desirous , /'"'of holplne us and appreciates our situation but ulll move cautiously. '""' we shall press for lands and bonds Immediately;' and just «s earnestly as we can without doing our cause more hi«B than good. ■« : (fJ rn ^he organisation of the company quite ae sooft aa-1 shall learn it, althou^ lir. Oafces Ames is to be here this .e'sk', ahd i ,111 write you UII have any.peculiar opinione or" facts to" communicate.' Aa fast aa the sections are oompleted beyond the >.040th mile 1165 April, 1869. .Wf , fltq;. toward promontory summit you had better telegraph, so that we- may ask 'ifor instructions to the Conimissionerfi t- examine the corapleted-secHions,/ • ' .'-•rr f" /- ' * / . p."V/, paaaner to Gen, Dodge, Des Moines, 26:-^r •>.. •}> ,.i * ' Yours of the 22d has just reached me.- Before its receipt iTTiad'received letterh from Lyman and Treynor, asking for appointment "■•' of Robt. C. Bunp in place of Burke, and supposing you were not within J'^i'ci»each to cohsult with I endorsed this recommendation of Bump, I had * already endorsed your old recommendation^of Putney for the C. B & St, Tc- Joe routes ^ J. B. Howell to Gen. Dodge,, Keokuk 26:- ^ ••• T ^ , jr ^ f • The President has treated me and my friends rather ►' ' ' ahabfcily in utterly ^ignoring my application for the appiintment r to Guatimala, I cannot ace why he should want both to disappoint and insult me in -vie* of "the ajiergy and enthusiasm which I have displayed in hlB support# ^ould you not call his attention to the matter after Silas leaves tiie coxintry? ■n' - -n f'"'• f" " Roping through your kindness to have the pleasure of visiting th Pacific Cost some time during the season, &c. J. Duff to Oliver Ames> Utah, ^ ^ Track will meet during next, week, ^Tfeen will you bo here, Anrf*^ ^ OgdenT . e-T ijb99 ihIJ mm mA April, 1869. ."^nf ,IttHA '"'3', G, Hti(5!rlutt €6'Geh, Dodge, Portland^'Oregon 27 (^elerrrem) tui t j j ^^tine nearly to Colxmbia ^iver, V?hat orders, -eo® NiJ' Note: J. D, Cdx, Secy of Interior to Com, Genl. Land office, rtilw (vMieo Washington, 28 In relation to v/ithdrawal of land of U.P.R.R* nifo »* y^vi E. Chandler to Oliver Ames, Washington, 28:- ^ At the Interior Department this morning I saw your letter '"ofHhe 26^h relative to your affidavits on the-completed section of the road. Pleas keepme informed of your communications with the Department. There haS been an unfriendly influence against us some- '^'^'^here in the Interior Department, and a wrong answer to a letter might I • " ' get prepar>ed by a clerk and signed by the Secretary anrisent forward 'Which it would be hard to undo* The Secretary had handed this letter to nr. Blos*'iaifllfeB It would be unnecessary to answer it,. ^ - opinion Is that without asking the Secretary how he would the affidavits maffe. Which fee may not inform you, you should go on, as suggested in my last letter, and forward your affidavits as fast Itfr ^g^n-that road hfeW beerf* donstructe ' in sections beyond the 1040th mile, with the reciuest that the Commissioners s lall be instructed to 'examine it. ' fe tfhall th^n get the instructions issued without any 'questions raiaed'as t(^'^ther we or the Central are to be treated '^ as the ownefs of pAsmontory Point, I# we raise that question for April, 1869. , fttlfA 'discussion there will be delay,which is what we wish to avoid, 1st. Today the secretary of the Interior has decided to issue ♦e'the instructions.to the Commissioners to examine the completed sec- * tions of ou?'road, and lir. Morris will go ..out at once to proceed with Mr, Wilson t6 the examination. Gen. Warren will join as soon as can get away from here. lelTet-'I «;!» t to ,j,^Q Secreiar^ Has also decided to withdraw the lands throug - Or."*! Utah upon our definite location to ?ro.:iontory simmiit. We have been Selaye^because lie wished the Cdnfliits si oners to inform him if the lino fr.y ■ ID ' ' actually bullt'^i'S''upon the definite location. As the ComlBissioners ^•■"will so inform him I think we shall get the lands withdrawn tomorrow. ^ The new Qemml&sloners are accepting their appointments. I cannot Ifearn why the^ m. Horace Greely declined and named some one / S. M, Falton accepted, I suppose by Borne unfair manner I could ascertain Who thoy awe, but'the exigency does not call for such action IBS': : no doubt It W4-11 be « good CommAasion. dJOK'iJ f ' ' 4th, The Cornmi'soioners now here preparing their report; are nea. ly through with their figuring and estimating and within a day or two will make an effoi!^ to agree upen a report. That report is to ' cover tio Vuestio^- letl 'IThat is ttoW'lwst line over the disputed ^territory? 2nd. U ftdceaaary to make the Central a ft^st class roadt 1168 April, 1869. r .r: - On the first point they will substantially agree, and I think the rpport will substantially vindicate our past claims. On the 2d point they will probably differ somewhat, but they may agree on this f' ' (r.f maklny mutual concessions. I do not suppse their reprt will be .fully made, and signed for ten days yet.^ , , I think of nothing further to communicate; am looking for Mr. .i .f; - - . . - ; . j" '. . {■ ' L> Cakes Ames. -I' ' r.n tunm • .. W. E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 28:- The above shows you how we stand to day. Secy. Cox is very friendly. Friday both roads meet. Hoar, Bushnell and Cox in consul tation to see if they will give us any more Government bonds •1st mortgage bond as security for the completion of the road, I dont •' 4, • " r • ■ imagine they will do this just yet, ,ii ('-^livey Ai»e8-to S. Dillon, J.Duff & H.^Price, Boston, 28 (Telegra.m niQi^ln here on money matters • You have full pwor of Board; exerctse your authority. Sidney Bartlett says while I am on hi«*'|Lt.^ thp Ctompany's headquarters here, the Vloe President has no ^ ^ to act as president,/. .^ . f/6en. Dodge to Oliver Ames, promontory, 29 (Telegram) Instruct New York to pay no draft nor authorize any person to draw <»rai90J!(S»«tpr's account unless authorized by letter. ^ a*er«u ^ 1169 j j..., April, 1869, :rri - rf 5nl^' - I T - »' -J-- • -. " f •• J 7ft T~ ■" -- --- ▼ Oliver Ames to Oen. Dodge', Boston, 2& (Telegram) bft wU ftj riiaessage deceived and being attended to. Duff, Dillon and nidt r— ''r'" ' -i - ^ •' price have full power, and no one else. "/Oliver Ames to J. Duff, S.Dillon & H. Price, Boston, 29 (if-le) i You will make'no permanent arrangements for connection. Change cars onl'" at end of the track laid by us-till they pay us, other wise shall find it difficult making settlement with them. Get mattors in best shape you can. Come home soon, and let the-new Board ' ' . " . ■ ' ■ *: ovo'J.,' authorise future arrangement^ Ezra Millard to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 29:- . - ' i ^ * A ^ The assessor for this precinct has assessed the whole cap-^ ital'stock of the bank $100,000. It is therefore necessary I think for you to list your shares in the Bank in the precinct where you reside"for 1869, as the tax will have to be paid by the bank here. Ibi. Chandler to W. Snyder, TTashington, 29:- "" •" ' '■ pieaa. r.ad and forwartl the enclosed. The Oonmtssloners "wllVpro'-bably be with y'cu the first of week a'fter next, at least Uessrs. Morris and *llson. Gen. Vlarrerftay be delayed longer. I told Mr. Ilorrls that you would furnlsli him t*4A«s for any f^-lcnd he might Off -ffiq y iraff bring along. ■ I wlir8Jnd\T?nelo.uMeto Gen. Dodee under cover to you and you can read them before forwarding unless they are marked person J . ")•» r r M 1170 April, ^ W. E. Chandler to Oliver Amen, Washington, 29:- The Secretary of the Interior yesterday directed the V7ith drawal of the lands in Utah from the 9C0th mile post to Promontory summit upon the line of our definite location. I will forward hy ^ ■—n •»" "■ /«> . . - . - , - , mall copies of his letters to the commissioners of the General Land ^ . ••• 0 -aU .J| * Office. - --o '• I' --erfU Yesterday the Secretary informed me that he would immediately .r., .. r;. issue in'^tructions to the Commissioners to examine the completed sec- .. . f i ■ '■ , .. .. - tions of our road. Today the Secretary having gone to liount Vernon, ^ . f . I - . . r .t t . r. the Asst. Secretary Informs me that it is decided to send out the Commissioners on^y upon receiving your affidavit of the completed sections of Promontory Pdint. T do not know whether the Secretary will adl^ere _ ; p - - 'v ■ - •» f f ^ . /-.t, ' r I. . . .. ^ - • ,, to thin decision. There Is certainly an unfriendly influence at the I r ' , ,; i 'iv' j ' i Interior Department and wo must find out what it is, I only know th.-t • jv, I - ' '*■ :i;~ * , .J It 1 ■: not with the Secretary, who is very friendly, very promot and anxious to do all in his power to promote the construction of the road ■ /I" ' ■ ^ .... .. . . and the financial intereats of the companies so far as he mav nroperlv ^ » •-«S* ■ ''' • ^ •' do so. If the road reaches Promontory summit within a dy or'so, and you Team that fact hy telegraph from the end of the track and forward your affidavit at once, the Instmtctions will reach the Commissioners about as quickly and they will reach the ground about as soon as If April, 1869 * ,» •t r ^ •- f .f. ■ • ■ P ,T .V rartlal Instructions sre issned. I tmst therefore you will send t]ie affidavtts as soon as possible and inform me. Nothlnp: new about the Commissioners. Gen. Hiram Walbridge is probably one of them, . . . W.E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 29tAbove is opy of my letter to Mr. Ames of this date. Nothing else new , . • ■ . - • t n - * > ' f ■ .N , ,♦ . ..f ► p. ; l-> . ♦ John M. S. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 29;- .' rst ' r Have seen your letters and telegrams to Oliver Ames. He ~ % t- f. ■ f ^. f '' . has sent out some good telegrams yesterday and today to Duff, Dillon ? and Price and some to you. Ho is disposed to take more responsibility ^ w h ' than in N.Y. as you will have noticed in these messages. * ^ . 1 • - - r ^ ^ * . f f. . . , . Sidney Bartlett, our ablest lawyer, says it is a mistaken idea that our by-law gives any power to the V.P, ; when th.e President is attending to his duties, that his coming to the office each day- of .. . . "... . • ^. . • ' ■ ^ , - ' - • . - j ^ the company gives him full power everywhere, and the V.P. cannot . -.r-i . ■ • ■ ■ rightly exercise the power of the President. Mr. Ames so telegraphed Duff, Dillon and Price, that thf>y had all the power and must exercise l€-whlch 1 hope they do not fail to do. '. ..rf' r, " - - ■ 'i '-f - ' w.'-r' ' • Mr, Ames directed them today not to make any permanent eor'-np .... ' > • - ^ f t ' > - ..r. * ^ ' r ' •» tion with the C.P., but his telegrams of yesterdaj'- dand today are s . 1172 April, 1869. r' ,., « goofi I will copy the.Ti. They have the right ring of authority. I am '' ? ■ ' * • anxious to, hear their effect on your CoiimisSioners, &c. The two telegrams from Lir. Oliver Amos copied before. \ . . 'O'-f Are not these first rate? Now if,Commissioners will f > only ^ exer- rcise their authority all will go well, I feel anxious about this ..fj ».^matter of connection; think the C.P.R.R, will claim to come to Ogden f or near there at once, but 1 hope it will not be consented to till they V 1 pay* If we take this ground they will be as anxious as we for 'the Govt. bonds and a settlement with us, but if they a e allowed to come to Ogden, we m^y whistle for years for a.settlement. This is the ^ more important as there appears po be so much doubt about the meaning , S(f the atgreeovackt made at Hoppers, and the la"'-both so v.ea;'. in th ir provisions and,.open, to all sorts of Qriticisms and objections, o.t .iron. ^'.T.G. , Ct., telegrahed Dillon and Duff to authorize drafts on him $200,000 and 0. ■. Pres.t today directs C.S.B, not to pay drafts {bl«rtWiB:«uthorlz®d.4»? Duff ana ^illon^Nothing came of your telegram. .. a, wrote. yoH fi^lly p7th. Shall send duplicate of thls-so if Agent or wife sees fit to forward it, she can do so. Hope soon to see you ^ t r. ^ here. Bring Price and Webster. . , J. Duff and S. Dillon to Oliver Ames,Echo, Utah, ^0 (Telegram Answer. Are you coming here? Will meet at Promontpry the 10th or 12 ■ tHow eefl dc trtwtff feel .1173 r , f I'l-T April, 1869. P. Wilson to Gen. Dodge Pairfield, Iowa, 28 (Telegram) * Comiiissioners will raeet at Omaha on 12th liaj^. Go west at cnce. *Winslow once lived at I-^t. Pleasant, now a contractor on '" ' * ■ ■ ■ ' i construction; also is a civil engineer. ^^liver X-trr^-w^ Ames Am^O to +/> Gen.Do&ge, H-ovi Tlz-N^lrrQ Bostn, RrM3 + Vl 29:- OO ' —• - ' *' toto Have instructed New York to pay'nb drafts'not'^Sluthorized by Duff and Bmon, Say to Dioff that he iill want all his sagscity about him to not be circiomvented by Hentral Road in any arrangement they may propose about running redd. I would make no delivery or road until we get our pay- they will come It over us if we do. I have sent to Mr. Bushnell tonight power signed by Bates and ( self giving Duff and"^ilIon full pwer'i^f Board of Trustees on line, and he is to forward it immediatelyl hope if you can fix up the road so as to run it at reasonable cost to give-you-money enough to »8. "to ■' -ji 1..* 14. , bi'fr. ' " ^ - ■ finish it upy • r» f ♦ 0. J. Hudnutt to Oe . Dodge, Portland, Oreg., 30 (Telegram) 11 or*-'? *■ ■ ■ No up boat till Monday; 'shall then dismiss party and return ;t ft ! o'M.. via boat, A. West to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 30:- (^eleg^^m 1.^ . ■ , Vr W ■"{ f *•« r*" Currency ought to have reached Ke'nedy before -this time. W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 30 ;- (Telegram) Track last night 18 miles we»t of Ogden. Road all clear. Apri 1, ISffO. ^ ,. r , 9 ■ Material going through pomptly;. t.i93 forwarded .fast as,dellvered» rr»WBfc'f? James Wilson to .Gen. ^odge, Falrfield, Iowa, 30:- ., ...r Kilbourne writes me that he has rese ved for me six Keokuk Bridge bonds, and I propose to.let.you have three of them. We go in • « » on the ground floor, get the bonds at $859 and also the stock with them. Installments are called at the rate of 10 per ct, per month, commencing with the 4th of April, B^/the time you get this'^pril and May will be due $510, Send your draft for that amount to D.V/.Kilbourae* 19 Broad-room 43, New York, He will apply it and send you the owners receipt. Send $255 each month thereafter. These Bonds ' have beenapld in Philadelphia at per and 25 p9r ct, stock. They are a good investment, , f \T^ How are ipatters goigg on with th® B,P,7 I have heard nothing • Washington-. Hope,Oommissioners .will not be ordered out on road t'of a week ewftw® "yet, »Let me hear from you as soon as you get this, Henry to Dodge,. New Haven, May l:g ' Yotire ;or t):ier JHth was received yesterday on^my return home after arifisbnce'-Wf weeks, and contents noted, ^ I am sorry to tay that I m «hort of funds just now and have an ticipated all be likely to receive for some little time to come, W 'WPWdire, oblig»»d .tfo decline .your kind offer with regard ?v»i nl at * ^ art ^ I . imoa 1175 ; 1 '• r - V 1 ■ ■ ■ . Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/7afae8c2e0084392d17c276ca5ca8ed4.pdf c8a4c1b09171d5c4a3ddd742d2755171 PDF Text Text April, 186"0. .-.nrr • . i * ■ Material going through pomptly;. ties forwarded,^'g.st as . delivered, James F.. Wilson to Gen. ^odge, Fairf ield, . Iowa, 30:-^ ♦ ' r • . ■ J" 't . Kilbourne writes me that he has rsse ved for me six Keokuk Bridge bonds, and 1 propose to. let you have three of them. 7/e go in • * * on the ground floor, got the bonds at $859 and also the stock with them. Installments are called at the rate of 10 per ct, per month, wonnnencing wit • the 4th of April, Bythe time you get this pril and • • May will be due -$510, Send your draft for that amount to D.v;.Kil bourne» ' 16 Broad-room ♦ 43, New - - York. He will apply it and send you the owners receipt, - Send $255 each month thereafter. These Bonds have been sold l.n Philadelphia at par and 25 p9r ct, stock, /^hey are a good investment, ^ matters with the H.P.? I have heard nothing from Washington, Hope,Oommissioners will not be ordered out on road fof a week or two yet. - ♦let me hear from you as soon as you get this, Henry ?«***>•* to 6^n, Dodge.,.New Haven, May 1;- Yohrs of t^ie 24th wswB received yesterday on^my return home after an absencs XTf two weeks, and contents noted. I am sorry to say that I am short of funds just now and have an ticipated all ^«hlal to® likely to receive for some liSWle time to come, ^'tibiweroret'Obliged to decline your kind, of far with regard ^ nl Cf .-r I 1175 'iii May, 1869. to the bonds, $hey ought to be a very'^good Investmerft''althou^'"! am not at "all posts':^.* I ""seldom'see the New Haven director, Mr, Busnell, and do not know what other parties in New Haven besides him are in terested in the TT.P.Road. I suppose the track is completed by this t I ■ ■ ! . ^ time and in a few days the cars will be running regularly between Omaha and San Francisco. . orft Note: Chas, Hatey to Gen,* Dodge, Springfield, Wants position as Master Mechanic on Union pacific R.R. Sidney Dillon to Oliver'Ames, Morgan Cityj 1 )(Telegram) r if injunction does not prevent have all m aps, profiles and '.'Qtr ff pppers*in engineer's office up stairs in New York, boxed and sent to Boston. r' Oliver Ames to John Duff and Sidney Dillon, Boston, 1 (Telegram) ■ Draw no more drafts on New York, Telegraphed you authority to draw on Glid^en'for |200,000 on the 28th.Apfil. You may draw for one or two thousand more at'sight if very necessary, 'Sdiey Dillon to j. Glidden, Echo, Utah, 1:- (Telegram Wo must iiaW |feo0,000 to pa^ contractor®' men.lianediately road cannot run, Hhhn will Wl.lfrele»4)hos bo here? ^ r of Jfoith- Kastony 8:-r r- •; • Mt«t' ^ t V aw for which I .a^|. much obliged I am sorry to hear that your masonry and bridging is in such bad order. d'ivrf ^ 1176 Hay, 1869. (9^ Is t.li6r*s no wa.y to hold th© contractors rssponsibX© for thsir ras cality? I hear that Evans is to blame for much of it. Dont have any of these contractors settled v/ith v;ho are in fault if there is any possibility of reclamation. You now have the Committee out there with you, and with all your experience and knowledge there will be no • . -0 < ..r' *1 7' " "' • • ' p ^ need of advice from me. - * ' . I wish you would write to the President and Cox to keep bnck the 5 commissioners until you have the'road ready for them. TJe are doing t* a7," all we can to raise money to meet our payments and your drafts. We have paid a large amount of the debt here and any amount of your ^ drafts. I should think you ought to get a large amount of money from the earnlnea ef the road, ehough to pay what you require out there, after paying what drafts we have no* authorized you to draw. Do you - know these new oo.ml sloners appointed hy the President? You must see that they are well taken care of Md f ey must make a good report for . the road Ypu will go with them, of course, and educate them up to " • (ye, . '■"I - .. '>011 ^ . We have sre takftna^ 6AW our sign in New Yorkx anda givenxve up uthe uii«offiiTic In3«»etiOna:were served on the Banks where Bushnell, Crane and MtoPhad their;>ooyounta, ,op Friday to try to get fundd of the Raii ^ road, hut.ie war* for them. Bushnell «as advised by one of 1177 0^ I II ^11^71 May, 1869, * / )-• 'V i ^ A. ^ 4. ^ A . ^ & <. it . . Pisk's men who had been w atching us for weeks, that the injunctions were to be served, and so he was prepared for them. He said ^isk would not poy as he agreed to and he fiffers to work for ^ushnell. When we can get our books away from New York and cleaned out from that sink of corruption we sh all feel safe and not until then, y * •.• ■Iv' .e I'ffan Sidney Dillon to Wm. J. Glidden, Echo, 3 - (Telegram) ^ ? < n •: . Deposit today at Central National Bank, Now York to credit Frist National Bank, Omaha, $300,000. Have them advised by telegram. W. J. Glidden to John Duff, Boston, 3 (Telegram) We need those two hundred bonds. Please instruct John R. ^ to deliver them on paying the hoindred thousand or deliver 130 of them and take security land grant, making up half your pro rata. Ames telegraphed April 28th authority to draw on me $300,000; also May Ist to draw one or two hundred more if very necessary, but draw no ihore on New York. Mr, Ames will not go out t^ill after the new organizaton but thinks you had better come home soon as can possibly. Note: Circular in regard to eleastic car wheels. tM -r" , V J A Williamson to Gen. Dodge, Corinne, 3 Teregl*^). ftns T ■ * ' A runor has been started that "you will nOt deed for •lyf-e ' r ^ . lots sold here, end persons are threatensing violened. Th^ usual May, 1869. . receit has been giv n jind the money paid over to Mr. House. Tele graph me some assurance that the deeds wil be made. , , '-'T p J. H. T^ilson to Gen, Dodge, Keokuk 3:- 1 > ■ ■ . .. ' t I am much obliged for the pass, and hope to have the opporT d" ^ ajKr T «;;< ♦ ■ tunity of using it this simimer some time. I am glad to see that Winslow has been appointed one of the Commissioners to examine the two roads. He is a good man and as fair as » I, . f anybody with whom I am acquainted. ' • 'yf Note:- Capt. J. I. Proctor to Gen. ^^odge, Camp Dou^as, Utah, 4: r.l 6t > 'h fvt Uants pass renewed over Union Pacific ^.R. *. J. Glidden to Sidney Billon, Boston, 4:- (Telegram) ^ T#lJigr9m received. President Ames authorized you to draw on me for four hundred thousand. Is this three hundred thousand part • » Of tha*-WIBWt? If «o.will make, the deposit in Central Nat ional Can furnish all told half million and no more till further collectiong. If more needs cannot you draw 90 days draft. Answer this and all ♦ .''■T ff.Udl*^«Wioe.3 reoeiired. , ▼ G r Sidney Dillon 40Jl. J. Glidden, Echo City, Utah 4 (Telegram) Cant use draft on Boston. Have you deposited in New York to credit of First National Bank, Omaha, the |300,000? Deposit $100,00 todty.ttt 0#iitral Mfttipiml Bank York, to credit of Wilson and Morton for currency already drawn on them. Have Wilson notified May, 1869, . . - ^ . by tele graph"'at this pfSce'.'"Stuit'^have $300; 000 more this w'eelc sure, • r'.t t .f M. R. i.iorgan to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 5:- I am very sorry not to have seen you. I was sorry when •70<n" 'yVtid r just as I was starting from Leavenworth I learned that you were going • ■ .. . . out to the end of trad:, and I regret it the more now since I have learned what trouble you took in selecting my lots in this place in 1866, I wanted to thank you again for your kindness to me. I saw Mrs, Dodge, who suggested that I should telegraph you. I . think Mrs, D. wanted very much to see you herself. I knew, of course. thrt you could not ^ . come in now however r much you might . . . . wish to do so, I want to see' you nbout my lots, that is I wanted your advice about selling them. I cannot sell those near the Bridge because it is not know what action the R.R.Company has had in relation to them. For the other three old John M. Clark has made me an offer which I " - '"i" ■. ■ r ;r may accept today, I dine with Mrs. Dodge tomorrow", Thursday."^® IT ®oho City, Echo Canon, U,P,Railroad, ( » d.-r; .til» 1369. 7 A. i;. rV ri wef eva' , no 3i;:' f, Evening Bulletin, ^ 4 ^ te IJtKenr San Prancisoo, Cal. ^ Left'ogdefi City'tudsday The road t op ttn rtr-. 1180 ^ h'" : May, 1869, ' • east of Ogden is the worst I have seen. Much of it is side cuttihg through sand and clay banks overhanging Weber River. The rdiad is not only in bad aohdition how from cuts and fills being too-narrow, as the former the debris is in places falling on rails eyen in dry weather, and the earth sliping away from the ties uijtil their ends are unsup ported, but must get worse. A heavy storm might take the whole bank of clay, rails and ties at one place into the river. The road is strewed at intervals with wrecks from construction trains, . . ' '' At Desert, two miles west of mouth of Weber Canon have stopped, after two hours delay walked to camp-Sharp, a young palincontractor, ' S'miles from Desert. In walking over that piece of road saw three places where cars had run off fend cut aJid broken tiesj one of these places was quarter Of mile long,"wKere mahy ties together broken they have been re oved', tbt single broken ties amongst sound ones not touche kt contractor's c^p learned the ttfeuse of deteniong Devil's G^te^- bridge broken; also another bridge (no. 29) near quarry ten west of f- ; • , Echo City, V/alked through Candn to Devil's Gate, From the bridge 17 bentO of trestle-16 ft, openeings 132 ft, iii all 2 67 feet. Thirtytwo ft, span is thrown over a'deep hole'in ftiver-water hayihg risen rapidly made strong current from sides to centre of channel and worked over bent into deep water and moved another lower*story of one bent ia«t f)' ii'J .rr,M0 rm ^181 May, 1869. had moved 5 feet." d'own stream and sunk until a vlarge space between it and uper worka, so that instead of upright timbers supporting ties . ahd road'-stringer's holding under" work-s in suspension.. The ralld has «• ' sunk over a foot. Large gang of men at work with ropes and timber tnying-to save ether bents and secure them against flood which is, still rising; aeh rolling boulders down, bank to fill-up the deep chan nel an-' make current more eQual. Fear all will go; the bridge was only intended to be used temporarily while stone buttresses could be * built and truss bridge throi^h over which would haye been completed in ♦'a fortnight, Eichblby had suerintended the building but not blamed by fellow engineera no force above could be_ had and nothing resifet ^ that torrent. At Devil's jftate-Weber, a largo river falls between 50 feet then-fcalws a sudden bend-right angles- and at this bridge creates iU All engineers Ui neighborhood soon there Obi. Seymbur, consulting engineer; Mr. Brissell, assistant engineer north diVisionr Mi%# Trle-sdale,, assistant division engineer; Col. Hooper, SuperintqndtMJtKOtr^.V/arren, stgperintendent of division, and • * -'^biaBter.bridge builders and consultators. Considered the worst blow the TI.P.R.R. h»d-reoelved. Expect to make repairs In three days If .-"W-. ean say. eth.r-.«,«|9; me9,ift|^ .will.make arrangement a for 'tr^sfer- . I. I- ^ .A ' " v., , .. , , . ^ Left an engine east- passed through wild scenery of narrow canon z ^ ^ ^ 1182 May, 1869. . r opening out occasionally into beautiful green valleys with, thriving Mormon settlements-mountains green-as five or six other locationsO and buried in these mountains, ''At Sidney, 16 miles east of Echo, waited three hours for directors car with Durant coming west. Bridge above had been repaired sufficiently for his car to get across. After sharp r^in round curves and through tunnels and narrow ravines reached the secon d broken bridge., ilt also was trestle one hundred feet in all. The truss bridge was being built over it and would have been ' • • • • completed in three days. .Stream washed two of bents down four miles • before recovered and wrecked bridge badly. A large force was put on and the truss bridge so far completed th't tra ns could with some risk p.aBS over but, as one of foreman of bridge builders said, "rather P dBngercus". Fortunate circupstance-both discovered before trains came • p up, but an engine with officer's car going west must have passed over f\»' Devil'e Gate- during night while bridge was giving way. ^ ,-iMV • - rWent throfa^ long tunnel,, ^ust been finished, instead of roimd that sharp curve 21 degrees on temporary road that has been spoken of. XXr Masonry on this pa^rt of road, culverts and buttresses of permanent superior. Large .blocks of red sandstone cut and hammered. A]1 passenger, mail and express matters have been stopped on each side. Between Devil's Gate and Echo saw a place where cars, rails and ties had all slid over embankwwMxJtffrom being to^ narrow. Bell. 1183 May, 1869. ' ^ , - - Note:- Gee. T, Downing to Gen. Dodge', Washington 5:- •, i .; i ^ ' hna .TfTit*!.*' „ ^ .o 4 " • ,1 j 4. " noano^ E ' \ ^ Has shipped 42 jars pickled oysters, K-i ''^o^tna ,o;: - '-z • ' '.t f Note:- Geo. L. Tyler to Gen. Dodge, Camp Douglas, 5:- ' Wants pass over Union Pacific ^.K. ■ J. E. Reuse to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 5 (Telegram) * **1 ' ■ I Mr, Snyder thinks I had better defer going West t111 the ni ■ , , , Commissioners arrive and go over the road with them. Shall I do so? letf..: > ' ■ - . ft elliff liT-' Thos. B. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Promontory, 5 (Telegram") Work doing well; grading will be completed by noon tb&orrow. Track can be all laid on'Friday, not now more than a mile and a half •X behind grading. "rNr»e n 1 J. 01 Hudnutt to Gen. Dodge, Campt Umatilla Riveh *5":- i '.. 0 c ' ' * - ■ . ■ . ■ - f .. I left my" part at the western foot of the Blue Moiintains * . I • . , about ten days ago to make a trip to Portland and a reconnoissance of the Columbia banks. As the party had only 5 . miles to run I supposed they would surely reach the Columb'is by the time I returned up river. Just arrived at camp. I find they havehad a continued storm since my absence and the waters high and in consequence they have tt^de only about 10 miles in the time. Today is fine Weather and if it lasts ire shall soon finish the line to the Columbia, where I shall begin;^ our return journey. ..s: '-■i 'smMmd- ■ ' :".V : Mfe fr« av 1184 ■ ■ ■ May, 1869. ' . ."'"r A line davn the Colurabia would he entirely practicable and cheap with the exception of a few reck;;; points. It would be far better to croSs, the river at the Big Dalles, 6 miles above Dalles City, as our center span ol" ft, would clear the chasm and a span of 200 ft, on each side for very high waiter would be all the bridging wanted. * ortoi: , mviro "A most wonderfully cheap crossing.of so .large ^ stream, as the rock foundairn is never covered more than 10 ft, at the highest flood and no draw would be demanded"as-boats do not pass, .The wash side of the Ffiver ds much sm-other on the • lower part, and is on the sunny side of the cascade, canon, in sending you tjtie distance some time ago I gave you aii over 'estimate being milled by the steamboat estimate, I think 170 miles from tH# poin^ where we strike the Columbia will carry us to Portland or a point- op^posite,. a«y th^a: To col-umbia River 560 mil^s and to PortlaMd 170, total 730^' Will»give you particulars in a future x«#i^rt. ill®- rw*>vlTf> wff W. S^yder to Oen, Dodge, Omaha, 5; ^^ ^ 1 , ''"Hl^'^rty going out ^from here thev^ I know of Chicago party not coming, I will .start foP end of track tonight. A new sleeper and one of our beit day coaWtwe gt%rted 6 new coaches for Central i^aftlflc. - •- I, 01id4eft''t0 Ptrwb National ^ank^ ,Omaha, Boston, 0 (Teleg) t f 1186 May, 1869. W sefnd ®eh^ral''T5ratTorfal'®^nk tod&/hundred thousand your credit for • Dillon end Duff. '' ' i ' • J. rxlidden to Wilson, and Morton, Boston, 5 (Telegram) uT We send C®ean National Bank today hundred thousand your; "■'• ' credit for Dillon and Duff. JO' .hn Duff to Oliver A>jies, Echo 5 (Telegram) , to nn Jf^e^ters of 26th received. - Last rail'will^he laid on Monday Road in better condition than you suppose. See;that the /^H^iness of the Trusteed iS-done throtigh it&' official. ud ' ■ Sidney Dillon to J. r-lidden, Echo City, 'Dtah-, .5 (Telegram) ^ * Have you deposited iri New York? Answerr • "jwno nffj ^ Dodge to Cakes Ames, Wahsatch, 5 ;* (Telegram) rn* «!' i -jg Oliver coming cait? If so when? 0^?, -ir. snyder to Gen. Dodger Omaha, 6:-r. (Telegram) ■> ' ' ■ '•f a-f • • llgiy I iifei'y to Chioagd ahd'Omaih®'peopl^ that last spike will be driven at noon Monday next? All waiting and anxious. Preparations being *ftde to 'celebrate. - t"'- » . ■ , I r' n iote«- Chas, Aldrich to Gen. Dodg e, Uarshalltown, Iowa, 6:- ft*\ Wants pass over Unfoh ¥hc'ifio , l; '--t E. Chandtter to Oliver lashingtoni 6» •. - Ur. Evarta, Mr, Gushing and myself og behalf of your ro^d 'and Mr. Huntin^on ahd Mr. Crlttend^R-fcft behalf of the Central today ' V'»'7 ' r ' ,, , - ■ ^ ' V, V ■ •</' ■ •■' ■', . May, 1869. ^ had an interview with the Secretaries of the Tre.-sury and Interior, in which we urged giving the roads more lands. The interview was lengthy * . » and very agreeable. They will give us no lands unti] the present Commissioners make their reportj.then they will consider the subject and be favorably disposed to give us Government bonds, requiring first . mortgage bonds as security, although they do,not positively promise us -«'• Un>thing» In the event of their giving.us the Government bonds they "' will, postpone sending out the-new Coinmission of five eminent citizens tntll a later period;^; -i-f, oi-f' * 'o" It is evident that is of no use to ask anything until Gen. ' and the seythers nake their report-on which they are busily en- ' i * ' ' "w igi^wdF whichtmiWy be finished;^ in a week, or ten days and which by '■ zitfaubn of difference opinion may not be finished for twice that time. We cannot get i ioro Government bonds until this report is made, and we cannot examine our completed sections without Gen. Warren 'thtdit *t toeSt W esis. the appointment of a new Co.-imissioner in den. Iferwttrl'tf write or telegrph me. 1 am not certain that it woubd -result in getting us bonds any quicker but it would be gp«t*fylng IIP-Mve our preliminar: acceptance without being ■ behind the Callfoiwla Comply In tfeis particular. 1 the-CommtseieiierB-do-not agbee all things , Bxickensderfer is atlff! fedhfefes to hiA-.-pfn views as to what would constitute a mtt 1187 May, 1869. - , .■ «» «. . .. 9 ^ .4 K m — ^ ^ ^ -• - 1 -4. -'* t • f first class road, and' I anticipate some difficulty in the Commission ers arriving at a unanimous report; stil this is possible Mr, Chiton' tenden and I confer with the' Coimnissioners and" make such suggestions ir .. . . as we think will be useful, but the delay is very annoying. W. E. Chandler to Gen, Dodge, T>'ashington, 6:- rUn e«l»on' . .. l . P learn that Buckensderfer' is' inclined to moderate ' ills views somewhat as to the standard' of a first class road in? order I. "to get to an agreement, but Warren is more extreme than ever, demands a ridiculously high standard and has exaggerated opinions as to the immediate thorough business 6f the rodd. "ffar-ren's fetiffness sur- , ~ prises me. Can ho pessibly be hostile to the road? Does he for any reason i»ant to be conciliated? 'it is important to both roads (as we may get bonds on the report) to have it all right and favorable. We are to have a conference with the Commissioners tomorro.w, b.ut 7/arren acts strangely. Tjr:ir»x . t -f) 1 havonothlng of any consequence Tnefe ©baton; nothing seems to have been done in the way of'brganixation and I feel like a qoldier without a captain. I want a little mord money to close up my bills and to complete'my 01m fee for the Congressional servioe^. After a while they will'be an old story and will not be appreciated, but if 1 Should Wad to Mr, Ames for It he would not respond. Logan must not be forgotten and a pleasnat letter frc« you to him telling how the ^ May, 1869. « ♦ Doad gets on and asking him to come out and see it would ^be appropri ate . r ^ •« m . Yesterday we told Chittenden and Huntington the substance of CuW«ings's amd my opinion in which Mr, Evarts said he concurred. They did not particularly object to it but said they had been expecting you. and Gen. Stanford to. agree up.on the town 4ite and the cut of the road, and to make a settlement; but I. think they will let us draw the bonds and account for them. We dont seemto make out from any.telegrams when the roads will united. Warren says today that he.feels confident of getting away in 10 days. BlickensSerfer is inclined to give the Central location west of Monument Point, the devil. This is pleasnat but not useful to us,* It will do us no particular goodtb name the Central. W. J. Olidden io Sidney Dillon * John Duff, Boston 'Telegram: Have deposited Ocean one hundred and Central hundred for your use, Oliver Amos not going out; depends on your committee for all that acutally necessary. Arrangement with Central to be paid here. / Qen. Dodge to Oliver Amos, Echo, Utah, 7:- (Telegram) j f • Tie .c^tfJ^t ^t Piedmont.^ Hold Duff and Durant under guard as hostage for paymeiit. of imcrunt due them, fou must fumishlfunds on May, 1869. . t/as out there. $3,000 will make bridge over Weber first, rate. Try and get Dodge to authorize purchase.and gecure it, Geo, Wolcott to Gen. Dodge, Omaha 7 ; (Telegram) ,t . Last evening the second cylinder was broken apart-40 feet below the surface leaving two sections bdlow fractured. Thickness of casting at fracture from one and one eighth to three-eighths of an inch. '^rr' I f> - :■(' iW. Myers to Gen. Dodge j Omaha, 7 .(Telegram) . .. . - Cant.postpone selling of coal contract, A large nmber of bidders*are' now here. Send mp your bid by mail. Answer by telegram your figures which will bS duly ponsidered. Goo, Wolcott to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 8 (Telegram) le** nrnt It will make no material difference to swing o\;r line, from zero pjbint or to. lay a parallel line so as i-o bring it on north side of column* #»ir> J. E. HotWe'to Gen* Dodge, Omaha, 8 (Telegram) t Twddwr left-here last night to finish the meaaurements, &c taking with hiST the profiles and maps oft^e three first sections to be examined.-: , ' " ' , ' " , S. B. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Echo City, 8 (Telegram) : t rJ ' 'HaVe no»- orders^ to make astimates of cost of work west of Ogdan. " fliere is large quantities of ties, timber and lumber made in May, 1869, r " the woods, I have no instructions to estimate such material until delivered on line of road. T.C.Durant made all arrangements with tie and timber contractors, , . ■ '-1 0 - s, B. Boomer to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 8 (Telegram) •1l?e have broken two sections "of columns number two joint from the bottom 36 ft. below surface castings very defective,'It will be exceedingly difficult and very expensive to remove 2 lower.sections, Let us change bridge line-east pier the width of bridge to the norgh side. Gen. Smith's letter of today please answer. John T. Baldwin to Gen, Dodge, Council.Bluffs, 'j (Telegram) Have sent Kennedy $10,000. Oan send $25,000 more if you fan deposit with Oilman, Son & Co., New.York, by telegraph so that we can draw against answer, H. J. Glidden to John Duff Sidney Dillon, Boston, 8 (Telegram) We send Central 100 more today; short of bon^ls to deliver. Will Duff release his to help along? Ames lends us 209, ^ Cannot you both by lelegnaph order sme bonds lent us-then we would send you more money. Can give you land grant for first mortgages. Answer, Gen, Dodge to Oliver Ames, End Track, Utah, 8;-.(Telegram)r ; Trouble at Tiednont will cause troublsw on running depart ment unless ^yder gets immediate help. - tf you wait until trains are otopped it will be too late to Velifei'^ them until we are forced to 1192 Mgcy, 1869, pay,^in fact, everything due on line; half million at once will re- i lieve necessities and enable me to keep moving. Actions at Piedmont known everywhere and all know Company were obliged to pay before officers were released. Answer care Snyder . - / .,E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington 9:- Yours of May 3d arrived yesterday simultaneously with the telegraphic information of the Jnnctlon of the two roads, which thrilled through the country yesterday. It Is a grand result and. public sentiment Is rajdiaiy changing m favor of doing justice to the men who have perilled their fortunes in thio i ■ Auruunes in this great national work. t am glad you.got along so pleasantly with the Central Pacific people. We are getting on wi+io . h them in equal harmony here, reaches you, youwin have received my letters stating the condition of matters here. delayed in getting the order for the withdraw al of the lands, bocuase our mans nr'a^ ' P of definite locations do not show the meridian lines. Gen, Warren ^ ^ to suply this deficiency, and I ink^w, ^all get the order of withdrawal some iime this week. • 8d. I have been to a ^ ^ ' , ladelphia two or three days, and have nbthlng new to report rela+iv . - " . _ * 0 0 the Commissioners, I "rote you that Warre« Inclined to ^ Inclined to be rea8oo«>n nable. j shall bd able to write 1193 May, 1869. tomorrow how thby'have progressed'within the last four days.' 3d The Commission of "eminent roitizens" will delay as I wrote you. The organization of your road is not yet made, and I feel in the same "unauthorized" c'onditlon that I have'slnoe you ivent away; however, there la nothing specially iiiprtant-pending. I hope -' Jou-will be -3V able ; "r-- opriire a good organization of the road with your to return East to secure & r>ontrol so that hereafter the business of the own friends in power and con + iTT*yind to your satisfaction, noad may be done promptly and y ^ j Glidden to J. ^ Dillon, Bostnn 16 (felegram) .c At on noo. This make #600,000 furnished here praw but $100,ouu. av.nell. understand you and Dodge mean that besides all through u all urgen claims. Telegraph us-answer to Ji_ ♦ « will setlis 00,000 do-and «hat must be done. You must give ours of 8th what you will ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bonds if you g® . Echd'city, 10 (Telegram) .p Konndy to • • . . . ' • * ^ vou sight draft for $100,000 by orders of ■ •••• ■ I have drawn on / • ' • • ' ' t * r. * . Sidney Dill®"' Ui^'fhn & Durant to*0iiver Ames, Promontory,10: ^ Ddge, Duff, . . /"Gen. ^ ^ today connecting the CTnlon Pacific ' fviA las^ rail w ^ * " promontohy Summit. This act quietly per- •' t- pacifi® at, with the centra «'„ston, 680 miles oast of Sacramento will ♦ ^est of BO formed 2900"?^^- .. fyturo auid upon the comm "erce''*ieit» travel M r r4m (vt i t.ne With the nl,.. I „pon have an infl"""'® 1A thftt- of the worl<i tn . the -^nterpt'*® V the suedeee of - »- " today estimate. We congratulate you upon tA May, 1869, ,cv.: ■W. Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 10:- (Telegram) » . ... • Nothing.heard from Commissioners except Chandler's letter, which I sent you. He said 7/ilson and Morris would be here this week, J. Duff to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, .10 (Telegram) * If your health permits would like to see you Monday on matters referred to in your letter of the first inst, ,ri . - W. -Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 19:- (Telegram) The cast pipe for culverts any thickness and length can be made here for 4 1-4 cts, per pound, ^ould not tiel be as good? It is cheaper* Duff here suid will remain several days, J. M, Eddy to Gen* Dcdge, Omaha, (DO:- (Telegram) ^ Mr, Robertw from London travelling West brings letter of introduction to you from Dr.'Durantj. wants some of the lat^ : " Thos, B.-Morris to Gen,^ Dodge, Wahsatch, 10 (Telegram) ilXTr" It should not take more than three or four days, ^Oliver Amos to Gen. Dodge, North Easton, 10:- Let us'Pejoice that the last rail is laid and we have a road oaraplete as far as engineering and^grading and all the exciting contest for length of line is concerned. It i? the great event of the age in railfoad oonstriiction. The question npf with us is how shall wo put the road In the best running order and our finances in satis factory :*hapar-?re hav«^ used up all our securities except a few that May, 1869. . • - Duff has and these we cant get, Wfe" could*give $300,000 rfiore if Mr. Duff woul't let us havethe $200,000 of "1st mortgage bonds he has. I have ] caned the Company eveijlst r.ortggge I have'after buying them of the company and puttihg up m^ money"on them. We*are doing everything we can but it is Impossible for us to raise money without securities. Your letfeer of May'3rd"from'Wahsatch was received'today. This A', ' great overstock of material we have on vftiich we have wafeted our money which would now help us out at once *was ordered against my opinion by Durant with the consent partly of Committee. I think Snyder has done very wrong to let Frost order so extravagantly and he-must have known^ it was not necessary. When on road last July I specially called §nydor*B rttehtion to the then'oversteOk of material in his yard. Over 2000 car axleS were piled up ther e when there was no occasion for jg fiavihg over 300 or 30 days stock on hand and this on a falling market. We have not'had a letler from Duff or Durant saying how matters 'stood since they went oiit. We only get letters from you and we would like to give you all th^ fanaey j^'^need, but we cant do it till we get our matters settled up With the Central. How much will they owe us on the road west of Ogden above the Oovernment bonds? -You must make It cost $60,0-'0 pi'r mile if possible. If wb could get $2,000,000^ May, 1869. . " from 1»hera alDOve Govemmenl bonds'it ^oulfl help us out, I have'hoped wteen the" road {^ot to running we could get enough from" it to pay up Snyder*s bills and he could get along without aid, but reaent intel ligence dispel-s-that .hope y/ ' . Note:- H. H. HEath to Gon, Dodge, Santa Fe, N.I.I. , 11:- » In relation to remarks he hds heard were made by Gen. Dodge to Mr. Dawes that he" was dishonorably dischraged the service. Says that he was hohorably mustered out of service on the 12th July, 1866. ^ W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 11 (Telegram) Wires not wdrking last night, Me^sage'habout connection re ceived this morning: will arrange for any time today or this evening that you wish. • •• . , . W. E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washingtt?n,-D.C. ir(Telegram) Everything progressing satisfactiriy. Warren wil] start as 8oon"a8^roaris unite. The five will'^probably delay a month or two. Jas. E. Wilson to Gen. Dodge, Iowa, 11 (Telegram) Just heard from Chandler. I-'o instructions b^ore next week Will not start until t get them. ' W. Snyder t o Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 11 (Telegram) I will al^ tvt^ Kirfr no ffou retjirn can maet soon received ' dally one before east I'WWir. Crocker trains help *ere etvea Boston list May 1869, the head of .and tintil stronger aid know pressure impossihle. Central rates so will have it or to through here probably long but growing do arrange, Gov. James Tufts to President of .the U & C.P.R.R? Virginia City, -t-f , .Montana rejdiices at the completion of the great Continental Thoroughfare, and bides her time for an early connection with it, W. Snyder to -Gen, Dodge, Omaha.,i 10 (Teles^^aiii) , r j.,- 1 Nine iail.es of people in Chicago and fifteen thousand of Omaha citizens on this afternoon celebrating the completion of the road. r r - '. fM-fc Geol* V(Oloott to Gen, Dodge,. Omaha, 10 (Telegram) ^ • an -Frwture on pier 11 caused by weak iron and bracing usedto keSp in line. No one hurt. Had I better swing the line to the north or run ft parallel,line? * J, E, Hou?e to Ge ,-DQdg^, Omaha, 11 (Telegram) ,, t;i Do you want a certificate attached the land maps of tJtah that we eend tp Washington? : "• ' Li. to Gen, Dpdge, Promontory, 11 (Telegrm) What about Deseret? Want to move Benton house soon as possible, ■ ' , ' « ■ , ^ovleI>, fibJiilrr tiPair«i;'110dg«4 Gmatoa 1:- ) (Telegram) wwwt*, '' Morris, ?{arrQn and. ?^llson will be here to go May, 1869. West toi-a.orrow; have some ladies, with them. Can house, go over the woad with ^,then? • ^ > o' II.fi «" rz« vitr .. No. 2- Telegram, 11-:- , .. . •, ,♦ ->>,■ • ; ■ Freight has heen moving promptly e;ince March 20th with very '- - few excej)tions. I asked particularly of freight claimed short on ship ment April 3d, but could get no reply, J. Glidden to John Duff or Sidney Dnion, Boston, Wro'e you 1st, enclose hereSith copies of messages since. '■ Hope thife'may nt)t find you, but that you will be onthe way home. Regret very much that neither of you wrote Mr Ames or any of us. •Your telegrains confuse \is. Y/e, hear from Gen. G. H. Dodge, but fear that you find mattars so bad you ,dont lljke to write, and then your not '"^ offering tcr help with either bonds pr money troubles us, but we hope soon to' see >6# ribre and get some explanations. As telegraphed, we deposited Ih all $400,000 in Central Nat onal your credit First Na • tlonal, 'Omaha,' besides the'$100,000 in Ocean to credit of W. and U and now have advice from «tenn«Kly of having drawn $50,000 by order of T.C.O. and J. D. artd^$10&<O0Q-by order of S.D. This m,ake3 $50,000 more than we authorized, but presunw you were to be at, home to help protect it. » ■. " "Toii Wtter notify Price, Webster and J, L. Williams to be in -rf t • .t . : .,n .t —- 1199 Majr 1869, Boston the same day you'intend to be" here and als^^ bring Dodge along,, as all directors will need to be here to organi2re.^ If Dodge cannot come, we shall have to elect some one "else on the spot-s-ay John R. ^uff, who will afiierwards resign in Dodge's favor,- ■ Please also telegraph "us what day you'will be here, Hope you have been able to look carefully after disbursements- and little per ct, " 9*0 day drafts on Boston and not drawn any on New- York -this lat ter may make great confusion, ought not to be done at all. We get no answer from you to ours of 3d, 8th and 10th all call ing flor reply (Telegrams)- Bonds have -gone up to 93 cts, 93 J.-4 and very few offerinj^ ^ - ' ^'"'^liver Ames to Gen. Dodge, North Easton, llt0 1 iud , I wrote ybu this A.Ll. in'regard to the state of our affairs hero. We have raised ..oney quite as liberally as we expected and. \ have put up aK' Iminense amount of bills.; But there seems to be no end to tW d#nand for money dn line of road and we are exhausting the '■ means of all'our fi^etidS to help along the road- . - I hear nothing from Duff or Dillqn since they have been out there. We have ritten them frequently tqfget some reliable informa tion as to how the funds of the Company was being spent and.what " amount is waftted^o get the road running smoothly, but we have yet been unable to find out anything reliable. Dillon telegraphs he s^' bi May, 1869. • ^ r vr. ' ' wants $500,000 at once.. You telegraph you want $500,000,^nd Duff telegraphs he wants $100,000 and Seymour will take all we can raise. We really do not know what is wanted or where it is going. If we • • t could see plainly just what,is wanted we could go to work with more » certainty of reaching a result, as it is now we are just as much in the dark as we were before ..the Committee went out. Snyder in consenting to these large orders by Frost has neglectad that i]oae supervision that his duty requires and should not have allowed. I wish you would report to us as we have no hope of getting letters from Duff or Dillon descriptive pf state of the road. 4 V . ' ^ r.' . yhe bridge we hear nothing from yet. If we press this we must get money I think by a separate organization, and we ought to have a ttidge imraeaiately If big travel. hiaq.r' We expected to get a tel««wm from.ypw when the last spike was ^ driven that the principal office of the Company m.ight know that the road was connected. ^ thLe 1?; M., Wo-late to get into the evening papers haW a tel-ogram from you Dpdga,. Duff,, Dillon and Durant, saying the work is done. It would have.;b*^n jUst as well for Duff tol^ have brought ii hef^e in hU e-*- . J, M. 8. vailiams to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 11:- j ■fours'4th and 6th from Wih|atoh at hand this noon-quite 1201 ^•tl V io«i 1 1 M r elkifc . ijj 't^V . « May, 1869, interesting as we get no letters from Duff * Or J^illon afid not even replies to our telegrams, ^ frith rogatd to your land grants, 'oubt not we could easily get parties to take them for an equal part, to which you take 1st mort gage; say you have takdn 31 1st M',, now we can get some one to take 30 L, B, from your ^allotment. ' Shall we' do so? They are very valuable as you know-but if too inconvenient you would probably prefer to have some one take them-as you are under obligations to take to some extent J V • ■ ■ ■ . ■ , ■ • y you have of the Ist M« I confess to you I Ibel anx'ous about the election. Hazard says you had better be here*. He and Bushnell were here to day. C.S,B is ^ ' , ■ ■■ * . ■ • . f - ■ i V .. always hopeful. Bonds are at 9!5',"Mely 16 if they do shall we well some Of yours and invest ih" L^B's?'" Supphsre all privileges unpaid dxpire after 20th, to e^nio - CJ >, to mi\ Dod^,.i3m«aia, 12 (Telegram) „ ewir .i-wiMii twte finrrf P oS no lease telegraphs ma message at W. u. office... T<ro2, (Telegrisim) . .. Mrs. Dodge says stjo'-wannot go oonvenlently.^with the Com missioners. ^iver Ames to Oenw Dodge^ ^enpth-l^.e^n, 12:- Your letters from line of road are received,We do not 1202 May, 186 r. quite' understand the way you are getting: along, expected'Vrhen we sent out Conimitte to examine road that the money w© raised would he paid out to get fh'e rails together* and then to keep road running. We have rai'sed a large amount of money on land and other bonds and sdnt it out ,* but there seems to be no relief feel that the vortex out there will swallow all that can be raised out of our secur ities, and then perhaps the mobs on line of road win stop the trains and the next thing we shall hear is that the trains* pave been stopped and passengers'robbed to pay starving men. It would have been better to have called out the military and stopped this first mob, and then we should have had no more trouble. *1 am "informed that Davis and associate men were the parties stop ping the train. Could it be one of Durant's plans to have the men get their pay out of the road'and we fidffer for his heii'efit?. Durant is so strange a man that I am prepared to Tje'lieve any sort of rascal ity that may be charged againfet him. You say the road i.^ running smoth to Aspen and will soon be.smooth to Junction when our rodd will, with exception of bad work on bridges, be in good order, I have feared that the spring freshets would carry off a lArge"number of bridges and sometime s delay our taaffic, *' • The last rail having been laid ther6®wlil Be relieved a large number of engine and freight ca s from cbntracVOrfe^material, md we X203 :9X'- oi .< • . " William J. Glidden to W. p. Kennedy, 12;-. -'ji-vf M ' Your messages 8th, 10th and 11th received. Cannot pay or Iaccept drafts xinless authorized by Duff & Dillon. Oliver Ames to Ezra Miller, Boston, 31 (Boston) | "" : ril/n Id) .• All drafts authorized by s. Dillon and John FDuff will be f ' pfcpoEitply met. , , AA. L. T Chetlaln nViQ+loln to +.r\ Gen. Dodge, Ta ^ Galena, ^ Ills., .. 11.. 121/Oft S'tl aft!" 1^, .^We have been here Europe on the 5th prox. for city of could get no berths-everybody ,is ^ . iHJ J?ermit me to call your :J. A. Olark, Surveyor,C^en. if utah -ipOifte with khom .jo?^ il. R.Company - char aoter, H« too ciodest to for himself emd comes Ea.^t fQj, •pass over the road would,be a some days and are all "e May, 1869. ^ ',r; f shall have more engines and freight cars than w'e know whet to' do with Let me hear fi-om you again. ll. We sail for P^ris; wanted to sail sooner, but^ 50in^ aborad this spring, s-'ttention to the case of ray friend. Gen. • is a most deserving gentleman have business of an official J • r ®^sk foju ^ pass to Omaha and return family next month-is poor, and a gpeat favoj, ^.o hi-m.If you can conven- ^®®Pany nothing by it In the end. His ad-iress is q ■ ':«j ■ ■ I '( We wanted to call fWa too unwell to atop, ^aii here, but ray Wife '® , to 8ge you all at some future May, 1869. timer Should you and Mrs, D. go to Europe while we are there,, dont fail to come to Brussels; we will treat you well, be assured.. You jr . , have been very kind to us since we went west and we long for a,n 'T/f.Croidpportunity to reciprocate. My wife joins me in kind regards to you , •nc^knd to Mrs, Dodge ,and the girls, and to Julia and husband, wishing you health and success. ^ ^ -./'il-' • Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen, Dodge, Des Molnes, 13:- ♦atrow q that you are out of Congress and under no special obll- •nations to the constituency of this district, I feel much hesitancy in annoyting you on "^e subject of appointments; yet I am so fully persuaded that.your own interests and those of -our friends are in volved in the U, S. Marshalshlp that^ .I feel it my duty to appeal to ♦ .you to do sverj'thlHg in yo\ir power to effect Clark's re. oval. There • ^ . .. t no longer remains any iaubt but that he.is using his office in Kasjp b6n''s interaat and will do so in every way possible# r- 2^ jg sUas* that the* jurysien now in attendance at the U.S. 'p-t-n Court here were'selected by Kasson^.as eyery one almost from this ^ ■?" « • District are Jtasson's particular friends and your own add Palmer's enemi&s, Rasawm in eteHobllng over your and PalmerSs defeat, as he is pleased to term it. In the Marsha] matter. If it is impracticable to get llelindy appolrtted, ,why fix upOh- eoma, other goo iman ( a soldier * * ' » if peaBible) but for God's sake "hist" Clark. I think Melindy should 1205 May, 1869. . . - , * have it» and it does seem to me th?t a strong letter from you to Grant would fix it, I think Jim Wilson should unite with you in the matter, especially vrtien lie is made to know that Clark is running the office a ' as a machine to advance Kasson*s interests. I had taken no particular interest in tthis Marshal matter "until this face became so apparent. Clark himself has neither tact, shrewdness or energy but being a pliant tool in Kasson's Hands his office can be used most mischievously; out of the office neither his enmity or friendship would amount to anything, I am ready to do anything for Wilson, al^l 1 ask of him is that -:*i T,': ^ he will if necessary \inite in an appeal to Gen, Grant to remove^ ^ Co , Clark, and thereby strike the marl Kasson, whom you know is as much ^ * .-I ■ ' . ♦ . Wilson's emmy as he is yours, Palmer's and mine, Sapp, Treyuor, Russell, Glasgow and Goodrell appointments and my own retentioh were heavy blows at the scoundrel, and now Clark's removal would set tle him, I think we have him effectually on the hip so far as the Legislature is conceimed. "Wb will send Pi^k Allen to the-Senate and Will try and send two men o'r 6ar kind to '"liG rt f■ fr")! I wibh you would coBie oVer to ^fie' Btatfe Conventio/i» Wa,would • 4 } • r ' W, snyaer to (T.l»sram) ^ '■f'""* ■ - I .•<T.ir» •*-••■■■ ,,,, ■ 1206 all he glad to see yott« .'i' -'J ,t: «»• .j t t Bonr , V' May, 1869, Morris goes v;est tonight; cant get him, to stay he e until others come. House goes out and will see you at V/ood River. J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 13 (Telegram) nl -y I go out with Mr, Morris tonight; will see you at the pass- , Ing of-trains at Wood River or Bibhard. . rtjg Duff to Gen. Dodge, Echo City, 213(Telegram) ^ ♦ fr *HV iL.. Wehn will you return to this place? ^ -f.t, ^,^11 J. Duff to S. Dillon & Gen. Dodge, Echo, 13 (Telegram) ifmmt ^ .When oan we meet you east of this place? Where the masonry is defective stop repairing, f t y ' W, Snyder tp Q«n.. Eodge, Omaha, 13 (telegram ^ ■ ■■ go out until^ others arrive. Will get the message to press,, r ,^^21 fynti'-: - " > m; to^ Gen.'P^sd^, Corinnb, 13 (Telegram) ^ , ■'- , gndeling Cortwaa are in place; see that other part is pushed. 1' Will'b^ down on passenger train, v«iMr .o 'rW.E.C,. fco-Gen. Dodge; ^ ^ I have not yet been able to get tjie .exact figures, but shall w - do so tomorrow, IW raises instead of 890. Heavy work at head of Echo Aidd "liff Weber not <ione when there; ^bout 600,000 for charge og line, - •'»* -atjtj ir roffieq : May, 18G9. The C.P. are disappointed in"'th^ "report and sore because we dont r: • -v fgo in with the agreement. You can telegraph~Cashing here. . ^ ' rtitw J»0 JT. I Sidney Dillon and John Duff to W. j. Glidderi'i EcAo City "1^ (Tel-;} Pay sight drafts of *. P.'Kennedy cash drawn May 8th and 10th and 11th, $150,000 and accept time drafts drawn May 8th and 11th, $123,400. E zra Lillarh to Oliver Aitbs, Omaha, 13* (Telegram) • ^ What guaranty can^you give'ns that tfie SO'days drafts issued by Cashier Lindsey will be met when dTje"? 'd*" r'Vd- i Sidney Dillon" to't-.'Jl Gi'fton, Echo City; 13 (Telegram) Have today authorized ",P, Kennedy, Cashier, to draw for $109,000 sight draft and $53 thousand time drafts.; ' ©.p J. D\iff tnd S.Dlll^)ri io W.-7,'"Glidden, Echb Glty, 13 (Telegram ' ^ ire have aiithbrizefl "BnyAer to dhaw for $5,0,000 on you. Sidney Dillon to* j'. Glidden, Echo City, 13 (Telegram). ,fq I have authorized W, P. Keririedy, Cashier,, to day to draw on X "if' .t,' r ■ ■ ' ' T you for #50,000 sight. ' Duff to Olive'r Ames, Echo City, 13 (Telegram) ^ " Letters received. Have been over most of the-road. Will report in person or letter when through, Llay, 1869. -• rOen. Doclpce to Oliver Ames, Council Blu fs, 14 (Telegram)t hj ,^arr I .arrived.here today; .shall ■ remain until Gonuniss loners get here. •■.rvoo '-"t-i ' iv n- 'i ; er,- ' HT Kennedy to ^r"j; Glidderi, Echo City, 14 ' (-Telegram) . -VflCkl In Have dra^ on 'you today by order of Llr^ Diixon $G,000 for sight, and $25,000 at ninety days. Have Just received notice of your credit for First National Bank of llth, was not anticipating it. tort '^^udte:- Jno, F. Taggart to Gen. Dodge, Cairo, Ills, 13;-, . . oi WahtS a pass over the Union Pacific^^.R. to Salt Lake City for himself and son. Say Gen. John A. Logan will accompany then. (Mi) gpaiding to Gen. Dodge,- Washington^ 13:-, . , , , . . . I have respectfully to repreesent that two vouchers, one dated' 5ctober'30th, "iBeS for the sum of j|657»40, the other dated Dec. 3ist, 1865, fbr thS" sum of' ♦aOS issued to Joseph Schinpple for ser- -,»1 ;• Vices as assistant Anginoer from June 1st, 1865 to Dec. 12, 1865, the ' sarae haVlng heen'Ap^bved try'yourself at Ft» Leavenworth,. KansasWhile you were in command of that Department <t District, have, this day. "" ' by the Seoretafy of W»r, been, tflnected ,to be .peW.. These vouchers bear you^®official' endorsement-^of -approval in your own handv/ritinge -xe mi • , other'V6^che'*fe Issued to tli,6 aaa ^n for like services, one dated Janucry 3iet, 1868 for the w «f.$865 gne. dated February 28th 1865 for $150 one dated Aprilf5th, 1865 for.fl59.^nd one dated June 1209 Of:..r 'i May, 1869, ,9'«Pr 2d, 1865 for $300^have each'the follolng" ertdorSdmSntej" to wit:- "Approved by' co..uiiand of Maj. Gen. G.M. "Dodge, signed, John V.'nians, AA. Genl.S These latter vouchers cover services of Joseph E. Schinple from August 7th, 1864 t June.1sti 1865 and they together with the "vouchers first named are now the property of Jeremiah Clark of Leaven worth ^ 'Kansas* •'rv f h ' « ' •' The Secretar^ of'War preliminary to the payment of,the^fpur vouchers,'upoA which-your official endorsement of approval is not signed by yoursolfl,desires some statements from you in respect to th6 same. You will therefore.confeb a great favor upon-Mr. Clark and at the sane time-alA the-Secretary of War, if you will answer the ^ foilowing (iuestiorts, to sit: f - - • i Was A.A.Genl, fohn'^WlllAhS authorized by, you to endorse upn ' the'same your off iciai approval? ^ Were" the services for hMch these ^'^four voVicheVs were Issued actually performed by Joseph E, Schinpple to the satisfaction 'of the coMiahdeT of that/uailtary directirs or depart0 r I ■'" ow O Ti -fv/ I suggestred to Brev. Oenl* Jmea whether the in- * fomation desired from you would not more properly be sseured through ' "official chWels, and in reply thereto he stated that ,I would be expected to secure the Bame.^T hAVe therefore taljen the liberty to, address this letter to yo\x. i shall be greatly obliged if you accord me an early reply. r 1210 May, 1869. ,ynlC Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 14 (Telegram) ftflH.i'" r -- T. Mr. Price here. Do you expect to come over tomorrow? ^ Myers has asked my opinion about all coal hid for including yours. „ Is it Iowa or T^yoming? ^ •- G.. l.r -I • rI f - 'f Note- Geo. M. Bailey to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 14:- Wants all mail agents on Union Pacific R.H. retained. Gen. Dodgo to J. LI. S. Williams Council Bluffs, 15 (Telegram) Let my land grant go, I will deposit there bySeth for balance of'my first mortgage. 'Sell enough of those to pay my assess pent int. and L.ol ^ I «rke We seven letters'from line of road J - J ^ ^ p 'jCI* ,^aj^d two from here. Answer, E. Chandler to Gen. 'Dodge, Washington^ I am confined to'my house* by illness'today, Wt'last nighi? had a full talk with Gen, Warren who seems to be disposed to be fair end just 'as far as the interests of the Government- will allow. With .. reference to the alignment and grades of the CentrAl Pacific he is Tllriiif..'. ' „ ■ » ; .f t. • • i. .. - "'haoi Off* disposed to be very hard upon them, I am not osrtain that it is for o'ur^ interest to huffy the question or Bonds too muoh. Perhaps li eiii be'hetter to let the Central Road *• ^ . . .. . . ji take the laboring oar. In no evSnt have "we an interest mope than $275^,000 ^ If we add to that the first mortgage bondA now o» depofel^, r f 160,000 "t "Tf" . .. , . v.. 4353,0001 The government will retain frOm us ' - » " i f 1 ■ ■■ vT 'f. Now, I imaeine it Is (Juite possible that the Coranissoion may think that 1211 May, 1869. ''.f n-. " .fT'-"" ■ the deficiency on our road is three or four millions of dollars; in which event we need not hasten to ask for bonds. ^ A «• . f On the other hand the Central seems td be out of pocket about four millions, not counting the ^27,999 they are to receive from us hhen they pay for the forty six miles, and until they do pay that, of ( ,-coursej they get no satisfactory right to the line east of Promontory ■ Summit. Mr. Chitenden, hopes that the deficiency will be reported by ORfthis Commission-upon our road not.to exceed three millions, and upon .-ithe Central not to exceed two millions. If this should be the result the Central will be anxious to get bonds, while we shall not be so anxious. If^. on the,other hand, either Commission should find a five dri-l million deficiency on each road the President would hkve to call upon Ti/ilis to pub up more bonds in the Government vaults^/ If it V Jesse L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, Ind. 15:- wt erf bitter pill to me that I could not go West and see the roada united; but the large responlslbillty Involyed in the'iieading M lSlfr - of this lette»,..keeps .my nose^to the grindstone, and I fear will pre- ' " vent my attending the Boston,jm§sting, '> n/ifiJ ; ®fi the 17th of Apri . the.U.S.Court ordered the Receive<Kto build iKtO.oet ^ mll^ir Ihl. r«»d through pine forosts and tamarack awampa Impaaa- ■ fcotX.by let July. Dndar^Jf.e Michigan law a failure la ♦e.tt itnitU WMi.' lioJo*' i , D ordiRrtf, .-! •! il I ,rrr1212 riE' May, 1869. . a-forfeiture of. the, valuable land grant, My. whole time must.be m spent thej-e Tintil It is ^out of danger., It seems impossible for me to attend the meeting in Boston, but I cannot floubt but that everything will go right without me. Please expalin to the members of the Board that may i"be with you. After 1st July I want to pass over the entire Pacific Road, and will give that work all the time necessary for the brlance of the year. I trust that the President and Secretary may not think that I am indifferent to my duties. \men I accepted « this Receivership I supposed, it would last but two m^onths. It vms necessarj^ to dave the road from entire ^loss, T/hen we save .the ^and grant by build ing this 20:-miles, others must take charge of it.. For two months I have bwh at home but one day in ten, fhe grading is the pint of difficulty now, and I am sending 200 Sveads iJiwp weak iPlKJm Chicago. Contractor is slow; only 2 miles of track laid,r today. I will let him go on with the track about 10 days longar, r'm.y « m(»t r,t. superlntenaent.or traoHaylng, a man of some taot and r«.Bon to take .harge of the party and push it so that the last fall mil laid hy the 20th June. Any such measure would seem to be unneoes.ary for ao ®all a job, but I .dont want to.come any ,diere near a failnue. Tou could lay 2.»ila.a on. the plains easier than 1-2 mile Herewith bto. ««»,1 POeparRW^ftf.. aM our swamp and pine A' May, 18C9. • • '» stumps. Now, while I dont wstnt to mak^ "blow^ about so -&iaXl"'a' job, yet if you ca n name any of Casement •'s tracklayers, a modest Work ing man with t-act and skill in plannir% to get ahead among the swamps, and who sould be coming this way, you^ nftiy ascertain if he would give me ten days of his time and telegraph mfe 'here.'"' Any engagements would be conditioned upon my needing him; but I want to be ready. I havenAlso written to Mr. Johnson of Rock Island if.R. 1«y friends must-k^p me out of any scrape. ^ jt, a . Wm. E. Chandler t*o C-eli. Dodge, Washington, 15:- .« y ; ^ 1 There 18 little or 'nothing rieW, ' I hear that the corpora- ' ion Will organize Tn Boston next wee':, sLnd therefroe I expect you are on your way East for that purpose. If you a: e not, please telegrapt^;; me the moment you do start to come East. The Commisaionere will report about the middle of next weekj and Oen. Warren immediately thereafter wll^ start for Utah.' X do not .know how sevora the Commissioner^ will be."'1(^. Chittenden and I had a-hearring before them and urged liberality of t reatment with reference to the estimates for requipments. The Commission feel good-natured by and will I think make an effort to agree upon a report and require ments f which will not be too burdenseAe to us. I hope to get an . idea of what their figures 4l 11 be'in a day or twt>*-j (Kiwiw W. E. Chandler to W.' Snyder, "WMehington, 17 (Telegraia^^»_ CominiOsioners have filed report on location unanimously, May, 1869. cOt/u , giving perference to /e» Line in all respects from Ogden to Toan's Summit. Balance of report on Wednesday and Warren will leave imraediate ly. Do not make this public.. Where is Gen, Dodge; is he coming East? Keep me. posted. -cI.HwJb 9tU eiT-i ' f " • ••jl iU 4 . JuoH [I»! iBOND*'ACCOUNTl*^^''*'®'' e.-lt OBtH ' —0— -vit .#4161 Itt ' 'tr.P.R.R. Bond delivered to lOOOth mili '^<|0 tl'»'. $25,998,000. "meS a ^ $1,472,000) • " ■ " nl'iS : ' w^rTT*!•' go to the C.P.R.R..V 3^emai ivitii tixe 86 miles imdellvered • -d-' T i. --ea (of which the bon^^ on about 46 miles -J-" n 2,752^000 t6 miles 28,750,000 nl'iS : U.P.R.R. $1,280,000. I rrerfw #1#|# * '* 1 . C.P.R.R. Bond delivered to 510th mile 18,604,000 ^ ••»§«, u. "f, yniim#rii> r180 miles in addition, delivered lf400,000 ' nt n , 20,004.000 20,004.000 'V» ' , -,r' • 'Underliiimredtwidi nf nana-.- • .- Total issue 'aould be * ^ ^ , 53,114.pp0 If thel?« i» a fifty millioai limitation G.P.R^R. .T«{il»l lose Total issue 'would be * 3,114.000 <4,# /B. T/. *iller to W. Snyder, Corinne, iSf- ^ ' I made myself acqiiainted yesterday with a plot now ,i t "i being carried to completion on the part 6f the Central facific. They have secured the services and (io6-6peration'of' the wCfetef A ^maaaifor of • « • ^ r j 'awio 1216 ,--L. .i"Aite!l:i ..t. May, 1869. .rv'r ^w([U ' •• /• - r' ■'» 9 •* . * ' ^ M ^ ^ . .. « Wells, Fargo & Co. (I presiane by the use of money) who has repaired to liheir headquarters in New York with the sole intention of influencing the Company to .;.ove their offices at'thife point to Indian Creek on the C.P. make that the starting point for S.11 their stage routes and also the general distributing point for all northern and north-western mails, __ , ": yhe only opinion I can form as to the reason for this is that the * • 0 0 C.Pv "has been unsuccessful in their attemptK to purchase the western terminus of this road and are trying to deprive the U.P. bf a town in the Valley, thereby destroying. "What local trade that might accrue fro a flourishing town at this point. I apprehend that another reason for so doing is that when Indian Creek shall have been made the headnuarters for all diverging stage routes and the mails,* they will make consliiibie reduction in their freight tariff, thereby securing to San Prancisco and to th&ir rout© 'the trade of Idaho, Montana, Southern Ufah dnd the White Pine District. None of the merchants at this place are aware of this "moveiAemt, and I transmit it to you in the hopes that • t it may be of soaMi service to you in the formation of your future plans, Every day or two I am possessed of information iri regard to the ConstrMotion swindle which closely reseumbles like information that I jHHjp fox^arded to you. I prostsne the most successful single r • • opM>ation that hae occurred west of *ahsatch was the grading contract 1216 Majy 1869. 4' 'ol" a mormon by the name of Rice, and which said operation was the ^ real cause of the sudden resignation of Capt. Bate s of the engineer corps. The latter having received $5000 for making false estimates and specifying in the contract so much grade and so much "rip Rap" *^'work.' It is useless to say the "rip rap"^ Work was never put in, as the original work through Echo Canon will estify to "fet the present day; and this very same course between engineers and the construction was pursued in the estimates of work b'e dOne in the erection of ^ Devil's Gate Bridge, and no person with a sane mind can examine that bridge and then examine the nature and swiftness of the stream it crosses without coming to the con41usioh that it was erected with a Solitary view to'speculative purposes. ' tr': ■> '• if it be not troubling you too mtich r would be please to have you drop me a line, stating whether you w<mld have me pursue any dif ferent course, and If the information T h^ve already forwarded be ir^ acoor«it!nce with your wishes in tHe presiSS, W. E. Chandler to Oliver Ames, Washington, 17:- fwrlmntw AS I telegraphed you, the Gominifldioners have.filed the firs part of their report, namely; that relative tJo the location over the ' disputed territory. They unanimously aglJ'We to all points in the report. They divide iliw line from Ofden tO Toan's Swep^t Into^AfOr 5 '^'sections, and On'ekcfi'BWction thW?*'%6Ax»re tftP lines of both^f^j^s- • y rt.-. : i; yon1217 May, 1869. by detailed tables, with reference to distances, curves, grades, &c. giving the differences on each section against the ^ Central Road, and a recapitulation of those differences on the whole line. V/ith one slight exception on the western section the differences in every detail of ' tlje comparison are in favor of the Union road, the difference -in dis tance being over four miles. '• , t . The Oominlssioners also report that there .1,8 no substantial diffefence In the cost of constructing the --two lines; they therefore feport that the preference must be given to the Union location the whole distance from Ogden to Toan's Sunuait* They also report that " they dod-not find « line over the distance examined better on the who than the line actually constructed. They do not, in this report, distJW^dtiestioti as tfo what changes should be made in.the alingment " -'olP grades to make the road first class* ' Si' ' The balance of the report will be ready on Wednesday, and Gen. f Warren will start on W^taea^ay or Thuradaj? .night to examine the unexamined sections. ,ae<xA i -f.iij 'i n edy fwflf. 3. Hodgws io.&an* l^^dlge* 17:- '•dn .r The new Qonmlssion to examine the road from Omaha to Sacra mento iirill prebebly employ some assistants I have suggested that, being con#wr«ant'with the wlw»le line, perhaps my services would be " desirable. I doht »tippoi» there is any inconsistency in my applicai tion-not being an employee at the present time. 1218 May, ]869. ^ At the suggestion of Mr. J. 5-. ,Tip lams I have informed you of my desire, and.woul request any advice or aid in the matter uhich you 'may feel justified to give. , ■ , j • • ' John'M. S. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 17j- .. . - y/rote you last 11th, now enclose copies messages to and from since then. -• .r* ' I Duff 8ii^ Dilloh^have teen drawing heavy, tut presume they are coming home to help provide the.means to pay. It was too tad for them to draw in fave«» 6f Davis. & Co. on 30 and 60 days instead of 90; the latter puts them off till after we have provided for the coupons-while the 30 comes arouttd so sonn might as well have drawn at sight. Are much disappointed in hot getting any letters from. Dillon and Duff . telling is that they authorized thejse drafts on 30 and 60 days, 'Will attend to your bonde^as directed, if have good opportunity and advise you further. Presume you-mean to, sell some Ist mort gages when they febf to 95? Thinlc Mr. Ames has-jaceived .all y^our letters-MaVe ween several of thera. m ' 'r Wait your further eommunicatiions by mall and. .hope to hear whether "Duff and Dillon ar# on the Way home,- and whether you are coming or not. J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Ogden, 17:- (Telegram) ii le niNt^Jiavn • ti.if » ,• . r., f - 1219 '• .li' . oscx '■'T .ji ,\.. . ;; .i, . May, 1869. - * ' • •;o here^this P. LI. -on our route from Promontdr^; wi]] reinain'here till Vi'ednesday morning leaving on No. 4 Eng. to Deseret in the morning to arrange matters. Vedder will lay out the town Saturday. Understand that Ricksecker-is still at Brighara'City awaiting orders. feavo you any for him? ' , . * - r ' - - Hot©:- J D. Cox to Gen. Dodge, Hashington, 17:- . ' .* If. :ri9 R'Stno^ledges receipt of mai3 and that it has heen referred to te ommi8*8loner of General Land Office. il nr *' ' H. L. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Deseret, 18 (Telegram) •» Devil's Gate Bridge progresses like molasaes runs in Dece.:- ber.-«e ket trains in without dwlay. llray are putting up the Howe ^ Truss no»i tiavs'the'lAttom chords on. House Is making arrangements. I wi^i see about passes 'Gen. Merrill. ' J. Bllckensderfer, tfr. , tb den. Dodge, Washington,- 18:- A few days ago the first part of our j-eprt-on the line between " the ends of the traak ifks' transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior. It was a unanimous report declaring the- lino of .the Union Pacific Company as entitled to the pMrference over any and all other lines between^figden and fokn 's Summit signed by every member of the Commission. I rathsr think It went hard with somo gmtltaen to sign this, but R ■ 7r ' 'r lagaziw'' May, 1869, ^ •• the facts were all against them and. they had. nothing fp hang even the -.^■ semblance of an argument upon. The details in refeiicence to the lines ■■ ■ Qf both Companies were fully stated and discussed sufficiently to bring out the respective merits of each, so as to render the conclu •; sion inevitable. The report also shows that the location of the Gentral Pacific Company, the line on rtaich their road is constructed, is not the line which was filed with Secretary Browning,, but an entirely different one.' The line they-filed from Monument Point to sum't of • ' Promontory and eastward takes the old line of Hudnutt on west side of promontory through the pass at Haystreek Mountain and passes near Cedar City, and does not 'go through;,th® pass southward around the limestone pointi where the road is built.and where our location was made. The dlBtance between the two lines on.west side promontory is about 2 1-2 miles. I'n f ' ' ' 'We have nearly 5hApleted the balance of our report and will trans mit it in two or three days, I expect spsWr-difference between the members of the Commiseibn orv this point but cannot safely say yet what its extent w^ll be,"but" l think it will wot-be anything very serious. When we have come W a decisi'dii end tthdfi the report I will write you. I have been excessively busy fidtJ have written scarcely any letters since here. Warren And I have had the work to do as neither Williamson or Clements did much excp^t to wait for our results. 1221 .jmi. Kay, 1869. '1)^ det-ected ^veraf'ferrors in ^e'*'mWp oS* your line. Angles were some times ^urhed in the Avrong 'direct,ion, sometimfetf curves were omit ted,'and isometJmes varied from the truth 10 degrees': more or less, hy reason of the length of the curve being ten stations in error "c,, &c. ' When we get'done, I will advise you and I think you should correct * the maps filed with the Secretary of mterior. Your location from head Echo to Ogden Will I haver^o doubt be sustained complete, and your lines in'general fully .endorsed, but in regard to all'these things'l cannot' spesEW With entire certainty yet. ■ f t " How is the road by his time? IS it bbing gotten into good shape. and what seems the prospect for businfiS'St Writ© nierto my homsy-n Tusoararaas, P. 0,', Tuascaramas Co., 0. I shall always b© glad to hear from you, I havd rtow been from home so long I cannot say .hoW my affairs are, and I must remain at home a short time when! get,away_y from here to see howf :lhgs look. Will try to write you again from here before my departure^^^^/ • ■ -o -•> ' r f ♦*, B6te: Edward C. Smith to Gen. Dodge, Pontiac,.Mich, 19:- Wants eStpehws to Salt Lake refiinded, &c. .rtoi; eil j E. Ifb^llW to Ofen.) Dodge, Ogden, -19:- (Telegram) ^ ^ » . I STstt*! ^ DI^Vl'l*3 Gate yesterday, . The chords are perched and ^ braces aVe being pht In place; three days and nights to finish. I f ■ ' ^ ■f r »> 1282 ..oi'''*.. May, 1869. ' ^ bought SO acras of land at Deseret jteaterday for $15 i)er acre, and Vedder will lay out town. T/e have settled site for road bridge to ■ ■ Salt Lalce and given Mr. Hoxie plan for same. , . ^ >L'\t od " r- w. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19:- • •. "H , io* Wells, Pargo & Co. are figuring for Indiaan Creek as point for-MJcfntaaiWiaaiops# Their Supt. Express will be here 26th and I will look through It. .' I CC/j r .d ',»* *'f: , ^ ' r f I •g-NiT. .t'n '1 » Have -sent wo,rd' to Boone to see w^at there is of Stewart, Salt .ILake, who wrote you. ^fir, r- * ■■''jUeo. C. Tiohenor- to Gen, Dodge, Des^Moines, 19:- ■ ^ ■- Thank you for your kind and very welcome favor. The better portion- I mean the most useful and pleasant portion, of my life has - ttoen so intimatelT associated with youj you have been sp good a friend t #at'flwwfadtoiR.tof mi.ne and occupy §o large a ^lace in 0 'heart ftnd tlmilj^e that your letters, if only a,line are most precious to me« "1 tmist therefore you^will kindly exercise charity if I annoy you with my frequent letters. ^ , j a|i^<>^"iritli"you in what you say regarding Grant's cabinet. It pains me that he is not more ably fortified in his Executive household. ■ I think Fish especially is very weak, indeed he.has not one single strong, able-/ po«liiyb man there except Rawlins, .a^d I hope to God XS23 f r P May, 1869. ''"tJran'b f or his' owri sake-maK'^'^^ 'enlli:*?^'-"new deal, " '>^ iif*«r'od nS dont'either'^oii or Wilson go in? You at the head'of either the Interior or Post Office Departments would do more for the admin istration than the whole set of them thene riow-the same .would he true of Wilson. Wilson says he will not he a candidate for Senator. He ' must change his mind or you must run. I feel sure either of you can he elected, hut we had all fixed on TJilson. I dont think it is in "the papers" to elect Allison and the' result I fear will he that Judge Wright or some other inexperienced and imfit mian will he selected, we can com'e nearer electing Palmer I think than Allison although' I can and will "stick every pin" I can for Allison if you say so. Mr. Barnes is in a great hurry for that Biography^ please send ''''k« data at once-date of hirth, da^e and pla-ce of marriage^^. ) ■ +*1 ■rtwiraT'd to vour services in 4c.\ also such lteii.9 itH'mi im posted In regard to your servioes in ConEreso-the Oomlttoe'you served on, bllla and measures you introduoeed and supported, ftc., 4o., t have all other data,. 1 want to get up a good one.J .rv, ,-,- , ... " • ' ' Cots through hlfi wfien^JSu-'go "East. Commend me kindly to Urs, .'l-. - _rr, ijirn-:-' r! - W- • • .,t, .. Bodge, ' 1 ' i intend to visit the Bluffs soOh and shall-see. just-what, you need on your lof in the way of shruhhery, fruit, &c., and will, this r - «• a May, 1869. .tun fall and next-spring take the liberty to provide it.. ' . We have another fight on hand with Kasson, He is moving Heaven and earth as a candidate for the Legislature. I think we will thrash him, however. ' .a: a» ■ r : Note:- C. W. Thomigis io JJ house. Grand Island, 20:*^^/!® ifra* . Wants to purchase lots at^Sfgden. ~ 'fy »iro^ r <•••♦*,- "1®^ ;r-Y .iro't • *. F. Palmer 'td Des-Moines, 20:- finr'> j am just ih receipt of'a letter from Pomeroy, saying he •*' '^started that next morning for Washington to.See what coiad he done in. " ' Peter's case, and asking me to write to Bodge for a strong personal ^ letter from Dodge to the President in Peter's hohalf. If the General is in Council Bluff's f wish you would see him and ask,him to do this. I send yon herewith a copy of a statement mad§ by the bookkeeper ^ ' 6} iiie Dav. Gazette office, which ought to-be regarded as enough of itself, to cause Clark"*s removal, and^^^NrtJ he did with.the Gazette he practiced with all the other Republican'papers in the State-as far as I can leam. Peter said you* were to write a'^l'^lttl?*''either to the President or the Atty. Genl. I think*you better addresA it to the President, and ' get it and the General's off at tKe earliest, possible moment direct ing to pomeroy at Washington, Please let me hear from you on receipt of this. 1225 ' r 4 *1 May, 1869. .a'Jr' * M..Bane to Gen. Dodge, Quincy, Ills, 20;-' "" ♦•■if* wftM' ' rl"o:. I wg.s absent from home in New Orleans with ers. Bane for her health, and our .member of Congress had me reraoved. Grant will reinstate me on goo^^ recoi.miendations. Our people here have strongly endersed.ifte -throughout ^the State j-and I will tell you what I want from you. You know I hav§ no pprsonal acquaintance or at least but very little with Gen.. Sherman, and I want a letter from, you to him of a « • 'double - character, both introducing me and asking if at all consistent to a aid me with Grant. You and Sherman are potent with the President, I am sori^' to aSk so much of your time fer I owe you a large debt og gratitude alreddj^ ' ' I ♦"f » .A i • •till Mrs. Bane is in very miserable health confined, to her .bed most the time. She sends her love to your family. ^ lo . Please send your'letter to C, Sympfeon, Senate Chamber, Wash- - -MRgton; B.C." I'Shall bethere in ten days from this tJ^e and will await letter with great anxiety. ^rji Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 20:- r • ~ T 0^ -j: (jYoeuT'favor of 15th is received. The maps, profiles and all thiriSlfr Aji N.Y» in Receiver *s hands, and I do not know as I can « get- them if I bettd for thenu ,l.wAll order the ^.ings you want sent f"' to Omhha and if they go it will-be all. right. They were all pakced up May, 1869. ri' r for transportation to Boston just as soon as released. I may be e' • ■ ■ " . ' ■ " ■ ■ ' able to get them immediately and will try, Tie are spending so much mono;- in paying up bills that we being to feel here that we shall be hard pressed for means before we get the road through. Duff, Dillon.and Price had the full power of the Board and ought to have exercised it and left Durant out. I sent Duff a copy of the Resolutions which he must have got on his return to Chicago. Durant had^no. power and should have been ignored. Seymour wrote he should return. I have not heard, from him since you first* r gave hrfto the letter# ^ i. I rjTho report you make of stone and so frail character seems very discouraginging. It,we cant have good stone we better trust wood which more reliable, , ^ yitfa-jot , - + • ' ' • The state of matters on the road is not as satisfactory as I wish if we ooifild^have good recojpts through June and July to give us ■Wnfldence we Should feel, just as soon as we sae the road carrying money enough to paT*interests on bonds and stopk-that we should have a good prb|»erty and Would have courage to put. our money in. Tie are now • WdLWitlgf^all vf^ oMi'oa our land grants. Just as soon as Duff and Sillon will orgaaize* Tie have thought thap our new organization irouia make a thorough ovcrhaultng of matters and have things on the square. Wo have suppoed we could have the contractors business 1227 May, 1869. .CPf ,Y/- would up and all the contracts finished up by Corapany." This thing we have got to do some way; what is the best way ve will decide after Dillon and Duff get back^y' N. H, Painter to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 20:- ' W. E. Chandler has read me part of le'tter from you.You I » need have no fears of that man going with the pirates of the concern. You surprise me v/hen you say that our mutual friend Wilson has been promised the succession to the Democrat. You kno w I went for a man for those shoes, and in ail my calculations I never saw anything from the White House quarter that indicates there i^ any covert field on it; in fact, th-re are things tc the contrary which I will tell 4 you of sometime. There will be several objections put in the way of his getting that place, locality being one, Cant^ou get rid of the old grandmother who Is now in" "Things is mighty unsartin" here. General. I hope you willcome fee Boston and see that there Is not let«ufJ'^until the augern stables are cleared and a live set of' men put in charge. Just now confi^ience in the management of the road Is aliioBt entirely destroyed and until it is restored it is impossible "to get up the creditof the corapany, and any artificial forcing will only tend to make a market by which the Investors in the first' mortgagb#'*llI be enabled to empty out 'ff.'n' 1228 *• May, 1869. • • • their bonds. Do you know, I still feel fearful of another let down *' * * t t * at Boston, and if they do, the concern goes to the -well.' Are you . • f - - * t sure that some folks do not want to see the road in bankruptcy? • • I ♦ The report of this Commission will be made in a few days and if not properly handled in presenting it to the public will be another bad stab to the c4edit of both roads. Cox intimated to me the ^ other evening that there was no idea of issuing anj' more bonds until the report of the Commission ordered by Congress was made; that Commission was a bad make up, some bad influence was in It, ^ I am coming out in June v/ilih Mr. VJade to take a look over the road, to the Pacific. Mr. Ames (Oakes) and few others are coming, but I dont know vet if we can make it all at the same time. X hope to. , Senator. Conkling is going about the first week in June. I wish that you would pee that he gets nicely treated; no act of kindness to him • ' ■ ~ . .-.1 • is ever lost. ^ •• • » f. , .. .. ..... I am for Wilson for that and if I can aid in it I Will do so. Note:- Proclamation by J. A. Ca.r.pbell, Governo'r cff the Territor ^ * wvr • < ■ of Wyoming, Cheyenne, 19t j. A. "ampbell to Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne, "20:- 1 arrived here Tuesday evening and next day Issued enclosed ■ f r »ir' , proclamation, , » . ■ ' oT , ■ a L • A When are ycru coming out here? I am desirouP bf sPolng you. ®SR:'. I."; 1229 May, 1869. • *•■■ un".: ' ,-7:7^ r— twfs Note; A. H. Laflin to Gen. Dodge, Kerkiner, N.Y, 20:- wp.t 01. 1 : - ■ , ' • . ■ frf tarn Wants pass for Gen. Byron Laflin, one of his brothers. W. E. Chandler t Gen. Dodge, Washington, 20 (Telegram) i bro ty/ib wc (. Deficiency Union Road six and three-fourth million. Central ■ '>d ' four million three hundred thousand, including sixteen hiondred thousand to alter alingment on which Williamson and Clement® dissent. I' -h:/' ' i' ■ " ■' - ■ ■ Write me whAt you did relative to site of town lot settling on T ' ."dj v : f fvT ' • the Central, , l: ro-: ! •■ . • Thos, B. Morris to Gen. Dodge, Green River, 21:- (Telegram) n:iJ ifvc. " • I find east crib has been un-ermined on the west side and settled on that side about three feet, rests on solid botton and ^ baa not move'' for 6 hours. Am securing with ropes to prevent stopping. I'uTr . ■• ' T ■ • : -i Will put in temporary crib on east side where water is only 2 feet deep and level to hold crib. Hope to run trains over tomorrow. River ' '-Vft "rl rising a ^Little. , , ~ ' tr rme " y- T ' f-vft rl %. E. Chanfiner to Gan. Dodge, Vifashington, 21:- Yesterday the Commissioner* submitted their report. Warren and Blickensderfer sign the body of the report, demerits and Wmiam- •oa^^gn an.addendum concurring in hhe report except as'to the align ment, but calling attention to the new material purchased by the Cen tral since the examination. To this W. and B, add A breif reply. Which closes the report. 9S8: 1230 May, 1869. , '.m The total deficiency ^upon''th&-Union road is about $6,700,.000; upon the Central Road about $4,400,000 of^which about $1,600,000 is *for correcting the alignment. The Coiiuiiissioners make their report as from the time of-.-their e?:aiftination and inajk.Lj:^ no allowance for anything done since, and calling Cor equipment and rolling stock applicable, to the number of miles then completed. This would make the.report on ^ the Union Road applicable to 1040 miles; on the Central road abqiit 600 laties. If the "Union rqad ""stops near ,Ogden this report Is a final- " ity, whTle »there must be added on account of the Central road the sum necessary to complete and equip about 140 additional miles. Warren arid Buckeijsderfer have adhered very tenaciously to their opinlrortsif'-and Have been a little too severe upon the corpora- •tiond,"but tuny tove acted honestly, and their report will carry welgRii"-1th the Adainlstration, The report bears more he v ily upon ""the Central Rodd tnail it «oea upon the Union for this reason; that the ^ deficiencies up»ft"tfie Uhlofi'are thoHd whtah the Co...pany are. supplying and Interid to supply Ih the natural course of business for their.own interest. The main deficiency on the Central-that concern ng its alignment, is fundamental and vital and yet. is a deficiency which they do not mean to supply. That Co mpany end Williamson and Clements argue that the Government cannot require them to change their location, even 1231 Uay, 1869. to'-moke a first class roadPj'"form the location filed by them and accepted bythe Government. ' ^ ' r. ; o v The facts and fi-^ures make this'point entirely cl'eay; that "the Union location, as a whole, with refe once to curves and grades is far superior to the Central Company's location, that unless the curves and grades of the Central are altered the whole line from Omaha to Sacramento cannot be operated as one harmonious wliole, the fares and freiglits being divided prorata per mil3. Trains that caij run over the Union road must be divided to pass over the Central, This diff erence between the two roads i« well illustrated by comparing the line in the Humboldt and in the Plat'te Valleys. In the latter there is a gradual ascent in the gradej Iri'ihe former-tlthough the valley has a uniform descent ' 6f 4 ft. per mile-th© up and down grades of,the Cen tral road are excessive and unjustifiable. It will appear clear eithef that the Central Rbad should spend nearly two millionSrin in- ^proving' lts looatlo<l*or elee that th©/Union h; s expended two or three millions in getting a good location which the Government standard does not require, 1^-lhen the Central-.is^not compelled .to^ spend the one million six thousand the Union eh«uld becredited for„, that or a much largWr-ium, in estimating its commercial value in^ f t "T..'! . C oj Jn-: -^n ♦ V.. f < May, 1869, comparison with the othe-r,road* . ^ "A eu qXert o.t .♦bjiJI '••tijw ■As you may imagine under these circumstances the Central people are very much dissatisfied and feel very sore over the report. Of ,? course, it is not, probable that the Secretaries will give any addi tional bonds to either road, althou^. they feftl apparently very much disposed to issue the Government bonds, -but I imagine the Union road will not get any additional bonds at present. , On the other hand, I -do not anticipate any call upon us to put up additional securities, I will ascertain if there is a possibility of such a suggestion. V- , ■ The substance of the foregoing. I have written to Mr. Ames, The Central people are very sore indeed, Huntington is also anxious to have our road carry out its agreement relative to the line foom Ogden to pjjoigaritoff'y» and I think you had .better arrange the amount. It is impoW-tfat -Cor bpth roads to settle all differences and get into har- : monlou9 operation together.. If not, I suspect they will lay another track fran-iP«omontory to Ogden. I hope therefore you will agree upon the 3ite» tha price ta bja paid.,the Union road, and let the finan cial arrangement bfi ma,de at the East. Please write me on-thls point, ; • -» o t j ^ I t^ttitwrnlA your corporation have npt pluck enough to put out ^ fiuran«Un«*m«ke a the. road. I was in hopes you May, 1869. were coming East to help us in this matter. The Boston office will do very well, hut for"New'"York and'Wash ington work you want one ifve, active,^ managing director of breadth and'scope but also of integrity. Unless such a man is designated I ' Cannot get along very well with Washington and Congressional matters. If I were a director a>f the road I would take responsibilites even if my interest in the rOhd *were trifling; but being only the couiisel I cannot take responsibilities, feeling no certainty that the Boston * directors will sustain*me; If I had so felt, I would have made an effort to secure a more favorable report from the Coinmissioners, These remarks are pertinent and apply to the coming examina.tion of the new Commission, If you do nof 1'ok out the Cehtral will stand better wit!: them th^n our road, 'Rext week f shall go to Vew Hampshire'with my family. My healt is feeble and 1 have some rest, and I do not Tfeel''*.hat thO' Boston people would be * Aling to pay totT eriough to kee'p me iusre all wmer merely to watch things, I suppose'they will be willing that I shall ^realize $5000 for my past services to' f!fe'Corporation; but Mr. Ames does not appreciate the value of I6g4l Services ox» of such servioes as I render here, I have succeeded-after tvo or three efforts- in getting a remittance of $5000 which #111 pay the outside bills he e and leave me two o'r three thbunsa^d, but he wanted me to give the item 1234 /y. May, 1869. r-r': which I, could not do, but told hira I would have a full _ accounting # - 1 ■ .' * with you when I met you. • ' ■ r i ^ .1 ♦ Ot: ' ■ ■ • I will see Gon. Rawlins about T^ilson's appointment in place of Brookes. ^<Vill the President be willing tvo appoint both Price and • ' • . ■ r : Wilson of Iowa?. We will see that Mr. Wade does not favor Mr, Dyrant. . Please write me,what you know of Edward P. Winslow of Iowa. Is he friendly or unfriendly? OO 1 ! . J. Blickensderfer, Jr., to Cen, Dodge, Bear River, 22 1868. I answer your telegram from Chicago yesterday evening at . +Webe8 saying^I woul' write you yesterday evening again. This I could •» ' • ■ ■ " . : not do as we did not get here (the stage) until 8 A. M. today. « I said parties were at work at Narrows on rim and at Echo,The parties from Green river for Echo I met two miles west of this this morning. Tljey (Lawrence and Morris) having been n ne days from Green Riverj, The roads are very deep yet and we have had rain and snow storms every other day for over a week. They will reach their destination this mornjiic or tomorrow. Htadnutt has been several days on « , . , , ' . ±he rim and I go to see hinl today, Hodges was sent for on the 13th but had gone round by Soda Springs to Bear Lake Valley, and when I left Weber Canon yesterday morning had not ar'rived there yet, I wrote »you that Se,ymour and Reed had arrived with special orders from Durant, lo tf. 1235 laeftnroh lo i> ,■ May, 1869, . ,r' M I * * t ' . » M •» ' ' ; O ' f Reed and I believe returns East in a" few days, Seymour I think dessignes remaining here some time, perhaps until you return from the East, 7'eber Canon "is located, subject to some amendments of line and ^ ^ . , T. ^ ' subject to the grade which may be found justified. An 80 ft, grade is quite practicable but v/ill somewhat increase the work, I have lo cated it for 90 ft. grade, but should it be found possible to get over Wahsatch with less will reduce it, 'The principal cut is at the Devil's Gate and will not varied any of consequence whether 80 or 90 ft, grade is adopted, I have notified Mr. Reed he can work at it if desired, " I hope we shall not be long now in giving j^ou all the heavy * ft' . '• •• work between Green River and Salt Lake Valley. After getting men ■ ■ . ' ' ,r . f ' - N well under way at rim and Echo I will visit the country at and west ■ : • . • '.vfj .>H f . . . of Profflori'toT'y Poixi't# I could "wril© more but must close es coach is •y-f'i yC ' iOV- i'jstw about ready. " '•'* ''' fsd Vt'f '' - ' ,• -t — Oliver Ames to Gen, Dodge> Boston, 22 (Telegram) AS^*t r.ifi 10 -■ nr.- Send in affidavit of material and expenditures since date ' t rtftrf- ■ . f of Cormnissigners examination to to. E. Chandler, Washington. 17, B. Chandler to Gen, Dodge, Washington, 22:- (Telegram) Send in affidavit of materials and expenditures sincd date of Commissioaers examination. Will send copy of report shortly. 1236 May, 1869. Oakes Ames to Gen. Dodge, North Easton, 22:- .-0-. t Irt ,, , 1 ^ , Mr. Duff got back trhis raoining. Have had a. long talk with -'hdm eEnd-awi" aorry to hear so bad an account of the w^y thinfjs -aro- man aged out there, and thr reckless and extravagant nMffmer in which our affairs have been and rtill are managed; and his inability to find "out the amount of our Indebtedness on the road and our liabilities to (Contractors, ' f think'you should have everything measured over and. not pay for any more yards than we have had rrmoved and not pay.fpr rock where'it was earth, and should be some way to correct or hold back something from our stone work .that has been so poor, + Duff tells large stories abgut the amount of stone hammers, drills and scrapers we on hand that never were used. Those things should 'be picked uj#" and sold and save all and everything one can. I dont see ^ere the money is coming from to meet all these claims that are coming againSt ulh ItnSi pay the interest,on o\ir bonds unless we earn a great deal Oti the rbad. I think we should have large interest from paasengori quite an amount from freight that will help us out. I dont know whOn"^e shall choose our officers. DillOn and Durant have not beett'her*, bat believe-Dillon reached New York today. We cfiih manage WlWrttat yo*!* «o»ing here by putting spme one to act while Wo Jieetingy and then le|. him resign and put you in his place, and when the names are published you will be named with the 1237 May, 1869 rest of then. ^e must not let those General people cheat us again if we can 'help it.' When the Government Commission go out v;e mufet have the right men wit'- the;i to show them all the good points on the road and not have then' see any bad ones if we can avaid it, an where they are bad we must insist that was the best that could be done at the time :and that it is safe and substantial and will be improved as fast as it is 'necessary for safety and a reasonable time for us to do it in. ''' Those rotten ties must be .replaced ^t once or you will have acci dents that will be costly-to oe ' ■ Give my respsects to Mrs, tJodgd. efr -t ■» vn.-* ^ •^inoJla t Williams to Ofirn. Dodge, Grand Rapids, . I . Yours of 17th and telegrams of 19th received here. I saw Duff «ind Dillon in Chicago and explained to them i^y I could not go ' East f6'r two or three weekW. I am exceedingly anxious to be present at thd re-organization, and I assure you on.your accovint particularly no ordinary business 'would keep me aWay from next meeting, which we have waited f6r so long, but took at the. facts* ^ * On the Ist May, fe millions capital was collected chiefly, by my riilroad friends to bullei the'road and own it and the land grant* rl i:Lewis, Tilden, kyeer, Springer, Hoagiand* Thomaon, Scott and their 1238 mat •f ' f. vf '■» ■; j m:: Hay, 1869. , Cmt;- Capt. Harbough,. &c. One million rtollars was called in by 1st'July arvi one half of it already paid. I hf^ve just one month of time left to finish the 20 miles right throxagh the pine_ woods and tamarat (Swariips more of a job than 40 miles on the- plains. , If I fail not only the |l,000,000 advanced is lost but tl^e land grant with $6,000,000 Failure is not to be^ thought of. I shall not fail, but if I had not 'been on th e spot for last two weeks it would have failed. And to leave now wou!'d be gross violation of duty which might even make me individulally liable _to the road as Receiver. Dillon and Duff seem to ■" "think there Is ji'o danger. They urged me to put down the iron and ^ grade afterwards, but this I .cant do in.the woods- Five miles track laid,lot June Will'tftWPH 10 miles, grading 19 2-3 done; ties all delive red, "iron one half he're and coming from Detroit, We ,i\ave 500 men - ''bedides teams. ' - '"'o* : " r V!, , Ydti the Board»."and I presume that will be the plan of our friends noW W^it was before«r-t1!feey all have my .views and I trust they may bd oa "out without,my vote. It it should go ^-rong it will be a lasting regret to me» You see I cannot help it. To ' ' leave'fidrfi- t^ow wWrtId be serious. The P.R.W^ A C.N.W. had .an imprtant meeting^in fhilddelphla |«flterday apj.*!iida|r^ but, of course, I could not go. iMil to yr.nA fnn" 1239 Of-.'! May, 1869. . tVT. I f ^ ' . ,1. V X.. — ^ ... A. • I. ' I was not surprised that yormr rocation was adoted. • Your general grasp of a country I have found to be good, better I may say-without " flatterIng-than aluost any engineer I have been o.ssocaited with; and therefore' I *have felt cohfident that your general plan of location wo'uld be correct. ■ ♦r. r i; ' ' • I "shall Tae glad to hdar from you often. Hope ill right in Bos ton; wil*l they" return me to the Bridge Committee? I want to go oUt and over whole route"in July*' T!" •.ff'f ■ OW m. Wise to Gern.^^odge, Che'yenne , 22:- f •'r rr ■ On my arrival in Cheyehne in J'uly 1867, B was informed by B. E. Talpey, local agent of the R.R.Company her^, that the Uni n ^ "Pacific Railroad Company wdifl'd give ub a premium; two lots in Cheyenne to the first male ohild born in this city,- On the 6th d^y of November 1867 my Wife was blessed with a son who was the first child bo^n in the city, tfy'son's najoa^ Iw titdrge Wise and is a fine sprightly boy, and if it was really''«h« InteMtcSori to transfer two lots to the first male child bOm'in Oheyenrie, 'If wduld respectfully ,request that your local ageflt hero tie re^estodf so to do. vnt -t ' f i oi. I ' Yoti mft' 'possibly*remem'ber ma.'Wkfi .1» aws during the war 1st Lieut. CoiipknyD., 2d Colorado Vols., and^acting cfelef of staff to Brig. Cen. James Ford Army of the border 1240 • « '' PI M i May, 1869. ..JOtt j- . ^ P. M. Palmer to Gen. Dodge, Des Lloines, 23:- I ♦ • I have just received a letter from Chariest Aldrich, editor of Marshalltown Times, saying he is anxious^to get passes for himself . and wj.fe aad for Rev^ 0, Holmes and wife (of Marshalltown) for a trip over the U.P.R»R , and asking me of whom he should appl^ to secure r' them. Prank Mills of the State Register wrote a similar favor. I do not know whpt rule the Company has adopted op this subject, but if it can gratify those persons without making, exceptions in their favor I think the*courtesy would be well bestowed. If all cannot be accomodated, perhaps the two editors could be even if single tickets had to be issued. -ti t; ij vt"* t/roy '■ ^ 1*bmeroy Iti IfiWUBtngton^taaadkne another attempt to secure the appointment bf Peter. Bie has some documents (a copy, of-one of which I sent to Sapp for you to sefe« %hich ou^t-to do the business. If you have not ali^eadly IrriUeft a letter I wish you would write one to the President in Peter's presept terra of the U.S. court, Clark has used h'lS'offise to help- infuse new lif^ into the Kasson eWm'"-aifTfij' Will continue to use it I am satisfied as long as he shall keep it. The only safe couitee .is "to serve him as Gale Noel was served. It is a slmpl but very effective remedy. If you direct your letter to poiaerot'at^ft^hington. hnmediately he will get it. "1241 fit' . > V. . . "i'.. 1' i. j tti'. May, 18G9. I was glad" that* you were selected to respond for U.PvR.R* at ceremony of uniting the two lines, for you had fairly earned the right to that compliment," •' { • • Please write me ht your peisure. Kindest regard "to Hhs, Dodge, Geo, E. Spencer to Gen, Dodge, Washington, ^3:r , i, ' • f'*" • ♦ . Your let'in^ asking iae to make for you seme investments in ■^Aial c^e-seme time ago. Since then I have been looking around and have- several things in view, i took the; liberty of securing for you one half interest In lBO acresrfedjoining Decatur fe-r $2000, This property is very ch'eap and can be cut up into lots and sold for $200 per acre in less than a year from today. Cutting my property adjoinIng toi^ and Belling-Off lots is entirely new business South and has "iiever been done. This property I speak of is very cheap and I knoii^ of nothing that will pay as well as that, ),t «/. •- 1 I return to Deoatttr this *eo»#«d hope to hear fcom you there. My beat i%gkrd8 to Ilr», Dodge; also to Julia and «the children, I have ■' succeeded "splei^idiy with toy appolnt*ents but it took a long time to do so. 1 beat toy eoi'laaigue badly#. Patience and perserverftnce will accomplish modt fe rtything. In August I- will .«o over your road and then hope to 8de ytnSnS. iwr' ^ - -t 'r .frvrR ooK R, H, Rflath to Gen, Dodge "Samta Fe, 23:- i: 1242 Pr', May, 1869. A week or so since , smarting under a sense "of deep."wrong, which I supposed arid was informed you had done me" in a certain statenent said to have been made to lir, Dawes, I wrote you a letter which from communications just received lead me to fear that I have done you ■I" an injustice, and lest such'may be the case, if you l^ave received "''Said letter, I bseg to withdraw itv • '"'7 . - -- -nr- ' j hayte during two years past b'een to nruch the object, through my * fidelity to Republicanism and the Republican party- of wrong and mis- ' ooonception culminating in miy final removal fnaii office^ (Part of lette missing) :< i"*' ify warm f^lrfndshlp for yzsu h-ltherto wag rgreatly disturbed by what I learned, and now that I discover that I have been misled X beg you to forget my late letter and peimit. its contents as no.tj having been written, i -!i;0 . ^ ♦oiwte Hfh - ■ I* Dodge; Borton, 24i- . t , » ■ ' frrir f\yitire r##tfived a ntioEiber of letters from yov, ,7,bOUt the road 'Recently, but from the great uncertainty of a letter reaching.you, I have not answered. The terrible state of our affairs on the line,and the cost of road and'our indebtednees J.a so much larger than X antici pated that 1 ha"?*>*Telt t bo blue %• write-, r " c? tte . Sihij! tr? erf « - 'irbrtl.'- •cia eHy ayn*i«r May, 1869, f> r • • t ^ Duff and Dillon 6n the lino'have not written a letter since they - •'left Omaha and nearly all the infomation we got was from you except '^Dillon*e drafts which came down upon us quite as' fast aa we could " raise the money. Duff got home Saturday and his reports do not very much elate us. I^he purpose for which this Conmiittee went out has not heen accomplished at all. To asnertain our indebtedness, to re^orga- " nize our "matters and to establish if necessary an entirely new organ- ** '^zatiori was the -purpose, none of which have been approached. V-'a must have an entire organlzaticay of otir Board. The wasteful and extrava gant Way that the road has been operated in its construction has . 'demoralized our employeB i&id new men will have .to be put in who have ™ ndt been tainted"W <fontact with■^•plurldering contractors and oonductors, !ir r,i musf^art on'rigid principles of economy in every department and exact accounts must be everywhere enforced. Oiir road has been and I preateee is nowBelng rito without enforced system. V^e want daily ' i»etums an^f iMrtiWle 'proniiJtly iwadeF *© have never been able ^ to get them.' a be«t#*'i!p»*«Hi in our purohasiHg depa»VB«nt. if we have a gobd purchasing agent *e ahould not.have $1,500,000 cff stuff In our ehops at OmahA, I thinit Snyder ia quite as much as fault here as is Frost, fie did not expect Proot knew.anyth about the wants of the Company, and I understand he says he has never bought - .^8 r 1244 r May, 1869. .Q/5 ■ . without a requisition,'" Snyder ought to liave known by walking through the yards thpt he was over stocked. Congdon is wasteful and careless. What is being done about shops at Cheyenne? "We have spent $200,000 or more there and I understand we have noth ng. We have got to cut down our expenditures every-where and our shops have got to "bg p^t up on e more limited way till.we have money to extend them. We' shall probably have an election of Directors,this week and we may be forced to have it tomorrow to escape any traps that may be sprun 4pon 118 b:" Fisk or any of his or other combinations* If we we shall probably put in a few persons to resign and give yourself and others who cannot be present* V.'e decided have a meeting until-Duff and Dlllbn got back; they having turne^*^e ban have our election at ohde and the sooner the probably. I ain so thoroughly sick of my connection with th^ r propose to get out of it JuM aS soon a« I possibly can. could go out' today 1 should^W'a hi^ppler man.." * • " i - — ' Houw is your tycunc'll" Bluffs * Bank*" gettir^ on? I hav© ^ hever had a circular or any information dn regard to It since it was or^ , 2;ed. Our railroad lands" at Cobncil feLUffs ou£^ht now to be becomip val uable, and If we put ckir terminus where a designed- they valuable, one should be put iri charge of thero at ohcq soon be May, 1869. Oliver AmeS to CTeni D6dge, Bostbn ' 24. (Telegrafli') ' ■ ■ ' - Otto says that Huntingten's affidavit sets torth specifical ly-goods, materials and-articles ]f)urGhased'fOT completion and eqiiipmCnt since March 1st inisliiding tinder contract now should Suppose in cluding all-purchases and the Pullman cars you would make at about six millions, ' Shrift ^our affidavit here, '"-ft:!' "'o . ■ .ic Horace "Tiite to'(Jen, D5dgd,'Chicago, 25;^ t; rr ■ , ^l"ree^i-^d yctir note shortly before 3 o'clock on Saturday and'Went directly to the Premoht House to see you; there | met Gen, Corse who "told me that yob had just gone to the train. ' i have'been intending to go to California this stammer, but cann^ now Say what titte I shall be able to get away. Have received an inviatl-oh to go (With perryr Smith ,a»d a few-ef his friends,. Both my wife and ijaya^lf 'be-Bjtft-happ to go with you if circtamstances should ^ be'favorabl»; Af any-rate we thank yutv sincerely for the kind ivitation. Can you tell me abou.t what time you propose tp start? jjy sertfa'h^r lOvwr th Mrs, Dodge and hopesito see her this * sumer either otir hoine or at yours, , t -f 0, K Warreh to Gen. Dodge, New York- 24;-.,. . . n Hi* ' : {' leato IfMre taofcorrow evening* I have the instructions for t the otlW^'CobiBilsaltoiws. If Jifdoe Wilecwrv.^aa not gone ottt inform him 4 lA'f m: May, 1869. that I ara coning. « • I saw your latter .to Chandler junt before rl. left Washington. I agree with your-estimate ^of the G.P. peole. I have informed LIr. Ames as far as I could not to be bluffed by then. ^ saw Dr. Durant this ^ I'moming. -He has the same idea of them. , - q " ' • •• ri.t y^SBnl^ B. Reed to-Geh. Dodge, Echo, 25:^^ (Telegnam) ^ ^ |r ;• The following de a copy of statefaent ,sent you by mail today prapertly sworli to: "Grading and tunnel worJc east of Ogden from llacbh .Ist to .date 51»-157,97. Bridging and masonry 60866.37. Truss bridges delrtVdred- en :]fine ^rt raised, balance ready to raise 201984. Inci Ttiwetnl 78]i2t'74. Track laying head,of. Echo,^1,0,000, Ties on hand |il9685; bridge a, on hand Ca21402,47. Total ,;^^98j-848^55 ^ ^ ♦ , .j, *, jii" < . 1 ■ . ' , , John Duff to Gen. .Dodge, Boston, 25:- • ' ' • " f . ^ I received yqur letter, saying that LIr. lilliams would give » ft ma your bonds yeftterday. This morning I spoke to him about it and he' said that hev waa.^^ ma&Ay to give tl;>em to ij^e yet, as you had desired • him to . soil a«ma ^of than for him. As regards the value of the bonds I cah'only give you the market price. Today they sold at 91; they 1 hav*,"A««n up to 93 but have, fs^llen, off a .little every day for the past ■ -^reek; Why I oarjnot MH unless .It.,18,tlje foer that the Company will "not pay the araly-4li|a<PfSt, ...Many of the stockholders think that as May, 18C9. . ' M soon anthe new board of Directors is elected it will give the people more confidence in them.bakes Ames and Bushnell have been trying to get them up to par. I •■understand that O.A. went into the street and bought ail there wa* $100,000 at 87. Bushnell has bbught a great many at 95 pay in 90 days. • He thinks they will be above par before long, that is to say he did before J. -D and S.d, oamo home from the West. He seems to look rather blue at the big bills that are still V due upon the road exceeding his estimates of o^/^er two millions, ■'( The two'Ames took of the subscription nearly four millions". Hazard took a million and 'a iiaif and wants more. All have different opini ha with rdgSrd to the bonds going to par,' and it is impossible to determine anything about them. There are very few bonds in the market; only three or four are sold at a time and I dobbt very much If you could buy fif'ty at once either in New Tork or -Boston. The u!!P.'Meeting takes place today? everything seems to be working hamoniouely, * ; ,, S. B. Reed to Oen. Dodge, Echo, 27 )Te2egram) f PCs# Do you want me to make a detailed estimate on laSt 6f com- . 'i pleting the road on basis o. 'Govehnniont Commissioners report? Oen. Dodge to S,' B. Reed, Council Bluffs, 27 (Telegram) 'y I' ■ n ^ ■ No, all 1 want is amount expended on items reported defi cient by Commissioners so ftir or contractors have made any expenditure 1948 May, 1869. v,^v®llso expended outside of these items if any and material on hand. Are there not large-amount of ties and > t|fihejt? or does your telegram - cover everything? Have you made up yet cost of road west of .1035rh tflo mile post to Promontory SianmUt as a basis for us to settle, with C.p,? I want it ae soon as possible, '0 "'(J f.n"' ,»c' Peter A. Dey to Gen. Dodge, Iowa., City, 28 - no •tftvl'' Yours enclosing pass over your road is received, I should much like to pass over the road and if I have time this su-.er will u'try end go through. ■ I have so located myself-and surrounded myself with interests npitrjkarge in themselves but require constant attention ^ -<Miat I find it difficult to get away for any length of tiinQ. I thank yoti for the pBa and will try and use it. . lo <»«• /^Thos» B. Morris to Gen.-Dodge, Echo, 27;- ., ■ t", • I have made a trip over the divis.jon assigned to my charge and several trips over portions of it. LIr -Reed requested that. I ^ouSd give irciae time toiarrsaagiag, the notes and estimates of the '"•^n^fflcntory division, whi«limia|is^ f.pe'entirely completed to'ay, leaving MV libeiriy terfigive all-myvtime to the, pew work. •' I find most of the track needing prompt attention particularly on the salt flats near Promontory between Bear River crossing (west) ''laW'fSdserst'; "fwasi'Wahsoktoh to A^i^n ^and a few miles near Cactus Station The most pressing of these. Is fro Wahsatch east. The rains we have May, 1869. had during the^pas% two weeks have Woftened the ground in Bear River "bottom reruSering it unfit to hold the ties. The excavator working near Evans ton' iiS putting out gravel much faster than the men how working '"en track can pv.t it under. The widening and raising of the piers can be done by casting from the sides and all the gravel used for surfac ing and ballast; but a good, large gang of laborers is needed. * I had made arrangements to go from V/f^hsatch to Green ^iver on a r • • • hand car when I received word about GreenRiver Bridge being down. I will make that trip as soon as possible and carefully examine the bridges on Black Eork and Muddy. I found on examination of the Green River* Bridge that all the piers • (formed bjr'cribbing) had beOn pro- ^ tected by rip rap except the most easterly one and that bad notbeen protected in"any way, and that-the current from the rip rap of the one next west striking against the face of the easterly one had undermined it, and it had settled about three feet, the easterly side not moving. Rip rap was put in abOdre this pier which turned the curreht away from it. It was "fastened to the sho;>e by ropes to prevent slipping and a tamporary cribbing of timber put inside the pier to replace the first span of the brldger which had tu be repoyed, ' I also had piles driven about another crib whichf was settling an had it protected by ti'p T&t' • ^ piles were driven to, .a depth of 8 ft. . nif nee-i^i n '"i* 1250 May, 1869. without shoes, v/hich proves that on the western side at least we' can use piles for permanent foundation^:. ' I'examl ed the crib which hdd been built for the river j)ier of permanent bridge. I find it to be a shell without any ties or cross pieces and not suited without being filled with-vell driven pileS for the foxindation of that work. Is ■' the permanent bridge to be put in as soon as the water in the river will allow? If not we will have to put in a new;3paii of 50- ft.- in place of 40 on east end of bridge and arrange to protect present crib bing with piles and rip rap» • o'sl pr.! j , I have established my head .quarters at Wahsatch and Mr. ^icksecker has moved office td that place. Shall I box up and send to your office In Oninha all maps, profiles and papers relating to location? Vlhen cal led away from Wahsatch, Mi^, 'RicKsecker will know where to ■ find mo at any ttoe T " ' ' ' .? I would suggest as my idea of the best plan to put up the track on'^this division , that a good atrface be put on the whole lino-without any regard to low places in the grade'on swing in the alignment-first, then perfect alin^nt and grading oil the heavy grades so as to obtain full advantage of the motive power, aAd thirdly to remove all trestling and ut in pemanent anbankments and bridges as fast as may be thought advisable by the compan**. the iroh ott the rough prtions of the road is suffering, knd I would like to ftave the' surface'perfected as eoon 1251 i May, 1869. . as practicablei The big trestle on Promontory needs .bracing.- A gang •of men is now at workjat itj b-^jt we need more piles or planks. The contracts I understand for material and work are to be made by the Superintendent or his agents and not by me. The trestle work on the permanent 1 ine at head of ^cho'needs thorou.qih bracing. have consult ed with LIr. Kendall and Elleston in reference to these and all bridges on'my division. The embankments on the same line are settling very badly-the rock in the embankements is slacking like lime and we will have to have a train running from an ei^cavator for some time to keep the road in a passable condition. - ' Thei^ is a dangerous looking .ledge oft, goefe near Green River- croj| ing v&py high and very loose. W® ^aight put in % r3-ot of powder .and blow ntOtot of the . rook ®l»ar ,of .the traok^^ > Mr. Bisseel has decided that he will not stay but return home at once When relieved by Mr. Reed. I would liko to.have a prof ile of the traok ks It is #iowlng what gpadei>» we have and serving as a . ♦ guide for'#«p«i:^: tnd-ftlfceratlons. nor -.'"- .'f .1 I woulAf S4hew*# know as soon as. ophYenient what temporary struc- 'I tures, if any^ you intend re^acing this summer so as to guide m© in ' any repairs neoewsary t© the temporary ones, and so that ^ may make ■the plans focltli# piUNMiry• and submit thsm to you. As I unietstand my poaiti^^l*re to de.;^he^,neceaa^|rref?«ineering, superintend any tm I May, 1869, r» /n r W" - new worki report to•raad-raasters and bridge superintendents any dep fects I may see in road bed or bridges, and to suggest to heads of departments any improvements or repairs; that roa-d-masters and sup- - v-;;: erintendents of bridges and track men will receive their instructa f 'v tions from Genl* Supt. and-his agents and do not report tp, me. That . 11' the floating gJjmgB and excavators are under the control of and direc tion of the division Supts. and that I am to suggest and not to direct -wheyo*inen shall work. I am anx'ous to knov/ as fully as possible what od you Intend wyduties and authorit: to be. ...r r- < * * * There is-a good,quarry of limestone Pock at Promontory near your gamp at Sculptured Rock Springs-by far the best stone I have seen on ■ the line, The:e is also good limestone in Tn'eber if we can only find it in ledges so that it can be worked. I will have all rock which has been used put under pressure and tested at once. « • - To whom shall I return pay rolls and vouchers? Shall I direct t ♦ ' you at Omaha or Council Bluffs?. . J wi]l need some stationery and office furniture, -'O whom shall I apply? That steps shall I take to procure •<r r'office TJahsatch? * •ttiif'ir - Jesse L. Williama to Gen# podge. Grant Rapids, Mich, 27:- .f-- A - Your note not dated, but I suppose from Chicago, was for- •• • * ' . . - I, ' ^rded here and received here the very, day I suppose on which the meeting was held in Boston. Though I only know the probable time of the 1253 May, 1869. •"meeting of the Board through you and Ur."7riiliams of Boston, who is very tirgent for me to fee presentj hut it would have required n 'urging to get"me to attend if it had been possible. If the organization has gone wrong it will be a matter of last ing-regret to me, but it was just as much out of the questioh for me to - 'leave my post here under all the circumstances as for you to have left ' your command in'th army before the'enemy without leave of your super ior officer. Every day or two for two weeks past has brought tele grams fron H.S.Cop, who fepresents the parties involved, urging me to give personal attention'to the 20tmiles. In his judgement against mine the presence of the Receive was indispensable. The C. N. I. as well as all public and private interests involved confided in me and I coulti not disappo nt them. However, Iff turst all has gone well,- S. B.* Reed to Gen. Dodge, "Echo, 28 (Telegram) - Trouble among men herej want of money, ^ill get bridge up as soon as possible; all up hill business without fuhds. H. U. Hoxie to W. Snyder, WMiSatch, 28:- • Strawberry Bridge settles every day; the truss to be raised at once. The'piers' about half'firil^d.' Pieas e get an order to Reed to complete piefsVith timber'and raise bridge. If the Tem porary goes out we cant raise tot one month. Keftdall says he prefers ' ' ■ " ' • " ' I (ti M ' •: r.a'. 12«4 May, 1869. *■ » wood to the stone they are xising. Morris agrees to it. Dodge knows ' the situation. River rising and it rains every day. Please answer^^^^ . - H. Price to Gen. Dodge^ Boston, 28:- , I . Y^e are, and have heen for the last few days, moving along • . ,ni at,not a very rapid rate. I write more particulary to explainlto you why you were not placed upon the direction at the election of the Directors on Tueeday. ♦ -First then, it would have ■ ir been • ' impossible ^ . to give you notice after the election in time for the first meeting, and it was feared that Durant and some of his friends would weize upon this technical omission of a requirement of law to give the Company I "trouble in some shape. In the next place, it was necessary to have a quorum ot Board in order to transact business, and with the present Srr*ngeraont we have most of tho time only had bare quorum. We have attempted to close the aooounts between the Ooipany and the con tractor., anji I supposed this was certalh to be done before the day ■ ' cloased, but after a-meetlne of the Trustees' and a Committee of the company had been had It was found that the accounts were not In shape fof> heWBy «»■ !*• the matter van hans that much loncer. • r a- I , ^ tha Idea, that Dillon and I talked of before I left Omaha, and am assred that you .hall be placed on the Direction Just as soon as this Is done and that the resgnation of John R.Duff Is no. in the hands of Oliver Ames to be used for that purpose at the 1255 May, 1869. J ^ r- f »<' . . 5 . . 4 ^ A . . . earliest possible available moment. I want you to'possess your soul in patience and accept of this position on these teras. I am speak ing for the good of the Company and of th6 Cxovernment. I v/ould have done this business differently if I could have contrilled it, but it is the part of true wisdom when you canhot get the best thing, then take the next beat. Brooks was here the first day but haS left. VJade got here yes terday but he is a new man and until he gets better acquainted will not be.disposed fco take any active part. No other Government Direcrt eV'- • v;e have had a pretty general dlscudsion today in reference -T'-lq t r'l - ■ . . - to continu ing Sjiyder, and I feel satisfied he is safeW" - -.'{■.a h:\ br. R. A. BarllnE to Gen. Dodge, Taylor's UUl, 28: (Telegram) ' ■ Where ca i I see you and wh^n? ptlS -r; 't A.Note; N. K. Brown to Gen, todge, Fairfield, Iowa* 29:- X CV ? .J vj * f r* ' '' ' > f ■ ' grants at appointment on Union Pacific Rba,d» ans asks Gen. iqrjr'r .vL *' ' r , . Dodge's assistance, . ^ James . Wilson to den. Dodge, Fali'neaa, 29 : (Telegram) IfnC I fo'i'*.' • ■ * ; I start today. Cannot you arrange with Rock Island fc f o i r*. • t pacific to.np me in tomorrow? o;'; j W 01 f^'1256rnt0 U ^hnr.n nr'j 'm Wfl 'W- . May, 1869. D. P. '^yer to Gen. Dodge, Louisiana, Mo., 29:- , 1- -t . ■ ■ '" ' V 1 . '■ Hon. Jno, C. Orrlck, Speaker of the House, Mo. Legislature, f.: wants to. go to California the l^itter part of June. Could you send him, through me, a pass for himself and wife over the U.P.'^.R* • • • ♦ J. F. 'Vilson to Gen. Dodge, Fairfield, 20'- Telegram) . ■■■'■ t' Cannot get beyond Des Moines tonight. Can you get me ' _ ■■ ■ _ through tomorrow? Answer at Savorey House, Des Moines, "■ .} «r-" Jesse L. 7/illiams to Gen. Dodge, Sterling, Ills, 29;- • • . ^ I ran over here today from Grand Rapids to spend Sunday * ■ t • - ' with my wife, who is visiting our son here, I was greatly relieved in mind this mor ning in the cars to see ■ ' * ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ' ; ■ ' ' from the tel grams tha all went right in Boston, Had Durant and his party gotten control it would have been a great calamity arid if throuf^ my absencG I should have flot greatly mortified. But the Boaiftd is all right, now you are on the Board Hnd I suppose Chief Engineer, as ti^fore, you.can introduce such changes as are necessary. You spoke in your letter of a separate organization fot' tlie Br dge, 7/ill that be carried out, and what is the ob.^ect? 1 presime you will be chief engineer of the Bridge. I know not whether they will put me on the Bridge Committee; if they do f will cb-operate _ With.y^.al heretofore, and can after Ist JUl-'give It some attention.' Write me Grand Rapids, Michigan,'1 must be tJiere ky Wednesday '■ ■ ■ ''n 9rf^ H ■ ■. r . May, 1869. next. Have been hindered four days this week by these* great rains, but I shall 'finish the road (20) iniles and I 'can save'the land grant. After the 1st of July I want to go through the whole road to the * • ♦ • ' , Pacific. My son was greatly benefitted by his horseback trip Vrith you last July and his health has been good *ever since. He bffen speaks of it v/ith the raost pleastant recollections. If I go out In July I want to take my oldest son along and perhaps some othex^s of the family. / C. Gushing to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 30;- By direction of Mr. Chandler, now in New Harapshire, his clerk brought to me your letter of the 24th for answer. Copy of my | letter to him of same date explains the actual status. Although no necessity epQists now to file pppers showing road done since February, It q^^ght neli tp have them here to send the President on any adve se nQyement or tentsn^cy of the Government. The report of the Co missioners has done much to quiet Snow calumniations .of the Bhion first, a proving that the deficiencies of the Central are r.^latlyely greater than those of the 'Onion; and sec ondly, in forcing tha, to consider how vast Is the work and under what • ■ ' Idlffleulti.s don. by hot,l) Companies and especially by the tJhiOn. At . the same tine m». tone, of the press Is generally beoonlng or tending ^© and apprecjative more patr otic and sl6lf-congratulatory-mwa i^ectful to the authors of the greatest of all the ^ ^ r 1268 May, 1869. enterprises of the United States; ^ I ' t ^ f>j • . You "Will see that the Coianiissioners-glve prominence to the oper ations of yov-r location over that of the Central .-••Note:- G. Gushing to E. -Chandler, Washington, 30:- t •'•n. ' if ■ in relation to telegrams-to Associated Press, &c. "Kote:- Rawlins papers, see page 140,. ^ ■■ re I c 'lr<X , L. B. Boomer to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, 20j- ... , , Mr. ^iltean, my foreman in charge of raising bridges-on your ifHtJJne infctmaiae that three Howe Bridges-of my construc|^ion have fallen ': dLownCone of them the next day after it.was raise) owing to the imperI feet masoTjry upon v,hich they were erected, and that the abutments on 'mother (tha-158 ft, construction) is going away,_, VThlle I presume ynu .T, Will attach no blame to me- for their falling down yet .to the uninitiated ♦■ta the odor will fall upon me. I therefore protest against raising any Tflord bridges upon imperfect -or tmsaf'^ marsonry or supports and have ^- -Instructed my foreman. , not to raise-any more bridges upon imperfect AMiMIfy only inder-a written protest directed to the engineer in - . , ' , • ■ ' ■ ■■ elKPge, and^wt^vWl'^ has .received said epgineer]^s order in writing - * ' s , ■ ■ ■ to dO^WO. f» It rt ► w, E. C^iandler to Oen. Dodge, .Conqord, N. , 31:- I left Washington Thursday night. The Central people are cross and ^Winf . 1st becaus^.the report pitlo es into them. 1^59, May, 1869. . v and we did not, they think, exert ourselves a'S we ought to soften it down.' 2d. Because'they can get no'bond on favorable terns, 3d. because the U.P.2.R. dont carrj' out their agreemerit as to the terminus near Ogden» Gen. Warren ■rfill give you the details as-tb how matters progressed. The Central people think we might have influenced him and Blickensderfer if we had tried, I didn't try much-f J-rst, I wasn't told to, and second I didn't see any chance to change -their opinions if " ' ■ I tried; so as T told you-1 waited the progress of .events. Secretary Cot was determined when I left to make the Central '"Vier their location Vs reported and they'were determined not to do it nor to deposit four millions of the first mortgage bond. The telegran.^ of yesterday rCpdrted that they had'made arrangements- -hat it is I 'cannot Imagine; getting angry they may have tried to coerner the^^.P. » "by putting up four millions and sayirig-to the Secretaries "there are '^oir securities, f^dw if^ake the Union put dp six Millions of their secur- * Ities." But Seorifiry Cox told me "they would do nothing lintil ybur affidavit arrived, 'and'^Gten.- Conkilnf^ !•« looking after the busin-ss 'with care, A« to getting borid^, if any are delievered before the citizens examic the ^'elivory will be one million tb theC.entral. If they do not gol'tftat'lt iii of'no use'fdf Us to try. If they dr we ■ ' ' T « ? i " -'rr t't r ' must press als. I trust your affidavit goes t^i Show has b^Sn done tO' supply 1260 May, 1869. • ' . the deficiencies on the U.P.R.R. Huntington's affidavit is disingenu ous in undertaking to apply iron for a'new road to a deficinecy on covapleted road. Your affidavit should show-first, what has been done - -Second the date of examination to supply the specific deficiencies re ported, stating or estimating thfe." amount In detail in dollars. Second, what has been done in the Way Of work and Ox'enditures since exarain- '''^'^'atibn^-not to s^lpply deficiencies-this, ho. ever, to be separate from the other items. Third; you should state and argue against the ne cessity of some of the items reported "b^y the Coimaissioners. This should perhaps be done in a separate dociiment frota your affidavit and should proceed with item by i'tem' making such favorable suggestions in * "behalf of the company as you may be" able. If you dO not do this I am afraid it will *not be' done by any one. If you have sent forward only part of vmat *t have stated please ai«»d supplemexitally the balance and * telegraph Secretary Cox that it is iil preparation or,on the day, ' j do Vfot find'any one fiast Connected with the rpad how is famil iar with the cbbstHNriiori or «<|^il!3ment details of the road interests *and thai the trgftjiSttt as t6 terminus at Ogden as impracticable, * in^uriou s to the Company, &c • » ^ . As to that agreamOnt, I understand the Board agreed to await pjy ment by the Centrarbefore fulfilling. 1 notice a disposition all iWi May, 1869. . ' , ■ round to represent it'as a mistake £\nd get rid of it if possible. Thoy ignore first the disadvantage-at which the Central had us; second er -'the actiml condition o-f the work v/hen we agreed; arjd third-that the ■ Central would have at all events have laid a track to Ogdenj fourth- »'• ' the .advantages secured by us in the agreement, I do not see how I - can be a party to violating that contract, and if some arrangement is not soon made! to carry put. the Central will soon builjd a track "to Ogden. t »♦ t»> ft I" ■ i < . I will continue' to write you but -please be careful .with my letters as they are OKMifidential and -personal to you., , .. _ ^ ;I T shall'-be at Boston frequently .xiuring the month; was at the ' pffice yesterday and-eaw ^the Messrs, Ames, Duff, Gui^den and Williams. " C Mr,. Wade amd Pa ntor left for Washington yesterday. I do not know : ? How twe^ rteW o]*ganizatton a- Boston will work» Mr., Duff is going into i the business, but a tww office must be taken^ new books opened, &c. They Seem to think *all e«a ba done in Boston, and I flo not learn that an'' partenular pili»B*iJSMt»'bb«i assigned to the executive work in .New '\orki "ttia ExecutlfJ'S Comnittee consists of i.iorris, Ames, Bushnell, D, Atkins, ^ilon, Kldder, Brooks and Duff, and they ra ent on Tuesday. 1 think there Is need df oneExacutive^Manager in New York capable willing io take responsibility; bawerer, this necessity ",VMay, 1869. depends largely upon the way the business is done by the Superintend ent. If he goes ahead with the business of moving and you go ahead with olosing up construction, taking responsibilities, there will not be need of offering many questiohs of detail to the President or Dir ectors. I noticed yesterday letters fro.u Mr. Snyder to Mr. Ames asking instructions On some matters of detail that J thought he might 'With propriety decide himself. I think you should go on and direct matters as far as yob can at Omaha, and save the necessity of decid ing execvitive questions at Boston. But I do not exactly understand what are to be your dwn relations to the road. In addition to Chief Engineer ought you hot to be mfenagfeing Director of 6enl. Superintendent at Omaha? I judge from &ome remarks let fall that the Directocs looked for some arrahgement as to th6 general superintendency different from that now'existing. ^ont they think Mn; Snyder fully up to the mark?' If lou should take charge oi'^ Omaha ahcf a'Director could he asUgned to'duy in*New York the business would go along prosperously. But it's a great road to manage fo4 Bostbn, althouii it is the hub. I saw Duraht and Brooks in New York. They are a -little chagrined although apparently self satisfied. They*dont beliete the road can t i f f ■ , ' - - . . . be mwiaged in Boston, They denounced without stint the agreement as to the terminus at Ogdeh,"al» incomprehensivle, injurious to thC Company 'c. 1263 May, 1869. ^ r , Please write me briefly your-plans with reference to -the future management of the road, organization &c as I want to promote your views to the utmost and cannot do it unless you speak freely. If you „ will tell me what you want without giving reasons for it your letters will not be long. ^ ' - - f. - Yuu need a land or emigration department at once. Yours of the 25h just at hand. You had better write unfiCficial •fletters relative to the road to the President, Rawlins, BushHSil and if you can get time- if not all, then to the President and Cox. We just learn that the Central have deposited four millions of jnrjl, first g^ortpage, land received $l-,700,000 .of ^TJ, S.B^nds. I see no j obrjectioa^to this, but will think it over^^^^ „ ^ ^ ? •(;oP#|>W,^Ktlbourne to Gen. D dge, New York, 31:- ^ ^ cfff ot •tf -'• . Enclosed please find.Theodore ^ilman Treasury receipts for f610, for first and second installment of 10^ due 4th April and 4th ^ 1.1^ on ^3000 of first mortage bridge bonds, I tried hard to , aeaure more.bonds for you, ITiey have been sold at par with^ 50 per ct, of stock. You got these.at 85 and 100 of stocb with each bond Your * ■ . . J .. . . • T ...draft for above received, _ c,.^ ■ .1 only, ^ckjjhefe .day before yesterday. Went to Iowa 20th e . .. March and expected, to return by 10th April, but a smash up on the road going out Injured myself and wife and others so as to lay us up 1«64 May, 1869 ■ for weeks. "/I ? ," _ K • #S ^ * ,«J "'<r I corigrdtnlate you on the coi^pletign of the great roed^ I wan very much to go over it with my wife this season if I can spare the time. : 1 'f'TTr j ■ Enclose you season pass gver D.P.R.R.J you may have received 'one in exchange*'-, i-" •{■♦ -- •• • » -ij- , li ' r . Vi . Note:- John B. Drake to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, 51:-. ^ In relation to•sending Gen. Dodge some articles from Chicago. ■ir^ffinqr '0' T •r', "'ff Snyder ta-Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 31:- »«., Mr. price reached here Sunday moyningj west West Sunday ^P. M. I had a long talk Mith him..He ig straight as a lion and has nat^e • 1' I ! I want Duff ta ijifidarstajad two., tings- first, T.C.Durant knew of my bargain with Wendell, was told of it at Bryan a week before an money was paid; sais he could not authorize me to pay the money but if in my -positioot'ho would pay it. I told him that if he said no I •K ♦^ould not-pay a tPpit. T.C.Durant knew ailiabout the affair knew "ihiatV tite tranaiieHf'th was to be closed, and a word from him would have wtopped itr- -approved my action by saying he would carry out the arrwigemant if in my place, yet tells other directors that ' "•^•"ln4w nothing about it and holds up his hands in horror at my actions. This la simply on a par with his other transactions. 1265 May, 1869. .TiRi • Second; Frost, Mr. Duff thinks I ought to have discharged %im long ago; gro.nted, T^u^O, Ames and 6 Dillon in talking about him'-Said ii would not do as it would rai^e a row with T.c.D.Under these circumstances I l^eld on to Frost not because I wanted to but on the suggestlens as-above. Price gives me these two points confidentially. I would like to have Duff posted without bringing Mr, PricEeSs name dP lu the matter*-' ' . '"t." oT, - I get no financial help from the EaSt, I I send Dillon a newspaper by mail this P. M. fro® A Boody stating that H. r:hitten5en', dischai^ged last>ear fhom'TLY.Central, is the man for Genl, Supt. here. It is probably.in reply to enjoin- A ing from Dillon. If they want*Ghittenden I would like to havp hhem get him soon, I am very sick of this outfit that talks so,much about clean ing but thieves'ahd'yet waken when in the presence of the thieves, and will let thousands toe- stelen under: their -own eyes while looking after ol^ plows.y r; John U. S. Wiilian® lo' fferi'," flddfee, Bostbh;- 59: > , ril 11 Have seen your letters and -telegrains' to Oliver Anes, He has sent out sotte'good telegraras yesterday and today.> He is disposed to take some responsibility, (The original copied before) .|f D. W. Kilbovinre to 'Odn, Dod^, If^rk*,'Iteso 23:- Please find endlbseii'ree#i|5< far ♦2t» account,-ef the Keokuk ■ k- t ".rf •: remta al r f J Jvine, 1869. and Hamilton Brldse stook. ■ Your - favor 19th inst enclosing .. . oheok for same received today.. 7fe have just consummated contract at Keokuk with J, Edgard Thom son, of Philadelphia and a number of R.R. men from other places east of Keokuk to build the State, line R.R. from our road at Framington to Neb raska City. The work is to be vigorously pushed. This will add a large per cent to oup bridge stock. V/.Snyder to Cren, Dodge, Omaha, 26:- ■ ' ' ' ' . r I enclose some papers for your information. • . L . . . . <-1 J LI S. 7/illiams telegraphed me that he had sent Kennedy l;i'100,00^ ■ -i' - ' • . ■ . ■ ;--i ■ • 0/ and would send .$300,000 more this week. It is singular th6it Reed should have $30,000 in bank to be attaohed When he is owing $2,000,000. It is not policy to stopReed's selling passes by giving him notice that no more of his fare will be takeni That passes are being sold in his offfice is certain; by stop ping it in time we could save something and the Company needs all there is left. Cannot the construction outfit be cleaned out? All of them are stealing. we Will be whipped on S.lt Lake freights unless I can reduce rates to meet the C.P.; the,.are figuring strong. O.A. says emphatic ally :,'to make no reduction. It is useless to try and do anything 1267 June, 1869. without discretion "to maK^ a rate that will secure the'^rade j J. Pr. has made an estimate for watef pipe at Rsi^lins. In pres ent state of finances we can get along Without It, unless you think It '•jotfMirj.j ' l ' r ' ■ , , , .. policy to do It. Train No. 3, six miles west of Bryan this A.LI, met with serious accident account washing out of embankment. ExpreSs and baggage cars in dlthh-cars and contents badly damaged. Bailey, Mall Agent, reprrted bruised; also Baggage master; the Sondii^tor had two ribs "broken. No passengers Injured. No. 4 train passed over the trac' less than an - * -f • . - . hour before all right. Train going only ten miles*per hour. Earn ings, very light this week. Am getting vei y much discouaaged, " ■ " ' • Mn r. l ; I "" "Wliro ml na , .tB yf ,nl 8 n' «,nT»o Mirf «t M4, (,1,,,^ , "»/T ■ f er.* ■ f's I rt»i ttm «-■ «» ni. .■ -.'Iqw. St.. . . . "iniUIJ •.*.•. --.rj v.. . saw^T-u. x,s oj ?<>&£ ■ i V; i.. ■ 1 ■ ■■■ ■'••a' . ''..-'v* ♦ T Vl -■ . •, Council Bluffs, May 26th, 1869 Oliver Ames, ; .fit' a -lo od oS c.v^.:l ir ' , President,4 , Ancyx notif otiS i.- 'if I Dear'Sip:- If,.., f^yr. ^ I am in receipt of yours of 20th also telegrams about filing affidavits. I have telegraphed.Mr. Reed for amount of items expended by him, I have.no access to any data by which I can deter.;iine it, everything relating to contractors* ^ matters are kept from me., I suppose under instruction as I have been often told I had no. right to the information. If you have I not done so already, you better telegraph to Reed to send me the -affldavltK as soon as possible, amount spent by Snyder and mat- • * f 4 erials fin hand we will get unhera. have no knowledge of what ■L is under contract East. ; ' . North Platte Ea4;ing house finished..two days a^go.^Caught from the ChirieSBi'' We have- two houses on hand, and we will put one up at North Platte "Mid orie at erom© po;nt west, have not settled at what, t ' we filidly'dWMi'^^sterday another Pier, in Green River went ^ dowh and W ar« trnawferring thera. I think we will get it up tonlgl^t. Bli3U5ka Pork 14 also giving away. My engineers report that the fflASonryjMi underi^at^w^places is settling and that the seasoning board bfcing ptit iw-tHere .i® .poor. I you haye * ^ ' ' r ' -H ri to i.fnr'wC plent;; of imoney to throw awaj' as there is very little doubt that all of it will have to be rebuilt or patched upwithin a yearI do not see as the poor work done has any effect'but^ to kifeep the same men and contractors on such work. "■ The C.P. Folks will be in New York nexli week, and you went to settle with"thiJm"immediately and sell tfiam the road builti to Hot Springs or to the 1040th Kile post-n6t farther east than : that-Hot Springs is the best point for us'to run to. At an^ i^ate • we must run V/est of Ogden from 1040th mile post we do not want the road we want to get rid of it.' It has 116 feet grades, 10" uum^es, in fact, its grades are equal to 132 feet-wlth high rough trestles and good deal of work to bfe done bn it to get'It in shapeIf you have not got the cost Ree-d should furnish it to you. -t--,- I could get nothing out ^Vest to base an est-imate on, the on]y - answar I got to my Inquiry was, they di<J not knoW you will have the entire construction outfit out there on ydur hands all and what they haVd not got now, they will have before long Instead of helping to keeif men easy, they take every way possible to make them uneasy. They ai^e .coming in hens and say they can get no satisfaction'wheft th^ oaft set their' estimates-or whether they can ever git^-their' paf. not very easy to rm a ro^d with a Class of discharged men around, growlinfr and looking for. the coming of Durant, or some one to give them a new lease of life. 1270 r ^ ,I raised ye.sterday 35,0000 to help Snyder through If we were paid off we could earn enough to pay interest on bondsC. P. are doing all they can to discourage travel. . Stop passengers 22 hours at Penna. try going west-Hold up fre.ights abord .our road and charge 10 per mile- we must have a settle ment at once-sell,. get our pay and make running arrangements I am in favor of bringing .through freights down iiiuaediately to '* '• K ' j .Ob * '' 3 cents per-mile per ton- if, you do you will get all your cars * • * r \ carry. Local frei^ts would hold up pretty well, C. P. are now cashing the new Commission ; have men who are or have been tp. see each Commissioner and will have along over. tVieir roswi a personal friend of each Commissioner who is solely in their interest. It will not do for you to keep quiet East. These men should be seen. You should get upon friendly terms with them and have them start out feeling well towards u§, that is all unless they do you may expect to suffer for there are a good many things on our road that wont bear investigation and with the set of corrupt engineers construction contractors, contractors v/hose contracts have been cut off for coal, wood and other shcemes, you may rest assured they will get their minds well filled before they get across. V/hen they cone out some of our Company should go over with them, Snyder and myself, before this you have heard Duff & Dillon's story, my views of what should have been done out 1271 here and what shoiald be done riow, "f'son sporry to say is diffe.ent ' from theirs, had I have had the polwer, ' 1 don't believe any one vould have sto'pped our trains, and it would have been known and felt from one "end of the line to the other, that there was a new 'administration formed "they possibly know better than I do, but one thinv certain your hesitating about the starting of" the lines, havw bden, with your business mede, &c., &c., losing you in a 1 quarters vfttat little confidence peole nTight have had in you, and we canrftitf expect to hold the good-will of the powers that be. ^ ' f}'"," ' <''~t Tours Truly, v. -in/.f -^r. n ;.r ; «•! roO rffo/te to bnoiit ^ Signedi G, ^*'«'t)bdge a.r,> ioiap r tot Ob io • .-i wt H -t-r woT -J ' woffn «caffr ?.i. rto* fm .cmiJ Mir boo' •! nS r'*i. .-f r„ ff/iJ li^Sr noISfZltn'^vnS naM Inow Jc/fi iiro fiq vu^r, oaoiT-t tftoo >n6iofl-^:frtoo moarHfr" fqtrr^oo Jo i-r "v: aartio f-.tP fcoow .Xaa: aot tto ooatf -»ra;l nJo»rfrr>o 'irtu atPlaf faflP r ami;: i07> M»r CO ^pfoirn to to nMn . cwaa ,, > Ufo ainob wwarf bfi/orta ^artr i ! ^ . .-natr to a -»>, w Itr' tT;f TJA"' The following is a copy of my dispatch: "Promontory, Utah, Way 10,1869 General VV. T. Sherman, Washington, D. G. The tracks' of the Union and Central Pacific .Railroads were joined to-Jay rt Promontory, Utah,ii500 miles west of the Atlantic, an! 790 mlloe oa.ct of tie Pacific Joeans. Your continuous aci.lve ald,-iith that of the Army, has made you a part of ua an-.l enal^lcd us to com,.late our work in HO short to tluiG. I congr.-.tulate you upon it and thank you for axl you have ciorc for us. C . :i. Lodge." And General Sherman answered ts follows: Washington, May ll» 1869. General 0. M. Dodge:- In common with millions, I sat yester day and heard the mystic taps of the telegraphic battery announce the nailing of the last spike in the great '"acific road. Indeed am I its friend. Yes, Yet, am I to be a part of it, for as early as 1864 I was Vice-President of the ef 1 ort begun in San Francisco under the contract of Robinson, Seymour ^ Company. As soon as General Thomas makes certa.Ln preliminary inspection in hi s new i command on the Pacific, I will go out and I need not say, will • f have different facilities from that of 1846, when the only way to California was by sail around CaPe Horn, taking our ship 196 <^ays. All honor to you, to Durant, to Jack and Pan Casement, o Ree^, the thousands of brave fellows who have wrought out this Slofious problem, spite of changes, storms, and even doubts of the mcredulou , and all the obstacles you have now rapidly surmounted. W. T. Sherman, General. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/c87f26987bff306f0f234f25fa8cb02b.pdf c7b26344ae37f56a43a036037174bf22 PDF Text Text June, ]869. .•■' .•rrT, itU "v 'tT ■ John E. CprwitJi, to.pen. Dodge, palena. 111. 1:- , . ^-"In October 1867, .John R. Duff and I as you may recollect, bought some lots in the magic city of Cheyenne, The first payments we,duly made and-contracts received from the U.P.R.R. Co. We did not make the contracts as yet have not been received. It now appears that the pa^naents already made are about all that r th®' lots are worth, and more than they will sell for at present. We dislike to sacrifice the^ amount already paitt-lnytlaer and under • « • tJio* l>lie circuflisitances do not feed disposed to make further pajnnents ^ f • • nr. ■ r' Wow, General, I write to see if you cannot help us out of the di ^ ' leauna. In your official position cannot you let J.E. Howe, Agt, make ms aeadB. fpr the lots aad we surrender, t^e contracts. As none of the^ papers have been recorded they can be, cegiceled easily. A have the control of them all, 10 in Duff's name and six of my own. •- '* 3" . Uo'hot think this request impertinent,, were not the lots off in Rocky mcrunWtllnB we would, not a»k It.. n. f'"'gi*pe'ct you will' go to San Franciscq this summer on the U.P.R.R. t -yatfmufit feel ^ite relieved since its completion for it was about ' "filpiWJ Vbur aftKJuJEdeflre for sometJ^S,* .1 often think with pleasure of " our trif) «cross-the plainsj and shall ever remember with gratitude the ' kindness Of yr-urself amd Gen. , Ralinws» ' ■ I /I f ^ .Major J. ii. Nutt to Gen. Dodge, Fort lAavenworth, 1:- I - Yottr attention is respectfully called^to the arras, accoutrements ahl ■•ianmuni'Wtisn ,U»et were issued to you ,from the Arsenal August 28th. June, 1869. 18C6. As* the Arms &c,* areprohably no" longer needed, I would suggest that they be returned to this arsehal, in accordance with the condi tions upn which thejr were* issued. B. P'. Mohiey'tb Gen. Dodge 'fiolloh,''Kansas,' 1 ' I wish to get a berth or situation of some' kiftd'on the Union Pacific Railroad, at some depot or station or on some Of the trains where I can earn good wages for myself in return for my services lo the R.R.Co. Knowing you are connected with and going business for the R., think it likely you could get me some employment that I would be suitable and capable of doing. I believe I« coiild make a fireman B*aggage master* or conductor on the road, or a good hand a' -some depot ^ ^ or in some o*f the Blacksdiith or Machine shops of the R.R.Co. I havo been masopihg and stone-cutting f^or the last t.wo years, ,j, ; Oakes Ames to Gen. Dodge» N. Easton, 2:- j »•. letter of thfe ^ for whibh I am obliged. Ke are working every way we can to raise money to meet the coupons raaturing July 1st, and the debts odt on the road, it seems as though there was no end to the debts due out there, and at (toaha, Chicago and at other pla-ea and New York, the Lawyers will eat us all up at the rate they charge in Washington and New York, and instead of getting money from the earnings of the road tfiey are constantly balling for money from here to aid Snyder In paying*his men to run the= road. We have got'to change'^ and pratiCe m^rw eeonomy and g r' prudence, or we shall never make onr road a paying road* % in 1274 June, 1869. ( ■ Boston are economising 4-n every way we can, and if we can ever get out of the hands of the thieves, swindlers aud lav^yers in New York and a prudent economical honest administration of affairs on the line of the road, ^our stock may he of value, ^ ^ . We have had our annual meeting, hut Dart, Durant and Fisk dJd not make their appearance and everything went off. Quiet, Mr, Bates was very muchs-of®ended because we omitted Mr, BsuadLsial-l and i*4», Comh from the Board and Bates refuses to serve on the hoard and we shall probably have to put some_ one on In his place, John R. Duff was not on the Boaijd and-was to r^ain to organize and then to resign and have you put in his place at the next meeting of the Directors, muat make sawie different plan about free passes or we shall get no rooi& iw tke cars for, anything butj dead-heads. Has casement been charged with the ballasting up his track that he left for us to d6« I item afraid we are being cheated all the time out there in mett*i#effient of'werk.and la number.of ties,and quantity of timber, ^ ^ n i hbpe will have, everythlnr^ moasriBed up and see that s we a»'not'have to pay for work that we have not had, and let us get ^erythit^ settled up as fast as we can and see where v/e are, '1 *•' N,B, You mast take care of. the 5 eminent men as Commissioners wheh* btefcy over the I intend to go out to Iowa and over to Oniah*'«ui as w«ji^7,fae pw way clear for friends to have coupor^ -♦ — ,Onn, Dodg^^ Kansas City 2:- I received the r«l#aso of Bond of Trust and acknowledge the re1^75 4' Jiine, 1869. ^ ^ - ' I . ceipt of it. The" letter must have miscarried. I have the release hut have not had it recorded, and shal'l not unless I sell. * I am asking three thoimsand dollars cash for the house and lot, expect to sell soon if I'do not raise on the price. - Have been offered three thousand, two 'thounsand cash and balance in one year with ten per ce'nt interest, but did not take it. I think Lottie's health is better, she seems to be ?lmpf'bving. The rest of us are all well. <■ .* at". ! ; ' UJ 'ai' l A. Echlin to Gen iJodge, Gi^ave'l Pit, 3:- There is no strike on the part of the man on this work, their wages have been cut down to two dollars a day, they hefuse to i^ork for such wages, cannot run the excavator without laborers. H. 1!7ilson to Gen. Dodge, June 2 Keokuk. Yours in regard to T7inilow has just been received. I-know him well and take pleasure in saying that I'believe him to be an ipcorruptibly honest man, but an entirely fair bfte. He is a practical railroad man, well educated, intelligent and active and will there fore be very atp to see and look into everything that his duty requires of him. He was here day before yesterday and spoke of his appoint ment as one of the "eminent civilians," and of his detennination to do "equal and exact justice" so far as he* could. No motion is that he will not be disposed to exact anything unfair or Illiberal from the Compny I will take pleasure in'writing him at your instance. ^ . .. . / .f r His address is Davenport, X ' - I J.276 ■ .W": June, 3869, . XU ,9n»'T, •yS J. B. Ho«&11s, to Gen, Dodg^, Keckuk, 3;- n v I wrote you some v/eeks since romindinG you of. your promise in Washington to «end.me a pass ovep your Pacific road. Presuming that you failed to receive the letter or have mislaid it, I write again. AS I would like to go.with McCarlly In July, your kind atten tion to the matter will much oblige,' f W. H. Robertson to Gen, Dodge, Katoni^, N.Y. 3:- Several-clients have cldiQis against a resident of Harrison Count In your State, Do you know a.lawyer in-that county whom I could entrust with the collection of the claims? S. Hamilton to Gen., Dodge, Milwaukee, 3:- - ■ If this shovild find you at home, and it is consistent with your views of propriety, I should be-greatly |)leased if you will send me a pass for T7m.«F. Wheeler, U.SiMarehaJ. for Montana, from. Omaha to the ; point wher% he leaves the road for Virginia City.-Wheeler is an old ' ef mi¥ie,' afid a gallant fellow. He may be of service to you or . road time in*ll6ntana. He is very poor. Grant gave him the (Hio-r • appointment'at my *^<rttoat. If you feel l^ny delicacy in doing tl^is, pra^ think no mfei'e ahoiit it.- ■ , a;-' • H, 1.1. Hoxi^ tm Qetf. Podge, Deseret, 3;- ' riontr Men from Aspon west to Wehsat.ch on a strike. I want troops from • Ft. 'Bridger statidrt on heh© and the rioters shot. Please answer, H. M. Ho*l« to Gen* 'Dodge# Beseret, 3:- , ^ Tho sectiOh men On work Waaatoh lio Aspon run off when construction 'iriontT 1277 June, 1869, r ♦ ♦ > » men were passe^^iBfei't and "are now* on*at Btrike'i .Shall "bring men ■from. Omaha, o ' I ' ■ - 'C. C. AugSiTdto-Gbn. "Dodge, Omaha,'3; ■^1 no.t:r;;.'rfer": A^ent at Cheyenne has sold one of my lota;-House is absent; ■ '-'^Willlyou give an order stopping it, - _ E. P, Collins to J. E, House; Fremont < 4!-= - ,7, ' * S.W.Y, Schimbnsky to GSn. Dodge-, GiUipore, 4:- <f rt;oC> lK»:4n':.-" r» f '!■«») C. C. Auger to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 4:-,/ri'. Your dispatch received. Have instructed copnandlng officer at Bridger to protect such men as chcose to continue work, tap. ' P. S. Hodge to Gen, Dodge, BOston#-4?'^ .r ■'■ ' ' -t? ! Assuming that you. propose to reraeasure the work from Black ffilliJ west, I take the liberty of stating a few facts and whieh I hav0*'sald bej^ore personally, or which ypu may know,. .r : ' The'^'o^hly ]fcnginke*» who kept a'oomplete record of cross sections "Was Capt. ^e''thoW4d ••'Mtaf^bAoke, they had. every cross ection rrtJ K.^ wbrki" platted {t*k«Ji ewees^ywkat ion or oftener when necessary) I - i « « , » * throughout his dlYlSibn, andT onr the' spme pages his calculation of amoun of Eac, and Embt, His extended work-Devil's Gate Slide., &c, was on Cross SectidW {wp4^r which, he told nm cosVJM» to procure. ■*' . xJ t J Bbppdse-IhWt Cppt, B, has thttn yet,, probably Mr, Reed or * other superibi* ^fts never called for 'them, and I think that, by care, Gapt, B, might be induced to give them up, . .t; .fvtrfSitnr r Ilounan coiintract, (28 miles) young Bieglow told me her® vru 1278 June, 1869. / few days ac;o that he, B, had every cross section. B. was Asst. under* Lawrence. I think that Seymour and Bates were interested in said " » ♦ t . . . - • . .. contract. Kiskadee offered Lawrence an interest in the Coalville • • • nines, I understand if he, L., would make certain changes in the classi * , " ' t fication the point on which I suppose this suit of Nounan hinges. * You will pardon me for troubling you with such statements but it . to me that such knov/ledge is beneficial tp the company. If made to the direction here, it would go in one ear and out the other and as thej'^ dont seem inclined to de4ire information of this kind, I infer that they rely on you to be cognizant of all western items, \ • -r t: c I ,to -temporarily engaged in the U.P.R.R* office here. I expect . to remain long enoiighj, to. get thorouc^ly acquainted with all the rou tine, and if everything works successfully ahd har moniously, I shall . next-year-^ probably solicit ^t yp.u hands, some position out there. ' , i W .^neering, t\ou^ it^ I sot al^.JLt it. L iioix) to show much better in somemore suitable department and y T *fj»w success in which would be the only object I aimed at-/ . . • . t c i.' * .J, S. miliam^ tO- ^o/3ge, Boston 4:- * itirnv p»e Directors . of TT.P.R.R. are very desi rous to ascertain th •wlatfle amcfunt. of their indebtedness, ■» , -'f'; f O.t ■ rr'"' • *,^1 X eHfl#se herewith copies letters to Snyder, Oen, Supt, and WwW*Lindsay• „ . .j, , , Will vc^ |ilos^o see that this prpose is carried otil as speedily RC-i'' -yiW . '.mi 1279 June, 1869. and fully as* it 'can be within ten days after receipt of my letters J. S, vrilliams to ?/. C. Lindsay, Boston, 4:- Please make up a statement of the indebtedness of*the U.P.R.R* ^to the 1st of June, as soon as possible'. Concerning all pertaining to the road as shown by the books of your office at Omaha, or from any source of information you may have, relating to ? as fbll and definite as you can give it withint five or ten days from ^ 4. +v,-»o ■ . ' l.i; -L'oo*:' ■ • ifc.. receipt of this. J. W, Williams to W. Snyder, Boston, 4;- 'i • r r.. I wish to ascertain as soon as possible all the indbetedness of the^ U.P.R.R.Company .* Have written llr, Lindsay to furnish me a state- ^ ment as soon as possible as definite as he'can make it in five oh ten , ■ r. . . ^ ■ days from date of receipt of my letters, ' ' Will you please see that this is attended to in eVfery department The Directors are desirous of getting the whole story. We are now providing for pa\Taent July coupons,* thoy will soon be out of the way when we hope to provide for all else. Your prompt attention and • ' ^ L ' ' * * r* I ' assistance in this will oblige, c. . Of .* f t John U. S. Williams to (ien. Dodge, Boston, 4:- Tour very fulland interest'irig letters of liay 15th, also yours of 18th and your telegram of 18th'came duly to hand, and Should Have had earlier answers. But I have been very hard'presSei as finances here were in, almost as bad condition as your masonryaftd bridges in ^ Salt Lake Valley but we are fast getting into shape* 1280 June, 1869. ' ■" n r.B 1? «:"tv I ' Have done nothing uore about your bonds, are quite short of 1st Morgs, are selling to some the 1st Morgs, that are in the hands of Govt, have prepared certificates pledging (selling) definite nos, of them, you have thirty of them all in order, will you take"the balance nine more 1st Mortgs, in such a certificate? We can deliver the 39 L.G's at f^ny time, perhaps will make them up and draw on you for same fro m Lindsay to be used at Omaha, Will reserve ten 1st Llortgas, and give J.R.Duff the 20 per yr.act Shall we sell them ten more at market price to pay your S.C.R.R. Cty, Cys, Assessment, or wait till they get above 93 coupons off? '* '• i rr''-' nJ • >»'■ • ' . Hope Duff and Dmon will soon go out again and clean up " ' ■ ' ' :-'.t ' . ' f ■ 1 n ♦niii f.v ,. along the whole line. . Tf rr rr--• * > - r rr„.. . ^ .. You must continue to write cheerful encouraging letters, eome ' • . rf -[ • 1. . . Qf friends need them. Will give the Staith Certif*s.l60 shares to * d. ' ' I . ■ ' ^ Dillon, dont know how soon can transfer yours. Some of otn* books in Sheriff's hands, N.Y. bothers us. J, H. lIcCluney*to lirs, Annie Dodge, Gotincil Bluffs, 4:- J. E. House to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, Mr, Dillon telegraphs me that if you dnt waft! Llr. jlr^ay on re pairs to furnish him with funds to go to New York. I donH knbw where Gray is, not having heard from him since I left Green River, ^ J. iu. S. Williams to Gen, Dodge, 'Boston, 5:- ■ ,''n Willard Warner to Geni Dodge, Washington 6:- I ;fi nfiT ^ . ^ ^ I do nbt know how liberal you are, or can be with pAsSeb on ■t ^.f ■ ■ ■ . . 1 ■ -'AV S June, 1869. • • your road, but I will take it as a s^eat favor if you can give me passes for three friends to go to California with me in August. I expect that Gen.Geo. B. W ight, Railroad Commissioner of Ohio, and Gen. B. TJoods will be two of them, and probably one of our ^labma I » t . , ■ . ' ' ' f • • members or electors the third, but this is not certain, and I would like the passes blank if you can so furnish them, or if you can furnish them at all. I want to start from Omaha about the 10th of August, Corse may go with me. .. ■ . ' ' - r j . I have a pass for myself, will it cover or pass a lady with ■ ifc" ' ■ • i : .. 'T' ^ me ? - ' • '1 • V" • fo- ■ ' i ^Ir-r 'fn ^ I - »''yF S. Hodges to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 6i" ^ I addressed a short note to you two or three days ago, I belive that it is for the true interest on the road that you know these facts as well a9 what I shall write below. I may be accused of presumpti n in having any idea of the true .. .ii • .intAr^^t; of violation of confidence - ■ --y - ^ - r- in • stating * ■ what I h^ve learned aad of the lose of all future chances of promotion througfi fear that I.might hereafter leak as.well as now. ¥ut I have heretofore kept my mouth Shut tP;*ll,.and as a result I find that others who have talk ed <a.,.gre at deal mpre have got ahead of me, whom I am egotistical enough to thiWc cotad not excel in other respects, I may be wrong in thinking such a course towards one whom I have thou ht no adverse to me, is to my own interest. If so, I take the chjmces. But I sh^ll attempt at the same time to serve you, and, I believe, the company, without at" any time transgressing on the etiquette, which the difference in posi tion renders due you from myself, and feeling that I am not subject to 128 June, 1869. to the iCharg;;S which- I have ;3ust be forewent ioned. , .llo : ' • .Matters in Boston are moving along. But the present organiza- , tion lacks nerve in its evecutive affairs. They are so taken aback at « ■ ■ - • » » the position of affairs- that like McClellan,. they, are^ deliberating on which flank to strike. . Huntington and Crocker were here yesterday. •M'- Tried to. adjust rates. The Coimcil came to no agreement, Oui folks •Twant 07 cts, per railp) right through the whole distance. The C.P though (on .the basis of collecting from-Sacramento to-Ogdon) dont't like to go pro bata., They say they don't think it just that they -should get f52 to our i»72 and a half. But I believe wouldagree at that pro' rata, provided that tickets should be sold .all the- way to San ^ Frineisco. and by their, western R.R. only... - They a jre .afraid of,the competition by, water or otherwise from Sacramento to San Francisco. ■ • , They alpo'talked of selling the road to the C.P. from Proraontroy , to Ogtiwn. C.P. wanted to pay a certain-SMm, down, and t^ke the road now. pa^ni;'' balance ffheii> adjusted. It seems, me that ^ trade ought to- h'aVe beoh made in half an hour.-Now the C.P. tal^e^ always to the !" with Huftiington as keen as ever. He staggered them by saying tKrfinid'alrearfiy &ad yottr-affidavit that the road could not cost over flB,000 per mile; at this Crocker laughtad,out right and I could not help 'tfn.illng to see auoh effect cf this bombshell, t ough annoyed that nO'dtie there'know erfl^ugjti of ^ho circumstances to peply that Mr. Hunting • t'uii'tTHHMitlf thoft it would cost over $50,000 per mile to grade. ^ Huntfngtori struck out several times like this withc>ut being war1283 jTine, 1869. ded off. Mr. Duff is Vice President' aife is on every'Com.iittee, - ■ He dont seem to •thin'k much of engineers, judging from his remarks. Said, that their- "Professional Prdie" had cost the road 3 or 4,0 ' -;oob dollars, &c. Col. Seymour has resigned, and got-over-paid three • months, but his bills are not all settled. .His statements against "you, hav« seemed, at least, to have had the. effect oh . Diiff to have a little uncertainty as regards yourself. Mr, Duff Is. pounding away 'every dSy at Snyder and evidently-intends to oust him. The Ames' seem to think Snyder had iDotter be left, I donH '^cnow which will win before the entire board. Two or three of the DlrecViS^s have ques tioned me about him." On the strength"6f your recommendations I have spoken as strongly as I could in-his favor. Personally, though ac- ^ • quainteA with him'and his wife' for about ten years, my associations have not been such a-fi tb judge^very satisfactorily, but I know, as I ^ have said friPfilSitfbiyjWith Durant 'but there't'o hpset. all organization, the Angel Gabriel could not run the't^a-^ to every one's satisfaction That I donH believe* in tie pol-iby of kicking but all the old hands after they have, as I am personally aware, suffered,' expOBur,e^--hardship and danger, and stuck to them not only through this, but through great personal indignitie'ii-'And kaousations. In my poor- judgneot, there :s first requir%d^ kight iere kt headquarters a management of great sagacity, ability and railroad bJcperlence. Perhaps they know a man ' outside of their management whotf with ntf interest in the road itself, they will'send out and entrust'^-yerything-to.' I dont.- - | 1284 June, 1869, TO r; , ortrt. W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 6:-^ , Am-sending men to Bridges division for repairs. Nothing at all from Boston since you left. Your dispatch 3d mislaid and not. rp- * ceived until this P. LI, . nif-i:- ' .(' .. B. F. Hopkins to Gen. Dodge, Madison, 7:- ^ Senator Carpenter, LIr. Sawyer and myself, with aur S^ate officers and several leading Editors of Wisconsin contemplate a trip over your road sometime in July, The party will consist of 20 or 25. ♦ The N.W.R.R.Go, offer us a special car free to Omaha and Franchaw said the Central would do likewise on their end of the road if we conelude to go through. What will you do? find what time is hefet to I t ' Ts want to go to Salt Lake anyway, if we do not go through. I wish you would send me two trip passes for two editorial friends, J. B, Blickensderfer to Gen. Dodge, Tuscarawas, 7;- . ' ■ ■ , . - Your letter of 24th May was found here on my arrival at home 'r- < /o ■ ■ ■ . from Waahln^oton, and would have been nbticed earlier but for the many things Which have occupied mo since my return home a¥ter so long an ♦ ' ' ' ■ '"5 " I ^ ■ absence# You ask wehn I will come to finish report &c# If you could with r-' • ■ - . - » out inconvenience to yourself defer that matter a few weeks it would be a cjonwenience to me, but I Wiink I can arrange to leave horn again Hn about one week from this time and you can expect me very soon after the IBth of the month at Omaha, I shall come prepared to close up )'.ir 1285 AVJ.VM ,L .V Jiine , 1869 everj^thing in full.' f," . .•rcr' oi ' You speak of the poor quality of the rock on the line of your road for masonry. You certainly are not*well supplied with good building stone An your line, but I do not think you are so badly off as you seem to think. The rock at Rawlins quarried at Duff's Peak is r ' ' ' v" » good, and will do Very well for your largfe bridges, the only thing is that you cannot build cut range work, but must build rubble masonry for Irregular range work. This will require good cement but wirth proper attention and cement your work will be as good as'any*other, or at " ' ^ -> ♦ I ^ least quite as good as need be required. K .L . ^ . f % I presume you have seen our report before this time, and have n'M doubt heard or seen more about it than I have. Hy pay is beginning :.e;" to come from the Central Pacific Company, in the shape of blessings, defp and loud, with all kinds Cf Intimations of malignity and disappointed expectations, &c,, &c., of which ybu have no doubt heard, .. ' ..i" ^ Let them talk, and then let them go to work, for they have much to do ■' ^ ■ • I. before they will do the country justice, 3. B. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Echo. 7;- Cannot make accurate cost of work west of Ogden, but can approxi • Oi "irv, ■' 'i *Lm laate very close, Bissell gone, S, S. Montague to Gen. ^od^d," Sgm ^ .-ejY'i no 1 r. ,,,, , Will be at Promontory Wednesday Sraning, WdiSLd like to meot ' ' T . fjQ ■ tno*. erf you. Answer, - 1286 ffl fno«. Off June, 1869 - r« ,r\"' 'ti **J. E. House to Ge^^. Dodge, *Omaha, 8:- [ -''J The f611ov.'ing includesr all the sidings that were laid at the time the tracS: was aeasured from Taylor's Mills west. Taylor's Mills 2030 feet. Hot springs 4072 feet. Gravel Pit 881 f§et; Bear River • east aide 7845 feet I ♦ «• -SOQO ft This is only the main sidings. Blue Creek 2083 feet tfeh.thousand seventy seventh line ••^i^lOOO feet. Promontory 1350 feet this does not include the L.S. or "Y" sidings. Lr^Pillmore to J.E. .House, Laramie,.8 tiMf tn" .lo lyiii you do me the favor of furnishing ma with;one of your maps ' of trie H.P.R.R. ■ n-r nX "'e-i''- loifi !'> •' Have sa^ 8ne of th^ at Rawlins. I consider them .almost in valuable to owb tfBsponsihility In the operations of said Doad. t ' .n-^r Bfen t6''Gan, DOd^e, New Yorki 8— ■ i ' V;. B. Bent to J. E. Hpuse, Fort Sanders, 8:-, •• » 1 was iftstructed in the mpnth ef May, 1868 by T.C.Durant, V.P.to give ben, F.P.Blafi' possession of Lot 15 in block 191 in town of Lara ile. Also to give'^ aien. H. B.'BUford po&seasion of Lot 19 in block 199 Tdlrh of Larami^ '' y . '-r-' ,•'' ' o: r» / Thos. M. Vinddnt to Gen.'Podge,'^shington S;-. Referring tt)' your letter \)f tj^ t4th ult, I hrve the honor to enclose a twjpy of the order dismissing Brevt, Brig. Gen, H. Heath, Colt, Yth'TViwa baiWrjtry, for fraudulent practises in connection with •e.'X287 June, 1869, ■ ^ .''.'fft. with the appraisal and sale.of horses, the propcnty.of the U.S. also dopies'of the orders suspending and revoking said"Orders :,' There.is no record'of the trial of this office hy General,: Court -"Martial. • 'T' • - • 1 ^ TTar Department, Wash., liay 11, 1866 Special Order 220. ertSI ©fedge to J. E, Hdude, Echo 8 - - r" . - -ir-.! • S^"<i Hf*. Reed three or foUr maps of correct grade.- Need not back them. ,:.35rr : F. B.-Sickles to Gen..Dodge, Omaha, 9:- Mftchinery is loaded bn to scows» Both scows aground on sand bar nei ther scow in position. TJater has fallen two f§et since they ground ed anS'ls falling. One scow covers site of Pier 10. Efforts being ^ -made to move this scow, Prospects very discouraging, - - W..W.Hungerford to Gen. Dodge, Evanston, 9:- Will you please re^iuest 0ol. Giiber -bo order'detachments of troops fr6m Aspen to tie aiding, . . j; Tfebster to Gbn. Dodge, Bitter Creek, 9 *• Channel seven thbueand And two hundred (7200) C.yards in. the dam three (300) C, Tai«ls. To fill.up. by. guess 66 and 67. Twelve hundred (1200) C. Yards. M.S. Hall offers to do the excavation for 40 cents per jrard. 1 think it. i-» worth that, . . s tfT ^ ''Ifl 'snyder to GeHl, Dodge, Omaha, 9:-* ,?{• -g • -"W^^fetron busy on seVertti; suits for Company here and cant leave, h. has''t.leer»|lh.« llOT.,stoc*l to file witioe for diaalssal of |suit md 76f:t2e8 June, 1869 come here for.consultation. He wrote Hempstead some days since, this will he good suit to try our var;ous accounts. "P2 says service or Company is imperfect and that case can he got out at Salt Lake '^ity , where road would stand no chance. J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha 9:- i Vo oSt The Hotel Stree.t at Ogden crosses at station 460 equals 1033.83 miles, this ten hundredth mile p^t at Station 833 plus 96. * t • • • • • ,'Geo. Heed to-Gen, Dodge, New.York City 10:- If convenient please have the kindness to give me the ntmiher of troops_under your com..and at the capture of^Tuscmhia, Ala, April 23d, 1863» • G. K, Warren to Gen. Dodg©^ Pheyenne, 10:-. are getting along nicely,,. The changes asked for are not on the map given ne. S.B, Reed tQ Sen* Podge, Echo 10:-^ .V ^ t • - . . - r,.jhfpdjprofile and pajppr tonight, Cannot send state..ent to 1040 miles until next train.. , '■ ■ ■ ' ■ ■ t i- (. r: J, G, Weh3"tor tp Gen. Dodge, Bitter Creek, ,10:- Channff of channel will throw out two bridges not up. Ready for Hall to go to work today. .0* E^.Vadjier to J, E, House, Bitter Creek, 10:- • ■ . . ' Mr. J. A. ?7hite wants Lots. No. 9, 10, 11 in hlock No. 25 as lai * ' ' ' ' • - ' ' • ," . dowri 4n, Town Plat, at Point of. Rocks,a dnt thinks that the' price is too large. Mr, White said that he opned the road to the Sweet Water 1289 ■ J » s,' i Jiine, 1869, CTolmtry, mafting an expenditure of $6000*, so making in a great maasure ! '' _ . f , ,>.. w . 4 •' f t* * ' what Point f "bcks is as a shipping point, ' " He was "building at the time that the site was staked off, and had he known that the price of lots would have "been so high, would not have "built. -•'> n-'- n:'.r. »!• r " " T. R. Hilliard to j1' E. House, ^idney, 10:- * Gen. Dodge to J. M. Eddy, Council Bluffs, 2:- ^ Please'sond to Hon. J. A.'Campbel , Governor of Wylming, at Chey enne, map of the road showing elevations, &c. ' ^ ' J, E, House to II. M. Hoxie, Omaha, 2i-* led/stjn A. J. Poppleton to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 9:-'^ ^ All In'tlie^midst of "Sourt. A ritaaber of cases for company for trial. Impossible to leave. HAve telegraphed Hempstead to come to Omaha, will write Campbell'arid tell hlm'^afcmit lots, l'allowed each one of the S|.ate officers to select one lot*to build on. This iA ^^0 flrat T hrve heard of liheir SQuatting on tovini, iHas anything been done about it? If not, Becker wants to notify all to get off of » -V ' * > ^ ' I r* 0. M. Dodge to J.*M, ilSdy, Council'Bluffs, 10:- >■-1 ' our property, -I '"*! Julius Blondke to J. fe , flouse, Laramie, i);- »C r.ft -ir-( ■■ , • » , S. B. Rged to Ben.* Do'dge," Echo, 11:- * • • • - Statement goes by ears *tonlght addressed to Promontory, Get it m " ' ' ' • erf : ,.ii - from conductor, * ^ t 'T i Ju e, 1869. C. B. Hubbell to Gen. ^odge, New York, 11:-, My son Robert has gone West fot the purpose of sitting down some Wiere permanently. He writes me from Omaha that he is.pleased with the place and hopes through you to get employment. ^ ^ Geo. ". Fox to^Gen. Dodge, Lararaie 11:- • In behalf of the trustees of the U.^.Chuch of this place, I come begging of the Union Pacific Railroad Company through you for the dortfitlon of lots* ^ I ? • y - Y/.W.Boyington to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, 12:-^ _ I hope you have not put jrourself out l?y waiting for me to visit your city. The matter that I h^ad in hand when you were,here which I then expected to close in', a day or. two,-has not^ yet been closed. Conxequently I have been- held in sjiepence ever since expecting every day tb consumale-fflHters. A party wall and an adjoining building Vith tens^ts In it i« the trottble'. The tenants were disposed to ex- 'tort a compromise fW® irefen Bgreed upon several times but a flare up takes Vl^ce and the goes b«k- to its original, status. I shall send you «• Set of plans and elevation for your considor- ' ation by today, l am- still in hopes to go to your city seme time next #e'el^, niay not. You can look over the plans &c. and make stich ^ggestioAs afi may appear tQ '' * Gea. Alvord to Gen. Dodge,. Omaha, 12:- 1 ^.T-Ue to Aqoeat th«t y.u will. If In your pow.r outain a pass to enfl of .Prof"®'"' 1291 • 'r -jfitAilKiV June, 1869. ""OX 1.*' Wisconsin,' to be used between tills and tfie'^d'of August, . . i I ^ o ■'Toti renembep h n as being a Professor in the Norwith University V • ,.. 15. . .. f . . . ^ arid a distinguished scholar and travelter. I expeot'hiln here early in July, If y6u have not the power will you he go d enough "ito make application to the proper officer.* Ur. Snyder.says he has not the power. Prof, Butler wants to go with nee to California and back, 7/, Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 12:- ' V" • !- First to Eighth inclusive cas h 144,000, Co-^erininent 37,000 con tractors 17,600,' ' , . . ' ^ A, West to Gen, Dodge,' Council Bluffs, 13:»' r ^ Paid G. Xedder draft on you for twOnty one thousgmd nine hundred * thirty five (21,935) dol'lars, will you be here?., . . . ^ 7/. R. Story to Gen, Dodge, Echo, 13:- , ' . <o . ''i told you tfie lafit thing'when leaving the car that I woiiid not work under ilr, Hoxie and'Palnen's directions.i I»have ceconsidered ' thk\'"*id wilf'Wi4t with them, hot regarding them ar the r.esponsible part 10^8 however,'only to* satidfy myself ahd you that what .1 said conoerning them W"2 true in'every particular ; ' - . - I never undertook to work Tor any (;<Mapany or corporation through any'of its employees, for thode that .afre interested only can feel the responsibility of having men arretted and tried for crime* There are meA'In yo*r Amploy that are/"an^^have been stealing. They are'oont inued In place as'honest ma* and will inside of a very short tixae'aiflihUte a fortune. Thia, however jiakes no difference || 1292 June, 1869. *■ 'V , ^ V _ ' iW • A •'' , - with me after I have offer'ed niy services to* sHow pnove them t'o yoii ' ♦'n' and their way-of working. My address vrill be Salt, Lalc'e City till November, . . • , j ,, y, r - ■ r Jas« P. W. Neill to Gen. Dodge, Ft. Bridger, 14:-^ Mrs, Nei-11 arvd* myself are arpc ous to go to Oraahnand return, Will it be possible for you to give me a pass for my family? 1 ' Capt, Arthiit dibArthur to Gen. Dodge, Ft. Bridger, - 14:- Will you be kincT'enough 'to' secure me a pass to Omaha? I have passed st> much of my time for the last thjoe'e yeass and in some instanced' rendered services of such a character, th,at I venture to ask you for a pass over your rbad, I am aware of. thjS^ understanding about i^ilitary' passes, but venture "lio hope Ih my case you wll\ make an excoptioii to the ganersfl rule, ■ *■- -I If you will be so' kind 4s io leave the pass with Mr# Moore or ...j. X i. t. jt'4^ ■ ' 5* " ' i< ■ '1 ■ ■ - saftd it t<y Bridger, ' Af ^aYl event! ^ !ikd send me word-^ere what I may 'expect, S( Chfits, Bj" 3teelA td Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 15,.- fj. p^jttey?to w; anyder, ""Erie, Pa. 15;- , t' ri Snydof* to'G«ii. Dodge, Omaha# 15:-- j „ * f.. ^ Hopper, Allison, Brooks, McCartylf.Marshall and party here. Will «end them to Nort^i piatte special, train J-ome row to me^t your train there. Would like tb give theit off^eera and cooking car. All anx- "'1 " -.ot r - t . T. P. Devcle to Gen." Bbdge-,'®ltter Greek ,14: ''-Ojl-r, 1293 '•i . ? 't .. •' ■ut Jvmef 18G9, ♦ , •>nf~ ious to see you. Will yclurga-Weat with them any distance?- r>;i :1flr j; : ■ H, C, Crane to Gen. Dodge, New York, 15:- • ■ f On No, 4 send me statement of all equipments furni^ed, includ ing station hous'SS, .shops and all material on.hajid„' r. • D. S. KearnS'-to Gen. Dodge, Desert , 15 - ' , Joseph Btmot whO ontfs the land on north side of trade between e"aSt Idne of town aid a line running: hol^h from oe;iter of station, will sell for tw- huncr«5-d and fifty($250) dollars per acre,- rjfj • ' r:r n . phillip Snith to Gen. ^odge,- Omaha, 16;- - j lOe'o.E'. Spencer to Gen, Dodge ^ ^inci nati,- 17 :-i. i, " My brother B. 1.1. Spencer wishes to go to ^lifornia on some "busi ness. "Cannot you rsend him a pass »ejtv the Union Pacific road. " If you can send it to him at Theresa, Jefferson Cp, New York, i■ havef'sevoflpkX investments in view for you that must and will pay very largely. Two at Bankrup sales which are very cheap. I wrote yoif^^HUbiAt one some timfla havf.-Aotr heard from ,you, I shall return to Decatur in a few days and hoe to hear from you there. I ha^' -an erit*r& rAllread on ay hands which.I • • • oul'^ like to get you to take hold of and brUd, It has $16,000 per mile State aid, and we will'gil^ it a land granli next winter. There can be no doi&t as to the South being thf plade.to invest in-and to do business im for the next ten fears.. ' , John Cobttnr Cobtrnr to Gen. Dodge, Ihdianapolisi Ifidianapoiisi 17; o Gen. Dodge, Washington 17;» 'vtfjr f-,fiip-" ..«»re 1294 I learn from Gen. "arren that you desire copies of^the maps filed in the Interior Department with the repo-t of the.recent ComnissJon of wliich he was chairman. As I shall be somewhat at leisure for a few weeks I should be ib^aased to do the work for you. I presume the Sevretary will allow • • * ' me the use of them, (the maps) for that purpose. - - ' .. .• ha- jq Capt, Chas. B. Gaskill to Gen. Dodge, New Orleans, 12:- r I sun anxious, if possible, to secure a position, J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Devil's Gate, 19:- • . * . O ■ ■ ■Devills Gate bridge is impassable for trains this morning caused ,by the sawing away of .trestle braces in order to get in the brace of home truss^ It wil] be all right tomorrow and will be able to cross on the truss bridge. East abument and pier at Strawberry Fork will be done tomorrow. West abutment in four days. Trestle is all rifijit and secure, ^ ■ * t fi.. . Jphn R, Duff to Oen. Dodge, Hew Bedofrd, 18;- I r«#|jj^T®d yo^ttelegram asking me what could be done in the way of borrowing money upon first mortgage bonds. I hardly think you can borrow upon them. The banks are afraid of them, and prefer notes With good nfmcB attached. In fact," at present, it is difficult to borrow mpney oven upon Go^'ern...ents» r, ''•» There aeema to be a tightening up of money* in New YorJc from what catuae no one appears to know, and money readily commands eight, to ten itfMir cent on cdl. T OQR . fon < Jtine, 1869, • . • Father is attending to your affairs'at the Savings Bank. I am passing a few da?'s In New Bedford, but shall be back in Boston the first of the week. f r! f' ' ' ■ ■ r, r- », I r - The Peace Jubilee is drawing great crowds how. Gen. Grant was ■'. c* r'" ' " ^ ' " ■ " • , . - there Wednesday. He also reviev/ed the militia. The people gave - • f him a perfect ovation, every street was pake ed and jammed with people all anxious to get a sight of the Preside'ntk Everything in regard to U.P.R.R. seems to be running smoothly. Father and Anes talk of gAing West soon. With regard to First Llort. Bonds, | will make inquiries, but I am quite sure nothing can be done with them. That is to sfty, by me; perhaps some other person might have more infliaence at the banks. The Bonds still keep at their old'price, from 92 to 93. ThSy did not rise any when they advertised to pay the interest. Ames and Bushnell were confident that they would got ot qS, but th^^^h^Veh't yet. ••• . - 1*. - ^ A. ^ ^ P. T. Devoid to J. E. House', Bitter'Crrek, 18:- ' : i ' tl ' ■ • , , , . ^ J. L, Williams to Gen. Dodge, Grand ^iapids, l8:-' - .1 regretted, that I could not attend the meeting of the Bridge UTommittae ifi 893;^pn on the 1th. I wrote to Dillon and Duff that i thought it very important to interest the other roads leading East e tpm the Bridge, .. I hope to have some leisure to attend to Pacific . ' R.R. ■otters, and. to take a delightful trip to" Salt Lake, if not all the • - " <1 1 way through, ^ Do you still find Col. Hudnutt ccmpetent arid EfficientI as you vie June, 1869. ■ C , iTf'T. ed hiia'last July. Is he one of,your best men for .a preliminary-loca- .tlon through a hew and wild region. " ^ . o-r •—jf ' - • •rg I explained to you the very pressing and really hurdensoifte respon sibility .under which I have been placed .for the last two months from "bhe "legal requirement of finishing 20 miles of - Road by 1st July in the wild Michigan pine roads-, I am happy today that probably the last rail will be laid by the 21st inst. when I hope to feel relieved. ' The Court has now ordered me to build 20 miles extending fupther north, wS'wiint to finish it by Uie 2Dth of November. , , \ - i » Bhverly /.■ Keine to Gen. Dodge, Pine Bluffs,, 19,:- t Ycyur favor of Kay^ 13th., 1869 addr-ssed to my late residence in philadolbhla has been forv/arded ,me via D nver Cheyenee &c, and on y received yestiO**d».y». • " ■ fidnce WF arrtval in».this^ part qf the coxintry, I have had the pleasure tff eelling upon you and also of ^^a,9nding you letters from our mutual friends in the East, and I will be pleased if you will use your In fluWn#e with Supt. Snyder and have him ewnew his offer of a position. - .. clfti:4«., Myers and Cessna asked me particularly to write them of my , iMidI ^9 rely on your kind officers in my behalf. ' , Oakee Abmb to Gten. "^^^odge* Cedar Rapids, 18:- I aa at Cedar Rapids and go up. to Sioux City today and beack to- ' morrow. I hope to be at Omaha Sunday and would be happy to see you there. Mr. Blair will go thebe with me, I may go to Fremont 1297 June, 1869. , •j'UTU With him and hack "to "Geda'r Rapids", aiid go out on .the car with Dgden and Blair from Chicago, as that leaves Chicago the 22d for California, i cannot go th^'t' far with them, hu-h may go to the end" of the track with them or in some o'ther way. ' T Would olike to s^v'the road. The Ni Western people complain that the influence of our people on the line of the road is used in favor of the Rock Island and agaihst" them. .'"Z must do everythng we- can to hamonize matters and to get all the money' possihle for the road, as we were so badly damaged last win ter by wasi.e. * We are so very hard up for money to meet these Claims and liabilities and our coupons on our bonde, thaflt is very difficult for us, I notice by one of your let^ters that there are a'great ^ many ties in the rivers and on he road that are riot ne'eded--and that a great many of them are not up to the specification. We should have a good sharp man or men that cannot be bribed to inspect the ties •4 » - < . .. and timber and not receive or pay for a single tie or stick of t'xmber that is not up to the specification. We do not want any ppare ties or but very few for many years, and should take as few of them as pos sible. I hope that Duff and some of the mother Directors will be out with you soon. I suppose the material that«wo have on tlie road is being taken care of, and put where it will be safe. I hope to hear that the earnings are increas rig, they have not been up to my expectations so far. ^ t i Ut -,1298 tfir ijtvr . . . . , 'd 4 , - fc ' '. , . • 1 . ' f June, 1869 ,0jnff, : ,Joljn;R. Dflff,to Gen, Dodge, Boston, 2Q:- i Yours of 22d is received, and I note what you say about the cou pons. The Bonds and money at the Soyings Bank I know nothing about. Father paid the interest, aijd cut off the coupoijs <^c. so you will please e'), ' look to him to settle rr' r -or- t -• ' I .♦ O , The coupons of the20 First Mortgage, Bonds I have cut off Euid sold, gold 137 and a half, making in currency $825 (eight hundred and twenty-five dollars) which I have pl^aced as requested to your credit in fioather Manufacturing Bank, New York. By sending a check for that amount today. Llorris' report was published in Saturday's paper,,. and it has thrown the bonds down to 90. They seem to fluctuate worse t -an gold. Father went TVest.Fri^y but J presume yoxi *13,1 , him before this r^aehes you. . . Note:^ S: Pv Wilcox to Gen. Dodge, t Elkhart, Ind.,,20:- • -l I o Sends second paj^nent for lot in Grand Island. f 1 ■ ' if". rrth||i r'-J, t. Houie to Gon. Dodge, Wahsatch, 19:- , ■.f—", r * rw - i j| . ^om. arty objections to my, gOing with Committee of V^ays and means to California? They desire it, 4nswere Deseret.,, , .) HoOpor and James Brooks to Gen. Dodge, Promontory, 21:- f Money should be provided at once for pay along track near this end. Gr eat dissaiisfaction and demorallzatipn among men. Threat ening track Irta |13000,00 required by draft or otherwise to remove limecTIWfc* ■ llpwssity >»rgent,^^^ ^ ^ ■ ^ ^ ..n aiixri/r -m t 1299 ' . , '.V,;;- . r June, 1869. "T. Thos, B, Morris-to Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch, 21: Eastern pier of Green. River bridge has turned over to the west, I go there today on the train, is bridge on my Division? II. Gso. G. Ford tO Genw Bo'dge, Philadelphia, 21:- I received your telegram in due time, arid acting Upon your advice ^iiftvo'made arrangements for going to Saiite Fe by way ofi Leavenworth, (Ft) Having been thrown out by the consolidation of the infantry-Rfjgiments I was placed on Waiting, Orders, and then detailed in the Indian.bureau as Agent of the Pueblo Indians bf New Mexico, for which point I shall start as soon as my instructions come to harid. 'o . •«* } » ' " General, I have a great fa-or to ask of you in behalf of my bro-^ ther fftn. H. Ffafd.- He i's n<Ji^*nearly 21 years of age, sober and indus trious, but has bben unfortimate in business, and now wants to make a fresh staf't in the West} where-energy and capability. are* valued at their just estimate.' * ^ t , What I wHnf is "tb'get him where'he will be.thrown upon his ' own resources, aftd Where he' can mSie a niae' for hAmfielf without relying upon his father. HIS great fault Mb'been fondness for spending V money, and I think that by ta' Ing him away from this, source of supply, it will bring him to understand the true -yalue of money, and fit him better for the tmccrtaintiea of a busineaW life. - He appreciates this as well« as I do., arid is determi^^pd to leave this City at all hazards, and^ West and .work Mia way up •In..the world. I want him to ge to Council Bluffs or Omaha where I first saw^^ 1300 June, 18G9. rough edges of life, and where I flatter myself, there are those who ■ ■ , ■ ^ ■ will give him encour-gement, and take an Interest in his welfare as they did in nine, , . , If you will use your influence and secure him a position on your road, in any,capacity, where he can support himself, an^ gruadlly rise as his conduct may merit, you will do a favor for me personally that I can never forget, and \j(hich I am confident you will never regret, , ■ ' ■ ■ 2'" 'i . \Viii. V.', Boynton to Gen. Dod^e, Davenport, 21:- * ' eX aiall he in your place Tuesday morning. . ' ■ vr-r - lEV* .. H. L. Koons to Llaj. J. E. Houre, Lawrence, . , ^ Ks, ■ r .21:- , , . . . - Wants to k^iow if there is a Transit in Omaha subject to his order . , , .J, i.I..Eddy to Gen, Dodge Omaha, 21:- foppTeton wants to know if you have a copy of the 6r'^er that ♦ 44 1 . Hempstead spoke to you about at Echo, Note:- J. D. Davis and tthers to Gen, Dodge, Cheyeniie, 21:- . Request lots for the use of Congregational TOhurch. * ' \ ' F. G. Hodges to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 21:- Encioaed are vouchers in triplicate for amount due me. . I-handed in my report to you in Washington on the 17th of 1 have charged at the rate of $200 per month to that time. This charge is meant to incltrtle the week spen in end en route to Washington and also about ten dollars of the expenses. That i& to say my bill would be for sa.ie amount if I ahetld make it out In any other manner. v--! liW June, 1869, r If funds are not at hand, please approve and return, I will get the funds here. :*vi ■ I r: n Note:- Juliizs Plondke to J. E. House, Laramie, 22t* 'I'l ">7 fto I < , ' Requests donation of lot for Turn Verein and Hook and Ladded Co. , 0. Chanute to Gen. Dodge, Kansas City, 22:- I have your favor of 19th. We propose testing and opening"our • - * • . . * bridge publicly on July 30th, as per invitation s«nf yod ftnd l»lr. "Sick les some days ago. I enclose you duplicates in case the originals have miscarried. Although our public tests'will be very severe*, they a«y not, in M ^ ^ ' ' . ■ ' I . - the crowd of that day, be as full an opportunity of observing them asj you may wishj if therefore you can g'et here the dAy befirre the opening we shall take pleasure in making a private test of the bridge for your benefit. „ , Gen. Dodg^e to J.Ll.Ed^y, Cotmcil Bluffs, 22:*' This ever^ng send over the buggy and liorses, I watif to go out to Flkhorn Wedn^a<?lay, and desire to'start frdm here early but have no double team; also have Laubeck send over by Mr, Uttz the hoilse plans, I telegraphed to .have Froban come over with his drawing instruments, but.there will be no necessity for him to come now, or until I get back from Elkhorn. I telegraphed — • ■ to New > York for - the . I^apers . m'lg . Poppleton wants, . , ^ Wl • • .- ' ' S. S. Montague to Gen, Dodgo, Sacramento^ 23:- 4^^ Your favor of the 18th inst accompanying map of U.P.R. Is at head 1302 Juns, 1869. I take the liberty of enclosing herewith a few steroscopic views of our snow sheds anf^ galleries. Most of these views were taken before the sheds were covered in, for the purpose of obtaining a better light for interior views.,-as. well as to represent the general system of framing, &c, J. J. McTntosh to Gen. Dodge, Potter, 23.:- Please send oii.t latest instructions as to selling lots here by first trairt and' oblige. -T»rr-. ,» hrr » f' 5 Jacob Hought.on to Gen. Dodge, Detroit-, 23:- ' "r- .f • I am a civil- and mining engineer and have had a con siderable mnge of practice in Railroad and^,7;ater Works engineering, and in mining and exploring mineral lands. . In. the latter practicse I ha-^e been engaged in the Mineral Region of Lake Superior. X-am fully oompetont to the thorough explanation and reporting upon mineral lands as I have paid particulaj? attention to the study, practically and-theoreticall .y-of all varieties of vein, phenomena. ky refVsrencGS are J. F. Joy of II.C.P.R. of this City, J.W.Brooks Esq., of Boston^ Maes., ^os T.- Hall of C. R .& Q.R.R. Chicago, 111, Jacob M. Howard, U.S.,Senfctor frofa Michigan and .Silas Seymour Esq. of your road. ,♦ » . ' IJotei- R. -J.. Lawrence ,to J. E.. House, Evanston U.T. 24:- Concerning his account with Whitford. F. G. Hodges to G^n.Dodge, Boston, 24:- Touae of the , inst at hand which was satisfactory to me to receive, as otherwise 1 would have been prevented from writing r Jti p •. r .ft 1303 V - X P June, 1869. ' '".'ti further. T ' ' Matters are getting along here. The- Casements were here a few days^'ago but have gone off, I suppose with some funds as they sa:id they were not going without. Boomer is here now for money., but dnn't sbeia to get ahead much. The Omaha bonds'Mi Hard has made- some arrange ment about. Gov. Evans has got a proposition 'from the Trustees fto sell him iron ties, &c and lease him rollfing «tock (12 l/2'^) 1 feuppose he had now gone to" see If he" can' raise -the fundw. " Mr, John Duff, C. S. Bushnell and Oliver Ames are a ComrAittee to ge 'a new superintendent, &c» Mr. John Duff Starts Vicst tonight with , ■ power to perform^ all acts ^nd ^scharge all duties v/ ich the president v/ould haVe power to perform and" discharge, if he was President. lir. Oliver Ames thinks of ^olng out'wheh the* five eminent citizens go oht. mands are getting a little easier. " ' f-^-- ' My brother'^^tar"^"edr t/eSt yesterday . I gave him My vbucher^ Tor January and February ahdT TTaShington trip with a rdtihee^ on you to pay - * or approve. I will" write him again a"Tlay(yr" two# ■ - ' ^ Dr. H. Latham to Gen. Dodge, Laramlef 24>-.'T • . I're'ceived and arfawered "yoilr telegrairt delating trd Mr." Vedder today I am now and always hav^'Waterted myself to care for all R.Rl employees and SIS' sure I did my whole duty In this case. Gen. W. T. Clark to Gen. Dodge, Galveston, 24i- ' Can fou offer me anything at which l can make aiy $2000 a year? I am now on my oars and it seems to me you could suggest something to ^ 1304 ^.y . ■ / -i - my advantage# ' ^ * rf , ' / . ■ 'Although I made rid effort in "i;7ashington it .saems I was not even thought of then. I am much discouraged, ^ill you'write' to me? - " - Note:- C. p. Lochridge, to J. E. House, Eyanston, 24:- Wants passes on account of Engineering Department, j; / QX, H. J.' P. C mmings to GeU. Dodge, ^Unterset, 24:- K I dont know wfta't '^birr custom is a'bout giving passes over tha Pacific Road (I have one on all R.R's in Iowa) hut if it ino.ludes Edi-i tors/i wGuld he glad of a.trip pass out and hack, and still better pleased if it could include ryife and little girl, even if the length of it was somewhat shortened..! would like'a-trip out to the mountains and hack sometime this summer or fa 1, hut do not feel ahle to do.so un less the'Press com-iffs within the range of your pass list. ■ '0 -rtv' ' ' clarehce King to Gen. Dodge,'Deseret, §5:- 1 was very' sorry to mt»h you -at Promontory. I received your note on returnlhg frob the ^rvey .of -the Promontory mountains and rode directly ddVn to the Station bUt^ hotn W and llontagjie were gone. I *was {^rtl6Uliarly dtfsfirous of seeing you Ahout some matters re lating to coal. I 8hal devote thQ meet of my-own time this summer to the coal 'queatiori and hope to .se. Jtm and talk .over Its bearings on the R.H. Iffien will yon "a out' thip wa, again? ... . _ ■ ' By Ihe'way. al'out three ireeks age, I was robbed at Oorinne of my pooket boot''*hich eoht*lne«rtaoBg othar treaaures passes for the n.P. from nr. Awa for thb yehiv,' «nB fr«a Jlr. Huntlngton over the C.P. 1305 ^ June, 1869. . A<- ffT, The latter Llr, I.Ionta,^e has kindly renewed ne, and you.ane .the only person of the U.P.Coupaity whom I-know at all except LLr. Ames, and him I only know by'a sinri;le introduction.-I ?am anxious to get the pass in order.to travel.among the coal mines, and if you can furnish me one I shall be grateful. 1 - -i r The coal question seems.to ine extremely important and I propose to do it jtistide. Who is there fif your engineers or employees who makes it a specialty? 1 n ' Willard Tf&rhet to* Geni Dodge, Montgomery, Ala. 25:-, ^ , , ' Yours of "the-18th Ihst. enclosing three passes over your road is to hand. Please accept'my thanks. How C9.n I get passes over Gen-, tral? •^os. B. Morris to Q»n. I^odge, Tie Siding, 18;-. . %at is fflaxdmnin grade as per location hetJffeen Bear ^iver crossing and Quaking Asp, •summit; pieces as high as BOofeet per mile, VT. S. Gledden to Gen. Dodge^ Boston,- 25:- TJrote you 9th and 11th, Rfeceived your message from PromontCry wanting certificates, Ac. As that matters belonged to Ur. Ames and he was looking it up, did not reply. . . Have not yet placed with S. A W». or Duff for you the nine more 1st. mortgs you are entitled to, they have been scarce. Ar© selling some parties the bonds ihat «ra looked up at Washington, Can sell you nine of then «rlAPi amd'glve yo« certificate of sale by defi nite numbers and -you July inst,. In sold . ^ If you de1306 m .rti June, 1869. . ' vt r cide at oncd on receipt of ^this to take thera-ff so- telegraph me,^ key words. ^ ^ ^ rrrr:' IwJ edj 1o .•!'» ovT Safe- Take the certificate 9 bonds. , .rt",mT ^fa» oJ-ri». Renit- Mil remit you check on New York. ' Oceanr You must check on^Ocean Natl, Bank, ' r ^ » r . ^ , - yO:'.i „ 'Omaha, Fpr amotint of them- ii7e prefer you should remit, t .^ohnJK S. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 25:- • r: 'I ^ r. - ^ • ■ x "'ft Thanks for your very interesting letter f om Promontory June 14t »rt* expect Cakes Ames home tomorrow and to get posted from h.m, ■ t ftn < ' C.S.B. .apd John Dufl* expect to. leave New York tonight for Omaha and West, with full powers,, Hope they will get matters straightened out. When they Hopjper and Brooks come "back hope you will aas, unless the Eittinent Citizens interfere. We ought to be making up our bi"ls vs. C.P, and settle Junction, * . -&c, with them. Am haying,a hard time With U.P.Y.R. matters, but very hope^l^ all i3,cowing.OVt first rate. f . ' Bote,;^» D. .Warren to ^Gen^. Dodge, Wahsatch, 21:- , .. Wants to make back paimients on lots in Nofct piatte. ' '• .♦■I *n«.- • Thos. B. Uorria to Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch, 27:- ' t ^ .iWtt 'I ' The "bad track" b4t.ween this point and Aspen is improving slorly. , , The excava,'^,o^' is putting out from 110 to 130 cars of gravel per day, running it bfitfreenj.j[7ahsatch and the gravel pit. The» force at under gravel is not large enough. Most of the rivers are low and the bridges all seem to stand vory ^une, 1869. well. The wagon road*in Weher Canon is the most pressing thing now. Two .r.ore of the bridges have been washed out, LIr. Hoxie wished me to tell you he thought"it very important that srmething should be done at once as the travel v/as all going on the railroad track and they were liable at any tine to be caught by a train and some one killed. Two wagons were broken down and are now along'side the track, I have sent a'man to'check off the HoWe Tr4ss Bridges. I think it would be well to havd them carefully piled and covered With planks or boards, Curtis, the inspector of masonry, reports that the work is very v;ell done, of the Devil's Gate pier the \ioints on the backing are not quite up to the specificafion you sent me but the stone^ used are all large and well laid. He calls it goo^ work, I have been there twice and think so also, the sand is too fine and they ' are using some lime in the mortar. We have about'completed driving piles and fixing up the bridges from Green River to Piedmont and are now fixing up the Sulphur Creek Bridges, If we do not intend putting in st<5ne'culverts along Bear River Btttcm an^^ down Echo Canon wo will have to pixt in some more piles to make a safe Job of the small openings, The freight trains East are running light this side of Uintah and We might make arrangements .♦ to haul stone for these small culvers and have the gravel trains un- " * ' ' ' loak them. The passenger house at Uintah is about completed, We >•' Stone piers for foundations in place of iTjmber, They cost ds t 1308 June, 1869. . : ■ ; , r.r $8 per yards, a':iout one and a half cubic yards in each pier. We can only find one complete bridge for Sulphur Creek and will have to use tv;o of the Echo Canon Bridges to complete. Q Of all t .0 bridges on my division I consider the reen River 4 ifcridjse wxd the Bear River Bridge (west) the ones which demanded atten- , tlon first. I would..npt like either of these to^ go another winter and spring without being replaced., . . . J go on Uonday to examine the,. Bridge over Muddy, where we turn * • t ' • . . . . . out to see if it will be possible to drive piles for foundation or whether we will be able to find ro.ck, ^ • Jno. Sharp was dissatisfied with thp classification and quanti ties on his work. Aipppesaed to Mr. Reed to come and see it. Mr. R. wen bu-t'^hat. result 1* Twt Imown, ^ .♦JufJir- . Sharp said he would have :to ^get another measurement and go to ;Court about it. ^ . Jno. Taylor cm of ..the Twelve oomos out about $30,000 be hind, and eaye It »a inc. m In olaaslfloation and want of proper - . (p,ntltles. oont way what ha will do. Oapt. Bates has returned ■ind they say.hls mule tr.ln has been taken by Hupey Dahler 4 Co. for debt. 1 saw wmnan the othep. day and he tells me he is short In •• quantities and In clas.if4,.tlon. that the B.R.Co. through Ur.^Reed refused to elve him the of. ht... estimate and he got them hy sharp praotlce. He la wry eoofja^t of proving th at he has been eheated. 1309 04.; June, 1869, , I • ■ ^ r . ■ . . . I understand that Ll&,wrence made out his new bill or estimate that he will present and attempt t'- get judgment on, ' ■ Weber River is getting very low and I will try and get' line run by first of July for the alteration of line at Clay Bluffs, I \ . r „ - ■ , . I • I did not '-ive you my father^s a^idrbss in Philadelphia, it is ' J ' . ■ . 1 . 715 Walnut Street. I heard from Promontory yesterday that the C.P. Do, will move to Ogden on the first of July\^^ Col. Tto. E. Merrill to Gen, Dodge, Chicago, 26:- I have been informed that you have published a very excellent map of the Union Pacific R.R'. in pamphlet form. Note: Capt, E.' M, Coates to den. Dodge, F-ort Saunders, 271 > • *- * • • ^ . » Requests passes for sisfer and lady friend, ' ' J. 0, Hudnutt to Gen, Dadgd, Por^tlaili'd Oregon ' B7: - , A A Lihe nearly to Columbia River, What Ordeiis? ; -rC Note:# J, G, Elaine to Gen, Dodge, Askirig for-pstsses; F. S. Hodges to Gen.Dodge," Boston, 27. " " , ' The bearer, my brother, travels west to see the covintry. His studies in Gemdny and'here have been in the Profgasion of a Min- • * ' * *" . » ing engineer, which branch he proposes >t(5 follow up. He wo-uld like to examine the U.P, eoal fields, Ac, Anything you can df for him will assist him greatly, 1 had beeA iht^hdlhg to Stsk for him a. pass over the road but they arc b6 chary of suCh favors here that I have not mantioned it. 1 have never asked yet for a pase for an outsider over the road. ]310 ■ r »- • 4^1' ' r f»; Vj!, i. June, 1869. ' ->■ -r ,^ I wrote to you a few days ago. Llr. Oafees Ames has since return ed. He is the stanchest friend -to -your interests and to Lir. Snyder of any of the Stockholders, and whenever ,he -or his brother desires it, the board goes with them and against Mr. Duff who seems to be eppos- . ed to all the .ol "hands on the road. MrDuff thinks harshaly of Mr., »" 6ny.d€tr on tl\e coal question, judges him partial to the Rock Island Road and somewhat doubts his sincerity otherwises He also seems to think wcohgly of the'1 octet ion head of Echo, <^0. Any of the Boston men go ing but there should be taken right into the ground where these dis putes have arisen .aijd shown the facts of ^th® case. - ,^It has been said that . Snyder has lately appointed Passenger Agents all over the country without reference to Headquarters. If this is so it has ' ' 'hurt him. The Northwestern and other people are frequently report ing all sorts 6' Atories about him♦Mr. Rice of Chioago seems to stand a chance of aupplatning him. Finances rub hard here. Certain'mej'ibene of the board are I think looking too Sharply after their own'interests to help the company much, I understand that one of them expects to buy town lots on the line with his share of Land Grant bondt, I -f «• f r ; »■ ''' As for C.pIR'R. 'D«ff andtothers say that any agreement was unau thorized and 80em to think going back on it. But the fact of the matter is there seems to be no decided head to this organization. Your bill has received much fc oHanent# I am employed in auditing or itemizihg it for Mr. Ames and others. Thus the grading cost p^er, mile . r 1311 June, 1869. • • $23,580. Your affid-avils at 4 0 cents per yrd. and $3 for rock was about #14 ,000. Huntington and the Commissioners over $50,000. ' ' Masonry and bridges actually cost por mile $7,735 per mile and rock material and layfng $32,564 &c &c. Total per mile $82,265, fall on the standard of your bi'll for $4,387,254.80.) The only chance for any agreement on this question is-to have the C.P. and T7.P.- folks all meet here. The U/P. ought to have It figured out' before hand just what they will take; considering fully what points the" C.P. will have in case of any dispute. Has the question of consideration been suggestedd" The U.P. are afraid'-of the C.P. saying that there is no trusting theu. t « ! r.«. Your answer te Cemmissloners laid here two weeks before it was son "'to ffashfngton, and theii Mr, Ames wrote a,letter which.wip, I fear, if published,'rAther htirfihan help the matter I do not'know whether the whole matter has hddn published yet or not^ > f) f ■ C. V. D. OMenowith to Oen. Dodge, Leavenworth, 28s- ' ky husband left yesterday for his post at Canton. He goes in advance of me, so as to take possession of his Consulate, and dfaw his transit fee on which he depends to defra- my expenses across th Ocean, paying lh& passage'mCfliey after the vessel arrives in post as he is assured he wlll-fikve no difficulty in arranging it in that way while 'in San Francisco, • V; He will telegrq^ me from San l^'raneisco telling me what to do, If h Cl£per ^lj» boiind fbr his pbbt starts so^on, I shall take .that, 4[ ti^l2 June, 9 1869. « 41 if not v/ait for next Steamer, .ge will reach Canton at all events a few weeks before^ I can. • ► . ' ^ « ' ' He- said he should write you from St. Joe yesterday asking you for a p.ass for me across your road, or if you cannot consistently send that for a ticket on which pajmient is deferred until he can remit the amount. - •Everything depende on t-his General, and my anxiety to follow close ly as possible after my husband prompts this letter, thinking if by any possibility his should miss you, mine may not, and if you get both you will excuse mine on the ^score of wifely anxiety and love. B. P. Chenowith to 0 n. Dodge, Omaha, 28:- lam here this morning and will start out in two hours on my way to China. -T had to leave my, wife .and. children in Leavenworth, Kansas, • • • • • ■ISeemee I heel not-.oBsy to hrins thta farther, ,air" 1 oould not be certain how much accomodatlon or favor will be shown me at San pHnelsoo on the parV-of yoBBels. I so alone because I know T can daks my own way alpng at, any rate. IVhen ^ get to San Franolsoo I will try to gat apiae aaater or owner of a vossel salline to Canton to agree to'carry my wife over, an« .alt.until he gets there for his money. . 1 f.lnk I can do this readily, hut it would not have done to take Wto Ban Pranalso on uncertainties and then have to leave her among strangera, so I have left her with friends In Leaven worth. I >beblv«d *»0B'you'a, paae over your road, but that carries myself omy, and t want to ask you if you will sr-nd my wife a ticket ^d let me pay for it by sending the money on my arrival in China. 1313 June, 1869. * ■ « There will he due me about seven* hundred dollaf^"- iti'gold when I get theie, and I am entitled to draw it immediately, l^t it'■«i^uld' he three months and a half before the money could get here and If my wife has to wait for that it will he a year before she can coiae to me*i " ■ '3 -TX^O't •* t .. Note: F. 0. "tiitford to J. Edd^V'^^iCEigo, 2g:- Concerning his accoiint with Lawrenc"e« ■'fl '[ Note: Mr^. C, V. Smith to Gen, Dodge, Salt Lkke ^ity, 29:- TTants passes for some of her friends, ■ Note:- G. ?>, Failey to Gen, Dodge, Elkhorn 29:- no Wished 200 feet flooring. c • * T . Mrs. S, N, Fifield to Gen. Dodge, Eikhorn 2^ w' \ ■ ( • t '■ * * I write to ask if you will he so kind as to give mfe^a pass from r' 'w 1 • • . » Omaha to Columhus, ''iw i -> » r I am under the necessity^of'going to Columhus dometime in July or * .. . August, and althugh the fare thefe is not great, still something to me, J, F, Wil-on to Gen, Dodge, ''airfield,"29:» ■, * y-» Your tolegrara Is received, I' have 3dst read Morris report, * 1 ^ ^ What do his mani festos mean^ 1 h-ve letters from him of the 29th, and 30th of May and in them he makes nb mention of his report although • . • • . - . ^ I see it hears date of 28th 6f May, " ! '■ . v ^ )n , : T ■ ' »s ' 1 • ■ • . I send you a letter from" McComh, WtilCh iftJu can read-and return • r » with its enclosure to me, telling i»e ilh^rtr'^o'a think of the matter. 1314 ^ . ■ .•/. , , -• « 'v . ■ ' June, 1869. ■ . .t and if you want to go into hi's nww arrangement. 1 dont want to^ , tmlfesb I can know something more about it. 'Jrite about this at once so that I may answer hi^-. _ . .. ' • ' Coolbough tells me that he has. heard that the N. & St. Jo dividenid^'Will not be made until January. He does not knov/ that we are in, at least I have rtot told hi-.:. • , , * * * m . % . — j wrote Oakes Ames as. soon as I arrived at home, but of course he d-id-not set my letter before he left for his present trip .1 would like it if you could get my apointment as Director soon. F. S. Hodges to Gen.Dodge, r * f I have-nothing important to add to what has b-en before stated. Matters progress here about as before, and I think are getting a little straightened out. There seems to be a good deal said about overlook ing the 'jfentractor's accounts and estimates, but I do not think that I they will be overhauled. Ihere seeme.tobe a great desire to get out of all trouble and quickly »» pOBSible, and to take It for grahted that papers are all' right aa they arsy , It la said however that flgurea of final BStlnate. hcve ,l>e*i qhahged from the time that they were paid to the contraotora on the road, t o the^tlme they they were paid In New York hWt you have haard thlq and the rest of reports about two sets of ■ '1^ * " 't * f ff ■ ft i books being kept, ftp. ^c. i Jth4,«lt8upp3e that when Matters were irought everythlftg would b. done on the square and' that what has ihie would be for the 1315 June, 1869. benefit of all concertied. But it seems to be the iihpbesslon among ceEtain parties that they- have hot had their quota of former" pickings, so the goose is being quietly pcket yet, It sadly needs a verj'' decided and able man at Headquarters to at tend to nothing else. Ur Oakes', I think should be the one of all here. C.S.B. owes according to the books,- (per Haine's account) a bal ance of at least $325,000 but seems to be in no haste to settle, deny ing it possible that there can be any amount against him.' I am get ting rather disgusted v;ith a great many of the movement herd. In my last I informed you of "certain powers -which had been dele- * , 'gated to certain men, but did not state any opinion aw to whether any serious charges wore contemplated lit the time by grantors or grantees, • nor have I^since heard, but I think'a mutual understanding between the parties is further necessary before any very important steps a^'e taken. Money Is^girywing easier^/ J. Blickensderfer to W. Snyd-r, Tuscarawas, '30T- - . . . On Monday the 5th of July, I dbsigh starting fbk- fJmaha and as I hove no pass over the north Western Road 1 would he oglled to you If ^ you would send passes for myself and for my son |esBo over that Road %r. to me, Care Faniioi^t House, Chicago. ^ Please advise Oen. Dodye of the time I deslESImttag hcrae for Omeha. Bndoraement, P. Snyder to Oen. Dodgei1 have sent a paae as above, and wlliarranee the tripod and 'ransl 1316 June, 1869. ' • - . ., t . ^ • H. McCoinb to Gen. Dodge, Washington; 30:- I want you to retain^ your interest wifeh us -in the Southern Rail road asBOCifitlon, p.nd to help, you de it. I will,-take your note at 18 Eionths from July 1st, 1869. Interest settled, in money at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, holding the stock as collateral to your note. 'Tls a grand" good th^ng and po mistake. Union Pacific ought to get out of difficulty inside of:six monthsj by-her natural.increase of 'business. If ^.t were convenient to earry^it six.months from the maturity of the time named herein, at same rate, I would do it gladly for you and your sake. . J '-/If.'; b . ' •: •• ' . J. M. Carey to Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne, 30,'- - " ir Your favor of the 25th inst, received. The-Church through me their.-admcdre'thankstf<?r the donation of tpe lots seven^and eight block 293, and request that the dee^ be made., out to E. P Snpv* Johh H. Hoee, S. Ll. Preshaw, Abram Underwood, John Slaughter, Trustees of the Congregational Church of Cheyenne and their successors forever. : ' ' . J. A. Oempbell tp Gen,. Dodge, Cheyenne,. 30 . "■ Tnll yoti hO jpie tOr send me a coy of your map of the U.P. R.R. showing the elet^tions, &c. ♦ . r r - . -. > ..'v . Kcrte«- B. Austin to J. E. House, North Platte Nev.lQ; vi'in fi; Concerning second payment on lot, in North Platte, - t , Note:- Jv E, House to J, 1-. Eddy, VTahsatch, 19;- ' fC ftfends list of buildings pt up since Januayr 1st. _ , i "t ItC ' ' v., 13l'7 ■I. ,rj» vr' ' im * »(»• ■ ■■ '*" ' ' , J. V June, 18G9, . . t'ml Note;- Joseph Dubois to-J. E. House, North Plat'o, 19:- Concerhing second payment on lot* " " ' " ' ^ Note:- J. Brown to Gen. Dodgei LoUis,' 19: '"fio*- Certificate No. 800 • , G; K. Warren to Gen. Dodge, New Yorlt, 19:- r.n i-.r '"4 enclose a letter to Mr. Wilson, vhich I'wish you to forward hirn. I leave it open for you to read so that you may know how matters stand. ' Of course, this letter to you is confidential, and as it is I take the occasion to feay that there is no nan on the Pacific Railroad likely to deceive ihe except yourself. From what i have seen I be lieve you have"done-the best for all.parties that was.in human power to do, ahd 1 believe you always mean to do the best as an honest man, and I would rather miss th^ lAark lA trythg' tib-'be honest thhh to gain 'it in ahy other way, '' .r » ■ ' Mrl Morris expressed himself kindly towards all, the officers he iaet, and regretted he did not see yoii. ' We were -vbry kindly In our»meetlhg to'each pthpT, and he told me * * some of his relations "lb 'the last campaing (©olitical) which my absence from the States had left me-Ih -ignorance of. . / I auppOB'e that toy official duties with the-Pacific Railroads are now about ended and though I have perhat)fi beert" one of those-who have crippled the* finances of thC compaity In proseouttng thfeir work, I and those that Aave worked witii^e fiav^' Md no i^a thtoi te m^e certain ^ its ultimate success, and no ma,tter what troubles may come in the fu1318 June, 1869, . , ^ ture-,> all I can say or do .will be in support of those v^o are npw to manage the rpart. ^ G. K. Warren to Hon.« Jas. F. Wilson, New York, 19:- ■i v'tc* a I went to Washington on the 16th and met Mr. Llorris on the 17th. T fouhd he had prepared a report which • was being » copied, and I had to wait till four P.- M, next day to he-ar it read. Mr. Morris I think had decided to submit a separate report, for-he did not give ours a very careful consideration. If you had. been there ,we might have made ^an attempt to make ,a united report, but I am afraid we could not have suc ceeded. Mr, Mbrrie scarce touches on any point on which our report ^ is based, so we fortiyiately do not conflict much in regard to fact. * • - He h6ld» that as a Commissioner he .has nothing to, do with locat'lon (incidentally backing up Central i^acific Special, Gomii^lssion mi nority report) btlt he jfoefl" extensively into the financial management, (whihh I donl5 think I haVe dnything to do with), . . , On the whole ft t« l».p«ensati.onal report which will have the ef fect to make the ea»«#tlfe'Officers turn tc our report, for the facts. * Onr interview was very friendly* and our differences were of a • • kind too great to attempt to harmonize.'^ f see no way to avoid Auct.different reports except by confining the Commissioners to Ins true • , * , * • Mr, Morris reViefTS'^he oH.giirtil lamrOf Congress, the, action of th ) Railroad companies Irt VhfslY several fe ffoi;^ %f, have ^odifieatljOne made ' ' * '• ^ -tnno- -I -iXfi 1319 '■ 1 • - v. ' June, 1869. ' ' . . r: ' T t'- their advantage, censures the action of the Board, whose support LIr. Harlan approved, &c« You must see it to appreciate- it, '■ I added the ^:»anark I-wrote to you at Cheyenne that I would add, which I thihk will he important to the Secretar- of ths Interior in deciding how to act, for Ur. Llorris* report virtually recManehds the payment of no more hohds, and advises that Congress be urged at once to repeal the law which makes the Government bonds secured by the Second Mortgage, and restore them to the security of a first mortgage. ' Ur, Cox the Secretary was not in Washington, so that I have writte j. to him a letter ekplanatory of the way in "Which the C6mmiss\oners.<^ "have acted, In this I take occa's"ldri tod to speak of the subject of equipment " and helling stock for tha last 86- tuiles of vbhee road as being a thing 'that could not be fully settled upon till the.transfer of the -road was consum'^ted, so that each Poad cduld adju t their outfit of-thq part hhey are to contfol according to the rest of the line. I also said ' that 1 thought the tJnion Paoific capable of worked with less mo ' tive power per mile than the ©thef With the aame-business, and that in the report of the special Comitiission we had estimated for an.expendi ture ^1606,000 to bring thl C.P. to tha.same working eapacity. If this cou-li l^ be enforced I thought that equity required a reduction V)f'28 percent of the ■uailve pwer require of the U.P. or an increase of 25 pet' oh tlwWt-wC.'ithe C.p. As this letter is confidential to you I cannot help saying that T June, 1869. ■ congratulate myself exceedingly that it was my fortune to make the examination in your company infetead of Mr. Morris', though if we had all been together it woul'i not have been so bad, and for the sake of all ' thos concerned I wish we could have all been together. These separate, reports do no good, and seriously embarass good efforts at t^mss, so that I aia almost"always willing 'to concede sonething for mfere haittony to gfeiha: part of Irhat I think is right, rather than risk all by too firiniy Standing up" to extreme views of my owruy^ •' TlLomas'^., Mori is to Gen. ^odge, Geanger, 28:- > , . r find upoH'a hand-car trip from Evans ton to this place> that there are not as many men now at worjc on reparis as there ]prere when you went over the grotind» r- - r , - • . '^his is probably flue to highei wa^es being paid at the.mines « and 50 fcents per day more being paid on the Utah Division,., The track between'tie-Biding and Sfahsatch is but little better than when you paofiod over it» Prom Piedmont to this place it has improved very mfMh* 'e ' • ?** T . '< ,■ ■ ■ • Ilioy hiive « full oojapHjoent of men on the Utah division and the track la getting belter every day.. There have been no changes made in thO msmnor of doing work for the reason, that the,men could not be founrf'iirlfl when sent ffao Ahe Best they left a,t once, getting a pass out and going tb the witieor Cl6-^||»0t into the C.P. Rpad.. . L. ^ I dn not llTce the'^OTfr of putting up wagep. but^ something must bo V' ' done to get more men on our bad track and keep them there. \ June, 1869. I think fully half the work of widening the embankments might be 'done with scraper^ and it jnight be worth while to see if a contract could not be let. •' I wil] .take some of the men who are asking' for wjork up and let them see the place and get their prices and Write you. ' •» <-r: r As soon as stock cars can be taken to Corinne I will ship s.tock. ■i • Two or IVfte of the gravel trains with all themen might be turn ed over frcwi the Utah to the Bridger Divisirn, but I fear tmless they are paid the' same wages they are. now getting (|2.50 per day) they would not stay. I do hope we cafi do something to help that track, it makes me blue every time I go over it. ' The accident night before last was dub to a cloud burst» which t cut out about 36'feet'of bank, about six miles west of Grangbr, Baggage and mall c&r went in and the tenide^ oT thiS enginer', no onfe killed but 1 ' r • the Conductor had three ribs broken, some Other employees were briiised and Scratched. I examined the ground for the foundations of first (going wast) crossing of lilu^^dy. I find alternate, layers of shale and roack on the east si^^, aVld on tfte'west side We drove tiro piles for foun dation of Bent of tempora'y bridge*, and could only drive them about six foet. I think it would bw best t dig for a fotuidat ion, <wiid rip rap the faces oT masonry. Tfhfen the creek is down we can dig, 9 ■ . with little troublb. 1 go to CJorlnne tonight to se6 to shipping * mules, and will return to Green River to afee about throwing down that daungerouB'point of /ocks, * wva-j ♦ ^ ; I June, 1869. 'The Howe bridges along the line ar^e thrown off the cars in the most' careless manner and sh'uld be piled and protected at once, shall we do it if the contracting Co. and Bridge men leave them^?/^ Can you send me copy o'f your located line from Green River west? I Ifiill have it copied and returned, t ■ ' H, Price t:^ G^n.Dodge, Davenport, July" 1st;- " "c t *' arriving at hcme last night after an absence of one week, I found'yours'of the* 28th and't ^s evening received yours of the 29th of June. There was but little business of importance transacted at the meeting in Boston except such as related to financial matters particularly the pajfiaent of the interest on the Bonds due there in a few week#. •f '14 I wrote yo at>the time what the arrangement was in refe ence to yourself hs Director,•that'part of that .letter I read to'Oliver Ames before I sent it and Asfted h m if it. Was correct. He replied it was an'^ thaVthey had proDlimal him that' young D*ff should resign in a few days and'you be appointed In placej and that the only reason for elect ing him was that there might be a qubrm.of•the Board present for that you could not have arrived in thil® for the meeting. You understand the Directors were elected the Stockholder's meGting before I reached thero, I am surprised beyond measure that any set of men can have so little regard for Iheir veracity and consistency and can so far forget their true interests, •as to act as -they have done. The struggle seems to be who shall at the presaht moment get the most dollars, and I am 1323 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/55382cee72bdff8e133f3edd22ee1888.pdf 3ac45a4199343f679943feaa0d54308e PDF Text Text June, 1869. . ' ' The Howe bridges alohg-'the line are thrown of'f thd cars-in 'the most careless manner and sh -uld be piled and protected at once, shall we do it if the contracting Co. and Bridge men leave them?/^ Can you send me copy of yoiir located line from Green River west? I >rill have it copied and returned, • - H, Price to G^n.Dodge, Davenport, July'1st:- »' On arriving at htxne lest night, after an absence of one week, I found'yours of the. 28th end t \s' evening received yours of the 29th of June. There was but little business of importance transacted at the meeting in Boston except such as related to financial matters particularly the payment of the interest on the Bonds due there in a few weeks. ' 1 I wrote yo at. the time what the arrangement was in refe ence to yourself as Director,*that^part of that letter X read to'Oliver Ames before I sent it and Asked h m if it, was correct. He replied it was an-"" that they had prortlBed him thatwyoting Duff should resign in a few days and jtsu be appo'intSd in place, and that the only reason for elect ing him that ihef^ might "be a tinbrua of the Board present for that you could not have ar^ved in tlrile for the meeting. You understand the Directors were elected the Stockholder's meeting before I reached there. I am surprised beyond measure that any set of^men can have so little regard fcr their veracity and toneietenoy and can so far forget their true Intlft d'ltoi', "ae to a^t as they i»ve dwne- The struggle seems to be who shall wt the present moment get the most dollars, and I am 1323 June, T 869. , r,:rr^ of the opini on that if they h'ld one hundpeifl" geese laying; golden eggs they would kill them all thereby proving themselves the .greatest geese of the lot^, T* - ; .. f : 1 ■ . i ■ I know-nothing of tajay appointment of Any committee -to find a new Superintendent, no such action wan had by the Boar', but I-Jcnew that Duff was anx-ious'to rempve Mr. Sny.der, apd he and I had-some very warm wprds over It in the Board at the Boston meeting. Before I left, I had a conversation with both the Ames' and Dillon, and they all three agre'ed'wit®i*!TAA ttoatiMr.. Snyd r otight to hemain and that it wpuld be both impolitic and unjust to remove him. I left Boston rbelieiving that that question was settled, ahd samd of those men are in that Board of Directors. My opinion is that unless some 6f these gentlemen act wil a little more senae they will^get' into trouble. Duff's great trouble in reference to Mr.^Snyder at onei t.im% was that he did'WOt dischargw Frost, how that Fjiost Is discharged it - . would not surprise m tHAt this whould be a cause of complaint against him. 1 able is Sat new whep 1 can go- to California, I feel.a. great deal more anxious'to see things fixed about the cnduct a^ . . ♦ 'manag^ent of the-road than to make" any trip just now. •* ' I write to Oliver Anes* today whether iX will do any good or riot is dOtll)tfUl. } * " 'f' ' ' ' ». lO : d "Of ? • Wi to -Omaha, i:- . , 1 gcnte to Cheymuie, Wade -und party win be fits I • /io vnfinS liaew I'* «frn» ' * fa f 1324 »'4T ' 'jfe-'";. rax July, 1869, . herQ ■ "unday * Painter telegraplied that he would like to see you. T^ade .has telegraphed ,Secretary Cox in -rd-gard to the two roads which ^pinte(f^expected would be puhlishe'd in PapeVd,'"' ' "f, ' ; ' ^ Note:- Julius Blondke to J. F. House, Laramie, 1:-" ' ■ Ack cwledges receipt of deed. ^ ?rr'*';r>nB. k' . , J. 11. Eddy to Gen. Dod-e, Coimcil Bluffs, 2;* ' •'r'MJfdi Nr. Duff has not returned T . £ J,. G. Webster to Gen. Ddd^^# Bitteh Creek,"2:J'*" Ham has not done any work on change of channel of Bittfef'Creek, arid does,not intend toJ ? '• T ♦ • r, r " U, H. Painter to W. Snyder, Carter, • ?'«Wh«t tdlne M'dnda^ stOTiiiifig doetf Rock island traffi le'avd, Ur, Conkling is anxjoua to go home owing' to |hl^essional engagement bht I am exceedingly anxious to "Have hia see your 'stores and Shops!', he has seen every mild of both roads and the C^p,shops and "e all of our party be up, stand' No, 1 in li«»fly every pa' tlolilar*."/A: ' ''''• Thos/'t. Morris to J. Ti. Eddy/GVahsatch, 2:- " """ I have received from yoU aibout .75 miles Prafile pepd'r. Pacific R. Act. and specific at ions f,or masonry* Absenore-from Office dnd business have prevented an -earlier acknowledgement, I will Boe<^ (jnough profile paper to make; copy bf profile of line as i*t now is from^ ilHiW ifiver to Promontory for ixemftffcl Dodge and a copy for this office, •pTeai^ PbrarttrtF*' . . I irbuld littce "tl? All* "thfi indlfrporatlng tJ.P.K, ". if possible. 1325 July, 18G9. , ; Please send me some tracing; cloth, a few hlank touchers, soij^e headed paper for this office, if there is any, envelppes same. I want a bedstead, matting for office floor, a bureau and'bffice desk. I do not know what of^the above v;ants will-be filled by Company snd what I will be required to pay for, but if you will be kind enough to send them to me and let me know what the personal to me cost is I will forward check for the amount. ' t - When are you coming put to se^ us, it is some time since you have visited this country. I sen^ with this plot of reorganized town of Uintah, directed to J. E. House, eaq,., ^ ^ _ ^If there is anything in this part of the forsaken country which I can do for you please let me know# ' ; . ,1^ you want a for (Jen. ADodge's orffice,, Mr. Ricksecker will kill and set up one for yo.u'., . Note:- J.. li. Eddy*s Trial B^lacne, July 1st, 1869,. . f ' " fi^ptnr<tr on St,on« Cxj.vejrta on Lodge ?olp by Cleburn, July '69 , .«■ -a * ♦ "Qfen« Do<tgBr&o J; R, whltahead, 2 <&6DR95) See 8DD r r; ' Generar to Oliver Ames, 2: (BSD 96>( See 8DD. Oene**al I>odge to Col,. L. A, L/lorgan, 2: (25DR101) See 8DD. General Dodge'to Oliver Ames, 3: (25 DR102) See 8DD, Gen. Dodge to T, B, Morris, -3 (25DR106) See 8 DD. W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, OmaMa 3:- ^ from Painter# ISM J^ly> 1869, ^ ^'tf? t, Tfr'", Have telegraphed Hein requesting Gonkljing to stop .here tomorrow night to see shops, will let you know what they propose to do. ^ J. 1-. Eddy to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 3; . ^ .. Kr. Sickles wishes me to say that llr. Duff will be here today or tomorrow. Invitation from Chas. E. Kearney for the Celebration of the Completion of the Great Railroad Bridge of the Missouri River,_July 3: U. H. Patinter to Gen, Dodge^ Rawlins ,3;-. (About Conkling) W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 3. " , ,« , T D. E. Keams to J. k..Eddy, Uintah, 4: •sf -Returns deed for correction. '\l fc' • Gen, Dodge to. Olivor.^Ames, 5 (25DR106) See 8DDD. Gen. Dodge to T. B. Morris 5: (25DR110 ) See 8DD, J. JL Willieyns to Gqn Dodge, Big Rapids, 5: Yours of the 28th received. I hardly understand what is the trouble with our Company, but suppose it grows out of want of money to pay debts, V/hat ig Duremt doing? Is any new program arranged for Bridge?. Will $1 go forward? When can it be completed? * • Chanute writes that his Bridge is done, I am trying to g®t matters on this road in such shape that ■ car go over line to California this su»iimer or fall. When will you go? I see there ds meoting, of board in Boston 18th of May. I ought to at- * • twkid-ihat. , Writs, often. Better direct it to Ft, Wayne, At; tha. iy w«re but last yere I found my nephew LI.T.Burgess July,18G9. * ' in charge of 25) miles on Bitter Creek vinder Hurd. His si^perlor Engin eer spoke we\l 'oif'Hira as an assistant, -specially for industry and en ergy. After that lie Tras in'Salt Lake Valley at Bri-gham ^ity and 00, • continued to merit the good opinion of his superiors, perhaps I could aid hi., in getting employment in the profession. If you see Reed "or •artjf'^rie Who ha^' to do with ? will you plea^'ie inquire-and write me, ■ S * ■ " liy son olde"r thari -the one'with Ji'S last yWa, vdlfgo over the road to the Pacific about middle of July-and may call on you. P. S. Sometimes I fear that'Grant or Cox may fihink I ani paying too little attention to ULP.R.'R. this year, and give my place to some^ one of those who want it so badly. Please guard against'this through Rawllns or otherwise, !. • ^ " I intend to get through wit this ? soort, and will look soort, and will look a- • • ' ' 1 , after the railroad as much as is necessary. TJiile so many are exaralnlne It, and reporting on 1 , I think any further report froia me le ^ I T ' ' ■ - useless, indeed I think it is already rather tCo much examined and re ported on. What do you think of T. B. ilorris* report? hoes Warren ^think with him? A great many seomt o desire proninencS by reixjrting on the Pacific Railroacy^ "t, Morrl»*to Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch 5i- ♦ * ^ f.- - ■ k. - I need a bill of lumber and iron 'of Gorinne bridge fe o as to bring over to O.P. Ooi4®ny» ssifV^ Boomeb? 1328 ■ '.f! ■■ . - July, 1869. « -rrfl, Franklin Peal to J. .. House, North Platte ^eb.. •b:"' Wants Infomation on about his lots. - : o <. «- .'xth !S B. ■ Morris ta Geni*-Dodge, July 5:'--Wahsatch:- :' Since I last wrote ^0Ki'<«re have had a cloud burst in the most eastern of the Weher narrows. It lasted but an hour and yet it- ■"> . ■ oarri'ed loose Stoties and earth down the side of the raountain and de posited'" them on the track- in three places'to a depth of about ten feet.. A'freight frain ran into one-»of these washes and -broke a flat car and slightly brting the engine. V/e we^e detained abput 24 hours by it. The mas&nry on Sulphur Creek is failing fast and we I have one" bridge raised on the piles and ar® putting -up the others as ' fast as possible. ' • v C " r . "Thfe MbPflton paoplfer-6f tjib Waber Va^Lley are complaining very bit terly about the road through' -their Canofi.- A man was here to see about K/i-V^Vit yesterday. The new on the western half of the Bridger Ci- - vision Is a first rate man and* during the last v;eek has done a great deal towards bringing up Uief; traok# And the ropd from Aspep, to -can be min aafaly at ao-miles per hour, except .in one place. dffdpV htfs been joade tb put' in embankment from tl\e sides beI cause the mdn "have "not beon-un ihe--«road^. i.Out of 30 men sent from Lodge Pole Division sent to help out only two ^v*ent to work. *' ' We will not bs able to get that track smooth and the banks up and Widaned this atUMidr and fall'unleaa we ean get more men. * ■ I enclose fePoe KMRMht on thp division from Green Hiyer to f^' • Wrtw i I8d9 \-4: ■ ,v, .u-i , /iy f'f;.. ■ ■ ■• . " *■■ ■ '■ ■,'• ■ -It, '■ July, 1869, ,'rr. Wahsgfctch, for the last of Jlme-. . Xrrl ' It gives all men ht 'work 6n tracks Ghavel pits'atici Gravel trains. There "are tfome additiohaiU Ctilver-ts which inust be" put in before next spring, Quite a number in Weber Canon. By adrtitiohal*" I mean open ings'made where there are hone of any kind now, -th q\'iite'a numVer bf'bases -wheirfe the embankment Is light we can crib up while putting in the m sonry hnd in others we will .have to pile and put on strlngerfe to srupport. track while excavating.. ■ ' John Sharp 'told me that :,;r, Reed^ had' reclassified some of his Work, v/hich I suppose will prevent trouble from hUi, I niade an arranl^em'ent with the'Uorm'on Settlers at Uintah to fi^ their own water ditch for $100 and relieve the Company from all blame in the matterV They haW fixed it, Wiiat shape ehall I put the Work in sd fWby can get thei'ih money? - Jk raetfi* wanted to take the bontract to make the wagon road good through We'ber Canon, had t rfot better let it tc-the Llormons, they will do it cheap now thny wanf'it ^ badly. _ r Johri "idhabp 'foundation walls for the Uintah,»^«Maaenger depot, how shall t return h'ia (fuantities so that he shall get his pay? j " ' ' A gang of mciV go "to GrSwn River-to put in cha...ber for large blast j in bdd rock pel int. ^ • -i r ■ ♦ * . . Almost all oiit rfuta JdinSt be*o out, eloped, and in many case widened, perlibuiarly thr ash tlifAttsiiii»a"tllo»» We have also some additionil Mp rapptfttfitt'do. The tjj© Weber almost down to its summer aark. 1.^50 July. 1869, . •• , T"' The grade at Devil's, gate 1:3 aljiost all sufraced. Lays out': and looke well, and bad ir3ick between Echo and ^''ahfiatch has been fixed. If:we.are to keep the track from egden west.we.had better put on a few Kvore men Sls it is easier to keep upnthan to put up, I would ad vise an alteration. In line at the Devil's Gate aand ppint, Tf7lll send ■'•you plot of-'present line and proposed change.^y'^ -■ Gov. Cajppbell to Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne, ^yojiing, 5rI have* ytwur lefKBff of the 2nd inst. . My great trouble is that I donfwant lots for speculation and have no ready money. The»Company and every person here that has lots for sale wants cash, or nekrly cfcsh, oh every sale' they make, I have received a letter from Gen. Casement who says he will not be a candidate for Congress ft«m-thl's territory,. . ' -pj^gase let ine^knww if can do anything with the lots, and also I will be bbliged if "you will have sent to me a^eopy of your, rp..map, GardneTK'^ Co, Mr. V/. Snydor, 3r>yan Have bought* orfe'»rVln, and intendr -openlng a hotel &c, 'ben. Dodp^y^Wli^^ Bddy, Omaha, 6:- -tn,. anfiwAVlaaps out except by an order from me, unless request come# from Snyder or from one of the Officers of the Company, President dr Vice-President thsy are to go in report for the year 1868'and*1660. ' f ' teew .vO Srtj^sr to 8»- ♦ - Have paid no taxes in Win ■dm* e*s«#t' for ths .county in W:'oming, 1331 \ July, 1869* . ■ Paid 4000 dollars last year at Chej^erine, 'Other levies in that State and Wyoming named lagal and will have to be taken bare oj" soon, J. F. "filson to Gen.Dodge, ^'airfield, 'Iowa, 6:*: -' r. 'Telegraph Rawlins and tell him to answer by telegraph. ^ '•t rr - , Harris to'Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch, 6:- I have orders to turn' oVer but one - ? i Have telegraphed-to see about it, IIo '.f H. Vi. Hbxle'to Gehj'BMge; "Son-Francisco, 7:- ^ 'Gfent get the copy desired, t •v'or ' John A. Rwalins to Gen. Dodge, ^'ashlngton, 7:- , The President has mislaid hie family pass ov^r your road; can you send him another? - ■ i Geo. ^..Wiiaon to J, E. Ho^se,, Grand Island, 7:-,^ „ '-^ft&fore the changOr was mader reQ||iring full payment , on all sales * of lots &e. WantB infetmation on a town lot q\«)gtion, ^ • J, E. House t,o Gen. podge, ©maha .r ' f ..t I Will come over in the morning. Qwrr* Dodga to John Djiff".* 8. (25DR113) ^e 8 DP. r't T J-bhn Hlta, Consulate General to Gen. Dodge, Washington,8: do .iHed^ 'Ifb-rtne infownatien of Volkman Apdre.a. nol iwoiieM ^ snydtor to H. II. Hoxie, Omaha, 9: ^ , Our axpenses west of Ogden up to May Slat, 58,951*63« ^ ^ west of Hot Springa-#Aaf il»e ©3,023.21. This covers everything for whi^n acfouriti fctd^^an ra«iarod. 1332 ■< ■ July, 1869. ,yr'.'T. ,+ , * ' Geo, C, Tichenop to Gen. Dodge, Dqs Lloinea, 9:--r^ ' .It, J.oofes to me as if the matter,of Dy S.-Senaotr was in an extrem ly ugly shape. Allison canpot win, and it will not do at all to let TJri^t get in, he 13 weak vascillating and unreliable, and in the pres- ' ent position of affairs seems certain to be elected. - Wilson can. beat all hell if he will run. Now what are v:e to r"' do in "the'premises. It loroks to jae as atnecessity for. Wilson to run and that he should and must do so#* Somethingjmust be done, and it will not do to delay too long, Kasaon is playing a strong game, looking to a division of the party, ^ and the organization of a conservatire, free trade wing to be made up of copperheads, sore-heads and eonservatlves, indeed all the fag ends -.and lama, tha% 9an be united together, opposed to Grant's administra- • ;tion, tH# ia'Aaving Uia "buiamers " run,for the legislature in every ' obunty wHera one cap^b«^fa»nd, he is Jiaying sweet with the t^aperance « V tlmen, and I .am oertaiw la operating with the Democracy. -T)r Caven, Attvnt, to.Oon. Dodfi?, Green Riv r, 9:- 4a ao repoi^ad and. cpa^ited l?y ajl .heee. Last week saw three men near the Sad^0anyon, they were on the left hand side proper, and supposed sent from Fort Bridger in search of the bodies, ' ■s'Hote:- Gen, Dodge in account with Union Pacific Railroad, ' • flen, to T. B, Morris, 10 (25pR115) See 8 D.D. - Rwacd to Oan, P9<i,i3e, Echo 10: •> that is •♦i|a.<dO(W% iMlKjidlan of pf^r^tude? House says you ll^S j >" ■ r V, s'y- i .• ■• 7 '' ^ ' July, 1869. ' «■' ' have the profile of third hundred'miles and that it is on that. Gen. Ddge to Ur. J. "E. House, Council Bitiff^, 10:- *"X • ■ This will introduce Mdrrel Jozen, a French Engineer; furnish him wltri one of our mdtpd flOuMdd; al'sd diow him Bridge plans and show other maps as he may desire to see and give him reports of.1866 and 67. T. B. Uorris to Gen. Dodge,' Wahsatch, 10:- '■:! Do you 'want Boomer's men to stay here^until Devil's Gate bridge is up. Masonry modes two causes": ' • • /I T. B. Morris t6 Gert. Dodge, "Wahsatch 19:- 1 will see Masons and the work tomorrow, also the bridge men and '■f t 'v, B. Morf-is to'5en. Dodge, ^afisatch, IQ:- ' ' " Your letter o}* '3d mailed 7th received today: I will'fully ex amine the ground for foundations and masonry of bridges mentioned in your letter and send '^etliildd oAtlilate of cost. Some of the bridges which are now along the line of the are in great dafiger from fire, they have in several cases'caught; but have not burned long before being put out. On Sulphur Creek there were five bridge* three of 50 feet span. 1 found one of the'io feet bridges and arts of the two others. Cannot find anything of the twb feo feet bridges. ' < • Some part of the two bridges^ich arfe miesin^r (6© ^feet span) we're used at Devil*8 GaVe Wldge when" we had temporary trestle washed out. The 50 feet Sfiene on'Sulphur' Creek are made by Lvidloy and , Corse, The lieeenry on Suljrfimr Creek has been built for 50 feet 1334 " ■ iv ,- " •. • ' Aj^''/> / July, 18C9. .im clear span; th« bridges raad° 'for 50 feet length of cord, and wb have no bridge oh line which will fit the stilphur Creek masonry, " Te have eight bridges, made by L, and Corse, ordered by IQr.' Duraht about a year ag6, all :0 feet span which as far as I can find out are extra, and'we are using those bridges for all the crossings of Bulphur Creek except one, 11 a" rxt , ft * piles are all driven for these bridges, and by Wednesday we wi'l * have them all up and ready foritf*ao1c. On account of the embanJcments being low we may have tfc'lrait a few days before, putting track on them, but will put track on all vhec-e thfe temporary bridges are in any way weak^. bridges are w^iriit Up, and I consider tiie pile found ations good ^r two or three-'years should you wijsh'to postpone the building of the masonry, nee-^ingly only a little rip rap, • . The pile bridge over Bear River East needs but J.ittle to make i good for several yifttrs, A feW 8l«ditloifaa'T)iles and-a little rip rap. But fehe seobnd crbtfH^j^lit Cowtrmie is very high and the piles not* more than half dlrlven. lie "will have to strengthen that bridge and also tHe trestle work on ths east bank of ,the latter settles badly. J6hn Sharp wantrs |13 par yard for first class masonry in and about Salt Lake Valldy. ff ap the masonry at Qreen River, and Black's Fork for thai priea I wwOd aiall it cheap, Company to haul 'stone. He*to quarhy And load them and unload them. I Trill see him tomorrow aftd will write-you his prices, ' There are two or tftraa atone cutlers at Ogden and Bear River bridges. 1355 July, 1869. .r [rbut no effoj't has been made to get founcbations ready. Al;-,.the~f..-■ streans p;re very low and we ean go to work at almost any point should it be desired. , fid .r Is it n«jt about: time to be- looking after our■ snow fences? Jn I think/there will" be-no trouble in supprting embankments by tiling, the only point will be it will require a great deal of it for a small opening, . }- cJTould it not answer evejifo^lil'WW -to toport the cement^ in Bbls. finding ghavel here, an^ make our own ceR^ent»pipe» -Jfe save freight and'breakage Which will be very large, ric - 'v: : .V » " Perhaps we can use a perpegntage of lime 4^^ -f^efpiper thus reduc ing the cbst again. The thickness of the pipe need not exeed two ^ inches fon a two foot pipe, and would not require a very large quanti ty of oeraeht, * 1 invlf -f - ^ • kJrmyt 1» except froija .pgden ,west and there the force is not as points.; apj^wp have haul- ^'rto gravel only a Mtttla o-i thab li^t nxatai:^! we call ashes, which is 'Ver*y bad 'Wli'i'ii wati, wand wry- light and dusty when dry, . ' norlf on Utnh Division 278 men, four gravel trains and dfe a*oftvator» iBiles. This force is much smaller than it was last nonth owing to the reduction in wages. The stirvey of ^he "road Is complete as far west afe Echo City. I will forward to ybu complete profile or will make alterations in graftfl line ofi tJrlilaal froflle which Mr. Eddy has sent i?e. There is 1336 -»■' ■ ■ ■" ~ • - ■ • /- ' l#~l- •■■7'.fi ... July, 1869, a nv. le and a half which makes a fall of 1-9 pe hundre d feet or \ 9 I grade of 100 feet per mile, in many places owing to settling in em bankments and. in some few places the grade is as high as 150 feetper mile for a-few hundred ;feet^ , C.C. Gilbert to Gen. Dodge, Ft, Bridger, 10:- • ,■ * » No on.e connectod with the Powell expedition has reached-this post lO? report, is not credited by the best informed at this place. " "■ Wf f,. H. Paihter to, rg,ru Dodge , Laramie ll:-' • d^hsre is a great deal i; can tell you when we meet but do not care - to put over wire.. Si^erything now runs smooth at Boston. ' -McCoiab has gone surely into partnership with Fisk, is trying to make all trouble he can. There are eight of our party, TTade and his wife, ■ Conkllng and two of his New York friends, General Boyton and Mrs. Pain ter. ^ have the Ogden sleeping car and have come 8o far very nice- * r • . * ■■ ly. OonklinR says h. not boe- able to find so far a single pb4M .Moh any one ha^ # richt to criticize, anfl that there orsht to be .04e:.ew. rpunletoent for Snow and the men who have been aallcnlng theroafl for porpo.e .f bl.ckmail. Wade says he never saw a better rtad or .qulpaent. Conkllng. would like to cet a chance tc do a lit tle tronttfiiiinr . I «»nt to,have them go over rest of line in day light .0 When the, get to San Francisco their opinion can be"made use ful, aiarp would XAke to go to Salt Lake'City, and any advice you ■ have to give about r.u ther prpgMss will be takon. I have telegraph ed to Cooper at Salt hake City that we will be fche^e in a few days. July, 1869. .. . .... Bushnell is coding'out with Kelly, Hooper,'Brooks ami Tew" others An Central Palace Car Sleeper. The* leave Chicago Sunday^ A,West to ^n. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 10:- ' ^ Gladden draws on the bank on yoiir account for $21,900.35 - ' ' '** S i , • ' r please advise. 'I ' , ^ J. Bluckenseferfor to Gen. Dodge, June 11:- I have received a telegrara fro-a Gen. Rawlins requesting me to serve on a commission to eVcamine-location of Hudson River West Shore ^^.R. through the lands of West Point Academy, which he says will last about two weeks. s there are various reasons why i would rathcr hot dfecliho this service I have ventured to answer him that I woiild' go with ^ out previously consulting you, iDelieving you would willing to have me post-pone my work with you long enough to accbmodate Gen: Bawlinsy' Geo. E. Spen^r to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 11:- . > : Your letter fround a® here, 1 am here only f r a feW days and ♦ • • • . return to Decatur next week. The Decautr Property I spoke of -is an excllent bargain as the town is growing rftpidly and we will soon have five railroads there which must'make it an important point. In the pext three weeks there will be a good deal of property sold at bankrupt sale. I would buy it for you If I thought it would-®uit you. All property in Alabama at present prices is bound to ^luadruple in the next eighteen months. I have more faith in Decatur toWn property for large pfotifa,*and that speedily, than any other point either north or July, 1869. ♦ ' i south, T/here will you be in about a month frora now? Please write me at Decatur, .' ■ - • - ' ; • • r ' T. B. Morris to Qen. Dodge, Dintah, 11:- Sharp thinks he can furnish masonry by 'Wednesday night. I think r * ♦ ' ■ • • it will be Tuesday. Rave not b.een able to se foreman of bridge carpenters but will,see him tomorrow. I think carpenters should wait and put up bridge, shall they?., r c T. B. Morris ,to Gen. Dodge, Uintah, 12:- • Mr, Reed has decldecj to,have North ^complete the masonry at Devil ' kW Gate, 7 bridge-men can ^ begin tomorrow. ■ . Have f fltff t^rss ' , up tomorrow or" ■k" Wednesday. • r:- .T'rrC vV-j" J-. ,E- ;to Gpn.^Dodge, l^orengo, Iowa, 12:-^ ♦•'t "i will "be in Qmaka tonight. _ - r. - Gen.' Dodge to J. House or J. M. Eddy, Council Bluffs, 12 Clements is entitled,to 48 dollars for bringing stock &c. ' John,puff to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 12:- « Received 30 land grants, 21st mortgage. Others not ready, inter est Will be paid.. Think they will rise, selling at 94. Savings Bank note duo July 10th, Do.you want it renewed, . -o W. Snyder to,pen. Dodge, Omaha, 12:- - ■ ■ 1 X James Brook# ,x*ei|)Qrta from Chicago that he will be here tomorrow. f7 * ■ / James P. Wilson to Gen. Dodge, ^airfield, Iowa, 12:- JA I have your telogi*«n to^ Chicago, also your letter here, I can't go West with you at this time; am sorry, but can see no other 1339 July, 1869. - , way about it nov;. I soe Hammond is to take Snyder's placej who did this? I t ou!:^ht hot to have been.y Give me all the itend you can that will be *of "service to me, the govemrcent and good seTVice on the road; for if my coiTimission as Di rector cones on I nay need thera. ""^hat are the arrangements now about the meetings of the Board?* How does the case stand between the U.P. and the C.P.? Has anything been done? '7/hen will Oakes Ames be back, and wliat do y6u hear "from him? How long will be gone, and wheh will Price return? T7e let H. and Joe run a ifttle too soon. On Friday it was 123. But it is no use to cry over spilt milk, — The Senatorial fight Is becoiling Interesting,-and I hove just r ad one item which will make it more so, I have read a-leiter from Grimes dated June 30th at Paris, in "which he says he will resign, resignation to take effect about the time'of the meet'lng df the leg islature. Say nothing about this" as it is possible he may change his mind, and at all'events it had tetter come out in thb regiilar way. Grimia wants me to write him on the subject; what had I better say? Do you think h. ought to resign? I dont BSe how l' can assmis anV dtf'rorent position on the Seantorial question. I dont want the plade and would not make *a fight for a life lease on it . ' Still 'tfhiB iitug Werstood if the Legisljtturo should tender it, it'coufi not W well declined. Biit no such thing will happn In this State, July, 1869. Harlan's last fight, and t.he greed of candidates pbts such a con tlngendy hej^oHB -prbhabllity, not to seCy possibility. " \rhet' Cooley 'ani^-h*fcemenrt' look's like a fight agaihst Allison in the 3d District, 04* course C, stands no chance. Mtogether it may result in putting* ilerrlll on-'the track",' and he wdVd have gobd deal oc'' strength. T.'right feels secure; but" some of his freidns are" getting uneasy. Taken all arotlnd it promises to bo pretty kettle of fish before they get thruu^ With ^ - .i .- i' * '' H. li. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Piedmont, 1^:- ' "' ^ Party would like to hee • Will be ready t6 leave Wahsateh kt''? A. LI, tomorrow. General '^eridan is with us. ' C. C. Kendall to J. E. House, North* Bsn^d 13:- cf--# tfr* ♦"Cottrell ii working'SgainSt the Company, Advising not to buy lot ■; r- S, Williams to'Qeh." Dodge, Boaton, 13:,- - Ames' movemehl^" uncertain. 7.'ait8 Duff and Busshnell's return. Meetings of Board, July 14th, Augu^ 18th, Shall we see you? Bonds'ba'lcJW 90 to paV S. City" aSseSEMients. Hope, you will-de^ liver Evans* iron promptly, Oeh.'bodga icOl3,vei» A3b€U»|(.'13^ (5SPB116) See 8 DD • ' J. li." •». TilliamB to* Oert. Dodge, Boston,. 13:- , - ^ 'You^d of 7th July at hajJd^ 7a.th. regard, to the, $15,000 you need for engineering &<j, should''auppoae-you oouldrl?*^' it at ,Omaha and that you and Llr. Dhff had be'ttei* ht'trom the Road's earnings, rather than draw on us htr4'¥#l*'>tt»-TtotnhMXHaUeF.,oollnoi it there. 1341 July, -"iseg. 3 Money matters are awful hard herev ' , o».. Am t^-.is ^evonlng, in receipt' of ji-qur telegram, and have replied. It is ver^- uncertain when Llr. Ames will go out, he will want to see and consiilt with Mr-. Duff and probably have the five &alnent Cit izens go out all together, say r.bout the first of -^ugust. I wish that you. Duff and-Busnoll could^3,1 be here together, and that a program in which all would unite could be arrangeti for actipn with C.P.R.R. they are a great j3lock>in our way, and will be till we settle with tliera, t]ie martter of point of Junction and selling them the Road ought tb be settled' soon. , Think that the-C .P..R.R, are a party to the effort to, keep: our bonds dowi>. They aee 88 and 88 np reason: fJbr ^hem to bai'so-low, ^ Evans is to h^tve our iron for Denver-Road and-will, pay, so he says-, as fasii^sn ffe ideliyer it, so hope it will be hurrie-i upy/ if- "•r/o H. Snydor Dodge, Omaha, 14;- « Brooks stnd VfhyB ah(i Means Conmilttee will be here tomorrow P.L, party 14 In all, Hbw /ar East will you meet them? B. is tele graphing for the Commissary Car, <*-0. • ' " ■ " ^ ' ■ . :::\ r "' H. C. Crane' td Gen. Dodge, Wew York, 14: The* following l» «o«. of material itellvered at Chicago. Iron lasher ton. 41-2 ats,, t)aw i*fund. Bolts 6 1-2 Spikes if 1-4. T^ele'i^Pai^ Wire 1- 3-4, Iitaulgt%Sz:a € 1-4 each, ' John k; Oillied De4£er Mew Tork 14^- . ■ffanta three MPa® ^sent him. 1«42 July, 18G9, 0. D. Kinsman to Gen.^odge, Clinton, Iowa, 14;'. r.ii:!0 tOCjo.': " '■ ' '' ' oati,'? : Wants situation in Engineer's Department •5l art g. Morris to C-gn, Dodge, EcTio, 14:-, " • ' Hr, R'^ed says he has arranged for Boomer's men to stay and put up Devii's Gate Bridge. Thei?e are about 1^ piles acattered along.; • No one ijonklflg in quarrycj, < Warner and 7<hitman have camped there, . • ' ^ Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Lloines, 14:- My plan wtiiild be to go for Kasson, generally, » not only in'the newspapers but 4n eyery other way^ and not only for him but'for his friends-in the different localities, ■ ^ '-'^fle is' not'only a scotindPel generally, but a disorganizer and ad venturer politically; and is seeking to identify himself with the Re public^ party for its ruin, and'hls .dwn aggrandizement, , ,, Had he remained' quiet I should have been in favor of letting .him alone but sinfte he Is Seeking offtcS ahd leaders];iip in the party simply to do mischief, and to advance hli dwn Vllllanous, purposes, the party se curity and Integrity, nay, its very existence, deamdns his exposure and excommunication. r. • ' . r r :i I know the coiir«w'4-hdVbft hte would lead to the election of one Democratic member county,' but that would be a blessing compared to the fearful injury thaV would follow his election, as a ftepublican. The Democratic nominees itt this county are excellent men and no great injury could result from the,election of one of them, Martin ^uttle, one of them, is a war Democrat, no politician, and a 1S45 July, 1869. .9 noble, Christie.n gentelnan* r "9 ' !"'■ . Uy great fear is that our-party'leaders underestimate Kasson's capacity for mischief .-I know his, progra;;. and T tell you, If he is quietly left 'alone ft e will accomplish enough of it to ruip the party in lewa", and place Rims^lf in powef'Upon its ruins; ■ His plan'is asuperb, bold, perfect and a masterly conception, and springs from Demo cratic brains; My plan is to,have the party leaders thrgughout the State, to g6 w6rk with their newspapers aind if necessary let the Ad ministration furnish somd tJower* Democraoy. Masonry and Anti-ad ministration are the-levels'at work and which naihiisth fight j. Of course, we should not'and need not make a public issue against Mason ry. Kasson is havirig Kis'itten'run for legislative nominations in , every county and sehatcrlal district he.can reach in the state, and bids fair least with the'Dsmocracy, to have a majority, this may look'sihsational to ionih , hut't® Ad it-is a cold stark fact , 1 foAght Hoel, 66iild ntt beat him, I beat Nichols fpr the Senai.e, but 1 learn he l« tmng now for }^-,Hpu8e. I am, doing, all I can to help Uillard beat Laws, and to beat Dashiel JVaddell and others, but I ban ho mi fe dmparatively little. j ' the "Bulletin", 'kksson's organ, published by the thief, Orwig, 18 about sailing into me generally on the ground my, interfering in leglBlativo nominations in other counties. , .J^sson fearing the fi^it has run off as usual, gone to »<n» York to funds for his fight from Loekwoodi M probably the Democracy. / ^ ,r*tr T " ■ iX ' i July, 1869. * .!j a ; :icj^ R.Anderson to Gen. Dtidgo „ .Sidney, 14:- ntt prft ' i .1 to 'dnfonned that Van Sandt of Page' County,- is a candidate for Assistant in this district. AlSaUHat. an old mutual friend, Harvey of thi'd place, who is now in Washington City, is doing what he iJaa for him. Mr.' H. .tre&s res sC rrudge against me for the part I played in ■the Cdngressional canVas of 1866,-. and would now be greatly pleased . to pay me ofif i'n this way. -depend upon you General, to watch him a little in behalf of my interest. Feeling assured of your friendship 1 thought be«t to mention this to you,. ^ . .. I.i'wat-ttorts-if tl»ei^ was anything ln.it you would attend to it. and if I had youKffiriendship and »favor I.T^o^ld have but little to fear from flu6h lOdn as these. r - •- * J ♦ - « ' , A J ^ r Thla atanatng eandldata-f or Opneress would like to get the topreaaion ahMad:th«t he la running this dlatriet.^ That he rune Kr. Harlan (both belonei«g-*« 'We ohuroh) and that in that way he ia a wonderful fl«.ir;I.have aeeu his,letter and picked up enough here ^ ' ' ■ ' J.J and th»r» td satisfy »e this is,his i'Tea. ' .I ♦, ■ Hiwrit Palmar, to Gen. Dodge, Des Lloines, 14:- YourB^-ef-the lOth reached me last evening. 'ft oeor'ge Tioh.nor w«w.te to John, A. uilla to induce him or hie father to run .for ttoe. Ecu a.-from Oaaa OountyV but John writea that neither he nor T,t8 f«th.r.,.|. l..*»t«fae. being largely engaged in cattle bueinoas. . ... i.-k..w ll.<id.:uwaa all wrong, but Them. «ithrow aaya he la at work for «hitn.,.M,*tlanyic, and •■mitney ia a-partndr of Prtok Allen's 1345 July, 1869. . • ' in the new towrr Atlantic,: so th&re is a chance he can be controllod if noininaCed, still, 1 wish soBie bthfer man could be ncMinated, ' * Col, Noel was ndiH-ihated in fiftllas .on Saturday at the Primary elections, but ran between 200 and 300 behind the rema.inder of the ticket, threw in all the help against him we could, but he has been King in that county so long, it was hard to get men to fight him. 'I^ith the 'railroad 'towns now' growing either Side of Adel,, we will carry that county hereafter, ■ « - - • - ' * / ^ i •• Tha.i. Vfithrdw thinks Brai;-:ard would vote for Wright,*.on account of old ^an Bixrne Co, Associations, but would of course make iKasson his second choice. He ought to *ba beatne if he can be. My own impression is that quiet systematic Work in whipping his candidates for Senators and Representatives may he beat for'the pre sent. There are certain candidates for r. Senator who would be glad to have him loom up enough to overshadow Wright, and who would actually defend him if assailed in the newspapers,"but who would them selves fight him publicly and privately if they feared he wnld be,, strong enou^ to'be nominated. I fhWr fhat he'is stronger now than any other pandidate, for the reason that he has done more SS'stematic work 9.p is shown all over the district, Re started otl for Hew York (1 think)^to raise a coVruption fund. The trouble ie, that Wfight feels too confident and what'work he does Is not of the tying-up sort. Against a man who will use all the money he can raise and promise all the kln^oaea of the (.arth, -Slight will stand a poor 1346 July 1869. show. We whipped;Kisson in his game of nominating Nichols of Guthrie for Senator, Frank Murroy'was nominated "by the votes of V/iliis (Noel's competitor in Dalls} and 7?iiiis* friends, and knov/s and ac knowledges the obligation. You know the Slope Counties better than and dan* tell what tactics to adopt; but Thorn, agrees with me that hdre we can make mofe for the present by quiet, energetic work in the Counties, Millard of Clark is running against Doc. taws in that County.- * Llillard of Kills could help hie brother a good deal. Doc. LQWS ^is little better than a Democrat, ' ' " I am sorry you and Wilson and Price are going away now, for with in the next "four* weefcs tha coi&tjosltion of the Legislature will be de termined,' It may be that^*ilson will be compelled to go into the fight, to save the Stfete fTOm the inevitable disghaee.of Kasson a election.^ R. G. Hazard to Gen. Dodge, New York, 14:- . . .. I suppose the electlbh Will be held in Boston,, week after next, probably early in the wbek. It seoraS to me IdiDor'tant that you should be there, as you should be in the Board x^f Directors, and it will he absolutely necessary that every director elected should be at hand ' to hold a meeting Immediately after the election. r _ '"iP:. ■ It" I suppose you will be telegraphedj^gi^ to thd time, r > ' 'I ^ -v,, Gen. Dodge to Oeo. 0. TlWieflor, i61 (29DR1174 • 8.9 SDD 'Gen. Dodge to T. B.* BBrrtSi 1«. i <£SDBn8> Se, 8.DD Oen. Dodge t6 HlraA Hloe, 16. 'iwmai) a*, 8 DD' • "it ■ 'Tv:::;?!?- ''' " >'■ July, 1869, - .>tx^ k' :h. II.' Hoxie to^Gcn. Dodge-,jDeseret, 15:^ •*, I •»'/ please send Uorris at once to condemn the laijd. Prompt action needed. o Z frC • \t ' fi J?o' 6. "K. Warren'to Gen.- Dodge j- . .j, - ■ ^ O' I think in aijy arrangement you mayj makQ with the ,C. P.Co, for ' transferring'the ro ^d from Promontory to Ogden, it^would be we^^to make arrangements,for securing the completion of the work so that the GovernineHt will not have the case complicated-by the transfer. I have tried to act in a mo§t liberal manner as .a Commiesioner so as'to facilitate the treaasfer by y®Ui - ^ ■ t-- ■ Jamea F. Wilsont o Gah, Dpdge, Chicago, 15;-, Tliat do ^oh-h^ar from Gf and R. Answer caj^-e of W.F.Goplbaiich. n. Price to Gen*.Dodge, Davenport» .15'- t - . • ^ ^ Leave here Uondaj mornlne 26th Inst. If this will not you fix day. -Ahiwer. " vo- , ■ - ... ■ //H..prlc, tmOBn. Dodge>.Davenprt, 15:- Your.e bf thfe »tlt tnst. received, by yeeterday 'a mall. Two daya since T receive fron Oliver Ames a. reply to my letter In Which amonS othrt" thing* >> says thst, "ICr. Duff has eons out on the road to look at tratters at- Onaha, and to mak such Inqulrlas as he may think propmr, -«.« metltq, swoh Investigations Into matters as may enabti htf to "W#® , ind»stmt^« the operations of the road, and re port. 1 do that h. will make any changes." But fro» «y post experlenos I should not be"surprised If the 3.348 • <■{> ■ '■ Julj', 1869, :trT. President of the COi'apany would consent to changes for the e ke bf^^' peace, i have i^rltten tc^ade this morning a long letter, giving him my reasons at length'why Mr. Sny-:ier should not be renoved. •I ^ inclined to think with ybu thft political influences have much to db wit this matter, Indbedv 1 Know that Duff gets some of his information from Senator Thayerl ^ *- " A notice of a meetirig of the Directors at Boston ""on the 14th inst. was sent a few days since, -and a letter from the Secretary saying that the meeting was only for the purpose of "approving the appointment of C. Warren of Boston, Trahsfer Register, and also t© aiithorize the collection of interest due on our Ciirrehcy'Bonds at Washingto" and Intimating that it was not essentially necessary that I should be pre sent, I think that the By laws providS for quarterly meetings and my impressiong is that the next meeting is in August,'but I will write to Boston today and ascertain and let you kno^ • . * . . k Note Gen. Dodge to Gray, Prince it do, July* 15tB5DR124) 8DD E. S. Chexbrough to Gen.Dodge, Chicago, 16 : About eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) Further particulars toni^t by mail, Geo, 9. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des |ij^oines, 16:- V* "0 ' \ A I have Just received your kind dispa'toh of yesterday inviting myself and wife to acowapan; yourself and Mrs.* Dodge tn Bait liSke. I assure you that my wife and self are very gratoful for this 1349 July, 1869, . , 'L,;- kindness, nothing wouid afford us more pleasure than such a trip in such company,: We. are, however, as we. deeply regret, expecting soi^e frienjis to visit us, and are not prepared just new to say that we-.can go with you. If', however, we can possibly arrange-to do soj v/e will and I will advise-you in season^; however, do not under the circumstances make calculation for us. I sincerely trust the future may afford . us an opportunity of•enjoying the society.of yourself and Mrs. Dodge over:ihat gB«aut.^hi^llgiy and through, those sc®ues so. prominently associa ted with your history. o r.rtr : JlO j ' U. H, Painter to.Gen, Dodge, Philadelphia, 17;- ^ . . , ' ' < ■ I am afraid so. Just returned froo Boston, Tried to get some actionabout it and other affairs, and fear matters will be much ' ■ " ' * 1 j ' worse before they are better, .Write you today. f , T , ^ J. M. S. 'illiams to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 17:- As reqfuested in yoiirs of 9th inst, voucher No, 3520 for |425 June » ■ • ' f - • Pay Roll^ J. E..House, Div, Eng. is retxirned to you for signature of ^'il- • , ■ * •' - liam Clebume,,Engineer, .. . J, l-, Williams to. Gen, podge. Grand Rapids, 17:- You may recollect that a year ago I sent you a tracing of my plans tf Trestle Bridge gotten up with some care, and designed as a suggestion . . . . y for the Missouri Stiage, I think you sent it to Mr, "'dcott or to y.our, offioe In Omaha, The. drawing represented a trestle of different a side view, I now need seomthing of the kind and will bo obliged If you will eend to me the tracing, or a copy of i^^ 1350 r ■ * - ' July, 1869, to Port Wrfyne. I'-have the "bill, but-cannot find any copy of the plan. Direct to Fort 7/ayne, • f r , • r ^ I . J. t- -> r f •. ^ yT U. H," Paintep^ta-rren. D^gej West Chester Pa. 18 r. ■ I went over and spent two days trying ta get the directors to look Tiipon-the situation as it isi and tcj act-at ■ o-nce, ■ arnd-oame away jjjT •- very-niucl^ disheartened♦' "l^he. Araes* claimed that the Road was making the ♦interest and-tho iSiboelQ wcwld iba good-yot,^ &c.^ -J denied both points and they roferr>SjJ^f;;irer tfO Snyder'a dally-reports. I stt-uck out the item of Contractone' freights, and half> of the Government account ' ♦'.and it left an average for June of .$19,000 per day, I asked them ^ what their; daily pay roll was, and they had no, idea. Hey said the th«»ough froights have jiot set ip. yet, I told him they were not, likely ' to unless there was a change in the. rates, i^d ,sonie special rates made f 01* - speplal' cases, they said that could not he done, that what discount V»««t.pcid0 ought to be made. by .t^ lines East of Omaha. That Dodge WBttite^.to cut down- rates, but at th® figur.cs he would do it, it would not pay ea^enses, I ^dl(|^reed witii him ^and .slid unless there was a •change they would hav£>^reif^it ca .a rpt^ dawn op the track. _ I l«»g«»d « atrong and vigorous management of the Road with you at the Iteed; ef' h^t Oakoe,* aaid "Why ha .is at the head now, and has his own man aiyder e* Su^ri^tendent , J, 8>ld you were not in the Board, and I wanted to know why there was any further delay in giving you ^ Dui^ant's pthaoe'as-waa-agreed upon. He said that they could not get a quorum of the-board now to.dh bbs.iness and they were compelled to 1351 . ■*' July, 1869, . , ■ keep all in who wereinear Boston. , I dsksfl him how long that State of affiars would last and he did not know. . ' ' Bushifell has settled v/ith everybody and given-drafts for ;|)2,750 '000 and "writtdn *niOst'glowing accounts of the prospects of the road, &c, and got their-ideas Hfayup), ' t tried fd. get a movd made to have the bonds iSsued I^rbmontopy to'the-U, S, before "the G. P. made trouble end told them Wade "authorized me to say he would go"to Washington and help if theyiet him know at'once, but- I came away without getting any- 'thing fixed. I showed them that «the''interest they were losing was over C5000 per day, anc^ the 'Bonds could be issued and left on deposit if Boutwell wodld not release entirely. They were delighted with | Wade's and Conkling's reports'and seemed to think they cOuld go to sleep on them. I told of the way they were prepared and of Congling's talk with you. 'I hammered away at Vulfams,''iftiiakrd and the Ames' for two days and set them to thinking anyhow. They Were surprised to hear Seymour and Frost were around IHiff and that he"^ had hot Seen you, 1 am glad that Jim VJuson is on at last. " Now if hiSf'Will act with*Wade and put a little life' Into matters at the August meeting it will be well. Wade is sound to the core, 1 expect Alley back tothe August meeting. I have written him that he must comb' at once or the Bonds would soYf for 60 cents before six mOnths, and the wtock was now at 20 cents. That pretty map you sent 6f lan^S bh'-iWFltttBfAade* thetr eyes bug out as though it'wero lists of fat bahU abeO^te'And no debts in 1352 . . ' • July, 1869. . i?w?r the family. *'•' ' " ' ' ' • Morris has madd no impression in .Washington except with Grant, tut he has with the-public. Conkling's message I-had 1io send to Utica for neither Boutweli or Cox would let it te copied for print, and yours seemed to riiss fire->ntirely. It did a heap of feood^ This last hatch of accidents near Antelope is very bad. : . Drop me A'line to West Chester, Pa. I :wlir try tp keep you-posted. ahe the o^>ating and repair,accounts about per-day? r T, N, liorris to J. K. House, Wahsatch, 19. I have the survey of the additlenAl piecC of - land bought from the iomons' at^ Cintah, laying north of the R.R. ^I^shall send it to - you or to'those men and have them make out the deed. . '' " The arrangement was they were to be- paid for last price at sane lime as* payment was made on former pur eh se.- - ' . ' ^ v r,. " ' '-Wotet- Gen. feodge-t'o J. tW S'. Williams 19 (25DR126) See 8 D.D. Pred A. Wiebe to J. P-'House, Grand Island, 19:- "J-'ohn to ^en. Dodge, Clarskveill, Nebraska, 19:- bre about to locate a 'coimty road-running parallel, with U.P.H.R and"tWre"l8'i dmfbt in regard to the pldthr^o^S, the Ji...R.'s limits. Some say that the R.i^.Co. haVe <Mie hundred feet on each side of the track, others^ay orily on bach'Slde of the tgack, and we want to know so as to get the^«#«in*t roa^d ^euisAfie pf.tho R.R. ^limits. "' 'the'tT.P. Agent at Lone treb that-you had paiaphlets con taining the charter bf the tl.P.R.ew I^f(HetributM)n and if you have r -■ 1«53 ■ . .j July, 18G9. . please send me one and if you have not v/ill j^ou "be so kind as to let 'me know 'the width thfitt'the IT.P, ha^ye-on each side of the -track, '' H.' Price to Sen. Dddge/" Davenport, 19;- , , hfl ; We have had all our arrangements made for some days to leave here Wednesday morning and"Omaha Thursday, or at any day or hour you might desire. ' " .?'['> '■ , ... . ... My-daughter, .Mrs,: Collier,,who ^resides in Chicago, has been spend ing the'last few weeks'here, her youngest child, a boy, was .taken sick last Thursday,but not cpnsidered dangerous until yesterday (Sunday) and at'10 o'clock last ^night died. This sudden bereavement is a great afflcltlon'to us,and the more so because her.husband is ab- ^ sent in Europe, »You see we cannot leave her for some days. Possibly we mat'he to leave early next week, if so, I will tele graph you the day. I am very .sorry to disappoint you and Llrs, Dodge, ' and hope it may'b<b Afc eerlbus inp-onyenience. 7/hen death comes all human calculations must glYe way„ , t* ~ ' if * ' ^ T. lA UOrrt.8 Vo ^eh. Dodge , Wahsatch, 19: - I enclose bill of ira Spaulding for water ditch near Uintah, Will forward "bill of ihapp for foundations at Uintah in niy next, Mr, Buahnell arrwiged with contractors and gave them drafts on Boston,'ranging to six months, except Jphn Sharp and Brigham * Young.* Sharp tell iA-ihat Mr. B««hw«ll offered .BrJ.gham all the iron he needed for'hlw'^rWiioli^eLt Skmmr rates than he could purchase I elsewhere to be charged to his g^i|«, account. . X, enclose also 1354 ••'.Ml July, 1869. . ' estimates of. the post of putting in foundations and masonry for the three crossings of Blacks Fork, Nos, 110, 118 and 131 6f Bridger Division, I "end by train book giving description and numbers • - • '. I t . of BrldgoB on the Bridger and Utah Divisions. • * ^ J examined the^ Bridge put ujp by Evans No. 107 first crossing of Black* s Fork. I find the masonry is too wide for the ppan of the bridge, and the first main brace does not reach the abutment or pier, but is supporred by brace^thus . T.'ie pieces of timber which are ' r used ■ r as , braces are not well set into . . the Hall , , , , and are liable to give and the stone not being of the best ciuality is likely to crush or split off. I think it best to put a bent xinder the brace. .v:e have put in two large blasts at Green River rock and have done ' well, ' but made but little impression on the main piece. . . . .. • . . . I . , We ars. getting ready to drift in a tunnell, about 50 feet from . top of rock, and w.ill put in a large chamber with large *^ot and hope to throw doan and clear off track most of that which is now loo-e. • - I The track improves slowly but steadily all over the Division. There ara points near.Bryan and along th ; "Lluddy" which on ac count-oS the bad material will give us trouble to keep smooth next spring, unless we can get in some gravel this fall, ]^r. Reed told me that Warner and ^hitman had closed out with con struction entirely and they were to receive company paper in payment. And-'that lir« Buahnell had arranged with them to go on and comSiete tha «a®onry taking the work from the R.R.Company. 1355 July 18G9. • ' » « T- •» p - I-. .-••• • w ■ -* * ^ ft. f* A ^ ^ ^ There is a man by the name of Joseph Bunot ait Uintah who had a house and lot of ground through which the R.R. was built. His , house cost $1000 as per affidavit of D. Biby. 70 fruit trees were destroyed. He applie*d to Mr. Reed and he' sent him to me'telling him you would attend to his case, 1 think he will take 6 or $8500 and ■(-t ' • • • I . , ■ ■ give deed for land and release company for daj;iage. "Shall I do anything with him or to whom refer him? The Devil's Gate masonry is not finished yet, but they say (the masons) that they will have abutment ready for wall plates by the 21st. or 22d. The carpenters have drawn in the Howe Truss and braced it well and begin today to scatter the Iron and wood and put up the | V r r false works. Grey tells me it will take him a month to raise the bridge. Hain's Rork bridge cannot be raised until the masorfry Ife completed. One side of the main abutment is up but the tie lacks 11 or 12 feet. On the other side the abutment is just up to the ' ' ' 'T ' To ' -n rui " ' surface of the ground. I would like to have a spring balande an({ wire (light) jj' .. I . • j . . . , . 500 feet long to measwe these spans with, I will test this mason ry before comiketing it, and if it is right it Is the first oho I have seen yet. I have arranged to pt men in quarry, they are talking I f . j. • about taking out the rock and puttin-^ on cars by the''yard*- Is not ' • -le >:{■ r,* ■ * . that the best wayW' Gen. Dodge to W. Boynton, 20 (BSDRiaS) See 8 Dt) . :'xV. • ■ > W '^'' • .f y* ■ July 1869. ^^tjrT,.: . " ' ^ ' Gen . Dclge to* Boynton, 20 :^ * a '" ' fojffil * . I tini) anx CUB to ge,t the plans for my house and elevation, • so I can put it under roof. The plans for inside f,inish I am^ not in- a hurry for, hut foi> elevation, and roof I aiii, as we are waiting for them to go to work.' Plan of cellar and foundation, I ^ave received. * Geo. TT. P'ox t.- Gen. Dodge, Laramie City, 20: '' Atr a" meeting of the Trustees of the H.E.Church of Laramie City, -July 20th, 1869,'Gen. G. E*. Dodge, Chief Enginerr of the U.P.R.R- was ""tendered a "vote of thanks for his, kindness and liberality in donating to the M. E. Church, lots Nos, 12,- 1|5 ajid 14 in block 170 in the city of Ijar^ie.' ?he deehs f<jr Jthe suroe hav« been-received. _ . . . Note;- J." Bliokensderfer Jr. to J. E, House, Sioux City, 20:- W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha,. 20:- " "■•'Will you be here ttoday? B. F. Hopkins and Sawyer and party of 25 from Wisconsin aftf hero and go West tomorrow, - / ■ x W •J. A litoOwfrf«y to Gen. Dodge, Pittsburg, 21;-. ^ , I am a young Surveyor and Engineer; and wish to obtain a position as WdSh in sfle'of yotir-various corps -qS engineer. ,If you can give ms one-pliftie .^o 1«. I am competent to undertake any survey that may i-all to my Ibi. If you can give me a poslti^^ let me know, or^ * ivVri if you chfinot-please let me know, tl-»it I may aply elsewhere, t answer by return'mail and oblige. ^ T. B. Morris to Gen, Dodge, Wahsatch,^ 21; " - - Col. HtoOWid lntrq«uo6d to D.W._ 1Iar,ren and Caupbell the ' ■ n 1357 July, 1869. ticket agent on this end of, the T'oacl, the GeneraJL Supt, and the man froin whom they weTe to receive orders, and to whom they v;ere to re port by llr. Bushnell'* " , ' " ' - r? Yesterday everting., Capt. T. H, 8ates, Col. Stevenson, late. of the C. P. Surveysi F. Nounan and brother, and-ilr.^ Green firm of Grant and Hill, came bp to Wahsatch to .examine, ferr affidsrvit j>lounan*s work, Jno,' Green was astmmiad of hl& company -and -r^ awgcy. I under- 'ibfartd Waimari intendb DMaSftti^bSf^ng effort on e.vidence secured by exprrts and is using such mefrt as Bate's, Stevenson, Hubbard and Lawrence, Hubbard notified me if I- oould. ndt pajr more wa-ges he would be obliged to leave, itnd' gave me two days notice. I told him tja qviit^ "' ""^e kiibvfrs hothing but' clbrk?&ig"iShd is too thick beaded to make an engineer or goorf railroad man, ' • o* ^ Uoscrip (^uit because the work \im^ Iba hard and the ftrub good for nothing. I have wPltt'ilf •iwt' for a man who ' as with me . some three years in the East add ir^Ci''fV%o6d'6rt masonry and tt might be well for us to haw o some rebutting evidence of ex perts on ilounah'a*work. 1 ichblta "iS liere and it might bo well to have him" and'toflie'i^hefis the-woockj .Ganaiehael-did a 4eal'of the wori aftdf" 11 #aB evident Noumnr.-would fail and his evidence and that of hiS for«aikn would haVe great weight. Ifir# Reed could get his evidence. It ral^t be -well to look after it a little.^s the case come pn the September,7 « • No let- 1% T.-Bmid to J. E. •• t f Rawlins Stations, 22;- 1858 July, 18G9. W.' Snyd'er to Gen. Dodge, CMaha, 22:- No iron shippe<l-from Chicago for several weeks .past. All quiet Vfest." I mailad you copy Haopier.'.a dispatch. * t ■■■ Gray, Princrtf & Co. to Ggn. Dodge, New York, 22:- Your favor of ;7t!^ received. YJe, ha,ve'this dgty forwarded J. 1.1. S. 7.'illiains, Boston, $10,000 and have depbaite.d with Oilman, ^Spn and Co. of New York $8,035,69 to credit of. Pacific NAtlonaJ. B,ank of your city for your acoount. * ^ i . Irf the acco.unt. enclosed you will find charged an extra amount of ' interest"', which is matte'up oT the actual charges paid by us from day to day, durtrfg 'the latfa tiightnass'in: our'money marketer o - • '' ' We have charged but customers only what" we have been compelled to pay. The Boston men obrttlriuie to sail Hani, "and St," Joe at the advance, which to us seems purely speculati\c8, ' J, LI.' B. Williams to Gon. Dodge, fjmaha, 23j- » ' ' " Since writing toHi On'the 16th, am in receipt of yours of 14th. " 'itetice yor' w 1 Jh lb hold on' to yoirr .10 IsV mo<rtg%ge .bonds and not sell less than 00- so when they gfct up "to- that,'wililr sell, unless you advise to'^ the contrary. PrestJttS'"y<Whaw seen Kr, Biaip, And he has posted you: f!e tuideratand he will divide as far a§ Port Dodge im mediately on his return, some Stoclcs and Bends, i . . We have rePeived today froai ttimy. Prince ai?d Co- flO' 000 for you. • ' I acknowlidge receipt of'then* enelsse ^efjswith receipt h>r. you,'as for the lO'tO dall of May 1st' R.B^Cy, and-if 1359 July, 1869. » ■ , ' 0 we soil our Bonds w-ilL supply sq far as they ^go towards the 1070 call of August 2d. ''aiting- your further favors'-'---"-"^ 1 N. DuBnis' receipt, to tjie" TJ.?.R.u.co. for $108,75 - JtfLy. 24: - tJlaims ffor borvis betv7aerrt)gden and Promontqry Buiiuait, ' 'C. 0. Hanffiiorid" tb J. B. House; Onaha, 24: nf-R • y - rrj, .E. Hoiiea to 0. 0. Hartmonrt. •Iff"' ' j. A. Wxll.tianSon to. J. B»' House, 24;:- - Enclosed find certificate Ho. 34, Denqis J. Toohey- for which please'T3^WB flteed and" cheu^tgB bmount to me $405,)). Also please send ■■ deed for Idt' dhfe in block 3D8 to Daniel, S. Tuttle, Bishop Protestant Episcopal Churbh fbr TJtah and to his successor and successors-in offic^ ' who shall have" Juri edict ion as Bishop cf tb®'Bd oi-estant Episcopal dhurch'in the of Carlrrife tb be ,he-id by him- or them for the^ of the Protestant Episcopal Church. ; ' • • ■ ■ ' A church -coating abci^t <#1000. la< now nearly complete,, on said lot lir. Turnan is BaiBt «itt> 1 !am here attending to some business for hia. 1^(5 new' be miade. I will be at- Omaha within two -weeks to make dei'tfements. I^he Catholic Priesfe has not retUBnQ.^ yet but should he return with the money td build a chureh and .school-house I hav- promis ed him two lots. S«ile good houses are being built here, b\it aside from that the town •«oms vory dead. , • . in • ; 'r : ' -H. price to Seni-DOdge, BavenfopJ^^ 24^- tours of the 21st rhoeived last fveaijag, 1 am very sorry that the afflicting oircunfttanem* by which we have heen surrounded, prevent I860 ,v. July, 1669. '■ ' . "'• - our. joining you before you st^arted'w&st. •* --'r ,■ /*■ I need make no coiQiaents now on .tl^e recent movements if the U.P, R.R.Co, I shair however if alive, be at.the meeting on the 18th of August, and hope' to seef you and Tilson there. By the way. that meeting waS fixed on that day on my moti n, but the place is not named that palH "being left to the discretion of the President, who is to 'name the "place' arid ive the memiUeEtt of -the Board 20 days notice of the sane. ' This-notice will ^a^'*t<rWbiftG j^tts soor) to comply with the wording of the resolutiort^ ' ■ ' H. Painted to Oen, Dodgej West Chester, Pa, 25:- r 1 h^e' been in ^aahiiigtdn a week with Ro 1 line and-TJade at work on the bonds. By the aid'of Wade we got out itp to 1020, and Cox agreed to stand by whether-Boutv,ell would on'the other, and then he, Boutwell, refered it all t6 Hoar, 'and unless he gives good opinion Boutwcll will refer it'iir back to Congress. If Hoar,does-the suqare thing, he will get" tft* bohde'issued and most of them delivered. I enclose the two opinions. Batrtlott»s we quietly suppressed, and 'put in Cushings, which ftollinw, Hazard apd myself set up. I gave Hazard a good sound dose $!b6ni the in treatment of-you; he is. sound now, says they must koep^ faith with oK he will resign. . Rollins is a good friend'of yours Vbb, I have just been writing to Ames and told him some things iW a pt-etty piAslsf^ay. This Hax-naond ..latter mu.^t be aquelchod. Dont ^ail to at the next. ^ ' " as tlhens 1361 d * .,Kt' , V, . '.* • IV-.' -- rr^li July, 1869, . ' '8 meeting, I'll be at the Parker House.': Tall him to come i/hcre.' • • TTade will be on hand % rid O.K'./ ".I' • t I wish yo^-Wttld dro^ntb' a liriiEr aJrid let me: Khow hdfw matrt.er.s are. What can the roVd'iJe operate'' for aiftn-lcept- in repair per anr\um? ' J. R. eheac( 1,0 O'en. Dodge, Cheyenne, Wyoming 25:- O:' ■ Enclosed I send you' a copy of a commurrica-tion sent by. me- as Chair man of t-he Board of County Commissioners of Laramie Caunty on the 12th. inst. to Si?yd«fr^ Gen. Bupt of «io.'U.P.R.R, :at Omaha, Nebraksa. Supt, Snyder for reasons best known to^hiraself has failed to replyxrt any manner to said pommuniQation,- , /- The Board of the •county Cwiimissioners were induced to take the course in refereni^e to the taxes of the UiP.j^,,R.Co» in our County for • the reason thirt, Comptrty through Mr. Snyder has.evinced a persis tent dndlaposltlon to pay taxes ii?-our city-or county, and fjy so doing he has led many of bur.Cltzons'to believe that his feelings towards our*CoHiliittnity weri^ not of the moot friendly character. t «' The SdMpt ^losir eouftty mjght be purchased in op^n market for sixty cents oA %h»^dltJ.a», a«id. might be made with parties here to buy fUr tho ♦■ompany the raquired amo-unt of the script both county and city to pay its taxes*here, so that in reality the tax upon the Cdtttany would "be but a fz-action over half the amount assessed to it, and tha'WlWo^rs books,, and it certainly would be better for the that .the taxes .should be paid, tho script retired and our credit as a County approoAatod. ^ 1562 V ■ July, 18G9. n rt '"Should wo recOive any^occffiiunication-froiu.ltlr. Suydej?, we will send you a copy of• it alos. We^'addreSs you aS a Directdu of the U.p.R.R. Co. bellevinc'tiiati ycu will see justice done to this cormnunity in this " matter, te think we have (Stated the euse :fairly and fully to Hr. ' Snyder Ond we hojpe that if thi's ■sub'ject is not riiet:ih a-jspirit of f'"' 'liberali'ty and fdirness byhim that you will lay" these-with what; other ' papers we may send'ybw* before your Directory and that this matter may ^e' thorbughly ufidei'Stood'BV" your Board of Directors-when we have no doubi the proper remedy frill be'applied* • , Requesting dh aOkhowledgement of- the receipt of this and the enclosed commtinicationC r /y • ^ Sen. ^odge to J. E. House, Omaha^ 26:- • Thos* HUbbahi tud'frife-i ABst^ Engr. U.P.R.R, pasp gver road Salt Lake" to Omahh, Aarst.'Ehgineer Corps, . »• rp, T w. ijt 1 to J. E. Hpuse, Salt Lake 26:-, „ W^eh. Dodige gtoday; and asJcpd. him for a pass for myself and wife over the U.P.R.R. Xrom Salt l^xke to. Omaha. . . . ' * Ite had no blanks and gave me the enclosed note to you, saying I could B^d it- <b Veu alia- Wbtad •forward me. the. passes, . . . _ I shall' doubtless be dfftetdf^d here- settling up my private affairs for at least two iWoks, but shall get away sooner if possible, and I ahould like to hav# ydu riake the paeses so they will be good till ■ titod. Hoping to htar'froto you and receive the passes by return^ of mail, 1 liiTc the hMior to be &c. 1363f. July, 1869. • t^ote:- Gen. Dodge to John Duff, 26 (25DR146) See^B DD J,' J. "Uclntcsh to J. E, House, Potter* 26 ■ - f, "1 g/i F. ■ S. HOdgea'to Gen.'Dodge, Boston, 26:- ; r ■ n . I'liave to ackfio^ledgfi yours of the 1.9th, Soon after I-entered this office I'felt that,you-Ibhored under great disadvantage in know ing neither the'intentions of the Directors nor their individual feel ings towards ?'6urself. I therefore concluded to state what came to my knotlSdg'e aftd to let you draw your own inferences generally. Late ev-nts, the appointment Qf Mr. Hammond &c, put you in posssession of facts, of which you are the best judge. There now seems to be a desire to push the road through to lo\/fj^|^ rates, and to h«ip it'Along, In strong.hopes of its paying, 1 think that the principle StockhCldere will probably pledge their personal credit, and to an extent tp ruin, themselves in the event of a failure'bf the road.lf» they Trill all unite in so doing, I hope all will be wellf Wi'd it I's t thihk the fear that they can not all be muatle to thus cooperate which majte.e two or three of the leading men so blue. All will be herd at the ©nd of this week, they have a big iftiymeht to makeor stave 'cfff, and on the 18th of Aiig^ist is the time for quarterly Director's meeting. By that tipe a change will have taken place either for betterr oi; worse, * ' At the election of Bidreetora last Uayf it was generally.understoo that John R. Duff, who was theh elected alid placed in several committees was to resign in your favor as adon as your duties would allow 1364 July 1869. . , • yoU" to 001116'^ East j ■ Ypu may bs hers by- the 18th in whiph case I "can speak instead of writing what J thin]^: in relation to/what has taken place and future events. • -j • ^ ^ -" It is uijde^'Stood now that sOTie one of * those e!^ected last Spring is to-resign; in favor"^f ^aaes rBrooks, who is thus to appear-again in the Board as a Cmpany Director instead of one for the Government This will undoubtlesly take place next meeting.^ ^ .. -'jr' > • ht , ■ji' I wrbfeo you a short time ago. You. wiiA, psrceive -in that let ter that a line has been interlined^ By omitting this line the in ference I intended wilj, be mor-e-palpable, I Inserted it tjO gua d against this, in ease it'fell into other,hs(^s, ^ . A meeting was held with C.P.IJjKin relation to setting up on the basis of an] Xing frqm 1040 to P^i^it at your valuation $87,000 &c. odd per mile, an* WKlnq off of their hands the road from 1040 to Corlnne at $110,000 ttile,..th\^ making Corinne the point of Junc ture, This C.p. H. reftiSWd awl'thus the matter stands, Viliat the next move will be owe canneft teXl. I d9nt supose that they can htiild «i48tlier 114a to Ogden of their own with Brlghpm. Do you think they wil'' ir^'to take the road by forc<^ r- ^ I called this eveplilg, ypu- were,not here,- you desire any particular polht «»t frXb, please- let me-know at time, If -ou desire to dispose of 1 "ill state that mm July, 1869. little I know. They get up pools occasiohaliy.' LtG's can I think" sell at draaha bettSh than here. "I'dispose of six tonorrow for about cost-55 and interest. If I want any more I^dan get them under the new allottment. An ihjvmction <ras serxfed this -P. Xl. on the Company against the new issue of bonds, stocks 'c. Mceonb got it up, to be heard Saturday morning. I felt pretty s^^guinS■abbut the company three months ago, but things bsid# It wilX finally v/ork ardurid' to that point that soae strong man like Oakes Ames .will have to take 'charge and be President or it will bust, ' Am sorry that I was unable to invite you and Mr." 'WilsOn over to the house.I would have done so but you weift away to Easton'yester day and with LIr, Painter this P. ... I (fon't suppose you cduld stop over tomorrow. NotS:- 0. C. Hsmimond to •j, 1^. Heiise, "27:- " Concerning *ange for the North Platte' Hotel, * - 'to ' N. Snyiier to Oen, Dedgei Omaha, egS; 'II . 'o 3 I i " -*».♦ "see Chicago Republic on Saturday 26th. .^,1 u|rrT . ' If. Snyder to Gen, Dodge* Ckaaha, 20:* ■ ' r • flSar ♦frhough Pullman that Duff and Duohnell will'stopth^re one day then go west. Hear notKfng direct from them, - "Khey left Chicago this A. u. t. Snyder to den. Dodge, Omaha, 29;- * ' - Duff and Buehnoll wil} he"here tomorrow and etpp-one day. Did you get my letter yesterday. 1366 4- * July, 18G9, , r i I " j; ' a 1 ' T. B. Moir'tis to Gen." Dodge, Piedmont, 28 :r . Will send in mules &c as soon as possible. ^4 n'i "I • Nofe:- Geni D^dge to^. K,-Liorris, 28. (25DR147) See 8DD. . t l'> ■" f:. ■Gan. 'Dodg^ to S.B.Reed, 28:- (25DR143) See 8DD. , -vT -Gen". Dodge to Oliver Ames, 28:- (25drl49) See 8 DD. -.f. t • " W. B. Bent to J. E, House, Fort Saiinders, 28:- • ' t , • , ♦ htac' dSends cash for lot sold in Laramie. . e'Kirle'tro i" ' note:- D. E.-Hearns to J. .E. House,. Uintah, 31:- ' • m"' -T Spaulding wants money sent to hia- before ^eed will be forwarded, r Jfote:- J. R. Jones to J. E. House, North Platte„, 39:- I -.Ol ii:#' Encloses peLyment on-Contract. f,. V.I - . :■ O'. . nfinrjj J. £. Williems to Gen-. Dodge, Fort Wayne 30:- " f waB Si^ebj'ri^iien yours ,of tfbs 19th cane. Have not time to give shape to an" aia^dwmt^ but^.I enclose the points. We cannot in this land prescribe a staiyJaT'di 00 varied is the different sections of the 'd^Whifry, Kada« wall use the teim.lst Class or something lifee it. " ■'^ffie'''P'!POtaction io in the inspection. Let the law prescribe for a general supervision for two or three engineers as Warren and Biickensderfer, an<l all'Will.bo as pe can get it. Grant, will appoint the rigHt iniiii fhh 613 ptan of three ooinia Is si oners was intended as a check; they coet the Company aor^ than.threo experts. Engineers would charge. I ^y all lowana keep back one .quarter of the goyernment bonds for payment* ► • " t would alec provision that no mos^ber of ;'o-. : ■fit'" f\'' 1367 Jul3-, 18G9. . r'""" the Board of larget stockholder he interested directly. 6r indirectly in the contract. . ' ■ I '■ P. S, i accepted''iLf/pointment of Receiver of. Grand Rapids R'. R. to save it fr8iii~^inc* into the hands of. the enemies of the road. There is little^ to receive. Won"*V hold it long, D. Kilhhtirne to Gen. Dodge, New. York, August 4:- Our mutual friend,* Hon. J. F. 'Tfilsoh rrcte me -that he would take some more of the Sridge" gonds at par with"50^ of etock, but I concluded bo let him have them at 85^ and 50j? of the stock same a'a I took them at. I received 100* of the* bonds at 85 and 50% -stock. An outsider took 30 of them at paV^d 50% ilhd' other one, six at par and 50^ stock ^ the balance save whaC 1 kCep myself I have been divings at cost among m'y friends and the friends "of those trho a e with us. • For ^850 you get a thousand dollar bond and $500 in stock., The calls-on above flame as tV ot era. The fifth call-lOth .inst. M ■ " Considerable of the supeflatrtictiire la now at K^ofeuk* advise me soon if you wish anymoi^<?'^of the bonds of any ©f ;your fiflends. I have only 28t to dispose of♦ ■ C. G. Hammondno lir. HoUsfl,' CStohir, August 2Q:- . . If you know of any oid hfidge tifcber at wanted please* give phrtlculafs, henvet RsR, people desire a little at once. . ' /J, M. s. Williams to Oen. Dodge* Boston, August, 5;- || \ ' "fours of Jtilf 19th bO^ as Treasurer U.P.R.R. but private, and 15«8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/d9541e780c950bd123cbee37361f93c4.pdf 2fe75346bfd5be33c18fdd3fcd19990f PDF Text Text July, 18G9. the Board of large* stockholder "be interested directly.'6r indirectly in the contract, , ' , ■ n - ■ - - P. S. 1 accepted'ai)*J>ointment of Receiver of. Grahd Rapids R".R, to save it frbm-goinp into the hands of. the enemies of the road. There is little* to receive, Won't hold it long, D, Kilhburne to Gen. Dodge, New."York, August 4;- Our mutual friend,* Hon, J. F. Wilson v.rote me "that he would take some more of the hridge?'%onds at par with 50;^ of -stock, but I concluded bo let him have thW at 85^ and 50j? of the stock sarae as I took them at, I received lOG of the* bonds at 85 and 50^ -stocky An outsider took 30 of them at paY^'k'hd' 50,^ ahd' otheb' one, six at par and 50^ stock ^ the balance save what' i ke'ep myself I have been dfving at cost among my friends and the friends of those who a e with us. For tf850 you get a thousand dollar "bond and $500 in stocki# The calIs tjri).above dame as th- ot ers. The fifth call -lOth .inst. : i •; ■ --r Considerable of the supe#wtr\Jctiare 1* now at Keokuk, Please advise me so'on if you wish any the hdndi of any of your friends, I have only 28t to dispose of. ' f - ' C. G. Haramond'to Mr, House, Omaha, August 29:- , ' If you know of any old hMdge timber at Wftrto'd plsRse* eive Ife p»rtlcul»rs. Denv.. jfeR. poopls dealrs a little ^ once, . ' r'r, ' /J, U. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Boston» August.^ 5:,.r || \ Yours of July 19th to ^ as Treasurer U,P,R.R.. but private, an-^i July, 1869. . of 21st io me as Treasurer S.i^.R.R.Co. was fluly. repeivod, Prince-^and Coypaid the #10000, ahd no"Interest and G. and W. ^ still hol(| your $10^0000 ^onds and your, assessment of August ■ 2n(l $10,000 remain^ unpaid \waiting your orde^rs^ . .. I .t'j. Your betters are so discouraging I am glad to keep them private, "we have a-';henvy load here ,in^ raising money to meet urgent payments and Col. Hammond must contrive to sejl enough of surplus material to.re lieve natters-with yott,'I h15p"^ "he is.dolng-it. _ • r- lOn. soni6 accounts Snyder's removal may be kad, but the appointment ' of Hammond cdMainly adds great cpnfidence to our enterprise, he is so I* ' well knowri»aiid"t«espected everywhere. .• ^ Shall lb® j^aAsed to see you here on 19th and hope that soon after yoii will W«Sf with the Eminent Citizens and Lr. ^uff, he having Authority,'ad I:iSuppose.,he will, to fix point of Junction and sale ofVht m l^ad^ Vo C.p.R.R. but they act so strangly Looks as though they did fiot'tttln to agree to anything-fair; then,Fou v'ill all. hur-y back and vh all gb tos Waahington and unite on all our bonds^ C.C^ Hfi*nBiond to' Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 6:- . witffi all convenifOt speed to get at the snow sheds. 1 understood thht you had plans either on paper or projected. ' ' Mr. Doolittle, oto* builder, Will shaw you some sketches. Shall be glad to get your plans &c« aa aoen as convenient so as to get ^ « Mri Doolittle'to work. ' . ■ N. DuB'is to Sen. Dodge^ Ksw York^ 7:- (• 4 r July 1869. .'.'M ,• i'jl . Chas. H.; Rempstead 'to Gen,-Dodge, Salt Lake 7:- ' ' Mounan has f iled, amenaed conplaini and schedules-Of-work increas- -^"Ing amount $30,000, It Is necessary-for. sdiie engineer' s to examih'e and compare schedules ahd furnish me v/ith brief and points immediately. Reed is absent, MOrl'iS is here an^ I think understands what I require, Will you order him'oi- some othOr competent engkneer to take "matters in cfiarlgh and report to me, " , G. Hazafifty^ GenT f)odge. Piece,Dale, 7:- . -jy-.; r Yours of'28th inst from Salt Lake'ib just received, I am glad to hear fro.'; you on these Matters,' add'had b6en 'expecting to meet and consult you fully in regard to themfand Bomfe ,Other matters on-the 18th, | when I hope you will be 1ft'Boston" to attend meeting of the Directors called for that day, liri' ^uehnell'sfteiiis 16 think it very important to get to Corinne'to secure the Montana trade whicp he thinks must come there Iw BY ftiftf'ftdyice. an offer of compromise made to cip, to sell^ tT^ Roa'd• frbm Ogden to Prom, Pt,'at-your estiipate of prime cost to contractors, I think at $85 or $87,000 per mile, 1h e effect of the oCfer ie-ge^d perhaps, I. hold that we are en titled to the actual cost W the or whatever the U.p. pays ' under Its contract, and further 'that the cohtract haing been made under the* erroneous belief, both ^parties fully stated at the time that as a part of the understandrrgof our parting with this piece of road the C.p, would take the whole lose of the defioienoy of $2^600,000 of subsidy bonds, fhi dontraet In that must be ecjuitably 1370 July, 1869. . " , ' ■ ad,justed conform Twitha the" actual Tacts. Our finances still vrork-very hard. The immense outlay on the latter portion of the road, in which we all think we must, have been swindled on a mgg nificent scale,: and the JLarge investment in materials pot wanted for a very long" time if at -all, liave involved us in" dpbt. to an amount that takes our utmost ability, to co^ with^||||jlii^^^' '* I hopn, however, to see yxm' in about 10 days, and shall be glad to have a visit from at my house/ Saml, B, Davi-e to &en.Do^ge> Sante Fe','7:'-: l-I* LIr. Perkins appo nted Seaterartf "<!>4" this territory last spring a p , . .. after much deiLay, visited'us a- few days iifeo, and returhed without qual ifying and ii is the* gemeral Impresaion that he does not intend to ac cept'the Office, It Is'tinderstood here that he was discouraged by re presentations mft^e bjr cert^n persons , and th^ t he left for the States with the understanding'that the present inCuBibont l^iH.Heath, would not be disturbed, 'ifill you-not aid us in getting H'eiith re moved at an early day? Tou know Heath ^-ell, and must know that" he is objectionable to every honest man and decent citizen of New Llexico, Our friends' would be pleased to'have' Ed Thompson appo nted and there will be an application made in his behalf. You are acquaint ed with "fhcmpsbn. Ho was an orfi'cer in the first. Kansas. Has been a resident of Hewliexic^^ several ye^hs, is an uncompromising ropubll- * can, intelligent and honest. His appoihtmenY woitld'be tBalHed.with pleasure by a large proportion of our people, ' 1371 *1- t July, 18G9. .0') . Will you writs to Rcbbins and the President askih'g la^e feLppointmenf or if 'hot in h'is Ijehalf, recbiniierid any "one els«. No one v/ouaid be iriore" obejectienable than'Heath. , •' Note:* B. F, Ham to "trien. Dodge, Boston", July 12:. trc.^ " II. J. Ko'ons to. J. LI." Eddy, Jjav/rence,' July 15: t v " J, A, Holliday Jto Mr,- House, Cheyenne 18 July, ■ ) ed- '"' T. B. ^^rrlB t.O ffi II. Eddy,-'Wabeatch, July 19:- We have hunf^d rfor Hawk, but they are scarce, Note :--. -GiJljaer and Salsbury to -Gen. Dodge, July 28:- nltTr *• <" -Receipt for stgge fare,, ■ ' ' * , r ; .+ -f Not©:- B, H-, Windsor to J, E. House, . Cheyenne, August 4:r. j Not©:- Genr Dodge to Col. C. h-. Hairjnond, August 7 (25 DR135.) 8DD ■ " ' ' ■ Gen. Bodge to Oliver. Ames, Aug, 7^ (25Dill37) 8DD * f to J, F. Wbbstep, Auenst 7 (25DR139)^^8DD ♦ /II I 'l. Jamoe ®'«r •*l-ls«n to Gen»iDodge, ^airfield, 8:- , , ^ '♦Will meet Allison and Ho-per. at Chicago-next. Wednesday porning. Will H) froji to Bofiton, Can you go.then^ :: lo r'U*; Gen. ppdge, Westchester, 7: ^ ^ -• Ahipnooe. yo» dont .go. till ^ptlv at meeting, you are master of the situatio r and should allow fio trifling, . It is their toss not yours, f *' . j.,r to, Gej^.Bodge, San Francisco, . • A. ^ ' t r f<>*tftJp8f(|r4)rif4ing.j#i%.lorggnize Ch,l^se party. Will reort in few ' f tiiT- ' 'UlfO G > r 1572 v j' t ' ■% 'M/ , August, 1869. t '• E.'ftouse to Sen. Dodge^ Omaha, 7:- Enclosed will find plans of snow fence as prepard by my self also plan of shed as per Mr*'Dooli'titf^, I have estimated the cost of fence very carefully and think it is not far out of the way. The flat-roofed Shed of Doolittle's - ' -t, - •J' - ' :• •• . with an iron roof will cost alone $l-,500 per mile. I go to Gr'^nd Island Monday to meet the County Commissioners, and then to North Platte to l-^ok after the hotel and receitre it. Should you decide upon the plan of sheds please let me knov:, and I will get up the estimates for the entire smount, I suppose if can be' taken from the profile near enough as that will show all the cuts &c, - ir'-f - ' f T - 'f Mr, Snyder tells me that you are going to Boston, therefore I ^ I ' . -p ^ ^ ^ • • • • ' ■ . ' may not see you before you start. Note;- Gen. Dodge to Oliver Ames, 9 (25DR140) 8D.D. " Gen. Dodge to J. F. 7,'ilson , 9; ( 25 DRl41) 81511, M*?'" ■' ' ' . ■ . f ■ S Gen, Dodge to U. H. Painter 9;' (1508141^ 8DD", " Gen. Dodge to C. G. Hammond, 9'; (25DR142) ODD*.' • " Ge-., Dpdge to J. E. House, 9 (25DR144) 8DD, - - ^ I f 1 ■ . . . , " Gen, Dodge to D. JCilbounre, 9 (25DR145) 8DD, U, H. Painter to Gen. Dodge, vjestchester,♦ Pa, 9:- • : They need you worse than you do position, why not go oftC HBth at Director's ,oeting when there iilt 6e enough there to make finaity of it. Wade'and I will be Chere''5n r;{ • ;• " * 1373 W'-^ 'V . 1- Aiigust, 1869, Note;- T. B. Llorrls to H. LI, House, Waheatch, 9:- y/^ Hag drawn on Gen. Dodge for 1600 dollars, ,-. • T. B.Liorris to Gen. Dodge, I7ahsatch, 9:-,. I went to ,Salt Lake City and have sent out about 40 men. Have arranged with a Lioraon foreman to send out all the men can get. Have had a few posters printed and circulate.d through the sfettlenents where the ,grasshoppers have been bad, and men are out of work. It is.quite time some prompt action was taken, as there are eight or ten sections in Brlger Division where there are but one and two men, .and sometimes only the foreman. The gravel trains have from 10 to 25 men and we are losing money all the time by not working trai; up to its full capacity, I have arranged to have stone quarried and loaded on cars at five dollars per C. Yard, I can make no fair • prices wit'n the stone cutters, but think if we will import some things ' ' t . . • ' : . ■ will look differently. I have two pile'drivers, one steam and one t • • » horse driver rigged, and go to work tomorrow on Flack's Fork Bridge, • • . 110, If it can. p^ossibly be done it would be well now to pay off and sendl^i ,Okf. the country all the bed men we have at work on secSion an(^ fill rtheir places with Momons who have fan^ilies to keep them steady. There is a man uho has bid for the masonry in Box Culyerts «t $2,50 per yard, and we can now load the stone for that •Kind of work at the aeae time we are loading the range work. We can use o\ir aeeilonjaen andj gravel train men in filling up ^ trestle work durin^ the Winter, if we put in a few of the culverts be- ' .1 ■ . (-.''i , ;r,: . • August, 1869. . ' ' ''■ t ' >*"• fore the Wanter sets in. There are also some eulverts which must be put in before winter, either with plank & timber or stone in place where there are no ope&ings now. I ha-we arranged for widening em bankments and for making new channels for rivers at t25 and 20 cts. pe yard to good i)ronipt and reliable men, scraper work. One man be gin® tfxaorrow- and the others a s soon as possible, but we must arrange to furnish them with supplies as soon as possible. .1 .have arranged with Granger to letjae, have piles at 25 cts. per lin. ft. and, feel now quite confident of driving the piles for foundations at less than 60 ct T ,! 0. ;.. d' will* draw xm you for iiuj^iey to^ pay ray rollls for May,. June and Jul;^ Ktifte the: }tey-and June rolls, the amount, of thp Juiy roil is ■ '►^SIO'kOO t. ■■ t »»<Kr ««« - tv.j;- - -- ' , • . ■ T I telo«»^liiO SWI for-M#S9a, ,f»aon J5, ^t,onec,utt,era., cement and ■ lime. Will begirt hauling .atoae for Bridges by, jalddle o^ ,week and hope to rvm from five to eight cars east daily^ ^ ra- rantfa Wilson to Gen. Podge, Fairfield, 9:- I'receiTi*! ^yotlr8 of '.the 6th last, on Saturday 7th and at once telegraphed you that I would meet Allison and Hoopr at Chicago, Wed nesday morning (llt«) and gb from there to Boston. . My coHHSiSsion amlfad some two weeks-ago, and-I^at once sent my acceptanoe and'oilll of office. If you cap meet me in (Phicago by Thursday ! wlil'wait fdr you there. Telegraph me. care Pramont Rouse yommil ^ wyi^t© this, pre^uipljig you will get It oil Wb«tt(ynn%tiawi.iiW^irsach me by telebrwph hy, w d r 1378 August, 1869. • '- * Wednesday noon, fhe Duff resignation has turned cnJt' just a^s 1 expected and expressed it would. They never wanted you in the " Board, but we must force them.' • i. * I don't like the HELrmon'^ matter, and will tell s^ou why when I see you, I hople Harris will'return in time to attend the meeting on the 18th. We must have sdine line of action agreed upon by the Oovernment. directors of 'thfe interest of the Governni'ent will go to the devil in common with ♦'thJe' road under the present fnanagement,' If the Bond'question goes to Oongr'ess for detemination, not a dollar more will be issued. The maximum amount has been i^eached, I don't care What Hoar says about it, and Congress will so If Grey's father-in-law wasa bear on St, Jo then we w,^e de liberately sold out; that is'my judgment "Of tfwt'casa, vt t Bring the Statement of G.P. & Co. along With you, we.vill then look it over. X hoiJe you wl'fl^eet me in flItUilid 'So .that we can have plenty of time to look oveV the ground and dO^Srfrfllne what had best be done in U.'P, matters bofot^e the 18th, ^ f ' • 'g • ■ J,*G. Webster to Gen, Dodge, Rawlins; 9:- ■ I • Mr, Dey leaves Evanston today with his men and teams for Bitter Creeit"i<id''North plitte, lie"«tll get to work in a .few days, . ThiW iO a 'partffftt work digging eut brtcig^ ,i».butment8 gof fcridgo' lfo» "W WapdteMc Springe.., Mton^ to be done b^ the day 'bt* cantraeit t^hail t\f)^ work of^ J.87« Rvi.j: 'hi % i '' August, 1869. ,!r ;v you make arrangements, for. doing, the work. Shall- »I send vouchers for work, make requisitionsT fpr lime,! cement &c. on Geftl, Supjt,, as has been the customyj ■ -r "" - * • ^ ,• F. 0."'Whitford to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, 9-:- v r , For the past two years I have been a .memeber of the . , Engineer's Corps, tintil February l-ast, v/hen I left Col, .Hudnutt's party at Boise City, and came here tc have my eyes treated by some skilful oculist for grnaMation_.of the lids and. also for an ulcer which cane on my eye' at that time, from which I nearly lost it, and was also not able to be-'of'any service to the party. . ' in I/iarch one year agb, I was placed in Major Lawrences' party an was With' him till the' iBth bf July,' when he. was placed in Construction, 'an(!i I was trartsferred to Col. flwdnutt^s party. At that time he, Lawrence, hVd hot received" any funds for the time that he was under Evans, two and a half months from March 1st to May 15th, and could not pay for that time but gave'me a due bill for that time, $125, when I loft him. bince ihlit I have do»& my best to get it but have nofe succeeded yet. "I hpoke tc MrV Bllokenaderfer, and also to Eddy,, irhll'e on the Promontory i«Llh' us about it. . - " ' 'fhlle on prcmp'oiTtory in October, I received a letter from Maj. lAwrence saying that had received funds from Evans, and that if I would send thJ due bill to 6tle Wf boys with authority for them to sign the Pay roll ^ ^ wdujll #e®d Bigclow and while on Snake River In Movwnber^.I received a check from r 1377 August, 1869, " "'"''.V ^ , him on the Miner^s'National Bank of Salt Lake City. I had no chance to send* it in* until 1 got ib' Bbiee City, r took it to Colet . ■ - Bank, and they sent it down for collection. At that time I had to leave, and found " lA t>efO"re doing so .that Lawrence had no, money to his credit, and'gave them Instructions to send my-check to me at Omaha, I csflled on Lawrence «.t Echo City and he - s,aid that' he was short of money and that he drew out ahd that if I would send him,my check when I got to Omaha he would'o&sh it. I,ir, House very kindly settled up the balance' of my acco/AKt and %'xpenseS, and I said nothing to him about this, wishing to get-it from Lawl^nce if possible. ^ 1 sent my check immediately "to him on my arrival there on the 9t ' of February and after waiting ■Wwo- mcnths It was returned to me here. * I have iiritten sd^ral times about it to Mr, House s^d Eddy, and I do not know but thet Wvc done their beat for me, but I have received nothing'yet; Eddy has my checks ' « *1 fl o not think that It is right that I should ,lose it, in fact,I think ih>^t it belbntfi for the C<Mipany to-pay , it as I was employed by tW, am the mon^y was ontrsdted tp Lawrenee as an Agent to pay me, I am now left penniless amd my eyes are not yrell and I wish to continue the ti^'e^tmeht longer if possible. It is but a small item with thd^'Wliftiiy, an<f a l:a«»ge one-wUh me. ^ oy r.a'L' Wiil yOb pleaie tT,® mnft ^bout it? I think it is in your power to hSTfe It Mb. Bddy.rJieaowa about it and my address, 195 and 19^ LaM Stv ^ 1578 j: t 77 m M August, 1869. ' Note:- Gen. Docige to U.' Painter and C. H.. Hempsted. • f C August 10: (25DR154) 8DD. • : Vff - j.-T'; - , Geh. Dodge to T. P., MOrris, 10 (25DR155) 8DD. • ^ «* Hyde to Gen. Dodger New York, ;L0:- - You are undoubtedly .aware of the considerable interest being manifested In both California and the Eastern States in the natter of shipping fine fruits from -California to the States, I am satisfied thst if the fruit is properly put up it can be successfully, sent here. If tl\is jreablt can be acoomplished, the trade 'wo\ild *be the capacity of California to furnish supplies, Such grapes ad' are raised in open air in C alifornia are only rais ed in hot-house 4iere, and 'imported. The price since we have been in the business has never been below 60 cents, ar^ runs in some seasons -year asi hl§^ "^S.OOO pei; pofupd. . « ,, ( •; The -price ilhede you w^ll see by enclosed ranged, fronts to 18 cents per pound# and we aw informed by an extensive wine house of San FranaiSCo that they.• bought many tons last year t ,of handsome fruit at flB dollars per ton, or three quarters of a cent a poundl iNi'think l^y gotog-tilere and spending a month J.n the leading fruit sections and litatrnctiiig then in the matter of preparing and packing fruit for transportation for long distances, we can contribute mushc towards tha aiiacaSB of the baalness-tjiereby benefiting the fruit growers, the awrllroadB and last (not least) ourselves. We think we ootflfd dtspobs of fru^,ta, during the season at least two car-loads '."Iffo1379 Aizgust, 18G9. . per day,. ■ Fcfl? onr int. res.t l/i the hiisine.ss wa. are willing to risk the expense of going the re* except the: r)ftil road fare. Two lines at • this end (The.' Brie^'and Pa,. Central) havfe .offered tis, transportation to Chicago and Omaha, Cari* ytm' ayend me .the" balance of the way, or at least over Vour road ahd^ rettirn.,^y' " li f.' ' j, K. House' to Geri. Dodgey" fjmaha, 10:— ■ ■ jr 'HaVe Just returried from Worth Platte,' will come over in the morn •' IhgV '■ '!'■ ' • ' .... , - f ^ t r/^YlVfer JhiiiS t'cT den, Dodge Nqjrth Eastonj 10:- -y'f. ■ rjij^e examination of the roKd by the Coiomittee of Eminent Citizen seems to be the only thing' that wu 'nww require to have the bonds sued to the Rbad. 'T Hiderstand tliat this Committee will be only guided by the ability of the road to transact the business required of it rith safety and dispatch. If the Road is simply.,first class as is the custom to build i^dd, if will be accepted. We can make no pre^i?*4«s in settling Up with Creditors for Bonds or'cirtificatea, nor wit^'^e CTentrar FaeiflJc till «seoS»ad ia accent ed,* Can't we now send ^them Over the road wihh-a-^surety of their mak ing a favorable'reportt Reed says the toAd la running very -.ell and I understand'l?at fbr fiV6 hh len'yaars thAsA weoden bridges are quite as good as anything thai %ih b# for them, and will be sat isfactory to the Comiaitteo.' iJetWhferab frro you^' . ^ Ceo. C. Tlchsner to'OenV 'WW^f Doa Moinea, 10:- . ~ It now looks bright all around the sky. Our good fri«hd J.I. August, 18C9. f Millard has beaten Dr. Laws "badly for ihb Legislature. H<e did It nn the ground of Laws- going "back" oh three years" ago. D. H. Johnson "beat Kenned?- for treasurer on'sfene" grounds. You know Laws-and Kenne dy were both delegates to the Codge-Ka3"son Convention and "voted again st you after T had got them pledged for you. " Both-L,IiHard and Johnson were members of my old regiment. 1 played my cards well'in Clark. The Convention was held last Saturday, ' Capt. Tfa. A. Campbell was fiominated" on the "Bth for Represontativ frovi Guthrie and Audubon. He was the last Captain of a company "of the old 4th Iowa, and is sound on all questions. Affairs are taking good shape j.n tho Adair and Cass district and I think''irfeLddelTwill bo wiped out there by a spnnd man, perhaps Kii bourne. Cap thin Sulsinan thinks he hafiT a ntwei-.thing now in Lucas over his Kasson con^etitor, .'Our ateh Lew hlies will win in Wa'yne. H© will have our fliin from Warren- We'are all right in Madison,' and'-iay •ilw^rs from Page look,well for Cramer, although he has a hard fight, I am helping Oiim all I can- , .., 1 ho^je you will look ^to the slope- if you -^io Kas^n will have only hie lone starV-Cola Kool, and I think he stands a fair chance of being beaten at the poll is. - ' ' . . ' I hear your people over there talking nomiuating Craig. I tell you he wont do- irou may plaster him all over wi^h, pledge?, and he Will play off on "ou. Nominate Keatley or,anybody who is sound. 1 ho# ^ou bad a -pleasant trip West-, I am pained at Hoxie's 1381 August, 18691 . r«mo(yal. 7/hat is thejmatteri?; •Howirflcjh^fLtt.Qj'S r-l^ook in Harrlaon;? a, We-nuot breathe new life ,into the G'. A. -R. under the new ritual. .' .-Oen, E. W.I Rite #as !\ere a day or two ago* He, favors a soldier for U.S. Senator and thou art the-man; ' - -<r> ♦^xf ' " ' t • • H. Price, to* Gen* Dodge, Davenport, 10:- ♦v, . -1' ■ This will-be-feandedr.yofi b^ Hon. Jno. F.., Dillon, Chief Justice of Iowa, who wishes to consult- you in reference to. some-b.usijness personal to himself and which ine r ill e-xplain to you. ^ . v-rrh Any assiistfenc-'a rendered hi# -will, be a personal favor conferred upon me which, will be kindly red and veryr kindly-reciprocated 'iffxW'stu'6'j)i^0rtunity offers, ---n- ^ ' , ' ■ B.Morj'is to J. R. jSouse, Wahsatch : 11:- . . I enclose voucher for foundations at Uintah., , Rlease inform me * how Sharp will obtain his pay. . Shall I wait .until it is signed by "General Dodge arttftheii d.rtuv for the i -LiciUit or simrii. loiuii'^ to .Cmah.a office end let Sharp "look to" you for money. Now, tljal the work has begun I will have quiUe 'a number. * ' T . - I sent one c^'sama kind for Ira Spaulding, work done on irri gating ditch, pleiiife iiifdnii me of :lta fate.,^. J. LI. S. Williams to Gen.,Dodge, Boston, U:- 'i regi^t to inform you that your draft at sight ^13,000 was presented today and refuaed aeeeptance and payment. We have authroisied all that we could see "ur way for this month and not in fuiUle «i"|»raaebt' for this, if it had come^ a few days lu^ •• yv August, 18C9. ter It lalght tiavjo coiTie more convenient., -Afli venj' sorry that, you should have 'felf-obliged, to draw without aiithority from here. As we eXpeof the pleasure-of seeing you, here next week, need not write fuhther. ' < , -:3r( J- -' : : ■ T. B.i:orris "to ,Gen.Dodger, 7;ahsatch, 11:-' ^ . It wi]I" require good proof on our side ,J>Or win the qa^e, v/ith IJounan. The amount ©f hAer olAim-is aboutr ^10,000 he has submitted a full detailed statement -of* the quantities and classification. » I but' littler id^ubt but that> It can be proven " rong, but the_ raat- ' t'er must be tAken up in earnest, . . . If the Assistant Engineers- under Lawrence cannot be found then we must have engineerg examine the work-and give their evidence to refutt of-Bates, Stevenson, Nounan and Lawrence. ■ ' Do you wish mrf to take thematter up and fight it, or sdimply to look over the two estimates and give Hempstead the points? . You did«n6t' ea^ ahything'to me about going on with the work of making the change In lirfe hear the clay bluffs below^.Uintah. Shall \ go on with that work also? f . ■ . . The Hams fork masonry will not be ready for some time and Grey ' can raise twr bridges down near'9^rftwlw»ry ford bridge in the mean time, the masonry is-poor tJut we have put In pile Abutments same as at Sulphur Ore ^'Bh Id gen .r » ' • * T Dillon to.Gen. ^odge, NSw York, 11;- Your lStt<^'f"of July 29th IS at hand, I hardly know diat to say to 1383 r ''f it August, 1SC9. . . you as things have changerl 90 much 'since I saw you. I feah 'sorry thrt llr, Srfyder was discharged, I knew nothing'of it until it was'done. * After th election l' told thera-all that I mixst attend to my own private natters, I have done so, have not "been to Boston but a "few times since, F Ws'fri'-febston dast week', will go this, evening again to look after the settlements of thos'e <5lcl 'contracts. The* Boston folks feel that they have a heavy load to cardy, they are determined .to carry it if'possible, I hope they "aiehi give me the amount We ov/e, we must put the road in good shape and" do it vAth as' little money as possible. *''hen I return fromBoston again' you'will hear from me ^ we must ' ■ ''.f / . . all pull together or the Ship will sink.yf .SA c,.' : den. Dodge to J. E. House, Omaha, ll;-' Send CMS, LeMume, Assistant Engtm^irjU* P.R.R. copy of Reports of '<56 and''67 also a map and V pass to do9f ^^a as an Employee r* ^ • of Road; Engineer Corps; ' " ' « ^ ^ Send A, s. Wllcox, Road -master, Medicine Bow, map of Road, H. I. Henlgy to dSh:. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 12— ^ Jones has given me a full statem^mt-of his understanding with Ballard. ''' I write ^diVt my own j^ssponslbility, knowing that if it is of no 'Lfwtage to ^ It not work any injury, - ,< 11 ^,^''''"'01 Iyer Ames to Oen, Dodge, 11.^ Easton, 12:- ^ We hatre a teie|j1^amtfrom Seoy » of Interior, saying that it was ex pected that tlie'NimiU^ of'^Bmiiient cltixene were exected to go out 4 1384 August, 1869. . , aljout 20th of August to exaiaine the. Road, and desires. ,to send them cut, and asks if. we are ready to receive them, and if- not when .we will . he rea^'y. Our people herje, ^ire generally, in favor of having th'^- sent out. We have, I. understand., ,our bridges on tl^^ line of the road, are doing what jwe can at all the places toput the ro^d, in order, and fliq excavators at, work to ,put up the embankments and v/111 have them a 11 * ready before the season closes up our work. , - . , The instrucrtions of this commission are in the law appointing f t. them to the place. If they aje practical, common-sense men--seeIng the material on fhe line; of road, and we at work putting it in report that the road is a first-class road, and entitled to the Bonds withhled by Govejument, We want to ff^ the poiht of Junction be- ,,/.,:tween U.S. -^Central. Ihintingto^n, telegraphed us yesterday and we fto^'-ohave proposed that you and Supt. ond go out and fix this pojnt at - aa early a da,y -as pos-aibla. -You better know the country and the point .can bo as unde^rstandinslY you f^nd our Supt. as any one^ - V; 1- We have .now here the ilormon Bishops, Warner and Cheever & and C - " Bsements wanting-settl^ents. The amount of bills coming down upon is frightful, and >'.« have no money to pay, all the resources of the - - Oompany^ave boffn-wj^d up, and till v.e c£m get a settlement from Central Paclfio for .the..^o^ west of Ogden, and sell some of our material on hand wo havo nothii^ ppt our ..private credit which we have stretched to the utmost for the road already.^ We hoped to sell our iron to • gvana for hl8-,I>pnver Branch ^Ich he said he had raised the money for August, 1869. by sale his Bonc?s, but we have heard nothing fron him lately and fear that this has 'fallen through. We suppesed that when the ' ' road got to running that-we should have resources from •this" that would * make us comparatively easy—earning about ^700,000 per month we stip- "posed that from 3 t(i'400,000 per onth would be derived from this so source, and our labor would be paid off in this way, and the 1?oad put in order, and I do not* understand why a large amoixnt of money cannot ' r" w ■ - jt • ■ " • + ' -> ■ f * - ' ■ r f ■ be had from our earnings, when we have so much material on hand and no — - " - ~ . ' ■ ' , ■ r T cr* * necessity for anything but simple labor, f ■ ' ■ ' • ' • f If our Road is to pay nothing from its earning# we are in poor condition. .c-le Tit . "U 1". Snyder to Gfen. Ddd^e, '6mah"a, 12:- ^"*'^ i..r, Hoxie add I expected you on liCt-e yesterday on <w&tlld''have gone to Council Bluffs to see you. We are glad that ydh go to Beston to explain matters here. John Duff Will give his resume" which we are satisfied will be as false as'many of'his statements here. Duff's intention is to make a clean sweep. Hammond is figuring that way daily. Hammond is to get $20,b00, C.W.Mend $12,000 per year. H, and ^ have drawn on Williams, Treasurer, for balances due us. Duff promised me that our accounts should be paid as per vouch ers rendered on or before July 28th. If they are not paifl We propose to try the merits of the claims in such manner as we think most likely to secure collection,^ ' ' ^ Uatters rather quiet here. Am doiiig all I cah to keep upc on- August, 18G9, ' fidence in gredit of the ro^d, Will remain here until about pctober. Land sales not very brisk. If yotj^ will send me two of your L.O. bonds I will pay market rates here, ^end to me^.O.D. by express. Will have Company's title investigated. If title is good . think yt>u" can do b&tter by, taking R.R. land than selling the bonds at , t prices ncir paid, vix. 75 cts. to 80* ,• ■ , J/ir!! T. E. SitdBi«8 to (jep. Dodge,- ^n* Francisco, 13 :-• » T '-'i telegWI|>h^4'7bu a few days ago that Sisson and Wallace, are try ing to make up. a? party of Chinese to work on the bridge . lir. Wallace " tells me this morning that he expects to get their consent to. go to ■' OmPha by Uenday oip yi»ij8<iay* They always discuss-the matter of moving to a hetriplaoe for some time before giving their decision, but Mr. Wallace thinks their full time will have elapsed^by the first of next week. They objected to going-6o far from California,.and. thtrtight they would t>oti'be. able to obtain their usual supplies, but Ur. Wallace met that' o^jefeticih by basurlng them that in the event of their ' going he would opn a store In their vicinity and would furnish to them all nece'saary Supplies, ^ 1 • Measrs, Sisson and Wallace are apprehensive that if the coming of the Chinese was known aloft^ the line of our road, they might be inter fered with, but we propose on reaching Promontory to ask the Oerator not to forward any information of tfi4 movfemeAte of the Chinese and to "^reqiMiat hi..; to make the same request of all operators on the line. "' '1 heps to leave Sacremento en Tuesday or.Wednesdajr v.ith the China1387 Ati{tust, 1869. men. ' Shpuld- you Wlsll to telegraph me, please direct care ot Sisson and IJallace," Sacr®rofento» . - - ^ < s f I + +n Duff and to Uh. Boomer# tri'r I have.written to ■*» N«A- to- Dodgsj; Omaha, 13:- rtlT j • „ were, going East, I should have gone to Council Had ^ knov/n you w - > having seen you"since I, was discharged, I Bluffs to meet you. "o -- desire. .1 havd drawn'for about $2300 that can't" write half wTist ■» gprai^y up to" July 21st, 1869. I "Bhall claim being amount due m© . . . . per annuto until"I bA paid. No man can be and cbl]ect pay at discharged until h® 'is P for me. Then I hu"^® ^ longer they delay paying the better ^j'ftim oh the "ascignment of the H. Li. Hoxie con tract for a lar^— i^g , qoo; I, am cash $l0,006. oHB trouble. have enough going tb have my IIlO^*®^'■ ^ ^j^Uome thowble. I must have my money. papers- in my hiind'<» to tn t i woti personaly and not officially as J know you ' •' 1 wMte thl" to y . irfeep still until you are paid and then I will mWmy frl^. t , a notorious liar In this country, go for John Duff who is . ^4a, let me ^snow that I may .op n my batteries, d^en' - would like ue to sue then and claim same amonht "#onder bow tmy" / ■ . , . ^ •nmrtond. Wonder if they want Congress to f paid now to Mead aw • N Tbe assignment says I am to have $5pQ0 ^ount • nwtvHindB pa4d on Credit UoblUer 10th and 17th June. Mknow mount df Dirldenaw v — I hawe Original pape^i a]r««--niQre. that can be produced. Enough to «i.t Ur. DUff. H.M. "it® m« aQOS.Jj.„^PVr«''' August, 1869 ,?V.f tJnrrprrf graph in cipher, then J. will go for them^-. * ^ o •« o«iJ ,i , J. T. jHobhj' tO'Mr, J. E. House , Hempstead, 14:- 1-) pHas received- two transits, and will fix^themup and return at ■ '•.once.. *1 ;j i lOBfl; RUV< C. G, Hammond to J. -E, ,House,. Omaha, 14:- ... . I -enclose you extracts from.a letter of .the President in regard to work on the road ihich I presume is -intended as a guide f^r,. action here." ' , ' cr: * J, ' . • Jo 'Ofi-.t - ♦« .--r 'Poe,s. yoto? .department coincidSr and. &^'Q. your_ plans present .and prdspective in accordance herewith? .r -• . ^ W. Spyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 14;- J -to' "I.i C. G. Hfmwf nd 1 ° now-the General Supt, of the U.P.R.R* at salar of $10,000 or $120';0. Nichols, son-in;law pf .pammpnd is purchasihg & siding-Agent of the, Road at good round salary. A Llr. Down of Chicag friend of the family circle>:ia Cashier, Nichols, Ptirchascr, is of the firm of Nichols ahd Mann,., Ralwa;^. Supply Agents, Chicago and has been always understood that C.G.H. was a silent member of the firm ' NlcholC got his start ir\ life while ^prchaser for the C.d. and R.R., under Hama^ond*s administration. This road is now selling N. & U, ten dar-loads of scrap, wrougnt and cast iron v-hich .ought to be used her^-^f It is any object to save mo^ey^ Of-course, .all R.R. sup plies that I'r, ft M. haye-for sale will be bought of them ..as needed. If this is not a tolerably oomplstc "ring" .then .dont \inder- • stand What they Ar^ figuring for. i getrthe-information quite direct tha N. ft li. were paid $18,'00 for their account while all other par1389 August, 1869. .9'•ft'' , Jptp^s/A ties are forced to take* four inQnths paper'; 1 ;'rir*T^- ■G. W. Frost was promised-by-Duff a posit ion.on road, on or before'August Slst rithout fail>" the "Land Agency in place of Davis was assured him. Dflff started so many things here that it iS' hard to tell what he'meant in promising Frost thePlAce,' I have done considerable since my discharge ib sustain the credit • r t > - of the road here and at Chicago. Every business man wonts my views on failure prospects. I want to see the Road a success, but my hopes have not been strengthened durihg the past six'weeks, tiy honest opinion is that you will do well to dispose of your interest in the road. Expect to'ibavfe here soon as*1 get balance of salary due, * 'Will not go to work again»e before October, Will retain resid' ence here some month yet";^ < ,0 'C r ^ c- "lo • E.' H*. Rollins to c'. G. flammond, Bbston; 12;— -r If you have any maps of the'Pacific Railroad please send a copy to Hon. A*. I^heeler, U.C, Kalbne., Franklin Co. , New York, ilh, *heeler is Chairman, of' thh House Committee on Pacific Railroad ■ and we are'anxious to oblige h-im. He»has written us upon the sub ject. v . , ^ J. K, House to Gen. Dodge , Omaha ,• 17; * * I 'send you coinmtmication froa liorris relating to the ,Nounan case. '^trt f./'j been to sde Urf; Poppleton, and- he informs me that Lr. Hempstead id fully comfeterit to work unthe 'case, but that he wants some one that he can rely on to darry out o^dews that Aay be given^him. \!N> , • , f t Jl<1 Of 1390 f'/ August, 1869. .?'8* ,.' 1,-^! ii I have wri'tt'en Llorris to do whatever Llr. H^apstead directs, and ^In the ay he wants it done. . I: ' • y :'a rnf : Our financial matters are fn'had .sha^je We are goings ttt prota^t daily on small amounts. Have notified all parties to stop draw- " ing' on us till further orders. • ■ i ''oen. Dodge, to .t. E.' House, Council Bluffs; ' ' ayj officiar statenent of the -Rolling stocik on hand of all kinds, SepiJember lat to present to the Special Gommittee. Get it from Llr. Hammond. Also want No, of Stata^^Tunnels, Bridges, &c which can be taken fro.a my reprt." TJntz took over data length of; Howes' Truss, Length of ifeinels and talbe oT goods* and alignment, - which can be taken from .report already ttad-p, noting whore temjjorary 90 and 116 "foot have been put in. ' • - '■ ' ' ' J. a House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 16:- . ■■ Bank refuses to take our paper, till our draft is met. Henry-Famam to Gen, Dodge, Now Haven, 16:.- • ' I received a latter this morning from your brother N.P. of Coun cil Bluffs "in which he said that you would be i-n Boston at the Office of the U.P.R.R. COnipaYiy tbe 17th and 18th inst. and that. aoon after that time would leave Boston for Washington.- As soon as I re ceived iour brother's letter, I telegrapt^ed you asking you if you could come to New Haven and s6e me, if not/ when and where 1 could see you. ' i an very deslrotis to see you for more reasons than one. In the first place I would lik" to have you come to my 1391 ■ .i-' *' . ■ ■ U August, 1869. r, r * < • * housfii ^nd make me -gs visit, .and in the next place I want 'to see yoU for ' moment about a business matter. I must if^ssible see you be-r^ ifore you go toi Washington, and I think yo« can stop off our- your way without rosing any 'tfime. You imow- the .route- thrjdugh New ii?wen .dd ' the shortest to New "York^ant of course to Wash in "^t on, a nd if. you can do no more ;than-stop off'SJ\d spend, thje night with me I should be great ;X(' '■ iy oblige dV or. if - you-bannot^ do» this, otop over a single train. The longer■ yoU stop the better* wer should f 11 lake it but a short visit would be" bfetteT' th^ none . , , ' I beg yoil will not decline but l.et me know either-by .lettep or telegraph what train jrou -nli- coare pn and :I wilrl meet* you at the sta- ^ ■ tion. lly resident Is ,47 HlllhousiS Avenue^ , i Henry Famam to ■Geh.. Do<lge. lie. HavM, 16hr 9 r ; ' f •> 09 I wrote you this morning and .directed it to the office of the U.P.R.'R. Oompteny 'Boston, .'aun'^fwpring you ivtight .not get it,^ I send herewith a'Odpy, enclosed in .one to Uesars'. Glidden and Willlms with ■« request to hand it to you. Copy given on page 119 s^nd 120. ' Ptenry'l^rnam'to^ Gshi' Dodge^ 'New Haven, 17;- i Tour second•t'M'^gf^iis received, in wfeiiBte you say you will stop off'a trairi or &vbt night in *•* Haven and see me; for which I am greatly obliged, t write how to afk,you'to give ray compliments to Mr! Tiison and bay that I would like him s to come directly to my house with yourself.1 have an abundance of room and it would give me — . r 1392 »'Vf August, 1869. great please to receive you both at my house, I would like it if you could manage, to give me a, portion of the day so I can show you the city. If you can take the 8 o'clock A. LI. train from Bston, you wil"' reach New Haven et 2 o'clock P. 1^. which will give you time to see ■ • ■ * m » that city that afternoon, if you cannot stay longer than a single night. Tie have nine trains that leave jthe city from 5,30 A.U. to 8.30 P.1.1 so you can accommodate yourself a s to time. BesHdes we have two boats daily between this and New York. /^O. F.Davis to (len. Dodge, Omaha, 16;-' ;• ■ ' ■ ■■ ■ ■ I Yours of the 9th inst. received. I have just received a let- , 1 n ' r»,- • ■ < •ter from Mr, Duff, who sends twenty-five bonds fo sale; he writes; ' • • "You will not have any bonds sold in ycur land-office except those ' " ■ r ■ ■ ■ that are ^ent by md or such as I advise you about," I think he would allow me. to sell your bonds if you mention it to him. Sec, 23, 17-9 was t - ' ' '' a section selected by Mr, Dillon who wished two sections, but the se- t' . - -. • w • lection was :mado before t.he appraisal, and he may not like the price, u 'lean ido better-for you in .my judjjnent than to take that land althon^^'*tt ^Is worth the price. , Some parties are selling Bonds ftt *70 they may even 8®* Jrower, ..I-shall be glad to do anything for ' you that I tanc' - - ' l l * ": • - . r, . t Hhe section I peie'Cted for General Sherman is Sec, 35, T, 18 % 4, Reast; It 16 a fair average tract of bottom land, I will write to Mr, Duff, hrrtk'glvp him the JIos, of the Section, also to General Sherman. 'Fhe mk1?tsir<fe«5'|>ix)b«rt)ly better jbe, arranged now.^ ^ an > » ■■ ''.ii - '■if. '.t i i V1 • •.d 1393 • '.1*^ i'-r I r Cs eSM) > U " t. August, 1869 l-J "O'.^ "VtODl ^ f -p .- ^T^ r »l ♦ T" " " •' " f r-'^ -r"-' ' ''t""*! > " I expect the question of salaries for self and my employees'will come up at the meeting of the Boar-I, ; /'■ ■ s .* ■" p. Si As soon as N.P,* sends me your bonds I v,'ill confer with him • i;n' ? ♦ 'SJr as to selling and entering^ 'u ■ V ■ ■? '' * Note. *W. T). Lewis to J. H. Eddy, Eqq., Salt Lake ^ity, 17:- • .'i' - .• 1* : ■ - ■ ' • - ■ - - W. Rice t o Gen. Dodge, Gskaloosa, 18:- The Senatorial fight is getting considerably mixed^in the State, and I think a Soldier of y«ur \ocaility can come in a*nd carry the field ' ■ • ■ T , * ■ r "r-- , ♦ I want you to be a candidate as I am anxious to see a soldier, (representative one) in the U.S.Senate from this State, and there is no one. Soldier or citizen, I would take so much pleasu^'e In supportT . . - • . , , ^ . . .. . . I ing a» yourself If you will take the field I will guarantee the vote'of this county,^ arid will go 'to work for you in'this an'^ tKte first district ^d leave nothing imdone to secui''e your election: t ■ * . . , , . Since you are out of Congress, Iowa has^no soldier there, (Sayth amounts to nothing as such) and it is aji outrage on the soldiers of the state not to be' as well represented as any oliher State, ■ ■ t - George -right is ahead'today,-but he will not have sufficien t votes to be elected, and a combination of all the opposition will, I predict, elect some"one not now a' eandiftate} you can combine this *■ * y I r, r • strength better t?ian any man in the Siate. Your standing asthe leading soldier, ybiir experience in Congress, your lopation^, yuur known influence with Grant and Rav.'iih8^,^ ybur bai)acity and fitnes# for the place all indicate you as the best and most available man foi' | 1394 August, 1869. . ' r our candidate. I llopef:"y<^ia-wili Coriclufie to make the- race. • : My Idea' woilTd he not to come out as a candidate now, but let the •'Vf icandidfcteS'now in tThe' field and; those constantly springing up- fight away-a't ^'right and at each .Othef .unt il alfl are sox^ and sick O'f the , conflict, and'l,hen odine in and sweep the result of their victory, over ea'ch other. VJright's strength" fs'not a positive, earnest, enthusi astic one, it is-merely a willing "supprt, and you can In my opinion,,, get many of his votes, anc^ imltP the entire oppositioni If you will be a candidate, let a few of your quiet discreet.per sonal friend'sknow it, thAt we m ay go to work when the-.time comes, and we will I verily believe, elect you.. I intend to travel-consid^r- ^ aly over the S^ate in*'ffeorganizing the Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic ( 1 wAii Elected Qrarid Cjommander *of r the .State at-the re-, cent fjavenpor-t'-raeeCin^) and. I will'Ae t-the thing inrmption aS ;X go along. Please keep this entirely conf identi^l,^^d I(3if .me, hea^^ from'you. y** ^ n oifjsti I TT. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 10s-r.>-r , If drafts oi- H6rla Aftd'self for Leland due account services have been protested, wd tt bpem the ball at-once.. Dont' wish a fight, but if It coiAefRjrfBAhe Company can be as^red that it will be lively. * ' • J o-' , / T . - ' note; J. U. "15. Tfilliama to (Jen. Dodge, Boston, 20;- ^ Thos. D. Morris to Ge.. Dodge, IVahsatch, ^0:- ^ As directed by your letter of August 9th, I have sent to Mr. • 1 -If 1395 Au^st, 186r. . — House the length of 'snoW" fence'needed to protect all "cuts on'the line over 6 feet deep' ^'i^ 'through rdck' or loose 'rock. Also the rqttantity of earth to tie removed'to inake all eai*th' cuts of less height than six by 60 feet wide in bottdrn. " ' met Ur. Mead, the A"sst, .Genl» Supt, at Bryan, and v/ent wit^; him to Promontory. ; Gave him all the information as to road-bed and superstructure I could. Told him-the general plan you'intended foil'dwing for snow, and with the bfcidges ♦ over the large streams. He asked many questions and expressed himself very much pleased With the proSp^ctf*;-' He ^ is very anxiotis to have the work pushe-' vigorously and told me if I nneded anyt lipg he could ftirnish to ■ let him kiiow at once.. • „ He'seemed very anxious to see you and arrange f;ully: .for. all .the ^ work Which can be done this year. Th© piles are all driven-fpr one ^ier at Bridge 110 Over'Black's Fork,-nearly all for the Easi^_^^ abutmeht of sine bHldge. - ' G " . ' • 1 have a gang of men dig":ing out the foundation^, and hppe to have the masonry started by thO iilddle pf next week. The masons and stone-cutters who came from Omaha brought no tools with thorn and I had to have quite a lot made'and furnish others from the constrction House at Echo". ' 6ause a delay erf a day or eo in getting to. work. I have received no cement or lime, and when I found my men here without either I ordered-and received a car-load fqom, Weber Canon and we are "working'with that lime. Mr*. Uead ordei^d a car of cement r ♦ ^ 1396 August, 1069. ^ sent at once. Stone is going regularly and I have-begun .to ship to Hebster. I have contracted ,4ith a very :?ood.nan nanfed .Jno. Jordan for the imasonry of one of the Black^s fork ,bridges. He is to .. quarry the stjonej dress them and. nut th^n up for .^12 per C.yd. ^ He put up the•only»0Qod work I saw ©n construction, and-is a.firqt rate mason, a mori^on ahd a good manager. ,I have • contracted for stone to be delivered on the cars at the quac^iy .at $5 per C. yard, and have put Curtis there to-lnBpe9t'and measure them. ^ •• ■ I"have contracted for-the Backing stone, to be dressed for $3 per c. yd., and face stoije-at $5 per- c. yd. I have an,offer, to^ lay rubb'le work'ih arch culvert abutment walls at $2^50 per c. yard; dompany fui'ftishing stone and l^ne, I think it would be well to put up'96i4e^«f *heso thi? year, so we can work our gravel trains and secton men thrOtigh th0:-wlnter„when -wages will.be low and.mqn plenty. I have a few stone cutters working by the foot face measure, 50 cts. i pay ; thle ife'a little lees thai;i |5 per cubic yard. . ^'1 enough'to dispense entirely with those sent from day, or force them to cut by the'^foof. Y'haVb agwea'with. a man for scraper work in taking out cuts f<fr snc^ protection arid wddenirrg embafitoients up tc six feet in heirht; 20 cts. pe-r yard roi* the cuts and 26. cents for widening embank ments Vn'account of the aamU quantity of work in a place. He vin be gin work with 30 teams in about a week, Another man begins at •i- t ' .r, .'fff" -: I i.yr ' r ■■ 1397,- ..,^ oT August, 1869. r ^ J/A once next Tuesday wiih i'ro.A'id to 20 te^s'. • Another*man'will'go to worA any time I will let''him', all at same price.' Then*! have one V ' ' man at frork at the changes^in tlie channel, arid he is i»'o do soAe widen ing*bf"embankments also. I have a fair organization and cdn eitend it if you think best so as to'widen all embankments'and take oUt all cuts on my v^ork. I have shipped from tJintah about 200 men, to Bridger DivisioA about 90 per cent have stayed, that is a success.^' ' U. H. Painter to Gen. Dodge; Boston,' 20r-" :' <<•' * '■ "Rollins" will send "Silson"'copy of'the'papers he desired. The injunction business'has-niade some trouble about money, but "Oakes" * thinks the Boston^'one will^be set aside tomorrow and the New York one I they do not intend to'respect- I think they will be more tr9ubl0 '^^than they anticipate," I leave dt foUn P, i:. It seems, that • * ' "Jenks" has gone In with "Dtirant",. and "licConnels" in the injunction 1 business, "Oakes*" says 'that both" Hcntie ' and Snyder. Shall have , every dollar owing thera,but does not seem likely 1*6 pay their present figures. It appears that iir.' "H"' takes a big slice of his salary in stock. Note ®.' Morris to J, E. House, T/ahsatoh, 2a:- : l 1- .xia ' „ Whitford to J,- House, Chicago, 20:- ^ tori? pji'g received check and" returns vouchers. ^ ** * Note: T. B. MoVris to J, Eddy, 77ahsatGh,20;- ^ ^ Returnes vouchers signed. , ^ Note:- Nilliaia MoManus to J. E. House, 21: To know if thenS liis not an error in his accounts, 1398 't\. August, 1869. • j" JI,' M'.' Hoxl^ to Gen.. Dodge, Council -Bluffs-,' 22:'- ' Ajma content, eitherr* event;.' J say accept. I go East Monday telegraph ne Sherman, Chicago,-after tomorrow noohi and until ^^ednesday I must see you. - - ''' Note:- Cha&V (te La Baume. to Ji'M. Fddy,. luntah, 23:- iN f f ia ' Thanks Gfen. Dodge foh maps ," reports arid passes, no Jr Arihite Dodge to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs 23:-"- Oil Dont accept -if you can avoid it. :.3ir Ha a" tIi6s. B. Morris to J. M. Eddy, Wahsatch, 23:^1''* 'o two , Concerning pay rolls and his ledger account,! 0££ B. f. Ham to'tfeft.'Dodge', New Yor ,25:- ' ».t4 I . Wants Tovm lot account.' c ^ "n/f v , of f rn „ :> B6rij. F,":Ham.to Gert. Dodge# Boston, 2® :-■. ' -tW' . Uhuchers have.hedn examined and credited your account this day a« follows: • ^ • * 0 'iiJote:- 0. E. Vedder to J. E." House, Nort Platte, 26: •IqiJifn • Wants ■*750 to pay his expenaas while sick, I'll •?IM' Note:- If. 0. Stewart tO Gen. Dpdge# Fort Scott, 27Gr *j i.cjl t -iniJ-ejo ' ' InQulrinfe for daeds for Benton Jjots. ,j Note :'»i' H^hhy to J. E. House, Hemps tead^ 27 ' Has bent (Transit by express. •)f f '1**3 ^Inoi Note:— F, M. Case tb' J. Eddy,. Denver, -281 — Received the mdtp, O.K. . fr ■f'" --en f, Notei# 0. E« Vedder to J. M* House-, North Platte,, 29:^^^ •> r . t ' ' 01 rfw August, 1869. ..trir-r JJote:- Thps. B.-Morri^ to J.. E.' Eddy Wahsatcjt', 30:- ' , >ohno .. . Has 3.ent vouchers', &;c-. Received thfe press &c, O.K. 'Id- i I «» v ^ • 'Note:0 Thosk B, Morris toi J.. Ei 'House., Wahsatch, 30 :- - r., ♦ Wants plan for snow fence. . ;o ' ■ T Morris tp Gen. Dodge, Wahsptch, Z- ^e -^ileB fort two of, the pieces or;ms-sohry for Bridge No. 110 over Black's forfc stre d^rivemlapd the drivers are now at work on Bri "dge 118: -"lo ""7 "*1 t: T The-, men, who-are cUgglng. out" foundations, arp at work on Bridge 110 lowering the ground'so as to -cap-^nd plank the piles. Smith hae Some six or e^-g^t at. work near Aspen taking out cuts ^ and widening banks. Darby has twenty teams making new-channel and widening banks-;: feetweeft Grstpge'r and Bryan. -Bryan, puts on twenty terns today bet»«6n' G^feanger and Church Butes. Munson and-^Co. ship ped 60 tdams to do that work botwen Wahsatch and Aspen. McCoy,.goes fo Work at Gre^n River'attd.Works to Bryap this week'with 20 teams. Sharp has gotten fairly to'worknon^hla-quarry-and is shipping from five to. eight ^are per'day. of^ stone♦ Von Dyke th©. mason sent from Omaha has fairly beltligl Mid Is doing-well, but the work is costing too much. However-, he hW hot had a. fair chance, a.s hp" was short of tools and needed to get many things arranged. But now he has a fair start and should do Well., Ife sWoiild go'at the alteration of line at Clay Bluffs at once, and. ttlsq, at any small culverts which are to be" pht In. I cart put S gang of masone on tl\e small culverts which are to be put in. I can put a gang of masons on the sanll cul9 1400 August, 1869. verts as soon a-s; y"bu, isrill orcler it, -I had tjuife' a long, cor res- ■•'V't 1. pondence with Mr*. J.'CT.'liittl'fe, the Secy, of the Weber Canon Road Co., which culminated 4n an*appointment to meet hia'and the President' Bishop W. ""est, at Ogden-last Wednesday, Thay stat'O the Case in this way- the roaH coat, (cash paid out ) $64000, Thej'' had ^us't' completed it and had it working about six months when the R.R.Co: ^ destroyed it . Their'^charter'" re'otli^es that the'road shall be huiltz- i. all the way on the north side b^the River, and they have notbeen-> able to collect toM, since July 1868, They claim the cost of the road and 10 per cent interest'on said cost, v/hich is $70,400 For this they will either traksfeb cuLl the Stock of the road to the R.R.Co, giving them the entire^ control of the road -or-they will're ceipt to the compahy for all damages'past-fend, pr*®sent and seoure them against all liabilities to build or repair any road in the canon. ^ ' ' TheiV claim fob"?l84nege will be d'large one and they had arranged to Sue the Cbmpariy when'l'wrote^ them as'directed by you. • • It will cost quite a nice little sum of mqpey to- -rebuild the, road, ^he work done by the bonstruct IPn department .costing over $80,000 and we iflll have harder'wo to do is jwe* keep tha ]|ina on the north side of the'river all the way, * i . The <?ost of thia cdnhot be until a careful aui^vey should be made. My estimates and p^y rolls for labor in August wllj go in'by the'6th oK September, and ^ will be in toaha about that time should nothing prevent. My father .111 reach Chicago on ^he ,8th of Se^ 1401 '.4i-,. _ .;i ■ > •..■■ ■ - ■■ It. ' . , ■-,.. August, 1869. . TCr , .•? - . F. S. HodgBB to G-eu. Podge/ Roxbury, 30:- jot nil B*'fOv I have before me you.rs-o' 20th and'27th ipBt^» One^ was received in the interim in relation to conversation with Llr, Wilson, which-was not received until after .W, had left,, -I would suggest that you address me care pf Wash ngton National-Bank. I am deeply^ grieved, to hear of your illness. I was in hopes that you would cot devote so miich of ybur time to the road after its ciompletion as you did. before Cor 1 have felt that you required-rest after your labors of the.past year'. ^'oV'ttiat Jiou ahe at'hom^'once more w ith your , family,, you must feel likb enjoying its comjforts,.,I.wishv that I, could encourage^ you by good accounts of the roaij, but. 1 har'^ly . know-how, to, speak so. The 1st'Mortgages were today offered in the Board Brokers here for 85 with ho bids above S4 1-B% -1 t,hink that some of our parties have been realizihg on their bonds lately, for certa-in. brokers- (which I ''^'^^liink have been working -for' taae«) jhave been, selling, little- under the market price all iJtemg, lately I don't know.W^at eise can break the market dowh ds» There" seemB' bo be some movement tov^ards working * them up, but I dan't t-ell ^whether they -ere all strategetic or in real good faith. If "I can find" out'^y^hing I will let you know. I can't see Why they should not be good though, -bein© a rlst mortgage on the road, and hence 0. K. If t»e road atttmld fall into the 1st bond holder's hands. If horer ment should-take the roaduthey would have to assume these bonds. As for'Lan^ grants-1 feel-dlffepent for I don't consider them very good. ■ TSif. tj'l y . ,♦ .-,v^ , 1408 August, 1869. •1 c I don't by any neans think though, that the present ■managers are g6ing to gi"ve up yet. They a#e working towards settlement with the contractors; settlei on basis with Brigham Young tedpy. They owe him a'balance of ^'?'35,000 in a'^Ution. He has brought in extra ' ' bilis to the tune <^f over'^400,000 on which Trustees-liave allowed ' ' over $^0,000 and agreed to leave the other $200,000 to refereed. * "N Brighaii will have the best of theiii there f think. His referee will be better'posted hhan our^.'Bent has brought"in extra bill of Sbout $40,000,'MrGee'$50,000,'CrfQen sind Hill 40 or 45,000 Davis' & Co. are here too, and the Trustees are t'd send-a man out to take an account of all^fie'stuff in the woods and elsewhere that they have-on )) hand*, evidently'with f-e i'^ea of payirtg -bhom for it.' Durant seems to he tryirig to break our folks down, and I think he has caused these folks to bring in their extras.T UcComb backs him(Durant) up and ; also, I believe, Bardwell, and some other parties. Oakes Ames' cour age is good'yet though. I wlBh be were President of the Road. ^ Oliveb AmeS starts west in a«fev/ days to meet the Comiaissione rs of Five Bninent Cltixens. I Suppose that if-you can you will take the trip T/ith him'. Col. Hammond seem& how to have, full swing-of all operating matthrs, express' ^c. He is Irt favor of lower freight rates but is not allowed bo cut under ahy more, lat Class is now $7,43 hhrough. As for the estimates .that you sent for- I will , cause you to have copies of e-Verythlhg you ASk that io in my pos^ssion. 1403 August, 1869. . ■■ But it is my opinion th?t fee: one ho re will ever'get the true figures-of the coat of-the'road. No %wo report-s from the New York hooks ever agree. * I will try to gat fof you in S'-day. or two thesedocuments. I forgot to mention that one-of the allowed^claicts in^,. Brigham Young's extras was $54,^000 for delay .waiting, for ,the ^loca^ ti9n qf the line •X ■' 'o : ' * : vf r> * -•); o- * "For the-last few days things have been c-onsiderably. mixed, A great-deal of businerss on hand. D id ^ you know .that Hazard had,^t.. , judgment ip his-suit ggainst Durant^for^over $300,000.^ He was ^ssist^d in this by uSing the Company for his own fenefit,.-getting them in"B6mtfhoW aS partiesotd the suit, Durant told-the .company that if thefhadt anyt'hiii{i to do-with It-'ho would hurt 'them all .her could, and 'to'hS 6arryiri^ iut his threatf-He-is very :het about it. I will write AgKfA Ih ft few days. I.hoperto hear from you that ycu dre well dgaife./ * * a;. ■ r-l T , i"." • J. H. NAlntrfeight to Gen. Dodgc| Now York» 31i- - ^ j'cal- 'siggestlon of Ool. R.-J* Dodge,. U. S. Army, I.enclose herewit a'pafA^hlet, with' teeftinonlals and description^ of ^pr. Improved apparatus for ditilllng Impure, brackish ea^t or alkaline water, possibly.it may be of u8% to ybu soniewhere orr'the line of your R.R. , ^ The'i%|)5Srbei show that it. is not, an. experimental apppatus , but reall/w^dt^ It pwbipwtB to be\ Sho*|Lid I'ou desire it I will very gladly exhi'bft' the Wrobrtclng of t^e.-»^^lne at jany. time. at, the Ftxiton Ferry, Brooklyn, 1404 -j''; ■ V 'k, i- ' »■' . . 'J' -' August, 1869. . • , i-':t;nr .. . ,, . .. . ^ James ..Wilson to Gen. Dodge, -Fairfleld >31:- . .. . r,. <• At home and all right, Hope, you are ditto^- . L * ■ • • you a letter from Seever; v/hat do you think of it? I dont seo how- I cau now i?aise the funds that may be required, but have » ♦ • • » • written to S, for^ more complete infomatlon, and advised hl^n that I havo forwarded his letter to you. Please return his letter and say what you think of the project. , . The finanjsial statement procured .by y?ij.liams not yet received. t . • . X If it dont come 1 willi give hiia a reminder that will being .seomthing. Saw Harris, he la all .i^ight.and se.es things about as we do. • • < Saidr he- was glad I had demanded the stateme.nt and will insist on one himself. Will be at the next meeting, and stand with us in deoand- ^ ... ing a full- exposition of the affairs of ^,^>6 Company. / - • -jGen,. Dodge to J S. Ly. Williams^ September Ist , (_25DR15B ) DD. Gen, Podge tp J., E. IJouse, C Bluffs, September 1st; If we have ai)J map in our office showing the U.P. Lands on it, ♦ • - ^ ' •• " ' ' ' >. f r • , lojr the bearer, Lr. H. L, Hery^y, have it for me, ► Gen, Dodge tq Oliver Ames, Salt Lake, 1:- r .Seymour telegraphs that he has orders to adopt 80 foot'grade on ' i V . .-i, • " jy - ■ . . I ^ eaate^ slope, of B^ck Hills, and to examine and report on western .slope, Kurd telegraphs his men are on ground ready to go to work, i do not understand your telegram to Port Bridger, is it intended that wodk shall be delayed, for more surveyors in Black Hills? I must have lto.xwe].l*s party, pr else fail to get location in west of Larai.iie River. 1405 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/4857d2b971b8af89ecd17ea070bbad1e.pdf 32b359398f57ff3c55cf30b4ccb2c342 PDF Text Text August, 1869. , . ^James ..Wilson .to Gen. Dodge,-Fairfi^lci 51:- . . ... »- home and all right... Hope.you are ditto. auvl you a letter frcm Seever; v/hat do you think -of it? I dont sea how- I oau,now raise the funds that may be required, but have written to S, fp«?> more complete infomation, and advised hi^n that I • have forwarded his letter to you. Please return his letter and saj'' ... what you think of the project. : J -'J: The finan_cial sta.tement procured by Williams not yet received. f . - * If it dont come ^ will, give him. a reminder that v;ill bein"; seomthing. Saw Harris, he ,ia .all right, and se.e,s things about as we do. * Said. wa^s glad I h£id demanded the statement and will insist on one himself. Wdll be at the next meeting, and stand with us in demand- "' ■ ' ■ • .. .r ' .' iqg a full- exposition of the affairs of the Company^ - » - -Gen. Dodge to. J S., 11^., Williams^^ September 1st, (J35DR158 ) DD. ♦ Gen, Dodge tp J., E. IJouse, C Bluffs, September 1st; If we ha.v9 any map in our office shelving the U.P. Lands on it, • ' , ~ .* '• . .V - ^ . , lojf the bedrer, Wr. H. L. Henry, have it for me. Gan, Dodge tq Oliver Ames, Salt Lake, 1:- *,,, .. .SeymQ.ur telegraphs that he has orders to adopt 80 foot'grade on wa^tsbrn slo.pe,of Black Hills, and to examine and report on western ..alcpe. Kurd telegraphs his men are on ground ready to go to work. t do not understand your telegram to Port Bridger, is it intended that wodk shall bs delayed, for nioi*e surveyors in Black Hills? I must have Ifaxwell's party, pr else fail to get location in west of Larai.iie "" ' rl♦! f' kiver. ';V. 1405 August, 1869. • * Lambert*3 party 13 In Black Hflls and can be used for surveys t • *T * • * ' ' there. Reed telegraphed me 'that any'BO foot grade on east slope was impossible. Have you hear'^ from him? ' ^ ' «' Geo. llartin to .J. E. House "Bitter Creek,-Sr- '-- -hc. T 'rdt j that Gen. '^upt. Hamtaond has oifdered all- oonductdrVHjd take up and not honor'passes of late'Asst.-Gen. S^ipt. Hoxie. The orde>- is dated August 31st; ... .. /l. S. Bent to"Gen. Dodge, New York 2.--' Doctor returned from Boston last nl^t; also Ree'd,'Davis, "^frost ^c. Think the Boston parties will haVe tocome to -timpfor T,c. T think his coabinaton against the.v. is too strong. They |made a settleraentr with the MomonS (Young & Co) they are to tak^ ihdn and , equipment to the amount of $b60,000, itee'd goes to ^bho tomorrow. The Doctor says when t'hey cohvern.'eVerjd,hing they have into aonc they will be six millions sho'rt of p'ayihg the debts. He gives them till the eighth of the month to cone to tilae or bust, * ' ■ ' '. f t Bonds are 85 3-4. They voted Frost $700 a ye'ar'extra for contrac-^ tors. He would not accept it. Voted to seriti but special agonts to take account of Davis & Assn. material as a basis of settlement. Shall remain here until my first paper becomes due," which is on .the,sixth inst, rill write as often as there is anything interest ing. , Jno. Covodo to Gen. Dodge, Philadelphia, 2t- ' The political canvass now going on with us has aft'^lAid V'hAti woer VI. -.d' September, 1869. .9V' ,- .aspect, and the Democrats are stf^uggllng to secure a fcethold in Penna. with the view of intrenching for the'next Presidential.Canvass, The smll majority we have only beeri^able to hold for ten years in a poll of over-half a million votes, renders it absolutely necesary that no means should be left untried to ge' out our entire vote, and gather all the new friends that it is possible to enlist. Your reputatien'as an«orator*and as a leading Republican, are known t o ouf' pebpled arid "we earnestly'desire to have you speak in the State as ofted as you can do' so, and help to'arouse the people, and save the aovernment from falling into the hands of those who have been its enemies or wer6 indifferent to its fate in tlie last decade.' Please let'me hear from you soon as convenient, as after'Sept. 15 arrd up to election day, we hope to haVe our camp fires lit up, ready " ♦ • ■ '. V . , ■ to greet all who aid vlb ^ B. F. Allen to Oen.'^Dodge, New Yor' -, 3:-'^ ' ' ' "^Jhen'l saw yoir'at the St, Nicholas I expected seen you be fore you left, but in the^evening when I got to the hotel they told me you had gone.You asked me what you had better do with your Rock . island stock. As you are aware all things connected with the No* Ybrfe stock market is very uncertain, and while I hc.ve all faith in the ultimate value' of the road, I think that all Stocks are Inflated, and with every prospect of close money market this fall and winter. I think the stock w'ill be' lower than it is now. One* year ago this month the stock went do"Wi Vs low as 1 1-2, it may not go that low 1407 September, 1869. . '' ' , this season, but mv; opinion is that it at least lO.per ct. from.present quotations; this is merely my opinion given to you in a friendly way,-an "as a matter of course not to-bo•repeated by you. _ I hope yuu will soon regain your health. One thing is certain, ,you must'give more attention to your health than you have done .lately as it ^ont do to take the chances as you have gone. ^ iod I'u ' F. S. Hodge® to Gen. Dodge, Bost^on, -3:-. „ .,.,^7 * ' ' I have not been enabled J>9 get the estimates, &c, off ^yet :ut hope,to tomorrow, Llr* Ames starts Monday for the VJest.^ I suppose now that the Mormons ace nbout settled with, that we will.have no trouble in travelling,oyer the road, though something is ^ said about Davis and Associates men going for hi . I have, nothing to add to mine of ,y sterday, except that there has * * f been something said or written by Duff or Ames to Haia ond about the engineer depSLrtueiot^ judgin from a..late_letter ^.of Haamond to Ames, Prom l^a- j^®norT,it is evident ^bat ^eu-uiond desires to have the eng ineer Dept.,amrged-into vhls, In .which he Is r ■ tiesj. While Duff desires.to have town lots, turned over to Davis Land Agent, Hammond is to talk to Ames about this next week, . 'Boomer and-Sickles are here on the financio.l question attached to th^^trMge. Ha.^OBrt M Btlll in favor of lower rates. • . Crocker IMilVt®. them to take such rates as will make the steamers haul off, oarry per month N. Y, to San Francisco, 5000 or 6000 ton® ,of aor((mi^d.l3e, and as nearly as much hack to N.Y. and ^ 1408 (V ■ September, 1869. r • ^ncF; 100 or 1500 pas sender ' '..-o ' r 'Rosborough'and Preston to' ■©en. Dodge, 3ilver City, 3;-"^" ' • f- 'Your favor of th^ 21st ult. 5iakinE: >inquiry of t|;ie ;claias left in our hands by U. 0. Hudnutt, Esq ., against Thos. Cole. Jr. $: Go, has been reed. t Proceedings werS commenced in the Bankrupt Court (Supreme Court of the t6rritohy) at Boisd ^ity', in"May last| and are still pending, no adjudicatlon in.Bankruptcy haying been made as yet, ^ Tm then it is not practicable to-make proof Qf'^flgiims •J ■ ' Some of the.Creditors of the concern^ sometime ago, co. imencedi. buying up claims, in the expect^-tion that aqme• interests of the con^,, cern.In"quartz mines bar® would sell at higb^figuresj but this .is not likely td be realized in'the general decline of that^class .of assets.. As no schedule has been prepared we cannot give^you any reliable statement of assets and liabilities^ but will do so as soon as we ob tain the data, n —q i ' .ttT -r t- (' 'tff.t , Gen, Dddge.to J.'-E, Housei 0« Bluffs, 3:- r' T • r' T • r •* Send me Gtbtioent of amount received on town Ipt current (net) for yearl868, Alad atbtsAant of notes or bills receivable collected during that year,' '' ' « ' ' / J. L, WllliaAs to (>«n,'Dodge, Port Wayne, 4:-^ I leartwd at* Hwaao on Friday that you had gone West, I wis^i t^#jt^T'b6uld'lilW» toot you, • .Raullns will undoubtoldy re- , . sign soon. I have always thought since 'it was first mentioned that Grant would offer It to you. This Is the least he can do, and you 1409 September, ].869. should accept, I don't know that I can do much to promote the thihgr with- the President, jiot beipg personally familiar.j but with the Senate I would, were tt necessary. .Of course, you and Wilson'heard about it, . ' , ' . ' After returning from Boston I wrote an article intended for the Tribune rather foreshadowing the probable withdrawl of Gen. Rawlins, and favorably noting your being called td'hislplaCe and stating ground and representing the'Appointment ©fii hently proper.' I ,• howeter-, j • it'be concluded to withhold the article. It is a delicate subject to talk of the-apprehended vacancy, whert that is to state so sa d a cause as in the case of Rawlins,' ItOrdoevSr, I'did not knop that-the Tri bune would'feel friSndly, havirig perhaps an Illinois :ax-to grind, l o So the matter rests, 'b t if I can avail in my way please write me Confidentially, - • '. r I am the more dispose'^ -to thlAUU'ou should accept if offered be cause of the xinsatisfactory condition and prospects of ^he Road* • You and I had as'well both cut it after awhile. What.is now your opinion? till tAey go through or wii:" they bust up? I Saw your name mentioned with Lo^an^s for the Chj.na-l^ission,. You are better fitted for Secretary of War, and it is more in your , . line. On this subject let me say to yt>u that I should not be at all surprised If W. A. ^Wli'lA- wtill to Chine. He is.our Grand Rapids Lanil ^?teirtis si oner. has not yet accepted, his ^ resignation AS It, iitfdtmfe'd . /.*> ■ 1410 , • .1 ' "l/rvw September, 1869 . . ' « 77rite ne al^ about the Bridges. V^ill -the othei: road go in? Has Bridge Ccximiittee made any arrangement? IS the 'Y/est at a' stand-still^ S. H, Yi'lnsor to Gen. ^odge, Ch-^yenne, 4:-; • ' r,?. * YTould like a paSs dvdr Road. . f ' : / I' i ■ 'Note:- G,' "W, Martin to ,J. E. House, Bitter Creek, 4 ,r, • / n. * Sends statement of his account .for August. j rfir-, / 'itorfl 'ir; W. Sickle^ to J.' E. House-, Chicagj-4:^ ^ ' Received thff draft sent him by J. F. House. .rvjol 'F'trw Morgan-j L.R. to .Gen. .Dodge > Fqrt Leavenworth, 5^- Concerving lots. / C'/'7 Gen. Dodge ,to Oliver Ai^es, Ogden, 5:- Mr. Reed telegraphs that'if 80 ft^ grade is adopted on East slope of Black Hills it throws out neurl-y all workdone. I suppose you are posted. The engineers wrote-me that it increased the work, distance and makes bad alignment, have got to encounter a 90 ft. grade west of Black Hills, and I do not think it bqat'to increase our dis tance, curvature or #brk very Auch-to'avoid It in Black Hills. OAn. Dodge to "Theodore Oilman, Sept. 6 (25DR156) ;DD- ' S. iiarbaugh to-Gen. Dodge, Pittsburg, 6: ^ r, "1 addressed ybu Sept. 3d. In regard to small Iron# ^ I^would like to know "--ow soon you will want the saiae. We propose getting.^ up Rolls at btff •Ih^rga" C^pany to luOce 16 and-SO pound rails, tf you da noi'Vi'sh the »%ilL^'t©6 iroom,' I think we oan furnish then, at say four cants for eith«fl^b5r t^hoMw , ji ^ 1 1412 r September, 1869. »'i o'f.jr ♦qfiT: J. S." Baclc'us to Gen, DSflge, Uev7 York, '6: - Yoxlrs *of the'24th ult» with deeds for Ch. Edifice Lots, has come to hand safelyr: ' » ' ' ■" , ' ' . ' * I r.r.i Rev, Dr. Taylor to whom addressed ±s dertained back on other business. On his retifrii the' Rooms, an event anticipated daily, it will be handed to hiia. Llany thaLnks for your ^prompt attention to the matter, and to the officers ,and- Directors fof ■ .the -road- for their many, favors, • Jncn d'!r-;r a'* vl'--) Noter- T7. I»wis to'J.' Li« Eddf, .Salt TakS v 6 Has received Pass, . ' - r •• G. 11. Dodge-tor j; E, House., G, Bluffs, 7f^ , ^ " •' Get a scraper frui-i thS "Compstny for Urt Bailey ,to take out to 'u6e in putting tip a stable foif our mules.- ■-r's o " Note;- Rawlins Papers, See page--.- lorxT- .ro^»oq cf/v .t John TJilliams to Ge(n. Dodge jf Chica©, .^scf ao'.rft;- ^^/l -Cl'' Wants situation. ' • r ' • I . J, d, Webster to Gen. Dodge, Bitter Creek, 7:.-, , , f ■ .a * lfenclosed)sdnd'you yowolisr for work done near Black Butte and Ft. Fred Steel. The-SoatWWt for making ^mbankemtn at east end of North piatte Bridge was made by ord§r of -T^ebsteb Snyder at B5 cents per cubic yard, •" ' * ' ' ' • r * - - r Xkw. Palmer to 6er.« Dodge, Bes Moines, 8;- ^ . Governor 'and State'oTficera have telegraphed for your ^.ppoiptment to War Office. If appolntetf/«dI» wite decline, -- - i ct ^ 1413 September, 186. * ' J. II. Brown to (ran". Dodge", Louis,'87- ' "I cut the above from this morning's Democrat, Your Star is not under adverse clouds at Washington, ^ • We CO nonce bu Iding in St, Louis soon-, and'wheti the*^ houses are done and the M,n.C. assemble here We maj?^ got 'your name at the head of the ticket say in 76. or ,80, ' . If the Secretaryship of War is offered you will' you accept? ''^eo. E. Spencfer^'to Gen. Dodge," Washingtoh,9:-. . "i-r • '• Since writing you today a friend, of mine had a long talk wlth^^ Grant about Rawlins' successor. This friend told Grant that - it was almost the unanimous wish of the A my that you should be apointed, and also that yoti I'appGintmeht would give mohe.-general satisfaction than any that could' be made. Grant told this friend that J h' imml J I I X 1 X X • a. > iiin in-iini i to appoint Jinu - ■ yo% owing xii^to outhe u large transactions yearjy between the Government li-4* t t the appintment would hel Pacific « • That you were ofie of the princip ' the! Pacific Railroad. A-*- ^ -T* ■ 4. ■"'? x. Mi_ J M-xh .j ^ officers +V^«i c of the^road-and that Our friends answered-all the objections and said tKe moment you accepted'the cabinet position you would resign on trie road. Be also told the.President that he r supposed you did not desire tVie plaoeV bht would only accept suppos ing it to be Rawlins* wish that you ^duld. Etc. I think the reasons assigno<jl "by* Grant rei^''itoe ondes and da ngt like W^em,^ ■ ■ I intend haV ng a taiW'With li£t today, ■the President-is almost ^ entirely for you and I ^'believe ih«'country to be, . ' , 1414 September, 1869. ."S' r All fe^l deep, interest in ,tl>is matter An.d wpr. al feel that ■Grant should l\ave Gorne'tr^e and trusted friends In the'Cabinet, All agree that but for Rawlins-' the Administration would.have been worse than a failure^,-a-nd that'l\e'has aaverd-it/-fr.om disgrace. I am mortified and astonished at the .position Grant takes concorning your appointment. In the talk-. I had^ witi;i. him he did, not v make any ob.isction. Some think Logan,wilL be appointed, but the large mase: tliink-ybii" will be* JIo one-but-,myself and friendsknow • . ■''of this convers'afion today. Please wrrlte me at the Everef-t House.N.H. If 1 learn anything I will .Write "to. you tomorrow.^ .. . - - b; SpCner to Gen; !■ Dodge-, Washington, ' o, C/ i lJf>n*?rl'havb 3ust|>aid the last tribute of respect to our dear friend iRawllna. I have never" known.* aan.-more universally mouFnod. . -t". Tonight r go to New York with the President.. ^ We-have organi zed a movement to ptit you in- Ra.}flin*s place and I thi- Ic the position j * /will be tendered ta you without' a doubt and I beg.of you not to deI dine it.' Votl dftn flo Oirant': mcrre gpo^^ and the party more good than A I any fa^ fh Ifie' oonrxVf'y. Day after-tomorrow the ."Times" in Npw Yprk / will hive W eSlfor-l*! urgln'jJ" the appointm'-'nt and. all your^ friends " have spoken'to Orslnt aboUf I donU know.tlmt the place will be tendered you fc tft all youif friends expect-.it and do. not for Go.d's sake decline it.- •|^6r-'Hairt. ties'* you and .1 think the president will o^ffen'it. 'Tt© did rriTt aeuaal; coiiiait himself but I, think it pleased him when^K wgls 'WUggeatedj .^neral Sherman. ,I thinlj is 1415 September, 1869. favorable to you. .If.J. F. T/ilson woul^ v.-rite th President it would A « ' do good. The appointment must.be made within tan^days. I hope 3»ou have recovere d your health entireiy./ Ci B. Corastock''to Oliver-Ames, -Alta, 9 W.lll-you please furnish, the .Pacific R.R. Coimaission with complete *maps and profiles showing-the location of - the ,r. P. R. as qonstructed, -a list of all bridges^ their heights, lengths and character in detail including masonry for same; ^similar list of all oth-r_structures for crossing openingB-and.ravinesj a .list and description .of all buildings on.the line of the road (with location of the same) includ ing engine-houses, station houses, Uachine Shops, Section .^d Tool houses, tanks, car houses, &c. &c. a list of sidings and their location and lengths; a list of all rolling stock, specifying its actual con dition as regards fitness for immediate use; a list of all machiner;- and tools on-the line; a li^t of all. snow-sheds, or, fences, withe their • lengths, location^ And charapter; an account in detail of all surjbus material, such aS rails, ties,. *:C end-a statement of the nui^iber of cars whethen baggage, freight or passenger hauled over the Road in the months of Juiy and AUgust ,and carrying freight or passengers not on account of the ootoprny,' specifying the numbers on each division and ehether the cars were loaderd or >aot, .-nd stating the. direction in \/hich "■ ''the cars move'I. ■ ■ • t- ^ - X. AsNrtfiion of all lands and buil'^ings.at stations is also requeslefl.'till fo« Mr, the verified, by the prqper Officer of the 1416 September, 1869. • ^ .'i -Ci. iC Company and sent to Promontory by Sept. *13*proXiin6. ^ ''r rc'ic'cl. . *b. L,'Hariris to Geri. ^odge, ^pjoingf ield, 10:- If yoli cain send me a nap of the U.P.R.P, (such as you had on i^'Dur recent trip oi'er th6 road) you wiil greatly oblige me, I regret that I did not return from California in season to attend the last meetirtg'of the directors. jSy trip was exceedingly interesting arid I shall never" forget how much you did to'mafaboit pledsarit "and profitable. " ■ ' Allow me to ask you what Is" your'-'imi^fessidn as to "the elevation of the lowest point in the rim bf the Salt Lake Basin, and on what side such loweSt occurs? Also about whAt is the txtent of'the basin north and south? n • .V'' Md mo ■ . rt , • - If I can be of serVIce to ^ou at ah^ tiraA d6 not fall' to' command 1 r /; ;' • !; ' >h» f -1 C. cole %b Gen.'^DOdge, Defe MoineS, 10:- - cl- d ' Chief Justice Dillon rhd myse''f'i While" atten'^Ing the Miss^rV. Con Con. at Keoku,k on Tuesday ^th insi.^Teahned bf the death of; Gen. Rawlins. Judge Dillon suf^ge'st'ed that v/e procure .the consent pf, the _ Gov. and State'feffic^rs from" Des lldiries, and then add-to then} our own and such other names of person's att'ending the convent ion as. we could secure and "telegraph the President askirig your appointment. as Secy of War. We, accordingly after consulting Col. Ticheijor ..who most cor dially coOoperated'^wiih us, ai^ked'thA Governor, Ac. to advise us by tele graph. Not receiving aniwer^ph^t^tly, *e, D. and mffelf, came 1417 September, 1869. here by last night' 5.'train, and found that the ,Gov. State Officers and Palmer had received ours and had ent the dispatch to the Presi dent. VTe'therefore today seftt another, signed by the Judges of the Supreme.-. Court, urging,' in the name of the people of-Iowa and .the-, Northwest your apppintment. We pressed the matter, "without the r knowledge o? C'^n. Dodge. " the more zealously because, we learned, that Gen. Belknap's fhiends at the. CoriVention'had telegraphed fon his .appoint ment. We feel that Gen. Deakriap dannot possibly.get it in-any event, and were anxious to show the President that your name-was pressed by the people of Iowa and the Northwest without your knowledge and in earnest. Hoping you will approve us, and acc^t if tende^d, R. Llorgah'to Gen. DodgO, 5'ort 10:- Fenton only got home today foom Pennsyivania, where he has been all suiamer. I saw'hiiV^md he'said he would write me. out a full statement of the chae a'hd-sehd It to: me here* He saifl in brief, that you had prevented the execution of ^ writ of• replevin ,on the^ ponied as you br Som^ 'one hrtdb^n-you believed the poniea ta have been ^stolen. The owner" proved that thfey were not stolen and got judg ment againit you an'd'-fee others fdr their value. . '' u'ltchell 'got out" of it by liroVing that he was abse^ at the time and yon were the'only'Jne remaining who had any farttrfit. Now. the,. onl y thing'for you to do is to a end a fttll statement of the case to Waahington ind ask theCi thr a iheck for'the amount. .What I say to you Is pay the morlfeV and get a receipt In full, and then get the 1418 September, 1869. t'ly- •vhcfpc • 'Government to-rel\md you vafit ybu'have spent. V- / ' • ' ' S. "L. Glasgow to Gen. Dodge^ Havre; France,' 10:- i r 'I intended wrHini bdfore^I left home but my time being so > '.i, short'! was 'altogether eng'fitged in putting *my businoss in shape, for ^ leaving.' t saw Mr. Palmer oh his return'from Washington last spring and from him learned how greatly I am indebted'to.you for therin valuable aid given %e fc y you"in the matter of my-appointment. ^ Please accept my most gratefvil acknowledgements for the .same and rest assured it will not be forgotten. ♦ ■ r; - ■ I't- ■' f/ 1 am very favorably Impressed with the pl^ce .and think I will bo very Well bontented, ' f , ^ A great many of-'your, brother Cnggressmen have passed through here this s'ummOr, 'and'I ■^6uld have-been much pleased. indeed, to have seen you ar-^d hope to have thfeii pleasure at nor didtant day, ^ 'There Is no ne^a-hera important or unimportant,, consequently I h'av e noth'ing to rfeiate. I " jf* i can ever be Of any service to you at this place, such shall be 'm'y pleasure. fHoiitn's- to hear- from your at your earliest oonvenience ^o. ^Ji^^^ohn-F. Oilldn to Oen* Dodge, Davenport,, 1^:- I reached homo last night via Dea Moines from the Kookuk Co mercial Convention. !milb there it occurred to me that the general feel ing which prevails that yttu should go into the V7ar Department should have some authentic and fittings.expression. Tith that view I conferred with yom- frlenaa Judge Cole and Col. Tiohenor and ee aaparatel^ 1419 SeptemlDer, 1869. . -I'C .:• wrote-on Tuesday last to Hes/I^oines for authority^ frorathe Go er ment. and- State Officers to Mtach "their nation to_ a dispatch to the Presi dent intended to he sent with other Republican naiaes frov.i KeoknV:. No answer-being received-to.any of these letters up to Wednesday night Judge Cole and myself started for and reached Des Moines Thurs- * X day morning and found that the dispatch frpm the Governor and^ ate '4-♦ Officers was sent direct from Des lioine^ instead^ of via Keokuk, which perhaps just as well,, though there were many very prominent and influer\tiaiL men rftt .Keokuk -ho^ would liave joined ip it had our letters been received- in Dee Uoines in,time,,_ _ ' .-ir/, ^ dlspatc^i-cent yesterday, frpm^ Des Lloine s for fear you would saylio* I rn ' rt f •. i . ^ And it was condluded that whether you would or would not ac- "cept it , you could have no .reasonable- to allow^ your friends 'on their own ra oVlon and without^ your knowledge to testify to the Presldenlf'their hig» eatimate of youraelf, and to the general feeling ■ which exists "that-jott-choiuld .receive, the appointment, • " 't*! .I may mention that, without stating to his infonnant that it was •" propod^Jd to'send a message tQ the President with respect to you, Judge ■ 'ede ascdrtMned that Gen, Belknap bad procured a dispatch to be sent in favor of himself. This was done^quietly, and not intended to be known, r -r >: ' G0org«> <H ^ty^^Qer. Dodge, Des Lioines, 10:- I havo this from Keokuk (whice I -as in attenclano. 1420 September, 1869. .'rj' ■ as a delegate to the Commercial Convention and^ had "sent word to Eisenhart to send you two-car-loads coal t'odhy. I'regret my absence * ^t the time of your letter's arrival'.' A strong dispatch was'sent to'Gen. *"Grant from Keokuk uring you for Secy, of T/ar, and" also one from here.' found Belknap was getting up recoiiiiiiendations for himself "to be sent by ma 1, so we thought we would use the wires. Belknpa was at work with his letter \ within 20 minutes after the'receipt'of the ne-'S of pooh'Ra'Wliris-' death ^ He got E. 0. Stannard C ^o., little C-rus Buseey, Add Sanders ^ I and some small eared Jack-adses from two or three other States. I think Judge Sam F. Uiller decl'ined to "sign it. Dillon, Cole, ( Judge Beck and others led off in the matter in your intenests#"' ; Will you take the place? > .o'; Ss.- f P, S. Morris & Co. he're' are"'just o'pCrilng a new cqal mine, which 1 think will prove far superior to anything that has been worked here. ( ■ r-n Cr • . • , W. S. Pairfield to Gen. Dodgfe, New York, 11:-- ; ■ cr Yours of the 6th Just' at ^hand; as advise d in •your previous note we had arranged to watch the market and price Bonds. Przce has ''been rather nominalk'arid'make 83'l-l$ 84 1-3 gave orders to sell at 90 your limit, but will be on the' «p6t on appearance of movement and of course do better if i)03siblo. Butter dull in Gal., expect a movement soon cannot^ tell until thmugh the campaign and Yesult^ has gone out make obser- , vations for present and ftifture purpose*#* Note all the papers making • >*-. kj' 1 / , > C ^ September, 1869. . you Secretary. Sharp was-mustered put of malice I am told'. : t' ' ' ' : • ■ ; W.' E. 'chandler to Qen. Dodge,* IVasbinj^ton 11:- » ; ! 'ft I'will dend the copies-of the report as desired by you.- - . . o-f I cannot make mdch out of the U.P. Policy; and have* as :yet failed to . ,learn whht yorir own Status is in. the new direct :on« I do, what- I -f" can here" to aid Polliris, but do not feel that I* have any employees or backers as when I worked with you. The GP. People will I- think be stnbrtg* with, the new: commis,s ion and the U.P. I fear will be. weak; but still facts are stubborn .things and I do. not seo how they can get over the facts as reported by the Warren Commissioners, ^ ♦ I wou'd have gone to: Boston or New Yor)? to see you but { was having' dhothen l50y *bom to me -and so could not- leave home. - I hope to seb you stimetime and should be very glad indeed if cbnte t'b Wa«h*Sn^on as Secy of War. . . > el the- or-Wllsdn' decline Cabinet places,- I shaLl never ' fdrglge Vou, ' Note D. B / 'AbraliaffiS' te ♦Gen-i- Dodge, Salt Lake, 13 Wants'flitss oVbr tl/P.ft.B' • * '•/' • li.v'frro'' ' ' (i.e.Cole to Sen, Dod'^^ Dds Molnea, ' "'when I was in y«n£r city ten days ago J called at .the bank and you** Ixwape to see you, I thei expected .to remain over another 'i •V , IJ ■t.-'t f r?*- . _ f ■ r 1422 f rrr i evinced fiedd September, 1869. . ■ ' / day; .bbt my wife T3«<f..cliilJren'became so impatient .thaV I cam home on Friday" "A. I wainte'd trO see you, inter alia, te impress you with the ver^ superior fitness and Qualifications^ of the Jud.'^e for the positi * ' of U.S.Circuit Judge; and that. Ixis life long and strict devotion to his profession and the La' reallj^ give:" to him a claim to the ppsition ' " that.'the Bar really'expects and advises liis appointment; that most ■uni-iistakeably thb voice of <the. Bench and Bar is for him; that his ' ■ appoihtWt would vindicate itself, fend'give strength to the adminis tration and to Gen. Grant's f ufue. : .*•? il ' - ♦ I ain myself^ most thoroughly persuaded that there is no man in the Nation better fitted for the position than is Judge Billon. ^ • He excels as a Judge of the Supremee Court, and yet he is by 'nature and by his cultivated taste' bettor fitted for a nisi prius Bench than for the -Supreme. ' I do most sincerely hope -you will ex- ■ ert the uteioSt of V<^ur Influence to secure his appointment. Note:- George Llartin to J. E. House, Rock Springs, 15:- -r*f t S' * "Received the' draft }• &c, Benjamin Ham to Gen. -Dridget Boston, -la:- Your-lbitef cf Sept.' ;Oth is,received, and I have charged you with amounts rbctfived in 1868 for -Pewn lot sales ^ , $32,058.00 Bills redelvable collected, 3,800.48 35,934.48 Your letter of Sept. lot to J. S. L, Uilliams, Texas, has also been received and you have been charged with 1423 September, 1869. Amount received for ^ale of mules, t $300.00- ' • / ' Amount of duplicate Vouchers 200.00 Sa..l. B. Reed to Gen, Dodge, Echo, 16:- There is In Cottonwood Gahon 75,600 feet B, M. timber and lum ber. 6668 tie's, 60 piles averaging* 20 feet long, 52,463 feet B.M. in Hard Scrable Canon. The above material was purchased and paid for * * when we expected to reach Monument Point.* J. TiVilliams of Mountain Green has been looking'after the^above material for me and can give you all information Ih regard to is, I advise hauling it out or it will be burned or stolen. /^en. Dodge to J. E. House, Echo, 16:- ' I sent you several telegrams to* furnish data for fl^e *Gommissionera. r ft r • 1 1 find bh examination that 1st the profile of Promontory Is wron-^. 2d that the map afeoird on.y the 80 feet line, 3d, that the alignment of profile is hot"6arrled out at wesi end. 4th. That the table car«l of distances used'pa Toad is wrong in its division'between stations. And that lis'of Bridges west of Ralins cannot be relied upon, you therefore want to put in our list h. to that point making such changefe as you "know has been made since that list was gotten up. The list Rollins sent in froii Rfewlins to Promon- , - ft ' • tory !• very nearly correct, ' The Depot Ground data wants to ^how the hams 'of depot or station and the movM, ground In'acrefl, Its length and breadht &c. You will .^uTJWv , - ■ , • ■ • V N, September, 1869, . have to make out this table carefully, and see that no'mistake is made. On, my maps no Station or Depots are marked at'We^t End. I have a good deal of trouble in gaining the information asked. I ordered the bridges, alingnent, and stations put on our profile long • • f ago and supposed it w^-s done. On the maps of 10th and 11th hundred . miles I had put in in blue ink^the changes .in Weber, but over Promont ory I never put them in. Horris' map of that line was sent in and from it the 80 ft. llne.is changed; w^ts to be put on our present map so asto show original and change, putting change on in blue and the ♦ ' '1 ' _ " • • f tracing I want is as line is nrw run. m We are getting along slowly; 100 miles or less a day, but I 4 expect get in in a-week. . . , . I want Cloburn to meet me at Cheyenne so as to go over three .0 culverts wi^h me as he is thoroughly posted. I will telegraph you about time I expect to t>« ip Qhsyenen, s' he can meet me there. Tou will have to work hard on maps^and tables so as to have them ready'on arrival of I want tolbe prcaaat in my data, as the C.p, has entirely failed to furnish theirs^ . : ■ t The liat of-buildings ,op jroad I can correct as I return, but if ^bti'luiVGr d«ta there ycjst(,^aa gcv on and make up first copy^^ Note:- Benjamin P. Ham to Cen. ^odge, Bostbn, 16:- a ' Aaoalvad 3. vouchers Babcok and to Oen. ,cp«|41ted |>pdge, Ohf. Washington, Engaet. with 17;- $18,777.82 | Many thanks for the pass for Oenl. Ingalls, which arrived in due % September, 1869. time and were forwarded, I hnve been absent since July 14th or I should have answered lop^ 9igo, . Many thanks again. , How sad about poor Ralinws, I was out of the country and only heard of it lastJionday. . . . . . '"I U. H. Painter to Gen. Dodge, Philadelhia, 20:- . "'."73 cannot, get anyor^e to go in the R.R, for two reasons. First. It .is too far off xinless it was larger. 2d. They will • \ not go in any horse ^.R., they do not control. ^ If ".alley comes out I think he might be gotten in. He has money idle. Drop me a line and JjOt me know how the Five Eiainents feel. * • « How la September business? On.a combination made to put up bonds, -Union Pacific's are 4|p to 85 1-4 to 1-2 and Central is up to 91 1-2 to 92, '.Vhat is the prospect on Fargo? I have no word from Wilaon; Hop* he will, come and help us out. . Note Walter O^senhoven to Gpn, Dodge, S even's point, 20:- M ' V ed" *»Wants emplojmient, W. H. Fleming to Gen. Dodge, Dea Moines, 22:- The Geneirwi.''ttrwota me to request of you answera to the following . inquiries -: Fifati are you favorable to a relocation of the Nationaal capital? - Se6^hd Will it be convenient for you to attend the approarciilng otJhwKhMoh at St, Louie, oaJLled to consider the busject? •Phe oecaafen for <•!#•« inquiiyiea .ip found in the fact that the Governor (^leair^t appotatlttg you ^ -dalegtte fc.om the 5th Congressional District, In the •want*0f favorable answera to the foregoing. September, 1869. • ■♦in The Governor is 'anxious that oUr S^&te shou3d be fully represented at St, Louis and by friOnds of the movement*, believing as he does the question one of the most imp'ortaftt how before our people, . r It is proper to state that there is*no public fund from which to pay expenses of delegatesj but it is hoped the St, Lduis committee of Arrangements will obtain*a material reduction of rates of travel and entertainmen *,t. An early answer will greatly oblige the Governor. Note:* R," King to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, C2;-' '" . ' ■ I f . - . , - <2 > T Relating to Terra Cotta. Has made ten days dra^. . - 1 --t A s I am writing a'Tull description of the Union and" Central Pa-'^ cific Railroad to be published 4n the Philadeipriia Underwriter, will you be pleased to send upon receipt of this, a list of the Bridges and Tunnels on the line of the Union Pacific, with their distande in ' miles, length ■ in'foet, irlA^heigil in fabi, I have already received the '6f the Central Pacific and hope you w'lll oblige bh sending the'abovei . irrctisi to j. s.'i;. rllllir..9, SS (SSDRleO) - DD ' w. s'. Falrflelil to Oen. Bkdee, New york'SSir • . l-iJ-jpjjf ^ Your telegram JtisV'Wt hand^ asklhfe prlfte of U,P.Bonds« ^ f , Yeste'^rday during the gold panic we asked a iwroker •boui. bonds, si^d he woi:ld\ny l6 K at 80 Cisco- 'lilr^y dwlting'-<lbout bonds teday said he would not Wy at 70. 'fn fact thare li nd mawkat ta,4ay for.,any | aecurlties. te rboalvfed ymir other saduritles -as per duplioatq^ S. E. Cohe: to Oliver Ames, Philadelhia, 22:*- ' •rf f September, 1869, ' receipt enclosed. Box 136—6-15-27 P.B. Affalr& ncrt.-ijiudh affec1>ed out-side of Wall Street, '• , j ' ' r • ' >; r "t T W, S. Fairfield Dodge," Ney; Y<5r' ,-25;-- " ■ •• • Very unsettled, '3p offered" yesterday. Bad-time tp force sales. Your other securj-tifs received and" in Park safe, , J. Williamg to Gen, Dodge, Fort Wayne^ 25:- ^ I'notice the "Eminent Citizens" have returned; probably you v;ith them. I wish you would write me. Give me your views of the road; whether the U.P, portion will pay and how,the whoJLe iine to the Pacific strikes you. . i . . What of the bridge? Is it still git rest? Is there any prob ability of ■ eo-'operation ^y the Eastern Roads? If not, .where is the money to Come ffdin to hrdge- the'iiissouri • The Govermnent and tjae Rallroftds "need end iflttSt haVe soon -a bridge. If the BridgeCo mittoe havt had 1 neoiing since we were■in Boston, I have received no notice, 'ITrotd- td BBShnell, Chairman, but. recoiwd no answer, . John Duff to Oliver Ames, Boston, 24:- ' Agr^ent with YCdng. forwarded. Please send*Dodge's report imeaiately. tv, f f Ames to Gen, Dodge, Chicago, 26:- 4^.. . . ' The CAse of Brighdm Young and ouselves, referred to Wilsn an Sknith was to be .masaonoed within thirty days. The, important evi dence in the caee is Reeds, Dr, Durant when in presence of our T;?uateei» tree" deeided ih his t.estlmcny that he gave no authority for 1428 September, 1869. • ' ' '' ''l ■' the extra charges claimed that" were" hr»t" allowed b-y us, " ^ ' If it should be deemed important to. have'Durant before'Referees, we should notify him, I, am so doubtful about hlin. that I fear he may give, for the purpose nf injuring us, testimony entirely different from that at Boston, TTe were till 8 OBclock P. Li, getting to Chicago, Detained by running off the tradk. t'see by papers the money Ma#k'^t isvery stringent and wd Miistiake olir expenditures just as amall as will possibly answer.J/' . . ^ ' "^w; B, Allison'to OSn, D6dge, "^uscatine, 26. I received yours and meant to have answered before leaving home, '"Btrt Mate delayed till ^o\7, "I really wish you would take the 77ar | Department, as ^ believe you cou"" d get it, I do not believe COx would regard it a promotion'froib'his jiresent pdsition and therefore do n-t believe the exchartgi i be made-for Wilson, If Wilson- ®r-. yourself thlfik I Oari dotttA# gSod in that direction In any way, I will leave home the night of election, 'and,go straight to Washington. You must give me the oytlines of your wishes in the matter, RaWllrts' death is h great loss to the country and especially a loss under the clrctimntances. Matters are looking well inj.iy dis trict so far aa T can sSe, and I find nothing discouraging here or at Davenport. I am advertised to bb'ih yo'tSr town on. the 4th of Oct. r dO'nbt think' 'lVwiil"*e as I see 0'Conner haS bben there and ^'almdi' 48"to bo tlist^eron^the saisensirominy. ^ r would only haVfe t>een ihliis -Wfcy/I Isllt aiii»W»<mt 4^i-e when VU t 1429 September, 18C9. ^ rl reach Das ^^ipinea, lioweyor, .1 wauld like to come ^to aep. Llrs. Dodge and _yours=>lf and -talk t'}ings over. But- if you are . at-home would - ■ rather you would reach Des hoines 'if you have time, Hy .labors the coming' vfeek are somewhat arduous an^ fear I shall be tire'^' at the close. I hope l- ehall fall i.-. with Tislon somewhere on my trip. f ■ if ho has returned. I will t>Q at-Burlington on Tuesday and at Keokuk on Thursday. A'.f Des iioines on nexf Satxirday, Be certain to cciimarid-me -for ,rn .exBer,.imental, .trip to Washington i f I can do good, , .t. . ^ 1 "V T. B. Morris to Q-en« Dodge, Salt .^ak,a27:» I"*" .Weber Wagon Road Co. takes Land bonds of R.r. will you re- ' I ceive.'tMtfto in payiaont for land? - , _ I T thank wrrMi you^for -Tr^r^ TTHnr your very VGrV Irinrl kind, letter letter which which I I received on Trester yoster ■ day. I siisiat say that I.regret that it is not true, that you are to succeed the l«ieiitp«d Rawlina. You.willi I,am sure, give me credit for eln'Cority^whSn I say that of all the,men.! can think df in the na tion there is not one who in my opinion could fill Rawlin's place so well as yottfmWlfi *L am aware.there-ar^ija^y better Informed in the laws, in tt» machinery CC■ eohtemporary Goverments and in the t '' "tricks of dlpltsnaoV'*«d antics of. Courts" .and the jugglery of poli tics than yoli^#lf, .and for those very reasons are unfit to fill the place of an honaat^i patriotic, conscientious adviser of a plain, confidirgi u«f)oU»hed President. ? Msna' • 1430 Septenber, 1869. . ' r • In these t mes of dishonesty, treo.chery and deceit your good, sound practical judgment, your honest, probity, ptriotism and truehearted friendship for the f'resident makes you rise far above the pol ished politician of the times, as a leaden and depsitory of Government- *al power, and as an adviser of the Chief Executive of tha Nation. General, though young in years and abscune aanongst men, the jostlings I have had amongst W fellows in ny race of life,, has caused me to study men with great care, and I tell you that Knowing you as I believe I do, my love of country, my devotion to Gen. Grant bids cie urge you if possible to jitiaoe yourself iftierd your .counsels will be potential in'directing the course of*this administration. Lea'-e Grant at the mercy of the present race of politicians, Republicans though they be, "and tbeir schemes-will ruin him, and land f ^ r ' * ■ the Republican Party on the shores of perdition. Nhiie glorioue Rawlins was there io'wAtch and frlghteii de«®goguery all was safe, but with him In silent sleep and cold-hearted and-ambi tious Sherman as a politician in his place, I shudder fPr Grant's faaae and the lifeof the party. You are young, well-to-do In-this world*s gbods, idolized by your State, with a reputation Sufflciently: hatfconal to assure national con fidence, thus fortified. Why not, eVen at sacrifice of personal taste, seek service, whereby' can do so'm^eh good, .and at the same time, add new laurels to those you now so wear* ^ You underestimate yAir own ^bilitlia ;and populapity^ 1431 ^epteraber, 1869. "liThiaie kneelins in heartfelt anguish at the grgive of the nohlS R?iwlinB, I, in sincerltyi'^pray: that you may be called.,' and being called ~ »; jvV^spotf to fill his. place. I enclose you the Register, please read the article marked. Many things are left out of it that fflig^t with truth rand force have been said. ^ ' . • , ^ . ■ I am dissatisfied with the existing status of affairs concerning the matter of'U .1.Senator, I tell you Wright is not the man. Can't he be appointed to that H.S-Judgship^-and^you o.r Wilson or some good take the Senator ship? ; ' . . . ' c- ' • 1 haVe made a hard fight for representatives in a number of coun ties and dlatrcita, and God, knows I shall^be extremely sorry to have the friends I will have in the legislat\ire placed in a position that the^ will have to vote^ for Wright^ • ^ ^ , State of IWrti# executive Department, Des Uoines, 29:-^ To whom It may.coja^arn: ^ ^ * ' ' ' This may certify accord,anoe with the terms of a Call for a National Convention" to meet at St*. Loi;is^ on the 20th of Oct. proxlmd for the purpOBe of considering the expediency of removing the capital of .the tftiited Statea-.to some point in the vallye of the Mis sissippi, I hare selected^.do, hereby appoint the following named persons delegates to reppeaen^ the stat of Iowa in said Convention, viz: For the 1st Congressional District; Hon. Augustuc C. Dodge, Burlington^ Dss Molnes Co. Hon. James F. W ison, Fairfield, 1432 September, I8G9. Jefferson Co. ■ ■ :• ' ■ -'Siirr Pbr the 5th Congressional District, Gen, James Tuttle ^ Des Lloines, Polk Co, Gen, Grenville ti. .Dodge, Council Bluffs, Pottav^a- *tiamie Co^^^^ ' , r?'- ?; F, S, Hodges t'o Gerl, Dodge, Boston 29:- ; Mr. Ames returned this morning. In as much as you are again at the Bluffs, I supposb you are desirous of hearing about finances. There has been sudri tf '|Jahlc- since last Friday that nothing seoms to hh^S any value, neither gold; :tock nor merchandise, About'two weeks ago U,P, 1st Mortgages sold up to 87 a d SB. ' Since then they have dropped. Some $18000 were di^jjoAdd'of today at Broker's Board for 82 and^52 1-^. llie C&aiptny are spending $10,000 nov.' in ad vertising them, and I an inclined to think that"theywill make another rise before long. It seems to me that "there are too many yet unsold by the Co', to allow prices -drop Hr-without some effort to hold them up at least to allotmne t-figures, I suppose that you have received the circulars issu d lately, on 4 In regard to Ctfs. for Ibt Mortgage at Washington with land grants and stock. The other about income bonds arid" stock and redemption of the certificates Ist Mtg, bods of July 3,'1'88'Issues. v: . - I think that these securities will be mostly take,n up by the stock holders. Though my impresalon Is that with the fee achemea there ,,will remain a deficit of a aouple of millions to float, ^ I don't see the items of'repairs of Roatirtlf^'^d Brislg»<i»"'Snow1433 Se|)tember, 1869. ' t ♦' fences, Llissouri River Bridge, ^ivis on shops and Buildings, &c. &c. figuring in their calcullitions at !all, ' * ' The first, moPrt^gage interest has got to be j^ecteed in three months According to my ,calc\Tlat ions the Operating Department dont' have a very heavy balance of cash on hand ^t th® eudoD the month, I am making several calculatons in re|;ard to earnings and expanses, yearly inter ests, &c. &c. &c, which*I, shall have prepared to shov you at next quar- ■' ■■ terly meeting, and which If right " in them will, I think, show you '••ifferent results'than is expected from those who. have: not-thus figures up these, accounts. The gross, earnings this month are foot ing up larger than any month before,'except last May. I expect September earnings will be In the neighborhood of |750,000. .Last May was-$797,000. June 706,000, July 623,600 August 617,000.. ' This make oUr folka more hopeftxl'here, and more inclined to help out. Oakes Ames d6nH f5 inch any, though it has mostly fallen on him the past summer, burant seems to have hauled off the course. Re bUhere'^'all^he could for awhile, btit it dont seem'to work here. He and MbAmtf were the originators of this income bond scheme, as a consequence many of thd* U.P. tfeti Wre afraid of them,, but they have been issued, so they canH apprehend trouble from theim. They suppose It an attempt to bbtain control of the road. • • Things riaain here about as ever. Contractors and o'hers are being rapidly off. The only and main thing here is raising th® Wind. 1 dont apprehend aAy embarrassment in the-coucern, though their 1434 September, 1869. . credit ,is very ibw. I am in hopes that you'r^ceoverBd In he'alth "and* that you-will be present' at next quarterly meeting 18th Nov. *69. By thdt time the Five*'fei'nents ought to haVe "their" report ready, and financial mattehs look ^well towards a solution|^ ; Note:- Gen. Dodge to J. li.- S. "illiams, 29 (25DR174') DD TO ,»r Thos, B, Uorris to Gen. Dodge, -^iedmont, 1st O^ctober. t"Wagon road will take land^ljonds, freight and supplies from Echo from thcih claims, "What phoportronb' they have not said, j.' debater tb Gen, Dodge, Bitjter Creek, 1:- " ■^closed I send'you vouc^era for work done in the month of Sep tember, . The* abtltmenets for Bridge 95 near Rock Springs is about one half done,*wil^ bo finlahed. eL^oUt the'2pth of the Resent month, 7 ^?f' * ' ^hre hew chajmal, «f' Bitter Creek between -Ufld^s 66 and 67 is completed, channels flllfed up and. track laid over^ them, ^ . The channel between 83 and 46 will be completed^ next week, , , The embanloneht at Kbrtfc Platte |^ridgewill be completed the tenth of October, theri all jteems that Dey has, ebput 30, will to to work widening, ciits,, perhaps 'I oan get a few more, Mr, y will do the work for 26 oentb iiren yas^./ » - t- • ^ , C, G, Hammond to Ge^,Dod||e, Omaha 1st. t 7 - i-xf * . A. . T KiSfce, already pwA ^in and on h^d to replace Cottonwood ties including thore expected Davis and imMioc|.ate8, 810,172 ties, < Gee* *. »fe noer,.t.o Gen, Dodge, 3: W (\JM T wftke, 1435 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/e938ac9810386d60bec6f4d032260a1a.pdf c1615db0f9bbb23fb92fe9a9312a6b8d PDF Text Text ■ . .1 September, 1869. credit ^is very low. • ' r» 'q I am in hopes that you 'i^ceovered In health and that y'ou-v/ill be present at next quarterly meeting 18th Nov. *69. B:- that time the Five* Bninents ought to have their'report ready, and financial matters look well towards a solution^ ' Note:,- Gen. Dodge to J. Ik,- S. "illiams, 29 (25DR174r) DD- voo Thos. B, Uorris to Qeiia; Podge, ^iedfliont> Ist-O^ctobers. ■ t'^agon road i»lll take land*-bonds, freight and supplies from Echo from their claims. What proportfonfe^they have not said, *J." V'ebster to Gen.: Dodge, BitJLer Greek, 1:- ®ficl6sed' I sbnd'you vouchers for work done in the month of Sep tember. . The*abutmenets for Bridge 9E near Rock Springs is about one half done,»wll,"i be f intahed. aj)Ottt the''2pt4i of the .present month. ' I'h'e new chahnel. of Bitter Creek bat ween bridges 66 and 67 is completed, channbltf fillfed trp and. track laid over them. ^ The ch'inhel between' B9 and 46 will be completed^ next week, » . The ensbin^biielit at flatte ]^ridgewill be completed the tenth of October, then all of-4feb jteams that Day has, about 30, will to to work widening, cuts,, perhaps I ©an get a few more. Mr. Dgr y will do the • e r work for 25 «entB yppd,/ » . / ■ ! - ' , , . ,^.r C. G, Raamq^to Gen .Dodge, Omaha 1st. T sjiSte, alP©a4op p»t ^In and on hand to replace Cottonwood ties including thOr e eaqjeeted fi^om Davla and Aesociates, 810,172 ties. ^ Geo* E. Spencer ,tc Gen. Dodge, 3; 1435 October, 1869. ♦ " Geo. £. Spencer to Gen.'Dodge, 7/ashington 3:- Y6ur favor'is received. The Secretaryship is still in a fogand no one knows anything about it. I talked with Grant about it again ydsterday. I think if there was a little pressure brought to bear that he would appoint you. Some think that he has offered it to Gov. Fairshild of Wisconsin, and that Sherruart is to reraain vintil after the election in that State',* but I do not believe it. I wish your friends in Iowa would take IThe" iiiatter in hand and urge your ■ appoBntment without your knowledge. " " • I will be the Everett"House, New York, for the next two weeks. Please write me there and give me any cuoi you may desire and I will work accordingly and in the strictest confidence, "rr- ' John Carson'to Gen. Dodge-, Washington 4:- •I hsfve thought for some time Of writing tij you fn regard to an '■*' 1 have of a mode of preserving'the track wid rolling stock of the R **9. I have patented the idea. The patent will be out on the I9th inst. Um Knowing you ^rfel believing you to bo a friend," and knowing that J, F, Wilson is mjT friend and also your friend, and both being connec ted with the road, I shall offer the idea ta ydu first. It is this ,t6 insulate the rails from earth* Usoswonts by a Gutta Percha board i'lby 6 in. 8<iuaro, 1-f "iW i-2 in, thiok,- on each tie under each rail and chair, • 1436 ' • / ',o: October, ' 1869 ...v, - •- 0 ' ^ i \ ' ■ . John F. Dillon to (Ten. Dodge, Davenport, 5:- ■* » ' • • I got Nebraska fixed up quite to my satisfaction. The Supreme Judge, and substantially the whole Bar in Omaha 'including Woolevar . and Pop both giving me very strong letters signed (Sor me, , »• * ' ' .. I am in receipt of advices from Washington which I rjsgard as highly favorable. , , am also infomed that, it .is not prudent to delajr longer the filing of any letters o^ papers'.j. ^ ^ ^ , In consequence of this I vjQuld, like to be favored tith your let ter to the President as soon-as you-could conveniently peepare it. Unless already prepared, I would suggest the expediency, and propritey^ of a statement tjierein, that* your recommendjation is based .upon a per sonal acquaintance; ;of iqore than ^15 years standing, a,nd ,R personal knowledge x>t my .ehai^tiep as a citizen and as a Judge, ftCr, &c, t I -ljelieve X* reqmectod you to ewicloae the letter to, me at .this 0/" place, pleaye do w>t* • - . g., . I shlll covet. General, an early opport nity to show^hpw sinr#Awrly I priae yo*** frlendehi^ and how deeply I feel penetrated by the kindness you have whowa mej^f in. this matter, . ' f Jno, F. Dillon to Gen Dodg^., Dayenport, G:- I received your very kind and most satisfactory letter to the x Pi^eaident thlW moaning,. -after _J had mailed jny rp.q^^t letter Rnd before you had received it, . , 4 Be pleased to accept my most cordial thanks for the interest y^ 1437 October, 1869. . ■ • have taljen in this matter^in my.behalf.. Your letter embraces every thought .that I suggested I would li'.e to have it contain, and much ■more. « , ■ ^ At some tiiae. and in some way, I hop I shall have some fitting opport-unity p-resen^ed-ia requite the obligation under which, you have placed me ' -•Vj . "< >■ , ■ -T ' r . . Notet- Oeorga D.- Volkman & Sons, to Oen, Dodge, Baltix"fiore, ' « , > Note:- John B. Clark, Jr^ to Gen. Dodge, .Washington, 6:- Note:- Gen. Dodge to J. E^dy, ,7 (^5DR176) DD, , iNote:- Gen. Dodge ,to C. B. Comstock, 7 (25Dni78) DD ' H. U. .Iloxie to Gen. Dodge, Bopno, 7;- Will you sail or trade your coal stock? How much do you control besdies amount bought last summer,. Answer quickly. Note:'^ Gen. Dodge to. Theodore Gilman 8: (25DR175) DD. Theo .F. Dvight to Gen. Dodge, San Francisco, 8:- 1 am, Intarested .4.n appertaining facts concerning the late war. Will you pardon me for troubling you with an inquiry concerning your service arrti command. A few brief particulars will cover the ground, as to the length of the foir/.er and the number of men contributed from your district. . . yT* ' ' r.' • / T. B, L;orris t.o .Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch, 8:- Slnce I lp.st wrote you telling of the Utah Central having taken almost al? the taps out of Salt Lake Valley, I have found a man who has a lot of teams and who will do that piece of grading around the 1438 ■ - "•• ■■ • :. ■' ■. is-, ••■ ., ■•* '* •• »i. i S ■ October, 18G9. * ^ ^ - ' ' - • ,. • ^ . Clay Bluffs. I have laid the grade line 12 feet "abovo the water, and have taken almost the original location. The price agreed" iipon is 35 cents a yard for all of it. l.ore than half the quantity will have to be moved by carts and Wagons and the part which is scraper work is full of round stoneS. That Work is fairly underway and I hope to complete it by the iddle of December, I received onders from LIr. Hammond'to move switches, ?;c. from Tayl-or*s LI ills to Ogden Junction ' I have made arran^dments to put in two' side tracks at the Junction doing the grading'with scraper'teams. • "" The question of'supply of'water at Tyasatch is-pressing. I fear ^ Vthe effect of the freezing weather! Have a'scraper-outfit here now ^ and will make a dam ab-ut four feet high and try and make a reservoir and keep all we can on hand. I liavo contracted for the hsiuling of all company liEaber from Cottonwood and Hardscrablle Canons at the folO lowing figures-Cottonwobd Canon contract with-D*. B. Bybee, timber and Imber 1X2 per M. Piles 15 cts. per lln, ft. cross ties 5G cents each. Hardecrable contract with J. Tilliams, lumber and timber $15 per M, .There are no piles or cross ties. I have put a man at the R.R. Switch to'measure tka tlmbfer &c. 11 hauled by these men and to see that it is piled pro'perly. I ha,ve arrangeir.ents with three 'additional gang's of masons to go to work as soon as I can give them foundation. Thes present gang T--' , • are doing much better work since 1 discharged Wan Dyfee and put a new man in his place. He worked the gang three weeks in September, ^ 1439 October, 1869, • • and did nothi^i'g. -* Bridgd' llO which i«s'two spans of 16o feet, has all foundati-ons'timbered and planked,,the pier done; and one abutment up to the bridge seat . I propse'to leave it'there put up the * other abutment to the bridge seat, ahd if pressed at other bridges leave" it there and go to the "others, cotn|)etihg the.: to the bridge seats, so that the bridges can be put tip and the" parapet walls finihhed at our leisuPe. ' ' • » • r , . ' At "&Peeh Hiver I haVe One foundation dPiven, atidf an* at work at another. I^ill put men in to" out off piltes and-plank pn litonday. I am buiiding Uf* a temporary trestle here so •as'io drive the pil and furnish mfeaPe of getting stnne and material to the piers, 'I hAve-roeoiv'ed the. dther steeun pilcdriver from Lir. Kendal and ii art''#61ek oh tfbtt B»Ar River bridge (Test). find the piles for that bridge very poorly drtveiy.jind am attempting to drive them on down, they a^'e four fwwt too high fiow, and if I succeed in driving them oh down it will bb a gPeat saving over putting in new piles. The Tjgdbn'bnidgw I ViU: with that driver. I have the pi'les of dho pier auid one aTmtufeni-rea^Jty to dig out and, to cap at bridge 116,^ Bridge 116 id'c'ompletjed, and 'I have'a gang of men digging out foundfctioha"at bridge .132/ there will be no need of piles there. * I can drlVe SdWa feet at Green River on the west sidd,'"and odAffdent .6f getting for the other foun dation. I teiegri|»H«* kriow'whethor I gkenld put in new ma sonry at Sear Rlrer, (east) and reeeiyed no reply,_if you want that 1440 October, 1SG9. . . done it is time I, was at it.- I still iiop to- get .all bridges cmt of the way o-f .'d«Riger by doing somo work next spring. The scraper teams have widened the banks and taken out cuts over about 30" miles, leaving a few places for the- steam shovel and gravel trains to complete. They- laave^not made any money, and do not average to • - "the teaa over |:5,50 per day» and have to keep some laborers to finish up in addition. Some of them have left and^ gone-home , and others will (I thinlc) folTow, I talk'ed to them like a father during the past week", imd have made* a good and strong poiat on paying, cash each X month, |f pssible do sfendHioney to pay them off^ . The* road is very mtich Improved "by their work, and the track will be ^ kept smooth with half the expanse. These pulliaan sleeping-cars are ruining the'track, it-is alinoaV impossible tor-keep it upunder their weight, Weed*s division is extenflerd to Bryan-and Filmore's extended to same point'frota the 'Sast, leaVlfig Hungerford out, • ^ Ifriglne HousrfThas been ordered for Promontory, and the one here ^ orderbd' Vo'^ave new' vbofr aiid llried.: I ^ned your bob-sled as order- " ed, and youi» its inaftwt'lBfca- will go^ probably Mondaj^ Note: Oert. Bodge tQ J^ R". Nicholae, 9 (25DR175) dB. Note: Qen, Dodge to J". h. G, 7Mlliaras, 9 (25DR133) DD. NotWJ tro Oliver Ames, Q (25DR184) DD, , -pro? Bodgo to J, 9 (25DR188) DD, 'Note:- dflft'# lodge to J, G. Webster, 9 (25DR189) DD. ^ ^ ^ '• " Hotel-.Obit. Dodge to T, Bb Aloprls, 9: (25DR190): DD ^ ^ 1441 October, 186^ ^ / P. S. Hodges to Gen. Dodge, ?Boston, - ^ ^ '""v Hatters are working along. Paper is being paid a^ it matures but it-requires considerable exertion. Bonds have sold this last week 82 1-2 np, and Land Grants 54 1-2 up. I see that Gen. Grant has called the 18th of November as a day ef Thanksgiving, T)iis is the day of quarterly meeting; wfll the' meeting be postponed on • account of thisf' • • .x t ' Income bonds are being issued now and perhaps -$500,000 has been • received on accotin^ of themi A contract has been made 'with- the Atlantic and PaciiPic Telegraph Company, taking on e third of its stock and turning in, in paym'^rit, the telegraph linds,'ftc. Two additional Wires'to be put up"8nd th^ road pay the Oporators.and repairs, an other third of stock Is to be turned oTver tq the G.P.R.R. if they will enter into a like arrangement. The balance to be retained by the k &: ? Telegraph Company. • * * I'think "arrangement abotftrthe Missouri Bridge will bd made within" oh thrie Wdeks. The N. Western and-iiock Island Roads to assist by guaranteeing with the D.P.R.R.^$20,000, Bridge Bonds." I hear thk theexprees buslhees ie at last settled, the U.P. to haVe an independent'Concern of Its Own. Those that go over the Road and return feel encouraged thereby, speak'of it in high terms, and think very well of'Col. Bamiaond. ' - - ' - ' 'Enclosed is a slip from today's paper, if I thought there was any truth in it I would inquire about it. The late stoms here did 1442 October, ISGD# v. a vast amount of. damage, dol.ayed Railroad- travel greatly and some of the roads do not run yet. ^ J : The gold panic is lyorking off, but-money is tight, stocks eas- . ier su pose j'^ou lyill be here in about -a monthy/ _r V''*" Sten. John -Pope to Gen. Dodge, Detroit,- 11:- i. . - - • - .Miat has become of you? I have heard in some v,*ay that you are sick at hone, and am anxious to know how this is. Please, write me. Dd yon .t'nbond to be present at the meeting pf .the Society of the Array of the'Tennessee next nonth? I moanto try and go if possible. We have no newsj had a long letter-froa Nye, a day-or two ago'on the subject of his proposed vcnttiro which i have no .doubt v/ill^J be a poor one. The pttrpose of many., I may say most of us, is.to elect yoH President, You know Logan ^^eslres it, but I think from What 1 hear that he will not.bo elected. ; r Let me know how you are, , Riram WAllbMdgdr to-Geni Dodge, Louisvillo, Ky. 11:- The Commieaion.lo-'iiitat,a# the bas adjourned ovor to the 21s at Washington,* We-will meet at Willards, f Oliver AmeS to Oen* Dodge-,North Easton, 13:- , f * 4 • • t telegraptaad you boday labout the proposed draft for masonry, * • Mr, Hamnbnd will pay those masonry bills from the earnings of the road. He has been paying \\p the llffccjk pay-rolls and has now got them in such ^atws that he can tahc oaro of these masonry bills, and I left ^ the letters r received *frc» Little of the Salt l^ke .Road with Mr, Ham1443 October, 1869. mend, vsrith the purpose of havinj^ Reed, when he carae down explain the whole matter. Reed says the *Salt Lake Company offered once to settie the matter all up, by our paying them $30,000 which he thought was too much;' that he too\c advic'e of some lawyer who'said that this road was built after our location, and they could not hold us for dam age. Our road must have taken away the trav ]el that would Kave paid toll,, and thus ruined their road, as a to2il road. If we pay them $30^000 it seems to me it would be a sale by them of a piece of property that would not have piid the expenses of kepp ing it in repair. I wish you would consult Mr. Hai.miond about this ♦ -V • . * ' • ■ ^ . road ■-n'^ the Land Damage, and see what can be done about them. I think the Land Damages should be settled as soon as possible and have them properly done Our roa^ went through before these settlers had any title to the land from Government, but we ought to be willing to pay them the damage but nothing for the land, all we should pay is what the improvements were heally worth them on the land taken by railroad, \f they would take into consideration the in crease in the value 'of their land by the building of tho railroad, it would more than oflfset all the damage done them, , ' • V ^ H4o there ever been any dividdnfl paid by Council BlIifTs Bank yot I have never heard of one. ' Our fire was alarming, Bho^in& our danger, but fortunate we were fn subdueing it. ' Coinstook tltegraphs'that he has not got^all the returns he desired and has adjourned t,he meeting for a week, what doeshe want? October, 1869. ♦ - "t'Jof . ■ Note: George C .Tic'^enor to Gen. Dodge, 14: On Belknap*s appointment. Note: Isaac K. Loos to C. p. Davis, Bethlehem, 14:- . r t .'f if"! C. B. Comstock to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 15:- Yo^s of October 7th and Bth nit' the packages of paper are re ceived. On examining the map of "Location of 11 hundred miles" I see that there are several places outside of stations 3000 to 3200 • t * (covered by profiles sent) when the Road or temporary line deviates from the blue or 80 foot line, "-ri ; t' •'' '-j. , , ' ,The map is dated Nov. 1868 and the question suggests itself whether those deviations from the accepted line srtill exist, or rather did they exist Sept, SO, '69? If you could furnish plans and pro files,of all dsviations from accepted line existing when the road was exaiained by .the present commission, and the same for the accepted, or final line, no.mttter how slight those deviations weroj and also a list specifyiag the position of all such deviations with any remarks necessary to their being fully vnderst<?od, it would be all the infor- ' < atlon the Cbmmisslonr «ill need on that, po^nt. Of course, I do not Include temporary displacement* of track af ter; it hfhs omee'been oorreot3.y Laid in gravel pits, or in putting in bridges. All like^ that at .Uintah, should be inclU'^ed in the list of plans and profiles to-be furnished^ Note:^ (Hn. ©edge to .Col. G. G. Iisu.:mond, 16 (25DR192) DD. 1445 Qctober, 1869. . t Dliver Ames to Gen. Dodrc, Boston, 16;- - ' • '■ - 1'*"' Your letter of tUe 9th is received. Sharp and Gaylor have just arrived here. I hdve not had any talk with them, but they handed in a letter'dlaimins that we kad not come to time and had for feited our agreement, on whch.they claim pajmiont of disputed eiaount. I don't think the breach is such a orie aS to entitle them to any damages* I will consUlt oUr lawyer here, on their case tomorrow, He ha^'o made no arrkngemeTits here for the settlement .of Davis t and Assts. claim, the iWfole matter remains ad it did. Tlhey'have not consented to appoint parties to go oh and make an examination to as certain the value and ■•aridtmt-of ties dnd timber t-hey Ylaim "we shall take. We have paid all these bills of Central Pacific Road* I don't see how any'evidence the' nnay take v/ill .cut down the bills paid. The t'fouble we have with them, and where the reduction is liable to be made, is the freight engineering and extra spent on fire water, hauling, &c. I hope We shall be able to make out our bills. Can anything be done to rebut the evidence they are taking? The Weber Valley Wagon road we ought to settle, but the claim they make after offering to settle for $30,000 is too outrageous. If we had not touched their read we should have ruined it by taking off the travel. It never would have paid thS expenses of keeping it up. Consult with I.lr. Mammon on bottling up the land claims of liomon settler's, it ought to be done, and can f think, be better done now than any tiiao. What ever you and Col. H^nmond may 1440 October, 1869. decide upon as best way, v/jll'be approved* " C Let us know how.the".scraper works, and bridges are getting along I and generai^ly the •■progress of improvement on rpad • 1 wrote you that Col. HammoHd would pgy masonry bills^ • ■ - Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New York, 20: f -^rWe are going to work to get up our plan to organize our bridge .company. I have-taken it in hand4'I eann^t find half'thq papers I • want. Last year there was sent te me the Laws of Iowa shov/ing what we could do, I ha ve lost them, will, you pilease ;s^nd them to me again and give your views on the subject on receipt of this, as you know what I want better than I do myself. Please send. it. te me as soon ^ as you can./' -'r ' ^ ■ y' - ■ . • ,« , r., ♦ 'J,' E. House to Gen. Dodge,. Omaha, ^0:- >« r Below please find IJie inConoatior^ staked f.oi in ydurs of the 19th inst. Elevation oD desert between Ctabre and Toanoa Ranges 4865. Eastern base Toano Mts, 4958 . a; -oe** "lU " Toanq Summit. Humbolt Mt* ^ - f • ■ '> f-few i " leiis, , Vo: r-;!. 6134 5670 5587 1$69 ft* ^t. eleratlon overcome from Desert to Toano Summit, •/.V 1176 Ft, ami, elevatoin overcome from East Base of Toano to , flummit* 11 miles total length of 15 ft, grade overcoming elevation. « * • 3 " " H w gg n H ft n 1447 October, 18G9, . - . y— • > ' •• ' ' • , Gen. E. F. Noyee to Gen. Dodje, pincinnati, 22;- I am happy to acknowledge receipt of. your letter of the 16th inst _ and am glad to. know .that the views of Gen. Rawlins expressed by you correspnd fully with my own. I shall say not:ing in my address which C csn be construed with offense, political or otherwise, I have been sorry heretofore tp observe, a slight. tendency on a part of a fev; of our old comrades to run the Society for political effect. This is always to be discourage^, and I shall take high ground with rpgard to it. I. did not knov^ Rawlins as you did, but this I d know, that he has npt even yet, high as he stands in public estimation been fully ^ appreciate. Few men did ^ore than he for his country, and he was content to let others have the ^lory of his achievement, I shall pay my humble tribute to his memory in my address. Confidentially, how4ver, I wapt to say I have been a little em- ^ • t # barraased and put out gf Joint. I suggested some time since th?t it »as flttingrthat the Orator of the society should pay something f more than passing not loe to Rawlin*s memory, as he was the President of the Society ahd had such honorable record, and especially as his death was so recen"^,.and 1 asked fqr any facts about his career with in his knowledge. Hirok?ei|loopee^wrote to D yton ahout it, and you can imagine my surprise, Wften in a few days I saw a letter from Day- « ton Inwhich-he critioleed the. aaod taste of uniting an address and a eulogy, and he further said he, had cppaulted various parties, among October, 1869. ' * them Shferman, Grchham, Smith and I donH know how many more, and that they agreed with him. He suggested that the'Eulogy should be post poned till after our anntial gathering. Of course, he entirelty misjudg ed what I intendted to do, and possibly there may have been reasons which you caA appreciate why it'was hot deemed judicious to allbw'me to exalt Rartlns, le:it "by Implication It mlBht detract fror. glory of othera. Finally I learn that Parker formally of Grant's Staff, has beer, selected to deliver a eulogy on the same evening with my ad dress. I will therefore be beg,^|f in my allusion to Gen. RawliriS, but shall yet try to'give hii the cedit he'so'richly deserves, without in any way detracting from the well earned reputation of others. _ YOU can imagine that 1 have bein Very much annoyed by criticisms in advance", and such gratuitous'services on Dayton's part. I wish yo'u would, as soon as possible, give me k vCrybricf ac count of Pawlins' origin," employments"and general history before the Far.' And please tell me'what trWb. end What officers of dlstrinotion served west of the'uisals''slppi," whoaat any tiiae served with the Army of the Te'nneaaoe! anrf'Swt troops of our aroy' went to lioTkile', it any. I dislike to trouble'you but I presume you ean'without talcing any conaHderable time tell me''a-ft'l want to >khow... Please deetroy this,' OSnerAl, as l have written very fmlly end ' ■ V '• - " 'M'O confidentially. Morris to •8in. Dodge) t8Lh^ftich, 23 • j * M 4 + wnii "hut we have too much laid out foi^ Th» woilc goes on quite well, bu^ we n«vo r 1449 October, 1869. * - ' this fall on Bridges, T7e are novr worlrlng at the foundations of Green Rive'r Bridge No, 118, over Black's' Fork west of Granger, " Brige No, I3l over Black's Foric we'st of Church Buites, Bridge No. 132 across Lluddy, and bridge across Bear River at Co'rlnne, 'We are working at the masonrj' of'Bridges'110 (across Black's Pork, Will be' completed in'few <days, except steps on wings) 118 and 132, have gang ready to put oh Bridge 131 as soon as foundation is' ready, also gang ?e%dy for C^orinne Bridge, Corinne fdbndat ions'will soon be ready for'masons,' The pile-driver wil go to Ogden Bridge during next week* I can secure Bear Rlvfeir;^ Bridge East, by driving two piles in eaeh« bent and putting on new caps and changing a few stringers, * We will have to work some time into the winter, to finish the work nontioned labov-e. You see^ihere are four bridges aci^oss bad streams *t which' we have laid no stone. Two of these are in Salt Lake Valley, and we can WCrk at the;.', late in the winter, but GrVon River an^' Bridge 131 are in a much'more C-old country. I spoke to ^ol, Hamnond, in answer to his questions about the work needed to make roads safe and to enabl-e tliem ta rxm it, telling him -f the cuts in ^gber and Echo canons, which must be pro tected from filllnr with "Wash"', and about the culverts on the' heavy urades. He asked cost, I told him about $5000, Ho bold n\e to go'on and do it, and that anything which needed doing to keep the road open and run able to do, not waiting for any orders from you, as you were withdrawing from these matter«» add h» w^uld takoagiarge. 1450 ■■ • I October, 18G9. '..-r He also -wants fro.i lae estimate^ and. report on- the condition of t??iSL^road, its wants, Shall I report fiilly to. hi;.;, or re-. far him to- you for details, &c, Thei latter will probably make a muss for tie. Your letter about flour.cane, , I can probably sell qtiite a quantity if the flour is liked at- Green River, Bryan, „ Granger and fiedmont at^ foxToa ^4-,50 to $5,50 per . sack, depending upon the quantity in the market and the price of flour, in Salt Lake Valley they are now. seiain- at'Edho at $3,90 but, most flour shiped from the Vallby -costs at Wajisatch and points East, 5 dollars to $5.50 frelgh.t included, I telegraphed-you to stop floiu' at .Granger and aave back freight from Wahsatch, I will see. what. I can. do to points east ^ of Green River and write.you fully. In regard to storing flour at principle poi/its, I will let you know the. quantities now on hand at those-points, and if the supply,, is not, large the plan is a godd one. 0«tter> I seo frsm freight bills, is shipping from Salt Lake ValiQy-.your flour will- come cheaper- than his—at $4,50 per sack at Conter. * * I will exaimno and write again, I majie^, out most of the vouQhors &c, for Col, Hammond and he sent me the money. Men will be paid by Monday night. I dp not care to stay, here longer than you keep the charge ef tho work, unless ^you JllQh pe to complete certain portions, i^artlcularly, if I can get anything else to do. I am * • . cloiing otlt all my matters-here so as tq leave about December, if possible, "fid net run risk of being caught in snow for the winter, ^ ^ wtote Cipher thM it correct?/ -tf 1451 October, 1869. " ■''Note;- Gten.'Bd^ t'^o 0.- F.- Davis> 27 (25DR194) DD. Note:- G^^n. Dod^e to Henry Karnara, 2 6 i ( eSDRlO^O ^D. Note:- Dodge'^to Col. Parker, 26 (25I5B197 and 210) DD Note. ben. BbdEe tb Gen. Shemart, -26: (25DR2Q2) DD . Note:- Gen-Dodge tb Oliver Ames, 27: (25DR205) DD Note. Gdri . Dodge tcT J . I.'.. .S. Willlitoss,^26 _(25DR221) DD Note,- Gen. Bodge to C. H. Chappall, 26: •(25DR223) DD. 'Note, Gen. bodge'to Geri. Noyes,'25 )(25DR224 ) DD Note;- Sen. Dodge to-W. S. Fairfield, 26'(25DR226) DD - * R, N. Gray to Gen. Dodge, 27: - YourS of'the 16th inst, received. I don'*t know how much I paid for each lot, but suppose your brother does. If you cannot '^"sell 4t at 100 per ct. in advance why I suppose'I must take75 per ct, as 1 am hard up "And want money, t hear splendid accounts from all sides about businesa of Union Pacific. I see by the papers that you are g^ing to Chlnat o build railroads; if•there is anything,in it I v/ill go with you. I he'ar WilSbh is" goiftg into the Senate after afll. Give him my best regar(ts»' ' ^ iaotf fl 'fr '[ ♦. r 1 1- # f T ? •"ir 1452 Ir- ' i.n-r\ f.njx October, 1869, Note:- Gen. Dodge to J. E. Smith, 27 (25DR199) DD. Not^-; r;G^. DOdg« to*,^v LI.. S. Williams, ^27 (25DR211 & 221) DD ifotfef G^n.- Dodgq to T, B. morris, 27: ^ (25DR212) . DD (0;fr " Wot^' Gen. Dodger tfo.C..B. .Gomotock, 27- (25DR214) DD • Noie. Gen. Dodge .to Sidney Dillon, 27r- ^(25DR217)-■ DD •Note. Gen. Dodge tQ 1. .A.' Garter ^ 27L (25DR22Q). -DD. ' ' C. Me id to Gen. .Dodge j Omaha, -29:- - Does t>ie iroh iij track frqm Qheyenne to Fort A. Russcel belong to this company or^Oncle S^m? It.is good splice bar iron and I would like to change it and put in it§ place*chalr iron. We are having ^ to scrape up everything we cart to.get irgn enough for Benver road. Henry ■ fartiaA to G^jn. Dodge,'New Haven, 30;- Yours of thp-B6th Pas received last evening and read with care. ' I an'"ehtlrely satisfied with the. course you^bavo recom-aonded to N.P. to take in the Pegf&m matter, although I cannot see the Justice of his Claim, btit if thars Is pny-doub t as-to the legal result I would much riither comproAlM M«a)-tp- in a doubtful law-suit. If you ©an only make it-apply on Pegrains indebtedness to you, I shall p|t|r it most cheerfully. In clpsing the matter I wish you would advise with N.P. and be euro that he gets a full relase, and quit claim from Pegram, and a full discharge from my bond, so that thero cannot be any further difficulty in the matter. i'lease accept my thanl» for your interest in the matter, " 1«53 October, 1869. ■ . Oeo, .E. Spcner tq» Gen, Dodge, Des liolnes, 31:- 77e reached here" eafely last-night. I do hope you will conclude -to become a candidate for, the; Senate, and have no doubt of your suc cess. You'will rind'" thai you-have very many v/arm-friends who will 'Work night 'and day fo'r you,. I hopp you will con^ her©'soon,--and see" Allen,' and. J am certain that he will werkr very hard -for you, and is an xious for your success. I think you v.'ill make the mistake^ of your life-time by reftts'ing'tp beccaae a candidate, • • ^ . You have a prestige in Iowa and in the. coxmtry that you should not give up. You owe it to ^our family, and to the thous^ands of frieVids have elsewhere, - IWb duties of Senator are much easirer thsfn those of a Representative, and 1 knbw are much pleasanter the raoinenty ydd will signify to your'friend«"that you are will ng to make the race t'hey will go to work, In subh^' way as to reiser success sure mbmoratida; ' " • * ^ ♦ ' ' ' 1 " • , , ■ - 1st Law of '62: Laid 18 months as no money could ba raised • • •»* '' . .... . . . . mbmoratida: I . • - .t-A ^ \> X/ under it. 2nd: Lincoln recommended change as in Law or 1864 and even under that no money was raised *"uritll 65. i . r, — 3rd. Durant undertook to build under Law of '64 got As far as he could go, and New York parties came in and put in. 2.1r2 millions. 4th. Dec. 1867. Company was nearly bankrup^and only got on to its feet after my report showing cost of road. 5th, Durant'8 extravangaoe turned out, compromises made by ' 1454 October, 1869. . ■ P' , > ' ' Boston pal-ty as thej^ were <all barrftmpt unless ib cofuld go on. ^ 6 th. In con promise* Burant got majority of Board and change "of Oovemmeni'Directors gave f^11'control. In this year the black mailing and ex'travagancb has made a fearful hole In the financ.es,^- '7th. Under the'management, J. L.. Y/illiams demanded return of throe millions '6f bonds to secure comfbetion'of road, t^iis; I joined him, and bonds were ptit up, ' • i •• • ' 8th, With aid oif th'e Goverrfoent" directors they expect to control Doad next elect/ibn. ^ e* ' • , •* gth, Pfinancial condlbioh Ist, i -r;. ''I en- !>; Paid" ir\ cash ; Bonds issued as dividends Balanoe as profits Amount Loaned ■■t o- '' r f .f • S!^ck .$3,750,000, 6,500,000. , 2,750,000. 7,250,000. 20,000 000 ^ O.'jdfS Amt. Dept. up to Jan. 1st 1,250,000 • • A 10th Action of the, Secretarjf of Interior to sto\us, CompRrison of C.p.R.R. and U.P.R.R. No check on G.P.R.R. C„m. issioni that « examined it whltewah^ed it and President and Attorney General sent same Cormnission to examine .0, p.R.R, Ahat examined U.P.R.R and their report will soon ba here, on that ypu have a right to require security that tt,p.r:r.- —- • ^ • 11th. Whan each Road gets withlnt 50 miles of Its end, there 1455 C-r October, 18(?9. exists a gap of 100 railes; better then refuse to issue any new bonds to either until you can examine both roads and see what is necessary < ' «► . f <7 to make each a 1st class road. Appoint Crovemment Directors on U.P.R.R. by 5th, so they can be there on the 8th meeting of Board". Hiram Price or j. F. T'ilson, "lowa,'D. L. Harris, Springfield', Mass. F. H. Rollins, Concord*, N.H. Glenn V:. Schofield, Penn_. John A. G'riswold, Troy N. Y. Bohn K. Blair, New Jersey. Apppint them out of above, lenving Williams and Brooks standing for the present to be removed hereafter if necessary. : . rhofirro" ,rr,etl?r .A , \ <- .-•• vot / c. >l wo" ,";nf t'l*';'" -lorf nop 1 rif' i». 7 rC * ' ' v.— i ' . .. .r vir-; 1456 ir5 * .■ Council Bluffs, Aug. 9th, 1869 r,j adx.-lc; : ' ; cSi... >01 ' Oliver Ames, Pres. H,.P.R.R,, Boston, ■ . jX'i ircr ' . ■ no Our Attorney state Norman has filed t ■■ « ... t amended complaint and schedules advancing amount thirty thousand dol- :lars.. It is necessary to furnish attorney's briefs from an exaiainar - . . . ^ , . . . .. tion by an, engineer immediately. Such is , shall I have it t ■ r', • . ... done? . , ,-r - rj .a-' liovr , "■ - 'i Chief, Eng. • ■ Council Bluffs, Aug. 9t, 1869. James A. Wilson, Pairfield, Iowa. I can leave here Wednesday or Thursday. How long will you be in Chicago? G. M. Bodge. >• ^ >■4 t Council .Bluffs, lov/g, „ ■ - >•*'> o--" ."0 T 1869 • . .^ , fi ,fi/r. c^r; nol .*io ti.i '..i! -rt) , J. E. House, Esq.,^ -icro',: ^.lu*t4 '<■« 1 Div. Eng* — Dear SirtI enclose letter of lir. Hsanniond's submitting plans of portable and permanent fences and snow-sheds. In placing permanent fences, the Div. Eng. will at any time acco mpany the men who put it up, and give them the Benefit of their exper ience in the matter. On most of the cuts, I prefer portable fence, as we can move it so as to get the rigbtdis tance from the cut, and to catch the general direction of drift. A good deal of efficiecny, I found last winter, depended upon proper placing of fences. In placing it prefer reversing of panels so that each 12 f et will alternate, t'-is prevents blowing or crushing down and is just as efficiebt as block to cover. Uessrs, Welsch and Llorris have full inbtructions as to measure ments of cuts, and what ov-^r bottake out, and when Co], Hammond lets contract to take it out, or gives the orders, they will see that work is properly done. I ecnlose Webster's estimate of length from mile post to 1050 mil© post, which, no doubt, is nearly accurate. You can check 1458 it froa yoiir profiles♦ They vill also send in, in detail, ineasurements now*being't^efi, but Doolittle can go to v/ofck immediately, if . he desires, on the information we submit. I am truly yours,'* ; • tr ( ' • .>-1 • G, li. Dodge, -•■riC Chief Eng. . :,'r ! dn.; v.' -lo-fiei f-r* rorr® I .nbfty'is- : ' r nit ceoilrst JroruKjmiij r C Jc, nr nlq •I, .! ' in Tlln .--rJI .■ ■1i i'te»r:iJmo.T rntojnXn.nl Jo <?:'♦ .riij evl"; *-nr ^-nj jj .hm odw r;^r' o '.f T ,nJiro "idi lo Jnom .lO .-io.tinr o;V - oi ri a rdJ tavTl oaonf i:.r Id-li to-] O * an n H evp . r 'W «« -I iln *\o Jncfi to'^ A ..fllib to : -ienon ertJ do.^xi'; ci • . ■■•.•►''*■■■■-' , " ■ ■ • t r. '/yt to to ■ . ; -I 'of Lv; jfinl ^rn/r" J 'V- ••"■> ■'^ ^.^er.rn )<; -t f eirv-i ':: tooq J/ ■ ' ^rrjf hi tfcM nf.nh f/'l' '*•*^10. rnlwlcl B^V'C/o'iq oi s , *r.Tr?'* f - i;*r .■r vo'» r»i rIocCd iHoioittf. - • crnot, fii !<r rnJfflSotr.rn-j rj,ji rX vio. , Tnti" . « oG Tirid hruB ^ itso O'^Aiw T vo tor*, ' fvm " o "•foo ' '-7 c'ft n^r- yadj ,8oo^•ro c.:rt n-v'- -o ,,hfa r fn<ritt\^c ' .'ttO'i pjct 1459 til rfi^ ' a. .'ico ♦orfn" . r.n.r ^i .- >■ : ■'■' •i- 111 w-it; r.--.T • . I *• A ^ •t ,.t'f'roL :>(i. ,drl;'- , ' r>" , "jBr ■ Council Bluffs, Sept.1869 ■•rr-i" J. Ll. S. ?/illi3ms. -r.'JC T';f»C -r.'tjiiyft frrT^^ap'Slr vyA -^rin r.l ft , ' ' ' /' The estimate ■ for-workdone on New Construction Bridges/.«}ff» for months df Jul^f and.August is ^(#15,000) fifteen thous and dollars, which is due and payable Sept, 15th, '69. On that date I shall draw for ttie amount rto meet draft on me. r * r* -r ' 4 £Xii/l I'.t' . :f "led ♦ • e- leocl respectfully, c'ft0slo ftit! ^otar" "r-i-.T) r.l •• rl-iimifooan i : - -- .dJnoi.' fr-^n orfJ no ' V '"*v. ^ >ff,P oiCt . fXiv; I'.^rwofa yn.Won'p'r;! mI ritriri • ^ .ir:oNinr. ft .tfrs;o::Jlr ,notnHlwon oriS ot .i. . ''t f r JailJ ,,fio/yo'i oMmtfitpi CfdetOTC'^ n a lo"' lo"' o;t ooii.tlMoqRf dorr- cs tl T!>f'£a .31*,-,11 i»l> "^x ftar* 1 "Xi ^ &Tf* 'r|a -..t •;trrf"' ,vCfdl^ cy, I ' o" .0 Nt' ''1 'fo •; w . te) /li irromrT«4|B»a rn-'t I ( - '5. '.■••C'Xf 1459 r. f'- -• , ^ r,; x sr.i/oO Sept. 1869. J. 1.1. S. Williams, Boston. ;n.rUri-" Dear Sir:- If it is any advantage to you, I can pay my assesnie^nt onD." & S. C.B'.R, by using'flO, 000 of the $15,000 that my estimate amoimts to here. ^Or, if Vou prefer, I will remit the $10,000 due the S.C.R.R., tHe^advantage to me'^l's'that I save the exchq^nge. - I will in that case dfaw for five thou sand only while you could charge me unWith $15,000 and receive credit here on my books for full amoxint of'estimate, -and pay my assessming in coming here, and ^ save the exchange due on the first month, Lly health is improving slowly. I will make the effort to go West to meet the commission, although it is hardly prudent. Still I con sider it of so much iaportance to get a favorable report, that I am willing to risk sorriething if I can aid in doing so, I am truly, G. iii. Dodge, Telegraph me whether I shall pay the assessment in this way or remit 1460 Council Bluffs, Sept. 29, 18B9. >81 T <fc!ii»Jq ur. J. LI. S. Vlilliams, , - !-r.irr Treas, U.P.R.R., Bos.to;T,.'' .c-.o* ,nr«tT Dear Sir•- I have drawn or* you today for fifteen thous and cfollars to |>ay my August* estimate-,- Mr, Ame^,-who is here, instructs me 10''d to Tseet 'that estimate^, ^ fy vr • * ffie'estimate frr Septemher will bw nmch ^larger as we .ace crowding the work for two months with a view to close it ljafare winter. , vf M I am respectfully. , rf.f'or G. M. Dodge, Chief, Eng. 1461 ''t ■ ' , 0 oe , "11 r fT r i fnauoV September 28, 1869. J, LI, S Williams, p.. ... .r, Treaa. Iowa Falls & Sioux C .tH. R*.' «'IT ,rr*vfl! Dear Sir: - 'tL<\ •' ■"o' r-"''.) r rf'tli; « t j enclose drafV on New York for ten "thoitsand' dalliars — being my .aS^sessaaent' due in August on -Wie Iowa Falls & Sioux City R. R. • S%ib«critions.' ■ The October assessment I will send in a'few days. Pie ^e ^ inform me th« amounb ofl 'interest if any riue * on this "a^raossmene :■* 'uA ■ - ," I ant respectfully, ^ «... ,r G, Li. Dodge. . ' tTfXrfr 1462 . • t'lO £tD wo^ October 8, 1869. Theodore Oilman, Esq, Treas. Keokuk Bridge Co., ,>rhr,-T ^ -itlt tMoC 4 47 Ex. P;Lace 'P.9. Box 172 New York. r,» .fr Dehr Sir:- ' ' I enclose draft on Oilman and Son for |5255 by assess- ' 'ment due Oct. 4', 1869-, on'my stock in'Keokuk Bridge Co.i .Ujo Oi'M.t ■* ;ri i .""ii: o r. i ^ am"J'espectfulLy,' ' I r'O.'! 'io f fn .♦nl . Jlon ' .D^it.dot'ov y.-W erird tro',: 1 0, Li-. Dodge."* sl'inw o.t . '• "Tv.rf 'Ij rTiiI .-uA oS hrvo to - ",r ' r-ti; r.rjj Joiwufr'M'rt ,®#fcftqs Ye nelntoj eif.t ifllv . ♦ nruif-i T 'Iro r, t . .aelenjB® Yf'V nl nfti Oototfer .9, 1869t* mo ;fi!t im - T eff> no.ilc ■ T « ulf o j J. P. Nicholas, .-riia'Dt " V: ,rf>S->qr irf>S">qr Asst. Supt r.i "'M'- i "i f. V^-*' n Vfe ha'T^' on hand a large'supply of flour, and would like to sell you- will p&t 6n cars here.' Best brands family flour warranted ati2.75 per pck. of 08 lbs - or we will deiver in Omaha at $2,87 1-2. We prefer to deliver here. .We have also brands at low price of'fair flour, but thifi Ib best. • . . Respectfully, " >1 " 'Ll, Dodge. 1463 i-Kfo^oo Cour.cil Bluffs, Oct. 7th, 1869 J. U. Eddy, Esq. , Dear Sir:- ,nnf;CIO ,.oD ftjsbiuF •■Ur5{'>ftM You want to open a construction and repair'*b hccount, . . . « « making yohr vouchers as such, and returning them under tha.t head. Strike out engineering as'written, and ret. Confetruitipn and Repairs on al] of Morris* TT^bsters and'fileborns or Harri's vouchers thfet pertain to work of that kind.- ajrd if you have the vouchers back to Sept. 1st return them in that way - or even to Aug. 1st if you have then, I return herewith the copies of grades, alignment and summits ^ ^rith notes on the same,. ■ To «ay the least it is very careless to omit so important points as I mark on the tables, which I have written and spoken of ther.i to often. ^ r v, jt* ^ y Have thoy yet finished the tables of grad aj^d alignment from Ogden to Humbolt'Wells and from Salt Lake City to Ogden on Morris' lo cated line? All "these tables go in the yearly .rei^ort ^hich I am mak ing up ds st&dn as I get ycnir-lists of bridges on the two profiles. I can fl^nd off advs. -craB»4f»iona^ . , , , ^ ^ , ' IM* "^sry Respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Eng. 1464 . ■ < t.,.' . » t ^ Cotincil Bluffs, Oct 9th, 1869 , tfc', litr J. LI. S. Williaas, Sreas, IT.P.R,"^. O.t cvr.f^ T Dear Sir: + ^r-f ^ T ■ • • » The estinate for the nohth of September for New Construction masonry of bridges, is t irty two thousand dollars, which I shalldraw for and pay Oct. 15th. " We are fast completing the - • ■ * r . • • * s bridgea The S'pt, of road pays our estimates for all v/oiHc'bn" snowfences, widening banks, new buildings, •'^c. • i rx! r " , I. I am respectfully, . iW </rtl '{.rrn » "r. , • / . ^ G. M. Dodge, •. f S .f ■ ■ Chief ISngr. ■•••a-. • -fii/. ©I it* ■'/»).? f I .• V' ,• f f_'tr ' H ulltBl'J.wil i.js T , "jiio *1' ' f " rV"''?* .tiwlw j/n'j'f " V ' ' . . ' ' . - nr » hpifr ^v-j.T -r uX* f aUfi, ' / icfo . CX"i 3^yW rfT'eiTt , •* ' Tl.nf 97 . .JcTj^nn •' V. H . • ,* • ' ' 1 «« .0,^ y.tn-V Tr-f .y.^p -n iT .r'w ■ '"ii- , ds' j "r fft a •• u J "r t M/ f,. . 1465 * /•a-'? twffi .Vj •'>«- !:-< ' i "j^ytrrs I efyrti {'A I i ■ ^i\'^L. f " fv. n- '■ r 1 , Council Bluffs, Oct. 9th, 1869. Oliver Ames, President, Deer Sir: . ^ ' 1 I have forwarded to \7ashington to the oominissions all the data called for from my department. Ur, ITilson came here Monday to stt_qafi..the. Brigham Yotuig arbitration but "Sharp, Taj^lor Smith & Go, declined holding, that the days had passed therefore judg ment .would .be rendered against them, A^ter three days* talk about it, • • they finally agreed.to postpone the case until ITednesday next and in the mean time consult Brigham, In case they do not sit, I shall commence suit against them on their failure so as to get and hold juris- ^ diction of the case in our courts here, and away from Utah. Mr, Wilson *^hinks we make a great mistake in settling any of the • r ♦ extra charges, if,.jR«_j»ace.---going to fight any of theu. The report is here, and so'Davis writes, that Mr, Dillon is to settle his account. From what Hoxie and Snjrder say, I am satisfied if we could get at what they know Davis and associates wou'd stand a very poor shov/. Also Frost as well as all thnsd men claiming and suing on wood contracts. There is hardly a doubt but what we are from 70 to 113000 ties short on their D.A C. deliverty but to prove it is the trouble. The C.p. people have done nothing as yet, but are gettigg ready to take their case to Waahlngtory: are working up facts, getting affi davits of cofcfc of work fro. i our contra fc tors &c. and they intend to 1466 make a big case of overcharge, and so far as I can learn, our contrac tors are generally swearing in their favor, It seems to me we ought to get along with our present buildings ,at Omaha without building any more. Why cannot we use the new blackSiaith's shop for a temporar'"' car shop with a shed attached until next year- Instead of building again and wait until we get on our feet? * * t ■ The Weber Valley ?'p.gQP rpad Co. offer_ to settle for Land Grant . .Bonds, part-supplies at EcJ^o a^^jMirt freight, ''liat shall I say to them,, and ^'ov.' nucb sfliall J p?-y them? What shall I do about right " ' ■ r* ' r;,' of v/ay through the ffirns p.nd improvements of the Lloraons in Weber and Salt Lake, Valley? They^re appealing to me daily, and we ought to settle to avoifi future trouble. Most of them now own their farms, haying entered them at,the land office. I can settle in ...ost cases by paying the actual d^nage. Please instruct on this point. • - ' *. • ' ' There is a other view of this case; the C.p, in case of a fij^t ' * # • ♦ might tiee it against us, \ . ' ■ ' f - - ♦ - ^ .. Our maeonry, snow fences, taking out of cuts to avoid snow, is ' .'ccc - . progressing rapidly, My estimate oh masohry 5;c. not including snow fences or any Bide work is 132,000, which I shall draw for so as to • • ' ' ^ ' ' ■ -v. " *" " . .1 pay promptly Otk,t?\e 15th, ^ Very respectfully, '* -• , r, , r, ^ Ct. U. Dodge, CLEl. * ,1. 1467 . It f rr ■ ji , Henry Ferntm Esq., Dear Sir:- October 26, 1869. f . • r* I find on examination of the tv?o cases that the withf drawal of Baldwin and myself accomplished nothing;, as he being a member of the fim of Baldwin^ Pegram fr. Co. could bring his suit in their name and apply the proceeds to their indebtedness. He owing a A. . » largearf^e part of this* 1 therefore consulted llr. V?ilson,'he says that ho considers it Courts that if carried to Supreme' Court, they would hold the firm was entitled to the lands and thus all their and in precedent in this case would at least give | judgment against you to the amovmt paid by B.P. & Co, with six per cent interest, and he advised me to settle for that amount if I could. That would make about $2500 or in that vicinity. I therefore instruc ted H.P.B. after consultation with him, to settle- has been in favor of such settlement all the time. It is barely possible we might beat pegram, but the ossh and the stoppaj^e of 'sale and then with the question * f of r • title to that already sold woijld ^ , damage you more than the amount I recorjmend to be paid, I also consulted: my R.I?. Atty., and he agreed with Mr. Wilson. I m sorry that the oaSe is in that Condition because Mr. Pegram does not, I think, act in accordance with the views of the fim. The fim of B.p. & Co. has not been an 1468 -V N't 7, Council Bluffs, Oct. 27 1869. Dear Smith •Tou con send the deeds to me, or direct to Gov, Gaiiipbe.ll and he will get them recorded,. I ,heard say he had some i^ots ^in> Golden C^it-- - it is some 10 miles west of Denver hut where thjey come from I know not. You can easily ascertain about it by v rlting-any one of U\e^ territorial offices in .Denver or writing to Gov. Evans, thoy will all pay attention to it, TTh^at is to be ,done wi.tbniHowlJ.n*s boys? I would like to take one and he spioke to me .-^il^ut it before^'he died, I dont like tp write about it, ' " ' * I have Jetters written just, before he died, and in our interview in IT. Y, -he told me of, things that indicated tp me he thought his. life 'irfas ahoipt* ^ : ■ • - ■ . I am very hear that -the President feels so kindly toward me. I hdpe-whoervw^ fdila Rttwlin* place will respect .him, and stand firr.ly as he did. Rawlids letters to me and his. request while in ^New york, I'lSxippdsed nc^ ♦nq knew of - it seems .by your letters that^you dowhere did you hear it? ^ Yours truly, ^ G, u. Dodge, .t .t • ■ ■ If I ean aid in may way in looking up this property, let me know, Have you the deeds and all right on the Washington house? ./> I' 1469 Council Bluffs, Oct. 26, 1869 Geh. T. ^herusin/'^ I ' vc" General:- ' ' "»*> *.r!-T . '' T^ile'^ coTtr.and of Vhe" DJcVT of-''^]Sejti8as, &C-.* I seiz ed, by order of the Sec, of Ti^ar ar*!* On reque'st of the 'Sec. of Interior to him, several droves of horses, ponies, &c. driven out of the Cher okee Country into Kansas, The ''Government stook so seized and ■' G tTSSe'ned' it over to the Indian or sold" it, 'On some of these s'eizure's I'ha-v^e treerr sued, and in' one case ^ludgm^t rendered in Kansas, In this case the government sold the stock and nut the money in its treasuryV but the owher proVes it was his ( of course) and no ^ law yet to protect me, although I hcted irt this Case strictly in accordance with the orders of the 5^.0. of TiVar, as well as with additional orders of coUnander fc?f Ki'<'^'*^iv, This Jud®aent is |30.0«^n lAii with iriterest and costs since Sept, *68, it has heeh ti^Sns^rred to Iowa and "I mast pay it or letr my pro perty be seised.' It is wrong mild the Gov, Should either pay.the-judgment or else fight it for me. Now what is my redress? Nhy cannot the Tl'ar Dept. pay it? I obeye my orders'. The tar'l>ept. got the money the stock sold for. The trans actions all happened when I was thouaa ds of mils off on an Indian campaign, and In this case the'fauli'li^ li" thftrv'tras shy, in the - ■ 11 r' ' 1470 or(Jers of the Sec ^ ■ of-rWar .''i r These judgments and suits annoy me beyond measure- the obtaining of one is only bilnging others, and, while I am only oije of the humer oas defendants, in these cases, they all appear to cdme right here with their judgments 1 have got. The Sec. of Int. pf kridws ^"bout this suit-will you advise me or, if ycu can, will you W? Cfc. A Yours truly, m • "iS '>r r f t ^ ' / «fi»T Hvr-ncf ■;nl-:r- r- ^ I- ■ " ts i - lie .tCfw f..n« "^®w ly-'l'A irr. ■ ■■« -c:,' . ■ ♦rr/f'qju o.-f "" 'V' ..tnis r 1' fj ^«'>n ^'XTltSW f., *: nvi.'f I , I 'T.-vcf; ifX hw n#t.t 'r*«q » -tel , ..n^ ••I'Xb .♦lO'Y *fi?" ■ " swo, yrro'^H'^' * ."roft < * - * ^ . i"* . ' ' * rJ « '> n f' i -mf li A.. , f ^;; :.;t 0^ HI 'f \ .. r.-v -Jo .H.P, •i -i r , N.,> j , 1471 , ,'".,,>1. .la *'ita rtf'# '-n'oi .' *#!<«...' Oliver Ames, Council Bluffs, Oct. 26, 1869; - ' a. i t- ^ .. . . "■ ;u? X I-.ijb ♦O'-r'.i.'a t.' ct. " Dear Sir: - T'jffr j "n *1 am-in receipt of your letters of Got, 13th, and 16th, " , ■* ' The work West ia Rfiogressing as rapidly as possible with our lim ited means- Most of the bridges will be out of the way, but I shall have to lay some dry^masonry late in the fall to get up all bridges over dangerous streams, and also try to make our present bridge over Bear River do, Snowfence, widening banks and cuts on Biv, west of Green river is well under way and will all be completed. East of that ooint. snow fence will be up but not much done in widening banks and cuts. As yet I have done nothing about wagon road or right of way, we are too far apart. ties ties and and lumber lumber I I would would count for our own security if for nothing else. The C.P. People are at work quietly but efficiently, both here and at ITashington, and 1 am greatly mistaken if they have not secured the R.B. Committees of both houses. All we can do is to watch and fight when the time comes to stand by our estimates and demand our pay. On All the work west not a day has been lost nor a moment, and the work is being well done and at fair, in fhct, cheaprates. I have virtually turned it all over to the R.R.Department. 1472 F'%; , ' • ,Air bills^ voucl^ers, &o, both for the' work and the engineer's go directly ttp ilamiaond- He; appears anxious to get everything under his con trol,^ and I ram-willl»ng, I now hava only the closing up our othe" pa-tterSi Shall I- turn- over lot department to Davis when I get ready? Thts "S^ashington comusslon has called for enough to keep me very busy for a month. I expect tc get through soon, get all i iy books, maps &c, ino shape and be^ able to close my affairs so far as any engineering on road is concerned, by Dec. or Jan, I have on my hands the biUdge parties, have kbpt them to work so far but. will soon be done with them'- shall I discharge them? ^ I can give the bridge closer attention hereafter than heretofore / I am overdraw itt Omaha" Nat. Bank $15000 on drafts as heretofore to pay wp did debts, settle up matters outsdie of Construc tion or Repairs. Vouchers have been returned to Boston. Either in struct me to draw or send me a draft on Ham ond for it so^ I cai square up with the Bank, they are pressing me. TVhen this is settled, the ex penses of engineering department will nbt amotint to much. Tfhen I cloae up, I will post up books, profiles, maps, data. &c. and take charge of it until its use will not be required, this will avoid expense of office, &c. Can store it in a room where it will be safe, and until the Govt. gets through with us I suppose I shall have to use it more or less, Mr House as eoon as il^ilose up, will leave; the rest of the en gineers have gone on repairs. The" "boolts of the Construct ion" Dept. Uaps,-. profile's, data. &c, ouf^it to be sent on here and-filed away with-Baldwin; it is valuable to us and the iack of it has cost me a month's work in gettinf; up the data called for, and they now ask for data that I cannot •give without putting men in the field, ' IJ am watching work west and will untdl I close up v;ith thotagh all pa?mients go to Hammond. I doubt if i shall bft* able to go to the meeting on Nov. 16, Hope" you Will hurry up bridge and let us get to work; we ouj^t not 'te Tose thie^"^easOn of low water. '' Write as to draft, and If I am doing right -in closing up my Det, turning over to Hammond," &c'. Very truly, - r in n. aintydtt f|t/ t * G, M. Dodge. ~ " ' • ."N y- I* "ni-vf ov-nf ; , ■ ■ /y t h Private. ' S'XfrtIt it mthtiPB *i. ^ frviJ-j , 'fTrtC '■'* I ' , tif • ' ' ' <»«■ -hHWr' eao!' I ."W;; %tt hf ro • . . . r£- i; « wi ff aa<te^n r t y., tfA"* I . r -If dilW d"i;rry/ft ; ;'Cl,,"fju ' ::n , y. • W 9J^ ■ 3 } oj;'.' ' "J n>r, ,8v«-r n;. . ,,, • ■ r ' I ■ < .t ■-'vy » liri " T.V. , \s Council Bluffs, Octl 26, 1869, / I .. T»r ejp?q. B. Morris, Esq., .,. CjJloe"]*? *!■■• , ■ Div, Ens«» * ■ * . ' Dear Sir:- Yours of 0ct,23ed is at hand. You will have to do the best you can with your bridges, so as to get them out of the way. Bear river bridge you let them strengthen for the winger and let it go at that,. _ . . ^ You better make your reort to Hammond as he requests, I don t care anything about its coming through me and no doubt he wants to check ron that. If I go into anything where I can give you employment or ^f I s-vjs^^j^ything which I,think you can do better, will let you knov. Just how I. am doihg nothing but may early in the spring. You * « better remain on the road until you close up your work for the winter; so as to protect, yourself, and longer if you desire, but be very careflul to have all matters straight when you leave. , 1^answered your telegram; your cipher is wrong. I do not stippose wa get freight, much cheaper would like to ship several car loads of flour at their prices, we can lay down a 2nd q ality at lj3,.50 to^ t3,75 bu t best will stand about $4,50. I wrote Carter, he says he paid in Ogden $3.55 we can beat that Sell wha4. Jfou can as we are flooeded with it, , ' d.' M. Dodge, C. E. 1475 November 27, 1869, Gen, C. B .Comstock. Sec. of Special &c., Washington. ' * 0 . ^ I , Dear Sir: On my return here yesterday I found your letter of " ! • ■ . ■ ■ ; : I .. - .< ■ October 15th and answered your telegram. Tii ' 1" ' ■ . • . . ... . > I sent you profile and map of all changes in lind riot accepted and adopted by the Government-Commissioners ifcen they made the final examination. The change at I had no profile of, it being only temporary and the v.'ork being now about completed to put the line on the original locations. I merely marked the line (blue) on map at Hot Springs, Point, Round Valley, &c. to show you the difference in line as adopted I « . , , I ' ' ■ . by the Government and as accepted by the Commissioners. The line as built you have map and profile of in Wasfiington, transmitted with report of Commissioners, itll our records and data have been presented in relation to this line, and I do not believe I could find the o rlginal notes or phofiles unless I review the line, which, if you desire, I will do and send the , mftp and profile aa requested. My underwfctanding was that you only wanted copies of map and profile on linq, or changes that Wre not ac cented by the Ooventuaent, and the verbal request that 1 should Show on ma] 1476 A changes made, thtt were spoken of by Gov. V.'arren in his report .Both of i ' X these I did, and shall I furnish profiles and maps in detail of those? I am very respt., Your obt. svt,, efjno "o t . i tr. ' tC . G. LI._Dodge, Chief Eng. .rfJI f-.jt .■ r.*:' ■ ' fa- :" ".oT 'c •Hf.'rtr tc lUr. '"># Dftt t " • " r . . .c* r. ;r ' n 'o>t fhAiv -'oY £ ■ -'tf I Tr. :.f T-J ,IU2 Vn.r ♦t'»».r5f- ■ -V ft# r'^. , -rr-llf- 0*1 'JIt ui'-'Xr'* . r--■ ' . ;r rol'^lb * ' •• rf,f* jrnT -.t. Y.-' v. . «jtj nl" n! ,;^flir.w- n . T , rw }TajiJ C b: I'T 'n/r *^ln fM - ftw it "• 7 c »i frri^fsf^q £ti . c,-r> , 7, • ■.>♦. •4/' TfVf 0 rfOi?;- ..tf -Xt" v'tj r,' tr'J .!•> "bluSnrf r.r t ,fjs U>ur<D vr/., >,■ 'r- tfr nx yf »ff#, e i t-Yl», i ; ! • '-iv-T - T' n^r- a -T hrt--. tr. • # -o® 74 #• .^1- I , , , <,4rP,/t<i ^ ■ • '• " ■■ " ■ - If nlni trf7!m7 1 ' nuo 'j® rt; •• »,, » .7^., ' '■ ' ' •'' • ' '• ' , -rnn ,?X tf fk i* -'^f ;._r , • " ' 1477 ' ^ *'^'■ ■^^17! IT ' ,j7 «t7.!<l3 ". . ■ 1 ."T r*^. ' ! i-.': '--fv t* * >?- - V -;_i-o-tfiof. •t.'-jfiT ':ir ~ " «•.■ .0 Council Bluffs, Oct. 27, 1869, ■ ' ■ ' «fr«cr ftt.C.no'ifij rftif , ■ ^ , • ^ t rnv I Sidney Dillon, Esq., Dear ^irl Yours of Oct. 20th at hand. I ordered the code of Iowa sent to you from Des Moines which contains all the lav/ re quired. Look carefullj' at Chap, 52, page 196 to 221 of code- under the latter you want to organize for a R.R, & Bridge Co, so as to avail your4 self under law page 221, of that portion of IT.P. Charter that allows us to bridge, &c. Unless we do this you wil have to go to Congress to legalize bridge. You also want an office here and an office of ^ the company (that is designated in the organization) by putting me in, it will avoid any more of a than we now have. The Corpora tion law of Iowa you will perceive is very liberal, and by using the rights-Code page 221- given to R.R.*s you can reach over and take ad vantage of any organization outside of the If Company will give me the right to transfer all freight and paasengers, I will agree to do it by cars, without putting a passen ger into a bus or a ound of freight into a wagon- make the transfer in 1-4 th time it la made now, and give the U.P, 1-10 the gross re ceipts for the privilege, and owLy- charge what it would pay, I donH understand what our company is doing, nor what benefit 1478 ^ they expect to r«ap from the way work is heing done or allowed to be done, ^eems 46 me. it is a simple problem to transfer cars of our road to the east bank of the river, rather than cars« of ybur. road to West bank. ,9y If there is anything else "you want-to'"know about bridge, write up papers and ^end to me here to file and publish, as required . by law. '.I *1,1 '.(oor ^ ' ■ .f ■ ' r■ i5» ,anas a." 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/35356e18e6253acdb9039ea31e3e1f25.pdf 0c6e1959f98280e04a9f96895053c8a7 PDF Text Text 1 ■ r, r . • • .iN V Council Bluffs, Iov/al|•^' ■■ '. ' ' ' ' r ' f, ^ Nov, 1st, 1869. , Col. E. s. Parker, ' • ^ -• , ' '' •" ,; ,-f* : Comdg, of Indian affairs. . -M*; "Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your letter" T)f Oct. 27th also of ^d&r-telegram, 'and the telegraih of Sec. of %r and the U. S« Dist. Atty. has been instructed to look after this suit by. the Atty, General now as to the facts in the case, as I remanber them while in CO..!-and of* the depot- of LI'S, and later in the fall of 1865 when in conmand of the* plains, I received telegrams from the Secteray of 7/ar and gfcom Gen. John Pope, commander of western district of Mo. Written orders based on orders of Secretary of war to seize ponies, cattle &c^ stolen and driven into Kansas from the In'^ian territory, instructing me by request of Secretary of Interior to seize as directed by the In dian bureau. Under their orders a large number of cattle and ponies were seized; some were turned over to Supt of Indian officers in Kan sas, some returned and some died; the particular low notw in suit were first turned over to B. Sells, Captain of Indian affairs and by him again turned b aok to the white amy authorities and by them sold. Moat of thie came directly under the supervision of Gen. Pope, my Adjt Gen. obeying his instructions while I was one thousandmiles away on my Indian campaign. On my return suit was commenced by the claimants and just before I left the army personal service was made on me> • Thos. P. Fenlon of Kansas, I think the U.S.Dist» Atty., was retain ed to defend the suit by the Interior Department, and upon this re newal was continued in ^the case. The department upon consultat^ion with me and his successor was, also instructed so to do. I ordered him to take advanta{^e of all the laws, transfer them to ULS. • * Courts &c. and he did nobly. And the record pf the case shows that after .I left, the Attoney allowed the case to r,o back a gain to the State Coiirts. The Interior Department assured me that it would be attended to as well as the Secretary of W^r, Ur. Stanton. I also did all I could, but some lionths. agao they obtained judgment against Gen. Pope .myself and others; and that Tjddgment was transfered to the • • fPourts of the State. ^ou understand the difficulty of breakihg up this judgment (Some $3000 interest, costs, &o. to be added) unless we bi O • » . , . ^ it. You were also aware that I com to Kansaso or Missouri without having personal service in the seversl suits pend ing. of a similar character. I did all I could but do not consider It incmbent on me to spend my time, money &c in suits whero I *' xinder the orders of my superior officer, and whero the Gov. obtained the money for the stock sold, in fact for all that did not die cw wef*e fceturned to the owners. J. pressed the matter with Sec retary B'rown In g, with Secretary StantfOn, consulted th-^ President, when ha was General of the army; also general Sherman and finally when in New York In August, General Rawlina agreed to see to the matter and relisYt file from further trouble. v:- 1481 "v I -have paid d>ut in fefes, in all my suits, -sonethikg over $1000 and the ■ transferring* of joidfpirents- to my house kgaih""brings me into- the points, ■ 'i do not think thte Attorneys did the' General justice, and I think in Kansas was against-us'. Mr. Fenlon cbmplains he uould never get pay for his servicesj- hTs bill was once referred by Lir. Browning to the U.S.* Judge in Kansas to see if it was a proper hill &c Hereafter when a suit is brought It sh*DUld be carried up and kept in the U.".Courts, though I an advised that moSt of their laws, for our protection are indemnity laws and wkll not stand the -test and will be declared'•Inconstit'utional; howeWi^", this case I can only dsfeat by proving fraud, which is hard work and the delinquency of the Attorneys will hardly avail as. I lilve retained Judge Baldwin as one of our ' best attorneys from Judge and with him .will have the U.C. Dist. Atty. Col.; Suppose'they will endsavor to get the odse off and then we better pay"it and avoid furthdr cost, as my Attys. say it 4s a very doubtful questidn'^€h'^b they can successfully test the jxidgnent. Copies of'all'the orders sent td me and to Genl. Pope as well as copies of such ordSrs as were Issued to use must be o« record in the Far DcSpartment. Unrlng these 1865 . and 1866 I commanded the department o' fVo. and the military forces oT the plains Gen. pope cornmandad the mil Italy' of theV^and afterward the department of the Uo.' Genl. Sherman commanded the military Dlv. of the uo. I can only say that I obeyed my orders in the ease, prompt ly, whether right or wrong, legal or illegal,,as I do all orders, an.1^ have no doubt myself, from persoftai knowiedgd of the matter, that all 1482 stock taker, "by us ^as stilen froni the Indians, no matter what the parties interested may prove; and my experience in tha country con vinces me that they could prove pretty ..luch what they-had a desire "to. If■ the case has to go to Congress, then the Sec. of V^ar or Sec of Interior should present it as the government, I know, cannot expect me to pay for horses, ponies, or cattle tTiat they receive the-pay for on The of this lot now in suit place at Fort Leavenworth, was made by the proper com:;mnding officer, L. 11. I believe and'must be a matter of cdcohd. , I am trul3', * ' 4 B. 1,1, Dodge. ♦ "n f r ^ ■ -i' The suit is "Fitzgerald, tlcLIurty & others - vs. Pope, Mitchecll, Dodge, <fcc. &c, " ' ■ ' . --. ''I ■ f. .r . ' ' , ■ ■' ,j' ■ ^ ■ _ ' : V" ' ■ ittrJVli.. I-,;r - f . ^r.: " 4'.- f T7 . . rr„ - ',, 1 : ■ t ^ f 9 * »' ff v; ' • t ' ■ t ifkW t ' *r>'. i * ' riff* ^ > , ; - ,.r . ♦ _♦ , I ti ■' -1 . r-r. I ,4, T r, ,, ' t ' "..d, tfM n' i T ' C,ouncil;Bluffs, Nov.' 20, 1869» . . 4 . . • yr ! V Dear General ♦fn*'v ' ' ' -o^ - : '■ : I am jl[n"receipt" of yoi^rs :arjflf am very glad to hear that the President feels so klnrlly towards me. When In new York I had a talk with Rawiin^ and he was to teTl the President my views of U.P.R.R. . I am an offfceh of "it but I id not see matters as others do. I know thpt-Genenal Grant looks to me to see that the road is complete and that I should not consent to anything where he might be mislead. Will you say to him, in confidence, 'for me, not to be under any circumstances used as comin'^'from me, that I think he should hold from both companies a portion of the bonds, either go4rVbr 1st mortgages until the road J is fcompleted. 'As required by theit I believe this to be best for the stockholders and the government. I have no doubt both^companies C^r**AtC-cC^ interested a»4 fully up to the requirBmehts but if anything should happen and all the bonds be given out, then the President would be blamed; understand my idea is that the President should act so as to be all the time safe. I do not know what the commissioners will bring in, but think they will be liberal, I do not want the Presi dent to do anything that will cripple us, hut I want him to be safe. Now, Ge-eral, tk.ls is in strict confidence; Rawlins understood it but I fear had no opportunity to talke to the President before he died and I know I can write you and it will go no farther. I dont want General Grant to tell his cabinet my views as it would be misunderstoori Truly, G. M. Dodge. ': , i-' Dear General:- ■fjRd yr : : ' f' *- ' Uouncil Bluffs, Nov. 8, 1869, t I noticed what you said'in your letter about severins my connec tion with the U.P.R.R. and while I would pay more heed to ^naur advice in the matter than to most -ny other, I ar. obnstrained to believe that I ought to In justice to myself and to others to quietly retire. Uy work as, an engineer'. Is completed, and any work of that kind now to be done, I have no taste for. The road Is becoming settled a thousand miles awa^ a mere plaything for Uall Street bO be set up or down as a few may dictate and In-such hands will make no effort to repay for what It has done or make good the stock of those who went In good faith. When I see you I can explain more fully my reasons, when I m think you will aebo with me. What 1 wish to say now Is, a word for the amy. &c. Next winter there will be a detemlned effort to muster out of service everybody thatN^oan be spared on duty or off. It , ^happens to be popular wi^d plenty follow solely this movmenet for that reason. Such actions blasts the fi-luro of many good men; breaks the - in the amy ynd eets a. precedent that will do much more real injury to the service than any one on all others. I dont care how much theylS^^^Tmy of Incompetent x In the regular wa,, but what inducement Is there f^r officer to loam proflclenpy In his professlo. If he IS to be ,ny .o«nt ' a.ag U have seen lately necessity. Action of this kind ' ^ 1435 • • « ' • 4a«»*Cw 0-a^'L4S*h four men in Congress, will some day bring its bad effect upon ourtV7 oo as the sun brings.daylight. It seems to me proper that the President K the Sec, of War and yv^urself, •• your messages should take strong ground-on this question). I look upon the scheme, if carried out, as fraight-with great danger and trouble in the future, .. . . Truly yours, ■('' 12;' ' . "^'"? '' '• J '-a* vf-to'Vi". . /.:!• ■ 1^^: -.■ ► tt -rivr nif-C'* "tj,: • ' p- "rr-'; ... f , 'J. 'i •i ' . G. Li. Dodge ■ff t. ! ■fJH .0- vn v^, -..Oi, • . . . r. ,r: «».< .»}if .. , ■ ' ' ' ' ■* -t. • • '*f* •, -'"if Vf •» . aar-'f -'ft • t- "■ • : 0 Ift-trxiD mf •; A ♦ ' r: 'cr*t ♦' n. •• .•' or [io > •' ' i-r-- -ar. ,p.y, , '■ .q *• ■ riot '■ .■.0 V' . • ■ , !* •o ); ->r T . ■ rV' ' *0 . );.->r T ,ro - . f." ■■•••■ f .•'q, ..— r !' lo -.• ■ .. . V. f*' i • , ♦ ( " W' f -tK - T ■ Council Bluffs, Nov.- 9, *69, ;'>vo 5t xifs* '"ca t , Oliver Ames, ^ o X f u.tfrltMrr,' pt».? President, ."i A ' f ;■■ Bear Sir:- I wrote you scmo weeks ago relative to my over-draft at Tomako to pay off the*'' - of the'Bh^ineer's I want $15000. i have turned over all • ' « '' t • now employed on road to Nv, H. I have" settled with Mr. and he leaves tonorrow and I desire to close up my office ap soon as possible. Sue": men as ilr,' iH, Ac arer invaluable to the company; their knowledge tjf the road has already saved the company thousands but no Mr. Hammond prefers his own men at any rate he seems disposed that* way. Says few will be needed on line of road; two or throe engineers only. The on construction is progressiong; is fine as could be expected, We will have to lay up some stone dry to get out of way <Jf high wate^'hnd grotit it in spring. Snow fences are being put up but there , are'entirely in Running Department, Mso some snow sheds, Good many buildings are baing built, I suppose they are necessary but T would rather see the money that is going into them saved for next January*s intorst at They are going to make the old engine house do also temporary one farther west, Huntingdon said here that they had appointed their referee and hoped we wouid select ours,^ and settle the matter. They have put a corps of engineers to woi^, running a line from Sum mit of Promontory to Ogden keeping on north side of our line all the 1487 - wayiflown, thus avoiding any conflict in Crossing, '"hat shall I do rith town lot accoimt? Shall I turn it over to Davis and let him do the business? I can sign the deeds and let him take charge of.it. You can send me draft on Hamruond and I will give it to Omaha National Bank. He keeps his account there and I will use of it charge an over draft to ardeposit. By Dec. 1st I can close the Omaha office, pack up the books, papers, &c. and store them; such as I want on bridge I can,usp here and if' I want-to refer to them I can put my hand on them." No one can understand the maps, profiles data &s unless it is c one thoroughly postly on them. Very truly G. 1.1. Dodge. f'l f f* •• • r Some one-rtiould go to Washington and get some of their law decidiOTla straighteded out. If I go east in January I will go up and get reveFWd, especially ,in Utah and our cog)tiuestions. If I : do ndl 89 wad'if we delay an^ longer it wil] give us trouble,- ' ' '. '-i trc* v; . ... t +r- , / ■' . ' /t ,tx»n -Ai f""-- • '' ,t ,vwa f'T. ^ ("I ' .J'firj if,"". ■ * ;• >• f, '*"n' 0! ■ t 1488 ■*i . .. . (f,,1 •, A j'.'to Coiincil Bluffs, Nov. 9, 1869. Dear M. .0: .rr I wouia writet BBlKnap if 'I thought by so doing it would help you, but I will not as Belknap will not interfere in the matter aeainsf .the dis/W^'T^^of the d^egat^ion. It is not going to 1 have, an interest' ol - 3' my case but propose to lat f them settle it brte wayor the' -other, I floub.t, -however, from what I hear from Washington, whether thejr will renew - .-unless we can Oombine 'the delegatibn. As now divided Belknap would' _ side with C. ' ' my suit, -f have great delicacy in writing ,him but expect to to Washington before long when X will see him and talk to him. } o; .! ■ ■ ■.0 1- I - "b"* ♦It'j Jfh ♦nro truly; "c* u.Podge^.-, j ^ Ttim. '/irfOiftX ' l.-i .fwew v. ' rtT eA oi .tj OS terri, '© ,f»<f tp n^lr- .yf ■.0^„ ^ j h a<f ieji' cYl "•<S> Hi. i ^ Wtrlt/'y mr^f r.».- • . ••■, 7®-'-= <»rl ..J f.;. :.- .w ' . . • • 148SI''' "0^ :t December 27th, Georce D. General, > ■ M ■ Chicago, 111. "'"^"'•'Dear Sir; I enclose herewith, estimate made in May 18G8 on River BrWgey as I promised your chief engineer* It is sent for your information but not to be used except by those in terested in -the bridge* -Wiis estimate is same as the estimate made b by work wa^ except to have added about $11,000 to tile-Cos, of the East columnes carrying theiii down to same depot as others, as provided for in the-contract, There has been added since ^ the contract was let, one span, 250 feet, which would cost the con tract price lOlO to 100,000 dollars. There is yet doubyt whether the psan will really be needed or not, then the cost of the west abut ment will be incwease'Tinaterially and there would be added 250 feet of additional trestle in ray estimate, west abutment of masonry included, but in the Boomer contract it is not The plan of bridge has been changed so as to de duct from contr act prices as follows: leaving off for the present eh ice breaker and ice breaker column which I estimate as saving $61,40 and the thickness of column from high water to grade will probbbly bo reduced to one inch thick,which covers about $0,000, With these few changes, plan remtined as when contract was let. The contract protides for those minor changes, r am respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. h, X ■ 0^•I'd " "VAir -T ?ur" .Council Bluff§, Nov.,9, 1869.., Albert ff. Hortob, . ... , ... .. ^ , . ? , , , .T.' . w .i.'.. «■ I., , . 'i ^ Asst. Dest, Atty,. Kansas. . , „ . . , Dear Sir:- The suit that is mahing.sp much trouble now is one in which ju-^gaent was rendered against myself, Pope and t t others in Kansas. That Judgment has been transfered here; the •instructed the ^U. S.Dist. Atty to.appear in *67. V-hen. this suit was 'brou.'tit Thos. V. Penlon also appealed and there is something singular about the case,* At-my request it. was transfered to the U.S.Courts and without »y consqnt^ OZ* hhat of 4"^® - ^ that I know of , the Attys' agreed to. let. it be taken back to the state courts and there lei It go t.o triad &c. Tha suits, in my opinion, are all bogus; the cattle and ponies sezied were Indian taken but now, X suppose, they can prove anything^ they desire, but the laws of '63 and '68 should protee.tus. All my actions in the seizure of ponies, cattle ^c. were by orders of tha Sec. of V^af or any superior officer. The pro perty taken was either turned over to the Supt. of Indian affairs, by order of Sec. of Interior or sold by Government. The Fitxgerald and I McUurty case the present case. 10 ponies were seized, turned over to sec. of Indian affairs, by him again returned to the I. M. at Fort Leavenworth and by him sold at public sale Mr. Renlon can give you the facts in the case. It seems to me that we ought now to get a re-hearing in the case, and get into the U.S."'ourts but you prob ably know best. I think there is one more suit 1491 that theV h'ave s'eVvice oh iae, the rest I have avoided service by keep ing out of Kansas, since I left it in Hay 1866, "It is, however, pretty hard to be confined to the* very line of my own* state to keen out of the clutches of such, Tf you come to Omaha, I wish yoxx would call and see me, or in my absence, my Attya," here in the^case are Judge-, C. Baldwin and TV.F. Sapp, B, S.Dict, Atty.' They can pst yott in most matters irelating to it. All orders relating to' the suits for the war department, ■ are the* Div. of the LIo, to the years '65 and '666 and were given f ' T ^ ' by Sech of TJar. S^anton, Gen, Pope and Gen, Slierman and gene all ly upon the request of the Sec, of the Interior, Mr,- fia'rlan, and were issued to me by' coaimander of the dcaprtment of the Ho,' and B, S* i forces, the plains, <*** . ^ , .-r'f truly,-'** V4* ^ . i • '•v ' > • .",,0 BmlJir .0.l4.'CodBaV ' "i-rlr -O-I CliT tiitlttm XM ta f" ' o.-rj tr. -a WM.- n " o Vv- -• - 'iB IT I . h'tf» •• I".' ~ '* C.-1T 1 »*n»vo ' ":i eKNt*- "a .'.-nfoaii ff ^ Ti*> f 01 .rcw. treno-.rj ^ ; ;;rfoirr rn- t 1492 •r.«!> rtlv "l* }r •e , ffi iHf : ?o*i r"' 'iJ T , ^£:•.-/! wr November, 18G9. , ".rt . .■•17.'if f ♦ Thos. B. ilorris to G-en. Dod;~e, 2:- • - • • • , . , I. have your letter of October 26th. Our masonry is agoing on well, quite as fast as we can expect,I • • ' • f will write Col. Hgunmond at once and send you copy of letter, 1 have organized gang of. bridge carpente-s who are selecting the bridges out and getting them ready to. put up. We will beg n raising No. 110 in a about a week, I have arranged tQ have pile driver go to Bear River » .. . - ' east and strengthen that bridge asjoon as we can spare it from the « ; . ; foundations. . Green River bridge is the most behind on account of trouble in putting in river foundations. We cannot pile them and are digging down, for rock or solid gravel-some 4 or 6 feet below bottom of river'in main channel,. We have two foundation ready and are building on them there. Bridge 132 has one abutment up to bridge seat* ,Bridge^ll8 two foxindations in and pier half done, Corinne ' f - bridge has foundations drltcen and ^ifiost of the digging done. They are • - all moving along together and wl^l be completed about the same time, * . . r h'They will all be.up to-bridge seats and the bridges can be put up and the work tfompleted on them during the next year. If Hammond wants me 1 wil^ iwiin here until Spring, but I most 7 ^ ' go in Docember, I propose going about the 5th or 8th - after al] the earth wor^c will, have been stopped, and return ng th ■ ' ■ "•1493 ^ November, 1869. * * first of January in time for estimates, &c. of thsit nlonth. ■ r- r I have also careflully exarained the grade at Devil's Gate and at Wahsatch; also the cuts, &c, through Echo Canon. I find a great deal 'needing to be done there to protect against washes and allow the water to get away from the mountain sides, i can see but one way to do it now viz; to drive piles arid cap them-dig out and put in the masonry before timber decays. This will give the CcJmpany time to secure safety fob the road next-spring, I have disposed of 100 sacks of flour and will probably be able to get the rest off during the week coming. Think Creighton and Mon roe will take a car load, f do not think thei'e can be any risk in | shipping another car load to Granger. I*have not j^t obtained all I * - • the infomation in regard to quantity on hand but thinie a few car loads, say three at different points;* Rock Spring^, Bryan, Piedmont * ■ ' ■ .. . ,. . and VTahsatch and perhaps Evsnston. tfie only trouble ^iS storage, and the R.R.Company have good, tight houses with nothirtg in them at most of these points. I think Mr. Reed «ill allow nie to Use them on. his division, and I might make arrangements with MeaA for thoee points on other divisions. ■f r The R.R.Company is very much behind in their payments and we will not obtain return® until January or ah^d ejren that will 1494 Novenber, 1869, . . depend on how inudb snow "we have; but tbe pay is good as It comes from the men and I can arrange with Mead for the sure collection from the pay o-ar/ I bhink enough can be sold for cash to pay freight. Gar to Creightcm and Munroe till be cash. Bates of the Central Pacific •R.R.Company had a party of engin eei*s sft wcfrk on the Promontory; they have run a line around our roa' not crossing at allj but keeping into the points of the hills. I saw Huntirigton. He said theV (tlie'C. P. Company) had appointed their mail as referee and hopd now the U.'P.Company'wou^d produoe their vouchers and let 'the natter be settled u^ I will close up all mattars and settHe m'y account with your of fice 'at once, anjt so arrange my matters thalf Haimiond can take chaise of the whole at any tine, Itie family arrived safely at PhlladSilhi and Mr. Mead tells me to ship you pny atone you need for your house ai4d "he will arrange the frei<^t. What shall I cut? Note:- Circular letter'to 6en. Dodge from "The Society of the Army of the Ciunberland" iftformlng him that the thirdhafteting of the Society will be heid'in the city of Indianpolis, Ind. on Wednesday and Tliuraday, the i8th and l6'th-daya of t)ebembor» 1869. John I... S. Wiillame to Oen.'Dodt&V Boston,. 4;- ^ 1435 November, 1869, . , ^ . ;!Yanrs 'Of 26th ult. enclosing abstract of vouchers for Sept ember: 'follows: » t;f- ! Englmering - Town lots - • ^6 ,<57^ »^52,(r» -rA-*/ Ifi 40^0 ; Mo^ River Bridge 12,760.57 Amounting to 18,377,71. Received and the amount has been placed to the, credit your account upon the. iJooks. of this under. of October 39th, , , ^ ,'f - : A .• WStreet to Ren, Dodge,, Salt. Lake City, Utah, 5:- Yours letter of Ist inst, .is, just received, i'any thanks for '7our kind- le-tter- to the P.LL, General and your prompt action |in the natter, Yot^^ kindness is gratefully approbated by me, ^ just now the ilormons are in .quite a turmoil, Godbe^ Harrison and several others are "cut off" from the church by Brigham and it is pretty certain that Henry Lawrence will follow next, and where the thing will stop no one can tell. It ,3,3 a^struggle between the more intelkllBdnt ©Inso and- Brlgham; tl^is class is growing restive under the absolute power wielded by Brigham. The fi^ht will be a hard one 1 think; the rebels have the intelli^rent clas s and the sho p-koepers who have.been ;.njure,4. by the co-operativo, on their side, Brigham t has the Churah, adiMliMrltiefl, the machinery of the church organization 1496 7^*1 T"""' •y"' November, 1869. . , ahd the Icnorant class with him. But his greatest weapon will be the control h^ has of all finances; doiinercial and industrial inter ests which enables him to close up every avenue for getting a living, if Oodhe^and Lawrerioe succeed it will give an impetus trO trade and t^'' developement of the Territory. , * I send you the article on'the "True Dovelop.nent of the Territory" which occasioned in part the action against Godbe and others Thos. B. Morris to'Gen. Dodge, Wahaatch, Uthh 5:- 'Enclosed please find estimate iu full for Septomber and October, and copy of letter to Col. Ct G. ftatfmiond, * *7 Our btone quat*ry- Is the only thing that worfca »hadly. It is par allel to trad- and all blhsts throw^stone ohto the track. The quarry needs a goo'd opening from one ehd or the other and \intil we have that done we wllV have trouble both with getting out large quantities of stone and with the blasting obstructing track and bi'ehking rails. Thos, B. Morris to C. 0. Hammond, I<ahsatoh, 5:- THfe scraper teams and all grading fbVoes except those on 'alteration of line near nintah will stop between the 20th and .30th of this month on accounV of the frost e.nS cold weather. Their work will amount to (in Nov.) about two thirds oT'Detohdr say |»000. * The force at work at foundations Bor bridges -will have to be 1497 TToveinbe r, 1"69, . ' , iilC^'eased-somewhati Aiaount needed say $5000* The maeonryi quarry work "arid &t6ne cutting will ha-*ro to he-pushed to the-fullest extent possible, and the estimates will soiirewhat exceed those-of. October, say $18,000. The'alteration of Uintah-, around Clay. Bluffs, about the same say $7000. Culverts and protection against washes on Devil's Gate grade and through Rofio and "eber .Canons ,$3000. Engineer's pay ^ roll $1500. - ' fT. '* ' 1 - ■ Money needed'for Novembor work. . , ^ t • • - 1 . < , .(.-'fT li'it.cf ■■ ♦-Grading scraper trains - , - $9>000. . IV • • . t . ^ .. , - $9 >000. Foundattson bridges, ^ ^ ♦. . •T .- cMasonry^ ftinarry. Stone. Cutters, &c. ' 'T .«*(iidin|tr*iiew (t-rack,'Clay Bluffs, ^ Culverta- and pro;l«ction in Canons ^ ^ ^ I , r ♦. 'OH*' ' Engineering .i Total .1•l ,♦ ,♦ .T rv-- »r or f , 5,000 ira, &c. 18,000 'a, , 7,000 inons ^ . 3,000 •j ,• t . , ., 1,500 43,500. . * U ■■ f ■ ' To. {bp abl#. to put In all the J.arge bridges during the winter and sprln® W®'Will be forced to work until late in December and perhaps iri January <m our Biaeonry or put in temporary wooden abutments. I think It bant tO"-go on with the masor^ry putting it in dry and • "grouting" it in-tha syxrlnn by jaaans of funnels left Jihen putting it up. It would be well •also to-go on putting stone during the wintor1498 Ilovember, 1869. , * • I T ' * while stone cutter^ wages are low-.; The nasons' gangs will-go on also through December and the foundation gangs-. V/hen they have, completed the dig.gtng "of- the* foundations it will be necessary to protect them by rip rapping from wash. As soon as the earth work is done I will dispense-.with one .entire p»rty of engineers and reduce my expenses as much as possible. This will be during-the present jiJtonth. Estimate for December. T'oundations Bridges,;^ Masonry. " ' '• # ' - r araflirfg, new, t^rack Olay B '- 'r.i" . ^$4 >.000. '12 ,000, luffs 6,000. Culverts and protection in canons 2,000. V 3r.t Engineerlng ^ 1,000, 25,000. ^ Total ' ' , . I have oarefully examined the grade near Detil's Gate and find aany places where there is an extent of hill-side of a mile with a well defined rawinf, - i^Uch ftjiojrs. a, swvere wash and quite a large quan tity ^yfwater-at timeB,;and ?herc there is no provision for carrying it thrtSb^ the>^,R.Bank The only way I.knwof for making it safe tieact ^&ng i«- 1^.,drive 4)lies in present bank and dig out prK)toctlng fembiank»«it by ro»gh rtono. These wooden culverts will last five years at least and give ftenty of time to rejjlace them with per manent structures of stone. — 1499 November, 1869. '' Ur. Mead will be heris thi*s Week and I will show him the various joints and he'will be a "le to give" any furtfier ihformation. ' I send you copy of estiinate for this month, thinking it r-iight ■ * I'., 1 I • be of service, . , . .. Poter Llelindy to Gen.' Dodge, Cedar Fails, Iowa,^ 6:- v ■ - * Will yoxit not 'confeVa favoi^ on me? Jt is to write to Gen. Belknap and ask him to favor me for Liarshalshlp or to- I'et what has been done for me sband"* In other words, do nothing against me nor do anything for Clarkf and will you stand by me until.it is decided one wgcy or the other? ^ill you please write hi'.,' and will you again write Gen. Grant and ask as a favor my reinstatement? Tou will be remember-^ ed for it, 7i A. Carter to GAn, Dodge, Ft. Bridger, ?fy. Tori. 5:- Your favor of the 27th ult., relating to flour, came to hand while 1 was in Cheyenne, which accoTints ofr Its not laving been r , .r - -, I o ■< f noticed sooner. If you can senTme "as stated in your'letter a car load or 200 sacks of family flour which you canmrraht^to be good at $4,50 I would be glad if you would do so at once,*! *ww greatly disappointe'^ in the flour I got last winter from cfouncil- HKslrYB, it being eroarcely fit to use I made up my niiM to get no more' from that <iu(ai»t«r. v./.' Ilovember, 1869. , , thinking the v^at raised in I,owa woiUd 'not'ma-ke a goo.d aj-ticle. We have btit Idttle trade Jxere" at present with the Indians, and have no good Bear skins oh i&fid, "bht I" am sending goodh to Wand River to trade with Washakie^ Indians and will have some good skins -selected for you. ' • :* . '' ' ;• , I expect to go to Washthgton early in January. , There are some projects in my head for the advantage of our territory, .the establishI ment of a land oi'fice, &c. «uid also some for loi' self; and would like to m*eet Voii there for our rautua 1 ^advantage. I have a little r , • • railroad project in view which I will explain v^hen I see yx)U. While in Cheyenne I succeeded In Introducing into both houses, and had assurances that it would pass, a bill f*or the organization of a new county, to be called lifisota to contain all the' land in the territory west of Crreen River, with the temporary "county seat-at or near Bridger. We'have "succeeded at'last in cutting down the reserva tion from 500 aqmre'm'iies to only"* with the eastern boundary 14/^0 feet from the front*of the offlcfirS quarters. Have laid off a town 'called Uerrill and it is how building up rapidly. ... Oen. Dodge to J. A. Evahe, OsAHa, 7;- • On arrival plefei&((k come tb.'Bluffs' and see me. Bring all your m'^ps and profiles if you have ahy; also the maps at office of Appleton and O'Neil with profile. 1501 Nove;:nber, 1869 • I^ft* ^ . • yj, Ef. Chandler to Gen. Dodge , Washington .'-7:- - d'r'- ' -1' •»■ Yoxira of the Snd inst. is at hand, • The Secretarj^ will givo the, U.P, their U.S. bonds to Ogden, but they mean to keep both parties Tf7h«re they can compel them to carry out the agreement to sell. They will therefore hold in the Treasury over $1,600,000 of first mortgage'bonds, - which coveh,'t;^e., (ti sputed territory, so that they may bo canc.lled if the agreement is car ried out, and will sloe -give -the IkS.Bond^ over- the disputed territ ry to neither party at present* They will also hold $2,500,000 of the C.P. first mortgage, tjtqnds- so as to be in condition to compel the Central tpo pay us for the road. will require no additiaonl se- ^ curity beaidea that stated to assure, .supplying of the deficiencies reported by the V..rinont citizans" ^xcept that they will issue only one-half the Land patents, . , Yhe -above decision is Just and equitable, and the decision to hold tho C. \ bonds will-enrage them l^erribly. I think the roads now atafid'ori g^rottndsi aotffar aa carrying out the agreement is concer ned. The U.p. cangtt along without theirpay as well as the C.P. can get along v/ith the road and without their first morgage hond.s. I have advlsad the U.P. to decline to carry out tho agreement of sale until they can be satisfied that they have a right to mfeke it. 1502 November, 1869. '• I • } 0 •* with reference to the holders of their $29,000,000 of bonds. If the battle should be fought as you and I fought last spring wo would make the C.P. agree to Corinne as the Junction. In addition to the money you let me have, LIr. Ames sent me $5000 which just about ma]<en my fee. How does the $7000 you let me have appear'on the Company 's books? Can you arrange it so that the $7000 will appear to be a payment to you for your expenses at VJashington, and 80 that I can nominally repay the $7000 if charged to me holding as payment for legal Bwrvices the $5000 Mr. Ames has charged to me as f ' - * f , m i ■ . ^ such? This will make the second all right. Please so arrange it if you can. b i' J know and like Belknap very much, but, of course, should have preferred yourself for Secretary, The Administration is gettihg on pretty well. There are the usual blunders which must hapen, but'it is true on t^e great issues. / J.E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 8:- ^ ^ ^ I be^vith tender my resignation as Division Engineer of the-Union Paoli;!^. Railroad, to take effect this day. Tqu will please accept my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the very many acts of Kindness that I have received at your hands during the long time I have been connected in your department^ if*at ahy 1503 r U«fV November, 1869. ■ , t' u time I have failed in complying with your Instructions or have done aught contrary to the best interests of the company, the head and not * . ' ' -V the heart is to blame. Enclosed you y/ill find vouchors to the anoiint of $1347,77 Cash .$l,25--$13049,03--which will balance my ledger account, ' ■ 7 - I . . Hope all is satisfactory, .. i r^.ir Note:- Nathan Kunball to Gen. Dodge, IndianapoliG, 8:- , , Concrerning the meeting of the Army of the Cxmberland, &c, • • - • ■ ^ ■ 1 • • ^ .r.-, . . Albert A. Norton to Gen, Dodge, A-tchison, Kansas, B:- I have been requested by the Honorable Attorney General of th/- united states to pppear in behalf of certain suits brought against Gen. Dodge in Kansas, to secure damages for horses and ponies sezied by him in the performance of his duty as an officer of the Array of the ' , ' ' - United States, You will please give me the character of those suits, the counties in whichu same have been brought and all other necessary* information, :jt ... .. . - . I have some professional business soon as Omaha, Nebraska, and if you think it necessary I could see you at Council Bluffs, Towk And consult with you upon thase actions. Please write me at length concerning the cases, , ^ . Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 8:- f;n my return from Washington, on attondnaco on CoraiQlttee of 1504 .• ' - A V' . I r November, 1869. - « E. Citizens, I find your letter of October 26th. I would now answer it in detail if Hr, Duff was not going to start for M.:aha tomorrow or • * next day, and will be.with,you this week. THiat money you need you * . will consult with him about. I supose it will be paid from Omaha. f. Oiir Committee made a, very good report, and if it had been for ' Crmstock, I think we shodld-haye had $500,000 less to do, He^had no faith in the road or us and beUeves we are goin g to get what we can out of the road and throw it-up. The rest of the Committee have faith . in.-the. .road and believe we are going to put it on a paying basis and make it one of hhe successful lines of the country and our interests will force us to make it a good road,_^/^ Thos, B. Morris 1,0 J. Blickensderfer, Jr., Pi^omontory Point, 9: f I. oi;i(^ose .estimate of quantities on the 80 and 90 ft. grad lines; also sheet jS^o^ing comparative commercial cost. The latter .prepared on^base aaoae .l^a the one made under your instructions for surveys at head Echo. l.Mi working away at the 116 ft. grade for tamporary track but do not make much. Tho elevation of ridge at head of Hudnutt's ravine (on. on aide of which ie eprine at which he'was camped) la 110-ft. higher then the smalt of located line. The line I ran down tho noMtroM. or Hudnutt's ravelnd did not Join the located line until it reaohed Blue Creek. It passea o'ver very rough 'cround tod Is very 1505 November, 1869 ' ' " f in'' ,Hxpensive. and will require a long time to construct'. I ran the line * - I r* * . I ■ with chain and level only, LIr. Koons being buby on estimates. I will try the other side as proposed in my last letter to you'. The profiles of the west slope of Promontory are yet in my hand I have written three times for Hodge's profiles from Salt flats west so as to be able to 3o*in the grades but have not received it. I did not think you would wish me to allow the profiles to go out of my hands incomplete and I was afrai'd some one would make K fcotch of ^ ^ . . . . joining the grades as you were away from the office, t expect the profiles in a day or two and will forward by next day's coach. The weather is very cold, and some of the Boys Have been un- ^ able to Isleep and need more bedding*. I write by same mail to McCabc, whom I am informed is 'disbanding in the city, ^o give me the use of any bedding he may have no use foh belonging to the company. I thought it I could help it I would not buy'&ny more. I wfbtfl Mr. Blick en9derfer also that if McCabe couM not spftre'any bedding or had none to puy me eight pairs of'blankets- a pair for eacfi bed-men must sleep ■ ■ ■ .r ' - • ■ 1 . if. they ftre to work. The borrowed asibankments on the lines on Pifottbfctory will be har to obtain, and this might probably cntSh Irfto the account against the ■ p . , . . . . I .. . .. 80 ft grade, as It has 100,000 cub. ynds, mohe embankment than the 80 ft. line. 1506 November, 1869• • ■ t ' I have been longer .making-the estimates than I expected-due to the i70T;ythness of the ground--tc^ give any fair estimate I .thought it • t necessary to plot many of the cross sections, the rock being steep and of irregular shapes. The side hills being steep-the slopes in quite a nxunber of Instances-with smalIt centre fills, run IQO and 150 feet out. It was cjui'te a question with me whether reta.ining walls should not have been used and estimated for. They would save more on the ♦ 90 than on-the ;8a ft ►'"grade. - - I'-*3*11 f-orward duplicate esl^iimates to the Salt Lake office. Note:- Estimate of Thos. B. Ilorris of quantities on 90 ft. grad t line Promontoi^j' Point, t Nov t 9: (1668) • . m - m*_ C. Cr, Hammond to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, ^9:- • . Dytthe enclosed published report of the Commissioners of Eminent citizens you will find the deficiencies which they charge against us. You-will therefore please immediately to maJce a report of the work done under the different items as therein set forth, fully • • stating'the amount-af work done.on your division in such tabular form as will intelligantly show all that has been accomplished since the 5th of September that ought to be credited to,us by the Secretary of the lhte*lorr on the alleged deficiencies, ■ ' 1 a letter -l^m iir,. Ames which prescribes duties which are only consUtent with jWie Idea that the operating department has an 1507 NoveijilDer, 1869. • ■ . , ^ • .4. . /• . ' V engineering department tfonriected V7ith it. I have without much reflecj, , 1 « . • tion sent to Morris, ITehster and caehurne letters of which I send a copy. I may have ddne what you may not approve in this, but 1 hope —' ■ « 5 < • ,. r - ■ r . • 'I not as I was anx ous to get before these gentrleman whom T understand t be the working force hoW on the' line with as little delay as possible the reoort of Commissioners that I may get such informatio'n as I am directed to act upon. Note:- The report of the Comiats si oners of the Central'and Union Pacific Railroads; that they compare "ifrfVi^rably with ot^ei? roads in 'the country, fee, * * « Thos. B. Morris to Gen. I^odge, Ogden," 10:'- (telegram) ( Most of sci*apers and teams are losing money at 25 cts. and ^111 quit unless price advanced. Shall I them more? John F-Diliori to 'Gen .Dodfed, Chicdgo, 10 I am here on my way to Tfashingtoh, leave here tomorrow. I met*Mr. A. Morris ton the train who stated that he had understood that you vjore not going to Boston on the 18th to be pt*esent at the meeting of the DiTOCtors"of ih«''l4clfia R.R., but waa^lftt^ndiAgltO' toe present at an Army meeting Ih'Lotisiville oh'the I'fth. ' ' Before leaving hbme 1 had'imprefesed'ttpbh'Mr Price the great importance of my Interosta at Washihgton-that shou3d gotthere with him on your iray home frolii Boston though but fbr a day, and my great 1508 ' K .fcLl* • * ■■: T',. , V . I - - .• ^ November, 1869. , -y^' cnnfidence that ,yoii would in a matter of such tfanscenderit moment • • yidld to my wishes and render me a .service which I f.eel no othej^^ man « . - . , i can so effectively Rerform, hav£ advices from Washington .of a most encouraging nature, I know that my recommendations both in niimber and influence are regarded as the best that have bAen presented, and I feel .quite assured that " ' f t • • • the President's present intention and. disposition is entirely favor- .able to my appointm^t. If you would either alon-^ or with Ur.Price see the President ( for. there is nothing like a personal interview) andgive him your assurance pf my worth, and merit^ and that my. appointment is one that ought to be made( and my recommendatJons extending to ever ■ state-wotild .jiVJiify assurance you might make) I would consider my success as absolutely certain. General, I would most cheerfully do » this were our cases reversed, and you requested it of me. It is a life time matter with me. If it was one of ordinary moment or temporary Intbrest^ I wpuld, not give my own .consent to, trouble you, I have this a day written LIr, Price asking him to Join In the request, • . Now, General, if you go cither to Boston or Louisville will yuu not at the swne time go to Washington so as to meet Ur. Price there on the 20th or 2lst .oven if you stay but one day? LlrPrice will furnish you .With -tickets 9r defray the expenses, if ^the matter was doubtful I 3liQU;^^^UQt so much feel like pressing it, 1 know the President to 1509 Noveiaber, 18091 » ■ < feel risht now. You can say that to hi:: which will keep him right hhen he is plied "by the inroads of Congressmen when the3' come in. I shall owe you a debt of gratitude sifch as I owe no one else and will have my life time to regard you as my benefactor. Please do not disappointme, / ,* • ■ r ' ' ■ ' » ; '• J. 1.1. Eddy to Gen. Do'dge, Omaha, 11:- - • • -iv - • • . • ■ , . I enclose herewith a check frou Llr, Downs for those Morris vouchers payable to your order, and should" have depbsited It in Omaha • • • ' ■ - . ■ ' • r f ^ National Bank but they require youh endorsement. * I send over today by Kirkpatrick the'two carpets, llr. House's desk and papers and balance of loose books and papers pertaining to ( engineering department; also drawing table, ti^hsit leve, chains Szc, ffir. House said he explairfed the charge on the books yot: wrote about. Shall I advise Agents to address their town lot communections to you or me? Lieut. Adams' (Chief Engineer Department Platte) wants one of those H.R.kaps for hit office. ^lark, the Division Superintendent, wrfnts some wro^k measured at Papillion Station and I have teler xphod Mr. Cleburn to attend to it. Mr, House left some vouchers with you paid in l^gveinber; they ought to be put with the bilance of unretruend vouchers over here to be returned, registered, *-»cc. I will keep a day book of transactions over IM November, 1869, ^ . !..v3r here which can be copied into the one sent ovnr, * * * • * , 'i •' f . A 1 ^L. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Quincy, Mass., 11:- Draft given me by Kennedy, Cashier, and accepted by J.II.S. T7illians, Treasurer for $111, 765.49 with 7 cts. interest due Nov. 9th ♦ ■ « was protested in Boston for non payment. The abo ve v/as given for the Promontory work on estimate _n.ade up by Reed. I would like you to send me the cost of work on Promontory as estimated by Reed. I wi-sh to show that work done by myself or under my contract was fop less money than v/oltk done by Company force or by • • • other parties in the same localities. I think if I will stand a Black Mail from some few parties I can get my money but this I do not propose to stand, vtntil the thing is ventilated. Up to that point.west have the company issued their first mortgage bonds?y . , ^ . W S. Fairfl^ld to Gen. Dodge, New York, 11:- Tod^y we remitted to Messrs. Glidden & Wiillams, Treasurers *'' ' * " ' 1" ■ I®' ' ' . . . of S.n. &■ I.F.P.R., 144 State St., Bo' ston, $4061.80 aVid advised them to.nlace thp amontnto ypur credit, please have the deed oi the section 7 which you selected for track made to James S. Barrows & Co., and section 31 selected for me ♦ .^^aed to Fairfield & Trask and deeds as soon as you can. Is it |kr«ctlcal to jjut a iE^ettler on any portion of either lot to cultivate 1511 November, 18G9. ♦ a portion, and what is the requirements and contingencies appeartaining? We telegraphed you yesterday respecting bonds; Judge there is no regular market. Ve keep Larry inquiring. The only chace'of sale was a party offered to take 5 m, at 85 but would not take 10 LI, Jay Cook & Co, said worth about 85 1-2 but would not buy, from which you dan Judge the situation as well as we, probably better, and shall report to yru and rely on you before selling up to 90*. Shiped a car load of butter'this week via G.r.i. Great rivalry here between these Agents and C.& N,F, The Agents of Cook & C^, charged Brownson while here with being in'collusion with both Sanforcl m of the R,I. Wrote Haimuond or caused Kile to write hi charging Brownson with favoring C. & N. r. Agent here, based! oi a visit to our office; of Brownson accompanied by Uilton of the C, & N,7l, &C&c, Fe gave Brownson a letter exhonoratiug Edim from the charge so" far as we were concerned, w^iich w»s right, since B, did not to us allude to either •' « « •' , \ I ' road. The truth is, Oault of the C, A N, F. is'a v'erV widb-bwake man ager, and haa everything danvassed while others are thinking, and a good deal 80 with all his anbjecta Ho doubt it was this fact that has iSecured then a good deal of freight, e ^ arc all crying dull trade in all departments; good mercantile paper 12 to 15 per cent. All appaaently by the eye-lids yet the 1512 November, 1869. • • botton dont go out of anything. It has been so for a year past. Our waiting for it is played out. , Vlhat, do you think? Sonwthing wrong in wheat 60 cts. 77est while a hoise to. live in, here Js $30,000, ^ont do much till that is equalized; meantime if. get starved out will have to ■go out on that land to work-trust there is no. fever apd ague theee. I infer that you got the deeds from Boston first, if so_on re ceipt please t.elegraph them-to make deeds as herein mentioned, Benjamin Ham t,o Gen.-Dodge, New,. York, 14 - ■'■it ■Vouchers have been received from you, exaniined, audited and placed to your credit as follows: ^ . . . June tl3,18],.83; July ^$3,394.18; August $6,670.36. September $5,517.98} amounting to $28,764.45. Please make, sepaj-ate statement of lllssouri River Bridge vouchers in future. 71. S. Painfield to Gen.. Dodgq, New ,York, 13:-. , t . 'If 'i - dt Your favor of tha 8th at hand with check for $48.46 aiwount • t hwfHlity goods aoh^ Mrs/ Dodg k A T. Stewart sqnt in but partial stateiMfft -and'L«rry-FrsrfW^4jlt was all. and forwarded, since then the enolor-ed came in» I i^ueswa^ Mrs. Dodge will compare ^and if not co red 41th articles, refer it to Mrs. t-a, .r- . , He note 0. F. Davis respecting deeds- w^ll al]oome right in time ire r4o4tvi(l 10'E. bonds U.P.R.R. and sent them recept as per copy. ^.f! r • . 1513 Noveniber, 1869. . ^ . en'closed; deposited the bonds in Park rfanic with the Others. Will sound the market first ot the week and report again. * Am'expecting you hehe this fall And winter. • '• Note:--fW. S. Fairfield to Gen. Dodge, New York, 17:-'' ' relation to lot sold by'N.P. rhich he STays is! not only satisfactory but surprises him that it brought so nnich, * Benjamin F. Ham toJTen. Dodge, New York, 18:- i Your letterr of 10th dnst with vouchers fof 'Octover is re ceived.' I have e'xamined and audited same an'' placed to your credit $7,932.18 being amount of same. Thos.* D. horrid to Oen.* Dod^a, WahBafbW'^*^%' 23:- W ^ find by measurinY tbre cosrda of^ the Green Rive, r b,irdge th. t the clear span is 145-ft; distance from'bent'r«-to centr© of beeacring is 146 * 5" The span was given her© by WilliamAf tdlS iQar\ ''ho had charge of bridges for construction, as ISd ft. and same bearing as other 150 ft. spans which is 143 fdet froH^ centre to centre of baarlng. I can find only the cords of that bridge; no parts, braces or floor beams or straingers are there. We have four spans at fiear River east which will fit the masonrj' which has been btiilt at Gyaen River being 143 ft, »■ ha.!. , from centre to centre of bearing. "these changes can be made and *b«0vil reaults. ' J am to blame in - - 1514 NoveJoei^, 1869. ■ - « '* •^hat I did not measure the cords myself. The reason for^ the difference is prdbahjy that the Green River Bridge Is "built on. Boomer's plans and the other on Ludley & Course's« The masonry goes on v7ell. Two of the pieces at Gre^p^ River are done and one above the water wil? be done this week. One foiindation almost done and another under way., .The bridge across Lluddy will be comfieted Tap toT" bridge seats this week and bridge put. on at once., 'Bridge 138 across Black's^Pork has all the masonry abov-e water and the piers almost oompleted. Corinne^ Bifddge liisa- al piles driven and one foundation ready to cap, . The Ofeden Bridge we are digging out to piles but do not expect to be able to do more- than get-in foundatiorje. before spring fr»fchets, as the pile driver all it can do without that work until January or February, The water tables will all be cut in a d'ev days and the window >dj»lls are all oilt and ready-for cutters, J[ think it best * to send them •''^wScut. There wiWI bep but little waate ^and pne car takes all both #ater tabled and sills.' 1 can get out stone that will make the cornice # • of your windows and hive it out to alraost any shape you like if you will send deil^it. It will have to be done by says work and we have three or four first class stone cutters who would like to do it and will p^WilMy wpnk Shailw-during the winter. You will not need the 1515 November, 1869. • ■ « ■ cornice until spring and i*f it can be done at reasonable prices I think it will look a no, 1. ,I - I enclose a copy of statemerft sent to Col. Hammnnd and response to lefcter showing- amount of work (Jbne to offset tKfe estimates of the "Eminent Americans." ^ Please say to Llrs, Dodge *that I expect Lettie to go v/ith me Ea'st about Christmas. Her gloves 'are being made'. I could find none that suited me. Have you.shipped any shee'ts? I have not received them, ^^/^ames F. Wilson to'Gen. DoSlge', Hashlngton, 22;-' I have Just returned here tfrom Boston and fear I will have to stay for a week or more. Have a case before^the Attorney General and God only kkows how long he will keep me waiting. ^ • Thing's look'better in BoBtdn. I offeredf a resolutiohi flilfrecting Hammond to pay no attention to the Wyoming coal contract dsoiaring it opposed to public policy Ac. Duff was" not present . I suppose he ' will swear. He hat gorm West to fix nn point of juncfion &c* dJ-.P. and C.p. have 'a^eed 6n $3,006,600 for road to Promontory f^om Junc tion. C. P. pay§ in Government bonds arfd their oWn first mortgage bonds. The reported earnings for 'Geptember Oertober ere made up *\lmo3t exlusively of earnings proper; scaMelf aujrthing reutnro(| on construction account. . Hoxie and Snydef wili bS-'paial-trdita to that effect go out to "'" 1516 m November, 18691 ."""f ,•/ f rt - Hammond today. I think that,I.have got- Hoxie fixed for the clerk ship under.Dillon, who it seems certain will be appointed» but say nothing ®bout this-to any one- not/even Hoxie, until all ts over, for there nay be a slip. I will explain v/hen I see ,you. ^ • • You nmst look after.the meeting of the LlissoucrValley Company in December, as it will he impossible for me -to 'get t-o Sloiix ^ity at that time as things now look. '' r., All the'Boston people told.mfe fhat you would not be disturbed. i3Tiff is the on^y^mah in the Directory who is after you so far as I could learn. I have not seen'Allison'or Blair. The-latter is west; the former here, but I have not yet seen him^^^y/" ^ ■ - J. Blickcnsdoi?rSr, Jh. to-Oen. Dodge* Tuscar^aa, 23:- ^ Yourh of Oct6bef 16th was found here yeste.rd^y ^ my return from a Aix weeks trip to Wisconsin'and Minnesota, , ^ I regret to say the chestnut season for this year is so late that I do not think the nuts will now grow, being too dry, I presume they should btf sent- y^u lr> the outher. hull by express,^ .ta_kpn, out and planted immediately to insure growth* and I' will cheerfully send you some another year. If ybii'flSSire to try some nuts as they are I will send you some this fall yet. . • i • I iih n'dt-surprised that,your iijolinations were .ftverso to enterin- the Fablld service, and yet-for the country's sake I could have 1517 ' • 'tf'"•'■■'. I Novenb e r, 1869. desired to see you in the War Off4ee. Please let me hear from you whenevor convenient', : " ri have received my pay from -oston for services as Special Com missioner U.P,-R.9. Note:- J. Blickensderfer to Gen, Dodge, Tuscarawas,- 29 1867. ■ in relation to accoNting position on Union Pacific R. R, and salary at rate of from ^500 to $600 per month &c, .. i , Oliver Ames to "Gen, Doge, North-Easton, 30:-, ^ ; I enclo se you proxy-a^^requested. If ..you mqke, a divid end yru will please direct'the Cashier to send mine and I will send receipt for it. The question we have authorized Dillon to confer with TT,' & R,I, Roads, and at once fix upon a basis of action# I understand from D. that he can fix this at once, the above roads taking aj^ eqaul *ihare and having an equal interest and joint management of the struc ture , Note:- l.'W, Broim to Gen. Dodge, St. Louis,. Dec, 4:- Relating to his financeq. Will offer his real estate for ' j if nabdsaary to ra'iae money to pay his debts, though will first "i try other measures. F, W. Palmer to Gon. ^odge, 'Waahington, D.C,8 (Telegram) Send*personal dispatch immediately to President^for Dillon, Answer, 1518 n'^f. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Language A language of the resource English 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/68d99e2b639dd9797877b42b1202572f.pdf f4ccf1b5f1de1855b6292e96b600bc19 PDF Text Text Ilovenber, 1869. . , * 'VlX' « desired to see you in the War Office. J tl 'f 1 » '''-i jr.'."" please let me hear from you whenever convenlenf, v ■ f - ' I have received my pay from '^oston for services as Special Com missioner U.P.-R.R. ^ Note:- J. Blickonsderfer to Gen. Dodge, Tuscarawas,- 29 1867. In relation to accepting position on Union Pacific R.R. and salary at rate of from $500 to $600 per month &c. , „ i . Oliver Ames to"Gen. Doge, North-Easton, 30:- . .. ^ : I enclo 80 you proxy-a^yrequestsd. If you mqke.a divid end >'U Will please direet'the Cashier to send mine and I will send receipt for it. The question we have authorized Dillon-to confer with N.'V. & R.I. Roads, and at once fix upon a basis of action, I understand from D, that he can fix this at once, the above roads taking a;^.eqaul share and having an equal interest and joint management of the struc- *1:'.'^ 1 » '' '-i '-r r-'V ture. Note:- J.'li. Brown to Oeh, Dodge, St, Louis, Dec. 4:- Relating to his finance^. Will offer his real estate for sale if n<id<i'8aahy to t^HMe mowey. to pay, his debts, though will first try other measures, F. W. Palmer to Gen. -odge, 'Washington, D.C,8 (Telegram) ' Send personal dispatch immediately to President for^Dillon, Answer, 1510 ' v.. ' • . ■ ■ I. ' I , ■ ' IJ ■ .H'. 't'.; '■ V . . ,; Novenber^ ^ 1869. :v ,n:r/r / Thos. B. Llorris to Gen. Dodge, Wahsatch, 7:- Your letter.of Nov. 50th came duly to hand. I enclose In this a sketch of depot ,and yard at Junction. It is nought but will give you an idea of what has been done there. The main line about Ogden was high amd most of the tracks have been raised up to that level; all of them have been raised some. ^ Our masonry.goes on slowly but quite as fast as could be expected in such cold weather. It Ts only, every other day we can work and only about six hours a day that v;e can use mortar; but those bridges must go up, and it is not policy yet to use timber. Bridge No, 132 is ready • # for superstructure. Three out of five peces of masonry at Green River are done. Bridge No 110 they are raising. Bridge 118 they are above high waterwlth all the three snports. Bridge 131 has the founda'bion in and we begin o^ the pi.ar this week, I do not think I will be able to put in the , abutn^ants but will use pile supports under the / first main brace. Idr, Duff gave a letter to lir, Llead making him his agent withfall pdwers. Mr. Uead,]put his stake 5 miles west of Ogden crossing. Gov, Stanford asUl.d h# not go there, and left for the West, » • I aio'trying what I can do with the Uomron land owners, and have been working ever since you were out in a quiet way tut no one seems wlllinr to sell, and I did not want to push the matter too far or too " t ."cr.r 1519 • I ' • December, 1869. .. • - - 'T fast. I think that' now I can do a I'ittle better. They are borin,:- two oil wells near Bear River City and 1 have taken up a couple of pieces of land and if they do* "strike" I have no "'doubt but the land will sell uell, I am opening a vin of coal there about ono-fourth mile h.E. of track and putting on house. If the coal matter is ever thrown open to bids can 'dcr""well both from Echo and from^ere. Do you think I can sell my Coalveill inter est to Eyoming Coed Company? It is the Tjest mine in that' regipn and f"irly opened. Am deliverJng coal at the mouth of mine eCt cost of $1,25 per ton and putting it on cars h,t cost of $2,75 at Echo statio . that figuU Incltiding hauling. Wyoming Company are i^fettlng out but ^ little coal at Kvanston -nd water is troubling'them, if they do not do better the Rock fountain company will beat tWu for the supply meet and on the western end of the R.r\to whom 'should I write *0 see if they will buy? I will take some little cash balance Ir! paid UP stock Of the iryoming Company. I oan aell to Rocky Uountairi Company but they have no money. ,s Brighai-i Young has graded the coal rbad to CoalYille.bUt h^s no i . • , .1 - peans to lay the iron. If eome arrangement could be made to do that it would pay, as th. whole of'Salt Lake Valley is to be supplied from -5- tjhose, mines, , , , We have had much trouble with pier foundatiohs in luiddle of Creor 1520 December, 18G9. River but think it is most over.^^ By next week I hop'^ tn report the foundation in, I wanted to have your window caps cut; am sorry you have terra cotta. . J. P. Reed to Geo. C. Tichenor, Adel, 17:- We want a daily mail rpnte from Jefferson via Adel, Van Lletter, Winterset to Afton. We,want it through Van Meter and not through De Soto. Cant you check for us? You know what to do Cant yov write Dodge about it? . We are particular about having the oonnec- 4 tion With the C.RiI & P. at. Van Meter. ^ •eo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Uoines, 18:- I sincerely hope you will secure the establishing of this mail route at once, I vrote you about it some time ago. You will find the petitltion &c on file in the Dept. with my endorsement thereon. I sent it to Jin Wilson while you were on the nlains last spring. It ia important. t.^,Gnpt, Reed and other friends, and is rea lly needed, . " ' r,» • ' "1 ' . ^ I enclose tele gran just receixed from Hooker, in answer to my latter tellln'; I had written you that he would gladly a.ocept Special Asent Sr the U.P.h.R. I hope you.will jet hli appointed iamiodlately. ' What'to thunder has becomdof Spencer? ^ v,C j •a* J. 1521 's I r no?** 'IB"'- Becember, 1869, Note:- Detailed estimate*of work done between September 15th a November Ist to supply deficiencies of U.p.R.R. between Promontory and Green River. r .ft'- r 'f ' To Gen. Dodge from his brother, Council Bluff? 8:- ~ • I wrote'Hyatt& day or two Ago givin-' him prices at which I thought i could close out his lots here for by your assistance; j ■ ~ ' ■ • ' ' ■ : • ' ■ . .. . before proceedln*" further I desired to stibmit the matter<to him and know if it was his wish to close all out. Please write me^'if t shall pay the taxes on'tfie U.P.R.R* land for *68 and charge up to f)illoh as I did for *67; also taxes of G. ♦ ■ ' • Gray. ^ Geo* Pegram declines to sell his one-half of any of the mill lots; says he thinks Council Bluffs is goW aak« a city. I shall proceed to make a diVision of then. B.R.P. 16" Hibhtttg between Mem|phis "i- r- . , r .. y . ^ , and New Orleans. * j Our winter has commenced with two foot of sr^ifw or\'ie«R^ and good alolBhlng. :i. «• Pacific both blocked up. • Judge Baldwin rjarrled''twenty yeal-s yesterday. Gave arty last eve; 200 invited. • ■ The Cit has got about'six'hundred.sidetalk taxes against Col. Jtorgan. His lot in unlucky location lA that i?Sspfct, but for increase in oa^ue it was a fortunate purchase. The two Broadway lots cost him less than llOOO and 1 can sell them today for three thousand. I 1522 December, 1869. . . / /77m. E. Chaudlei^ to Gen. Dodge, TTashington, ,18:- - • • Yours of the 16th inst, is at hand. I aa sorry you have been sick-, and trust your health will soon be fully restored. You will, '0 • however, have to be very careful of yourself all the rest of your doys. Tliat I wanb you to,-do is to lace Aipon the. books of the corpora tion when you settle yo«r accoutts all moneys you handed me, I think about .'570 00 as fin expenditure S'f your own in and about the business of the Comapany. That spia will"about cover the eicpenditures. Then the $5000 received from -iir., Ames, will stand charged to me as a fee for professional services. It is ajlxiut right. They have paid me nothing for all r have done since my return, to Washington in August., They are penny-wise-and pound-foolleh in some things} - oolishly extravagant at one tifiie and i'njuriously penurious at-another. . ' The'present situation is as ^follows; The bonds from Promontory to l^ve miles west of 0g<|en to he issued to the C.P. but delivsred tcr Wiif D..P.; and also an equaJr amount, .of ,first mortgage bonds less ^1,000 denivered by the C.p„ to the h.P, There^ will be no delay except that ,ocooai,on«d in order to ge' resolutions of the two Bbards of Dlfeetiora,' Tlie balance of the Governments to the eastward will be delivered to the tJ.p. as, aeon .as they cancel their first mort gage bonds so as to bring tho issue to the legal amount allowed from 'Omaha tC flY* miias beyend Ogd»nn Practically nothing.but technical December, "'869. diff icrlties rezaain. I have not supposed the CT.P. v^oul ""break its agreement with reference to the five miles beyond 0--denj still I think the'D.p,, dealt with them careflessly and is liable to Tje slaughtered by them at any minute. • The (Tovernraent will retain no securit"' for the completion of the road'except one-half the land paVehts. This you see" is a very favorlable result of the report of the "eminent citizens,'" -'J'' »i^'e two companies''sire noithVr quAirell'ing •n"br feLrrsTnglnfe in combi hation with reference to" future questibns.* They are in b etifcte' of do-nothing ness. I do *not anticipate seViouS attacks froiA-^thera in Congress, but I think the Treasury department will require them to pay un the interest due from them to the Govemment or else stop all transportationt dues. Really there 1^ ho smart executive officer of the tl.p, in thlB direction. Look at the' iJ-erdict against the Credit Mcfbi'lier for takes in Pennsylvania//- The new gecretary of is maiclrig friends.. The' prospeot is of a ploashat winter fh Washingtrc^.'- I hope'you will come "on.y \ . jas. F. Wilson to Gen. Dodge, Fairfield, Iowa,' 13:- W V • I have Just got 'home after a aiost v8«9;tiously protracted !y trip East, flaVe" been dfetalned more ♦•alb t\® weeks longer than I ex pected . TTrlte me at once what'^haa been ■'one In the Kieaouri Valley HR. 1624 ' December, 1869. , " , f"'" matter and how they,,n9w stand. Do this at once. - ^ • I will write you more at lengthrabout affairs generally in a day or two-am now writing short letters to get upwith my general corres pondence which ia fearfully rbehind. ^ -.•t-r.. . On trhe '^ISjOOO of.U.P. stook whieh you hold two income bonds been allotted at 80 per ct. This will carr^ |4000 of stock. I have^proposed to Harding to lethim have the bonds if,he will give the person holding.tHo $15000 the $4000 of ;Stock. I did not te 1 him who,only thttt I Jiad sold out. I think he will do it. This will give the $000 «f gtoQk f-or nothihe? approve of my-propositioot '.He thlnka the stoek Is valuable. V/hat may I sell him the $4000 at if I can make any arrangement with him? ^'prank Palmer to Gen. Dodge > Vfashington, D, C. 14;- ♦ ' ' Yours of the 9th-is received. Am„^rry.to hear that y u lliii WWW ill ill health. . , ' Your idl«p<t«h to Grant was, received in good time,and I think helped to Settle the case-affirmatively. It was hung np for twentyeour hours aftef all'others were aentfin, and pillon begfn.to think the game was against him hopelessly. The pressure for Loan at that time was very strbng. Dillon will probably remain here until he is 'confirmed, ttnloas thfe conflnBation should be postponed, until after y 1 >4a 1525 December, 1869. • • the holidays. The Senate judicial•Com. refuse to report favorably on part and leave theremainder of nominations unacted on. If you have not already written Dillon in behalf of Hub it would be well to do so immediately,'directing your letters to Davenport. He talks favorably for Hub, but Is embarrassed«by Willies relation ship to Corkhill. If he cannot giVe Hub the Iowa Clerkship I think he would give him Missoui^i, but I dd not want Hub to leave the State. If flub could remhin-in Des Moinea Kas^on wouldn't. • - If you can throw anything Ints the hands of llcPherson, ^Inf the way of litigation br otherwise| I"hep# you will. He shows a disposition to stand by us and any encouragement from yoU would help very much. ^ Please see him and talk wit'^ himy' '' ' ' " ■ B.'Allison to Gen. Dodge, Welshlngton, 10:- Your received, ★il'dbn 14 at home;' I wrote you about Craig because I thought Tlchenor had written Ae to at once write Craig. I answered 'Jich^<4n6?'"8aylrtg I wOuld write you to see him and hence my letter to yob. *Tlchenor replied and I am satisfied therefrom that this was a decoy for the pubpose of entrapping sorebody. If I * .. . ^ ^ ^ ^ am right the game failed, - -o. ' ; I thoroughly agree with' th&t «e do»t want that class of men at Des Moines. 1 shall haire sfiiie.* there, fpoa ^the north part of the State as well as from other parts of the state. Wilson and 1S26 December, 1869. . ' • ' othrr friends will be there froiu the soutli who h^Ve influence, I want you above all to be there, as Wilson and yourself wil] priictically control the matter. -The candidacy of Merrill does hot hurt us in our fight; it makes Wright's nomination impossible on the first ballftt which will defeat i>» the end, <■ i , ■ o v, I am sorry to hear of your iH-healtii. I ehould -havc written you at length be.fore this bi^t that .L heard that you .wer^e very sick, r • • The North widl btf nearly. United/for me viz; in my district and t immdd'iately south of it. The only fear nrw is that I^errill may not be strong enough iiU. .the south and west to defeat the/ plan of Wright. When can .you be eft Molhes? -Ir^shalb he there by the 24th or 25th January/ 1 thflttiK you? siwul''ba tliere as soon. . r —" As to finances, whiie-I write, liungan is making ,a straight repu diation spedoh. I ,think the' disposition is to have my Cy,, but abso lutely nothing rwlll be done befoi^ the holi-^.ays and for a long time The democrats: are goiHig .to be in favor of expansion and the West but ,iri the Bhrt I think it will-result in establishing oujc, National Banks say to "tWer%*tant of :80 millione without returning greenbaolcs. Still nothing here has'taken strch form a a to allow even a good guess to be iA*4e which "haa yet beitn introduced, J think, unless Spink has indUoWt dhe, rt Will »• tllBte onotigb'-after the holidays. December, 1869. On receipt of this I wish you woulrl write "to" me at Dubuqiie-when you will be at Des iloines and what is going on in your part of the ■State; Particularly let me know if-"Anderson can be relied upon to help us; if not whethei? he is to be at D".s *111011168 and against us. If we work we can win, and I aia ready to do my part^^ " ■ ' Regards to lira. Dodge, i t t , leo, C. TichenofT to Geri. Dodge, Des Moines, 19:- i' T r I "serifd ^ou today the "Gazette" of the ISth in which you Will find long letter on the Senatorial .question in Merrill's be half, Although It la'dated Keokuk and signed "T.J.K." it was written at Ut, Pleasant by that little'-jackass, Goo, B, Corkhill, and was dic tated by Harlan, Kasson and Merrill, Kasan has just got h,o«e from Washington, whei'e he and Waldren arranged wtth-flarlfan a plan of cam paign for Merrill knd which Kasson thinks will', in .addition to- giving Merril the long tern, give hlhi (K) the short term, and I tell you their oomblnatlon is a strong one. Harlan vill use the Metl\odist and , with? Morgan and Qrinnell to back him, will use the ' Congregational cMSroh'-^while Kassdi will use' the Episcopal church and Masonic fraternity. ' MVrrill will'I think decline to fill the • - Dillon vacancy till after the Senatorial matter Is disposed of; mean tina will lead ewery district 'jddge in the State to holleve he will 1528 December, 1869. ,!'5 • get the place, and twice the numbGr of circuit judges and outsiders to ,? believe they vil3c gpt the-: vacant district judge ship and will thereby get all of the® to* work for him. Hp has alsp got • up a? scheme for a grand reunion of all*the'soldiers in the State-proposes to get the -railroads to carry them free-and'expects thereby to just litera'ly capture all the soldiers influence. He has placed the last,matter in the'hftnds of Hoyt ShermAn and myselfvto arrange for it ^to be held here in June next, but is urging us every day to complete arrangements so h6' can announce it in the papers I' shall do all in my power to . delay the matter till it is-to© late for him to use it. r 1 ' I will on tatftorrow send you the "Gazette"(to be published to morrow) which will contain an article written from Chariton-ostensibly ' '- aged nst Senatdn'soaklng,, but really nominating you for Senator, I think you will'agree with me that/the article, is carefully prepared and well timed. The Gazette will bach it up with a strong leader • ' ahd' papers all oveb the State will copy and endorse both the sentiment ''"ahd'you. The letter i-« a sequel to the one by "n.F." Other letters on the subject will appear frqpi time to, time thick and fast from 'various points arid In different papejcs-writ ten by different individ- ' uals, buti I will see thbm all ^efove they are in print. I am doing *iill this With the"greatest secrecy, not even my nearest friends will know or suspicion me in the matter, I have studied the thing right 1529 December, 1869. ' • 4*' ■ down td hard pan and I ai^ clear . I can at least hurt Merrill and Y7rl^t like thunder, 'and if I cant elect yoti, can help Allison very •'much. I still think, however, that a combination cari'be formed to <^"''break all the StAtdfe and elect you for the'long term and Allison for the short term-. After reading the Gazette articles write me your I'trust yoti are• about and *ell-i You must be here by the 6th at ' f aV-thS st, • f • •' I { DewH&t ahW I^e'"Bflt'ndt h.8iVG ^on© to. WdSJiin|^ton# Brftndt is &ftor* Palmor for" the post oi'tice in place s Kasson is a regularly employed Agent for the Cuban patriots under pay and Commission; this is j known"^' '*■' " ' •• • • ■' Sfy ^ife is Wi^ in Ilasekchtisetts,, which unfits m in a great measure for the 'irork't'had laid out for the wrat thirty days, t ' S, Hodges to ben. Dodge, Boston, 20:- . ' I deeply regret to hear that you have been \uiwell again. It was hoped'bV your friends thai the out-door life would entirely prevent any troubles o¥ this klhd* ■ In relation to' paymatlt of tTanuary-coupons I have to say that I think there 18 no douU about it. They h«ve received 1502 C.p.R.R. bonds towards iWtf payment for the i^(f from Promontory to Ogden, and ' ' ' ' - * 1530 81. M December, 1869. . - ex'pecb this we.ek to set the 1498 .5.- bbnfis from Boutwell. They are ais^ to get $200,000 out of Col. Haniribnd(have" received $62,000 alg^dy) This place matters in a way for negotiating for their ^ ; 4.+ 4Mtr along pretty well how; I think they are well gold. They are getting-aj.- o v oof the woods. Th le*"© 000 Credi't Mobilier case has beep appe§iled. Earnings /won for" December. , -r** g to be. about' $600,0^0 ^ -on the books here in Boston (credit G. n. ■ Your account . st»n« A»7 721.04, This amount does not- include vouch ee, Chief Engineer) ^^iper which- have not come in yet and wliich. for October and Nov £l ^ ^ rw ____ _ - _ — __ $15,000; but Llr. Ames' letter to Mr. , Should rtbt pity y°^ ' tyj^y t)een conditional and. such conditions ^ to nay y®n hay® aa.r^° tell anything about it. I think he can til'' ..Id Hammnhd cou-^® ^^^t week. I could only get Mr. Ames alone ♦ it fitted .ge to j could arrange it, but you know, Ames is ma' -11 T ^h gpeak about -matters., It takes him a long t^ime to detn ^ - on half and half over hi . , r . g.n<^ then anyo^ ^lly after the 1st of January. I suposed you yod * I will writ- j^g explained everything ujp to about ^een Wllsoh ^ would have written. of December , 1531 • - ..iM'y' ■ received w Should rtbt picy y°^ have th® credit larger,. There is no reason 111 swel-L ■■ December, 1869. L think the C.P.R.R* intend to hold to Ogden. Duff and Stanford were to. select Junction within 60 /iaya from 7th Npveuber-v;ithin 5 miles of Ogden. ' " I hope yoti have had your last report 1868 ■& 69 put in h^irid of pointers. If you d'-nt it will never be done, j ' m'* W. S. Falrfield to Gen. Dodge, New York, 20.:- Your favor of November 23d was du^y received. .Noted care- * fh'lly your roBntrks finAncialiy, which were a&suring and in accordance with your impresslo ns that nothin>^ very, Serious would occur at present. While there is a great deal of croaking the situation seems to hold. The working oT the price of gold checks,'the movement of-everything ^ more or less, please* get the ehecke forwarded aeon its you oan so. that we can give Bdwen his. 7 . ■ , , . , ^ Nothing-new in hbnds, ten(lilh'«4 to 85. Received-ajscount sale and remitaanc'e' from N.'p. of tbfe lot, Jlotice material- advance in taxes which the improvement/ no douht warrants. If Boutwell runs gold much lower he -ill invite forhlgh bortd holders to realise. With gold at 15 oh 20 could not a pool be formed In Wall Stroe- to import dO .mill ions bonds "t- be converted into g'old for shipiaent? Such a rmor even ^ wouid be very exciting and effective such a specuiltion, , 1532 '.Iv December, 1869. - , . Frank \ Palmer to Gen. Doage, Washinston, D.C.22:- I haye received a letter from tlcPherson, making Inquiries . relative to the superintending of census for our districts in case the census bill should become a law, anf' intimating that he would be glad of the appointment if it should bid fair to be a paying affair. According, to the.bill as it passed the House the pay of a superintend ent would be only $8,000 per day and the service could not extend be- .yohd three mcnth^ at the Qutside. So far as pay would be concerned- • in as much as it. woukd take all of the officers I time- it could not be m muhjj of an object for LlcPherson. - . • T see by examination in the Internal Revenue office that there 18 a man -.named J. McFee in Co ncil Blnjffa who holds the office of gaucer and who haoelved from No. let 1868 to Decomher 1st, 1869 $961.87 for his services. . I see that the other two eWers in the district are h »e»ton and A. L. Harvey of Harrison, and It has ocourred'td ale UeP.a may not have been one of your appolnteea, or If he . that h.-might notnh. as good a worker as kcPherson, and If not that • yhla plaod mlCht he seoured Tor It probably would not take hta. away from home »r interfere with h|s business. - conslder&bl.-of complaint has come to me that all of Rasson's : ■ ahd yours and m,^ g..h.r.l appointments In the 5th district have gone althar to Baa Khlnes or Council B.luffs, mid If the census superintend1533 I Ml itisT 1 ^,{ri December, 1869. * ♦ ^ ency should'go to one or the'other It would only'increase this feeling of assumed grievance in other parts of the district, ^ r ' » • 1 . . I recognize the service w!iich McPherson once rendered us and which he assures our friends he ife v/illing to repeat in other fonus, and I will accept of your recommendation as conclusive in the matter; but if the gauger matter could be thrown into L'lcPherson*s hands and I • I . , ' . . . . the other office piit into some interior'portion of the district it would probably be better for him'and the cause. I have writ-tek Kc. to consult fully with you on the subject and that I will endeavor to make arrangements for whatever you and 'hV may agree uponi i . ■' ' ' ■ , • - - • . Allison left for Iowa this evening. I shall remain here and ^ work during the recess. Please write me. ' ' " " A. J. Poppleton to Gen. Do'dge, Oinaha, 25":- ^ i The letter of C. W. Page, drfted Dec. 8th, *69 and forwarded by you to me, reached me during mjf absence West and I have not been s^blo to give it attention before. I presxxme you recollect the history of this lot and that it will not be necessary 'for me t<s detail it. The ot was sold ae you will remember, after a proceeding to porfeot the title first by Baldwin and Pogram to you and afterwards by yourself to Rollins G. Stoiith, with arrangements to hold him harmless of any Axpenses in litigating the title in liliSe Of litigation arising. At th^ time Of the sale the 'lot was riot' In the occupancy of ai)j person. 1534 Dece:T;ber, 1869. , ^ Ily recollection is that Page was not^in .the country, but If he was ho was not in the occupancy of this lot. IVhen sale was made I advised Smith to ta^ce . i^ediate possession, fe^aring that Page might undertake t to ..get, into pQssession and drive us to an .action of ejectment to get him-off. Siiith neglected to .takepossession and, as I predicted, in the meantime -Page took, possession of th^ lot and fenced it in, built a small'house on it, and has ,been living on it ever since. Smith afterwards sold the fhauae to .^vi H. Boadwell and I have no v. a suit pend ing th the distrio'tr court in favor of Boj^dwell and against Page to eject him from the, lot. I think I shall succeed in ^doing it, &nd fiould not advise'you to-make any compromise which invoices the payment of any "cdnsirtarable avim of money, I have written a note to Page stat ing that whatever proposition he has to make in respect to it Shouid'be Subdltted to me. If-he offers,anything.which I regard for your advantage take 1 will advise you at. once,. I think, however, we shall 1?iave' to litigfi-te it to the^end. ^ ^ ^ J. t)Q(^y to Qen; Bodge, Washington, 24:- ^ ^ ' You have bean interviewed and corresponded with on the "Senatorial," until I pre^uata you are reaAy. to declare it a niusance, end any lian a bore or *n ass who aproaclies, you on the subject. Very well- pt me down as one or both.if.you please-but I must say my Decerr.bor, 1869. * * . • . f, . I • I am ofte of a great mn^ty radical Republicans who cannot and will not believe that in the contest now going on between Judge l^right, Gen. Merrill and Allison that either of them will be elected, for the reason that either of these very excellent men can command votes enough to overwhelm the other two. As the cases proceed the adherents of each party will become more determined for their chief and more antag onistic to'their rivajs. Result a Slopping over into the dSsh of some other man, for whome the above gentlemen and their friends h ave more respect and regard than for each other. IVhy mAy not yoi! become that other man? I see no good reason why,-nor can any man here with whom I have conversed. I know you feel pledged to Allison, butr; Alii- ^ son out of the way-routed-demoralized-what should prevent you from receiving his support as well as that of the General or Judge Wright. a'good deal is said'bb6ut the'north aS though the State could be ^divided geogrftp'-'lcally (for political"purposes) but one way via from east to west leaving a north aiid'sohth half. I propose to divide the State drawing a line north'arid south giving-as an east and west half, and in as much as the east has had both Senators and all the honors from thV formation of the State, I gcT forr the west half. One «ould suppose all the talent Ahd ability wrf the State was confined to the banks of the Mississippi. We have no one talked of away from there except my townsman whom I fer is going to be beatne. Another 3 r ( 1§36 December, 18G9. . • ' ,*'r- '••09'^ townsman of mine will help do it if he can-to slip in hjmself. ^ f hope to see you here again, fi^^hting as gallanting as ever for the Interests of oxu? State,, and .1 know you will be velcomed as cor dially as ary man can Jds by a,ll those who are already here,. I believe no man can better^ harmonize all sections and all parties than your self# and I trust you wil] take no step that wil3 tend to embarrass a "consummation so devoutly to be wished" but go in and win. j / - / ^ f lin. B. Allison to Gen. Dodge, Dubuque, 26;- . .. I arrived home this morning and. found your favor. I n(tte all that you say^. I have v.ritten Sapp today, ^at about Chapman? He is a goodvworker, and can be of great service. He partially prom - ised me lastr fall tha' he would come over to Des mo^ines if he could do so consistently. Wont you see him and urge him to, ba there? I thorotigslily agree with.you. as. to. thp natur^. of the Merrill combination> MfVell as to personals. 1 have undoubtable - evidence of ■ r'rthis from, very many sources. . I am glad, 3K)u are able to be about again. I hope you will so I • husband grew -etdWigth as to be able to coiue to pes lloiness at an early .'day. 1 to ba there about the 5th or 6th and stay as long as I can oonsiston^ly or until my friends shall think 1 ought to be absent. I shall carry out your suggestions in relation to an adviser xtpoa whom pay friends ean for accurate information and with whom 1537 Deceraber, 18G9. the"""can consiilt. The matter of C.is all right, I have unbounded faith thtt with effort we can win, I think my support in the north 'or most of it is of the reliable character and that it will remain until retreat is deemed advisable on the part of oUr friends. Do not "hesitate to secure the presence at Des Lloines of every friend that can exert influence upon members in your part of the State, Hnve on hand Anderson; koQp_a sharp lookout as he can in the way you speak be of very great ser'vlce, ' * . . » • 1 take it for granted that you can manage M,B, the member froiii County. 1 think my chances are improving every day. The details we will look over when we meet. I have writ'ten Urgently to Judge Hub- " bard and think it important tliat he shohld be there. Could you not also (drop a line to him urging him to come? I may write you again in a day or two, ^n the meantime keep me fully posted upon all that you hear.' 1 noti what you say about oUr plans being kept a secret, and shall govern myself accordingly^^ . Henry Pamahm to Gen, Dodge, hew Haven, 27;- Yours of the 22d was this day received and contenta noted, I hardly know what to say In replV to your inquiries, but will «iVe you my opinion although it may not be worth much, ^ * I do not think gold "will unless Congress Should pass a bill to inflate the currency. It he carried up two or three per 1638 cent by specula£9rs, but I see no reason why it should 50 up much to re-ain, Asto Government bonds, I can see no reason for very much Change. I thipk they will not go very much higher. All my acquaint ances in this quarterrwho haVe any are selling out. ^ ^ With regard to borrowing money in New York at 7 per cent on-the Union Pacific Railroad bOnds at their cash price, I do not think it possible to do it. I know it could not be done in this eity. Mostr. persons of my acqualfitUiCe who wish to invest in those bonds or toloan'noney on them'are already over loaded with them.-I-doubt whether you can borrow money in New York at 7 per cent for a fixed time on any securities except they are located very near the city. There .is a great inquiry for money on collaterals, but J doubt whether any is obtained-even in Ne^ ftaven at 7 per ct., except, of course, bank se curities . f't ' . my l^nera views made up partly from observation and partly from the Opinions of those I am in the habft pf conferring , with. But they at*® mere opinions and I beg^ i.ou will not placemuch reliance on them-as I'am not in thS market, having no more of my own ei^er to loari or Ihvaat. ' ^ dci f* ■ ^ . I am happy to h-^ar that you have ao far recovered your health as to be about, and-hope §r» this that you-are quite resotred. Please give my kind regards t'- Mrs. Dodge and your family. December, 1869. . ' . i'na .n-- . J. H. Howe to'Gen, Dodge, Kewaned ,' lils,' 27 "Gov. Campbell and'myselt' -reached-my home here nn-the 24th and spent Christmas togethei^ and he has gone on to St, Louis, to visit Gen. Schofield, arr[ we" shall go^on to Washington,about the middle of January, '' We are exceedingly anxious, as are all the territorial officers and Repu'lieans generally of Wyoming, to-have Capt,-Wlnsor appointed Surveyor General, and yS^'we dOnt wish to^act contrary to your wishes on the premises. We most earnestly desire your concurrence and co operation in all things pertaining to our young territory and its wel fare, for" we Well-'know how much.' you can^aid us*- ,. I We recognize Dr, Lettpnas a friend, and all bis services and "many good qualitlest are conceded, and we shall take great pleasure in aiding him in any way in our pworj and yet we were all coomitted to Gapt. Winsof befo^fc wehad any knowledge the Doctor was a candi date for this position and we cannot well go back on him for he is a capable and most deserving mferl. • Can -e not all agree ofi something and satisfy both? There are- the' offices of Register and Receiver 6f the Land Office for either of which the Doctor is worth and capable. In our brief interview fon m' wrtild not fully explain our position and hen^o this note-which r trust yon will pap^on.. ^ ^ . 1540 December, 18G9. S. H. T^insor to J. 11. Eddy,. Cheyenne, 29:- I have delayed writing until this time in order that I may communicate to you more knowingly and definitely upon matters pertaining to the town lot business. Seeking to avoid the exposure of my object of inquiry, I have endeavored to ascertain-I think pretty cor- * rectly-tjhe sentiment here in regard to Company lots. The feeling generally is, "we have as good a right on this ground as the Company." ' ■ . , . . . , ^ , Within the last six months a great dea.1 of the company's groundin ^e.most valuable^ part of town, has been taken up by squatters. Since my appointment many of these squatters for whom I sui veyd lots as City Civil engineer have come to me for my opinion as to their saf-ty on these lots. I have replied to them'substantially as follows: "Gentlemen, I feel just as I did when I staked out yoCr lots; that this Is R, R. property and that in going on you jeopardize your prop erty. Last week 1 diasauded two squatters from going on. Some of the squatters and others have said to me"Will tfte company give me a Warrant deed for this lot if 1 pay them their price? If so I'll take it." Of ooUTSfi, I could give them neither information or opinion on this point. made no effort yet to sell or collect back pfeiymfent s, The re ■ r r.jr1541 . '■ 'I December, 1860, are I think a few men'here to wHom 1 courd' go and coirect* the second and thtrd payment on their lots. There are again some whoa I believe will not pay until compelled to do so, I find that men who have paid full up on their lots are in sympathy with the company and express a hope that the company vill get the best of the squatters. So far *as the legitimate ownership of this town site' is concerned it is essentially a matter of law which, of course, .you are avare of, and the Courts decision in the case would be based upon arfd governed - I _ > » ^ ^ ^ _ by what the Company did towards complying with "Town-site Law . If they did comply with the requirements of a said law, of course, they can hold it-whether it fall on the odd or even section. I have locatc^^ and surveyed some 30,000 acres of land in this territory and therefore diave necessarilj^ given this "town site And pre-emption and HomeStead law considerable attention. In regard to your inquiyy as to what other business 1 intended to ' ■ ' ' : -vT . .transact in »y office, . I would say that at present I know of'nme. My fittent on will,, as, in the past, be confined^to my profession (and this lot business) ■ ( I ■ f * I have received the books, papers, &c, from Col Hoffman; have , carefully examined, the same and all communications, letters', &o; and must say that they are in an exceedingly bad shape (i.e. the books) ' X 1542 December, 1869, , . - - -» There has been a decided bfick of system in keeping them. They are dirty, irregular and full of discrepancies, I find amopg the papers a package of letters to parties who have failed to meet their, second paymdnt.and demanding the same.: A letter from you dated June 23d, (68 accompanies them, Most of the letters are sealed but not staaped. If you think best tb so ordep it f-will straighten up the -books, I ought to have a copying, book'and press to preserve ^copies of letters going out of the office.' There was no stationery of any description turhbd over t6 me, pens OJ" stamps, s • i ■ ^ould "ike to hear from you as to what my. course shall be, Tlote:- Account of (3-en. Dodge with the Union Pacific R.R. Company, •Jno. F, Dillon'to'Gen, Dodge, Davenport, Iowa, 25:- . . . ,' I have-your favor of the 19th inst., just received, I am sincerely glad that yoji a-re again restored to your legs, if not your health, I am glad to be delivered from the perils, the duplicities, the multitudinous and untold vexations inseparable from a federal apptintment at Washington, If I had known in advance what I would have had to encounter, somebody else would now have been the C rcuit Judge, I wish now to re-acknowledge my sense of the very important ser vice which you rendered me and I hop you will never have occasion to regret it, riien I meet you I have a long story to tell you of the 1543 December, 1869. . t'' strategy and tactics of the pollticianS'ii ^ii-'i^l'i ' *''' a f. How, as to'HoJcie.-''I'»ottld do^ anything'ih my power to g'ratify your wishes, Bnt the present'situation I fear looks unfavorable to - ~ Hbxie's appointment at this time. I.want to explain to you. Judg« Miller is my associate upbii the'(J if cult Benchj he.has been constant and watchful ih promoting'my interest, and on the critical ednesday ''went in person"to the Presldeftt, fthd in connection with you^and- others '" -save'd-my appointment. Under-the«e eirciunotances I believe you will agree that I an right in the conelhsldh that I cannot make a vacancy. I* should be very' sorry ^6 have 'j^u think that I would not 3° anything for'you that-y%u re-garCllJA al'frop^r'to he done.--I shall aoon see ^ Hoxie, ana'^'hofye iooner or later to'be-ahlo to do fqr that will satisfy him and gratify you an^ his other friends. Pleh%e®'^lva my regards to MrS. Dodge, ) -ig g r- -i r-ry r - n. 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U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1868 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/c2bf1a22c0bc4b97cccc58da1682ecd0.pdf d3847e0d6854ceea727380f3702f34e9 PDF Text Text Chronologically arranged for ready reference in the preparation of a Biography of GRFNVILLE N'ELLEN DODGE This Volume has the t.ilitary and Civil Recomn.endations for promotion etc. of the Commanding Officers, Governors, Civil Officials and of Officers who served with him. Early Days in Council Bluffs--Santa Fe Trail. President of sundry Railroad and construction Companies. Chief Engineer of the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company Member of Congress, Wajor-General in the 'har for the Preservation of the Union, Etc . Etc . Etc. Letters written Prior to 1870 and Data that was ommitted from Volumes One to Seven inclusive o,f Dodge Records. Building the South-west System 1870. BOOK VIII 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 B11798 NOTE: In scrijijp-bqok 1, pages 18, 19; and 5],, will be found the corres pondence in jceiation to the Battle of Pea Ridge.. NOTE: In scrap'-bdok 5, page 52, will be found the account of the trip • < of the Council Bluffs officials over the Union Pacific road, with General G. M. Dodge in 1866. NOTE: In Gcrap-book 5, page 167, January 2C, 1867,is an account of the Indian massacre at Ft, Phil Kearney, the Fort established by G. M. Dodge in 1866. , T ;: :r NOTE; In scrap-book 8, Page 233. General Sherman's speech at the St. Louis banqufet giving a description of his campaigns and also ans ering hhe criticisras of some of the Union men on his return from the array that he paid more attention to the re--els than he did the union men. NOTE: Scrap-book 17, page 11, 1865. Battle of Platte Bridge. Death of Gasper Collins. Town of Casper, Wyoming named after him. * NOTE: Scrap-book 24, page 735, December 26, 1866. Arrival of First Railway train in Council Bluffs over the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railway. 't . NOTE: Scrap-book 24, page 71; Jan. 22, 1867. Arrival of the first train over the Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad with construction raat..erial. NOTE: First Rock Island train arrived in Council Bluffs on May 12, 1869 NOTE: Scrap-book 24, Page 3, Augusi? 17, '1859. Interview of Lincoln and Dodgo. V • -s' NOTE: Scrap-book 10, page 93, April 13, 1885, J. P. Usher's f memory of Lincoln's cabinet and Lt. General Grant's receiving his cofOiuission. . ■ -i NOTE: Scrap-book 8, page 7, 1870. Description of General Dodge's t I • . - ■ house. NOTEP Scrap-book 13, page ISb, Rev. C. G. Rice tells how Council Bluffs was named. First Council Bluffs at Ft. Calhoun and then • f " opposite Pellevue. NOTE: Scrap—book 13, page 80, 166 and 167, article on early days in Council Bluffs, by D. C. Bloomer. NOTE: Scrap-book 13, page 80, 166, 167, Norwich University in the . r Civil War, by N. H. Davis, Scrap-book 24, page 12, Story of two Danvers Farms, by A.A. I • Putnam. General G. M. Dodge was born on one of these farms. NOTE: Scrap-book 3, page 373, sketches of Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon and C. P. Huntington. Used on the d te of their death. When I l^ft the service, I was astonished to find how many persons J had recommended my promotion in the War Department, which I knew nothing of. So far as luy records show, I never asked for any command or any promotion and don't remember to have ever written a letter asking for such; the fact is, I was promoted so fast and given such important commands that it does not seem as though it was possible for me to do this. When General Grant could not get me promoted at Vicksburg, he held me in command of the Left Wing of the IGth Arniy Corps as a Brigadier General for a year and until he got my promotion as a ^ajor General, which I consider was a great compliment. In July some one had written me from Washington telling n.e that there was a large number of recommendations of one kind and another in the War Department which I ought to see and so I wrote Senator Kirkwood to obtain them for me and on July 25th, 1866, I received the following letter^ from him: ''I send herewith a copy of record in War Department. I will be home about middle of August. War Department, July 25, 1866. , Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, U. S. Senate, ' Washington, D. C. Copies of the official testimonials of Najor General G. M. Dodge on file in the War Department, are herewith forwardea to you, agreeable to your recent request. N';y own high estimate of the services, ability and distinguished merit of General Dodge has been repeatedly declared by many official acts; and I now add the assurances of my personal esteem for him as a gallant soldier and patriotic citizen. Edwin M. Stanton, Sec. of War.' General Dodge was recommended for promotion by his superior jfficers many tines and his promotion asked by officers of his com mands, officials of his State, Congressmen and others and also received commendation for his action in battle and his administration of his several commendation for his action in battle and his administration of his several commands. These have been compiled so far as they appeir in his papers and are as follows: In 1856 for the purpose of protecting the border of Iowa from Indians, I raised a company known as the Council Bluffs Guards, consist ing of about fifty men. ihey armed and equipped themselves and the organization was naintained up to the time of the Civil War. At the mmencementof the Civil War, this company was the first to offer its f rvices and applied to enter the First Iowa Infantry, but it was de clined by the Governor as he claimed it was needed on the frontier. I then offered its services as the Cnd Iowa Infantry and itwas again declined. On April 25th, the Governor of the Gtate appointed Judge Caleb Baldwin to take charge of the organization of the military com" , pany of the border, and Judge Bpldwin appointed me as his Adjutant, using the Council Bluffs Guards as a neucleus, and I organized six companies in the Counties bordering on the i^issouri River. The last of Warch, or the first of April, the Government had ordered two companies of soldiers from Fort Randoll to go south by ste; mer to ^t. Joseph and across the country then to the East. 11, ^ I had received information that the Confederates in northern Missouri were aware of this and proposed to capture these two companies. I iEam©diately wrote John A. Kasson as follows: : ' , " fifiD Council Bluffs, April 2, 1861»c'iT I * Dear Sir:- • . *".1, I arrived home yesterday and would have telegraphed you at St. Joseph had I dared to do so. There are several secession military companies.formed at St. Joseph for the purpose of capturing the troops at Fort Randoll. They will be down about May 1, on the Omaha, and they propose to take boat, arms, &c. I have several letters from strong Union men in St. Joseph and I shall board the boat as she comes down. My information is such.that there is ho doubt about the matter, and a telegram from the proper source to the officers of the boat would cause them to take the proper action. This letter will reach Washington before the troops reach this place. Union men are leaving Missouri in swamrs, and unless matters change within a week, a reign of terror will exist about St, Joseph." I received an order from the "Jar Department to board the steamer as it passed here and deliver an order from the War Department to disembark at this point and march across this state* On the arrival of the steamer here, I went aboard and met . Captain Gettfty, delivered the order to him and invited them to > < encamp in Council Bluffs and the officers to become our guests;io The officers declined stating that they preferred to camp outside of the toiTn with their companies. They camped on the Mosquito Vreek on the main stage line. They marched across the State until they reached the end of the railroad. In the life of Governor Kirkwood, he makes the follpwlhg.' statement as to my action in obtaining the arms: "Among these men, one of the most determined and persevering was G, M. Dodge. In the commencement of the war one of the greatest needs was arms. For the purpose of obtaining them, the Governor issued the following commission: ItnoAur! rtoP ct, Executive Mansion, Des Moines, la. May 25, 1861, Capt, G. M. Dodge Dear Sir: I hereby confide to you a communication tp Major General Harney, at St, Louis, desiring from him, or through hira, d from the Secretary.of War, 3000 stand of arms from the command at Ft. Kearney, Neb. Should it be deemed proper by you, when at ^ St. Louis, upon conference with Gen. Harney to go to Washington C City in order the more readily to obtain these arms, I desire you to go there at once. When the order is obtained, you will report to me immediately for further instructions. X .Respectfully, , Samuel J. Kirkwood, Gov. of Iowa, s. V I "ir . . . ' General Dodge at this time was Captain of an independent ^ military company, which he had some years .before organized, and ^ oii which was known as the Council Bluffs Guards. He tried to get it ^ -v into the First regiment^ and failing there, into the Second, but Governor Kirkwood refused to enlist it in either, thinking it would be needed for the protection of the southern border from Missouri '.-V Secessionists or the western Indians. 1 ^ So anxious was General Dodge to enter upon Active military service, that he told the Governor he should seek service in the Regular army. The -ovemor then issued to him the above commission^ ^ which he at once proceeded to execute. Failing to get arms, either : C at St. Louis or Fort Leavenworth, he went direct to Washington. On ^ his arrival there, Cameron, then Secretary of War, said every state was applying for arms, and he had none to give them. General Fitz Henry Warren went with him, and they urged the matters so \ strenuously that Cameron told Dodge that if he could find any ' v- arms he could take them. He did find some arms, and he took them, V for he had a friend in the Ordnance Department who put him on tracly , of 6,000 smooth-bore Springfield muskets, which he got upon the yis m order, whicl; he sent at once, in charge of a man, to Davenport ^and —"Afterwards the Fourth. Some of them were used to replace old guns formerly issued that were so old, thir and poor they were as likely to kill those who fired them as those at whom they were fired, Cameron offered him a Captaincy in the Fifteenth United States Infantry and after obtaining the arms, the Colonelcy of the 4th owa. The latter was tendered him, as Cameron said, on consid eration of his successful efforts in obtaining arms, -when such men as Senator Grimes, Genl, S. R. Curtis, and other's had failed. He telegraphed the Governor "Shall I accept?" and got an affirmative answer, Cameron and Warren both wished him to take the Brigadiergeneralship afterwards offered to and finally obtained by Curtis, but ho declined it, not then having confidence in himself of being able to fill it, and lacking in experience, though he had a thorough and complete military education. ^ P ^ vV 24: -681 .r"!vl .yoM «a»nLtoSI nn' War Department, Washington, June 17, 1861. « *4 ti (OXr G. Dodge, Esq. ,1 ' OflWaO lO e-nlMO Jnfiof ,-., lo f -ti c ■ „ ' ' r:f - ■ '' ".niSniMB9 . j Dear Sir;-' <>» i r ■ . c>' rt ■ . ' . ■ ' The Captaincy in the Regular Army having "been--- ; declined by you on the ground that your obligations to the Governor of Iowa rendered.it impossible.to accep ,, and this department desir ing to avail themselves of your experience, have this day designated you as Colonel of the 4th Iowa Volunteers, to be mustered at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and have requested the approval of the same by the Governor of lov/a. . . . We trust you will see proper to give your State and the Government the benefit of your aid, and. superior knowledge of the country in which you command will operate. ■ : ■ , r. .vo I Very respectfully, J uol aooftn Ov lorou oiU T Your obt. svt., I **01 •nmlwigif Simon Cameron, See* of War. .ipol mU 1# IMW .ur^ wi Mti ti .I s. lol ifiMliNf A| yd trm! ' X • ♦ . rniioiiO'jq .■ffil .T mrni .it —.csli ft .VOO Des Moines, Nov. l, 1861, To Secy, of War, • . Washington;' «ctl0S Dear Sir: I Cheerfully join in commending to your consideration the appointment of Colonel G. m. Dodge of the 4th Iowa Regiment as a Brigadier General from this State, : Colonel Dodge is now. the senior Colonel in charge of a regiment from this State, The mannei' in hich he has discharged the duties of Colonel justify the conclusion that he has that energy of character, that military knowledge and capacity to command as will enable him to discharge any trust assigned to hin;. From your acquaintance with him you thougl-t proper to recommend him as a suitable person to command a regiment from this State, And I now ask that he may be promoted to a Generalship, be lieving that his appointment will be a credit to the State and the Government .. .i . v unbi iWrtC 11 ,. S. J, Kirkwood, I Governor of Iowa, " irjjkia 1*t»mJM K>4 ' 1/ Des Moines, lov/a, Nov. 6, 1861, :'j'. { John A. Kasson: The friends of Colonel Dodge of Council. Bluffs are making exertions to secure his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. You know his personal and military worthy and if you can do anything to advhnce the effort, you will therehy do a favor to his man • friends in this section of the State, 'i 'Oeo Frank W. Palmer, e'i affol lo ; 'TV* JJ'll itvmS 8ffl t/w •hi •«»!: Rolla, Mo,, Nov. 22, 1861, i^vo^ i\fim r: ' To" the President of the U.S.: . From the number.of Volunteers furnished by the State of Iowa, it is probable you will appoint one of more Brigadier Generals for Volunteers from that State. If such shall be your conclusion, I have the honor to recom mend Colonel G. M. Dodge of 4th regiment Iowa Volunteers for that position. Colonel Dodge is at this time in comr.and of the Post, I take pleasure in bearing testimony in his behalf for promotion, John T. Phelps, ' , .van Gov. of Missouri. Col. 26th Missouri ThftyVol.^ Rolla, Mo,, Nov. 22; 1861, Hon. John A. Kasson:- fillderstanding that one or more Brigadier Generals appointed from the State of lov/a, I take this opportunity buting my mite in favor of Golonel G. M. Dodge of the 4th been Chief Commissary and Quarter Master,during the time Dodge has commanded this post, and I must say that he has himself both as an officer and a gentleman, so as to gain will and respect of the citizens of this country and the under his command, I consider Colonel Dodge a prompt, energetic and -"'Officer, and in every way deserving of promotion, eh M. P. Small. Capt, C.S.U.S.A. efficient In the Pea Ridge Campaign, Captain Phil Sheridan was its Comalssary and Quarter-master and in his memoirs, pays this tribute to Colonel Dodge: "Having-reported to General Curtis, I quickly learned that his system of supply was defective and the transportation without proper organization, some of the regiments having forty or fifty wagons each and others only three or four. I labored day and . night to remedy these defects and with the -help of Capt. Michael P. Small of the Subsistence Department, who was an invaluable assistant, soon brought things into shape putting the transportation in good working order, giving each regi..:ent its proper quota Of wagons and turning the surplus into the general stxpply trains of the army. In accomplishing this I was several times on the verge of personal conflict with the regimental commanders but Colonel G. M. Dodge so greatly sustained me vrith General Curtis by strong moral support and by efficient details from his regiment, the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry that I shall bear him and it great affection and lasting gratitude." At the battle of Pea Ridge, Colonel Dodge was given the credit of saving the day by holding his position until night when the rest of " Col. Cam's division had been driven baek At .the close of the second day all the leading officers except Gen. Curtis and Dodge, were disheartened-and regarded surrender as a foregone conclusion. Col. Dodge was wounded, had three horses killed under him and his loss was nearly one third of his brigade in killed and wounded. (Correspondent of Boston Transcipt, March 10, 1862.) General S. A. Curtis, commanding Army -of the South-west®''" in his report says: "Colonel Dodge and the 4th Iowa Infantry won immortal honors in the Battle of Pea Ridge. T. J. McKinney, Adjutant General of Curtis' Staff, "in a .dispatch to the Keokuk Gate City, dated March, 6, V & 8th, 1862, .says: • I • . "Our victory is cimplete. We have been burying the dead ever since the battle. Horrible si.ghts meet the eye. The woods being on fire many of the wounded are burned to death. The Iowa Third Cavalry had seven scalped by the Indians. McCuIlough and Mclntosh are dead without any doubt." Gen. Slack is mortally wounded in the groin. Col. Dodge of the Iowa 4th is a lion. The 4th and 9th (Col. Vandever fought like tigebrs. Herron is a prisoner. Many, very many, are dead and any number wounded. Gen. Curtis cool and self-possessed," IMM; vf • 'I I state of Iowa, Adjt. Genl.s Office, : '■ ■te%i mU bnr. - Des Moines, Oct. 24, 1862. ■ 'vail ft '•.oil', H. Dodge, " . - nw Pea Ridge, Ark, : - ' imtU hmmmts vf ■ '! I rjo;„ : a%i miJ V t "( ? '! tr\ ■ ' y gis K Col. G. H. Dodge, " . Pea Ridge, Ark. Colonel: I am in receipt of action of your regiment in Sugar Creek and Pea Ridge, In the name of the (unofficial) information regarding the the recent engagement in the vicinity of Ark. Department, I have the honor to tender yc and by you to the Iowa Soldiere iiere under under your vour command command at at the the recent recent memorable engagement and brilliant victory over the enmy in Arkansas my assurance of the appreciation of the people of this State of the gallantry and daring of the military skill and the unflinching person al courage displayed in the bloody encounters which vanquished the superior numbers of the rebels and paused not\until their retreat had become an utter route. Such neroic valor has fully sustained the lofty position which other Iowa regiments have achieved for the honor of the State until the name of an Iowa Soldier has become a distinctive mark synqnimous with discipline, bravery and endurance. You will please accept for yourself and tender to the offi cers and soldiers under your comraand tl;e hearty thanks of this Department. Very Respectfully, ToD . m Your obt. sevt., " A.B.Baker, Adjt. Genl. tttc f C1M mid • Ml Per his services in the Battle of Pea Ridge,. Col. Dodge was promoted to rank of Brigadier General on March 31, 1862. Iowa City, May 21, 1862. General Dodge I congratulate "you very sincerely on your promotion. I wish all similar ones had been as well earned and would be as worthily worn. If the action of the officers of the 4th in regard to the vacancy does ot come through you, I will consult you before I act. All the commissions you recommended have been sent on except McKinney's as Captain of the Battery. Yours of the 15th inst. stat- , ing his promotion to position of Major and your recommendation cf ,, Griffith came before McKinney's commission was ordered, and I f ^thereupon commissidned Griffith to the Battery. V/rite often. . ^ V .aioi t i>at>.-u/r>w -J ■ • J* Eirkwood.^ ^ Wjhvikfttdl .fJO Ikmm iiJb rsT • ..1 J -• . ,foO biatt •*1" .neno'i**' - t nr-m? •Mir cr V r . .hehfii; w i«(fnun xrtr v Secretary of War Stantoa s S. o. No. 114, Washington, May 22, 1862: "Brigadier General G. M. Dodge, U.S.Volunteers, is assigned to duty in the Department of the I^ississippi and -.viii report in nerson to Major Ggneral Halleck." i.'. 0'i4(A ImH bits Cairo, 111, June 3, 1862. n TIP 3 ' r . MTli To Mrs. Dodge:- « " After mailing my other letter, we received orders to take all the troops to Columbus, and went down there with thera. I had a good opportunity to'view Belmont Battlefield and the immense fortifioations at Columbus. T: ey are 7 miles in extent and command the whole place by water and land. The ruins of barracks, capable of accomodating 40,000 men are there, and when one sees such strong points vacated* be begins-to see the proportions of the rebellior.. You know they evacuated Columbus after the tkking of Ft. Donelson. Gen. Halleck has ordered the repair of the Mobile and Columbus Railroad the western terminus of which is at. Columbus, and It runs through Corinth. The troops sent there (Columbus) will go down this road to the rear of Fort Pillow, and unless the rebels evacuate, will bag them. Gen. 'i^uimby, who is in command at Columbus, is a very pleasant man. Gen. Mitchell, of Kansas, has great style, and had eighteen officers on his staff; ambulances, ?:c. in great quantity and has a company of cavalry for his body-guard. Halleck has. gained a great success over the rebels at Corinth I saw the dispatches today from him. They are greatl.y d emoralized and he is pushing them both west and south. I shall be two days at least going to Pittsburg Landing, and it will then take me another day to go to Corinth, or two perhaps. Will write you at Pittsburg Landing, also at Corinth. G. M. Dodge. oJ I'nwbno . . <tO » MPWt Meifle* 0,1 On Board Ed Walsh, Tennessee River, June 4th, 1862, Dear Annie:- We expodt to reach Pittsburg Landing tonight. I hope we will as I Am getting rather tired of river life, though I a® very comfrotably situated. Coming flown to soldier's rations fromLettie's table goes hard. I have not been able to get any strawberries or any ■ other fruit, and I neglected to take any figs with me. This is a beautiful river, but has no to\ms or villages on it. I am surprised to find so fine a country, so sparsely settled, and I such a fine river with eo few evidences of civilization. The farms are the log house sort . Occasionally we pass a fine residence and comfortable surroundings, ^e often see people from their cabins waving their white rags to us, and evidently there is a strong Union sentiment up the river. I have seen more of it than I saw in Arkansas. We heard at Fort Henry that Halleck was fast bagging the rebels and that he had a large number surrounded. We also heard that Ivic Clellan had been fighting two days and had forced his way into Richmond. How true all this is I cannot say; it may only be rumors, it will be some time before we know. r» Ic , . ' ! ' ■> , G. M. Dodge. « DC ! 1 . , 0 ;j •nrr^m.'rii * * - Phoa Pittsburg Landing, 9 P. M. • June 5, 1862. oc'/ .0 Dear Annie: - , , Have just, arrived. Pope has taken 15,000 prisoners, lots of artillery and engines, guns, &c. The rebel army is. very much demoralized. The deserters were coming in at all points by the hun dreds. There is no doubt but that we have, gained a great victory, although bloodless. Mitchell slipped in south of Corinth and burned t,he bridges which cut off their retr.eat by. railroad when .they took , it on foot. Pope overtook them and pitched in, he is still on their I heels and bagging them every day. 'Tis said here that they have been fortifying all the time at Jackson and intendto stop them if possible. Wq learn tonight that Richmond is ours. You may look for Memphis next. Our gun-boats by ti .is time have run the gauntlet. Ransom is at Monterey. . I whall see him tomorrow. Good night. G. M, Dodge. • , . . - w J r ' J oJl'nr ' IV ♦ * On Jiine 6, 1862, General Halleck ordered General Dodge to report to Major General. W. F. Quimby, conunanding the district of , ..Columbus to rebuild the Mobile & Ohio Railroad from Columbus to Corinth. •JiwCf -jfr*. ' On June 28> 1863, Gen, J. Fv viuimby assigned General Dodge to tlie eomiQ&lid of the Central Division Army of the Tennessee with head-quarters at Trenton, Tennessee. ' General GrantVis S,. 0. No. 206, Jackson, Tenn,, Sept. 29,. 1862; Brigadier General G. M. ^odge is hereby assigned to the conmand of the 4th Division, District West Tennessee, Headquarters at Columbus, Kentucky, during the temporary absence of Brigadier General J.. F. -iuimby. oi, Dua * * iw Ji Gen. TJ. S. Grant ta Gen, Dodge, Oct. 3O, 1862; You are assigned to command of the 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee at Corinth. Please report immediately. ...MTI w f C Ad(]> '.tf ^ 1 • . ,.j 1 -Des Moines, Oct. 24, 1862. >o«!T to General Do dge: - s I arrived here this morning in the midst of a severe snow storm and weather bitter cold. I called on General Curtis in company with Sppor and Provost. The General treated us very courteously and inquired after all the Iowa folks. In answer to my question as to whether you had been transferred to his command, he said with great unction, "IIo, but I wish he was." The General would evidently very much like to' have you transferred to the Department of luiseouri. Kasson is not here; having left on '.Yednesday for Washington, where he will remain until after the meeting of Congress. . ^ , . . W. W. Kaynard. • * 14%#- #0 uoY oi tntn tn- ' iw iDlWftih ifc/o t;; %• Oxford, Miss., Dec. 14, 1862rffa i J 'J WWHfm - oen Gen. G. M. Dodge^ ' "•! Corinth, Miss: ' If aafe, leave your post to a reliable officer ard take such forces as can be spared and with troopa at_.Jackson attack Forest and drive him acrosa tl« Tennessee, U.S.Grant. "Move tonight with all forces you can spare to Jackson, if you can get there; if not, attack in flank and rear. Be governed by your own judgment when you get over there. U. S. Grant." ill ,aOf. .Oxford, Miss., Dec. 11, 1862. "'Gen. Grenville M. Dodge,. ir^ Corinth, Miss. . - Keep a sharp lookout for Braggs forces. Should he approach Corinth, I will reinforce you sufficiently*. ^ much more important command than that of a division in the field. It will probably be well to send towards luka at same time you send south. : ■ ,0S .IftO , U. S. Grant. . . . ■ ,tlWaiS«eEi i*io(|#fl ••ao:. ^ -nk Head-quarters 16th Army Corps, • Memphis, Jan. 25, 1863. TJ. S. Grant, I have repeatedly noticed the singular ability and courage of Dodge. Stephen A. Hurlbut, t I... , , f" Major-General. 1 >rui mmM ov<n1 btm tmfz ' t €>;{J II>* ■ neftf' General Dodge had charge of the Secret Service, in the I .f. ■ . . fteiTitory commanded by General Grant, who sent him tde following '."Jirj '• **' dispatch in regard to expenditures for secret services: Memphis, Feb. 26, 1863. Ge'eral Dodge: ^ The Provost Marshal in your district will turn over to you all mone -s ccaiectad by th4* under existing orders taking your receipt therefor, which they will forward to the Provost Marshal General in settlement of their account in lieu o,f money, and .which you will account for as secret aservice funds. Any additional '■i ' funds ynu may require can be obtained by requisition on the Provost F'''Marshal General. U. S. Grant, •JMn: Major General, [ mt ^ ^ « -1* km Mm') ' fiMui General Grant's protest opposing promotion of officers who were not in the field: • T' ' J Headquarters Dept. of the Tenn,,. . Before Vicksburg, June 1863. War Department: " ' ., Besides the promotion of such men as General Buford is establishing too high a rate of pensions for the Government long to stand,' But the greatest calamity to the army is the dissatisfaction that it creates among mdn who remain in the field and do their duty under all circumstances. He is placed over such men as Logan, .glesby Lauman and Dodge, and others too numerous to mention, all his superiors in everything that constitutes a soldier. Lggan deserves.promotion for his unflinching patriotism and desire to whip t].e enemy by any route or means practicable. He should be made a Major General by all means, and if Buford is promoted, should be dated back to rank him. The same can be said of Oglesby and Dodge of Iowa by every officer or soldier in the army. U. S. Grant. : • ^ . deJolq 0 • j ,;'y " Young s Point, April 5, 1863, • > ■. •' j too iikii General Dodge: rt«<|C % • t. • ^ 4 I arrived here in due time, and am now in command of what was the -Oth division, formerly Ross's, afterwards Gen. John E. Smith's, There is now two brigades of four regiments each. General Grant has ordered five more Iowa regiments to join me, w .ich will make 13 regi ments in all. The only Iowa troops now in the division are your old "battery. I tried to accomplish what I wr-^te you about at Memphis, but he could not do as desired for the reason that it would require too much re-arranging of troops. He assured me that when he gets his army sufficiently together, that he will organize as suggested. He spoke in high terras of you, I suggested .hat you ought to be promoted tthich he readily assented to. The Iowa regiments that I am to get are the 8th, 12th, 33d 34th and 35th. The l«th is to relieve the 35. t at Cairo, as the regi ment is small and I understand Shaw doesn't want to take the fi'eld with it. I have two good brigades here now, 4000 men for duty. The other brigade will have 30C0 for duty, which will make the strongest division here. Sickness of troops here is very much exaggerated. I have my troops now digging a canal trliough on this side of tl e river that intersects a bayou a mile from the river, which empties into the Mississippi River 15 miles below Vicksburg, the intention is to only pass througii flatboats and very light draught steamers, and after marching the men down by land, ferry them across the river. It looks like til might be a success. I think there will be no fight here very soon, but circumstances may change things soon, There'^are other things taking place \7hich I *|ould like to tell you of, but for fear of accidents such as rebels getting hold of mail, etc., it won't do to put-on paper, but I will say that some fine morning they may be very much astonished. Gen. Smith is to command my Iowa Bfcigade; he is nov/ up to see about it. . " J. M. Tuttle, ■ r ~ i.. •; -I -o' c. i MtDl* V ^ n T ■ f ' .Tr^JojclMJaenib 01-* »l pmm "lU OJ Brxgadier, General. ^ lie oft " r'-:lT 4I '• * ^ y-ir^r- -f - - tu ^ ^ ^ ' General Dodge sent a flag of truce^lS mileS through the ■. ^.enemy's linesto ascertain the enemy's force in the Tennessee Valley, as he was contemplating a move up the Valley. This evening Captain Spencer returned from Tuscumbia, whither he went with a flag of truce. At Bear Creek he met the first rebel pickets. They manifested a little curiosity upon the Captain's Upproach with his small escort, but allowed liim to ride into the stream before halting him. Then they required that only two should advance, and make known the object of the truce party. Captain Spencer took one man wit.i him, and advancing, informed the vondering Butternuts that he was the bearer of dispatches to General Wood from (B the United States authorities at Cotinth. This information was unexpected and the pickets did net know what to do about it. One suggested that he be permitted to proceed, but another proposed that they should send to their Captain for instructions. This appearing to be the safer plan, was adopted and in d e course of time, their. Captain, one lloreland, made his appearance. Ascertaining that a part of Capt. Spencer's business was in reference to the exchange of prisoners, and the rebel captain being greatly interested in ob taining the release of a priso. er now in Corinth, he was so greatly rejoiced by the Captain's promise to secure their release of the prisoner in question, if he might be allowed to attend to his business with all possible dispatch, that he not "only allowed him to proceed, but also generously offered to accompany him. He first, however told the Captain thnt Gen. Roddy was the mar to see and not General Wood. Pleased with the prospect of visiting Roddy's headquarters. Captain Spencer rode fearlessly along with his accomodatin": rebel escort - dispensing at time'asmuc. hospitality from the store on hand as ho thought to be serviceable. Boldly, without being challenged t: e-Tankee band, escorted by the well-kno'.vn Captain Moreland, rode through camps, passed pickets, and even reached the out-skirts of Tuscumbia when a Lieutenant of the last camp they had passed overtook the party and prevented their going any further, much to the disgust of the Yankees, who would gladly have been escorted thus to Johnson's headquarters. » ^ "Do you know.what I have been doing in the field? Listen. I went back to the field again in March; reported for duty to General Grant, who set me to work on the 1st day of April, I went right to i work organizing negro regiments, and I had one of the best men to help me that you ever saw. I had Brigadier General Dodge of Iowa, as noble a man and as good an officer as there is in the land today." • - , oTrtCi * * ;• • ' Jr •;» Inoq; nri Head-quarters 4th Division, July, 1863, . '.k i . ■ . ■ ■" T" f General Dodge: ■ r I took yftur recommendation of Col. Riee to General Grant and qe ' endorsed a strong approval of it, „v. ' He told me that.he had recommended you for promotion in the - . ' • strongest terms, and that you would be made Itlajor General. ' I hope that you will be, and since talking witli him no doubtof it. Let me hear from you, - ^ Brig, Gen. M. M. ^rocker, - ■ I- ' ' Ja ■ * * -f ■"'e J The following IS a Copy of General Grant's letter fo the War Department in regard to the recommendation of General Dodge for increased ■ " . • . I VicksburS* Miss., July 37, 1863!.y<^i^igj • * if 1 Brig. Gen. L. Thoxaas, Adjt. Gen, of the Ar^iy' ' , * ' ' General: I would very respectfully recommend for gallant-and meritorious services, and for extreme fitno®^ for command, corresponding to the increased rank the following promotio'^s, to wit: Brigadier ^ General Grenville M. Dodge, to be Major General of.Volunteers* r, I am. General,. ■ i Very Respectfully, Your ovt, sevt,, # •». U, S, Grant, Major General. General Halleck's endorsement was as follows:, ' P . WaSi-ington, August 10, 1863. '"'Hon. B, M, Stanton, " .'i/i Secretary ttf Wah: oor -/o/ Sir: I respectfully forward with approval the,follwwing recommendations of. General Grant for promotion: Brigadier General •Grenville M. Dodge to be Major ^eneral of Volunteers. Very respectfully, your ovt. servt,, H. W.Halleck, General-in-Chief, •" ft! August 24, 1863, ^ -."-T'vcj*'* : r ^ ■ General W. T. Sherman: - "I am directed by the Major General commanding to say that Brig. General M. M. Crocker has been ordered to report.to you with the view to his assignment to the command of Lauman's division. He is an officer brave, competent and experienced, in //horn you may place the fullest confidence, and grant the greatest discretion without fear of the one being misplaced or the other imprudently given, (Signed) John A. Rawlins, A.A.6. General Grant takes every occasion to speak in the highest terms of you and myself as the two Iowa men in whom he takes stock; he may be mistaken, but it is none the less a compliment to us. Quite a number of Colonels have been recommended for promotion but no Brigadiers have as yet been recommended, I d- not kno« that they will be. I had a notion when Ransom returned, to get up a scheme by which we would obtain from Gen. Grant a recommendation for you, him and myself. A man had just as well be tinkering away at some tiling of the kind. I know that you ought to be promoted- after you my claims are just as good as any-body's. I would not, if I could obtain it, accept promotion at your expense. Tuttle deserves promotion if he had not allowed himself to be hurt by his political aspirations- that may stand in his way. I will see him as soon as I have an opportunity, and if he thinks he can make the riffle, i must help him. One thing is certain, I cannot enter into competition with a man who has been as good a friend to me as Tuttle; let me hear from you. By the way. Col. J. A. Williamson is here waiting for his regiment. He does not know much about the present condition of the regi^^ ment; my own opinion-is that lit is a out played out. Col. 77. is quitd discouraged at times because he is not promoted, but I have labored with him and finally I think convinced him.that.patience and labor are the cards that win, that if a man desires others to do for him, he must first do for himself. I have told him if he will get"the recommendation of Sherman and General Grant, that we, his Iowa friends, will t,hen do all we can for him. . M. M. Crocker,. j , v'loV Brigadier-^^eneral, .imwmiO taim Head-quarters 16th Army Corps, Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1863, Brig. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Corinth, iss. « ««« ' , You now, iSAve" me and I regret th« separation. All your duties have been well and faithfully performed. Tell Shermap when you see him or write him to keep an eye on this section of_the country. Good-bye and good fortune to you. S. A. Hurlbut, u.-inaa or Major-General* . ' nUt , i id - ■ ' fc O J ^ • ' ■ , rr — --GenQral Grant writes Gen. Sherman as follows Nov.- 14, 1863:, "It is not my intention to have any portion of your army to p^uard roads in the Department of'the Cumberland and when we advance and parti cularly not Dodge, who has been kept constantly on that duty since he was subject to my orders. He is too valuable an officer to be any where except in the front, and one thnt you can rely upon in any and every emergency," ' rt r . - Wifi i: On "".fti'i v-* Gen. Dodge was ordered to h41t his Corps then ^ I marching with Sherman to Chattanooga when he was ordered to occupy the country from Columbus, Tennessee to Decatur, Ala, and rebuild the Nashville and Decatur Railroad. General Grant in his Memoirs describes his work and pays the following tribute to General Dodge on his rapid railroad construction: "Sherman's force made an additional army, with cavalry, artillery and trains ali to be supplied by the single-track road from Nashville. All indications pointed also to the probable necessity of supplying Burnside's co:unard in East Tennessee, ■ renty-five thousand more, by the same route. A single track could not do this. I gave, therefore, an order to Shernian to halt General G. M. Dodge's command of about 8,poo men at Athens, and subsequently directed the letter to arrange his troops along the railroad from Decatur north toward Nash ville and to rebuild that road. The road from Nashville to Decatur passes over a broken country, cut up with inntmerable streams, many of them of considerable width and with valleys far below the road-bed. All the bridges over these had been destroyed, and the rails taken up and twisted by the enemy. A'l the cars and locomotives not carried off had boen destroyed as effectual y as they hnew how" to destroy them. All bridges and culverts had been destroyed between Nashville and Decatur and thence to Stevensor where the Memphis and Charleston and the Nash ville and Chattanooga roads unite. The relauilding of this road would give us two roads as far as Stevenson over which to supply the army. Prom Bridgeport a short distance further east the river suppliments the road. General Dodge, besides being a most capable soldier, was an experienced railroad builder. He had no tools to work with except those of the pioneers, axes, picks and spades. TJith these he was a'-rle to intrenc; his men and protect them against surprises by small parties of the enemy. As he had no base of supplies until the road should be conpletid back to Nashville, the first matter to consider, after protecting his men, was the getting in of food and forage from the surrounding country. He had his men and teams bring in ail the griin they could find or all they needed, and all the cattle for beef and such other food as could be fourjd. Millers were detailed from the ranks to run the mills along the line of the army. When these were not near enough to the troops for protection, they were taken down and moved up to the line of ti e road. Blacksmith shops with all the iron and steel found in them were moved uo in like manner. Blacksmiths ere detailed and set to work raak|^ inr the too'ls necessary in railroad and "bridge "building. Axemen were nut to work /tetLin<" out timber for bridges and cutting fuel for loco- "'T Ltives when the road should be completed. Car builders were set to work * repatring the locomotives and cars. Thus every branch of railroad^build- inr mSing tools to work with, and supplying the workmen with food, was all'going on at once, and without the aid of a mechanic or laborer except those in use. To supply these defiolenoles, I ordered eight of toe ten engines Gen. HoPherson had at 'icksburg to be apt to Hashville art all the cars he had except ten. I also ordered the troops in 77est Tenn essee to points on the river and on the Memphis and Charleston road and orddred the cars, locomotives and rails from all the railroad except the Memphis and Charleston to Nashville. The military manager of pilroads also was directed to furnis".. more rolling stock and as far as he could, bridge material. Gen. Dodge had the work assigned him finished within .forty days after receiving his orders. TI.e number of bridges to rebuild was 182, many of them over deep and wide chasms. The length of road relaid was one hundred and two miles." , ^ '"'t Washington, Dec. 27, 1863. nlvoJIol General Dodge: j j' n. « x j I learn that your promotion was recommended by Grant and thai on 10th of August, lialleck placed your name at the head of his list recommendations and Stanton endorses it 'Approved. It now waits a vacancy only. Grimes and Kasson both assure me your promotion 'ill be made some time during the session. Grimes declares thit the Senate will make vacancies unless some of us get our promotion. I thJ.nk, General, -ou may be perfectly easy in regard to your double stars. I have talked with nearly all our delegation in regard to the matter and as I have been directly under your command for more than a year could with propriety urge it strongly. The Iowa men are glad to meet some one that has served directly witi. you and ask me a great many questions about you; all of which I an, of course, most happy to answer as I have long thought promotion due you. x, i . x. The "War Department would ot accept my brother s resignation . and they have ot yet made appointment, but I am assured by the Iowa men here that it will be made. All the officers throu' I. whose hands ray broti'^r's resignation passed disapproved of it as the: had recommended his promotion after the battle of -elen-. War Department declined to accept it for that reason. Grimes says I had better get Grant to renew j j_<3 recommendation of my appointment and then there will be no .doubt about it. I feel anxious ahout the matter, nd that there may be no failure in it, as ray regiment's terra of service expires in July, and I would diskike very much to be out of the service, I have written General Sweeney to /rite to Grant requesting him to renews his recommendation of my appointment; when you receive this letter will you please write me to accompany it, and state that on yftur request he recommended my promotion last August, and that it has not been made yet. When General^^ Crocker took your'letter to Grant, he remarked that ha would very c]ioerf"ully recommend mo that he desired to promote some one in your department and was glad that you had suggested my name. Grant endorses your letter thus: The follo'A'in:"^ letters. f rotTi •'ohn Rawlir.s ooeaks of my visit to General Grant and this attack of General Eutler on the enenies entrenciieu line. City Point, October l£tl , 186^ . General Dodte of the Western Army is here. It Goes one's heart £;ood to meet one rrom ebe ruiy t'lat li; :■> riv de such a b -'c.'- ' ' for its coaiilii's honor and its own fame. I can shake thehands of these veterans and heroes with something of the thrill of joy and pride that prevades my being when I take hold of the hand of my own dear wife after months of absence. General Quimby, formerly of the old Army, is also here. He is, however,not in the service, having long since resigned. Major General Doyle of the English service is here He is the least English and most American of any Englishman I have ever met. He sympathizes with us in our struggle to maintain our governmental authority, and furthermore he be lieves we will succeed. City Point; October 17th, 1864. General Butler, although acting under positive orders not to attack the enemy in fortified positions, did so attack, and lost for us fully 1,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, without any corres ponding damage, if damage at all, to the enemy. I am free to say ^ fear the continuance of General Butler in command will some day work disaster of a serious character to our arms. But General Grant has had to deal with such men from the be ginning and has succeeded. I therefore have hopes he will succeed with this one. ■■nKA'b. f. ■ On December 8th, General Grant sent the following• dispatch to General Halleck: • •n -rr] .... 1 . i' City Point, Va. Dec. 8, 1864, Please direct Gen. Dodge b send all the troops he can spare to General Thomas. With such an order he can be relied on to send all that can properly go. They had probably better be sent to Louisville, I will submit whether It is not advisable to call on Ohio, Indiana and , Illinois for sixty thousand men for thirty days. If Thomas has not struck yet he" ought to be ordered to hand over his command to Schofield. There is no better man to repel an attack than Thomas, but I fear he , is too Cautious to even take the■initiative." The first dispatch I received after assuming command was fromGeneral flallech to send all the troaps I could spare to General Thomas by such route as-I miS^-^. best. General Grant said. With such an order, you can be relied upon to send all that can properly go," I learned afterwards that President Lincoln was present when tais order was given and tbat it was he who suggested to General lialleck that that portion of Grant's dispatch should be added saying, "It might induce , Dodge to make an extra effort to help Thomas out." / Relating to this change oTf.^ command, Mr, N. E. Dawson,^whom I - • General Grant dictated his second volume of Memoirs to in 1893, saw Hon. C, 0. Carpenter (who was a Commissary of Subsistance under me) ' articles to the Annals of Iowa on my services in the War and wrote \n Cpptain Carpenter this letter; - - 'iloe -c Chicago, October 19, 1893» ' I I have just read your interesting article in the ^nnals of Iowa for October. X happen to kno\7 that you do not over-state General Grant a ■ hlrh estimate of General Dodge's ability, and of the value of his ser vices to his country. There is one fact in connection with his military career which greatly emphasizes that estimate, and it is a fact of which I have never seen mention in print-^-indeed, I do noi k ow that triere is any public record of it. The fact is that General Grant, some time prior to General Sherman's march to the sea, had in contemplation the sending of a strong column from Sherman's army to the sea, and had actuall gone 30 far as to select an officer -for the ccmmand of the exp dition and that officer was General Dodge, fhe only person whom ho is known to taken into his confidence in the matter was General Sheridan, and it was General Sheridan himself .vho gave me the particulars. Here may be found the explanation of General Grant's ordering General Dodge to the East, where he remained at headquarters for a week or two, being afterwards ordered to command West of-the Mississippi. General Grant's purpose in bringing him to City Point at that time h.as always remained something of a mystery, but the probability is that he wanted to give General Dod"e personal instructions for his guidance in conducting this contemplated expedition, dovelopements in Sherman's field of operations, probably causing a change in his purpose in the meantime. I see your article is to be continued in the next number, and naturally in treating of th- Atlanta campaign, in which General Dodge performed so magnificent, a part, it las occured to me that a fact of this nature would be regarded by you as an interesting one to present. I shall watch for your next article with a great deal of interest," ' . ' The only explanation I can give of Mr. Dawson's statement it that" General Grant must have preferred to give me a command itoO'..move.-.from ^bia^oui^ oh'"*'obile whicli he talked to me about at City Point, or herX may have intended to take a portion of Sherman's array, after Atlanta, to go to Mobile, I suppose on the idea that Sherman would have gone eg north after Hood. 4-- "ne n oj ,..t ijG Headquarters Army 'o|^ the U. S., , ^ I -r» a - - ■IXO-an„ 70 —r SMVj f: .Washington, D.C. pril 20, 1877. To U, G. Consll.s abroad: I learn that General G. M.Dodge is about going to Europe where he may leave his children at school wl.ilst he returns to America, where he is actively 'employed in railroad construction and management. I take great pleasure in commending General Dodge and family to the courtesy and politeness of all ^ericans, especially such as occupy official positions, because General Dodge is one of the Generals who actually fought throughoutl. the Civil War, with great honor and great skill, commanding a regiment brigade, division and finally a Corps d'armee, the highest rank ccmmand to whicJi any officer can attain. He was with me in the West, especially in the Atlanta Campaigi:, where he was severely wounded close to Atlanta, and I think that he, and especially his children, sl;Ould experience the attention of all officers of a government that n.lght have perished had it not been for the blood of Just sue h-men as General Dodge. . i With great respect, ' • ; yta * , T. Sherman, General, J r otii ♦ 1 ■ d -yi ••BS tr e»hn XJ jS umirnM it ' 2' April, 1877, New York, April 27, 1877. Gen. T. Sherman, V/ashington, D. G, Dear General: I am in receipt of your very kind letter of introduction to us abroad. You know how grateful a soldier is for kind and complimentary words said by his Commander; and when they come after twelve years have passed an^ his old commander remembers him so kindly and com plimentary, 1 assure you they are very, very grateful. ^ In these times, when the people have almost forgotten that we ever had a war and where our little army is almost struggling for an existence, it is a great satisfaction to know that while some for get the great struggle, those who went th.rough it keep a warm pbce in their hearts for their old oom.rades and never forget the scenes and duties that made them almost brothers. Again please accept my thanks for your letter and believe me. Very truly yours, G. h. Dodge. 30 a # mid ■ITl'x"!'! ;lr»n ' . "n" ■ ataoo'fid m r>(»oc-*r' •- Washington, Jan. 3, 1885. > ii's "'I ■ ■ •o_' , General Dodge:- . • , Referring "to your letter of the lOth* ultimo, asking whe w.er there are on file in this d'eparmtne certain letter hooks covering several 'periods in your conimancl during the late war, and stating that if any of the records mentione'd hy you are missing you have copies therefore, and would like to place them, I heg to enclose herewith a statement prepared in the office of the Adjutant General of the Army showing all the records on file in t]iis office of the various commands held -by you as Brigadier General of Vo-lunteers, excepting those of the Department of the Missouri and its subordinate commancte. Robert Uncoln, Secretary of War, t J f ... bail Mti^ xi : mid nj 1. . ha" rn Verisford, Dakota, Jan. 28, 1886^H oS I r>,»oc-*r' . . . ' ■ 'n to General Dodge:- ^ x4. x ^ • Yours of the 23rd'to Adjt. Carlton is at hand. It was I wr.o proposed your name for our post. I was a member of Co. E, 4th Iowa Infantry so you will see why I chose your name. I went to the regiment July 10th, 1861, and remained with it until Sept. 4, 1864. It was then at Jonesboro, Georgia, so you see Camp Kirkwood was where I joined them. As it is customary to name posts after the dead commander, I will explain. Some time about '81 or '82, I read of your death. The paper gave your death and your military history. I knowinn the history was correct supposed all was correct, not knowing any differently until last night. I assure you I was never more happily surprised than when I saw your letter. We have a lovely post here and we will try and make it worthy of the name it bears. » Your picture we received does not look natural- only the eyes. I remember you you were twenty-five years ago. Capt, H. Griffith died last fall at Des Koines. Simmons was at Cincinnati, Ohio the last I hoard from him. J^ere are two of the 4th Iowa boys here. Win, S. BoninS Co. I. and myself. IThile writing ybu it brings Pea Ridge, Rolla and other places fresh to my mind, . Walter W. Palmer. ' - ' 1 r.Anmi't Jrf ,. ' yr Midmtni ) newspaper clipping op about ISGD or 1870'. • ' U tnAlbert D. Richardson, the famous New York Tribune war CoMPespondent, has been west over the Union Pa'>ific Railroad, ,v riting of this great enterprise and in one of his recent letters to the Tribune furnishes the following reminiscence of our fellow townsman. General Dodge, associating it with the name of the lamented martyr President. B4175)8 He said: flg "After i-ingering near Sherman for twenty-four hours, I took the next train westward. On hoard were General G. M.; Dodge and F. W. Frost of the Union Pacific; General C. K. T/arren, Colonel R. S. William son and James F. Wilson of the Government commissioners; Dr. Thomas Hill, late President of Harvard; D. 0. Mills of the Bank of California, and United States Senator Casserly. In 1853, Dodge surveyed across Iowa into Nebraska -for Durant and others, who were interested in tlie Rock Island road, but nothing immediate came of it. In 1859, however, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, ascended the Missouri to see the coiantry and make political speeches. At Omaha he encountered Dodge and with characteristic htinger for infor mation, he made him sit down beside him on the steps of a little hotel, and for four hours answer his questions about the great unknown west. In 1865, Lincoln was President and the law required him to fix the initial point and establish the route of the Union Pacific road. Remembering .the jroung engineer, who had now become a Union Major General and was canmandirig at Corinth, Miss., he summoned him by telegraph to Washington for consu": tation. Thus that early chance interview had great influence in finally determining the line. Dodge, is now ch.ief engineer of the Union Pacific, and all agree that his work has been admirably done. Wilson has resolutely retired from politics to devote himself to the law. Otherwise he would probably have been the next United States Senator from Iowa. Hie decision is to be regretted; he is one of the few men whom the'country cannot spare fi^om its counsels without real loss./ m 'V Ji.i. X/ I On the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad, General' Dodge, upon leaving the services of the'company, received the following letter and resolution: -.©'X I Boston, January"29, 18V0. ' .'Oliver Ames to General Dodge: fc-.,. Yours of the 25th inst. tendering your resign tion as Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company is received. In accepting your resignation permit us to express to you our thanks for the eminent services you have rendered this company and the Country, in so admirably loca .ing this great national higliway. When we consider the f-reat difficulties and dangers that beset you on all sides while locating the road, through an uninhabited country and tlie rapidity with which the work has been accomplished, we are gratified and surprised that you have : inished this work in so perfect and acceptable amanner. We no^ have on of the best railroads-^ o in the country notwithstanding it was located and built with a rapidity without,precendet in the history of railroad enterprise. ( 3"On DeceialDer Sthj :the Hon.. Jo^to 4.«'^^^s,son wrote me as follows: Washingt n, D.C.December 5th, 1864, "You are to supercede Rosecrans in liissouri. I also under stood the Secretary of ?/ar you were to have Arkansas; hut I may have misunderstood him as to Arkansas. Some change is to be made there. : A confidential friend of mine, who is near Grant, told me today that the reason you were not with Sherman was that it was feared your strength was not adequate to the proposed campaign. He assured me that was the only reason, not an interior scheming whatever. Your position was strong every other way." " Z "When it was decided to construct the Panama Canal, President Rosevelt stated that if Gen. Dodge were ten years younger, he.^would be given entire control of the work, and in his speech at Indianapolis pdid him the foHotting tribute: "Iowa did its share in the worli of building railroads when l the business was one that demanded men of the utmost daring and re- ^ sourcefulness; men like that gallant soldier and real captain'of f industry, Grenville I.h Dodge; men who ran risks and performed feats for which it was difficult to make reward too high; men who staked everything on the chances of a business which today happily involves no such hazards." . ■ oi'i a}-, ffilent U*S.Senate Chamber-, July 86, 1866. . tJLi- Dear General- 'f; i br. , bfu' : " I send''he«rewlth Copy of recommendations in War Department; 1 shall be home about the middle of August. * Very truly, » S. J. Kirkwood, ' hUft laKfuutvoS! wm\ - -J ^ ,-f i.lrii .* jlrra^ ahnairoj (Hal1!45ol.onel G- K. -Dodge, r^wanandLo^ jfm 04 a Ob 4bh Iowa regiment . f.:f nf iobtf ImmioT) ^ mMitoo tidi Cap© Gerardean, Mo. Hon. lamuel J« Kirkwood, Governor of Iowa, recommende the, §ippointment of Colonel Dodge as a Brigadier General from that state and says under date of Nov. Ist: "Col. Dodge is now the senior Colonel in charge of a regiment from this state. The manner in v/hlch he has discharged his duties as Colon©! justify the conclusion that he has that energy of character, that military knowledge and capacity to command whic i will enable him to dllioharge any teruat aselEned to him." I now ask t^at he n#y be promoted to a Generalship. tYiOlXo*! Llajor J. C. Bennett bf 10th Iowa regiment at'Cape Gerardean, •'Missouri says:"" "Iowa has 10,000 troops of infantry alone "besides several thousand cavalry in Missouri, enoug]- for a Major-General and^four Brigadiers or three at least, and^yet we have "but one Brigadier and our forces are necessarily under the command of Illinois and Missouri officers. The result is our Iowa troops are not cared for; not one cent has our regiment yet received, either from the State or National Government. Can nob an order be procured to the Pay-master General at St. Louis to-pay us? Our "boys are very down-hearted on that account as they can do nothing without money and their families at home ah s o lut e 1 y re i re it," J«»O * si' oJ be Jooo iiAv ftj joir »:i jjon, C ." Baldwin, Judge of the Supreme Court' of Iowa,: says Novemher 1st: ftr 'f 1 "I have written Senators Grimes and Harlan In Behalf of'the appointment of Colonel Dodge as Brigadier General, I do hope he may be successful, as I do not believe a better appointment from' Iowa can be "made." - . r""' ^ ■ '1 . ■ ' . : ■ ..:j -2 j cQertJ,"! "O'tv c ti 4 Bov Thos, F. "STithrow, Esq., Reporter of''the Supreme Court of"r n Iowa, says, November 2nd:- ' * '"The friends of Colonel Dodge desire his promotion. If you did not know him better than I do, I would say something in his bbhalf It is unnecessary for anyone to commend him to you as an energetic and competent officer." • Frank W. Palmer, Esf., State Printer of Iowa says, November 6tli: "If you dan do anything to advance the effort towards promoting Colonel Dodge to be a Brigadier General, you will thereby do a favor to this portion of the State. ? « « Hoxle, STs^,"Stale Marshal fdr Iowa says: ifci .vo : .111 c r- ' "Col. Dodge has a military education and is now senior flblonel in the field and deserves the appointment of Brigadier Genera, • ■And under date of IJovember 10th says: "Iowa'is loyal to the back-bone, ' ■ 19,500 of her sons are in the field and the State is subsisting 2000 more that have not been called for by the Federal Government." Washington, Dec. 23rd, 18C2. Sir:- • • Brigadier General Dodge of Io?/a has seen much active » service, f.irst as Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry, a gallart, welldisciplined regiment; as Commandant of the Post at Rolla, Mo, as commanding a brigade at Pea Ridge, vhere his superior" talent and pluck combined contributed largely to our victory. He was there after appointed and confirmed Brigadier General. Since that time he has commanded at Columbus, Ky. maintaining lines of communication with unceasing vigilance, and ;viLhout a disaster or a blunder. Enjoying the confidence of Major General Grant, he now coramands the District of Cqrinth, Migs. He has had for months a Major General's command of duties but without the rank; and in various minor contests has always done his whole duty, never allowing the enemy a single advantage. He has the benefit of a partial education at a military school and his mind is peculiarly fitted by coolness, prudence, tact and courage for military functions. I earnestly recommend his promotion as I have I done in all other cases from Iowa from considerations of merit and .service to the country, rather than personal friendship. '^ ' I am. Sir, , t,/ . oJ nl Your obt, sevt,, ■ Ijt I otMJl tJBrf ,9c;v- John A. Kasson, . H' i "ilMe r , n Jmii aai M.C.Elect, 5th Diot,,Iowa. nm ^•el-ifpuw nm*-- -o To the President, eaifit eoivxec .o Ji >x , ■ ■ •fv ir;., r ' Zt> i saai ■- no zl« X c^v mu wblOii 9or! fn ,1* co "rteX mm at niotf .XolnicXj - - — ^ moo -too inqecitn'-ect on mqmtl mtJ .abroioExooutive Office, Iowa, . ■ v-, nolne,iuc -,i. Des Moines, Dec. 20, l86S. o.^'-General H; '.7. Halleck: j c j iioc »d General-in-Chief, ' . ' ' Sir: I respectfully req^uest that you will recommend for proipotion. Brigadier General G. M. ^odge. We have raised in Iowa forty-two regiments of Infantry, six regiments of cavalry , besides several batteries. We have only one Major General, and I flatter myself that no State has furnished better troops and I know of no reason why we should be confined to one Major General. In reference to General Dodge, I would say that there is not a more gallant soldier in the ArraJ; or one more worthy or capable and X earnestly desire him to occupy a position which he is so /ell qualified to fill. He has had a Major General's command for the last eight months and has acquitted himself with marked ability. Hoping t^iat you.wil give this subject your serious consider ation, I have.the honqr to. ijofflain. Your obt, sevt., Samuel J, Kirkwood,^,4 ^ My dear Kasson: Colonel G. M. Dodce desires the appointment of B General. He has a military education and is now the sen in the field. ' « Please see whether he cant have the appointment, "t? , ' ■ >■ Your friend always, M. Dodge desires the appointment of Brigadier military education and is now the senior Colonel bnr s?,. . : J ■ 1 • heJla t»r . joc-yiv i/o ■ittf ttti «B14 S»4i 9mJtS ' tuiw ttPliMtffMM* U .f«i«p|dr • %0 lo .tOiihiilllO us «lM7^Sh«0^ wen fk. !• !► • r I- - i •* .Sir;- at xr; - Hoxie, , ooivu.' :Xqto«ll) ; bnmmoo o« MPalq bBStf^wtqa Executive Ltansion, ^ 'Washington, Feb. '17, nnifl 1863, 101 , ,a . . ^ . In connection with your review of the nomination of Major Generals, I "beg to recall your attention to Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge of Iowa, tie first Iowa officer who won his star on the field of battle. You nominated Herron the other day. I know both-these officers personally and should be glad to see them both Major Generals. They are both young, active and efficient, but if only one is nominated, it sho,Id in justice be Dodge. He is Herron's senior in rank and service, has always held more important 1 ^ X 1-orw m ^ ir» Q Q Cslr*l Q Vl c ommand, has fought more battles, has never lost a post, a skirmish or a battle, has never been surprised by an enemy, has never once left his field of service since the war broke out and has for some six or eight months last held a separate Major General's commard, twi' as large as Herron ever commanded. He now holds the very important command of Corinth and surrounding district, bein^ in fact Grant's left flank on which his safety depends. He keeps no newspaper cor- •respondents to write him up but his superior officers have expressed their opinion of him by always giving him a command in advance of his rank. It would, therefore, be a serious injustice to him to promote his junior over his head. I have n"ver recommended the promotion of any Iowa officer save for merit, and in this-no mistake has ever been made. The Iowa delegation is wht me in thisj as I understand from Grimes, Dodge's papers for promotion are vrith General Halleck and will speak for themselves. I pray you, Mr. President, not to mortify one of the best officers in your service, -long exercising a Major General's command by jumpgin his claims to promotion in favor of a junior officer who may properly await his turn, which, I h.ope, will not be long delayed. The rank is also needed in General Grant's opinion to keep DCdge In command where he wants him. .i i ■ • ; • I have the honor to be, ' - o . pj cnJaO; lo •lehlri^cc k; Your ovt. sevt.,* M !<!•« 1--'- John A. KassoA.^^*" I ^.ivee ,#clo luoY To the•PresidentI |H unit lo Hdqrs. Dept. of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, Miss. July 27, 1863. Brig. Genl. L. Thomas, . . Adjutant General of the Army. . . General: I would very respectfully recoinmend for ^ gallant and meritorious services and for extreme fitness for command, correspondin'^ to the increased rank, the following promotions, to wit: Brig. General Grenv lie M. Dodge, Brig. General Alvin P. Hovey, Brig. Genl. John E. Smith and Brig. Gen, J- Smith to be Major Generals of Volunteers. And Col. Charles R. Woods, 76th Ohio, Col. Alexander Chambers, 16th Iowa, Lieut. Col. John A. Rawlins, A.A.General, Col. Giles A. •Smith, 8th Mo., Col. John A. Carse, 6th Iowa, Col. R. A Cameron, 34th Indiana, Col. John B. Sanbom, 4th Minnesota, Col. T?. v^. Gresham, 43rd Indiana, Col. M. F. Force, 2 0th O-.io and Col. T. Kilby Smith, 54th Ohio to be Brigadier Generals of Volunteers. These officers have all rendered valuable services in the field and will fill the places for which they are recoumenddd well. Lt, Col. Jolin A. Rawlins has been my Assistant Adjutant General from the beginning of the rebellion. No officer has now a more honor able repuattion than he has now and I think I can safely say that he would make a good corps conmaander. This promotion I would particularly ask as a reward of merit. I am, General, - - lat. Ntj. , very respectfully, . " your obt. sevt., filMi turn booj) M lo U. S. Grant, Major-General, Major-Genera ••nlPiftl aJJ at '■ ' whi - .r.r, .n Hdqrs. Dept. of the Tennessee, Vlcksburg, Miss,, July 27, 1863, Brigadier General L. Ti^omas, Adjutant General of the Army. General: I would very respectfully recommend for gallant and meritorious services and for extreme fitness for command, corresponding to the increased Brigadier rank, tiie General, following Gronvilie promotions M. Bodge to vit to ; be Major General of | Volunteers. . ! r / . ^ I am. General, . , hovit.f.' b • . . tir ^'iKtTery respectfully, ,i)b* blu'-.. ...t t«ai I iUhiilAl ( > Yours obt.sevt.,- • '■ ' ' -.'••tlv MeXmiofc ■'lit ' i U. S. Grant, Major-General. hn« iflMisDtft blXo* ai.i tlB 0rodm bam oa . «> • tat ,mlmm • ifite ioo i : 0Mr%q lo no tinoq lofol • :.uM 09 bfHOw wliewiq oV • 4? ^ ' .«woX 10 elqo^ ■ ,,1T99 .rdlMDT ? ■ '■''IJf'-* ,nof f W ,11 fMh9% ♦ i t r y ♦ir^Kl 8b ' u--— ■ s'K'''' '' ' ._oi ^ rr ' «T «^q«a ,?!: ..nv-t Headquarters of the Army, fl Washington, August 10, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton, , , . . Secretary of War. , t aiA r» J Sir:- '' ' I respectfully forward with approval the following recoimnendasJi tions of General Grant for promotion: .Jl'i' , Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge to he Major General of rVolunteers. Very respectfully, . tth-iaifXl .UTfV , Your obt. sevt., .A ••Jxe .|«8 glmMfi.A.A . .H. U. Halleck, ' A .» ,19 ymmt . General-in-chlef. 0 -i- .T ,Io9 plUmtr: •" '• .1 ' ,r;ila6 t-fXll .T ,IoO Act# f>t ;* * ■riffov . .iJM c7.1u* -ri ' • -Mii'ie Davenport, July 31, 1863. ,r ■ - Kla . -len iiMf-ffib the President of tj'i'f a/n . . . -1'United States of America. ' . f Dear Sir: The friends of General G. M. Dodge of Iowa are desirous of seeing him promoted to the position of Major General. .JJ As a man, we know him to be energetic and untiring, prompt and reliable and believe that as an officer since the commercement ^ of this war, he. has shown efficiency equalled by but few, aid sur passed by no one in the Army, either East or West. .Ji' His. promotion, would be an act of justice to a good man and a brave officer and an advantage to the service. 1 am. Very respectfully, e•Whito/ lo eA<j#6 .cithhd H, PRice. .'CO'":Davenport, Iowa, Augi 186^. iireJ ! Abraham'LinColh, ..a#q ' i-^v j Pres. of the United States. •" r-T bnr r'^*^*vcnr: With great cordiality and earnestness^ I write in the 1 moveiient to secure the promotion of Brig, Gen. G. M» I^odge of lowa to a Major Generalship of Volunteers. He was among the first to enter the service ip this State. No officer in the service from Iowa has acquired more ju t and deserved distinction;, none has been more faithful and I may and should add, .i more useful, and efficient. His great experience, his sleepless vigi lance his unconquoraMe energy and above all liis solid judgment and great practical talents render him not only a safe, but a successful commander. No promotion would so much gratify the loyal portion of th ^ people of Iowa. 7a. A With great regard, ™ Your ol t. sevt., John P. Dillon, Dist. Court. Corinth, Mississippi, Aug. 8, 1863. To His ExoellGncy, Abraham Lincoln, ' • " .j:. A 1 President of the United States.. . . . Sir.: V/e, the undersigned., officers of the Six teenth Army Corps, would most respectfully call, your attention to the claims and merits of Brigadier General .G, M.. Dodge for promotion, We make this request because we know the General to be fully caable of performing, the duties of and to be deserving of the position of Major. General. . ' We can all testify to. his skill and bravery, in action, having seen him .tried in some of the hardest contested battle-fj.elds of the south-wesi. . . . . . We would, therefore, again ask fpr that proraotion,. which vre all knov7 your Exoellency designs, beptowin,':: upon meritorious , ^ officers. . . . . -T. . V37ry respectfully, , , Your o.bt. sevts. .i nl .iSf ' M. M. Bane, Col. 50th 111. Inf. Gomdg. 3.rd brigade. P. W,. Litton, Adj.t. 50th Ills. Infty & A.A..S.G. " ♦•Xc' George Hunter,. Capt. .7th Ills. Infty & " t' ldf • Henry Ahern, Lst Lt. .7th Ills. Infty & " . .itaX .tcV E. W. Rice., Col. .7th Iowa Infty. C.omdg, 1st Brigade .-.t). T. Dowler, Adj.t. 7.th la. Infty & M?A?G " . TP. H. Thompson, Lt.. 52d 111. Vol. Infy. & A.A. j.M. J. D. Davis, Lt. 52nd 111. Infy & A.A.I..G, 1st Brig R. S.. Barnhill, Lt. Col. 50th 111 Infy. & B? M? George A. Bacon, Col. Ills. C,av. Comdg. .3rd Cav.Brig. N. C.. Mitchell, Adj.t. 15th Ills. Cav. & A.A.A.C* • 'Prank H. .Webster, 1st Lt. Ac.t. A.D..C. fl . I. B. Cummings, CoL. 39th la. Comdg. Post Corinth, .i h Fred Mo.tt, .1st Lt. 39th Iowa & Post Adjutant. II. L.. Burnham, Copt.. 5,0th 111. Infty ^ P.ro. Mar. .1^ L. D. Bennett, .Capt. 39th la. and Post ffice. C. P Kitchen, 50th Ills. Inf. Lt. h Chief police. 4®IoV ■ j. K. Wing,. Capt. & A.I.M., Corinth, Miss. • 1 ' C.. C. Carpenter, .Capt. Corinth Miss. • h' O. C. Kallogg, Capt. JD.C.J. of Vols. • " J. Purrott, Lt. Col. 7.th Lowa Ipf. Vols.. Co^idg Rog. .xr. i "Samuel Nush.on, Capt. 7.th Reg. Iowa Infty. ♦ •W. W.. dellews., Capt. Co.. A. 7tli Iowa Infty, "G. P. Corns, Capt. 7th Iowa Infty. Ben. B. Gale, 1st Lieut.Co. D. 7th Iowa Infty, • A M. Wightman, 1st Liaut. .Co. K. 7th Iowa., I, L, Bass, 1st Lieut. Co. E, 7th Iowa Infty. ♦ iBen. Sl. Bar.bour,. 2nd Lt. Co. I. 7th Iowa Infty, . J. F.. Warner, 2nd Lt., Co. R. 7th Iowa. Infty. , • *I«V . Robt. 11. Graham,. Snd Lt. Co. K. 7t. lowp Infty. •HJ'in'l' W. Camp, 2nd Lt., Cq, G., 7th Iowa Infty Vols, ,foV J.. McCormick, 2nd .Lt. Co E. ,7t.i low.a Vols, C. J.. Sergent, 2nd Lt. Co. F. .7tl Iowa Infty Vols. B. Lake, Surgeon, .7th Iowa Infty. I. L., Montgomery,, lst Lt. Co. H. 7th Iowa Vols. . ;w/. » jsj. - John P. Loughridce, Capt. Co. C. 7th Iowa Infty. Jo.-iH Ashton, Adjt. Surgeon, 7th Iowa Infty. , "oo*# Bill oT 0. n. Frott, Lt. i R. 0. Vth Reg. Iowa Infty VolSvil ■- "J. B. Liorrisine, Lt. & A*D.C- 1st brigade. J. B. Weaver, Col. 2nd Iowa Infty. \^anA xlirMMlJ ■ H. M. Cowles, Lt.^ Col. 2nd Iowa Infty. InM bOM erfJ ' t mm m John A. Duckwork, Capt. 2nd Iowa Vols. - #S(fAAO J. 'Y. Scott, 1st Lieut, 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. efW Abe Wilkins, Capt. 2nd Iowa Infty. ' • tif ■ ' M. flamill, Capt. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf . Co. H. 'iwm aWlVBd J. B. Fowler, Lieut.. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf. G.o. H.- .Jijioc 9iU lo E. E.- Matick, Caj)t. Co, K* 2nd Iowa Infantry , , m G. K. Raush, 2nd Lieut. Co. K. 2nd Iowa Infty. WMCt fjUi m John T. McCullough, Capt. Co. E. 2nd Iowa Infty. John A. Duckwork, Capt. 2nd Iowa Vols. ' ■^<1 wfrfAAO J. 'Y. Scott, 1st Lieut, 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. Abe Wilkins, Capt. 2nd Iowa Infty. ' • tif 'M. Hamill, Capt. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf . Co. H. '19m JM*! J. B. Fowler, Lieut.. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf. G.o. H.- .Jijioc 9iU E. E.- Matick, Caj)t. Co, K* 2nd Iowa Infantry , , m G. K. Raush, 2nd Lieut. Co. K. 2nd Iowa Infty. WMCt fjUi John T. McCullough, Capt. Co. E. 2nd Iowa Infty. Moses A. McCord, 2nd Lt. Comdg. 2nd Iowa Infty. E. T. Ensdgn, Capt. Co. D. 2nd Iowa Infty. Vols. E. L. Marsh, 1st Lieut. Co. D. Iowa Infty Vols. D. B. ^.Ydlson, Ist Lt. Co. ' . 2nd Iowa Infty, Vols. Wm. F. Holmes, Capt. Col. jCL. 2nd Iowa Infty. Vols. •" ■Geo." T. Hall, Ist Lieut. Co. C. 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. H. C.. McNeil, 2nd Lieut. Co, C. 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. ''Voltaire P. Twombly, 2nd Lt. .Co. F. 2nd lovm Vol. Infty. Frank LI. Surter, Lst Lt. C.o. B. 2nd Iowa Infty. . Oliver C. Lewis, 2nd Lieut.. Co. B. Bnd I.owa Infty. G. L.. Gndfrey, Adjt. 2nd Iowa Infty Join S. V/ilcox, Col. C2nd 111 Infty Vols. E. A. .Bowen, Lt. C.0I. 52nd 111 Vol. Infty. '•W-e&ley Boyd, Major, 52nd ^11. Vol. Infty, G. W. Rohr, Ass.t. Surgeon, 52nd 111. Vol. Infty, Edward S. Wilcox, Adjt. 52nd Regt. II' Infty, Fulton Gifford, Ist Lt. & Rng. (ir. Mr. 52nd Ills. Infty. : • C]>as. R. White,. Ist Lt.Ca. A, 52nd Regt.. Ills Infty. -Thomas W. Mack, .2nd Lieut. Co. A. 52nd Rjegt. Ill Vol. Infty. ' James CompLon, Capt, Co, C, 52nd 111, Vol. Infty. Edward B. Spalding, 1st Lieut. Co. C. 52nd Ills Vols, DeWitt C. Surd, Capt. do. E. 52nd 111. Vol.. Infty. Don C. Newton, Capt. co. .D. 52nd 111. Vol. Infty. D. D.. Bailey, Capt, Co. B. 52nd 111. Vol. Infty. S. Z, Roth, lat Lt. Co. B. 52nd Ills. Vols. Infty. E. Winchester, Surgeon, 52nd 111. Infty.. V Is. D. W. Voylea, Surgeon, 66th Jnd. Infantry Vols. » . . . . • 1 A. P.»C ampbell,. C .pt. .Co. K. 66th Ind. Vola. Alfred Morris, CLapt. Ca. P. 66th Ind, Vol. Jnfty. Archable Baxter, Capt. Co. A. Ind. Vol. Infty, James C. Simonson, Asst.. Surg. 66th Ind.. Vo.lo. W. N. Brenglo,. lat Lt.. Co, H. 66th Ind. Infty. Vols, David Simpson, 2nd Lt.. Ca. II.. 66th Reg. Vol. Infty. George R. Dhvis, 2nd Lieut. Co, F. 66th Reg. Ind. Vol. Infty, C. Hay, lat Lt. A R.-l.M. 66th Ind. Vols., John MilLis, 1st Lt, Co. D. 66th Ind. Vals.. Infty. D. C. Anthohy. Go. G6th Ind., Vol. Infty.. . [ James Redfield, Lt. Col. Comdg. 39th Iowa Infty. J. M. Griffiths, Major 39th Iowa Infty. G1 A. T. Blodgett, Act. Adj t. " 39th Iottq. Infantry. - : - ..j G. N. Elliott, Capt. .Comdg. .Co. A. 39th I<?wa Jnf ty. ^ .U ,t 0. C. Ayers, lot Lt.. " . " , ■••H .C- .W F. W. Stiles, Capt. Commanding Co. F, 3gth Jowa^ Infty# * JouKJir . . . . . * .s .r .'nvofl tlQOBOl^ ■>*A .'OrtT .1^ Tirtt , .2 Wm. F. Mathews, 1st Lt. 39th Iowa Infty. .5 ^rj/wTT C. Carter, 2nd Lt. . " " . . .. 'i''2 , .i;i .W ,t» Augustus Yerger, Capt. .Co. I. 39th Ipwa Infty.- ,nrr|l-'nl. .F .W Robert C. Hunter, 1st Lt. " . <01*! .C rilia/tO J. Y7. Redfield, 2nd Lt. Co. I. 39th Iowa Infty, ; „f ^;-irx|n I. D. Marsh, Capt. Co. C. 39th Iowa Infty. Vols.. ,t J. VJ. Price, 1st Lieut. " " " -JaK .r ^09^ C. D. Rossell, 2nd Lt. " , h;'io'I lOiixiF ^enry H. BenjJiamin, Ist Lt. Co.-H. 39th Ipwa. . .J arloL Wesley Wright, 2nd Lt. Co. h. 39th loya.. . .* .C R. M. Rippey, Capt. Co. E. 39th Iowa Infty Vols. • , 'llotC .A .L William F. Bennett, Capt. Co. K. 39th. loy/a Vpls. ; ,0 ,0 M. J. Cain, 1st Lieut, of Co. K. 39th Iow,a Vols. . r-.o;! ,v ,rr .H Chas. A. Cameron, Capt, Co. G. 59th. Iowa Infty. r ., 1 W. C. Glsast, 2nd Lieut. . - a ioh Ephriam P. Davis, Asst. Surgeon 39th Regt..Iowa Vol. Infty. W. A. Paterson-, 2nd Lt. Co. B. 39th Iowa Infty Vols. . . F. I. Ilurlbut, Lt. Col. Comdg. 57th Jlls. Infty. , - 9^1090 Nelson Flansburg,. Adj t. 57th 111. Jnf.ty. . , .'wvoH tlQoaol^ N. Linton, Lt.-^. R.G.M. 57th 111. Volp. • ^.f/k .rortT G. W. Crossley, Asst. Surgeon 57th. 111. Ipfty. ^ ...aaW N. G. Collins, Chaplain, 57th Reg. 111.. Infty. ^7; » Wm. F Conkey,. 1st Lieut. Col. 57th Ills Infty Vols. .p tnmm§ Graig N. Barr, 1st Lt. Comdg. Co., B.. 57.th Ills., Vols. Fred^Laycusk, 2nd Lieut. Co. C. 57th 11.1s.. Infty . ■ • P. M. wickstnull, Capt.. Co. D. 57th Reg.t. Ills. Vol., Infty..-. E. Borglanh, 1st Lieut. " " " . " . - .!3« David Kenyon, Capt. Co. E. 57t\. Illh Infantry. noJiluMtH William Wayman, 2nd Lieut. Co. E- .5 7th Ills. Infty. .y, nroaot F. A. Bettey, Capt. Co. F. 57.th Ill.s. .Inf.ty. . .n ,j John JI. Weirick,. 1st Lt. Co. II. 57th lUs Ipfth Vols. -jg .jt William Gale, 2nd Lieut. Co. H. 57th ILls. .Infty Vols. Harlan Page, Capt. Co. K. 57th ILls. . . . , noH.W,# JacoT: S. Casper, 2nd Lt. Co. K. 57th Ills. Infty Vols. Josiah Bobbins, Jr. Capt. Co. H. 57th 111. Infty Vols. y A. L. Chetlain, Col. 12th Ills. Cavalry.. ,!{ ,v ,r. Thos, G. S. Heron, Maj.. 7th Ilia. Cavalrj. jW .1 F. Welkor, ^apt. Ist Regt. Llls. Lt.. Ar.t. Comd®» yo, R jI,-|n ,r , ' nncsIMII William Harma, Major 50tli Ills,. Jnfty. " , "i - .C , Mervin Conouae, I t, Lt. & A. Adjt.. 5Qth Ills. , ,-|i ,r F. D. McGillicudd , Capt. Co. K. SOth Illino.ls Infty, ' J. W. Rickart, .Ist tt,. Co. D. .^Ctji Ills. Vol. Intry. no^mX' ' Charles H. Floyd, 2nd Lt. 001.. D. 50th 111. Inf. ..a .h John W.- Cooper, 1st Lt. .Co. .H. . ' .0 Isaac McNeil, 2nd Lt^ Co. II. 5Qth Ills Infty. . juaM .C Simeon Blystone, lat Lt« Co. F, 50th.Ill5 Infty Vol^-mfjsif^ .' .fT James W. Anderson, 2nd Lt. Cb. b.. 5Qth Ills. Infty. ■ / , Samuel W. Starrott, 1st Lt. .CO. .C. 50th,Ills. Int'ty. VolRf- it Charles M. Tarr, 2nd Lt. Co. 50th Ills. Infty. - PranciJ J. Dunn, Capt. 50th Ills. Infty. ilk. Phillip L. Douglass, 2nd Lt. P.Oth Ills. Infty;« .T .A J. M. Cyrus,-Cppt. Co. E. 50th Ills. .Infty. . • 0 .JJoifl* .r. . W. C. Ross, 1st Lt. Co. .E. 50th Ills. Infty, ,X .C Saiiiuol Lockwood, Lt. Co. S. 50th Ills. Infty. " ,i!f»riir .If ."Sj H. P. 7^. Cramer, Capt. Co. A. 50th Ills. Infty. Henry C. Bissell, 2nd Lt. Co. A. 50th Ills. Infty, ■ J. T7. Kins, Capt. Co. G. 50th Ills. Infty. , .0 W. H. Harlison, 1st Lt, Co. B. 50th Regt..Ill Infty. •h'' Charlie D. Fie, Capt. Co. F. 50th Ills.Infty. . . . ,9 TVillian L. "eakley. - . - , -'il'fcti® ,r ,t R. Rowett, Col.-7th Illinois Infty. . . . ■ -/J .1 Geo, II. Esterhrook, Major 7th Ills. Infty. ; nX .T, Hector Perrin, Capt. Co. B. 7th Ills. Infty. .C .0 John L, Robinson, Adjt. 7th Ills.. Infty. , rhUiiaiff .If S. E. Lawyer, Capt. Co.-C. 7th Ills. Infty. • H X»Xli#l J. A. Smith, Capt. Co. E. 7th Ills. Infty. . .* ,ff 0, D. Ells, Ist-Lt. Co. B. . . . . : • ' r»r .t riw H. D. •.?. Noweton, Capt. Co. E. 7th. Ills. Infty* - ' .t .;T Edward L. Johnson, Capt. Co. I. 7th Ills. Infty. i ,A John E. Sullivan, 1st Lt. Co. A. 7th Iowa Infty. .D .T' Thomas McGuire, Capt.-Co. A. 7th Ills. Infty. . . . VieeJHrlr* Chas. T. El-liott, 2nd Lt. Co. A. yth. Ills. Infty,. .A .1 Oscar ^ool, 2nd Lieut. Co. 2. 7th Ills. George M. Harrison, Ist Lt. -ffc R. i-ll. 7th. Ills. Inftyj-Xu#n Joseph Rowett, Ist Lt. Co. K. .7th Ills. Infty. % noaXr* Thos, B. Atchison, 2nd I>t. Co F. 7th Ills.. Infty.. ; .!! Wash. W. Judy, 1st Lt. Co. E. 7th Ills. Infty. .P' S. E. Furgus, 2nd- Lt. Co. H. .7th Ills. Infty. * • loG .U §dward R. Roberts, Ist Lt. Co. C. .vth Infty. Ills,^ - • fjoO % ,g/i John H. Hubbard, 2nd Lt. Ca. 7th 111. Infty. , .1? "Xjnt) M. V. Miller, 2nd Lt.- Co. E. 7th Ills. Infty. ^ ' - rJ bwTiK J. I/. King,- Capt-. Co, vH. 7th Ills., Infty.. , ' ' . : ,«i Ed. B. Wright, 2nd Lt. ^ A.A-D* to chf. Ar. L.Wing,. 17th A.C..,** Hamilton II. Burrows, 1st Lt. 14th Ohio Batteny. Mvii<T Jason J. Sswiburn, -2nd Lt. Co. E. J.2th Ills. Infty Vols. L. F. Booth, Cap.. Co. A. Ist Ala. Light. Artillery of A.D.,,\ P. H. Bhapman, Capt. Co. B. 2nd IlLn. Lt. Arty. -1-1 P. Bischo-ff, 2nd Lt, Co. A. Ist Ala. singe artillery A.§. ■ r • XT E.W.Ross, Lt. Co. B. 2nd Ills. Arty. . . . . • ■ . ft*! J. M. Pence - " " . " " ^ . P. E. Dawson N. F. R. Amdt 1st Lt.. 2nd Micldgart Batter.y. . TtmX4mi9 ,J ,A N. J. Buchanan, Ist Lt. Adjl. 3rd Mich. Cayalry*: ,n II. Richardson, Capt. Co. D.. 1st Mo, Light Artillery* *^1 Madison Miller, Col. Comdg 18th Infty Mo. Vols. Charles S. Slidldon, Lieut, Col, .18th Infty Mo. Vqls* ' eslf/XW Goo, W. Wyckoff, Capt, Co, B.. 18th -Infty. Mo. Vols. nof> r;|T*laR U. H. Minter, Capt. Co, F. 18th Infty .Mo. Vols. iGoM .C Kenton F. Brooman,- Ist it. Co, E. .ISth Mq. Vols. . ' Iff .THenry VI. Godfrey, 2nd Lt. 'c Aaat.. Adjt. 18th Mo. , James D. Coddington lat Lt. Comdg. .Go, jC. ISth ,Inf, Mo^ "V^ols.' S. B. Hauta, Surgeon, 18th Regt. Infty. Mo.. Vols. . -y . - j D. A. Cudworth, Ist Lt. R.Ci.:'. lOth Bo., Vols, , ' , ./i.iiX.'' Wm. M. Edgard, 2nd Lt. Co, K. .• ." \ .r Frederick Partenheiaer, Ist Lt, .06, .H, IStfh .Vol, Xnfty.* («(• . ' •' , • • f ■ ^ ■ " .2 , -.■ift ;'" .t larjwrt ' Mir/it no?) fJnaR IGoM .c Iff .T- 't - I "" "Osiot p. F*. Randolph, Asst.- Surgeon, 18th Mo. Infy, vols. Daniel R. Hudson, 1st Lt. Comdg. Co. A. 18th Infty Mo. Vols. Abiah M. Everist, 2nd Lt. Co. E. 18th Mo. Infty. Vols.- .h i-lT P. R. Dolman, Capt. Co. K. 18th Infty Mo, Vols. J'Jtj Joiin Mossill, Lt. Col. Comdg. 64th 111. Vol. Infty. ^ » S. T. Thomson, M.h,. ■" " " • " ^ S.* T. Thomson, M. i,. M. 71. Manning, Captain Co. E. 54th Ills. Ceo, N. Reid, Capt. Co. D. 64th Ills. .."oc. OW R, R. Gibbons, Capt. Co. B. th Ills. Vols. ' i* •John Reasey, Capt. Co. C. 64th Ills. Vols. - E.- H. Moore, Ist Lt. Co. E. 64th Ills. Infty. -. ■"'•I Frank Smith, 1st Lt. Co. A. 74th Ills. Vol. Infty. -f' D. W. Reid, 1st Lt. Co. D. & Act. R.Ci.M. 64th Ills-. Geo. 71. Bell, Ist Lt. Co. B. 64th I-lls. Infty Vols. Ward Knicksrblcker, 2nd Lt. Co. F. 64th Ills. Vols'. '"*1 D. M. Moore, 2nd Lt. Co-. A. 64th Regt. Ills. Vols. Geo. Bargus, Snd Lt. Co. E. 64th Regt. Ills. Vols. L. K. Myers, 2nd Lt. Cor H. 64th Ills. Infty. George W. Bobbins, 2nd Lt. Co. B, 64th 111. Infty Vols. Thos. Pullerton, Adjt, 64th 111. Vol. Infty. G. T. Stewart, Surgeon, 64th 111. Vol. Infty. William D. Plumer 1st Asst. Surg. 64th 111 Vol. Infty. M. F. FairCield, Major Com. 1st Ala. Cav. A. B. Stuart. Surgeon 1st Regt. Ala. Cav. U. S. V. r. j i *x*?n»0 .♦•Hi hnit I - Ad ?|||0X fijtfl oc. OOOjOQt T, .:yiw»eue ' "tiD fn tartaO f iaaM iMUt 3. "^fral> 10 ra mm* 5. '"'X X G. W, Slaughter. 2nd Lt. Co. A. 1st Ala. Cav,^ P. A. Stemburg, 1st Co. B. 1st Ala. Cav. ^ James C. Swift, 2nd Lt. Co. B. Ist Ala Cav. • A. T. Cameron, Capt. Comdg. Co. C. Ala. Cav. J" John Satty, Ist Lt. Co. C. ist Ala. Cav. G. D. Hotty, 2nd Lt. Co. C. 1st Ala. Ca-y. I. H. Sliurtleff, Capt. Co. d. Vtli Ala. Cav. ' * .A . . JMI ; m94 md idtofsO 'vwm m9mm fum nl iHiktfAf% mmi- ml* J.-A. Snelling, 2nd Lt. '"o. D. Ist Ala. Cav. * ? E. D. Chandler, Capt. Co. E. 1st Ala. Cav. Sanford Fearael, 1st Lt. Co. E, 1st Ala. Cav. ' ! i1 IM oi mmu mtmm lolmoi Wm. H. Cheney, let Lt. Co. F. 1st Ala. Cav. ' t J. J. ninety, 2nd Lt. Com. 1st A-la. Cav. •' 'X * aild John H. ^eed, Capt. Co. G. 1st Ala. Cav. ' Dodey F Eaves, 2nd Lt. Co. G. 1st Ala. ' : I George W. Kellogg, 1st Lt. 5: Beg. Com. Ist Ala. "•C'Avi hi Mr blxLt. Gua W. Harris, Co. P. 57tli 111. Inf. ^ -• ^ John PhiJ-lips,- Capt. Co. A. 57ti: Reg. Ills Vols. .. ToV Washington,^ August 19, 1863. The President: . •> . . . . Sir: Prior to my departure for Europe^, T had the honor recommend to your" official regard for well deserved promotion,' Brig, General Dodge of Gen.. Grant's army. Since iny return. I find that claim established by new proofs of military merit. He has long had at Corinth a Major General's command and now conmands near 20,000 men. His enterprises have' been important and always successful. His merits are supported^ by_ military testimo'nia'ls of the highest character and "by. no means re'st. o'n my judgment alone. I General Grant's opinion is. different,. I .have, been misinformed. I now recall l:is name to your attention] for promotion to the rank of Major General, not more from a .sense of merit In him than from, a sense duty, to the country, rema.in, . . - f T' , ■ ' ■ : . . V**"! .UT c.jsh .X')V .-'oT ill fUM . Your obt. sevt. John A. Kasson. ,r. * It M T ■ ..I Des Moines, ■ r (s\ Iowa. . -Ct , sa • >i II .1 VO1OS0 ilTPiPfrlC .T .0 Sept*. 4', ifee' 2 His Excellency A. Lincoln: * * * ' ^ Dear Sir; The enclosed personal letter from Major General Oglesby has been placed in my lian'ds to forward to you. I respect fully ask your personal attention to the other military pppers' in the case. General Grant has publicly 'stated that he had placed General Dodge first in his recommendations for promotion. It has also been stated by an army officer that General Grant had placed an official record th.at to General Dodge more than to any other one man he was indbbt'ed for his successful' seige of Vicksburg.' He had a partial education at a .military academy which he has since perfected in th. field and' greatly desires a place in the regular service for his permanent profession. I mention this, in ca.se it should seem right to you to nominate him a Brigadier in tli'at service. " ] Allow me to add that in this state, y'ou.r Springfield letter just published is calcula.ted to produce an excellent effect and-will aid us in ou.r state canvass ow vigorousI'y prosecuted. g. ^ > We entertain no doubt of our success. ' ^.,•'1 ♦ j . Your firn'ed "and obt. svt., Joh'n A.' Kasson. our state canvass entertain no doubt j „ iiixecutive uxiiue a.uwct, ,: : \ " ' ,,„ .■. •^, Iowa city, Sspt. 84, 1863. . ^■ir' ' • ' .ii. :r - • . . .. . ; • His Excellency, 'I f- . • , The President, I understand that Geeral Grant, has recommended for promotion to the rank of Major General, Brigadier General G. M. Dodge of t:;is state. I do not suppose my good ^7ord can .add anything to General Grant's recoi.mendation and yet I would in my opinion fail in my duty to the Government if I did not ask at your hands a favorable consid eration of General Grant's recommendation. General Dodge is one of the very best military men from this State, he has had a military education, is highly intelligent, of excellent habits of untiring industry, active, energetic and persevering and when occasion serves is emphatically a fightinr; man. He is undoubtedly and unconstitu tionally loyal. His promotion would, I think, promote the public interest and"has"been well earned. ' . , Very respectfully, ■ Samuel Kirkwood. . : r: . . Executive Office Iowa, Iowa City, Sept, 24, 1863. I- ' ' '"jP jOOlll , . " .A ,-t.;o w H, Repfcesentatives, Jan. 29, 1864. To the President: The undersigned Senators and Representatives from Iowa in Congress call the attention of the President to the following facts: Brig. General Grenville M. Dodge, then commanding the military district of Corinth, sought an active command under General Grant in the operations against Vicksburg, but *as refused for the reason given, that his services, where he then commanded, the left wing, were of the highest importance and could not be dispensed wit... What these services were are best made known by the official fact that General Grant named him firfet entitled to promotion from the rank of Brigadier to that of Major General, among all the offi cers of his command, after the fall of Vicksburg. Based upon and referring to this recommendation of General Grant, General Halleck commanding the army, reported him to the Secretary of War about the 10th of August last, at the head of the list for promotion. The Secreta y of War, about the 12th of August, in writing approved this paper of General Halleck. But General Dodge has not yet been nominated, though places have existed in that Army since that time. Since General Dodge has had a separate command in the south west, a long period, he has never been censured officially or by the public, nor met with a noticeable reverse or misfortune. He has com manded at times from 12,000 to 26,000 troops; now commands 21 regi ments and 5 batteries; of whom nearly 18 regiments and 3 batteries haw re-enlisted as veterans, mainly owing to his personal exertions and personal influence over his command. He has raised out of the material found in the country occupied by bim about four regiment of white troops, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi and fi e regiments of coTored troops. Within the last month, he has raised nearly 2000 of « the latter. ' Since he was placed in command of Pulaski, he has rebuilt 70 miles of railroad, remounted his original mounted force and besides has mouhted three additional Infantry -regiments and has turned over to Government about 2000 mules and horses, taken from rebels and numerous bales of cotton. This and much more has been done in tlie midst of successful military operations against rebel detach ments and guerrillas, ' „ ■ Are not such officers worthy of official recognition? ■ Strongly impressed with the justice of our request, as due on military grounds and due to the State of Iowa, which has never offered any nine month:;, one ydar or two year men to the Government, but has voluntarily met every call, including ijhe last, with a surplus. We ask the President to personally examine the record and recommendations of tlii ; officer and to decide our applioaoion purely upon its merits and cause justice to be done. ■ James Harlan, U.S.-S. • John Grimes, U. S. S. ^ I , ■ Wm. B. Allison, 3rd Dist. . I . Ti.l James F. Wilson, 5th Dist. .J. B, Grinnell, 4th Dist, A. W. Hubbard, 6th Dist. Ar ,<?'' .net nziT ,eevl#A#rwHKQell mi. John Prics, A. 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'••{••ij r>fi« •• •'/KfnrX ,po®0Oi-.n0T .• •acvooi There has always been quite a question as to the action of the Brigade that accompariied Gen. Lo^an to re-take the line that was broken through on the 15th Corps by Gen. Brown's Division of the Confederate Army at the place where the AuKusta Railroad passes through the entrench ments . Gen Loffan makes a statement in relation to my report that he ordered me to send the Brigade. The facts of the matter are these: When Gen. Logan came to me to obtain aid to re-take the line of the 15th Corps, I did not know that he was in command of the army. I had had no report that he was. I did not even know then that McPherson had been killed; I thought he had been woionded, and it was just after this that I got from Gen. Puller the papers of McPherson's that were captured by the 64th 111. when they took the skirmish line that killed McPherson. Logan aame up and said that.the enemy had broken through Mor gan L. Smith's Division at Augusta, "Have you anything out of line?" I said, "No, every man is in line, but I do not believe the ene my will attack me again. Thev are drifting around to the front of Blair, and I think I can let you have Mercer's Brigade." And he said, "Send it immediately," and I drew it out of the line and sent it with Capt. Edw. Jonas from my staff to accompany it, and Gen. Logan also went with it. When Gen. Logan came to me I thought he came the same as we Corps Commanders went to each other when we were hard pressed and asked for help; though I see that Logan corrects me in his report when I say I sent them on his request. I do not see much difference m.yself between a request and an order under such circumstances, because in all our experience in the Army of the Tennessee, no Division Commander or Corps Commander went to another for aid that they did not get it. That same day Blair dame down to me to ppt aid for his front, and when he saw what my condition was, he said. Why instead of asking you i or help, I had better go and get some help for you. He saw I had all I could handle and a little more. And you note that Logan in his report on page 86 treats it the same as I do, not as obeying an order, but complying with request. Official Records - Vol. XXXVIII Part 3 - Page 372. Indorsement on official report of Maj. Genl. G. M. Dodge of battle of Atlanta July 24, 1864. "Headquarters 15th Army Corps September 14th, 1864. This report of Major General Dodge is respectfully submitted with reports, papers etc to accompan.^' my report. General Dodge is in error in stating that I came to him and asked aid to retake my line - I ordered him to send a brigade to report to General Smith, command ing 15th corps, at a time when he was fiercely assaulted, I being in command of the army at that time. John A. Logan, Major General." But see also page 86. extract from off.icial report of Genl. John A. Logan. "My thanks are due to >ajor Generals Blair and Dodge, for sending me reinforcements at a time when they were much needed." •f .'.r, ■a ^ I " -t? /' ■ .1 ri ; n- " ; ' j -■> > • . . • -hi ■ . ■ ' ' T * • ■* ' ' i « , "" i;-' . 1 i i" ' '' 1 '■ a 1 ' ^ ' - i ' : vi ' ■ 'jr ■ ■ , I . • ■ , iM I' .; ' r ■' ■ . ' ' I' ■ . ■ 'I ' I i , wx ■ ' ■ ■ : ri -' ; ■ -i i 1 ' ' > *•; M'tl' ' "Jit'i ' , ' \ ■ r ■ '• ' h' I r> . . ..Ci- : . f ; .4 vr -ij ;• ■/ > • ' i ■; ■ - I .', . \ ' .j : - ' uf - yf,; 0^ ' ' - ' . w .-t'ir'ji,',) , ' > On July 24, 1865, the citizens of St, Louis, when I was leavinthe coinmand for the Indian campaigns, presented me with a magnificent r • set of silver, each piece having engraved upon it the name of some battle I had taken part in. the presentation of the silver was a sur prise to me--it had been kept a great secret. In response to the*presentation, I made the following reply: "Gentlemen: If I were as gifted as my friend wl.o has just addressed you, possibly I might find words with which to con^-ey to you my feelings and thar ks upon t;,is occasion; but, in the absence of this gift, you must accept the plain and hearty thanks of a soldier. It has been said that a soldier, next to his honor, holds most dear the approbation of l.is country. Be that so or not, I do feel that in leaving this conunand, I take v/ith-me a hearty God-speed, and the kindly feelings of you-all, and,, gentlemen, I also know the crisis through which Hissouri has passed. • I believe I understand her resources and the determination, of her people to develope these resources, and, sir, tliere is no man who will look forward to her future with more pleasure than myself. Gentlemen, in bidding yor. good bye, I hope it will not be the last time that we shall meet, for I have found here many friencs, and have received from all a hearty support, from officers, soldiers and citizens. Again I thank you for your beautiful present. It will alvrays be a reminder to me of the most generous support ivliich I have always received from'you,- ' If I have done anyt};ing in bringing about quiet in Missouri, it is owing to your support more than to anything else," Ma. Gen, W. T. Sl.erma , the hero of the march, to the sea, was expected to be present at the presentation, but the General excused himself in the following communication, which was received at a late hour and is sufficiently explanatory in itself. It also pays a tribute and com liment to Ge- . Dodge; Hdqrs. Mil, Div, of Mississippi, St, Louis, Mo,, July 24, 1865, Samuel J. Hatch, Esq., and Members of Committee: Dear Sirs: I have th^ nonor to acknowledge receipt, this moment of your kind invitation for myself and staff to be present on the occasion of the presentation of a testimonial to Mai. Con, Dodge. I regret exceedingly that I am under a prior engagement to go to Indianapolis, but I will have some of my staff present to represent me. I regret this ti»e more because I should like very much, to assist in manifesting respect to Gen, Dodge, who has serve(' much with me, and I have long known his sterling merit and great worth, and am rejoiced that you also have discovered his great merit as a'soldierand a gentleman. I am-, with much respect, , ' W. T. Sherman, . V.i'W . Major-Generalf iwer "f -"Vl * : I a On Tuesday night a magnificent pair of shoulder straps, from the well known house of Tichnor and Co., were presented to L!ajor General Dodge, Commander of the Department, ty several.officers who had served under the General in the south. The presentation was made in the ladies' parlor of the Lindell Hotel, by the following officers: .Capt. Andrew Poe,'Liei:ts. Sauceman, Roffleton, Workman, Grant, Fink, Becker anh Brown, all belonging to colored regiments. and promoted from the ranks of white regiments by General Dodge, These officers were all captured by .Forrest at Athens and Sulphur Tinistle, Alabama, and having been recently exchanged,, are now on •their way to the front. The presentation speech was made by Captain Foe, and a number of our citizens were present. I!rs, General Dodge and several other ladies were present and several speeches wore ■ made aiid toasts offered. • f *' 9- ^ v'-O' ■ , -J - nl - - ' 'ir : .ir.Irr.r^ fj rt"-;: ri-, , 4r aoM ..k j»;n- . if-umc': •:MimW'. I f t«i r 1/^eC •' ■ . 'Jlaf Wd' •'.c j . . . f. I .*■>'.ii t rv'.. f 4nlJtc-.h ,nlJtc-.h '4^# ' ' ■ ' '• J ix' :r ' • 'vN-fi, -Vfr.-/ >■ h t f ' ■pi Prom Wilson's Manuscript of life of A John City Point, October I2th, 1864. General Dodge of the Western Army is here. It does one's heart good to meet one from the army that has made such bright record for its country's honor and its own fame. I can shake the hands of these veterans and heroes with someti.ing of the tl.rill of joy and pride that pervades my being when I take hold of the hand of my own dear wife after months of absence. General yuimby, formerly of the old Army, is also here. He is, however, not in the service, having long since resigned. Major General Doyle of the English service is here. He is the least Englishand most American of any Englishman I have ever met. Hd sympathizes with us in our struggle to maintain our governmental authority, and furthermore he believes lie will succeed. City Point, October 27th, 1864. General Butler, although acting under positive orders not to attack the enemy in fortified positions, did so attack, and lost for us fully 1,000 men, killed, woxznded and prisoners, without any corresponding damage, if damage at all, to the enemy. I am free to say I fear the continuance of General Butler in command will oaome day work disaster of a serious ch.aracter to our arms. But General Grant has had to deal with such m-^n from the beginning and has succeeded, I therefore have hopes he will succeed with this one. ' % ■ saiJibatLing...aiijd„.v?ei^ r.Uti.'^wi.thoutr--re'StT'l^CftTOTrs. In the spring of 1855, C. E. Stone was elected Mayor, C. W. Bayard, Recorder, J. B. Stutsman, J. B. Lewsi, 't7. Hepner, J. B. Caddidy, R. P. Snow, S. S. Bay less, Jo.in A, Jacks n, Milton Rogers and 'v7. E. Cooper were chosen counselman. In 1856-7 a great boom v/as on in real estate anr everything else The Pacific House was built. Samuel Bayles bought the Miller farm and laid it out in town lots. In the latter part of 1857, and during 1858, there was a great panic in the country. A great revulsion in business and the failure of a great many banks, especially of the "wild-cat" banks which had been established under Nebraska cliarters. The Dodge Light Guards. Speaking of the Dodge Light Guards of Council Bluffs, General G. IS., Dodge gave a hit of history in thp military annals of Iowa which is almost unknown to the generation that' has come since the civil war. General Dodge says he made his first survey in 1853 across the state of lov/a for a railroad terminating at Cpunc 1 Bluffs, believing from previous examinations on the westerr pltins that if a railv/ay to the Pacific was ever built it would occupy the Great Platte Valley and have its eastern terminus in this vicinity. 'As the frontier was unprotected, Ifith the aid of the governor he organized, armed and equipped a military company then known as the "Council Bluffs Guards." When the civil war threatened in 1861 General Dodge felt it would be his duty to take part in it, and so - otified the company. At the time Council Bluffs was settled principally by Mormons and southerners. To his astonishment every member of the company voted to enlist and authorized him to tender its services to the governor, vho afterward stated it was the first company to offer its services to Iowa for the preservation of the union. As it was the only organized compan yin Western Iowa, and as rumors were thick as to what the Missourians and the Indians would do. Governor Kirkwood v.'as constrained to decline the offer of the company's services. The company afterward joinnfiL,.^ the Fourth lo./a, every man in the complany enlisting under Cf^tantn ^ . W. H. Kinsman, who became its captian. Kinsman was soon'selected as J-h Colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa, and fell at the head of his regiment at Blac(v Bayou. Lt. George B. Ford succeeded him as captain and fought' through the war. When the caompny returned home it maintained its I organization and changed its name to the "Dodge Light Guard." By this name is now known and has been so known for nearly forty years. This company was in the battle of Pea Ridge, under General Dodge as its regimental commander, one of the longest, hottest and most destructive battles of the war. They and their comrades ty their gallantry in that battle won the first star for Dodge. Sheridan speaks of the regiment in his memoirs for the service it did for him in that campaign when he was a quartermaster, and he said they would always have a warm place in his heart. The veterans of .he company gave way to their sons. On hhe breaking out of the Spanish American war they enlisted unanimously as Company L of the Fifty-first Iowa Infantry and did good service in the Philippines . Their memorable home receptio was one of the most brilliant and enthusiastic in the history of Iowa. Of the old company General Dodge affectionately says: "You who understand all the ups and downs and struggles of that frontier company will appreciate ho// I love and honor them and how proud I am of their record. It is an object lesson to the young men of our state, and if they v/ant to learn to reppect power and government, be taught obedience and discipline and obtain physical development that will last them through their life, let them join a company of the National Guard." >, be taught that will the National Tac^WThe following is taken from Mr. N. P. Dodge's notes on the early settlemeiit of Omaha: "I copy fromthe "Omaiia Arrow'' of September 23, 1854,' the follow ing items whicl. may be of intcr'ost, , The Arrow was the first newspaper issued as an Omaha paper, being printed at the office of the Council Bluffs Bugle, in Council Bluffs and contains mostly Council Bluffs advertisements, tl.ere being but few business i.ouses as yet establish.ed in. Omaha, Nebraska not having been open to "settlers until May 30, 1854. The treaty witi. the Cmaha Iridians rap-de between them and the United States March 16, 1854, contained the following provisio' : Article 10. "The Omahas acknowledge their dependence on the United Statee and promise to be friendly witlf all the citizens tl.ereof and pledge themselves to commit no depredations on the property of siicli citizens and should any one or more of them violate this pledge and the fact bet satisfactorily proven before the Agent, the property taken shall be returned or in default thereof., or, if injured or. destroyed, compensa tion may be made by the Gavernment out of their annuities, nor will tliey make war on any other tribe except in. self defence but will submit all matters of difference between them and other Indians to the Government of the United States or its agents for decision and abide thereby and if any of the Omalia ^ndians commit any depredations on any other Indians, the same rule, slsall prevail as. that prescribed in this article in cases of depredations, against eitizens." The village of the Omaha Indians was loca.ted a'-out seven miles southwest of Oiiiaha on Papillion Creek. J. B. Johnson, at that time-.- editor and Publisher of the Council Bluffs Bugle, in giving an account of his visit to J.l;ese Ipdiaps in the fall pf 1§54, in coppany. with J. A. Jackson and h. C. Purple, bpth.citizens of Council piuffs, says: "We Sound our friend Logan Fontlnelle, the chief of the tribe, in his lodge surrounded by minor chiefs and braves. "Thej-r villa~e is built in a large circle containing smaller circles until the.wljole ground is filled with their wigv/ains. Some, are byilt with sticks and earth, others of stretched buffalo skins. Vast quantities of corn were being prepared fpr winter use by tie squaws, and they.wepe alsodressing buffalo, deer and elk skins for sale apd for their own"use. Nvimerous Indian Ponies wore in and about the village and occasionally scouts and mounted Indians were seen going and coming, in all their native glory, .In passing around the village, we heard their popular music from one of ti.e lodges; being fond of a iinion of instrumental and vocal music, we crept in and after a friendly "cuggy How" solicited a continuation of the concert.. The instruments consisted of a dres :ed deer skin stretci.od tightjy over a keg and four instruments resembling the ordinary tambourine, all of which were beaten with sticks, accompan ied by a gutteral war chant. Tl.e squaws were mostly engaged in labor and the n.en in killing time, some of them in one comer of a wigwam with a dirty pack of cards betting rifle balls and lead in homeopathic doses. The Papposos were gamboling rl"out in undcess, some practicing with their bows and arrows," The following claim laws were agreed upon by the settlers between Omaha and Pappillion Creek, it being customary to form clubs for mutual protection in each settle ent. The general rule was that each settled Could claim 320 acres and would be protected in holding it if he resided Mi thereon \mtil th'e land was. surveyed "by Government- and could he preempted or entered. Tiie rule of this particular claim club ^ was Ftrst, no indivudal shall he allowed to claim more than 80 acres timbered, land or more than 160 acres prairie. Second, On makinc a claim, the individual shall proceed to blaze his exterior lines through timber sufficiently plain to-be.easily followed by one accustomed"to tracing lines and by staking on the prairie. The corner stakes to be marked with claimatiits name, number of acres and date of, claim. Claimant must lay fovxndation of logs, four logs high and at end of thirty days erect a Iiouse to live in. Claim disputes to be settled by a Committee of three. The follov/ing news items: . , Gov. Burt reached Bellevue in feeble, condition on the 6th of October, 1854 and died on the SOtl. of the same month. The Secretary of the Territory, T. B. Cumiaing became acting Governor until Mark VI. Izard, the new apointee arrived. Married, October 1854, at the Omaha and Otoe Mission, Belle-vtie, Nebraska, by Rev. Wn. Hamilton, Mr., 3. N. Porterfield and Miss Mary D. Hatch of Belle-vue. Mr. aiid Mrs. Porterfield made their home in Council Bluffs and she is still living. (February 15,,191- ). Council Bluffs has no fire engine, .l.ooks, ladders or buckets. A. D. Jones has' surveys and platted Omaha and the plat can be seen at Tootle and Jackson's Store,(July 28, 1354.) Petition' for divorce, Leonora Amy, vs. Dustan Amy, September 3, 1854. D. "7.^ Price, Attorney fo Plaintiff. ^ The M4sst>s. Rock?/ood late from the East, propose to open a BChool in Council Bluffs, in lov/er room of Odd Fellow's Hall (Corner Pierce and Stutsman Sts) terms per quarter eleven weeks. Primary andCom, Eng. branches, ^3.00; higher Eng. $5. Latin, French, Italian and Drawing $7. References, Rev, G. G. Rcie, J. B7 Stutsman, A. D.. Jones, May 26, 1855. Aug. 4, 1854, preaching in Omaha on Sunday at residence of Mr. Snowden, by Rev. Peter Cooper of Methodist Church. September 1, 1854, excursicr dd-wn Missouri by .steamboat to mouth of Platte River from Omaha to Council Bluffs. Rebecca McFadden,. Leonora Am y, J. 2. Johnson, D. '.Y. Price and Patterson, committee on resolutions. September 23. The iuincy, Illinois Company, started from Belle-vue, went north by way of Omaha to Cali.ounr, ti:en struck across tie country ar;d located at Fontlnelle on Elkhorn River. Alfred D. Jones, Engineer and Surveyor, Omahd, Neb, June 9, 1854, Tbe following notice refers to the old mission building in Council Bluffs, wliich ^tood on the knoll in front of. Pierce St. school house between Pierce St. and Broadway,.now owned by Claussen family. All persons are hereby warned not to commit waste upon the tract of land adjoining Council Bluffs city kno-jr; as the Catholic mission and upon which claim ti.e old ciiurch building still stands ahd upon which the graveyard is situated, as. I shall take care tiiat no further loss is sustained by thO church in the removal and distruction W ^ V4-, w tl Ij-., ; 89 of their improvements. The above noti«re is inserted at the-reqiiest of Right Rev, Mathias Lovas, Bishop of Dubuqe, Iowa, and'will'be considered i a sufficient notice,to all concerned. They will, therefore, take'due notice and govern themselves accordingly, A. C. Ford, • ' Church'Attorney.' Jany. 6, 1854. . . . . . Ford left Council Bluffs in 1859, for the newply discovered gold mines in Cojorado and located in Denver; was connected in some way. with a gang of iiorse thieves and, taken'out of the stage-coach '.vhil on liis way to the states and hung or shot. , From Arraw of September 29, 1054. IvTcMaiion and williams. Druggists, Hyde St., Council Bluffs nearly opposite the Guardian and Sentinal office. J. E. Johnson; Notary Public, Insurance Agent, &:c. in room back of the Post-office. ■ . H. D. Ilarl, mercijant and Grocer, opposite-City Hotel, Council Bluffs, Tootle and Jackson, Elephant Store, Broadway, Council Bluffs. Dr. E. Houn, Druggrst, South side Broadway, opposite Bluff House. IST. Voor}ies & Co.,_ head of Broadway and Madison St.' , SnO'.v and Marshal Turley (Atty. at law) Auction St. - and commission merchants, head of Broadway. , G. Doughty and Company, Cash store, formerlv occupied "by S. H. Riddle. . . . ^ ' Bakery, Eating Hou-e and confectioner opposite Pacific House, ■ y J. D. Bayliss. W. N. Byers, Land Surveyor, Oma.ia, Neb. Mrs, Cliarlotte Armour continues the business af her late husband, city hotel, middle Brodway. Kate Kearney saloon few doors from Pacific House. J. C. Orton and T. P. Treynor, carriage and wagon shop, Madison St. a few doors above the Court House. John Keller, Pine Lumber, Oct. 12, 1853. Henn Wi'liams and Co, iiave established a land office. Tfm. I. Cooper authorized Agent in Council Bluffs to receive money, June 11, 1853. Maria Mynstor, Corner Pierce and Madison Streets, advertised land for sale. T. Jeffers fc Co., steam saw mill 2 1/2 miles from city on bottom. (Note. The land upon which this mill stood and v.fhcre I used to go for lumber and shingles was cut off by Missouri River changing its channel and is now in east Omaha.) J. Patterson, Attorney fc Court Lawyer, Omaha. Frank Street V Marshal Turley Attys. at law. James D. Test n •» « C. B. Stone L. ?.!. Kline " " " A. C. F-rd " " " Attys. at law. C. B. Stone .. n „ L. ?.!. Kline " " " A. C. F-rd " " " W. Larimer « n m Johnson and Casday, Attys. and General Land Agents, Royal t). Amy, Manufacturer copper, tin. and sheet iron, Madison^ St., sign of Coffee-pot. ■ ^ ^ P. A. Sarphy, Latham and Go. Land Agents, Relle-'me, Neh. and St. Mary's, lorra. • - J. P. Le'.vis, !!a-mess maker, Broad-.7ay. E.-Knabe " " S. S. Bayliss, Proprietor of Pacific Houne. « . . . Stutsman ai:d Don: ell marchants corner Broadway and Madison. B. R. Pegrara & Co., General Store, Broadway. Jeremiah Folsom, brought a flock of Merino sheep from MMbigan. M. 'Y. Robinson put-on a regular line of stages between Council Bluffs and Omaha, running every Tuesday, Tliursday and Sunday, leaving Pacific House'and Trempnt House, Council Bluffs at 2 P. returning the same day. Perry boat, Marion, ccosses Missouri River during day-light. No crossing aftc dark. • ♦S. S. Bayliss and Coi are erectiiig a saw mill in Omaha. (After wards known as ti.e Davis Mill.) Prices of lots int Omaha ran^^e from $25 to $100. J. B. Stutsman, B. R Pegrarr. and J. C. Mitchell laid out Florence and offer lots at public sale Oct.-15, 1854. Daniel Norton rented the flat boat at Trader's Point and advertised it as running Sept. 15, 1854. Ben. Manchester advertises for.laborers for his bbick yard on upper Broadway, Council Bluffs, September 1, 1854. if - ■ 1 ■ • C.vu; c.vjj • * ■ ^ • c iK e-:wcx-i...kO . . i" » ' ' V,*) I ' *'"i ^ f* * 1 ' J "' \ . 'oJ'r f-icob » •' .* --o/g . et; - ' . ' r r .. " ,-v ' in ,1-110'! .nfcL vb ,T Jf tJ' -yJFjiv , t "".-f • / rv-v. »-«• .-jseJr, , .sD ■ * ' • '-"'nti. fl' I;-' • d'.l S aji -I lav; ' * ifteMtii:*. wn o- /. , .• £ r . • • f fe "t ■; ^ . f •" oxiirt . .1 * •fjoi .0 . ■ <«K» ' A t 0 ,.:'A .ii-y ,y. ' nllv'rTT ■ fkX ^ ^ ' ' ' .' U' '.'iXV .l':>;4jfl The Shnta Fe Trail; ' e'Jnnf There has been a great deal >saia arid a great many romance's written in" relation to the Santa Fe Trail and it has been di-fferently described by different parties. The Santa Fe Trail as I knew it was the result of a necessity of having a route Cf communication from the Missouri River to the Mexican settlements in New Mexico. Thomas H. Bjanton, in the early Twenties of last century introduced in the United States Senate a bill for the estab lishment of a route to New Mexico, which was passed by both branches of Congress. The route was surveyed and laid out in a very direct line from Westport, Missouri, near Kansas City, to Trinidad, Colo. The Santa Fe Trail as it was, and is still called, ran from Westport to Burlingame, Council Grove, crossed Cow Creek in the vicinitj' of the present site of McPlierson, Walnut Creek in Barton County, several miles above its mouth and reaciied the Arkansas river at its extreme northern bend, near where Ft. Zara was located and then followed the Arkansas Valley near the Colorado line. A branch of the trail crossed the Arkansas river in the vicinity where the present town Cf Cimaron is situated; this crossing was known as Ahe Cimaron crossing, the trail passing around the east end of the Raton mountains, going through what was known as the "Dry Route," on account of its lack of water, wood and pasturage, but the main trail followed up the Arkansas, the • up Purgatory river, commonly called the Picket Wire, to Trinidad; thence through and over the Raton Pass, of which Dick Wooton, the old trapper built a toi»l road near where the Santa Fe railroad now crosses the Raton mountains. After passing the Ratoon mountains, it went to Ft. Union and thence on to Santa Fe on a regular Mexican trail. There was generally good grass, plenty of wood and watar on this main line during the summer. Beint's Fort belo.w the moutlv of. the Pikket Tlire on the main - trail controlled a good deal o-f the travel on the main trail, while the route to Ft. Union was much shorter by the Dry or South route. J.-V x(.-l I fr: '• ; i.Y. vtl r rn finiT oJ/inT; c.f? '"-liJ liuoetrf 'icUroinMhcriO pJIIO'x a J.iilVArf io To noMfiA^T x£'i£9i •dJ nl , J' 8«aohT waW nl - "il\f nol IJ|r' A bo^l/tTT tndJ ul ftArtt/bon.titl lo nn.iOitinil tWotf bBWBMq »«w aol.b ,o'lx#'I waH oJ eJi/oi n Jo . 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To ,'\«a1 ijoialf f>.:i tevo hm »• i/0'it:j M -rodJ iUM/lni'tT o..' ,oiiW joaIoI'; r.t ! Oft.} anofla laoii baoi lio.t r jt^ud noqirt^*^ bXo oiiJ , .i.too'! .■•io.tO I' JafT tfi' "Wiaaaft »tdla4nuoM tiojmfi uiUf aauenir w> •i-Xu n 00 fiJnor >\ii Tn, ''OlrttT ,J^: oJ Jtif*' 'i ,n, , / Cj;tu'f I V, l iifl bf cr lo 'oo- vXf.-nTrtab tif"' o'io»lT rtw ft jf iijJ r.'inim 83 Among the mountain men whom I saw and knew on' the plains was Kit Carson, a native born mountaineer. The only education he had was at a frontier school, I have heard him say that when he was a young boy in the school house, the cry came of Indians and each one jumped to his rifle, threw down the spelling book and ever since that time "thar it lays." His instinct was thorough and delicate I and led him to act as courteously as the most refined gentleman. General John C. Fremont says that in their first exploration of Salt Lake, he made his way to the Island near the center of theelake and as tliey landed the ^ man at 'the bow was jiimping ashore to draw up the boat when Carson held him down saying, "The Captain steps there first." Fremont also says, referring to a man who had done him an injury, that Carson said, "If ever I get a cnance I will do him an^ honest injury."S Nothing that was not honest and fair and open and of good repute found its place in Carson's nature. It was Carson who, when Fremont unflertook to cross the mountains in the winter, advised and coaxed him not to undertake it and when he got into the moutains and almost lost his party, it was Carson who rescued him and brought him out. When Fremont unf;ertook to climb the highest peak of the Wind River Mountians, I have heard one of his mountain guides, Charles Lumbar say, that when they had reached within 500 feet of the top, ^ Fremont gave out, and Carson took him on his broad shoulders and ^ packed him up to the top of the mountain. That peak was named then and ahas always been known as Frenonfs peak, though Fremont, in all his writings, giveJno credit to Lumbar, who helped him up. Carson*.s home was at Tous, near Santa Fe. His wife was one of the New Mexican Spanish. Their children were educated by the Sisters in one of the convents near there. ' Carson s life was spent on the plains in the early days where his comrades were such men as James Bridger, Baker, Houston, Beckwith and many others, all of them great men, ail of whom have performed great and important duties for their- country. • ■ 1-.. ■ 'j-.J ,vr*iin nl.i oJ aji'f' • .. 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J 'JO JoM 0>« rfJdJlw bo.looool iMMl ^iohJ . . ' »::r nijcfauj.T . - .n f !''• -1- ncw»i/:0 -ni' ,.*uo '^vr, J.w ntM I O'lrn I MOT jiofv] Jf-.T > 'InJ. iijo '■-.''J *^0 qoJ ' . .J ■ '«* f;|; i ' nr>,4r>/iq ;i' ,.?,'ic. '.O'l""! ,-. ■ >»! , (tn-WDT f^nrxf u^nr/ffl nnrfr, ,n , f . n , irfayj»I rJ JIIjO-io "B oVJo 'J.'. fTn _ t»0^ : . -.v BlfjJin 'ifi-n , ' liO" ' ?■ ■'"" nmor. ©• n«n©p- .. . ( I'n »> ■,(, 'i^ V >- y' S ■ ' , ,0'lMl lO tiohT . ' 1 ■' .' ■ *> I fillet J Fort Leavenworth to OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE. Mt« Pleasant- - 16 miles. Pass C-reek 14 miles. Lancaster 1.. - 26 miles. North -Pass 10 miles. Kinnikuk - 14. miles. Sage Ureek 14 miles. Kickapoo - 12 miles. Pine Station 10 miles. Logchain - 14 miles. Erriders Pass 9 milf^s. Seneca - 11 miles. Sulphur Springs - Wash' 3- 10 miles. Laramie Creek - 12 miles. 11 miles. Guittards1 12. miles. Dug Lake 13 miles, Oketo - 10 miles. Laciede- 13 miles. Otoe - 11 miles. Dug Spring 12 miles. Pawnee - 11 miles. Big Portd 14 miles. Graysons - 14. miles. Black ^uller 14 miles, Big Sandy - ■ . ' - 16 miles. Rrck Point 14 miles. Thompsons - 14 miles. Salt Wells 14 miles. Klowa > 1"^ - 14 miles. Rock Spring 14 miles. Little Blue ' - 12 miles. Green River 15 miles. Liberty Farm - 15. miles— . Lone Tree 14 miles. Lone Tree - - 15 miles. Hams Pork 18 miles. 32. Mile Creek - 10. miles. Church Buttes 12 miles. Suiami t - 12 miles. Millersville 8 miles. Hooks - : 13 miles. Ft. Bridger 13 1082. Ft. Kearney - - ,10.294 Muddy - 12 miles. Platte Station '10 miles Qualcing-Asp Springs-10 miles. Craigs ' - 11 miles. Bear River 10 miles. . Plum Creek- ' - 15 miles. Needle Rock 10 miles. Willow Island . i - 15 miles. Eclao Canon - 10 miles. Midway - 14 miles. Weber ' - 10 miles. Gilmans ' • f 15 miles. .' 'Hanging-Rock. 10 miles. • Ft, Cottonwood •! - 17.391 Daniels- 12 miles. Cold Spring - 15 miles. Kimballr, 11 miles. Fremont's Spring 15 miles. Mountain Dell 15 miles. Black Horn - 11.miles. Great Salt Lake - 14.1206. • Alkali Lake 14.miles. Traveller's Rest- 11 miles. . Sand Hill - - 12.miles. . Rookwelis' 9 'miles. . Diamond Springs - 11 .mi lei;. joe Dug-Qut 9 miles. • Bui1s Ranc h 15.miles. Camp Floyd 10 miles. • Ft. Sedgv;iek - 14.497 No Name- 10 miles. • Antelope Springs 12.miles. Point PJ4§kout 11 miles. • Sparring III 11 - 13-miles. Simpson-Springs - 15 miles. • Denniaons ~ ' m 13-miles. River Bed a miles. Valley Station - 12 miles. Dug ''^ay- 10 miles. American Ranch ■» l6 miles. Black Rock 12 miles. • Beaver Creek 18 miles. Fish Springs 11 miles. . P!,. Wardweil 16.590 Willow Springs - 1 miles. Bijou 4 miles. • -Union Station - 15 miles. Fremont's Orchard - 16 miles. Deep Creek - 12 miles. flagle's Nest - 11.miles. PriarierGkte 8 miles. ■ Latham mm 12 miles. Antelope Spgs. - 18 miles. • Big Bend mm 15 miles. Spring Valley & 13 miles. V'-- Cainp ColMns La' Porte Bbnner' Cherokee Virgiriia -Date ■ 'vVxllow Springs Big Lararaie Little Laramie Copper Creek Rock Creek MEdicine Bow Elk Mountain Ft. Ilallock Herseys - Solomons River Saline Spring Creek EllsworthFt, Ellsworth Buffalo Creek . Lost.Creek Fossil Creek Camp Fletcher Downer Station Ruthton - Bluff Springs Bridges Basin Grannell Spgs. Chalk Bluffs Monument - Pour Crossings . Eatop Crossings Henshaws Spgs. Pond' 3 Creek Fitches Meadows Blue Mound Cheyenne Wells Eureka Creek Dubois Cornell Creek Coon Creek Hedlnges Lake Big Bend Sandy Reeds Springs Beaver Creek Bijou Basin Box Elder - Parkhursts- ^ Cherry Valley Denver - 32,,680. 5 miles. - 10 miles. - 12 miles. - 12 miles. - 15 miles. - ' 15 miles. - 14 mile 3. - 17 miles. - 11 miles. 17" miles. 8 miles. 7,.816 16 miles. 17 miles. r 16 miles. 15 milfis. 14 miles. 5.205 miles, 9 miles. 15. miles 14 miles. 14.257 14 mllos. 10 miles. 1 miles. 18 miles. 12 miles. 15 miles. 14.349 12 miles. 11 miles. 13 miles. 11,396. 14 miles. g miles. 13 miles. 21 miles. 13 miles. 11 miles. 12 miles. 18 miles. IID miles. 16 miles. 10 miles. 12 miles. 10 miles. 11 miles. 14 miles. 14.604. Shell Creek - 12,1430. Smoky Hill Route, Ft. Leavenworth to Easton - Winchester OsaukeeIndianola 12 miles," 10 miles. 13 miles. 19 miles. St. Mar-y's Mission- 22 miles Louisvi-lle - 14 iniles. Manliattan - 15 miles. Ogden - - 10 miles. Ft, Ril-ey - 5,120 Junction City - 2 miles. Overland Route to Montano. via Pow-der River and base of Big Horn Mountains, Ft. Laramie to ■ La Prele Creek - 74 miles. Ft, Reno - 86,160, ' Clear F-ork - 40 miles. Tongue River - 50 miles. Big Horn River - 70 miles. Clark's-Fork 60 miles. Yellov;stone mines - 100,480. Madison-River - 70 miles. Virginia City - 70 miles. Yellowstone mines to Ga:;.latin-City - 65 miies. Arkansas River route' BP. Leavenworth to Ft. Riley Ft. Ellsworth Ft. ZaraFt. Larnod Ft* Dodge Ft, Aubray Ft. Lyon_ Ft, Garland Ft. Lyon.to Paton Pass Ft^ Union Sante Fe Ft, Bridger to Virginia_City Soda -Springs - 120 - ;^220 - 265 - 300 - 355 - 470 - 52D - 710 miles, miles, mi les. miles, miles, miles, miles, miles. 139 miles, 100 miles, 90.329, OmsLha to Ft. Kearney Ft, Kearney to Ft, Cottonwood Julesburg (Ft.Sedcwick( Fort Wardwell Denver Denver to Camp Collins Ft, Laramie Ft, Garland - 181 miles, 97 miles. 106 miles. 93 miles, 90.386, 70 miles, - 230 miles. 225 miles. North Platte Route Ft. Leavenworth to Ft, Sedg?/ick Camp Mitchell Ft, Laramie Horse Shoe Camp M-rshall Deer Creek Ft, Casper Sweetwater Bridge Three Crossings St, Marys South Pass Green River 497 miles, 118 miles, 52.667, 35 miles. 25 miles. 25 miles, 25,777, 50 miles, 35 miles. 70 miles, 46 miles, 35,1013. January, 1856. Iowa City, Jan. 11, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I found your letter on my return from Chicago last night and in answer will say:-that kr. Farnam has been here all the week and will return again tomorrow. He is well -leased with those Documents and although they come too late for him to use on New York yet he pledged the county for the 500,000. He will go out to the Bluffs sometime after this Legislature clo.ses when I want you to talk to him about several things but it will not do to say anything to him about his speculating with us in anything excepting property around the Bluffs he is adverse just now to i^epot Ground speculating though he will go in with us when we want him to he is anxious to buy further west a long time before does not like to speculate and be build ing R. -R. in some town you understand. You must talk to hiih about Reeds operation in relatioa to the Hotel that fixed right will be all that is necessary ana tell him where Reed h.as hah an interest with us it was only because he raised the money to buy the property with and only at the "luffs. At Grinnell he has no interest, v.-e owning the undivided 3/4. I shall talk to him tomorrow or next day about the Omaha purchase and i want you to stave off the c?LOsing of the pur chase until I write you what his answer is, if you go into that and F. does not, have ^eed find the money as we shall make it the Roint and we want a controlling interest whether F. goes or not. I am almost afraid to let him touch it until we get it entered if Reed will furnish the money for onehalf of the 320 and give us Bond for l/4 I will guarantee Mr. F. to take l/8 of us and l/s of his at fair price after entered but if F. Buys now we want 3/4 if we can get it, l/4 for him, 1/4 for ^'eed and l/4 for us. The President has ordered to niarket in 3 million of acres in De Fort Dodge and Sioux City districts; had we better nieddle with the Lands. We can get any quantity of to enter by issuing a circular in relation to the lands. The Legislature are hard to work and are determined to knock the capitol out of Fort Det: moines. The House has taken a test vote on the question and it stood 34 to 24. The Fort Des l"..oines folks charges rent etc. which nskes the against it. They are trying to tax the R. R. ylOO per mile, it is too much. I will write you this week. Grinnell property is coming up fast Jr-sper county voted against us, we are going to run the line 3 miles notth of them It hurts but Newton onlj gave 30 majority for the loan. Yours, G. M, Dodge. Is September, 1856 Iowa City, Sept. ll/56 Friend Baldwin: Yours dated Sept. 5 was received tonight and in answer woiild say tl.at I received a letter today from Wr. Reed. V/e are waiting on Mr. Farnam who is in New York to sign the agreement for the Hotel. I will see Dey about that share. I ha te to dun him on it as he is helping me to the Depot grounds etc., and it is rather a bad time now but I will have him do something. I hawboioght the Grinnell property and we can have an undivided 3/8 or one l/2 or l/4 of the profits as we I wrote Reed about it today. I could invest any amount of money. I am a little afraid Reed has too many men in each oper ation, it will yet get out and fix us as bad or worse than Cook and Sargent. I had rather buy on our own hook with one more than to have 1/2 a dozen different ones in each purchase. 1 am about making another purchase but cannot tell what success I shall have, on the other I had to buy and everything-else Reed could not touch bottom they charged hin. ^piOO per acre, I bought for $50 and the Depot Grounds are on our part of the town. All the banks in the west and east are expanding to make arrangements to pay for the produce, are issu ing more than ever before, and all the prominent bankers I have seen say that it will be tighto'times with the Banks next winter than they have seen before and I tell you our only chance to make arrangements for money is to do it now. Pledge all our lands let Tuttle take on the documents to do it with if he cannot raise it without and get our money on long time. I can do it if he cannot. Let him pledge his and we will all ours than I can work at this end to a better advantage and we will have money to use there and those lands are laying idle . I know that they will bring money quicker than any thing else. I do not want another partner in the concern if we can help it. Cook and Sargent have issued and put into circulation $100,000 of Florence and intend to put out $100,000 moi-e. They have $33,000 in gold at Florence to protect it. I have access to their books and now if Cook dont come down it is strange to me. I told Downey today when he showed me the account that they were getting into the fire and to hold up and see how the other Nebraska money stood;all our men and Banks are bound to send every cent of Nebraska money home when the contraction comes on the illinois and Wisconsin banks and I tell you it will be tight tiijes here. We are preparing for it. Cannot tell what we shall do untill the Captain gets back there is something brewing but has not been made known yet. I have to run beck and forth to answer questions all the tim.e but cannot as yet tell the consequences (Remainder of letter missing.) ~ y 1C3 • January, 1656. Iowa City, Jan. 29, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I received yours of 19 ^ 20th today. I immediately sent them to ^r. ^'arnam, have also written him about the Brown Tract. I think he will advance the money on the Brown tract so send on the Bond on receipt of this. .1 am sorry about the '-'maha tract know that it is in such a fix that hb will not like it though i expect he will take it. Who are the owners? I have written you every week and more; I dont understand why you dont receive the letters. The Legislature adjcurned last night and the members are olf. They had some exciteing tinies but it was the house that ever was not one man in it. V/yatt of ^-arrison was the best and ablest member. We could do but little with it as it had no head or tail to it. I am afraid that the Nebraska Banks are ahead in the Legis lature. How is it? N'iller has written me to know if we want any thing if you do l:e will go in for it«. Yours, G. M . Dodge . iC5 Warch, 1856. Iowa City, March 31, 1856• Friend Baldwin; ■ ii'' .1 " I have received two inclosures of Deeds and Tuttle brought several letters. I had a talk with Tuttle he has agreed to go out of our bouse, syas he wishes to.Reed writes that he has not arrangenients made yet. I fear he will not niake any if not ^ shall go on and try my luck. We have had very exciting times lately about our new Location Cook fights hard, there was a meeting of the directors in New "i'ork' Monday. Dey Farnam and all were there. They are to telegraph me or were to but I have not received any so I suppose all is right as today is the.last we can change our map filed in the Lee. of States office which is you i-cnow on the Musquito route. I am afraid we shall have trouble in changing our map at Washington but you can rely on it that we have done everything that could be done. 1 had an Interview with Cook and larnam.. They sent an engineer up after me a week ago on Sunday. C. of course was bitter but i stood on my rights. Re was down on my action in filing the m^ap, but tJ justified the act with orders so s.trong th.at he could not touch them. I have been fearful that they would kick up some muss in Council Bluffs about the right of "ay.. I hear that Cassidy and Test are backwards. I say now to the Gomcil Bluffs people.that opposition to us at this stage is ruin to their route, for I have pledged the right of way. In my report of the two routes I summed up the difference thus in favor of the Misquito; "five miles saved in distance, nine miles of sixty foot grade thi-own out and twelve miles of very heavy work ^.voided, substituting therefore a valley line of light grades and lighter v.ork, reaching the river in two miles less distance than can be done from any point on Pigeon route and again of 30,000 acres of land over said route" But I have had no iears about which route would be built on,miy endeavor has been to have the lusquito route filed so as to have it have its effect now. We have had to appeal to the Attorney General for all of our decisions the secretary of the Interior always deciding against us. We have been successful so far and the fileing oi the map in accordance with th.e only law in relation to the miatter was a great point made by me which they csnnot now get out of the secretary's office unless they do it today. If I could write all I know could show you some things that you little know in relation to the actions and workings of both Florence and Council Bluffs. Another thing 1 will state Parnam and Durant have the privilege in their contract to change lines wherever they see fit and Cook is awful down on their funning up Clear Creek, they having bought extensively on old mans Creek line. Mitchell sent me a paper with an article underscored about those right of way maps. Unless his writings etc. have a tendency to obstruct our gett ing the right of way I shall pay no attention to him. I do not want a paper controversy sherein we shall be implicated as all those things tend to block and pred my actions here as you can readily see. Dey has been scored awfully by Cook, he, D. is down on C., and told me that the line would never have been laid down Pigeon hcd he known the result of the survey or had D. been more confidnet it appears as if c. 1G6 overruled my laiSng of the line dovm ivusquito in the first map "by the policy" not by the merits of the line. Though I had nothing to say after it was sent back here for a change but changed it according ot orders. Reed is now in New York City and writes he is trying some man there . I hasie a noticaa to try Durants Brother., he is sharp and wealthy and has a good seal of influence in ■Vall St, stops now in Chicago. I wish to hear from you about it, and also what you think about our pledgeing our lands. I think I shall be in the Bluffs in April if I am well enougja. We have let otir lower line to Oskaloosa to be donw in one year. Farnam and Durant say that these counties west must come to the scratch, or else they will build that line to Fort Des Koines and from there on and build this line here from Iowa City to Fort Des Koines last. The Dubuque road have raised 6,000,000 on their lands. Would it not be a good plan for us to buy a little at Sioux City. The Burlington Folks h^ve n.ade a small loein in the of stock taken they have decided on the line through the of the second teir of Counties. "hen the-proper time comes we must bring that road to the Blul f s. Our R. R. loan must be taken with the provision that the road comes down Kusquito, I mean whether the fileing of.our maps is down that creek or not. I mean those things shall be fastened so that should anything ha^. en that the management of the road and .Com pany should change they could not change the route. I want a strong effort-made to get the Telegraph line to the Pacific up the Platte. I am amking the arrangements to have a big pressure on it. I will write more I'ully when I hear from Washington. I enclose map of Nebraska. I am etc., G, K. Dodge . Keep-muffi-as-S-j - Sets-all - the -news-f rem-there - regulari I can do more hi.re if my name is not used at all at the Bluffs. Make those you have to tell these thing keep mum as C. gets all the news from there regular. ■ ■ ■ ■ August, 1856. Friend Baldwin; Iowa City, Aug. 31, 1856. Yours dated the 81st and 26th caine to hand today. I have been on my back all the week and also Annie is down sick but I wishto say a few more words in relation to the Pigeon line and Cook. Now Cook did not know that the line was located down Pigeon as he left before it was done and Farnam and Durant are the only ones who have control over the running and location of the lines. . Cook did not even see our maps. Hence you are mistaken about his influencing Dey for I suppose Dey would do anything that would hurt him as he, Cook has treated Dey.very shabbily. This was the question on which it was decided. Dey said that if they ever made a connection with the Pacific road it was no longer a question where the line should be located and I agreed with him there, though I held it could be made from the ^.usquito route. He said not so well, but that was laid aside and the question came up will Council Bluffs act the same if we locate down N.usquito? Now you know that antecedents were against them; and they tl:en said that they would lay the line so tta t they could protect themselves,; a nd fcr. Farnam and Mr. Dey both told Mr. Reed if Council Blul'fs acted honorably with the Company they would get the road down Musquito. Now I say that they cannot build the road on its present location, it is not.only impractable but is against the wishes of Mir. Farnam; and could 1 have seen him I think it would still have remained in its first location; the one that he is most favorable to, and I tell you that when he comes out there to convince hiii by showing him the feeling of the people. Mir. Dey has no feelings in the matter only to do the best for the Company and when you think Cook riles the roost you are mistaken for we have just changed thirty miles of line against his wishes and gave two depot grounds to others where he was figuring big for them. Now Dey is helping tr.e all he can in these depot arrangenients and hAs told mie where to buy. Got the Depot grounds on our purchase at Grinnell in direct conflict with Cooks interest and yet you D him because he did not fight for Council Bluffs. I say that he acted according to his judgement as an Engineer and nothing else governed him; I think he and believe we had not better push him on that note, and if Tuttle can hold it he will pay the interest on it for if you have taken a wrong view of this matter and were you here would readily see how the matter stands if the map was now here knowing as we do the feeling it would not be located there. Kemiember the linA comes into the i^-issouri Val.ey at Jo. Johnsons Tavern as laid down. Send that deed for the landing property to Mr. Farnam and request him to deposit in New York to your credit. I told him and he told me to do so and i wrote you sometime ago also, make some pur chases in the landing opposite Omaha. I enclose you Reeds letter and that will explain about the Omaha property. Tell Tattle to go R-^st as soon as possible and let him take along all our land to Pledge. I dont care if Reed dont want the Mullen and Test Lands, he may go without his,understanding with m,e was to take twelve hundred and fifty acres in Audubon, Shelby and Pottawattamie Counties and pav the interest that had accumulated on it. You can nake out the detds to that amount if you like, I will write him today and tell him he had better take the Mullen or Test land or both and state to him the terms explicitely. Send him a certi ficate from the recorder in relation to Braytus land in that Braytus has not made any other converance or encumbrances, the other I have attended to, send certificate here at Mond . Also let me know where Mullens land lays also shere Tests lays. I wish to hold on to my property in the Bluffs and Florence if you can raise me a little money. It seems to me Tuttle could loan me a thousand or $1500 for a year at his usual rates. I will him. I am ex pecting a good deal of money for the company rnd they have not paid in one cent yet bub soon will. i ami now trying to get hold of one piece more for Depot grounds think I shall succeed think that that will be all i shall do for the first seventy miles west. am exI cannot get that Bond until Mr. Farnam returns which will be in a few days it is signed T think and in Chicago . I wish you would find out whether Mitchell gets anything from Cook now. In relation to our operations. Yours etc., G. M, Dodge. Did Farnam get anything in Floi-ence? wink sharp on those preiiiptions. Tell Street to »i ' .1 ■ . i. ■ '' ' '■ if." - S - ■ ■' iG9 i^ugust, 1856 Iiii. & Ni. R. R. Office, Aug. 2, 1856 Friend Baldwin; I arrived here on Friday and will state though confidentially as we do not wish it to be known to a single soul that we have decid ed on the Wsquito route. I shall start west in a few days to buy^ up lands for D.- grounds for Mr. Farnam to the tune of $15,000 and if we had money could invest but must have it within two weeks. ^ want to hear from you immediately. I know of no way of getting the money here. What shall be done? Cook and Sargent are issuing their money here and I tell you to beware of Nebraska banks. Dont keep much on hand as there is very little confidence in St. Louis in them or even here. Look out for them as there is any quantity of Nebraska money locked up here and also in St. Louis. Tell Tuttle to keep his eye skinned and not to back any bank, stand on his our footing and not favor any of theni. I want $20,000 to use in this 70 miles it will turn within two years. Had I better let Reed in if I can get money from him right away? Yours etc. , G. M. Dodge. Be sure and not say anything also watch the land Office Pre - - etc.. Tell Nate that I advanced $520.16 for the Council Bluffs Guards which wants to be paid in to my credit. I give an accepted draft due Feb. 1st for $4 16. I want it collected right away from the company also to get the No. of that lot of ground I got of Larrine and put j.t in the deed and get the deed recorded. G. 1^'. August, 1856 m. & v., R. R. Office, Iowa City, Aug . 7, 1856. Friend Baldwin; I think you haa better drop Redfield a line and see what we can get on interest in his town for. We have had another fight over the ^;Usquito route and Pigeon is now ahead but only for ulterior pur poses, the Company want some hold-back to make Pottawattamie come to ternis. Shall cut across into the Missouri on Little Pigeon. That is the way we shall lay the line but it never will be built there. They feel sore over Tests opposition and are afraid that there is some like him at the Bluffs. The whole eastern part of the state have gone with a rush for the Republicans; only one Democratic County as far as heard from, old Dubuque . Davis is elected to Congress and Johnson rolled up 300 for the Rex^ublicans, Henry 800, De - - 400, Louisa 500, Scott 300, iviUScatin-300, Iowa which cast only 600 votes gives 350 majority. Linn 500, Adams 500, Washinton 200 and all the rest Blair of St. Louis is elected to Congress, a Republican victory. He attended the Philadelphia Convention. Benton left St. Louis County with 3300 miajority. Write me what is going on. I want you to get hold of some property in north part of town. Yours, G. J/.. Dodge. September, 1856. 113 Iowa,City. September 5, 1856. Friend Baldwin. We are having a seige of sickness. Annie is just getting up from a very severe bilious fever and little Lettie is almost down with teeth and I forget whether i wrote you in relation to that lower landing purchase. If you notify Nr. -farnam of the purchase and request him to deposit in New York for it he will do so I spoke to him about it he wishes us to secure the grounds at the Omaha landing. As soon as possible if you can determine''which to get perhaps you hau better wait until they come out. F xsrt Dodge is not going to be a point in the Dubuque Road nor is Elmwood in the Burlington. This is private and will create a storm. I tell you that those other lines are playing the duce, are running their roads anywhere; their only object being to make the most money out of the operation, are open for bids all the time and if they can get a site on the Missouri where they can get at it they will let Sioux City Slide, but I believe and they think that they cannot get around Sioux City though they are making surveys for that purpose. I have seen all the officials for each road and it is a hurley burley mess I assure you. Dont say anything about it as they dont want to stir up any feeling before it is necessary. Both of the Cooks are Cooks are out for Filmore and there is a strong eifort to Defeat Fremont in this state in that mianner. Eb Cook is dead for United States Senatcr I saw Gov. Grimes today shall send out our muskets as soon as possible, it is difficult to get them taken across the State. Tell Street to watch that Oflicer as there is all kinds of games up to quib'ole in relation to the grant and claims made under it. ard Williams will suffer at Fort Dodge. Webster Uounty is going to defeat the loan.for the Road because the vote makes Ft. uodge a point I have sent White the power of Attorney and directed him to return it to you. h.r. Farnam started from New ^ork on Tuesday. Yours etc., G. k . Dodge, September, 1856, Friend Baldwin: Iowa City, Sept. 19, 1856, Yours dated ^ept. 10 & 11 came to hand yesterday- And I cannot see why G. B. is so anxious about that location. I have the word of the company that their terminus will be at C. B. and all our business done there and opposite there on the river. Now what more do they v/ant? I also say that they do not own any part ol' Florence. Mr. Farnum has written you about womething, I dont know what, but 1 want you to write Mr. Farnara stating the matter fully in relation to the line and he will give you something that you can work from. Now I shall see him soon and find out cbout rebel(?) estate matters you can buy in his name and have deeded to him any of the purchase on the tissouri opposite the Bluffs. Buy and deed to him a certain portion and retain ours in our own name. Let them if they wish to give the interest but have ours tahen separate or combined with Mrj Farnam but it better be in separate deeds. Better pay a nominal sum, dont like gifts, a small sum and let Mr. Farnam pay for it. I dont think he will object. You had better state to him fully in relation to what purchases you intend to niake also their value and terms. He has tole us to let him know wheji we had a good thing also to purchase opposite the Bluffs for him. State the thiQg fully. Now Dey even - he has pledged his word that if Council Bluffs comes up to the mark she will get the road where she wants it. But none of them saw the excitementithat the location would raise and Mr. Farnum knows nothing about it. I have made one purchase for us and shall have the title in our own name - an Addition to Grinnell the first stopping place for one year west of the city. I can try othei property and with our money if you like but have arrai-igements with Reed for the money and it will all be in our name. Reeds sons will be out here to attend to the sale. We hcve many applicants now for lots in Grinnell I paid 58,000 for 160 Acres. There are now about ten houses on the addition and the Depot Grounds are also on it. I consider it a big thing. I shall try when 1 consider it good but in only a few places. Wis will be a good point, and Bear Grove a better one. If Redfield can be trusted you may promise him the Depot Grounds if he will let us have a shoe but dont give him any thing in writing that will in the lai st compromise me because the Depot will have to go into his terms, we cannot get rid ol it. I expect some to be out and make some surveys and Demonstrate that the R. R. cannot be built on the present line but am not sure about it as we may have so much to do that I cannot leave I am urging it and think that it will be done. Tuttie wants to take in certificates from the Recorder of each county that there is no incumberance on our lands and he want to go right away. Money is plenty now but will be scarce soon,-hurry him up. Things look well for us on the line and they depend on you for their main man west. 116 Had we have know)^ that the Keokuk folks were going to fight us so hard in Plok County we should have got you to go over and righted Williamson and Scott,they are carrying the whole east side of the county against us. Now I ask,the Blulf? people to keep still and not do any foolish thing to hurt them any more with the road. The Burlington folks will not go to the Bluffs but end their line oposite Nebraska City. They have not deposited their maps here yet. I shall know all about their movements and will keep you posted but they are locating in one place and building in another so it will not do to.buy on their location. I tell you that those coiTipanies are playing the duce. Who will you send to the constitutional,convention? For God sake send a good able man. I shall send an Petitions to the Bluffs soon for signatures to have.a daily mail from here direct through, shall scatter the petitions along the line and want them signed right off and returned to this place. We can get it if we only try, I think of nothing else. Ask Nate if he has bought anything for ii^rs. Demewith. 1 sent him money to New York, have you had returns? Write me often and let me know how you get along. I think 1 shall be able to buy Dey out of one share, but may have to buy more th.an you said. " ' Your-s , G. ^. ^odge i l l - ' 117 ♦ ' • ,! V* / " J September, 1856 . Iov;a City, Sept. 25, 1856. Frierid Baldwin: I enclose Mr. Reeds letters in answer to mine and and will explain a part of it. The Grinnell property we get 3/8 of 160 acres bond for a deed and pay ten per cent,that was what I objected to but suppose we shall have to submit.- If I understand your last letter you prefer titles in that shape rather than shares of the profits as the title" vests in us here. Is that not so? You must write him about those lands I canot tell what you had better let hiii. have,at any rate if you deed him any,deed those on Keg- Silver and those in township 76 and 77 as those will be further off. Those on Musquito you had better keep as the line will run through them. Mr. Farnum has returned from New York and is very sorry -that he located the line down Pi says he should never have done 11 had he taken the proofs on to New York, the Company all against it so you see tta t it is as I predicted. I have kept up a steady fire at it ever since I arrived. Dey says he had no idea it would create such a feeling and says that he looked upon it as making no difference in relation to Council Bluffs, he says he knew that they had ?ome feeling about it but did not believe it amounted to one cents difle-rence in the prosperity of the place. Reed., son will come out to sell those lands(?) (or bonds) I suppose he is a very fine appearing young man has a good deal of go ahead but I do not knew, what kind of a salesman he will make. The hotel 1 have not yet been able to get fixed. Te are pulling too many strings at a time. Reed is very sanguine about it. I ami not- believe we shall have to advance miost of the money. You had better forwara the Bank right away. Shall we get to the deposit? I am about buying some lands around the depot at Grove. Downey is very anxious to get me to take hold with him. They and Norris own a large tract and Farnam and Durant will not touch it unless they will Deed them i of the whole, they hate to do it, but it is their only show for the first 70 miles as we have bought all the rest. I have a show for 240 adjoining the town if Farnum takes it shall not touch it unless he does. Reed says he-has raised -^50,000 for me at no interest if so it is a very good — He appears to have considerable influence with HiOnied men and ^ shall still invest with him taking bonds - I annex a small - of Grin nell purchase. You see that it lays well i'or as we bought the VfrM >•-'» Grinnell Norris Addition | nell'f lavf houses on U Grln- buildlnE hilisJ' no. is. !■ ®lehty The hepot adjoining has been it so located that It on is it right and partof »hera all toe tha ic .. 1 I ■ ( Grounds deeded "to the CoHipany. Polk County voted us $300,000 by 400 majority'and we have set the ball in motion in Jasper for $200,000. we shall make them pay or no road. I should like to make a purchase or two for ourselves if you can keep up our deposit so as to let me draw on New York. Please notify me of the deposit there and if you want me to draw on it send me sone blank drafts. I know of one or two pieces that will in all probability pay well. Do as you like. One other thing, kr. Farnam does not own one cents worth in Florence and what is more says now he will not. Write me often and let me know how you prosper. I am very anxious about Tuttle, our grist is up if we dont do something before the Banks contract,. You will see by Reed s letter that it is easy enough to raise money on wild bonds. Nate had better print on all the beads and. put in the line from our map in the office and let Tuttle take that with him. Yours etc., G. M. Dodge, Send me a Bluffs Paper occasSionally. Write often. Send on those premp-- Who attended to them? ily September, 1856 Iowa City, September 28, 1856. Friend Baldwin; Orders came, yesterday from '.VasBiington that they should not submit to that part of the Iowa land Bill that allows us to locate our line for the selections of l-ands therefore we shall have to withdraw our maps and make a pernianent location on them. This we shall not do until we get others ready so as not to lay our lands open for preeiription again,. Keep this x-^rivate dont let any one know it, i'iow to the question, I start next week for Bear Grove with my party to make the final location and it will be down kusquito but I wish you to write, N'r, I'arnam receipt of this, dont allude to our new move ment nor let hiii. know that you know our intention of relocating the line. State to him the facts of the feeling in relation to the location, and what you can do provided it is located down t-usquito. State all the particulars in relation to what they liave been trying to do and in what conditions you have kept them still, I want to bring all the influence to bear possible and now you can help me so that there is not a xjossible chance to have the location made down Pigeon, and tills remember is the final Location and cannot be changed. I have not yet received my instructions but was informed that ^•:r, Farnam was disposed to put it on the Iv.usquito route and the encouragement you can give him by pledging the county for 300,000 and the city for 100,000 or more if necessary will fasten the thing beyond a doubt.. He will be out there on his return from New York, and you had better urge upon him the necessity of coming and seeing the state of feeling there. I wish you would pay special attention to this matter as now is the time to act. Also sell some or all of my lots in Florence, a pi rt of them anyhow as I wish to meet my payments on the house. Any lel.ters that may come for me that should be of importance please forward by messenger to my carr.p, which I shall try and keep you posted up on. I do not tb.ink Wr, I'arnam and Ley are very well disoosed to ward the hotel project but do not exactly know, lie is about^getting married and probably is hard up for money he will pay interest on the note. Tuttler holds against he thinks we hold it yet and dont let Tuttle present it, I was in hopes Tuttle would arrive before I left but he does not appear to come, I fear he will be late about it and we shall not get any money, hlease give a little attention to sellmg my Florence lotsor a part of theni, as I fear F, stock will go down. Now dont leave a stone unturned to help me along in this location as I have fought a hard battle and now is the time to rain only needs a little arbitrating testimony from the Blulfs for us to succeed. Write me at Fort Des Moines on receipt of this. Yours etc., G. M. Dodge. (Over) P.S. The Lyons Road end their line in Sec. 8, Town. 83-, Range 46, run 1-| ndles wouth of Ashton and coii.e into the i^.issouri Valley on Sec. two and Town 83 R. 44 thence run due west to River. I believe there is son.e buncun.b in their line as ti.ey run as far north as Town 88 and go through New Ida. The Burlington Road run their line through Glenwood and end it at a Town called Bethlehem. I think that they are fainal in their location and no doubt will make it a point. They have not yet filed their maps. • ' V'' . .V: .' ■ ■ .. I <i' ■' K ■ ■ : : / i ) ri* ■ ■ .. . -i m-w. - • '> - j-M ■ " ' . ■ . .iw,' .'R ; • .fv'■> - T-' 7," ' j ' '■ «s' ' I .'I ^ .-'W/'iL'l. ' • ■> October, 1856. Fort Des Moiries, Oct. 12, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I hrve arrived here on niy way west and will drop you a line. I left our child quite unwell at Iowa City and if any letters arrive at the Bluffs ol' importance to me please foward them to me by messeng er. I shall coii.n,ence the survey at Bear Gorve on Thursday and shall camp at upper Grove on Troublesome, at Ballards upper Grove; nerr the Highland Grove; at the upper Grove on Indian at Sweats Grove or the '.Vest Nishnabotna at Weeks Grove and thence down Silver and cross into Musquito near or below Donners and reach the Bluffs about the first of November. I hove seen Stevens and he is in a fix. I guess he is going to withdraw his Tennessee money and pitch into Florence. Cook is down on him he is afraid he will not get the Roads business as Cook says that they are to hove it and use Florence money. I know better as we are using eastern money altogether. Stevens gets plenty of Eastern money on his own notes without other signers. I dont understand it exactly but he says he can get ail he vants. Rohde Island money he uses the most also one New York bank, I forget which. I heve given you our company ground so as to enable you to send to me if you like. I am very anxious about little Lett and guess you better send out to me on tlie arrival of letters from Annie. Dey has gone east to get married and Farnam is in New York. Henry has re signed the Superintendentscy of the Road to take Deys place in Farnams and Durants business. They are preparing to do a big business next season and we shall strike into very heavy work this winter. Yours etc., G. M. Dodge. November, 1856. Iowa ^ity, Nov. 7, 1856. Messrs Baldwin, Dodge & >^0., Gentlemen: I received a few days since a note from your Mr. Dcxige bearing date Get 7, enclosing a power of Atty. to seel a portion of the land owned by us at Council Bluffs. The power gives you the right to lay out into lots and sell about 40 acres. Enclosed I send you the power of Atty. properly executed. The Bond which Mr. -^odge attends to I have not with me. It is in Chicago to which place 1 shall return tomorrow, when I will hove it executed and returned to you. In relation to the Hotel I think it may add to the value of the real estate, but 1 do not think it would be worth our while to advance any money for that purpose over and above what can be real ized from the sale of lots. I will therefore give my consent to have the Hotel commenced and carried on as fast as the expense can be paid out of the funds aris ing from the sales of the lots included in the 40 acres. Mr. Dey will arrange to have the Depot located at the earliest day possible so as to give you all the benefit of that. In relation to the proposed purchase alluded to by Mr. Dcrl ge opposite of Omaha which has been particaliy negotiated by Mr. Baldwin, I shall leave to the judgement of Mr. Baldwin and take such interest as he may think I ought to. It is now too late in the season for me to reach Council Bluffs in time to advise with you this fall, I shall therefore be abliged to leave much to your judgement and that of Mr. Dey's who is familiar with all the facts in the case. I am. Respectful^ yours, Henry Farnam. November, 1856 Iowa City, Nov. 16, 1856. Friend Baldwin: I can only say a few words and enclose Reed's letter. I was brought in with three of my party last Friday, perfectly blind, caused by overstraining of the eyes with the sun shine very bright on the snow and I am kept in a dark room, can just see in it. Am go ing slowly. You must write Reed, I cannot, and tell him what to do. I sent you Right of 'Way wiaps Feb. 18 with Deeds. 3hall buy Deys interest in the forty. X a Hi, etc.. G . . Dodge . I have written Farnam twice about his deposit. Your map sent will not do, I want the actual bought of the Sections through which the line runs in Council Bluffs from. Send office their figuhes. 127 December, 1856, Iowa City, Dec. 8, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I arrived here last might after a tedious journey came through frori, Fort Des Noines with the party got one fingersmashed bone and all at the Fort and had to quit stageing, -L could not get a cent of Nebraska money at the Fort. Stevens has a loan from them,^ I dont like it much. He is two faced I believe.1 took up the certificate and enclose it. Mr. Farnam is here, leaves for New York with maps tomorrow is anxious to get those papers from the Bluffs and Omaha he is on our side and no mistake but dont say one word as he is very much displeased with Reeds operation ana I fear we sl:all have to quit operating with him he wants no one else interested in the Brown tract. I wish you would caution Reed and tell him not to use the Company's or Mr. Rarnam's name in any transaction, also Tuttle . I tell you that they are up about it, Anything you see there buy. He will be in also everything"will be inade public about the location and Depot Grounds as soon as the county is secured. £ have had a long talk about Florence. Cook denies owning anything except his lot there and Mr. Farnam says he never spoke a word with Mitcliell about the line. I believe the Be-- farm is a speculation at $150 per acre anyhow now, or within two irionths is the tiiiie to buy. 1 will try and rake up some Nebraska money here. ''>e must have money to operate with and that soon. White, Keep and their man have let the whole cat out of the bag and 1 will not move another inch unless I can keep those inter ested from talking. Mr. Farnam will come out on his return from New York with Mr. Dey. All I have got to say is that C. B. is ahead a length and she has only got to do right to always keep so. Mr. F. goes in for her and Omaha without a word and is well pleased with my line. I will write you soon again and give you the ^es Moines im provements news. Yours etc., G. Ml. aodge. I have got the Bond for those lands. December, ibbo . Iowa City, Dec. 21,'56. Friend Baldwin: On rriy return froni iviarengo today I found several letters he re for li.e. have been trying to make the Clear Greek landing but I have froze up several of the party and came in today for recruits. It is awful, snow two foot and thermometer 20 below. In relation to the Grinnell purchaserthe understanding was that we were to have 1/2 at first and ti:en 1 agreed with Reed tlra t if his son would come out there and attend to the sale of the property he should h&ye an eight which I considered better than hireing any one to attend to it. I thought I spoke to you about it but it may have slipped my mind. I am anxious -to hear what success your subscription paper for the Company met with. The line was laid down the kusquito and hr. Farnam took it to New ^ork. He was very much pleased with the line and was down in Florence. He thinks they caught him asleep in the other line. Was pleased with the Brown purchase he is now in New York and will go to the Bluffs on his return that is he says he must but I fear he cannot. He is very much down on Reed and wanted me to quit speculat ing with him. I think he has a wrong idea of ^^eed but it is his (Reeds) fault he has not.policy enough, he never had ought to have moved a finger with Farnam. We must Have some money to use on the line and I am afraid to take hold with Reed now as Kr. F. might not favor us as much as if by ourselves. I can get him into any good thing and he is anxious to take hold 6f anything out there that we see fit. I think he would have liked a piece of the Drinnell pur chase from what he said, he asked me if we had got so strong as to need no more help" and laughed; he also wanted to kna if I had a share in Downeys new town. Cook denies owning anything in Florence excepting his lot that the Bahking F.ouse stands on. I gave him a full insight into all their operations, told him how they came to pur chase the stock etc. I wish you would look at those maps that are up in the Oifice that House made and see if our line is marked on them If it is take them down as he dont want it thrown in sight neither the old or new lines. Nate wrote me about a note that was missing. I never saw it nor did not take it. It cannot be of any value to any one is it? I want to hear from you about Reed. I am sorry, but cannot as I see do much, he certainly has been very injudicious both here and in New York Tuttle I heard some things he has said that are not politic for God sake have them keep mum or else they will cut us up bad. Tliere is nothing so o.bjectionable to Rr. F, as to have any of his business known outside. Yours, G . . Dodge . I have subscribed for the Democratic Press and also for the Silver City Republican. ■f o i J. ol February, 1857 Iowa City, Feb. 5, 1857, , L, ■ - • Friend Baldwin: I returned from Davenport today and found your letter dated Jan. 28/57. In answer, I had a long talk with t.r. ^ . that being my business there he gave me a draft for $1000 which I have remitted to our credit in N. Y. will also send the . 300 right away, starts for N. Y. on Monday. So all that matter is straight. These counties are playing they will force us to only let to I fear and perhaps not so far as that. We have got to bring them into line or else we shall not get one cent from other counties. I suppose i suppose I can sell the Duck Hollow Property if I could give a warrantee deed. I dislike to gove such a deed as I would have to the parties that we shall sell to them interested in our Road. Send on a discription. No. of lots, acres etc. and I will try and sell Onadi will soon come up a bill has been reported to make a new land district up there? We cannot sell Grinnell now at any such price as you mention, the ti.iie to sell it is when we conmience working in the spring. We can raise money on our land to almost any amount; and I think we shall be able before long to ma^e arrangements for a partnership with White our capital on our Lands. I have written out about my view of the matter, say put in our lands at :*5 per acre. We can by tt:at means raise 30,000 dollrs and if you think best I will start for New York as soon as we can get deeds. But I believe you can do better just now in Ohio. I shall look anxiously for a letter from ''hite with a proposition but if it does not suit I think we had better go on our own basis and I feel assured that if we could go east together we could make suitable arrangements for at least $20,000 and i shall want to use before long some more ii.oney here. We must keep Reeds and '''hites connection with us in the Brown addition from everyone. I tell you kr. L. is opposed to it and I think by bringing "'hite in connection with us we can clear away all F. objections. You had better sell my Florence lots or let Nate do it, as they will go down as soon as those maps are filed. We are now laying our and fixing our depot grounds at the Bluffs in reference to getting the right of way also want a copy of Nates map to fix the owners and everything else. I would buy Bollard's lot if Reed will furnish the money. He promised to write you on his arrival at New York, I wish you wouud let me know the exact amount of land we have deeds for and i will raise money on it. It is no use to wait any longer for Tuttle and I would prefer to have a settlement with him immediately and let it be known he is not with us. I will not go to work can get the documents ready. I as he returns from New York and one that will furnish it to us. on so good security and it only two months in New York I know i spare the tiiue now and I cannot me about half of my tiii.e to keep and raise some money as soon as we shall talk with N'r. Rarnam as soon 1 think he can recommend me to sonse There certainly cannot be any trouble need tii.e to do it. If I coald spend could bring the dimes but I cannot leave.C. & S.are down on us and it takes things straight. Be very careful 132 and guarded out there, everytl:ing said and done reaches here by next mail, so you can see my position and the necessity of n,aking things right now. I think Keep will give up his interest in Grinnell to F. but a. not certain, he is getting tired of it. I mean to let P. have an interest in Grinnell without taking away any portion of our interest. I shall get an interest in two other stations from here west if we want it but are we not getting about enough of these one horse stations without meddling with any more? I rather control the Grinnell and say one other station than all the rest. V'e shall get all the stations west of the Fort we want. Now I cqnie to these con clusions: First we will want to hear from '.''hite if he cannot do anything we will pledge our lands and go in on our own hook. I have said nothing to Farnam about a partner because I dont believe it is best for us to take in his friends as he has to many calling him by tha t name . Yours etc., G. M. Do dge ' ^ ' ' ' V ' ' '■ •r t ' I '' r, ^ . ■ V ' 'i "»/ ii '% 153 February, 1857. Engineer's Office, lov.a City, i^eb. 17, 1857 John T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear ^ir: Herewith we send you map of Council Bluffs and a portion of l\/:usquito Valley, with our located line laid thereon in red, also meas urements from each l/4 section corner to line. Also blank i-'eeds which will have to be altered so as to read Th.ird Division of aaid Rail Road from Fort Des iVoines, Polk County to Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie County. Unless it is urged by owners of land to have specified in the deeds the agreement to fence and give the necessary crossings, I would not say anything about it. But if they press the matter it will be a good thing-to give way on and you can use it where it is absolutely necessary to get the right of way. We do not want the measurements from Section corners to line specified in deed but you can show the map and also measurements. We would like to have the Right of Way obtained before the new Corporation limits become a law. As it v.ill save us the trouble of getting right of way across streets alleys etc. from the Council. Be as expeditous in the matter as possible as we wish it got before we file our maps and the success in obtaining the right of way will have great weight in favor of Southern route. They generally put the consideration at one dollar but do not pay it. You must give them to understand if there are any stubborn cases that it vlll knock the ^.usquito line cold unless the right of way can be obtained free of cost to the Company. We shall send you another map soon having the lines laid on all the way down kusquito to where this map comnences and shall want the right oi' way .got on that. Get deeds recorded and return to this office. Get right of way all the way to River. You will see the position of Depot Grounds on map and look and see if the right of way is granted over the Riddle tract in that Bond if not, get it. Notify me on receipt of map and deeds which are in two separate packages. Yours etc., G. iV, Dodge. 1 have left this out of the map package f^nd enclose in separate envelope. Map in one and deeds another. G. M. D, i cr. i Iowa City, Feb. 22, 1857. Friend Baldwin I write you so as to urge upon you the importance of secur ing that right away; Cook is playing a deep underhanded game one face of which we detected last week by keeping our duplicate maps back until Mr. F. had gone to N. Y. and fileing the duplicate sent on from Washington with instructions without changing the line he taking the ground that it would make no difference as by the late decision of the Att. Gen.. We shall absort all our i)onds before we get to Fort Des Moines. Dey refused to file and took strong grounds on the question and these few beat Cook as I have got word to Farnam and I guess now the Cook interest has got a blow that of the eompan3'' « stop and some has brought of'their ou4 works. some singular This has things.I opened the guess eyes that Parker won't Bet flO.OOO now. I cannot write ihf ^Luoufars but you can see how the thing would have worked,it was a very a « Deathly one although but I knew it wou^d it was not a have blow at been the brought Mosquito out Route untiland ioS had the map give remedy on. it. I shouid I took have strong gone grounds to New on York the but subject, as luckand would have it the heavy rains had kept Mr. F. in Chicago and Durend s Brother arrived here the next day, hot of which was unAnd^T And I am anxious to get that right away. the map It for will nearly be a good three Lever weeks. for us and one that they cannot beat. Cook kE^ H^thiH^b^ITt"" fo use. Get them right our Influence. away and what Write ever me expence auguments you you to, havetime, d etc. the Company will pay for. Also if you have to get them f way from the Council. Name the sections through which they A ? * other map this week which reaches into Shelby County,and therefore. Blocks their game, so far as I can learn there are no Directors- taking active part witJ! Cook ^ makes tools of them sometimes unknowingly to them. Durend is up ^f^fight!^ ^ sometimes as he takes hFT^rest"fn ^ heard from you for sometime, and ray attention Is so close here that I hardly know what is going on It is n thing that I came back here or else we should be beat. As it keeps me a watching all the time, and I want you to keep close wktch on ilorenb«e find out how much Florence stock they own and keeT about what I have told. We have got to watch and keep still fp™® one keeps them booked up on every move of ours out there and vrM you can easily a good see many works things against that us.came from our house all of which Yours,G. M. Dodge. 1S7 IVarch, 1857, Iowa City, Niar. 7, 1857 Friend Baldwin: Yours of the 21st is at hand and you no doubt have had letters and maps froii, us ere this that you can get all the informa tion from you wish. The new constitution only allows counties to take stock or make her debt to an amount equal to 5 per cent of her valuation or assessment, so you see we shall be compelled to take that vote before fall and my impression is that the sooner the better for I believe delays are dangerous. Farnam has sent us a very explicite letter in relation to Cook and his map operation stating that the company are in favor of the ^'usquito route and for us to file maps of no other line hence the deed has been done and the Governor has signed our maps officially down the Iv.usqmito. That ends that vexed question 1 hope and ^ am right glad. That is all Gass about the Burlington Roaa the Iwichigan Central R. R. have got more than their hands full now and dare not touch another road for the next ten years and the Michigan Southern is in the same fix. I laid the whole matter vefore Reed as you have stated in your letter andhe writes very encourageingly. We must make some definite arrangement :3 with Tuttle. I am writing to hear what you say about buying Dey's interest in the Forty and what to give. I can sell it in Chicago 1 suppose immiediately but I think it will sell better in the Bluffs, •.'/rite definitely about it. I wrote Farnam about the :|4,300 fearing Uirough these exciting floods he might have forgot it, he will deiJOSit imir.ediately on receipt of my letter if he has not before and wrote him in New York. I expect to come out there soon and spend a few weeks. Shall start as soon as the going gets settled and 1 get a little over rny hurry. I am going to Grinnell tomorrow to Locate our Depot Grounds and make arrangements, measurements etc. so that we can have that addition laid off as soon as necessary. I have written Nate about sending up a schedule of all our lands Bonded and otherwise all we have any interest in. I want to print them on maps to use if necessary. If we should be obliged to go to New York which I tMnk we must, both of us, A Bill has passed the last night of the session securing to the state all the lands selected under the acts of '49 and 50 for swamp lands and prohibits them selecting any more after this so you see we have knocked those affadavits higher than a kite. I wrote to every member in congress I knew and then got our folks F. and Judd etc. to write and we have got it through and that is all. I am etc., G. K. Dodge Let my Florence lots slide. March, 1857. 189 Iowa City, March 20th, 1857 Friend Baldwin: , Yesterday I received some six letters from you dated from Mar-. 3d to the thirteenth and will try and write you a few lines but it is awful to my eyes. I got out today and went to the Secretary's office and filed our map of the location, the first legal step taken a rii the only binding one so -trie ordeal is passed and iv.usquito has won this filed unbeknown by Cook and according to orders from N, Y. V'e never filed a map of the Pigeon route in the Sec. of States Office. Now it is a positive fact and they may blow their blast and build as many roads as they please,the M. & M. will build according to law and their decision in the niatter. Again no company can ever build a line over our route froi;. Musqu-ito ot the ^^'issouri Valley above Florence and it will be follish to get the right of way in the matter or meddle in any manner. We have got a strong fight yet, and i can show the coti.pany Mr. C. position if ycra can prove those rumors about wl.at he says we are anxious to get every thing but I want nothing but what will stand the test. I get no ^/apers. Mr. F. is anxious to see all the pieces in relation to these matters and ^ want you to watch 'and send me everything that bears on the case. It was a good thing my chtching Cook in that game, it has opened all their eyes. Judd Durant and all the New Yorkers were hoping it settled the matter at once. I hope to hear from M.r. i" . soon he is in N. Y. now and further I camot say about the in right of way that is for the Company not rarnam as he has not taken that Division yet every effort must be made and every piece secured as soon as possible let the Florence folks get right of wt-y if they like it will cost §50,000 per mile to grade that cut off and it is six miles longer than the Musquito route. We did not even look at it but should have been obliged to find some new way into the valley besides that if we had not taken the Miusqiii-to route. I would say nothing about its cost or impractright of way if they want it, but dont you all n?? that fuss c S* is made to seel believe lots anything and create about a hurrah the Davenport but if Cook company has said those things we will bring him to the test. It is open war now with me and I am going to have it known and also about the Mich Central Road not one word of truth in the matter. They positivelv sav they will not build another mile of Road, they are flounde^ii^ now the same with the Mish. Southern. The Decision an the lands has come.We c nnot get an acre until we build to the lands. Good Mr. C. is down I am herrtily til tired of the squabble right but now, 1 am though bound to ^ say slick we them much watch through now, and I have had a good deal of sharp corresponLncrin the matter. Dey is an trump and goes the whole figuee refusing to net under Cooks instructions and 1 filed the map todarin fLe §f ?h?ir commands We not having until April to do it' ThJy Lt off until F. left and then ordered us to file the nid iinoa ^ i? t,he Ex. committee * You see by this how the case has stood. No one stood by Coojc but he is acting president and went.to get our maps filed and it would be to late to recall it but, thank God it did not win. The Swamp hand Bill has passed confining the lands to the State knocking affadavits, fileinga etc. endways. Good. I have wri Lten very disconnected but you must study it out,. I am used up. Tell Nate t will look to his matter when I get able and also for hin to send me that date of the election of the officers of the C. 2. Q. I shall be out as soon as I am able. These right of way maps I had hard work to get leave to send and it is unbeknown to G. Here you see prompt action especially in the 15 miles out of the Bluffs and all that portion in the new limits dont let any one hereafter when '..ve get these matters settled block pur wheels in opposition that way. That was an outrageous price for that tracing. i wrote you about the raeasurerae its in Reeds letter. I am, etc.. Dey is away. G . N-. Dodge Buy Bullends land. e;.v .. •> . I- . A,-', .'a " ■ I ' - IV • - ; ' • 1 . . . # 1.W • I ■ ^. ■ • . . • - - : ... »• • r I* . ^ * \ ■■..t ... ■ . " ■ - v. 141 April, 1857. Iowa City, April 9, 1857 John T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear Sir: I am in receipt' of your two letters dated March 30, also was shown the Florence Courier by C. S. & Downey and in relation to the article under the capture of M. & M. R. R. I think it would better for you to answer it so far as controlling the location etc is concerned no matter how false such assertions are they have their weight here when used by those so disposed to do, and I would positively assert that all such things as reported as coming from me through you are false. That whatever you h£ve said in relation to the matter was from your belief in the advantages of the Musquito over the Pigeon route arri the inducements the Bluffs people would hold out for them to adopt that route. Now personally I do not care one cent about the jealousy or paper fights in relation to the location, but i know that such state ments may carry a wrong influence with those I am employed by and therby injure us, and I do not want a paper controversy with any body, at this stage of our proceedings and i hope that descretion Will not desert the Bluffs at this time and lead them to say things of us that may appear in our favor there but which may kill our influence here. I can stand to all 1 have done with papers that are unapproachable to back me but that you know is of little use to us now, as those never would be brought into question what I fear is that such articles and such assertinnpwill injure us in the future for I dont want a doubt thrown in any ones face. I shall not notice the piece as he says nothing of me that requires refutation and i dont want my name in any paper. You probably can understand these matters better than I can write them. Such things not only injure us but also create a feeling against the company which we want to keep down and when we approach the Missouri have the good will of all the places within my reach. I know folks will write and say what they please but dont let us aid the mi. If you think it is to late to write anything in answer or if you think it not policy to do so fearing that a denial of those things will hurt us let it go, but it hurts us here and I hope they will pitch into somebody that want to be curried, for they evidently iiiean to dig me out but I am bound to stay holed. When Dey returns I shall requcot hin to miake public the location and on vhat grounds it was done or else let me if the company's action is brought up I shall answer it but xn such a way that it will create no hard feelinc on either side. ^ I am etc., G, Ml. Dodge. P. S. Credit me with $2.00 and charge to Cenl. acc. for National Repert. & Cresent, for 1857. 143 'i \ April, 1857. Iowa City, April 12, 1857 Friend Baldwin: I am in receipt of letters from New York stating the Final Decision of our Board in relation to our line and it is "That they have adopted Dodge's line throughout" taking the Iowa valley by way of Ifiarengo and Kusquito valley, and our maps were as I wrote you before filed to that effect in ^'arch. Of course this is gratifying tome after this long struggle. Dr. Lowe, Biglers, Williams, and Stutsman Reed writes, were in New York last week and Dey informed them of the decision. Ke says the Dr. was in high spirits and felt well. It appears to me that there should not be so much fuss over the lines as it would not materially hurt the Bluffs in the outcome. But "nolens valens" the deed is done and I hope we shall have no more such trouble. You have no idea of the purplexities and shiftings this thing has brought us into with its new fuse ^very day. Cook was at the meeting and I of course caught.fits. Downey is ver-y much displeased with the maneuvers at Florence. Is afraid that it will cause them trouble thinks the Crescent City purchase was a hum. bug. He thinks Allen and Stevens are going to run them back ana if so dont let us meddle in that fight in any way or shape, not even countenance it and if you hear of anything of the kind let me know immediately. They are miaking money out of their Bank. I was shown yesterdcy all their redemiptions. They dont atoount to $600 a week and they have >^200,000. out. I think C. 5. &. D. would like an interest in C. B. but I shall not make aji y efforts to get them, interested. Downing I know would like an inter1 ' 'hen I come on I shall bring maps to make changes in the land Oil ices. Those maps you know wei'e placed thei'e by us merely as conveniences for the land Department. The law only requiring us to place the map with the Sec. of State and the Department at '.Vashington. Reed stated hw should be out here sometin.e this week. He wants everything bought around the Bluffs that is cheap and good. Ballard and Brown tracts I think more of the Hughes and Donox^her than of any other firm. I know of. Laborers and Mechanics are scarce here and get equally as good wages as you offer though I have sent out a few. Are you going to build a Hotel this summer? It ought to be done. Hurrv up that right of way and get it fast, also tl:at vote will have to be taken before August. I shall start out before long Dey has not vet returned but will be here by the first of the week. The Western CISCO 1 r om the Bluffs. I also see it reported that tha t nnn have been put at Brownsoita, Nebraska City and Dakotah If so Chan m.an and the rest have been playing false ^ pieces to Ley about ua and the pieces but that will effect AotMng. " and I am etc., G. Ivj, Dodge . H5 April, 1857, Iowa City, April 17, 1857. Friend Baldwin: Yours of April 8th is just received. I have written Ivr. Farnam about the deposit also the Bank. J/'r. F. told me on Niarch 23 at Davenport that he had ii.ade the deposit when he was in New York and requested n,e to send the bond to hini, which I did hence I think the trouble is in the mails or Bank, but i have written them to know. That Fort Kearney operation is not hardly worth attention as far as stability is concerned as that bill in Congress is a Dead letter, but it will make a speculation of course and do no harm to take a share And all those roads will connect before they reach that point. There is nothing around Kearney to contfcol them neither in country or top ography, hence you see a location of a town is upon the guess in re lation to those things.The Western btage Company have the control to California and will make that a point or station which may help it. You can take that shiare for Mr. F. and when see him will mention it to him also Brayton and henry. Have received a letter from Redfield with the offer of two one for us and one for Farnam 1*- that. • cr letter he write, you didn't, say Farnam .but- Tlirner, wh..ol is a right cf way agent and I guess fooled Redfield. Reed will be here soon. I shall take the Triscolter shares I have bought. Deys interest in The 40 in Riddle Tract. In~form me how to draw for ^2000 of it, gave him ^2,000 cash he has written you from K. Y. and ^ shall be out just as soon as possible. Trite immediate y. Reed has not yet arrived. I will state that you iiiust no* that vote either in Omaha or Pottawattamie and get the wheel in motion immediately. I am etc., G, M . Do dge . Copy of an Agreemsnt with G. M. -"odge, James Chaney and D.C.Haskell. December 1, 1857, This Agreement made this first day of December A.D. 1857 between G. M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Daniel C. Haskell and James Chaney of Salem, Essex Co, , State of I«»assachusetts, Witness — eth that whereas ti^e said G. M. Dodge has invested eight hundred dollars in the following described tracts of lane in Iowa; to wit: W.-g and N.E.^ of S.W. of Sec. 6, Town, 78, Range 38; and N.^ of S.E.i" of Sec, 6, town, 79, range 37; and Lot 13 in Sec, 3, town. 78 range 34, lot 16, town 78, range 34, for and a part of said sum in each of thier names; it is hereby agreed that the said Dodge shall pay taxes, attend to and sell said land whenever he may tliink it fior the best interest of both parties and shall receive therefor th- one eight]; oT the profits arising from the sale of said land and the said Haskell, Chaney relin quish their right to the said one eighth profits and hereby authorize the said Dodge to retain them on the sale of said land, provided that the said Dodge sha'l have fully and faithfully discharged his part of this agreement. Council Bluffs, December 1st, 1857, (Signed) G. M. Dodge, James Chaney. Daniel C. Haskell, % 'V. 149 April, 1859. So. Danvers. April 16, 1859. Friend Baldwin: I received yours of April 3. 1 have been trying to do some thing in old Iv.assachusetts but it looks blue enough. There is con siderable money for investment here but they all want to see property. Several will go out to the Bluffs to loo., this summer. I find a great many who are going west for the'purpose of investing but they are bound to see the property and think ^'Ussouri is preferable to Iowa. I ha; e not got through here but ^ have little hopes of doing anything. R. K. matters look blue enough, I have been trying to raise money enough to pay up our matters but cannot as yet make a thing, The Company will hand over the Bonds to us if we can make any use of them for goods or any thing all right. If you can turn them in in part pay for goods by all means do so. I want to know who that man is in New York that has those goods. ■■'•'rite me to New York. ^ir. Farnam will be here again-about the first of IVay. I have not got any - with rue but shall hunt up considerable land business for Nebraska. Dont pay out one cent in money on the work. We shall be able to get our money some way. I know not how just now but be lieve if we hurry the thing we shall be able to trade the bonds for goods or funds for goods and take the bonds ourselves. Write me at New York and also Chicago. It is doubtlul whether I leave here under a week or ten days. There is considerable immigration going into th.e west. If you see any bargains in land Durant wants it and if you can buy any land part cash and part stock M. & M. R. R. - cheap he will take it. tand is wanted more than lots if we could make a big sale or two for some of these eastern folks we could get all and more money to invest than we want. There is going to be a big business in land matter in Ne):?raska and we must do all we can off it. I think I shall go to Washington, Indianapolis and Cincinnati and business. I am, etc., G. ^i. Dodge. Dont give anybody any satisfaction about R. . matters. Tell ' i- to send rr.e .April Estimates by the 25th to Chicago and New York, also to get the Section corners all up if he has not done it. 151. October, 1859. New ^ork, Oct. 25, 1859^ John T. Baldwin: Dear Sir: I suppost if agreeable to you I have made arrangements for all the money we can use to buy wheat with and hold flour for spring en.migration or ^t. Louis market. I have not paper as yet but wait your answer. furnish mill the Fortes, Durant etc. the money and we divide profits. The mill to be run on joint expense, twelve or twenty-four hours per day as we see fit wheat to be bought for not over' at present 60 cents. I have made this statement that we can grind out 100 sacks at an expense of -^15. That we can ship in spring or land in levee in St. Louis flour for 31 cts. per sack, but it is our opinion l-ere that the flour should be held for home market. Now you know whether there is any money in the miJ.1 with what capitol we want and how much home market there is and what margin we can depend on in the spring. I have been trying to raise money in ninety days, have not yet succeeded. I want an imiiiediate answer to this wheth.er we have yet control of the mill and whether you are willing to take the chances, on a loss if one is made we have to stand our share of it, If you could get a telegram from St. Joseph to me yes or no on this I should like it as ti.i.e is iiiiportant. It api^ears to me that it is a good thing. I am etc., G. Dodge. Supposing you send message by express to St. *^0 and at some tiii.e write me fully and send by way of St. Jo. Spoor will do it. r O iOd Hr>- I.'arch, 1860. Des Koines, Karch 4, 1860 Pe£,ram, 'A'arner & Co ., On receipt of this please send me a lot of advertisements on Cloth & Paper by mail to of Des fvoines House. The emmigration begins to pour in here but it is turning mostly south going to Plattsniouth and Nebraska City. All those points have men out at work and I do not hear of see any going to Bluffs. There has been a bad mistake in not sending out men for Omaha and Council Bluffs. I see no notice whatever of these points but Bills maps and induceuients of all kinds are as thick as can be for every other concieveable town, i can assure you that it is necessary for the Merchants and Business men to move and have some one canvass Iowa, Illinois etc. I have written Press & Timber Cedar Valley Times and several other papers. Truly, G. K. Dodge. If you could make arrangements with the man who goes with tl:e Omaha & Council Bluffs business and to take along some of our advertisements it will pay or even to send a man on purpose. I have got them up at Oskalooaa, Ottumwa, Washington, iowa City, Davenport etc. but it needs some one to meet the emmigrants and give them cards and to keep up the advertisements. They turn them down here, it wants soii.e one to go into North Iowa and Illinois and also to Wis consin shall I advertise in Press & Tribune. G. M. D. Answer immediately, i shall stop here a week or two yet. ■i K K1 OsJ April, 1860. Kansas City, April 6,/GO John T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear oir; I have sold 75 sacks XX and 25 sacks XXX to Mc Henry and Downs of Wyandott City. They pay 310 and 285 on Levee Council Bluffs. I telegraphed today so you could get it on first If you get this before it leaves be sure and get it The Best Brands of flour is wanted here and XXX and XX sell better and Brand is liked better than Lexington Qouble Extra etc. as all fine and Inferior Flour coii.es under such Brands. If iv'cLenry and Downs like our Flour they v.'ill take 100 sacks a we^k or so. Chick & Co. will settle with them. I sent $600 to our credit at States Association today. Leave for Leavenworth tonight and will be in St. Jo. Sunday, Yours, G. . Sodge . Ship this flour as low as possible but not above 40cts. They must iiave it next week. Council Bluffs, Dec. 16, 1860. Dear Mother and Julia: I have been too busy to write you until today I have a little time. Father writes me nearly- every week and I hear from him by the Pilgrims who are continually passing through here; his ranch is the best knovm on the road and he sells a large ainount of goods. I sent him out three weeks ago eight large loads of flour, groceries, '^c. The Indians are camped close by him and trade considerable. Politically we "are not very much excited out here. I suppose down there it is all secession excitement. Tfe have won a great victory w'nici- has placed us in the true light of the constitution and for one I never will agree to have it frittered away by compromise or the knuckelling to the hue and cry of the south. They may have all that comtittitionally belongs to them but when they ask us to throw away our cardinal principals, give up all we have gained and fasten forever upon us slavery as national and freedom as sec .i nai, I pray bo God that the Republicans will never submit to it. I wrote Grimes and Curtis today on business and as a P.g. told th.em to be liberal to the south but not to give an inch of our just rights; to stand firm and if necessary stand to their guns. TTo amount of clamoring should move the north and the souther never should be allowed to break iip th-is union. I say let the nation financially go under and let every river run with blood as the south threatens but neve let it be dissolved because the old dominant party has had to succumb. Old hyprocritic Boston I see trembles; her solid men turn Rowdies to get the faint praise of a McCowan, lialf brother to the "Brooks" that struck down her Senator. She had better pattern after a wastem city, Chicago, whici. stands to her guns and defends a negro from Nebraska being taken to that territory as a slave when under the constitution he is free. There is notliing new here; good sleigjiing and pleasant weather. Polka are all well. Little Ella is as fat as a plover. Lett as quick as lightening and about as pointed. Give respects to all the folks. Is old Dan at Rowley? Yours, G. M. P. S. 7,'e are just getting a P.fli, established at our ranch at Cottonwood Springs and father is to be P. M. again. 161 Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 29, 1861. Dear Wife:' . ' , I arrived at this place last Wednesday nirht after a.chilly and blustering journey of eleven days horseback; two days, Loweveh, laid over, that is, rested. should have been used up. Slept a bed three rdgl.ts, balance balance of the time in the wa.fnn,[D that took down our buffalo robes. I had hot ridden two days before I got into cold up at Cottonwood springs, the weather was delightful '.vhcn I left, and in fact has been so all winter. I am now stopping at G. M'b where I am living in superior style to what I have been at.Cottonwood. Pew live better than CLettie and much since for a girl of her age. She puts ever,^ word in the righ.t place. No granunarian does better, and then she is very 'capable, can do many kinds of house work, Ella is the quintessence of good nature, is as plump as a partridge and pretty, a; d will talk as fast as a Sioux Indian when he tldnks the Pawnees are after him and some things she sa^s can be under stood as well. Two hundred dollars of my claim'for India'wdepredations is allow ed, and G .M. has managed s -' as to- have the money paid me in Omaha some time hence. I think he //ill be unable to get any position for me as most of the western offices are filled. I b'^lieve the appointment for Pawnee Agency has already been made so I cannot have that. Unless I cai: sell ray interest at Cottonwood, I shall return to that place the last of April or first of May. I have received a letter from Jule since I arrived here; it was remailed from Cottonwood. Sl^all probably have more letters from one and another by Saturday's western mail. We have fine improveme;its up there. I want $500 for my part. The long journeys back and forth are very tedi'-'us especially such weather as when I came down, and then to be nearly immersed in the Platt River which was filled witl. "slush ice" in a cold night, is shivering to think of. The river at the crossing at Kearney is nearly two miles wide including islands, with twelve channels, and the water in some of these runs nearly as swift as Niagara river. It came near carrying the old mare down stream. I could scarcely make her .-.tem the current against the cold weather and ice. Tl^e ininure we were out of the water we were mailed v/ith a coat of ice. I hauled up at a ranch on the opposite bank of the river and stopped over night, stripping myself and dried ray clothes, took no cold. On arriving at Loup Fork we were detained some ti.ree hours on a sand bar before we reached the opposite bank, once across that river I felt I was nearly home. Stopped late that evening witli a T'r. Falos whom I once assisted when he was in trouble. He took good care Cf me and wlien I came to settle my bill in the morning, he would not take one ce: t. I have some good "riends up tl;e Platte Valley, always glad to see me. Very many people knov me I cannot call by name Omaha folks seemed glad to see me, as did also many in C. Bluffs. They had all heard of our being cleaned out, scalped, etc. and were glad to see me with even a much larger acalp than they ever saw on my head before. All said I looked well and the ciimate agreed with me, and that I have not got scared out of a year's growtli. I find times dull here, but am glad to see Natlan apparently prosperous. He has a good business which is dally increasing. He received a large number of letters today. Some witli remittances. He gets a large tax paying business from Boston. When in Boston he fell in witl- a Mr. ■i^lla are really beautiful children. I left. Sher is very graceful, -^rd Lettie has improved I might add, accomplished She puts ever,^ word in the righ.t place. No and then she is very 'capable, can do many kinds the quintessence of good nature, is as plump as a; d will talk as fast as a Sioux Indian when he ifter him and some things she sa^s can be underin the morning, he up tl;e Platte Valley, cannot call by name have lived since i!'s fami ly. Joseph Hayes, a real estate agent, who was once in G. li'sengineerlng party. He joned the party for the ;.urp-se of see'-ng the country. He ' .introduced Nath-n to John J. Dixwell, Presideht of the Massachusetts hank, Bcsston, who has since forwarded him a list of many thousands of acres of land on which he wants the taxes paid. He is almost daily receiving additions of this sort, which is a good paying business. These Boston men are using their influence for him there. Natlian's promptness commends him to all business men. Lew Hill is about to leave here, and Nathan has made him an offer"for his land lifet, which he expects to get, and which is worth $200 per year. . a,. Very truly, . y;: ob -t. yjfjv. >.1 CfiiO . . ,S. Dodge, rn r-i , -i.jJm ' ■ ,5.;. .'-Jr-r* . IP'ft .-• 't iy ■ yU i. «.'a ia ac. i "hi r-r 'h! . i.J t Inl .1 iL I- J:. ■■ ■•>1' . h'. ■"> hO". , ■ ' r-i .! c .'.'i ho'i I' t-.lN'iJ •30" • a;, to''kw-t J Xoh fo-i' . ; . '■ •>'1' ■ '••h - -.j' r • iKfti 9 -n »i{ "ft. baHUn-w .'m ^ hw. , !'* ■; '-.Ij PTftfi' - ' I fitf tPOtTi' 'I'jnJf ftr ■'VVf'.gl .*oruu#5' T v-c „n.. 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The expenses on account marked A. were made under instruction from the Governor of Iowa hereto attached marked No. 1. Under these instructions I started about May 15 and visited St. Louis, St. Joseph, Fort Leavenworth, Then to Washington, New York, Albany, Troy, Pittsburg, New Haven, Springfield and I obtained in Washington six thousand stand of Arms and accrouterments. I immediately dispatched them under charge of a messenger to Davenport. Three thousand were sent to Keokuk. The 2d and 3d Iowa Reg. got them the 3rd, the day before it was ordered into Missouri; 1000 stand never reached Iowa. I obtained thesu arms after the Governor and our Members of Congress had entirely failed in doing so and I spared no pains, time or expense in getting them and forwarding them. I paid freight, drayage etc. for the purpose of getting them there quick and I saved the state by obtaining them an expenditure of at least >^200,000 in arms and ammunition which I had instructions to buy. I contracted for the arms in New York, but succeeding in obtaining them from Government in Washington, I did not buy them as ordered. I also made all the contracts for Tents, Blankets etc. for the 4th, 5th and 6th Reg. I spent the entire time from May 15 to July Ist carrying out the instructions of the Governor and en tirely for State business. How well I -performed that Duty, I refer you to the Governor. I got these arms home in time to protect our whole southern and western border. In making contracts and trying to buy arms for the Dtate, I visited all the manufacturers and Armories in the East and thoroughly posted myself as to prices and quality in everything pertaining to Civil Government Iquiping and also as to equipments every cent of the charges were spent for the state and much more that I did not consider proper to charge to it. When I left for the East, I did so not for pay, but for the purpose of arming our state and to a great detriment to my private business. I succeeded in getting what I was sent for and bore my own expenses, except what Judge Baldwin got for me, and I now owe for that borrowed money and if any claim is just and right this is. I charged for my services the salary of ft Lt. Col. and Aid to Governor which appointment I received but my appointment of Col. superceded it I never took my commission. It is also less than I was receiving in my profession, and it barely covered my outside necessaiy expenses. I was very particular in xkeeping account of my expenses. -i- had two or three letters of in struction while in Washington for the Gov., Telegraphic Dispatches, and in relation to visiting different points.They are either distroyed or in my papers in Iowa and wheiB I have been unable to reach them. The instruction I received in Washington was to buy 1000 Endfield Rifles, the full equipments for 1 Reg. of ^avalry, ammunition, etc. and to aii E, Clark in purchasing for ^tate also to aid in making negoti ations for bonds. I was authorized to buy arms and give drafts in Bond , which I maue arrangements to do provided I got, no arms from Government, but was to buy Arras for 1 country Reg. for border service. I contracted for it gave my drafts but subsequently countermanded the order . Respectfully, G. M. Dodge. 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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource General Dodge Papers - Building the South-west System - 1870-1873, Book 8 This volume has the Military and Civil Recommendations for promotion etc. of the Commanding Officers, Governors, Civil Officials and of Officers who served with [Grenville Mellen Dodge], 1861-1865. Includes letters written prior to 1870 and data that was omitted from books 1-7. N. P. Dodge's notes on the early settlement of Omaha. Santa Fe Trail. Early days in Council Bluffs. Includes "Texas & Pacific Railway Company: Report of Gen. G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer" (1874). Index to Book 8 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. 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Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Texas & Pacific Railway Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/db27f82d75bbd9ddf2f1cddb829a60aa.pdf bada70ed460936783359ac4334564d8f PDF Text Text . f ' "^rrT DATA Chronologically Arranged For Ready Reference in preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE y.ELLEN DODGE President of Sundry Railroad and Construction Companies Late Chief Engineer of Union Pacific & Texas Pacific Railroads Wember of Congress Wajor General in War for Preservation of the Union etc. etc. etc. etc BOOK IX. Texas & Pacific Record Director of Union Pacific Railway. Report as Chief Engineer of Texas Pacific Railway. Letters from Europe - Years 1874- 5-6-7-8-9. In S. J. Klrkv/ood v/as nomipated arid elected Governor for the third terra. I had knowp Governor Kirkwood fe ver since 1854 v/hen I was a young engineer in Iowa City, He had a farm and a mill on the Iowa River a short distance ahove that city and i;^ making my surveys,from Iowa City West; I first made his acquaintance, I saw then that he was a very strong man and he took a. greht iiiterest in the extension of t.:is road and gave me a great deal of information. . When he first ran for Governor I traveled over a portion ^ of^,^Iowa with im, driving hir. in my buggy, he making speeches at every point in the district. I remember during the canvass I received an anonymous letter telling me that, it was not safe for us to be driving over the country day and night as we were, as <- there was a bitter feeling ah.ong many of ti;e. citiaenS .in the soutiiwest against the doctrine that I^irkwood was preacning. I turned this letter over to Kirkwood, ;I think the next meeting vfns at and he read the letter to tiie audience and said that nobody had better interfere with hfeAand podge for they were well healed for anything that would come, which caused a great hurrah in the T crowd, while the faot was the only weapon we had was a" v;hip, . i When tjie Civil War commenced, as I have sl.own heretofore I I came in direct contact with Governor Kirlovood, and as ray own "u" records show, he was a very strong and devoted friend from the ' beginning until the end, liThon I entered the service, Mr, Peter A. Dey appealed to, Kirkwood to give me a conmianp,' brt Kirkwood .^nswer^d that he did'®ot see how it was possible to do so wlti, the lN*Wl7ient men. in ?o-.va seeking the position, but ^ey was a very dear b 'Vkvvv V, of and he'told him that if he gave me a position that he would guarantee, if I lived througi., I would Csme out among those at the head. He said he did not believe tliat I would« live through the war. Finally, as the records show,. Cameron asked him to^ appoint me a Colonel ^vhic-: he did. During the war Kirkwood stood very high among all the officers, especially wit . General Grant because he refused to send to the.old regiments at the front citizens from the State, as many Governor's did, taking the place of officers who had been in battle . or who were entitled to promotion. He invariably made the promotions in the regiments in the field in response to the officers in the field, which was a great he p to the Iowa regiments, but after the bottle of Shiloh, he obtained a prejudice against General Grant. He listened to the stories of the teamsters and camp follov/ers who were uijd-r the bluff at the fight instead of waiting until he re- - ceived reports from the officers and he made some very severe criticisms of Grant in the Battle, wiiich hurt Grant very :uuch7^~^ ' In 1666, Kirkwood was appointed Senator, I tiling, to fill a vacancy and he came to Washington -hile I v/as there. He then changed liis opinion of General Grant and was anxious to meet him. I was Very anxious too that Grant should make a good impression upon hJLm. I notified Gen. Grant that I was going to bring him up. I went up with him to the Whi,te House and when we went in Vice President Wade waa present. I introduced Kirkwoo(" and Grant received him with great cordiality and in the conversation Wade said that he had looked out of the White House ifindows and saw the rebel flag flying in Virginia, when Grant made the answer that if he had had authority during the war, every rebel north of the Llason and Dixon line would ]iave been sent south; that they should have gone where their sentiments were appreciated. This pleased Kirkwood very much. Grant complimented l.im very hirhly on his acts as Governor \ bf the State during the war amd also paid a ver; .hirh compliment to the lo'iva soldiers, namins several of the officers who had served under him. It was through his prudent mnnagement that he saved the large sr.are of nearly one million of dollars placed at his disposal taking care of the Iowa soldiers. It was due to his prudent management that our State debt did not exceed $800,000. Kirkwood was a very strong character, the people had great confidence in him and his judgment and up to the time of his death he was a great factor in all the acts and legislation of the State. I wired you today about havin^^ our local subsidy bond printed. , I believe it is just as well to print then; here, _ ■ ^ I want them printed one i;alf in denomination of i^lOO each," one fourth f'SOO'and one fburt-ht :*:10jDO... My reason".for this is, that the contractoi^S Could pay, off.more of their-men witi. the hundred dollar bonds. • ' ■ I ■ ^ ■ I By the list ,o.f_ accounts befit you", you'can form bome idea of the difficulty' of" coming to any' settl^menti ■ J . . I can c©^ along, with our* own employees, 'but thos.e of our contrac tors trouble me, Many of them leave their teams and outfits.here and are dead broke and'their'men .ire clamorous a**good many of them nave had attachments_put unon their whole institution and pnless I get money to pay off their'labor thoy will go to tl.e wall and we will finally have to do something wit}; the labor to keep them, quletv I settled v/ith llerChants. and Planters Bank, .Sir rman,- with lands belongin.':'to tl.e Construction Co*. Tiifey hefid our dra.fts to amount of about $30,000* With-Adams and Leonard, Bankers of Dallas,. T shall settle with local subsidy* ' i. Very'respectfully, G, LL Dodge, , - * . ilf .. ' • Chief Engineer. r j T o ■ X •' ^ I '' ' * « X.l: r • r --.s . ».j.r , ercf ^ w 'I'viJLJI^eU T»vc . lie • Chief Engineer. .;n'ei .. ry ron ■ _r ■ ^ • 'fu'^cr To ,Jfl "'rti; r.^« V.I-' - •■i' ' ' • V r-i '* •- * * » " ■ ! To ' ftToiJuV jn odMarshall-.-Texaa, January 1, 1874. .. g : rrl n ■ ■ • ■ ' - v Col. Thomas A. Scott, . ' ' : ' Dear Sir: ' I received your dihpatoh Dec!. Slat and anewered it<^ .1 1 never saw Mr. lersei.y cm the w/orlc:. He came here just at Ll.e time I was leavinr "Jfhdi t T 'sawof liira I liked but have no knpwledge of -j^is fitness for the positiony Mr. Dickson bitterly appose's his returning here; the reasons for v.'hicli I gave you'In my letter or the SGth inst, Mr. Hayes, vdiom I cnnsider very competent to judge pf- such matters say that he- is not a good master' mechanic for this class of road; he might do on a road that is running ^0 or 40 miles per hour, or mig t po3sl«biy make a -good' for%fflah for ^ops'. Hayes has shown me some of his Jobs that nerve not very creditable to him. He says he is expensive and lacks respect and"control of men. Mr, Mahl, t. e Aud-itor, says Hersliey never had a fair ■ chance hero and could not got one if hei was to return." Though he is very anxious that ho sliould be' given a sl.ow. As a frl-end of Mr. Henshey^ I; would not advise him to come lie re under the present arranremerit.>■ Hi's po3.ition "would: be very uncomfortable, and there would be a continual complaint from one bide or the otJiOr. You know i.ow easily the position ooulct be-made very uripleasant, and his dutio.o unsucceBsfu''. For,thono .reasons 1 wired you to give hi:, .oome other position Th#i*e i.o one thing very certain; we need a Master moclianic and ono who will bring eyeryti.ing and every person to a strict accountability. I endlotf# copy of a letterl.nat I wrote to Mr. Dickson, . There, are a grea^yMiny other tilings thAt, from time to time can . be changed^ tyuli we oahndT all at once. l Very f vl.' 1.--1 ully, M. Do^e, . , OJ .:T- . V ■ ' 'llarshall, Texas, JaLnifaity 2, 1874, " Col. Thomas A.scott,'' Dear Sir: I received your telegram in relation to cost of, work TJ.C -XO :; ■ ;. ;n« oh* Gherraan' to Texarkana and wired you today. I have raked Uf) vsufficient to take me to Paris; as soon as I can settle these freight matters which are troubling me. . . ^ , We owe the fl. & T". Central freight, • $18,000. Morgan* Lin-' - *' • 10,000. Houston Direct Navigation Co. • ^ 5,000. International R* R- •. - 5,000. ■ ■ ,M. K. T. R.' R. about ^ - i • 2,000. ' Total. 30,000. _ 300 bars-of our iron are attached in New Orleans by ti e Louisiana State National Bank on a protested draft. • - I'Dom Baris to the junction where our Northern line strikes ilie main line to Texarkana is 85 miles and the grading, bridging and tiefe are all completed, - or nearly so, "Then we come to dress up, it will probably cost us^some thing br' dging, I estimated in ray dispatch as follows: Grading $5,000. Brid^^ing. 10,000. Buildings 25,000 This includes a ten stall round house at a point half way between Sherman and Texarkana. Water stations stations 12,000. 12,000. t* • * « " • • Thi;'> includes siiraps'complete Tracklaying- - 85,000. - tncluflirg all incidental expenses Engineering and Incidentals 10,000. ' Right of way 17,000. 5,000. s'll' I :il" ■■ u'* blD ttsO . , rj lettO' V"*- '■ M..7 oj orteoa .'I .g TO T I ~ I firo t -xjhjt T 'iJwcv. .fr.iU i ~ .f ? 'irr. : : -rh /fro Is f»l 85,000 tons iron. - . ' ^ 35, tons spikes (VIe have on hand spiie'for 50 miles.) ' - 156 ' * fish-bar and bolts. . "> Freight and iron from point of manufacture via St. Louis- to"Shbrraan $20 per ton, via river or sea to Siireveport $15 i^ar ton. "• If delivered immediately the latter point w^i'ld be 'the' Ohea^st for us. " " ■ J lo I would require in rolling stock ♦' - wnc bvl 10 locomotives. 6 passenger oars. 2 baggage cars. ^ 'HrT 100 box and cattle. ' ' IJ , i: 150 flats, ■''0 X'' <■'* rVort 12 land ' ■■ Mtfo* hdio 12 push. . oJta ac ' .ovjfr g-' 1 Switcliing engine. ^ Ji' • - "." iq *' 1 should want 50 flats to commence with as there id nb'"j'olling stack here that I could get. I did nbt jbut any priCe upon the iron as it is,so much 16-er ' now than when I estimated it before that 1 had told you to fix price. If you can land me the iron at, Glierman or Shrveport, 1 will do all tl:8 rest gut of the earnlAgs of the north line. , I would not expect to do it out of the earnings each month . f'T ervmi 1 .jc*' mm f. .flw .*1 euJ 2^' 'ufT ij o*" i ii)ush. as received, but would expect to get enough to pay what I should need whi.le I ^as doing the work and take tl.e balance after the line was com pleted through. I think ;;ou can safely promise from the earnings of t]:at road, after it is completed through a payment on the iron of. $15,000 per month- besides all other expenses. I believe I could pay for the engineering and right o way out of the sale of lots in the towns along the line. I am inclined to think I could do a portion of the work, bridging, tracklaying, buildings, .^c. with a portjLon of the local subsidies; or our first .mortg- ge bonds, if contracts were made now. On the. line Dallas 60 Ft, gorth I can contract the work t.iat would have to.be done in this State, say everything but the iron and freights for one fourth, cas.. balance in construction bonds, or local subsidies. , " , If vou can'arrange f'or this, iron, Dallas to Ft. Worth, by promising $10,000 in cash per month for from the Texas anc after it is completed, or even whilst it is being completed, I can care of the 1/4 ca.sh by what I can get- out of - its earnings, - . Very, respectfully, :- G. lu. Dodge, - I' ' Cl-iief Engineer. Pacific can take '' tt * f Marshall, Texas, January 3, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.p., ^ ' Dear Sir: I wired you ioday about letting the work Dallas to Ft. Worth. Our old contractors are layin- out there with their teams idle and they offer to do ti:at"work very cheap and for very little money. It seems to me that we ough to grade while we can. I believe I can also get something out of Fort Worth. I know I can let it.for,l/4 Casn balance in our securities and property; that would probably want for securities first mortgage bonds or local sub idles. The estimate on completed work as made by I'r. Hayes is about four hundred fifty thousand dollars including everything. Since then I have received all the timber for Trinity River bridf^e GX06pt about xjplOOC v/orth of Ci:or^ which are layin^^ in Galvoston, so that I wou5.d only have to pay for the labor in puttin'^ up the bridge wl ich ^ould probably be bbout $10,000 for thetrussed work. The great coat would t]:en come in the stringers. There is a large amount of them but I believe I can arrange with some of the mills here to saw them out on long time, not + think it will reduced average the me Sradi-g $3000 very per ipile. iiiucb by changing tl.e line and do The rest of the bridging I think I can bring down to about $1000 per mile, perhaps $15,000, So that the,amount of cash that I would Fort^orth would do the heaviest part ^of the grading near I believe that townthat say five or ten miles. The pading and bridging done would I think put you in better shape to get the iron, coat nnaf about $150,000, without going into a close through estimate from at Dallas any rate would-A ^ it would be aomewi.ere in this vicinity, ' The ties we have on hand, there will be the coat of transpor tation on, an average haul of say 60 miles, all over the T & P. If you get the iron spike and fish bar and arrange for the rolling stock, then would come freight buildings and tanks. At the International stations between Dallas and Fort Worth,I could put up a'pXatform or somethin", putting up a good station atFt. Uctth and furnish putting up ,he other.depots after the road is running and we need them. Let me hear from you on this question. It will soon be too - late to do an-'thing for as soon as these contractors leave the country there will be r)0 one .here ahle to do it. All the men with whom I am now dealing have capital and a good deal of faith.. . See my letter to Mr.- Scott in relation to cost of our nor^h.ecn line, sent in response to.his telegram. - . ■ j ' Very respectfully, - ■ «),- ■ : '-rr - . G. l.I. Dodge, Js: - . - Chief Engineer*) b»« rr- p' ' ' ft* JSy <1^1 rr-i Lh -{ric ' t-rre i.I .'I iJ "r- frn Marshall, Texas, January 4, 1874'. P. Bond, V. p. . Dear Sir: Our earnings for December were vl01,5C0, an increase of |38,000. During the la-st iwo weeks, we run them up to an increase of IdOGC after decreasing expenses very materially ail around, and .will make still further reduction during the next month. For instance, Mr. Grain, M. T. cutdown liis yard expenses at this .place from $420 to $295; his transjportation office from $625 to $500 per month and he is gett ".ng out nearly double the mileage. He has reduced the road to two good roadmasters and making a re.duction generally in all his departments. iDt will take some time to get these things to moving smoothly but when tl.ey do you will see a vast difference in the radd and its earnings, especially its net earnings, I have not had time to go over all tl;e rolls ye .. They all show a disposition, after my talk to%them^ to come to anything or to try anything that will help us. I h0|:ie the gentolemen who is coming here to take Mr. Wallace's place is a practical railroad man, Mr. Grain, M. T, is a good R.R. man. He takes charge of the / road-bed after January Ist. The .earnings febove- are outside of all construction business, and are our cash earnings. I have used about $15-,000 of the money of the T & P mostly r on freights and November estim.ate. By showing this to Mr. Scott, it ; w.ill save ray writing, iivliait mi0m •rrr'".T Very respectfully, , G.. m'.. Dodge,. - '."f : a/rr.t 0 . Ol.ief Engineer. 5 ^".4 ^'1 ■ ' er oJ ♦ . . . , - o ffMarshall, Texas, January 4) 1874-. • P» S, ijond, V* Dcfir £ The question of Mechanics Lien being able to hold the road here for indebtedness is viewed differently by the lawyers here. TMrockmorton thinks that a mechanics lien is good against the road for six months or that any workman has the same lien on the road, but Steadman and Sexton give me written report as follows: "We do not think that the act of the Texas Legislature of 17th Nov. 1873 creating a lien in favor of mechanics or was intended to apply to railroads," I polntedout to them the section of the United States law that . exempts us. I wish you would point out to me the section of the local ^ law that you showed me. ■ • ■ They also '^ive me an opinion that Ward Dev/ey and Co,,aur track layers, can hold the track from Moores Landing to Texarkana, 15 miles, until they are paid for their work upon that portion of the road. This is probably correct from the fact that W.D. Co. are in possession of that track, i.e.r from the last sv/itch to the end of track until it is completed and accepted from them by the company, W. D & Co. t'^ vrhom we owe about $20,000 are tryin'^ or will try to force me to pay for the old work by hanginr: to thia track. I understand they are all ready to enj-oin me, but I have been talking to Dewey and was endeavoring to get along with him without any trouble. They are the only parties who have shown any disposition to give me trouble and th^y only indirectly so far it is only rumor. I got a permit out of them to run passenger trains over their traok on acth" of December and although they revoked it I am still running the trains through and they will have to pull up rails to keep me from doing so, but they hve given orders to -allow -no freig;.-t to -be carried over it. I am strongly inclined to think that I will have trouble -with bWrn. » -If forced to it, I sl.all tender them payment for t];e track from 'Moores Landing up, which will amount to about $12,000-. owe them nearly all of this on November and December estimates. I write you this so thot if you see or hear anything of the junctiion you need not be frightened. ' ^ w' ■' ' respectfully, ' w3 fl M. Do rJ to "*Gor . •X XT' ■■.nl Chief Enginefer. •■I'r iU ' f me*. m V , • i»> a Marshall, Texas, January 4, 1^74, P. B.^Mbhd, T.p. -■ X . ! . . . ■ Dear Sir: I widh you and Mr. Wallace would come to soirie "clear understanding about Attorneys lie re and about our legal expenses. Of course I am u -ing the same men Mr. Wallace put In charge, Steadraan and Sexton here. Maxey and Eppersen nt Joffereon. Throckmorton and Drown at Sherman, Gosd and McCoy at Dallas. They Lave all got cases of ours. There is also a Mr. Wrighi of Clarksville employed when we first came here, but Mr.- Soott.- He has been attending to our business at Clarksville and Paris. I propose to close up with him at any rate. It seems to me that we should settle now, that the construction Company has bursted; with all except, perhaps, one firm. If I go ahead with the work all I want is some active young man, who is a good lawyer,, and then if we have any large cases or anytl.ing needing special attention, make a separate arrangement for each case. There are so many suits pending now that we can only-close up "the account of the confliruction company with th phrties. ' . J : r ' m •: ic rt*>H i • .. I te« ' J I .' j-tm-i i i ^ ntwf" " * ian " 'W g'fX mhw -JC ^ ■, iX'r*" ftfij r .* i 1 ir ■J ff.) ISflT* r, ■ , rir'i • , If you so instruct, I will ?;rite each of these parties to return their'bills'for work done for'Construction Company or in whatever way you and Mr. 17allace may decide. You see that now is an opportunity to settle.these matters and perhaps a better one than we,will ever have • "I again, on the plea that we are in liquidation. The right of way from Paris to six miles west of Sherman cosrt , nearly ^^20,000, more than all the rest of the road. We run that much through Attorneys; the balance we run through agents. There is anotJier question that wants to be considered vyhich is that we have no record of-any right of way over the Memphis and ElPaso ghade. Under the advice of Messrs. Epperseon and Attorney who were connected with the old M. & Eip, i did not make any effort to get the ri ght of way over that grade. Mr. E pperson said that it was-all ob tained for the'M. & EIP."road and even if it was not the road-bed had been built over the rigl.t of way so Ion-' that-it gave us "a title. Now a bill of sale grom the-Receiver of the M. & Eip, for that grade or something that would give us a title to that grading, it appears to me.is very important. I think Gen. Bristow and Mr. Wallace are^"fully posted on this matter. Please consult them and act very promptly, for there are several cases coming up where men claim to have never given right of way to I.;. >. ^J^IP or T ■& P. and Gov. Throckmorton does not consider the advice of,Epperson as being good law. The'Right of .way, when taken fro M. & EIP was receipted in a book and that book was burned, so there is no recorded evidence so far as I learn ever having been given to either company,- Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, - ' ' c ■ Chief Enrineer. i' - leji Marshall, Texas, Ifanuary 4, 1874. Col. T];omas A ^Qott, Dear Sir: The feeling here in Texas in relation to aiding us is not as strong as one wculd suppose. They even doubt about the standing of some of their members. You will notice ti.at since I come down here, most "of the leading papers have had articles. I enclose one tlds'morning fr^m the Shtreveport Times which is a very influential paper in Northern Texas and Louisiana. I also forwarded one a few days since from the Jefferson Democrat, another leading paper in Texas. • . ' I enclose also an article from tlie Iron Age, which I believe comes to you or Mr. Bond. Ycu will notice on the Construction Co. I lihought it woyld be best to put out sbmething ahtl.cratively that would help us. ^ . . "5^ Very respectfully, ' /». A • « _G. Dodge, ^ ^ . tfhief Engineer.' ' -'kI ■ - ■ " . .1 ."X. T j" ■ .:u. I T > ft yr ••lO t' I' - r f* f r tr- ^ pnoh - • h 'l-f i...: U r't-jjcf tuo a.Tf; vfi, " "Ml .' r I.Q V' ■'' ' OMTjO rijtlqci T > ' ' IV > /a 51 nm , ' "i/ivtwhJ 1 T c. "r- I'Hf! f lo^'l f-ir ■* rti -jn *ftn'V ' -■ Marshall, Texas, January 5, 1874. ^ ' .: -■ ■■ ■ »" .i' • fl P' S.Bond, V» P., • ' Dear Sir: The neiy arrangement of the Texarkana Branch will require some kind of new depot buildings at tliis place. We have no mpney t put into it but there are parties here who propose t-^ build a depot and hotel or dining room attached,'upon our property, on a plan that we sl;all submit, fixing a price for the building at which we can take it at any time, we giving them t]ie privilege, so long as they run it to suit us, of keeping the l.otel and" eating i.ouse. ' . , At Texarkana, the two companies will be immediately obliged to put up stock yards. The stock business is going to be very extensive and will commence imuediately. •Thq stofik,yards will cost $8,000 or vl0»000. I propose to let the yards in,connection with the Cairo & Fulton, to some party who has capital enough to,build them agreeing upon a price at which we can take them.at any time,'and agreeing upon price for loading and unloading stock, say not to exceed $1.50 for loading, 50 /'for unloading and 25/ for feeding. , The experience of all roads is that after building stock yards • it is better-to contract the,loading, unloading and feeding. I think we can find parties who will put their capital into these yards for this privilege until we can get on our feet and take them. These yards would,be.upon the ground of the two companies. Please send me your views upon these matters as I trust to act upon them immediateiy. Very respeo-tfully, 6. M. Dodge, .i--* ,r ' '' . Chief Engineer. Marshall, Texas, January 5, T8f4. trust \ ' Tv'i ^ ■ t,. ■ ■ . j,, ..icO Marshall, Texas, January 9, 1873, JTol. Thomas A* Scott, Pres., t Dear Sir: Messrs. Bofinger & Pegram are endeavoring to get up a fast freight line from the east, north and north-east to run over our lines in Texas via Cairo and Fulton and International and G .. Northern R,R. , ^ . Seraething of ,this kincd is needed to put our r-ute prominently befo^'e tiie people arid bring business to us. We have an active enemy to fight, the li* K. 4-T. an one-side and the River and Morgcn Line on the other and if we can through sucii. an organization should bring our line into notice. To show you how little we are know , the Cairo and Fulton now issue their mapp and posters ignoring our road entirely. Tliey connect at Texarkana with the International and Gt. Northern R.R. and show our line as unconstructed. If anytl.ing of this kind is done I can recommend Messrs. P. & P. as proper parties. They have done our business fiathfully and are thoroug Dy posted. ^ As to the policy of sucl. a line or conditions of contracts with it, I am unable to ;ive an opinion except that I believe it will bring us a business tliat wo do not get and probably cheaper than we could obtair it ourselves. G. M. Dodge, Chi f Engineer. 'TCa 6.3 0 Kardhall, Texas, January 9, 1874. P. si-. Bond,:v. .P., , ■ ; 1 . ..i Dear Sir; The decision of the Supreme Court delcaririg the late election null and void; being unconstitutional will be very detrimental to us in our local subscriptions. . L The Shermar bends $8,000 were voted for under the "law upon ' whicK the decisidn.is given and I suppose we will lose them. All our other bonds were voted under the old election lav/ and I suppose are legal, but all the officers now holding office in Texas were elected Under ti;e new .selection law and under this decision it is considered that they could not.act legally in issuing the bonds. - I have disposed of all of the Sherman Bonham bonds and the greater-part of.those of Dallas on our indebtedness giving ceritifactes to deliver tl.em as soon as issued. . ' . .Of course all these certificates will now come back bo me and 1 will have to rearrange the indebtedness in some manne'r. It seems as though there was no end to bad luck in Texas.'":-^ Of course all these cities and ounties will take any advantage that keeps us from qbtaining the bonds. . I tried to get our-iron in New Orleans by giving Texas and Pacific paper 2, 4 and 6 months. It appears tliat this iron v/as never tumedover to T & P as I understood it was ordered to be. Very respectfully, . " J ^ G. K. Dodge, Chief Engineer. ■ oXXo'i to •v ' rr.iv I*" f' iwo T -|* * ■ , '■ i Or ,r.-' - MarsJ-fflll, Texas, Jartu'nry 11,' 1874'. P. G. Bond, V. P., . Dear Sir:- I have not made so many settlements during the past week owing to the condition our securities are in, but have fix ed upon a basis of settlement -,vith 'Jard Dewey A-. Co. I have had our road examined to Texarkar.a by State Commissioner and accepted; had him put in his report the fact that we completed there and had our trains running on the 28th Dec, 1873. The Cairo Pulton track is obout 4 miles this side of Red River, they say they v/111 be rt Texarkana by the 15th ihst, 1 do not look for thom here for business before Pebruary 1st. I have had no response to any of the cummunications sent you. Suppose you are waiting for the water to move. Our Harrison County bonds cannot be obtained until we complete our shops. They are now all completed except roof to one wing. Of course 1 am very short of funds for the construction com pany; have used up pretty much all you sent me paying.off men and freeing our freights* , The Iron held ]iy Morgan line still lies in Galveston. I have freed that held at Houston and am in hopes soon to-get free what is in New Orleans, We are-very short of rolling '3tock-on the road, cars and locomotives. Sands earnings in the Northern lln^ for December were $8500 bealdss all his constipiction business, about $3,00. of this will be net, . • • bs ■mO v'lvi : .c .^J iO ' . ^ . I am very much in need of the pile-driving car at Hannibal. They wired Mr. Dickson Lhnt they were holding it,for Sicels to { bring it down. I settled up with Sickels and he left here some time ago. I do not know where he is. As I wired you, if it only wants a man to bting it down I can soon arrange that. .Everything here is moving along smoothly. If I had my local subsidies I could clean up all my indebtedness. I have put cut so far but very few bonds and no company paper. I will not get our indebtedness here settled Sinless than six months so that I can close it up. Where I settle with local bonds I have to give a certificate or an agrement to settle when we obtain the bo'ds and the indebtedness is so scattered thafe it is very hard to get at it. I have used a great many lots in our different towns. . I have now made agrements to settle with all ourlarge creditors except two or three. I Very respectfully, 1 G. M. Dodge> : xtjr';' i- ' rt . Chief Engineer. ■ H'j . X .J , '' llicJt** W, , • ■ X*' - 'OJ . Marshall, Texas, January 12, 1874. F. S. Bond, V. P., Dear Sir: I haye made agreements for settlement of following drafts, mostly in lots, supplies or local subsidies. It will be some time before all the. drafts, will be taken up as I have to get the subsidies: #1031 $2016.5 . .V . , , ♦Wnt ■.btM Son "b mfiH' t »i> • en-i ;n- . C. J. Ball, E. West and Son* Miller & Riardan R. W. Rogers G. C. Galloway J. P. Green Gwinn fr. Eastman J. K. McReynolds 2022. - . .for : I 2023 x-fT' (ntSf ni^'j rti oJ - Aonr. Srr.<^ 2031 t- JnwoI.'Jeu no^\u IX) rl" 2025 b#><x?«48aNi beon rtU9 bAd WWAII I " 2026 JO,''io*| it Sxt^ .a 2039 "dj M* jnlfffwm nf.'o be.'. 'MtJd r^rkmiS 2040 81 jtoM'iS rmSllR CxlT 2041 .t ed f/|w TCC vo :J 2052 etwii .a- .il to' Oi •€ bAji «W«lt f ill — *111 'Ml.tXaw ert« tW ■ ■ iSn' T-nl rtaH lyO ring contractors: ■ ; r.,n ti/o -• Lyon Rozelle & Chris t'&'fiher. id Son* ' f Ingall and Jones. ; g i. liardan Ward, Dewey tc Co. t- 'Tft >rs • ' Anderson fc Beck. r , liT .oway Moodie & Collins» . ,;n,W J. G. "•■arner, 'iQ weYf m i| J 1064 . 2022. - . . ...a j C , .i • 2023 1090." - ♦ ■ 2031 f- inw: 1099 ' i: 2025 2000^ r J J' /' 2026 Jar 'iOW • 2005. 2039 "hj jnlr 2006 : . • r • 2040 81 j(oi 2007- ; -.I ' . 2041 ' .8*8T .t 2010 . r . 2052 - 2011 ■ rrt« oi I 201« - , . . , 2015 Also the following contractors: ohnson Ktnney, Mat Culler Johnson Howson $2i66t37 G. B. Russell J . E. H^arn J J. A. Plackwell Robert Spells C. D. Palmer J. N. Reynolds ft Co. . P« Polly. Conrad St Holly Kay Sr. Re avis A. C. Montgomery. Co. W. A. Clark. H. II. Coyce. • :.ol ffiv ; albnafi i I ,1 » < »l «J> 1 VvT.; • 45,2. Also the following vouchers Johnathan Adamson. C. P. Ettler James A. Churchill Durham Howell Co. J. P. PifeceraM George Tf. Rollins Jackson Flints & Co. Charles lioore P. Parish W. Roy James A. Sharps J. H. Thompson W. Y. A. Walts. Frank Buck W. E. P. Clegg Frank W. Fox. Galloways h Iloore J. J. Hall. E. & P. Jacobs. J. G. t'ontgornery, J. M. Pinkerton. F. E. Sickels Snyder h D-vis, Turner & DeParry. James F. Utz J. J. Vf. Vf. Washburn Washburn International and Great Northern Ry. Co. Also the following acceptances: Benjamin Ackley $452.80 KcCabe & Fuller 234.00 Very respectfully, B. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Marshall, Texas, January 23rd, 1873. George D. Krumbhaar, Dear Sir: I have settled this day account of J. R. Thompson, amounting to $713.55 interest to February 1st, $18.00 - $731.55 with three notes as follows: A1 - One year, February 1st, 1874 $261.11 A2 - Eighteen months, Feburary 1st 269.74 Jl3 - Twenty-four months Feb. 1, 1874 279,37 Bond No. 7200 coupon July 1876. Enclosed please find final detached coupons. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. January,', 1874 Jan. 3, 1874 M.-F. Hurd, Dear Sir: Marshall, Texas, If you h&ve any use for an additional Assistant, take Mr. Coweley who lives at or near El Paso. ke is a friend ol General Augur who says he is thoroughly posted in all that comitry east of El Paso and is '.'ell up in engineering; also knows you. he is now in San Antonio and I have written him to write you. Would like to have him employed if there is avvacancy. I have written Walcott to consult with you about explorations east of the hfo Grande and north of Delaware Creek line. i am anxious about that country and want you to confer fully with Walcott. Get him to travel over it with you, if you can, although it is out of his division, still, I would like the opinion of both of your upon it. The hard country that we will meet east of the Sierra Nevadas is that portion of your line between the Pecos and the Rio Grande . It wants to begiven a thorough exploration until you are satisfied there is nothing in it you have not seen. Truly, G . M. Do dge . January, 4th, 1874. Following letter refers to death of Sylvanus Dodge, 1874, Jan. 4th, 1874. Dear Sister: Yours of the 26th came evening before last. I also received a letter from you several weeks since which 1 have not yet answered. I have been so very busyfor a while back that I could get no time. Am now with just my own family, the first time in two weeks and have no help. Emma goes to school and it is so far it takes all her time. I am through with my hurry now and shall have more leisure. ',':e had heard of lV:r. Dodges death. You must miss him very much. Yes, he was a good man. I always knew it, and have no doubt of his reward, and tha-t he is enjoying the bliss we all hope for ^^r. Railey got some potatoes out and was all ready to start for G. Bluffs as soon as we got your first letter, and it turned so cold the night before that he could not go, and he has not dared to go since. '.Vill go over just as soon as the weather will permit. lie *;ants to see Ocean on some business about wood and the '.Villis note etc. Willi! left here yesterday,had not time to go over and Mr. Bailey said he would attend to it for him. We are having a dreadful winter which helps to make the tin.es still harder. 1 never heard so much complaint in my life. The farmers cannot pay their debts. We manage to keep comfortable and tint is.jabout all. iv.y health is excellent and am growing fleshy all the*tiii'e. I^r. B. is not well, nothing particular the matter only getting old ^nd break ing down. We will fatten the other be^f right off we have the mate to the one that was killed. We have one new new milch cow and expect Pet will come in in a few days. We did not keep the calf because 1 wanted the milk as I was buying my butter and young calves are only worth about a dollar. Will try and make you some butter when we get another cow. I am glad to learn the t Lettie has recovered her health. Would like much to have her come and see us. Emma wanted to go overand see Ella this winter but ^ dont like to have her stay out of school, she can go when the term is out. Love to all. M. A. Bailey. ' mars]-all, Texas, January 4, 1874. Vfm.. Gavin, Esq., Bort Scott, Kansas. Dear Sir: Ho one can re:'ret your condition iLore tr^an I do "but you are greatly mistaken about our having any money or being ablo to obtain it. We have put in here $6,00C,000 of our own cash and borrowed nearly ^^5,000,000 more and we l-ave been unable to raise a cent on our securities. As long as we had monejr or could borrow, ve stood up wr.en everything failed, we were obliged to lay down. Whatever we have got, you can have. We will "ive jz-ou our paper at 12, 18 and 2f^ months s cured or will turn out to you any of our supplies lands, lots or local subsidies at a fair price to pay your debt, I am settling all our indebtedness in this way. Very respectfully, r. M. Dodge, -. - Chief Engineer. • 4, • 2"* ... Marshall, Texas, January 4, 1874, Messrs. Bofinger & Pegram, New Orleans, La. Gentlemen: The letter of your Mr, Pegram to Mr, Wallace, Dec. 4 1873 has "been referred here. As I understand it the draft for $2550 is a draft given you by Mr, Eddy probably you discounted it at the Louisiana State National Bank, The iron that has been attached for it is and was when attached the property of the Texas &: Pacific Railway Company, I do not know whether or not the attacijnent was made at your instance for the purpose of protecting your indebtedness but it is the only attachment that has been placed upon us. It seems singular to us tr;at knowing all the facts in the case, it should have been done. I want the iron and we hope that you will arrange to let it come forward. That indebtedness will have to be settled the same as a"'l the other construction Company indebtedness. Your firm is doing business with our road and should, for the amount of business that you have done, carry that much for us until v;e can get square on our feet again. Please write me if there is not other material of ours in New Orleans, if so^ what? Mr, Bofinger stated to Mr. ^ickson that there was a large amount of our car material in Cairo and New Orleans, There is considerable of it missing. We are endeavoring to arrange our matters so as to go a lead with our work and ask you to turn in and get this iron released so that we can lay it to Paris, Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer, - lii V ^ 23- Marshall, Texas, January 7, 1874, A. G. Marquand, 120 Broadway, New York. Sir: Your letter to Hr, Piersoll has "been referred '.o me. We completed our raad to Texarkana, Dec. 26th and are running regular trains there. Our arrangements for making transfer there are ample and I hope you will get there as soon as possible, as there is no doubt we will do a very large business as soon as connection is made. Red River Bridge will be an obstacle, but I hop- you will soon be able to get that out of the w§cy. Ver; respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. '-iyA Hars&all, Texas, January 9th, 1874, To his Excellency, E. J. Davis, Governor of the State of Texas, Austin, Texas., Bin: In compliance with your request, I have the honor to state that the only compensation paid by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company to Col. C. D. Anderson for inspecting eight and five tenths (8.5) miles of this road, is twleve (12) dollars per mile for each miles of road examined and twenty (20) cents per mile for each mile in tra veling to and from his home to the point of inspection. Very respectfully, G. li. "^odge, Chief Engineer. Marshall, Texas, Jan. 9, 1874. Is aac H. Sturgeon, Commissioner, Dear Sir: Your letter to CqI. Scott, Dec. 29, 1873, has been re ferred to me. I ar. waiting to "et my track on the two divisions complete before I send for you to get my sidings and buildings on the Jefferson line to Texarkana and to complete to Brookston on the Northern divsion. It will be but a short time now until I shall wire you to come on. When you come there are two routes you can take, one via the Cairo and Fulton to Texarkana; tiiis is tJ;e shortest, even ir you have to stage it from Fulton to Texarkana, or you can come via the M.K. T. to Dallas and T & P to Marshall. Very respectfully, G. I'l. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Marsl:all, Texas, January 11, 1874. V ♦ t **"' f ' &. R. Anderson, Sidney, Iowa. Wy dear Anderson: I am in receipt of yours of January 5th., I hardly know what advice to rive you. There are a ^ood many points in Texas where. I think a y ung lawyer could do -..'ell.' If I knew that our road was going forward immediately I should advise you to take either Dallas or Sherman; they are not very large towns now but are growing. . These places are settled mostly by southerners and "a northern man would not have much sho./ at first, though they are now rapidly filling up with Northern men and there would soon be plenty to do. Everything is so new in Texas that it is hard to tell just where the prominent ooints are to be. Galveston is the most prominent town in the State, H u.ston the next, both of them growing towns. If you should remain here, of course, I would d.o all in my-power to help you along. If I was going to reno-e to a large town, as yon. say you want to, I should select a commercial center either Chicago, St. Louis or some such point. . . . 1 J .'ait. Juc r G. M. Dodge. I lO liHr mm t-tl ^ .r/- ' * bioi m\ - tJi^ ^ fiiJm m •«* ^ I J ' ' ^ m> mid *9 4ami jtwt imt mm amom tA •ftMt tfW# • .\l .d Very t lO jm mm nni Jv** ^ •' •urn w m^'O ttitv ^nmiJfmmmtmwt m •«« ^ I ruly yours. i * - * if - j* T - t ■ J > • 1 ! ' V Jcv'. i ^'7 g/. rMarshall, Texas, January 11, 1874, repbrt that Ic^a roads How did West in asked his bank John T.. Baldwin, . t ; ' ■ ' Coimcil Bluffs, Iowa.' Dear Sir: I am in receipt yours January 1st. I am sorry Stewart got hold of the bank matter th.ou^-h I suppose there could be no help for it and do not care. It is: better to let them understand that we do not overlook such matters. I do not think there is any truth in the report that Iowa roads will lease the bridge. How did Chapman settle and what did we have to do? West in his letter to you December 30thi Bays that we never asked his bank for any documents. Before he went to Chicago I talked to him about it and he agreed that if they could do anything he would let me know. He wrote me two letters which I have and in boti, of which he said discounts coulc. not be had or gave me to. understand that it was impossible to do anytl.ing in Chicagon; said that he never saw money as close as it was then, notwithstanding what the papers said. I took this to be an answer to my personal application. He also kruew that I had that paper in N.Y. and had failed to negotiate it. I do not know anything about what he wrote Stewart except through you and Mr. Pusey. I do not care anytj.ing about it, one way or the other, only that it was a singular transaction, with one of our customers whom we were endeavoring to help. As soon as Sickels gets back you must go for him on that m Colorado note - we cannot carry it. ■ Very truly yours, G. M. Dodg-^« -T-.'V4 ' liar shall, Texas, January 13, 1874, John Beresheim, Cashier, Dear I have yours of January 8th. I note what you say, cannot take Giiman stock. The hank must take care of itself and let stockholfiers do the same. My ifldea in dividing the account was not to get all our eggs into one basket; we had some very heavy deposits at Chicago and New York before th y were divided and v.-e got caught in both places. I think we better be at a little inconvenience and be safe. Our accounts in both places will grow. I have no doubt it is considerable trouble. Tie could not very well take our accounts away from our stock holders. I do not understand why we do not get collections from the Cook County and t^e Union National. Do not they have any to send or wher do they send them I am disposed to let you run these matters as you think best but I would consider a little as to the effect before I made any changes I do not know how the railroad accounts affect us now; they used to be valuable accoxints to us, in giving us exchange etc. and increasing the bulk of our business. I agree with you that the public accouiits whic,; we have been keeping have cost us as much or more tl,an v/e have made out of them. Still they indirectly bting business to the bank. A bank necessarially has to do a great deal of business that does not pay. As we are well rid of them I do not think I would pay very much to get them again. It seems that Chapman was unable to do anything. I liope he will go to work and close up his account or at least as far as he can. I have written him today. I do not care much about the West matter, except that I think in all such matters it is best to let the. understand that we know what is going on. I do not understand what you mean about Pusoy being looney-- according to your letter he doesn't appear to have made very much out of it. The weather down here is deligl.tful and I am going along first rate. I still hold about $12,000.00 of your last lot of drafts. Ask Mr. Baldwin to send me list of accounts we have in Washing ton unpaid on new contract. I wrote to Washington today. Very truly yours, G. 'I. Dodge. Marshall, Texas, January 26, 1874. John Beresheim, Cashier, Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 15th inst. and also statement of bank expense account from Mr, Baldwin. It is too late now to lock the door after the horse is stolen but there are one or two items to which I wish to call your attention with a view to reduction of this account. Bradstreet'e reports flor one item, "Fuel Account," >"or the year is f459.10/ There is something radically wrong about tl.is or else we should have new heating arrangements for another year. Of course election expense is an extra item and one which I hope we will never have to incur again. I would not allow the rent question to drift along until the first of May. It should be settled now and we should know exactly what we have to pay, I went to see Officer and Pusey twice. You should see them and come to a defirite arrangement. I do not know w^ ether you want the stock report or not. If not, I would cut it ofT and take it only at such times as you need it. Now that Oilman has resumed, I hope it will help you in your cash matters. Cannot we get rid of that loan from the Savings Bank? I do not know that I shall need any money right away and if the vouchers of our new contract are paid up, it will help very materially v/ith that over draft. How much Mr. Baldwin will have lo draw in Waghington to the credit of the old contract I do not know but I would like to get rid of lOf. interest on ^10,0.C Lo the Savings Bank. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. B41 Mars?.all, Texas, February 9, 1874. Hon. Wm. A. Wallace, '".P., Karrisburg. Pa, Dear 3ir: When I was in Philadelphia erTly in December, a dispatcl; came there froi:, l!r. I,!ahl, for a paymaster. I suggested that Mr. Frost be appointed in order that hfe could do the business of both companies. Mr. Frost has made all my payments since I have been in Texas and knows all the details, but I cam ot afford to keep him in the employ of the Construction Company unless we go to work. The position is one that requires reliability, great accuracy and experience, as well as a good accountant, all of which Mr. Frost is. There is no end to the number of questions coming up on my old account. They will continue unli-il I get fully closed up or start again. I saw your order to day for the first time; sent for Mr. Kretz and put him in charge of the payments for the running department. I will have to keep'Vrost, which, in my opinion, is an unnecessar expense. I believe one thoroughly posted, competent man can attend to business in that Department for ^oth Companies and I also consider that he performs the duties of local Treasurer. Now, -.ve have a local Treasurer, Mr. Hall, ijis Assistant, Dr. Smit.. and paymaster Krebz and my cashier, Mr. Frost. I v/ould suggest that all the business could be done by two persons, one as Treasurer and Casnier, tl.e other as Assistant, to run" over road and pay, I gave an order today to Mr. Frost to turn over everything belongn • to the running department to Mr. Kretz. Frost and Kretz would get along together all right but the latter, though, in my opinion is a verj' competent man has not had the experience to attend to business of both Companies. Very respectfully. C. M. ^odge, Chief Engineer. SPAi'- 'fr?, F. '■ "Fj' . ■ »!b" Cj(^ Karshll, Texas, February 12, 1874. Col. Thomas A. Scott, Dear Sir: I ser.d you today per Adams Express maps and profiles to be furnished the United States Commissioner for your signature and that of the Secretary of the Comjoany. Please execute them and for-.vard to Hon. Isaac H. Sturgeon, St, Louis, Uo, Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Marsliall, Texas, February 13, 1874. F. S. Bond, V. p., Dear Sir: I enclose copy of bil"' such as I think we should try to get through. I understand a bill has been presented by some other road very nearly like this. I think we should at least try for a two years extension for us. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodye, Chief Engineer. "Bd it enacted, &c. That whenover any company heretofore incorporated and authorized to construct any railroad or other public improvement in this State and wiose time for ccmpleting the whole or any part of its work has been limited by its-charter or by the laws of this state, has been"legally organized and has actually surveyed and con tructed, or has commencted to survey and construct any fifty or more miles of its line and has expended upon such work $25,000 or more of money within the limits of this State, the limitations of time as aforesaid upon such work, or any part thereof shall be and are hereby extended for the peirod of one year, to be computed from the day on which such limitation or limitations would expire; and if any such company shall have expended the sum of $1,00C,0G0 or more upon the worlc v/ithin the limits of this state, the limitations of time as aforesaid as to such Company shall be extended for the period of two years to be computed as aforesaid. Provided there shall be filed for record in the office of the Secretary of State, a map and certificate showing the location of the work actually done and the amount of money expended thereon such certificate to be yerifiod by the oaths or affirmations of the President and the chidf engineer of sue. company; and a copy of such certificate duly certified by the Secretary of State under tl:e great seal of the State shall be evidence of the fentension of time as provided for and granted by this Act." l.!arshall, Texas, February 18, 1874 . Col, fliomas A. Scott, Dear Sir: Some tine apo I received a letter from Mr. Bond enclos ing article from Galveston news, and now I have one from you. The day I started north, this article was handed me and I immediatel wired Mr. Dickaon to answer and have it rectified. Re wrote an answer to the news, whic: did not helpthe matter much The mistake I made was in not sitting down and answering the article myself, sending it to Dickson h\at I supposed they vinderstood these matters well enough to do the thing properly without my doing it, literally my dispatch to him was implicit. I shall now enclose yoi:r letter to the Galveston News. I think that iSj.the safe way to put an end to it. In my letter to Mr. Bond, I explained the condition of the matter.^ Our discriminations"have been almost entirely in favor of ralveston until our connecting roads cut us off locally. Very respectfully G.M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. -.ft w I h'- 0^1 Jiarshall, Texas, February 22, 1874. F. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir; We owe the Houston and Texas Central R.R. from 18 to 2 25 thousand dollars. I cannot tell the exact amount until I cet all t.eir bills. They elain that their contract for transportation of everything was made with the Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. and signed by Col. Scott, which is the fact but it was all shipped and all bills rendered to tlie Cal. and Texas Ry. Construction Company. In trying to settle v/ith them, they decline to have anything to do with the Construction Company. It is important that we settle up with them because we are doing business in connection vrith the Co. and they can at any time seize our friehgt and give us trouble. The question that I want to have decided is this. Shall I settle with them for the paper of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co.? A .copy of the contract with them is with you. This is about the last indebtedness here, of any magnitude, and I would like to dose it up IlT possible. Dallas and Sherman i.ave at last voted to let me have their bonds after a long struggle over it and after voting once or twice not to issue them. They are now being printed and I hope as soon as they are out to take up drafts for which I have given written agreements to settle with these bonds. Very respectfully, G. 1.1. Dodge, C-.ief Engineer. Mi Marshall, -Texas, February 33, 1874 m r . * r .. r,wi .ir. ' £ .. .,1 , r I. • ■ u J . ,• ■ ■ ■ ■ . :rr ...• ^ r . r ..r<wi .i-"', ' ;. • .„-.f ,: ■ -^ 'r' uJ . : - ■ : -nv J*. 01^' Col. Thos. A. Scott, Pres., 3 ^ , i . Dear Sir: In ans^ver to your'request for a report upon the. most feasible connection rif the Atlantic' o.nc Pacific railroad with'the Texas and Pacific Riilway routes, I respectjfully submitithe. folloV/ing: '"In ny opir.ion> the shortest and most direct, And in an engineering of view, the cheapest' route from Vinita to a connection with the Texas andl-Pacific Railway is as-follows:. ^ . i Starting at Vinita, rurn-inr southwest on a: direct' a'line afl the country will admit, crossin- the Arkansas'near the mouth of the Snak River and" tie Canadia; R'ver about '§0 inilos vest of the Eastern bourtdary of the Chickasaw reservation and the Red River near the mouth of the Little TITichita, tl.ence direct to Port Belknap and Fort Griffin; joining the TgxcXS n.nd Pacific at- or noar Port G-fiffin, * Xatitud© 32 5X j Xoncifludo 99° 40*, distance 350 miles. _ A route equally as good in an'engineering point of view and perhaps better in a conimoriial oae would be from Vinita south-west cr.os5>ing the Conadian near old fort Arbuckle'and Red River at ti.e mouth of the Big Wichita Wicniba thence MiCXloc? doWti-t-he uuwii- divide VIJL V between wif t,he Bl- and Little Whlchita 7 7 .7 toj a function with the Texas and Pacific East of Double Mountain; latitude 32 35'.longitude ICQ® 30' distance 450 miles. ? V .. .x, x, rTl ^ ^ J ^ ^ A Any line connecting with the Texas and Pacific east "of Doubld Mountain must keep to the east of the Wichita range of mountains. The foot-hills of these mountains on the Ganadlan and Red River arelin about _ ^ ^ ^ . .. .. . •% ^ — T\ ^ •__X_ XI _ rOOo—i'lillS 01 l»n©SG mounbuiiia un uiiw L\.xs^ longitude uut:?90®, 570 ,lill^y They turn UUX II thence UiUJllUc; south-west u and 'fall ma Ci j-a. _ off- W X X - into xixs/v the plains at Double.Mountain, near Longitude 101®,-latitude 32 50'. At their DOrthern extremity along the Canadiai. river tney are abcut 120 miles wide. Any road connecting with them in west of these,mountains Would have to start from Vinita, cross to the Red Fork of the Arkansas, follow that u;: to ti.e Canadian, t-.ence crossing the Canadian follow it up nearly to tie Natural Mountains; thence along the western foot hills of Wicliita. Ranges due couth connecting with us at' »ltlphur Springs, longitu^ 102® latitude 32° 10' distance BOO miles. ' :x. This line wuld cross tlie "Staked Plains" or Would man alon^ their eastern l^oundai'y apd v/est of the Wichita range of mountains. It. would be impracticable to traverse tl.e Wici ita'.-ountains, east or west, or diagonal y. They are broken, abrupt, 5C0 to 2000. feet l.igh. They must either be turned on the north or on the south. The. line from Vinita t-- Fort_ Griffin or to a point west Of that and last of I>ouble Mountain will control a larger anc3 far better distric* t a line to the west. Every foot of it is over a country capable ' aultivation, traversing the best portion of the C};orokee, Crcc-i u.s'iiie Chickasaw Reservation In the Indian'Territory and running through .tie counties of Caskell, Shackleford, and Jones in Texas. All the country west of this line susceptible o cultivation, the valley of the Cimmaron, the Canadian and the Red River would'naturally flow to this lino as th'ir outlet whilst it Would control one half of all the business of the country lying between it and the M.K.^i. ry. At the corssing of Red'River these two raikroadp WOuld be about 150 5in Franciaao ^eir Sftn Diego asr^ point departure for i .' 0 " Ui Trolrhor 7 St, Louis, the lino via Dbuhle Mountain and i'^ort Griffin would be the H shortest line to St. Louis. By connecting with us at Sulphur Springs,^ the distance lost by going around the Wichita Mountains is so great tl.at nothing is rained in distance by that connection. The distance from San Diego to Fort Griffin via Texa s and ^acific Railway is 1315 miles; From Fort Griffin to Vinita via Atlantic miles; -os. i - and Pacific Texas and Pacific and'tne Indian and Pacific R.R. is 350 miles; Vinita to St. Louis via Atlantic and Pacific R.'^- i ■, 3G4 '-.iles, total, 2029, miles, Saint Lou'l's' r to Fort Griffin via Texas and Pacific Railway 674 miles; os. i -rausi..co to St., Louis via Texas and Pacific R.W. and Atlantic and Pacific R.R. 2391 miles. The line from Vnita to Fort Griffin or to Double Mountain would have maximum grades not to exceed 66 feet to the'mile and its excavation would average from 12000 to 150C0 cubic yards to the mile, probably less. It would run through a country that have all t..e material for the building'of a road, ties,,bridge timber, stone, &c. and from the time it crossed the Canadian until it connects with tie Texas and Pacific line if could rtin throtigh the best coni fields of Texas and'txe Indian nation. - ' ^ Through the Indian' nlition this coal is already developed and worked and an excellent quality of cOek is manufacturered from it. So far as developed in Texas and the Indian Territory, the veine run from 3 to 11 feet in thickness and at alone would be a large source of revenue 4o tli entire length of the Atlantic and Pacific, wJdlst any road going West of the Wichita Mountains would in all probability avoid these coal fields entirely and turn south before reaching them at the foot of th^ Rocky Mountains or Ratoon Range and being too far northto get the benefit of j.the basin, as now developed.^ u ' In ray opinion, in an engineering, commercial and financial: point of view, the natural junction with us is by one of the two lines designated crossing Red River near the moutli of the Big or Little Wichita and connecting wit; us at son: point between Fort Griffin and Double ' Uouataih, I have been pver a great portion of this country and have also traveled up dio Canadian Cimmaron and Red River Valley and liam confident that the line I have designated will for a long time, if not always, cont rol all. the business west of it, while at the same time it runs t..rough the heart o' the best portion of the Indian territory and north-western Texas. The purveying parties for the location of the Ft, Wohth and.Denver Railway and for the selection o" land for us, have just been over the counties through which it runs in Texas and ti.e; report them to be the finest portion of Texas, t streams run ing water the year round; the valleys br ad and well timbered; the dlvi< 4s rich in soil and nboxinding through the counties of Wichita, D^ay and'Young In copper, Shoulf this lin^ be built over line from Sherman would, in all , probability be iTUShed west through Grayson Cook, Montague, and Clay Counties, making a connection -.vith the T & P near the western boundary of Clay or the easten; boundary of Baylor, and fc ould give for all that county . the-shoi'test route to Gt. Louis n d allow the Atlantic and Pacific to wnter into comp'^tition fcr the business at least as far east as Shermnn^^ Tt4s connection i - also made at the most northerly latitude by the Texas Ik Pacific llfle, 'i. Griffin being In latitude 32® ri* ; hen^P It is the sl.ortest distance on an air line from Vinita to the Texas and "atlfic Railway for any point west of tlie 98th meridian of longitude and I consider that the connectloti should be made as far west as that meridian in order to develop a country independent of the U.K.': T.R.R. inS^ and the Texas and Pacific R.'^.F. Prom Fort Griffin our line runs south-west, crosses the Pecos River in latitude 31 42', Our surveys determine that there is no feasible route throu^g tl.e Guadalupe Mountains from Fort Stanton latitude 33^ 29* longitude 105 28' to Ilurd's pass where we pass thera latitude 31° 30', Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. Chief Engineer. -■ 't; ; i -if.' ■ % or.— , . . ' ■ > . ,i i. • <v;.\ » .1 1 " ■ - ■ ^Vt, •. ' '■" s , . r 16^ Marshall, Texas, Fehruar" 24, 1874. F. S. Bond, Dear am in receipt of yours to C-ov Throckmorton in relation to subsidies .from Lonrvie;? to Jefferson. The trouble is that all the Jefferson people and members of the legislature who are leading members of the House and Senate make it a condition in putting ti.rough the International compromise. U do not think the Internatonal people care anything about building through from Longview to Jeff-^rson but I do not believe tl.ey can get oheir bill through v/ithout that condition in it. I had about concluded a settlement with Mr. Dickson for the amount due us on this ..ouse by making a reduction on the charges agains him, but Iloble lelis me that the understanding was that he (Noble) was to have the house If tnis is so, the house should be turned over to the Texas and Pacific and put in their hands. Mr. Dickson now insists upon taking the house, but heretofore, as I have written you, he has insisted upon the T & P owning it and furnishing it for him to live i? . I think you hud better consult consult Mr. Wallace Wallace about this matter immediately and come to some determination so as to relieve us here. As it row stands it is a personal ciiarge against Mr. Dickson on my books. Please call the attention of Mr, Wallace to this and see what Dicksons communications to him are. When Mr, ^ickson leaves here he will go east and will pro bably present ti.is matter there. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. (o (cf . .. ^ \ ^ , Mars:.all, Texas, February 25, 1874. .< 4lJtrl «J nc eiwi m oJsU ' ' ' m ri^.KOl '"fj •» ^•■ ■1 CMI .'.1 J ■ ' - . r; , -Jt f»s r-j ■• '.! -.,fV Xv/T ■ .<^1 ITb ei JI ''<T-:z' . » fc: • ( -'ftj ej n"i#l»0«I # 'Ri John Beresiieim, 'Cashier, Dear Sir: I an in receipt of yours of blank though recent date enclosing letters of Ames and the Comptroler, I do not v/onder that the Comptroler complained of our over drafts and overdue paper but I find thiat is the case with every National bank that I have heard from. Ames letters are all right except that he should be gi en to understand that we lost $10,000 during the panic by the action of the Union Pacific Railway Co. It should be put right square at him that right in the midst of the pnaic, when they were owing us $20,000 they drew out every cent t^iey had v/ith us causing a run upon the bank jrf" and took it to assist an Omaha ban^, and that, if I had not been in New York and borrowed the money at an enormous interest sacrificing my own securities to hold up the bank, it must have suspended that no other bank in the country could Lave stood such a drain. Also that all of the interests that should have worked in our favor especially the Union Paoi/ic did everything they could in opposite direction. The $10,000 due us from the U.P. sliould be collected. The certificate of the Savings bank if held by us must be at a lower rate of interest; we cannot stand 10^ You can tell Nate this from me; it is not treating our stockholders right. I am willing to car j?y the paper allowing six ^ interest, I think you belter place the Oilman stock; cannot you take it yourself? paying part cash? I do not want him to throw it on the market through the hands of anyone else but do not want it myself. I am satisfied to settle witl Judge Baldwin tut do not under stand why we should pay ten dollars per acre for land that is worth but seven. I am wiling to take the land at whatever Nate and Mr, Pusey or any other disinterested parties may say it is v/orth and take notes fob the balance, wit.; security on any corner building. It appears to me that is all they should ask of us, especia ly when we give him such liberal terras and long time. Mr. Baldwin must look after Yheeler, We cannot afford to lose anything by him. I tl:ink if John takes hold of it he can get us through T(bji must look closely after it. I suppose Mr, Baldwin has a delicacy about pushing the matter, still it is our duty to protect tlie bank and save ourselves, I hope after the March meeting there will he a change in U.P. I am not particular about th'^ R.R.accounts. They may be a loss and too much work, but they will come out all right in my opinion; those accounts were and will be valuable to us; however, if you and Mr. Baldwin wish to drop them, I shall not complain. My own judgment is to do their business for the present. It seems to me that if M#. Baldwin should make a plain statement of the way in which the U.P. did its business, he could get some his way. So far as giving them drafts, before three o'clock, I should consult my own convenience and take my own time. It is now a good time to work the Iowa Roads and put blocks before the U.P, Tliey are in no good humor and it can be worked up among tl.em and delay their settlements as long as you like. Morse, Stevens & Bradbury will do this b explaining the situation to them. I see tl.ings in the future which if they turn out as I expect will Justify matters much easier. I would also present tils matter to Ames, The West paper should be put into a note and sent to him to be rediscounted at his bank in Chicago so ti.at we can get money on it. It is all wron;^ for West to ask us to carry":!t any longer; he is now in a position to take care of it himself. Very respectfully,^.,^,, H . . m ; ' lO tu c . Dodge, j,^^2 'tnwo Uro lb /tow Mtn iA t *7t«V9 h4t«r mit •! IblrU l«lt t J.. .t fiulHbire. tim cJlflieb iMUMk-. 9vn'. 1 imdt iCWNF lAOoJtiiil f»j /•» 1" •<? 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Gen. J. G. ^alker, Austin T©2s.s« Dear Sir: I have yours February 25th. As I wrote you before, I agree with you that nothing should be done in Austin xintil our extentior is out of the -vay. The matters I submitted were for the consideration of yourself and the Governor and I thought to gi e you my views at length and sometime in advance so that they could be thourht over and put into pe. -ery hard for me to do any work between Sherman and Ft. Worth, except by spending $5C0 to ^lOOC per month, the Governor understands thid fully as he knows the men who are at work. Mr. Bond sent me copy of a bill sent you for two years extension. I would surgest thnt that extension e obtained if possible without bringing in the name of the Texas and Pacific. I am receiving letters from all along our lines, preparing all kinds of conditions; and the moment you put a bill into the Legislature with the name of the Texas and Pacific in it, every county through which we run will attack a condition to it; therefore, I suggest that the two year s extension be made a general law, the same as that for one year. Although the Ft. Worth people were here to see me, and as I supposed went away perfectly satisfied, I receve letters from them which I have forwarded to the Governor in which they want three or six months but no doubt you hear all these t.;ings in Austin. I want you to keep me fully posted on the progress as I know better then how to answer people who come here, v/hom I cannot put off by telling them that I do not know. I also suggest that you look carefully after the of the Marshall City Charter; see that they get nothing in it by which they can squeeze us. They have a disposition up here to live off of what they car tax the T P. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. gCttlilV. i .r-:- 4 Marsiiall, Texas, February 27, 1874. E. B. Hart, Secretary, Dear Sir: Your letter 21st instant to Mr. Malil has been handed to me. When I came here ti.e road was nearly $200,000 in debt and it had to pay for all the work done since November 1st. Thii was the agreement with contractors if they vould go ahead and let us finish up the work. I have struggled along here wit., very little money from the company, have settled most of the old construction company accounts, and have begun to get into shape but to pay off its December rolls, I had to borrov/ $30,000, If our earnings keep up, we will soon be on our feet and can send you the money. Until then, cannot you raise the little money you need in New York? The only way to meet your call for old and current expenses is for Mr. Mahl to go out to eh. bank here and borrow it. Our earnings have been Calling off very largely on account of continued wet weather, not averaging over $3000 per day. Ho much the expenditures have been decreased I do.not know. You will see from the vouchers returned the class of indeb tedness we have been wiping out, some of them running for more than six mont..s. If -e can once get on our f-^et, we can g - right.along but men who have been waiting six months for their pay and w};ose labor is starving for the want of it; whose property has been attacked and a good deal of it already sold have demands upon me that must be met. I am certain if you can get along for a month or two and borrow this money temporarilly you can then get it out of the earnings of the road. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. V . L 70 1874. On Llarch 8, 1874, my daughter, • Lettie Dodge, was married to Mic. R. E. Montgomery and the local paper gave the follov/ing account of it; "Sin.ce the origin of the human race, the hest thought and wish of young hearts has been in the desire to unite that holiest of all relations -the marriage tie. No more sacred relation exists among men, and while among some Christian organizations it is made a holy sacrament of the church, among all,classes of civilized people the event of the union of two persons in marriage is made the occasion of more or less festivity. Parents look forward .vith anxiety to the future of t eir children, in ti;is respect, and with yearning and all encompassing hearts, to the time when the ties of the roof shall be broken and those they love will go thence to battle with life in the companioship of their choice. This feeling and solicitude'is the same in the palaces of the rich as in the hoveis of the.poor and to see two young hearts'thus joined together for weal or'woe, in sickness and in health, in,foptupe as in misfortune, with all'of life's best hopes in advance and rich in promises, comm-^nds itself to our best natures, and makes us wish well of the young couple wi.oever they are who thi s obey, the divine mission of human life and exitence. The occasion of tpe marriage of hiss'Lettie Dodge, eldest daughter "f, General Grenville of this city, yesterday. Robert "3. Montgomery of Texas, and formerly of this city, has led us to these reflections. For several v;eoks social circles in' Council Bluffs have been stirred by th.e prospect of this happy event, and pregaration made by. the many friends of the young couple, to make it pleasurable to ll;e. fullest extent. That it was so,, was evid.enc.ed by the happy faces of those present, and who. v/i.tnessed the interest ing and solemn ceroraony. The bride and groom are known to many a our readers; there are those, perhaps, who will s.ee .this ar'-i.cle who are unacquainted with either. W.e have .known .both for years--from our readers; there are those, are unacquainted with either. chiLdliood almost,- Miss Do,dge was born in Council Bluffs and her home has been here with her parents ever since. Council Bluffs, was then on the frontier and a small village--since growr; to a city of "reat commer cial status. Ilex education was principally acquired in the new home and under the eye and fostering care of one of the best of mothers. The bride is a tall, graceful, sensible lady, and one who has always bestowed upon her parents the full meed of her young and affectionate heart. Mr., Montgomery who i.a3 won .the prize, came to this city in boyiiood. 'iVe first became acquainted with him ih 1868 when he .was an aoMve, energetic lad, .trying to make his way by industry througl. the world. Under W, G. Crawford,, Esq., he was Deputy Clerk of the State Courts, and also Deputy United States Clerk, and in the manner of doing business in the offices he held, made giany warm and loyal friends, who congratulate him on the conquest of the heart- of the lady whom he has made his wife. For several years Mr. Montgomery industry througl. the Clerk of the State in the manner of warm and loyal the heart- of the 5 Mr.. Montgomery has been connected with the Texas Pacific railroad and has in Texas, always winning and holding friends. resided 1874. ^ % The Presents: In richness-and .rareness.the bridal presents excelled any hitherto betstowed upon a Council Bluffs brid'-:e. Quite 'a number of ele^rant gifts are yet erroute, too late for. "perusal" at the banquet. He append a partial list of the cl.oioe presents presented to the observation of those present. From the happy lover and husband, a magnificent cameo necklace and brooch; by Hrs. Gen. Dodge, cameo earrings,• matchihg.gift of grbom;'by Gen. Dodge, father of brice, a wealth in the shape of a Shetland seal sacque coaf and presents from Ella, bride's feister, of a gem in lace and embrbidered handerchi^f; Annie,- also sister, a beautiful amethist ring; from the bridge's grandmother, Mrs. S. Dodg'^, • a Bible, whose teachings will no doubt be attentively .followed and in glad remembrances of the thoughtful giver. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Dodge were represheted Ir. the array in a splendid'gift, attractive and recherche, embracing a silver water pitcher, goblets, bowl and server, gold lined; Mrs'. J. 3. Beard with tasty and elaborately worked blue-beaded pin . cushion' and mat; Mr. and Mrs. J% M. Phillips a set of solid" silver taa spoons. Nate^and Mary Phillips, elegant silver butter'dish. Mr., and Mrs. G. if. Collins, Omai.a, magnificent and novel silver fruit stand and boquet holder, a rare gift; Mr. J. M. Eddy, Omaha, fine sil ver card receiver; Mrs. . .-M. Eddy, Omaha, silver and gold fruit server; Mrs. Hiram Price, Davenport, silver and gold cream ladel; Mrs.'E. G. Allen, St. Joseph, silver call bell; Mr. and Mrs. J. 71. Morse, silver fruit basket; Mr. and Mrs* T. S. Tlines, Moline, 111., silver pie knife; T. G. Granger pair bronze flagons, mantel orna- Ji ments, very fine; 71. L. IVhitneyj bronze stork; F. E Lawrence, ele- ^ gant bronze mantel ornaments; Mrs, Horace Everett', tasty bronze 'novelties on black pedestal; from "Pet," "Minnie" and "Grace",' three Graces-- a beautiful set of desert spoons, gold lined; Dr. P. J. McMahon,, fruit basket, pretty; Ernest A. Blackburn, silver card receiver- J." ". Robinson, iced silver gold lined egg serve; Laur" and Ltzzie'Baldwin, splendid silver and glass preserve dish; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Street,, novel an,d unique silver a-nd glass cftlery ■ stand; Mr. and Mrs. J. '.V. Laing, elegant' silver cake basket; A. P. Peck and J. ". Davis, Omaha, tasty-cologne set;. Mr. and Mrs. J. Baldwin, set of solid silver spoons ;'An|ty Jackson, a solid silver pie knife; Mrs. C. G. Eddy, silver frosted fruit dish, very fine; Miss Lizzie C. Baldwin, silver and- -gold sugar spoon. i ' ATTENDA CE: BoTore the hour of nuptials, the. spacious hallo, drawing-rooms and parlors of the General's resident were fully occupied by "the distinguished and ever,-welcome guests of the family. Among those present from a distance and from cur sister town of Omaha, we mention Mr. and Mrs. G. IL. Collins pnd daughter, J. M. Eddy and wife, Mr. Edward Peck and Mrw Davis,. The music was conducted by Messrs. ,Schroeder Hoy,or, and was of the most befitting character,, and throughout those jaccomplishe musicians rendered well and fully ti.eir part. , , Tn'E CERE'iONY, Promptly at the appointed time the guests assembled; anticipation on uppermo-.t tensio- ; the wishing hearts-- all nobly generous—hoping and bl-eisin^ the deed--th0 bridal corege J descended from the upper parlors, ',he musicians giving Mendelsohn s " grand Wedding March. First came Andy Jackson, groorasmau, and Miss Ella Dodge, bridesmaid, followed by the groon., Mr. Robert Montgomery, and rs. G. M. Dodge; next Gon. Dod-e and bridge Lettie and other members of the family, the Rev. Dr. Garrett, officiating Bishop, having iniraediat.fily previous takpn his, position in the parlor where the ceremony was performed, in accordance with" the full English Episcopal service, the fath r giving away the bride,--the groom plac ing upon the for-life sharer of his fortunes and woes, the talismanic ring. The ceremony was very impressivd and as the Dean in full bishopric costume repeated the grand sentence: "0 Efeernal God, Creator' and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all spiritual grac j; the Autnor of Everlasting Life send'fthy blessing upon these they servants, tliis man and this woman, whom • we bless in Thy name, that as Isaac and Rebekah lived faithfully tohether, so these persons may surely perform, ana keep the voew and covenants betwixt them (whereof this rdng, riven and received is a token and ^pledge) and may ever remain in perfect love and peace togetiier and live according to Thy laws, tiirough Jesus Christ, our Lord,' amen.". ' » There were many hearts that responded ful-ly and many eyes that filled 'vith tearful hopefulness in the future welfare of the high contracting parties. ^ The bride and groom, as alpo bridesmaid and bridesgroom bore themselves gallantly" through, the ordeal. THE COSTUI.'iE" were of elaborate and comme il faut description. The bridge's dress was of gros-grain silk, of the new shade denominated "ice blue" a sliade "extremely delicate, almost .vhite. It was trimmed v/ith valencin'es lace and pearls, th'^ skirt cuth with "Worth train, sherred puffs on back breadths, the diagonal folds of the siblk covering the front, and every fold embroidered" v^ith pearls.-Corsage sqauro neck, trimmed v/itn lace and pearls; wreaths of orange flowers descending from the corsare to iaeet the bottom of Lhe skirt in front, and orgnge flowers' from the waist 4o"wn thn puffs of the back to meet the train. " < , - . Miss Blla Dodge, bridesmaid, w&re a pink silk,trimmed With ruffles of silk headed with a wide ruffle of Paris raus"'in and ■ " valencinnes lace, and overdress of valencinnes arid muslin; corsage being of pink silk with over-jscket of lace. • , ' Mj?3. Dodge wore choftolate silk, trimmed with cardinal red velvet--cameo ornamorts. Mr. Montgomery was attired in a Prince Albert frock coat, vest of same character, dark pants, and light tie and gloves. His "best man", Mr. Andy Jackson, was similarly dressed. The bride's traveling suit was of bro.vn gros-grain silk whith shorred front, demi-train, tiimmed witi. velvet and silk fringe; English velvet walking jacket to match. Her winter suit was cap, muff and sacciue of SI.etland seAlskin. The book from v/hich the ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Alex C. Garrett, Dean of Trinity Cathedra", Omaha, was presented to the bride b that clergyman, the book bearing the following inscrip tion: "Lettie, from her faithful friend, Alex C. Garrett." Council Bluffs, Nov. 25, 1874. "God give thee of the elect of Heaven and of the fatness of earth. '"he book is exceedingly beautiful bound in ivory, inlaid witi: gold and colors. On the irory is a double trian^lenof deep blue, inside of which there is a gold cross, with flexir do lis 187 4. terminals indicating'Fait:., Love, Hope and'Grace. The choss supports a circle indicating Eternity, and is of red and gold, .'.vith blue sectors, all surrounded with the rays of glory in blue. ' "There was a rainbow round a'out them." ^ - To those kinghtly Masters of Ceremony, R. J. Cory and" J. Beard are the family and attending gflests devoutly thankful. Their mission was well and gracefully filled. It would be a difficult task to attempt to portray the almost intoxlcatingly bdwltchin-; mqnruer in which the various rooms were festooned, evergreened and made tropical as, sunny Southern arbor, by means offlowers, trailing vines and gems of every hup. The refreshment room was perfect in ever'y detail. Upon either end of th^ spacious table rested groom and bride's cakes. The bride's was in the fcrm of columns, surrounded with a wreat. of roses and very elegant in make up. The groom's was a Roman, basket, very tasty in design. In the center of the table was a pyramid of maccaroons, oranges and candy, on top resting a flower girl. There were other cakes lusciously.greeting the eye. The decopated meats, were prepared by Messrs. John Nicholson and Hathaway of this city and the cakes, decorations and candy pieces by R. M. Marshall of Omaha. All this work was tastefully and thor-oughly performed by the parties mentioned. Messrs. Foster of this city and Ryan of Omaha are responsible for elegant exhibition i- the floral department. The collation was never so enjoyable and among the other incidents was the ring price secu)ed by Miss Grace Deming to whom that roving artici was by chance awarded in the cutting of the bride's cake.. The newly married left on yesterday afternoon's train for St. Louis, where they will remain some days, afterward prx:)ceeding to Texas, wliere tJrey will reside djarlng the winter, - We have, littl else to adcj. These children of Council Bluffs wherever they may fine it their lot to rest, cannot secure in their, we trust, happy future, more hearty, sincere and devoted friends than last night bade them joyous vale, vale, AS they left the elegant surroundings of home." , :: fi.isro; . -; • . . ' , ■; • botl-J'' '. '■n . . i . -f* .-i" ! . bnff •t|.i iil; ' b .« ,i t ' i , • " ' .T .fj' ci .'■•11 Ta ,<iu- ' '/■ tJ • itT ^ J'tvjev ' ♦-am 1 , Ln-tl: buieho ' •T'" vlii' t J ! ' o. .' ■. Jo i', . rf ' Ur., JevXwv i.ri/nrt?' . ! '/.XA.ar ' •tijjfy.r In wuj ojm hn« lltM { ' , -£.1 r -lU w .j ..Ojrf-' ilcol ntfT - . ,nihe.JiiO 'it il, 1 t.r.ifr.i fi i.! ' .tiljnwf jioo'i r.u wMnd in..* -7 n il ,r> *•>//' , •I'-ll"* iifc.. ami .a- P: . .*1 ,rf* t t. .--A 1 .abi iJ' ' I ! I I '1 av . - ,^'1 1 i ./jn Mr, tioC r In Jui X'" Uij jn '! |.v 1 f'n "' " ...''lea .. 'lea L<"tyj X"l.f J |,,i l> frt'AfjifTflLr ' ' ' i Y. Airi . iiO . ;.-//»'• fu\ff ' I - , J J' I '-iril i • ' lo |r Philadelphia, March 30, 1074, George Nob^, Esq. Dear Sir I went over most of our matters west with Mr, Scott and urged the building of 6 miles west of Dallas, He seems to tl.ink that he cannot do it just now; as soon as we can pay off the debts in Texas they want some money east; however, I am in hopes, under some plan, we can get 30 or ^40,000 to pay the freight on that iron and the cost Of the six miles. The House, I am inclined to think when Mr, Dickson comes on, they will h&D'^ him, turn over to the Company, We are very much in hopes that when the rain stops and the bridge (now done I believe) is out of way, our earnings will come up. All the earnings of the Texas Central Division goes to the T & P to Mahl anr that divisions they will hold in statua quo until they see the outcome of our- plans, I wrote Sands to do anything on it you wanted done, and I am in hopes we will be so fixed I can turn it over entirel out of construction Department and get rid of it. The Department question at Marshall is settled, Tr.e department proper should be in the Y. but we are unable to build it;when built it should be large enough to include the offices of the ruinning department, as it will be required by the time we get to and the Construction Company building will then no more than accomodate the land, lot and auditing departments, I therefore believe it to be our policy to let them put up the eating house in the Landis lot and use the lower part for our railroad or depot purposes until we are rich, I have no fears of the Injunction, our Attorneys all give an opinion that it would not be had on that ground. Sturgeon is in Washington vorkin'^ for a report. As soon as you can consia^ntly do it, wish you would wire me that road is up, h> tells me he sent you copy of agreementnwit]; G.N, & Int. R.R. Don't fail to get back your views on question as soon as possible. They want us to pay 25 per cent on our local travel. The three locomotives at Little Rock will go forward soon. It doesn't look much like buying stock cars. What do you think about Truly, G, M, Dodge, Chief Engineer. jOI Washington, April 10, 1874. •f ft>iciySff eofCffL ■ T>«r J. K. 7ddy, . • * *. . ^ ' ■ „ I.Tarshall, Texis. ■ • . . . Dear S^-r: If you. can close everytV.ing up so as to come "by Kay 1st, do so., I expect to return before that. If anything should occur so I cannot then leave everything. There is no money to pay out on old construction matters, except what may be due on old pay rolls. I hope to get soraeth- ing from them before I return but the prospect is very poor. Mahl had orders to let Frost have enou~h to pay rolls of New Construction Department and there is something due me on his^books for old construction account that was to be used on old pay rolls, I cannot pay vouchers, even to employees until I get money here, as I was in advance of what had been sent me when I left. I am very anxious about the.-, bonds; I dont understand where they could have made tho mistake or is it only an excuse? It is, useless to wait all ySrar for new legislation; if I can get the londs out of Sherman and Dallas, I could close up. I wired T & B to- take up drafts as fast as land was turned over. What does Dickson intend to do about the house? They have delayed it so long intendjpig to get it for Noble that I may loose what is due the Construction Company. Coble better send the vouchers on as far as closed ^p and leave the books with Ross. En dorse the notes so that Granger and Ross can settle if anyone wants to but I mean that all settlenJents will be made that can be beofre that time. I want, if possible, to settle with H. & T.C. R.R. and D.N.Co. They are the only two debts left I care anything about. The drafts you speak about from Krumbhaar want to stand on books as a credit to Philadelphia but not chr-rged out. They don't belong to our office or they would be 1-^ft r " -.itirely. I am looking fdt- a statement, Texarcana where terminal deed is made; wants to be deeded to me as Trustee, or if -h y o j .Jt to the T & P the full amount against T A: P Railway wants to be made out; also the amount turned over to T A: P Co. Co. in this is officers Car, and the supplies invoiced February 1st, and whaterer is found that had not been charged out before. You understand these matters fully and I want to have them left in good shape after I return I shall not have much time in Texas. Seems to me Montgomery could attend to the bonds and not have us I don't see where I am to get the money to pay any of these men until we get relief somewhere. To pay the clerks discharged, you will try to get enough out of ban! for what is due by Mahl. the rest will have to wait. When T V P is paid off the Construction Department of T Ac P should be paid also; the balance due me on lands, on old Construction Co mpany, wo will have to pay if we can out of Wheeler lumber/ Respectfully, G. 1.1. Dodge, C.E. , James A. Division Evans, Engineer, fit ,A / ^ ; New York, April 10, 1874. | Dear Sir: I have received all your letters, the last of Karch 27th; also I'r. Harts. I saw Scott, he has heen in hopes to make" so'me ^ arrangement by which he c\;)uld meet tiie San Diego indebtedness. I don't ■pee ].ow it is t - be done Unless we reorganize. All have been sanguine of" aid from Congress in -time w'e will get it but not this year, in my -1 opinion, on the strength of'orders from P. I went on in Texas and complete road under way and oh promise of prompt pay, as yet none has been made. I settled old indebtedness there pretty successfully and closed up expenditures. I wanted to c; lose in California and it would have been better and settled tl.e same as oui^ other debts. I I 'don't see v/here the mondy is to come from to continue this work in r^f. - California; no^ one will pay up if we reorganize; we may possibly raise I Jin-V • • 'Zrmi : . 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Evans, Dear Sir;I have read all your letters; the last of March 27th also Mr. Harts, I saw Mr. Scott; he has been in hopes to make some arrangement by which he could meet the San Diego indebtedness. I don't see how it is to be done unless we reorganize. All have been sangu.ine of aid from Congress;in time we will get it but not this year, in my opinion, on the strength of orders from P. I v/ent on in Texas and completed road xmder way and on promise of prompt pay, as yet none has been made. I settled old indebtedness there pretty successfully and cleaned up expenditures I wanted to close in California and it would have been better and settled the seyne as our other debts. I don't see where the money is to come from to continue this work in California. No one will pay up; if we reo.rgardze, we may possibly raise some money but I can find no one who wants to put money in any enterprise just now, no matter how inviting. Our completed road in Texas is doing finely but as spring approaches, receipts'run dowr- and th^^ want of iron to build from Paris to Texarc . drew-back. I will urge our people to try to help you in paying men* -I would not incur any more liabilities, if I could help Hf, until ve see daylight. I wired the Pacific Mat.to let you have I2OCC but they wired they could not, the d-'mand and no payment having drained them. Matters east got no better; business is dull and those who bridged over the panic as theii' iime paper becomes due far® unable to pay. What I have written is for yourself alone. Truly, G. M. Dodge. * * New York, April IC, 1874. P.S..Bond, V.P. Dear Sir: I sent you several letters and dispatches from Texas about Bonds, land subsidies, &c. You can draw your own conclusions I used up a small capital in telegraphy, urging prompt action by our Attorneys in Texas in getting out" the bonds. They were 30 days or more in getting up the form and then while I had some one printing the bond, thevsecretely went back on us. I suppose we must keep still until we get a gear's extension and" tl.en I hope I shall be allowed to go for them. If I can and not hampered, I will bring the bonds. . I got a letter today from Evans; he owes |20,000 and says he is in very uncomfortable position; cannot even pay his men kc, ;says he went ahead on assumption that money at ratef or $2000 a month would be sent him but he has not had a cent; something should be done to aid l.im my men in Texas are in trouble. The T v P does not pay for work done since November as agreed. I hope earnings will pick up so it can. The U.P.R.R. telle me today tliat they start their corps of lobyists to W. Monday to fight their bill thy>ugh. If the men are to handle it who I am told is employed, it is a jo6 and means flefeat to us or to them through both bills before Congress have no show. The T & P it 4rtK I don't heara word from you Truly, C. M. Dodge. New York April 21, 1674, Dear Governor: Throckmorton: I am in receipt of yours of April 14th. I sent all your letters with Adams L. to Mr. Scott and Boncn VTe have been throuc;h this same mill so often that we are used to people being .ungrateful and selfish brt Sherman and Ponham, We ..ave no money to buy any land if they get the Crutchen property where it can be handled, we can talk about it wl;en we get ready to start. I do not think we shall attempt to do anything in W. Jihis season, but will try some other plan and make our big effort next winter. Harrison County has voted the bonds to us; now to get through but we have pretty nearly settled up all old matters and we are individually getting in better shape than we have been for months. It is useless, however, to ask or think of getting money to start up with, so long as the ugly feeling against railroads and all corporations exists as is showing itself in "'ostmnd soutl.. How Sherman and west Texas can meet you after what tl.ey have aione is more than I Qftn see. You oug. t to let them feel the weight of your power; unless you do as I do, never do anything for revenge; let time make all things right. Keep me posted; the company i.olds a meeting tomorrow, the 22nd, and may develop something. Just now the south is getting a dose in way of high water; if its representatives would fight for its great interests, and prii.ciples and quit quarrelling over office and the they would do some good. Truly, ; G. M. ^odge. : • ''4 y.'-i NO. 233 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, April 28, 1874. Ky dear Ella: ✓ I got your good long letter of April 19th and while ^ ain waiting here will write you a few lines. It has been snowing east and in New England and New York.froirl 5 to 8 inches fell. I wonder what you will say to that. I am wanting to get home but our matters here are in such a shape that I cannot tell when I can start, but hope dally to get relieved. There are so few left in Texas now that I do not suppose you want to continue there much longer and am looking towards the but spring is so backward that you do not want to go until and planting can commence. There is nothing new here although this is a boys world and plenty going on it is the same old things over and over again. Broadway is crowded, Washington is full of politicians and feathers. Everybody complains of hard tinies end thousands are out of employment and I see no prospects of its getting better. I begin to despair of ever getting away from here. Have carried this in my pocket three days and will mail it. Go to Washington Friday night to be gone several days will wire or write from there what I expect to do. It snows and it is good sleighing in interior of New England, Truly your father, G. Ni. Dodge. New York, April 28, 187^. J, M. Eddy, , " , 0 i. Dear Sir: The Ex, Com. of Union Pacific have made ClarK Supt, and there will he no one hetweeii nim and l^r, Dillon. Clark was here and I saw him; he will do sometliin^ for you. As to he wants to remain with T & P Scoott sent out orders yesterday for him to be local Treasurer and for all payments to be nmide on approavl of Noble, separating entirely the Auditor and Treasurer so that there will be no clashing and each will attend to his proper duties. I don't expect to have anything to do except for him to cldse up old accounts for me; his assistant will be if he needs one. I want the bulletin sheet to show whcflil^ the amount charged to me from Philadelphia is; returns received show about $7 700,000. I wired you today for balance; there v;ere some drafts drawn that vouchers do not cover that are to come in; the loss on material and supplies should };ave gone into the cost of road supplies, it will in final return; loss on material should be ci.arged to its items, bridging, iron, &c. whatever it i?, and supplies should go to mateiPial. Parties wh- owe us should appear as debtors unless they can be transfered to land Department. I have notified everyone in Construction Department to close accounts at hay 1st. Washburn resigned, I would prefer him to stay and let Clcott go; if he will, I may complete Trinity bridge durin- t e summer. I don't see how tl.ey allowed such an expense to accumulate on those scrapers. I have got no funds to pay storage; you better have Bofinger pay storage and ship tl:em on what he owes, if he has not settled urP'^sv' t'lo^' can cold; Seems to me some plan mi'ht be foimd by which our ftiterlala and supplies could bo stored for 10 or 20 dollar., s. if -sgfolks h" west 'ith you, I will take the car at the Bluffs. I want the tdtal sum paid o^t^n^^ight of way sent me. I think Philadelphia office must have another^to send to me, some of items charged to me but they say not. You, of course can only account for the amount you have credited them with. The balance of the drafts want to be charged to timber. T..ere are drafts of $15,000, $125 00 and $5,000 that I think vouchers have not been fully returned, and if not, that will stand as a credit to Philadelpliia office to be accounted for when vouchers come in. ^ . What about Jefferson bonds? Throckmorton and Biown wired that Planter's bank would not take any more land; have them send back drafts for amount given them. Hie amount of material, land, he. used up in settling accounts and drafts would appear as an offset to Philadel phia o fice. You can give amount of each without giving details. I could not find the scheduii of Vouchers , you said was sent me, probably ti.at amount and the balance you send me will come. I could not find the list of voucliers when in Philadelphiaji suppose they had not arrived. You understand what I want to offset is th.o amount on our honks credited to Philadelphia office. . _ T-ere is no probability of our doing anything before fall, if then. We have not concluded wl,ether we will open tue fight in Con' ress or not. Mr. Bcott is -here with mo now and .?e will go to Washington this week. Our debts are giving us trouble but we will get through. Respectfully, G. M. Dodge. New Yor]^, April 29, 18'74 R.E. Montgomery Dear Sir: Yours of the 21st at hand. We have no money to pay on the right of way. The $450, as I understand it, is the amount fixed f for us to pay and if they sue they cannot get more. If they are likely to get more, you can probably settle by putting thera off until I get back^ We have no money to use around Clarksville and v/e better not try to do anything th'^re until vve know we are going to build a road up there. It doesn't look now as though we should very soon. I want e--erything cleaned up so far as it can be done without money and a statement made on all cases not settled to turn over with the books. Ha^'e the books ready so wl.en 1 return I can turn them over. You had better be looking around for something to do for when I get back, I am going to close out everything so far as my Departments are ffoncerned. As soon as you get the books, make up your statements and if anything needs attendinr t^p before I get there, get Blonde to attend to it if you go away, and explain fully to him anyt.ing that needs to be done. Has anything been done west of Dallas? I understand that the right of way was received mostly on the 1st line. The deeds and papers relating to right of way west of Fort Worth 7;ant to be put in shape if they have not been and labelled, the line they are upon and the property tl.e . cover if it can be done. Respectfully, G. M. Dodge, New Yoi'k, April 29, 1874. D. W. Washburn, Division Sngineer. Dear Gir: I am in receipt of yours of April 20thj as t -.vired you, I prefer you to remain and let all the rest go if you see f)roper. As you hre wall posted on all matters and e«pecially as to Trinity River Bridge, which it is possible we may build this smraraer, and as" I cannot be there, some one who has hnd charge should be. Every one in Construction department will necessarily have to leave as their duties close out, but I must keep one engineer for new work and for old line. You better remain for the present and let rest go. I hope to go soutii soon, Tut may be detained sometime yet. Respectfully, G. M. ^odge, C E. New York, April 30, 1874 James A. Evans, Division En^inee , Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of April 18th. You must not looso all hope at the first set hack. You were evidently out of heart wi.en you wrote. As soon as I came easf., I commenced looking: after your matters, and this week ^ot a dispatch sent tot.he Bank there to let you have $10,000 on terms that I hope will relieve you. I have paid no atten tion to you, knowing you were in direct communication with head-quar ters and supposing you were actine under their orders. Mr. Scott says h iinderstood from what you said vhien here that for three or five thousand dollars you could eo on and close up your work and i.e would apree to obtain that but now you call for $2^,000, a vast difference. The T S:P has not had anything to do with the work since the organization of tlie Construction Company. I notified you of tiuat when formed. All our work was done under it, but that makes no difference as it ownes the or did until they settTied. have no doubt We will and if not this session, next. It looks very favorable now, the case is not as bad as you think, I never supposed we could build with the lands, I did think we could with the capital we had arranged for complete to Fort Worth and ten miles at San Diego and we would if had hold off. That is all past and "/e must do the best we can. You know every member of the Company is individually responsible for very large amounts; that not one cent of securities-have been negotiated and that it is i: possible for the Company v/ith the present state of country, to raise one cent. You are not as bad off in California as I am in Texas. I suppose when you speak of cost of road yo' refer to just cost of construction. You do not take into con idoration discount on bonds, interest to bo paid or- i ' during construction. I think the bill calls for a n estimate ,;-35,000 per milej road is ever completed and si;Ow a clean discounts, interest, &c. ^-c. equipped; arid built as it will have to be, it .vill be doing what no other road in the United States that I know of has done. I have made a very earful estimate of whole line, taking all these matters into considorabion "ut I cannot get it as low as you do by considerable and I used your estimates on your division. When you get oast, I will see you. I don*t have any trouble in settling your^matters and I hope before this readhes you tho telegram sent will enable you to close up everything at, San Diego in such shape as t,o leave it running and th.e people feeling better. We will succeed in Congress in time and give them a road much greater than they third, for now., I have never said how great anc' was very careful a year ago not to comiront myself, a.". I have always considered t..at to complete the road to the Pacific, we would require GovemmBnt aid in some form and have always believed wo would get it; did not see iiow Covornment could refuse it after aiding a nort ern road. In tho shape we now ask it, we will be no burden to government. Write me fully about matters and 1 will keep an eye_ on matters out there. I ought never to have lot them drift away fiom'me. RespeotfUilly, G. M. Dodge. Marshall, Texas, June 3, 1874, Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: Fron: the first day of I'ay, I have turned over to the Texas and Pacific R; R; . Co, Cq, everythinc everything connected connected witl. witl. it it including including the the northern division. I ha®e also taken out of the construction departn.ent all material etc. belonging to the building of cars, ^c. so that hereafter all work that is.don in the shops will be solely v;ith the T.& P.Co, I hold in my department all material and supplies pertaining to the uncompleted road. I have arranged with Mr. Noble for any work that I may need done in th shops for the uncompleted road, making requisitions and hav ing it charged up to the construction department, so that all work done upon completed road after it is turned over will be done by the running department. If they need any engineering upon it, of course, Washburn will do whatever may be required. I have completed luy arrangements for building five miles west of Dallas, upon the following basis: For tl.e timber that I had to purchase about 400,000 ft. I padi $16 $16 per delivered on the cars, payalbe l/s in Harrison County bonds >5 75 and one-.-alf in freights. The freights to be applied only l/3 upon each car. T..e total amount of this freight will not exceed $3500 or $4000. For grading 28/; for raising and framing Howe Truss (per lineal foot) $9,00; false work #4.00, the contractor furnishing the material. This false work is sixty feet high. For framing and placin.g trestle work $17.00 This false work is sixty feet high. For framing and placin.g trestle work $17.00 completed Washbum Piling ' .50 Track laying (per mile) 700.00 All payable in Harrison County Bonds 0 75, work to be completed August 15, 1074. There *ill remain to look after tiiis work, Mr. D. W. Washbum and his assistants in the Engineering department, Mr. Adamson, in charge of material and supplies and suck incidental help as he may need in shipping. In charge of t;;e old construction books and closing their accounts, I still retain Mr. Ross, the Assistant auditor. Every one else has been relieved. I may have to employ one or two inspectors and watclinen, but think I have brought the.se matters down to about tJie lowest possible point, I shall leave here in the course of a week or so to t-ikc my family home, will return here whenever it is necessary. I shall leave here in the course of a week or so to t-ikc my family home, will return here whenever it is necessary. There are a good many little settlements tiiat I am makingevery day; a good many of them will be closed up as soon as we get Dallas county and Sherman county bonds, both 6f which, I hope to havewithln tl.e next ti.irty days. The Indebtedness of work done by Texas and Pacific since November Ist, I have carried forward from four to six months to a time when they can meet them with'^ut difficulty. All this is much better than 1 told you I would do when I left Philadelp ia and perhaps even ^etter than the men t..eraselves car .stand. I have told them i.owever that if we get in s.iape we will keep them through. I have arranged to keep por.scnal look lut over the work, payments on it, etc. Please show this letter to Mr. Scott to save mo t'lkc writing another one. Respectfully, G. M. ^ddge, C .E. (?92. Marshall, Texas, June 4, 1874, ftfttfi ««/iee«T Jay Gould ^ .aotlirJk .ft r .no* Still. Av© • fic 4VX»ll oti • y /T I. New York. * ' • . - Dear Sir: I received your dispatch today; have been fearful of this bill and the time from the fact that it had Chandler"behind it. I received a letter from Chandler stating that he thour^ht all our other billswould be alright but of course said nothing about ti.is one. I leam from dispatches received today that there have been a combination made which is going to"be very hard to beat. My plan is of Cheyenne, same kind of a basis. I leave here for Tuesday. I expect to get that we should have some representing it and that go get the bill before Stewart's Committee. Upon that we have Stewart, Hitchcock and Fenton. T/fe must tie it up there*. The K.P. people have been using pretty*stringent arguments and pretty freely, and no doubt thay will try the same in the Senate. Our efforts to amend the bill so as to give us our rates west of Cheyenne, we may and probably can tide it over t..is season but they will be likely to ci.eck that in the next or some session until we get the same kind of a basis. I leave here for Council Bluffs Saturday; will reach there Tuesday. I expect to get all the facts in tl:e case there*. I think that we should have^some strong man of the Company in Washington representing it and'that our chief engineer, Mr. uickels, should be brought before the Committee. I also think that the Committee, through some excusdo should call upon the Government Directors for an opinion in this case upon the'§ffect of this action upon the Government here. Mr. 7/ils n especially should go before it. He under stands the question thoroughly and ..is testimnjiy would, have great weigit. This will give us chance fior delay and perhaps for a compromise. - ' " From what they wire me, it seems as though the opponents of the Bridge bill let everything else go to save that. Even* our own people appeared to care more to defeat th^t which in my opinion does no affect them at all, thaWfor defeating bills that ere vital to us. How the pro rata bill could get through the house withou. any explc: ation being asked is more than I can see, except upon the general principle that the men who are for us are afraid to say any thing on account of our past troubles there. I am told the Pool influenced Sawyer's opinion on the bill as he and Iloughton and McDill and, in fact, a majority of the Com mittee assured me theat the Bill should not go through without amend ment covering rates west of Cheyenne, They were very positive in this but their minds seem to have clianged since then. I have not yet seen the bill and it is possible that there may yet be something in it that will change the case. It seems to me that if that portion of the bill was struck out that makes the Denver Pacific one of the branches of the Union Pacific, then it would amount to nothing more than the law es about Mr. H rlan. Ho is vo'y influential in the Senate and old Senator, tinderstands this matter well and would be good man to attend to the case in the Senate if you could get him. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. people affect opinion on the bill majority of the Cornthrough without amend- >?&.r (NV/b Marshall, Texas, June 4, 1874. Hon. 7? B. Allison, ^ Washington, D. C. o . . Dear Sir: The pro rata "bill that has passed the ^ouse in the interest of the K.P.R.B- preventing U.P. from fixing any additional charge from r, Cheyenne to Cgden is simply robbery. ; The Mountain division, Cheyenne to Ogden, costs 50^ more to run and to make the U.P. pro rata over that divisions, losing a haul of 500 miles is simply to put it in condition v/here it can never earn . . sufficient to pay its interest. It*seems to me Congress should be governed by the report and ' testimony of Mr. Wilson and .he other Government Directors; they understand it fully. It is also a great wrong to Iowa, being a bid* in favor of turning everyt. ing to the Soiithern Roads. , ' You can readily see that if the K.P. can get a pro rata on our mountain division, they could cut the rates east of Cheyenne over their light division whilst we would have to take their entire business on our heavy division at same rate as we take our own over our light division. This would, naturally, be using 500 miles of our Mountain road for what it costs over our low grade division. .If the Bill comes up in the Senate, it should be so amended that all rates v/est of Cheyenne to connecting roads should over the raoutitai^ division be divided say to U.P. and 34,'^ to connecting roads. That would then be paying for an extra distance of something over ^ ' 300 mlSbes. Heretofore the U.P. i:->s obtained-for its high grades over the Mountain division 500 miles extra distance over its connecting iposids • * I leave he.re Saturday and shall be in Council Bliiffs Tuesday - next. • • , r.i . .D Yerv tmily yours, ^ n-l-trf) V ^ G. M. Dodge. ' * u rsij'•».<» > I . , V- :jxn tTuoo 1114 •J«*t - tjj.J r oH ftti# Sp0i IW9 X ynmi mi tnUq 'X<|pt* ht&wtM 9%M iff o4« mm mi imii ftHiontvi tmmumA .♦leAi imm tm ^9 imrnomrf mIw rilJ mM m nSmfWit afoi mm 1 -iaciS> 9d4 H " «Joi«| it flJfhtS 'im iwtA'.imrf Iwt md mm "t'tr. m» JwMiim .?«mi Mmm XI Mti m mmttmrnn mmiHtix Ai fill WWW*! »"ni9mm 1o Srnm mim% tmtxmr o 4mm 0999 Jot IfM «VMl t •nriU mmnth .yoytmin mtmH ol mom mtfoM <lfwlX 4mt xu 4i xm 9tmJ4 Jmdi or immx $4 il bm Ulij *>0} o^STm'mlPmx n imJi m 94 omomo it mii •nniie tttm ia4ii«|itf 9ii to mm ftniomt ttimm •itx •miom jmdJ 4m trnmim om lild 904 mmU oopm yfUir,n oi immm ittfow il tmoJ mM nu Xo Tiff - - J? T" bto b«i ttXMMr m at MM cnJ at bnmJ.-,' o/MikTr § ■' ' »2*S «£■*» ti«w * hit J| .f) r j .<?•<« jcw Smtio I « -jXo mm •mut MiJ ox brroJ r oi oom Nmsm* Marshall, Texas, June 4, 10^4. Col. Thomas Scott, Dear Sir: I enclose to be signed deed Texas and Pacific Ry Co, to McCoy and C-ifforrl, We have no title to this land.It was included in the transfer from the Gila Co. to Texas and Pacific R.R. and operates as a cloud upon the title of the owners. As it does not properly belong to us, it is better to comply with their request and relieve them from further trouble in the matter. Mr. Evars writes me t.-at it is proper and rigl.t. Mr, Evans also wrote me a letter in explanation of your under standing Wiion lie me'- you east; the $4000 or $5000 he desired was to carry on the work in addition to the amount that he owed there; he supposing that the debts were to be taken care of also biit that money that was sent him was to be applied to going on wit/, the work, '"ut as none was sent liim, it was impossible to do eiti.er. I have given hills of sale on the construction property in San tJiego to Mr. G. V. B..McDonald to cover the debts due there, and bills of sale on t.je ties to Mr. Wl-ite to cover amount we owe him. I am in nopes this 'ill tide us aver until we can see daylight somewhere. Very respectfully, ' G. M. ^odge, C.E. ■ 4' ■ i 'r ... M:'. c'-.g f.'h .r*v,. ■ 4'-' • ', Council Bluffs, Iowa June 16, 1874. Col. Thomas A. Scott, Pres., Dear Sir: It was my intention to fro east "before Congress adjounred but was sick in bed at home. I hope, however, to get out within a week. I suppose all the members there have passes. If r.ot, I thi k it would be a nood idea to supply those w^.o are of any importance to us, I fear ti e Northern Pacific bill is facing; to raise cane with us as I notice that every convention in the north-west is putting; resolutions in ti.eir platforms against tl:at class of legislation so that our fight has got to be made by the combined south and what rates we can get from the middle and eastern state. I have tried some of the leading press ir the North west, but they do not take veiy kindly to it; the fact is, that the Granger and anti-monopoly element are very powerful and control everything; still I think I V7ill be able to get them at it before congress f^cts. Graham wrote me f_rom Kansas City that Stevens wired them that they had aloowed him to "put ir a bid from St. Lo^ is and Kansas City at 60 cts per cwt, delivered at Denison and Dallas, based upon St, Louis ad a starting poi::t. I do not know v/hether t! is is true or- n6t. It does not appear possi^rile. though they v;ill do anything to overcome and break up the advantage we have. "Very respectfully, G. li. Dodge, C .E. (of Y Marshall, Texas, July 8, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: I discharged all my employees in the auditing depart ment except Mr. Boss in charge of the old hooks and placed the matter tinder Mr. Mahl, at the instance of the company, with a view, I believe, of avoiding unnecessary expense. If we have to pay Mr. Malil extra for ( Oing this vork, it seems to me I had better turn it back to Mr. Ross. Of course, he has i.ad C'^nsiderable work to do and may be entitled to pay for it. Piaase consult Mr. Wallace; see -/-hat you think he is entitled to and -ive me your opinion in the matter. Very truly, G. M. Dodge, C.E. " f - >g-;' i. I •• • ^ , ■ 87 ' July, 1874 Council Bluffs, July 11th, 1874 i\iy dear Papa: I have some idle moments this morning, and will devote the first half to you as the other half goes to Vaiine. We are having cooler weather just now. Wednesday and Thursday nights had a most refreshing rain. ^ have not received a letter from you for so long and really feel slighted and am pining for one. C. B. is very dull just now but neally every evening I go to ride in ray phaeton and take either Eddy or some of the girls. It is a very handsome phaeton and horse and with blue ribbons on niy whip floating in the breeze I tell you it is just"stun." Just wait until you come home and we will jusfe cut a shine together some evening. Please hurry up though -for you know I have not any surplus patience on hand at any time. Col. and Krs. Eddy are over,spent last-night and return today, I believe. Kamma and ^'-rs . E. have gone to ride in the pheaton this morning and I am having to keep house. An.-.ie is up again but for two or three dayswas very unwell indeed with sort of remiltant fever. I expect it was the hot weather as much as anything. For a few days last week the thermometer stood at 107 in the shade. Have you noticed the comet? Last night it was beautiful and when it gets to its full brightness I think it will be grand. I am actually getting tired of vacation. P want to earn some money and be doing something. I never was so utterly gosu for nothing in my life as i am just now. I have been thinking of going to school to A.r. Rue here but I think 1 will have schooling enough for some ye ars to come without going in the sumnier time. It is so very hot to go out among the grapes and I hardly know what to do along. have hardly got used to it yet. I hope you will come horiie soon for we are all anxious to see you and I am sure you need it enough. I sup-ose LetLie will corr.e with you wont she? I hope she is well now. Is she still in Brooklyn or has she gone to Boston? What did you do on the fourth? '•'e had a very quiet tiine, stayed at home until evening and went to ride in the.cariiage then. I must close. Gome home soon 'Vith much love your al'f"* daughter. close Gome home Ella Dodge. H Rev, A. A. Putnam, who was a school-mate of mine and who had been a very close add dear friend up to the time of his death, visited « in Council Bluffs and on August 6, 1874, he gives an account; of this i. visit in t]ie Saleir. Register as follows: • . ' ^ "About half-past nine in the evening, v;e reached Gioux City and here I got, by moonlight, my first glimpse of the liissouri River. On all these western roads are to he found the Pullman cars and tiie best accommodations which travellers may reasonably ask for. Entering a sleeper and proceeding on our way, we arrived at Council Bluffs early the next mornin-. Having taken a room and breakfasted at the Ogden House, I went to call on some friends Wiior;: wiiom it had been been one of the objects of my long journey to see. The story carries me back to other years and scenes. About eight months after I was born, at Danver,s Mass., a newly-married couple came to live in a part of my father's house, which still stands on its original site near the Topsfield line, tJ.ough. the L which the happy pair occupied was a long time afterward separted from the main building and removed to a spot a little way down the road in a southerly direction. The young bride was a frequent and welcome visitor amongst us and to my mother, who had a large and growing family and many cares besides, she proved herself an everkind and most helpful friend. The strong attachment which the two formed for each other no lapseof time or event of death has ever broken or abated. When I was no longer the baby of the home, hut another had succeeded to my mnther's arms, this dear woman, it was who claimed a special care of me, taught me liOw to walk, helped me to my first feeble words, and sang to me the lullabies of those infantile days. Years passed away, and it seemed good to my faithful guardian and to her excellent husband that they should at length seek, by a hhange of residence, to better their fortunes and the propsect of the little ones wi.o now clustered about their own hearth. They lived for oom- time in the more populous districts of the imraediate vicinity, and afterward toiled ti.eir way to Mie far, far West. There, at first, tl.ey dwelt in log-huts in the wilds of Nebraska, surrounded by beasts of prey and by more savage Indiacs, whom thi.s gentle In dy, often left quite alone, was yet brave to face and hrive from h.or dooiu The privations and terrors of that wilderness life need not be recounted here. The family at last West. There, at first, 1 Nebraska, surrounded by 1 whom thi.s gentle la dy, < face and orive from h.or ( wilderness life need not retreated to the eastern side of the Missouri, where, at Council Bluffs they have snce had their home, and whore they have come to position and influence. The husband and father, Sylvanus Dodge, died three years ago, honored and lamented by all who knew him. But here still the three surviving children, one daughter and two sons, a£^of whom are married. Both of the latter are prominent citizens, and the older is wealthy, greatly distinguished himself in the war, ro -e to be a Major General, and has since been a member of Congress. And here, surroi nded by her children and grandchildren, continues to reside the widowed mother, advanced in years, but as bright and intelligent and interested in all that is going on in the world as when we knew her in Danvers in "days of Auld Lang Syne," Did I not wish to see her? Having first called upon the younger of the sons, I was accompanied by him to her house. He did not at once tell her who I was, as he was curious to see if she would recognize me-. She knew it v/as a Putnam, but was no't luite able to say whicli one of the tribe, whose name is "Legions" it really was. 7/hen sl:e- found that it was actually the first child of her care, back there so long a time ago and fifteen hundred miles away, I think I may safely add that we were glad to see each other. Then we sat dov;n and talked together of the days I could not remember and of others that I could, of the changeful years and of the changeless friends and of the bless-'d mother mine who only last summer went to heaven, and 'teho in all the weary stages of her pilgrimage wished th^t she could but look ence more upon the face which I saw now. 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W. T. Sherman, Dear General: Ky first promotion in the army. Colonel to Brig adier General, was made in March 1862 immediately -fter the Battle of Pea Ridge. It was the first made after tl.at "battle and was made in a telegram to Gen. Halfteck and wired to me at Lebanon, Missouri, where I lay wounded, I want a copy of Halleck's dispatch if it can be found. 2nd, after battle of Vicksburg, Gen. Grant wrote dated July 27, 1863 - see copy of letter in Coppee - Grant, Page 457. I want a certified copy of that letter if it can be obtained. Have you a copy of the letter written me just after Belknap, see opp. Sec. i7ar. I lost mine or it was stolen when they stole my waistcoat at the Reunion at Louisville. If so please sent me duplicate. I suppose some one who has charge of these matters can readily obtain this War Department letters. I merely want this to complete my files and iftHit is not asking too much will yoi; let one of vour yaids look them upn for'me. for'me. Timly, G, M. Dodge. 4' ' ' ■ *• ) '4 fr 'i.' ■ 4 • A. ' •■tfc. • ' 'V- if Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 14, 1874. Sidney Dillon, Dear Sir: The stock buyers and packers are getting ready for fall business and they want to buy or 1-ase sufficient ground to accomodate the increased business and propose to add to the yards now used by ill the roads, so as to save expense to the roads of additional' trackage. The present yards are on C.M. ground in your name. I told them there would be no trouble but they want a permit from you to occupy ground until it is sold or disposed of and then to buy it at same price it is offered others if it is sold to outsiders. The yards now are near the engine house in corner of your land and they would add to the: having premit of the roads. You could instruct Mr. Clark to tell them what parts of ground they can occuot and you could say in permit such portion of the 8.'.7. 1/4 of S.77. 1/4 Sec. 35, Town. 75, R. 44, as designated by Supt. The packing business here- will increase largely as the stock in west gets ready for market and there is no reason why the cattle of Colorado and %oming should not be brougi.t this way over U.P.R.R* inst tead of to Kansas City byway of K.P. and now is time to do it or by giving the buyers every facility, especially when it coats us nothing. I hold that as soon as shippers find a market, here, they will ship tl:is way; the only reason they go by K.P. is that there is a market at Kansas City. A good deal comes here now and it will increase yearly until we will get the bulk of the trade, by fostering it; many of the shippers who ship to Kansas City live here and will ship this way hereafter the packers will buy extensively this fall, to feed as corn inlowas will be worth about 15 cts. per bushel. Please answer promptly as the buyers for hogs are already cut. Very truly, G. Dodge. 1o% Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. IV, 1874. r ; . £ i0 ■ ■r -1 'tf *;-> v.n^si Sidney Dillon, Pres. U.P.R.R.Co., ^ Dear Sir : From my converstion with you and from statements and letters that I have received, I am satisfied that the Union Pacific Railroad Company has an imperfect knowledge of the town lot department although v/hev. I was in charge of, it, I made from time to time official statements relating thereto. I propose to state as briefly as possible its .history and gi .'e the official record and facts relating, to it. On ** ay T5, 1866, J) was appointed Chief Engineer of tie; ^ U.P.R.R. In qddition to this, I took charge of all the lands,-'- right of way, &c. belonging to or claimed by the Company. I organized the tiand Department aT)d got the lands ready for entry by tlie Company and took such action with the Government as •'ould protect the company's rights and also obtained the right o^' way for the road. I had entire charge of the Land Department until 1868, when, by order of T. C. Durant, V.P. it was turned over to and placed' in charge of IJr. 0. F. Davis who had been employed by me in that Department. I early saw the necessity of some organization of our depots at end of track for the safety of person and property. IThile we were within the organized countries, it was easy to maintain our rights but beyond" these limits and the Government surveys I could plainly see trouble. I fomed a plan for the organization of towns within the organized countries and in September 1866, commenced th sale of lots for our depots. Beyond the organized counties, I ppoposed to h.old possession of depots as a base of supplies, only abandoning them as we mo-'ed west. I consulted the military authority and agreed with them that so far as practicable, they should lend their influence and moral ^ support to this end, and, if necessary to protect our property ia Woi military power. ^ At first we did not consider thst these depots would beomme of permanent value to the corupany, and very little record was made of transactions relating to tl.em, the body of men following us up was of that class that had to be ruled by might, with no intentions of settling permanently at any one place. At North Platte, they jumped our depot grounds, interfered with our workmen, covered our right of way with v/hiskey shops, demor lizing our men and in fact placing us at their mercy and I saw that the rigiits of parties must b. e met and settled at once. I organized the bridge gang, at work on the North Platte, threw their shops into the river and they gave us no more trouble at that point. . , • . . When we reached Julesburg, their- number had increased and the leading desperadoes from all oveh the couhtry had flocked to the end of the track. They there squatted d'efiantly on our right of way and Depot, defied our agent and in fact read to us the riot act.' I went ti Mr. Casement, the track-layer, got his force and brought the town into subjection and we came to an understanding that they should respect the Company's right of possession, and should pay me a sum for the right to be kept in peacable possession of lots while they remained at our r istributirig points; and I used the lots at these poin ts freely t<» quiet trouble or to pay any claim or debt that might be considered outside of our legitimate expense of railroad ^ construction and to bring to our aid th° military and.prominent citizens, . ' I at first gave the squatters a simple slip of authority bo occupy such lot or such piece of gronnd the company having no title to the propery. Its floating right was undefined for no Government surveyors had been made.- I found the first effort a success. Everyone seemed to. acknov/ledge our right and my authority and to consider theretomy permits as Law. . ' I ti.en determined to organize towns t each station* giving ■quit claim deeds and take my chance of acquiring title after the surveys were made and gave the necessary instructions and at the next meeting of the Board presented the question to them and they passed the following resoluti-n: Union Pacific Railroad Co., * - " Secretary's Office, Ne " York, - ~ - . . . . 23^ 1867, • ■ ■ ■ At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the union Pacific Railroad Co. held this day at the office* of the Company, the following resolutions were adopted: Be it resol*7ed by th.e Board of Directors of the Union Pa cific Railroad Company that Grenville M. hodge, chief Engineer of the Union Pfocific Railroad be and heis hereby authorized and empowered as the ^ Agent and Trustee for said comp.*^ny to lay out and locate on behalf ^ of said company towns and town sites along line of said road at such placeor places as shall be deemed most practicable to cause the same to be surveyed, to make, aclvnowledge and cause to* be recorded in the propep offices, maps and plats thereof, and as such agent and Trustee to sell and convey by all proper contracts and conveyanoes lots in said towns and town sites and to deliver the same to the respective purchasers thereof and put the said purchasers in possession of the same and be it further Resolved, That in the perfmorance of all oi* any of the acts aforesaid the said Union Pacific. Railroad Company does hereby and will indemnify and hold harmless the said Grenville M. Dodge acting as such Agent and Trusttee against all loss, damages, costs, injury, charg es and liabilities of a y character whatever, which have heretofore accrued -r may hereaTter accrue to him by reason of any act or anything done in pursuance of or un'der color of liis authority as such agent, or Trustee and this resolution is to have all the force of a "bond of Inde mnity" executed by said Union Pacific Railroad Company to said Grenville M. Dodge for the uses and hereintofore mentioned, . (Sig ed)' Oliver Ames, Pres. • ■ ■ f "7I?ered) c. H.-feti... ■ - - J2-. . •" Secretary.- tjiiliHi#! Gen, G. 1,1. Dodge, mdJ lo Chief Bngineer U. .R.' • , /w* Iht. l . :v Jiitwba.' fif. oi r t>n« cinJt mm « f. lo JrirZi trll i ol rnoc ni oi iit 11 eiti iol Jr U.'ot " ;.t beiv i bri« laiaZeq ^ owe Attest, (Signed) Gen, G. 1,1. Dodge, (^ie'f Engineer U. •Jht. , mm « f'. •rll it Jr i.'ot " ;.t beiv I bf!« |i i owe '1 .''•'e!; JO vi»lo %ni^ to -ltd Jblui h J tib» e.' oloij r»-< I 0 a ^ Under"this authority the work was continued, towns laid out at ■ every depot, lots sold, deeds given, contracts issued, &c. regularly and P without question, and suCii action taken or expenditures made as I considered necessary to secure our titles to lands and towns until ' December 1869, when I resigned my position as Chief engineer and at the next meeting of the Board, March 10," 1870, desiring to be released ^■•XU'rom the Town Lot. Department offered the following resolution which ras passed: Resolved: .That G. M. Dodge, Agent and Trustee for Depot Towns and town lots be and hereby is authorized to turn over to such person as the * President of the Company may designate, the town lot department of the _ A ; Union Pacific Railroad Co; upon the Company deeding it to G. M. Dodge by its land trustees, the fee simple in all hands owned by the" Company .f ' upon which the Depot towns are located, G. M. Dodge to finally quit ' claim all right and title to such persons as the Company may designate all lands dashed to him by tiie Land Trustees not transferred by him bv deed or contract as Agent and Trustee - muJ n A ti^® copy. Attest, _ . ff- : (signed) E.R.Rollins, Secy-, * ^ gj?/ ^ list of the lands upon -.vhicli the towns were situated was V eijiil submitted to the President of. the Company and a plan submitted for the Trustees to deed the lands upo: which towns were situated to me and that I shoulh deed th\e lots not sold to the person selected by the ^ comoany thu^ making good my titles in tovms where the land was o\7ned by P the company* ^ acted promptly on this resolution b; t got no response .from the Cofl^pany or Trusttes, r ,■ On August .15, 1870, there ;vas forwarded to me the following reso lutions, pa®®®^ Executive Committee without "my. knowledge or any notice to m® arih while I was waiting for the company to perform its duty under the resolutions, being fully prepared to turn over the Department accordance with the resolutions passed by thg Board: r.' "At adjounred meeting, of the Executive Committed of the Union tieh Ta-'-ific Railroad held Aug. 5th, 1870, it was ^ ^ Resolved: That Gen. G. edge. Agent and Trustee for Depot towns and town lots be, and he hereby is authoritzed and directed to turn over to Oscar F. Davis, Land Agent, of this company the.town lot Department of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and the Resolutions adopted by the Doard of-Directors,' March 10, 1870 in regard to town lots .and all other resolutions heretofore passed inconsistent herewith be and tl.e same are hereby repealed. A true copy. , . Attest - (Signed) E. H. Rollins^ Secy. . • ? 110 .'.'t; ' I immediately responded that the Executive Committee could not an nul the orders of the Board of Directors that their resoluti-^h was no authority for me to act, and ti.at I couid not turn over the Department until ray titles were made good, and the people on the line satisfied; and to act In accordance with their resolution would he ntiinous to all^^ concerned, and further tha. the- resolution was illegal as the Executive Committee could not revoke the resolutionof the Board of Directors upon the same matters. . „ . , x On November 8, 1870, I received instructions to furnish a report in detail of my operations in the town lot Department. At a meeting of the Board December 8, 1870, I returned a defeCLed statement, showing the history of- every town lot disposed of, and that the receipts had been applied to and used for the benefit of the U..P.R.F and giving a full complete statement of my Trusteeship. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board, May 4th, 1871, I presented the foregaing facts and feferredthem to the ^ . resoBiution of the Executive Committee, whereupon they passed the follow- "Resolution of Execut-ive Committee, New York May 4, 1871. Resolved: That the Resolution passed by the Executive Committee Aug. 5, 1870, as follows: . „ x x- ^ x Resolved That Cen.- G. M. Dodge Agent and Trustee for depot towns and town lots be and he is hereby authorized and directed to turn over to Oscar F. Davis, Land Agent of this company, the town lot department of the Union Pacific Railroad Compary and the Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, March lO, 1870 in regard to town lots and all other resolutions heretofore passed inconsisteet herewith be and the same are hereby repeated be and the same are hereby rescinded. And be it furhter resolved That the Land Trusttes, "Messrs. Duff and McCormick, be requested to deed to G. M. Dodge, in trust, the^^ several town loctions at the appraisel value of the said locations on adjoininr sections before town was laid out and the .value thereof be paid to the said Land Trustees by the Treasurer of this comply. The said. Dodge, at once to make new deeds, bonds or contracts to each and every party now holding letters under deeds, ondw or contracts under the name of the company. All sucli company deeds to be returned to tl.e Company duly canceled, and the balance of said town lots and lauds not sold or heretofore contracted shall be deeded by said G. M. Dodge, Trustee trc such person or persons in trust for -the o-ompany as it may hereafter desig * • • • * Further, That all payments made, or to be made hereafter shall 'be deatned and taken to be_ the property .of the Union Pacific Railroad ,Company. , ^ , (signed) John Duff. 'ilm Union Pacific Railroad Duff, rjrrtnafti ■ Secy. Pro tern, A Jjrue copy of the record. • ^ ^ c E. II, Rollins, Secy. U.P.RR.CO. ** No action was ever taken by the Trustees or Company upon these resolutions although I urged them ti e and again to close the matters up:they paid no attention to it and 1 remained in charge of the Depart ment giving it such attention as it required until March 1873, when I received tl.e following resolution ' ' "At meeting of the Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, held in Boston, March 6, 1873, i - was Resolved - That Den. G. i,i. Dodge, late Agent and Trustee for depot" town and town lots, he and he hereb is requested and directed to turn over.to Oscar P. Davis, Land Agent of the Company, all hooks, maps, papers, plats, memoranda, accounts and all propprty of whatever descripti-^n pertaining to the tov7?: lot department of the Union Pacific Railroad Comp^my and said Oscar Davis is hereby authorized and direct ed to take possQSsion of said town lot department and all property pertaining thereto. Resolwed, that a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent to Gen. G. 1,1. Dodge. A true copy. Attest: E.H.Rollins, Secy, U.P.R.R.Co. Against the advice of those who understood these matters fully, I ordered Ihis resolution complied with and tlie department tiirned over to Mr. D. F. Davis, where itJias remained ever since. The Company assumed to issue an arbitrary order regardless of the rights of anyone else, no attention having been paid to former orders of ti.e Board of Directors or the Executive Committee for they stand on the books today unrepealed. Trusting, l.owever, that the company would make ^ood the authority given in the first resolution, and also secure to the settlers my titlejS and protect the to-.7ns, I preferred to comply with the order and show my good faith in the matter. During the time the department was under my direction, towns were organized, laid out, mapped and put upon the market; over $200,000 in money was received and accounted for, about $150,000 was applied in the engineering and land department proper, tie balance was the cask of the Department, taxes, legal expenses, surveys, commissions, salaries, &c. All the expenditures for purchase organizing and placing the tovma upon the market have been made, and there is no reason why, if properly handled, they should not bring a large y arly revenue. After the Land Department was turned over to Mr. Davis, he seemed to think that he town lot department should be in his hands and the actions of that Department tended to throw distrust upon the titles and authority of the Town lot Department. There is no doubt if we had received the cordial support of the Land Department and had obtained from tlie Trustees deeds to the towns, so as to enable us to settle all questions of future title, and the use of their great resources in advertising; our sale would have doubled. I gave oersonal attention to the Government surveys, to the Department a, got their recommendation to Congress, went before the different commit tees and .;ecured the appropriation for larid surveys alonr our line, and followed them in person through the different Mnt n al our Valuable lands had been secured. You will observe that most of our towns fortunately fell upon odd sections, belonging to the company, when they ®I®Senti-n°''^ If had disDosed of lots- I immediately secured the title. I menti n ihe maUer Jnirto show th4t th. entire baeie and about all decisions reiatinr td your laVid -rant "that came from the Government were attended to h y me in person and were .made a part of-the expenditures of the tovm lot department. . " ■ ■ ' ' , . . 4. - + To the great importan'^e of many of these decisions tne letters to me fr m your different officers, attorneys, agents, &c. fully - r'estify, .and of some of them you have-heen informed in person by t.iose . £• I . Ai Very truly yours, ^ 51 . .':ie s>ar J.'*» : r. n. Dodge. bO be 4:'ior. etf ag; to J-uJ ,">? .ft .rreO eJ t- Jti A .oO. MpU »#eine»»/ Ovfv #M# te ttahrbe *4# ^eatiAA iOVO OUfWWj mZiu*ee#i eSd. 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Hon. B, H, ^risto7r. Secretary Treasury, Washington, B.C. Fitzgerqld, Collector at Shreveport, La. is a very competent man has had chorge of all our 'rusiness t";;ere. I would like to see him retained. He has attended to his business most of which was in connection with our road with promptness and ability and I think with entire satisfaction to the Government. He certainly has given satisfaction to all those who have had dealings witn him. G. M. Dodge, • V. ■ ^ -I • . • ■ -J • :ii" ■■■ i-ti?. V /■' ' -ia' ^ -I , . 1.^ ... ' i<f S .3 103 // Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 20, 1874. Sidney fillon. Esq., Pres. TJ.P.E.E.Co., Dear Sir: While acting as Agent and Trustee of the Town Lot Department of the U.P.H.R. the surplus material of the company remaining on hand after the completion of the road was placed in ray hands under the following resolution: "At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held in Boston, Sept. 9, 1870, at which meeting Messrs. Ames, ^^iff, Dillon, Biiishnell, Atkins, Glidden and Wilson were present, the following resolutions were adopted: On motion of Lr. Bushnell: "Resolved That the President is hereby authorized to seil the surplus material on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad to the Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad Company for a fair price and take in paymeht the first mortgage bonds of the said C & 0 R.R.Co, at not exceeding 90^ of their par value. On motion of L!r. Wilson: "Resolved; That Gen. C. M. Dodge be and ho is hereby authorized to sell, on the l^est terms he can obtain any of the surplus material the Union Pacific Co. has now on hand, said sale to be subject to the approval of the President," I now submit the following copy of a statement made by me to the Company. You will perceive that it is approved by the Auditor and Piesident of the U.P.R.R. The sale made to the St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Chillicothe R.R. was under the order of the President, which I have but think it in nno-- ^ i;.^: p \pcrs in Texas. The entire proceeds were turned over to ti.o Treasurer of the Company, except the b-^nds of the Chillicot e R.R. .-..ic.. v.oro delivered to you. They have been ready for delivery nearly two years but the R.R.GTo. declines to deliver them to me as the claim on an order of the U.P.R.R. After July 1st, 1872, the material was merged into the oth.er supplies of the Company and wont into the hands of the regular store keeper at any rate my connection with it closed upon the returning of the account, 1 made an official report to the company soon after February 1st, 1872. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. — f*. 105 Council Bluff.s, Iowa, August 21, 1874. F. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: What amount of Harrison Coun.y Bonds have you ^ot that I can have? The work already let with the indebtedness for which these bonds were pledged i^as used up all that, I have had. I can go on and let a little more work, if I am a^le to pay in local dubsidies. The work is let to grade and bridge ten or twelve miles west of Dallas. The Truss is up over Trinity and about half ti,e iron down aCT'^ss the trestle. Please write rae what prospect there is for negotiating our bonds to secure iron for the northern line. Very respectfully, G.M.DOdge, C.E. . > .-'fw ii- .f' ' Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1874 Sidney Dnion, Esq., Pres. U. P.R.R. Dear Sir: Please inform me of the date you expect to have the roads examined. I have letters from the Gommissi ners and they are anxious to know. One of them you know is west in the mountains and it takes sometime to reach him, another is in St. Paul and another near you. You better send the notices for Delano and Merriam to me and I will forward them, as I keep track of them. Very truly yours, f. M. Dodge. K-l'f 'j'Uy . ' "f .A ' , ..lA Ill •? r \ 1, t> Council Bluffs, Iowa, SepLeniber 4, 1874. P. 3. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: I enclose a letter fron Mr. Mahl, \7Lich s.-ows the reason why he could not help Messrs. Rowe and Zearinf. There is something wrong about this. We have owed Rowe % Zearing, in cash for six months. They were to rece've some money along to help them in tiieir work west of Dallas. They w-^re here a few days ago and I told tl.em that if they could not get money, tooy could get T & P poper which I would like to help them to discount. It seems that they could not get either. The debt is a T & P debt, not one of the Construction Company. You no doubt understand the reason given in Mr. Mahl's letter or probably Mr. Wallace does. ; at any rate, instructions should go there to help Messrs. Rowe ^ Zearing in accord sice with tl:e agreement that I made witii thOxi. They took the work from Dallas west, to be paid in Harrison County ''•onds, with the clear understanding between Mr. Mahl and myself, that ti.e amount then due them, some six or seven thousand dollars, siioulcb be p'aid them in montl.ly instalments. Not one dollar has been paid them. I advanced tliem individually about $2000 when T 5: P was hard up, whici has not yet been refunddd, and if the company cannot give them any money, it certainly should not refuse to give them time paper, in order that they may raise some. We should certainly l;elp tx.ose who have helped us. Very respectfully, G, M. Dodge, C E. v." , : 113 October, 1874 Oct. 9, 1874. Hi. F. Hurd, New York. Dear Sir: If you get this before connecting your line east of the Rio Pecos, I desire you to move with your party to the mouth of the Rio Benito or Runda and exan.ine that route or some route near it through to the Rio Grande. If it is feasible, we wish to seek a connection with Wolcott's line as direct as possible, probably you will have to run down the valley east of the Sierra Solidad Range. It, however, may be possible to find a feasible corssing of that range, crossing the Rio Grande far north of where Wolcott leaves the valley; if this line should be found feasible, we would make our connection east with O'Neil at sone po'nt on Brazos Passing north of Double fountains; perhaps north of Ivount Cooper, the feasibility of this route can be ascertained by you without running a line. If you have passed the Red River and are well on your way to a connection with O'Neil before receiving this and it is more essential to make that connection, after it is made more directly to the mouth of the hunda, making a reconnoisance as you cross the Staked Plains and make this examination before the Rio Pecos and the Rio Grande as above directed if you get this letter in time, it is probable you could determine the feasibility cf the Honda route while your lines are being run on southern route, and not be forced to take your party north unless your examination determine^ line to be feasible. Kr. Scott has been made president of the A. P. or 35 parallel route--no coubt that road will join us on the Pecos or East of it; hence our desire to learn the practicability of this line or some line in its vicinity. Truly, G . . Dodge . 115 Council Blu'fs, loiva, October 12, 18" 4. F. S, Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours in relation to the local bonds used in settleraen . of indebtedness, I willforward statement as fast as they are used, except those used in constiruction widcl; I cannot report until final settlement is made. I am also in receipt of the resolutions reported by Mr. Walters, the question which arises in my ...ind is this. How do you propose to pay the interest upon $20,000 per mile? I suppose you are aware that the earnincs the road now are not sufficient to do it and that will be the first question asked by everyone when the matter is presented. I have some friends whom I think would be willing to do in to some extent if they could be satisfied u on this point. In looking over Mr. Mahl's statement, please note carefully th amount of material that has been turned over to the Texas and Pacific from the construction Company and has been used by them in their cars, shops, "c. In looking over Mr. Ross's papers, I find that this far exceeds even the local amount of construction since November. All the ties they have used, the sidings, timber, car material, iron, everyt ing came from us. By examining his report for month of August, 1874, we find that the total amount for the construction Department since November is __ -$320,685.78. Deduct from this the Fort Wort'n Extension paid mostly in 1onds and freights ---------- 55,119.71 Leaves ----------------------- 265,566,07. as amount of expenditure on construction since November 1st. I have not Mr, Ross* statement by me but think that the amount of material that was turned over from tue Construction Department to the Texas and Pacific and which they i.avo used in tra^k, shops, -.vill amount to double that amoxint and for w..ich, if we had not turned it over, they would Jiave had to pay cash. Everything in tlie construct on department they treat as cash, whereas only a portion of it, not over one half siiould be thus treated. It is a mere cJ.anging of accounts which you can plainly see when you dissect it. I want this " orne in mind because I do not want to labor under the idea that the Construction Department or the Construction Company is breakin'" down the Texas and Pacific, Tt is exactly the reverse, not only this, but a great many of he construction departments' debts for which the T & P really are responsblle for has been paid in lots and bonds. i believe you have Mahl's monthly statement. Please take ..is statement for the mouth of August, 1874 and you will see my points in the matter. You can see from that statement exactly what was paid for and what was not . The freight charged as friehgt over the T & P and what is charged to us at double the rat^s charged by any other road, I will instruct Mr, Wasi.burn to do no furtl er work until I hear from you. I think he lias partially completed the work on four or five mi miles west of Eaglefor d and what ever contracts he has already let, I will allow him to finish, Mr, Mahl has written me th-^t they let Rowo and Zearing have fl500. Respectfully, G. M. Dodwe, C.E. New York, Hovember 8, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.P., . Dear Sir: .his evening I took the statement of Mr. Mahl, and went over it roughly. I also took up Lis regular monthly statement for mont.. of Auru.'it, 1874, total amount ^:320,685.78. This I suppose includes all transactions. I soe he charges work west of Dallas v55,119.71 so that the August statement shows every expenditure made, material use^, &c. On his statement to you, Octcher 26th, he makes a total of $234,420,46 as the amount that the T & P Ry company has paid and is responbile for. Of t..is amount$4,679 57 is for work west of Dallas, a very small proportion of which will b^ cash, as it is paid for in Harrison County Igonds, leaving to tlie T & P Ry. Co. $175,755.89. Of this amount, I paid up to May 1st, when I had conti^ol of the receipts of T P Ry. $11,000, without detriment to the road or its creditors. Tliis left $94,750.89. Of this amount $25,000 is due from Decembe 1st, 1874, to July 1st, 1875, and is amounts I settled with T 5: P paper in June, 1874, ?md carried it forward, 6, 9 and 12 months, so that it actua'ly leaves $69,750,09 as the araount T & P took care of, from May 1st to Nov. 1, 1874, and ti.is amount is included in the follow ing items. Work done by T & P but charged to Construction Dcpartmant ---------------- $18,509,56 Material, transported on T & P at 5^ per ton per mile 8,833.37. Expenditure on Trans, Continental Division 2,084.06. Total ^9^4267^^ - Leaving as the actual amount paid from May 1st to December Ist, 1874, $40,224.10 - $17,958 of this amount appears to be pay rolls and voucliers of the operating department of ti.e line froom Sherman to Brookston which appears to be paid May 31st, the day I turned over that line to the T & P Co, althour.i it had beer run as part of the T ^ P for several months, previous and the reeeipts I had supposed very ndarly equaled the expenditures. I have analyzed the statement in round figures, so that you can have thes. before you pending a detailec statement. $72000 of the charges against ti.o Construction Departme: t and Which goes to make up this amount is for work on cars, tiie mateiral for which was turned over to the T 4 P Ry, Co, by tJ.e California and Texas Ry, Construction Co. although the labor and material in cars was turned back and charged to the Construction Depariiment of T & P By. hence if this item was taken out of the constructi-^n department, or if the construction Dopartmont was give ' credit for'..h- cars turned out,it would reduce the total of Mr. Ma.il* s statement that much and of oourso would make a very different showing. On this amount of $72,000, he credits '54,000 for material but 1 think a detailed statement of that material will be found to be superstructure, not used in shops or cars but mostly furnished after Kay 31st, the date his charge of $""'2,000 '^nds. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, C.E. can have thes. $72000 credits '54,000 for material but 119 Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 21, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir; I enclose Mr. Zearing's letter. You understand Tffully the circumstances of the contract with them. This is money that was due then for work done form Nov. 1st up to the time of the completion of the road to Texarkana. It was done upon the personal promise o^* yourself, myself a/.d a telegram from Nr. Wallace. Th^se men are carrying for the company some $30,000 and in addition to what is owing them they . ave carried some $10,000 that has been paid out to ti.em in driblets by me up to May 31st and they 'were promised this money long ago. When I let the work west of Dallas, I made agreements with them, knowing that the company was able to fulfil M.em if they desired. Why it does not fulfil tiiem I think I am entitled to know. Their earnings are over $100,00' per month and I do not think there is anybody on their books with an open account running as long as this has run. It seems to me that the policy of the Texas and Pacific 'would be to help those wl.o have helped" tliem and not to do all they can towards crushing them out. You see what Mr. Zearing says in his letter that Noble claims not to pay because it is a construction company debt. Because I happen to be absent from Texas attending '.o matters that are of more importance to the company, it seems to me that an extra effort should be made t>y those in power there to carry out my agreements. If Mr. Noble has not paid them by the arrival of this letter, I desire to have it laid before Mr. Scott and to have an explanation asked why it is not paid. If there are any reasons which I do not kno'w I think I am entitled to be informed of theu.. There appears to be an idea existing in Texas that the debts of the construction Department are not legitimate debts of the Company. No d'^bt lias been contracted by the construction department except upon the Joint orders of the officials of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co. and those of tJ.e California and Texas Railway Construction Co. You know how particular I was after Nov. Ist not to move until I had both these orders. It seems to me tliat the officers in Texas sho'.-ld be gi en to understand that there are no two interests in the company; the intei'-est is one, and t..ey are there for the purpose of protecting it. When in Texas I sacrificed everyt.iing for the nurposo of protecting the credit of tiie Texas and Pacific but in doing it I never saw any necessity for Injuring the crelit of tl.e other two companies. Respectfully, G. M. Dodge,c.E. Washington, D.C. December 4, 1874. Col. Thomas A. Scott, Dear SirL I received yours containing the bills and Memorial this monring. , Are you under such oMigations that the last section relating to the Louisiana roads must be put in? If you ore not, that section should be left off. The cleaner the bill is left, as applying directly to the Texas and Pacific, ti:e stronger it v/ill be. If Louisiana .;as strength enough to put that section on, then we car. have no objections to it, but it appears to me that we shoi:ld not favor it. On receipt of this, pleas-^ wire me if I may cut it off. Of course, I do not know wlio.t your obligations are but I do not think it policy to ask Wheeler to introduce the bill. I think it shuld be introduced by Houghton of California, or some person along the line of the road. If we get Wheeler to advocate it, when the time xomes, it will be as much as I expect. I sl.all put it in houghton's hands, as he is on the ComRittee on Pacific railroad. I shall try to see you Monday or Tuesday in Baltimore. Very trully yours, G. M. Dodge. 123 7Se Washington, D. C. Dec. 9, 1874. Sidney Dillon, Pres. U.P.R,' . Dear Sir: I have 1:een absent nearly a week and did not get your letter until after the report was filed. I saw Wilson and talked to him about the matter. I do not think any a otion will be taken in the direction of which you speak. If there is, a complete answer to the whole thing would be t};e filing with the Secretary of the Interior, an official letter from ^GU, with your instructions to Mr. Clark. That would shov/ that yor had- fully complied with the recommendations of the Commission. Wilson says that tl;e letter to Clark is full and explicit and so far as autl.ority to be given, is all that would be required but he says Clark never acts under it. The Covernmnet directors think that there should be out there something similar to what there is on the B & M and on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific roads; viz; a man whose duty it should be to work up the business of that country, wnilst the President and Directors should look a'fter the General policy and finances of the company. I do not think his idea is to take any power from the President or the a thorities,east but that there should be a man tiiere, who is interested in the concernand in whom the authori ties have perfect confidence, to take up the question of business and work boldly for the trade of the country without being obliged to refer all these matters east. The report, especially that portion of tt referring to what has been done in the building of the road will have a strong influence all over the country. That portion of it is a boli square statement of tiio matter and will darry weight when it is made public. It gives us an opportunity to break down prejudice, and refute the lies that have been told about us and in my opinion, paves the way ror us at some time not far distant to get rid of the Government lien. I labored hard with Wilson on this part of the rep-^rt before he made it and I thirJc it carried out the views of youraelf and Mr. Gould. If Mr, Gould would take this part of the report and have it printed in the ^ew York Tribune and other N.Y. papers of wl ich he has control, at the proper time, yoi have no idea of the influence it would exert in that direction. Mr. Ghandler ahowed me today your dispatch in relation to the bridge question. I went to the louse and put an end to that as you will see by the reports but this is confidential, so don't quote me. I have been throu h the Interior Department on our land matters. They are all right, patents are being i sued, &c. If you want anything done there let me know. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 125 December, 1874. W. Dec. 16, 1874. Dear Annie: I am right in the midst of a terrible struggle. li'ionday ¥r. Scott and myself were beofre the Seante Com.mittee and I cannot leave here before Congress adjournes a single day and must be back when it opens. We have a very large force here from all pi rts of north and south that has to be seen and handled daily. I went out and bought the jet and ties. You are so indefinite. i got such ties as are worn here asked the storekeeper. You did not say what color. Write exactly what you want. If you dont like them give them away and I will get others. Tell me just what you want in jet and in ties. I wrote Ella and sent a postal. Have not had a word from either Ella or Lettie and dont know where they latter is. Mr. Bond went to Texas to close up there and I hope he will do it good and strong. I send in this Wast— Bill. Have not seen anyone here Have called on no one. Dined once with Allison's wife and Mrs. Grimes and seen Senator Baldwin once. I dont get a - from 10 Ave. until midnight nor will I as long as I am here. I get no p^ ers from! hoirie, h&ve not seen a Nonpariel or any other. V/hat is a Phantemiparty? Write me about it. Everything here^Investigation. Cabby, Kings and reports in one city of white * * Ocean. . Write me about Little Annie in the Contata, send a paper and tell HjO what she did etc, etc. All such things are news to me, I write this with a room full and all talking and questioning. If you see anything in Press, Chicago or any other send it to me. F. Palmer is here trying to wade through with his paper. Wilson is here etc. x.xn . amount of abuse and probably more than I am entitled to however I will stand up this once until I see darkness or then ^he could -1 leave. • ^-ddy to remain until Mr. Bond got there and at ♦ .V, the P Capital at which ^ everybody Continental who has Tea a Party dollar tonight to give or can tomorrow go and see the sights. Kellogg and Troupe are here now,they say slim .1X1 see in the papers. Davanport is here. And all this you Ocean. Washington, D, C. Dec. 19, 1874. Col, T],omas A., Scott, My dear Sir: The Chairman of the Senate Conmittee thinks from the developments of yesterday that vre should have prepared imrasdiatel;- for the use of the Sub-committee a financial statement of the Con struction Co. and of the T & P Ry. Co. I could make up these statement here but? prefer that they should come from headquarters. , I suppose they '.rant to get from it in contra dtstt»H.ction to the northern Pacific, the fact that the ten millions that you spoke of in your speech went into the road. They also want a statement of tl.e financial condition of the Texas and Pacific Ry. Co, I have the detailed statement of expenditures in Philadelphia and Texas as shovm by the Philadelphia and Marshall books of C9,235,574,10. This I can divide up so as to make a very favorable showing. The statement should also show what goes to make up the balance of the ten millions, I enclose report mada hy the Northern Pacific people on the questions asked t..em. Whilst I would not follow this report, still I think 1 wo-.?ld cover these points in a different way. Very respectfully, G. M, Dodge, * fl k J |!# f'- 3^ 'id (jd 1 1 • ' |\; '■3 i 1L'/ 1 b It , k 1 129 Waehin-^ton, D.G .December 20, 18V4. p: S. V.P., ^ ; • . Marshall, Texas. . DearSir: ■ I was a Good deal surprised at the Roots % Hunson claim thiit sent have heard very nuich from Texas within the "last week that has surpstised me. I am certain none pf us were aware how bad matters were. Mr. Eddy wrote me a lonr^ letter on th-^ 15th. I wrote, him today to consult you about everything and present all matters to you, indifferent and I hope you will probe everything to the bottom. I do liOt care how severe they are on me, or on my administra tion, if they will only present facts so I can see them and answer them, if they require it. The entire account of the construction department is kept by Mii Mahl siiOuld be cliecked up and examinee closely. I iiave never been able to get a complete statement from hini. I only knov; of transactions made up to the time I left and since tiaat time of those made by Mr. Washburn. There is no reason why any account, claim or anything else should not have been taken care of and dispos'^d of if acted upon by friendly hands. If tl.ey have not been settled but have been referred and staved off and thus made uel for future trouble and litigation, I do not propose to be held responsible. I understand so fully and I believe yoi: will see as plainly t' e animus of all attacks upon either company anr; all gossip in relation to them that I have no comments to make. Mr. Eddy who had charge of one portion of my work and Mr. Hayes, who had charge of anotiier and each of whom Is thoroughly posted in his own department and Mr. ^ddy pretty tl-oroughly in all departments there are in Texas, Do not hesitate to call them to accovktit promptly and fully for anything that yon see that you cannot understand that needs explanation. T think they can gi'e It to you completely and satisfactorially. The Senate OOHuaittee met Friday and had a long discussion concluded to appoint a sub-commit tee to woi-k dr.ring the holidays. Tlie south imilt and have a good many hitches, find a good deal of fault and make a great many points a'^out the bill. Unless they come square to the scratch; after the Pacific mail question is over, I sljall state pretty frankly my opinion. The Democrats of the south still JiOve tl:e policy question before them and have gone home without deciding it. 1 think, howe or, they have an understanding to go to gether. I notice that our earnings are very large; it seems to me that our expenses should bo cut down under these earnings to about 65^ but yoi: are on the ground and can tell beat. I hope before you leave that everybody there will bo impressed with the fact tact ve have too much aonoy invested in Texas to allow any prejudices, friendships or enmity to interfere with its being bully and completely taken care of. When I left there 1 expected and had a right to expect that anything that arose in connection with my administration that required explanation would have been sent to me before and counte nance and approval should be given to any charge or comi^liant by anyone not fully posted in regard to it. No person can succeed in charge of our property in Texas who does not administer it upon this broad basis.- Tbi"'^ done, it will soon Gi"^s our emrloyees to M , i understand that they hold thir positions and will remain connected^ with the road from merit alone, and not from any Gossip or prejudice that they can create, for or against, any interest. I'" have no doubt that whilst you are there yoi' will be able,-t/o- Settle any of our old matters that come up. If we could "et rid of thc-hundreds *^h'of small bills under'JSOO and thfe time Checks, it wouldlbe a great 'help to us.' Get" thenr oxit - of the way and there'' i,s noj-hipg'f or anyone to complain of. : f , • i - ■ • • ■ ' .h. • 1 ■ ~ Cmw , V :■ n Very truly, yours*, • i rr» tr--'- v- ■ ' p. K. Podge, T \ T ' • . , rvv. 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T tp.fn*vsixc> T '■"I" ..t 4lrX'I ijiiNif 3-il3 y ^'>r 1- : , .?f> i'oJja>v> .v : .. f». - (p !J tn.o' ' ■ ' ar<3a/ / ? r-- . ,,v t »,|, . . .. .M4c.l.nX,*P UOhlLfr. . C- - a,' ,"-,T4 ^ -f . .-j.t/i., . ' ,rPVfi-,,.tn .ipyfd^ij'jh ;.ta -Yt''' » ■•'- ' >ffa jiofc'T-;-% :dl , : ' V #. i** ,. ' * . . ' Ai » M ' « ■ iM .'U ';e*4ivh:. .irr . i 'rv. . ■ 1 -b/- 'i,! PVi , .I 131 December, 1874. Washington, Dec. 21, 1874. Dear Annie: The Conanittee of "Senate that we have been to work on voted today to hold over during the recess and keep to work on our Bill which unless they change Monday will hold me here. I sent by express two for and children and have here which i shall start Monday a present for you, one for Jule that I was going to take with me. I dont believe I could get home anything that I should buy and so will not fill your last order for i^ate. Will try to find the two books you want to. I get no Bluffs papers so hear nothing from Texas. I get plenty of complaints, it looks as though Noble and his crowd were doing anything but good. -Bond is down there now and hope will straigh ten things out. Unless matters look more favorable here after recess I shall abandon the fight. There is no vim to the south they dont want to succeed except to the Government and wren they get that I fear we will have trouble. I am busy morning and night and see no one but our own people. It is said to be gay. Have not even seen the iUng yet, though he has been toaded all over the country and received by Grant, Congress, etc. etc. The great scandle here now is "Pacific" mail a kind of second "Credit" Mobiler but today "Irwin" refused to answer and now comes the ViA of war. I shall be so disapointed if 1 do not get to see the children. They will be at home hoping to meet me but canot help'.it. I shall telegraph i*^onday or Tuesday, as soc.n as hear the result. If i stay after the recess or after Committee makes their report will let you know and you can coirie down if you desire to, but it seems to m^e that it would be lonely with no one to go out,day and night my time is taken and 1 have not yet seen a day or evening I could spend away from my work. Very few members have their wives here now. Senators are Generally located here and society is more of a city society than it ^sed to be. Have not called on Gen. Bristow or his wife and am almost ashamed to now. Kiss the children and write me all about Christmas, Truly, Ocean. 133 ^^ashington, D. C. DeceF.ber 22, 1874. John'- T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear Sir: I called -upon Mr, Knox, Comptroler of the currencey with a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury and thoroughly dis cussed the consolidation with him. He says vve could not use both names without an act of Congress authorizing it, but we can consolidate or liquidate the stock-holders, of both banks being willing without any aid from Congress, He also says that he would not allow any other bank started in the place to use the name of the liquidated or consolidated ^^anks, which accomplishes what you desire. The Comptroller also thinks that after liquidation or consolidation, the remaining bank would get all the business by proper notice to its correspondents. Wliile you are traveling around, work up a sentiment in relation to Government aiding the industries of the country, especially through McDills districi. or anjrwhere in Iowa, The Iowa delegation seems to think their people are all against it. Tergr truly yours, G. M. Dodge. ■ Vlilr iM' 135 Washington, D. C. Dec. 25, 1874. E. H, Rollins, Dear Sir: i r;rote Mr, Dillon in relation to paj^ment of the $10 II. debt of California Central R.R. to the Pacific National Bank. I understood that the Union Pacific guaranteed the payemtn of that date or would take it up. Mr. Dillon says in answer that the matter lies withi you. Please let me know about it. We have carried the debt about as long as we can. ^ Very truly yburs, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. 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Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 General Grenville M. Dodge Texas & Pacific Railway Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/020cd65f62ca82bf24a195e2591ca08f.pdf afc6de6720fe58c8e867c37142711271 PDF Text Text DATA CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED For Ready Reference in the Preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE MELLEN DODGE President of Sundry Railroad & Construction Companies Late Chief Engineer Union Pacific and Texas Pacific Rail Road Companies ^lE^^BER OF CONGRESS Major General in the War for the Preservation of The Union. * * BOOK 10. Southwest System Railroads. Texas & Pacific| New Orleans Pacific, Missouri Kansas & Texas, International & Northern Also Mexican Oriental and Fort Worth & Denver City, Des Moines Northern, Wabash, etc. 1880 - 1 - 2 - 3. January, 1880. Lenp:th of Roads at date of Consolidation Union Pacific Railroad, Kansas Pacific Railway,- Leavenworth Branch, Oenver Pacific Railway, Total, 1,042 miles. 63 9 " ,34 " 106 " 1,820 Mies. Funded Debt, including principal and balance of intei'est due to the ^'nited States, January 31, 1880. Union Pacific, Mileage^ 1,042 Amount ,472,391.10 Kan. Pac. Leav. Br.,: & Denver Pacific, : Deducting amount own* 779 35,743,518.50 ed by the Kansas Pa-: cific Ry. Co., : I'otal., 1,821 $124,215,909.6( Per mile $84,906 .32 45,883.85 ?68,213.02 Capital Stock, January 31, 1880. Union Pacific, kdileage 1,042 Kan. Pac Leav.Br.693; : 779 Denver Pacific, 106j Total, 1,821 Amount $36,762,300.00 9,809,350.00 $46,571,650.00 Per Wile $35,280.51 12,592.77 iip25,574.77 Outstanding, as above. $9,809,850.00 Kansas Pacific stock in Treasury, 191,750.00 Denver Pacific stock in K. P. Trust. 3,998,900.00 $14,000,000'.00 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Dated Windsor Ho. K..Y. Jan. 18, IffiSO. Received at vVestern Union Building, Broadway and Dey Street. To Gen. G . N.. Dodge 78 Broadway, N. y. Neet me at Everett House ten dclock tomorrow morning sharp have arranged important interview. 14 paid Geo. L. Niller. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. ai916Ave-. N. Y. Dated Jan. IB- 1880 . Received at Western Union BuLlding, Broadway, and Dey Sj,reet To Gen. G. . Dodge 78 Broadway, N. Y, Fearing I may not get you at ten in morning 1 change time to half past ten telegraph. m.e at Everett on receipt of this. Geo. L. Iv-iller. 25 paid. BIISOO 1880. 1449 Lexington Avenue, New York City, Grenville . Dodge, No. B'dway. Dear Sir: I drop you a line to state that forgot yesterday to a sk you for that Carte de Visti Photo of yourself tha t I returned after finishing the "Dodge at Atlanta." I think it would be the best picture of you for me to copy into the "Generals" subject. I have erased your face off and want to put in a new one and that small one that is,I think , in your desk, I think would be the best to ocpy from. Will you kindly send it up per mail and oblige. There is ohw other ^question, or rather a favor, I was going to ask of you yesterday but iTesitated. I feel sure you will grant it as it will be a great gratification and comfort to me and which I Wish to file away for keepsakes among rny choice and valued letters. i.e. Would you allow Nr*. Steller to copy upon your type writer and send me the copies of the letters of thanks that you received from Genls. Sherman, Schofield, Howard and Ghetlain, at least these four. i much want to preserve their comn.ents on the picture. I feel sure you will gratify me with the type-written duplicates and above all, if you should care to dash off a few lines as to how you are pleased with the "Dodge at Atlanta" . That document ^ would treasure above all. I have beautiful letters from Genls. Schofield, and Howard complimenting my "Dodge at Atlanta" conqjosition. The Toledo Gomn.ercial, last Sundays issue, has a fine notice of the "Dodge at Atlanta." I will (if you havn't already received a copy) send you onbd n I am. Very truly yours, Jas . E. Taylor. January 5, 1880. P. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Oir: Better order Noble to build four boarding cars, sleep ing and dinin;:, -^.c. If we ace convicts we can lock them up in box carsj should be an office for" headciuarters of trackmen; make strong, ventilat'; well and put in plenty of wj nr'c.-.-, that can be closed or opened; have them heavily trussed by trassed floor choj-d so ti^at they v;on't hog- down; lowest bid on iion sixty-one dollars per ton. . G. M. Dodge. ' CfeV ' ^ ,t.¥* J •, > • «-»> " . O ■ 4 ' ' 4*^ ' '.r ' I " V . . r' . -n ■ , . ;rl ^ .. «'-u: • I ^• :4 h ■ ■ ■ ' ■„ •"• -'' ■virV. ■ * ,„V. - .-•..x. • lit-" A.- . > f • , ■ '-■■ • ■t'. 'Vi Kew York, January IL, I80O, Pranlc S. Bond, Esq., Dear Sir: I notice that your head chairs, two t..row and three throw are of wrouyht iron; very expensive, which appears to me unnecessary; wiiy is not cast iron just as rood? Do you use any crank switch star.do? My understanding was that ■ they were all to "be of the lever pattern. Yours truly, G. M. Dodre. Pres. Pacific Ryl Imp C. P.C. If you can conveniently spare them, please send me a few more books "T.& P. Ry. Co. Rules and Specifications for Maintainence of Way. ... '3 ' 1^; ■'j" ' ' * New York, January 13, 1880. P. 8. Bond, Dear Sir: Mr. Kc iueen has just heen iiere and sucgests the follcvvin^; Ci.ances in the specifications of the locor.i'^tives now being built in his company, viz; Fleus to be made 11' 4" in length instead of 10' 11 1/4" so a to allow the use of a longer connecting rod whici. they want to make 7' 6" in length. Safety valves eiti-er of the Richardson or Crosly pattern; these are latest and most approved valves. The old style with sprin inside the boiler was di^ca ded 12 or 15 years ago. l!dd drums are now generally discarded and considered useless but if insisted upon, will put them on. Boiler rivets sh'-uld be 3/4" instead of ll/'e". Engine truck -wheels should be 28" instead of 26" . They also desire to be informed as soon as possible in regard to style of painting, numbers^ names, &c. Yours truly, G. m. Dodge. ^ '-if'' ' p'-r -I '■ ■ N ■ - New York, January 15, 1860. F. S. Bonfi, V.P., Dear Sir; I have a bid from tlie Danfortl. works for ten Iccomotives on our specifications, deliverable in July, August and September at eight thousand dollars each. This is a bid on \7l.ich I have an option. I could not now duplicate the I.'criueen locomotives for an additional $1,200 each, and this bid from Danforth works is $500 each less than we could get t..em for today and it is my opinion that we should accept them, bu - I leave it to your judgment to decide upon them. This would make thirty locomotives. I could put the build ing of tiiom off until late in the fall if. necessary. I have heard nothing as yet from tl;e Baldwin works. I have a contract sent here for signature from the Allentown people for some iron at $62.50 which I agreed to take to make up my 125 miles, but they have ah^nged the specifications on the flanges, thinking the flanges to whicl; they say you agreed. Is this true? If so wire me and I will sign the contract. Please wire me also about the locomotives, as my option is out Saturday. 0. M. Dodge, President. New York, January 16, 1880. Frank S. Bond, Esq., Philadelphia. Dear Sir: I liave boday accepted a proposition from !ir. 0. Leavitt of Allentown Mills for 2500 tons of iron rails rolled to T & P pattern but slightly modi Tied by increasing thickness of flange. Price $62.50 per ton, f.o.b. mills. Delivery during months February, March, April and May, » Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, . President. "i- '■ '■ '.-i'*"**'. A;-' ■ '4m m ^ ^ ■ C-/ ■ ' . ' 19 HI a.?t January 19, 1880. F. S, Bond, V.p.j Ttear Sir: Referring to your telegram of t}:is morning, Mr. Washhurn's reciueisition calls for an Elliot Switch. This specific ation in your book calls for a plain switch while the tracin s from Washburn represent .t..e Reynolds patent switch. TJ.ere is a vast different between the tracins sent me and the common lever switch in the book of specifications. I would like an early decision upon which of these you desire to use, so I can have the drawings of it photo-lithographed, I am afraid of these patent switches, though you may know all about them. T..e common lever switch sucli as we have on the road is, to ray idea, as g-^od as any, still I am ready to buy any kind that you may decide upon. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, _ . President. ■ ''f'- ■ , 1. 1 ' -sf, '-v 21 ijS New York, January 2.0, 1880. Prank s. Bond, V.P., Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir: T tkhink you had better make the arrangement to put the T & ^ stock on the board before I co away I i.ave closed up the syndic ate here which takes the twelve thousand shares and I want if p'^s sible to have it placed on the board before I leave. Why don't you put all our securities on the board here, at the same time, on the regular call? Yours truly, G. I!. Dodge. i> t..;- v..» t p. -' ■ ■■ ■ ) h: i ; •?> ' ' ' ■ ' ? .-J- , ■ Mr'- »t ' ' ^ 'h'-r } I 23 US: New Yori', January 21, 1S80 Frank S. Bond, V.P,, Dear Sir: I have contracted with the Danforth locomotive and raachin'-: works, Patterson If. J. for ten locomotives 16 x 24" cylinders according to your specifications $8000 each, delivered on track rt Patter'son, comiiiencing in July and thence onward as we need them. I enclooe a copy of their letter; please comply with their request as soon as possible and also instruct your master-mecla nic to come here and consult with these people as soon as he gets through at Schnectedy. I have arranged to ship the first 3000 tons iron from Danville by rail to Dallas direct, with fastenings, &c. The iron will commence moving very soon. You will t;.erefore h've to have inspectors on hand to see that it is all right. Very truly, G. 1,T. Dodge, Pre 3. ',,'v New York, January 21, 1880, Prank S. Bond, V. P., Dear Sir: In looking into the question of freights hei^e, I find it is going to be impossible for me to ship an ything to Dallas over the Morgan line. The only possible way is for me to ship to New Orleans and up Red River or to Galveston and over th-^ International. I believe now that all my material can go by rail from Philadelphia to Dallas, cheaper a« it can go b: water on account of the high rate put on everything to Ne Orleans and Galveston, I have made a contract with the Missouri Pacific and the M.K.fr. T. Rds for a rate of $5.00 St.>ouis to Dallas and if I can get a rate of about $4.50 or |5.50 from here to St, Louis, think it is my true way to ship until Red River opens an^ 1 think these rates by all rail, will beat even the Rio River rate to Dallas. I wired Mr. Scott and am in hopes of getting a very low rate to St, Louio., from tho Pennsylvania R.R.Go, and as the material will keep coming along for the next two or tliree months, it appears to me they ouri^t to take it as quite a low figure. Col. Scott gave me a rate on iron, Danville to St. touis, of $6,50 and I have directed Mr. Lewis to ship the 3000 tons, with spike and fastenings complete over that line and Missouri Pacific and M, K. T. to Dallas, Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President, January, 1880, 25. Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 25th, 1880, B, K. Greene or C. C. Earr, N.O. P. Rh. Co. New Orleans, La. Dear Sif : - Please set some competent man to v/ork to get up plans for our round house, blacksmith shQp and machine sltp at V/estwego. I'hey want to be placed so that in our trackage coming in or going ou'.they will be out of the way, and v/ant to be made upon a plan that can be hereafter extended--we building a very small portion. Go to work and get a wooden ten stall roundhouse first, so that we can use a por tion of it for blacksr.dthing and perhaps for machinery. In putting tip your water-tank put up one that v/ill hold about 60,000 gals, and put it high enough to enable you to run pipes into the roundhouse, and use the water for washing out and filling tanks, etc Also place it so that it can be r eached and water taken from it from the main and roundhouse track. You do not want to lose any time in getting the roundhouse up so that we can h- ve a place to take care of our loco motives . Perhaps Col. Clark, or you maj?- know some one who is thoroughly competent, to make a draft of this plan. Get up roughly and send it to me. In arranging for coaling you want bo put an incline plane in so that'^ifou can unload coal during all stages of weather, and place your coal chutes where the coal will have to be moved only from the boat to the platforni loading a locomotive. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. President. New York, Janury 27, ^ Frank S. Bond, V.P.-, Dear Sir: I had an interview today with Tslr. Osborn, President of the Illinois Central Railroad and he says it is very necessary that we should iiave some expert in steel appear before the House Committee on T7ays and Means on Tuesday February Sdd. ; some person .vho can speak authoritatively upon the subject. There is no question that if we hav esome one there to meet the statements of these steel men, and show that it costs no more to make steel than to make iron, and the enormous profit there is in the business, we can put it out of Committee. Wliile fully two tliirds of the members of the house are in favor of the reduction, we cannot do anything unless we get it out of the Committee. Mr. Gould has wired Mr. Scott upon this subject, and now if you, or the Pennsylvania people know of any such person, he certainly ought to be sent to Washington. Please let me hear from you tomorrow. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge Pres. f? ^ ■■'■.p, , . v i," > . f y' ' ,» ■ •'V y> 29 New York, January 28, ,1880. Frank S. Bond, V. P., Dear Sir: I am in hopes of getting away from here next Satur day evening, and I would like to see you before I go. I have not time to go to Philadelphia but if you are coming over here soon as indi cated in your letter suppose you come either Friday or Saturday. I want to suggest to you now that it is pretty evident that these properties will all get together sooner or- later and to ask you why we cannot forclose that Dallas Branch, sell it out, and then buy it in for the Texas and Pacific and then put our bonds on it out to Whitesboro and save building a parallel line across there from Sherman of course we want to build just as little railroad we can to accomplish our purpose, and I v/oulc like to have your opinion upon this. Yours truly, G. K. Dodge, - - President. 'r- hh <• . i _ ■> vf 1-; V- •• ' ■ ■ -M-'r .. " v' . , "I , Council Bluffs, February 6, 1880. Sidney Dillon, Esq., Pres. IT.P.R.R. Co, Dear Slr:- I spent th-^ da3- on the Oregon Line and estimates and sent a dis patch thst TTouftd up my decision; we leave the C. P. Road by the ndopted line at Blue Spring station, 45 miles from Ogden, and o-r line .vould be within a stone's throve from Ogden to that point; hence if possible to avoid, we should not build and certainly C.P. will give us tracksge that far. If we could get trackage fro:r. Kelton to Ogden, It would s? the building of 90 miles and leaves only 335 miles from Kell«^to Baker City, over an excellent route and save as well the work of crossing the rroraontory Range wl.lch we are obliged to do. The line needs more close examination at several points before fully located and now Is the time to do It so as to be ready for any decision by April first about time you will want to open \7ork. I telegraphed for authority. There are three separate engineer organizations here to work on profiles and estimates, viz. Bllckensdbrfer, Cleburn and \7alcott. T-ods Is another looking after Ilebraska surveys, Walcott should go on to Oregon line. Cleburn to Utah Northern and Blickensderfer people to the Cheyenne and Black Hills lines. But whatever you do, have a head. I have got the last season's work In good shape and If you don't appoint a chief, I better keep-control of surveys until you commence to build other ise we are apt to lose time and money. Yours truly, G. Dodge. f , UV/h',, - > J ■ 'A I ;/■ February, 1680, Fort worth, Texas. Feby. 17th 1880, J.'Gculd, hisq, No. 80 8'Way., New York City. "uear Sir:- un my way to Texas 1 met Mr. Mitchell, Gen'l . Manager, and Mr. itimberly the Chief engineer of the M. iv. &. t. Road and rode over the line from Sedalia to JCenison by daylight. The road generally is in good condition. It is well and thoroughly ditched, a great portion of the cuts have been ballasted v/ith stone which makes a great improvement upon the rOadbed. une the 5? miles of main line from Hanibal to uenison they have laid 208 miles of steel and the steel portion of the road is first class, in 1878 they put in 450,000 ties. In 1879 , 370,t300 and in 1880 they propose to put in .300,000. over the whole length of the line nearly all of the old bridges have been renewed with a combination bridge lower chord . of iron, and a great -any openings new bridges entirely have been placed in; so that the bridging of the road is now in excellent condition. There are several la rge.trestles within a hundred miles of uenison that they are proposing to replace with stone culberts. The stone is handy and it is true economy to do it instead of replacing with wood. They have a steam excavator at work near Red niver which can be used to fill up tiestles. They are already filling up the ends of a portion of them. So far as fuel is concerned, the road is well provided, ' They strike the. first coal mines 35 miles out of bedalia. Then ag'in at Ft. tiCott and then again in the Indian Territory; but their fuel is not handled as easily as ours on the u. F. especially in the Indian Nation, on account of the royalty of thirty cents a ton they have to pay the Indians for mining. At Lewis, the first station they calim to put the coal on the cars at vl.65 per ton; in the xndian Nation the company pay vl,872 on the cars. The grades on ^the road are such that a thirty-two ton locomo tive will haul over it .-rom 19 to 21 loaded cars. The rolling.stock locomotives and cars that they have on the road are in good condition; but they need moro cars. Mr Mitchell told me that they had just contracted for 200 box cars at .*650 each. They have also contracted for 6,000 tons of steel; but to put'the road up in first class conTheir^n^tSrw Their patterm is 52 a?lbs to the yard. more—aryhow, M. M. Buck, 2000 « Co., tons ofmore. St Louis has a thousand tons of their pattern of steel that he asked me to make a bid on. Being -an odd lot you might possibly bu? it chlap^ That portion of the^ road that now has iron in it has a meat division, the rosdnifst^r told me that tner were 6,000 bars less than 12 feet in length and on the division south of him I think there are as many more! Puttint In tons of steel this year »ould take up eood IroreMuT ^ probably to replace a large portion of the short lengths. There ^ ought to be added this 'ears to their siding at least five miles. They have been adding to then all they could y-arly; but when the" road was first built the sidings were made short 1300 to 1500 feet which often makes long delays for trains where they are running as they are now, six freight trains each way daily. It seems to me this is one of the first thdngs that they ought to do. I found at several, places freight trains lying up an hour or so for the purpose of get ting a chance to pass. The road appears to be ivell handled and well cared for, especi->lly its roadbed end replacement. Thej^ are using on the road a large number of• foreign cars and had pressed into the service their own stock cars and boarded themip for the purpose of meetin? the demand of grain running into Texas. Their business in my judgment is bound to increase very largely this year; and if it does, it will be impossible to do it with the present rolling S(^ck except at a great disadvantage, bearing the summer months they expect businessto slacken up ome; but if we should send much materiai over them which is likely now v/e shall do, I do not believe their tonnage will be much less duringthe summer mohths than it has been during the winter They wlU have considerable business from outfits orJrSS the lit, •the north down on to this line; and if emigration ever sets In again thip way, they will have all they can do. ^ ^ than + T^ 1 T had when seeing you first the property, took it. I I had can a see much very better well opinion of iLit condition we can turn over it a good deal of business* and if we are ever fortunate enough in getting "tL Indian TerrUorr + prophesying the amount of ^emigration and business that .the road will take into and out of that oouJJtry: here arc moving along SBootlily. we are v-ttinr our men to work. Our material is comr.enoln-- to arrive of two weeks or so we commenoe our track. The weather Is warm andTr™® It is for your to decidd whether you would IJkP to f 300 miles of the M. K. &. -T. and let tC k p \ J each side of Junction Citv an?^MvP tJo what it can get lumber business destined for Weftern kaLas^ Yours truly, ^ G. M. Dodge. •' ' President. ■ ', Pebr, 1B80. Port Worth, Texas, Peb'y. 18, 1880• 0. P. worrishoffer, Esq., 54 Excbance Place, New York. Dear Sir:- I came down here last week and commenced letting the work. The first hundred miles of grading or scraper work will cost about 14/6 . Our bridging ^30.00 a thousand our track v550.00 per mile per day. We will commence laying track about the 15th of March and I think be able to get in about a hundred miles by the 1st of August. Everything down here looks prosperous. I find a good deal of settlement west and a very fine country. Everybody speaks in pra-» ise of it who have been out to see it. The drafts upon you from here will commence to be pretty large by the 1st of April, as that is about the time our first estimates will be in. The^other payments will be mostly for material that I have bought and for freights. 1 do not think v;e will have to call for another assessment before 1st or the middle of April. I wish you would wire me when you ascertain what the total amount of subscriptions to the two millions are. Also write me if you have anything new about Rio Grande or Atlantic and Groat Western. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President, Feb., 1680. Fort worth, Texas, Feb'y. 19, 1880. J. T. Granger, Esq. No 80 Broadway, Nev/ York. Dear Sir:- • . The first car of iron shipped on the 26th of January, arrived here today, making four days en route from Danville. I notice in the shipment of splices th.at they are shipped to East St Louis, and that the shipments of iron are to West St Lous; so that on splices, in addition to the price given us, we have got to pay the bridge charges or ■ferryage over the Mississippi River. My understanding of Levis's rate from Philadelphia was to West St Louis, the rame as the iron. The rates that they are giving you on the Allentowr: iron by rail and by steamer to New Orleans it seens to me are very high. I figure, if I understand, as follows; To New urleans by steamer ^5.53; to Shreveport C4.50; to Dallas Cs.lO insurance v»60. You want to calculate over the Texas and Pacific one cent i^r mile on 2000 lbs. net ton. The rates for gross ton so that on a ton of iron it ci. sts from Shreveport to Dallas Cl«90, and from Mineola to Dallas 85 cents. I have wired you very fully about the Allentown iron. I would like to get them running in here with the Danville iron so as to be sure of a supply, whilst it is better to send my Spytendevil iron by way of Galveston and Texas Central, whichever gives the best rate. I wired you to look up the rates from Pittsburg to St Louis. If you could run the Allentown iron to Pittsburg, reship there and then take it by river to St Louis, it seems to me we ouglit to get a much lower rate than is being given by all rail, i notice the spikes coming from Riciunon d are shipped by the Chesapeake and Ohio to Ilvintington and then down the river a d up to St Lous at a pretty low rate. > Y'oUrs truly, G. M. Dodge, President. 39 Feb. 1680. Gov. Jno, C, Brown, Port worth, Te xas. Feby 19th, 1880 . Vice President, Marshall. Dear Sir:- I have your dispatch in relation to payment for work Fort Worth to Weatherford and have wired for the accounts, we are ready to meet the settlement. My understanding is that v/e have the right to make the same payments upon the work that the Texas and Pacific Com pany made whatever that might be. I can wire to New York and have that portion payable in cash arranged there on or before the first day of March; but I would like to have the estimates, accounts and state ments of the payments of the Texas and Pacific so th^t I can examine them before I sendthe order. I tmst you are improving and will soon be out. I note what you say about the Dallas matter a d also about the whitesboro surveys. The people here are considerably exercised over the M.K.T. extension and will make a proper^tior. to us to bring it hero. Yours vbry truly, G. M. Dodge, Presiaent. Feb. 1880. Fort worth, Texas Peb'y. 23, 1880, J. T. Granger, Esq. No 80 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir:- I have been talking with Mr. Fox of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe road. He says that all stu.f shipped to the Houston and Texas Central has no wharfage or charges upon it. It is lighter ed .right in the stream and up to Clinton, which is just below Houston and there talces their road; all stuff shipped to the International and Great northern goes to the wharf, and the 'charges that they ret for us are as light as it is possible to get. Also says that all ships bringing iron for tliem generally draw twelve foot and bring six hundred tons, runs right upto their.wharf or get inside the bar. and if we ship any from New York it will be better to shipby that class Of vessels if possible; for if it comes by the Houston ^nd Texas Central my experience here is that vm can ret better rates from the Houston and Texas Central to Dallas, than from the International and Great torthern. It is cheaper the round trip to Dallas than it iL had ^ better of change New Orleans our water and communication I find comes from about New as#r.nick. Orleans toBo that we ves on if you can get rates that will compete with the rail, TiiSurtincG fi?oin Ngw York to ^^hrovGnort can be had for about one per cent, 2oTe/7elt S r^^lrc^oS sSirit on the round trip, that s, on sailors. I think you ou"ht to r-ot Insurance into Galveston Harbor on sailors for abLt one per oint. .rank Yours truly, n Gi M. Dodge, President. Feb. 1880. For t worth, Texas Feb. 24, .1880. J. T. Grander, Esq. No 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir:- I wrote yoa in relation to the spytendevil iron. I am satis fied our policy is that what iron we send by v/ater to send by Galveston. We can do it cheaper and make certain of its reaching here, v/hile by Red river it is very uncertain. So that you v/ant to work up your rate from Galveston to Dallas as low as possible, t en. it with the sailors, iron is 30 days from New lork here by rail. It cannot be much more by water, we have had about 20 cars carried so far. I will have to have the Allentown iron pushed right along with the Danville iorn, in order to keep my track going. I would like very much to make arrangements with Pomeroy for his tons if I can get it down where -i- think it ought to be. The indications are that iron is going to advance in price considerably and very soon.. In allcases send full copy here of all our agreements On n Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President. ■. ■ 'A ' Feb. 1880. Poi^t Worth Texas, Peb'y. 24, 1880 Major Frank 3. Bond, Vice President, Philada, Dear Sir:- I wired Mr. worrishoffer today to pay you two hundred thousax.d dollars (,v^200,0Q0) on account on the 1st day of March and at the same time to arrar, the loan. My understanding of the contract and . of our agreeme t at the time it was miade in relation to the work between mort worth and weatherford was that we should pay the same as the Texas and Pacific pay, in kind if we chose, or in cash. The co: tract says to pay the cost to the Texas and Pacific. i understand the Texas and Pacific gave part bonds ard part paper in payment. Whatever advantage there is in that jpayment over cash I of course, am entitled to for the uonstruction uorapany. i only got the detailed statement today of the work, which I have no doubt is correct, but which I desire to have gone over carefully before i make the final payments upon it. The material has commenced arriving here pretty freely but it is a very long time on the route. There are two or three questions that have arisen here in relation to xinloading of nuterial. Gov. brown claims that we are to unload all the material. The contract says we shall undload all deliered at the ei.d of track which I am prepared to do. You will remember our discussion of that matter was that 1 was prefectly willing to unload everything delivered to my track contractors that went into the track. That was stored or surplus material i expected the corapanj'- to unload; but the Governor is roinm to to make us pay one re>ation cent per to ton it, per I think net mile it is and pretty unload strong our material upon Ss when over all the other roods including the reads west of the Mississi ppi we get a rate of seven tenths of a cent per tonand ttey do thl virtually prohibit the Texas and acific from carrying any material for me except what happens to be on their line. i hold that the Texas and Pacific can Lansport reight ju.'^ t as cheaply as the Mirsouri Pacific or the M. K. ?• T ey transport a gross ton for one cent per ton per mile, while vou the one cent per net tin and unlad ing the material brings up the cost pretty strong. transport Trlcele question Is, ho. ere t],e tleo del verld? • thOdbank Of the road in quantities oJlrai^^l^d'rr^Sfi^ery in relation ^T^^rmitLranrai youierr'reserr;herth . were all discussed, I think yorwin aJ?ec wfth mp ! questions ing in relation to our unloadii^^the^^te^^U understandurs very ru J-, Dodge. Feb. 1880. Fort worth, Texas. Feby, 24, 1880. J. T Granger, Esq. 80 Broadwy, Nev/ York City. near Sir:- In order to keep your supply book straight, I will give you a statement of the contracts that i have made in detail: First: To andrew 'Varrcn. we originally contracted with him for 32 fro'^s and 32 switches. I duplicated. that order, making 64 frogs and 64 switches. Of M. M. Buck & Co. St Louis: 7 sets of tank fixtures, complete. 7 knowles pumps and boilers, complet 7% cylinder 1 track scale 40 tons. 8,000 cord bolts 5/8 by 21 inehes 4 000 drift br.lts 3/4 by 18 inches 160C0 packing washers 5/8 of an inch. 16000,bridge washers, 5/8 of an inch. 32 Elliott frogs, six 1 in, 6 26 in 1 and 9. You have the prices affixed to these and their bids. Notify Mr. j^sond of the contracts a. d also notify officially Mr. washburn. Be careful and send here in detail all the C(Dhtracts we make as to price and time of delivery. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President. I •' Feb. 1880. Fort Worth, Texas, Peb'y. 24, 1880, J. T. Grarcer, Wo 80 aroadway, flev; York. Deal' Sir:- ^ We have finirhed the contract- on the first hundred miles today at the followiig prices: Grading, scraper work 14^ une mile grading has 90,000 yds in it Three miles averaging about 40,000 each 20{!^ ^olid rock 90^ loose rock 40j^ clearing and grubbing 18.00 per acre. The bric^ng was let before, the_ trstle bridging at ^50,00 Mr. a. M in place, company transporting'material and furnishing the iron Piling per lineal foot, company transporting the material and furnishing the iron. Masonry, 1st class, bridging seats and piers "^10.00 per cubic yard, in cement. Box culverts, dray .'J-.S.BO to v5.00. Buildings, 8 sect,iori houses $800. each. 4 Freight and Passenger 2nd Class vl050.f"?0 each 2 " " 1st " 1450.00 eaeh vl050.f"?0 each 1450.00 each " Passenger house 1850.00 " 1230.00, the company transporting t>|p lumb r from mill to building site! Track laying !j550.00 '^per mile per day, 575 « h " " " 625 2 " 650 " - 700 - 3 " " " and fufV additional half mile track layers to take every- think from the last switch and run forward to end of track not only their own material but all other material that other contractors may need. The Texas and Pacific deliver the material at the last siding. Ties 700,000 at 40^ each delivered on the Texas and Pacific road, • Teleg aph line v40.00 per mile for erecting the company.fur nishing everything. r jr . u Frecting tanks and furnishing timber C500.00. 4 These prices are all under th- price fixed by Mr. washburn in the estimate attached to the contract, excepting the telegraph which ^ T1 probably cost us ,„il25.00 a mile erected. Truss bridginr was let to uofrode and Taylor, xou have the price, plans in detail Tor getting them out are to be furnished by Mr. "^assig of Chicago. I send this forward for information at tVie New iork office, Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President. Feb.1860, JD. w, ivashburn, iis q. Fort Worth, Texas, ii^eb^'y. 25, 1880. Chief Engineer, Fort worth. Dear Sir:- Wlien your forces are at leistire, I v/ould like to have prepared for me a profile of the located line, ahowir.g the quantities and the contract price, together with the bridigirg, aligi"iment, etc. After the first month's estimate, have r tracing made of the profile and have that tracing printed up. Upon the second month's work, h^ve another tracing made, and have that printed upand j- will return the first profile to have printed upon it the third month's estimate, so that I can have on hand the last estimate showing the total amount of work done, I would also like a copy of the different plans of structures, buildings, etc. when your monthly estimate is made up, so that you can tell within a few ;:ollars the amount of maney you will want for that month's estimate, wire me the amount, a detailed statement to follow it afterward. Yours truly. G. M. uodge. President. Feb. 1880. Fort worth, Texas, Feb'y. 25,18 80 Major Frank Bond, Vice President Texas and Pacific, Philadelphia, Pa. De-^r Sir:- I wired you today in relation to putting an inspector upon the a.gle plate. They are not made in accordance with our specifica tions. Both inside and outside plate ai-e bored for bolts with an oblong hole and both are slotted alike. They have changed the plan so that we have to reverse the plate. That would stagger the slots but not as planned by Mr washburn. The II/I6 , while they should be full II/I6. sendinr us pom" slots for the spike are scant The spike that "Ir. Lewis that they fit an II/I6 slot very tigiit and we will occassionaly have trouble in driving them. By looking at the plan as shown on the enclosed, you will see how the outside and inside are arranged, we had be ter be particular about those things at first and get them right that we may have no trouble hereafter. As I wired you, those t}iat are here we can use. I don't know that it affects the track ay. I have written "r. Levis enclosing a pencil sketch showing how those that are sent will have to be driven. I notice or. the plan in the book that the slots were only made for ten sixteenths. That would generplly give one-sixteenth p_ay on the spike, but the point of the spikes a.'e now made, most of them, from ten and a half to eleven-sixteeenths, so that it is better to have the slot fully eleven-sixteenths and then they will alway- fit. The angle plnte that arrive here are very roughly made, the roughest I ever saw, a good man of them not well rolled and in slotting the5' are punched out of sliape. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President. Feb. 1800. K. S. Hayes, iisq. Fort worth, Texas. Feby, 26, 1880, uhief ingineer, Palesbine hear 8ir:- I am In receipt of yours of February 24th. we let all of our grading except six sections of very heavy work for 14j!f. Those sec tions one of them had 90,000 yards and the rest 53,000 each, we let at 20p j solid rock 90^. Loose rock 40^, ties, same specifications as those used by the T. and P. excepting 8 ft. long, 40^ delivered on the line. Trestle bridging 03O.OO per M. B. m. We transporting the material from mill to end of track for contractor and furnishing the iron. Piling 39^ per lineal foot upon same conditionj masonry 1st class, piers and bridges seats ^10.00 hry culverts '73.75 to ""B.OO per c bic yard. Grubbing and clearing 018.00 per acre. 'Prack layingupon the specifications per laile a day 0550; lO miles a day 0575.Oo'. 2 mles a day v625.00. 2^ miles aday .,,650; 3 miles a day v^OO. Buildings according to the standard plan which I presume you have seen Section houses, two stories high to accommodate two gangs Freight and Passenger second class first " houses alone " Passenger " vSOO i050.00 1450.00 1850.00 1230.00 lot 1 o+ in < Philadelphia at 5 2/10^ is combination per pound. tri;ss and the iron work was Water stations ^500, we furnishing the iron and pumps and transporting the material tand they setting them upcomplete ready to put in oj^ration. ^ Mr. washburn ha^"issued an order that contra^-tors shall not pay over ,1.25 per day for men and ^2.75 for teams. I enclose a couple of copies of specifications. what work do you propose doing and when. Yours truly, G. M, Dodge, President. Council Fluffs, March 13, 1880, P. S. Bond, Esq., Vice Pras. C.P.^'^.R., Marshall, Texas. Dear Sir: I eKclose my cnntract with the Jacksonville Car Works. When you send an inspector there I would like to have him look occasionally on H. H. Elliott's work East St. Louis on switches and frogs. The question oi" the ^-f^-w/i^i^ron bein;' made is now held in obeyance. Mr. Bamum proposes to turn in a thousand tons th^t, he has made and guarantee it equal to any new iron «e will lay. He proposes to make the other six th-^usand tons with part new metal. He reduces his rail to a flat bar, then piles it and from that roll his nev/ rail. I wrote him that with ti;is process he might use this flat bar and one third bar. ^ Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, Pres. f. . -'f;' M. . ♦v/ ' r* March, 1880, Council Bluffs, March 15, 1880, S. H. H. Clark, Pass Christian, Dear Sir:- I have heard from you almost daily since you have been in the country but ^lave not written you. I only write nov; that I hope you will keep down in that country or anywhere else until you are perfectly well, and stomg. Itis all nonsense it is unnecessary for you to come back here to attend to business. Take my advice and do exactly what I have done when I was pretty near in the same condition. Ouit work and if 1 were you about the first of April I would go to iiurOpe . Make up a little party of your own and go and stay for a year. Life is too valuable to fool ?away, Truly, Ct . M. Dodge: - k'sM: .kill March 1880. Council Bluffs, March 16, 1880» Jay Could, 80 Broadway, Nev/ York City, Dear Sir: On receipt of your dispatch I wired the people of Fort Worth to work the line from Gainsville, Denton, Fort worth and Celburn, I believe I can get, them to obtain ri^ht of way and g ade it for us. I am certain if I should say to them, "we will do it and take it an^ build it. " Supposing in making up the syndicate for building that line you take in a few parties such as you want, and that we take the CO: tract to build it for twenty-thousand in bonds and twent3'' thousand in stock, and that you take the stock of the M. K. &. T. and give for it stock of the Missouri and Pacific when you capitalize that road, i could take it and with ray organization in Texas and -.'ev7 York vie could buil it I think pretty cheaplj'- especialljr if we were released from the arbitrary specifications that is placed upon us by the Texas an Pacific and could put down a first class road and then as the bu iness increased improve it. I have got the organization that will c^o it and if they will give us the grade and right of way there will be considerable money^'nude Out of the doing of it. Three or four or five could do it as well as a dozen because the: moment we advertised the bonds we could nerotiate them and probably hold the stock. I am. Truly, G.M. Dodge. March, 1880. Jay Oiould, Esq. 80 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa, I!arch 20, 1880. . N.Y, Dear Sir:- Frora the letters and telegrams 1 am receiving from Texas they are ■: vidiently working up the line from Gnini^ville via Denton to Port Yorth and Clubum pretty' rapidly. The Uoleman isrothers who are down there have written me that they would be v/illing to take the subscription that is worked up along the line, do the grading and procure the right of way upon that subscription, and that they would then go on, and do the bridging, ar.d furnish the ties for stock for the total amount of work done. viz. grading right of way, bridging, and for a price to be agreed upon for each, provided we will agree to give them the balance of the owrk, ar.d pay for it in cash. Which you be the track-laying, Ir ildings, and water tanks, we of course to furnish the material, and this work to be done at a price to be ''greed upon. At any ra^e as low as the prices upon the Texa Pacific. 1 have made them this answer. Go ahead and woi'k up the line as far as pra ticable, and that r believed you v/ould be willing" to take under advisement such a contract. lo I have demanded of the citizens of the line that they give us the grading and right of way as a donation, uf course, if Coleman Brothers completed the road and took the donations for the paycf right of way, we would have to give them in addition stock upon ^hat which would be probably two thousand per mile or something near it. Governor Brown has asked the citizens of jf'ort Worth to make a prxjposition to do the grading and procure the right of way from Denton to Fort Worth for him to lay before the Texas Pacific Board. 1 suggested that you should say to !Tr. Bcott, "If you .build and put in operation the i>ie from Gaines ille to Fort worth to Gleburn. that L?d and Denton to ^ on the by way same of terms Bells, they Denis, giveGainsviile tracka'''-e to the international Road from Lougoien via Marshall to Texarcana. That would harmonize both interests. I am truly, G. M. Bodge. March 1S80, Council Bluffs, March 20, 1S80. D, w. Washburn, Dear 8ir: Col. Scott entered portest against track contract price above one mile per day says time for com.pletion of road does not re iuire over one mile a day . The price of one mile a day he does not object to so when track starts have them one mile a day if you can keep other things out of the way ; that is after they get fully started tell them we shall expect 26 miles per month or a mile for each working day. I am. Truly, G.rM. Dodge, March. 1880. t^ouncil Bluffs, Iowa, March 20, 1880. John Adamson, Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of recent date, if t'ley grade, tie and bridge the line I think our people will be willingLto give stock, but if they only give the right of way, and grade the line we would expect that as a donation, we would be disposed to let the rest of t^^e work to donations, tie and bridge the road giving them.fair price for the ties, track-laying, section houses, station house water tanks, etc. I would not want to build as strong a line as on the Texas Pacific specifications. J^cr instance in my track work I would have it put up and back filled, and lay the joints thoroughly; then would put section men on immediately to keep it in good condition, as fast as the road was completed and track laid, i have no question in ray raind if they arrange to do the grading and give right of way as a donation that for the briding ajid tieing our people would give stock, and agree to Imr.ediately grade and run road as fast as completed. At any rate have these people do the very best thing they can and I will then take hold of the raatt-r, and see what I cando. I am very desirous of gettin- a road from Ganes ille to whitesboro to i<'ort worth and Clebum . I am disposed to think that our people will be governed by what i amy advise them to do. I am tiaily, G. M. Dodge. vi/' ■ Council Bluffs, April 1, 1880. Fred L. Am^s, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- I notice that the Milv/aukee and St. Paul R.R.Co. has leased the Dakota road. What effect ;7ill this have on the Iowa Falls and Sioux City? What is the value now of the stock of ti:e latter road? Is there any demand for it? I returned from Texas yesterday. Everything dov/n there is moving along q- ietly. We have co;:.menced track-laying, and about May lot \7:i 11 be in Weatharford, 30 miles, and I hope by August to com plete tie first hundred miles. We made our contracts at a very reasonable price and if material will only go down we can get a pretty good road at a fair price. The country is filling up very rapidly with a good class of settlers. The coops look first rate. I saw Mr. Perkins in Ciiicago and had a long talk with iiim. I tnink there is no reason for any friction tiiere; at any rate- he says there is not, on his part; theough there may be among some off the employees of the two companies, but we ought to keep that down. He complain~ a little of some of the actions from our company and I find when I get here that our company coraplains of some of his but I th.ink that will sonn he rectified. Very truly yours, G. M. Docge. Council Bluffs, April 1, 1880. E. Perkins, Esi., Chicago, 111. Dear Sir: As soon as I arrived hnre I t'^ok occasion to have a talk with LTr. Dillon and tir. Gould in relation to matters you spoke to me a h-ut and they assiired me that so far as they are concerned they are deter mined to live up tc the agreement in letter and in spirit. The question of crossing the tracks and such things they seemed to think were as mud the result of misapprehension as anything else, thoudi Mr. Dillon thou-ht tiiat you ought not to ~o norti. of their track unless you were goin" to go on northward; said that he would prefer to give you ground south of it rather than to have to stop tra ns at tx:e crossing. As to the C'Si ps of engineers you mentioned as "being in there, they are not ours. Mr. Dillon immediately telegraphed to Mr. Clark asking if we had any then and he replied, "None whatever." -» ■ Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. New York 3, 1880. E. ?. wheelock, Esq., President New Orleans Pacific Ry. My dear Sir;- We have gone over your general proposition and examined into the condition of yoiir company so far as we have been able to do from the papers submitted by you; and we have now to say that if your Board will accept the proposition made by the various creditors of your line for an exchange of securities in settlement of their debts prior to the 12th of April as per agreement under date 12th January 1860 we will undertake after a period of sixty days option to us to examine into title and general position of your line, if the same be found satisfactory to organizing a Company that.vwill make a contract with you to complete and equip your line on the following general basis. Your company to agree to give a first mortgage for ^i20,000 per mile, securing; 6^ bonds at forty years and also !y20,000 per mile of stock, for which it will agree to equip and complete your line from the state line of Texas to or opposite the city of New Orleans before the 6th of March 1882, in*order that no question may arise as to your charter or the rights of your Co. thereunder. v/e will agree out of the bonds above referred to, to place your Board in possession of ^^384,000 of bonds to enable you to carry out the agreement made with your bondholders and other creditors and p350,000 of the above stock to be exchanged with the present stock holders in your company so thnt may be placed in the same position; and in completihig the line the Company will utilize as much of the work now done as possible and as may be to the interest of the Company. Your company to absolutely cancel and wipe out the existing mortgage and liabilities of every kind as against your company. This be ing done we will undertake to have the road completed as above for the consideration abcv e stated:- the further understanding being that if the Congress of the United States should at any time grant to your compamy the lands formerly granted to the Backbone River, the same are to be included in the arrangement and are to be covered by the first mortgage herein before referred to and that anv other donations or concession mede from any source shall also ersure to tn'^' Company. It is also furtlier understood that if the option referred to be accepted and the work is undertaken under this agreement the present Board shall place their resignation in your hands, lo be accepted in such shape as may be found necessary and desirableby us to secure the dedsien election of a Board satisfactory to us. 78 The existinr; contracts with Louisiana Const'n. Co. Company for the construction of the road shall be abolished and the charter, right and privileges of that construction compariy shall be turned over to such parties as we may request free and clean of all incumbrances, whatever. We shall expect action under this pi^loposition and an answer thereto, by April 15th. Very truly ypurs, Thomas A, Scott Jay Gould. Th e foresoing proposition is satisfactory to me and I will endeavor to have it carried out within the time indicated above. ' ^ E. B. Wheelock. ' V Pres. N.O. Pac. R.R. Co. / ' »M I • , - Jr - i'f*, '/ .im April, 1880. N. P. Dodge ' • •-^IL ■p, ; f-r-,. W. W. Dearborn REAL ESTATE AGENCY N . P . Dodge & Go., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Apr. 5th, 1880. Dear Gren: Messrs, Kountze Bros, have an order from me to sell 7000 Utah Southern 7" @ 105 2000 Little Rock - Fort Smith 1st. Sinking fuiid and Land Grant @ 102. If any change is desired by you please direct Ihem in the matter. Yours truly, N. P. Dodge &. Co . New York, April 12, 1S80. James P. Wilson, Esq., Washington, D. C. Dear 5ir:- I received some time ago your letter in regard to payment for your services as Govei'nment Director of U.P.R.R. but have delayed answering it because I wanted to see Nr. Ames before doing so. I have talked with Nr. Dillon and Mr. Gould about it and t ey say that it is impossible for thorn to do anything as the opinion of their Attorney is against it. The only way they could pay anything -would be if the courts held that they must. I think the only "vay you can ever settle it will b to see them personally. I note what you say about Presidential matters. I know very little about it. I have . ad nothing from the General since he got home except a short note that indicated nothing. I do not believe he has changed his views from wha^ he told me in Paris; however, I am not authorized to say this. It looks to^me very much as thourh there would be another dark horse unless Blaine gets strong encughto make it. Evidently New England, ?:ew York and Pennsylvania will try to control the nomination as against Blaine. Y^u know very well t^iat my cnoice is Blaine, if Grant is out of the field, but if Grant is a candidate, I arc for him. He is the strongest man in the party, no matter ^hat they think. lo-vva papers have orked up a boom for Blaine, but that is an easy thing to do in so strong a Republican State as Iowa. What we have to look'for in the election is, who is certain to carry New York? Whoever that man is, the party should nominate him. I hope you will come here before you go west. I see you are in the Northern Pacific but I believe you can't get much for a corporation out of this Congress, pending a presidential election. I think the best you can do is to keep them from doing any harm. think the best Nay. I shall go<.^est in about t-.vo weeks and bo at home the first of Hope you will be out there so I can see you. „.Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge Ml, Hew York, April 20, 1880, Fred L. Ames, Esq., Beaton, Mass. Dear Sir*.;, Do you v«rb4: to ti proposes to build ^le Ni a construction Co. with takes !|^300,0C0 of it, s take an interest in the Construction Company that New Orleans Bacific R.R. It is proposed to make ,h a capital of one million dollars. Philadelphia so there are $700,000 to be disposed of. If you and your Boston friends want an interest, please indicate to me what it j so that I can reserve it for you. The Construction Company will be formed sim.ilar to that under which we are now building the T. P. and a contract will be taken to build the road for $20,000 in stock j $20,000 in bonds per mile. This is really an extnesion of the Texas and Pacific into New Orleans, or to the Mississippi River. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. ' T'V. M ■ f'.. Si-'Y New York, April 20, 1880. Hon. Alvin Saunders, U.S.Senate, Washinrton, D.C. Dear Sir: - . ^ ^ We would like to have the hill for the extention of tine for corapletion of the Texas and Pacific Ry. reported fron the Senate Committee, with a favorable recoirjiiendation. We see in it no antagonism to our interest, and if you can consistently do so, .le wili^consider it a favor if you will lend a helping hand in the matter. We are now building the Texas and Pacific from Fort Worth west to ElPaso, as fast as possible, and we don't like to see any legis lation that would in any way injure the company or the value of the property. Yours truly, _,G. I,!. Dodge New York, April 29, 1880. N, P. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Brother: I received a letter today from IZr. Adams, whom it appear^, has spent two days at the Bluffs with your people, and in his letter he writes as follows: "I left Omaha last evening, . avinr "been at Council Fluffs hoth Friday and Saturday, I think we have dispo=:0d of matters there, or at least put them in shape for final settlement. I met Chapmari and all the^ leading citizens, an d did what I could. The fact is, it is not in our^ power to do much. It hecame apparent t me at once, v/hen I met the gentlemen at Council Bluffs and looked over the ground there, that the trouble was not with the Union Pacific, but with tl.e fact that three eastern lines—the Northwestern, C. ?. q., and the Missouri Paciflc-- had forced tl.eir way across the river making Omaha instead of Council Bluffs, an eastern terminus. 17e have to meet them at Omaha, tl.ough Heaven kno>vs, we would much prefer to have kept east of the river and met them at Council Bluffs. (_This fact utTBets the vhiole traditional and wise policy of the Union Pacific so far as the terminus of the road was concerned'.^ The rest follows. It is this fact which is the rehl source of the trouble at Council Bluffs, and it is wholly out of the power of the Union Pacific to recall whatiis irrevocable, or to restore to Council Bluffs what the course of events has taken from it. What ever I can do, I assuie you will be done." I see he takes pretty nearly the same rr-o that I have--that our trouble comes from the att Ecads toward us more especially than any act of I hope our people v/ill be contented now that hr. Truly, G. li. Dodge rr'ound in this matterattitude "f eastern of the Union Pacific, and Ivlr. Adams is with us. 1 VVt> ^ I had pledged myself to support James G. Blain-^ for President. I had received a letter from General Grant telling me that under no circumstances would he be a candidate again. My business took me to Europe. When I learned that General Grant's name was to be presented to the Convention I immediately wrote Blaine that General Grant was a candidate and I would have to support him. Blaine ans.vered me very promptly, approving my decision and thanking me for writing him so promptly and said that it would be impossible for me to take any other course, I was in Burope during all the campaign and up to the comvention; therefore took no part in it, but I think Grant's letter written to Conkling, on May 2, 1880 in relation to the third term i a remarkable one and an extract of iL was as follows: "There have been exigencies that warranted a second term, but I do not believe that the best interests of the country's good ever demanded a third term, or ever will, I have my doubts even as to the advisability of a second term, and you know that I iave so expressed myslef to you in our confidential talk. This is a big country, full of brainy and ambitious men who can serve the country eminently well as its President, and I sin cerely question the policy of thwarting their noble ambition. In a republic cosmopolitan like ours a man's fame is too frequently dependent upon the s^tus of public sentiment. Fame in this country ebbs and flows, Toda^you are the peer; tomorrow you may be submerged beneath t]ie wave of adverse sentient. This is another reason wi^ the noble ambition to be President should not be restricted to one man. I feel t..ao our country has am|3ly repaid me for all my services by the honors it has bestowed upon me, and I feel that to be a candidate or accept the nomination Cor a third term would be ingratitude, and would eventually effect me with thepeople who have loved men and whom I love. I am still of the opinion that I should speak to the country that I should break the silence in a letter declining emphatically to accent a nomination for a third term. I appreciate your efforts, your friendship and loyalty, but I fear tiifet your zealousness for me is an error, not of heart, but of mind," June 16th I60C. Gen.G.M.Dodge; 78 Broadv/a^', New York. 2GC F3/fth Avenue, Brooklyn, June I6th 1880. Dear General; Since meeting you, the great changes of temperature have c^.used my taking cold, and rt.ther a low tone, tut not being serious, it is I evidence it is a sort of vital of a strength. crisis with In me. relation to health and otherwisw, ^ you know | \ * I It is due you and myself, that I come to the point with yo. and submit my disposition and plan to repays all my obligation to you not only, but for further profit to both. This case, from the time you first took an interest in it by loaning me the first '„'5000 to the present time, affords a definition and key to business in New York, not alone in your interests and mine, but in all directions.' It v/ould be throwing away a costly and valuable knowledge and expedience not to utilize it, or to think of me(and what I have done or no 0 done), as more than a nice circumsti.nce of it. However weak I may have been or appeared to be, physically or otherv^ise, in the circumstances that surrounded and involved me, all can now be turned to good account and profit. That being so, in any degree, you are the first entitled to it. It has been a business and social revolution that leaver us without a precedent. ^ I There is no precedent to the fidelity and faith of one man ; to another, v;hich you have manifested and substantiated toward me, in a rev olution, which has placed and held me at a perilous disadvantage in. which some other former good friends, for a time, to sustain themselves, harshly criticised me even when confined to my room and helpless. Some of these are dead, others, as the mill ground, come to the same disadvantage and such de grees of it that they now want to be helpless, for the very good reason that it will thereby help themselves. DurinJj the years that I have been engaged in New York in ac cumulating a fortune ahd trying to keep it, I paid very little attention to society. But since my business emergency and during my prolonged illness and absence from business, have learned enough about it to say that we are in a social as ..oil a^ business revolution. What the women and children are generally saying and doing has come to me. Wlien able, I have strolled into public places and saloons i where all the phases, features and the situation generally can be observed in this relation, and depend upon it that everywhere, here and in Europe, in social and business relations there is a showing on the outside that is dis appointing when you look inside. It is unpopular and \in!:ecessary to say this publicly. But I must say this in submitting to you my own case and state the worst. I have sacrificed everything ^ had and more toe, to regain ray health. Have refused to expose my weakness, not only, but have encouraged ^•11 Ih regard to it, to the extent that at times they may have thought me able to attend to business. Myself and family have endured a long period of privation and anxiety, which you relieved.The most trying feature of the matter has been in relation to "r. Stillman, my f;-ther-in-law, knov.!! to be amply able to ^ acsjomodate us to anything we required. People knowing id naturally referred us to that. Vdien here from Texas' he engaged to assist me on his return to Texas and said that he could as *Aell a^ not, and did to a small extent, b then we could not hear from him. " He told me that his brother, Charles Stillman, who died in New York a few years since, left ^7,000,0C,Q,5they were interested to gether in business, "they are peculiar •people. In our exigencies I ax;plied to his son, cousin to my wife, "r. Jas.Stillman, with whon I had little acquaintfnce and but little right to ask a favor of, he is a gentleman, granted what I asked, but re marked that his uncle, my wife's father was just as able to do any favor as he was and that his own father and my wife's were alike singular in these respects. My father-in-law has always been kind, friendly and accomodating toward us and I was not pecuniarily indebted to him. He pieasv,, antly remarked to me that he was growing closer as he grew older. Put you see the dilemma .it put me in. 7/hile ill we commenced about a year afeo to pledge our effects, privately raising but a trifling percentage of their value, thinking I could soon get out and-redeem them. The time expires for their redemption, is now up and all maturing inia few dfys. During sickness I have been an enigma to people, at times clear, calm and apparently well, but on the least disturbance weak, ner vous, easily excited and confused,unfit to exercise good judgment. On one occasion a year or more I think, our attorney sent over his attorney and notary for my signature to our discharge in the settlement of our ola afr ^ fairs. I oomienced a discussion on it ,worked myself into an excitement, and refused to sign it, calling a d'dy or so after I executed the papers. So if anyone called and I entered into any discussion with them the infer ence could be drawn that I was out of my mind. My condition of health and weakness burdenec with the circumstances, business and social:, that I had to deal with, explain to you all that, r-rgardless of^hat you may hear or anyone says. The general sit uation, temporarily, is such that in society from children up anyone is subject to suffer or hear of calumriy. So much for the social and now to business. Business. In regard to business, you would not give much for one that would not look out for himself and his own whenever able, and oppor tunity offers. You never can help such a man or anyone with out injuring the man and yourself too. You have assisted me and I wish to render an equivalent. Flattery is fraudulent, compliment is only a decent rec ognition; it is only the latter when knowing you, and what you have acc omplished, unknown to others, that I say that you have proven to be the most entei'prising, penetrating successful business man that I know of,and g whatever adverse circumstances might happen to you any day would not ohang" it.But it is a mighty responsibility and you will have to look out accord ingly . You are substantially in New York as head quarters. You did not tell me, but I see it published that you were in a board of direct- <^-if./^ '' " 87 ion with Jay Gould, Russel Sage,and others. It is the most powerful board of business men ever organized. Russel Sage is directoi* in the Importers and Traders Bank with li.K.Thurber of U.K.and F.B.Thurber and GO. nov/ one y of the foremost cominercial firms in tlie' world and by virtue of their loca tion at one of the greatest active trade centres;- in real merchandise in the v/orld. At that "centre v.'e handle and exchange the real mercbandise not paper contracts, futures etc..,in wheat and other staples as at the Pro duce Exchange. The Thurbers are good friends of mine. They are heavy in our dairy staples, they will wield the credits at that centre and the comi.ercial influence of Nev; York which is centering there. That is my field and where I belong, in one of its greatest branches of trade, and where I can and must rebase for operation. The coffliercial power and profit is there ii anywhere. Tran sportation lines terminate there on the Hudson. You are especially in trans portation interests and I in comir-ercial, all based on agricultural, neither can flourish for any length of time unless each does. Competition regulates. Each interest will get all the advantage they can. The farmers profits be come reduced and then the merchants. Tanderbilt was charging the two classes 8 per cent Interest on double what his road cost him while goverments only paid 4 per cent. - - Thurber of the mercantile class (in the issue) started in the Chamber of Commerce, went in to the Legislature of New York and made such headway (though temporarily defeated) "that Vanderbilt sold his 8 per " cent Central stock and in"vested. in 4 per cent Governments, look out foi- that. ( Central or the Vanderbilt stocks have been the back bone of "the Street;',and there is no better railroad property in the world. In this connection allow me to submit the leading and most valuable business idea; in th; world in any business. Europe is no longer au thority, but America is. Not London, but New York. I found it out at great cost in our trade. It will damage anyone here or abroad who does not recog nize it. '."all street discounts everything and discounted the market the wrong way on Ihropeen authority on wheat in the last crop, in with the Produce Ex changes of Ne"// York and Chicago, ignoring American authority and the idea and were hurt, so thei will be in finance, stocks or any merchendise. It is not a popular idea with foreign interests. I found it out o or 7 years ago by exper ience in our trade, and expressed it, was unpopular and that is why they did not want me in the trade at the time but events have so confirmed it,that it is now accepted and New York is the basis, the chief and governing market in the world in our tr.de. And thoroughly understanding this idea, this market and .all others, I ask you to assist me a little in getting on my feet and working at it. Mr. Trask got the idea in his head after I had sent him to all our principal .markets, to Canada and Europe, but did not become quite convinced until the ignoring of it failed our London house of a hundred years standing for a million of dollars. He was operating auccesofully v/hen he died, and while I have been ill, I discovered the idea and the pl-Hn of its execution and can go right on with it. From what is submitted, you can see what I need, which.is not very much. But first that you will consider and criticise or comjnent on the st tements submitted, which 1 think you will mainly aiiprove. Then I need a little money at once to redeem those effects which I will give as security. I can live at a verj/ smvdl expense-. These effects cost,and would today, ov er ^3000, upon them have realized s^y 2 or vSCO on pledge. So far as I can see, SjSOO dollars will relieve me end ray family from peril and anxiety, and vigorously set me in operation. All of which I respectfully and not privately submit, subject to your criticism and judgment, with nothing reserved from your questioning and advice, which is earnestly desired by Yours truly IV.S .Fairf ield. .' « « ' I',' V ." 1 IT' i *** ' A' • t'.d , Texas and Pacific Railv/ay Company. // Phildelphia, Pa., June 23rd, 1880 Wessrs. Thomas A. Scott, & Jay Gould. Gentlemen: Under your proposition of April 3rd with E. B. Wheelock, President New Orleans Pacific Rwy. Co., by which you undertook to have the New Orleasn Pacific Road coinpletec on certain terms, on your request I visited New Orleans where I met Gov. Bi-own, to look into the financial affairs and status of ihe Company. I find on examination that a mortgage of )5,000,000. dated N.arch 1st, 1878, was i.. sued on 357 niles of road, and that -^SO,000. of bonds v/ere formally executed by the Company and prepared by a notary, numbering from 1 to 750, both inclusive of these bends /4:1G6,000. were sold and |;305,000. were pledged as collater'al security for certain indebtedneasof the Company, leaving if279,000 in the Treasury of the Company. Under an ar'rangement formally executed in writing, under date of Jany. 1-th, 1880, the bond holders have agreed to exchange their bonds, waiving accrued and accruing interest to Jany. 1882, and the creditors agreed to accept bonds for $218,000. of indebtedness, waiving all int rest to Jany. 1882, all the bonds, both those owned and held as collateral, to be deposited with the Trustees. The Trustees namied in the agreement vere E. A. Polfrey and Adolph Schreiber. I hold their certificate certifying that there are in their possession deposited under the agreements referred to, .^456,000. of bonds; the officers of the Com.pany have possession of $279,000., and two lots, $10,000. owned by H. G. Dillaway of Bost'-n and $5,000. held as collateral for indebtednesSi- of F. Y. Dabney, have not yet been deposited under the agreement. The Dabney bonds are held by an engineer who was out on the line, that I am assured will come in as soon as he can be reached, and a Mr. Baldwin of New Orleans through whom Dillaway obtained his ten bonds expresses himself confident of being able to get these ten bonds exchanged on the sane terms as the others. # Included in the floating indebtedness is a claim of S. L. James for $57,000., for which bonds are provided. There is soHiC question about the ability of Mr.James being able to accept th bonds and hold them under the terms of the agreement. Gov. Brown, however, who is expected to arrive from Texas on Friday of this week, will be able to make a fuller statement than I can as to Mr. James legal status, as he made a special investigation in regard to ti ana had a more recent interview than I with Mr. James on the subject. In addition to this, indebtedness provided' for, there is about (|:7,500. of floating indebtedness that I suppose will have to be arranged for in son.e way. I think there will be bonds and stock sufficient to do this but I am not quite certaln that there will be. Accompanying this is a Balance Sheet of the New Orleans Pacific Rwy. Co., dated Ifa'j 31st, 1880, certified to by W. S. Nicholson, acting Secy. The examination m.ade by Gov. Brown and myself and the papers furnished would seem to prove the accuracy of this Balance Sheet, which shows that excluding interest paid and discount on bonds, about |62G,000. has been expended upon the pr(jperty, for 'hich you have agreed to pay $384,000. in bonds and -#350,000. in stock. The share capital subscribed originally was $355,600. and Lnere has been paid in money $323,000. leaving still due $32,600. As I understand the arrapgenient, new certificates are to be issued by the Company and these outstanding shares are all to come in and be excahnged for the new certificates, that is, all that shall appear as full-paid, not exceeding $350,000 in amount. While -we were in New Orleans a form of Construction con tract was prepared by Gov. Brown and myself and a form of New mortgage was also prepared both of which were submitted to the Board of Directors and approved generally by resolution. The President of the Company was formally authorized to execute both the contract and the mortgage and to issue and deliver the bonds in substantial.accordance with the forms presented to the Board. There were quite a number of ligal questions that came up during the discussion of these matters in New Orleans, and it was finally agreed to submit them formally for advice of local counsel. They were submitted in writing- to Nr. Thomas J. Semms, one of the ablest lawyers in New Orleans and all action that has been taken has been based uponthis advice of counsel. Copy of the questions and opinidigs I have furnished to Gen'l. Dodge to be filed with the Construction Company now being organized. So nriuch for the status and financial comdition of the Company. It would seem there would be nothing to prevent you from at once undertaking the construction of this road. As the policy of the Company with reference to con struction was fully discussed by Gov. Brown and myself when in New Orleans, ti seems proper to give you the result of our views and opinions. We are clearly of the opinion that the line should be constructed as rapidly as possible between Shreveport and a point on the Nississip.ii called Brulle Landing about four niiles south of Baton Rouge; that work should be commenced at once from Shreveport and the grading and track-laying pushed as rapidly as possible from thence via Alexandria 144 miles to Le Compte, a point in Rapidesparish, near where the Ivioi^gan Company's Anolonsnns road is expected to intersect this line. Work should alos be commenced on the sub-structure at the Atchafalaya river, where there will be about 800 feet of truss bridging. If this work can be gotten under way at once and the substructure put in by 101 Sheet # 2 . Fhildelphia, Pa., June 23rd, 1880 Messrs, Thonias A. Scott & Jay Gould. October, the 88 niles between Brulle Landing and Le "^mte could be completed so that the whole line can if necessary be opened for public use within fifteen months. The completion of the line from Shreveport to Le Comte, and a business arrangement teniporarily with the Morgan line to furnish a connection through to New Orleans via its Opolonsas and Vermillionville and Brashear Road, it is believed would be a substantial complicance with the provisions of your contract to conijlete a line between Shreveport and New Orleans before the 8th of March 1882, and it will certainly prevent any question from arising as to the charter rights of the Company. Work on the linebetween Brulle Landing and New Orleans need not be undertaken at the present time, and unless a sale of our bonds can be m.ade, I would not advise its being comm;enced at all until the line between Brulle Landing and Shreveport shall be very nearly completed. « It will be time enough then to decide whether we can purchase from the Morgan Company what is known as the Bayou Goula Road, or make reasonable arrange ment for its use by our Company, or whether it would be better to cross the river and build on the East side of the river into New Orleans. It will be necessapy to have proper terminal facilities in New Orleans, and Gov. Brown and myself both agree that a plot of ground, what is called a double block, 850 feet front on the river, by 440 feet deep, area about 7 l/2 acres, with Batture privileges, that it is believed can be purchased at efrom ;tf75,C00. to -)|>80,000. will be the best adopted to our purposes. It is the most advantageously located of any proper ty on the levee that we saw that can be made available, and no matter where we^hall cross the river whether at Brulle Landing at Westwego or ac the Morgan docks, it would be necessary that the Company should have facilities such as tiiis block of land will furnish on the levee and hear to the buisness portion of the City. In fact, it is within one block of the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad freight yard and building. I have been very agreeably surprosed at the reportfe made as to the character of country naturally tributary to this line of road; and unless they have been greatly exaggerated, the localbusiness alone should pay the interest on the v20,000. per mile of bonds and of course with our 1100 miles of Texas and Pacific line between Shieveport and El Paso and teh PTansas City connection via the Missouri Kansas & Texas Road, a very large volume of through business would be certain to be sent in both directions over the line to the Mississippi river near Baton Rouge, and to New Orleans, for distribution, from those points. Ther-e is little doubt in my own mind that the line from Shrevecort, Alexandria and Le Compte, will take care of itself from the start and 7vhen the line shall be completed to the fv'.ississi ppi river a large business must certainly be re ceived and delivered at that point. As we may not be able to dispose of any of these New Orleans Pacific bonds until 100 or more miles shall be opened to the public sufficient to show what ti can do, it seems to me very important that our Construction Co. capital should be filled up to 2,000,000 . With that amount of cash, it would be very easy to complete the 230 miles of road between Baton Rouge and Shreveport; but with only §1,000,000. capital, we amy be crowded in case of a tight money Hiarket. If necessary to complete the subacription up to the full amount I would suggest that the larger sub scribers, in fact all that .are willing to do so should double up their subscriptions. It will not in reality be mat erially increasing their present liability, as under the terms of the subscription, each subscriber agrees to carry his proportion of the securities which may be received in constructing the railway. I expect to go over ta New York tomorrow and will see you on Friday should you have anything to suggest in respect to this matter. Yours very respectfully, Frank J. Bond, 1 Enclosure Vice Pi'esident P. S. I } ave rougl.ly blocked out a form of lease for the W. K-. & T.Co. but I may not be able to get it into shape to send you before next week. Will forward it, however, early in the week. m American Railway Improvement Co., President's Office 78 Broadv/ay, Hew York City, June 24, 1880, Prank W. Baldwin, Esq., Denver, Col. Dear Sir:- I hand you herewith tv/o copies of the certificate of incor poration of tH.e American Ry. Improvement Co. duly signed and executed. Take one of these and file it in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Arapahoe County, ,and pay the fee necessary for iti? record. File the other in the office of the Secretary of State paying there also the necessary fee. You will observe that you-are named therein as secret.->ry. I will write you separately, at an early date, in regard to your compensation. lour duties for the: present will probably be light and will consist principally in causing to be published public notices of the time and place of holding elections as required by section 196 of the laws of Colorado, and making the annual report sixty days from the first day of January in each year. This last is very important and I shall rely on you to see that it is duly made. About the first of January you should write me, without fail for the necessary data. The certificate provides that the principal place of business in Colorado shall be in the City of Denver. I desire you to procure a sign, not necessarially very large, or expensive, bearing tlie words The American Railway Improvement Co. " and if convenient your own name as Secretary and have it placed where you are renerallv to be found. > o - or ou uc I enclose also a brief notice to be published for the three weeks in one of the weekly newspapers in Denver, giving notice that this company is ready to do business. I also enclose for pub- ^ formal notice of the organizatioii of this comoanv amount of Capital stock, etc. This you will also have published for three weeks in some weekly news paper in Denver (sending several copies here.) I .ilso enclose - blank copy of the certificate of incorporation in order to enable the secretary of State to certify under the great seal of t/he tliot it is a ta?"ue copy of the one on file in this office, filling the necessary blanks so as to make it corresoond with the one on file. Send this to me when certified by the Secretarv of » ^ te • All necessary stock or record books will be furnished you. and all expcrises you may incur, in carryin out these instructions will be remitted to you, on receirt of statement thereof, I am, respectfully, G. Dodge, President. 105 525_ ne-.v York, July 2nd, 1880. George C. Tlchenor, Chicago, |11. Dear Sir: - . . i. . x I am in receipt of yours of the 29th ult. in relation to investment of six or eight thousand^dollars. , ^ If I were going to buy anything now, it wouldbe the firs gage bonds Rio Grande Division of the Texas be pickdd up here now for about 80 cts. and to the security. They are setlling at a low a new line and are issued under a construct hing now, a new wv t mortthe^Texas & Pacific road. Ti.ey can cts. and there is no question as at a low price because ti.ey are on construction Company. There are x v - but ?.25.000 per mile and that is all th-t can be put upon the road. _ The first mortgage bonds of the Eastern division which is the divi;jion east of Port Worth are selling at 103-106 and I consider t.;ese just as aood as they are, and one of these days they will sell for a s mucn. A construction company has b'^en formed to build the New Orleans Pacific and you mi'^i.t nut j/'our six thousand into that, you ..'ould only have to pay it up in investments and it gives you a chance toget your proportion of the outcome, whatever it may be. We get for builcin'^ it ^.20 000 per mile in stock and the same amount in bonds of the Company. I think this a good scheme, because eventually it willbe consolidated with the Texas and Pacific or at any rate will he a part of the throu-n line to th.e Pacific Ocean. You know that country and are competent to judge of it. I have a good deal of faith in it and have no doubt that in the end you will make a g'~'0d profit on the money invested; still you may have to wait some time for it. All our people are^in it and^ I could put you in on the same basis on which I myself go in. I consi der either of these good investments; best I Imow of at present. I look upon Texas Pacific land grant bonds as also being a good investment, selling now at about 60 but at present prices I would rather buy the first mortgage. x, x ^ Titere is noti.ing just now down in that country th-^t is worth your attention ijuf when I get to building th- New Orleans Pacific, it is possible that there might be something that would suit you, but generally speaking there is not much in it except for the engineers. Very truly y^urs, '. l.h D-^dge, July, 1880. Council Bluffs, Iowa. July 5th, 1880. My dear Papa: I received the check this morning. Many thanks. I gave the letter toUncle Nathan as you told me. He has it in his possession and told me he would attend to the matters for me. Is that all right? Am glad you can get away from New York for it must be disagreeably hot there for comfort. We are both well and the weather here this summer has been remarkably cool and pleasant. Write soon to your aff- daughter, Ella. M < 109 A American Railway Improvement Company President's Office 78 Broadway, Kew York July 15, 1880, Prank 'V. Baldwin, Esq., Denver, Colo. Dear Sir: Mr. Egbert recommended you to Mr. Dillon as a suitable person to act as secretary of this Co. and your a pointment as such secretary with full instructions for completing organization of the Company were sent you on June 24th in the same kind of envelope and with the same address as the one in which this is enclosed. Not hearing from you of the receipt thereof I wired you in regard to it and was much surprised to learn from your reply that you had not received the letter. Vigilant inquiries are on fpot to trace, if possible, the reason of its miscarriage. I enclose you a copy of the original letter together with copy of incorporation of the company and a notice that the aompany is ready for business , which are to be published three weeks in one of your weekly papers. The purport and tenor of the original letter of instructions will have to be slightly modified as follows--on account of our having but one original executed copy of the articles of incorpoz^'ation whereas I previously sent you two. Herewith you will find one original and duly executed certificate of lov/a Incorporation of American Railway Improvement Co. to be filed with the Secretary of State under section 192 General Laws of Colorado, 1877. Have him record the same without delay. Also find herewith a true copy of the said original certificate of Incorporation. Have the Sbte .Secretary certify the same to be atmze copy under the grea^ seal of the State of Colorado and annex the certificate to the said copy. When thus certified and the certificate annexed, taJce the same and file it for record in the office of tlie recorder of deeds Arapahoe County, Lose no time in doing this and telegraph me when these papers are filed with both recorded and secre tary of state and the notices given out for publication. Very tmly yours, G. M. Dodge. President. officer inquiries for this misslnc letter in yo ur post July, 1880. N . P . Dodge W. VV. Dearborn. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. K . P . Dodge & Co. Council Blulfs, lo^a, July 15th, 1880, Dear Gren: From letter you handed Ella on her v/edding day i learn those 7000 Utah Southern Bonds standing at Kountyes in my name are now here but from enclosed order authorizing their sale at 105 I suppose you expect to change the investment from time to time as heretofore. I am advised, of a Cr. of .^245 from coupons paid;this I '*■- suppose I shall hand to Ella? Prease ascertain (if you do not now know) if there are any previous credits undrawn, also write me a line saying these bonds stand in my name subject to such changes as you may make but tl^i t they belong to Ella and requesting me to pay the interest to her. The Nixon Block Trustee fiuids in my hands and loaned (or only those loaned) which is it, belong equally to Letile, Ella and Annie. Am I correct? Please state the matter clearly so I can file your letter among my private papers for information of my excES^w or advers. in event of death. Very truly, rv, N . P . Dodge . t "x; 113 New York City. July 16, 1880. E. B. Wheelock, Esq., President N. 0. Pac. Ry. Co., Hoffman House, New York City, Dear Sir:- In accordance with your request, I have reserved ^150,000 of the capital stock of the; American Railway Improvement Co. which you are at liberty to place in Nev/ Orleans if you see proper to do so. You fully understand the- conditions of the contract with the N.O. Pac. Ry. Co. The Construction company is organized on a basis of ^2,000,000 capital and with that it expects to build the road, by the negotiation of the bonds. Whatever the Construction Co. receives in bonds, stocks or other assets, or whatever profit it rn.nkes in carrying out its con tracts will go pro rata to the subscribers and for the amount paid in they will, under any circumstances, get the first mortgage bonds and stock, to the full amount of each with the probability of recei ving a good deal more in the securities, or if the company should negotiate the bonds to build the road then the stock and surplus of bonds would be left as profit to the construction Co. Calls of lOf. each will be made at intervals of about 30 days and when bonds are issued thd^ will be distributed pro rata. The principal subscribers are Messrs. Could, Sage, Dill®n, Perkins, Wicks, woodward, Baldwin, Davis, I^.senheld and wollesfioffer of New York. Messrs. Thomas A. Scott and George F. Tyler of Philadelphia and Mr. T. W , Walters of Baltimore, most ofthem being parties intimately connected with the Union Pacific and Texas and Pacific enterprises. The subscription has not been offered except privately to such parties as we desire connected with the company. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible as I desire to close the subscription and proceed with the work. Very truly yours, ^ . M. Dodge. President, American Railway Improvement Co. The American Railway Improvement Go. President 's Office 80 Broadway, New York, July 31, 1880. E. II. Green, Esq., 20 Gamp H. Nev/ Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I have sent you various telegrams in relation to making surveys to Shreeveport south'to a connection with your, located line. Of course you know best where the line going to Shreeveport will Siverge and I want to commence back on your located line, at the proper place. You will notice from the advertisement in the New Orleans Times that I propose to let the 140 miles and the Atchatalago Bridge on the 20th of August. Tomorrow or next day I will send you specifications and statements of the work that is to be done so that any:ody calls upon you there you can show it to them. I think, upon receipt of this you had better have the Times add to the advertisement that specifications, information, etc. can be obtained at your office. I should have ser.t the add to you and havd added this to it but it went out without my thinking of it. The terms of payment arc such that I do not suppose many in New Orleans will cire to bid on the work. I should be glad to have in writing your views on the Atchatalago Bridge and the proper plan therefor. Is the stage of water such that soundings could be made there now or is it too high? If it can be sounded, I think you had. better send a party up there and take soui;dings. See what is the depth of the silt and if it will hold a pile and determine whether or not we can out in a pile foundation. I expect I will want you to come up here'about the time I an^roady to let the work, but probably up to that time you can be more service to us by remaining where you are and looking after people i.. tnat country who want to bid. If we succeed in nen-otiating at Bayou Goula very soon after starting at ^ Shreeveport. commence wSrk Very truly yours . G. M. Dodge., President. 117 Philadelphia, Pa. August 5th 1880. ^ien'l G.M.Podge; 78 Broadway, New York. ' . My dear General; I was sorry to have missed seeing you on Tuesday in Pew York as I fear now that I shall not be able to see ydu until y.u eome over on Monday afternoon or evening. I v/ould suggest that you come over early in the eve ning and if you come to the Continental, 1 have my rooms there and vje can go over such matters as may be necessary in advance of the Board meeting, as I understand there are quite a number of matters that you as President of the Improvement Company desire acted ujjon in the shape of changes or modificati ons or explanations as to the contract. Mr.Scott, I regret to say will not be here until Monday night, so there will be very little time to go over mat ters with him as I hoped to do before our Board meeting. He will get home of course very much fatigued and will not, I suppose feel like going into busness matters much until after a night's rest, and as our Pirector's meeting is to be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, and our Stockholders meeting follows it at one, we shall hardly hav^an opportunity of talking over mat ters very much. In accordance with your request, I have prepared a couple of resolutions, one to be passed by the Pirectors, making the Election of Pirect^ ors annual instead of bi-ennial. Under the rules, this amendment, if offered at the meeting on Tueoday, must lie over till the next meeting, which can be ( of course the nev/ly elected Board, that if a quorum shall be present can be organized after the Stockholders meeting, the present By-laws provide for 17 Pirectors. I think that these should be reduced to not exceeding 15 and that it would be better to have 13, if Mr. Gould and Mr. Scott can arrange as to whom they shall be. The present Tirectors are; Thomas A.Scott, Frank s. Bond, Jno.C.Brown, H.H.Hudson, Wm.Thaw, lY.C.Hall, Jay Gould, Pussel Sage, F.I.Ames, W.T.'Palters, Marshall C.Roberts,11 .G.Stebbins, R.P.Barclay, Alfred Gaither, W.W.Keefer, Ti-L.Nesmith of California and *V.M.Hari ison of Texas. I can see no reason wh^Mr. Harrison of Texas, or Mr.Nesmith of California, should be retained in the Board; r^r why t<fr. Gaither, who, I understand has sold out his interest, should be retained, nor Mr. Keefe.., v/ho was put in to represent the Matthew Paird estate, but as the Estate is now all distributed to the heirs, there is no Si-ecial reason why he should be ret ined. Mr.Earclay, of coufse, represents Mr.Scott, so I can see no reason why t^ip four ad ditional names mentioned by Mr.Gould as parties who have a large interest in t'ne Company, should not be elected as Pirectors if the full number of seven teen is retained. I also enclose a resolution to be passed by the otockholders, authorizing and requesting the Director^ and Officers of the Company to nego tiate for a consolidation with the New Orleans '"acific Co. Should it be thought advisable of course a similar resolution can be passed with refoience to the M.K. and T. and the Missouri Bacific. I am very glad to learn that Messrsa Gould, Sage and Ames are all I jf them coming over here. I hope they will come over the evening before, so that if possible the^ can see Mr. Scott on Monday evening and have the more important matters discussed, «nd, so far as pr:cticable, agreed upon, in ad vance of the meeting of the Board. I have my report in pretty good shape and will send over to "r. 118 Gould a- proof tomorrovy. I sent a rough proof to J!r.Scott, who seemed very much pleased with it.' .Krunibhaar writes me that l^lr.Scott was very much 1 delighted with the Report, and did not alter or suggest a single V/ord, cept that a short notice should be given of the '"dew Crleans raciflc as an addenda. As you will see from the Report, I have prepared a very pretty endorsement of the d.O.P. enterprise that will, I think, do a great deal of good. Yours very truly, Frank S.Eond. . , X . } ■ % ■ /• " %, A. .• .... 119 Slate of Louisiana office Board of State Engineers Mew Orleans, August 9th, 1880 Gen'l G. W. Dodge, Pres. Am. Ry. Impt. Co., 80 Broadway, Mew York City. Dear Sir: I have for several -weeks past been acting your chief Engineer. Although you have made me no offer or proposition to assume charge of the work, I am compelled to infer by your letters and telegrants that you expect me to take charge. You write that you may require my presence in New York on or before the 20th inst. the date of the letting. To explain my position, I will quote from the Legislative Act creating and governing my office. "The Governor shall be authorized to appoint three (3) Engineers, one of whom shall be«known as Chief Engineer, and two (2) assistant Engineers, whose term of office shall be four (4) years from the date of their appointment. The Chief Engineer shall receive: a salary of three hundred (1300) dollars per iiionth, and the Assistants two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars each. Theirsalaries, mileage and all office and contingent expenses shall be paid monthly." "It shall be the duty of said Engineers to make a careful survey of water-courses and public work and levees cf the State. Said Survey to be completed as soon after the sub sidence of high water as pra.ticable in order that the con tracts for work may --e let out and commenced at the earliest moment possible. They shhll report to the Governor of the State the improvements necessary, and the levees to be con structed, also in ^id report furnish estimates and specifica tions of work nece..sary to be done." Since writing you last, I find f romi the reports of my Assistants that the waters have now subsided sufficiently to make the annual tour of inspection of the levees, and de termine the location of the new works,as required by low, which will require a month or six weeks of my time and presence with the party, thus putting it out of my power to be with you in New York on the 20th, without resigning my State office. Of course it is hardly necessary to say that I cannot do that with out a definite and satisfactory engagement and understanding with you. In my present position, I have an engagement for four (4) years at a salary d' $300 a month and all expenses paid and with opportunities constantly occurring for outside work, which would yield me as much more easily, as the demands upon my time except at this period of the year are small. Furthermore, in this positi-m, with the exception of the brief period already referred to, I can have my family with me all the year. Although my tastes incline me strongly to Railroads and particularly to this one, with -.hich I have been identified f from its inception, and upon which I have concentrated the experience gained from thirty years practice, I could not be expected to give up an assured position unless secured in another of equal duration and emolument. Whilst I an. fully aware that I am the cheapest man that your Co. can employ even a t a high Sii^lary, on account of my local knowledge already acquired during my five years connection with this work, I am not disposed to take advantage oi' this, but only desire and ask to be p ut on iqual footing with cotemporary Engineers of my own Section. l^.y Junior brother, for example, has for the last six years received a salary of six thousand (.^6000) doi ars per annum from the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad. these f wire me some no falling on the placed against If you are igures for the , as it is due tice before re wat-. rs adiiioni annual tour of under contract the annual ri willing to make a contract w ith me at term of my present engagement,please the Governor that-I should give him signing, and the more so, as the rapidly sh me now to prepare to leave the City inspection, that the State work may be at the earliest practicable period, se in the ]\/'iss. Very truly yours. B . H . Greene, Chief Engineer, . State La, 121 New York Cit-. Au^just 11, 1880. Genl. Sam'l. Thomas, New York City. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of 9th inst. You mention 9000 tons which would be about 90 miles only and you ask that the bonds should be delivered to you as fast as say $20,000 worth of them should be due you. I could not agree to to this. I could only agree them, pro rata as I obtain them from the Company. I will be entitled to bonds only as I complete each section of 20 miles of road. You cay $50.00 per ton. Do you n-ean at the mill, or Cincinnati? I should need about 20 miles per month. I do not know t e capacity of your mill but if it is under that I should have to let you such proportion of the 140 miles as you could turn out in that time. ^ I will hold your oropbsition open until the 25th, in which time all my other bids are to be in and will then correspond with you I pon the subject. Allow me to say to you, hov/ever, that I have a bid, deliverable at the mill, nnich below yours. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. state of Louisiana Office Board of State Engineers New Orleans, August 13th, 1880 Gen'l. G. 1*^. Dodge, Pre8 . Aiij. P.y . Impt. Go ., 80 Broadway, New York. My dear Sir: In 9 th Augt. , I Engineer to kindly grant weeks from M be with you evening next iTiorning, and view a conne reply to your telegram answering my letter of the have to say , that having secured a competent represent- me during my absence, the Governor has ed me a leave of absence from the State for two onday next. Under these circumstances, I will at the letting, as I will leave here on Monda y , putting me in New York the subsepuent Thursday believe that we"can arrange in a personal interction that will be mutually satisfactory. Here I beg that you will allow me to disclaim any intention of desiring by a contract, to fasten mgself upon you and your couipany, whether or not my administration of your affairs was satisfactory, I regret that I omitted to. so qualify that clause of my letter, and since we are likely to be assonciate.d togither, I beg to say, that the slightest hint will command my resignation at any tin:e that my profess ional or admiinistrative acts fall short of your expectations. The second locating party, also the Atchafalaya party are organized, as I telegraphed you today. The water I learn frork inquiries of Atchafalaya steam boat riien, has fallen sufficiently to allow the necessary borings made. I expect to get both parties off Monday. Very truly yours, B.H. Greene. Keiv York City, August 23rd, 1880, B. u. Green, Esq., New York. Defir Sir:- I have appointed Mr. A. H. Stuart Book-keepaf of the Pac. R'way. Imp. Co.,the auditor of the American R'way Improvement Co. with instructions to report to you by letter, in the meantime, to get up the books, vouchers and reports he needs to do the work of the office, making them rimilar to those in use, in the office of the Pac. R'way. Imp. Co. As soon a s you arc ready for a tie and timber inspector please employ Mr. J.T. Potter, nov/ employed by Mr. ivashburn, he being used to our rules of inspections. Mr. Laffing well, will be ordered to report to you, to receive and forward material; and this organization together with the engineer force, will I think, be sufficient to start and carry on the work^ Mr. 'Vashburn will fuhnish you all standard plans with such changes as the country requires, and I desire that you shall confer with him in all matters where it can be made mutually beneficial, as he is thoroughly posted as to the plans and cost of those I propose to -dopt on the New Orleans Pac. R'y. As soon as your location out of Shreveport is determined it will be necessary to build a material•platform and shed where you can receive material from the Texas & Pacific R'y. A platform 150 ft. long by 60 wide with a shed at the end 30 by 50 with a room in one end that can be locked for storage of material which can be stolen. Yours truly, 0. M. Dodge, president. 127 B. K. Green, Esq., New York. Dear Sir: New York City, August 23rd, 1880. You are hereby appointed chief engineer of the American Railwa y Improvement Company with headquarters for the present at Shreveport, La. with a salary at the rate of ^5,000 per annum. You will have full and entire charge of the work in Louisiana anri are the only person entitled to sign drafts ar.d insure obligations for the uompany. All material required for construction outside of La. will be purchased by the office in New York unon your renuisitjon. You will make full and detailed reports to this office. All emoloyeer of the Company in the State will be ordered to report to you. You will report to Messrs. v/oevishoffer & Co. acting Treasurer #54 Exhange Place ^1 drafts drawn l.y you and report to this office for approval all contracts ma(^ on obligations insurred and furnish this office with duplicate contracts and vouchers. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President. 129 . . i New York City . August 26, 1880. Hon. Alex Ramsey, Secretary of trar.. Washington, D.C, Bear Sir:- The American Ry. Improvement Co. of which I am President is eng'ged in building a Railroad in Louisiana which crosses the Atchafelleya river , a navigable stream. I am aware that there are.several acts of Congress which place the Construction of bridges over' certain navigable rivers under the si:5)ervision and control of the War Department, is there any act of Congress, general or special that places the building of this bridge under the direction or control of your department? Ai;ghority to bridge it is conferred by the state of Louis iana in the uharter of the Co. I am not aware of any question being made as to our right, but we wish to proceed with due caution. Shall be glad to have an answer at your early convenience. % Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President. New York City. August 30, ISSTO. M. H. Tay.l or, Ks q., nt. Thomas, Ontario , Dear Sir:- Mr. 3. F. Menroe has been up to see me in relation to the subscription to stock and tonds of the New Orleans Pacific Ry. The entire amount of C.2,000,000 has been taken, as large proportion of it by Messrs. Gould and Sage the originators of project, and myself. I think, if you desire it, I could get, from their subscriptions some (;:50,000 for distribution. We all think tte t it is first class scheme and that there is a good deal of money in i.. The Hew Orleans Pacific Railway is an extension of the Texas 3: Pac ific Railv/ay, and when it is complete to New Orleans it will give us one continuous line from San Francisco to New Orleans. Our people all think well of it. It is 2>eally built for the purpose of S^Ming all our lines an outlet to Mew Orleans, that is for all linos in the Northwest, the Union Pacific a.'d Missouri Pacific as well as t-e Texas and Pacific. r-v / ■ The Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. has agreed to take this road off our hands if we desired them to do so, and give us their stock in exchange for the stock of this company, allowing the ■'*"20,000 per in bonds to remain. There is no question as to the ability of the country through which the road passes to take care of the road locally, outside of all the through bvisiness it may do. Yours ti'uly. G. M. Dodge. 133 New York, Aur,ust 30, 1880. J. M. Lindsay, Esq., Gainsville, Texas. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of August 21st. TTlien e first took hold of tho N. K. T. road, we expected to have the extension going on before now but we met with unexpected obstacles in getting control of the road. You are aware tliat tiie road is ir. the hands of the Union Trust Co. of New York but ve have not get given up our intention of extending the road as soon as matters get in proper shape. TTe appreciate the information of making an extension of the M. K. T. to Calves ton via Fort ■7orth and Cleburne and we trust that the people along that line will be patient until such time as we can see arr way clear to go forvfard. w'e do not consider the building of the Texas & Pacific from TThitesboro and Dent on to Dallas as antagonistic to our interests. Very truly yours. Jay Gould. 135 ,;:r Kew York City, tS'. // Augiist 31, 1680. James P. Scott, Esq., Vice President, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of yesterday. I have apnointcd ?'.r. Mr. A. H, Stuart as Auditor of the Improvement Co. He was Mr. Ross s Chief Clerk, and I thought best to appoint him on account of hir acquaintance ith our method of keeping accounts. I have not yet closed nil contracts on the New Orleans Pacific but am closing them every day, I would be glad to change from iron to 50 lb. steel for this road if I had not virtually closed the contract for a nortion of the iron for the 140 miles. That is I have made an offer for it half cash and half bonds and if they accept it I shall be bound by it. They have also an option on the fastenings on same term. I have written to Mr. Washburn in relation to the iron west of Fort worth, asking him to write me fully what iron it is thd.t shows wear and in what respect it is inferior. If made according to specifications it ought to be good. After we have used this 140 miles of iron we can if thought best lay 50 lb. steel on the old roadbed. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. j. • '' P'j'i * ■■ 137 September 8, 1880. Charles A. '-^hitney, Esq., c/o John T. Terry, Esq., #54 Exchange Place, New York. Dear Sir;- I am in receipt of yours of August 21st . V/e regret the action you have taker, in contracting to extend your road from Lecompte to Alexandria, as this will necessarily force us to parallel your line from Red River to Lecompte and beyond, as it is a.n essential part of the policy of our Company to own its ovm line to the Mississi ppi River near Baton Rouge, If you are desirous of reaching Alexandria, would it not be better for your Company to make running arrangements over the porti n of our line from Alexandria to Lecompte, there is certainly no necessifor more than one lire over that ground, I note also what you .say in refei once to prorating on all New Orleans business via Alexandira, making a proper allowance for transfer and terminal facilities in New Orleans. As our company will own some 1450 miles of railroad they seem to think it will be necessary at some time for them to have termi nal depot facilities there, l>ut until that tiem, I have no doubt we can arrange to do the business over your line from Lecompte to New Orleans .or until such time as we shall have an independent line into New Orleans, upon about the basis suggested in my last letter, However, we shall be glad to confer with ■ ou fully in all these rra, tters and after I have been south, which will be withinp- thi.'^ next 30 davs and have personal^ looked over the ground, I will then be better ' able to ta e up the subject fully and understandingly, I have let the work, and bought the material for buildinr to Lecompte, .and shall go on as rapidly as economy will permit, I hope that upon reaching there, we will be able to make traffic a arrangements, that will be satisfactory to both parties. Yours truly. Dodge, President. S. D. Carpenter, Esq., Ottumwa, Iowa, Dear Sir: 139 Kew York City. Septernber 10th, 1880. I enclose herewith for your signature tliree copies of contract for bridging. Whien properly acknowledged please return them here for my signature. As I wrote you last night forms, stockyards, fencing , and station houses, and buildings of you could give me a better bid u^ as you will have plenty of spare and I will not close contract on in Texas, and have seen our plans with Mr. Green our Chief Engineer me p bid. , I have not let contract for platrcundhouses, cattle guards tanks, all kinds, thinking that probably on them.than aany other parties timber coming from your bridging, them until after you have arrived and have had a clear understanding when I would like to have you give I have let my track and ties to one firm preferring that they should go together and avoid any clashing. I think the bridg ing with buildings named above will give you about as much as you will wanL to do. My tracklayers will commence work about the first or 15th of December. Therefore you want to get the bridging on the first 20 miles out of the way before th.at time; the condition upon piling, which I have inserted (viz. that it shall be drawn by teams when the haul is less than ten miles) is for the r-o.son that I am told by my engineers who examined the line that you can get piling that complies with the specifications very near to all the openings at least within that distance and it would not pay you to load them on the cars and I h£^e suggested that in doing the bri(^nr, as it will be some time beXore you reach the long leaf pine country, you can use temporarily, hard wood stringers which, when you reach the long leaf pine you can take out, carry forward and use for caps. This will avoid going off the line for any timber and it will be much cheaper for you. Also on these bridges you could until you reach the pine coiintry put in temporary bridge ties. However, this is a matter for your arrangement.with the chief Engineer. I have made these suggestions in order to save transportation over the lire of the road as much as possible. My engineer states that piling and square timber and hard wood can be obtained adjacent to the structures vmtil vou struck good pine. If this is the case you would only be obliged to load on the cars a very small amount of timber. I want the first ten or twenty miles of bridging out of the way by Nov. 15th and then kept out of the way of the track which will be laid at the rate of 25 miles per month. I shall put up all my buildings behind the track except a warehouse at the Junction of the T. c-, P. and N.O.P . and a passenger house at same place.and these will have to be put up immediately. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President. 141 New York September 15, 1 880 . B. H. Green, ilsq., Chief Engineer, Sh'reveport, La, Dear Sir:- I have a letter from Gov. Brown in relation to your conference and decision of running a line south from a point between Plournoy and Beckville which is all right, but I do not want you to abandon the direct line that you propose starting somev/here below Mansfield and running as directly as possible to Shreveport. I want that line developed also. ^ have put down in pencil on the enclosed skdc h my ideas of what might possibly be done, on the direct line. However, you are on tlie grounds ar.d know best. In considering the direct line any line striking our road west of Shreveport we must have in view the affect it will have not only upon the city of Shreveport but upon th^r influence in Louisiana. We do not want to do anything to antagonize that sentiment. I know Governor Brown fully appreciates this sentiment . I hope you will freely confer with him but give me, as promptly as possible information on all these lines. The true way to get it is to run quick preliminary lines^ Then we can soon decide which to locate. Very truly yours, G . M. Dodge, President. 143 New York City, September 15, 1880. Dear Granger:- I am in receipt of yours of 11th all of which I approve. I have written Mr. Green, giving ray ideas of to Shreveport. Our people here seem to think that i that we should not do anything that would antagonize and feeling of the people at Shreveport on account o it ihight make against us in the st-te. However, you as fully as I do but I t :ink if we stai-t a line from south of Mansfield and follow the ridge as indicrted to me, and get down off of th-t ridge. If the map i looks as though there was a very feasible line, dire in that case the distance around by Shreveport would further than it is to strike off where you siiggest a branch into Shreveport. 'Vhat we want is to '■et all fully developed so we can get them before usand thupon which to locate. the direct line t is important the interests f the feelin<^ understand this some point by Mr. Greene, s accurate it ct to Shreveportj not be much nd build the these lines n we can decide. My idea of the development of the country is that we shoiid run rapid preliminary lines so as to give us the contour of the coun{,ry. ''hen I see that I can very quickly determine when we EhOuH locate . I am very glad Wathen is going to give some attention to this. Referring to your letter about acceptin - the twenty miles I suppose tir. Washburn wants it accepted by you, so as to getcmaterial to him more rapidly as I have not called for any acceptance. It will not be long now before you are in Eastland and then I suppose you will make your "Y". X Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. Hon. John Brown, Vice Prert. T & P. Ry, Co. Marshall, Texas. 145i. ; :■ September 16, 1860. S. D, Carpenter, Esq., Ottumv/a, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your letter returning contract and I telegraphed you this morning that I would agree to the changes . ' proposed, I do not propose to use the lon-^ leaf pine if we can get good heart of pine a] ong the line of the road, but that is a question for you to settle with the engineer, Mr. Greene, I prefer to use the heart of pine lying along the line of the road because I do not want to transport any timber over the T. & P. if j can avoid it. I do not know whether or not the Engineer will be willing to have you use oak stringers. If he would I do not object but I believe it would be better for you and cheaper for you and better for the Co. to use only one style of stringers. You should order immediately your bolts end washers so as to have them on the ground. The approximate estimate of the quantity is as follov;s; \ 8,000 'chors bolts. S/S by 9 4,000 drft " 3/4 by 18 16,000 washers for 5/8" bolt. 16,000 packing weshers for 5/8 bolt. 150 kegs best spike 8" long 3/8 square. Be careful to get these last 3/8 " square as there are 420 of them in a keg whereas of square tfiere are only 250 in a keg. I enclose plan showing the style of bolts, washers, etc. that are used, we have heretofore purchased them of M. m. Buck Sc Co. of Gt Louis and I had already sent a letter to him asking for a bid upon them. When you reach St Louis you can probably get them from him. If you do you can get tlie benefit of our rates of freight by shipping them to ]•■ . il. Green, Ch. Eng'r. of this Co. at Shreveport, La., via Iron Mt. & Texas & Pacific Ry. I want tr have the road crossings put in by the track men. The Cattle Guards I will let to you, with the other build ings at so much cash. They cannot be measured in the work. As soon as you get 'down there and see the plans make me a bid upon buildings, cattle" guards, etc. Yours truly. G. M Dodge President. 147 -i, v: September 22, 1880. George F. Tyler, Esq., 15th & Walnut Sts. Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:- I have conrulted our 'people here as to the policy of placing C500,000 wdfcth of New Orleans Pacific Ry. Co. first mortgage bonds, or purchasing iron for half cash and half bonds. They seem to think it is best for me to place the bonds as sugg' sted by you and I therefore propose if confidential arrange ments can be made to place in that way the above named amount of bonds at 80 and accrued interest*, payments on the bonds to be made as I make the payments u-^on the iron and the bonds to be issued for each payment, or a certificate calling for the bonds, if the bonds have not been issued to me. There is a clause in the contract by which the Fidelity Loan & Trust Co. can issue the bonds ar.d take iron for security, which is probably the way I should do if I do not have enough bonds coming to me from the Company at the time the iron was ready." My payments on this iron would probably be made about monthly, commencing in November and running on through the greater portion of 1881. Understand that J- do not offer these for the purpose of going upon the market in any way but, as you thought you could find some few friends, who would take them and make it'^a confidential transaction I have concluded to place it in your hands. Please let me hear from you upon the subject. Very truly yours, Dodge. President. The Am. Ry. Imp. Co. i4r ShrevepoEt, La., Gamp near Flourney Sta., Sept. 24, 1880 Gen'l. G. N'. Dodge, Pres. Am. Ry. Imp. Co. 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: I will forward you per express of tomorrow morning tracings of map and profiles of all the suggested lines. Knowing your anxiety to teceive them at the earliest moment they have been executed in camp under whip and spur, hence many details have been omitted in order to get them off in the morning. I will take them up to Marshall to night to express them. The profiles represent the preliminaries as run, the map on a reduced scale, shows the ..onnection and relative posi tion of the respective lines-y and the approximate location deduced fron them, wl.ich will at no point increase the work represented by the orofiLes, but will lighten it say 10;^ throughout. After'you have decided upon the line to be lo cated, you will be furnished with a complete profile on pro file paper, as Sections of 13 miles are located. In my last letter I gave you my views as to the lo cation, which you were kind enough to invite, rather inferentially than directly. Looking to the local business, and cost of keeping up the road on either line, my preference is for the detour or ridge line, and to buildinto Shreveport as direct as possible from where we leave the ridge at the head of "Rumbey's" Bayou. The line marked on the map "B". As\.previously stated, this line occupies the most advantageous' position fpr the surest connection with the T. & P. west of Shreveport, should such a connection in the future be deemed to the advantage of the N. 0. P. But really General, this is not a questi n of Engineering, but one of policy or a commercial question, which the Stockholders or their Chief Executive officer will of course determine. There are no serious physical obstacles in the way on either line, as the profiles demonstrate. In as much as you desire, me to confer freely with Gov. Brown on all questions of policy of this Co. and the M. 0. P I have with one party commencod the location from Flournoy 3ta. in deference to his theory, of this being the quickest and most economical move, of bringin^ the Shreveport people to terms. In further deference to the Governor's views, with the other porty I an running a preliminary from the T. I- P. from its crossing of the Western line of the corporation of Shreveport, .assing some 3 miles south of Flournoy Sta., up to the T.& P. again at its crossing of the State Line. By the time this and th© accompanying papers will reach yuu, every 150 line that can be suggested will have been run, and if you de cide to telegraph your decision, the true or final location can be at once commenced and if it will stop raining, be push ed very rapidly. The line you indicated in pencil upon the sketch sent you by Gov. Grown,after getting beyond Fiansfield, is about the same as my direct line, marked "A" on the map. I found I could not "improve theprofile by running nearer,the ridge as I suggested in New York night lighten the work. To move in that direction, would lose us the benefit of the San Patrice ■\^alley heading up near N'ansfield. Besides, there is no stream running in the right direction ( all East) by which we could get off the ridge. South of the one I adopted, heading up near the town of Mansfield. I'returnsketch, that you miay see how near we werO upon the same track. The dotted red line would be the location line, should the direct line be adopted. To give a show of earnestness to the Flournoy movement, I have through the skillful eflorts of the right of way agent obtained already a-deed to 50 acres, of giound forthe Company, conditional of course upon our building to that point. The Atchafalaya borings have given most satisfactory results, hard clay bottom for any depth. I had borings made at intervals of 1.^/0 feet. Perhaps Mr. Vheelock had better send you specimens of material left with him. He informs me he has written you on the subject. Hoping to hear from you very soon and to receive definite instructions, I am. Yours very truly. B, H. Greene, Chief Engineer 151 New York City. September 29, 1880. John C. Brown, Esq., Vice Brest. T. & P. Ry. Co., Marshall, Texas. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your letter in relation to the New Orleas Pacific. Prom it i judge that you expect to swing over near Shreveport into the line that is built directly north would strike the T. P . some where near Plournoy. I suppose that Green & Wathen will soon determine where it is best for us to locate, and then I hope soon to get the maps and profiles. Of course if we go into Shreveport that city should aid us largely and there will be no need of both the T P. leased line and the N. 0. Pacific and if necessary one or the other could be done away with or if it was thought best we could put the Hew Orleans Pacific right up to Flourney to begin with. I have contracted for 5,000 tons of iron for the N.O.Pac. to arrive in Galveston in November. I wrote you about getting a rate from Galveston to Shreveport. I have arranged for a rate.St. Louis to. Shreveport over the Iron Mt. and the T. & P. and what I now want is a ton rate from Galveston so that my iron coming bb, water can be taken up to Longview and thence over t c T. P. and I have no doubt that Newman can make a better arrangement with the International than I can. I under stand (jhat they now own a line into Galveston . whatever arrangerOnt is made I would want them to attend to the freight ratesi duties,and and everything of that kind so that I would not have to keep a man at Galveston and of course whatever cash they paid out on duty and weights I would expect.to repay by draft. I do not know exactly what clearance cost*^but suppose it is not much. The iron for which I have contracted costs me delivered at Galveston, inside the ban $44.50 to $45 per ton. I have nov contracted for everything on the 140 miles except the building of the inildings the last 48 miles of grading which I am waitin- for one or two parties to look at. I think all my contracts are with good parties , that, however, remains to be seen. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. New Ycrk City. October 1, 1880, Geo. F. Tyler, Esq., 200 So. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of September 30th, and in answer to your question I can say that you are authorized to negotiate 250 or 500 M. 1st Mtg. Bonds of the Nev/ Orleans Pacific Ry. Co. at 90 v/ith a bonuf of 50/j in stock of the same Company. In other wordsj for each $900 paid in the svibscriber will receive a $1000 bond and ^.pbOO in stock, calls to be made the same as calls upon the other subscription. None, say, before November 1st and then not nearer together than 30 days. Of course when the negotiation is made there will have to be a payment of 10^ the same as on the other subscription. The subscription will bear 6f. interest until the subscribers receive bonds bearing interest, I think you have one of the circulars upon v/hich the other sub scription was based lut I enclose another for your information. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President. 155 October 6, 1880. New York City. B. H. Greene, Esq., Chief En.rineer, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir:- I have several letters and dispatches from you as well as from Gov. Brown in relation to our line from Shreveport and have wired you in answer thereto. Hy desire is to make our terminius in Shreveport and as soon as possible to get grounds on the Bagon and right of way. As soon as as the city will give them to us we will grade them and put up our depots but until this is done we had better erect a temporary warehouse at the stock yards when , you commence your work on a platform and shed where we can store our material as it comes in. Prom your last dispatch I judge that the only increase in expense in pu'shing the line a little farther north than the B line, making it connect near where th.e 0 line crosses Boggy Bayou and that we did not add much to the work though we might a little to the distance. The most of the business over the New Orelans & Pacific will of course come from the Vest and go to the "Vest, therefore it is necessary for us to make a freight connection preferably at Flournoy but that is an after consideration. As I have previously written yru I want bids from Carpenter for putting up all buildings and structures not already contracted for and if you can utilize the men until these contracts are let, you had better do so . You might let him, for instance, put up the building at the Junction. This building should be merely a temporary one with a platform and shed, the latter portion having Ce room which could be locked up. If we are going to ri-^ down Slnto Shreveport we would want to put our buildings unon our local grotinds -. I wish you would urge the people cf Shreveport to take immediate action so that we elm commence our business right at that city instead of from the stockyards. Carpenter will have plenty to do in getting his piling timber on the ground at the different crossings and getting out his stringers. I suppose that Zearing & Andrews will soon be on the ground ready to open work on* the first 10 miles and Carney and Hart on the following 25. I have another party now looking, at the grading from the 35 mile point to the end. I want to iiear from you by letter as often as convenient so that I may keep thoroughly posted as to the pro rcss of the work. There seems to have been a little di ference of opinion between you and Governor irown as to where the line should be located but as you stated to me, it is more a question of policy and comrercial interest than of engineering and I have therefore instructed to swein the line as far north as practicable without materially increasing the work or distance with a view of at some future time starting from near the corssing of Boggy Bayou and continuing to Plournoy but wili now put our right of way on the main line. Have you heard an'thing from Mr. V/ebster who has the contract for ties and tracklaying ? Ho should be on the ground getting out his ties. 157 1880 New Orleans Pacific Ry., Estiaated cost per mile. Earth excava^.ion Clearing & Grubbing Ties Prid-ing Track, Including Iron spike bolts, plates laying Buildings Road Crossings, Cattle guards,) Depots water stations section houses ) Telegraphs Engineering Expei'^ses Legal Trasportation Equipment Contingencies 10^ Deduct for Ponds vlVOO 300 1060 1050 c 6100 350 150 500 200 500 1750 13,660 1,366 15,026 2,000 13,026 At present prices the 240 miles of road from Shreveport to Mississippi River will cost Under contracts already let on 140 miles there.is payable in l^nds Balance payable in cash $3,606,240 480,000 3,126,240 Bond & Stock subscription to date $1,223,000 90 1,3.00,700 2,000,000 $3,100,700 V ' ■ - 1 159 rcj Kew York City. October 14, 1880. Messrs. E. V/. Clark & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen:- We have sold to you $500,000 of the subscription to the stock and bonds of the New Orleans Pacific Ry. upon the conditions set forth in the ocoompanying circular, except, that upon calls of each assessment after the first bonds will be delivered for the amount of the assessments as paid. It is probable that I shall not need the money for this subscrip tion until sometime in November but will give you due notice thereof and when I make the call wfll issue the proper certificate in such names and in such amounts as you may desire. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President, New York City, October 18, 1880, B. H. Greene, Esq., Chief Engineer, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of Oct. 14th. In looking at your map and if you will look back at your telegrams and mine, it would seem that after you make your turn 4-| miles from Flournoy and two miles from Boggy Bayou you could run a straight line to about the 20th mile past on your B line. According to the map at the point where you now correct you have to swing your line to the east a. d then back again to the west. Is this necessary? I notice onthe plat you send me that the piece of land donated toyou lies along the T. & P . instead of on the B.O.P. "■■hy is this? As it is you cannot avail yourself of it without switching off of the main line of the N. 0. P. I suppose you propose to use if for storage ground more than anything else but still, even for this purpose it would be better were it on the main line of the N. 0. P. instead of on the T. & P. I make these suggestions for information only. miles. It is important to get the graders at work on the first five I cannot let the uildings at the prices carpenter wants upon them. I do not xi^derstand why buildings on that line should be worth so much more than upon the line of the T. & P. especially when timber is so convenient and will postpone the matter until I /xet down tharn How are you getting along with the Right of Way? You want to be vrry careful in relation to it for we have always had trouble about our right of way in t at country bn account of defective titles. Whenever the company comes to accept the road from us thev will criticise that point very closely. I suppose you have a first class man in charge of it who understands the matter fully but where there is any doubt about the man s title the better way is to condemn. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 163 Ootober I8th 1880. 26C/, Fifth Avenue, tv Brooklyn, Oct. I8th. I8&0, Gen.G.M.Bodge; 78 Broadway, New Tork. Bear' General; It seema to me, at least as a matter of course that I ! should conLiiunicate to you my affairs and situation until I repay my indebted ness to you which I would not have incurred nor do I think you would have per mitted had you not thought that I had the ability and integrity to discharge it. In my last two conuTiunications I gave .you full particulars and have not heard in reply.I trust that you will not conclude ,that I am a confirmed inva lid. Experience has made me more than half a physician. 'Wien ATr.Granger first ' visited me by your direction he found me occupying premises then not tenantable, the agent had agreed when we took them to put the water pipes, leaks from the roof and other defectt in order but did not. I had already been for sometime confined by a bronchial affection, not serious but in that house was attacked with the malaria, an insidious and unaccountable affection. This did not seem to aggravate, but hindered full recovery of the other ailment. But I have been debilitated and held in this condition as you may infer. 'Ahen I gained strength to go to New York to the office every day for a week thought I had a foot on shore. But a serious cold so comiion at the se.-son confined me at lome. Not able to go over myself and not knowing what might possibly be the outcoxe, "*• advised my wife to counsel with you. She called at your office on Saturday and you were absent and it was uncertain when you would be in, as is likely at any time with all your engagemeuts, therefore I dictate this for her to forward to you. Here allow me to say my obligations to you req.uire me to state all to you, not only but I want a life, long acq^uaintance and sub stantial friend as you have been, to be in possession of every particular which I have written you from the outset, have a copy of and can verify. So that in case I should be subject toaany more serious ordeal from illness or otherwise, there would be the record v,-ith my family for them and with you for anyone interested. This is over cautious and far fetched, but will not b be thought of a^I become stronger in he.'1th and position. In r^">rd to the last two letters stating the position we were in and the proposition , you of course will use your best Judgment. I hope you will accept it if it is in your power. It will be a line thrown To me tfe¥ I can pull asTTore on -.ndThe last favor I "can ask of you under such circumstances even. If you do it, will you please at the same time ad dress me a letter of this pui-port. That you have relieved myself and family all through the past year and lately that you had responded to Mrs. F^irfields personal appeal uhtil she could hear from her father in Texas.That it is well known here and in Texas that the Stillmans have for a long time had exten sive and valuable interests there in lands, stock growing am; othejwise. That the railroads you are constructing will greatly multiply that valuei-of fill interests there and that they are quite as able as you or any one to assist in a case like this of T^ra. Fairfields who is Mr.Stillman^s daughter. That you can do no more and say "it in -ll kindness". The letter my wife will en close to her father and awaken him. Chauncey Gtillrnan,my brother-in-law has been with us and approved what I have written you. As soon as we found ourselves in the present unexpected and unavoidable emergency,he telegraphed and wrote his father the ui-gency of it. But says that he is on one of• his interior ranches ay.ay from mail-: nd tel egraph, that we may not hear from him "before the first of the month or a few days later, t'y wife has also written him fully. Chaunoey says he gets a letter and loses thought of it thinking of nothing else but cattle,- horses, mules and sheep. Is inert and forgetful and the only way is to keep reminding him, v/hich will be done. rvelie"ve us for today if in your power .By prudence think I can go about my b^usiness permanentiy~l)y tfie time the election is over. It will be a good-time to commence. Great changes will occur v/hich ever party wins, not sudden nor for the worse, but grad ually for the better. Very truly yours, 7/.S.Fairfield. id'.' « / > s ' vvr „ ' 'I ' ■ < . 1 • • . I ' • - /'V iiiLi'mtL * ^. it"s New York, Get. 19, 1880. W. T. Fairfleld, Esq., Brooklyn, New York, Dear Sir: I enclose you herewith a check for IJICO in answer to your various applications. You know how much I have helped you in the last few years, the fact is, I cannot afford it. The demands upon me are so great that nothing but old friendship and acquaintance and the fact that I know that you are suffering for the aatual necessities of life would induce me to continue it and with this I must stop. Lately I have acted upon Mrs. Fairfield's personal application until sl.e could hear from her father in Texas. It is w ell known her- and in Texas that Mr. Stillman is a wealthy man, with extensive and growing interests in that state in lands, cattle and ranches and the rapid development of Texas by the completion of roads that I am building must greatly enhance his interests ana wealth and it is beyond my compre hension that he does not promptly aid and relieve you. I say this in all kindness and with sorrow. It is due to you, Mrs. Fairfield and myself that I should say that I can do no more. I hope you will take this in the same spirit of kindness in v/hich it is written and believe me, very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. ^ New York Citjr, October 21, 1880. B. H. Green, Esq., Chief Engineer, Shreveport, L , Dear Sir: I understand that it is going to be difficult to get ties on the first 10 miles of road out of Shreveport. If this is so, and if thej'- can get a good heart of pine, no matter it is is not t]:e Ion'" leaf pine, but the same heart of pine that the T. & P. uses you can accept it until you get into the long leaf pine country. O'^r specifications a call for long leaf pine but it must be the heart of pine. I have a letter from a party in Shreveport speaking of 10 miles of old graded road near where our line is located. I never heard of it before. Could not we have used it? I want to let the grading south of the 35th mile post and I wired W'bster in answer to a dispatch from him, that I would pay 10 cents for work ^from that point to section 80 and 22 cents from section 80 to section 85. It seems to me that you might let the work down there in small sect ions, but what is especially neces ary is to got some parties at work in those heavj"^ cuts. For those token alone I would be willing to pay 24 centsj all of the above prices half cash half bonds. If ?/ebster does not take it, see v/hat you can do and get them to work in these heavy cuts as soon as possible. You should hur^' up the graders who have taken the first 35 miles they ought to work on it' immediately. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 169 New York City, October 23, 1880. James P. Scott, Vlos President, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:- Since you were here a few weeks ago, I have made the followin'- contracts for this company. Trading on the 1st ten miles Shreveport, La. East, Messrs. hearing &z Andrews, and t e next £5 miles to Messrs. Earner rk Hart at prices for earth 18^. solid rock, vl.OO loose rock, 4:8^. clearing Sc grading C25.00 per acre. Tracklaying to Messrs. J. M. Webster & Co. 140 miles at (415) per mile and the ties for the same length of road at 40^ each. Bridging to T. D. Carpenter Co. at prices for piling including driving, thirty five (35) cents per lineal foot driven measurement to include full length below the cap. For Bridge Trestling comniete, including all material and labor thereoc, Twenty, Five (g25) dollars per M. B. '. measurement to be made in t];e work. For excavations for Trestle foundations, when reguired by the Engineer, twenty five (25) cents per cubic yard. For wrought iron in works eight (8) cents per lb, I have also contracted with Allison & Co. for 500 Plat Cars delivered in Pi a Philadelphia at p449 each, half of which go to the Texas & Pacific and the other half to the Hew Orleans Pac. Co. AH of the above -rices half cash and ha]f in Bonds of the New Orleans Pac. Co. I have also purchased through the Messrs. Henry Lewis- 8 Co. Philadelphia, 2500 tons of rails at 6 pounds 58 per ton cash f.o.b. Wales and 2,500 tons of rails at same price on 90 days paper to be shipped by steam to Salvest on, com:"encing latter part of November, I have also 1st contract for a platform & depot at Shreveport for the storage of our material at the price of ^800 on which they are now at work. ^ The Tracklayers, Bridge & Tie men, are on the ground and at work and I expect the grading to open within a few days. The line has been located from Mansfield to a junction with the Texas & Pacific Ry., near the stock yards in Shreveport, I believe this is a complete statement of all that has been done since the organization of the Company. Hereafter I will advise vou of any important transactions. Very truly yours, Cr. M. Dodge, President. October 26th 1880, 171 Weatherfoi''d, October 2Gti- 1880, Gen, Dodge; r. Cir. In accord with your verbal request for me to look Into the reas ons why the track is being laid so slowly and the cause of other detentions I v/ould state; . In the first place the 'essrs. Coleman do not v/ork well with Ademson and do not agree together. The Coleman's think they know their business and how to lay track better than Ademson,while Ademson thinks he knows the ' best. They have a poor organization and do not know how to order their material in advance, and do not handle their men to advantage. They are absent too often, and when they are there, all try to order at the seme time, and the result is conflict and confusion. For some rea...on they have made themselves extremely obnozious to t'aj. V.'ashburn and while he is chief Engineer, and has the immediate supervision of the work, your track will proceed at a snail's pace. Understand me plainly, the ^^essrs. Coleman are gentlemen, my re lations with them are )^xtremely pleasant, I am wliolly unbiased, and as be tween viashburn and the Colemans l^would (other things being equal) side with tlie latter, but after a careful exarain.ation of the matter, after hearing in my rough clothes ahead of the track the gossip of the hands, when t)iey did not know who I was, 1 am forced to the conclusion that they do not understand tneir business or at least, can't lay track fast enough for y.,u. On the other hand there is too much favoritism shown "essrs.Jones, Cowan and ICnowlton, who have the bridge contruct. Whe)i y. u come down please ascertain whether a great part of tneir work docs not corioist of extras, and v.nether tney do net turn in the cost ct this and get in addition a profit of 18 per cent on tiie same. I am aatlafied that Washburn wishes to lay the track himself, r^.o I believe that after that plays out he will want to give it to Jones, Cowan and Knowlton. Ml the above is derived from quiet observation^ and my personal relations with all the parties are, pleasant, but I am satisfied that it is in the main correct. Very truly y^ours, E. E. iiontgem: ry. I am satisfied that material is' forwarded promptly, and whenever ordered with sufficient notice in advance, and from what I heard am satisfied that '.Vashburn does and has done his best to have it forv;arded promptly. Have just I heard that Coleman and Ademson refused to recognize 7'ashburn's authority to let the telegraph contract for the £ hund^d miles and actually ordered their men to keep up v/ith tixe construction and refuse to recognise User at all. The An . Ry . Imp. Co. 173^ T // Shrevenort, La., October 28th, 1880 Gen'l Dear Sir; W. Dodge, President etc 80 Broadway, Ne'.v York. On my return from a trip over the line, I found yours of the 18th and 21st. L Letters from New "^ork latterly have been from five days to a week getting here. My answer to your telegram.of the 4th was, "C" line deflects from "B:" line at foot of ridge dividing Cypress from Boggy. . Line you suggest would run across this^'ridge and mater ially incr'ease the work." The line suggested in your letter of the 18th would cross the same ridge, entailing a long and heavy cut. The 'B" line is thrown to the west toavoid impracticable hills south of Cypress, between mile posts 25 and 20*and back to the east, in order to get in the valley of one of the heads of Rambin Bayou, leading to the top of the main ridge. Your suggestion is a most natural one, looking at a map devoid of topography, which the pressure under which It was made, unfortunately precluded putting on to any extent. I am endeavoring to carry out your injundtion to make a "close location." The building at the Junction. I have of course al ways understood would be merely a temporary one, with a plat form and shed, and in locating it as shown on the plat, I first sent you, I was governed largely by the fitness of the ground in a natural state, for storage ground and multiplying tracks if necessary, including a Y for which I had obtained the right of way. Ai.so of coutj^e looking to an easy connection of tracks with the T. & P. which can be Jiad at the eastern end of these grounds. I would have preferred it on our main line, but there is no suitable ground on the south side within the City limits. Our main line crosses the east and west Corporation line 500 feet from the Junction at the Cattle pens, and the first avail able ground is as shown on profile enclosed. If it is not important that this structure should be within the City lines (and I do not see that it is, since it is designed to be temporary) this location is a good one, and the ground around is very favorable for storage ground, being a plateau, level for 600 feet each side of the line. It is covered with small growth, which will cost something to remove, and involve some little grubbing. On the north an ..d City side of the crossing of the T. &. P. the ground is also favorable, but as I telegraphed you yesterday, belongs to infants ( or "miner heirs" as styled in Louisiana law) and v/ould have to be expropriated, involving some delay, and I fear considerable outlay for the property. We v/ould alos have to cross the side as well as main track of the T. & P. and several streets, to reach it. Besides these people have not yet succeeded in getting the right of way through the town, or depot grounds on the Bayou,and it occurod to me, it ould be .jetter for us not to lay a rail beyond the cattle pens, but to rest right there, until they had cleared the way for us. I trust I have made the matter clear, and beg that you wire me your preference, as Carpenter tells me he will not be ready to commence the building for some days and 'ill then rush it. He has secured his mill and will have it running in a few days, and I am sure can abate his bid on the other buildings,as his estimate was based upon price of lumber at Shreveport mills. I will try him and report. We are having very little trouble with the right of way. I have a "first class man" in charge of it, and titles are rigidly scrutinized. In regard to the "old graded road near where our line is located," I have never thought it worth mentioning to you for various reasons. In the first place, it does not run at all with our present location, being 2 miles to the east of it, where we make our turn to the south, even if it ran right, it would not be a desirable acjuisition. It is partially and im perfectly graded for 6 or 7 miles from the cattle pens in the direction of Keachi. Located for a narrow gauge road and badly located, 80 feet gi-ades, banks 8 feet in width at the grade line, and when material is borrowed, taken right from the foot of the sj.'0pes, leaving no ber--. To bring them to our width, would make it necessary iir most cases to fill up the very pits from which the old bonds were mode I have used 3/4th of a mile of it, starting out from the Junction, because it occupied for that distance the very ground I would have selected had there been no road them. I could not get a line between it and the T. & P. and have done as well. The enclosed newspaper slip will gte you the history of the transaction. In all matters of this kind, I act under the adivoe of the best lawyer in Shrevepabt, Col. George Williamson, whom you know. The dotted line on the profile enclosed, represents the surface of-this old grading, which of course I have had to widen. The full line representing the natural surface,is put on merely to show you how..unnuitable the ground is for our purposes immediately at the Junction and for IJOO feet south of it. ' Gen. G. K. D. 175 ■ - . Sheet # 2 ■'' I I Shreveport, La. Oct. 28, 1880 Webster, carpenter and Iv'iadden ha-, e gone down the line to examine heavy work. They are expected back tonight. On their return I will arrange with Webster to get out ties on the first 8 or 10 miles in accoi'dance with suggestions contained in your telegram of yesterday. If Webster does not take the heavy work below, I believe I can let it in small sections to goodmen, and of course will make the effort promptly. I enclose a recent letter from a friend who is the City Engineer of f^femphis. I have written him to request those parties to send you a bid,and will myself write them direct if I have to seek contract ors away from her-e. I have done every thing in my power to get the Contract ors to start the grading. On last ^'onday, Zearing & Andrews broke ground with a feeble JTorce at the Junction and on'the same day Carney & Hart did like wise, some 12 mil es from the Junction. They shall be required to put on adequate forces. 'Webster also needs stirring up. Very truly yours, B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer. New York, November 3, 1880. J. Bliokensderfer, Jr., Chief Bngr. U.P.Ry., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of youro of October 20. I think that Yr. Wokott or any other one of your principal assistants who are valuable to the road should be retained during the winter if v^e have any use for them or can keep them at work. If not give them leave of absence untilsppping when tiioy will be needed again. You must be the judge of the extent to which you cut down your number of employees but the chiefs of divisions should always be kept as long as there is a prospect of work ahead. That has always been my policy and it is the policy that will be approved by President Dillon. I suppose most of the Assistants can be 16t go as their places can always be supplied but I do not kno'.v that there is any one on the road except I'r. lYokott whom we are under obligations to retain unless perhaps it sh-uld be Mr. I'oscrip but of this-you must be the judge and whatever you do in the matter I am certain will be approved. Truly, G. I.I. Dodge. \ 4 ' ' < 179. New York City, November 5, 18c0( Jas. P. Scott, Esq., Vice President, Phila. Dear Sir:- I find it will be impossible for me to go to Texas until I can get transportation there sufficient to do my work. I wish when you get down there that you v/ould go to Shreveport ai.d look over the ground and write me fully how they are progressing and of anything t'";at you thir.K, needs attention. I have a. idea that the contractors need stirring up. I have inrtructed Mr. Greene to obtain bids for the ties, bridiging and remainder of the 'trading i'rom Fayou Goula to Lecompte, deliveries to be made so as to com ence laying track from Bayou Goula. I want him to get these bids in by the time I reach there so that I car let the contracts at that time. I havf^ made a contract for 5000 additional tons of iron deliver d at Galveston at about the same cost as the other and am now contractinn: for some to be delivered at Baton Rouge. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. LA- 181 New York City, November 5, 1880 Frank J© Bond, Vice Brest . Philadelphia, Pa, Dear Sir; After consulting with Mr. Gould as to the reorganization of the New Orleans Pacific, he seems to think that if it can drift along until we can make the reorganization omplete it would probably be better than to put in a new board. You and the Mr. Scott, must be judges of this. However, if a new board is made up he desires that a majority of the Executive Committee shall be in New York, and for directors, representing our interests sug-ests the following names: Thos. A. Scott; Jay Gould; Addison Cammack; Russell Sage; D. Filsenheld; Frank S. Bond; A. K. Wicks; W. T. Walters; George J. Forrest; A. L. Hopkins; J. P. Dillon; this leaves five directors to be put in from the south, one of whom he suggests should be Governor Brown; the others, as Mr. Scctt may designate. - Make the Executive of such New York & Philadelphia parties as you deem best only have a majority of it in New York. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. President. November 8" 1880 183 Buffalo Gap Nov. 8, 1880, My dear General; When you asked me in New York to look up matters quietlj' in Texas, and ascertain tie true position of affairs and the reason why the work did not progress faster I forgot to speak of several matters of which I had been a long while cognizant. I VAt only here a very short while before I found out that no friend of yours had much shov; on the road. They did not apply this par ticularly to me, for the reason that we had very.little business in comir.on, but parties who were your friends, or had been appointed by you, were uni formly treated with coldness or even worse. As you very well knov/ this can only emanate from one source, and that is from the Chief Engineer. I would again call your attention to the bridge contractors. I understand that nearly all the work they do is extra, by the day, and that they get 15 per cent over the actual cost. I -understand that all the superstincture on the truss bridges is done this way ( i.e.the labor). Bridge men have lately discoverec a vein of poor coal some 4 miles from the road and are drifting in. Under instructions from Washburn (who advances the Improvement Co. money) they have already secured and pro pose to secure large quantities of land off the road. If they would confine themselves to simply filing on State lands and then prospecting,it would do well enough, but this idea of buying large quantities of land off the line of the road, when there is every probability of it being found on the main track la a useless waste of money. Besides we will get coal west of the ?ecas and near the Big Springs, and perhaps in Nolen County. If the Messrs. Knov/lton wish to prospect, let them do it at their own expense. I came on the construction train from Eastland to the end of the track and was struck with the demoralized/state of Coleman Bros, gang. No'discipline, no "esprit du corps". They have poor sleeping quarters and poorer forfe, and you know that to keep men in this country they must be well housed and fed, and not left in rotten tents. Very truly K.E.Montgomery. <• i.* The All . Ry. Imp. Co Shreveport, La., November 8th, 1880 Gen. Dear M. ttodge. President etc. 80 Broadway, New York City. I have not written you since receiving your dispatch of Nov. 3d. to divide work between Carpenter, Mallory & Madden, and Callahan and Dunavant for the reason that I have not yet closed the Contract with Callahan & Dunavant who are Lo be here tomorrow and nothing else of much imsportance has trans pired . There will be no trouble in letting this heavy work to other good parties at Callahan and Dunavants bid even should they fail to stand to their bid, or at 22 cts. half bonds to good reliable parties. I am seri capacity to execute arrived hei-e nearly gotten out a single parties to get out a week ago, and has repeatedly that he with the assurance lost all confidence for new Contractors ously apprehen.-ive of Webster's ability or his contract. He with his partner McDoniel a fnonth ago, and up to this time have not tie, nor have they contracted ith any any ties. Webster went to St. Louis about not yet returned. I have notified him must get to work, which is always answered that he will not be behind hand. I- have inhini, and believe we will have to look out in his stead. Zearing and Andrews are very slow, though as I previc'usly wrote you had made a feeble start from the Junction. I am constantly stirring them up. Carney & Hart are more energetic The fact Is Webster's dilatoriness has demoralized the whole line, with the exception of Carpenter, who is a first class man and contractor. His hew partner Madden, has impressed m.e very favorably. For their grading contract the firm is styled "James Madden & Co." Relieving there was a probability of an improved alignment being found on the East side of the high ground I spoke of inmy last, by throwing the line one mile east opposite mile post 23, thence running nearly due south to the angle between miles 11 & 17, I ordered an instrumental examination made. I did not allude to it in my last because the examination had not then been concluded, and I did not feel cei'tain of good results. The were so favorable that i have adopted and located the eastern line, which is shorter by 1200 feet, lees curvature by 40', and places our line in better position to maxe the angle to the west to reach top of main ridge. Graduation and grades about the same on both lines. I have received no bids yet for telegraph poles. Have advertised in Hew Orleans papers for Cash bids for com pleting grading between Bayou Goula and Lecompte, also on crosstles and bridging between same points. For plans profiles and schedules of aniounts of work bidders are referred to this office. While speaking of Carpenter and his contracts I omitted to say. that he is urging me to give him a partial estimate on the iron to go in his bridges. It is all here bought in such large quantities he says by your advice. I declined to give him an estinate until hearing from you. He insists that he is not required under his contract to remove the bark from his piles. I also agreed to refer th matter to you. Very truly yours, B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer. 187 . : November 8th 1880. Buffalo Gap, November 8th 1880, My dear General; I suppose you are aware that the Government contemplates establishing a post somev/here on our line betv/een here and the Steked Plains and the Pecos. I met the party and they will report in favor of a site on South Champlin Creek, east of the Colorado Kiver, and some 3 miles south of our line. The G. Col. and the Sante Fe R.R. have run a line about 3 miles east of here, through the Cedar Gap and have intersected our line west of the Clear Fork and at the place where "Abilene" is supposed to.be. I heard the other day, that the Southern Pac.R.R. had had an engineering party for more than a year running between El Paso and the country west of San Antonio. That they pretended to be working for Pierce's road, but that their vouchers and letter heads were Southern Pacific R.R. This is authentic. Very truly. R.^Montgomery. 189 "K Nev/ York City, Nov. 10, 1880 D. W. Washburn, Esq., Fort 7/orth, Texas. Dear Sir: I wired you today about starting the surveys for tl:ie extension of the U. K. & I. road. I do not intend to burden you with this except to get it started or until I can jget the organization effected. All that I write you about it please treat as confidential. What we propose to do is to complete the road from Fort Worth down to Belton and George town, to a connection with the International and there join with them in building from San Antonio to Laredo or else building another independant line from Clebourne to San Antonio thence on to Laredo. I want you to put on a party to locate from Fort Worth, south-to Belton so that we can put this work under contract. At the same time I want you to start a party from Clebourne and follow down to San Anton io in the direction of Hampton. Have them get into the best counties west of the International line, keeping asfar from it as you consistantly can while still keeping in good country. I want torun through the best portion, present and prospective of the country between Clebourne and San Antonio and thence to Laredo. Put some person with the party who can give an opinion of the country, its present productions, it's capabilities and its supply of wood, water and material and have him write me, at lease once a week sending skeliton maps and profiles of the line. I do not know the character of the country in Hamilton, Lampasas, San Saba, Llano, Burnette, Blanco, Gillespie and Kendall Counties but probably you do. Organize the par)f,ies as economically as possible and draw upon me for funds. Give _^them such instructions as to their vouchers accounts etc. as you see proper, keeping all accounts and drafts independant of and separate from any other matters that you have. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 191 . Ne V York City, November 17, 1880. Jay Gould, Esq.',' 78 B'way, New York City. Dear Sir:- Tn extending the M. K. & T. to the Rio Grande, two policies pre sent themselve's; 1st, shall we 'cotabine' with the' other roads, using part of their track, or shall we build an Independent line. Under either policy, we will probably own partly with the Texas &• Padfkc, a line from ''Vhitesboro to Fort '"orth, and from there So., we must adopt one or the other, of the policies indicated. If the first, when by building to Belton, 124 miles, we connect with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R.R. or to Georgetown 157 miles we corniect . with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. R.R. or to Georgetown 157 miles, we connect with the Ir:ternational system, and would use a joint road to the Rio Grande, a2:d if fair terms can be obtained, I believe this is the true policy to persue. If we conclude to build an Independent line, we should have some 500 miles to construct and it would be policy to build it from 50 to 60 miles west of the present contemplated line of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe. R. R. and tlie International Road, and a very fair line for local traffic can be obtained in that longitude. The Grading, Bridging, and Tieing of the road in Texas is easily handled, the question of speed will be determined by the ability of the other roads to deliver material. My experience under the most favorable circumstances is, that it takes four months from the time a contract for material or rolling stock is let before it is delivered on the line of road. Hence wo should i mediately let contracts for the Iron or Steel and fastenings, an^ then the motive power and rolling stock, say for the first 200 miles. Track material I would land at Galveston and would cost now about ■.,60.00 for steelj ^45.00 for Iron, and on line of road wou''d be sav ■"'Ob and C50. If the line is adopted from Fort 'Vorth to Georgetown 157 miles material can be delivered upon it at three points. If the direct line ' from Fort "orth to 5ant Antonio, be adopted, we could at present only get materia] at Fort Worth and San Antonio, but ere long there will be another Fort^Sorth branch of the H. & T. C. say 100 miles So. of Two engineering parties are on the field, one locating to Belton. one ru ring an Independent line to San Antonio upon either of which work can be opened inside of 60 days and be made ready for track before we can get the material there. abou, Qo 92 miles T?® estimates indicate about made upon the the cost new of road the road, from and h'hitesboro we can to pretty Cleyburn safely base an estimate or the whole line upon them. saieiy I calculate the distance as follows: Der.nison to Fort Worth; via .TiitesbGro, 95 miles Port Worth to Georgetown, Intersection of the Intern. & Great Northern R.R« 157 '• Georgetown to Ran Antonio 115 " San Antonio to L'anedo ' 158 " Total 5G5 miles Dennison to Laredo direct all new lines" say 500. If the all new line was built connection could be made with Austin and San Antonio, by short branches. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 193, , • Memorandum. In regard to I.and Grant of the New Orleans Baton Rouge and Vi|cksbiirg R. R.Go. The New Orleans Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Ry. Co. will assign its right to the Land Gra± obtained under section of the United States Laws to the New Orleans Pacific R. R. Go. which is to accept it proveded it can do so, without assuming any of the debts obligations, claims or charges of any kind whatsoever, if there are any shov/ing against the said New Orleans Baton fiouge & Vicksburg R. R. Co. If ti.e New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. accept the said assignment they shall upon the issue of patents by General Land Office to the Now Orleans Pacific B. R. Co. and as the land is patented ;pen each section of road accepted by the said company issue Land Grant Bonds upon the same at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, said bonds and interest to be applicable solely and exclusively to the Land Crart an to be under no circumstances a lien or char-e in any way, shape or manner upon the road. All charges for the issuance of said bonds for their sale or receiption shall be first deducted from the proceeds ofthe sale of the land. One fourth of the balance of the bonds shall be set aside in the hands of certain Trustees hereafter to be named to takeip certain bonded indebtedness and claims outstanding against the said New Orleans Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railway Co., but this sum shall be set asie in s^ich a manner that there can be no possibility of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co., being obliged to assuem or become liable for any claims charges orjgebts of any kind, standin - against said New Orleans, Baton Rouge Vicksburg Co. Of the halance of the bonds, one half to go to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co., and one half to the New Orleans,Raton Rouge & Vicksburg K.R. Co. 185;,! November, 1880. THE MERICAN RAILWAY IWPROVEKENT CO. G. M. Dodge, Pres. President's Office. 80 Broadway, New York. November 17, 1880. Jay Gould, Esq. if78 B way. New York. Dear Sir: In extending the Iw. K. & t. R. R. to the Rio Grande, two policies present themselves: 1st shall we combine with other roads using part of their tract, or shall.we build an Independent line. Under either policy, we will probably own partly witia the Texas & Pacific, a line from Whitesboro j,o Fort Worth, and from there So., we must adopt one or the other, of tae policies indicated. If the first, then by building to Belton 124 miles, we connect witii the Gulf Colorado & Santa Pe R. R. or to Georetown 157 miles, we coniiect with tlie international system, and would use a joint road to the Rio Grande and if fair terms can be obtained, I believe this is th.e true policv to pursue. ^ ^ conclude to build an Independent line, we shoild have some oOO miles to construct, and it would be policy to build it from 30 to 60 miles west of the present contemplated line of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fd R. R., and the International Road, and a verv fair line for local traffic can be obtained in th.at longitude. TR® shading, Bridging & Tieing of the road in Texas is easily handled, the question of speed will be determined by the ability of the other^roads to deliver material. Ly experience under the most fuvorable cir'camstance'S is, that it takes four months from the time a contract for material or rolling stock is let before it is road. Hence we should immediately let conand and rollii g stock, at say for the first fastenings, 200 miles. and Track then the rriatrerial m.otive Ipower would land at Calveston and would cost now about 560. for steel 5.45 for Iron, and on line of road would be say S65. and .l-50 If i I'no is adopted from Fort Worth to Georgetown 157 miles, material can be points. If the direct line, from Fort Jorth to oan Antcnio, be adopted, we could at present only pet mater- lal at Fort, »orth and San A-.tonlo, but ere long the?e Sni franothe? ?orrSoJ?h. ^ ^ C. say 100 milee IS! oT • Two engineering parties are on the field, one locatinc: to ^elton, one running an Independent line to San Antonio upon either ■: track beiore we can get the naterial there. The estin;ates made upon the nev> road frou. IVhl-tesboro to Cleyburn about 92 miles, indiccte about the cost of the road, and we can pretty safely base an estimate of the whole line upon them. I calculate the distance as foliows: Dennison to Fort V.'oi-th, via Vi'hitesboro 95 miles Fort 'Torth to George-town Intersection of the International & Great Northern B. R. 157 " Georgetown to San Antonio 115 " San Antonio to. Laredo 158 " Total 525 Iv.iles . Dennison to Laredo direct all new lines-say 500 " If the all new line was built connection could be made with, Austin and San Antonio, by short branches. .Very truly.yours, G. R'l. Dodge. 330 Ne'.7 York, November 18, 1880. Dr. George L. Miller, Oaaha, Neb. My dear Doctor I am in receipt of yours of November 12th. You merely give up one-half of your stock for the purpose of aiding in the consolidat'on of all our S.W. interests and for the one-half you give up, you receive in return the amount of the installment paid in and 50^ premium, which at any rate is a pretty fairprofit but I consider that the one-half you retain will bring you fully as nuch witl: the 50, premium added as the v/hole would have brought you without the consolidation which this transfer aids in bringing about. In other words, I consider tnat the stock which you will get for the one-half you hold will sell for a good deal more than tue same stock .vould sell for if the interest remained separate. It was a scheme of my own for the purpose of bring ing about this consolidation. You are treated the same as all the others and it is optional with you wiietiior you come in or not. I may say that almost every stockholder or at least 9/10's of them have done so. The change means that the Missouri Pacific, the M. E. T*, Texas Sc Pacific and the New Orleans Pacific will all eventually come into one concern under the control of Mr. Gould and then you will have the stock that represents all those combined properties in the place of stock that would have represented only a portion of them. Very truly youis, G. M. Dodge November 20" 1880 I.Ty dear General; 1S9. Ft. 'iVorth, Texas November 20" 1880 Have just returned from a trip to the front, and had to remain a day with the track layers before I could get in. The v.'eather was quite cold and they had just received two boarding cars from Dickson s.nd Iiiarshall, that they had expected a long while. When they arrived with thermometer 12 above zero, there we:e no stoves in the cars and a greet many of the mens beds had been left at the camp,^behind, and some of them actually remained by a fire in the prairie all night. The next day a great many of the men left, and those who re main do about as they please, and there is an utter lack of discipline and respect, because they say and knov/ that the contractors do not understand their business, and they jeer at both Coleman and Ademson and are very in solent. The only man they respect is Ed. Jiurphy. The fare is also very poor ill the present weather if you do not clothe, shelter and feed m'^n vyell you can't hold them. On the other- hand they are very much hampered occasionally by want of material, but not very often, as you will find out from Brown's and Seward's reports. The obstacles they encounter are none but what men of push and energy can easily over come, if they had the get up and exper ience. There is one significant fact about all this. I do notthink any one suspects I am locking this matter up except the Colemans, and half the time when men talk before me they do not knov. me and think I am some Cov< Boy, but I have not heard one Railroad man from the highest to the lowest talk but what they say that they are inefficient, but very polite ui.right gentlemen. Now this is the last time I shall mention this subject and you know I^ell the truth when I assure you I am impartial, or if any thing prejudlced^lin favor of the yoianger Colemsn, whom I like exceedingly, but I am satisfied that furbish them men , material and every facility and they can never exceed or even average one mile per day. Now I know you are getting com.i.unications on both sides of the question, and there is one way for you to judge for yourself, everyone is feverishly anxious to know when you are coming down, so as to make preparations. Slip down quietly in the IT.K.T. of ficers car, do not stop here, but push right for the front and judge for yourself and I think at the close you will agree with me. Very truly F.. E .Montgomery • 20X New York, November 22, 1880, C. I. Woershoffer, Esq., Treasurer. Dear Sir: Enclosed please find, properl;; endorsed, receipt to me for first installment of $10,000 upon subscription of $100,000 to the Capital stock of this company. I wish new certificates to be issued for this amount as follows: Name. 1st Installment. Amount G. M. Dodj-'e A. Kountae, A. Cottinc U, H. Painter W. E. Chandler $7,000 1,000 1,000 500 500 $7C,000 10,000 10,000 5, OCC 5,000 Which please return to me at this office at your earliest convenienoe and obliye. Very truly yours, G. M. Dod^e, President ] t /O Int. Rwy. Imp. Co., New York City, Nov. 22, 1880. D. w. Washburn, Esq., Fort Worth, Texas. Dear Sir: I believe that I have sent you instructions to start one party to locate the extension of this road to Belton, and another to run a line from Cleborn, to San Antonio. I now want you to put on, still another party, to run a preliminar./ line from Fort Worthstriking out through the Counties of Hood, Hamilton, San Saba, Llano, Gillespie, Kerr, Bandera, Medina, Labala, Dimmit, and Webb to Laredo. My idea is if possible to get a line outside of all the others and to keep west of the heavy country, that is said to lie in the country west of San Antonie and West of Austin. I am told that the country between the Guadaloupe and Redremalas river is very heavy and we have to keep out around the heads of those branches with a railroad, in order to get anything like a good line. You know that country better than I do and you can see that the point is to get a line from Fort Worth direct to Laredo, not running exactly straight, but sweeping to the west in such a manner as not to loose very much distance, but getting into the best counties of that portion of Texas. It is possible that your line may have to lie slightly west of the counties which I have named. I have sent to you two engineers on e of whom (Mr. Amos Stiles) was out west, on the original survey of our Pecos Division and who is an old and experienced engineer. The other is Mr. ^shee, from Burlington, Iowa. I want you to give the Engineers, strict instructions to report frequently and perhaps it would be better to have Lhem send their reports to you and for you to forward them to me, untiLI can get down there. Put their parties in good shape, but economically with good men at the head of them. I have no doubt from your applications, that you can get plenty of good engineers. Those I have instructed to report to you take their instruments with them. Very truly yours, G. M.Dodge. !lkl New York, Nov. 23, 1880. S. H. H. Clark, Esq., Gen'l. Manager U.P.Ry. Omaha, rreb. Dear Sir:- As the first step toward uniting all our southwestern interests under one harmonious organization I desire to have the Missoviri Pacific Ry. Co. become a large stockholder in the American Ry. Import Co., and for that purpose I have made to the original subscribers the following proposition, viz: That I will purchase one half of their subscription, repaying to the subscriber the lOf, ( 1st installment) paid in and giving for each two shares of American Ry. Improvement Co's. Stock turned over one' full paid share of stock in the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. Nearly all the original subscribers have accepted this proposition, and I should be glad to have you join them and if you will send your- receipt for 1st instalment (properly endorsed) to General Dodge hd make the transfer and send you a new certificate for the half you retian and the, proceeds of the half assigned as above. Very truly yours. (jj The Air. Ry . Imp. Co . 20T-' • Shreveport, La. November 29th, 1880 Gen'l. G. K. Dodge, President etc., 80 Broadway, New York City, Dear Sir: Your three enclosures of 20th inst. have been received. Before you receive this my telegram of this date will have informed you of con tract concluded with Jones, Coven & Knowlton by instruction of Vice President Scott. He telegraphed me from St. Louis yesterday "Close contract with Jones, Cowen 8c. Knowlton unless otherwise directed by Gen'l. Dodge before this reaches you." At. 8 o'clock t is A. M.Jones was informed that his bid was accepted, by noon he had 40 m.en on their way to the line to get out ties. Jones, lives here, and has the largest saw mill in North Louisiana, can command any amount of labor, having the confidence of the entire community and country around. His first bid on Crossties was 42 l/2 cents, which I succeeded in getting down to 36 4/l0. He could not be mioved from his bid on track, and declined a y farther consideration of the matter if require- to transport on his train all material from the Shreveport Function. Knowing it to be customary for Railroad Companies to furnish material. I deemed it inadvisable to reject on this account the strongest and most reliable contractors who have yet made a bid. As the contract now stands Jones vill carry his own material for the first 40 miles that is to Mansfield. It will clearly bo to the interest of . the company Lo put on a comriiercial train when we reach that point to which can be advantageously attached daily, the necessary cars of matei^al, thus saving an extra train passing over the accepted part of the line for the sole purpose of transporting material. The New Orleans parties did not co me as they wired they would. Their bids by telegraph wc e too extravagant to be entertained. Thus the matter was narrowed down to the parties who have the contract. Websters claim that he had forces enroute was totally unfounded as I learned through his partners Swartz & Nicholas. I furthermore learned through sarr.e parties that Musick was not interested, and his name was used by IVebster without authority. As regards ir.aking contractors com.e up to time, there will be no trouble about it when the weather admits of work being done. It has been neither through a want of firmness on my part, nor of ability on the part of the contractors that so little work has been done. There has been within the last 30 days an unprededented fall of rain, and it is now physically 208.. impracticable to move a shovelful of earth, as has been for nearly two weeks past, and but Little better for the previous two weeks. It is still raining with nbsign of breaking away. This condition of things can't last always. We can but hope that this long continued wet spell represents the full winter rains, and that long continuous fair weather may follow, when we can and will crowd things to make up for this unavoidable loss of time. I have nevertheless served official notices upon Zearing k Andrews, also Carney & Hart, to increase their forces to the required strength, and I will see that it is done by them or others. I enclose copy of W. Leffingwell's letter which will give you information of.the progress of our work by the Marshall Car k Foundry Co. I will keep a close watch on them. I also enclose bid from a highly responsible party to furnish telegraph poles at this point. No other bids have been received. Also enclose bid of Lebster's late partners for track and ties on lower division. I personally know nothing about them. Swartz professes to be an experienced Crosstie Contractor. I enclose also Putnam's telegram in reply to "creosoting time" for Atcl:afalaya bridge timLbers, will forward .his letter when received. Jones, Cowen & Knowlton promise to make a favorable bid upon our buildings now that they have the' contract for the track, and expect to establish saw mills along our line. Am hurrying them up in the matter and will forward their bid as soon as received. Carpenter k Kallory show no disposition ot abate their bid, and no other parties thatlhave been able to find seem disposed to compete for this work. In regard to hand and horse power pumps there may be a few points on the lower division where they can be tapplied and perh aps one or two points between Gotile and Le Compte where the streams run throughout the year. None north of Gotile. Will forward more definite information as soon as I can with confi dence . ^ I have dispensed with our former Right of Way Agent, and have instead constituted""the Recorders Agents in their respec tive parishes. They are entirely familiar with the titles of the properties, and since each individua. right of way has to be recorded and a fee paid for doing so, I find theis conbination the most economical. In very few cases has the right of way been refused. In some instances I have had to buy, and under the advice of our attorney paid a compromise price as cheaper than to expropriate, he investigating and guaranteeing good titles. Very truly yours, B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer. 209 . New York, November 29, 1880. J. N. Eddy, Esq., 54 Clark St., Chicago, 111. Dear Sir: I have not ans\7ered your dispatch or -ritten you because I did not know what shape our I.!. K. T. matters would take, but I now think that we shall build it under the Missouri Pacific and I think Mr. Talmadge would like to have you go there and tae charge of construction. 7/hen he gets back to St. Louis, you go down there and see him, first wiring him to ascertain when he will be there and can meet you. I told him that I believed yon would would take take charge charge ofof the work, if, when it was completed yov were assured of a position in the running department, so that you could stay with the organi zation. I believe that you could work with Talmadge, who will have charge of th-^ M. K. T. Of course I will have a good deal to do with the road here but the direct charge of the road will no doubt be under the Missouri Pacific. We have taken the M. K. T. out of the hands of the Trust Company and have it in our possession and Talmadge will be assigned to the position of General Manager of the M. K. & T. wiping out the present organization and running it as a division of the I'.issouri Pacific. ■ . In calling on Mr. Talmadge you will not need any introduction from me, as we have talked over the matter very fully. very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. • - v.. 213 New York Citj', Dec. 1, 1C.80. Yessrs. W . G. Lhote & Co.., Corner Fenlouse & Franklin St. \ New Orleans, La. Gentlemen: I have received through Mr. E. B. V/heelock y ur favor to him of the 26th of November making bid for supplying this compnay with sleening and dining cars at the lollowing prices: Sleeping cars, complete Dining cars, complete vlOSO.OO each, complete. 961.90 each. I desire herewith to accept your proposition for four cars; tv^o dining cars ard two sleeping cars, to be delivered by January 15 h 18G1. I have telegraphed Mr. John F. Dickson, of Marshall Texas who is building similar cars for me, to send you immediately size of the frames of these cars, and plan of interior arrangement of bunks. Vi ease be very careful that the frames of these cars are very strong trussed so they will not sag down. The cars to be mounted on regiiar freight trucks, of standard gauge, Under these four cars i want tool boxes the full length of the car between the wheels, which can be sued for storage purposes. I also want the roofs of these cars made very strong, and railings put around thorn, so that in summer th. men can sleep on deck. Please acknowledge receipt. ■my Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. New York City, December 10, 1880 Senor Robert B. Gorsuch, Fifth Avenue Hotel, Dear Sir; New York City. We would like to have you go on and get up such a map as you spoke of, showing the different conces^ons in Mexico I understand from Mr. Gould that Senor Romero was at Coltons to see about their making a map. Please consult with Mr. R. so that you will work in unison in the matter. My idea for the present would be to take his map of Miexico and place upon it all the different concessions in the state with the proper data. Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge. ^ tJ'.; '.v 217 International Railway Improvement Co., President's Office 80 Broadway New York, Dec.,10th, 1880 Frank W. Baldwin, Esq., Denver, Col. . Dear Sir: I hand you herewith two copies of the 'certificate of incorporalion of "The International Railway Improvement Co." duly signed and executed Take one ol' them and file it in the office of Recorder of Deeds in Arapahoe County, and pay the f6es necessary for its record. File the other in the office of the Secretary of State paying them also the necessary fees. You will observe that you are named there as Secretary, and your compensation in that capacity will be one hundred dollars per year in addition to what you are now receiving from the American Railway Ijnprovement Company. Your duties until we have contracts to execute in Colorado will probably be light, and will consist, primcipally, in causing to be published public notices of the time and place of holding elections, as required by Section 196 of the laws of Colorado, and recording the annual Report within sixty days from the first day of January in each year. This last is very important. I shall rely on you to see that it is duly made.-- About the first of January you should write me without fail for the necessary data. The Certificate provides that the principal place of business in Colorado, shall be in the City of Denver. I desire you to procure a sign, not necessarily very large or expensive, bearing the words "The International Railway Impro^ment Company." and if convenient, you own name as Secretary and have it placed where you are generally to be found. I enclose also a brief notice to be published for three weeks in one of the weekly nev.spapers in Denver, giving notice that this Company is reudy to do business. I also enclose for publication a formal notice of the orgainzation of this Company amount of Capital Stock etc. this you will also have published for three weeks in some weekly newspaper in Denver sending several copies here. I also enclose a blank copyof the certificate of incorporation in order to enable the Secretary of State to ceitify under the great seal of the State that it is a true copy of the one on file in his oliice, filling the necessary blanks, so as to make ti correspond with the one on file. Send this back to me when certified by the Secretary of State. All necessary stock or record books will be furnished you, a.-d all expenses you nay incur , in carryi.ig out these instructions will be remitted to you on receipt of statement thereof. Very truly yours, G . . Dodge, President. Notice The International Railway Improvement Co. having been duly organized under the laws of Colorado with its prin cipal office in the city of Denver, is prepared to enter upon the business of repairing, building, constructing and equiping Railroads and other works of Public Importance. Address Frank W. Baldwin, Secretary, ■i;- St., Denver, Colorado. Notice of Incorporation. Notice is hereby given of the formation under the laws of Colorado of a Corporation by the name of "The Inter national Raf^lway Improvement Company." It's term of existence is twenty years; the amount of Capital Stock is ten million doliOrs divided into shares of one hundred dollars each with power to increase the same to twenty millions of dollars. The principal place of business of said Corporation in Colorado is in the City of Denver county of Aracahoe. The object for which the conpany is created is the repairing, building, constructing and equiping, under Legislative author ity and under contract of Railway and Telegraph Lines, and works of internal improvement, with power to purchase property along the route and in the vicinity of such Railroad and Telegraph lines; to lay out town plats, and lease, sell, and convey the same, and to purchase, lease and acquire the charter rights and franchises of any Railroad, Bridge, Ferry, or Trans portation Company. .219 . - 2 - ' The International Railway Improvement Company. Dec. 11th, 1880 Notice of Incorooration. It is provided by its charter that it may do business in part and hold corporate meetings beyond the limits of the state of Golora^do. Stockholders are not individually liable for the debts of the Corporation beyond their ligal liability in respect of stock owned or held by them. Its affairs are managed by a board of not less than five directors. The first Board of Directors consists of the following persons: G. M. Dodge, Thomas F. Ockert, Thomas W. Pearsall, A. H. Calif, A. L. Hopkins. The Oificers of the Corporation are as follows: President, G. K. Dodge, Vice President, A. L. Hopkins, Secretary, Frank W.-Baldwin, Treasurer, G. P. Morosini. Dated this day of December, A. D. 1880. G. M. Dodge, President Frank W. Baldwin, Secretary Publish 3 weeks fill in date. 221 // .Xtr. i Texas and Pacific Railway Company Phildelphia, Pa,, Dcc'r. 22d, 1880 Gen'l. G. Dodge. Pres't. Pac. Ry. Impt. Co. Fort Worth, Texas. My dear General: Your dispatch with reference to tht. Southern Pacific occupying the Long Canon north of El Paso wcs received and laid before our Board yesterday, and wes referred to Mr. Scott with power to take such steps as shall be necessary, I am going over today to see Mr. Gould and will go over to matterv.dth him. I agree withyou that vigorous action should be tcken at once on behalf of our Co. and if v/e are to get into a fight, it is a great deal better for-us to strike the first blow. If we follow up this legal proceeding v/ith active work from El Paso in grading and tracklaying, I think it will greatly strengthen our standing before the Court, and I shall certanly advise that this policy be adoped I tnink that this corresponds with your own views in the matter. I enclose herewith copy of a proposed ordinance amendatory and supplemental to the two ordinances heretofore passed by the New Orleans City Council, in respect to the N. 0. P. Ry. Co. I have forwarded copies of ttu oi'dinance to Mr. •"heclock with a letter, of which I enclose you a press copy, in order that you may be fully advised what instructions have been given with reference to this ordinance, and as to the facilities in New Orleans. If you will look at the city map of New (Jrleans, I think my letter to Mr. Wheelock v?ill explain fully what we pr-oppse to do; and if we can get the oi dinace passed, I think we shall have as near perfect tern.inal facilities in New Orleans as can be possibly obtained. I do not construe the two ordinances heretofore passed as being absolutely value less in case we should make this Westwego connection; but I have thought it better, in preparing the new ordinance to place these grants beyond question, making it absolute, unless we shall abandon the terminus North of Claiborne Canal, and I believe that is really what was the intention of the City, although they couple it with the words "abandon its said road on the East side of the Mississippi river." I think it is worth riiaking an ef J ort and a very vig orous effort to pass this ordinance and I believe it can be done now a great deal better than after we shall have conmonced work in the City, and the people think the terminus is a fixed fact within the City linits. 222 I trust you .vill look over the ground on the river front, at the foot of Thalia street, the Brooks property, and also the terminus near the Jackson depot; also the proposed purchase between the City Park and the river front for^ $10,000. Gov. Brown was here at the Board meeting yesterday, wen t over last evening and vill see Mr. Gould today in New York. I am to meet him this evening and shall alSo see Mr. Gould tomorrow, The matter arranging for the Union "Pacific Express Go. to work our lines, wcs brought up at the Board meeting and was refex red to the Executive oxficers of the Company to look into and report to the new Board meeting. Gov. Brown and myself will go over the matter with Mr. Gould tomiorrow. Yours very tr'uly, Frank J. Bond, Vice President 1 Enclosure. Phildelphia, Pa., Beer. 22d, 1680 E. 43. Wheelock, Esq., i Prest. N. 0. P. Ry. Co., Nev Orleans, La. Dear Sir: I enclose v-oth this a few copieLi of an ordinance amendatory of, and supplemental to the ordinances previously passed by the. City Council of New Orleans in relati n to the New Orleans Pacific Rwy. Co. You will see the purpose of this new ordinance is to provide for a possible, yes, Imay ✓ say perhaps probable, purchase of the Bayou Goula Road, and consequentlcrossing of the Mississippi river at Westwego, instead of at New Orleans. The ordinance-first passed, you will recollect, in the preamble recites that the Company is desirous of con structing , its line of road on the East bank of the Mississippi river from a crossing near Baton Rouge to some point in the City of.New Orleans, and section 4 provides th at "should the said Comp;ny at any time hereafter abandon its said road on the east side of the Mississippi river -:s- '.i then this grant shall cease and terminate and be without force or effect from the date of such abandonment." It is not proposed to abandon altogether the Baton Rouge crossing and construction on the East bank of the river; but this proposed purchase of the Bayou Goula Road if accomp lished, will secure a more speedy completion of a through line t^q New Or\eans . I think not later than August next; and it is the present intention of the Company if this '.Vestwego connection is made,-to use the same depot grounds near the present terminus of the New Orleans, St. Louis &. Chicago Com pany above the Canal, and to establish its passenger depot, as authorized oy previous ordinance on Claiborne and Ganal, using Thalia street to get to and from its terminus to the river, In asking the City to sell the ground between the City Park and the river, I fixed the price at $10,000. be cause I understood that the City had once offered to sell it to the New Orleans Pacific Co. for that price. These grounds would be very useful, yes, almost absolutely necessary for ferry purposes and for yard room; and of course we should de sire to extend our track down along the river front to Louisiana Avenue and Jackson street, for the reason that I doubt very much if a single track on Thalia street v/culd be sufficient to accomimodate all the business our Company would Pring into the City. Will you have this ordinance introduced and if possible passed at as early a date as possible? I wish also that you would have the title e^.andned and the deed prepared for consumniating the purchase and conveyance to the N. 0. P. Co. or to_; in trust, of ithe Brooks pro perty, and you can notify H^r. Sheppe.rd that the transaction will be consuniBiated so soon as the papers .shall be put in proper shape, and are passed upon by our Counsel. This may take beyond the 15th of January, as I should like the deed sent on here for examination by our Coiinsel, and as soon as approved the $30,000. will be advanced and the N. 0. P. Co. or the Trustee wi 11 execute a mortgage for the remainder of the consideration. Please let me hear from you at as early a date as posible with reference to these matters. Yours very truly, -1- , Frank J. Bond, Vice President. P. S. I send you more copies of ordinance by this mail. 225 ^ December, 1880. J. T. Granger, Port v?orth, Texas December 25, 1880. 80 Broadway, fi.Y. Dear Sir; In the statements tht you gave me when i came away you then showed only 30,482 tons of iron contracted, while your statement of tren-eentraetedj-- December 18th shows 281 miles shipped. Now then is the reading 2000 tons, Alkins Bros. 3,000 tons and the 01 ndown revelled 1200, and the weich and Barnum 2nd quality 150 tons that has not been shipped, making 6,750 tons that added to the 28114 tons makes 34,844 tons—say 350 miles, w ere is the discrepancy. Is it in the amount sent forward from the Gl-ndown on the revelled contracts I take the amount shipped from your statement of Dec. 18th. Very truly yours, 0. M, jjodge, ^ . President. Dec. 1880. Creo. IToble, Dec. 26," 1880. Gen, Supt. Marshall, Texas. Dear Sir:- I enclose two reports showing the go dition of matters here and at front for your information.* This week we hove laid very little track for want of m.aterial at Bairds. There appears to be plenty of material en route but it does not get to us. You will also see condition of Fort north Yard, Now 1 suggest for your consideration that you terminal agent or master of '"ransportation should be the agent of both companies, under pay of each, with orders to look after both interests. In this way he could be fully posted as to wants of each,and could so handle matters as to serve each more effectually. Again he could use of our locomotives when she was not at front, in clearing upside tracks. This would not interfere with your work, and would put him in direct commu nication with us. T notice that all cars reported to you for a week, includes all cars delivered at h'astland and beyond, I looked over dispatches reg-rding the Y and spurs at Baird and see that delays were for want of material that lay back on siding that we were not able to get forward, our spare engine having taken place of one broken down. Consider this matter and please consult with Mr. nashburn if you approve, i believe with one agent at front both companies would get more accurate reports of each condition whereas now, I am satisfied, your agent reports one state of affairs sometimes, shilst ours repoi^s a different one. I understan' you have a new Agent at the froiTtj if so it would be a good time to try this plar. Our tr-cklajrers complain bitterly for want of material, say on Thursday or Friday, I forget which,-^t'lat they could get but four cars in the forenoon and five in the afternoon, while there were pTentv bevond Kastland . ^ j j Our reports showed that there was nearly six miles of materii west of Dallas, certainly sufficient to supply them if it was only daily and regularly delivered to the front. Division except wh not aidin telegraph Engineers ''/hile our chance to hear from good sources that some of the train men on this take pleasure in blocking the front, in fact doing anything k.t they ought. They are not loyal to the Company and are should, I think they arranged to smash the I at Bairds simply to keep from getting orders to run back, complain of water being bad, fuel bad, anything for an excuse, engineers at the front use the same water, -nd have had no wash out, and the fuel they use is the same. over them +\ who u will be bod moke water, tliem get but it the can work be out used. of the They motive need power some one 'hat is in it, and know when they do it. 228 Kow an able man (it oucht to be the best man you have) at the front, M whose interests are to serve both of us, would settle all of thiS, ^ In conversation with a rentleman of large experience in transpor tation, and who has been on one of the Eastern roads, who is west on a V isit , observed these things and conveyed them to me for our benefit stated that he thought we should know it. He also tld me that your dispatcher at Texarkanna was cut west and saw and heard of these things and could, if he liked, advise you of them and a great many more that are not necessary to repeat.^ I simply write this to you in order that you may be posted an look into Ihc m.atter if you deem best. All I desire to accomplish is to aid you if I can in your difficult duties. Very trulp yours. G. M. Dodge, Pre:ident, 229 Dec. 1880 - '^^^•V/orth,/December 26, 1880. Jay Oould, ii'sq. 80 Broadway, N.Y. Dear Sir;- " I have not written to you becaur.e I have not got things in shape to give results. The v/eather down here hns been rainy for the past six weel:s, so that in the soft black soil it has bee almost impossible to move anything. I have arrar;ged to keep matters moving at trie front but I have had the same difficulties that we have expericrced. for the last tv;o months—the want of material on the road, meet of it lying on the sidings on the last 130 miles of'road. They lack motive power and system, and bad weather has discouraged thema good deal. i do not believe that I am going to be able to lay track very fast until after the cotton season is over. Every station of the road is crowde ' with cotton seeking transportation. I'have arranged to strrt mywork at El Paso East. The Southern Pacific, ar.d the Atchicon Topeka are fighting over the canon north of ElPaso. There is plenty of room there for all of us, and I have concluded that it was policy for us to keep out of the fight for the present, althought I have sent a man there in whom I have confidence, who will reach there in a few days and shall be governed by his report whetl:er I will put a force in north of the i-1 Paso. So there will be three of us fighting for the canon. This fight for line out tlaere should be made by the Texas, Pacific; their chartered rights give them precedence. Their line is filed through that canon and covers the ground, and there is no reason why they should not hold it as against the Territorial cliarters. I have'^een to all the points of the M. K. & T, extension, and from Port north, Gruniville, and fron San Antonio, everything is moving. I have arianged with Mr. Hayes, President of tie International to build the road from San Antonio to Larade and Mr. Eddy v/ho is looking after t e line from Fort Worth ar.d from Grenville is getting his work in hand. The work from Port worth to Denton so as to give the M. K. & T. a direct line to Port worth is in charge of Mr. washburn and he is getting the line under w y all right, and I would not be surprised to see him get his track laid down from Denton to rort worth by the time we are ready to send in material to Port north for the south. Un the New urleans Pacific, as soon as the weather will permit we will do a good deal of work. On account of heavy rains the country has been flooded with water; the bridging and the ties are out for twenty miles, and material will be plenty as soon as I am ready to lay it. I am now going to Galveston to have an interview with the Gulf Colorado and Santa Pe people who are anxious to see me. Prom thcK I will go to New Orleans and start work from Brilay Landing opposite 230 Baton Rou^e east, unless I made a trade with Whitney" for his 66 miles of read, if 1 do you may hear from'me by telegram. As it wi]a probably be a cash purchase, you will have to arrange to__furnish the money until I can make calles upon the American ImnrcvemGnt Com.pany to replace it. Immigration from the north is beginning to pour into this country, and 1 desire to impress upon you the importance of putting 'som.e first class northern man in the field who is used to that kind of work, both in the north and in isiurope; In the next year let us pour all the people we can into the state, how is the time to act, and the quicker you move in the matter the better it will be for all your interests in the south. I am, very truly yours, G, M. Dodge, - ■ President, 231 December, 1680, Jay Gould, 80 Broadway, N.Y. Dear Sir:- Galveston, Texas, ueceraber 28, 1880. I had an interview with the Gulf 0 & S. Pe. Koad. They are now completed to Batton 256 miles. North of Galveston 124 miles wouth of Pt. Worth. Their bonded debt is ^2,000 per mile. Of 7 bonds £28 mile 12,712,000 They had paid in on each anaddition -1,350,000 Total uost per mile to them 4,062,000 13750. The equipment is 9 locomotive 16 by 29 4 locomotives 15 by 22. 8 passenger cars Freight flat. The road is in good condition and is doing good business. I offered them cost in M.K. & T. bonds at par if they could lift their mortgage and give me the entire stock. The ;stock they contro 1 is about, v6000 per mile or 01,356,000. They having issued stock when full pai» and put into ro.ad. There contracts now out are for 13 locomotives 16 by 24 cost 08,250 4 15 by 22 lo passengers cars loo Box Cars 1^0 Flat c.ars 12000 tons iron 50 lbs to yard with fastenings,cost abort v2.00 per tone less than we are now paying, also 2,000,000 feet of lumber at a low price; all this we could use. Th y would take up my offer i believe if it were possible but they cannot control the bonds they are scattered and it would be impossible to ta'e them up. They asked me for a cash offer on the stocl: which I may make on my return from New Orleans. 1 believe i could buy the entire stock for ^5,000 per mile. That would make the road stand us.,, 17,000 and talce away all opposit on between Port worth and Bolton and give us the best through and local line the the state. Galveston will receive thic year 600,000 b^ler of cotton. I write this so that should I wire you you can have the facts before you. G. H. Dodge, December, 1880. J. T. Granger, Esq., 233 Irew Orleans, La, December 31, 1880 . 80 Brordw-y, N.Y. Dear Sir:- T^e Lena arrived in Galverton on the 29th ready for discharge on the 30th and no papers were there. I do not understand why the papers wore not sent. The demurrage every d.^y she lies waiting for us i^ from 40 to 45 per day. I cannot gather from your telegram wh^e the bills of lading are. They certainly have been sent either to us or Levis & Co. with the consular expense bill a tached; upi n them the duties are paid and the ship discharged. The original or duplicates which were sent to us or to Levis and Co. are the ones to forward to tsall Eutchinson & Co. our agents at Gaiveston. I suppose they come in duplicates one being given to our bankers abroad and one sent to us. The n'astbo Qrs is now due there and is expected every day. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. fa*-' ,1' https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/aa6c92458511e02efbec45580bd8a87b.pdf 44d616a54ad178d6db247fe304674118 PDF Text Text 237 New York City, Jany. 6th, 1881 iv:essrs. Drexel & Co., Phildelohia. Gentlemen: Referring to a conversation today with your Iv'.r. Drexel, I subnit the following statement and proposition: The Amierican Railway Improvement Company is a corporation with an actual subscribed capital of two millions of dollars about $6J0,000 of the original subscription having been made in Phildelphia. Mr. Thomas A. Scott taking for himself ■$200,000. The President of the Company is Gen'l. G. Ivi. Dodge, and the Vice President, James P. Scott, son of Col. Thos. A. Scott. This Imiprovement Co. have a contract to build the New Orleans Pacific Road, about 325 miles between Shreveoort, the easter/i term.inus of the Texas & Pacific Road and Mew Orleans, for which they are to receive $20,000. per m.ile of First Mortgage 6 per cen gold bonds, the entire issue authorized upon the property and ^20,000. per miile of Capital stock , as road shall be constructed and equipped and accepted by the railway Company. York has already comim.enced, and the line is being rapidly .prosecuted with the intention of completing the entire line within 12 or 14 mionths. The Iniprovement Co. have sold in advance by sub scription, $2,Ol/0,0..'0 . of these bonds, carrying 50/'^ bonus in New Orleans Pacific stock at the rate of 90jz^ on the dollar for the bonds, and these subscriptions are selling today at about 12^ premium. It is the intention of the parties in interest and prelir.inary steps have been taken by the Texas and Pacific Co. and will during the present month be taken by the stock holders of the New Orleanss Pacific, looking to a consolidation of the two properties into one corporation, making New Orleans practically the south-eastern terninus of the Texas & Pacific Road. Morgan'.s Louisiana Texas Railroad and steamship Comipany sometime since purchased from Frank M. Ames, Trustee of Joseph Seligman, Henry Morgan, Fdwin D. Morgan, Geo. Bliss and Harrison Durkey, purchasing committee for the N-w Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad bondholders, about 67 mdles of road extending from Westwego, opposite New Orleans, to Bayou Goula and this piece of road the Improveiient Co. are proposing to purchase and miake a part of the New Orleans Pacific line. The Morgan Co, have offered to sell this property fa' $12,000 per mile, say $800,000 in cash. The Improvement Co. desire to nake this pur-chase with tiie intention of putting the i-oad in goodcondition, to thoroughly equip it and turn it over to the railway Company, when it .ill become entitled to stock and bonds to be issued under the contract. As the subscriptions for teh two millions of bonds sold and for payments of share capital, can only be called ten per cent each 30 days,it will be necessary for the Improvement Co to borrow, teniporarily, the purchase price, say $800,000 and this they desire to do, offering as sec,.rity their own notes secured by $1200,000 of New Orleans Pncific bonds to be issued on the road as collater-al and security for the loan, the loan to be repaid in ten instalments, say $80,000. per month as the subscription instalments for the two millions of bonds already sold shall be collected monthly. Should you be willing to undertake this negotiation, will you have the goodness to advise me of the terms, rate of interest and commission for your services, and should you desire any further information, I should be very glad to furnish it. I know this transaction to be a perfectly legitimate one, and believe it to be a perfectly safe loan to make; for in addition to the collateral security, I think the Improvemjent Co., with its two millions of capital, abundantly able to provide for the n.onthly payments of the loan, without any difficulty. Yours very truly. Frank J. Bond, Vice President. New Orleans, La. 1381 Gay Gould, 80 Broadway, N.Y. Contracted with Morgan Road for line Westwego opposite Bew Irkeabs to Bayou Gould, sixty eight miles. Only difficulty has been traffic arrangement agreed upon sometime ago by T. & P. It is important for us to secure this line for reasons I cannot telegraph. It v;ill cost me a great deal more than I apid to build as good road on east side of river,. Have wired contract to bond with instructions as to payment . Please see that no default of payment is made if you approve the purchase . There is no question in ray mind. Contract is coiiBumated Jan. 15th because bonds now on road can be redeemed that day. hi go to Houston tonight. G. M. Dodge, J '"tr,. t, . Jan, 1861. 241 New Orleans, Jan. 5th, isBl. F. «. Dond, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. Whitney is firm on his letter to you. Have examined from here to aTchafalaya. oost of his road is about his figures for fifty-seven miles and about eisht thousand for ten miles. I offered ten per mile. Probably to build on east side of river will cost from ten to twelve without tei^minal facilities equipment and buildings. If I could trade for bonds could you manage to let me have T. ec P. Kio Grande bonds and hold New Orleans first mortgage until they are on board, or could you arrange loan for amount, giving N. 0 P. bonds as security, using assessments, taking up portions each month for ten months. G. M. Dodge, D. H. 1031. January, 1881. urleans, L S. Bond, Vice Pres. T & P. Ry. Co., Philadelphia, Pa, New urleans. L 243 a, January 8th 1881, Bea.r Sir:- The contract requires I shall be p» id total cost of first hundred miles. There can be no deductions. Have wired Granger and want an advance. The non-receiving of material for the front keeps me from laying track and the company must aid me in carrying my heavy expenses, we are continually out of ties, and seldom receive sufficient to lay a mile of J:,rack a day, Washburn wires me today "Am laying no track. Ho ties, ^ut o ties yestarday and the day before. Only 2i5 cars received yesterday and 22 day before. Very truly yours. G M. Dodge, President, 245 New York City, January 10, 1881, Resolved: By the Board of Directors of the International Railway Improvement Company that the President of this Company is hereby author ized to go forv/ard and make surveys and expenditures on t'le line of the concession in the Republic of Mexico, heretofore granted to this Company for the purpose of preserving the concession and developing the country until the said concession is transferred to the ne\ comp'iny, and that the expenditures heretofore made for this purpose are hereby authorised and approved. G. M, Dodge, A, H. Cale. , ; .41 January, 1861 Hew Orleans, La. January 10, 1881, James P. ^cott, Vice Pres. Am. Ry. Imp. Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:- I have been here some time and have finally got most of the work going to the west side of the Atchafalaga River, i let the Atchafalago bridge; the sub-sti"Uctxiro for ?|;40,000.00; the stiperstructure I am going to make of iron ,and have let that to Cofrode a a Saylor , whole bridge to be completed by July 1st, I think the bonds of the New Orleans Pacific should be sent on here, a million at a time, to be signed and returned to the Trustees, will you please see that this is done. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. January 11, 1881. 249 New Orleans, La. Januax^y llth, 1881. Jay Gould, 80 Broadway, N.Y. In purchasing Donaldson Road we got one hundred fifty acres with half mile river fron' opposite New Orleans, now valuable for terminal facilities; could be utilized also for barge line. No trouble for American Improvement Go. payA-ng for it. liay need little help for ten days until assessments are paid in. In conveyance to us thee e were no conditions as to traffic or anj'thing else and those that I agreed to are all in our favor. Wirth this, line in our hands we are masters of both sides of line and can complete my road New Udeans to Shreveport six months earlier. Don't let'purchase fail on account of any objections to traffice arrangement. G. M. Dodge. 1/2 rate 625 JWTJan. 1881. To All Officials San Antonio, J'exas, January 12th, 1881. In the Republic of Mexico; Gentlemen:- Maj. B. H . Wathon, Chief lin^ineer of the International surveys in Mexico will present this letter . The Railroad line he is seeking to obtain is for the extension of our lines terminating at or r.ear Earedo. There comple- "oed Railroads consist of the Missouri Pacific, Missouri Kansas and Texas iron liountain, Texas and Pacific, and the International and Grea northern, all of which are interested in the completion of a road to the T'exican Capital . They will complete the road to Laredo this year. Any aid or courtisies that you can give Major 77athen, personally or officially will be-highly appreciated by us, and we shall endeavor to reciprocate. Major Wathen has-full authority from us, and will make proper payment for escrots, guides, etc. we have the honor to be • Very respectfully your obt. servants. C S. Hayes Prest. International Railv/ay Co. G. M. Dodge Prest. International Ry. Imp, Co. 253 January, 1881., ^'260 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, Jan. 13th, 1881. Gen. G . M. Dodge. Dear Friend; Your letter in regard to the Life Insurance Policy, I received, and replied to it, but my brother qn calling at your office found you had left for Texas, ani would not return for some time. -^s you probably know my husbandfe death was very sudden and unexpected to me. I can hardly realize it such as loss to us all, just the time when children at their age need the care of a father. i feel it a great responsibility. i-e was always so kind and good, throughout his troubles and sickness 1 never heard him complain, and you know some thing of his trouble, hard enough feu:* a strong man to bear but to one in such poor health as h.e was, I do not see how he keptj up, only that he felt so confideht that he would regain his health and be better than ever for business. And I felt the same way, placing great confidence in his business abilityies, as .1 had every reason to, and it made my cares all the lighter, thinking it would soon be different with us. He used to say to the children, "if anything should ha ppen to me and anyone asked you who your father was? show them the little pamphlet I wrote, that will tell them." He would often say the trials his family had to endure were more distressing to him than his sickness. He looked upon you as the best and truest friend he ever had, and placed the greatest confidence in everything you said or done, and was careful to leave that impression on all his relatives and friends. Y'hat we have suffered for the past two years or more no one knows better than yourself, and you have done more to relieve it than any one living, and certainly no one appreciates it more than 1 do. I knew that you held this policy, exactly how I did not know, but in his condition of health it v/ould occur to me, knowing that it would be all that we would have to,depend upon. I said so to hirr,, le replied, "I could not wish it in safer hands, it will be nil right. Gen. Dodge dolit think that is any kind of security, iie advanced me money knowing that when I am able to attend to my business am capable of repaying him ten fold." All through his sickness and troubles there has nothing been so difficult to contend with as the supposed wealth of my father, Iv.r. Stillman. Tht t evidence others may have of it, certainly his family htve none, for it is only with the most severe economy my mother has been able to make ends meet. He has been informed of our circuDistances fron, tl;e beginning always a firm friend of my husbands and a kind father to me, if it could have been in his power to have helped us any more than he did, it would be a mystery no onecould solve. I felt the only thing I had in this world to look to to support n.y little family on was what I received from this policy. I know exactly how kind and liberal you have been to my husband and myself. and of course liberal with i must leave it all to you, and now as you can afi ord to be. I know you will be as You are a man that occupies a high position, and with great influence and wealth, wo.ild not dare to write to you in this wav. if I looked looked upon upon it light of a mere business transaction that occurs daily between men (shich of course it was in one sense). But it occurred as it did between old friends, boys together, families intimate. One power ful and prosperous, with everything that pertains to .happiness in this world. The other In his grave leaving a wife and little family to battle alone with the world, and I know you will do by me as you would be done by if the case were reversed. Hoping that yourself and family will alv/ays entertain toward us the same pleasant feelings and relations we have held so long. I remain. Sincerely yours, Mrs. ',V. S. Fairfield. #260 Fifth Ave. Jan. 1881. 255 Marsl:all, Texas, January 14, 1881, James P. bcott. Vice Prest. Am. Ry. Imp. Co, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear 8ir:- Please have the bonds taken up and the notes endorsed by Mr, Gould forwarded to Mr. h". B. wheelock, 2 Camp bt. New Orllean by February 5th so we can have the road turned over and trransfer made by the 10th. I am having the title examined and the deeds w ii be made to the N. 0. Pac. Ry, Mr. ".'hitney agrees to pay us interest on the bonds from Jan. 15th until we turn them over, Mr. Sheelock wants to be instructed to see the bonds cancelled and the mortgage properly annulled on the parishes. The contract forwarded to Mr, Bond wants to be signed and sealed by T. & P, and returned to is, ts. Wheelock, New Orleans, The weather is very bad,"rain, snow, sleet and cold altcniating , i a in hopes to see settled weather soon. I am. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President, American Ry. Imp, Co. New York City, January 14, 18G1. James P, Scott, Vice Prest. Philadelphia, Pa, Dear Sir:- I have today received letters from Mr, Greene in which he suggests laying track from Alexandria. No doubt he will talk to you about it when you get tliere. I see no advantage to be gained in it. It will oost us a great deal of money to get locomotives, cars, etc, and to start a new base ot Alexandria as soon as we need it. He writes m me he is crowding graders onto the work but that the storms down there are such that but very little progress has been made thus far and of course we can only get ready to push the work as soon as the elements will allov/. The work on the M. K. & T. extension from Fort Worth nortti seems to progress very well and fey will soon be able to make a rood showing there, ^ The ties from Le Compte to Atelafalaya need looking after, I hope you will go to New Orleans and have an interview with - Morse and come to a conclusion in regard to the boats we will need tere, I am still of opinion that cars on barges with a boat for the transfer of passenger cars would be best. However, I shall set aside my iud-'^ement in favor of those who have had more experience, " the Texas & Pacific is so blocked, I suppose that very little material is arriving at Shreveoort but I have nearly 100 miles of rail and fastei ings at Calveston. anything down there to push the work alonr nle-^se do so. The most important thing is to look after the gradinrr contracts and see that they keep a heavy force at work all the time. They should be heavy enou~h to take the first 20 miles out of the way within twenty or thirty days after they get to work. i."enLv or ■ -+ „ I notice what Messrs. Kite and Howard say about boats, y'hen you get to New Orleans please go with Mr. Morse and look at the Morgan arraLement. You will then be better able to tell exactly what we wanU Very truly yours, . G, M. Dodge, i President, January 14,1881. Jay Gould, ...0 Broadway, Hew York. Dear Sir:- 259 -:- Marshall, Texas January 14, 1881. The weather since 1 have been down here has been terrible, rain, snow, sleet, and thaw for a month, but have kept to work except when it was impossible on account of water. Af te^^xamining matters "in Hew urleans i saw the key to the situation wsfs'^est side of Mississippi . That if we expect to compete with roa^ in forth- west and California we must avoiiJ^cxpense of c^ssin^^ississippi River for all business going to domestic or foreign potit's. Again terminal facilities in heart of Hew Orleans for the business of 10,000 miles of road are not to be had while west side had them where we could concen rate our R. R. lines. Elevators, b rges, and all shipping and I bought that road cheap. The only thing I did rrot like was the traffic clause, but knowing the fate of all such things when both parties were not benefitedl worked to get it agreed outside- of deed which I accomplished;by going to the river at Baton Rouge we can give the capital of the state accommodations aiid make a good point to receive and deliver iip river freights. This requires only seven miles of a spur, and the whole distance. Baton Rouge to Hew Urieans isthrough solid plantation, and cut:: off all competition, which we certaMv woul;^ have if we left that G6 miles road out. Then with a crossing the Mississippi in the middle of our line, some one would have picked it up and built a competing line. I made the terms so that the Imp. Co. could meet them, and gave you as endorser, as that avoid ed putting up anysecurity on deferred p^ments. I cannot do much with Galveston and Santa Re people on exchange of stock, we can buy the road so it would cost us about vl7,000 per mile of c mpleted and equipped road. At San Antonio, I a ranged our work and closed all the contracts and strted our Mexican surveys. Sent ahead into Mexico and our agei t with letters for proper parties including the military author ities here to those in ?Texico and 1 believe we will get through, we have a very able man in charge of surveys, Maj. B. wathen. the best man i ever had on preliminary lines, Antonio I crossed by wagon 13 miles to tho International ine, and examined it to Atistin , The new road is very fine and expensive, but is desirable. Eighty niles has 19 truss bridges. Of all the roads in Texas, or in the soud^ the international is the best. As to condition its equiprent is limited, but it is never idle. It is 600 miles long and had only 800 cars; still htey have increased earnlgs and bio;t tje 80 miles; its management is the closest, most economical, and the best I have seen in the south. The road is clean, smooth, and has stood tJie rains remarlrably well and if any new arrangement is made Hayes and Hoxie want to be ' utilized. They will give us good results, and get out of our roeds whatever there is in them* 260 I go to t^hreveport and i-'ort worth today. Shall make out a final examination there and then return north. 0ur work is all moving well at all points and good weather will give us quid: results. Washburn is now all ready to commence trac k north of worth towards ^Denver. You do not waht'to come into this country until weather is settled and spring opens. ^ • . Very truly yours, * G. Yi. Dodge. January 18, 1881. 261 Port worth, Texas, January 18, 1881 Gov. J. C. Brown, Vice Prost. T. &; P. Ry, Marshall, Texas. Bear Sir:- I submit the account of cost of the first 100 miles as we have m de it up now. There 7/ill be the interest on the balance due us after deducuinr the bonds received on this 100 miles.from October 1st until date of paymei t. Also a final statement of cost of equip ment which cannot be calculated until our final payments are made. Please wire i*'. b. Bond to turn over to us the balance !ii;2,ei0,000 of bonds after deducting from that amount the bonds turned over to us on this 100 miles, i need these bonds immediately to meet the demands on us for p"yments now due. I submit the account subject to future alterations when we receive our final statement of cost, and when you have examined the account in detail if you wish to do so. All vouchers are in the hands of Mr. washburri, except the charges of New York office which are in that office. I am. Very respedtfully yours. G. M. ^odge. written on car . President. 263 t: January, 1881. Port Worth, Texas, January 18, 1881 Max hlser, Esq. Fort worth, Texas. Dear Sir: I accept yciir bid of seventy-five dollars per mile for telecraph line built complete behind the track but the line to be kept up to the front; and one hundred and twenty five miles built ahead of the tracK. Go to work iirimediately and build from Westv/er^o over the com pleted line sixty-eiyht miles to end of rack. Tlie balance to be built ahead of the track to the Atchafalgo River. From Shreveport south vie will build behind the track. The Cypress poles are to be of red cypress, inches at smaller end, fitted for cross arm. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodce, President, January 19, 1881 1881 Memorandtun. Memorandum of an agreement by and between Gen. G. M, Dodge of New York and John Sealy of Galveston made at Port worth January 19th, 1881. nitnesseth: That for certain purposes Gen'l. G. M. Dodge that upon the he will purchase all the stock of sum of eigiit cents on the dollar all the iron, spikes, fastenings, including two Rogers Pngines and on above contracts, provcded the on or before January 26th, 1881, on or before March 1st, 1881. 1 nrmed it is agreed on the part of representation made by Mr, Sealy the 0. G. & St Fe. R.R, for the of value, and assume and pay for material, and contracts for v/ork, two convict cars dov/ delivered sale can be consumated and th'~ road completed to Kelton All of which are based noon the statements of Mr. Sealy that the total issuance of stock Upon the road completed to Belton^from Galveston shall not exceed 1650 shares of 'I'lOO each, at par value and a mortgage bond of '12,000 per mile upon the said distance which is about 226 miles. And it is further understood that the donation promised by town of belton of C75,000 is to be collected bv G. M. Dodge, All of the facts and statements herein referred are to be examined and verified by R. S/ Hayes, and if not fotuid to be substan- .ti'-'lly correct the agroemci t is of no avail or moment. It being under stood that this instui*ment is intended as a porposition. G. M. Dodge, John Scaly, January, 1S81 2C7 Fort Worth, Texas, Jariuary 20, 1881 Jay Gould, Esq., 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: - I enclose you a memorandum agreemert that I made with Mr. Sedly He goes to Galveston to get his stockholders (some of them) to agree to it, and will then go to New York to turn over the stock. Mr. Hayes is to make a thorough examination and sec that the stateme: ts made to me and in the agrement are correct. T ere is no floating debt, the eariiings of the road as reported being 150,000 n6t on about 165 miles in six montlis. The road is thoroughly ballasted and in my opinion in very g., oa shape. At any rate it is a good thing for us that it is. v*e can get into Galveston six months sooner.than if we had built throi^gh. I did not think it was best to allow a few hundred'^dollars to part us. The issue was made to provide the money on last month's payments, and I gave them the money they have actually put into the road without interest. We get a subsidy of g75,000 out of Helton which will come with the purchase and some other minor things. The cost of the work which has been done north of nelton will be inside of C20,000, and I think nearly all of this we can use. The contracts on material that they have out and for rolling stock are very much lower than we car. contract for them now. It will probably made a difference of vl00,000 if not 200,00. Mr. Talmagt was here w'-.en I made the trade ai.d i consulted him and finally agreed as you see, and I have no doubt it will be carried out. Mr. "^ealy who controls the rood wei;t bade approving my proposition. As soon as 1 heo.f rom him I will let you know. When we take road there will be turned over to us the officers and Board of Directors. There are 13 of them. Seven of them will have to be made in Texas, we want to keep Mr. Sealy in, .and in addi tion put in Mr. Hayes and Mr. hoxie a d such other men as you mav select who are in our Interest in Texas. I am, very truly yours, 0 . M. Dodge, January, 1881. 2G9 CoToncll Bluffs, Iowa. January 25, 1881. E B. wheelock, Brest. N.O. Pac. Ry. Co. New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- When the bonds and money are sent on for the paym nt of the IT. 0. Pac. road, you wart to rmember that we are entitled to the interest on the bonds from Jan. 15th to Feb. loth, the time they are turned over, and you want to take complete possession of the road and then make a traffice arrangement for commercial business, only allow"rg the Morgan line to take off of the line anything that has been contracted for and delivered upon it. we are not to admit them to go on our line and contract for our timber, poles, etc., while we are building If it interferes with our track; if it does not I have no objection at present. The traffice arrangement Var.ts to be made for just so long a time as we handle the road, or until we are able to take it and run it ourselves; and we ought to get at least OlOO per day trackage. But before the trafficcarrangement is made hope to have some one who understands these ra-^tters thoroughly. Very truly yours, G. M. Bod e. President. . ■ ;-5 M: , vt' - ;(V- ■■■ 271 American Railway Imp. Co. New York Git;-., January 25, 1861. E. B, V/heelock, Esq., President New Orlean' Pacific Ry. Co., Mew .Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- Mr. C. P. Toenshoffer, Treasurer of this Company will today ship you, per Express, 250 M Bonds of Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Ry. a^nd steamship Co. ivith coupon July 1881 attached, which we purchased from him on the 14th inst. Please see that these Bonds are cancelled and the Mortgage property annulled in the parishes through which the road runs on which they own a mortgage, and that they are delivei^ed to the Messr, 'Vhitney & Co. as part of the pruchase price of the Bagon Gould Ro d according to the agreem nt of sale of the property to the American Ry. Improvement Co. I received your telegram of yesterday stating that you held Whitney & Co. agreement to accept cash on or before the 11th of Febru ary, in lieu of the notes for balance of payent as specified in the agree ent. I have not yet received anything from you as to when cash is to be paid. We would prefer to pay it here in New York. Very truly yours, James Scott. 273 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company New Orleans, Jany. 27, 1881 Gen'l. G.N. Dodge, Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago. Dear Sir: We held a meeting of our Board today and adjourned stockholder's meeting eill 24 proximo. I hold the proxies for a considerable ^lajority of the Stock to vote at the adjourned meeting. I enclose you copy of an ordinance which I will present to the council at the proper time. In regard ta the lots owned by Matthews, the dimensions of which I gave you in my telegram, is the river front of the Thalia Street or lower corner of the property already pruchased; and imtiediately in front of the seven lots owned by Mr. Ca'iipbell and Mr. Leary and one lot by Mr.. McCloskey for which they asked you will recollect '.|p2500 a lot, we offering $18J0. The lots of Mrs. Matthews are the same dimensions, with the riparian privileges,' which at present amount to 100 feet at low water in addition. The ownership of the Matthews property I consider particularly desirable, for the following reasons; riparian rights are not subject to expropriation ana the ownership of this property will 'Enable us to*buy the seven lots of Campbell and others at a fair price, else we can expropriate them. I have therefore concluded to submit to the terms demanded from which no deviation could be obtained, viz; $15,OOP - $5,000 of which cash and balance in 12 months with 6% interest privilege of anticipating payment less interest. I will do nothing further until Mr. Morse reaches here, in regard t© the running department of the Bayou Goula road. I have the promise from Whitney &. Co. of six box cars, one passenger car and a few flat cars for use say for two months, terms not yet agreed upon. I am confident,a small cheap running stem wheel boat can be chartered ,ith a crew by the month at a reason able rate, which would enable us to transact the commercial business of the line to the satisfaction of its patrons and I trust with profit to you. The weather for Last three or four days has been very fine and promises to so continue. I forwarded yesterday to the Trustees the third million of the oonds executed, and will send the fourth tomorrow or day after. My board today passed a resolution authorising Ke to sign any act of sale of any property you HiSy purchase in the name of the N. 0. Pacific Co. I understand from our attorneys, that they have all the papers to be prepared here for the Books and Morgan property ready. The acceptance of the Texas & Pacific to be signed by them is not yet to hand. Yours very truly, E. B. Wheelock, Prest. h -v" i pi.' . h" . p.t' y*" s t. ■ - I (jtD ■ h'ehruary 3d.IS6I 'Chicago, 111. ,?eb.3d.IS8I. :.:y dear General; I send you by Mr. Wheeler a copy of a look I have had printed giving much valuable information about Gonora Mejcico. As soon as I get maps printed I will send you a copy. The information it contains relative to re sources of the country, is entirely reliable, aside from its in the narrative of a 15 years roughing it.Only 10 copies have been printed so please keep this one for your own use. In regard to the pavement I wish to say that 'Alxeeler has done constant hard work to make a success of it. He has associated v^ith him,J.~. Smith, the largest and most successful pavement contractor in this city. Smith has the confidence of the city officials. Street railroad Companies, in fact, of the best men in the city. Last year he contrclled the paving of about, fifty miles of streets. Gy interesting Smith, V/hepler has made the strongest combination possible. Already 75000 yards of paving is secured by ordinances and contracts, justifying iimnediate erection of works. I feel so certain of success that I have taken an interest in it, and hope you will do all you can. to help getting the work fairly startI can't tell yet when I will be ordered- if moved at all. We still proy for the retirement pf Your friend, W. Myers . .iL- 277 February, 1881. Finance Comnilttee Senate Washington, Feby. 4, 1881. Dear Genl: I have yours of 2d inst. I ani glad you are back again, I did not get anything in the k. K. & T. extension as I did not know to whom to apiDly. I have $10,000 in the Cable Otock and 10,000 in Lackawanna extension but I have not paid any assessment on either. I wish you would call on Trevor and he will pay you the assessment on both. They stand in your name. hlease attend to this for me. I will take $10,000 in M. K. & T. extension if you think it a good thing. When will the remainder of the Telegraph Stock be issued? When it is please get it and hand it to Trevor, who will take care of it or sell it if you so advise. I do not now know when I can come to N. Y. I fear not till after March 4th. I want you to take care of these things for me as above until I come over. Be sure and call on Trevor for the assessments. When will you be in W. What Southwestern stocks do you aavise me to buy? Tell Trevor for me and he will buy. Yours truly. W. 3. Allison. New York, February 4, 1881, A, West, Esq., Cor. LaSalle & Monroe Sts, Chicago, Ills. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your letter anc note whet you say in relation to change of management of the building. The whole management of the buildin- is in my brother's hands, thou^a- he con sulted me before he made the change. They were not satisfied with its management.nor with the collection of the rents. I had supposed thet with; the room you were occupying in the build"ng you would cliarge the usual commissions for collections. It is possible and very probable -hat you may have given the matter more attention than an outsider might have done; bu syill I do not believe it is any more than should be required of an Agent. The greatest fault I have to find is that people were allowed to remain in the building wiio never paid their rents. You will remember that I spoke to you pers'^nally several times in relation to them. I have referred that part of your letter in relation to doing something in Mexico to Mr. R.S Hayes. I will tell you very frankly that if I can aid you in ti.is matter or in any other way, I am perfectly willing to do so. I have said to Mr. ?Iayes that if he could find any place to put you I would be very glad to have him give you a position. It will be sometime, l.owever, before we do anything more than make surveys in Mexico. My business is such and is so pressing upon mo, that my private matters I must leave entirely to my agents and whatever they deem best I must agree to or discharge them. I a;.I, Very truly yours, C. M. Dodge. New York, February 7, 1881, Frank Hatton, Esq., Burlington, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I have youi'S of January l?th which was Texas and from there here, a.ici; will account ans7,'erinG. I note what you say about L'r. Hastings forwarded to me i for tl.e delay in letter. any opportunity upon any of our roads to use him, will be glad to X notice also what you say about myself. The fact is I am so busy that iiy time is so mucj. occupied that I think of nothing else but matters connected v.'ith my business. The subject of politics and wj;at there is in the future hardly ever enter my mind nor do I know what is to be the upshot of matters. I have heard all kinds of storie since my return, but nothing reliable or definite. I was very much in hopes that Wilson -would go into the Cabinet if he wanted it, at any rate that Iowa would be given a representation. I understand Allison could have it If he wants it, but do not even know whether or not that is true. I suppose if A ""ison does not go in that "yilson -will. I shall be glad to hear from you at any time or to aid you in any way when I can do so, you know very -.'ell that I am always ready to do so. That ^art of your letter about not leeting you "warm up to us" is all in your eye. Very truly yours, C. U. Dodge. 283 New York, Feburary 7, 1881, Fred L. Ames, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir; Tnile I was absent I received from Mr. S. S. Montague, Chief engineer, Central Pacific R.R.Co., a letter requesting m- to obtain photographs of I.Ir. Cakes Ames and Mr. Oliver Ames. He desires them to use in the painting of a picture 8 x 12 representing the meeting of the two tracks at Promontory. Will you be kind enough to secure the photographs of ti^ese gentlemen and enclose them to me here. They would also like the photographs of any other Boston parties v/ho v/ere present at that time. P"ease be prompt in this matter as my absence has already caused considerable delay. -Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. a d' - , ■ . 1,, ■ ■ ■ ; ,.V. : w 285 Kev.' York City, February 7, 1881 R. S. Hayes, Esq., Pre St, Intl. & Gt. Nn. Ry. Go., Palesline, Texas. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of several letters from you relating to J/:exican affairs and also one of Feby. 2d enclosing requisition for material for San Antonio Division. I have a surplus of 40U cars now being built for Texas & Pacific under their specifications at Litchfield. Schroder & Ellery of Chicago are the.Agents and I propose to have these cars turned over to the extension as they will be delivered much sooner than you could other wise get them. I have alos arranged with Messrs W. C. Allison & Co. who are making cars for me in Philadelphia to give you 400 cars for your old road @ .'5440 each. They had contracted them with Mir. Barnes @ $460 but I made them come back tO my price; this will give you a considerable addition to your transportation within the next few days. I want you to get in communication with Messrs Scroder & Ellery 93 Dearborn St., Chicago and ascertain when they want an inspection then to take cars of them thus: 33ft. cars they are . to furnish according to .T & P. specifications. There are to be 200 flats & 2oO boxes. I understand that you have arranged with the C. & G.N. for the two 50ft. Gallows turn tables and the 25 hand and 25 push cars boarding train etc. which is all right. The 15000 tons steel rails with fastenings will come from Bethlehem. The balance of the material we will arrange for. The telegraph material has all been ordered and will soon be shipped. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 287 February, 1881. Office of KOORE, SKITH & CO., 240 Devonshire St. Boston, February 7th, 1881. Gen . G . Dodge , ^ Dear Sir: Although you have no doubt not heard froi; 0ie in any manner since your boyhood, I have taken the liberty of writing you. You will recollect my Father, Dr. George Osgood, of Danvers, who was your mother's family physician and very dear friend for years. Also ray sister Iwiss Sarah Ann Osgood whom as I have often heard say she was your first -chool teacher. ~I know my Father to the last of his life always felt your honored mother to be one of his best friends and always spoke of her as a very superior woman. N.y sister,who is now with me often speaks of you as one of her old scholars, and has watched your successful career with much interest and pride, and of your Parents as her stedfast friends. So much for the introduction, r. y object in writing you is in regards to a son of mine who is very anxious to make Railroads, or the business oi' them, his occupation. He is 23 years of age, has had an education at Harvard College, but having no desire for a profession he-started off last September on his own responsibility to Minneapolis. Although a total stranger their, he made tiie acquaintance of some gentleman and obtained a sit uation on the Minneapolis and St. Louis R. R. in the freight depart ment, where his duty has been, to get the accounts at the Flour^'ills and see to the shipping of it etc. In one mionth he had the full charge of it but has compensation there is very small, and the chance for advancement very little. He is very capable and energetic, willing to do. I write you in hopes that in your great business you miay liave some situation connected with soirie Rail Reading that you can speak a good word for hini and help him. I know a. man in your situation has numberless calls similar to this but if in memory of by gone days you can assist hiiii to some situation you will never have reas n to regret it for he is a "go-ahead Yankee" and strictly moral in every respect. I think it will not make any difference to him what part oi the U. States he was in only give hitii a chance. With much respect, I am Very truly yours, Mores E. Osgood. . S. You are aware it is very diflicult for a yoang man to advance un less he has somie friends to assist him. The Am. Ry. Imp. Co. Shreveport, La., February 8th, 1881 Gen'l. G.U. ^odge, Pres., 80 Broadway, New York, City. Dear Sir: Present condition of grading for 7c miles south of Shreveport renders it obvious that Road cannot be completed in time if left in the hands of the present contractors. I present to your consideration the accompanying proposition of A. J. Lane & Co., believing that our only remedy for existing state of affairs is Lhelaying of the track north and south from Alexandria. 55 miles of grading is now ready (or nearly so) north, and about as much south. The work is light and if even 70 or 80 males of well-surfaced track belaid on this extent, you will readily perceive the advantage of the arrangemient, especially when this is accom lished at no loss of tinie in the other Divisions. Whatever track is laid at Alexandria, be it more or less, is that miuch gained, the only loss is the small charge for transportation of iron and engine and cars to Alexandria, and this I believe Lane & Co. will pay. Jones Cowen & Knovvl~ ton I believe would be willing to surrender the Alexandria end of their contract and should make some abatement as that is their long haul. I have sounded theman..i they promise an answer in a few days. River in favorable condition and rising, men say it will stay up for three or four mionths . Steamboat I have invited bids for grading on this end from many contractors in all quarters stating p.rice etc. and whilst up to tliis date I have no replies still hope in as much as a favorable change in the weather may now be expected that miany more hands and teams will soon be added to the present force . N'y idea is to let all the contractors now on the work remain even though many of the contracts be expired, giving them the option of working along until the track shall reach their respective sections, putting on however new contractors whenever they can be obtained on any and all unoccupied miles. Shall spare no effort or device, but affairs I must confess are unpromising. We have just had the severest rain storm of the season, making it physically impossible to work, teams, Very truly yours, B. H . Greene, Chief Engineer. New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, Feby. 8, 1881 *Jen'l. G. II. Bodge, President, New York. Dear Sir: Ivessrs. C. T. Whitney & Go's, proposition to run the Donaldsonville road for 75 percent of the net earnings could not be entertained. Therefore I gave Lhera notice, that we would operate the road from the 10th inst. and ■ould run to and from their trains, transferring at the Junction. While I hope not to do this but to make arrangements to run over their track, it would be impossible to maice such arrangementsuntil they were thoroughly disabused of the idea of operating our end of the line; hence the notice. The Donaldsonville branch is of more value as an auxiliary in extending the line towards Shreveport then it is in a commercial sense, or for its revenue. result; Their proposition shows approximately the following Earnings estimated at $5,000 permonth. Gross for rent six months, Whitney c".: Co. agreeing to run the road for 75;^ of this, or ;53750 Leaving for Am. Ry. Impt. Co. $i250 Cost of tr:;ck repairing $1 per mile 68 miles, per day, or per month Leaving loss of, per month 2040 The expense of running their trains and handling the business comes out; and we were to keep up the track also, which would result in loss to us. To hire a boat would be a losing business at present. We can have our iron and material delivered at Westwego and transfer other business at Junction, if wt ha\e to. Full car loads would go through. Will endeavor to make the road pay. It would bi impracticable to have them run over our track anyway, without a telegraph line while we are running construction trains. Will advise you soon as we arrive at a conclusion. Will be ready to run on the 10th. 1st. I am in full accord with suggestions in your favor of the Yours respectfully, H. S.Morse, Supt. A telegraph pass over one or both lines would be a convenience, and "economical", if convenient to procure them. H. S M. The wire for the 125 miles of telegraph material has now arrived and is in store here. 293 , ii New York, Pebttuary 8, 1881. N. P. Dodge, Esq., Council BluBfs, Iowa. Dear Sir: I received your 'two letters today also read the article in the Nonpareil. I never stated to any Councilman that I considered the contract or ordnance a good one, as T never had seen it. The only statement I did make after I saw it was to Mr. Morgan in which I made pretty much the same criticis:; that you make in your letter, and I suggested to him that although the city had reserved in its contract no right to insepct, still that is a right tliey shoii.ld have as a party to the contract, and that whenever the works were built the city should put upon them an Inspector to see that they were properly built. ; t]:at Company agrees to give first-class water works and the city is as much a judge of v/hat a firsL-class water works system is as the contract-^rs. I believe to obtain reliable water works you have to be pretty liberal in your charter and at tlie sar e time guard the contract in sue a way that whatever you get is first-class in every particular. In my opinion, -he most serious change in the matter is the de duction of the pum.ping power one-half, which, to my mind, is a great mistake. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge New York, Peburary 9, 18G1. J. Blickensderfer, Jr., Esq., Chief Engineer U.P.Ry. Omalia, Neb. Co., Dear Sir:- Mr. Dillon requests me to write you in relation to the Denver, Utah, and Pacific R.P.. It is said that they propose to build a narrow gauge road to Boulder; thence up the Thompson through Estes Par k into the middle Park and thence down Uhite River. If this is their route, I have an idea that they pr-^pse to follow up one fork of the Thompson and cross from that to Trout Creek or South Fork Cache la Poudre, one of the tributaries of the Caciie la Poudre and thence across into the Lliddle Park, making two summits. This is the only route I know of by which they could get in theire north of Lcn 'd Peak. It would be very possible for them to get in south of Lon~'s by following up St. Vrains. Nr. Dillon is anxious-l.o ccupy the pass leading from Tr ut Ore; into Lliddle Park v/hich they would have to use, or at least to have that xountry thoroughly examined so to ascertain the possibilites of their getting through that v;ay. I went through there once, and it seems to me that I went up from the Thompson to Fall River and across from the South Park of Cache la Poudre and thence into the North Park. There are two good passes througii that way that are practicable for narrov/ guage roads, but ii is so long since I examined the country that I am not familiar enough with it to locate thern from memory and I have here none of my detailed maps or maps of recornoisance, but what should be done as soon as lible organize a reconnoiterheights, and v/ith pack it thoroughly developed. ing party with instruments sufficient to take heights, and v/ith pa mules and have that country and every pass iri it thoroughly develo Then we would 's^ow what to look for. I understand these people propose to reach the coal country in the north and Niddle Parks as well as the Boulder valley and to run through the mining districts of the Thompson and Fall Rivers. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. New York, Peburary 10, 1881. J. Biickensderfer, Jr., Chief Engineer U.P.R.R.Co., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: At the instance of k:r, Dillon, I yesterday wrote you a letter in regard to the proposed movements of the Denver, Utah and South Park Ry. Co. Since then I have seen some of their people and I am satisfied thct they intend to run their line from Denver up to the Boulder coalfields and thence take the high line narrow guage rout that Evans run years ago and re-examined two years since in opposition to the Cleark Lake line vfhich gets up into the mountains and follows it across the divide near the head of South Boulder at wliat is known as the Hogback, very near a point at whiath we once had a line over there. I think you are posted on all these surveys. It seems to me you are in a position to get plenty of information of their movements better than we are here. I am told that they are at work at points either on the Rawlston or Boulder- near their heads. Yours truly, C. M. Dodge. Nev. York City, February 10th, 1881 R. S. Hayes, Prest. I.&.G.N. Ry. Co., Palestine, Texas. Dear Sir: All the material contracted for goes directly from the mills to Mr. Talmage at St. Louis and is by him distributed to the different roads as needed. As I telegraphed you today , I have requested him to send directly to you b/l for that portion which goes to you and which I think he intends to do in all cases, unless possibly where shipments may have been diverted after having been consigned to you. You had better communicate vith him by letter in relation to the cars. After I returned here I found that I had more oars contracted for than I wanted to use, and suggested turning over these 400 to you because I could get them so much sooner than I could if I made new contracts. By doing this I gave up the contracts I intended for you turning them over to Mr. Barnes so that he could have them to put on the old roads thus giving you two early deliveries. It would have been just as agreeable to me to have contracted under your specifications as under those of the Texas Sc. Pacific, but I thought we had better take advantage of early deliveries. It is very hard to get any quick deliveries now. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. February lOth. I88I. 301 . '1'^ Council Blul'Is, Iowa February Io,I8SI. ^ Tear Gren; I am in receipt of your letter informing me v.'here you stand upon the water works contract, but which I will make no public use of except to cor rect any wrong impression that may be in the minds of those whom I may con verse with, I hope I am through with my newspaper comniunications, having ac complished what I set out for, which was to get the citizens waked up, he have Lyraan and Brewer at work looking up legal status of the ordinance. It was drawn to stick. The City^ Council are anxious to do what they can to cor rect these errors and omissions, at least those who were pressed into it and at next regular meeting we shallr go in with a petition and request a revis ion of this contract and also appeal to contractors, and hope in that way to accomplish something, for we believe the contractors will yield rather than l^have a continual warfare, \Ty last letter is in Wednesday's paper, Judson's statement of facts in regard to Cook's visit(on Saturday) the honpareil suppressed, it contained this clause; "During his(Cook'a) visit in my office which was on Saturday, Jany,2£/8I ^r. Cook said i'n substance that he did not re^s^rd it as a part of his professional business,, as Eng. for City, to unite with Water Go, and GJty Council in forming a new ordinance but that if City Council wished to submit it to him when it was before them for action, he would g-lve his opinion", Please read the editorial I pin to this letter in connection , with this suppressed letter.Tiie action of Nonpareil has hurt Chapman among the better class of citizens, Vorgan of the Globe has kept his columns free from any editorials since tne one he wrote in reply to Holmes, \'r. Baldwin eoii.e to talk with me yesterday, sent undoubtedly to pacify me. At same time bw\ : v'.aa outspoken in his way, about the manner it was passed and knew it was in interest of contractors for the first thing contractor done was to employ Geo. '.bright for one ye? r and he wrote the ordinance by agreement, bet them and "City Coimcil, Lut "he wpnts v,-ter at any pric6 /And I can see he will not object to tH.'.ing some stock in it. I wtote ^Tiller and lichardscn a letter calling attention to the dirt their local writer was throwing to Judge Casady and myself(we bet ing only persons v/ho have attacked the contract in papers) and'reqd a kind letter from Dr. Miller saying he was not aware that the articles reflected upon us arid would stop it. I also have an excei.lent letter from "Mr. Cook whom I have kept posted. The sale to Gguire of v/est part ofJilontgomery *s lot v/ill be closed today. Mr.l^ having sent' me deed. That leaves hipi'the tract adjoin ing your place and v/idth of street in front of your line, which-he holds at 2000 and riot likely to sell at that price very soon. I shall write to k know what way he desires to fix up the note referred to'in his letter to you as he simply requests me to put this money to his 'credit. Mother has an excellent girl and is bright and happy, have not seen her so well for 2 years N.r.h. , '.if' , V. .'V / „ r? ■ ' ■ ■ ■ • • », V . ■ I i >. ■ U:. ■ , ■ . .. / ^ ■ - I- ' ' - •• : sn '-.i ' ■ . • ' i J', thy s' f.v. , K . 't', . • 303 American Ry. Impt. Co. New York City. February 14th, 1881. B; H. Green, Ewq., Chief Engineer, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir; I am in receipt of yours of 16th. I do not see any advantage to be gained by commencing work at iMexrandria. In the first place 1 we have reith er the locomotives nor the cars for c-nsturction purposes and in the second place am afra.d to get anything afloat on Red River and the whole of it would be very costly. What we- had better do is, as soon as we get the grading out of the way to nut on an additional force of tracklayers from this end. There is no trouble there in laying two miles of track daily an by the time we would get well started at Alexandria with ties and other material we would probably be as far behind hand as we are at Shreveport. What you must do at Shreveport to cover the first 20 miles of that work and gew it out of the way as soon as the weather will permit and get your track started south from there at as early a. date as possible. We certainly must have some good weather soon . Very trrly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. 305 Kew York, February 15, 1081, Llr. N. P. Dod^e, Esq., Council Bluffs, lo-ja. Dear Kate: T'r. Hopkins of the water-works company has twice been here to see ?ir. Dillon and myself. He says he has no disposition to carr" out any contract that is not satisfactory to the citizens of Council Bluffs, and says that when he gets there he will call upon yoi^ and oth.ers vrho are not satisfied with the ordinance and tr" to make it satisfactory. He says also that he has no objection to t e citizens appointing any engineer they may desire to supervise the work and I think he has himself concluded that it is best to doulbe the pumping capacity of the wor"s. He sees the necessity for this in the amount of'water which will be required by the railroads. He asked me parti cularly in v/hat respect you and ySur'friends desired the ordinance changed. I think, in your place, I woi'ld have an interview ;ith the company before commencing any legal fight. So far as I can learn taey are a very responsible concern and are buildin'- tlie water works for thie purpose of making good their bonds and stock. I think the great difficulty is going to be in obtainin.'^ the water from the river. This is a problem whici: will be hard to solve. Very truly yours, G. It. Dodge. 307 New York Cit3^ Pebruarj'- 15, 1881. vA H. S. Morse, Esq.., Div. Supt. N. 0. P. Ry. Co., Kew Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I want the road bed put in fair condition so that when the buildinf^s are repaired and the rolling stock is on it it will be ready to turn over to the Railwajr Go. and I can get my pay upon it. I wrote to Mr. Barr about having the buildings repaired and P^i^ted, tanks the same and to make whatever little improvements we might need. I will also write him about getting up plans for ships at Vestwego so we could start work on them. I do not think we ou'-ht to spend more than ,.500 per mile on the completed road to put it in "-ood condition, though you know best. ?7hatever work is done upon it seems to |me should be by putting in good material, taking sand from the river ^or from places wiiere faere have been crevasses where the sand has lodred I have been told there are such places at several points on the road. Cannot you arrange with Whitney to let you assume all the contraats for ties along the road. I have your letter statin.^ the agree ments you have already mede witi: him which -re all ri 'ht. I tried to make the same arrangements when I ws there, but could not do it. Mr. James P. Bcott, Vice Prest. of this Co. will be in New Or leans ere long and will then consult with you in regard to the boat and will contract to have it built. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. Heiv York, Fetniary 15, 1881, J. Blickensderfer, Jr., Bsq., Chief Engineer U.P.By. Co., Cmaka, lieh. 1,'r. Dillon is anxious to have the Colorado Central R.R. extend ed into "the I.Iiddle Park. In a former day there was a r oute examined and run from Black Hawk across to the kiddle Boulder; thence^up that stream to the Hog-haclc and through the Hog-hack hy a tunnel into the Middle Park. I believe Mr. James A. Evans had something to do v/ita runnin- this li e but I am not certain; however, there is a feasible line to be obtained iy hugging the slopes and \7orking around. No doubt Mr. Dillon will .vrite you full instructions_in relaoicn to it. Mr. Sickels also examined the road when he was chief engineer. My recollection is tliat it ran up the Clear Pork to near its head; then swept back striking the Middle Boulder, about^opposite Carribon or Rawlings; thence working up the slopes of the Middle Boulder. If I remember aright, it was reported to be a cneap line at any rate, by putting an engineer in there you ca- soon develop what there is hhere This -would be right on the route, or on a portion of the route of the High line road which they contemplate building from Denver ^ I beieve is about as good a way for us to get into the Middle Pa . pr-^vided we go from the east base of the mounijaino. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 311 New York City February 16, 1881 R. S. Hayes, Esq., Vice President, Palestine, Texas. Dear Sir: In answer to your dispatch of yesterday as to what interest we have in the Corpus Christi line and the Palmer concession I replied that we had none whatever. We undertook to purchase the Corpus Christi road but found that Palmer was after it. The Mexican Central peo.^le are disposed to give us a very favorable connection at Durango, and the right to usetheir line into Mexico, and they state that they think there is no our getting a concession from Durango to Laredo. This -vould avoid any antagonism between Palmer and ourselves. I wired you to have Wathen look at the Durango route. In looking at it onthe map it seems to be almost a straight line until you strike the stream west of Salillo, where it bends to the west, working through the mountains in that direction. Of course I do not know how co:rect these maps are, but the indications are that we could follow out one of the forks of the Rio Salado and strike the head waters of the stream that heads southwest of the Sattillo and follaw dovn one of its westerly branches and striking in between the two lakes, thence on to Durango. wever, general instructions to Wathen will enable him to develop the best route through. I believe that as this route would be nearly the same, to or near Saltillo he might make the reconnoisance across to Durango before he went to Mexico and could post us out that route. If you can reach him and have him do it without detriment to his work that he has laid out, please have hin do so. Very truly yours. G . M . Dodge, President. 313 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, Feby. IGth, 1881 Gen'l. G. A'!. Dodge, President, 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your;:^ of the 9th inst relating chiefly to the tie mestion. In mine of the 6th I mentioned that the place could be bought at from ^30,000 to $40,000 though they asked ^45,000 at first, I concluded it could be. had for less. I have bought the place for the N. 0. Pacific for j):37,500. of which v3,0Q0 cash, balance in equal payments one, two, three, four and five ye. rs_with Qfo interest and option to discount paper at any tim.e. I therefore wired you I might desire to draw on you for v3,000. The timber lands will furnish 150,000 ties from small trees. I consider the ownership of this property will practically fix the price of ties and bridge timber in the future for the line. Should you decide to take this purchase within thirty days to your* account you can do so. In case you do not, the M. 0. P. will furnish timber at the stump at such price as Mr. Barr and myself may agree upon. I will mention for your information, that I can get the Citizens Bank to take bonds at par for the credit portion and perhaps the whole less the $500. Truly yours, E. B. ".'heelock. PreSt. An.erlcan Railway Iirioroveinent Company. N. 0. Feb. 16th, 1831 Gen. G.M. Dodge, Presdt., 80 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: As I wired you this morning we have bought the Gov. Roman plantation for the sum of thii'ty seven thousand five hundred dollars (^37,500). I disliked very much to do it as I supposed the Coust Co. w:;uld not care to own property of this kind and it does look as though we should be able to get all the ties necessary without buying property. We thought we had arranged to get our ties at five cents per tie for tim ber but where we undertook to-close the arrangement found the property was mortgaged and there was a question about the parties right to sell and our best offers oubside of th.is was from 8 to 13 cents per tie. It is estimated that the tie timber alone on the plantation bought will at a price of five cents per tie more than pay for the plantation. This of course can only be made available in the future operations of the road and Uv. Wheelock agrees to take the place for thes.N.O. P. R.R. and charge us a reasonable price for Lies or to let the Const Company take the property as you may desire. Besides the tie timber there is large amounts of large timber. IVr. Wheelock will write you all the particulars in regard to the matter. I wish you to understand that while I consider it a good investment for the N.O. P. R.R. it was only in self defense that I had anything to do with it for the Improvement Co. The terms are (^3000) three thousand dollars cash, ballance on one, two , tnree, lour, and five years with 6% interest, with the right for the company to discount the paper at any time it may so elect. Pochee will commence sending men and supplies to the work tomorrow and I see no reason why there should.be any difficulty in getting ties. I have a force of about 250 men, (company and contractors) at Atchafalaya. Expected to put on much larger force but the water has overflowed the swamp so that we can only work on the highest points.The man Muth who took the contract of grading south side of Atchafalaya has proved a failure having abandoned the work without moving a yard of earth, Adams Oconnell contractors for grading in the Fordoche loop have been run out by water. I have insi.ructed them to move their force to the Atchafalaya where we have about one mile of work that can be done at present stage of water. 3!6 ij-.-' // Should the river fall again will put on as heavy force as possible but it is only a waste of money to send men there when the ground is covered with water. There is about 9000 feet of the line between Bayou Goula and Placquemine under /ater from one to three feet. Dont know just how I will get over it but think I can nianage it in some way. Have been unable to get contractors fot the grading in Ohactaw and the water is in there now so they could do nothing if they were there. If we fail to get the grading at Ohactaw done in time then I propose to take any timber I find on the Right of '.Vay and drive two pile bents and get track over and fill in when the swamps are dry. I have no doubt that we will have to resort to all kinds of tem.porary ways to be able to get the track along as fast as you wish and if there is too much of this kind of work it might cost more than would be gained. Please give me an idea of howfar you would care Lo go rather than wait for low water so that I will have something to guide me in case the trouble comes. As the water.does not get too deep to drive piles yet it costs mioney to do it. Dodge & Downey are at work on Donaldsonville bridge and will have their drivers at work at other points in few days. I received plans of Atchafalaya Bridge from Cofrode and Gaylor few days ago and will send you plan of piers as • soon as finished. I have a draughtman at work on nap of Westwego property and will send.tracing as soon as complete. Will then put him to work on plan of Round house as you derected. Respy. yours, G. C. Barr, Div. Eng. American Railway Improvement Company. M. 0. Feb. 16th, 1881 Gen:G. M.Dodge, Presdt., 80 Broadway. Dear Sir: Herewith please find contract Putnam Tobias for Atchafalaya bridge.' I leave it to be signed by you as have been com;elled to work rather blindly and take Mr. Putnam's work for a great many things, as regards yours and his verbal agreement. As per tl:e original plan of bridge 200 ft. draw and 100 ft. spans, there wouLd have been 187 piles, total number. The change to 150 ft. spans maked it necessary to use more piles and I have agreed to pay him one dollar per ten ft. in work for all piles driven in excess of the 187 originally conteinolated. If there is nothing ranically wrong think it would* be best to overlook it as any missunderstanding now might delay the work. Mr. Putnam tells me he has given orders to n.ills for the lumber and that he has parties looking for the piles and also promises to get material on the groun^d asfast as possible. If you find contract 0. H. will you please sign and return to ne either the original or copy of same7 Respy. yours. C. C. Barr, Div. Eng . 319 'I New York City, February IStS., 1881 R. S. Hayes, Prest. I.&.G.N. Ry. Co., Palestine, Texas. Dear Sir: I wired you today in relation to having Wr. Wathen make his surveys airect to Durango. The Gould lines have I think made arrangement with the Mexican Central with a view to using their line from Durango or some point near it into the City of Mexico, which will only necessitate the building of a road from Laredo to Durango. The Mexican Central people are also going to examine the route from Eagle Pass straight through to Durango. In a day or two I shall send Ivr. Sweet, their Engineer, down to you with instructions. The idea is to develop all the country so as to see exactly the line that we want to take. It is a question whether we can get a concession to Laredo, but we are in hopes of doing so. With this view of the situation it would seem to me a good idea fro Wathen to be looking not only to Durango by the way of Monterey and Saltillo, but also for a line which .ould run as straight and direct as possible from Laredo to Durango which would leave out Monterey. This line we consider a much more feasible one than the one going via Monterey. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. New York, February 21, 1831. Nessrs. Polk and Ilubbell, Des L'oines, Iowa. Gentlemen I contracted ,vith Llessrs. Perkins and Choate for 2800 tons 35 lb. iron rail, 1000 tons deliverable in Llarcii and the balance in equal quantities in the months of April and hay ® L 6-15-6, C.I.F. New Orleans at four months prime bankers credit. After looking at your negotiations with tne , I found that if they insisted upon it, they could enforce their contract with you and I think it better to trade -vitii them than to buy of other parties and be liable to trouble in the future. Therefore I hac to pay a little more than I could buy the same iron for independently of any prior negotiations. These rails v/ill cost you from $46, to $48.50 in New Orleans. Freight from Ne'w Orleans to 3t. Louis will be $2.50 and from there to Des hoines you will have to arrange hereafter. , Very truly yours, G h. Dodge February 21, 1881. C. C. Barr, Division Supt. New Orleans, La. , ."i Dear Sir:- I ain in receipt of yours enclosin;^ Putnam's contract for Atchafalaca bridye. I shall sign contract and re turn it to you herewith, although" it is changed very materially from -my agreement with him. I supposed that that contract was drawn and signed whilst I wa-s down there ^nd I so instructed Mr, Greene. I do not want to put in spliced piles if I ca help it, and certainly I do not want a bridge to put upon a bent of spliced piles. There is but one thing to do in tliat country up to the work-- and that is to continually punch th-em, I hope as. soon as you get the road running to get into position by whiah w we aan push them into ■ .oing their work roperly -and in time; or at any rate be in a position where we can ride over them if they do not comply vith their contracts. In answer to your letter of the 16th I wired Mr. Wheelock to pay for the Rom in 1 nds inbonds at par i, he could do so but before we conclude to tal:o -it I would like you to figure how much more the land will cost us than if we paid stumpage on ties. I want to first complete the Road to Baton and do it as soon as practicable. I suppose Maj. Greene instructed you in relation to runnin';^ the lino up there and getting that work under contract ard completed to a point opposite Baton ' ouge at as early a date as possible a and I want to complete the Road to the Atchafalago so as to cross the bridge as scon as it is completed. There is nothing to be made in forcing that work except for that purpose . As I take it you have a clear field to opposite Eaton Rouge, and the quicker you can get the track in there and do business from there into New Orleans the better for the Road. In corssing the swamps you want to figure so that we can get over the bridge as soon as it is ready for us. I dislike very much to pile through theose swamps and then grade as it will make the cost of the work very heavy. Still if you cannot better itwe will have to do so, I have an idea that the waters will be very high this season; but before the snow goes they will r\an down so that we will have a chance to get in there. I have arranged to lease ground at 'Vestwego for an elevator and bonded v/arehouse, the elevator to be co^ structed so as to accommodate our barge line and also our cars, and when the parties get down there you and Mr. Morse want to agree upon the proper location and the nroper amount of giound to let them have. I should say that we ought to give it to them at the west end of the track where they have permanent water and where we can run back of the levee into it, and we will have a chance to swing out upon our own ground. The propose to put in an elevator there that will cost from five hundred thousand dollars to a million dolla rs. 334. I would like to hear from j^ou in relation to what you think is necessary to be done on the old road in the shape of buildincs, v/ater stations, etc. I want to get that work going so as to get my full nmuuiit of pay on the 68 miles of road, and also so that it can be examined by the U. f. Govt. and t';e land that we are entitled ta upon it given to us. But in these matters I do not want to cripple-your work west of Bayou Could. My idea is to push the work that we can do now and be ready as soon as the weather lets tip to crowd the rest of it out of tht way in a very short time. I am. afraid of the hot weather in these swamps, but I suppose we will have to take it. I suppose the grading from Baton Rouge down to the point of intersection is clear work that can be done at any time, and that the only difficulty between I'ayou Could and Baton .Rouge is the that you speak of that is now three feet under water." It is important to pet the telegraph line along that part of the road so that you can be in daily communication with all portions of _it. I do not know whsU Fouchie has done in regard to poles., .hut I .. suppose they are being get out. The wire is there and it should not take long to stretch it. If you cannot ret the poles seems to me that the wire could be temporarily drawn over trees until we could get in there and set the poles. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. ■ v.'.' t ■■ .fr < t' * - - I ^ »*' '' .' V'* 0 ■ •. V' . , -r • j . .• i ^ . H: ■ '■ 's ' 325 Ilew York City, New York.. February 22nd, 1881. C. C. Barr, Div. Sup't., New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- What do you think of the practicability of commencing track laying at Alexandria going toward the Atchafalago and toward 8hreveport? Havf you an idea that Putnam will get his bridge across the Atchafalaga so that we can push over it by the 1st of August? In his agreement h with me he was to have been on the ground driving piles before now. You wrote me that he has a man out looking for them. I v/ant you to say to Mr. Putnam for me very frankly that I have been written that in the interests of the Morgan linp from New Orleans to Alexandria he proposes to delay our bridge and to keep us out of New Orleans and to force us to run our busii ess vis. r,e Compte to New Orleans. A gentleman writes me this in whom I have considerable confidence and I give him fair notice of it. You yourself can judge of the -actions of Mr. Putnam whether he is doing all in his power to push this work. I met I'r. Putnam in New Orleans and do not believe any such charge. He struck me as being a square man and one who intended to do what he agreed to therefore I hpv paid no attention to this statement. As to shops at 'estwego; Ve want to nut in Division shops and our plans should be made as I wrote you heretofore so that they can be enlarged at any time. A 11 we want to put up at presort is sufficient to do our work whilst building. I tbink you had better build of wood. Order your machinery, as it ./ill take some time to get it. I think you should, if possible, find some assistant Engineer who is accustomed to this kind of work and put him at it so as to relieve yourself of tlie details. I think you nsed more help in the New Orleans office, say another draftsman, and probably an Asst. Engr as I want you to give your attention to pushing the work. Mr. Morse can prolably give you a good deal of aid in this matter. There is no question but that our ground at "estwego will all be taken up for terminal facilities and you want to consider this question in the placement of our shops. I have already written that there will ware°house^^^^ ^ within the next two months a large elevator and bonded Very truly yours. G. n. Dodge, President. U ^■9 7 i d ■ New York City, February 24, 1881 Gen'l. G. C. Auger, Dear Sir: San Antonio, Texas. This will introduce to you Iv'r. Claries A. Sweet, who goes to the Rio Grande to make surveys through a portion of country not covered by the work of Mr. Wathen. Will you be kind enough to give him wuch aid as you can consistantly extend and give him -such orders as he may need to avail him self of the order fr-om the headquarters of the Army, January 17th, 1881, allowing him to purchase supplies from the posts along the Rio Grande, and also give hiii any letters- to your post commanders along the border which you think would be of value to him. Very truly yours, G. M. Daige, President. 329 , 3 5T Hev^r York, Feburary 26, 1661. 1,'rs. , I. Fairfiold, 26C Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. ?.!y dear MadaLi:- I enclose here-.Tith ciieck for $1236 bein^]; balance after deduct ing uitiiout int-irest the amount of money .vhich I have advanced and of which I enclose statement. You will notice that the company deducted froLi the face of the policy the sum of $394 on account of difference in statement of I'r. Fairfield's age at tjie time the policy was taken out, and so given in proof of deatii. I enclose notes or receipts for the amounts advanced lir. Fairfield of which please acknowledge receipt and return receipt for the check sent you v/i ^h this. The Collatei'al redeemed from I.Ir. J. Alexander are here in our safe and we will make such disposition of them as you may desire. Very truly yours, r. Y. Dodge. ."iif !•( . 331 American Railway Improvement Company, N. 0. 2/26th, 1881 Gen . G. M . Dodge, Presdt., 80 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: Yours of 21st and 22nd to hand this day. I have seen Mr. Putnam and told him of the statements that had been made to you in regard to the delay of work in the interest of other parties. He says that it is entirely without foundation, that no such thing had ever been intimated to him, and that the idea had never intered his mind. He says in regard to the delay of getting started that it iS owing to the terrible condition of the roads. That it is impossible to get hauling done and that we are simply in the same fix as other parties, and as to your thinking he '.vould be at work driving at this tim.e you must have missunderstood him as he knew at the time that he could not get piles on the ground by this time. He says he has men at work now getting the piles and that he will arrange to have a drive ready to commence driving as soon; as the piles are out and that we can depend on having the Bridge ready by Aug. 1st and as miUCh sooner as he can do it. I think myself that Mr. Putnam has not been pushing the matter as he might but I iiave been "punching him up" and he has pron,ised that there should be no tinie lost. In regard to the splicing of piles I do not think it will be necessary in but few instances and in no case will it be necessary to splice an entire •st Sometimies in driving to such a depth a pile will "broom" or "mash" and it is necessary to cut off two or three feet to get a solid head to drive on and in such case it might be necessary to spike one or two piles in a pier. I put that clause in the contract so we would able to use our descretion in such cases. In i^egard to how much more the Remain place will cost us than if we paid stumipage on ties. We will probably, need from this end of the road about 250,000 ties. I think the stumpage would have cost us at least 8^ per tie had we depended on getting ties in this way possibly more and I thin,!; it would have been a source of delay in addition. We now have our tie force concentrated and I think can work it to m.uch better advantage. Fochee has force of tie men at work now,and expect to have a large force in few days,and don't anticipate any delay on that score. Elser has foreman here getting ready to commence work on telegraph line will get started.the coming week. Have about 1200 poles on line and force at work getting mor-e. 332 Hardeman is getting good force on grading at Bayou Goula and I do not think there will" be any delay between there and Baton Rouge unle^^s it is at the .point I wrote you of and I will get over this in some way. I did not understand until I received your letter that the v/ork was to be pushed to Baton Rouge but supposed the branch to Baton Rouge was an after consideration. I under stand the matter now and will arrange, accordingly. Have an Ass't. at work now locating the line. I am .xnforraed that we can depend on navigation to Alexandria until June 1st. I do not know anything about that part of the line or what the chances are for ties but if the ties can be had it seems to ne that the work should be pushed from that point as I am told the grading is all done and I can see nothing in the way outside of those two things. Ties and navigation. This is off of my i^iv. and I had not posted my self but since receiving your letter have made inquiries with the above result. ^ I send you by ty showing property and of pro.osed tracks. I location of yards,shop e you this as about my ide a suitable man for getti asking him to let me ha or six weeks. Have not some one else. express today tracing of IVestwego propertracks as they now are and also tracing have not had tin.e to give the proposed tc. the attention I wish and only give a of it. .1 have not been able to find ng up plans. I wired N'r . Washburn today ve (I/r. Hayne) his araughtsman for mionth heard from him. yet, will find him or I do not think it will be necessary to put up any station houses between N .C. and Donaldsonville except small houses for operators with small room for ware house. As every plantation will either have their freight deoivered on their plantation platform or else get it by river. The Donaldsonville Depot can be repaired so tla t it will answer every purpose. The section houses need repairing and repainting. The following I think will be about what is needed outside ofrepairs to old buildings 4 Depots 12 X 20 1 18 X 45 2 Aater Stations. 'Alien the weather gets in condition that track men can make any show then I .think there should be good section gangs put on and supplied with the necessary ties and the road can be put in condition to turn over in short time. It will be necessary also to put on gong of bridge men and let them overhaul the bridges of which there are a great number of small openings, many of them I think could be replaced with tile drains. 333 N. 0. 2/26/1881 Gen. G . . D . - 2 I am alraid we will be troubled to get labor to push ellof this work at once. Ha\e thought of wiring ^"r . Talmage as you suggested but think it much better to get acclimated lal.or if possible as I do not believe that labor brought here from the north at this time of the year would be able to stand the work, especially in the swamps. Dodge & Downey expected to ship two drivers to Chactaw last eve. They have been delayed with Donaldsonville bridge on account of mill overflowing and failing to get their tinber. They being dependent on one mill entirely for long lengths other mills not being able to saw it. They appear to be doing their best to push the work arid where men are trying I have hopes. swamp Water is reported about three- feet deep in Chactaw Very respy. yours, C. C. Barr, Div. Eng. P. 3.Have wrote Coventry & Price asking term etc. tracklaying machine. G . 0 . B • o 9 PT Texas and Pacific Railway Company, 275 South Fourth Street. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb'y. 28, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Prest. Am. Ry. Imp't. Co., New York, My dear General: I enclose with this, a letter of E. B. Wheelock, Pres't. dat! d Feb'y. 23, and enclosing Deputy Surveyor Albert G. Blanch; rd's cei tii'icate under date of 26th of Jan'y marking out a portion of land in the block bounded by Thalia, Terpsichore and Piele streets on the river front in New Orleans, that 7.'heelock has purchased from Mrs. Matthews for ^15,000., $5,000. cash and the balance, 'i?10,000., on one year's credit with 6;^ interest. This is quite an important purchase in my opinion as it secured to us the entire batture front between Thalia and Terpsichore streets. By referring to the map I gave you, you will see that in the purchase from the Brooks Estate there are 7 lots extending from Piele street through to water and numbering from Thalia St. 215 ft. front. It is directly ; the rear of this purchase. These 7 lots belonging to. Camp bell you know about, and I think should be acquired for our Co. either by purchase or expropriation. With these two purchases made I think we shall have the finest depot facilities on the Mississippi river of any of the Railroads terminating in New Orleans and at a not unreasonable cost. I have written Mr. Wheelock today that you will attend to this matter, as well as to the matter of p;;yra6nt for the Breoks property. Yours very truly, Frank J. Bond, Vice Pres't. 337 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company, New Orleans, La., March 1st, 1881 Gen'l. G.M. Dodge, President, New York. Dear Sir; If you have not fully decided to cross the river at Westwego, would call your attention to another route viz. to keep on west or right bank of river until opposite of the property you bought on the River front at foot of Thalia Street. This is just as good a place for freight and pass enger depot as any otherroad i.as here. Beside, a Union Passenger Depot can eventually be had at the foot of Canal Street, which we would then be prepared to reach. I believe you can save money by doing this and save the annoyance of city ordinances and police regulations incident to a line thr'ough a city. Getting the right to go through Thalia St. does not save us against damage and litigation froni each individual property holder. It will be expensive putting a track thr-ough Thalia St. which is narrow and has two bends that will require additional property. Business is on the River front. The property you have there, and can acquire is very desirable. By crossing opposite concentrates business. The property at Vestwego is also good property, anu the place for Division shops, yards etc. Much of the heavy freighting could be done at '.'estwego. The track on the west side of the river is through a good country and reached by several ferries; while coming in back of the city is through a swamp. Fifty miles of the Jackson road out of New Orleans is unproductive and covered with water. Nearly one half of our passengers get on and off at Gretna and pay the ferry charges to and from foot of Fackson Str-eet and save an hour in time over going by Morgan's ferry. I have not mentioned this to Mr. Wheelock nor any one but Mr. Barr, because if you desire to go on west side it would be better to keep up a show of crossing at Westwego until right of way is secured on west side. I believe parties will interest themselves enough to nearly get right of way on west side if we manage right. Let Mr. Wheelock get his ordinances through. It is the best aid we could have for the other side. No work has been done at Westwego, but what is required if we dont cross there. This should be kept pri vate and if you de..ire me to see what can be done, wilido it. Yours truly. H.L. Morse, Supt, Tex. & Pac. Ry. Co. 339 IVarshall, Texas, March 2, 1881 G. M. Dodge, Esq., Prest., American Ry. New York. Dear Sir: Imp. I spent Monday in Shreveport with Greene,Qhief Eng. The weather is good now and diging up the ground rapidly, and he should get his track laying forces at work next week. All of the grading contracts on first75 miles south of Shreveport expired yesterday, and having received notice froni Greene to that effect I have instructed him to continue pi-esent forces at work on terms of original contract and in addition put as many new men to work on any unoccupied miles in this distance not covered by the forces of old contractors; in arr'angeing. for such increased forces not to exceed prices of original contracts, but have terms made cash instead of half bonds, half cash. I saw while there the spikes received from Diamond State mills and also a test made of them. They are a very inferior spike to the Tredor make. I told Greene to use as many of them as possible, some oi' them being considerably better than others, but I think we will hrve to condemn 90% of them. I think a great mistake is being made in the ties we have directed Greene to purchase for this north end of the New Orleans Pacific line, and most strongly urge that you authorize him to increase the specifications to that of the first class ties of the Texas & Pacific Ry. Co., who are now getting out. 100,000 of cypress ties from Shreveport at .45/. Unless this is done I don't think the north end of the N. O.P. line can be miade a creditable piece of work, it will be next to impossible to keep up a track on such small ties as are being gotten out at the present time. I expect to leave here for New Orleans Monday or Tuesday next by river from Whreveport and will do what I can to hurry up matters at that end. Since change of tie loading train to southern division have had no' complaints from Abel. Yesterday he loaded 40 cars of ties, 18 of which were after dark, delivered 100 cars to him, of which he used the above. \ have not motive power inough to fire hiti two trains and he can't well get time enough to use more than 40 a day running one tiain. We are getting our own track up better with the iniproving weather and no eflort is bt ing spared to accommiodate the construction work. Yours truly, James P. Scott, Vice Prest., A.R.I.Co. 343 New York City, March 9, 1801. George F. Tyler, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa, Dear Sir:- The failure to lay track on the New Orleans Pacific Ry. caused by the extreme wet weather is making me pay for a large amount of material in advance of construction and as I am in need of money to pay for it and I would li' e to dispose of the 300 M New Orleans Pacific Bonds now held for me by the Fidelity if I could get a good price for them. I v/ould also sell 200 M. Texas Reos and I should be glad to have you advice me of the best bid you can get on them. I have an encouraging dispatch from Mr. Gould and party who are now in Texas. They are evidently very much pie sed with the country and the future of the states. Mr Gould wired me that the New Texas & Pacific road is the best -new road he has ever seen, v/hich of course is very gratifying. The new road from New Orleans to V/hitecastle is now earning considerable money and the officers there write very encouragingly of its business. I hope to push on to Baton Rouge just as soon'as we get weather in which we can work. They write me that prospects for good weather are now favorable. I have to commence tracklavino* from Shreveport south within a w.ek. " " The New Orleans i'acific Bonds will probably l e -uoted on the New York stock exchange tomorrow, the Governing committee "havinm decided to place them upon the list. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President. 345 New York City, I.Iarch 9, 1881. Messrs. McLenran & Holman, 94 Dearborn St., Chicago, Gentlemen;- I am in receipt of yours of July 26th and wired yoii today accept track laying machine on the Hew Orleans Pacific. I have written to Mr. C. C. Barr, our Division Engineer who is in charge of our work at New Orleans asking him to advise me which of your propositions he prefers to have me accept, but I wired jrou today so that you would get the machine ready and have a man on hand ready to start with it imnrdiately and be there ready to go to work by the fifth of April, next. As soon as I hear from him I will either buy the machine otitright and pay for the right to run it or else pay the v45 ger mile and half the wages of the man. You furnishing the machine and payin- half the wages of man to run it. Ties down there vary in size of face from 10 to 20 inches with an average of 12 inches so that runway should be large enough to carry a large 20" cypress tie nine feet long. Be sure that you send a good machine and a first class man who understands all its workings and is good machinist to keep it in rei^air, Iiet me hear f]^om you fully. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, Pros. 347 March, 1881. Office of James F. Wilson. Fairfield, Iowa, March 11, 1881. Dear Dodge: Your letter of the 5th inst. is just at hand. I wrote you a letter last week, but not knowing where to send it, I enclosed it in one to Painter, and requested him to forward it to you. You have doubtless received it before now, and know that I have gone into the Senatorial fight, ana mean to do all that can be done in it. I know that I must have a systematic organization and I am moving in that direction. I am doi.ng a vast amount of personal work in writing to. all quarters of the state. Replies are coming back promptly and the indications are first rate. I dont mean to overlook anybody, but I dont write letters in such cases, that I am afraid to have get out. Aside froiii this 1 shall have proper parties in the field to work up the localities. I can see that I have a big fight on my hands; but I dont mean that it shall fail for want of attention. I am weakest in just the point wherever you say you can help. Let me know what you can do in that matter. ( I have no doubt of the active co-operation -of both Allison ^ and Kirkwood. I will probably hear fi'om Clarkson tonight or to morrow. I must have him and the Register. Chapman, Anderson, Stone and others from the slope are in Washington. A letter from Allison today says he will see them and Ed. Russell and others. I mean to make the best fight I can,give it my unflaging attention, and all the energy I possess. Do all you can, and especially on the slope, and let me hear from you soon. Yours truly, James F. Wilson. m 349 March, 18S1. ,v'/.v' .New York Citjr, March 11, 1881 Notice of incorporation. Notice is hereby ^iven of the formation under the lawssof Colorado of a corporation under the nairif of the "Colorado & Texas Railway irnprovement company. J-ts .term of existance is twenty years; the amount of the Capital stock is two millions dolDars divided into 'shares of one _ hundred dollars each with power to increase the samie to ten millions of dollars. The principal place of busire ss of said corporation in Colorado is in the city of uenver, County of .Irraphahoe. The object for which he company is created is the repairing , building, constru cting and equipirg, under legislative authority and under contract of Railway and Telegraph lines and works of internal improvement with po er to purchase prop rty along the route and in the vicinity of such Railrcud and Telegr-ph lines, to lay out town plots and lease,sell, and convey the same, and.to purchase lease an" acquire the charter, rights, and franchises of any Railroad nridge, Ferry or Transporta tion company . It is provided by its charter that it may do btisiness in part and hoi corporate meetings beyond the limits of the 8ta'e of Colorado. Stockholde s are not individually liable for the debts of the corporation beyond their legal liability in respect of stock held by them. Its aff.'irs arc managed by a Board of not less than five directors . The first Board of c actors consists of the foil' ing persons:- i^odge, John DiHon, Russell Sage; Amos L, Hopkins. The officers of the corporation are as follows: President, C. M. Uodgo Vice Pres. A. L. Hopkins Sec; etarj' Frank w. P.aldwin Treasurer, Amos H. Calef. Dated this day of Au Domonie 1681. G. M. Dodge,President Frank W. Baldwin , Seci^etaiy. r "'liiaia i i 351 American Railway Improvement Company. New Orleans, K'arch 11th, 1881 Gen'1. G. U. Dodge, 80 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: A,. Hereeith please find two contracts: one with Clarey for grading Baton Rouge branch and one with Aymar for ties. As you will see, Aymar's contract is for 40^ which is quite a reduction from the prices asked before the plantation was bouglit. Don't think he will get out as many ties as he has contracted to*do, but every little will help and we will not depend on them until they are out. Since Mardi-Gras is oyer we are having better success getting labor and I hope now to get along without paying trans portation from a distance. There are any number of men here and it is nu trouble to pick up a gang of fifty or one hund red men, but after sending them to the work they do not stay. John Clarey issaid to be one of the best contractors in teh City and controls a considerable number of men, so that if we are not delayed at the swamp between Bayou Goula and Plaqueij.ines I think we will go into Baton Rouge "on time", notwithstanding the delay at Donaldsonville Bridge. Dodge & Downey have had a great deal of trouble getting timber for that Bridge and if I can cross by April 1st it will be os much as I expect. The long timber co Id only be furnished by one miill here and it was overflowed, the water putting out the fires and loosing ..heir best logs, so that D. & D. are not really to blame as they could not, of couxse, foresee such • accidents. Will try and make up lost time when vie do get started. Foucher reports his force getting out about 1000 ties per day and is sending mor-e men as fast as possible. I returned from the Atchafalaya Tuesday night, found that work all under water except about 1 mile, have about 200 men at work there, company and contractors. If the water rises 3 feet more it will cover this mile. Putnam is above looking after the getting of his piles etc. Also find herewith profile of Atchafalaya River, showing the soundings of 1877, also soundings just taken. There is quite a change and that not for the better. The last soundings were taken while the water was very high and consequently in a very swift current and I tliink probably it shows it in a little worse farm thatn actually exists, but am afraid the extra depth will compel us to alter plans of at least one of our piers. Should say pile foundation with frqme work on top but this would require low v.ater to make a workman like job. I suppose will have Lp govern ourselves according to circumstances when the time comes to do the work. I wired you last night that Westwego should be ex pressly stated in charter of Vessels loaded with iron, as one of the points that we have a right to unload at. The longshoremer have an Association here and will not work for less than four dollars per day and where ships get into trouble with them they soiietimes find difficulty in getting reloaded. Al though ti is really bette^r for ships to unload at Westwego, they claim that it is oniy a matter of av.comodation that they land there, and if at any time there should be a question rais ed they fall back on their dignity and say Westwego is not a usual place of delivery. I have a draughtsman at work on plans of piers for Atchafalaya Bridge and will send as soon ascomplete. Have, also, arranged for plans of niachine shop. I do not think there is any neceL>sity of immediate erection of machine shop as Nir. Morse tells me he cna have all the work we need during construction done by the Morgan people for much less than we can do it ourselves. Mr.Morse and I have been investigating a crossing opposite Thalia St. property, which he tells roe he has written you about. We both think it would be a miich better point than Westwego for the purpose. Should you agree with us, might we not want to put shops at" that point*? Yours Kespy., C. C. Barr, Div. Eng. - ^ v. i1 I . , n'lt March, 1681. Colorado Texas Railv/ay I provcr.er.t Co. Presidents Office, • 80 Broadway, Pew ^ork. March 11, 1881. rrank w. isaldwin, iDsq., Denver, Dear Sir: I hand you herewith two copies of the certificate of incorportion of the Colorado Texas Railway Improvement Co.duly signed and executed. Please file the same in the office of the Secretary of sta^e at Denver and in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the ocur'y of Arraphahoe, respectively paying whatever fees are necessary. I also enclose an unexecuted opy of'the certificate which you will please have certified by the Secretary of State and return to me. lou >/iii notice th-1 you are named as Secretary of the Co. Your com pensation in that capacity will be one hunfred dollrs ner -nnun in addition to your salaries from the American and international Corns, lour duties as Secretary will be similar in all respe ts to your' uties in the same capacity for the last named companies. Please similar to that you obtained for the International Co. ard have the same put upwith the other. i also enclose you for publication, formal notice of the oiqr-nization of this Co. and a notice that tac co. is ready to do business; these you will please have published in a weekly newspaper in Denver for three weeks of which you ■,vlll please sent me sevarcl copies as in fSmer c£L All necessary book fe te., will be furnished you and on vour sending me a statement of all expenses incurred by Jou in carryW out these instructions I will remit you the same. Very truly yours, G. M, Dodge, President. New York, March 12, 1881 N. P. Dodge, Esq., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dear Hate;- I have letters from yourself and Mr Phillips. I coul send nim out to BlPaso or s a salary, but if he got dovm he ..'ould not because I dent keep any sucn men in my emp There is but one thing for Uncle Jo: out to UlPaso or s Henry in regard to Nate ome other western point on dovm he .vould not last more than a month sucn men in my employ if I know it. thing for Uncle John to do and that is to put his foot right down and refuse to give liim money ob allow him to with draw it. I know it is a hard thing to do but it, is one that is necessary and it will teach Nate a lesson. Of course if Uncle Jovm desires to have him sent away, I will take him to Texas or out to New iiexico but so far as whiskey is conerend there-are no places in ti.e worla that are any worse, and the qi estion is, would he be willing to go there and take such a position as he could hold at sucii salai'y as he could get? It is a shame and an outrage that he Si.ould treat his father in the way h does and I regret it very much but if I was in Uncle Jolin's place, I would fix it so that he could not injui'e me while he was injuring himself. This I think is due to himself and -to his family. Very truly yours, G. IJ. Dodge. oGl March, 1881. Office of James F. Vilson. Fairfield, Iowa, March 12, 1881. Dear Dodge: J I had a letter from Ret Glarkson today. He does not fully commit himself for the reason that i^es Moines may have a local condidate. This of course means Kasson. But Ret said that as soon as he could talk the matter over with his brother he would write me again. You better reach him at once if you can. If ^es Moines does not have a candidate I believe Ret will be for me. His letter is entirely friendly. I must not be beaten now that 1 am in the field, and I promise you I will work. Help me in what ever way you can to make the start right. Yours truly, James F. ^Tilson, 363 Shreveport, La., March 14th, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, President , 80 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir: The original grading contractors are pretty well ex hausted from the long and expensive wet season, and as I have already informed you it was obvious that reinforcements had to come from other sources. Sincemy return here from New Orleans, I have been diligently seeking such help and as wired you on the 12th I expect large accessions of teams and hands in a few days. Morgan Jones & Co. at same prices paid present con tractors, agree to put on not less than 150 teams and probably 200 teams at once, il their agent who is now going over the line confirms my representation of the character of the material. I do not fear the cioeefet scrutiny and as the contract hinges on this point solely, I wired you as above. Carney, of Carney& Hart has gone to St. Louis to buy 40 additional teams, and I authorized him to ship 100 men, as the labor is not here,nor is it to be had in New Orleans. I asked for a shipment of hands from New Orleans a short time ago, and Mr. Wheelock wired me in reply, "^arr is wanting men here for Co. Work and c-nnot get them." wanting men With the teams and force Morgan Jones & Co. will add to those now on the line, which will be lapped over until the whole grading is finished, we can yet pull through to Lecomte by August and even to the Atchafalaya River, by laying track north and south from Alexandria. Your advertisement for transporting 10,000 tons iron from N. Orleans to Alexandria would indicate this to be your plan. As I fear the Atchafalaya Bridge and the adjacent embankments cannot be put up until the fall or low water sea son, this would seem to be the only plan to open the road for the fall business. Jones, Cowen A declined to surrender the Lane & Hazlehurst. That willing to give it up fro be accepted by L.& H. if through to the Atchafalay repair the old road bed f will bring a large negro finished. Knowlton after much delay and hesitation Alexandria end of their contract to is from Alexandria north. They are n. Alexandria to Lecomte, which will they can get the contract to lay a. They will also take the contract to rom Alexandria north and south, and force from a road in Florida just being They say thoy can probably comn.and 1,000 negroes, trained and organized rail-road hands. This is the kind of labor for the sumnisr months in this latitude, and especially in the alluvial district. I am to meet Mr. Scott in New Orleans on the 14th and Lane & Hazlehurst will also be there. Mr. Scott is of course more fully informed of your plans and views than I am, and I presume a contract with these parties will be entered into in N. Orleans, especially if they can satisfy him of their ability to throw a large negro for ce on the line. I fear Jones, 0. &. K. will resist any chanbe inthe size of the lies except at figures you would not entertain. On their fceturn will get proposition■1rom them and wire you. We have about a n.ile- and a half of track laid, and I have ordered boarding cars returned. After this, will be able to proceed without interruption, I hope, and vith a con stantly increasing force. We have engine "34" here for shifting purposes. I inclose report Diamond Stall Iron Go. spixes, as submitted by Material Agent. ' I hope the samples expressed you on the 3d have arrived. Very truly yours, ; B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer. 365 0. 0. B, New York City, March 15, 1881, Division Engineer, Mew Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of March llth. I am glad you begin to see daylight ahead. How mu-h difference is there between t' e sound ings you m de in 1881 and those made under Mr. Greene's directions in 1880, profiles of which I believe are on file in Mew Orleans Pacific office. I have ordered to be sent forward the three 100 ft. spans for the Atchafalaga River Bridge, and as soon as you get the piers in you can raise them. The pier which goes into the deeper soundings I suppose will have to be postponed until the water fails so that we can trestle on the pile foundation if necessary for us to do so. It is almost impossible to get 'Vestwego expressed in the charter parties of ships coming with our iron. I have cabled and wired about \ it and hope hereafter it will be done. It will take - little time but will eventually be accomplished. In mean time you must handle the ships I as best j''OU can. Those that come in loaded with iron for Alexandria you can unload rig t in the harbor on the barges. I have so far succeeded in turning 3500 ton Galveston rails to Rew Orleans for Alexandria. This makes a total of 8500 tons to arrive at New Orleans. Out of this vqu must hold enough to build your line across the Atchafalago River and to" reach Baton Rouga Ship the balance to Alexandria. "y idea about transferring freight at New Orleans is that if we conclude to go to Gretna opposite Thalia 'V. we would use there simply a ferry-boat for passengers and baggage, similar to that used by the Pennsylvania Co. here, and transfer all our freight going into the city by barges and tugs. We v/ould then load and make up our passenger train at '"retna and do all our freight business at 'Vestwego. '"e will probably have to have at first a roundhouse of five stalls at Vesturgo, and we will have to have our machine s' ips there, because we have the land there, and I do not svippose we could get oroper facilities a Gretna without great cost, which I do not care to incur" iust nov/. shall be ■--overned in this, however, by the arrangement which vou can make for getting to Gretna, and the amount of land that you can obtain there. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. 367.•: 3(> Y New York, March 15, 18G1. R. S. nontgoinery, Esq., Fort T^orth, Texas. Dear Slr-- I am in receipt of your two letters, March 9th from Gordon. 17e do not ourselves expect to do any work in Mexico. Tie expect the Mexican central, -wit,, whom v;e have arrangements to build all the roads, to connect v/ith us there. It is possible, however, that this may be changed, but at present tiiere are no indications of it. CPhe surveys I am making in Mexico are in their interests and iBor the purpose of developing the country for our own information. If we should ourselves do anything in tliat country there vrould be no difficulty about giving you a place there; but if we do not. we woul have to obtain it through Kickerson who no doubt would be glad to have you go there. I think, ho'wever, that it is better for* you to stay in Texas where you no;/ are for the present until matters get more definitely settled in Mexico and we know more fully and exactly what is to be done there. Tlrere is a great conflict of interests there and when or how they v/ill be settled no one car tell. Vei-y ti-'uly yours, G. M. Dodge. New York City, March 15th, 1881 E. Ml. Alvorcl, Esq., Internati"nal Ry. Imp. Co., Fort Worth, Texas. Dear Sir: I am. in i-eceipt of yours of March 10th with statements of material received by you up to the 25th February. The form in which they come is satisfactory, but I would suggest that when several days elapse on which no material is received you would note it upon the report next following such time- that is to say giving us a record either something or nothing for every day, so that we will know that no dates have been skipped or reports lost, or miscarried in the malls. Your understanding of the term "Bridge material" is correct. We do not care for report ofbridge timbers receiv ed. You need not use separate reports for reporting material received and forwarded and for track material and bridge and telegraph material. They can all go upon one report if you are careful to specify clearly wherethey are and give accurate descriptions. Very, truly yours, G. M. Dodge. President. \ 373 ..ia New York Cit,y, March 17th, 1881. n. Villard, Esq., Oregon Ry. & Navigation Co., Portland, Oregon Tet. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. Thomas B. Morris of San Francisco requesting me to -.vrite yau what I knov? in regard to himself and his ahilities, Mr. Morris was an engineer under me during the time in which I was building the Union Pacific R.R. was a very able and competent engineer, very reliable in everything he undertook. After leaving me hd went to the Northern Pacific and I believe that vrhile he was there an effort was made to displace him, but after investigating the matter thoroughly, Mr. Roberts wrote me a letter stating that he found Mr. Morris to be just as I had recommended him and that he was prepared to recommend him to any parties who desired his services. If you have any use for Mr. Morris in his profession in Oi'egon, or any business relations jvith hi:.., I am satisfies from his knowledge of t. e country and his ability his services would prove of great value to you. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. ' '.A -<■ • . • . • 'h' 375 ■- American Railway Improvement Company. New Orleans, J.iarch 18, 1881 Gen'1. G. M. ^odge, 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: On Karch 11th, 1 sent you profile of our crossing of Atchafalaya river, showing soundings taken in 1877 and also Feby. of this year, wliich shows a very great scour and from the notes of borings made during the past summer, 1 think the most of this scour must have been of recent date. 1 said nothing in my letler of above date as to my idea of the consequences likely to arise from the change, as 1 wished to get more infoririatio» on the subject before doing so. From the best information 1 canget, the quantity of water flowing through the Atchafalaya is yearly growing greater, on account of changes taking place at mouth of Red River. Taking these things all into consideration, 1 think we will run a great risk of losing our bridge if it is put up as has been arranged. 1 dislike very much to be compelled to give this as my view, as 1 know that it will seriously dis arrange your plans and tin t you do not like to hear it said, that anything cannot be done, but 1 have given this matter some attention and seriously believe t]:iat if we had the bridge com pleted today, as per our plans that the piers in main current would scour out in ten days time. Had we low water to work in 1 think Lhe scour might be overcome by mattresses, but of course it is idle to talk of doing that kind of work in high water. If the tatter was left with me 1 would say "arrange for crossing with ferry and take tiem to make a good job of the bridge." Please do not undeistand that there will, in my opinion be any trouble in doing the wor.c, on the contrary, L i'hink it can be done; but without artificial protection 1 do not believe it will stand. 1 have consulted with Nr. Greene and he agrees with me, that there is great danger. O P o«' b '■miA Mr. Putnam will be in New York latter part of next week and will see you. He reports his force making good head=.i, , way getting timber. Awaiting your views and instructions. Yours respectfully, C. C. Barr, Div. Eng. 377 New York City, March 18, 1881 Thomas Nickerson, Esq., Dear Sir: Boston, Mass. I am in receipt of yours of 15th inst. The delay in executing the contract comes froiri the inability to get the boards together. The Texas & Pacific Board will come to gether about April 12th, and the M. K. & T. board upon my return. The Interraational & Great Northern have been con sidering the matter and they object, very seriously to the contract from the fact that it does not confine the road to starting from the Rio Grande at Laredo. My understand ing was that the roacf \o lead to Laredo . They claim that that they have information from Mexico have applied for a concession from Eagle Pass. I think however that when they are satisfied in relation to making the connection at Laredo there will be very little difficulty in obtaining their signature to the contract. Will the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe sign the contract? Yours Truly, J. Gould. ■lb. 379 New York City, March 18, 1881 A. A.Talmadge, Esq. , St. Louis, Mo. Dear Sir: Reolying to your dispatch of 14th instant in relation to drafts accounts etc. make your drafts directly upon Mr. G. P. Morosini, Treasurer, sending to this office duplicates^ of all your vouchers upon which drafts are made, and which will offset such drafts, also sending me a monthly statement of your accounts, showing under different heads without going into details the cost under different heads of construction and equioment so that we can get into our "books the cost of each dividion of the road. I suppose your auditor keeps an account of construction.material,rolling stock, etc. and his condensed statement of these, each month are what we want to enter on our books. keeping the details in your office -«• we should them will ask you for them and if you send duplicate vouchers they should accompany this state ment Your drafts on Morosini are ample vouchers for his disbursments. I take it for granted that the accounts will be kept by divisions one being the line from Greenville to Mineola, another from Fort Worth south, and a third from San Antonio south. I enclose herewith a copy of the condensed state ment which comes to us from our Texas Office and which will give you some idea of what we want. You may not keep your books in exactly the same way, making perhaps some difference in headings of accounts, but Lhis will show you about what we want. "Very truly yours. G . M. Dodge President. 381 Iviarch, 1881. Office of Des Koines & 8t. Louis Kailroad Co. Des Koines, Karch 20th, 1881 Confidential. Dear General:. I have -your letter in regard to Wilson and the Senatorship. I have been so conference with the uolit I am not very well posted been making up since the heard, and from a daily i that it is going to be a and Gear, with the prospe finally. For thero will will have enough to elect busy in our railroad work, and so little in icians, sin'ce the Kirkwood withdrawal, thett up in the sentiment of the Ltate, as it has change of candidates. But from what I have nspection of the Gtate papers, I should say vei-y close and even fight, as between Wilson ct that some dark horse will carry it off be several candidates, and neither W. or G. Wilson unquestionably has the moot strength, as a general proposition. But he l:ias been really out of practical politics for several years, while Gear has not, and has had besides a position of power, and an unusual amount of patronage as Governor. He has, too, more activity than Wilson, and a close acquaintance with the politi cians of the Counties, who have a great deal more to do with Ltate politics than they did in your days here. Still I think W. bould be elected, if the right men, who have large personal acquaintance and influence with the local poli ticians, and who are good workers and wise managers, would take hold of his case and organize it and work it up. You know what that means, and how much of hard work it would include. I do not feel like going into such a fight all over - as i always do, if I go at all. Such fights mean more to newspaper men than to others, for they not only go into it themselves but ta.ce their property in with them. They have to bear the brunt of the fight while it is going on, and inlierit all the enmities after it is over. So I feel much disin clined to go into this one. f^esides all the candidates are our friends now, and Gear has always been, and voted for Dick three titiies for otate Printer. While I personally prefer Mlson, Dick personally and decidedly prefers Gear; and ^ would not want to carry the paper in to a fight against his wishes. Kasson, too, will be a candidate, and while would not ^ fight for him, local .interests would hardly allow us to fight him. So I am all at sea on the question, and feel inclined to keep out of the fight altogether. There is nothing in it to me at best, any more than to any otlierr citizen, and so I do not see why I should go into a hot fight, and miake a harder fight for a man than would make for himself - and be left in the end inherit all enmities, and share none of the profits. I feel like keeping out of such fights. The older I get the more We have made all the hardest fights in ^owa, and have always lost money by it. I am looking looking forward to no political honors, and want none, and therefore I can find no good 'excuse to give to myself for interfering in this fight between friends, and making another, man's baltles my own. Truly yours. J. 3. Clarkson. Maroh 2Ist. I88I« X IFairfield, Iowa March 21,1081 Dear Dodge; Yours of the IDth inst. was duly rec'd. I had a letter from J.T.B. He is all ri^t* I believe that I will hold your olu county against all comers, I have done a large amount of work already and am getting re-r turns from all sections of the state. I have some parties in the field quietly and will put some more. I am greatly encouraged with tiae looks of the field. A number of papers that I did not expect to come out for me have already done so.My work is going on quietly but effectibely and if I ca . keep it up I will win, and I have full' faith in it. Still 1 am going to work as though I felt positive doubt. That is I am not going to grov/ over confident. I have not heard anything farther from Clarkson. The Register remains non-committal, but gives me more nid and comfort.than anyone else. I hope that you oomaiunicated with I Saw John Y/Stone in Chicago last week. He was not prepared to commit himself. I tried to see Anderson but failed to do so. Can't you put John Y. ri^it? Do all you can in the Southwest particularly. I have the current with me in the Northeast and Southeast. I doubt if Gear has any strength in this District outside of his own county. I will draw on you this week for the amount named in your let ter. Yours truly, James F. Wilson. D.G. I wrote to Chapman some time ago, but he has not answered. He may bo from home. It will be stringer if he Joins the otlier dide. W. iBffiimi 385 American Railway Improvement Company. Copy New Orleans, Karch 21st, 1881 We, the undersigned, have carefully measured the distance from the end of the main track of the Rail-Road extending from "Westwego" to "White Castle" plantation, near Bayou Goula, the terminus of said track, and find it to be 67 miles and 4,755 Q/iO feet - 67,9007 miles. Signed H. W. W. Reynolds J. Kruttschnitt MV.A 387 statement The New Orleans Pacific Ry. Co, The Governing Cominittee of the New York Stock Exchange. Gentlemen:- ■^n addition to the statement heretofore filed, I respectfully sub mit the following: We asked to have placed upon your list the first mortgage "bonds upon sixty eight miles of completed road, from New Orleans to Bayou Goula at the rate of ^20,000 per mile. There is no other mortgage, lien , or claim of any kind upon the road. The New Orleans Pacific Ry. is located in the state of Loiaana, the main line extendin':' from New Orleans to Shreveport, 315 miles, with one branch, 15 miles long, to Baton Rouge, this bein- the only portion of the road now under contract or that we contemplate building. . The road is to be completed for its entire distance durina the year 1881 and the material, rolling stock, and equipment for a large por tion ot is is now in the State ^of Louisiana or enroute there via Galveston. * amount of the stock upon the road is ^20,000 per mile of which s,j1,124,000 has been issued. The 68 miles of road from Rev Orleans to Bayou Goula cost completed and equipped about 025,000 per mile. '''he equipment at present upon the road consists of 10 locomotives 200 freight cars. 6 passenger, baggage & express cars. Its terminal facilities at New Orleans, consist of three quarters of a mile upon the Mississippi river with 180 acres of land adjoining and in the city of New Orlca; s; at tlie foot of Thalea Street it has 1000 ft of river front two blocks deep with privileges j'or which this company has just paid C:i55,000. Fifty seven miles of the road have been operated for commercial business since February 10th, 1681 and its gross earnings from that date until -viarch lOth amount to seventy eight hundred and twenty five dollars. I'l'® New Orleans Pacific Ry. is an extension of the Texas & Pacific and forms part of thf~ turnk line between Ne - Orleans and San Francisco i an is owned and controlled by the Texas and Pacific interest. For the Nev Orleans Pacific Ry. G. M. Dodge. 389 New York City, ^'arch 23rd., 1881 J.M. Eddy, Supt. of Construction, Dear Sir: Fort Worth, Texas. I am in receipt of yours of March 17th. I think that line No. 2 is the one that should be adopted, especially if we can use it for that distance for the line going to Galveston, thus giving only one line for the International Road. I sometime ago wired Mr. Talmage in regard to making these sux'veys so that we coiild use the line from Fort Worth south, both for the San Antonio line and for the line which we propose to build to Galveston. I understand from your letter that a point of junction near Taylor will accomplish this. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President 391 New York City, March 23rd, 1881. E. B. Wheelcok, ■President IT. 0. Pac. Ry. Co. New Orleans, La. Dear Sir: I object very much to those iron-clad clauses in the various powers of Attorney which I have sent you. They are unusual; and never in all my experience have I had such things de-ianded of me. I have, however, signed the Shepard power, against the direct protest of. Judge Dillon. He says that such a clause in it was unnecessary, but I did it for the purpose of getting th( matter through and being done with it. Under direction of Judge Dillon I wrote to Mr. Morse insturctions in regard to signing it. If we should abandon that property now they could never again sell it for half the price we are giving them, and if they do not deed it to us very soon, I shall let it go and do nU ray business on the opposite side of the river, getting merely a point for a local station where we can deliver our local freight and passe ngers in New Orleans; putting in no tracks whatever or movinp- anv cars there. . " I have no doubt you are doing the best you can in the matter; but these people down there must learn that if they want to do business they must do it as other people do. The other powers of attorney are being prepared and will go forwoard tomorrow, I have made these in the iron-clad form, but before executing any notes under them would like to have these objectionable clauses o-mitted, if you can manage to do so. You are ^Tavin-^ very high water, and I am fearful that the lev^e may break in on us eomeTplace, but hope it will not. I take it for granted that you keep posted on the condition of the water above youty telegrams from St Louis. All the streams in the northwest are very high, and there is yet an immense body of water to come from them. Very tinaly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 393 Nev/ York City, March 23rd, 1881. C. C. Barr, Division Engineer, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of March 18th. If you abandon the plan of piers that you heretofore intended putting in what plan would you use for the Atchafalaya River Bridge. V/ould you put in columns? How are you going to get rid of the Putnam contract? I made this contract on the soundings that were shown me, and upon Mr. Greene's statements that there was no danger in putting in wooden piers. He claiminr that they would stand there if they would on the Mobile Road where the piles were longer. If it were necessary we could wait and work during low water and put in pile foundation and trestles on top. Is that your view? Ti^y idea originally was to put in iron columns there, but I gave up my judgement in favor of the judgement of the people v/ho were loca there, and upon Mr. Greene's statements in the matter and upon the sound* ings shown me, whicn certainly if they are correct should not scour. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President, New York City, March 24, 1881. C' 0. Barr, Division Engineer, New Orleans, la. Dear Sir:- As I wired you today I have asked Mr. Hayes & Mr. 'Vashburn to go to New Orleans and go with you to the Atchafalaya River to decide upon the plan of piers we put in there. I am very much disappointed in the way tliese things have turned out. I do not see how it is possible, on the borings, for t^c river to scour twenty feet in hard clay, and tbat is what is'shown at the deepest points by the soundings which fAr. Greene had m~ade. Perhaps you can use pile piers on a portion of the bridge, even if you put iron columns in h the deepest part of the river. 'Vhen Mr. 'Vashbran, Mr. Hayes, a:,d yourself get together t -want you to decide this question and I will be governed by that decision fwhatever it may be. You vill have to take into consideration the fact that we have a contract with Mr. Putnam and sec how we can relieve ourse] of* 11 • 1 ^ "^Tiile Mr. Hayes & Mr. 'Vashburn are with you I want them alsn in Mr. Morse. M the If question there is of anything terminal else facilities upon which about you which desire I to have consult^ wvittan them do so freely and they will ;'ive you the benefit of their advice. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 897 #8C Broadway, New York, IJarch 24, 18c 1. Kon, Jonathan Evans, Denver, Colorado. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of I'arch 19th. 'Ve are going on to build the Fort '.Vorth & denver R.R. in accordance v/ith our original plans, and have formed the Construction Company for that purpose. I am getting the material and everything ready to commence building as soon as ;ve complete our road from "Jhitesboro to Fort 77orth. I am ready now just as I was before to go into an agreement -.vith you for a connection and to make a through line of it; or for a con solidation, whichever may be deemed best. I have not in any way changed my views kibout the matter. We propose to occupy the Pan-handle for the protection of our Y. E. !c T. and Texas & Pacific roads and of course would be glad to get a connection with a through line to Denver. Mr. Gould seems to think the~better plan is for you to build down to some point and e build up to meet you. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. S7C ■H^QQ Broadway, New York, Llarch 24, 1881. G. S. Runnels, Esq., Bes Lloines, Iov;a. Dear Sir: I enclooe hei-evvitl. a contract duly executed. The delay has "been caused hy the injury that Mr. Huinphreys received in St. Louis and his inability to give any attention to it until yesterday. You will notice that the contract is drawn a little differently from that which you left but it is substantially the same. An engineer should be put on immediately and I think I had better consult with one of two or three that have been i^ecommended to me, unless you have a goon man on tiie ground. I have purcnased about 60 miles of iron, miles of which can go upon that line. I have also purchased spike and fastenings enough to cover the line. The reat diffic-'lty is going to be ir. obtaining locomotives. I do not see vn.ere we are going to get any of them before winter, even if then. The only .hing to do is to try io find some manufacturer who ias room enough to build them. I can get tiie cars wnenever we are ready for them. I have a prospect of obtaining some narrow guage equipment in Delphi, Ind., and today telegraphed Mr. Polk asking him to send his superintendent there to examine it and make me a written report. Ttis contract should be executed in duplicate and signed by both parties thereto and I will have aiiother copy made and sent you for your signature in the course of a day or two. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodgg, President. New York City, March 24th, 1881 J. M . Eddy, Supt. of Construction, Fort 'iVorth, Texas. Dear Sir: I, an; in receipt of yours of March 19th. I will shortly send you, for execution, a copy of the contract between your Company and the Colorado & Texas Railway Con struction Company. There will be no difficulty in making an arrangement Lo run over any portion of the M. K.& T. line which you may desire to use north of Fort Worth. I have a letter from Gov. Evans in which he takes pretty high ground- he says he supposed from the organization of the Construction Co. that we do not want to have anything further to do with him. I wrote him telling him that the contrary was the case; and told him that we were ready to con solidate with him or agree upon territory. Of course we do not want to commence building a road from Denver south. That is not to our interest. We want to build from Fort Worth north. As to the Santa Fe people, by the time you get your road built into Galveston I do not think their property will amount to any great sum, and they will not be as fierce to build into the Pan Handle as they now are. You should work'up your local subsidies upon the line to Decatur as rapidly as possible, for I will put a portion of it under contract before very long. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 403 ■hl-L New York City, March 25, 1881, Dear H. M. Pusey, Esq., CoTincil Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of March 20th in regard to the Edison electid light. I enclose herewith a slip from this morning's Herald, which '.vill give you considerable information in regard to it. I tele graphed you this morning that I had no doubt that we would obtain the concession for Council Bluffs, but that it might'be some little time before it was finally settled. The Edison Company will not under any circumstances give the franchise for any city to any Gas Company because it would be to the latter company's interest to suppress the electric light. This programme has.been made and requires the organization of a stock company in each city to whom exclusive right to manufacture the light is given; the present company furnishing the lamps arid machines at cost and taking pay in stock for the patent rights, and in cash for the mechanisms, Tjie light is now in operation here in the city at the Company's office and lit up every night. A large district has been mapped ou!:, in the vicinity of V7all St. and .ires are being run throu. -h the houses here. Poimission has been given by the city to the company to lay their connecting mains through the street, and it v/ill take about two months for the first station here to be completed and in operation. It requires a station to every mile; that is, a half mile radius is the extent to v;hich the current can be transmitted economically and each station is entirely independent of every other station. Your plant for Council Bluffs will probably not cost over ^40,000. It consists mainly of engines and boilers, the wire to be run through the streets and the generating machines are tlie least expensive portion of it. The present gas fixtures through the iiouses can be retained and a wire run alongside of them and the electric light burned from the same chandeliers as we now burn gas. The allotment of territory will not be finally made until the station here in this city is complete as a model :;tation which will be Mthin the next two months. Until that statio is completed any one the light in operation here at company s office Ave. and can there see just wiiat tl^e light is. The company will require the llP"ht to bo sold at the same price as gas; their profit and tlie profit to the local company being regolated by the ability to collect tolls from the public. A large saving in the light is for the benefit of th the public; the public gets and fire, and of a su lerior Mr. Ediscn has given tliat I will get tlie control application and in a few da; efit of e people owning the Company and not for ic gets its advantage by '^etting a light wlth'^ut heat u lerior quality. s given me such assurances that I have no doubt but control for Council Bluffs. I added my name Lo your few days will see uim in reference to getting local franchises there until ."hich time we had better not say anything to anybody in regard to it. Tri'.ly, G. M. Dodge. 4G5 New York City, March 26th, 1881 R. S. Hayes, Prest. I & G. N. Ky. Co., Palestine, Texas. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your several letters enclosing others from Wathen, and also yours of March 21th showing what Palmer is doing. This Mexican business is in a general muddle. Palmer is now desirous of making a trade with us and putting down a third rail taking our business at Laredo. This plan I am in favor of. We propose to run our cars over his road, using narrow gauge power; but we do not relax any of our efforts to get information of the country, or concession,if necessary. I am satisfied that we can get a concession if we desire it, and it will be given for your Company. Mr. Pearsall is looking after this matter and no doubt keeps you posted. Gen'l. Grant will leave here Monday next for Mexico, and we expect that after he gets there we will get a better insight into the affairs of that country. We have also made an agreement with Hickerson who proposes to build a branch across to meet us, so that we think between the two we will get some favorable connection and avoid building any road ourselves whic is undoubtedly the better plan for us. They are putting altogether too many railroads in Rexas, and one of these days the trunk lines will be able to buy a great many of them very cheaply. I am in hopes of closing up all ours during the pres ent year. Palmer has purchased the Corpus Christi line and the line which you raintion as running from Houston is in his interest You wired me yesterday in relation to locomotives, and I replied that Mr. Talmage was looking after them. He proposes to furnish the motive power for the extensions. It is im possible for me to contract for any locomotives to be delivered daring this year. I am watching all the shops, and if I find any contractor who drops out, or any locomotive for sale, I propose to pick them up; but as for contracting to have any delivered this year it is at present absoliitely impossible. Very truly yours, G. M . Dodge, President. 407 Confidential. A. A. Taimage, Esq., General t'anager, St. Louis, Mo. New York City, March 26, 1881 Dear Sir: In the course of 60 or 90 days I want to move some material to El Paso, with which to build from there east. When you meet Strong I-wish you would see if you can make any arrangement with him for a through ratefhom St. Louis to Es Pase, and ascertain if you can ab ,)ut what time he will be there. I want you to make it for yourself and get a rate on through business by which you can handle our mater ial under your own bills You understnad what is wanted. please go at it yoior own way and oblige. Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge, President. 409 ■yi'.'i ■ // New York City, March 26th, 1881 A. A. Talmage, General Manager, St. Louis , Mo. Dear Sir: I'had a long letter irom Mr. Eddy in relation to the joint arrangements at Fort Worth. The agreement with the Texas & Pacific, which I am now getting putin writing, gives us an equal right from Whitesboro to Fort Worth, with the ad vantages of an equal rithe in the terminal facilities so far as they relate to that road; and I held that we have just as much voice in what those terminal facilitiesshall be as the Texas and Pacific, and while it is best not to antagonize them still if there is any disposition to withhold from us the rights to which we are entitled, I will endeavor Lo settle the matter here, but I prefer that you-should do it with Gov. Brown and Mr. Noble I have no doube that you can do it much better than it can be done here. I myself do not exactly understand what is wanted. You do. Mr. Eddy seems to think that they are not going to give us the rights to which we are entitled and informs me that he has written you fully upon the subject. I write this merely to show you what my understanding with the Texas & Pacific is. Mr. Eddy in his letter uses the following language: "The way matters in regard to tracks etc. are being handled in Fort Worth yards and the sidings to the Compress and connections with Texrs & Pacific being planned, it looks as if the Texas A Pacific owned the Santa Fe, or at least were giving them rights which are denied to the Missouri Pacifi c." I cannot doubt that the interest of the Texas &■. Pacific is to give us every advantage there that it is possible, but you have been on the ground since I have and understand the matter a great deal better than I dc , and I shall have to leave it to you to decide unless you require our help in the case . Please write me. Very truly yours. G . M . Dodge, President. 411 'i American Railway Improvement Company New Orleans, 26th March, 1881 Dear M. Sodge, President, 80 Broadway, New York. I returned from trip over line to Baton Rouge last evening. The grading between Bayou Goula and Baton Rouge is now progressing favorably. Both Contractors liave good forces and I think there will be no delay in the grading on dry ground. In the overflowed ground back of Bayou Goula the work is not progressing as rapidly as could be desired owing to the dif ficulty of getting men to work in the water. We are offering inducements in the way of several jiggers of whickey per day, which I think will expedite the AOj^k. Dodge and Downey appear to have a great many delays. As I wroLe you, they were delayed in gettingtimber and never succeeded in getting the last of same for Donaldsonville Bridge until three days since. Downey was here a few minutes ago and promised to go to the Bridge to morrow and give it his personal attention and work as a any men as possible until we can cross trains, which he thinks will be in two weeks. Were it not that they appear to be working so hard I should be out of patience with them. They have sent two drivers to Choctaw and one to Bayou Goula and arranging for another at Bayou Goula, all steam, also, are arranging for two or three small drivers. Although they have been a long time getting started, I still have hopes of them, as it appears to be more bad luck than bad uanagement. Mr. Terr-y, the party getting out the piles for them, reports good success and this is encouraging as we can always push the driving provided we have the timber. Elser is at work and expects to have poles all set from Donaldsonville to Westwego by 1st day of April. We are not getting out ties as fast as I wo ild like, on account of labor our force in that dep't is but little larger than when I last wrote, say 140 to 150 men, the water is quite cold in swamps yet and n.en do not like to go into it. We are doing all in our power to obtain them and I think will succeed. Have par tially arranged with Mr. Lane, of the firm of Lane and Hazlehurst, to send us 100 "Swampers" from Georgia. Mr. Wheelock telLs me he sent you Copy of agreement with citizens of Baton Rouge regarding terminal facilities there. We are having c.nsiderable opposition from the planters on that line about Right of Way. Had the following message from the Asst. "^ngr. a few n.inutes since. "Baton Rouge, 26th. C. 0. Barr: Anti-Rail Roadists appointed comi^lit tee with Kr. Laws as head to oppose present location. They would prefer it even to run between levee and Lneir improvements on River front. (Signed) P. Whitty, Ass't. Engr." The trouble is th^ y want us to run our line back of their plant ations along edge of swamp where it will take 5ft. bank and act as a levee for them. This, besides the extra work, would put us so far back that we never could hope to get any of the business along the line, and as for running between river adn their umprovements I c nsider it entirely impracticable, for while it would please a few, it would dis.jlease many more who are now favorably disposed. I have had new blanks printed for report of material (duplicates of those used in Shreveport) and I think the reed. & forwd. agt. understands what is wanted. You will probably notice that the iron was not reported for some time after arrival This was owing to a differenct in the "Cids"load from Bill Lading they being some 18 Bars short and I did not vish to report until we were certain of the amount. '.Ve have unloaded the "Cid" at Westwego and the "Lartington" at long wharf foot of St. r^ary's St. and a tug with two barge loads, containing between seven and eight thousand tons, left here on 82nd.for Alexandria. every day. i/.inigerode is expecting another ship in with iron As per your instructio ns, Iv ch. loth, out of the 8,500 t tons, I can only send aPout 2,500 to Alexandria. If there is going to be more Iron here in the next 40 days, would it not he well to forward iron fast as possible to Alexandria while we have plenty of water, as the "Cid" cargo will be sufficient for this end for that length of time. Mr. Hayes wires me today that he and Maj. IVashburn will be here Monday. Maj. Greene and Mr. Putnam will both wait their arrival. Your message in regard to Iron Cars received and answered that I would want three. Owing to the niany delays we have had in starting I want to be prepared to make up lost time and therefore wish to be independent of track-laying'machine in case of break-down. Also when we reach the Junction of Baton Rouge branch with track, if everything is favorable want to lay track on both lines at same tine, and as teams are inpracticable on account of the many ditches through Sugar Plantations we shall have to get both ties and iron ahead on Iron Cars and to make proper headway three cars v;ill be required. Respectfully yours, C. C. Bar;r, Div. Eng. 415 Vice President's Oi'fice. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. Marshall, Texas, 3/28th, 1881 Gen. G. M. Dodge, President, New York, Nevi. York. Dear General: I have yours'liSd inst. and have wired to ascertain when Major VJashburn will return to Ft. Worth. I will direct Mr. ^etriken to organize a reconnoutering party to extmine the country north-west of El Paso, thro' Silver City and the mining distticts'to reach tiie line of the Atlantic and Pacific road on the Rio Puerco. I have already instructed him, as heretofore advised, to re-establish his line In the Canon and put a force there, without any delay, to occupy it if he can do so without actual Collision, but if he is driven out, to notify me at once and I will commence proceedings in the courts. Major Washburn wir-ed me that the So. Pacific was grading east of Es Paso. He also notified you of the same by telegraph. I have been to Shreveport, and iind that the election to assess a tax to pa.y for the right of way and terminal facilities, v.ill occur on the 10th of April. Meantime, they have secured ir.ost of the propei'ty we want. As soon as the election is over, they will secure the balance, pay for it and turn it over to us without any liens or incumbrances, and reimburse themselves out of the tax when collected. "rocect.ings are now being taken to ex-appropriate several pieces of property, that connot be secured other wise because of the minority of some acd non-residence of others of the owners. I think they will not disappoint us in their pro mises, and I think we may rest satisfied that we will get all we asked and we are v.ry much indebted to John R. Jones for it,- for he has been the leading spirit in every moven;ent. Yours very truly, Jno. A. Brown, Vice Pres't. 417 VrV .. March 28 th 1881 Fairfiel/d,• Iowa, March 28th 1881 Dear Dodge; Yours of the 2tth inst. is at hand. Clarkson is mistaken. No third man will get the Senatorship. I don't propose to lie heaten. The Register has acted very will thus far and I am content to let it run on as it Is going, "but if it comes to a point when it will decide between me and it must come to me. If enters the field as a candidate of course it will he for him, at least I suppose so. You must arrange to have Clarkson with us against any man except a Des Moines candidate. I believe Senator Hibard of Red Oak will be for me, but you may be able to strengthen him. Do it if you can. I go to Des Moines and the Bluffs this week. Had a letter fo from Chapman today. He don't commit himself, but is rather more on my side than any other, and he would like to see me. Will see him at the Bluffs this week. The U.S.Circuit Court sits there this week and I will be able to see many of the people of the slope. Yours truly, « James F.Wilson. If,' >.^ M ' American Railway Improvement Company New Orleans, 28th, March, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, President, Dear Sir; 80 Broadway, New York, Notwithstanding the fact that the party who jheasured the Donaldsonville Road made affidavit as to the correctness of his work, on having it re-chained, with representatives of both Companies to overlook the work, we find an error of 862.9 feet; making the total distance 67 miles and 4,755 9/l0 ft. instead of 67 miles and 3893 feet. Therefore, the Morgan people are entitled to pay for the additional distance, Very respectfully yours, C. G. Barr, Div. Eng. 421 }iareh 30 th Vy dear Gen'l; ji Ilotel Brunsvrick, Boston March 3Gth ^ I Vi/as delighted to find your letter awaiting me on my return from out of town yesterday. And right here let me thank you for your kind ness in "being willing to "bother with my affairs when you are so busy all the time. Your advice is good, you of cousse know that I haven't very mhch money to speculate with, but I am making money right along and wish to put it where it will yield the moat.Yhile I do not wish to foolishly risk it yet I am willing to venture something if you think you can use to advantage the small sums which I shall be able to send you from time to tiine. I will send now, five hundred dollars with which you may buy for me Texas ^'acific Kio Grande at 98, as you suggested, or anything which you think best. I have money in the bank here, and whenever you see a chance to make something, if you will drop me a line, I will send it on as you want it. ly selling a .-art of my property in Chicago I could have five or six thous and dollars to work with. Do you think it best to leave that as it is or put it into something else? friend, Again thanking you for your kindness, I remain your sincere Fanny Kellogg, P.S.I saw Mr. Prootor last night who inquired after you, he said he read or heard that you had gone to Mexico. Have you?- •' v ' I,. 423 New York City, March 30, 1881, H. . Morse, Es^., Division Euperentindent, New Orleand, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of March 24th. In regard to your salary, I think v/e should start you in at about v250 per month which is the amount we pay for similar services upon the Texas & Pacific, and when the road and the business get larger, and you remain upon it, it can be increased. I wrote you in relation to securing the land where you propose to put your track, opposite Thalea street. Mr. Scott thought it could be bought for about lA'jO per acre. If this is the case I think we ought to purchase twenty acres in there, if we can get it. If Morgans spur tracks were out of the way we could take in that ground also tt.en we wouid have room enough to put there what round houses ard shoos we needed. I suppose you will have to condemn the right of way along the Morgan track ard you can go to work at it at once, and as soon as you get it condemned you can go to work pulling up your bank. Mr. Barr will give you all the necessary engineering aid you want or put an engineer in charge of it if necessary. You could probably put it up cheaper by day labor by looking after it yourself than by contracting it and at tjie same timr get it done to suit yourself. There is a qnestion arising which you will have to submit to my attorneys, viz. whether or not we will have to have soi>ie agreement with the Morgan lino if we widen out their bank which I understand you propose to do or do you propose to make ar independent track entirely separate from theirs, leaving a ditch between. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. 4«'' I'. ■*» New Orleans Pacific Railway Company New Orleans, La., March 30, 1881 Gen'l. G.M. -i^odge, ^80 Broadway, Nev/ York. Dear Sir: At the request of Mr. Barr we have also viewed the terminal facilities obrained in the city of New Orleans; and the subject of the location of a ferry crossing of the Company across the Mississippi. We hardly consider it necessary to enterinto any argument for the conclusions -e draw below as they are quite evident upon an examination of the matter. We think the difficulties and liabilities of operating a road within the city limits subject to its ordinances alone suf ficient to make it to the best interests of the Company and for economy of construction to locate the line on the west bank of the Mississippi, parallel with Morgans road, to some convenient point opposite the wharf property of the Company near Thalia St. and for the present at least, believe it should be operated in the dame way as the Morgan road, that is, with out crossing the passenger coaches; placing the principal yards roundhouses and necessary repair shops on the west bank of the river. We i however believe that the ciLy ordinance which Presdt. Wheelock has just secceeded in obtaining contains so many valuable privileges that it should be sufficiently complied with that the Company may obtain its benefits, and which we understand can be done by still adhering to the location of crossing above suggested. The passenger depot site corner of Claiborne and Canal Sts., which we understand has been selected for a Union passinger depot, is a very accessible and central point in the City, and if entered into by all the other roads entering the city could be miade valuable, but do not at present see the necess ity of its use for the New Orleans Pacific road alone. We have consid^.red the subject only with reference to the economy of the railroad comoan" in its construction and operation and with out regard to what may be the best advantage of the city of New Orleans and its property holders. We would again revert to the fact that the legal obligations of the ordinance above referred to should be thoroughly understood and complied with so that all its benefits may be obtained. Respectfully, R. !•'. Hayes, D. W. Waahburn. rarch 31, 1881, I42I I Street, Jvlarch 31, 1881. Yy dear General; General Grant asked to have Kramer transferred to some other place and it was done. Badeau has had London since 1869; both Kramer and Badeau ought to have been left out entirely, as I understand it is the policy to make changes in the Consular and liplomatic Service. Shall everybody else be changed and General Grant's pets kept in; if so why. General Grant has no cause to, complain; and I am not sure that he does complain. Of course ^ shall do nothing to change the issue as far as I am concerned. I did nothing to,get the nomination; I shall not with draw. There are a few things that might as well be settled at the begin ning of the administration as later. It takes a very large noise to fri^iten me; i.e. po^-itical noise. I expect I should have run aw .y if ^ I had been with you at ;our desperate cannonadings. But Chinese gongs don't scare me. Yours truly, W.E.Chandler. General G.M.Dodge {V, ■■■ . ■ V • ■ - ■ , j. New Orleand Pacific Company. New Orleans, La., April 2d, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, President, New York. Dear Sir: Your favor of March 28th received, and will endeavor to carry out your wishes to your satisfaction. Mr. Marcy who owns the land most desirable for terminal on west side of the River will not be home until about the 8th of this month, and we propose to,show no disposition to build on the other side until as much land and right of way is secured as possible. Can save money by doing so. ?;ill have everything ready to put track downin short order soon as right of way is settled. Propose to get fifty feet independent of Morgans road but parallel and adjoining. Think it will be better to do so. There could be no question of damage by so doing, only just the Value of the land for farming purposes as Morgans road settled the question of damages. Will you please get the right to run through the Ames plantation. Fred Ames, if Mr. Jas. P. Scott U. P. has not looked after it, wants to get ready to do business be October 1st, but it is economy to use Morgans road as long as we can. What arrangement have i?ou made for telegraph cable across the River and the La Fourche at Donaldsonville and is the line to connect with Western Union, or be independent. If no arrangement, for cables etc. has been made I will put them ii' if you wish. If we do business with one of the companies here perhaps they may have a lead wire or two in one of their cables that we can buy and save putting dov/n a cable. Don aldsonville bridge toes slow. They were delayed in getting timber by high water, but I see no reasonable excuse for Lhe slow progress made since they received their timber. Think it will be two or three weeks before we cancross the bridge. Yours respy., H. L.Morse, Supt. P. S. Morgan's Co. has a "Y" to the River as shown on the map May make some arrangement by which they will take up on or both tracks. H. L. M. New Sfork City, A:-ril 2nd, 1881. B. H. Gr«ne, Chief Engineer, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir:- I forv/arded to you yesterday Mr. Eddy's dispatch.. I have received several letters from parties vvho have beer, down the road to look at work and they say that they did not take their trains there becar.se the contractos yave them no encouragement. There is only one way to get thi work out of the way, and that is to take hold of it personally, and let such work to these men as the other con'.ractors are not covering and not interfering with the latter in any way, but puttin" more force either as I have indicated above, or by fixing a price that they shall pay for teams, and let sub-contractors know that you have done this. You have the right to do it under the fcrrn of our contracts. For some reason or dther there have been great delcys in grading on the line south of Shreveport, and you will have to make ex raordinary efforts to keep out of the way of the track-layers. Mr. V/ashhurn and I Mr. Eddy have had no trouble in getting either men oi' teams, and I think ^.f you give contractors to understand exactly what they can have you can also get plenty of them. I t:ink you had better give the subs, full price rather than be delayed. '1r. Morgan Jones sajj^s that it will take until the first of September to get ti e work out of the wav with the forcd you now have or even with any force you can put upon"it. I am f arful that the heavy cuts will detain you. I think if you will look at my letters and will recall the statements I made to you when I last saw you you will see.that I frequently pointed out the fact that the of°the w''^^ contractors to open up their heavy work and get it out * I^desire you now to get all the force you can to the line and get the grading completed. I have to put in a boat for the crossing of the Alchafalaga there' '"ill endeavor to et one that can be used in sinking columns expected That bridge is going to cost me a gr'at deal more money than I the + decision cannot that was tell made from or your whether dispatch you think whether the or original not you plan agree a safe with track met. ought to now be ab3.e to put down at least one mile wTSp wire me at the + close of each day's laying work track the station regularly at I which desire the you' iron ends, so that I may keep a consecutive record of it in my office.here. Very truly yours, G, M. Dodge, Presiden t. April ibUi. Ilote^^ Brunswick,Boston April 3d I88I. '.!y dear Gen'lj Your two letters.March 3Ict and April 1st are reo- and I can not thank you sufficiently for your kindness. There is no difficulty about my m8,king money. I have reached that point in my profession where it co'mes to me all of the time. I have more engagements than any other singer in Boston, and at the end of the next five years I ought to be worth something. I feel that to have the right kind of advice and management nov; is v/orth everything to me. That is why I wrote to Mrs. Podge as I did. It is so hard for a woman with a little money to know how to manage it and what to so withit. You have done Just the right thing and I will do as you say, send my money on to you as it comes in. One of my lots in Chicago is unimproved aiid does not biing in a cent, but I have to pay taxes on it. H is in the V-'est fide near Robey St. I was offered last month for it ;rf2400, ^.1000 cash, bal two and three years at 7 per cent int. What do you think of First Mortgages on '-estern farms at 7 and 8 per cent? Or do you know of some good secui'ity that will bring me a larger and quicker income? Very truly your friend. Fanny Kellogg. t-i, 435 American Railway Improvement Company. New Orleans, Apr. 3, 1881 Gen. G. 1/1. Dodge, President, 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: I was unexpectedly called away to attend to some Right of Way matters on Baton Rouge branch and this is my first opportunity -f -writing you since Iv'r. Hayes and ITajor Washburn were here. I suppose you have received their report on Atchafalaya bridge by this time and as that report gives you all the parti culars known to me, I shall await your decision and instructions asto what will be done in the matter. I have just returned from Ghoctaw swamp and found two drivers there, but no piles, therefore nothing done. I have notified Dodge & Downey yesterday, that if in tendays therefrom they were not progressing with the driving of piles and getting out timber at a rate that would compile the work up to and including the Ghoctaw bridge by June 1st, that I should nut on the necessary extra force to complete it in that time ^ their expense; and I shall commence immediately to look out for competent men to take charge of the work or re-c ontract a portion of it. I amsatisfied from their movements they will not do the work in time, as it appears to be more than they are capable of handling, as there is not a single portion of their work that is goingahead as it should. Yours enclosing letter from Richd. J. -"^vans received last night. I think he is just the man I want and have wired him to report here. Donaldsonville bridge going ahead at the usual D. d. pace. Have Punished and reproached but with little effect. They have all the n.aterial on the ground and lower chords in place. We have now about 25,000 ties on hand and a tie-force including contractors men of about 225 men which by calculation should make ties about as fast as we will want them but in practice does not hold out. Our tie force is gradually increasing but very slowly and I guess the force from Georgia for this purpose will prove a failure as Lane & Hazlehurst wire there is a difficulty in gettirg them. 'T« I suppose you think we find a preat n.any excuses here for not doinfi work, but I assure you that in all my experience I have never found a country where there were so many obatacles in th.e way of fast Rail Road construction; as it appears we have to fight for every inch ofground we gain in any direction. Will have force all ready to put to track laying soon as bridge is out of the way. Yours respectfully, C. C, Barr, Div. feng. . ..v., ^ ^ irf ..f' " '• '' 1' * V„. , ' * • ( * i'. ' \ ' - ■' , • •. ■, .Y f, ■ - The Am. Ry. Imp. Co Shreveport, La., April 4 th, 1881 Gen'l. G. . Dodge, President, 80i Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir: I found your letter of 28th Karchawaiting my return from New Orleans. Have been almost worried out of my life because of the small amount of work done on the line, but under the cir cumstances it has been impossible to do more. The weather, the soil, the difficulties heretofore of getting labor and teams and of retaining.them, have beaten the contractors, all of whom have lost money on their contracts. I have pushed them with all my might and main as my letters and telegrams to you will show. It is true they have done the light work first: I would not have permitted that to be done if it had been possible for them to do the heavier work Teams had to be with drawn from the line and sent to the river to be fed. The labor question is now the most serious, for -there seems to be a prevailing opinion an.ong laborers that yellow i'ever prevails in Louisiana the whole year round. Men re cently brought here from St. Louis quit in a few days to go to Texas roads. I have a favorable telegram from Mr. Lane of A. J. Lane & Co. in regard to bringing negro laborers from Florida. We shall have to rely chiefly upon that class of laborers. They can stand the climate, and have no fear of "yellow fever." In respect to obtaining labor and teams from Morgan, Jones & Co. I send you enclosed a copy of their proposal which is out of the question, as its acceptance would be so unjust to other contractors that I fear all of them would withdraw at once, and we cannot ai'ford to lose a man. Your several telegrams in regard to Mr. Eddy's having anabundance of teams, and being able to send me labor are in strcnge contrast with that gentleman's telegrams to me, of which I enclose you copies. I am glad to learn from your letter that he and Ivr. Washburn are succeeding so well in their respective lines. Without comparing myself with them or either >jf tl:;em, I believe neither of those gentlemen could have done more on this line than has been done under the un favorable circumstances surrounding my work. 'Tis true their latitude is about the sam.e as mine, but the rainfall here has been far greater, ana the character of the soil on my line is entirely different. Hope and believe that results will begin to count in my favor before long. At all events you may rely upon it that I shall leave nothing undone to push the work. Very truly yours, B. h. Greene, Chief Engineer. 439 April, 1881. Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4th, 1881, Dear General: VJe have had a hard tussel with the opponents of water works and after offering every honorable concession, the council finally passed a supplinental ordinance extending the time for their completion to Jany. 1st, 1883. John Beresheim, Nathan, the Phillips family, the Casac.'y's, Lawrence, Shugart and the Stewarts comprise the opposition. The balance of the population are uiianimously for the improvement. I never knew the town to be as harmonious on any question. Al'l parties are wild for the measure and it seems to me that you might urge the American Constructinn Company to push ahead without waiting for tlie adjudication of the issue they raise. There is nothing in their objection but broad opposition and they cavil and wriggle when cornered closely, like men who do not understand their own objections. If the comioany would go ahead with the work, the opposition would die out of its own imbecility and impracticability. A,ll the construction Co. need to do is to go ahead v/ith the improve ment., • , The action was begun to injure the sale of their bonds and the boast to this effect has been made. I believe Nathan, Nr. Phillips and Beresheim, thought the charter was a bad one for the city at the outset; but I believe they would cease their opposition if such men as Jno. Stewart and the Casidays would consent, since they have investigated the question. After carefully considering this question and looking at it fron every point, with such men as Pusey, "'right Baldwin, etc. I deliberately conclude that there is nothing in this but a disposition to cavil and a g)irit of spite with those n.ost rabid and most unyielding. I have talked with two of the supreme judges. Day and Beck, and from what they said I feel sure they will not recognize the application as practical or legal, if it ever reaches their court. Of course they did not say this much but they thought it strange that lawyers would advise and that citizens would pursue such a course. If the company will go right along with their work there is nothing in their way worth considering and I wish you would advise them to this effect if you can consistently. The improvement will bring thousands of people here as soon as it becon;es an assured iact. Many have come already. In haste yoizs, J. W. Chapman. 441 .r-U 'o: New York, April 6, 1881. N. P. Dodge, Counc !1 Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Nate:- ' I have received your several letters in relation to waterworks and have watclied the course of the matter very inter-'-ntedly hecause I am very anxious tco have you come to some agreement with these people and have them complete their works. I cannot go into full explanations hut there are good reasons why they should he huilt this year if possible. Mr, Dillon has shown me what purports to he a copy of your agreement with the company and I understand from him that the only question now between you is contained in the last giiiuh§ where you ask a forfeiture of ti;e charter if they fail to provide water. 1 think you had better cnange that clause for anything in an agreement that forfeits a company's rights injures their securities. I myself would not sign any contract that contained a forfeiture of that kind. If that is all the difference there is between you, I think you better fiige way on that or else put it in the shape of a penalty, fixing the time wl.en the works shall he repaired and the amount of water they shall supply. Under this clause of die agreement, the best thing would work a forfeiture and invalidate the securities. You could not do anything at all with their securities upon such a basis. If there is any necessity for putting in such a clause let it wtate exactly what they want or intend should work a forfeiture of the charter, I submitted this question to Judge Dillon and he agrees with me as to the effect such a clause would have upon the value of tiieir securities. I know nothing abOut these people but from the letter I have seen of them ..ore, I have been very favorably impressed with them. 1 have never written any body in the Bluffs anything in relation to the matter nor have I -aid anything to any one about it because I did not consider the oidinance as first passed a good one for the city and so stated to ?Ir. Hopkins, very frankly but as you have now amended it, I do not think you could do muc:: better. Of course there .should be a clause of some kind inserted in the ag reement by wnicn, if there is any material failure to furnish water for a long time or any thing of that kind, the city would have a remedy but if they are going to bu build the works you should do everytiiing in your power to make their securities available .vithout injury to the city, I have no interest in this matter directly or indirectly except such as any other citisen of tiie town may have in desiring to obtain good water-works and to get them as soon as possible. Yours truly, Ct. M. Dodge, k,;.' kh (Telegram) ■S. IXlffA ,:iktoY t.Ci'fi ij9'^ York, April 7, 1882. N. P. Dodge, ,1 . ,Br oI J /< ;oD *: eJ«'l T f>(T . J - . Council Bluffs, Iowa. ':'' f»r T I rrrrrord fei't t f »■ - '".r fl'"«»<* ^jpQ-j^g you fully about water work^y^''t Submitted the^'fci]*- rncf .!n r r-r , , . ^e'iture clauses which I unclsrotand is tlie only block in the way of ,, ^agreement t'-'"J:udg0 Dillon. He says such clause would prevent nogo tiation of bonds. It is too indefinite.' I would not stand on it if •' all else is satisfactory If you want forfeiture clause you kust, -n . • ■ . ■ • • • ■ , ■ . .1 • ^'• • ■state in terras what delinquencies cover it, as now any little ■ ' . TI •delinquiency ciuld be used. ' *" '' ' . ' o yf- -"1 , . .'rd *1 . ' .V There are reasons v7hy early corapletfon of'works should be beneficial tci the city. I wire this upon stateraej't that if you . : i r r, I can agre.e u ">on t-.is clause'matter^ feAn• be arfah^^ed.i IT '' • • -' l- v" . x>- t T ) .■ ■ '' ■ ' ■ urj jf'* Jg; .Dodge. - ' I ftiiJ /■ ■■r";* f. ,,J '.V ui bI(.i)K n.'( I ' i P H. r.K ttt ovRil T 'ia.\:pX c.i.t JiTd firooq JyOdr ^orii X , vh . Jlc fe o.'coaqol wtr $ffnd I ntod* to /woa o.' nl rnttU% m oiif nl >o<t y;* t r^Mnv ^eT»A ov#wl I T MV-'riocKf J1 jLo-fg i»fn \c<ir* oJ bl« i urm ten teiim tnU yjl' -Uv' nrl f;iio bor^ « n« iHMianlfne etj loftii rrro .toA bib '1 Ofc. TCf ovrA l O'- Hr Jud tbrtliqcH .u?* oj beirjc. on br.e fjivo.,1, luiJ "rjKje: 10 ataa ob bJi/or u'x ion ot» I t: ...rfi.r Ji rc.rf^ l hoJiwtnl r..or In rji'rlo « 'c/ "fld.t \,ar CO ^ro/ e tt*t tt>4tn. ij intLt r: f .Lri/ji Jrl crJfr v. f n v» ; ol tiiii tbfU 11 JiNf ^obM • owoA htuer \ito oAi ,5nljl In.ti to ■il'fiij oAmj n.i lunv nl rh bjuoiln ifo^ b#fr« odj bfliM •Vki lb **fiJ oi .'I't ii.'lv oJdn flMrn anl liueHu \fJartf'ni to i# JtM Jm piiUt pJiUt nl nl Jtitn JM»*sb.fnl o i otmti I ' jiinl f'l 'Vr.. T'' r "f .it: !.',?'. -i-uUhi ;ni> ,( ^ fLJOf i!« tirof nn no. .♦ cicrcY .i! .A ' diornnJAiv , Ipj-'r, n. 4- - -v ^ 'Wi 443 t: V!'/;uv V.arshall, Texas. April 6th, 1881 G. M. Dodge, Care Texas & Pacific Ry. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Eddy telegraphs as follows: " - 1 - "I dont see any way the two lines can be put together between Fort Worth and Temple and satisfy the principal towns. Cleburne is the only town of importance we do not strike and and if no work was done by either line it would pay us to run there now. Our - 2- line runs through the best territory for local business, most direct, best grades and alignments, and our work finished up very much the best, our grading will be very nearly completed to Waco by April twentieth and we have two large outfits south of Waco. Brazos bridge material arriving and force at work there. We have expended - 3 - one hundred and seventy thousand dollars up March thirthfirst inclusive of Waco bridge." J. T. Granger. <|>S' 7 445 New York City April 8t"', 1881, G. C. Barr, Esq., Division Engineer, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of April 3rd. I shall go to work systematically at the Atchafalago Bridge, and put up a .permanent bridge vising a transfer boat during the time it is being constructed. I am lookin'"' for some men who did the pneumatic work for me upon the Omaha Bridge and lossibly may have to wait until ilr. Sickles returns from New Mexico when I sha]1 send him down there to take charge of sinkin- the piers. I am very much disappointed about that bridge, but do not suppose that anyone could have avoided it. I note what you say about the difficulty o? doing work down there and apnreciate your position. You must keep dri^-ing them until you get something out of them. I am particularly disappointed in Dodge &z Downey. They are the only contractors who I saw down there that seemed to have any aim at all. If they do not come to time you must put a force right on too of them. You should consult with Mr. Morse and be certain to have cars enough around there to do your work when you commence laying track. ',Ve have plerty of cars on the Texas & Pacific and you can have them sent to you at any time. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. 447 April TIth 188I. Les WolnQ/3, April Ilth 1881, Gen.G.".Podge, 8C Broadway, y.e^ York. Pear General; ^ I have your letter about my narrow guage article. What ^ say in Iowa, in order to popularize the narrow guages we are going to build, will not hurt your Eoads in Texas, while it will do us lots of good help in raising outsiders. I agree with you as to this alter. But just now we are given narrow guages to build, not broad guages,and we have to make the people think tliey are desii'able. I had really supposed, too, that the lines in question were to be narrow guages, as saw it stated in a Ct Louis paper. Therefore I was not the author of the story, and it is our good fortune, not our fault, that it operates to our interest so well. There ia a deep-seated prejudice against narrow guages, and we find it hard, to overcome in building them throu^i town lines. Pid you get my letter about the Senatorship? And were you satisfied with it? The contest is getting hot, and is going to be 39 bitter between Gear and Wilson that many seem inclined to go for a third party so as to keep out of the enmities of the main fight, and finally name the winning man. Just now McPill is having a boom, and.I shall not be surprdised finally to see him the winning man. The people relly dc not like Gear and are afraid of Wilson's f I wrote to Chapman. He says he wants to go with me and the Eegister, and is coming over to see me about it. And the man we both of us rather support in preference to all others, as I told you in New jlork, ia G.M.Podge. We are getting in our winter pro ject, although there is etill a f^^ot of snow on the ground and the earth is 448- ; 'v. II ;till frozen solid to the depth of four feet. '■Tk . Cordially ;/ours. J.T.Clarkson, ■m'- :r- .• y . a^J • . "» ,• k- }. . «, * ■,••- ■ •• .-M ^>1^4 \ >. .. t iu' li v.V'.'i'" ' ►<1 - .Li New York City, April 13th, 1881 R. S. Hayes, President I. &, G. N. R.R. Co., Palestine, Texas. Dear Sir: You communication to the Board of Directors of the International Ry. Go. in nation to building a branch road to the Pineries in eastern Texas has been referred to me You are hereby authorized to go on & carry out the programme you suggest in your own way for and in behalf of the International Ry. Imp. Co. For all expenditures made for this purpose please make drafts upon me as President of this Company and have the drafts show that they are for the purpose of constructing this branch, whatever its name may be. Very truly yours. G. M. Do dge, President. ■oil ... i)t\ ''.ft 451 "New York Cit3'', I'ew York, E. E, Wheelock, Prest. N.O.P.Rj'. ,Co. New Orleans, La. April 13, 1861. Dear Bir:- I am in receipt of yours of recent date in regard to removal of the peir of the bridge over the Lafourche. This as a very serious matter to us and we must do all in our power to prevent it. I do. not know what will turn up next in that country before we get t' rough but expect pretty soon to see some proposition made for the removal of our road. Nothing happens out there as v/e had expected, and I am gettling a little anxious about it. You must bring to be-^r upon upon Mr. Kowell all the pressure possible both from citizens living along the line of the road and from those in Raton Rouge and New Orleans and do everytiiing possible tc have him insert in his report a ^.tatement to the effect that thorn is no necesE ty for the removal of this pier ; that it is not an obstruction to navigation and then perhaps the government will not act on it. Let him state the facts giving reasons why its removal had been recommend ed. Have ou attorneys look into the question and see if the Governmant has a right to remove this pier when it was placed there under a proper charter. Very truly jrours. G. M. Dodge. f ' -'^1, > "■ V. New York City, April 13, 1881. B. H.Green, Chief Engineer, Shreveport, La, Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your se veral dispatches in relation to laying track. I hope you will arrange to lay your track so as not to require the use of too much motive power. Ser.ding four locomotives to Alexandria is in my opinion a great waste of power which we are very short on both Texas <?: Pacific & New Orleans Pacific. It is impossible to contract or buy any for early delivery. We will have to wait untO. it is delivered to us on ourregular contracts. Mr. Hoxie, v/ho will on the 1st of May take charge of the Texas & Pacific will aid you all he can in this direction. I am in hopes of getting three or four more second hand engines to send down to you before we need them, but it will take nearly treble the motive power to build the road from three different points than where we biiild from only one aoint. I think you should, if possible, arrange so that Hazlehurst & Lane would lay with their locomotive from Alexandria north, instead of havin; two parties and two sets of machinery laying from that point—one laying north and the other south; or all the power that is going down there should be used first to lay from Alexandria north and after the 55 miles of road is completed or whatever amount is to be built from the north, there it should be turned over to be used in laying from Alexandria couth. Two or three locomotives in my opinion should do all the work if you laid north and south at same time. We can start in with them and if afterwards it is necessary to build faster we cnn then get more power. I am very glad to sec that you are '-etting so many teams on the line, and 'lipe you will now push the work to its fullest capacity. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. ,^-r r.J'iq; VSrioY wai New YorK, April 13, 1881, J. Blickensderfer, Bsq., « , V'' f'l . Omaha, Tleb. n ^'''T ,1..!'' 'ilf! (JtoiUit^r Dear Sir:- I would like to hear ,from you In regard to tlie high water at the Bluffs, especially as to whether it was banked or piled up by the Union Pacific Bridge embankmevjt-; or was the height general eSesewhere? . I have a curiosity 6o know how much the water was impeded by tue ombankment and how much of a raise it caused. How high did it get at the U.P. depot and iio.v far back Lov/ards the Bluff did.it reach? Uas all of (the U.P. land under waLer? Please write me also how high ic came-up o- the Omaha side; both above and below the bridge, and how much of this was caused by embankment and also any other facts in relation to it which ypu think would interest me. Very truly yours. ojvft/ 'ivi. /fid v;<ir ;i0'4 h'T - - c J,. rawfj J,.oJ Irnoo .1 vri.r .. ■■ r j .Ti r iUnoafx f. rt. t f c tij tYn. f T /enJ /d ox ^Xrr o/ crx o; ivbd Xcn hlnor T Jmi /i* To ill al i.JnuoD ftiT rr" f Xfrb /j-mg r v'e* x'J .'If* ifov ar oi .h tim 4nX»lJ I is»hi brw WdX r oo wU. 'I,.' 456 ' New York, April 14, 1S81, H. L. Henry, Esq., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dear Sir:- ,/ulnaiO - :ttP Press of business here has caused me td ^le^lect Veplying to your favor of C7th of TIa-ch asliln^ if tnere was a-ny way in which you couod realize uponyour bon.-.s of Harrison Coxanty Texas'. I do not at present see any way By whin we can force ^ferrison County to tako care of the-ie bdnds or td fulfill the obli^fetions under which they were given, but strong parties are at work upon the matter and using every legal me-thod in order to complet V. eir recognition. Th Omaha National Bank is interested in these bonds and has made a move to compel their payment, -n' I have ho doubt by consulting witli TIr. Mlliard you wilY leahn 'their exact status. I shall be glad to do anytning for you in this matter wuenever I consistently can, but-at present cannot give yoxi any better advice or information taan above. Iff have neard tnat some of those bonds had recently been disposed of at 25;^ but I would not advise you to soil yours at that for I think you will eventually get a great deal more for the a. The County is in law and equity bound to recognize them and I think must do so sooner or later. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, 457 Nev. Orleans Pacific Railway Company, New Orleans, La., Apr. 18th, 1881 l3en'l. G. M. Doxi^e, President etc.. New York. Dear Sir; I telegraphed you a little strong this morning about the Donaldsonville bridge. A lawyer called on me sometime ago said he had been tendered five hundred dollars to commence proceedings to remove the pier at Donaldsonville. I said to him that our bridge is about 213 ft. long, with a pier 22ft. in diameter in middle of stream, leavingabout 95 ft. each side, while over same Bayou where tlorgans road crosses the draw is only 96 ft. and that charter had been granted and contract let for an iron bridge at Donaldsonville only two squares from our bridge, over the La Fousche, above our road, which would close up all but one hundred feet of the chanel, (that is the pier is to be on one side and the draw 100 ft., Lhey have since com menced the bridge) and in view of all this and the fact that no single case or cases of complaint had -..ver been filed or made during the eight years the bridge was of no use to any one, and unused, that removal at this late day was too rediculous and absurd to talk about. He concluded he did not want to be an atty. for the boat Co. I gave him a pass and have not heard of him since. The object is too apoarant for any respectable people to engage in. It is all done to satisfy an old grude against some of the old Company. I understand and the road having changed liands since this is probably the last kick. The bridge can't be removed legally nor otherwise, without removing all similar supposed obstructions over all streams. When notice was given me I did not consider it of importance enough to mention to you, and did not mention it to Mr. 7/heelocb until several days after. When we saw Mr. Howell, U. S. Engr., who would not molest the pier. Yours truly. H. L. Morse. Sup t. The River is rising, The levee has been strengthened at all weak points, no danger to us unless it runs over the levee, which is beyond our control or help, as the levees cannot be raised at present. H. L. M. The An,. Ry. Imp. Co. Shreveport, La., April 19th, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Presd't. 80 Br'oadway , N. Y. Dea r Sir: At the risk of being considered importunate on the subject of shipments of rails and track material, please allow me to ask a few questions. Was not your original plan to ship to Galveston, thence to be brought to Shreveport rails and ttack material to build only as far South as Le'compte. in accordance with my requisition for the first or Shreveport Dividsion dated Nov. 11th, 1880, which called for 13,640 tons of iron rails and other material in pro portion; and to ship to New Orleans all of the iron and track materisil required for the other two Divisions, viz: extending from Bayou Goula to the Atchafalaya River, and from the Atchafalaya River to Lecompte respectively with a view of laying track from Bayou Goula to Lecompte consecutively? These two Southern Divisions measuring 53 and 51 miles respectively would call for say 9,600 tons including sidings. You write me under date of April 13th that total amount to be landed at New Orleans will be 11,100 tons, 5,100 of which you have turned from Galveston. Under date of Apr. 11th you also write that 11,000 and oddtons is the total to be shipped to New Orleans and add: "This with the road that I have already built and the amount contracted (14,000.tons) going to Galveston, and 10,000 tons going to New Orleans will cover pretty much our entire distance." Now what I fail to understand is that if there were originally only 13,640 (or say 14,000) tons of iron ordered to Galveston, and 5,1000 tons have been turned from Galveston to be landed at New Orleans, that there should yet be 14,000 tons intended for Galveston. Im making the contract with Wusick for ties between Atchafalaya and Lecompte you instructed me to frame it so that we could lay track from Atchafalaya North, clearly indicating that the track material would come from New Orleans over our line and across the Atchafalaya Bridge ( which you then expected to build this season.) This programme would h^ve called for about 10,000 tons of iron to be landed at New Orleans of itself, before the Alexandria move was sprung. Under this understanding of the General Plan, I could only infer that all the iron you succeeded in diverting from Galveston to New Orleans would apply North of Alexandria. Now 11,100 tons (total to be landed at New Orleans), is just the quantity of iron required tolay from Bayou Goula to Alexandria, including side tracks; hence whatever of this 460 11,100 tons we may lay Nor-thof Alexandria will create a gap of equal extent South of Alexandria to be supplied from here, unless say 5,000 tons more can be turned to New Orleans, with a view of taking it up to Alexandria. It was under this interpretation of the whole matter that I hesitated as I wrote you on the 14th to start Jones, Cowen & Knowlton laying track North of Alexandria. Of course it would be most desirable and more econ omical to us to have Lane & Hazlehurst lay the track both way's from Alexandria, and I worked upon Jones, Cowen & Knowlton with out avail to relinquish to Lane & Hazlehurst, as much of the track North of Alexandria as they could lay until their track running South from Shreveport joined them. All I could get them to con cede was the track and ties from Alexandria to Lecompte, 15 miles. What I ail. most anxious to accomplish if within the rang. e of possibility, is to open the line from Shreve ort to Lecompte by August and thus meet your original expectations, and by the same date open through to the Atchafalaya River if theiron can be dis tributed advantageously. Lane & flazlehurst expect to comply promptly with their contract and have a large force cusnstantly increasing getting ties and laying track; for the latter they have Coventry's tracklaying machine, shipped from here last week. Mueick has a good force at work getting ties from the Atchafalaya Northward. I notified him as soon as contract with Lane & Haxlehurst was closed, that he must put a force at once getting out ties from Lecompte South. Should he not deliver them as fast as the track is laid, as provided against in his contract Lane & Hazlehurst will supply the deficiency. We are fortunate in having our ties in strong ha nds from here to the Atchafalaya, as ties generally more than any other one item retard the progress of track laying. Forces are coming in daily and as I wired you yesterday are being concentrated between Sections 20 & 30 as fast as they arrive. These are the small new Contractors. Hall who is march ing across the country from the vicinity of Waco writes me that he has a large outfit enroute. He has shipped by rail here at least 100 men who are forwarded to the work as fast as they arrive. He has Commenced with much energy, and in another month I hope to make a good showing of work. By the ist of May I will have 10 miles of completed track out of Shreveport. Shall I forward you a certificate to that effect when finished that the bonds may be drawn? By the 15th of May I hope and expect to report 10 miles more completed track. Jones, Cowen & Knowlton's track laying force is regulated by the progress of the grading. It is agreed they are to thus continue and under no circumstances to put in any claims for delays. Very truly yours, B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer 461 New York City, April 19, 1881. John. G. Parker, Acting Chief of Enginc-ers. ".S.A. Waehincton,D.C. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of the 18th inst. and would say in reply the bridge resting upon the pier has been placed tliere by the authority of the State of Louisiana and is in daily use by the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. and cannot be removed except by the consent of the Company owning it. The action of Congress has no doubt been taken through ignorance of the rights of the Company invoked and under the eronious impression that it was some obstruction to navigation. Please inform me when Gen. Wright returns- to the city as we shall resist in the courts, if necessary, any attempt to cut our Rail Road bj*- hostile interests. I should be pleased to have you delay any action in the case until our rights are understood and as the bridge has been there for over seven years unobjected to there can be no cavise for any hastv action, which the courts would undoubtedly enjoin. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, Presidei:t. 463 American Pailway Improvement Company New Orleans, 21 April, 1881 Gen'l. G. . Dodge, Fresdt., 80 Broadway N. Y. Dear Sir: I have just i-eturned from the Ghoctaw and Gr: nd river swamp where I went to find what was the cause of delay in getting piles to the Right-of-way. I found about three' thousand piles cut and ready to drive but at a distance of about thirty miles by water below the bridge. They have been trying to tow them and made a failure, as at some points the current is quite strong and the bayou full of bends. I was soon convinced that they could not get a boat of sufficient power to tow them and I got them to agree to load them in barges, which they are now doing, a"d I feel confident they will have no trouble in gettin.g them to the bridge site. I have sent to Texas for some bridge men and am pushing them on to Dodge and Downy as fast as possible, '.vill get on the Donaldsonville bridge some time the coming week. Our tie force is gradually increasing and I do hope we will be able to make up some of our lost time when we once get started. The steamship Topaze has discharged h r cargo of iron and Red river boats will commence taking to Alexandria immediately. We are hav ing some trouble with ship captains about unloading iron. We claim it is their duty to deliver and pile the iron so it can be counted, and this has been the custom in this port, although there has always been a difference fo opinion in regard to the matter and in some cases the owners have paid for trucking and piling, which is from twenty to forty five cents per ton. The Lartington cargo was piled by the ship but the captain of the Topaze refused to do it. We then arranged with him to pile the iron, we giving bond for the amount in case the court decided against us. Ve claim it is not a delivery until all is de livered. He claims we n.ust take it bar by bar, as fast as he puts it over the side of the vessel. If it is decided that we must do the work, then it should be arranged to pay the ship extra and let them do the work as when a ship comes here and contracts with a stevedore to unload the vessel we are then in the stevedore's power, as he ca do the work much cheaper than an outside party. Either this or we should have the right to unload the vessel and hire our own stevedore. Respectfully yours, C. 0. Barr, Div . Eng. 4G5 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, La., April 22c, 1881 Gen. G. K.Dodge, President, New York. Dear Sir: We have just learned, that fworgan's Company intend extending their road to Little Rock via Alexandria and Monroe, and considering the country between Alexandria and Little Rock the best unoccupied territory for a railroad we know of, deem it of sufficient importance to lay the matter before you at once. Mr. Hazelhurst, a man of excellent practical judgment has been over the line and speaks in unqualified praise of the country as to production, and-as a natural, cheap and easy place to build a railroad. This would give a good northern connection to St. Louis, quite as good as tie Chicago, St.Louis and N. 0. line everything considered. It seems to us that this connection is of great im portance to your system of roads. The proposed lind would pay at once, from the start. Red River can be crossed cheaply at Alexandria on a rock bottom, and the road can be built for $12,000 per mile. Have had this connection in view for some time, but supposed it would keep until our road was conpleted to Shreveport, but now consider the natter sufficiently imp'ortant for President Wheelock to lay before you in person. Yours truly, H. S. Morse, Supt. Ne.v York City, April 23d, 1881 B. H. Wathen, Esq., City of Mexico. Dear Sir: This will be handed you by Mr. Francis DeGress who has full authority to c«rt for us in the City of Mexico, which he will explain to you. I want you to make to him any suggestions that n.ay accur to you in relation to the concession which runs from the City of Mexico toward Tuxpan or Tainpica, thince up the coast to the Rio Grande, or via Victoria whichever way upon examin ation, or from the knowledge you have when this reaches you, you may consider the best line for us in a commercial point of view. Any information which-you may be able to give him may control him in the shaping of the concession. They have with them maps showing the lines they have marked down. It is probable that a better line for us would be from Tampico via Victoria tnence to Laredo on the Rio Grande, but you have had knowledge enough of the general topography of that country to decide upon the most feasible line. Mr. DeGress is very strongly of opinion that the line along the coast is the better one for our purposes. Secondly, you may be able to give him some general information as to the pro posed line starting from the Rio Grande at El Pasa or south of it and going through Para ,and thence on to the City of Mexico. Very truly yours, G . Ml. Dodge, President. New York City, April 25th, 1881. E. H. Grerne, Chief Engineer, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of April 19th, The first plan was to uild so as to make use of our road to be completed and to get the material to go there. Therefore everything was ordered to Galveston. After wards I concluded to :uild from New Orleans north, and ordered 3,000 tons of rail there, and the balance of the rail to go to Galveston for the purpose of reaching the Atchafalaf^o, thinking that I could build fr'.rn Shreveport to the Atchafalagy by the line we could from New Orleans to the Atchafalaya. Now, my idea is to close the work from Shreveoort to Le Compte first, then we can run '.he rail from Shreveport. to Le'Compte and push to the Atchafalaya. The least important of this work is the work from Le Compte to the Atchafalaya, and you must handle the thing on that plan. The enclosed statement will show the destination of the rails as finally settled upon. It is probable that I may buy 500 tons more of rail to send to New Orleans which will make 11,600 tons going there. I expect to buy some second hand locomotives to go to you in th next 30 days. If I succeed in doing so you can have plenty of locomotive for Alexandria. You understand we are short of power and we have to work with that in view. Le Compta and the Atchafalaya; ^ telegraphed my intention you in was relation that the to ties ties ifbetween they could be gotten out there, could be laid from Le Compte south or from the Atchafalaya north. souLn or Very respectfully. G. M. Dodge, President, # 80 Broadway, New York, April 26, 1881 M. H. Goble, Esq., Omaha, Neb. Dear 3ir; I am in receipt of yours of April 8ta. It. has not been decided how this line from Fort Wortn toward Denver shall be constructed, whether under the general law of Texas oh whether we will use the special Ciiarter granted the Denver City and Fort Worth R.R. Co. There ia some question as to the legality of that charter, or as to the fact of its ha-.-ing been kept alive. In either case there is but on- way to get any luoney out of it and that would be to take stock in the Construction Company that builds the road, which, of course, will make a direct contract with the R.R. Co. but there will be no bonus paid for the charter, or anything of that kind, but anyone in the R.R.Co. that may desire stock in the Construction Company could probably obtain it. If you desire to take any I will see that you get it. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 473 New York City, April 27th, 1881. C* C. Barr, Division Engineer, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- This will introduce to you Mr. J. P. Anderson, the Engineer whom I have selected to take charge of sinking the piers of the Atchafalaya Bridge. He has had very considerable experiencr in sinkin^ piers of the Mis souri Bridge, the Si uth St. Bridge, Philadelphia', and has recently been connected with the work on the Hudson River Tunnel.. I have instructed him to get all the information possible in before he commences to make up his plans, and to malce * hiE_official reports and send requisitions for material to be provided in Louisiana to you. v free traJi'sportitlLf"'' employed Is to be 06OO per month and Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. 475 New York City, April 29, 1881. Charles G. Johnson, Esq. New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I make you the followin.'^- proposition for your property on the river front above Tripsicon St. with the batture rights and privileges together with your four squares of ground adjoining the upper city Park with batteure rights and pri'ileges. I will give you 2' 00 arpents of the Remain plantation including the front to the place and enough of the swamp to make up the 2000 arpents as above and vlO,000 of the 1st mortgage bonds of the Nev/ Orleans Pacific Railway Co. of the New Orleans delivery. The New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. reserving the right of way for railroad etc. through i,he plantation. The Remain property will be transferred to you subject to the present lease held by the Citizens Bank. The New Orleans Pacific Ry. Co. guaranteein to you the payment of the notes given to the Citizens Bank for the above property. Very truljr yours. E. B. Wheelock. President. I accept your proposition for the property above stated on the terms and for the price named. Chas. G. Johnson. 477. April, 1881. ■Julien T. Davies J. Henry Tork James McNamee. Edward P> . Hilton U. 3. Grant, Jr. Henry E. Davies Counsel. 120 Broadway, New York, April 30, 1881 Dear Sir: I enclose copy message received from General GranJ, this afternoon in answer to an inquiry sent him day before yesterday. I have no further information as yet as to bonded debt of Vera Cruz Road. Yours truly. J. H. Work. Genl. G. Dodge. 120 Broadway, New York, April 30, 1881. Copy message received in cypher this day (translation) J. 1. Work, 120 Broadway. Twelfth Average cost narrow gauge judging from cost Iv;orelis roaa about twenty thousand per mile .Would prefer standard because would connect better with road being built Relative cost you can judge. Grant. April, 1881. Julien T. Davies J. Henry V.ork James Kc^^amee Edward B. Hilton. U . S . Grant, Jr. 479 Henry E. Davies, Counsel. DAVIES, WORK, McNALCEE & HILTON, Counsellors at Law. 90 & 92 Broadway, .April 30, 1881. Dear Sir: I enclose you a telegram from General Grant received late this evening from which it appears that he is told "by tiexican Govern ment that Vera Cruz stock has been sold. I consider it a good thing for us that the Govt. has got out of the -era Cruz road unless in so doing they have entered into some stipulation hostile to our interests. It may be that you and Kr. Could know all about this sale and purchase already but I send that telegram and my little opinion on the situation just the same as though you didn't. It may be also that the Iv-exican Government is stretching the truth a little to see how it will affect the market. Perhaps the Governm.ent agent (whom Lr. Gould mentioned) in this City can give some information on the subject. His continued willingness to seel at this time would perhaps test the truthfulness ci the state ments iiiade in L'exico. ^ Truly yours, J. H. work, General G. U. Dodge. April 30, 1881. Copy telegram received April 30/81--4:50. ?. ¥. J. H. Work, 120 Broadway, N. Y. Thirteenth 'foo late Vera Cruz stock already sold. Grant. The Am. Ry. Imp. Co. 481 Shreveport, La., May 2d, 1881 Gen'l. G.M. Dodge, President, #80 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: Yours of 25th, April to hand . The statement it enclosed showing the destination of the rails as finally set-led upon is clear enough, and being final I "must handle the thing on that plan" as youremark. Since it is now settled that only 5,000 tons of rails can be brought up to Alexandria froii New Orleans, as the balance of thell,600 tons (total to arr-ive at New Orleans) will be required South of the Atchafalaya River, it is unfortunate that Lane & Hazlehurst have begun laying ti-ack South of Alexandria, or that their contract for laying track through to the Atchafalaya River was lin.ited to August first. They have made their arrangements and organization comniensurate to this limit; as this was the limit fixed to all contracts you made and instructed me to make, Ivr. Scott who was a party to the Lane and Hazlehurst contract agreed with me that the usual limit should be imposed in this Contract. My understanding has all along been that it was your earnest desire to open the road from Shreveport to New Orleans in time to move the growing crop, and all my calculations and suggestions have looked to the attainment of this end if possible. Hence the Alexandria move was suggested under the belief that you had originally ordered to be landed at New Orleans the iron required between Bayou Goula and Lecorapte, and that any iron you miight succeed in turning from Galveston to New Orleans would apply between Lecompte and the 55th mile post North of Alexandria, thus giving me until August to complete the heavy grading and lay the track 75 miles South of Shreveport and join the tracks there and at the Atchafalaya simultaneously. The question now is, shall Lane & Hazlehurst be stopped when the track reaches Lecompte, and Jones, Coven & Knowlton started at Alexandria to lay the balance of the 5,000 tons North or let Lane & Hazlehurst continue laying South as far as the 5,000 tons will extend and fall back on the original Plan oflaying through from Shreveport to Alexandria. Since Jones, Gowen & Knowlton positively refuse to transfer to Land & Hazlehurst any of the track-laying North of Alexandria, notwithstanding they were offered a handsome bonis for whatever they might lay. With the teams and ibrces now at work between here and the 75th Section and others that will be added during the next two weeks. I have every reason to believe tfiat the°Grading can be put out of the way by the middle of July, certainly by 1st of August and the 55 miles of old grading extending down to Alexandria will also be in readiness to receive the track. I submit the matter for your decision and instructions. I infer from your remark that the "Least important of this work is thework from Lecompte to the Atchafalaya" that you do not expect to reach the Atchafalaya from the South as soon as you had wished and calculated. From F.r. Barr * s letters I judge tba t the 3 miles of piling through Choctaw swamp is the greatest if not the only obstruction to getting through on time and this could be over come by increasing the drivers. Everything can be conveyed to all parts of that work by water now and for the next two months. The heavy embankments adjacent to the Atchafalaya made necessary not against high water but to reach the elevation of Bridge can now be dispensed with and only a section of them need be built this season, as you have decided upon a transfer boat for the present. The banks through the Fordoche loop and adjoining the 3 mile piling can be razed similarly if the water goes down at the usual time. The grading elsewhere remaining to be done on this Division is very light.' Please pardon me for volunteering so many suggestions but my great anxiety to meet your original expectations and believing that the thing can be handled on this plan embold ens me to speak freely. Very truly yours, B. H. Greene, Chief Engr. 483 New York City, Kay 4th, 1881 Private. R. S. Hayes, President I. & G. N. Ry. Co., Palistine, Texas. Dear Sir: I wired you that I had sent Kr. Wathen instructions about which I would write you. We had assurances from Mexico that a concession would be granted us if we wanted it from Laredo via Victoria and Tampico to the City of Mexico; or else going furtner east along thecoast from Tampico to the City of Mexico. I instructed Wathen to be in the City of Mexico on the 6th of May to meet the gentleman I sent there with in structions; and I also wired him to examine the country from the City of Mexico to Tuxpan, thence to Victoria and Laredo, giving all the attention he could to that line, or a line near the coast. These instructions will now take the place of the instructions on the Tula Canon line, but as soonas he gets me the information I desire, I then want him to examine the line through the Tula Canon as first proposed. If you will take the map of Mexico you will see that we get a very direct line from Laredo via Victoria and strike the road that the Mexican Central are building to a connection with them and could then use that line into the City of Mexico if the direct line from Mexico and Tampico was not a feasible one. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 485 New York City, May 4th, 1881, Jay Gould, Esq., 81 Broadway New York City. Dear Sir:- ' enclosed dispatcn you will see that our superintendent in New Orleans thinks we have plenty of nrop rty on both sides of the river to accommodite the barge line. The property which Mr. Samuels proposes to :-uy for $40,000 is adjoining the -roperty which we have bought. Before anything is done I suggest that a conference be had with our people in Nev/ Orleans. We have free wharfage for every thing coming to or going fro.m us and are free from Port charges. B placing the storage, barges and elevators at Wostwego and usinr the front at the foot of Thalea St. and opposite at the foot of Jackson ot. in retna. It seems to me to place the Barge line in a very good position, and plenty of accominodntions* Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, Presider t. New York City, May 9, 1S81, B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of May 2nd. I don't give way for one moment on my idea of completing the road clear through and doing business over it by September; b t my belief is that the :uickest way to get such completion is to get a connection from Shreveport to Alexandria or Le Compte. The 35 miles south of Alexandria being laid and 145 miles from Shreveport waiting would leave the 50 miles south of Alexandria for a long time unused; whereas, if we can turn in and btiild both ways from Alexandria thus getting a cojinection with Morgan's line at Le Compte we will have lost no time but r-ained a great deal by getting a through line to New Orleans. I have no objections to your sending 20 miles of iron from Shreveport to Alexandria if it will aid you in the matter; but I want the track started north, so that when the grading is finished and the track down upon it, it will meet the track'coming from Alexandria norfh. I shall have a boat in the Atchafalaya River within 90 days to transfer crs, and I expect by that time Mr. Barr will be able to reach the Atchafalaya, so that the only gap which we will have to close (as soon as you get the one from Alexandria to Shreveport closed is from La Compte to the Atchafalaya. I think you might catch boats wanting loads fromShreveport South upon which you could ship rails at a law rate. If you send 20 miles of iron from Shreveport to Alexandria, that with the 30 miles would give you 50 miles north of Alexandria, and it is possible that as th.ings are working in New Orleans we could move some of that iron up to Alexaidria, provided Barr should not make as much headway as he now expects to, but he appears to be getting along pretty rapidly. In getting your track down I consider it important to laj^^ it so l^at it will give us the best returns coirraercially, and to do this we need first a connection from Shreveport to Le Compte and if an'*^ por tion is to wait it should be the line from Le Compte to Alexandria, Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President, 491 •, Ntw York City, Kay 9, 1881 Private. J. M. Eddy, Esq., Port Worth, Texas. Derr Sir: I am in receipt of yours of 4th in relation to the Fort 'Worth and Denver R. R. and the construction Co. When we have definately decided who is to build this line all ex penses which your company has incurred will be repaid by the Construction Company, and I will allow them to subscribe for the Construction Company's stock in such reasonable amounts as Lhey may desire which they can pay for out of the funds repaid to them by the Construction Company or from their own private funds as they deem best. It is yet a grave question with our attorneys whether we will not have to form a rew company under the general law. They are fearful at this special charter thinking that J.t may have been vacated by noncompliance. At any rate I cb not consider it as of any great value. It might be sold to other parties or other people might be induced to take hold of it and build the road but what would it amount to as against our combination or as against our building a road from Gainsville through that country? Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 403 # 195 Broadway N.Y. May 9bh, 1881, C. P. Morosini, Esq., 80 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir:- I hand you herewith my cheek for '*p30,000 payment of three installments on ray subscription of ^100,000 to the capital stock of the kiuerlaan Gable Construction Co. re3ardin!3 whicxi I wrrte you Saturday. Please send receipts by bearer. Very truly yours, C. M. hod^'e. I.'ay, 1881. Santa Barbara, Gal., fvlay 10th, 1881 Gen. G. Dod^^e, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir: I send you today by registered mail a painting made from a study taken last summer at Todos Santos Bay, Lov/er California. It is one of the most picturesque spots on the Pacific Coast and the part at this point has been recently declared a port of Entry by the r/exican Government. I hope you will have it nicely stretched and framed before showing it to your friends. Should the surface stick to tb.e cloth or paper, a little tepid water will remove it. I send this in remembrance of past favors and in the hope that you n.ay be able to hfeip me -in a similar riianner in the future on some of the roads with which you are connected. I shall try to go east sometime during the year to come and may apply to you for aid in the way of passes. Last season I was engaged in making studies of the California Missions and shall get the remainder this sumn.er, when I hope to go east to dispose of the set to some public institu tion or gallery and publish copies in the form of etchings oh engravings If successful shall continue the project until I get all the old churches and r».issions in Lower Cal. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and perhaps extend the matter into old t.exico. My health is still such that I dare not brave the northern winters or I should again establish my studio in Chicago or New York. I hope yet to be able to live there at least a portion of the tiine. Let me hear on the arrivall of tiie picture how you are pleased etc. V.'ith grateful remembrance of former kindness I remain, Yours very sincerely. U. C. Ford. Box 269 Santa Barbara, Cal. w 457 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, La., May 11th, 1881 Gen'l G. M. Lodge, President etc.. New York. Dear Sir: I took J. C. Clarke, Gen'l. Manager of the Jackson road over to Gretna and Freetown, showed tne property we have acquired and what we have refusal of. He was very much sur prised at what we have, and at the little cost it will be to us Said there could be no doubt, not the least in the world, in regard to our plans over there, and that he woald not swap our property on the Hest side for all we have here on the N. 0. side with all the privileges w^ have he e included. There are people who feel that aroad on the west side would not bene fit New Orleans as much as on e on this side, and do not sde the difference between crossing at Westwego and lower down opposite. They will gradually out grow this and Jje with us. Mr. J. C. Clarke being an old personal friend, (we were on the Northern Centi'al R.R. of Fenna- twenty five years ago) a man of more than ordinary practical good sense and unexcelled as a Railroad Manager, evei-ything considered, he is familiar with every departn.ent of railroad service, I wished to have his views before going farther. Mr. Clarke fully coincides with me in regard to terminal plans and Mr. Clarke says if we will join him and buy the Liverpool cotton press property, the only property between their property and ours he will join us in a Union Passenger depot there, and in a general interchange of a system of tracks on this ^ide to the mutual benefit of both, arranging for use of his track in St. Joseph St. and use or half interest in the belt road which is a seperate Company, but owned by the Jackson road, and extend the tiack to opposite Westwego, in short, pool our tracks rights and interests on this side, so as to give both companies better facilities and save building through Thalia Gt. He has no right to „ passengers through St. Joseph St., but can get the right he thinks. The Jackson road will'be narrowed up June 1st., L. & N. <5c M'organs people will never change their present passenger locations. Mr. Wheelock read me his letter to you yesterday enclosed plans and asked if I coincided with his views, told him not, he said it would do no hurt any way and he would let it go. We have room enough on this side to do all that will be required. Can adopt wharves to the boat you are building. If the Liverpool press could be bought low enough, or we could trade them a location on the other side where the presses should be,and join Mr. Clark in a Union Pass, depot wotdd likeit. We need not occupy Thalia St. for two years yet with out losing right to -it, and advise arranging for present needs and be governed by needs, requirerrients and circunistances as our business develops. Will be ready to put wharves on the other side as soon as water goes down a little more. Have properLy enough for shops elevators, cotton presses, barge line, etc. Want a plan of the transfer boat, shape, draft, etc., so engineer can draft plans for landing, and get work started. Will build to fit the boat. Yours respy., H. L.Morse, Supt. lyy^iiihir ti i\i 499 '^63 ^ Nq'.t Yor.:, II xy 13, 1331. H. ;I. Hoxia, Esq., Marshall, Texas. My dear Sir:- I "iTirad Mr. Washbum in relation to pushing his track '.vest-vard. Our oeople got anxious from the fact that a great many ties were being delivered at the front, while we were not getting an equal amount of track. Mr. Gould sent me your dispatch saying that you had bee'^ over the road wltii Messrs. Washburn and Sands. I can say to you pfivately that as you saw when you were here our people are very anxious about pressing this track. They have finally concluded to oush the road through to the Pacific and they watch every day's raovement toward the west very closely. We all know tnat you and your assistants will do all tint you can* I hope when Sands gats there he will be able to handle txie mat erial and give us better results.- I also understand that it is yet too early to expect Uxcy iiiipr ovoiuent frcci the ne.v mruiageLient. Mr. 3. II. a. lark hrs returned and is pressing very strongly for control control in the southwest. southwest. You know he is an old favorite, favorite, but . I do not thint his iiec.ltn is to t;.c v/ork, and I have so stated very frankly. I hope Mr. Gould will be able to get down there before very long. He is detained here now on account of suits against the Western Union, but is anxious to leave. I have agreed with Governor Evans of Colroado to build a road from Port Worth nortnwest to the salt fork of Red River. I am, however, holding off on my contract® on account of not wishing to interfere in any way with delivery of material on the lines now building, but I want to build 100 Mies of it this year, but do not propose to do any thing that will require the do liver of material until along in the fall Governor Evans is building from Denver southwest to meet us at that point and we will probably make the connection inside of two years. I want to hear from you occasionally as to how you are getting along and what the outlook is. Yours truly, r. LI. Dodge. ; ,.yi' 501 ' Nev. York City, May 12th, 1881 F. S. Hodges, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: I want some young engineer in whom I have confidence to go to Mexico and make for me a rapid reconnoissance, Vera Cruz to Huatulco via Oaxaca, and report to' me the feasibility of the route and the probable cost of a road over it. If you are not other wise employed and would like to undertake this journey I should be glad to have you do Please notil'y me of your decision at your earliest convenience. Very truly yours. G . Ml. Dodge, President. : A., /-r*" May, 12, 1881, Julien T. Davies. J, Penry V/ork. Jan.es McNainee. Edward P. Hilton. U. S , Grant, Jr. Henry E. Davies. Counsel. DAVIES, WORK, McNAMEE & HILTON, Counsellors at Law. 90-92 Broadway, New York, i-ay 12, 1881. Genl. G. M. Dodge, New York. Dear Sir: I herewith enclose to you a copy of a coniniuniaction received last night fron: Genl. Grant in the nature of an official report of progress up to April 26th. It is of interest, and shows, in connection with telegrams since received, that t;:e affairs of the company are locking most favorable, and that we shall probably get from the Mexican government as much , at least, as we have referred to as especially desirable for oiir operations in that country. I am leaving the office for a few hours, and if they find here that it is going to take too long to make a copy of this commun ication, they will send you over the original instead of a copy, in which case you will please let me have it again after it has been read by yourself, Mr. Gould, Mr. Sage and any others who may be interested in it, and who you may desire to have read it. Truly youi'S, J. H. Work . r/ay, 1881. Julien T. Davles J. Fenry '"''ork James IVcKamee Edward B. Filton, U. S. tirant, Jr, 507 Henry E . Davies, Counsel 90 Broadway New York, May 15th, 1881. Dear Sir: I enclose copy of report of progress from Genero.l Grant up to April S6th lieu of the original left with you yesterday. I have pleasure also in sending copy of a telegram received last night. Yours truly, J. H. Aork. General G. M, Dodge. 90 Broadway, New lork, M%y 13th, 1881. Copy dispatch received at 77 Clinton Place. 10 P. M. May 12, 1881. Mexico, 11th, 1881. J. H. Work- 77 Clinton Place, N. Y. Fifteenth. Contract signedl. President thinks no doubt about ratifi cation . Grant. 509 New York Cit3'', Maj^'J.Sth, 1881. E. R, Tneelock, President, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of :'!ay 9th in relation to what has been done at Baton Rouge.. If Mr. Barr thinks the square can be used we will purchase it if they do not ask to much for it. I am also in receipt of yours of May 6th enclosing Mr. Evan's maps. My great objection to his barge plans is that tlie plans we have adopted require only a boat that can do all the frei ht and passenger isiness lew Orleans. Freight coming from an^ foreign or domestic point goin,- out on the road will'be loaded either at ".-estwego or at our terminus opposite Thalia St. therefore there will be no necessit3^ of unloading cars directly into the s: ips; or if this should become necessa^- we would handle our cars at '"estwego or opposite Thalia St. so they coui 1 be unloaded directly from the cars into the ships without running them aboard the barges. The transfer of freight will be or should be altogether local to do the business proniplly in New Orleans, and our arrangements could be made to handle this freight promptly. T think the incline at which the boat is to lie should be at more of an angle with the stream. He lays the boat too raiich along the shore. I would do this in order that we could get a sharper angle on our lands and give us room in front of the track where all the land except that occupied by the boat could be used for wharfage. It is a question that is hard for me to determine here, but Mr. Barr and Mr. Evans will understand it and can work it up p operly there whenever it becomet nocessarg to do so. You know we have a contract for a tro.nsfer boat and shall load all the freight and passenger business oth at Vestwego and opposite Thalia St. Mr. Evans plan might do if the local business there became uo heavy that we could not handle t]:ie cars with the ferry boat. The question of switching does not ai cunt to very much because they woul have to hoist the cars up upon the wharf and then switch them to get them to your different presses, etc. Very truly yo;rs, G. M. Dodge, President. 511 American Railway Improvenent Company. New Orleans, Kay 13, 1861 Gen. G. K. Dodge, Prest., 195 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: Yours in regard to lightMpg arresters also insulators, "brackets and submarine cable to hand. As I wired you Donaldsonville bridge, renewing ties and bridge Expect to have boarding and immediately commence able to finish grading of water. I have a for for stringers when track hundred feet. on 2nd, construction train crossed The track force have been employed since s from that point to White Castle, train at White Castle tomorrow evening tracklaying north. We have never been in swamp^ back of Bayou Goula on account ce at work cribbing and will have it ready reaches ihem, will crib about fifteen • We have had a great deal of trouble getting Right of Way on Baton Rouge branch, but have settled with all but. one or two parties and if there is no more delay on that account grad ing will be finished to Baton Rouge by 1st of June. Herewith find contracts for Ties. Rogers is one of the best contractors here, has been getting large quantities for Korgans and Ivobile roads and will throw a large force at work immediate iy,r He is ona of the parties that wanted 50 to 55^ for ties and would listen to nothing less until very lately. I think I begin to see my way clear on ties. The only thing that I can see that can prevent us from getting them would be a drouth to dry the water up In the cypress swamp. This is why I am so anxious to get large force making ties. Dodge & Downey made a very poor job of Donaldsonville bridge, had a lot of house carpenters at work. I have not yet received it but propose to make them remedy it so iar as in their power, but I see no chance but to make the best of a bad job, as to refuse to pay them means to stop their work as they are already in close circumistances. To stop then, means to relet the work at an advance in price from 25 to 33 l/3^. I have sounded all the responsible contractors here •and I think as the matter has gone so far the best thing we can do is to help them through with work. They have oromised and are getting ready to put on night force at Ghoctaw'. Mr. Anderson arrived few days ago and iminediately left for Atchafalaya, returned yesterday and from soundings taken by him there is till a scour going on at our crossing. Mr. Anderson left this F. M. for Chicago to order machinery, from there he goes to New York where he will see you and explain in person. four days. I go to Ahite Castle tomorrow to be absent three or Yours respectfully, C. C. Bar r, Div. Eng. > ■> ■" 513 / New York City, May 14th, 1851. H. P. Morse, Niv. Sup't. New Orleans, La. Dear Sir;- I am in receipt of yours of May 11th. I ara anxious to get full terminal facilities opposite Thalia St. both for the railrocsd and barge line. The question of buying the Sunpool Cotton Press is a matter which the opera tin-; department of the road will have to take up when the line is completed. I have no authority to make any such invest ment. I will, however, bring the matter up before the Toard of Directors of the Texas & Pacifio-.Ry. Co. at its next meeting and will see what they t';ink about it. I wrote Mr. 'Theelock in relation to his proposed transfer arrangements saying that I did not a ;^prove of it. I did not see any necessity for any transfer arrangements there except such as are afforded b" our boat. I intend to do nothing in New Orleans except that business w ich is local to the city. All freight for foreign or domestic ports should be t-^ken care of on the west side of the river . You must use your own judgment in relation to the coal. You are on t^-e f-round and bnow better what is best to do, I ha e ordered a locomotive from Mr. Hoxie to be sent you and it is expected to be there by the 20th. Very truly yours. C, M. Dodge, Presi dent. 517 Kay, 1681 90 Broadway, New York, Kay 16, 1881. Ver a Cruz - 16th. Sixteenth J. H. Work, 120 Broadway, N. Y. No doubt about confirmation of concession will draw sixteen thousand pay for depot ground purchase here and for surveying jarties next sixty days. Ground plot purchased contiguous to Vera Cruz Central and Palmer depot aboi^t eleven acresjprice of ground plot five thousand. Grant. City of Kexico . 519 r/.ay, 1881. Julien T. Davies. J. Henry Work. James KcNamee Edward B. Hilton, U. S. Grant, Jr. Henry E. Davies. Counsel. 90 Broadway, New York, ^.ay 16th, 1881. Dear Sir: I herewith enclose copy of dispatch received f-rem this P. from General Grant.The words "Grant- City of Nioxico"- are I learn at the telegraph Company, part of the message as received. The dispatch is dated fron. Vera Cruz, and I understand it to refer to a purchase made in that city, and the concluding words "City of Mex ico", I understand to indicate that City of Mexico is still his address. Truly yours, J. H. Work. General G. M. Dodge. His presence at Vera Cruz will explain his not answering a telegram which I sent to him on Eridsy. Treasurer. I have sent a copy of this dispatch to Mr. Sage as the 521 Iv'.ay, 1881 Mew York City, 77 Clinton Place, tay 17/81/ Dear Sir: Grant. I enclose cqjy of a letter received this day from General I would be pleased to have an opportunity to speak with you on the subject referred to in it at as early a moment as you can make convenient. ILruly yours, J. H. Work. General G . K'!. Dodge . May I trouble you tJ3 hand the letter to Mr. Gould and Mr. Sage or cou-municate its contents to them. ^ 1 535 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, IVay 21, 1881 Gen'l. G. N,. Dodge, President, New York, Dear Sir: I returned evening beiore last from Alexandria, where I ■•■.ent to arrange a right of way matter that was likely to cause some litigation and delay. I made a satisfactory adjustment the full particulars of v.hich I can give you if you so desire. As I had a couple of days of tin.e there I took occasion to carefully make a survey of all the affairs connected with our enterprise in that division. I found everything regarding Lane & Co. contractors who have-the ties from Alexandria to Lecompte and the tracklaying from former place to Atchafalaya proceeding most satisfactorily. iv'.r. Lane is a man of great experience i.. building Railroads, possessed of ample means and prou.pt and reliable in all his dealic.gs. I cannot say as niuch for Dr. Carpenter and to be candii with you he is progressing very slowly; he appears to have neither means nor credit, he is unable to pay his bills; ard his time checks and other evidences of debt are sources of great annoyance to the Dividsion Engr. at Alexandria, which necessarily militates seriously against the proper carrying out of your wishes. Without doing him injustice I think him too fond of whiskey; and in the event that Lane & Hazlehurst are delayed in their work, it will be attributable to Dr. Carpenter's inefficiency in getting in his bridging. The piling that I have seen on the line of the road fiurnished by him is of the most inferior kind and more suitable for telegraph poles than for holding up a train of cars. With the abundance of timber in that country and its accessibility, there is no excuse for shortcomings of such a character. I find on examination of his contract although en dorsed on back "Contract of Carpenter & Mallory" that Mr. Mallory's name only appears in ;■ foot-note L.igntd ig i,cu, that I.e. Carpenter is permitted to take Mr. Mallory in with him. Regarding conti-act for ties made with Chas. L. Musick & Co. which call.s for 115,000 ties to be delivered prior to the 1st August commencing at tie Atchafalaya river, the estimates rendered on 1st may showed only 4,400 ties delivered, Mr. Musick claims to have 72 nien at work, you can readily see, that in order to complete his contract by specified time he would require 250 men'at o ce, which I am satisfied he cannot procure nor anything like this nuiiber. I took the liberty to instruct your J^iv. Engr. Mr. Chs. M. Greene to inform Mr. Iv.usick after I had had a personal interview with him (^-Usick) that the ties miust be ready for delivery at the time specified in his contract and that the Company would not receive or pay for any ties after the 15th August next. In the meantiri.e, in order not from any fault of ours to cause delay and expense to Lane & Go. I proposed to them that they furnish the ties at each, the same specifications as used on the lower end for any num.ber that Musick & Go. may be likely to fall short. Lane & Go. have already brought some 250 railroad hands froDi Georgia and can bring- 500 additional if necessary. The temporary telegraph line fromi the Atchafalaya to Alexandria is nearly completed the holes being dug to within two or three miles of Alexandria and teh poles set to within ten or twelve miles. Yours very truly, E. B. Wheelock, President. r '' •,^^3-' V, 527 195 Broadway, N.Y. May 24, 1881, George L. Miller, ^sq., ,ji*ioY >f«it Omaha, Neb, Dear Sir:- , • f o /■ /: I received a telegram from you a short tips ago asking if there r * • f was anything of interest going on in New York which would pay you to come drown here. I.replied that at that time there was nothing so far as I could see worth your time and attention* Since then I have completed the organization of the Colorado & Texas Railway Improvement Company with a capital of $2,CCC,000 organized under the laws of Colorado, for the purpose of building a road from F ort Worth northwestv^ard to the Canadian River, forming a connection with the Fort Wort Denver road which Gov. Evans is building southeastwardly from Denver, It has occurred to me that you migh perhaps like to take an interest in this Company and.if so, if you will indicate about the^ amount you desire, I will hold it for yo; . The subscription books » are not yet ope' , but the demand for the stock is great and the evidences are that it will prove a profitable investment. Very truly yours. G, M. Dodge, New York, May.24, 1881.:': ,J «3TroeO . . «')riAaO -»iir p. M. Hubbell, President, . oilf am'§S03 b»irl»e«t I Des Moines, lovva. Dear Sir:- f I am in receipt of yours of M^y 22nd. I have sent to the Spring field Iron Company a section of the rail as requested. Sometime ago I v/rote Hr. Ciarkson that as soon as hd was ready to commence work on the line he could do so and to go ahead as fast as he desired, which I now confirm to you. I do not care how fast you push the work, hut do not want you to do anything that would defeat any of the subsidies. You are on the ground and know what js best to he done the Springpush the work, the subsidies, and can do it. As soon as the surveys are completed, I want a map and profile of the line and detaildd estimate of the cost, which can be made up by the engineer and from these I can act understandingly. I also want from your company a monthly statement of expenses of all construction of the road accompanied with duplicate vouchers for detailed expenditures. I supposed you retained a copy of the contract, but will have one made and sent you immediately. - Your iron is now arriving at New Orleans and is coming up the m Mississippi by barge iLne and will he rapidly .ushed forward to yoi. You have duplicate b/l for it so that you yourselves can keep trace of it. None of these things come to me as I have sent instructions to have them all sent to you for I do not care to keep the run of details. Yours very truly, " nji ' i , - G. M. Ddpe, ■ I 1 iw J J oii»btTe The Am. Ry. Imp. Co 529 Shreveport, La., May 25th., 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Presd't., Ne;. York City. Dear Sir: In reply to your dispatch of 24th inst., I enclose copies of letters to contractors and inspectors, written and served a month ago. In addition, the contractors hxve been notified, that any and all ties found in the track that are not fully up to the specifications uiust be removed and replaced with standard ties. This matter is receiving the closest attention. I think there -must be some mistake about Mr. V/heelock's report of the quality and size of the piling south of Alex andria. The inspector on that Division is a very competent and conscientious man. He reports to me that out of 100 piles Carpenter first cut, he rejected all but 20. As soon as our wire is up to Alexandria, I will go down there. In the mean time I have called upon the Division Engineer for a special report on the bridging. Carpenter will not delay the track down to Lecomptw although he is slow and needs con stant spurring up, which is constantly administered. Land & Hazlehurst I believe will take the bridging from Lecompte to the Atchafalaya at a less price than Carpenter asks in his letter to you of 7th inst. from Alexandria and which you hav'. e referred to me . I am expecting an answer from them daily. Carpenter has his hands full without this work. Musick is behind, but Lane & Hazlehurst will provide ties down to where the, will meet Mustek's ties. Acting upon your letter of 9th inst, I have advised Lane & Hazlehurst th.at when they; have laid their track down to Lecompte, their engine and cai'S would be turned over to Jont-S, Cowen & Knowlton, to lay north from Alexandria. The latter firm positively refuse to turn over to Lane & Hazlehurst any of the work north of Alexandria. I have instructed Jones, Cowen & Knowlton to commence laying track north of Alexandria in tiem to complete it by 1st August over the 55 miles of old grading. Have also served upon them the enclosed order, to raise their force on this end toa capacity of a mile of track a d§iy on and after June 1st. 530 Teams and forces continue to come in, and if un remitting personal exertions can accomplish it, we will pull through on time. The first installment of Florida negroes reached here yesterday. Another lot will leave New Orleans this evening, others to follow. Very truly yours, -il r. B. H. Greene, Chief Engr. 531: <■• Ne ■• York City, May 27th, 1881. Dear Sir:- 0. F. 'Venshoffer ,• Treas. 54 Exchange Place, New York City. Replying to yours of this date in regard to full paid subscri ptions to the stock and bonds of the New Orleans Pac. Ry. Co. will say:- First: Messrs. E. '.7. Clark Co. were al.lowed to pay up in full their subscription o^ ^500,000 to the stock and bonds of the N New Orleans Pac. Ry. Co. and your receipt No. 75 January 26th 1881 covers the 1st & 2nd instalments thereon, amounting to ^^90,000. They afterward paid in to this Co. the remaining eight instalments on this subscription, amounting; to O360,000 of which you have been heretofore notified. This makes a total of $450,000, making that subscription fully paid. Second. They afterward purchased in open market certificates to the amount .,;100,000 upon which two instalments had been paid. These were transferred to their name and they were allowed to pay up the remaining right instalments, as shown by your receipt No . 156 February 16th, 1881 for $72,000 which makes this certificate Tvlly paid. Referring to the subscriptions of Mr. Levi Parsons, $100,000 On October 28th Mr. Parsons paid $4,500 1st inst-lment on a subscrip tion of ;::50,000 and received your receipt No. 44 for the same: and' on December 20th he paid the remaining nine instalments amounting to v4O,0OO and received from you a written receipt therefor of whi h you have no stub. This makes one subscription of $50,000 fully paid. On the remaining $50,000 he has filed with this offre your receipts for instalments up to the 5tb inclusive, the latter bearinr date May 23rd, 1881 and No. 360 which shows that he is not in arrears on any instalment. ^ If you desire to do so you can take upthe written receipt for v40,500 referred to above, and give me in its place one of your regular printed receipts. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, May 28, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Prest., New York. Dear Sir: I have yoars of 24th inst. Jones, Gowen & Knowlton are now getting ties near Alesandria and expect to begin laying track from that point north by the 15th June. It would cost some '^20,000. say, to send your iron down to Alexandria and Gotile sufficient to lay track to the Atchafalaya and from Alexandria north to meet the tracklaying party from Shreveport; but would not the time saved by so doing fully compensate you? Lane & Go. can reach the Atch afalaya by the time Mr. Barr can get there from this end, provided you give them the iron and allow them to get the bridging and ties or such quantity as Dr. Carpenter and Nusich may fall short. With Jones, Gowen and Knowlton laying track from Alexandria north ; and Lane & Go. from Alexandria to Atchafalaya River, I do not see what should prevent the com/jletion of the line in time to bring this coming crop to market. Lane Sc Go. expect to have the Iron laid to Lecompte by the 20th June and it would be a pity to have them stopped froni going on to the Atchafalaya for want of iron. When the "Sirocco" arrives I shall try to arrange for her to land her cargo at Westwego, even though the "Rothesay" has not finished. I think it can be done onthe bank just below our wharf, by using some of the long timber which the Morgan Gon.pany used in their approach to the river at Westwego. Yours very truly, E. B. Wheelock, President. 539 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, June 6th, 1881 Gen'l. G. U. Dodge, New York. Dear Sir: I have your personal favor of the 3d inst. I thank you for the inforuation contained therein, as alos for the opportunity to place myself right with you. I have when asked the question, would the Morgan Go. build their line to Alexandria; replied that their charter gave them no such rightand I did not believe they would build north of Lecompte. When questioned by Newspaper reporters, regarding various rumors of changes and combinations supposed to affect your interests in connection with those of tho Morgaan Co. I have replied, that I knew nothing about the matter and I have always been careful when called upon to speak of them as our being on friendly relations with them. I have been approached more than once by parties I had reason to know were in the confidence , to some degree, of Messrs. Whitney &. Co., as to what I thought, the intentions of our friends were regarding the future operatio is that might involve a conflict of interests; I have never failed, I am sure, to leave the impression that the relations of our Company and the Morgan Co. were pleasant and harmonious. The report in the Galveston paper and II. 0. Papers of the pur chase by you of the Nu 0. & Texas & La. Western made consider able comment naturally and to all enquiries I replied I knew nothing about it and did not credit the report. I have reliable information to the eliect that Pierce has made a movement to get the control of th® N. 0. Times, that he has put up -#1,000.00 cash for an option to purcahse the paper is - - -tioned. A leader in the issue of 4th inst which I en close I consider suggestive. Very truly yours, E. B. Wheelock. June 6th 188I. Leon,Iowa,June 6th I88I, General; In complianoe with your request, I have tendei'ed Hon.J.F.V/ilson my unqualified support. Was for Gear as against Kirkwcod, hut have eff ected a change of base to Wilson without loss• Will make arrangements to have this Co represented hy a "Wilson" man in the next assembly. Have written Wilson stating your request and my compliance. May this find you healthy and prosperous as it leaves me. Yo\irs as ever, Fred Teale June, 1881. Julian T. Davies J. Henry kVork Jan.es KcNamee Edward B. Hilton U . S . Grant, Jr. Henry E. Davies, Counsel. United Bank Building, V/all St. ^ Broadway. New York, June 7, 1881 General G. Ivi. Dodge, Dear Sir: New York, I had a letter yesterday from General Grant of which I herewith send you a copy. You will note that Genl. Grant's papers are probably, by this tine, in Washington, and can be ordered on here at once if there is any reason why we are in a hurry to see them before Genl. Grant gets on, as he will, probally, within a few days. You will note also that the General now expresses his preference, as a matter of judg ment, for a narrow instead oi' a standardgiuge road. Truly yours, ^ i J. H. Work. . 1It June I2th 188I. Council Eluffs, Iowa,JTJne 12, TGGT Eear Gen'l; Yesterday told J'r. Fodefer triat Siclcey proposed a consolida tion of the two exchanges. Ke(Kodefei*) is in favlr of the project and thou^t we should call "a meeting. He says the Exchange here is paying expenses and that is about all and thinks it would- do better if the two were run as one Exchange. A months delay in the consumation of this plan will make no mater- " ial difference, if you would like to be at the meeting. Mr. Eodefer thinks they have tried to"bull-doae" us a little and there seems to be some mis understanding between Fodefer a-'.d Korty. Think possibly it v\ould be better to have the meeting in July when you are here, as you could accomplish more in making the consolidation a benefit to your interests in the exchange. You say in your letters to Mrs. Dodge that I ought to be in Denver by the fifth of July. I can leave here at any time. Would prefer to go some days before the meeting as you say, and post myself up a little as to what is being dine there so that 1 may better comprehend the sense of the meetings* If there is anything in particular you want to know about or -/.ant looked after let me know. Shall leave here in time to take a trip over the lines they are extending, if you so desire. This has been a profitable week owinfe to the large attendinoe at tiie tournament. The place is looking welliand we have more cherries than we know what to do with. Ella, the financial schemer of this household,proposed that we peddle them out among tiie merchants.' Fhe says she will write you soon. Affect'ly. Frank. June, 1881. Iowa City, Iowa, June 13,/sl Dear General: Please read and return the enclosed. I once stumped the Council Bluffs Cong. Dist. for yOu and think you are somewhat in my debt in that account. You can and I hope will, pay the debt by doing what you can and all you can for Wilson. Very truly. Kirkwood. ■ 549 American Railway Improvement Company. New Orleans, June 14th, 1881 Gen'l. G. Iv . Dodge, 80 Broadway , N. Y. Dear Sir: I returned from off the line this A. M. as I wired you track reached Plaquemine Saturday P.f/.. Will,be delayed there on day getting in side track and other necessary work and expect to commence track laying Tuesday if the bridge across Bayou Plaquemine is ready and I think it will be. Had a very ugly job getting over Cribbing at Bayou Gould and was delayed there one week. Had to carry timber 12 X 12 - 24 feet l,/4 of a mile in mud and water ankle to knee deep with a gang of men that are as independent as men can get with a dozen other jobs open for them when ever they choose to quit. Have only gang large enough to lay track and when there is any back work done it is at -the expense cf front force. Therefore I am only full spiking and making track safe and not attempting to keep up surfacing, As I wired you from Baton Rouge I expected to take D. & Downeys outfit and work off of their hands and put on company force; this I had made up my mind to do and came to the City to arrange with D. A D. But they both begged so hard and promised so faithfully that I concluded to let the work go on in their name with this understanding which practi cally puts the work on my hands. They have agreed to work all the men and furnish all the outfit that I may send to them. To take all material at my price that I can send. As I wrote you some time since the trouble has been in getting the material to the work and I will say for therinthat they have had a great many difficulties to overcome and a great many things have been learned by all of us by hard knocks and disappointments. But there has certainly been bad management. I have arranged with another party to put driver at work at Atchafalaya and work south there being about 1/2 mile of piling in Atchafalaya Swamp. I have also con tracted with an outside party to deliver one thousand piles at Chactaw by the 13th of July with a forfeiture of 4 uents per lineal foot on all he does deliver if he fails to fill con tract, I have contracted with another mill to furnish one and a half milea of stringers and ties and if men and money can do the work I propose to do it let it make or break D. & D. To take the work from them at this time I have no doubt it would about wind themup and with the understanding I now have with them I hope to accomplish as much as if it was Company work. 550 My intention now is to use every effort to get track to South end of Ghactaw bridge, then if I can do no better I can take pine piles there on thrain and when I can once get the material there I ca.n make short work of the driving. We have one thing staring us in Lhe face and that is a fall in the water which v/i LI make it expensive to distribute piles to drivers, up to this time they have been able to float the piles to their pi ace. The parties getting timber for D. & D. I think have arranged to double their capacity of delivery from this on and with the aid of the other party I think we can keep our drivers running. If so we have a capacity of 36 to 40 per day of 12 hours. After getting track to Ghactaw we will have a chance to do good v.ork while we lay track on Baton Rouge branch. Swamp grading isstill under water but as the river is reported falling rapidly above I am afraid it will be down only too soon. If Allison of Fhildelphia is making cars for you now it would be well to call his attention to his brake rods They are so low thatthey catch on road and R. R. Crossing. We have quite a number of sugar tracks crossing us and it is almost impossible to keep them in condition for crossing and the planters never miss a chance to complain, besides we came very near having a serious accident from this cause. Dont want you to think I am getting discouraged. Never was more deter<.ined but believe I will be ready to en/igrate when everything is completed. Yours respectfully. 0. C. Barr, Div, Er\g, P. S. Have just arranged with parties said to be responsible to bring me fifty colored men from Florida. C. C. B. OTT ■ T New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, June 14th, 1881 I have reliable Information to the effect that Mp. Pierce has concluded the purchase, of the N. 0.Times giving $56,000. for the building and $45,000. for the Paper etc. the building was bought some two years since by present ocempant for $30,000. possession lo be given July 1st, The above given me confidentially. fr. I'utohJ.nson called on I'e yesterday and asked the meaning of N'ajor Bond's message; I replied that I supposed it meant what it said, he expressed sone surprise, hut showed no feeling in the ri'atier, only saying i] at l e thought it would have been only fair to them to have been informed at an earlier day, to which I said in a friendly manner that his con.pany could lay no equitable claim to our line. Iv'y opinion is, that if the N'iorgan Co. are quietly permitted to extend their line above Lecompte they can, for the same reasons go as far north of the 31st paraliell as they choose even to a connection with the Texas Central at Dallas I have no faith in any of the protestations of friendship made by t'r. Whitney. I believe he would join Huntington and Pierce in a twinkling if it served his purpose to do so. At the same tien, he would try to make you think he was co operating with you. Judge Home will be home in a few days and I will get his opinion. Truly yours. E. B. Wheelock. 555.- June, 1881. New York City, June 18, 1881. Dear General: Father would like to have you and Mr. Hayes come up anddine with us to-morrow. The train leaves the Grand Central Depot at 9 A. K. Will you please send me word if you and t:r. Hayes will come . Yours truly, George Gould. 557 ■" Few York City, Jione 18th, 1881, C. C. Barr, Div. Engineer, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I have yours of JJune 14th. I hope the new arran-j-ements will aid you. I know that you have a pretty hard task before you, but you irust not get discouraged. Fight away at it and you will come out some time in the fall. Your end is doing better than the other and I think I begin to see daylight. All you have to do is to push these people a 1 you can and I shall be staisfied, Mr. Anderson is making his contracts here and will soon bring with him part of his machinery and tools. We vail soon have one oT the transfer boats ready. How does the track-laying machine work. What would be the expense of laying track with it provided you could work it steadily. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. 659 June, 1881. California & Texas Hy. Cons'.ruction Co., President Uffice, 195 Broadway, New York, June 20, 1861. Col. Lyraan Pridger, Present. Dear Sir:- As a preliminary agreement , and iintil such time as we can make an examination of the country through which it is proposed to con struct the California Central and the San Francisco and ocean Shore Railroad we propose as follows: That we will p-y whatever legitimate expenditures have been made in surveys procuring riglit of way, etc., and will either use those roads or ""onsolidate them with other cl'.artei's now in cxistoncor to be obtained for the purpose of building a line extending your lire east to meet the lines connecting with the T. & P. and the U. ' and the A. & P. railroads u lon such-practicable routes as, after fully developing the Country, I may hereafter decide upon. I also authorize you to go to C-.lifornia ai:d have an imnediate location made from San Praijcisco to the west base of the Sierra Nevada and the riglit of way obtained thereon, ai.d also to exter'u your surveys as coon as posritle eastwnrdly as far as to a coicnecti ii with t!io T. (% P. at Cr stal Springs and meet the II. P. at such point in Utali, as they may hereafter decide upon. The surveys from Crystal springs toward Texas 1 will myself take cars of. " Whenever tho company's lines -re determined upon and the sy cate is formed the parties in ir.tcrcst in the two companies named above shall be entitled to their full proportion (not less than) Tourth of tho Capitol stock of th.e construction Co. or railroad Co. upon the same terns and same basic as it is taken b-^^ all the other companies. " yndiIn case your companies accept thi proposition the contract made by yoir companies .and now in form for procui-'ing of bonds and p!.Pchasing of rails will be carried out if complied with on or before July twenty-thii-d. The Unl. fc Texas Ry. Construction Co., by, C. . Dodge. i: . iJtaik. ..JiKLf. New Orleans Pacific Railway Company New Orleans, June 21st, 1881 Dear Sir: Herewith I hand you the Deeds effecting the consol idation I notive the omission of one word in the manuscript copy which I enclose which you will please have added to cor respond with copy I retain. The following J-'-esolution was unaniuiously etlopted. Resolved, "That the action of Prest. IVheclock in executing the Indenture or article ofAgreement of comsolidation of tlie N. 0. Pacific Ry. Co. with the Texas & Pacific Ry. Go ^ dated June 20th, 1881 and which Indenture will be copied in ths ridnutes of this meeting be i ratified and comfirmed." s hereby aP;roved The nuinbej:' of sliares voted for i the foi-egoing was 21,G65 a-d therefore the meeting adjouiT.ed to July 20th, 1881 unless sooner convened by call froii! the chairman. Judge Home inforiied ne that to comply with our law regarding consolidation it will be necessary to place in file with the Secy, of State certified copies of the Indenture and resolutions relative thereto which I will have done. Very respectfully yours, E. B. 'Aheelock, Prest. ■t -.dust iur .Pj. 'v 565 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company New Orleans, June 25th, 1881 Gen'l. G.M. Dodge, New York. Dear Sir: Col. Lane was here on his way to Macon, Geo. yesterday, from hin. I iearn that the work is going on satis factorily at Alexandria. Lane says he can get down to Leconipte in ten or fifteen days if necessary but he is under the im pression that you wish to build north from Alexandria and do not care to push the work below Lecompte towards the Atchf. river, as you doubtless expected the K'organ line to get to Lecompte where you would make a connection with them to N. 0. Mr. Barr is quite confident of being able to get to the Atchf. river in sixty days, and I believe he will. In that event I cannot but urge that you would allow Lane and Co. to go ahead and connect with the work at the Atchf. river. The importance of a line from N. 0. to Alexandria should not be underestimated. A delay of some duration is almost certain between Alex, and Shreveport but if we can get through from here to Alexandria ,say..in sixty days we can very well afford to wait a montb so longer in getting to Shr-eveport. I do not believe the Morgan Co. will ever build to Lecompte but think Washington which is four miles above Opelonsas will be as i'ar as they will go, ie if we decide to prevent their building to Alexandria. In case they are permitted to go to Alexandria they will in my opinion endeavor to go through to Dallas; this was always the idea of Mr. Chat Morgan. The objections made by Mr. Hutchinson to our crossing their track I do not regard of much importance as they surely cannot prevent it. They may make it a point, unless you con clude to submit to their uni'air demands about Alexandria to give us all the annoyance possible. I enclose a slip fron, tte Picaquin ^ the general ioipression here is that the with the several lines has been consumated. alliance Should the contest wax warm I suggest that a vulnerable point with the Morgan Co. is their Item ship line from here to N. Y. • The trade of the South and west down through this port with N. York and the eastern cities is much greater than you may suppose and they are and always have been largely eng:ged in it. Please excuse this drawn out letter and attribute any portion of it which you may consider gratuitous as simply prompted by a desire to serve your interest. Very truly yours, E. B- Wheelock. P. S. Judge Home will forward you his opinion in answer to your inquiries about Morgan &. Co. extending their line to Alex, under the general law of La. 5G7 New York City, June 29th, 1881 J. M. Eddy, Supt. of Construction, Fort Worth, Texas. Dear Sir: I an: in receipt of yoursof June 23rd. Am glad to see that you have got through to V.inneola. I wired you today about not ..oing any work south of Temple. Suppose the order was given during my absence, and I wanted to know what the facts are, because, when Mr. Hayes left here the understanding was that we were to build that line to Taylor. I have already contracted for one hundred miles of steel for use on the Fort Worth & Denver road, but the great difficulty I anticipate i^ill be in procuring cars and. locomotives. Very truly yours, G. U . Dodge. President. 569 New York Citj/, June 29, 1881. E. B. Wheelock, President. New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receiot of yours of June 25th . I suppose Mr. Greene is pusing Levi with his crk to Le Compe as'fast as possible so tViat I can commence laying track north from Alexandria? The great point to make is to get road from Shreveport to fe Compe . Further than that it is easj' enough for us to handle our material and complete through to the Atchafalaya in a short time. The great problem to solve is to get track down between /Vlexandria -nd Shreveport, I think I have it so arranged now that it can be done; then we can rush our material through north toward Le Compte. At any rate we can get our line to the Atchafalaya by the time we will be ready for business from there to New Orleans. Our arrangements with the Morgan people allow us to do business first from Le Compte through and that will control about all the business there by going to the Atchafalaya, because it will be a not much greater haul to the railroad than to the river. I forwaided to Mr. Hayes the opinion of Kinnard, Hour and Prentiss upon the right of Morgan peOple to build to Alexandria. I have never changed my views that the: can build this line if they want to, but they will have to do it under a new charter, which I understand is the method they propose to pursue. I would like to keep them out of there. I do not think if they vere going to Dallas the 20 miles betweei I. Compte and Alexandria would hold them. We should not let them build through under their present charter ; they must build under a new grant. That I understand is Mr. Hayes' position or that he will give them trackage over our line. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. •! V' ' https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/2956b3d5417b3c447fecc8f6ff37b0d7.pdf c79e8de4c267cfb6df20284a5888e2bf PDF Text Text 571 New York City, July 2n(i, 1881 Received from the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company One million and four thousand Dollars ($1004,000.) of its 6% General Consolidated Mor-tgage ""onds of December 1st, 1880, Nos. 32098 to 33101 both inclusive, and Ten thousand and forty (10,040) shares of $100 each of said Railway Com pany's Capital Stock, Certificate No. 3411; said Bonds and stock being in full payment for the construction & equipment of Fifty & two-tenths (50 2/tO) miles of said Railway Company's lines extending from Greenville to Mineola, Texas under its Contract with the International Railway Improvement Company. $1004,000. # Bonds.) 10,040 she. of stock) Tiie Int. Ry. Imp . Co ., Per G. M. Dodge, President. t) i o Nev/ York City, July 11, 1881 The Pacific Railway Improveinent Co. The American Railway Improvement Go. The International Railway Improvement Go. has settled with John F. Dillon for all lagal sefvices for each of said companies down to May 1st, 1881. And it is agreed by and between G. M. Dodge, - Pre sident of said Companies in behalf of said Companies and Dillon & Swayne that the compensation of the latter for attending to all the ordinary ligal business of said Companies from and after May 1st, 1881, shall be at the rate of Twenty five hundred dollars per annum for each of said Companies, payable quarterly; and to be the same for the Colorado & Texas Company, when it shall commence active operations. (Signed) John F. Dillon for Dillon & Swayne. (Signed) G. M. Dodge, President. July 15, 1881 A. J. Seith, Esq., New York City, July 15, 1881. President, Joliet Steel ; Chicc-GO, 111. Dear Sir:- I return you h rewith the two copies of the contract of July 1 st 1881, between our respective companies for 8000 tons steel rails. As I explained to your Mr. Griswold verbally, i distinctly understood in making this purchase thro* Mr. Minnigroods that the terms thereof were to be in all respects identical with the former contract of June 20, '81. That contract reads "The party o the first part shall have the option to use best quality foreighn steel columns purchased under the inspection of either Professor Kiley or C. P. Oandberg. " The contract of July 1 merely states "The partj^ of the first part shall have the option to ....the rail from fw'st quality foreign steel blooms". Acting on Mr. Griswold s assurance that the matter had been laid before you and was merely a cleric 1 error cf omission I have inserted the missing words in margin of each contract and duly accepted them. These mark your approval of the considation and return my copy of the contract to me at your very early convenience, -and oblige. Very truly yours, G . M. DqJ ^0 ^ President. 577 New York City, Julj' 16, 1881 . Gen. G. ?'i. Dodge, President, My dear General I enclose you herewith a cony of telegram received last night from Maj. C H. Gi^een in relation to the new delivery of Cherri & Co. fastenings at ''lexandria together with our reply to the same and a telegram to Cherrie & Co. in relation thereto. In view of th circumstances I judged it best to allo'w Greene to supply deficiency at Alexandria from his stock at Shreveport as we can easily supply him from St. Louis where the ods are being manufact ured. Cherrfe & Co. seem to have no intention of keeping their "contract. 'Ve have written to them a number of times lately, ns you will doubtless remember and they have always promised to make their shipments regularly. On all these contracts the onlything they have filled . in toto are the bolts and nuts. Their orders were to send 50 miles of each kind of fastenings to Vestwego and 50 miles of bolts and spikes and 100 miles of spike to Alexandria. They have nearly filled the ".'estwego order but Mr. Greene telegram shows what they have done on the Alexandria order. The prices on their contracts are low and no doubt in the low state of the market they would be glad if we would break the contracts. They seemed to understand your verbal order given while in Chicago as meaning to send every thing to "'ashburn and I therefore thought it best to suspend this until we can see exactly how large the proportion of their contracts is that can be turned to 'Vashburn without detriment to Mr. Greene's supplies. I think it would be inadvisable to make a new order on Cherrie for spikes as indicated in your dispatch of the 13th inst. on k^ashburn's account as with the orders for spike lately given Buck. There will be more than enough to complete the T.&P. road 'hrough to El Paso. Trusting tliat .you will approve my action in this matter I am, ' Very truly yours, J. T. Granger, Asst. Secretary, 579 July, 1881. Copy--Telegram. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTIv^NT OF TEXAS. San Antonio, Texas, July 18th, 1881 General G. V.. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Your telegram of yesterday asking for troops to protect graders received and referred to the comntanding of ficer Fort Davis for the necessary action. His reply will be duly communicated to you. (Sgd) Vincent, A. G. 3101 D. C. 1881. Official copy furnished by mail. Thomas M. Vincent, Adjutant General 581 Hl'O New York, July 20, 1881. F. M. Hubbell, Esq., Prest., Dea Moines, Iowa. Dear Sir:- Our people here do not clearly understand in regard to the division of expenses of constructiong the two narrow gauge roads. The road from Boone do.vn to the Junction should buy no rolling stock except perhaps one locomotive for construction purposes, the remaining equipment, when they are ready for it, they can hire from the Wabaah by paying mileage for it. The accounts for construion of th St. Louis, Des Moines and Northern road must be kept entirely separate from those of the St. Louis, Des Moines and Northwestern. All papnents on account of the Northwestern will be made by the Mr. Howe and we are to make payments for construction of the St, Louis, Des Moines and Northern only, and al rolling stock purchase should be paid for by the parent Company. Has any mortgage yet been placed upon this property and put upon record? If so, please have a form of bond drawn up and sent here and I will at once have it engraved, so that we can use it for the purpose of raising money. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 583 Nevir York City, July 23, 1881 Received as July 19th, 1881, fron. the International & Great Northern Rail Road Coy., one hundred 1st Mortgaj^e Bonds for $1,000, each (Nos. 6685 to 6784 both in.) with coupons payable Nov. 1, 1881 on a/c of contract with the Ineernational Railway Improvement Co. for building road from San Antonio to the Rio Grande. Nos. 6685 to 6784 • 100 M 1st Mortgage Bonds. J. T. Granger, Assistant Secretary, I. Rwy. Impt, Co. New York City, . July 1881 Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, Secretary of the Interior, 7/ashington, D. .C. Dear Sir:- Supplemental to my recent letter upon the same subject, I a hand you herewith application of Mr. E. B. 'AOieelock, President of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. Assignee of the New Orleans aton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Co. for an inspection of sixty miles of their road from Westwego opposite New Orleans in the State of Louisiana to a point sixty miles below Shreveport, all in said State of Louisiana and requesting that a Commissioner be appointed to examine and report upon t:\e same, pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the Congress of the Untied States of America, entitled "An act to incorporate the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other purnoses." Your early consideration of these applications is respect fully and earnestly requested. Very truly yours. G. M. ^odge. Enclosure. President < 587, American Railway Improvement Company. New Orleans, July 24, 1881 Gen'1. G. M. Dodge, Piest., 80 Bi'oadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: As I wired you several aays ago, I have taiien l^odge &. Downey's work and outfit off their hands. I was in hopes to get along without doing so, but found I could not push the work so long as I did not have entire Control of it and as they were getting behind hand I would have to become re sponsible for everything they got therefore I agreed to take the work and outfit off their hands and pay them for all work done at contract pi'ice. This is of course very liberal but I think it will be all they can do,, to pay their bills at this, and it would not do for us to allow any bills for either labor or material go unpaid, as there is already too little confidence among the people here. I now have three drivers running at Choctaw for the first time since the work was commenced. Will finish track laying on Baton Rouge Branch about the 28th July , will then put all hands on back surfacing for a week or ten days while we get stringers on the portion of Choctaw already driven which will be about two miles, the balance I will lay temporary track on the ground and go ahead and if I can get the track to crossing of Grassetete Bayou by Sept. 1st it will be as much as I expect as there is now a great amount of sickness in the swamp and in consequence of the con tinuous breaking in of new men the work goes slow. Some of my best foremen are now away on leave of absence on account of sickness. After passing Grassetete we should be able to make good Lime with tiack laying as we have comparatively few sugar ditches and other bridges to detain us. I have a better force the past two days than.I have ever had since track laying was commenced, having received 60 men from Vicksburg and Natchez, and I am in hopes we will be able to hold them. Yours respectfully. (Signed) C. C. Barr, Copy Div . Engr 589 ^ Alexandria, La., July 31, 1881 G .M . Dodge, President, 195 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir: Your letter was wired n;e from Shreveport after I had left for a visit over the line, and as I dispatched you I delayed answering by letter until tracing.this point in order that I might make a more full and satisfactory report. Your suggestionsabout making temporary track on the slope of cuts, I havei anticipated - while the force of teams is not as large.as wanted, I still believe we can get through without delaying the track by resorting to any temporary work. Carney and Hart finished their contract but owing to sickness of Hart and foremen and desertion of m.en they brought with them,they could not be induced by any advance of price to take any new work, they owed a balance of about nineteen hundred dollars for advances made them, and I had a mortgage on teams to eucure the debt, I was prepared to foreclose the mortgage when your dispatch to let the miatter lie over until you came out was received. They have gone back with all their outfit to Missouri- with this exception the original contractors have stj/uck to the work. Zearing and Andrews have taken the heavy cuts at South end of Section fflb and will be able to let us through. Carpenter and Mallory I think will keep the Bridging out of the way, if not I am prepared to help them. I advanced their prices to forty cents for piling and thirty dollars for timber, I deenied it best not to m.eet their full demand, at ler\st in the beginning. I find Lone and Haslehurst have begun laying track north and are prepared to advance as fast as may oe necessary to make connections with track coming south. I leave today to visit visit end of Whitney's track which I learn is some twenty five miles south of Lecompte, to learn definitely il' it is their intention to stop where they run into our line at Cheneyville, eight miles south of Lecompti. I have been informed since officiating that ti.is is their intention, if os, will it not be policy to extendour line eight miles further south to Cheneyville with a part of the thirty five miles of work intended togo north. The loss of Cornio Brandon&s wired you from Natchitoches will not affect track laying h^ere. There is still a good supply of fastenings on hand here. Six miles of angle plates and fifteen miles spikes were lost on the Brandon, everything was fully insured. boats are bringing down material that will be needed here. I have instructed Chief of Party , moving line to Pine Bluff to report ot Mr. Morley. I did this under instructions from Gapt. Hayes before hearing from you on the subject. Capt.Hayes and Gov. Brown made a visit to Shreveport the day before I left there and I presume have informed you of the result of their visit about depot grounds. I do not believe Dr. Zearing can command a force to cover the two miles of grading at Shreveport until he is through on Section Very truly yours, B. H. Greene, Chief Engineer 591 August, 1881, N;EaIGAN southern railroad COIvEANY (United Bank Building) New York, Aug. 3, 1881. Gen. G. Dodge, 195 Broadway, Dear Sir New York City. A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Southern Railroad .Company will be held at the office of the Company, Room 58 No. 90 Broadway,New York City on Tuesday, August 9th at eleven o'clock A. M. Truly youhs, J . H . 7 ork, Secretary. 4 . „ 1 ■ New York City, August 4, 1881 Received as July 29, 1681 from the International & Great Northern R.R.Co. One Hundred (100) First Mortgage B onds for $1,000. each Nos. 6785 to 6884 with coupons payable Nov.l, 1881. on account of contract with the International Rcilway Improvement Co. For building road from San Antonio to the Rio Grande. J. T. Granger, - ■ Assistant Secretary. No. 6785 @ 6884 100 1st Mtg. Bonds M ea. 5G7 liP?" Califoi^nia d-. '" 'jxas P.ailw'ay Construction Co., President's Office, 195 Broadway, N.Y. August 11, 1881, L. C. Short, ii'sq,. Civil Engineer, Hifce Lincoln Co, Nev, Dear Sir: Your report of July i:4th to General Dodge from Cryst-'l Springs Nevada has beer received at this office , and as far as I can see your action in organising and starting your parties are satisfactory, Ge; oral Dodge is not at all- well and has left New York on a trip for the benefit of his liealtli, ar.d as he per nits no new business to be sent him the foraal reply to your letter canrot be sent until his return, I note what you say about title to be put upon the riaps, and will say that that is a question which as yet is undecided, but will reply to your question as soon as the title has been selected. My impression now is that they should be marked "California & Texe., Railway Construction Compaa y", We will not need more than one copy^ i the profile sent to this office, I note that your nearest post office is Piocl^iC, Nevada, Pleas inform us promptly of a y change in your mail or telegraphic address. Very truly youi's. J. T, Granger Cecretary. U. S. Grant, President. G. L". Dodge, Vice Pres. Russel 3age, Treasurer. J. H. Work, Secretary. Jay Gould, ) Frank Work, ^Executive Com, Russel Sage.) ^"EXIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, )Unlted Sank Building.) New York, Aug. 12, 1881 Dear Sir: You are hereby notified of a call for a second instalment of ten percent of your subscription to the capital Stock of the Mexican Southern Railroad Company, payable" at the Treasurer's office on or before the 23rd day of August, 1881, being portion oi the first million subscription to the stock of that Company made on the 24th day cf ^arch 1881. The amount of your subscription is $100,000.00 Ten percent upon which is Triiy yours, $10,000.00 Russell Sage, Treasurer. Please make checks payable to the order of Russell Sage, Treasurer. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Trustee, 195 Broadway, New York. 603 - -f'S' 195 Broadway New York, August 13, 1881, 0. M, Dodge, President, ' ■ •' ■ Council Bluffs, Iowa, ' '' ' My dear General I am in receipt of yours of the 9th inst, enclosing check for $2,0C0 which-shall be applied as directed, I wrote a letter to Mr. Calef in regard to Bridge's draft giving him the full particulars and asking him to see f he could not arrange it with Mr, Gould; but Mr, Gould declined to do anything with it, so as directed by you, I-paid it from Pacific Railway Improvement Company's account and have charged it to the Cal, Texas Ry. Construction Co, I wired him to make no more drafts lantil your return. The 500 tons of iron were a portion of those shipped us and the vessel sprung a leak and had to return to England. The rails were said to be in very good order-and offered to us subject to inspection •on te wharf at ^ew Orleans at $44 and in accordance vdth your instruc tions, I have ordered them to be shipped at once by steam, V7e could no doubt make good use of them and I think it is a good purchase. Iron from the mills is going forward and we are well supplied with material generally, I showed Judge Dillon your inquiry in regard to the Gould, DillonWinslow, and Seligman contract. He said that the little drift of an agmment written out when you were here was not satisfactory to the Boston people and they came to Mr, Gould with a long elaborate agreement which was not in any respect satisfactory to our side. Judge Di.llon took the two papers an yesterday made a draft of an agreement, a copy of which he gave me to send you and copies were also handed Mr, Se liman and General 7/inslow for the Boston interest, and a copy sent to Mr. Gould at Saratoga (where he still is), A copy was also given to Mr, Sidney Dillon, Judge Di Ion says that in the main this will be satisfactory; so far as he car tell, to all parties; but there must be added a provision for a line to connect the Texas & Pacific through New Mexico with the main line of the Atlantic & Pacific, The Boston people propose to make this a common line. You will notice that this a agreement proposes to build a line through Nevada and Colorad-^, if found practicable, under the charter of the Atlantic Se Pacific Co, Judge Dillon says he does not understcmd enough about the matter to know how this scheme tallys with your arrangement with Bridges, and wants me to send you this for your information and ask your advice and instructions in the matter. The Atlantic Se Pacifin people have sent for their California engineers (Judge Dillon does not recollect his name) and he is to be here in ten days. They say the matter has got to be fixed one way or the other before long. I'hey will not join with us or -et a line for them selves, I note in your letter of 3 d you say that work on Mew Orleans and do more work, but to little purpose. Mr, ^eelock is here, came on to attend the T. & P. meeting and says that in his opinion Green has doneeverything that could be done to expidite the work, but of course you know that Thee ock looks at this with southern eyes anr I think is a little prejudiced in Greene's favor. On Monday, I will get their rull reports of track at each for the week and will then give you full statement. H Mr. Greene made a great mistake in misconstruing your telegrapi.iC^ instructions that the Carney & Hart matter must await your return. I enclose a letter from him in which you will see that he says he was _ prepared to foreclose the mortgage and would doubtless have held their men and teams on the work but instead of doing so on receijpt of your tele -ram he let them go, .taking their force with them. , , . „ ^ + Our transfer boat for the Atchafalaye is finished and lying at St. Louis. As soon as I can get a load for her^ will send her down. The caissons for the Atchafalaye bridge are now being turned out and I will ship four car loads from N. Y. on the 2«i and ten from Providence on tne 25th. T'.e.se go through by rail as the rates by sea are exorbitant. ^ I have received your telegram giving me authority to close witn Paterson people for the two additional locomotives they offer, but before it came they had withdrawn the offer. I am, however, negotiating for two 35 ton Baldwin engines to be delivered in 60 days and which Mr. Hayes thinks we should purchase. I understand they are 17 x 24 cylinder. . ' ' , Very truly yours, , * J. T. 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Short, Esq., G05 195 Eroadway, New York, August 18th, 1881. St. Thomas, Lincoln Co., IT'Jvada. Dear Sir:- Yours of August 6th to General Dodge, with enclosures as stated is at hand and on hie arival here will receive prompt attenuion. In regard to tE.e we desire to have it cal Sr. Pacific Railway". Mr. quarters at El Paso, and country which you are no expect to take charge of to meet him or can make freelj^ with him and rece have to give. name of the line which you are running led the "California Division of the Texas R. Petriken is Ciiief Engineer with lieadi believe he is working up and into the w occupyii.g, although he does not that and of the line, and if j^ou happen it convenient to do so, confer fully and ive a. d carry out any instructions he may Very truly yours. T, Cranger, Private Secretary, il 607 New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. New Orleans, La., Aug., 21, 1881 Gen'l. G .• .Dodge ., Pre St.,. New York. Dear Sir: The contracts for erecting the wharves etc. at the terminus of the road at Mac Donogh Landing; and at the ferry landingon this side of the River, were, after due publication and wirting sealed proposal, awarded to Messrs. Kauffnian & Pierson and to Messrs. Eager, Ellerman & Go., (they being the lowest responsible, bidders), respectively, and were only sign,ed yesterday, the following being in substance, the conditions accepted. . IViessrs Kauffman & Pierson, by their contract, agree to construct, in an acceptable manner, all the wharves piled tr; cks, freight and passenger vamps and ferry inclines at-Mac Donogh Landing; furnishing all the materials and labor except the railroad bars, angle plates and bolts necessary, which works are to consist of six freight slopes or vamps , two in the upper and four in the lower wharves; sixteen mooring piles; one passenger vamp along the fron4)f the depot properly planked up on the sides; ( The wharf under the passenger depot not included in tnis contract) sheet piling on the outside, at the entrance of the ferry slip, together with the necessary excavations and revovals of stumps and other ob structions to the floating of the pontoons or barges along side of the transfer boafc, all of which works are minutely detailed in the engineer's plans and specifications which are made part of the contract. The works to be fully and properly com.pleted, ready for use, under the following terms, towit: For the wharf and piled tracks, thirty dollars per square of 100 ft., superficial measurement. For the ferry inclines and slip com plete - $21,000.00. The contractors to commence work immediately a.id to prosecute same continuously to completion, the ferry inclines to be completed first, and be reody for use by 15th of October. To Messrs Eager, Ellerman and Co. wasawarded the contract for the constructionof the works at the ferry landing on this side of the Ri^ver, at the foot of Thalia Street, they like Kauid'man & Pierson, to furnish all material, labor tools etc. The works are to consist of a ferry incline, wharf and bulkhead extending from Thalia to Terpsicone Streets, the whole of which is also particularly detailed and defined in the engineer^ plans and specifications, which are made part of their contract, the whole work to be completed upon the following terms, towit: For the per lineal foot. •for the ferry inclines, ^^19,000.00 For the wharf, including vamps thirth dollars per square of 100 ft., superficial measurement. For twenty extra fender piles. Ten dollars each. The freight slope at the lancing is to be 14 feet wide, and the passenger slope, to be 10 feet wide and to extend the length of the ferry slip, and be measured as wharf. The revetment planking of one side of the ferry slip is included in the price of the whaid", as well as all things necessary to make the work ready for use. The work Is to be icmiediately undertaken and ^^ushed to completion. The transfer incline to be completed first and be delivered to gether with the bulkhead, by the 15th of October and the whole work to be completed by the 15th Nov. the contractors agreeing to employ two steam and two hand pile drivers. Contracts neue alsoawarded uncer same conditions as the foregoing to Jno. Cleary for a revetm.ent bulkhead and the necessary filling-etc. at Niac Donogh Landing and to P. G._ Conway for filling back of bulkhead at the Thalia St. Landing, on this side of the River, as follows, towit: deary's contract requires of him that he shall construct in an accepable manner, at ^'ac Donogh Landing, a revetnient bulkhead and levee for pro tection against overflow at following prices, viz: For all hewn 12 x 12 squared timber, to include all labor and material' twenty four cents for lineal foot. For all sawed timber and plank, including all labor, niaterials etc. necessary to the completion of the work. Twenty four dollars per 1,000 ft. board measurement, to be nieasured in 1 work, The above prices to include all spikes, screw and drift bolts, washers etc. For all dirt handled, to be nieasured once, in com pleted works eithteen cents per cubic yard. The contractor agrees to employ as large a force as can be handled to advantage and to complete the work with greatest dispatch. Conways contract to fill up rear of bulkhead on this side of the River, at Thalia St. Landing is at following prices, viz: Twenty cents per cubic yard for dirt wheeled, and fifty four cents per cubic yard for dirt hauled, measured in work. Nothing has been none towards erecting shops as yet as Mr. Hayes desired meeting ^!r. Barr and myself before commenc ing the work, but advised us to go ahead with work now under contract, asit had to be done during present low stage of water. piled bulkhead, at the rate of five dollars GG9 New Orleans, La., Aug. 21, 1881 Gen. G. W. Dodge, Prest. - 2 Our track from Westwego to the River at MacDonogh Landing will be ready for use this week with the exception of swing bridge over Harvey's Canal, which will not be (completed until about 15th Sept. The bridge over Company's Canal will be completed this week. '.Ve have laid the track from Morgan's road between and below the bridges, except about a mile and a half, 'Which '.vill be laid this week. I am trying to effect arrangements with Morgan's people to continue our contract to use their'road until our road i.s ready for use frO|ra Westwego to New Orleans, although we will be so situated by the 1st of October, the time at 'which our contract expires, that we can do business over our own line, if absolutely necessary. Yr. abt. servt., H. L s Morse , ' Supt. Gil New Orleans Pacific Railway Company New Orleans, La., Aug. 22d, 1881 Gen'l. G. .Dodge, President, New York. Dear Sir: Fully two miles of wharves have gone into the river here since water began to fall', but strange to say the banks of our property at Thalia St. and on the other side of the river at Mac Donogh have not moved, and are firm and solid batture sand on this side and firm solid clay bank on theother side covered with cypress stumps four feet in diameter, a washing bank but it has not washed out over four feet in nineteen years, and can easily be. protected from washing. Therefore our river property on both sides is as good as could have been picked out, had we made a choice. There is fully four feet of river sand deposit on the land in front of levee at MacDonogh, which with the earth in present levee will be all the filling required. The present levee will not be necessary when our new bulk head levee along the river is completed. No railroad company entering this city has more disirable terminal grounds. It is about seven and one tenth miles from the point wher-e we leave our old track near Westwego to the river at Mac Donogh, and two and one eigh th (2 l/8) miles less to Canal St. via Mac Donogh and Thalia St. than by Morgans road and ferry from Company's Canal, o.r a given point. Yours re spy, H. S. Morse, Supt. Gi3 New York City, August 23, 1881 Received (as of August 7, 1881) from the International & Great Northern Rail Road Company, One hundred, 2nd Mortgage Income Bonds for $1,000. ea. Nos. 5985 © 6084 on account of contract with this Co. for building road from San Antonio to the Rio Grande, G . M . Dodge, President. 100 M. 2d Mort. inc. Bonds. 5985 to 6084. New Orleans Pacific Railway Company New Orleans, August 24th, 1881 Gen * 1. G. . Dodge, 195 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: As I wired you v/e commenced laying track on Choctaw bridge yesterday. Had half iLile ready for track. Stringers didtributed One mile, and two miles piling down. Will push the track as fast as we can get stringers frpmaed and in place. In spite of all I can do it appears im po.ssible to push this work,as fast as one difficulty is overcome another ar-rises. We are now fighting swau/p fever. Two out of four of my Ass't. Engineers are down with it, also my main bridge man. We hrve from two to twelve leaving our bridge force daily with fever. Had a slight attack myself but am all right again. This in the face of a scarcity of labor is big odds to work against. I am very tired making excuses, and I have no doubt you are tired hearing them. I can only say that _I ^ doing the best 1 know how. The work from Westwego is progressing favorably as I suppose Mr. Morse has notified you. The contracts for the ferry slips both grading and timber work have been let to responsable parties, and I think there will be, no trouble about it going ahead as there is little or no trouble in getting labour close to the City. We have a forc- of about one hundred and seventy-five men at Atchafalaya, and Fordoche grading should have four times this number but it appears impossible to get them. We have such poor success with imported labor that I am almost discouraged from trying to get it. In a majority of cases they do not stay long enough to pay the expense of bringing them here, I visited the Atchafalaya last week, the river is in a good stage for Kr. Anderson's work. Am sorry he is not here to take advantage of it. Three hundred and sixty one kegs spikes arrived to day, the balance of the one thousand kegs I have been unable to get any information from. I send to Alexandria 150 b.cgs of the spikes. This is all I can spare as wt have borrowed one hundred kegs from Morgans people and may be called upon at any time for Lhera.Hope the others will arrive soon. Here with find Contract for grading. One for the work in Choctaw swamp, the other for filling at ferry slip, foot of Thalia street Hoping you are not getting discouraged with our progress on the N. 0. end I am Very respectfully, 0. C. Bar, Div. Engr. Per K. S. 617 Ner. York City, September 1881 Chapter 1. Construction of the Railway. Article 1st. Authority is given to the "Internation al Railway Improvement Company" to construct and operate, duringninety nine years from the date of this grant, a railway line, with its -corresponding telegraph line, which, commencing at a point on the Rio Grande, between Laredo and Reynosa, continues south between the Longitude 1' West 2' East of the Meridian of Mexico, touching the Meir and Victoria, thence between the al ready mentioned degrees to the City of Mexico by the most con venient ascent to the Table Lands, and they may continue from there (City of Mexico) to the Pacific Coast, to a point situated between the Meridians 0' and 6' West Longitude of the Capital of the Republic. The main-line may divide or branch off before its ascent to the Table Lands, passing by Papantla and Mizantla with its terminus in Veracruz, with branch roads to Soto La Marina, Tampico, Tuxpan and Tocolutla or Nautla. A Branch road may"be extended from Ciudad Victoria via Tula as far as San Louis Potosi: the Company is obliged to construct a branch road to Matamoras, San Fernando, Santander-Jiminez, also to Bar of Jesus Maria, in case this last port should be opened to the coasting and foreign trade, after the improvements the Govern ment may deem convenient to make to the same. The time to con struct said branch road to be extended to ten years instead of five. 619 Sept. 1881. California Railv;ay Constr'uc'ti on Co., 195 Broadv.'ay, K.Y. September lst,lG81, Lyman Brid^jer, b'sq., 712 TTarket Street, 'an Francisco, Cal, Dear S-ir: I am in recei wired yovi to put all Joquin Valley. I don Sprincs to Cedai* City we determine the lino minary lir.e so that I Joquin Valley to Cry any road or spend any have to meet. pt of your letter from Crystal Springs. 1 your forces between urystal Springs and the Sr 't care anything about the line from Crystal ; there is plenty of time towork that upafter over the mountains. I want a connected prolican see the profile and map from the Sa n stal Springs... do not intend to locate money in that country until I know what I I was not aware th.at you v;ere locating or doing any work east of Crystal Springs. If I had known that I would have turned that party south toward Pr-escott. Very truZy yours. C . W. Do dge, Presi dent. 621 . • New York City, September 3rd, 1881 B. S. Wathen. Chief Engineer, Laredo, Texas. Dear Sir: Your letter of 26th August to Mr. Hayes has been for warded to me here, I want to get a connected line through to the City of Mexico as soon as possible. You therefore had better put the other party on north of Mexico, which you speak of. We intend to begin construction as soon as we get completed to Laredo, and by that time I am in hopes of getting a preliminary line through. I wired you today in relation to the bridge at Laredo. It appears that before we can get permission of the Govern ment we will have to send a map showing the location of tte bridge and a plan of the same. I suppose it will be a common truss bridge . I notice what you say about making your trip to Mexico, Please inform me where your head.iuartere will be and whom I am to address in your absence. As you get information from the parties I wish you would write me. I wired you to Mexico asking you what amendmient you would reocmm,end to our concession,- that is for themain line. My idea is to get a main lime from Laredo to the City of Mexico if we can,leaving out the compulsory line by way of Santander & Juminez giving us the option to build branches in that country. Mr. De Gress goes to the City of Mexico on Mondjay to look after the concession, haence my desire to know your views on the subject before he left. Please let me hear from you at as early a date as possible i n relation to these matters, very truly yours, G . M. Dodge, President. 623 f (JQX New York, September 5, 1881, ,.rffnff .%.T> C. F. Wornshoffer, Treasurer, r Y ,00 rt1 o^rtjiia*! Ml 54 Exchange Place, New York, -;llC ifrfT Dear Sir:- (* >^ 4 1^ a 1 ' ^ ^ .-1 Y I enclose my check on Gilman, Snn &: Co. for $20,0C0 in payment of 4th and 5th instalments an capital stock of the Pacific Railway Improvement Co. fot) the following persons: C. M. Dodge, Trustee, Trustee, ' $50,000 :> G. Vu Dodge, F. S. Pusey John Adamson $10*, 000. 1(D,000 30,000 10,000 ,Xen rH . I 2,000 6,000 2,000 20,000. n 'J 1' f _ I - f,' '1 Please receipt for the same and return me certificates in above parties names and oblige. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 624 #JCc^i ",a 'Jo:.'.. • lOC ,.^-1 New York, Sel^tember 5, 1881. C.F. Wornshoffer, Ereas., 54 Exchange Pla ce, New York. Dear Sir:- ,oonii ft-' mi I enclose herewith my check on Oilman, Son & Co. for $lg,000 in payment of 5th and 6th instalments to the capital stock of the 't, American Railway Imprvoement company as follows: > ' f 'J J t . ■ 0. M. Dodge, $80,0C0 ^16,000. P. S. Pusey, - 10,0;0 2.000. , 18,000. Please send receipt^lii-rabove names and deliver bonds on same and oblige, I Ml fVtWt'l Very truly yours. G. I^. Dodge. »•« wt xXiftJ .M September, 1881. Office of James F. V'ilson. Fairfield, Sept, 8th, 1881 Dear Dodge: Yours of the 5th inst. afhand. I had not noticed the report relative to Mrs. A. to which you refer, but I learned day before yesterday that A. had been called east by a telegram from Mrs. A. who wants to return to Philadelphia to consult her physician. I hope the report you miention is not true. It would be sad indeed if it were true. Though she has suffered from great nervous pros tration. Everything is going well in the campaign. I do not see how we are to fall below 85 to 9£ votes, unless some of our troops are captured. The effort is to combine everything against me, and this will make it necessary for me to keep everything in constant working order. ScOtt Co. did not nominate a solid Gear ticket. have one sure, another probably - a chance for a third. I shall I never did so much work in the san.e length of time in my life. I have been at it every day sirce the 10th of March. In that time aside from all other work I have prepared eight of the best addresses 1 have ever, made, all on different subjects, and all require study and care. I have had all of these printed in pamphlet, and while they are not , I have circulated them in every township in the state. I procured lists of nanes in every township and send the documients regularly as they come out, addressed person ally to each man. To do all these tb.ings I have had to keep from two to four clerks employed. I merely mention these things to give you an idea of how I have organized, and worked. Then I have had some discreet men in the field all the time . I have not left a stone unturned, and if I dont win it wont be because the work has not been well done. The people in the oounty townships wave come up to my support splendidly, and when the local leaders have sometimes, thought they had me beaten in some counties the county townships upset all their calculations. -Everything looks well. Yours truly, James F. Wilson, 627 Sept., 1881 C-lifcrnia & Texac Railray Constiuiction Co, 195 Broadway, TT.Y. September 10, 1881. Lyman Bridcer, Esq., 702 Market St. San Francisco, Gal. Dear Sir: I have wired several tire in relation to the sxirveys bein made by you but you do not understand yet what I want. I wart to get a connected preliminary line from Crystal Springs to the San Jaquin Valley. I do not want to spend any more money'in locations of any kind until I can get this preliminary line before me and determine whether the route is a practicable one for us to build. I do not want to pay out any money east of Crystal bprings. If we build that is a part of the duty of the Union Pacific to join us there. Now please follow my instrtxctions implicit; ly in the matter. The expenditures are costing more than I expected they woula. and as fast as a prrc ical preliminary line is settle:! uj.on dischargo the pai-'ty and stop expenses. I have sey.t "r. Ci-awford, one of my own engineers, out to examine the surveys aj d report to me as to the practicability of the country 'nd of t}\e line, and r.f the probable cost. instead of drawing upon me for expenditures send in estima tes of what you need for each month, so that I can remit to you. Very truly yours. Ci. M. Dodge, President. American Railway Improvement Company. 20 Camp St., N. 0. September 14th, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Presd't., Dear Sir: In reply to yours of 9th Sept. to Mr. Barr in regard to Atchafalaya transfer would respectfully state that no part of the material in the sliding cradles and very little in the track approaches and incline, except the piles, will be lost. For piles we will use the young growth of timber in the vicin ity which has no value except fro cordwood, taking indiscriminate ly every tree of proper size that can be driven. Very little of this timber will last more than one season. The caps, string ers, and crossties and the holts used to secure them, are like those on the main line trestle work, and will be put in the work so that, after the bridge is finished, all this material can be easil:. taken apart without injury and will be available for repairs along the line. The wheels and axels are the same as those used under cars, and the whole sliding cradle will be constructed so that it may be taken apart and put together again for use some where else. The difference of level the Atchafalaya crossing is 35 fee water is very irregular. We will the incline when the water is lowe to provide for its possible use at this difference of level by means would be impracticable at moderate have been adopted if we could have with a suspended platlorm anything between high and low water at t, and the tiuie of high probably commence to use st and have thought it prudent high water. To overcome of a suspended platform cost, though that plan would had a practicable slope less than 100 feet long. The considerable cost of this temperary crossing involving as it does grading down from the main line embankment and curves to obtain a sufficiently easy slope on the river bank has been carefully considered by both Mi' Barr and Mr. Morse and efforts ii;ade to reduce the ultimate cost to a mini mum by credits Ahich the /.ork will receive for material after the completion of the bridge. Of course we understand that much reliance cannot, generally, be placed on credit estimates of this of this character. But by keeping the object in view during construction nearly all the material except the piles can be saved. Mr. Anderson being in the city the plans were submitted to him and he agrees with Messrs. Barr & Morse that considering the difficulties of the situation the plans adopted are about as cheap as any which could be devised. Mr. Anderson leaves this evening with tug and two barges for mouth of Red River but the water is so low I fear he will find difficulty in getting through. None of his material has reached here yet. Very respectfully, f Richard I. Rvans, for C. C. Barr, Div. Eng. ■ / Septemlrer I4th 1881. G33 .-.*4 ^•M^irshall, Sei'tember I4th 1881 Genl. G.AT.Dodge, New York City. Dear Sir; I have your two favors TOth inst. I think Circular "I45G" issued by TvTr. Olds was intended to egfect the earnings of the Ft. W.j D.G. Go. and will have that effect. It should not have been issued, and would" not if proper Judgement had been exercised by the Ft.vV& p.G. I told ATi-. Frost that was useless and senseless for a tail trying to wafe the dog, but he would not listen to me and 1 wat powerless to prevent his getting into a controversy that ended as I knev7 it would, and it was to prevent this and other mistakes that ^ desired to have the question of responsibility settled and either put it into my hands or tc.ke it entirely out. I wrote you long igo that Frost was intoxicated with the success of his road and honestly believes he was the cause of its successful showing the first year. Now he is all ri^'it if he has some one to steady him and occasionally put on tiie brakes firmly, and map out the direction, and I think it would be a good plan for you to call and have a talk with him. He is time as steel ^o you and don't mean to do anything that is not for your very best interesta. I regret to be obliged to say that his "Greenback","Social","Anti Monopoly" ideas runs away with him, that he talks too much against the South west System interests in general, anf that he openly declared himself in sympathy with the Telegraph strikers of the time, but I am certain he did nut appreciate that his remarks would ever be noticed or repeated. I thlnl it will pay you to have a talk with him. 0 Yours truly, J .MhEddy. G35 195 Broadway New York, Sept. 15, 1881. J. S. Runnells, Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I have been looking over the accounts that have come in from the Narrow Gauge road, and find that up to date I have paid over $31,000 for right of way alone. This is ^650 per mile. I can get the right of way for a road in the thickest settled portion of New York state for that. I do not understand what makes this right of way cost so much. When you and Mr. Clarkson were hero you said you thought the right of way would be donated to us. I do not know whether it has all been settled for or not, or how much more there is to be paid on it. It seems ^o me there must be someti. ng wrong in such enormous prices for prairie land in Iowa, That is over $100,000 per acre. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, ... ■ < '' . v i .'1, -•* G37 iii: .// New Orleans Pacific Railway Goiuoany. New Orleans, Septr. 17, 1881 R. S. Hayes, Esq., First Vice President, St. Louis, Kg. Dear Sir:. You are doubtless apprised ere this, of the closing of the navigation of Red River; and several steamboats are now aground in what is termed the "gut" - extending from the bar towards the entrance to the Atchafafaya river-in less than 2 feet of water. Our transfer boat No. 2 is among the number; though we are informed she is not in a precarious condition, as she is aground in soft bottom, and within a hundred feet of water deep enough to float her;-the parties in charge of her, hav ing succeeded in getting her nearly tr.rough the shosuL water. The river fell so rapidly that several boatswere ' caught in the same preaicament. By this condition of afiairs from vvh probably be no I'elief until the riv^r rises, w of the means of communication with our work in of the Atchafalaya, and west of it, except by All the country tributary to the Red River the as the Atchafalaya are cut off from access to Morgan City. Bayou Pluiuemine which wo cross all seasons of th year to within 3 l/2 to 4 ni Not less than 5 to 6 feet of water, can always at this point insuring safe navigation. ich there will e are deprived the vicinity overland route . Ouachita, .as well this city except via is nayiigable at iles of our track be relied upon Between that and our bridge crossing some 4 miles, there is no navigation; the Bayou being full of logs and ob structions. From Bayou Plaqueraine, the distance to or bridge crossing of the Atchafalaya River is I judge to be some 65 to 75 miles by water. Besides, through the Bayou Plaquemine Boats could reach the entire water courses of Louisiana, including the Teche, Grand Lake, and the lower Atchafalaya as far down as Berwick^ Bay. The Red River and all of its tributaries would also be accessible to boars by this route. Under the circumstances, I cannot but think that it would be to our interest to build a spur track to this deep water which will not exceed 4 miles- perhaps not more than 3 in a direct line. G3S There are now some 3 or 4 small boats inside, the owners of which, would very gladly undertake to bring the business of that country to our road, and I believe that the amount of business for the next 3 or 4 months will be quite large. Also, this connection by rail with the navigable portion of Bayou Plaquemine would be a necessity to the Steamboat Con.pany yo u have in view. Mr. John A. Darden, a planter who owns the plantation where this landing will be located on, expressed his entire willingness to give the right of way to the Company and says that he believes his neighbors, through whose places the spur would run, will do the same. If you agree with me that iL is practicable to build this spur, provided we can get the right of way without paying for the land please wire me, and the track can be put down at once No Grading of any consequence will be required. The Morgan Co. have made arrangements since the close .of navigation in Red River, to put boats in the trade to run up as far as Churchville on the Atchafalaya River, above our crossing. The Bayou Plaquemine will afford a much shorter route to New Orleans by our road for a considerable portion of this country, which would otherwise go to the Morgan line. On this subject, your Dr. Smith can give you the information you may desire. Mr. Morse accompanied me to Plaqueraines to investi gate this matter, and fully concurs with me in what I have written, and says, the track can be laid within ten or twelve days; should you so decide. Very truly yours, (Signed) E. B. Wheelock, Prest. Copy. New York City, Sept. 19, 1881 Received as August 27, 1881, from the International & Great Northern Rail Road Go. One hundred 2nd Mortgage Income Bonds for 10..0 each (Nos. 6085 to 6184) on account of construction under contract with the International Rail way ImproveDient Go. for building road from San Antonio to the Rio Grande. No. 6085 di 6184 100 M. iucoffie Bonds. G . M. Dodge, President, Int. Ry. Imp. Go. Sept. 1881 Texas and Colorado Railway I mproveraent Co, 195 Broadway, N.Y. Sept. 23, 1881, R. ii;. Montgomery, Esq., Eort 'Vorth, Texas. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your porposition in relation to ri^^ht of way. I prefer to ha\e the ri^ht of way obtaine d by the Co. in the most economical manner possible. Three hundred dollars per mile is a very large sunc to pay for obtaining the right of way through that, country. The first hundred miles west of ii'ort worth did not cost u: over tow hundred 'ollars per mile. "" Parties ought to be out now obtaining this right of way on the first hundred miles if it is located. iou have no interference in obtaining the town sites for the company if they have any; t!:ey will put the matter in your hands if it will aid you any in the right of way. I shall open work on the Port Worth & Denver City road as soon as I get down tliere and as soon as the material commences to arrive. You can go to work on the right of way as fast as you please and get your vouchers endorsed by Mr. 'Vashburn, if he is in charge of the surveys, and I will pay them. Very truly yours, G, M. Dodge, President. New Orleans Pacific Railway Coicpany New Orleans, La., Sept. 24th, 1881 Gen'l. G. Dodre, President etc. New York. Dear Sir; It will require on e good pony switch engine with air brakes to run on the incline at McDonogh and one for the New Orleans incline- Also two for the Atchafalaya river- 7/ill require two additional switch engines for McDonogh- and one at New Orleans- as soon as road is completed through or as soon as we commence .using our own yards and transfers here. A'e have one switch enj^ine- No 30- on hand. Hope to use our transfer and yards here by Nov. 1st- but cannot without more engines even if we get them ready- Have an engine 1 rom IViorgan's Co. for Mr.oarr- which is all he asks for. This enrine we get in place of the switch engine - which they can't do without. Yours etc., H. L. Morse. New York City, Sept. 27, 1881 Received from G. B. Genson, Secretary of the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Go. Six hundred and sixteen (616) Bonds of M. each Kos. 33102 to 33717 in both inclusive) issued under the General Consolidated Mortgage of Dec. 1, 1880 of said Railway Co. said Bon ds being on a/c of construct ion of Fifty miles of railway southerly from Ft. Worth, Texas. 616,000 Bonds M. each G. M. Dodge, President. G47 195 Broadway N. Y. September 28th, 1881 Jay Gould, Esq., Brest. M. K. & T. Ry. Co., New York City. Dear Sir: I desire to call your attention to the condition of the equipment account of the M. K. & T. Ry. Our contract with the ¥. K. & T. Ry. Co. requires that I should furnish '^240,000. worth of rolling stock for the line from San Antonio to Laredo. On this 150 miles I have contracted for and partially delivered $392,600. of material which will leave a balance due me of §152,600. On the line from MinneoJ-a to Greeneville 51 ndles, and from Fort Vorth to Taylor 157, making a total of 208 m.iles contracted requiring that' I should furnish $332,800. worth of equipment. On this line there has already been furnished our $8j0,000. worth of equipment, and there has been contracted by Mr. Talmage $1,400,000. in round numbers. Mr. Talmage, as Superintendent of the International Railway Improvement Co. has contracted for 2031 Cars 10 Passenger coaches 6 Cabooses & 23 Locomotives, at a total cost of $1,400,000, and he telegraphs and writes me that he must have this amount of equipment to run the M. K. & T. road. He has not only contracted equipment for the road we are now building, but for the road already built the line from Denton to Gainesville, 42 miles, from Denison to Fort I'orth, 53 miles, making a total of 168 miles. This is a very heavy equipment for the road, but if it is necessary means must be taken to pay for it, and I reapectfully request that the M. K.&T. Ry. Co. take imnediate action by furnishing me the bonds to pay for it out of the reserve bonds or in any other way they may deem best. It being outside of my contract I must provide means to cover this very heavy expenditure for equipment. Will you please give this your immediate attention, and oblige. Very truly yours, (Signed) G. M. Dodge, Enclosure. President 649 American Kailv/ay Improvement Company. , . New Orleans, Sept. 29th, 1881 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Prest., 195 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: Herewith find Contract with Rodgers for grading on south bank of Atchafalaya River. Rodgers is a partner of James the Lesee of the Convict force, they agree to put a force of 300 Convicts on at once and were to be shipped from tiorgans road yesterday. I suppose they are now on their way. The price is large but I could do no bettc;r and if any one can do the work they can. I enclose tracing showing stations re ferred to in Contract. Anderson is having a hardtime getting through the mouth of Red River with his outfit. Have just arranged_to get an Engine from Iv'organs People in place of our Switch Engine which I '.'.ill put on Construction, and after passing Bayou Grassetate I sec no reason why I should not make good headway with track. Have been laying temporary track in Choctaw Swamp which is very tedious. I will certainly push it as fast I can. Five hundred kegs of spikes from N. Y. and one hund red and fifty from St. Louis just arrived. I send two hund red kegs to Alexandria and will push Pherrie & Co.and try to get others in lime. I go to the end of the track in the morn ing . Yours respectfully, C. C. Barr, Div. Engr. Per R.s. 651 International New York, Oct. 4th, 1881 Received as August 27th, 1881 from the International & Great Northern Rail Road Go. One hundred 1st mortgage Bonds for $1000. each, Nos. 6985 to 7084 with couoons payable Nov. 1, 1881 on account of contract with the International Railway Improvement Company for building Road from San Antonio to the Rio Grande. No. 6985 7084- 100 First fctge . Bonds. G . Ni. Dodge , Copy • President, Int. Imp . Co . sfl <rs4 .' ."vt.'.i? New York, Oct. 4, 1881 Received as September 20th, 1881 from the International&Great Northern Railroad Co. one hundred 1st Mortgage Bonds for ^1000. each Nos. 7085 Q 7184 with Coupons ,>ayable Nov. 1st, 1881 on account of contract with the International Railway Improvement Company for building Road fromi San Antonio to the Rio Grande. No. 7085 © 7184- 100 First Mortgage Bonds. - Sig. G. M. Dodge, Brest. Int. R. I. Co . New York, Oct. 4th, 1881 Received as Sept. 20th, 1881 fromi the International & Great Northern Rail Road Co. 100 second Mortgage Incom.e Bonds for $1000 each No. 6185 © 6284, on account of contract with the International Railway Improvement Co. for building road from San Antonio to the Rio Grande. No. 6185 © 6284- 100 Income Bonds. (Signed) G. M. Dodge, President, Int. Ry. Imp. Co. 655 New York City, October 4th, 1881 Edwin D. Adams, Esq., New York. Deor Sir: Replying to youi' note of this date I vould say that the stock dividend on the International Railway Improvement Go. is 25^ on its capital in U. K. & T. stock. When the International Ry Imp. Go. took the contract to build the Extension of the International & Great Northern road it was undein toed that the Gonsi.i'uotion Ge . '.^ould take I. . F. I- T, stoGA in exchange ut the rate of '(^20,000 per mile, which is about the same amount per mile as the holders of old International stock receive. The stock of the International road bought and exchanged was about '^10,000 per mile and was taken up with k,. K. & T.stock at the rate of .'^20,000 permile • In relation to the services of Messis. Guzeman and Gomanche, I have not yet made decision in the matter but will endeavor to bring it up so that you can soon give them an answer. Very truly yours, G.^;. Dodge, President. Oct. 1881. 657 // Texas & Colorado Railway Improvement uo.. 195 Broadway N.Y. October 8, 1881, D. 'V. washburn, Chief iingineer, J:''ort worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of October 1st. jl want to take all the ties needed for the 1st 40 miles as suggested in your letter from the surplus belonging to the Pacific Railway Improvement Co., and 1 think you had better let the contract for the other 70 miles of ties of which you speak in the timber along the line. We have delayed making contracts on the requisitions for the 1st 100 miles until I could ascertain what amount you can furnish from the Pacific Railway Improvement Company,because I want to clear that concern up clear through to El Paso. I have ordered two locomotives to Mr. ^^oxie, as suggested and you ^vill have to arrange about keeping them or sending them to the front. They are sent to Mr. ^oxie for your. 1 have wired you in relation to the gi^eat difference between the price of earth work on the rort worth & Denver road as named in your dispatch of 26th Sept. and your letter of Oct. 1st. The parties certainly ^o not want 25^ per yard for ordinarv scraper work. Very truly yours. G. Dodge, President. New York City, October 8th, 1881 R. S. Hayes, Esq., Vice President, St. Louis, Mo. Dear Sir: I ackonwledge receiptof yours of October 4th enclos ing comiiiunication in reference to the Galveston & Eagle Pass Air Line Railway. I sent a confidential Agent to investigate the stand ing and financial ability of this road, and he makes the following report: The Company have made arrangements to place $12,000 per mile of their bonds in England and propose to use the funds received therefrom in the construction of a standard gauge road in the direction indicated. The parties placing .the bonds de mand one half of the constrction stock and also domand that the contractors shall take the contract for the entire distance of 350 miles. They have as yet made no surveys and have no drawings or profiles of th., route. They have made the following propositi .n to the contractors: viz-, That they shall go on and build the road as cheaply as thcycan and that the Company will allov/ them 10 per cent over the cost thereof. This proposition is being considered by Messrs. Dodds, Lord, Frost, and Smith, the con tracting firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, who built the Springfield & Illinois Southern road. They have also offni.red the same to other contractors who are said 'to be backed financially by Mr. Sidney Dillon. They expect to close the contract within the next 10 days. They propose to equip the road through a Trust Co. and have the promise of $75,000 from the city of Galveston. They have not made any arrangements with Owens. In order to ascertain whether or not they had dis posed of their bonds my agent proposed to sell them iron and take bonds in payment, but they said they could not make such a trade as their arrangements for the disposal of the bonds were all completed. Mr. Fowler of §9 Nassau W. has been to Europe with the scheme and conducted their negotiations there. Company. U. 5. Grant, Jr. is President of the Construction I return herewith the documents you enclosed me together with the prospectus of the road which may give you some additional information. Enclosure. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 661 New York City, October 10th, 1881 J. . Eddy, Esq., Supt.'of Construction, Dear Sir: Fort Worth, Texas I am in receipt of your dispatch in relation to obtain ing right of .way on the Narrow gauge line, Greenville to Mc Kinney. ' The International Railway Improvement Co. has made arrangements to build this 3o miles of road and you can there fore proceed as fast as economy will permit to get road located and under contract,- making all your returns to this office. Make your drafts for all expenditures upon me as President of the International Railway Improvement Co. and return all your accounts to this office. Keep these accounts entirely separ ate from the accounts of any other Di'vision or Branches under construction by this Co. and in your drafts specify that they are for expenditures incurred by the extension of the East Line & Red River Railroad. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. G63 New York City, Oct. 21st, 1881 Received from the tlissouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company One thousand (1000) Bands of $1000. each, Nos. 33102 to 34101, both incl., ex. Coupon No. 1, issued under the Gen eral Consolidated Mortgage of December 1st, 1880 of said Rail way Company and Certificate No. 3549 for Ten thousand (10,000) Shares of the par value of $100 each of the Capital Stock of said Railway Company in full payment for the construction and equipment under its Contract with the International Railway Improvement Co. of Fifty miles of said Railway Company's line extending southerly from Port Worth in the State of Texas, said Fifty miles of railway having been completed & accepted as follows: 26 9/10 miles on the 3rd day of August 1881 and 23 1/10 " " " 19th 19th " " " " September September 1881. 1881 $1,000,000.- Bonds) 1,000,000.- Stock) G. M. Dodge, President. G65 October £6,1881. New York City, " October 26, 1381. J, v., Eddy, President, Port worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- Judge Dillon requests me to send you by express today a draft of the propored mortgage of the rort Worth & Denver City Railway Oq, for your examination and that of your local counsel. You vill perceive that w e want a copy of the resolution to be passred at the stockholders' meeting, and also a copy of the resolution of tlie Foard of Directors authorizing the execution of i.his mortgage. If this last resolution has not been passed then under the ad vice of local counsel let it be drawn up carefullj'^, giving authority to execute the mortgage about in-the terms of the one passed bj' the stockholders. A more specific description of the property (see page 5 of the ac ompanying draft) ought to be given. Have Mr. Herman or your local counsel look over it carefully and comply with these sug-estions and return to me, as soon as possible with any commer:ts he may see fit to make. Very truly yours,. G. M. Dodge, President. 667 . New York City, October 28th, 1881 Levi H. Wade, Esq., Vice PreSt. Nex. Gent. Ry. Co., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir : We are informed that our Concession in Mexico has been amended in a manner which makes it satisfactory to us, and we shall therefore proceed to immediately construct the line. In accordance with the conversation held between Mr. Ncikerson, Mr. Gould, yourself and myself, I would like to know the wishes of the Boston party in this matter. We Lhink we shall build this line under the direction of the International Railway Improvement Company, to whom the Concession is made, and we oIf4£r your people one half of the entire interest, or such portion of one half as they may elect to take. We think it is very important that the Mexican Central should have a large interest in it. I have no.doubt that the line from Tarapico west could be used by us for traffic going over your line north of .Mexico and it is possible that in rising on to the table a portion of that line might also be used by us. The surveys, however, will determine what is real economy in the matter. We desire to work in harmony with the interests of theMexican Central. Will you please give us a prompt answer as it is necessary for us to open our subscription and raise the money. We will probably make our construction capital Twelve million dollsrs. Of course your people go in upon exactly the same basis as we do. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. . V . • New York City, October 29th, 1881 Fred L. Ames, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: I enclose you a letter to Mr. Wade signed by myself and approved by Mr. Gould. Mr. Gould wighes you to take it to Mr. Wade and have aitalk with him and see v.hat he says in the matter. When Mr. Nickerson and Mr. 'Wade were here they were undecided what they would do but they wanted an interest with us and Mr. Gould told them that he was ready to give them any interest or make any arrangements that would be satisfactory to both parties. The idea was to consolidate these interests, but that we find we cannot dn. Now the idea is to build it andafter building if necessary make them one line or enter into a traffic agreement. The idea is to work the two roads in harmony. Will you not please talk it up as our representative, with the Mexican Central and get their views definitely in the matter?. Our concession as changed is much more favorable than any that has been made and I think there is no question but that it iq the best line into the City of Mexico and we want to make 'our arrangements for building ita s soon as possible as.we are closing up work in Texas and Louisiana and will have large forces which are used to that country and climate that we can turn into Mexico. We want to uti lize them by crossing the border as soon as we see our way clear financially. Please write me fully, Very truly yours, G. to. Dodge, President. 671 New York City, November 8th, 1881 Francis De Gress, Esq., City of ^:exico, Mexico. Dear Sir: / I a cknowledge receipt of yours of 2oth October with enclosures as therein stated, and have forwarded the same to General Dodge who is now on a tour of inspection over our Southwest System of .roads. I notice in the copy of thedispatch we sent you October 17th the words "provide forfeiture in case of failure to build" etc. were bulled so as to re; d "provide fro future in Case of failure" etc. I take it, howevur, that this change did not materiallyalterthe interpretation you put upon the dispatchi I notice by dispatches to the New York Herald th at the Senate has confirmed the Concession granj^ed you, and I have wired General Dodge to that effect. Permit me to call your attention to the ext-reme length of the paper upon which your letters to this Office are written. Our system of liling letters never provided for such lengthy sheets, and I would be very 0uch' obliged to- you if in sending letters to this Office you would write them upon paper about one-half shorter than that which you now use. This may look like a small point to you, but when you consider the vast amount of correspondence coming into this Office you will readily see that any deviation from ordinary sizes throws us out of our regular channel of business, and sonieLimes delays us in promptly referring to correspondence. Very truly yours, J. T. Granger, Ass't.. Secty. New York City, November 8th, IBBli Received as October 26th, IBBl from the International & Great Northern Railroad Company, Onehundred Second Mortgage Income Bonds for One thousand dollars ($1000) each, Nos. 62B5 to 63B4 on accountof contract with the International Railway Improvement Company for building I'oad froii. San Antonio to the Rio Grande. Nos. 6285 to 6384 100 Income Bonds. G. M . Dodge, Pre sident New York City, November 9th, 1881 Genl. G. M. Dodge, President, Fort Worth, Tex. Dear General: Mr. Levi Wade of Boston telegraphed several day s ago acknowledging receipt of your letter as approved by Mr. Gould and requesting a map of the route through Mexico which he proposed to lay before the Board of Directors on Monday last. I have not heard from him yet, but in an inter view with Mr. Ames today was informed that they had prepared a letter for transmission to you, the purport of which would be that their own schemes in ^,exico were laying such a i eavy burden upon them that they did not feel at libertyto make any further investments in that direction, and therefore if it would be agreeable to Mr. Gould and yourself they would not make any subscription to the new fund for construction in that country. Mr. Ames says this 'ao. Id be perfectly agree able to Mr. Gould and to himself and believes that you will agree with them in this. Mr. Ames states that the Mexican Central people express the most kindly feeling towards our enterprise, and desire to work in entire harmony, and are ready to make any arrangements to combine the business of the two roads or to allow us the use of their track into the City of Mlexico; or if you prefer to do so allow us to lay a track and run our trains along their right of way. Yours truly. J. T. Granger, New York City, November 9th, 1881 Received as October 26th, 1881 from the Inter national & Great Northern Railroad Co. One hundred First Mortgai_;e Bonds for One thousand dollars each, Nos. 7185 to 7284, with coupons payable Novernber 1st, 1881 on account of contract with the International Railway Improvement Co. for building road from San Antonio to the Rio. Grande. Nos. 7185 to 7284 100 First Mortgage Bonds. ' . S*" ■■■ • . ' ' ■! ,!■' *>. - , , 'i.j; . , 1 A I ■ ' ' ' ■ * ' hS'V y. ' ■■■' -■ '; ■ V, 681 New York City. November 24th, 1881, Dear Sir; in receipt of your letter of March 18th, with acrompanying I think you had better :-o to work and get the right of way down to the Barge property and try and buy ground sufficient in there for the round house and machine ships if it can be got at any reasonable price, but I do not want to put much more money in terminal facilities at that place. If we cannot get plenty of property for machine shops we can put our shops up at ^Vestwego v/here we have plenty of land, and use that property down there for the transfer of our freight, passengers, etc. In buying the property you want to be sure and -et bature privilege so we can put up wharves. I expect that Mr. Hayes and Mr. Washburi. will be there to consult with Mr. Barr upon some matters, and I would like to have -ou and Mr. Rarr present these matters to them and get-their opinion upon what is true economy in placing our shops and roundhouse. I notice on the map that the Morgan line has tracks to the river near the vacant property. Have they those tracks down? Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, President. T St. ■ kl m Council Bluffs, la., Nov. 28, 1881 J. J. Thi Cault, Esq., Dear Sir: Tuxpani, l/:e>;ico. Your favor of Aug. 24 addressed to Mr. H. M. Mabie, General Manager etc., together with the accompanying documents, in relation to the advantages of Tuxpam as an objective point for a railway in Mexico, having been referred to me; I would say in reply thereto, that the concession granted by the Government of Mexico to this Co. for the construction of the 'Mexican, Oriental, Intcroceanic &: International Rwy.' gives us the right among others , to construct a branch to Tuxpam. At present however, our entire attention is occupied in getting our forces upon our main line from Laredo to th City of Mexico, when that is accomplished we will be ready to take up the question Ox Branches. Thanking you for the infornation afforded, I am Very truly yours, G■ M. Dodge, President. G85 St Louis, Dec. 2, 1881. A. A. Talnage, Es q.. General Manager. Dear Sir:- I want to thank you for your courtesy in fiirnishing me a train for my five weeks trip and for the attention and courtesy of all of your employees. Messrs Kail and Gordon have made over eight thousand miles, quietly, safely and without any friction. Mr. Gordon never hitched on to me so that I could feel it. He gave me an even, steady ride wi'.hout a bump or accident, and has never been called upon day or night without responding. I must say I never made a trip v/ith better arrangements or with more comfort, than this. I include in this the whole crew, and if you see proper I should be glad that they should know it. Agrain thanking you for your courtesy and attention, I am. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. Texas and Pacific Rail,'.ay Company, 275 South Fourth Steeet, Phildelphia, Pa., Deer. 8th, 1881 Gen'l. G. J. Dodge, President, New York My dear General: There are two matters to which I desire to jcall your attention while in New Orleans. First as to the terminal facilities of the Company on the levee, two plots of ground belonging to the Broods Estate of Boston, represented by Mr.,Shepard of New Orleans. The price asked is ,jj'150,000. cash, or $30,000. cash with a mortgage for 5 years at G per cent for the balance. We have an option on this property good until the 15th of January, so there will probably be ample time for you to see Mr.. Shepard while you are in New Orleans. Mr. 'A'heelock knows all about the negotiation s and can show you the ground which is very advantagiously located for our purposes. I think that the trade should be closed with the parties if they will accept a five per cent martgage, but I donot quite like paying 6 per cent, when the rate ..f interest is so low else where . I also enclose with this a copy of Chas. A. Whitneys & Go's, letter offering to sell the Bayou Goula Road, on behalf of Morgans Louisiana and Texas R. R. & Steamship Co. with its appurtenances, purchased from I'. M. An.es Trustee and a committee of the Bond holders, for the siam of $12,000. per mile, they reserving all franchises beyond Bayou Goula, and especially the franchises and all rights of any character appurtenant to the road between Vermiliionville and Alexandria. It is per fectly proper that they should retain the franchises from VerniillionvilLe to Alexandria, but there is no ieason what ever for' their retaining whatever rights appertaining to the road,beyond Bayou Goula. The charter carries vith it the right of extension to Vermiliionville and this we should in sist upon retaining. In fact we should retain all the rights covered by the original conveyance to the Morgan Company except the Franchises appertaining to the road from Vermiliionville to Alexandria. Messrs. Whitney &■. Co. also make two conditions for the sale. I don't think either of these conditions or stipu lations desired should be put into the conveyance in case the property shall be purchased. I can see no objection to agree ing to receive their fi-eights at the intersection of their 690 ro&ds with the N. 0. P. at Alexandris, but re should claim the right to deliver any of our stuff at Alexandria or Le Coute. In other woivj.s, eachcoDipany would take its largest haul for business received from, the other; and I can see no objection to our pror-ating between New Orleans and conpetitive points reached by our lines in Texas, provided there is unagreed rate between the two competitive lines, and that agreed rate shall be maintained; but not otherwise. As to their second requirement, that for business to and from New York they shall be placed on an equal footing with the most favored lines, I do not see any objection to making that agreement. Thei'e have no advices Mr. Cummisky having been api)oin road, and I cannot think this h is an excellent office man as I make a purchasing agent, and. to Distribution of cars, and this to which he was to be appointed Sup't. a very much more active required.. As an office man, M we have, on the road, but he has office that I know of. been received at this office of ted Ass't Gen'l. Sup't. of the as been done . Mr . Cuniriiaky ..old you of good material to attend to the Car Record and I understood, was the position For an assistant to the Gen'l. outside man is, in my opinion r. Cummisky is one of the best had no experience outside of an I trust while you are in Text^s you will wrtie m.e free ly as to hat you see and hear with reference to our Texas & Pacific & New Orleans Pacific m;. tters. Gov. Brown will, I presume, be on at the Board meet ing on the Slst, when I shall have an opportunity of going over a good many matters with him, and making some suggestions that will, I think, facilitate a harmonious and active working of our operating Department, in connection with Construction, such as will I think avoid friction in the future between the oper ating and Construction Departments. Yours very truly, Frank J. Bond, Vice President. J1..' -•ju'., ■ New York City, December 9, 1881 Frances De Gress, Esq., City of ivexico. Dear Sir: I today paid you draft for .!^150,000. having the receipt therefor endorsed upon the face of the contract. The I. C. & I.Ey. Co. htId a meeting today and com pleted their organisation by the applintment of A'r. RuSsell Sage as T^easur er, and passed resolutions complying in every particular with the law as mentioned by you. You will receive fron the Secretary official copies of these resolutions. The company also authorized Lhe opening of books for subscriptioi¥..to their capital stock, to be opened on 15th instant and to be kept open for ten days. Ye are now moving right along making eveything ready to go ahead south of Laredo as soon as one N:. K. & T. extension reaches there. Is there now anything which the Inl. Ry. I. Co. has not.done that should be done or is necessary for them to do inorder to comply with all the laws and the provisions of the concession and take amendments? You must keep us posted upon what is necessary for us to do. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President. r:^ New York City, International Railway Improvement Co., December 9, 1881, The attention of all employes of this uo. is called to the following portion of Act 32nd of the concession granted to this Co. November 15, 1881, "The Company shall imniediately discharge from it's services, anjf of it's employes who may engage in or protect contraband trade, or commit any crime, and shall aid the authorities in apprehending them." "The uompany will be obliged to comply strictly in all that relates to it with the regulations which may be issued by the Treas ury Department for preventing countraband trade and for the observance of Federal lav/s," due Employes are hereby notified that tho/^observanceof the above will be strictly enforced and heads of apartments and chiefs of par ties are instructed to give the same full effect, vT. Uodge, President, 607 Received this ninth day of December 1881 of the International Railway Improvement Company the sum of One Himdred and fifty Thousand Dollars in full payment of the sum to be paid to Francis DeGress Tin der the first article of an agreement dated April23rd 1881 between Jay Gould acting for said International Railway Improvement Company and Francis UeOress. Duplicate of this receipt appears on the face of the original contract. Philadelphia, New York City, Diiceiriber 15, 1881 B. S. '.Vathen, Esq., Dear Glr; Laredo, Texas. I am in receipt of yours of 8th in regard to the appointment of Custom House Agents. i' I do not at present know of any points except Laredo at which we will make any importations. Ae do not expect to bring anything in at the ports of Iv'atamoras, Tampico, Camargo or Miin, unless it may be a few supplies for contractors and do not understand the necessity of appointing these agents. What are they foi? As soon as we appoint them don't we put them under salary? Your are on the ground and know the necessities of the case, but I wish you would me more fully in regard to it. Rut I do not want to appoint a lot of agents and pay them for doing nothing. Yours truly. G.f/:. Dodge, President. 703 New York City. December 29, 1881. Thos. Nickerson, Esq., Pres. !.!ex. Cent. Ry. Co, Boston, "»asE. Dear Sir:- I am In receipt of yours of December 28th. Our road is now completed throurth from New Orleans to El Paso, and the distance is as follows; New Orleans to Shreveport 32r: miles. Shre-eport to Port Worth 210 " Port Worth to El Paso 614 " There are no wharf~or terminal charges or anything of the kind at New Orleans; your material would be landed directly from the ship upon our wharves. The distance from Calveston by the shortest route to El Paso is 900 miles; this is over our road to Houston and over the Texas Central from Houston to Cisco, thence over the Tp:-as & Pacific to El Paso. In G1 veston lighterage charges are ClSO to Os.OO per ton, and you would have to tal^e your chances on demurage which is often lage. There are also wharf charges at Galveston which have to be arranged with the railway Companies centering there; but if o you send your material over our line from Galveston I think our people vould take care of the wharfage charges, but that is a point upon which I would have to consult Mr. Roxie. I do not know .vhat rate Mr. Hayes has given you upon your material, but it seems to me there is no question that it should be landed either at New Orleans or at Calveston, taking into consideration the items of prompt delivery and cost of transportation. It seems to me that the insurance, interrst, and time used up in sending it to Wilmington would m.ore than offset any difference there would be in the rate of freight, yours truly yours, G. M. 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Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections 1880 1881 1882 1883 General Grenville M. Dodge railroads Texas & Pacific Railway Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/0aca7e7e74e94d0d7aa545876522883f.pdf 1c60dda5fd9e6e0701ccddc37a58b0e5 PDF Text Text DATA CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED For Ready Reference in the Preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE MELLEN DODGE. President of Sundry Railroad & Construction Companies. Late Chief Engineer Union Pacific and Texas Pacific Railroad Companies, ^iEMBER OF CONGRESS, MAJOR GENERAL in the Tar for the Preservation of the Union. BOOK 11. Building of Southwest System of Railways and and other Railroads. Legislation Relating to Iowa Railroads . Unxon Pacific Bridge. Settlement of Secret Service Account with G. M. Dodge and Government. Death of H. M. Hoxie - General John A. Logan, N. E. Dawson Report on General Logan. s Report Presidential of Battle Campaign of Atlanta. Blaine & Cleveland. | ..jB 1884 - 5 - 6 - 7. The-officers of the Ft, Worth and Denver City railroad for the year 1884 were as follows: Morgan Jones,President. Jti v' '/O T. W. Piersoll, Vloe President, ,, . J. T. Gran or, Treasiirer, t , f-oo" 1'' t\ noJ W. A. Ross, Secretary, tr . tuQ'^ C. L.Frost, General Superintendent. My reaons for building the Ft. Worth and Denver City road nearly all tlie way from Wichita Falls to Trinidad through an undev eloped and unknown country were on account-of my knowledge of the country, which I had traveled over. It was now used almost entirely as a pasture and the staked plains were considered too higl. arf altitude for agricultujiax purposes. The country through Nev/ Mexico was virtually nothing but a pasture devoted to slieep, but no one can travel through than country, as I have, but what would be impressed with the topography and the prettineess of the land-scape, starting fro;,. Ft. Worth. After passing through a small skirt of the "gr^s timber between Pt, '7orth and Decatur, you come into a beautiful prairie country gently undulating and wit): a fertile soil. This beautiful land extends for hundreds of miles to the upper edge of the Pan Handle, and for years has been comparatively undeveloped for want of transportation facilities. The advent of the Ft. Worth and Denver road through that rich belt, had worked an epoch in its history. As soon as we commenced building, the people commenced flocking in and the rich lands were being rapidly Settled up. The greatest bar to om'gration, are the large, enclosed p««tures of the rich stock-men. TJie Capital pasture was 115 miles through on the lino of the proposed Ft. Worth and Denver City road, B11301 s. 1 ^ ' fc-' f ' "■ v.| 'j:n but we considered that as the land Advanced in value, it would be to the interest of these owners to break up their"pas1;ures and- sell them out in small farr;^, and it was'our opinions-that Northwest Texas would become a garden spot Of the State. The towns of Decatur, Bowie in Montague Country, 'Henrietta in Clay County, Wichita Falls in Wicliita County, were the only settlements of any important. There was a small settlement on the Canadian river called Tascosa, so t at virtually we were building 500 miles of road "in an unoccupied country, 3C0 miles of it on an elevation-^of the'staked plains. A person traveling thfough the country today finds it so'-fully occupied that the railroad ti!at •commenced earning $2,000 per mile'gross 'is now earning from Eight to ten thousand dollars per mile per year gro J .LV:- ft . iiflri. . . ■ yvfV'- . hianK ^ « " ItI- ; Hw* fSiv ufcrrx/ t •.f)« ^ 'S fvl "Jo l.t5<rift,.'Lia -r ' ' " -i V.jV i j'. .JM ffhv 9l " ' i lU'l m.-'op . ^ {jrv r. ■ i4ooXl br&nr I 'h.i •f .f-.ftjrfnr. Oi-jT , -id, . . . t ' • 'v- V .'lir/nar^ .4»ae , " , - >' vJn itol A 'aiih* •vf' 1 . mfiu]' . ,,b* h ■ ''>■ ' After the Qlectipn,.in New Yorkj B\aine made the following statement.: ■ " " - • - * — o • , ' : r "From the first I had no -other desire than that-'a .fair c-o'unt should be made, find, so far as I am personally concprned, I would be content with either result—^^success would not elate me and defeat "woul^d not depress me. I liye.d too near the Presidency in 1881 and have too keen a Sense of its burdens, ,it3 embarrassments and its perils to be .' unduly anxious for" the office." ' . - ■ . , , ^ ^ : /' Mr. Blaine considered that the vote from the Irrdep.endent - - Republican of New York: was one of the man causes for t.he loss of New York. He also thOuglit that ti-e remark of Dr. Burcliard, which; was quoted everin.vhere to his prejudice, drove from him the Irish.i vote which was naturally his. , " -- There is but one comment on Mr. Elaine's flefeat. He made a 'gallant and brilliant fight. Millions^of•freemen voted against him, huntipeds'Of thousands labored and r.chetted ^and contrived to '^ompass his oWrtlirow, A sooj^re of the most distinguished and influential Repub- • lie an Journals in the' country and many scores of Republican leaddrs frdat-'tih»l»*pa*6y and lent their effort's and their example to ' the cause of thd DdrSocraoy, NevSir before in the history of our 'politics was the a presidential candidate so terrihlyliandicapped for his race, by his personal and official record, by the bitter aniraoaitieS of powerful men within liis party; hy the Independent movement; by the ProhiT.'ition movajtasnt; by the mischievous folly oT such friends as Rev, 'Orchard; by every conceivable element of weakness. and the personal antagonism of Roscoe Conkling, Pacing all this v/as l.onestly elected, hut through the cowardice of his friends and ■ >■'* himself, failed to make the contest to maintain his election. He '■ 'was deterred from this by the dispatches he got from Nev/ York, especially fromThitelcck Reed, claiming it would make such an r upheaval and panic and showing the bitter fee.ling in New York, which finally made him over rule the advice of his managing'conmittee. General John A. Logan of Illinois, ,was on the' ticket with: Mr, Elaine for Vice President. Hi .popularity in the 'Jest held that country. It was a great disappointment to the soldiers that he was not elected. Logan thought tliat a contest should be made to main tain thelT electi.'n blrt of course the decision of Elaine .controlled him.' ' 01' - r--" ' \ r be.' " Ever since the Civil Tar, theu?e had' been' a great controversy as to the .question »a>a-to what Grant intended when .ordered Logan ^ 'to Nashville,' when he^atarted t-o go th^re 'himself to take comearnd, and , ' aleo ordered me from St. Louis to go there,' and when we reaclaed •Jif Nashville the battle was on and neither of them wont any farther. I suppose his desire for me to go there was to command the troops I had sent from my department,- but my presenfce. was certainly not necessary because the troops wei*0 commanded by a .very efficient officer. General A. J. Smith, who had oommanded the right wing of. the 16tl. A.C. a- long time.' ■ : n- ,V"i . I il ' On February 1884,' Gen'eral Grants'battled this "question by the following letter to General Eogan: ' ' H'uai';; V' During the year 1884 there was the great Presidentiil campaign of Blaine and Clevelanc. I took a great interest in this caxpaign. Mr. Clarkson from Iowa was the Republican National Coimr^itteeman from Iowa and was a member of the Executive Committee of seven which conducted the Republican campaign, . . At the electin in November, Blaine was honestly elected and it 4 ^ was through the advise of Whit61aw Reed of the Tribune that made Blaine give up the fight, while Clarkson, myself and others sent protests to him, tellin'^ him not to do so as he was legally elected. The whole thing was turned on the election in Nev/ Yorlc, Blaine had 3700 more legal votes in that State than Cleveland, but the Democratic party counted over 700 Butler votes for ClevQland and committed great frauds at Coney Island, returning a majority for Clevolanc!. This investigation of the matter has since been fully settled by the fx^auds at Coney Island and A the men who committed them were sent to the State prison, Mr, Jay Gould took a great interest in this fight and his name was not helpful to it. After the election crowds marched up and down the street denouncing Jay Gould, which frightened a good many but the police were able to hold them in check. The best statement in relation to this election was made by Clarkson on November 19, 1884 to the Chicago Tribune and is to be found in scrap-book 10, page 11. John Kelly of Hew York was oppoaed to Cleveland and had made arrangements with the Republican party to turn over a large democratic vote in New York City to Blaine but Burnes wiio was chief of police or chief of the detective force, I forget which, was a personal friend of mine and he came to me two or three times hefore the election and ' told me that Kelly was ""oing to throw us down--that he had been seen. I went to the head-quarters and made it knowfT to Clarkson and others and while they did not helieve it and had no means of really proving t it, the results of the election showed that Kelly did not deliver the votes he had a'-reed to; w'lether it was because he coi/ldn't or whether he had been induced not to has n6ver been determined. ■ • -if '• ■■ J . -JV . '^JT-n-yr gam 9d M or. ^ Hld ■■ - .1 ' . ) T u* nal/0#Jrt mdi 9im yil .i ejfp tr.f. 'viu/w*l9 14is^ jr - ' i'T cu" a-.J ijXXai ki«^ ori.i; a' aija-nwJJjeiF • I i' ■' :■■$ »*i ■ - . . i . . •/ * ; , A,|/ tM. ^iijtaf. • imQj briiijiMr ■ \.;i ' t.i i'v ' i.*4 Hi ifttfmJrtl jaci-j # < ej of ^r> .I'f n-irh i'fr* *;■ ' 9Mmtt - . ' W1:A ..fi c.; d a*tj j£fr,\y»«it« hocf^ • ..r-i >,- ,'jiWm . I*. 'it 04 tUSi» woilo , . ■ V . *' r.; ■" fthA:, cr- *;i, .' .-.h'l./ani irrMf etU ,CX "taibjawot ..;r %r I»1 ,: r ff ertsr-i lrlNlir?^k,ii»h oT**! tt 'uii rMKaJt.iwqaW « .iJ " 10 8«» .» .W vJlQ nt «u*e' h-«r..-r •- , .-1 1- • . T uo . .. wlkT^Mi^ New York City, January 2, 1884. Morgan Jones, Esq., President, Fr. Worth. Dear Sir: I am in receixit of your letter of Dec. 28th. I have heard a. great deal about the coal near Bowie and have had it partially examined. I think the best plan is for you to make the arrangements there yourself and thoroughly test it. I am willing to pay ■tfSOO to do this but before we do any work there you should have options giving us full control of the property so that if we made any discoveries we would not have to pay an exoroitant price for the land. I am perfectly will ing to take your judgement in this matter and niake any ex penditure of this kind which you think would be beneficial to the Go. Mr. Soeley has been here and I have had a long talk with him. He is vei-y desirous of running the road or obtaining some interest in it. I do not want them to build up into that country north west of Fort Worth and I believe that if you talk with them they .can be kept from doing so. They can cer tainly make arrangements with us by which they can do better than by building. The stone quarry of which I wrote you is only two miles from the road, west of Sunset, and I have been told that it would take but little over a mile and a half of new track to reach it and that we could get control of it, so as to develop it as rapidly as we wished but oi course it would be better if we could fird a quarry right on the line of road. Does not the stratum. - of Hull's quarry cross the road somewhere? Wher-e is the quarry of which you write. Yours truly. G . M . Dodge, President. 9 m New York, January 2nd, 1884, Gen. Hamilton. Dear General: Your favor of the 27th of December sent to me at Counc"1 Bluffs as been forwarded to me here. I note your request for aid in obtaining a pos't-'on for your son and shall be very glad to do so as f ar as lies in my power. I am not at present in railroading business and am only very slightly interested in them though I know a good many of the officers. Has your son had any experience in railroading; if so, in what departments? It is almost impossible bb obtain positions in running roads for inexperienced men and it will be difficult to find him at once a suitable position or one which he would be likely to a ccept, but if you will write me more fully and particulary what his business experence has been, it may be that through the officers of some of our roads I can find something for him to do, I often think of our old times together and events occurring then seem to me now more like a dream than reality. I have seen the TifQ_p fought over so many times since it closed and so many things have come up which I never dreamed of that I am almost convinced that T knew nothing about it. My family has grown up and two of my daughters have marri ed. Mrs. ""odge is an invalid and has been so for a year past. She is now in the south anc. T have a letter from here today from which I learn th that she is somewhat better. We all remember you and have often spoken about you and they will be glad to know that you remember them. Please accept the compliments of the season and my kindest regards. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. ■ ,1884. 'ilkinsonville , ('•Vorcester ,Co .) I/iass. Hon'l Grenville . Dodge, Dear Sir: I address you at this time to know what Dodge City, Kansas was named for (whether it was for yourself or the late A. G. Dodge of Burlington, Iowa' or his father the late Henry Dodge. I have two sons at Raton, New Mexico, they are emijloyed by the Atkinson Topeka and Santa Fee R. R. Company at Raton Station just over the line from Colorado. They passed by Dodge City, and we all feel a little interest which of the distinguished men above referred to that town was named for and if you will be so kind as to answer my question it will be a great favor. Tl:e late Honl. A. C.Dodge was at my house several days at the tin.e of meeting at. Salem, but not think ing ny sons might pass through that Town I did not think to ask in reference to that town. In '" isconsin lone town and village and county were named for Gen'l Henry Dodge, yet I am rather inclined to believe Dodge Gity, Kansas was not named after him, but yourself. I have seen several prominent menbers of the Dodge family and consulted them as to having another fanily gathering at Salem, Mass.this year or another year and thought it might be a very inter esting meeting and miuch more so than ;the first one we had. I sent you soiiie time last month a small pamphlet of the reprint of what I had accomplished in the Dodge ^'amily, and other Historical works. I do not know th!>t you received it. Sincerely yoiu's, Reuben K. Dodge. . h-, )y-' , t ^ ; . - ■ V 1 " i .5 ■ w ■w 195 broadway New York, Jan, 6, 1' '84. Messrs. Polk ?c Kubbell, Des Moines, Iowa, Gentlemen:- I am in receipt of yours of the 12th inst, and enclose herewith appointment of your Mr, Hubbell as Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, I understand that my action in making changes ^n the board at the recent stockholders meeting does not meet your approval. My whole action in this matter was taken olely at the advice of your Mr. Hubbell, given when he was last in New York to the effect that it vTould be well for me to go into the Board and take personal charge of the operation of the road. If I had taken more thought in the case I might have made Mr. Hubbell Vice President but as Mr, Clarkson was going to remain interested with us I thought he would be of service to us as Vice President^ more so than any one else, or in any other way, I hope t.iat you gentlemen will look up this matter just exactly as it Has intended. Whatever I do witii the road, whether I extend it or sell it I expect to have your hearty cooperation, I do not intend to do any thing to cause you to change your interest in it or to prevents your aiding me in getting ray money out of it, I have no doubt whatever that if Mr, Clarkson thought that you objected to the action of the board or thought for a moment that it would be an injuy to me, he would at once resign the posit-'on. I \inderstand that his relations with you are perfectly harmonious. As to otiier matters mentioned in your letter I expect soon to make a trip west and when I see you in Des Iloines we will consider and decide upon them. Yours truly, G, M, Dodge. It- 15 8 195 Broadway New York, January 7, 1884. I'U.XC 'jnnf) Phil Clarkson, Des MoineS, Iowa. ^ ^ Dear Sir: I" clip from the copy of your paper received here today the enclosed article. I suppose you do ni>t desire to print anything but the exact facts in this case regardless of your friendly feelings toward the C. B. 0. and as this case happens to be so clear I desire to state it to you. There has never been any wish or desire to take from the Q by t the pool lines any of its rates, or any of its Nebraska business to which it is justly entitled. The pool lines simply demanded that the Q should treat them the same as the U.P. did. That is all. To show you just what that demand is T will give you an example At the town of Columbus, Nebraska, the Q and the U.P. divide the business 50^ going to each road. The 50^ taken by the U.P. goes to Omaha and is there turned over to the Iowa pool lines. The 50^ taken by the Q it carries to Chicago or to such point as it is destined crossing the river at Plattsmouth giving none of it to the Iowa pool lines. Bu tthe Q has a line to Council Bluffs and there goes into the Iowa pool and takes its 1/4 of the 50^ Which it turned over by th U.P. thus getting 5/8 of the 0olumbus freight leaving only the remainder to be divided among the pool lines. All that the Iowa pool ever asked was that at competitive points if the ^ took its share of all the business of the U.P. at CounCl Bluffs, it should turn in its 50^ nothing more. That is, the pool lines demanded of the Q that at all competitive po'nts with the U.P. the total business at such comp titive points should go into the Iowa pool if the Q desired to take out its full quarter of that pool. Is there anything unfair about this? The Iowa pool for the past year has been a pool merely in name. The Q has repeatedly violated all its agreements with that pool and has cut the rates at competitive points where it could get a load of freight. They may deny this but the proof of it is so positiv and it has been sliown so clearly that any person who is at all posted will not deny it. The facts above mentioned is one of the causes which induced the Iowa pool to enter into the tri-party agreement, if the Q now cuts a rate at any point the U.P. does not have to stand it all but only stands its l/c or l/s or its.equal share of whatever number of units there are in tlie pool. « Very truly yours, G. M. Ddge. ; ;"T. ».''x " v.'<11 New York, January 8, 1884, dear Clarkson: I notice in a recent article in the Register you get after f ■Medill of Chicago Trihune. It seems to me you do not hit just where ' ■ you should. IHe bases his reasons for being a free trader on a change of heart, and goes on to state that the prosperi'ty of" this, country is due to large crops and not to protection and further that the depression" of affa?rs is due to protection. Now,, in ,the very hext colTunh you. have an art-'cle on. Iowa and its credit wherein you say and Khow that, for the past three years the crops have been largely defic-'e Xoo' and that this is the case'over very nearly the whole ' ountry. . "Wliy t . ■ . • 't' X' ■ didn't" you take h'ra on that plea and show h^'m and the-people tha If prosperity comes from good crops then certainly the depression ^ .' ' fully accounted for by poor crops. His defense, of course,, is a ntl' very weak one. "We all know just .why he is a free trader. Tt is just \ _ . »'' ■ as potent here as it IS why a large proportion of the New York papers are free traders. "« • " ■ nJiif <: f>v» ' -yours truly,, i raJ Jiio jiB.i ;.>a« . £»•; ? 10 .w »ij Jta t hi.' . ■ - lo bflOX . rj/i .Jrt ojiw nooWA^ ,n*i . G. M. Dodge4 ti H t.nm -- 'rt . 1 -1|- . ' ; rn^ Jort Ilfr o.f if nutim oJ .. ."r-Cifht* dsf.iv Idi'i' '"'3 Vy* #«l»t n tslfO --on p iF t ". Phil Clarkson, Esq., ' n d\/ -*0 t\l ebrifi.r' j, . '■'o.Ti f-.ij nf irjA K.' f'tif lo iC'dniin Des Molnos, Iowa, rr^r ilXi' New York City, January 11th, 1884. Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Prest. City, Dear Sir: This company owns a one-half interest in the Town sites on the line of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway and the following brief report will show just the amount of acres owned at each point, together with the c©st of the same to the Company and there below the amount in goods"utalized from the sale of lost or property at each place, either in cash or notes or both, commencing from the first site north of Fort Worth and continuing north to Wichita Falls and beyond. Sale 107 Acres in a solid body owned unconditionally in fee simple and costing - - - - - - - - :t?538. Lots sold 60. Deficit or lost ii^478. Aurora. 100 Acres of land deeded to R E. Montgomery, Trustee on condition that one half the net proceeds from Sale of lots be paid to B. Mains the grantor. Proceeds from sale of lots :pl077.50 1/2 coming to this company 538.75 Cowen Unconditional deed to 21 acres of land costing - - 100 No lots sold. Alvord Unconditional deed to - - - ■ - - 97 1/2 acres Costing - - - - - - - - - - $487.50 Proceeds from sale of lots - - - - -2705. Profit 2217.50 Sunset Unconditional deed to 147 acres Costing - - - - - - - - - Proceeds from sale of lots Profit Bowie Unconditional deed to 100 acres. Costing - - - - - - - - Proceeds sale of lots - - - . "■rof it - 1087. ■ 4650. 356,3 . - 1176. - 14193. 13017. Baiievue Deed to 148 1/2 acres conditional that one half the net proceeds of sales be turned over to the grantor 1/2 Gross proceeds of sale -^460 Alma Unconditional deed to 40 acres Costing - - - - - - - - - - - - 145 No lots sold. Carlyle. The right to pui'chase-40 acres in square covering the siding at it's per acre from R. 1. Montgomery the owner of. the section. Vernon 100 acres donated by citizens there covering Depot grounds and which is the unconditional property of the company. I have not the date with me but I bought an additional tract sur rounding the town of Vermon at |3. per acre that I think con tains some 540 acres. The best portion of this property has be^n sold and the cream, taken and from now on sales will be apt to languish, as the best has been already selected. You will understand that the Texas Town Site Co. owns a one half interest in the net proceeds arising from these sales, and also that nearly all sales are made for only one-third cash, so that by far the greater portion of the above profits consist in vendors lien notes and not in cash. This Company also hss o5/l00 interest in the town-site of Wichita Falls, but this will be made the subject of another communication. This Company has in addition to the above and not owned in connection with the "Texas Town Site Co." 73 acres of improved land near Fort Worth that cost -^20. per acre, but it was bought to settle an ugly right of way claim and is badly cut up by the Railway, and I have been unable to even sell it for $15 per acre. This report is up to December 1st last, and since that time I have stopped sale of lots at Bowie until I returned, but sales are in progress at other points. Respectfully, (Signed) R. E, Montgomery, G. T. L. A. (. V. New York, January 16, 1084. N. C. Ridenour, Esq., Clarinda, Iowa. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor of the 14th instant . I think Col. Kinsman's body should be taknn to Counc-* 1 Bluffs anc buried there. He enlisted there in the Fourth Iowa Infantry and went out under me from that place and became Captain of Company B before he was promoted to the command of the 23rd regiment. He v^as with me at the battle of Pea Ridge and distinguished h'mself there holding the mountain to our extreme left. If the legislature proposesto take action in the matter, I have no objection. It is a very propert thing for them to do. I happened to see your article and was astonished to learn the facts, I supposed his body had been laying south only because there was no one who felt disposed to take it north. As I wrote you I am ready to do whatever his friends and the members of his regiment decide upon. He should be taken to Council Bluffs and a monument raised over his remains. It would be a very facreful act for the state of Iowa bo do this through the Legislature but if they don't do it his comrades should. Kinsman was my warm and particular friend from the time he came to Council Bluffs until he left me after Pea Ridge. I knew him v;-ell socially and as a citizen, politician and soldier. Yours truly, G. II. Dodge. New York City, January 23d, 1884. Morgan Jones, Esq., President, Fort Worth. Eeqr Sii-: I am in receipt of yours of 18th inst. It wil] be impossible for me to get down to Texas as long as financial matters remain in such an unsettled condition. I have a great desire to construct fifty or seventyfive miles of additional road during the coming summer, and if you can arrange to form a syndicate that would be willing to take our bonds and do the work I should be glad to have you doso. The road should be built very cheaply and it would be only a question of holding the bonds a short time. I approve of every thing you do there for the sake of economy. You are there as president oi the Company, and I want you to act as such. Of course I want to avoid any friction with Mr. Frost,still we must look out for the road and its bond and stock holkers. This is the great object. I know Frost is inclined to be a little extravagant, and to build up a railroad reputation but this we cannot afford. He has handled the road so far* in a very satisfact ory manner and I have no fault to find only I have no doubt he has done things which he would not have done had I been there on the ground to consult with him. You must talk right out and-say what you think about matters and especially cut down expenditures whenever you think them unnecessary or extravagant. Frost talked with me when he was here about machinery for the round house and said that it would cost less money to operate it than he was now paying to the Missouri Pacific for doing his work and could also get a considerable amount of City or outside work to help pay expenses. I told him I would take the subject under consideration but have not written him about it since. I am disposed to go very slowly until we see what the crop in Texas and our next sumniers earnings are to be. I am glad you have started in to solve the coal question for if we find it near the road and in any quantity it will be of great aid to us. I have covered the buildings equipment, freight stored or in transit with about ^184,COO of Insurance, of which Mr. Frost will inform you the details. Let me hear from you fully and often. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, President. *1 ■ ' / I'll. New York, January 24, 1884. Hon. William P. Frye, Washington, D. C. j' - •noU Dear r:- » ^ t" C' t ,_,X k I feel a great interest in the ratification of the treaty with Mexico, I have a very thorough knowledge of that coiontry and of the effects of such a treaty upon it and feel certain that its rat if icatior and adoption will be in every way beneficial to us. I under stand that some of the protectionists are against it. There is no greater protectionist than T am but I knov/ that the adopt''on of this treaty will be of great benefit to us. If you can do so consistently with your views, I wish you would aid its passage. . . • During hhe past two years T have spent a great deal of mOney in doing work in Mexico and have given.a great deal of attention to the d velopment-Of the country. T understand fully all the bearings of this question and know all the difficulties we have to.contend with « under the present system and firmly believe that theonly way to remedy them is bey the adoption of such a treaty as that now under considera tion by the Senate. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. Nev^York January 24, 1884, , . n 'r Hon. Eugene Hale, .0 .rr j • ■ U. S. Senate, Wash-i.ngton, D. C. I am very much interested in the ratificat"on of the treaty with Mexico, Now under consideration "by the United States Senate, Of course my interests are in the west and southwest hut T think there are very few people who are better posted than myself regarding our business relat^'ons with mexico, and the difficulties undei which we labor in the present condition of affairs. It seems to me that there can be no mistlae in ratifying tin's treaty,' It may not be just righ in every particular but as it is its adoption .will prove to be a great benefit to the bunness interests of this country. You can have no idea of the development.that is going on in that country and when you remember that by next May at latest we will have a -^j^pough line of railway from New York to the city of Mexico and consider the difficr.lties tliat wiil be thrown around us in the trans action of business under the existing arrangement, you will see the necessity for some such agreement as this treaty provides, I know that you are a long distance away from the City of Mexico but I wish if you can make it consistent with your fiffleas of right you will do what you can to aid in the ratification of this * treaty. + , " I think the sugar interest-is mistaken in its views. I.certain ly would not wish to do that interest the slightest injury but in my opinion they are a good deal more scared than hurt. You will never hear 6f any injury to them if the treaty is adopted. I do not believe that free sugar from Mexico will ever hurt the State of Louisiana, Very respectfully. G. M. Dodge#'- X'i no f ^ ', New York, January 25, 1884. Hon. W. P. Kellogg, ' ■ TJ. S. House Representatives, * • ■ , / Washington, D. C. ' Dear Sir:- I am in rece^'pt of yours of yesterday making inqu'ry regardirg amount of stock Issued upon Texas & Paclf'c Railway and its relation to the bonds of the company. The stock Is ued upon the line of road averages but little- over $20,000 ;per mile. It covers the road, from New Orleans to El Paso over the Texas & Pacific main line and the New Oi?lenas Pacific division. On the latter division the stock comes next to the first mort gage bondd and this is the same case on the Rio Grande division. On what is known as the Eastern division extending from Texarkana to •Fort Worth there is an income and land grant bond ahead of the stock. The Idea has always been that the lands covered by our land grant from the State of Texas would from the proceeds of the^r sale eventually Wipe out the entire Issue of land Grant bond. In my opinion there is no question about the cheapness of the stock. Neither Mr. Gould nor any one else has ever advanced one dollar toward the "payment of Interest charges. The road has earned its interest. It has a great many sources of income outside of its earnings for Instance the Rio Grande division ownes all the town lots lying along it and the sales for the past year amounted to about $190,000 That Division has eamed its own Interest wi ohout depending upon the others. I have no doubt that during the coming year the road will make even a better showing than for the year past. You mu t reramber that about 900 miles of this road is new and there has to be a great deal done t it in the way of ballast and a great deal of equipment put upon It. We have th's year expended nearly $500, 00 for New equipment and it now has 155 locomotives and about 4000 cars and still it is unable to do all th business offered to it. Any person who buys this stock and holds it or lyys it away for two or three years will in my opinion make a great deal of money out of it. I know that during the past week Mr. Gould bought 10,000 shares of it and laid it away for keeps. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 28 ■ • ; rl , ' irX ' New York, January 25, 1884. Gen. D. S. Stanley, _ t..1^ ■ ' ' '* •' • ' ' Santa Fe, New Mexico. »bov» Jr 4 :-b01UBn ouwo ,(T ,.'to4-"vhioflir My dear General:- .. . . . • •.f-t-'' od ' I am In receipt of your very welcome letter of January 6th which I have delayed answering until "I could see the powers that be. I • had the opportunity within the past few days to -speak to President Arthur in relation to the subject of your letter and found that he feels very kindly tov/ard you. T have been told by others that Gen. " Sheridan favored Merritt for the promotion but of that of course I canno speak definitely. You may rest assured that I shall gladly do anything I can for you. I am go-ng to Washington on the 5th of January and will then take time to see the Secretary of War and urge your claim and ^ also see Sheridan and talk with him about 1t. You certainly deserve the promotion both by reason of rank and long and continous service. ' « ' , . ' ; 1 n r • . '• I .11 u Very truly yours, ■ • . ■ t' *i, -.a- i ;j II® «. 0.^ ; x : ■ : 4 G. M. Dodg§^ • o$ eXi^ lnJ ortv, 1^. i ' duo v'jto.r 1o rnrtfe t 'Ami ftolfkiqo X® II'w ar-i... -lo owi omc.ii! 000,01 . h.'iwoxf eX( 0 .tfl Amnm .«>'xifh dr.Aj , oo.l T ,jf to • a"-*-!! lot goira uufpY , -h r / .n .1* IaC mh * f to . 'A '' 29 New York, January 30, 1884, N. C. Reidenour , Clarinda, Iowa. Dear Sir:- Replying to yours of recent date I enclose herewith passes for yourself and two Des Moines to Memphis with pass for Col. Kinsman's body on teturn. From Memphis you will probably have to take a steam boat to Vicksburg. I enclose also my check on Oilman, Son & Go, for $?00 which will probably cover your incidental expenses. You can make me a statement of them after you get through w^'th the business. Of course T will not set my wishes against thoseexpressed by Col. Kinsman and i am perfectly will'ng that his body should b laid wherever he expressed a desire to be bur^" ed but it seems to me very singular that he should bish to be buried at Des Moines while his home friends and place of enlistment were at Council Bluffs. Are you perfectly sure that he made the request attributed to him? I mention this because always in his talks with me v^h^lst he was'under me his ideas were entirely different. In them he always said that he deSired to be identity fed w^ th Western Iowa and 7/ith Council bluffs. He said this to me a great many times and in his enlistment, and even after he went into the 23d regiment ho always insisted on being carried on the rolls as from Council Bluffs. I would prefer to have you go after his remains rather than anyone else, and send the passes for yourself, the chaplain and your son as requested in your letter. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 31 ,4'10Y New York, January 31, 1884, Hon. John C. Brown, Washington, D. C. My dear Governor « I am in receipt of yours f yesterday from Washington. I am going over there on Sunday night. T do not know that I exactly udderstand to what agents you refer. We have now no agent there what ever except Wheelock, who is looking after our land grant * >1^ _ _ I- ^ "(-vV* 4/* 0^^o4"r»C5 ^Tv» there what ever except Wheelocic, wno is xooKin.r aiuer our lana ^/'anb a and Dr. Green who attends to telegraphic affairs. Mr. Painter, on behalf of the Buckbone road was attending to getting their matters thr through the Interior Department in which he was very suecessful. In fact, I do not think we could have gotten along without him. _ . > . _ . . ^ T_ . 1 ^ il n w 4* In fact, I do not think we could have gotten along without, him. I do not think he is now employed by any one unless it may be the U.P.Ry. Co. but my understanding is that Sherrall is their Agent. Are either of these the parties you refer to? Our policy has ben to make just as little show as possible and do what we can before the committees making our strong fight in the Senate, when I think we have some show but I do"not think we have much in the House where they seem to me to be almost crazy. The great power behind tliese attacks in Washington seems to be the"bears in Wall St. They are evidettly putting up the funds but if.they get their claws cut here I do not think we will hear much more from them there. . Just now they are making it very lively in-Washington more especially because, as I understandi t they have a great many mei ibers there short of stocks on the theory that everytm'ng was going to the devil. I am very much obliged to you for your letter and for your 'attention to matters in Washington. I hear that affairs on our Texas roads are going along more smoothly. I am glad to hear it and hope it is true. Very truly, *" •" G. M. Dodge. B31301 .32 i ,IS ^KiiiniiL M v: New York, January 31, 1884< Col, E. B. Wheelock, Willard's hotel, ' ' ' ^ ^ ^r■' Washington, D, „ My dear Sir; I am in receipt of yours of yesterday and fully note contents thereof, I delegate see you, I expect to leave-here for Washington on Sunday night as a to the Mississippi River Improvement ConventTon"and will have a letter from Gov, Bro^m in which he states that some of the agents of roads over there are objectionable, I do not know to whom he refers. Certainly we have now no agents there of any kind except Shellabarger and Wilson who are the regular Attorneys of the Union Pacific. Unless it is Sherrall, who represents the joint interests of the Union and Central Pacifis, It is possible that he may refer to Mr Painter who represents the backbone road in the L nd Office but he is doing nothing for any of our companies before Congi-ess, lie has done remarkably well on the land department'and I know that no one else could have, done there would he has done. I should like to know who are the other parties to whom Brown refers. It is-possible that there may be any amount of bummers there cla'ming to represent.some of our companies but if ^^^t they certainly have no authority from any officer so far as my infor^^ mation goes, I do not think we can expect anything from this congress. We cannot defeat any measure which they may have a m'nd to pass through the house. Our only hope is do the best we can in the.Senate. It is not likeJiy that any bill they would no* pass wodld stand long. Very truly, ' - G. M. Dodge, u t*:- ' - ' '*■ I 33 - ' New York, February 8, 1884. R. S. Haynes, Esq., St. Louis, Mo. Dear Sir:- While in Washington T saw Mr. James, the contractor for Louisiana Convict labor. He says his force of convicts will soon be at liberty and he would then like to get a contract for ballasting on the New Orleans division that would last him during the summer. He says that if an engine and cars were furnished liim he would be willing to put the ballast under the track, line it and put it in percect condition for 30 cts. per yard, which struck me as being a very reasonable offer. He says he has been subbing work fron, Rogers & Ballentyn and dealt directly with him they could save some money, t do not know any thing about the various questions involved but so far as T have seen his work, T know it to be good. He does not appear to know any of our pdople down there and asked me to write you this letter, but T really do not know whether you or Mr. Talmage is in QhArge of such matters. I can further say that Mr. James jas just completed ballasting the Mississippi Valley Railway on which he worked 150 convicts. He has about 600 more engaged upon the Tinsas levee which will be completed in three or four weeks. T wo ked a ood many of his convicts upon the New Orleans Pacific. Yours truly, G M. Dodge. Iittl. ut 35.1 New York City, Peby. 13, 1884 Hon. T. M. Gockrell, United States Senate, v;ashington, D. G. Dear Sir: I intended calling upon you while I was recently in Washington but the demands upon my time were so great that I was unable to do so. I went to the Senate to see you, but you were out. I desired to speak to you about our bill giving to the Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Go. the right of way through the Indian Territory. We go so far west that our line through the Territory antagonizes no one. I think the Omaha bill is in the hands of Coke of Texas. The House bill is in the hands of Welbourn. It is a similar bill to that which ha^ been unaniDiouslyreported in favor of the . G. & S. F. Ry. Co. and we think that we are certainly entitled to the same privilege. Will you be kind enough to do what you consistently can to aid in the passage of this bill? Very truly yours, G. v.. Dodge. «';r , New York, February 13, 1884. General John W. Puller, Toledo, Ohio, ,frtO Dear Slr:- T am in rece-'pt of yours of the lltL inst. T have already done all I can for General Stanley . I think he is entitled to the promotion. T spoke to the esi dent regarding it. T have a suspicion and probably it is only a suspicion that Sheridan is pressing Merrill; ' however, Stanley has plenty of friends and does not need much pressing. * Everybody knows who h^ is and what he has done, b t if there is any way in which T can further aid him, T shall gladly do so, T have written Stanley to that effect, I am veryglad to hear from you and whenever you come to New i. York T hope you will drop in and wee me, Swayne is only two floors above me. Ho has turned from being a soldier and fighting for me to bein g a lawyer and trying to keep me out of trouble which T fear he has hard work to do. Very truly yours, o4 Bin • . f litUim G. M. Dodge. bA« iu ' . >111011 t mf:i mf:i hJhht hJhht T T .n 'if, . u.i. -.r eee f>0:ifXdfo JIM Jfnf ttlbci' Of. OriA JF ,;udi fs ifoijg iHid ^ f tnfiijt ; tol 'ntfWv « ot :l.iMeiAFnnor) iio| nmO "iraeX 'V-^ I eioF Jrtjifn JbmI boil oicnl .tikoX J 1>r/| T • nf lo Imt jnMXi o MwhwI eVM? Y nol ,iF -m* n#. rtoo 'ie.4«(|iiiifin "in jhu-omm m» *to|J»brroo ♦ V. '•"» Mfi frt tj fl'w ' itttjJitt ▼ CM nnOM mA 'f 'R'V -i M^bo^r .IX ' ;v' '' , ■*' r 1 '/ New York, Peburary 13, 1884. , .V a ioi XinentO Gen, U. S. Grant, .oMO , beloT New York City, •iJSf''! ' -'***•" te-fi" Dear General: . r .^4 . f. r T have been absent for some time past being in Washington looking after the Mexlca n treaty. T It seems to me that Its failure is due to the fact that the admini tratlon did not give it the attention that it deserved and that was promised it, I think owever from the outlook now that it is going to pass. We are certain of one more vote in its faver,whene the treaty • • , - came up Senator .'\111son was in Iowa and supposed he was but it seems that such was no. the case and I saw two or three tthers who voted against it who will, I think change the^r opinions. While in Washington T saw Pitkin of New Orleans, United States Marshall of Louisiana who is an applicant for the position of Minister to Mexico, He has very strong endorsements but itsweems that the President considers himself under proinose to you not to remove Morgan which stands in the way. There seems to be a pretty general desire to • * • see Pitkin appointed to the position, I told him I would come up and see you about it and intendend doing so today but am again obliged to leave the city^ Can you consistently do a ything for Pitkin? I was ilad to leam from Fred last night thtt you were improving for I have heard a great deal of anxiety expressed in regardto your condition on account of newspaper reports concerning it. As soon as T return I will come and see you, ^ Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. New York, Feb. 14, 18^4. Hon. John A. Lo£-a9, United States Senate, 'Jashincton, D. C. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of the 11th, I have t'^ say that my response must he from memory entirely, haviny no data at hand to refer to. In regard to tlie order from you to yo to Louisville and Nasliville, for the purpose of relieving Gen. Thomas, I never thought of the lUQstion who should command the combined armiies of the Cumber land and the Ohio. I was simply dissatisfied with the slowness of Gen. Thorns' moving, and sent you out with orders to relieve him. No doubt if tJ:e order hqd been carried out tixe question would immediately have arisen as to who was entitled to the com>:^ined command, provided Pen. Schofield was senior in rank to you, which I do not know that he was. I know that his confirmation as a. major general took jilace long after yours, but I do not know the date of iiis commission. The question In that case, of the command of the whole, v/ould have been settled in a very few hours by the use of the telegraph, between Nashville and Wasl.ington. I was in Washington when you arrived in Louisville and telegraphed me that Gen, Thomas had moved, and as I remember the telegram, express ing gratification that he uod done so. I was then on my way to Nasliville myself, and remained over a day in Washington, hoping that Thomas might still move. Of course I was gratified when I learned tiiat he had moved because it vms a ve.iy delicate and xmplesant matter to remove a man of Gen. Thomas' character and standing before the country. Still I had urged I.im so lony to move that I had come to think it a duty. Of course. In sending you to relieve in Gen. Thomas, I meant no reflection whatever upon Gen. Schofield, who was commanding the Army of the Ohio because I thoug..t tx.at he had done very excellent service in pushing the entire force under Hood a few days 1 efore, some twenty-five miles south of Nashville. Very truly yours, U. 3. Grant." The fact that Schofield was second in command to Thomas, who was a very efficient soldier and whom Grant had great confidence in, it is evident that he expected that if Thomas was relieved, Scl)ofield would fall to the command. Goneral Craht cxp.luins lliis in a lottm^ to Gen eral follovo: 2^ Avlc- <>5--3^ 41 New York, February 15, 1884, E. J. Abbott, Esq., Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of February 11th with enclosures cf copy of resolutions adopted by your post relating to the place of perma nent interment of the remains of Col. Kinsman of 23rd Iowa Regiment. In my my letter to Mr. Redinour, I requested that the body should be taken to Council Bluffs for burial and in answer to that letter he replied that he was Informed that it was the dying request of Col. Kins man that his body should at some future time be taken to Iowa and laid by the side of that of Col. Dewey. I replied asking if they were sure that such request that been made becuase the Colonel had often stated to me when we went into the service that it waa his wish to identify himself with western Towa and espc-'ally with Council Bluffs. Upon receipt of your letter and copy of resolutions adopted by your Post, I have wired Mr. Ridenour at Vicksburg again telling him that his remains should, in my opinion be taken to Council Bluffs wherd his home was and whence he went into the service. T do not, however, want to be placed in the position of taking Col. Kinsman's remains to Council Bluffs in the face of his personal re^Tiost to be buried by the side of Col. Dewey if it is ascertained beyond doubt that he made such a requeafc. If he did so there is certainly some evidence of it but in the lack of such indisputable evidence then he should be buried at Council Bluffs. I therefore suggest to you that you communicate with the old mem bers of the 23d regiment and of Kinsman's Post G.A.R. at Des Moines which I see has taken also official action in the matter and see if his place of burial cannot be amicalby arranr ed. ^ 43 ■ \ f' < New York, February 26, 1884. E. B. Wheelock, Esq., Washington, D. C. Sir** ~ T am in rece^'pt of your dispatch of this morning. I am not much disappointed as T told you last night what my Opinion was; and the inability of Barnum and his friends to do anything was very potent to me. The next thing to see about is to get the strongest possible presentation of the case in the minority report. It should be short, concise and right to the point. Consult Judge Payson Oats and Van Eaton and decide who shall draw it. I think probably_ it had better be drawn by Judge Payson as he can carry the Republican side of the House with him and Cats and Van Eaton, Democrtas, signing it will help divide the Democratic side, but T am fearful that the majority will put the bill through the house. I will consult Judge Dillon and see what he says about mandamus. Since writing the above T have seen Judge Dillo . who says that in his opinion t-he present is not the time to issue a mandamus. There will have to be some definite action of Congress beofre it should be asked for, therefore, he does not think it policy to apply for it just at this time and in this opinion I am inclined to agree with him. ^ . x ^ x -u t • If the right kind of a minority report is presented, I believe that with the united efforts of the three or four parties interested in these bills they can get be defeated in the house. I think the first move there should be to effect an organiza?^ tion of the people there who represent the roads whose interest are in danger, viz; the New Orleans Pacific, the Northern Pacific, the Atlantic and Pacific and the California Roads and you better immediately take steps to ascertain who the parties are who represent those companies (I mean the head men, no intermediates) and have an understanding among these chiefs to get the member of the House to hold together on a rate. A great deal of help can be given each to the other in this way. . I think you better have a statement of facts printed so that when the question comes up in the house a copy of it can be laid upon the desk of every men' er. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. New York, February 29, 1884. E. B. Wheelock, Esq., Washington, D. c. Dear S^'r:- Referring to the last clause of my eqrler letter of this date T thirilt a separa e statement should be made up for the use of the House, leaving ou all the names of parties ment^'oned in your statement befoBe the Committee. When v/e come upon the floor of the House we come I do not want to bring up the names of Col. Scott Mr. Gould or any one else connected with these enterprises. It only creates a prejudice which we are forced to overcome because they are looked upon as being at the head of great monopolies; therefore, make your statement short, concise and directly to the point. I would also leave out allusions to Mr. Lewis in latter part of your statement, stating merely the number of acres of this land that lies in his district and that of Mr. Blanchard and others and the population affected by each. I think you should also say in your statement that it was impossible for you to obtain the bu*Iding of this road except upon this land grant that before you could get it done you had to obtain the assignment of the grant and that upon the faith of the land grant and its assignment you were enabled to close the contract and get the road constructed. I would suggest also that in this statement you make a clange from the one prepared for the committee by omitting all after "and was so far successful" (page 2, line 20) down to and including "pledge T had made for them" (page 3, line 14) and insert in lieu thereof the follov/ing , "That the parties who were constructing the T. & P. Py. entered into writings to extend that line and construct the New Orleans Pacific road to New Orleans provided that the Land Grant of the N.O. B.p. & v. Ry Co. was to thf-m I Immediately took steps to secure the transfer of this land grant and succeeded. Contracts for the construction of the road were then immediately signed and it was rapidly pushed forward and was complete in 1882. Upon its completion the government of the United States accepted the road and issued orders for the issue of patents upon the land and there ha sbeen received by the company from the United States Government up to date a little over one million acres of land which the company has entered in accordance with the regulations of the land departments. I think, however, that it would be still better to get up a short, distinct statement that could be placed before the members of the House which as I have said before should be to the point and short, such a statement as everyone would read. the minority report should be ready so as to present it to house at the same time that the majority report is presented for I have no doubt but that Cobb will try to push the matter ir' the house. Truly, G. M. Dddge, New York, February 29, 1884, Hon. W, B. Allison, Washington, D. c. Dear Sij: T enclose herewith a newspaper clipping which if you r^^ad the New York evening papers you may have noticed. From it and similar articles in the other New York papers you will see that the gold and silver question is rapidly oaning to the front. I am informed that on Saturday all these banks will show a great loss of gold, the theory being that people are becoming frightened and drawing gold out of the banks to lay it away. My opinion is that it is a move of the bears; still I see that all these bank officers are moroseover this gold and silver question. It is really a matter of very great importance, t myself have very little faith in the financial ability of New Yorkers. They only look at one thing at a time. If you know it T would like to know Folger's position upon this question. When I was in Was: Ington you seemed to be very firm in your ideas that it did not amount to much and th"t the progress of events wuld cure it. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. ,7 j.rioY New York, March 6, 1884. Hon. J. F. Dillon, Avoaley's Hotel, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- ion'if»Tor' ' It is important tl-iat someone i the interest of the U.".f"overn- ' ment should introduce the Edmunds bill in the House and get it before the Committee there. Won't you have Will ams or someone arrange itIt should be done at the request of Mr. Armstron." and if he could get the Chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads to introduce and to say that it was introduced'at the request of t. e Commissioner of railroads, it would, in my opinion, be better than to have it put in ^1^ independently. We should have some such bill as this before that Committee in order to use it against the Anderson bill, or if you could suggest some amendment to the Anderson bill (which I enclose herewith) v/hich would put us in condition to go through under it, I think it would be well to do so because I do not for a moment suppose that the House Committee v^ould endorse anything favored by the Senate Committee, but we might antagonize the Bdmunds bill with some Bill of our own in the House or with an amendment to the Anderson bill. Very truly yours, G.M. Dodi^e. UOir- , New York, March 7, 1884. « I «rt0/i Governor Throckmorton, Dallas, Texas. My dear Governor:- ,D C "i itC ire . . You will notice that the House Committee on Public]Lands has made a Majority and Minority report upon the bill for .cuttingthe ITew Crleans Pacific Land Grant. Jv Of course Congress would be doing a great wrong and injustice in a taking away this land grant after we nave built the >roacl upon the faith *) of it and reserved tiiis bond as part oompeusabion for our,-vork and have had more than a million -ores of it entered. ^ "7111 you, if you can see your way clear to do so, take an interest in this matter and do what you can in favor of the minority and against the Majority report. Mr; Gates of Alabama will -present the latter* The vote of the Committee was 6 to 5, I cannot • see any policy 02j'future benefit to b« gained by attempting to deprive u us of this grant'or land .grant t|0 any, roads tnatonave been completed c^nd built upon the faith aa^cetrength rsueh land grant. , H.;, o.' rl ino 1 im eu-: \J1 i; :V3ry.ib^pftly.yours,i o cJ.x .unto «« iilM OilJ JH*., Dodge., nr. tlJlw 'lo ar i/olf 'cr > .♦ • . i 51 fa. J,:arch, 1884. Office of R. E. N'ontgoniery, Fort V;orth, Texas.' In Re Camp Rice Iv'arch 7/84. Gen. G. M. Dodge, New York. Dear Sir* " ■ I sho'uld be able to do just what is necessary towards placing your Maverick lands on the market now, if I had information as to what improvemeits the Government intends doing at Camp Rice, and I wrote you some tine ago in regard to this. ^ They have only now the soldiers in tents or willow and bunch houses, but if I felt sure they were going ahead the same as they do at other f.osts, then I v.ould lay out the town there and ignore Samp Rice altogether, as the station would then have to move up to the post, but it would be useless to do it now and ^ could sell no lots until I knew fully what the intention ol the Government is, or until a purchaser could see for himself, and this is.imformation you could easily obtain in '.Vashington or from Gen. Sheridan. Last year there was not sufficient water in the river to irrigate for two months, but I have a Californian who has had large experience in grape culture there, to whom I have leased 200 acres of the land at the nominal rental of ^10. per annum, and agreed to sell it to him at ;^2.50/l00 per acre at the end ol five (5) years, but have bound him strictly in the agreement that he must cultivate it con tinually and in a proper manner for that period. I shall make the ; agreement in duplicate and have it executed by both of you, but will have to wait until I can have the lines run out and the land properly decsribed. He has taken a low piece of land that overflows annually and erected a small levee around it, and proposes to let the water in every year and also build his ditch. He also proposed to sink a;"- large well and pump water when the river is dry, and wliile I think this will very seldom be necessary, I wish you would write to Colorado or California and find out the amount of gallons necessary to irrigate one acre per annum, and then I can get up the proper data because there is no trouble about ample water from wells, and you would never have to irrigate more than twice from wells during the year. I present you below a statemient of the profit in grape culture where you have ground already traversed by an irrigating ditch, but my estin-ates are very large and all against the profits, or in other words I have exaggerated the expenses and placed the profits below what they really would be, and I get these facts and figures from personal visits and talks with the most successful vine growers and wine makers in Wesilla and Paso route. First cost of land per acre Clearing and grubbing per acre Putting the land in order and planting vines etc- - - - - - - - - per acre Placing stakes "to support vines per acre Cultivating first year " " Covering or hilling up vines " " Add 10 per cent for contingencies or make it rather " " Cultivating 2 years " " Covering or hilling up vines " " Cultivating 3 year " " Covering or hilling up vines " " 30. 10. 8.- 4. 4i75 . You would sell enough grapes the third year to pay for all expenses of cultivating (except first coat of planting) to date, but we will leave this out and you could plant any thing you wanted between the hills for the first three years, but leaving all this out you v/ill gather the fourth yeai- from 4 to 6 tons per acre, but say we have 80,000 lbs. at 5 cts. per lb. on the ground (although they have never sold at less than 5 l/2 to 6) we have ^^400. grapes per annum. Of course if you make wine or brandy, the profits are larger but for a long while to come you will be able to sell grapes, and not complicate the business. These figures, I have given you, average on the expense side 25 per cent higher than the highest given me, and my object in putting this man on your gi'ound is that when I go to California and show them wine from a better country and with better seasons than theirs, I can also show them on the ground I wish to sell them a Vineyard in actual and successful operation, and all I need is the information I ask fro:;, you about the water and the intention of the Government at Camp Rice. I have with me and shall send you in a fev/ days Samples of the wines and bra ndies produced at Wesille and which I consider the best in the valley. Respectfully, R. E. Montgomery. 4^0 il New York, March 11, 1834. R. S. Hayes, V.P., St. Louis, Mo. Sir*" # • ' . Mr. Montgomery, who has "been out to El Paso looking after some orivate riiatters of mine writes me of several .matters there -Tuich will perhans he of Interest to you, although probably you know about them. The first is thtt they nave moved the County-soat of El Paso County to El Paso and propose to issue $150,000 of county bonds for the purpose of erecting a court house. There is a law of Texas vhicn provides that the state shall be divided into counties of not less than 30 miles square. Now if the vote is carried in favor of txisse bonds and the county is divided up next year, in accordance with the law, we williihave to pay for court houses in each of t.:e new counties, besides paying for the one at. El Paso, Mr. Montg mery suggests that we ought in some way to stop all this until the Legislature meets. He further says that Mr. T7ithin the present tax commisssionor of the.Texas ■'c-Pacific is a man of ability and pernfectly competent to nand'e t is qostion; qays he is oppo:5ed to the issue of these bonds as every one there should be, until tiie state is organised. He also calls my attention to■ the ■ fo-.ct that we ha considerable land in El Paso, tl.e condition of our ownership of which is that we shall use it for depot grounds, and says tixO-t tno ownor is about suing us for the title. He seems to think the property is worth saying by layinc- tracks upon it or something of the kind. He says that of the frieght destined to Paso Del Norte h. El Paso the A. T. 4 S.F. brings more than the T. oc p, and the S.P. combined. Thinks the reason is that h;e A. T. ^ S.F^ has an agreement with a large liousedoing an i-maonse business (about .5,000,000 annually; with Mexico. I suppose this while the fact is tliat ITr. Gould is now a larger owner of^Texas V Pacific stock than he nas eve r boe.' before. .Very truly yours, 'G. M. Dodge. 54 V - 3f ;■# ' »ri iln ■: ,-vic:.' ; New York, Yarch 11, 1884. Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan, Lt. Gen., Washington, D.C. . My dear General:- % * * ' « i. " • ' • >' i ,r^no.l tJC Gen., - :iir. nneff 111*. .1-1 l i" !■ h IC J ' . ft JflVl'jri ,i!c innjft' t'< i- ' 'irr ■ t"'"*.- „ . ' . • ,t.. n (>.r I sold to the Government the ground upon whiiah Camp Rice Texas is located and own the property adjacent'to it along the Rio i '■ ' 'Grande river. ' ■ ^ i / , ■ r • ♦ - . _ ' ' % ' y IJ am desirous of knowing wiiat, if anything, the Government f , , ^ • • r ,• proposes to do at this point. Does it propose to build barracks there or to hold the place merely as a camp? The railroad station is at some distance from tne camp and if ^the Gover.uaent is. gtmng to put a permanent station and barracks t..ere^ J. iYouJ.d like,to place t.ie railroad ft tatloTif neiirer to It.'i.' "r/'.r.f r r * . • • • . 't .J " *,• v!! • • Will yoH kindly give fiiS' such inforuKltioti'ufioii this subject as is "oroper for you to cokaunicate? ' ' ' . ' ; P particularly "desire it I oh acbou-at Of Itsibeariing upon my other property tnere some 30,080 acrec. Very respectfully yours, G. v.. Dodge. 55-. New York, March 13, 1884. Hon. Ben Le Pevre, Yashinsoon, D. C. !,'y dear General You will notice that a majority of t,hs members of the Conimittee on Public lands have, by a vote of 6 to 5 agreed to report to the nouse a bil.i forfeltin.3 the Ne? Yrleans Pacific Land Graib. A strong minority report has been prepared and resented by reoresentative Gates o of Alabama. Neither of these reports have as yet been printed but I understand t.;^t tne report of tlio minority is a much abler document than that of the majority and many leadin~ democrats will take position, in favor of it, upon the ground that the land has been earned. "dill ycu be hind enouyh to take an active part in this question and if you can see your way clear to do so join with them in preventing the passage of this bill. There is no justice nor equity in attempting to forefeit these land^ grant was turned over to us as a part of the consideration for building the road. On tiie faith of the grant, wo built the road, and ti;e Government recognised hire transfer and our rights and turned over to us more than a million acres of tnis land and it is .vrong and unjust for Congress now to endeavor to. take it away from \is. Tne grant was tur/ied o rev to us b-ifore we co..im.e cod to build the road; the road up to date has cost us more than we received for its construction and we are depending on this land grant to get us out. TTlll you, therefore, take an interest in preventing this manifest injustice? Very truly yours, G. M. "Dodge. oi„ n.. ■ulbh...- ' 57.- New York, Marcxi 13, 1884. n, Hon. James f. Wilson, Wasliinston, B.C. Bear Sir:- I see that tlie Senate bill ^rantinj the A.T.!^ S.P. Ry. the ri^ht of way through the India;: Territory lies on the Senate table and has been once or Jrwice called up by Gov. Brown and laid over under objection by hr. iiarrison. I notice also that the .^ranting the same right to our Ft. Worth and Benver City Railway has been reported from the Coiiimittee. The point is, after they have considered the Santa Fe Bill and If it is going to pajts, why cannot we work ours through at the same time? It is exactly a similar bill, except that we have the advantage in that the:ce are no Indians objecting to t/iO passage of our bill as our line runs toe far west to i iterfere witn t.^em, a ul, as I understand it, we are outsivde of the treaty limits, a:::I run through a country wnicn the Government bought from the Indians. Anyone connected witii the committee on Indian affairs can till you regarding this point. I cannot. I am anxious -when tiie matter comes up to have our b'll pushed through with tlje rest. Will you be kind onougi. to watcu it and w.^en it comos up do what you can to aid in tlie passage or as soon as tuo S.anta Po gill passes put ours through also. If the objections of the Indians makes any difference or is any weight to the Banta Pe bill, I don't want to get into the same boat / wlta it because there are no vach objections to be brought against our bill and we do not in any way Interfaro witii the rights of tne Indians. YouhJ truly, G. Y. Bodge. V34 N 3'.Y York, Mar'cli 22, 1 84, Hon. Tm. E. Gnandlar, Washington, D.G. Dear Sir:- p . I ^ nave been tninking over the Texas appoint-aent. I see tnat the resiaenb has not yet made it and as Judge Billings has been out ther loiaing court and it does not convene again until next October, tiiere necessity for yaakin^ it just nov and it has occurred to me tn''^ it vould be a good thing for ni.i to postpone it for the present. tnat if it is postponed, and the Pre.jlltent nas a 1 j doubt about tne policy of aopoin . Ing Yr. lemon, there will be no trouble in satisfying ni.u as to nis local standing in Texas. All r/e want is^a little time, in ?/hich to send dovm there and communicate with people there, to whose recouunendation I know th-^ President would feel justified in listening. more I tnink of this question and the more I hear concerning u.ie part'.es ^ho ar.e candidates for the position, the more :sati3fi3d I am that they are not vex'sed in that kind of law with •v.iich a United otates Judge in ti.at country has to deal, but it is universally ad.aitted .nat Tli'. II rmon has just the knowledge and the experionce necessary to fit him for the position. I have taken no steps towards obtaining additional rocormendations from Texas because I did not tnink it was necessary but the President said^to me, "rhilst I was Inere that ae 'y-^uI-i feol more t..oroughly justified in. making the appointment if he had on file more of that class of endorsement. Since then I nave ioen several pr'om nent men a.id attornies from Texas and the,' all agree with me that if -.Ye have a little more time we can get sucn oiidorseiaents. Of course every candidate for the position ..as some local clique in favor of nls appol'.itme It, " ut I th.i'ik if tne matter can be postponed until joy return fro.m Toxas, there will be no difficulty in satisfying t.n Prosident ti.ot if a iman from Texas is to bo appointed, !''r. ilermon is the man for the place♦ Very truly yours, G. 11. Dodge 61-. New York, March 25, 1884, Governor Throckmorton, Wa3hin:;tou, ^.C I.!y deai'' Governoi':- .f; I It) , f)".' 'tnab .4 , i.Jiv ■ .lihoJoTT n#©<t ov; ii I vif /I'- i . Lluf, I want to ask yon for my personal information '.7hat it is that you allow in Texas suits to he brouf.ht against the Company for small amounts due on labor claims, time c ecks, overcharges and dcuiuges .•n;Gro the evirIo..cc is o:' that class to which there can be but little, if any , defense. My attention was called to this by s'eeih'h docket of the leases at Fort Wcrth, .en ..h:ici. .tiiore sere, ente'red some sixty od.d suits against the T. & p. and a great many of them were of the class above mentioned If there was any dispute .about the a,..o nt .due for. labor or cervices, i.ow could t]iO mar- get a time check upon which to bring suit? , • ■ f • % I merely ask Yor my o,/n infoi'...atlGn. * ^ ■Tt seems" to u. that this class of suits injure u* a great deal. and that it would be f«r better to pay such claims promptly and avoid th* effect of litig<\t'Lon ratiisr tnon^ to pay tiiom at the end of a ■ judgment where it is prptty certain t- be rendered against us. ' * ' ' f Veiv tnflv V "urs ' ' i.hJ 04i noi.t.- j ur^, ^ , j ,v ,riA s--'?' aaet end jrjrt.: I t ion to -n.uu Dodre ooinir f t: nfonJ J'uiJ •no.itm ottlo I bfia cnU "r"* , .* ^el't^voo won JniitiM otiJ ji .iJ Jn u-oi on od ft nil 000 iiftfd boll T;l « 'ic/o* iqitteclwel'i fcrui aruititiuoj n lutol^nioj iovo to Jewt ow.t JumoI Jr n t oetla otiui iiowvoX !»•{.} rtliUlw lAoXfO 90H uI MMVti (UOY to OJ Pfii sitUfi od Ire* ion ob l n uroo ' uof oi^ iliii oit*tfr t • < tftoltO WOH fd MMVti (UOY to oJ p>tii 'ot oj Ji 'viiwa T boo ru j/irtootwq oa ovisii 1 i^L'r' to ncl Tei wi ? ijrort# hnr- « J1 hull 1 Nt* om Jl c« lutrt y: ' b wo-in M Oft ir oetnl ertd btawo.* \;j f»l^ o. ,w otii B ^•'joludo'i'd r,; rv, mlj 6a flew iw nt»lr r. ImaoO nwYl^ IjnlnwlR'iM otiJ to r ^ t':! ' jAioril* oct hiijo\> I . Aj ej irlX,(jX#n 62^ ,ITgv/ York, I'arch 2Q, 1384, E. A. Burke, Esq., New Orleans, Ea. My dear Sir;- ' I have been watching with a great deal of interest the effect of tiiis rise in the I^isslsDlppl upon the 14vees along its banks. It is going to bring up an important question which ?ill have to consider, nnd I t..iiik you yourself s.^ould open the question in~Nev/ Orleans. The theory of the improvement of the llississippi River has been tho.t its v/aters s-o-ld be confined -.vithin certain limits. How, supposing that its waters had been confined, in accordance with tlie plans of the River commission, or in accordance witx. the plan of Col. Eads, with the inmense amount of v/ater that has gone out of the river and broken almost every levee from Memphis to New Orleans, or even to the sea, supp'ose that ti,at water had been held within the levees, v/hat would have been the result? Would it not have risen two or three feet over the levee throughout all the southern country? The great yearly increase in the volume of water that seems to find its way so much more rapidly and easily to the tributaries of the Mississippi is crowding the floods into so short a time that their volume is largely increased. If I have correctly read the Times-D mocrat there las never, in the history of the south, been a season in which sueh universal attention has been given to sustaring the levees, and protecting and building them up. You have not only had the people locally at work but tre sta^P and the United States have taken action and the railroads have done everything in their power to accomplish this result, but it all seems to have been of but little avail, there being nothing that cot;ld successfull stem the force of the current, and if I judge rightly, the city of New Orleans was only saved from inuhdation by the bursting of the levees above allowing the water to escape into the swamps and streams. Now what I would like to see well considered and veil digested is the question "What is your remedy for this?" What are your plans? I have always been a confirmed believer in confining the waters but I must say that my faith is a lit,tie shaken by the results of this rise and the crowding into sjiort a time the delivery of all the drainage from the Teat water sheds surrounding the Mississippi and its tribu'tariQBS It seems to me that whilst you arc holding up the levees you will, at the same ti c, have to provide some other outlet for that high water. I suppose that the examination no being made by the United States Government will show whether or not tl.is flood that has been con fined has 'really deepened the stream, and I also suppose that there can be no ^estion but that the immense amount of water now covering fereat portions of Louisiana and Mississippi would, if it had been confined within the levees above, have given you at least two feet of water over the top of your levees in New Orleans, I write this to you personally becau e I do not want to discuss a question of which I have no personal knowledge and I send it to you just as it strikes me and as I find it strikes a good many people in the East who are friendly toward the levee system, as approved by the Mississippi River Commission as well as by the people heretofore con Bidered of the largest experience, I would be especially glad to hear from the Government engineers in relation to this question. Truly, G. M. Dodge. 63. New York, March, 1884, H. M. Hoxie, V.P., St. Louie, Mo, Dear Sir;- When Dr. Smith was here I talked with him a little about the February earnines on T. & P. There are two or three points in relation to them that I would like to ask you abott. The first is, W^iyyare we paying so very mud. for car hire? 1 notice that this iteni of expense on all our roads increased very heavily in February. Again, why is it that our expenses run up so high in the month of February? I can understand about the $44,000 that goes into steel but cannot understand why the transportation expenses are so large, while our gross earnings show an increase;you will notice that our net earnings run behind about $100,000. I suppose that there are some explanations of these matters and I would like to know what they are. It makes me a little anxious. Can you tell me anything about the effect the high water is going to have upon us? I notice that Mr. Talmage has cut off every expense there but our earnings run behind some $30,600 per week. In your opinion is the damage from water likely to be very serious? I suppose we must look to you to run mattei-s during Mr. Hayes' lay off, which I understand he would be obliged to take under any ciroiimstances. I am sorry he did not take his vacation long ago as I advised him to. Yours very truly, G. K. Dodge. Yt '0.. T fo, c:t«r New York, April 4,.1884. Dr. D. N. Smith, ■ ' ' 1 St. Louis, Mo, . . . " 1 Dear Doctor: A suit has been commenced against the M. K. & T. Ry. Co, by an Income scrip and coupon holder fro the purpose of enforcing payment thereof, the claim being made that the Income Mortgage is a lien ahead of tfee general consolidated mortgage upon the income of the entire railroad including the extensions and acquisitions in the state of Texas. The Company calims that the income mortgage is a lien only upon the old road and its income and that the general con solidated mortgage is the first lien upon newly acquired and constructed railway. There is nowa record in the U.S.Circuit court for the district of Kansas a decree confirming the company's claim in this regard. If this construction of the I^'ceme and general consolidated mortgage is the correct one, the income bondholders can only claim to have applied to payment of interest on these bonds so much of net earnings 'as may remain after paying operating expenses and interest on prior lien bonds on the old road. The Income bondholders have a right to claim that separate accourh s of the earnings and expenses of the old and new roads shall be kept. This has only been done for the year 1883 ancj should have been done for 1881 and 1382 as well. It is important th:t the division of earnings in k-^eping these separate accounts should be made on as favorable a basis as possible for the new road. The new road has added largely to the business of the original mileage and ougl:t to have as lafge an allowance as could be secured if the two portions of th M. K. & T. -.Ry. were operated as se arate properties. The accounts for 1883 were made up aq I understand on the basis of allowing 1 1/2 miles of new to one of old road. We think a more liberal allowance than this should be made. The company has refused payment of income coupons on the ground that there are no earnings applicable thereto when it comes to answer the bill filed in the suit before referred to it must be in a position to have the separate accounts of earnings correspond with and back up the position it has taken. The wl.ole question of a division of earnings must ne.cessarilly be upon an arbitrary basis anu if we have got to have a fight as to its justice, we may as well meet it on a good round liberal allowance as on a moderate and inadequate one. There is.no question but that the Huntington line, or the Texas & Pacific and Iron Mountain lines for the puppose of securing this business and haul over their roads would be willing to allow two miles to one. I know that the Huntington line would do this and I think that the T.& P Company would. Therefore, I think that the accounts should be made at least on a basis of two miles to one, as all the business is new and created business and is, in my opinioi', entitled to this allowance. You know that in the agreement of the ak«±M Union Pacific and other roads, the U.P. was allowed 1 1/2 to one and that road is really competitive with the roads that made the allowance. wi- 44^ Now. write you this personally confidentially and outsid|^^ ofl the company because I am a very large holder of I.!. K. & T. stock and bonds and want to see justice done it in such a suit as this. I am prepared to make good the proposition of 2 to 1, as.suggested above if the business of the M. K. & T. should be opened to the competition of connecting lines. •I do not suppose that any of the officials of the company would want to issue an order upon this question but I am satisfied that they would all agree with me as to the ratio named. Please give this your close attention. I v?rite it to you because when you were here we had some talk upon this subject. Yours truly, : X ; ■ G. M. Dodge. , * ' ''k/'i. • .or. : lo ) 0.. ..I '.-. . ;T .biflTfvi boJrtjiroc o.J ' ^'eorge E. Frost, Esq., Clear Lake, low Dear Sir:- My brother letter of IXarch 31st. engineers w o examined anything anything very definite deflnibe 'X iiJnX 0 u' vlOD hric His. fo fiji ■ ' -rorl4 to , Esq. , :e, Iowa. New York Cijiy» April 5, 1884. .taoM awf'ri has forwarded to me from Council Bluffs your I have not yet received the reports of the that country and am therefore unable to say about aoouL extension extension of oi our our roaa road to to your your place. piace. I have been to Clear Lake and .know the importance of the point and am going to look the field over very carefully. I hope to receive the reports of my engineers some time during the present monti;, perhaps by the .15th and after that I may be able to speak more definitely. If we conclude to go by Clear Lake I shall be very glad to have your aid. I will take it as a favor if you will treat confidentially whatever I write as I do not desire to have it known that I have any intention of doing into that country at present nor do I wish to raise the expectations of people there before I know exactly what I can do. I am very much obliged to you for the offer of aid from your people. Very truly yours, ; G. M. Dodge. voi-yL ui-uiy yours, i I- I'ii X .i ■ [unt .1 - o.; f ( ■ •nX.'ij"' G. M. Dodge.: ■ ni ci7 -liJ .U : w;,' i X (u aJX uni ', OWJ rosir nj nflll9 »(1 : funn .1 ..,f lovo SuMrt bfim ruetiJ ud KTftdil I f)n« Wiwt nnlJ rro^ erij J lU xoml I ."no o# ed \ijifotie leJmioofte X ^ *- • Mti wen fti sa »;i4 'ia aa ,a:to oj aaXIa to Xaad n tio aftaai .^oriaaoXXa al.iJ oJ , o|nl»o » uir .;.ealeuf badaa^n hta twa '^niaal rmxtrtx MMt MMmS e .J to ,iX toifJ ijoY 7.XXaai ax iaij .la ecio oJ ::\i T .'lavoXla aa« .i.'' tmttJp .o adi ebri: JpuJ afenon ruiJ i(jJw '•vlJ X^aqaoa eoroNroXXa a|.ix oJ b twa rtnltiO vjttmii ax OOai iaij 'Si: Personal New York City, April 5, 1884. F. P. Knott, Esq., Wichita Falls, Texas. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of 19th Ti^arch asking in formation regarding the extension of F. W. & ^.C. Ry. I suppose all this comes from the fact that the Denver & New Orleans people are agitating the question of building their road through from Pueblo to Wichita Falls. It has not been my intention to build north of Wichita Falls until I could arrange to build to a connection with the Denver' line or at least untilthe co.<ntry grew so as to demand such extension, or in case any other company should attempt to antagonize us by building in that direction, then of course as a matter of self preservation we should have to go forward. I am anxious to see Wichita Falls built up and pro sperous. Its location is such, however that even if we should go forward it will always maintain its strength and our exten sion would not injure it. If the bill granting us right of way through the Indian Terx-itory is passed by Congress I should then be disposed to build up into that country until we should strike coal. If you have any kno^-jledge or information of coal in . that country any where near Lhe line of such an extension please let me know what it is. I do not care about writing anything for publication as I think such things do more harm than good. I have however no objection to your showing this letter to any of your friends or making any statement from it. Yours truly, C . y.. Dodge . . \ '!■ ' y ' ■4-. ■ 69 . : New York, April 10, 1884. C. E. Satterlee, Esq., Marshall, Texas. Dear SirtThe Texas & Pacific road is credited with having 165 locomotives in its service. I have been informed by what I consider very good auth ority that whilst the company owns that number of engines there is not nearly that number in use upon the road, and that the great cost of our transportation arises •rom the fact that instead of our having locomotives enough to enable us to handle our business successfully we are obliged to double with them; that is, run them light or empty half the time. Now I want you to ascertain exactly the number of locomotives that the road owns and the number in use upon it, and in the shops and make a list of their individual numbers, and, as nearly as possible, ascertain the history of each one of them and irhat they have been doing and where. I now know something which I never knew before; viz, that during the months of September and October last, 17 locomotives that were charged up as being in use on the Texas Pacific road were not there at all, but were in the service of other roads and no other locomotives replacing them upon the T. & P. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. April, 1884. N. L. Sheldon, Editor-in-G'hief G. H. Nickerson, Business Iv'gr. C. H. Kellen,) E. R.Belknap,) T. S. Parker,)Associate Editors. G. r. Prince,) R. W. Stewart) THE REVEILLE, Lewis College. Northfield, Vt., Apr. 24th, 1884/ Dear Sir; ■ As this year is the Semi-centennial of N. U., we think fitting and appropriate that her fiftieth birthday should be celebrated with suitable exercises, and that there should be a Reunion q^f the Alumni and Past Cadets to help in doing honor to their Alma Mater. It' is also thought advisable to an oration before the Alumni and Past CafJets on this occasion. Therefore in accordance to instructions given to me by the Semi-centennial Corarriittee I address the letter to you, requesting to honor us by being present and delivering the oration; as we think you are the one of the "sons of N. U." who can best represent the Aluii.ni and whom they would be most pleased to hear on that occasion. Awaiting an early and favorable reply, 1 am. Yours truly, Lieut. T. H. Nickerson, Sec of Semi-centennial Com, Lock Box 18. Ma j . Gen. . M. ^odge, New York City. A. a. p. Northfield, Vt., April 30, 1884. Dear Sir: The approaching Coraiiienceme.nt will be the fiftieth anniversary of Norwich University, and it is intended to unite with this the next q,uinquennial reunion, and make the event very interesting to all sons of the institution. Y.'e also think it appropriate to have a Reunion of the mem bers and honorary members of the FRATERNITY on this occasion. An extensive programme is now in preparation and will soon be sent to you. V'e cordially invite you to attend, and to aid us in our prex^arations please ini'orm us at an early date whether you can do so. received. Any suggestions that you may make will be gratefully As we la ve not the addresses of all who have been members of the Fraternity you v;ill assist us by giving notice of the reunion to those v.hoin you may know the whereabouts of . By order of the . K. T. H. Nickerson, Chairman Com. lo/.u ' /'i it,. i.-' j 73 . New York, April 25, 1884. E. B. Wheelock, Esq., Willard* s Hotel, Washington, ^>.0. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of a copy of Mr. Ellis* Joint Resolution as presented in the house. I find that Judge Dillon does not agree with your people there o to the bearing of this resolution. He doesn't seem to think that the Committee could endorse it. However, he till try to be over there to meet it, A resolution committing Congress to such policy should have been very carefully considered. I suppose, however, that Mr. Ellis knows where they should stand although he told Judge Dillon that he did not but that they were all good lawyers. It 18 no necessary to get out of the committee something that is •t favorable, even if you cannot pass this resolution. I will myself be over there the first of the week, and don't want to leave any stone unturned with that committee to have a favor able report. Judge Dillon is now in court here on some important cases and it is possible he may not be over there on Tuesday but if so he will advise you. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. Hrf % New York, May 5, 1884. H. M. Hoxie, St. Louis, Mo. Dear Sir:- . . . I am in receipt of several letters from yourself, Gover-^or Brown and Mr. Newman, relating to affairs upon the Texas Pacific Railway, to which I reply. Pltfet as to the El Paso property, I think some arrangement should be made by which we may be enabled to retain possession of this ground, especially in view of our relations with the Huntington system. Probably you could make some arrangement with McGaffin by which you would not have to pay him any money. . gecond, the question of steel rails. I have been looking over the detailed returns made by General Auditor ITarner and notice that we are spending a good deal of money for steel, in March some $36,000. If my memory is correct, you calculated that new steel cost you about $25 aer ton on the ground, counting.only the cost and freight and not the labor of puttign it in the track. This would be about $2,200 per mile. The statements for January, Feburary and larch show that dring those months we put into the track $87,000 worth of steel, which would represent a distance of about 40 miles. Now, what I woiild like to know is, did this amount of steel really go into the track during those months? Third, as to earnings. I notice that the earnings on the Iron Mountain road are increasing whilst ti.ose on T. p. and M. K. T. roads are decreasing. VThat is the cause of this? I do hope ti:e month of April will show up better tl.an preceeding months. The statement for March shows that notwithstanding the cessation of operations on so much of the line infeo New Orleans, the expenses of operation were equal to those for the same month lat year. Fourth, Coal for Ft. 7/orth Sc Denver. I have written Mr. Frost in regard to the coal for next winter. Does it make any difference to you whether we get our coal from your mine or from the Mc.Alliston mine. We have 50 coal cars which are now being run on their mile age. It might perhaps be economy for us to call them in and use them in hauling our own coal. I judge from the reports of our people that they get cleaner coal and bet er weight® from the McAllister mine. There may be a reason for this in the fact that Mr. Stevens has not yet turned over the McAllister to us and desires to hold Irade. Fifth. Cattle on Ft. Worth & Denver . I have a note from Mr. Frost in which he says that the owners of that lot of cattle you mentioned while you were here, undertook to drive them and lost about 3C0 head, and are now shipping the rest at the rates previously offered them. This would indicate th t the time for driving cattle in Texas is pretty much passed, which is very fortunate for us, I am informed that up to the 1st of Hay last year, Wichita Fa"'.ls had not received a single car load of cattle and at the same date this year it has received nearly sixteen thousand head; four hundred and nine teen car loads having been carried within tiie last 15 days. It is estimated tiiat the season' sh.ipment will amount to over 300,( 00 head. Very truly yours, G. M. DO' ge. f' 'J ,a f New York, May 5, 1884. • o ! ««iiuoa •.tC Lt. J. H. Nickerson, -llir ttttC Secretary Semi-Centennial Committee, ' JQltIMM «■ I Norwich University, " , .-i'" 'fif "iro " Northfield, Vt. . ' My dear Sir;- ' I am in receipt of your very kind favor of 24th of April inviting ' me to deliver an oration before th^ Aiunmi and Past Cadets pn the occasion of tiiS Semi-centennial celebration to be held at the t ^me of your approaching commencement. . I thank you and the conimittee for the honor conveyed in this sel ection and Invitation and beg to assure you af my high appreciation of the same. . I have delayed answering definitely whether'or'not I would be in this country at that time. > Thi-S question is as-yet undetermined but it is almost certain that important business affairs will demand my presence in.another part of the country at the tl. e mentioned. I regret this, exceedingly, as I had made up my mind to attend this commencement and siiould-1 eventually find that I can so arrange my business as to permit me to join you, I shall certainly do so, but in view of the uncertainty expressed above, I think your coirmiit.tee ^ had better select some other person to.deliver the oration, ^ • Be kind enough to convey to the committee my expression of thanks and regrets, and believe me, . • Very truly yours, ■ : G. M. Dodge.. . . .j ».i ... r wo, r; ' ' , - ©dnl mill •1 : . .linotfl MM fwii jf o ( ' , 1 . 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' bod >ifn nno OO'ibnuif ^^1 i wort bno'cnn'X rtr»|j(lr. xlfoon bovfeoo'i LOd jji lonv Of XT .t-XM Jaat a ., nl ♦!? hol«iTeo n»a<f * ilvorf obeo^ MO aooX i 77 ll''ay, 1884. lev; IS COLLEGE Barracks. Quarters No Northfield, Vt., N.ay 8th, 1884. Gen. G. M . Dodge, Dear Sir: Your favor of the 5th at hand. I read it before Gominittee last night, and it is hardly necessary for me to state that we were all very much disappointed at your not accepting. The Committee instructed m.e to v/rite to you, as you thought it possible that you might be able to be here, and see if you would not reconsider your answer. This Commencement is probably the turning point of "N.U." and it depends very much on tlie interest manifested whether the sun of "N. U." shall set forever befow the horizon or clouds clear away into a bright future. We all know well that you are the one of "N. U.'s," sons who can best represent the Alumni, and whose influence would serve to draw the most of the "old boys" to the reunion, reinstate the interest in "Old N. U." and unite the Alumni and Bast Cadet in their work for their Alma Riater. Therefore we sincerely hope if you can so arrange that you will be present, and if there is a possibilitv of your being here, that you will allow us the honor of putting your namie on our programme for to address the Alumni, as we think the future of "N. U. depends on this reunion and your being present. Hoping that this will find favor in your eyes an early reply. Awaiting Yours truly, T. H. Nickerson, r/ay, 1884. Office of R. E. kont£;oiriery, Fort Worth,Texas. Toyah, Nay 12/84. Gen. G. Ni. Dodge, • • ; Kew York. Dear Sir* I have just returned from quite an extended trip through this and El Paso County mostly in the interest of the County seat, hut I had to go to New ^lexico on some private business of my own, that made the trip a little longer. The county Judge of Reeves County expects to order an election for County seat in about 7 weeks, from now for the election of County Officers and the selection of a County >-'eat. I have heretofore opposed the organization of this County, but Pecos is going ahead so rapidly that when she gets the title to her site settled she may capture the County seat, and which ever gets it will make the place. There is a Mexican settlement called Laragoss about 20 miles South west of here off the Railway that may hold the balance of power and 1 arrived there just in time to prevent a coalition be tween Pecos and the persons controlling the Iv,exican vote, but think now that with the proper aid from the Railway officials (which I can secure) that we will carry the day as all ti.e heavy cattle men where cattle range near Pecos arc opposed to the growth oi the place, and all these men will vote with us. As you are well aware the growth and prosperity of this place depends to a great extent upon the custon of parties who come here to be benefited by the curative properties of the flowing sulphur well and as I wrote you before the parties keeping the eating house have'insufficient ro'^m to accomodate visitors who come here to be treated and although they eep the best house on the road, they are too poor to put up iri.xjrovements of their own. Iv'r. P.oxie promised six months ago to put up a ;j;2500. addition and so wrote me as did N'.r. Townsend, but this has lately been countermanded. 1 am aware that the road needs every cent it can get for other iii.portant, necessary improvements, but by rendering this place attractive, ybu get a very long passenger haul, and bring people on a portion of yoiu' road that is aln.ost wholly uninhabited and yet susceptible of sustaining juite a population. Fort Stockton, the County Deat of Pecos County, is one_ of the posts that was to have been abandoned this year and is inliabited by a terribly corrupt set of officials who are inimical to the inter ests of this road and this end of the County. A delegatiom lately went to V/oshington to postpone the abandonment o. the I'ost, but met with indifferent success. There of posts should be a'candoned in favor of those in the frontier of hexico, and hope you will urge it upon your friends in the A'ar department as Stockton gets all its goods from the Southern Pacific . . 4 I I . f Very truly, R . E . N'ontgomery. ■ : ■ ' ■ / ' . / .. . May 15, 1884. Nev/ York, T^m. II. .'Vbrams, Esq. , Land Commissioner T. & p. Ry., Dallas, Texas. Dear Sir;- I am in receipt of your telegram of yesterday informing m° that the five secti ns of land in Edwards County Texas mentioned in my telegram of yesterday were subject to entry © $3.50 per acre, except 69 on which you have not received patents and I replied to day by wire asking you to reserve them for me. I now send you today by express, in a separate package, T. & P. Land Grant Scrip of face value of $9,980 a detailed statement of which is enclosed herev/ith. You can apply as much of this as may be necessary to the payment of the price asked for the four sections which you can deliver and hold the rest to my credit to be used in payemtn for section 69 as soon as you get patents for the same, and as soon as you are ready to deed it. I will, upon being advised of the amount due, send you sufficient scrip to complete the purchase. Please have the deeds raaae to J. I". Jennings of New York and send them to me as soon as they are ready. If you have a map or plat showing ti;e location of this land and surveyors notes describing it, I will be much obliged to you if you will kindly send me copy of them. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 83 ... New York, June 3, 1884, W. T. Walters, Esq., Baltimore, Md. Dear Sir:- The American Railway Improvement Co, owes $203,000, $130,000 of which is in hills payable, the balance in accounts. It has on hand to meet this indebtedness 242 New Orleans Pacific Ry. Co. Ist mortgage bonds and 2785 shares of T. & P. stock. No cash. The indebtedness was $303,000 but I sold 1-5 bonds @ 75 and reduced the debt "lOO, 00. I have been anxious to tide over the Affairs of the company until I could sell enough of these securities to pay off this indebted ness, so as to avoid making an assessment on the stockholders and dis tributing the assets but there is a call loan of $50,000 which has back of it 75 N.O. Pac bonds, which must soon be paid off and I want to sell these bods so as to pay it with the proceeds, then I think I could get through without making an assessment until I could obtain and distribute the land grant bonds, I think v/e will get somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 band grant bonds, which will be distributed to subscribers when I wo-afid close up the affairs of the Company. Our affairs in '.Vashingtnn look pretty well and if they do nothing against us before the end of tlie session, I shall distribute the bon's. The directors of the American held a meeting here yesterday and authorized me to dispose of these bonds on the best terms I could get. It is no use to throw them upon the market hers, but if I do not pay this debt theyWill go there and there will be no price for them. There is no doubt about the interest being paid. Now won't you buy these 75 bonds or place them in Baltimore, or if you cannot do this will you lend $50,0C0 on them until such time as I can tide over its affairs? I was never in my life so pressed for money , I have had to put up my individual securities to keep the Company from going to protest unt'l I am now at the end of iby rope and must have aid, I do not want to present the matter to Mr. Gould for I know he has all he can carry and a good deal more nnd if I make an assessment I don't whether or not I can get the subscribers to pay it. Certainly we do not want the American to quit after all it has gone til ough and with so many assets on hand. Besides the money re ceived from the stock and bond subscription and the $12,000,000 cpaital, I sold a considerable amount of the securities received from the Railway Company ' nd to show you ho'w well they wore sold, I will only say that fo 15,475 shares of T. P. stock, I received a average price of $50.86 per share and for 1748 bonds an average of $953,90 each. If I had not b been forced to s-^ll, within the last three months a considerable number of bonds at low prices, the average price received fcr my bonds would have been about par. I think this is a pretty godd showing. Please let me kr^o-w what you can dowith these bonds at your earliest convenience, and oblige. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, 87 ,r-' June, 1884. Authorized Capitol ::^200,0G0. J, K. Graves, Pres. E. Clark, Vice Pres. A. J, Vhod, Treas. J. Stayner, ^ec. S. ^Jilliams, 3upt. THE OLD N'i . 0. SPRING, and Improvement Company. The water of these' Springs is, without exception, the best natural remediallagent in the United States for Rlieumatic, Paralytic and Nervous Affections; Indigestion, and all Diseases of the Nidneys, Situated at Golf ax, la., 23 iriles east of Des r/.oines, on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. Coifax, la., June 12, 1884. Gen'l G. N., iJodge, New York. Dear Sir: In finishing our Hotel.we find ourselves unable to furnish the same and believing it to be of vital importance to all concerned that sonie prou.pt action be had whereby the Hotel could be opened for business without a monen;, s delay we concluded it best to and have executed a lease of our entire proi)erty to the Colfax Hotel Co. for a period of 5 years with however an option upon either side to cancel same at the end of 3 years, at an "Annual" rental of ^1000, payable semi-annually. The Colfax Hotel Go. is to make all necessary re pairs and furnishes the Hotel. If at the end of S years the lease is cancelled then the Colfax Hotel Co. have the option to continue to hold the mineral springs and bottling works for two years longer at an annual rental of ^50d,00. G\ir Go. reserving free use of the waters for patrons of the Hotel. This arrangement gives this ^^o. an in come of H'.IOOO. per year in addition to its drawback from the C.R.I.& P.R.R.Co. which it is believed will fu-ly cover the entire interest upon our bonded indebtedness, the Capital Stock of the Colfax Hotel Co. is iilGOOO. in shares of ■;,'^10G. each payable one half cash and the balance in 6 & 12 months with Interest at 7;'. And in order to push the opening of the Hotel which will now be opened for business about the 20th inst. some of tl:e ■'•owa men largely interested in the Did. N".. C. Spring'& I. Co. stepped forward and subscribed for the said stock with the express understanding that this circular should be issued and announce that each and every one of the Stock holders in the old ^. C. S. & I. Co. should be invited to become subscribers to said Sxock in the Colfax Hotel Co. to such extent as tH.ey might choose e within the next 20 days. The anticipated benefits from the enterprise are thus for the ensuing thr.e years to be mainly reaped by the Colfax Hotel Go. but meantime they are building up a reputation for our Hotel and I _ bottling works. Diir rental will cover our insurance and taxes while as stated the R. R. contract will protect our interest obligations under, existing circumstancec this course after careful consideration seemed advisable and w^s unanimously resolved upon. Please advise me as early as possible the amount of new stock desired if any, or otherwise. Wot later than July lst,/84,' and oblige, Yours Respectfully, J. Stayner, * Secty. •i I' ' "i ■ ...i ■ ■ ■ : .fy"' ■ *■' ' ' ' 'o4.. - ,y;> ' - f rW''' ■ f'h.K'' vj|j" r n* Nhvf- : : , -n v-.l' , , > ■ ' ' v.- . " •• ' \ :f « '1', New York, July 28, 1884, GenI, George B. McClellan, Dear Sir:- I have received a great many letters frora the soldiers of Iowa, requesting me to aid them in inducing your Board to locate the New Soldier's Home at Council Bluffs Iowa. The state has voted an appropriation of $50,000 as I am given to understand for the purpose of securing or aiding this home, and if. in the judgment of your board, it is possible and proper to locate it there, I should be very glad to have it done. I feel that the state is entitled to the Home and I have no doubt that if you were to make the' location there, it would be satis factory to every one, and the State and city would take great pride in carrying out the wishes of the commission. I am. Very respectfully yours. G. M. Dodge, Late Major General Vols.TJ.S.A. 91-'" New York, August 2, 1884. Gen. W. T, Sherman, St. Loui s, Mo. My dear GeneralLI read in the New York Times your eloquent tribute to General Ransom delivered before the Ransom Post ^.iV.R. You know that Ransom and myself were schoolmates and that I lived in his family during my residence at Norwich Vt,, as a cadet at the Military Academy there. We went to the west together, and were associated together in Peru, Ills, for two years, and were close friends, altiough our duties separated us after that time. After his Red River Campaign, General Ransom wrote me a letter, I think from Chicago, requesting me to do what I could to get him an assignment to your army, then advancing toward Atlanta. I made the ppplication and he was brought there and assigned to my corps. I notice that in your memorial you state that there has been no monument raised to makr his resting place. In this you are mistaken. His monument is in :-he cemetery at Chicago. Colonel Wallace, who was an official at Chicago, and a relation and personal friend of Ransom, had charge of this work. If the Society of the Army of the Tennessee has funds enough to carry out its intention of raising a moniiment to General Ransom, it seems to me that it would be better to let it take the form of a statue to be erected in some nuilio place either in the west or in Washington, such as have been raised for other distingiiished officers. General Ransom's mother is, I think, dead. His sister if the wife of Lieut. O'llara, a professor at West Point. His brother, I>unbar is still with me on one of our roads in Texas, I think you must be mistaken about Ge eral Ransom's age; though prbbably you spoko from some record. I was very glad to see your tribute to Ransom. He was a very close and dear friend of mine from the time we met at Norwich until his death, I think that in all my life I never met a man who had so keen a sense of honor, who was the sone of chivalry, or wi:o was braver under all circumstances than Ransom, He was almost the image of his father, had his presence, his magnetic influence over men and reseumbled him in a remarkable degree and I think you will agree with me that it is seldom that we look upon a more perfect soldier in his bearing and command. I do not know of a more graceful act than yours selecting his name for your post, nor a speech more eloquent than your tribute to him and I thank yoi' with all my heart. All soldiers appreciate these things, and they teach us that time only brings rewards of which they never dreamed. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 93 4^0 New York, August 18, 1884. Solon Humphreys, Esq., Receiver , St. L. & P. Ry. Co., 54 Exchange Place, New York. Dear Sir:- ^ ^ ^ -l. In 1881 and 1882, in accordance with the request of and verbal agreement with the Wabash Company, I entered into a contract to build a narrow guage road from Des Moines, Iowa, to Wuukee and Boone. And at the request of the Y/abash company, I turned over to them the road from C Clive to Waukee, and one-half of the road from the city limits of Des Moines to Waukee, but I have never been settled with for it, the settlement being held in abeyance, waiting for the transfer of the road from Clive to Boone. As I now understand the Ituation, the Wabash company cannot take the road from Clive to Boone, and as the Wabash company desires a settlement, I suppose I must submit, but is certainly a great injustice to me and my associates who put their money into the work. On May 3lst, 1082, the Wabash company rendered me a bill for material furnihhed, the amount of which was $110,542.09 and since then they have rendered additional bills for nearly $20,000 for terminal charges, interest, &c. whicn I have not had time to investigate. But I do not admit their right to render charges before the settlement is made. My total exnenditures up to Jan. 1st, 1884 on the road-bod proper from the Western limit of the city of Des Moines to Waukee and Boone, was $691,506.48 with no allowance for superintendance, insurance and risk. A fair proportion of this, for the road turned over, from the city limits of Des Moines to Waukee, would be $150,000 with such allo.vance for superintendance, insurance and risk as we can agree upon. . - In order that this business may be settled up and disposed of, I now make to the receivers the folloving proposition - I will turn over to your company the Entire right, title and interest to the road from Clive to Waukee, and an undivided one-half interest in the road from Boone to Clive, and in full settlement tberefor, will iake from your company, deeds to one-quarter or all the ternlnal property your company or its representatives own in Des Moines, and give to you deeds for three-quarters of all the terminal property 6he St. L., D.M. and N. Ry. or its representatives own in that city. Very respectfully yours, G. M. Dodge. Saratoga, New York, August 26, 1884. Solon Humphreys, Esq., 54 Exchange Place, New York City. ^0Sir 3 t"" I have been sick for some time and have had to leave Saratoga and go to the sea-shore in hopes that the sea air and rest will build me up again, .,, ^ ^ I do not think it is going to bo possible for me to come into New York for some time to come, but I feel very anxious qbout our narrov/ guage matters. I saw Mr. Hopkins in Saratoga and agreed with him, that when I came back, we would meet and arrange on some basis for a settleme but the Doctor says I must stay away for the present. I have, however, explained the situation and my views to Mr, Granger, and I wish that you three could come to some agreement so that we can get that paper out of the way. I can only be done, however, by a joint agree ment in which we all three agree to share the profits and losses of the construction, and sale of the road, in some settled proportion. Mr. Hopkins cliims that he is unable to take up his portion of the paper, but it is very late in th- day to go back over old matters, and the only thing there i to do is to get the matter in the best^ possible shape, and get our paper out of tlie way; and this as I said above has only bee done by Mr. Hopkins agreeing to pay a certain portion of losses if there are any. I would myself be willing that he should stand say one-quarter of the losses if that would be satisfactory to you. I have now got my paper where I can get, it by putting up other securities in its place, which I am ready to do. All securities o of the road are in the hands of Mr, Granger. My idea would be, after entering upon such an agreement as I have mentioned above, to dis tribute the bonds, leaving the stock intact until we could either go ahead or make some disposition of it. Or we could let it stand as it is until we make a final sale of the road as it now stands, and divide the proceeds as we think best. As soon as I am able, I ihtend to go to Iowa and go over the line to liason City, and try to make some by which we can be enabled to extend the road to that point, say by next spring at the farthest. But the important things for us to do are first: to make a settlement with the IVabash. Second; Get our paper out of the .vay. Tnird. Gret our terminal company in shape, and distribute its stock and bonds. If you and Mr. Hopkins and Mr. ^.ranger can come to any agreement about these points, I ill act upon it. Mr. Talmage and Mr. How are each pressing me to pay charges arisinr- from the use of terminals and maintenance of way, Des Moines to Elive.^ I have written Mr. Meek^asking him exactly how matters stand, and what portion we snouia pay if any. ^ Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. President, could let it stand as it is . now stands, and divide the G7- 'rf ■: .1 -t' r Saratoga, September 8, 1884. Solon Huraphreyes, Esq., • ■ , , , 54 Exchange.Place, New York. • ' Dear Slr:- There are some points in relation to the St. Louis, Des I-Ioines & Northern Ry. and the settlement its-open account with the Wabash Company which may perhaps have escaped yur attention, and I desire to lay them before you as briefly as possible, in order that you may be thoroughly posted in the matter when you present the papers at St. Louis. I think if possible, it would be better for you to make the settlement here without carryin.g it west, but perhaps there are pe«sons why you cannot do so; of course, you are the Judge of that. The road from Olive to Boone was the first part of the vvork contracted, but the contractors were taken off it and put upon the line from Des Moines to Wauk e, and were afterward again transf-^rred from there to the extension of the Des Koines northwestern; this action of the "/abash Co. made it very late in the season when the contractors Were able to return to the line from Des Moines to Boone; wet weat.ier came on and broke up the contractors, and I had to take the wor!: off their hands, and complete it by day's labor, making it cost me a great deal more money. In fact, almost double -what it would have cost me had the contractors been allowed to go on and finish the work when they were first put upon it. I allowed the Wabash Co. to t-ake ti;ese contractors and do what they pleased with them, because I then supposed I was build ing the road for the Wabash ^o., and v/as inclined, of course, to let them have their way in regard to whicn part of the work shuld be first corn ing the road for the Wabash Co., and v/as inclined, of course, to let thei have their way in regard to whicn part of the work shuld be first com er cominr pleted. Then as I understand it, tiie Wabash Co.* is getting th'^ benefit of this line and whatever traffic there is on it or coming to it, withoul giving us in percentages more than one-half what anybody else would give us. It is run and used as a part of their system; its superi' tendent is ' superintendent of the Wabash lino, and has been nearly ever since the Boone lie ^as completed, and has been allowed to use and run th"* road, the same as thougi: it bel-iiiged to the Wabash Co. I upposed all the time that they would be able to carry out our original agreement and take it off my hands. Now, however, the Wabasii Co. has gone into the hands of a receiv er, and I suppose it will be Impossible for them to take it. but in making the settlement for the road already turne over to them, and whic they have accepted from me, all these questions and eq ities s.iould be considered. It is not only the cost of the road, or that portion of it from Des Moines to Waukee, that hhould be taken into consideration, but the equities of the case should be dul considered. When I commenced the work, or even when I completed it, I had no more idea that I was to carry and take care of it than tnTt I was to carry ani take care of the whole Wabash system. Of course I never should have touched the road cost of the road, or hhould be taken into be dul considered. ;ed it, I had no more or put a cent intlo it or build a mile of it had I at any time suppos 3-"d that it was to remain on ray hands. You and Mr, Hopkins thoorughly understand the position of affairs, and all the circumstances and a reements under which the road was built and why it was built, and I think that in the settlement with me I should be fully and entirely re'mbursed, so far as possible, for all my outlays and for sup-rintendance anci care of the work, the in^^rest on the sum that has been expended there, is now very conside- •I am ready to turn-the road over the Wabash Company and if I M turn the whole or it over to the company, all I re-iuire or expect ^ would be its actual cost with a fair allov/ance for interest, superintendancs, risk and insurance, but if they only take from me such part as they desire making their own-selection, then, of course, I want a pro rata price per mile for it, with a fair allowance for contingencies as above mentioned^ and for the good-will and use they have had of it, and really in my opinion, I shvald have damages,.and.I believe any fair court or company or arbitrators would give them to ma. I nope-you*will thoroughly consider all these points in making your settlement and will allow me the amount I he.ve calairaed for this work in my previous letter and proposition submitted to you. Very respectfully yours, ■ - , ' • " G. M., Dodge :ry: j, i \. r- , * J' 1 f* r . , - . ^ Ij ~ . j fj "r : bfg t fjr i " -O • IPW C'K, - lurf t Tran,; (/ihtrtoiln f>i»w (utn . «»;■ nonio'; n»Q irqyI - nr-IJon tunleM pds t ru niW r.j •itfai nio4o4nJtTo9 ruJ rtnlr no9»0 erti nl n. rl *00 htiKfnV cii4 • »r 4«iMir imv i^nood ei oe9 :oat »afl •dJ oJ inwif ...t ito If v> -di rj bod I TrtO ^t^io^ein^nco mdJ qu bno m» mnoo Jtof' fl i*a J.' iyo Jt vnli^o: rl o4oXo*,/)o bno ,sbruNli bj«U rt 4roo biu.r ii 4-rtw 'MmlM ,4l)rt nl •qeno. liioT. f ... 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II ooo^inao I bno -io f)Mt utr , iJ Ol f. o Offtol d Phi tol odl -o.*inci f' Ih. irlll LO h/0 L'f --err. IXo ,or f.r-il b#Jop'00 ovril gra.t .♦1 10 I'- 'l-oo *10 -Iron #»i5 lo |i 00 odJ \fno |ou ol If •bPiofclL-:ee lurf ^( < I.'mM«u:P6 o-b } noilol o<f sfuo»i« I- ..! ,o<idi/OV ol ionloM eoC .conl b»»t>n«»m,tno I rwrfr vboinblertoo i»b od biwoiiii oto- ©ilJ lo orlllyp# onl ol «oe I lodi pobi o'lo ! on bod I ,11 bflnldMO I roih* novo 10 , Iiof «.il4 V; o'.pI pa "4 ro* ! .♦< I nndi i| lo oi. e ".Uii v**"»d fvrt'* p,;| bodei/o4 pvrrt U a. nor on X oa-iwo" 10 .(«oi.-;Ye dr odoW e|o,t»<' oul b'o.oqqyL mill ^to 10 I bmi Jl lo of lot o bXKif -0 II ol/ni Inot o .t4«i 10 .pt .''d VP n!*v:ei oj OOtr Ii Jr,il lo n€}lJ*tf>r 111 bii^loifbrtu gfi -yiio.l enliUioI' . il. hue udt no't r. 1.1 .inlrtu 1'biu/ lJ (or-d r l • . ' rZ-rnvj! 0 oa.: XXM, hb« .t.alrlljr t' m-vfll.'.' P(..' ftl .V.II dfTjill I ,.T|e.fK (:0« jl gn* bise JXlrnf not f 1-»1 Of 01 .Xrilino ^;,p JJi l 0<f I m »nJ f ito-n ' il To Pior.' a oorob'iolol mnj 10I tsnii yt; /Xn 101 -'•Mt-.c /iov *r.ii f i j,. . . j ."•,ob'''Oq;:f ff ' nrui lodi ciup *uW nc If pio September, 1884. 99,.>: GULF AND SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD COMPAITZ Jackson, fciss ., Septe . 8th, 1884. Gen'l G . Iv.. Dodge, 195 Broadway, New York City. My dear ^ir^ Knowing your success at organizing Gonstruction Cos. and your admirable management and protection of the interests of your Stockholders and associates, I am induced to bring to your notice a project with which I have recently become identified, with the earnest hope that it may excite your interest, and enlist your distinguished , abilities. I forward you, with this, the Charter and Prospectus- of the Road. These papers will give you in detail full inforriation. I have Just returned from a reconnoissance, extending to the Sea Shore, and estimate that 15000 cubic yards per mile are most liberal figures, within 40 ft. or 0.8 grcdes. In quantity and quality no similar forest of long-leaf pine exists upon the continent, which for a year or so past, has been attracting the attention of the lumber men of the northwest who have bought large tracts ol' these niagnificent pine lands - in sonie instances, as much as 100,000 acres in a body - of just such lands as ti.ose with drawn by the Government for this road. Many others have been on visits for the purcliase of more of these lands, ani have only been stopped by their withdrawal by tiie Government in favor of this road. I desire to draw your attention particularly to the char acter of labor secured to the Go. by the last Legislature, and the favorable terms of the lease, extending to 1891. Also the liberal appropriations of Dtate lands, independent of those we expect to ac quire from the U. S. Government - say 650,000 acres. I will commence the Surveys immediately and will put a force of some 200 convicts to grading, as soon as i locate a few miles on this end of the line. Hoping to receive an early and favorable response. I am. Very truly yours, B. H. Green, > ', ' Chief Engineer . 101 New York, September 9, 1884, Hon. W. B. Allison, Dubuque, Iowa. My dear Senator I am very sorry I was not able to see you when you were in the city, and v/ere kind enough to call at my office. Mr. Granger has told me all his conversation vvith you a d what you said to him about Teller and his promise to give us our patents as soon as matters quieted down. I am told there has been filed with the Secretary a protest against tne issuance of these patents or certificates for the patents, 3i;jn9d by a majority of the Senate com nittee on public lands, or at least by messrs. Hill, Van ^'''yck. Slater, Morgan and Walker. They ask the Secretary not to take any action touching the back bone Land grant, during the vacation of Congress, alleging that there are certain legal questions involved which req ire adjuciation in the U.S.Courts, vihere they propose carrying the matter in December next. Of course this is only for the urpose of securing further delays in order to get another lick at us next session. There are no legal questions whatever, except what have boo!"i decided b ythe Supreme Court of the United State,s and I wis i you would bring to bear on Teller all the pressure you can command, as I want a decision from him. He hqs always said that if we beat the forfeiture in the House, there would be no delay and no question abotit th.e issuance of patents, but we do not get thorn. Tt would seem to me pretty hard if I am to be forced to fight tne Senate to get what belongs to me; and I don't want to do it, in fact, I cannot do it. Will you be kind enough to write Teller a letter, and when you go to V/ashington, see him and do what you can to get him to do what is right in this matter. Very truly yours, G.M. Dodge. 103 Hr'iOt New York, September 11, 1884. Solon Humphreys, Esq., Receiver, Wabash, St. Louis ?f. Pacifi -. Ry., 54 Exchange Place, New York. which you of way, the good-will of which I had to obtain be purchased and Lhe road to the entire Northwestern Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of Mr. Ho\7q* s letter of September 10th, which you have referred to me. Mr. Ho'w seems to assume that the first cost of the road, Des Moines to Waukee," is to be taken into consideratJ.oa. My a3re3me:it was to take the risk, build the entire road, Des Moines to Waukee and to Boone, and turn it over as an entirety to the Wabash Ry. Co. for a fair remuneration x^or my outlay, ri ?k, u >e of onoital, . but I never agreed to turn over any small part of it, or allo\7 the Wabash Co. to take such portion as thjey would consider of most value to them, or as they might select from either end or center of the road, and leave me v/itn a piece of road on my hands, at any outlay of over half a million of dollars, which I could not utilize in any way. The partcular value of the road between Waukee and Des Moines arises from its giving an entrance into the city of Des Moines. No company could today purchase such an entrance into the city of Des Moines for less than $150,000. The right of way, the good-will of the 'Chicago, ^ock Inland and Pacific Ry. Co., which I had to obtain before vve could build the road, could not n-^w be purchased and Lhe road built for any such sum. My w ork gave an entrance into the city to the entire Northwestern system and our rights in the city were obtained by the promise made to push out to Boono^ and on to the North, in Lhe Interests of the Wabash Co. These were the inducements by which we got into and through the city. And now to ask me to take for all these advantages only their simple cost, without any remuneration for the right and incidental benefits attached to the property, is not to be for one moment considered I think were I to take the cost of the whole property and add a fair percentage for risk, superintendence and insurance, the least that should be offered for the best portion --f it would be the pro rata per mile of the entire cost of the road. This I have figured and it amounts to over' $15,000 per mile, without adding anything for superintendence, risk and insurance. The interest o ' the capital expended has accumralated all the time, and the net earnings of the road have been nothing to me. Mr. gow in his letter seems disposed to be fair, so far as he has any knowledge of the faots-you alore know more of them, and I make these suggestions to you, which I think will appeal to Mr. How's judgment. The road undoubtedly cost more than it should. Wny? My contractors and engineers were taken away from the road to the exLension of the Des Moines & Northwestern, understanding that all these roads were being constructed in one interest-that of the Wabash- and they came back to my road late in the season which was a wet and heavy one. Every contractor failed and this threv/ our work into the winter, when all kind of construction was most expensive; and finally the rodd was built by labor. cost each of more t.han double the cost of the firlast tliree quarters of the road t quarter. This was no fault of mine. Again, after I .ook charge of the work, the line was changed, and a bridge, a fine structure, was built at a cost of $125 I knew nothing of until we had reached a we could not back out. ,000, something point in construction where 104 .>■ ■,<1 .ri I kept no separate account of cost of arty portion of the ro d, my books showing he" total cost of the \>fhole line, and those you can examine if you desire. "But what I wish to fcmpress up-n you, .is that the cost of a Small portion of the rocid is not what should be considered in malcin{T this settlement. The settlement should be made upon the basis of the actual value of the entrance into t e city, which l'have given to the Wabash, and the agreements .you made with me. With all "these facts in your .possession, and your knowledge ■ nd understanding of the agreements originally entered "into between myself and you "as the representative of the Wabash Co. I trust you wrllfind no difficulty in coming to the conclusion that I am entitled to the amount I have named as representing the value of this road, and will agree U on the-settlement as conveyed to you in my proposition of recent date/ • Very truly, yours, y .ah bur nrevvj-tf B0O lo 0£iJ OiUoJili oo.iaT. oo.iaT. u ' lv|. a 1 i■ i , cMl'iii cooX'kO 'lo ^14to OiU o^iil no rf oi/f ^nhoj i i'noo ^fukyat^o lo Iliw-looji oili "tc iri'li lol tortf'^'4 nloJIo oJ 'jati f .olif* ,,oD ojlloo' brut bifXgJ ioo* ,o*5051rf^ 'uL' f)OOl a K >r»e t>o««<lOiwq 0<t n Jr bjjoo )Jjoo -i»roi 0iU piiX ' btlud Uud Mtfoo iiJtfoo owow einlecf ttutn rfotit. -moJp0mifnfyA o'llin* •*» oj ntU oJ>xt oonviino n« ovm) .tf-o 0 oj #QM 0*14 0 b^ipSdo on^w x»'Jfo bHJ nl o^ft it tlK) bfio SB4st* 0414 lo «J«onio4al 04J nl ,nJioJI oxiJ oJ , ■:t,r oj 4lfO iBi/o »<<#..rip, bfuB io» Mr not i\i x<i PiU onow pppfft •oO iloiU Modi Ilr lol oAbS 0$ Ml ilM oi iron 6nA |o4jiof) t i: P.i' v»gln iiJ "lol iv '.'rnt num»% X"« 4uo JtP nl ,aU b''toblwjiot /uAaroflo oao -ml «f 04 4oa •! , 4<ioqoi^( |><U o4 i411«ne ' tiol n bbr. brio oXoiIk oaj lo Ji.oo oiU eioi oJ t ono inJUU X hinoiiji Snii4 .4s«4%f erfj ,OB-vniiMil no oonotno^nlnoqua .Mutn iol o%a4rMiov»<i lo oXiai -i^q oJci . un4 fd bitfcw :t 1 r.niX oti ippj ptU lol bmTto id J n4tW0m 41 /)(!#< I oliif ,bnoi 0414 lo 4ooo mW.ip »tU -I I I ,'<f>fiofcn#r!l-ieHi4/» lol iiih(4yM yxkhbm JuoASh .Mitt toq OjO. , {I lovo rio ' jifM^ttdtf SfiM lAllquo OtJ 4i<oio.<nl pttt «ot>nf!n/K;il b/M . 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C. F. Meek, Esq., \/ Das Moines, lo-.va. Dear Sir:- In movinc our office from 195 Broadway to No, f,. Broadv;ay, a good many of our papers v/ere disarranged and mislaid; and in entering up the earnings of your road for the last few months, I find I am short reports for the 3rd and 4th weeks of May, and the 2nd week of July. Will you he kind enough to send me duplicate reports for those weeks? I am in receipt of yours of September 9th, giving information in regard to the Narrow Guage Ry. system of T^es Moines and vicinity which gives me just the information I v/anted, and for xvi-iioh I thank yoii. I have also received by express check for $2,0C0. As it is uncertain just what tlds money will be used for, I have thought best to return unsigned. voucr.er you and to send you merely Treasurer's receipt for the amount and when it is disbursed disbursed I I vwill properly account for it. I am glad to note what you say about the improved crops pros pect earningSj shall be glad to ha/e here thousand dollars per month, mentioned in your letter of 8th to General Dodge. Referring to your letter. General Dodge desires me to say to you that for the present he wishes you to pay absolutely nothing to the Wabash Co., under any circumstances or on any account, until his settle ment with them is concluded. We onw one-quarter of these terminals and they have really no right to charge us anything as interest or rent for our use of them; and, under an circumstances, it seems to me t;.at their charge, even were it a just one, is exorbitant. In the first place, I don't thinlc they would have any right to charge us at the rate of 7 per cent per annum, and I don't understand by what right they could go on purchasing property and spendigg money and charging us one-quarter of the exper.ses of the same without some authority from the General, The interest as now computed by the, , amounts to $522 per montl,, which is really what it costs us to enter and do business in the city of Des Moines; which for a short narrow guage road, looks to me like an enormous price, especially when I reflect that the Diagonal gets just as good facilities and as much business in Des Moines from its entrance over the B. & Q. road at an expense n6t to exceed $100 per month. It would look as though at this rate, it woulcbe better for us to abandon our terminal facilities and rights, and hire an entrance from some other road, I notice that your reports for the second quarter of 1884 would give not earnings for the six months $971,000 provided the rebates on through freight were inside of your estimates, which is encouraging. Where does the :'2,0CC sent me come from? The express package con taining this money came here with $5,00 charges which I paid. I take it that it was a mistake on the part of the agent in Des Moines, in not cheeking it D.::., but could not get the charges taken off at this end of the line. You could probably do it, and if so have them return the amount to me. If nob, please send me a five dollar bill and charge your Gen, ^ Dodge ^ was very glad to get your dispatch dispatch - ^ j ^ T 1 of ^ ^ the AW. + 12th "U. + iH announc announc- o IT ing that the corn crop was out of dan er, especially as on that day and night wo had wery severe weather and frosts, in this section of the country. Truly, J. ' . Granger, September, 1884 195 Broadway, New York, ^^ept. 18, 1884, Gen '1 G . . Dodge, Dear Sir : I leave for the South to-night, to go over ftnd in spect the Erlanger System of Dgiiwaysj and before ^ le^-ve, 1 desire to inform you of the reasons for my trip and the situation of the affairs of that Syndicate. The newspaper reports v/hich have stated that i was to take the place of t.p, Scott, are all wrong. The fact i§, that all business of the System, has heretofore been submitted by the local management in Cincinnati to the London office, the greater part of the stock of the Company, being controlled in London, the officers of which are all residents of that city. They:found it difficult to handle the property at such a distance, and so they have formed a Committee of three persons, residents of New York, to consist of, Plock, the banker for the Erlanter System; Isasc Lartin of Iv.artin and Smith, and myself as the Railroad man. This Committee is to have full authority to act upon ail matters that come up, except such :.s they themselves, shall see fit to refer to the London office. I am now going «1est to make a thorough examination and inspection of the roads and to see what condition tl:ey are in and what they are doing. I expect to return here some tine during the first week in October. Iv-y address for the present will be, care of John Scott, Iv.gr. Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific R'y, Cincinnati, 0. I do not intend to take any active charge of the business property, simply to be one of an Advisory Committee, with headquarters in the City of New Ygrk. Referring to our conversation at Saratoga in regard to the affairs of the T. & p. R'y, I think. I mentioned to you that have writ ten to r.r. 'Varner, and he has prepared figures in accordance with my suggestions to him, and which I mentioned to you at the tinie we dis cussed this matter. Ti.ey prepared an answer to my letter, but after ward found what a blunder they had committed , and have withheld the paper. t'r. Hoxie has now taken it back to -^t. Louis, in order to correct the mistakes by a readjustment. It is a very severe com mentary upon the management of the Poor T & F. road that, while they have been running it under an arrangement for a division of rates, they could not, until cSlled upon by a Director for information concern ing this civision, ascertain that a serious blunder had been com mitted. Ti.ey must have taken at least half a million of dollars away from that Co. during the year 1883. That is to say, if the lowest percentage th.at is awarded to the U. P. Co., on Chicago bus iness under the Tripartite ■"•greement, iiad been given to the T. & P. Co., by the iron Nointain Co., on business exchanged at Texarkana, 108 ■ it would have made a difference in favor of the T. p. Co., on the business of the year 1883, of over ,.;)500,0G0 in net earnings. I hope to see 'you imiLediately on my return, and discuss these niatters with you. I an, sorry to hear that you are under the weather, and hope that you will soon regain your usual health. Yours truly, F. S. Bonds. H . ■n.' • • 109 .N I , -f New York, September 18, 1884, Chas. Francis Adams, o' .,ioO Pres. Union Pacific Ry Co., rnlC ire<l t'B eriJ 1©^ ©v/i©! I Boston, Massachusetts. bM lat'vXtalt Ic n:Ut l>r«l t 1 ■novjMt ©rii Dear Sir:- ri't©q©n lopf*- • on ©ifP r , • A • * I haiid you herewith a letter from Mrs, A. Hills of Warren, Ohio, requesting passes Omaha to San ^'rancisco. The husband of this lady was killed by the Indians durin- the construction of the U.P, road, and, after his death, she was at my instance employed on the road as telegraph operator., but on account of her health, was obliged to give up her position, n I think it would be no more than justice to furnish her the trans- » pohtation she requests. She has always pressed the Company for some re muneration on account of the death of her husband. He was a very nble man and one of the best engineers under me, and fell in the line of duty. I hope the reuqest reuqest she makes will be granted, granted, ..'i' Your* truly,,. ■ v. ,' *f' ■ ,* •" : ift,' ' ' < . Your* truly,,, in - ("J .^1 T I©* 'I 1© 41 n not im lAbm# ?nii x .. G. m. Dodge, biw / b«on i ^ laiotm'a n 'id rqu f ? Jmi . vii u.b . , - ** i^bqi/rd nuol'iOB • rtl .nolslvjb ..I...' r n ic uapiotni U/ ustX.'ia » tXa.l in ©tu . ujt ii©9<f hiirl oi tl i rff «ont tint tab no •oD.'f.TT fi(ii i 59bn«?ra •! ietlJ ©aaitwonvq inrnmi ^ .j i ' .T ©dj oj irevir ci»©cf bud in©aio<rt$li twJbmt •©©-tic./d Jf btjinrtawi® a« Milwrd no ,.aO nloJni/oM (imI OtiJ \« to ©Htuiicyrf Mli fio #oO .T «ij to tevat 1 •Ononottlb B bbm «'v: Tii OfO , I ,«'^.!|irnAO Jor fl| 0-^0, > fl j HOYO to ISOOX niMI\; ©I d . ftJl^ BBoU Bfti/OBlfe " ,n'i i«n ':M no fiodalbBM. 1 iodi imb iBdiaow Olid nofemr tn© ""t i«.iJ • • ■"h ©J tnxoB am t ..lifitoii ' r j- jj iuoi nl©!^ ifooi nooi i. onuoV 110 ^ 4^3BX ,0f New York, September 18, 1884. ^ ..cbA L. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: ' I leave for the South tonight, to go over and inspect the §rlangee System of Railways; and before I leave, 1.desire to inform you of the reasons for my trip and the situation of the fiffairs of that syndicate. The newspaper reports which have stated that I was to take the place '^f lir. Scott, are all v;rong. The fact is, that all business of the System, has heretofore been submitted by the local management in Cincinnat to the London office; the greater part of the stock of the company bein^' controlled in London, the officers of which are all residents of hhat city They found it difficult to handle the property at such a distance, and so they have formed a Committee fif three persons, residents of New York, to consist of Plook, the banker for the Erlanger System; Isaac Martin, of Martin and Smith, and myself as the railroad man. This Committee is - to have full authority to act upon all matters that come uo, except such a s they themselves shall see fit to refer to the London office. I am now going west to make a thorough exa ination and inspection of the r^ads and to see what condition they are in and what thay are doing. I expect to return here some time during the first week in October - My address for the present will be care of John Scott, -gr. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Ry., Cincinnati, Ohio. I do not intend to take any active charge of the business or property, simply to be one of an Advisory Committee, v/ith head-quarters in the city of new York, Referring to our conversation at Saratoga in regard to the affairs of the T. & P. Ry,, I think I mentioned to you that I have written to Mr. 'Vanrer, and he has prepared figures in accordance with my suggestion to him, and which I mentioned to you at the time we discussed this matter. They prepared an answer to jny letter, but afterward found v/hat a blunder they had committed, and have withheld the paper. Mr. Hoxie has now taken it back to St. Louis,, in order ro correct the mistakes by a readjustment. It is a very s vere commentary upon the management of the poor T & P road that, while, they hjave. been running it under an arrangement for a division of rates, they could not, \antil called upon by a director for information concerning this division, ascertain tha'. a serious bliinder had been committed. They must l.ave taken at least half a million of dollars away from that company during the year 1C83. Th t is to say, if the lowest percentage that is awarded to the U.P.Co. on Chicago business under the Tripartite Agreement had been given to the T. & P Co, by the Iron Mountain Co., on business exchanged at Texarkana, it would have made a difference in favor of ti;e T. ^ P. Co. on the business of hhe year 1883 of over $500,000 in net earnings. I hope to see you immediately on my retvrn, and discuss these maitters with you. I am sorry to hear that you are under the weather and hope that you will soon regain your usual health. Yours truly, Frank S. Bond. lUit New York, September 22, 1884, C. F.lvleek, S^pt., Des Moines, Iowa, Dear Sir;- I have just returned to the city, havinc, as you know, been under the weather most of the summer. I had a confidential interview with :,'r. Humphreys and he showed me some papers, letters, &c, as coming from Iowa and St. Louis, and from them and my conversation with him, I find that the impression prevails that you are not giving close enough attention to the Narrow Guage roads, Mr, Humphreys seems to have that opinion, and called Mr, Talmage's attention to it. He seems to think thit you are looking more after politics than railroads. They believe that to obtain business for these roads, requires a great deal of attention and consideroHble time spent upon the line of the road. 9) write you thisnot knowing what the facts are, and would like to hear from you upon the subject, I write confidentiall , believing you should know what is being said, I think they have an opinion that if closer attention was given to the Narrow guage roads both Des Moines fJorthv^estern and Des Moines Northern, they could be made to earn money enough to take care of their interest charges, but they proba" ly do not know as much abou . the details of the matter as I do. Please treat this letter as entirely.private and write me fully in regard to the subject of it and what your prospects and intentions are. Yours truly, G. M, Dodge. X13 September, 1884. War Department, V/ashington,Sity, September 23d, 1884, General G. Dodge, late Iv;ajor General of Volunteers, fl95 Broadway, New York City, Sir • In answer to your communication of the 26th ultimo, for warding a letter from George Bailey, late Lieutenant 1st Alabama Cavalry, concerning a charge against him, I have to inform you that Lieutenant Bailey receipted to J. K. '<Ving, Captain and A. Jil., ^':arch 21, 1864, for $300.8l/l00 quartermaster funds which he has not accounted for. It does not appear that this matter has ever been brought to the attention of the -•ar Department. Your own secret service accounts covering the period from December 9, 1864, to December 1865, are on file, but nothing is found therein concerning the >1^300.81/100 in question, which was turned over to Lieut. B.ailey in IV.arch 1864. In order to remove the charge Lieut. Bailey should make a sworn statement setting forth the disposition made ol the ^300.8l/l00 received froni Captain V.'ing which statement should be endorsed by yourself to the effect that the funds were disbursed as stated,by your, order; that the expenditure was necessary for the public service, and that Lieut. Bailey sl.ould receive credit therefor. be taken. Upon receipt of the papers called for,prompt action will Bailey. A copy of this letter has this day been mailed to Lieutenant Very respectfully, Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of '•Var. 115 New York, Cctober 10, 1884. W. 5. Nicholson, ^sq,, Dear Sir:- New Orleans, La. I an in receipt of yours of the 7th and return herewith. duly executed, the lease and rent notes as requested, You will notice that I made an interlineation in the lease, before ^ saw that it had been signed by Nrs. Williams, which I should not have done, but suppose it will be all right. Please call their attention to it, and have them agree to it. By the time this reaches you, Mrs, Montgomery will probably be in ^ New Orleans at 124 Milan Street, I want her to see that the house is all right and everything in accordance witi. the agreement, before this lease and the notes are delivered. There is a question in my mind, whether I should pay rent for a house, until it is ready for my occupancy, I don't know what your customs are there in re atlon to such a case; however, it really makes very little difference. Very truly yours. 0. M, Dodge, < oo 3 (^o Fort Worth, Texas, ^ec. 9, 1884 Gentlernen: Your Directors beg to submit herewith Ihe following report of the condition and operations of the Company during the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1884. The roadway, machinery and rolling stock are in ex cellent condition, showing good care and mianageinent. The crops along the line of the road,, have this year been much below the average, which has had a edpressing effect upon trade generally. Under these circumstances it is gratify ing to note .the favorable increase ofbusiness over the preceding year, the general business of the road having increased 25 per cent. This is due to the settlement of the country along the line of the road, and to the growing disposition on the- part of the cattle men to ship their stock both North and South from a breeding to a grazing country. The policy of the manage ment has been to ket.p the road-bed and rolling stock in good condition, thus enabling the business of the road to be handled with safety, dispatch and economy. There has been ballasted with stone and rock, a con siderable portion of the road-bed running through the black lands especially between Hodge and Decatur, the expense of which bettermient has been charged to operating expenses. The killing of stock upon the line of the road, has added largely to the operating expenses for this year. A system of gradually fencing the road has been inaugurated, and I would recommend the completion of the fencing already commienced, at as early a date as possible. I call your attention to the necessity of extendi.ig your road from Wichita Falls, its present terminus, to a point North of the enclosed pastures. 'When we first constructed the road to 'Wichita Fall, it was surrounded by an open country with plenty of pastures and an abundance of water; but during the past two years, the country has rapidly settled up, and for a long distance in advance of the terminus of the road has been fenced for agricultural and pastoral purposes; until now it is very diflicult for stockmen, after reaching 'Wichita Falls, to drive their cattle to the open country. I believe this exten sion is necessary to inable us to hold our extensive cattle trade which comprises about one-fourth of the gross revenues of the Company. I also believe that this extension will draw to us business from the Northern part of the ^anhandle which now tends toward the Kansas roads. "T1 124 The Company has in its Treasury a considerable quan tity of Bonds, being the balance of the amount authorized to be issued on the construction of the first 110 miles of road; the sale of which, together with our surplus cash on hand, would enable us to build 30 miles or n.ore of road and would not in crease our bonded indebtedness, and would add very little to our fixed charges. It will be seen that the surplus earnings of the road for the year 1884, were, over and above its total expenses, about 15 per cent of the gross earnings, .which is about 3 per cent upon its Capital Stock. It is recommended that this surplus be held in the treasury, to be used if necessary in the above men tioned extension of the road, rather than to make this extension by the issue of bands upon the new line, which would materially increase our fixed charges• I take pleasure in calling the attention of the stock holders to the reports of the Superintendent and Heads of Depart ments . I also take pleasure in being able to report that the operations fro the year have been conducted without serious accident, and to call your attention to the faithfulness and attention to dury of the General Superintendent and other offi cers under him. By Order of the Board of Directors, President. I was at General Grant's hous^ one time wl^n^h^etspoke to me about a. letter that ^ had written'-to Iiim soon after my visit to ■ President Lincoln. : On Decmeber 10, 18S4, I \7rote him the following letter-giving him the full particular of'the matters he had spoken to me aboutL t • • "I was not aware, until my visit to you on Sunday "that you were writin- a history of the "'7ar of the Rebellion." I know of tl.e articles to bh published in the Century Magazine. During my visit to you at City Point. I m'-:'t with g.n incident that may be news or of interest to you. You will doubtless remember that while I was rocovering from, m.y wound received at Atlanta, I visited City Point and was at your headquarters a week or ten days and saw the Army of the Pbbomac; was up to see the battle fought on the north side of the James, and brou^-ht news of v/hat I thought was a defeat, but which your dispatches-made a victory. '7hen I was ready to return to my command at Atlanta, 'I met orders from Gen. Sherman which stopped me at Nashville and ordered me to Vicksburg, and befo e I reached that command,you ordered me to relieve Gen. Rosecrans, in fommand in the department of the Missouri with a view of taking my troops to Thomas at Nashville. If you remember, when I left 'City Point you suggested I should return by Washington and call upon Presiderit Lincoln, and sent me on your boat. Cen. Rufus Ingalls, your chief quartermaster and Maj. Cyrus Boyle of the !^ritish army, I think at that time in command cif Canada was with me. I was a very young officer, inexperienced in meeting the world, and with a great reverence for position and authority; hence I hardly knew how to reach President Lincoln nor what to say to him when I saw him. I had only a day to spend in Washington '^nd after breakfast I went directly to tlie White House, where in the anteroom I met Senntor Harlan of my state, who took me to Mr. Lincoln. The President met me cordially and asked me to wait until he had dismissed the crowd. When ho took me into the room back of what I now know as the calinet room, he took d'-'wn a book called the "Gospel of Peace." Tt was a •,'ery funny b~ok and ho read from it and laughed heartily until he made me perfectly easy and at iiome. He took me down to lunch and pumped out of me everything I had seer, at City Point and all my opiriions of the army and officers there, and f' nally asked me abuuptly wl.at was my opinioi" of tJie situation at City Point my epi-4i1o)is nf then^ 1 tunti on-al..XiJLy^£aln.t, and what results were to be expected from the movements there. My answei^ to him was, briefly that I had no doubts as to their success. In detail, as I remember it my answer was, "You know out west we believe in Gen. Grant. TTe have no doubts, five him time and he will win; in what way, or how, I don't know but you may depend upon it ho will succeed." President Lincoln jumped up from his chair, took both my hands in his and aald, "I am thankful to you for saying so. " I was very much embarrassed, but it made .such an impressiong upon me that I never forgot it. ^ plains the or, me with was Raw!ins Gen. when v/ar the After fl pressure the that said he and him, to circumstances the related I ^ very:great. were Washington at time that at complaints and my from came Richmond around results to as correctness My that"all fact the from and thee, seen had I what from not faith before long had west, the in you with long so been had who us of remember I results, final the. to as any"doubts minds our from driven . Lincoln President told I entiiusiastically and confidently Low well my prove to whicl. upon' fact a him give not could but felt, I what calling for me thanked Lincoln President leave. to rose I When belief. and my-good'wishes take pan you • objectior, no hav^e you "If said and more Washington left I nigut That army." your to you *.vith regards 'my your to as doub'.s ir.-tny so be Siiould there that otherwise than annoyed success. • may it r interview this of you told have may Rawlins General I r, it." remember I as it give I you, to new bS M. G, with interview an is "24, scrap-book in 65 Page NOTE; ■ August in Council-Bluffa Lincolrl's'visit;.to to relation in Dodge o" ■ f '■ oX' • "''l859.' " 1 SNT oS wTwlf**'. , ft' SuioMMoli nl ir^ob la -juJ lufO&ti' jWI",- 4 oiTT ■ Jo il.IhJ ■ "i- ' \i<ioonS -..t .T eniOi J.r r.fi!' 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Will you ascertain for me whether there are on file in the Army o ' Records, my letterb-oks from May 20, 1862 covering my command'at.the Post of Colum'us up to July 1, 1866, and the letterbooks of the head quarters of the Central Division of the Mississippi from July 1,* 1862 '—to October 1, 1862, and also from October 1, 1862 to November 15, 1862, ' when 1 was in'command of Dodge's Division District of Corinthj and from November 16, 1862 to July *?, I860, while I was in command of the District of Corinth; and from July 71, 1863 to AuguSt 17, 1864 t ■ ' while I was in coinmand of the Left Wing 16th Army Corps. , If these records are missing, I have copies of them and would like to replace them; they cover about 500 folio ledger size pages. I find these reporcs filed away with my books and papers, and ~xi <it is a question in my mind-whether they are simply copies or'the originals. I am inclined to-think they are private cppies kept for my own benefit. If not, they are records that should be on file in the • ■ , 4 ■- St. I War Depar,tn0ntii.fln < ,i :'i 1 ti r x- " i l .nna .oWlaO oJ IncJ ne^lo b ixvml I . ^ Xfl 04 n truly, j ^ xeel Sui , ;f io?; ve4J i«i/ i brul ih»r> . „ .s ^ t J m G. M. Dodge ^ p-b to Jf.ojn rt iwert • .J jw, ,1001 a* ■i" ^ I. hfiJ rj i.tn ••.ifIdu'-n,' Major General U.o.V. . ' . iJ wcMx. !;/•■ ! 1 f ivHtni/ufO to xd • iW •anorvbw na ti «t J toaqx'! .X»w iail4o Xft* wtna tw >oo<T I, if fo <*trt eeatnanoT wilj to nbfr. uJwnr; e44 no notwot ItdkMt 94tf '1M tfertJ t' ^r.ear 4o'i woit •» a ew bno olxij .to o4 xleh'J to ^ 130 f f r>&n*7 j.'i New York, December 19, 1884, General U. 8. Grant, New York, ** ' • • Dear General:- Referring to our conversation of Sunday last, I have been looking over my letterbooks and find under date Nov. 29, 1863, a letter to Major R. M. Sa*yer, A.A.C* the following extract which may be of interest to youL "I have with me sick and well, 12000 men, 9,000 in one command and 3,000 in another. This includes the 111th Illinois (in relation to which, since my last rep-rt ot its detention to you, I have-received no orders) but does not include the 122nd Illinois Infty. that I left at EastporL. Of this number four regiments will soon be moiinted, say ^800 men," In a letter to General Sherman, dated Nov. 23, I stated as follows: "I am in receipt of your letter of Nov. 18 written at Bridgeport. If a fight comes off at,Chattanooga and we are not in, we shall be sadly disappointed, but take it for granted that it is for the best. Burnside no doubt is fighting before now, as Longstreet and Hill left long ago. The Tennessee is so low-that Roddy fords the river and runs over amid back. He has one regiment on this side near Florence. As soon as I get "my regiments moiinted, I will use him up. As it is, I hove to wfetch^^ all points from Decatur to Florence. It keeps my mounted men busy. This'country is loaded with corn and wheat. Not a pound of bread or meat do I draw, but run the mills and gatlier the stock; and if you required, I could supply your command from here, when cars fun, with all the storage you need. I had failed until today to wake up anybody north of Columbia. I assuir.ed command over that Pioneer corps and told it to go to work. My bridges are all well under way and had I had the tools when I halted there, would bedone now. I have sent a mounted regiment around to Eastport to be gone eiglit or ten days. My infantry are so that I can Con centrate them in 12 hours and at the same time hold the road from Columbia to Decatur. My troops are very healthy. Only seven real sick men. I have picked up already stock to refit 350 teams and to remount one and nearly mount two infantry regiments and-have about 800 in corral. I will soon have all my teams driven by negroes, relieving 400 enlisted men. I have heretofore forwarded my prisoners to Nashvile; got your order tonight and they will Inreafter go to Cairo. If is not safe to send couriers to Eastport by Florence. I heard of a Lieutenant and five men going through and tiust they got in, but fear tliey are taken. I often hear from Bragg's rear, but the news is eight or ten days old. They are evidently troubling and prepared to fall back, the products collected in Cooas Valley show that. They appear to fear an advance by Brant by way of Guntersville or Decatur more than any other way. The rebel forces on the south side of the Tennessee are obligee to forage on this side, and we hnve now got most of their boats and several of their teams," https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/03a961b105face436e68ea2a8e81de2e.pdf e59fe6a5b19b1bee2ce09268b295110f PDF Text Text 135 • 188S The family of General John A. Logan desire you to accept this grateful acknov/ledgment of your expression of symi^athy and condolence. - ■ ^ . •. -I 137 1886. Leslie J. Perry who was connected with the TTar Department, unearth a very important letter which was the cause of the reports made in 1861 that General Sherman was insane. This letter was written by General H. WC Halleck to General George B. McClellan;^ and its chief importance lies in the fact that it was the pretext for the absurd canard rife at the beginning of the war that Gen. '.7. T. Sherman was insane. It is popularly but wrongly supposed that Gen. Simon Cameron, the Sectrary of ^ar, ihaldentally, and wholly innocent of any intentional wrong, gave origin to the damaging story. The letter will be found in Scrap-book 10, page 116. 139 New York, January 12, 1885. Genl. G. M. Oodge, Ht. Worth, Texas. ■ Dear Sir:- I telegraphed you today regarding the enclosed letter from Mr. Maverick which looks to me as though it needed some attention. Mr. Montgomery certainly could not have gone very carefully into t::e details of this tax business, or the fact that these taxes were still unpaid would not have escaped his attention. You will remember that you directed him to take charge of the property and look carefully after the taxes, and it was always understood here that he had done so. Had I suspected that he had not done so, I would, of conns'^ havegone over the previous records and ascertained this fact. I spent Saturday with Judge Dillon at work on the papers for the defense in the suit of Probst against the Pacific Ry. Impt. Co. He dictated affidavits for myself and Mr. Calef to sign, declaring that on the 29th of July last, we resigned all official connection with that com'pany and hereinafter ceased to have anything to dowith its affairs; and that since that time and up to the present time, the company has had no offices in New York and has transacted no business of any kind to our knowledge; hence he clai s that the service of papers is not good. As the service is also made on Mr. Calef personally, he prepared a demurrer for him to sign setting forth the above facts, and claiming that the Court had no jurisdiction over him so far as he was personaly liable for the damages claimed by probst. The Judge does not fedl at all confident and I think he fears that a Receiver will be appointed. I have your telegram saying that no papers had been served or: yon, SlW I agree v/ith you in thinl.ing that Alex ^-^ayer is behind this suit and is using it as an inducement to force you to settle the old suits, for interest on the stock and bond subscription. Mr, Mayer came here a few days ago to see me, while I was at Judge Dillon's office, so I missed him. I should like very much to see him but don't like to send for him for fear of exciting his suspiciscn. The Judge went thoroughly into the actions of the company at the time of its didsolution or change of location, and as he was present at the meetin" understands tiat evrything was regular and in good faith. Ho promised to obtain and send you for your information a copy of the summons and compliant, which I trust you have received before this. I will watch it closely and advise you of any furtiior developments. Very truly yours. Of. E. Granger. ^41 ■ 4 January, 1885. Office of 0. L. Houghton Wholesale Hardware, Stoves, Miners' Supplies, Fire Armsj and Ammunition Buckeye Mowers & Reapers, Rakes, Sheep Tanks etc. IRON . STEEL . Manufacturer of Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Ware . All kinds of Fire ^rme & Ammunition a Specialty. Las Vegas, N. M., 31st Jan, 1885, Morgan Jones, Esq., Prest. Ft. W. & D. Ry. Go., Ft. Worth, Tex. Dear Sir: Allow me to call your attention to the following concerning the extention of your road to Las Veg^s, and if it interests you and you think anything of the scheme, I would come to Ft. Worth and as I am confident I could do afford you the necessary information to enable you to determine as to the advisability of further investigation con cerning the matter. It would be the very best paying road to the mountains and would control a larger area of productive country than any road in N. M. and run throiigh the center of the finest county between Texas and the mountains. It would be an air line almost to the best Pass over the main Range and would (whenever you desired to extend) control absolutely the whole of the Rich "Taos County' & the San Juna Mining region and all Western New Mexico & Northern Arizona and by extension into Utah to Salt Lake, it would be a trunk line of the first order. I am pre pared to assure you that $400,000 of bonds of this coxanty the largest and best in the Territory can be got for the road. The road would be entirely exempt from taxation of any kind for 6 years after its completion, and If the road was built on beyond this town over the range it would pass through Mora County and Taos and pass through fine coal and timber region. Then latter Counties would furnish another $100,000 and they are very rich in agricultural resources - for a mountain country - This distance from Las Vegas to Taos, by route of line would be say 90 M. It is a project that offers the very finest prospects and I sincerely hope you will look well into it and not regard the foregoing as the usual puffing of small town Railroad projectors. A Denver connection could be made from here or some point above here , by a much better route than the Atchison road. If you will be good enough to answer I shall be greatly obliged. We have every assurance ^ Very truly, & firmly believe that the 2 0. L. Houghton. Bonds referred to,$400,000 .J can be carried. Gross Blackwell & Co. ) 143 January, 1385, Dubuque, Jan. 31, '85. Gen . 8 . M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, la. Dear Sir: I beg to invite your considerate attention to the enclosed prinLed i'age, and in connection therewith, to the subject of getting into print the history to which it relates. The page was printed to use in a canvass in this city, for subscriptions. The canvass was made to satisfy some doubting friends here that subscribers could be got for ti:c History. It effected that object^ and a few of those friends afterward placedtheir names on a paper guaranteeing to any . printer v. ho might .inner take to print the Pi story the sums so subscribed in case the sales of ti.e work should not produce enough to pay his bill, within the specified tin.e after publication. No further aid 'was obtained within the state; but outside the State ^ secured a few hundred dollars of guarantee. I. pledged th.ese amounts to a Chicago house, and th.ey undertook the printing. The work went on vepy slowly however, and was pooi'ly done. finally, a little more than a year ago, the house failed and no printing has been done since. Investigation proved that the stereotype plates (between 700 and 800) that iiad been made were in a very bad condition, and unfit to print fromi. I cannot comipel anybody to miake them right, nor ctn anyone compel n^e to take then.', and I think they will have to be abandoned. Meantime, the re presentatives of the failed firm are holding on to my securities, (a part of wl.ioh are not now valuable) and will probably contin'je to do so until they lose hope of my recognizing the job in any way. My wish is, to maice without delay a contract with another iiouse for my printing. For a'oout ,'3,500 cash and guarantee, I can obtain a good job, and have 1,000 copies of the history delivered to nie, ready for sale, with 60 days tine in which to pay the indebtedness to the printer. I can use :J)2,000 of guarantee in this way, and I want to raise it from lowans living outside of Dubuque, I have thought over tl^e men to whom I can with seeming propriety and likelihood of success miake applicatim in this con.ection. They r.umber only eight. You are one of that numiber, and to you I now submit the question whether you will give your nan.e in severality, as a guarantor to the printer for $250.00 of the debt to be created, I to have 60 days in which to sell books, anl make the money to pay it. A less amount would be accepted; but we absolutely need tl;', an.ount asked for. As a security to all, I shall put the His tory into a ti'ust, wit}-. Hon. 0. R. Shiras of this city as trusteeand possibly son,eone moi-e faviliar tlian he with tlie printing business associated with };irn. But tlie s :bstaniiol control of the matter would rest with the Judge. He has been intimately coniiected witl^. the past efforts to get the history into print and is till willing to be help ful in securing that object. The 1,000 copies of the "istory to he received under the pro posed arrangement will produce enough money over costs of selling to pay our debt and 60 days is time enough in which to sell them. Kore than one-fifth of the number will be sold in Dubuque, as we know by actual canvass. I have met uany former li.wa soldiers in Chicago, some of whom have giyen me their names as subscribers. Wherever Iowa soldiers are found, or those interested in them,.the book is . wanted. Alrost any Iowa town will average as well as Dubuque in sub scriptions, and I think some will do better. That our guarantors will have no call made on them for mioney I hold to be certain. Any call that might be miade would first cocie to the trustees, and they would use all mieans in their power to satisfy it, without passing it on to the guarantors. I wish you would write to Judge Shiras on this point, and also on any other concerning which you would like to have explanations. he will cheeri'ully answer questions, I trust you will not refuse to be of service in this Hiatter. I think it has claims on you. v Very respectfully yours, A. P. Wood. .'t . j ' ' i ; v'-iV '""v • I ' 145 New York, Feburary 8, 1885, N, C. Reldenour, Des Moines, Iowa, Dear Sir;- T am in receipt of yours of the 4th Inst. I neglected to state in my last letter that if your expenses were any more than the amount of the check therein enclosed you could either draw on me for the balance or adv'se me of the amount due upon your return, I enclose with this a joint letter to Messrs. Hayes and Talmage ®ho are the representatives of our roads in St. Lou-i s adirtfeiing them as to whom you are and what your mission is so that in case you should have' any trouble or desire to make any change in your route on returning say to Council Bluffs instead of to Des Moines, you can arrange to do so. T am perfectly willing that Col. Kinsmans body should be buried shere he desired that it sliould be but th^nk that his request should settled the qrostion. Still T hhink there should be snme more definite information as to what that request was. .Didn't he say that he wanted to be buried at his home? If my own feel'ngs were consulted I should say and I think his soldiers would say that he should be buried at his own home w..ere people would have some local and social pride in the matter. At Des Moines he would soon be lost sight of but at CounCl Bluffs he would be the most prominent soldier buried there, T do not know that it is best for us to be around begging the Legis ature for a monument, T think ^t more than probable that money enough to purchase such a one as would be suitable could be readily raisBfl by subscription among his old comrades. T know this could be done were he buried at Coundl Bluffs but the 23d and 4th Towa regfldiBnts would be the best judge of that matter. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge< 147 February, 1885. Evinston Alaclina Co., Fla Gem. G. M. Dodge; Or would it beguile us into believing Old Time had had a lapse of memory and was turning the leaves of his Calender backward if I wei'e to address you as "Friend Ocean?" I have lately been applied to for Gelecte Fifield's address but as I have heard nothing of her for many years, when she was teach ing in Columbus, Neb., I thought possibly you may know where she can be found. If you know her address or can trace her will you kindly inform her th t by con.munieating with her German friends in Columbus, Ohio she v.ill hear of some property which has been left her. Hoping the past thirty three*, (can it be'.) years have brought to you as many sunny days as to Your ancient friend, Ella Richardson Whittemore. Feb. 16, 1885. 149 Ofiice of Thfc Texas & Colorado Railway Improvement Co. No. B'way. New York. Karch 2, 1885. To the Stockholders of The Texas & Colorado Railway Improvement Company.- Gantiemen: At a meeting of the Board of Directors held at the ofiice of the Company on Feb'y. 20, 1885, the following Preamble and Resolution was unanimously adopted subject to the approval of two-thirds of the Stockholders: Whereas- The Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. entered into a contract of date April 29, 1881, with the Texas & Colorado Railway Improvement Co., by which said Improvement , Co. agreed to construct on the terms therein shown, the road of said Railway Co. from Fort Worth to the Canadian River, and has constructed the same from at or near Fort Worth to Wichita Falls its present terminus, a distance of about 110 miles: and. Whereas- The said Railway Vorapany desires to construct and equip a portion of its said line of road, to wit- from Wich ita Falls to Vernon in Wilbarger County Texas, a distance of about 50 miles, or so much of the said 50 miles as the said Railway Com pany may conclude to construct and equip; and has asked this Com pany as respecting the said road between Wichita Falls and Ver non, to waive and relinquish its right to construct the same under the said contract- Now ThereforeResolved- That this Company assents to the request of said Railway Company, and hereby consents to waive and relinquish its right to construct and equip under said contract, so much of the Railw ay of said Railway Cou.pany as lies between Wichita Falls and Vernon, or so much thereof between said points, as the sai3 Railway Company may construct under this waiver; but, upon the express condition that the said contract shall except as to the said road between said Wichita Falls and Vernon or so much there of as the said Railway Company may construct and equip hereunder, remain in full force and effect. The purpose of the Railway Company as expressed in the Resolution, is to build anuequip its line of road from .Vichita Falls to Vernon or so much thereof as may be deemed best, without call ing upon the Stock holders of the Improveir.ent Company for any fur ther assessments. The Railway Company has a surplus of bonds now in its Treasury, the proceeds of which can be applied to the construction of this extension, and which, together with the surplus earnings of the road not needed for payment of interest and operating expenses, it is believed will be sufficient to complete the work. Kence the Railway Company sees no necessity for calling upon the Stocriholders of this Company for assistance. 150 The effect of this Resolution is only to u'aive this contract as respects this lioiited distance, and the construction will obviously increase the value of the outstanding secur ities of the Company, both stock and bonds, as it increases the mileage of the road and therefore its business and earning:, capacity, without a corresponding increase of its obligations. As a resident StoCiiholder of this Company you are requested to assent in writing, to the purport of thei forego ing Resolution. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, President. 151 March, 1885. 159-163 La Salle Street. Room 95. Chicago, 3/31/l885. Genl. Mi. Dodge, F. W. Texas . Dear Sir: I wrote you several days ago at Lew Orleans. will A V.'e have given the Machine a trial and it is more than satis factory. We desire however to give it a more severe test in a-few days when the weather will be warmer as it promises now to be. I wil! keep you advised of all the tests and hope to see you here soon. A partie from New Orleans who is building a Brewery has been here and is desirous of purchasing a machine as he is much pleased with the prin cipal. I may have to go to New Orleans before the contract can be closed. Can you do anything for me in the way of transportation? It is going to be a important contract and I would like to take one of my men with me. If you can send me passes for myself and one, you will oblige. Yours respectfully. E. G. '.Vheeler. litK [Ci_ A 153 April, 1885. WABASH, ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY CCIiiPANY, 195 Broadway, Solon numphrays and New York, Apr. 6th, 1885. Thomas E. Tutt, Receivei's. Gen'1 G. M. Dodge, Fort Worth, Tex. Dear Sir: I have received your letter ol' the 31st" ult., and I am very sorry to learn that you have been sick. V.r. Humphreys brought me the contract you referred to, and I have examined and i.andeu it back to him with such suggestions as occurred to me. The contract requires IVr . Wilson to pay only ;ji3,000 a year, for the use of all our property and plant; in other words, he pays six per cent on $50,000 valuation. This property has cost us about $400,000 and he has just as much use of it as we have. I do not think the iVabash will agree to this. There are several other reasons why the contract should not be accepted. It gives them the use of the property for 50 years, at the same time gives them the right to discontinue its use on notice. The basis of such an arrangement of course, would be a rental which should be determined by the value ot the property, and as its value constantly changes, in case so long a contract was nade, it should pro vide for revaluation about every five years. I would advise this Company to accept a lease from him, if he would pay us six i-er cent a jear on $100,000 and give us the right to have the property revalued, even once in ten years; but, if we are to be.subject to his withdrawal, we should have the same privilege. I believe the directors of the Texas Pacific have arranged to go down over the line next month. I think it would be a good thing for you to meet them and go over the matters to which you refer. There is such a prejudice here now, in connection with every thing connected with Texas, that I think we shall be free from any new competition in ..he way oi' new railroads, for some time to come. Yours truly, A .L . Hopkins. 155 April, 1885. COMPMIA LIiaTADA DEL FERROCAP.RIL CENTRAL MEXIGANO Mexico, April 10, 1885. Gen. G. M. Dodge, New York. My dear General: I enclose copy of a letter to Mr. Gould for your information, I was away from this City quite a while, scouring the Interior for Business, and with great success. Will write you and Mr. J. T. Granger at length the first chance I have. Thus far have been the busiest of mortals. Very respectfully. T. Masac P. 0. Box 177. 157 April, 1885. The f'issouri Pacific Railway Co., Executive Pepartruent. St. Louis, April 11th, 1885. Personal Gen. G. . Dodge, Fort Worth, Texas. Ky dear General: Your personal letter of the 1st is received. "Am glad to know that you are better but sorry to see you are not yet on your feet. Mr. McKair of St. Louis made a trip to New York to meet Mr. Gould at the suggestion of Mr,. Hunter offering to compromise Hunter's 'Claims for :j50,000. in cash, which I understand M'r. Gould did not accept but made a counter offer to pay $50,000. in G. H. & K. First Mlortgage Five per cent Ponds at par which Hunter of course refused, I do not think anything more, can be done in that direction. Cannot you do something to have this natter settled, as I believe it should be settled and think it would be greatly to our interest .to have it done, V/athen has started on his surveys and I will keep you advised from time to time as I get his reports. Am glad to hear progress of your construction and about the cattle business and also that the change in the methods of the Locomotive and Gar Departments suit your ideas. The T. & P. Directors will leave Philadelphia on the 25th inst. for a trip over the line reaci.ing Marshall on M.ay 25th., and I trust you will be able to join them. Yours truly, R. S . Hayes . 159 t New York, April 16, 1885, dear General:- - _ ■ I am in receipt of your telegram of yesterday directing me to ask Mr. Hopkins to outline sucl; a contract between the Northwestern Ry. Co. and the Terminal Co. as he would be willing to approve, and send the same to you. In answer to the telegram, I sent Mr. Meek, at Mr. Hopkin's request, asking if he was dealing with M. Hughitt and if so on what termas. I have the following: "Am dealing with Hughitt indirectly and expect to be able to get him to use Des Moines terminals and take Boone road before long. I will be in New York Tuesday morning t talk to Mr. Hopkins in regard • to terminals. C. E Meek," Mr, Meek also telegraphed Mr, Hopkins that he had received a telegram from me informing him that Mr Hopkins would not approve of the contract witli the Diagonal in its present shape and that if the agreement with the Diagonal was now renudiated, it would alienate strong friends who were working with him to effect the sale of the Boone road to the Northwestern; and further saying that there were reasons why the contract should be signed which he could only explain in person, and that in order to do this he would at once come cn to New York, arriv ing here on Tuesdya morning. Mr. Hopkins replied to this telegram that if it could be shown that there were good reasons outside of the contract why it should be signed, he would approve it,provided a clause was inserted under which either party should have the option of terminating it on six months* notic instead of one year's :otice, as it now fetands. To this we have no reply, Mr. Hopkins further says th t before beginning to draw up such a contract between the Northwester Co. and the terminal company, as lie would approve, he prefers to await the arrival of Mr. Meek ad learn from him exactly the he would at once give me tl. willing to approve. It seems to md that the Northwestern corId far better afford to purchase the Boone road on the basis of a half million valuation than to pay the nine or t«n th usand dollars a year which the terminal comnany would charge thorn for an entrance into Des Moines, because, b the purchase of the road at an outlay that would represent an expenditure of interest of •^3h,000 per annum, tl ey wouli sa- e that $10,000 per year tlicy would pay the toi'minals company and a very large amoimg ot money, far greater than the remaining $20,000 of interest charge, in increased rates and freight on the tonnage they would take out of Boone anc Des Moines. It seems to mo that if Hughitt has any real irbent-ion of going into Des ' oinos, tnis is the far preferable mai ner and if it was properly represented to iiim, I should think as a business ma. he .vould prefer to pui'^chase rathoi' than loasc. These questions, however, will be thoroughly discussed with Mr, Meek on his arrival i.^ro. Mr, Hopkins further says that when ti.G Northwestern before made for the purchase of tiiis road, Mr. Hughitt told him in so many words that It was liis intention to purchase it, and made Hopkins promise that at least for the present he would not sign a contrac allowing the Dia';'onal to enter Des Moines over our road, and this I believe is one ol' tho lituation; and thr t if then th'^ught desirable, outline of sue! a contract as he would be consiciGTcit'lons thcxt hcivs xnducsd hi^i to wlthhoXd liis q. -prcval ox tho contract; and my belief is further strenethened by the late telegram from Mr. Meek intimating that the Northv/estern is Jigp/in- endep-voring to obtain entrance ihte. De-s Moines. ■ t -i :] I After Mr. Meek's arrival hare, I will write/ fully.-pf )inm dissensions and conclusions.' . i -V ■ ,oO .V* Yours truly, . ^ ' Pi.J • ; fi ' . . Jnon J , J. T. Granger. r, nl an o;. 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Jal c- » r.. *r-a! j' ' t tfnrlb \ftil' t/ntChU --f .a * J bl': dfi I , Vi <.J riqo'i ■1 ;e.,» .r, .ia *0" . f iJ ^ 1. ► ' ■ i ' vl IIP ; J I nc .'!• iiJ iul r.iUJii ; ».Tt • 111 mill tiiol 1114*^1? ,1] • I oj lik iri|.i->i, t ,r In c. hj t '■ * Ir fsggj 1 ;. , J. . . nj .1 1 ,1 . UPff , i bluov oa 1ri.f.0-4q iol . anr,' ni».J ■'••i|/ , - ■ r.c'j •> ff) ipvo, .uttrtlu^l 'IfJ Ki o. April, 1885. M. Y. April 21, 1885. Dear General: ' I enclose the kind of letter you sug£;ested that I should send you which I hope is all right. I suppose Granger has given you the result of the meeting the other day. Ivr. 'A'alters told me about it and that he had proposed a 20^ call. I believe that v/ould have been a good thing for while but very few would probably have paid up, it would have given them the chance and let the company out. V/ith all the talk they made not a soul has been to see me since I got back and only one; lot of the stubs sent here for transfer and that by J. A. Kohn ^ Go. who sent it up by a boy. I think there wont be anything more done or said and the thing will die out and 'meanwhile the 4 ten will be finished. Felsenheld made a splendid report about the Road which was very satisfactory to all. I think the way '^alters talked to them at the meeting did a great deal of good. A party told me that 'Wallace who used to be in 'office had been rather thick with that Com mittee but that is all that I have i;eard. Now I am more afraid about our Land Grant than anything else just now. f.r. G. does not seeu. to remember about the contracts and all the resolutions that were passed and I am looking for Iv^r. '''dieelock daily who I hope can get the matter in better shape. It would be a shame after all -the fights to lose it now and we will get the whole of it in time. I was in V'ashington with Judge Dillon and Barnum when Tiller signed there. If you were only here it would help matters particularly when Wiieelock is here. i^-very stockholder in America has been building on this D^ant and if anything presented the issue of B--as later it would make an awful hurt and suits and trouble from the whole of th.em. Judge Dillon is very much an noyed about the shape it is in and I suppose has written you or Granger has about it. The Barnum side would also make a fuss about it. Salterter and all the Philadelphia Directors of the Texas Pac. will be over there next week. They leave Saturday night and will go over the whole road. ^'e have settled the.Cowdrey and K arie Sanison suits so now the Mo. Pac. is free from all litigation and the stock and Consolid ated Bonds beyond any question. The !•'. K. & T. works are closed for the election and no trouble anttei anticipated from any one and the foreign holders are all quiet. I believe the big deal of the future is going to be in Union Pac. but whether to go down or up I dont know. I believe it was a bad move letting Kr. Gould and Sage out. They close the office here on the first of B/iUy discharge all the force but Ham and he is to get a su.all office to attend to loans and look after their niatter on a small salary. The Union Trust Go. will i^ay coupons and transfer stock. I think K'r. Gould and Ir; Hopkins will soon niake a trip west but whether they will go to Texas or not I dont know but they probably will. W'ill telegraph you when they go if you should wish to meet them anywhere. The Bond niarket i§ getting very strong and the stock market will feel it soon. Perhpas you will have seen Whcelock on his- way up. He ought to be here tonight or tomorrow morning. Very truly, A. H. Calef. 163 April, 1885. Council Bluffs, 4/26/85. Dear Gran: Friday and ^'r. Galloway sent me word that Ivr. Adams would like to see G. P. "I'right and myself at Transfer at 9 l/2 o'clock. We went down and met him there in his car and by appointment Mess. Dey and Coffin ol' the ■'■owa Commission were there. Mr. Adams read Chapman's letters and referred to passage of Resolution. Mr. D. said the latter went thro so quick he knew nothing of it until it was passed. After talking with "^r. Bey some time the conversation be came somiewhat general and ^ave me a chance to say that 1 did not approve of Mr. Chapman's course neither did the majority of our people and while Mr. Chapman had worked himself up to the belief that C. Bluffs was being greatly injured. I as^ed M:r. Adams to wave the spirit and unkind tone iianifested and the blow struck at Des t-oines and hold an interview with Mr. Chapman and his friends. Mr. Adams at first said he did not see how he could to and see a man who had attacked-him so uanecessarily but Vvright and myself finally obtained his consent to meet I-r. Chapman at 9 l/2 next day. Our next mission was to see Mr. C. and consumriicte the arrangement. He thought it strange Mr. Adams should come and send for n;e instead oi' the Mayor. I explained that by saying that 1 presun.ed I was sent for because I was a brother of one of the Dii-ectors and we mollified him as far as possible-and worked for nearly an hour to have himi decide upon some plan of meeting IviT. Adams and every tinie we remindegl him of the necessity of this he would branch off on some general statement of grievance and I then realized for tiie first time that Ivr. Chapman was a sick man. This matter had so absorbed his thoughts and been dwelt upon so much he could not take a reasonable view of it. He finally said I will call my committee together and send for me and some plan would be agreed upon. I met them in the afternoon. Chapman, Haas, Stewart, Shugart, Merian^ and Loomis of Bradley Imp. Co., Sclioutgen, Hill of Empkie Hardware Co. and half dozen others who represented firms who ship goods from this point. None except those I name our old or representa tive citizens. TI.ese men claimed to have grievances as shippers and have been Mr. Chapirian's supi^orters in h.is course toward U. P. I found Stewart, as it always is, anxious to fight and he seemed to he the leader of tie party. -I stated to them that ^r. Adams was grieved at the uncalled for treatment he had received. After promising to come and give his personal attention to your grievances you have struck him another blow. I said "Gentleinen when you want favors of an individual or corporation or even when you want to obtain what you , think is properly due you, is it not ti;e gentlemanly way to approach them by a committee in an amicable manner, and have you ever done this7" Ctewart answered 1 always begin by pounding. I answered that lie by that course would do this city irreparable injury. I battled with them for two hours and think made some change in their feelings as Haas cane and said to me i think now tiiree fourths of our men would be for peace« 1G4 They agreed that Chapman and Kaas would accompany '."right and myself to. meet h'r. Adams party and bring theiii to Board of 'i'rade rooms where a committee appointed by Nr. Ohapmian would meet them. vVe carried out this prograirime and Saturday- A. 1. at 10 the meeting was held. hr. Chapman, Stewart, Haas, Tom Evans one or two men froni the Bradley Inip. firm, Sl:ugart, J. J. Brown, N'.r. . H. K. Pusey and several others. N:r. Everett was also i)resent, he and a nuuber of others present were there in addition to tl.e iiien selected by N'.r. Chapman. , VPnile these men were presenting their grievances I stepped around and requested soii.e of our citizens to come around and meet Wr. Adams alter he was through with the "shippers"- Casady, Blooii:er, Biersheim, Phillips, "allace and others were introduced by me to Mr. Adams and Nr. Calloway, and they returned to the Broadway Depot where their car.was waiting. No time to drive them about the city as I had planned . Mr. Adams and Mr. Calloway and Mr. Ames-all treated me very cordially and said they should be glad to communicate with nie relative to any matters that cone up which effect interests of City. After they left C-eo . "right went to Chapmans and I to see Spencer Smith to try and turn iiiatters into a .more peaceful channel. Smith said the "Shippers" grievances which Mr. Chapman made so miuch of and talked about so miuch fell flat. The River filling they found had been abandoned and other matters Mr. Adams proposed to leave to the iowa Commissions and be governed by their decisions. These men who had worked themselves into a rage over ijetty annoyances or agravations occasioned by the ill,feeling of subordinate officers realized when they camie to talk with Mr. Adams that it was asking too much of him to investigate personally all these matters. He told them the local management would correct any wrong. He made a good impression, so did Mr. Calloway who said but little. Mr. Adams said you are favored in having a director, why dont you con sult him about these m.atters? other one of the board. counsel ?/ith. hini miore than with any This interview was a decided defeat of Mr. Chapman and his war party and V/right says they met again that evening to kick themselves because of the unsatisfactory result and have decided to put their .griev ances on paper and submit them, to Mr. Calloway as suggested by Mr. Wright. They no doubt realize now that they began at the wrong end. In convei'sing with Spencer Sndth I found he had a .grievance and it seemed to nie a real one and which if corrected would turn all the other niatters of difference into a peaceful channel. . The Non pareil gets very little work from U. P.* Their monthly bills will not average f^lQC while those of Rep. & Ferald are four or five thousand each and these papers are being built up by U. P. and their prosperity is crushing him out. Many of his presses are idle and his bindery only partly in use. lie has h.an as.surances from Mr. Calloway and your self that it should be corrected and the Nonpareil have, at least ^1000 per month but he thinks the Omaha papers have such a hold through clerks in the offices and other ways that orders from those in authority, if given are not obeyed. This is a wrong that ought to be righted and it is so much of a snag in the way that 1 have addressed a personal letter to Mr. C. today, giving amt. of Nonpareilbills each month this year and put the n.atter before i.im so I think he will give it his p)ersonal attention. 1G5 Sheet rf 2 ^11^ April 26, 1885. G. . Dodge In exacilning into this niatter I see as never before how much injury is done us thro the prejudice and ill will of those in minor positions and cherkships . For instance an order will be made out to Fonpareil for a job of printing by the proper officer.; and in passing thro the proper channel is changed to another paper. Storekeeper and Stationery Agt. seem friendly to Nonp. and say they ought to have more work and promise they shall but for some unaccountable reason they get but a pittance and then generally that which is bid for and prices of last job run about thus. Reb. 2B5,Herald$2£5- Konp. 75^,E. City times 70^^. The Nonp. got it and made about .-1:8 out of the whole job. When any work is given Nonp. the Oimaha papers know it before the order reaches Nonp. office and when any bidding is .done the differences in prices is much as indicated above. Carrie came thro safely arriving this morning Very truly, N. ?. Dodge ; '.vt 167 On the .morning of April 27, 1885, I received a disp^itch from Wt. lucGregor stating that General Grant had.died that morning at 8 A."., It fell to my lot to taRe an important part in the arrange ments for the funeral. There was a great contest as to wherGeneral Grant should be buried. Many wanted him.buried in Washington, others wanted him buried in Galena, Illinois, but it was finally decided tijat*he should be.buried.in Riverside . Park* in New York, and a temporary tomb was erected there to receive the remains. The funeral was.a very large and impressive one,' the military and other organizations turning.out. ' The streets were, lined with people, wliO had gathered from all the. States. In a letter to the. Boston Journal, I gave this short tribute to General Grant: "Geh. Grant is measured from two standpoints. First, as a soldier and commander; second, as a civilian and statesman. As a soldier Gen. Grant was modest, retiring, unassuming and easy of approach, seldom, if ever, si-owing «gager; standing by and. supporting tho.ie in whom he tmsted, or upon vrhom'he liad placed responsibilities, even in their failures, if he believed that,they carried out his commond to t e besi of t':eir ability'and "with the full strength of tl-e forcesunder them. He had no use or sympathy for an officer wiio in battle or holding nny position did'not use to the utmost limit and fight to the utmost strength every person under liira. Witi. Gen. Grant suci. action on the part'of an officer covered a multitude of omissions. His strength of ch-racter is well illustrated by his reply when asked what he cldiraed f6r the Battle ^f tlie Wilderness. It is well known that Confederate officers maintain the opinion that if this battle had been fouglit unc er any other comiPand,' the results ensuing would have caused a retreat ■ instead-of a.n advance. Gen. Grant ans'wered .tliat all he Maimed was that after the battle the Army of the Potomac would never fear Lee, and that Lee's losses could never be replaced, and thai the Union troops would have a much smaller force'to meet in the rest of the campaign-than they encountered at the be;'inning of the Wilderness fight. General Grant's fame came from tl.c fact that he was generally victorious, and finished successfully the CJrtil War, but the vital question is. Why did fc-e people, , with unerr" g instinct, lick to tliis Tinhnown man when thefq were inany others more prominent in the field. ■vlio wore gaining, wnil^t he was under a ban, even after his first great victories? What led them to so fir;.;ly support l.im-through all the time ho was in the mist of a storm of abuse? My ansv;er is that'Grant ^as the first commander who cave the North to understand that he would use the force placed under him for al it was worth. They said: "here at last is a General who will not temporixe, who will not compromise, and who will fight at.every opportunity, regardless of numbers, and -will attempt to capture every strongl:old of the enemy and beat dovm ..is armies by main force. Gen. Grant believed tht the North had superior numbers and stronger sinews of war, which, if properly used, vmuld cause the victory to finally rest with liim. Superiority of numbers and equipment would not succeed unless used with a determination and continued force commensuaate with their strength. Grant saw this; saw that the nation demanded action, and saw it and demanded -lis services, no matter whot the'critics, strategists or officials said of him or of his acts, and today the world admits that his methods in war are- the only ones to bring quick and sure success. It was Grant's determination in.every battle to use against the enemy every gun at his command, and when liis battles are studied it is wonderful to see how he marshaled his forces. They prove t.,at he had the genius for concentrating and fighting his command upon a givsna point; therefore, it was mathematically certain that in the end he would win. He tied to'hiraself with hooks of steel all those who served under him, from the fact that h.e sunk his own personality ..in liis endeavors to give credit and nonor to everyone who successfully took part in any battle under hin.. Gen. Grant as a statesman: As the years pass by and his acts are measured by the results of his administration, it is being m generally admitted that he was equally as great a statesman as he ^ was a soldier," * I Years after before the Loyal Legion of New York, I delivered an address upon General Grant, which appears later. " ' Soon after General Grant's funeral, the Grant Birthday Association of"General Grant was organized, of which I was made President and up to the time of the death of Mrs. Grant, on April 27th, we had a banquet; generally five or six hundred people attended these banquets. Statesmen, diplomats and distinguished citizens from all over'the United States attended it and the finest orators of the country delivered speeches on General Grant, The Mexican Government was represented at these banquets bixt its ambassaiJor,to this country, Mr, official staff. The plates-at the banquet coat $20--the souvenirs given generally cost about .,$10 each and were very remarkable. Many attended the dinner for the purpose of getting one of the souvenirs. 169 In the meantime other organizations had taken this matter up, the Republican Club, the Union League Club of Brooklyn and others, so that on the death of l.Irs. Grant we turned our work over to the Republica Club of New York and discontinued our Association. In later years the attendance at the banquets grew less on account of the number of clubs that took the matter up, whose members naturally v/ould attend instead of going to our banquet. Then they made tiie price of ti:e and banquet much smaller, generally held them in their club rooms. NOTE: Page 5, scrap-book 24 see Anecddtes of General Grajit. 1 /i May, 1885. N A. Rosefl, Auditor, New York. May 6, 1885. Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- Af^er the Ft. Worth & Denver City Baord of Directors act upon the resolutions which lave Been sent, the Construction Account which you have heretofore carried in rny name can be carried in the name of the Ft. W. & D. 0. Ry. Co. All you will have to do is to Chang'- your heading in the books. I want this account kept entirely separate as though it was done with another Compny and a settlement made between the Construction Account and the Operating Department the same as though they were two separate concerns. For instance. When ever freight bills for which the Construction Account ewes the Railway Co. proper, are turned over, the amount should be charged up to Cost of Constn;! ction and be offset by a credit to the Treasurer for ^he amount of money necessary to pay them. That is to say, the T.easurer will be charged with them just as though the money had been collected and returned to him, and he can be given credit as though he had sent you a check for the amount, although it is not necessary to make the exchange of ftinds. The material which v/ill be turned over by the Texas & Colorado to the Railway Co. can be accounted for in the same manner. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge, G(n.'l. Manager. The followin resolutions were sent enclosed in letters to Morgan Jones, President, copied on pp 16 and 17 this book. Resolved--That the Treasurer of this Company is hereby authorized and instructed to issue and deliver to G, M. Dodge, $340,000 of the Stock of this Company, to be used in payment for the construction of the saia road from whichita Falls to Harrold, an d to fulfil the contracts made in the sale of securities by direction of the Company. 173 May, 1885. New York. . ■' > 'i May 6, 1885 Morgan Jones, President, Port worlh & Denver City R'y, Ft Worth, Texas. Dear Sir: I enclose herewith a report of the action of the Texas and Colorado Railway ImproveraentCompany, making a proposition to your Company for a full settlement forsll work done, and for the cancella tion of the Contract between them. I also enclose the necessary resolutions to be passed and acted upon by your Board of Direcotrs. Please be careful to have the Board act upon them without changing them, as they have been acted upon by the Texas & Colorado Board here, and I don't want to be obliged to again call them together. It will be necessary for the Stockholders to act upon and ratify this settlement, and I wired you today to publish a call for a meeting of Stockholders to be held on the 20th inst, for that purpost=. Hoave as many of your Baord of Directors present as possible, and see that your call for the meeting is perfectly legal. I will send you from here a written notice of acceptance of the call for the meeting from the New York Directors. I will send instzuctions to Mr. Montgomery to turn over to your Company all the Town Sites from Fort Worth to Wichita Palls, and such bills receivable as he nay have on hand and will direct him to follow out your instructions in relation thereto. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. ' President. P.S. On reflection I have concluded to have the pnoposition submitted to your Company in the form of of the resolution of the Texas ^ Colorado Improvement Co s. Directors, and sent by the Ass.'t. Secc'y. of that Co. to your meeting^^ proper person to bring it before the G. M. D. 175 May, 1885. C. L. Frost, Sup't, New York. May 7, 1885. Ft . Worth, Texas, Dear Sir:- You will have to send us so as to be here by the 1st of June, $42,000 out of your earnings. If it does not come in you will have to get it out of the banks there. In addition to this you will have to send us out of the construction fund in your hands $16,671.36 being the amount Mr. Grangerpaid out to you from the funds on hand here, which now stands on the construction books to my credit. On returning it here, it will be charged up to me and leave the Treasurer's account all right, I don't know whether or not you have money enough to do this and pay all your construction expenses, but if you have not I will try and help you out in some way. This money should be sent so as to reach us by the 1st of June. Start it in ample time, so that there will be no delays. Whatever money you have on hand you had better send at once and keep on sending it along as you get it in. While in St . Louis I saw Dr. Smith, Treasurer of the Misouri Pacific Co., and he said that he could allow the freight accounts for freight over their system to stand for the present; of course whatever back charges they have paid out for us in cahs, we will have to repay. i'ours truly, G. M. Dodge. 177.,.. Now York, May 9,1885. Gen. John W. F;ller, Toledo, Ohio. My dear General;- I am in receipt of yours of Februory 11th. I have been sick in the south foi? bhe past three months and only returned here a few days ago; hence my delay in writing you. If you sent me your official report of the Battle of Atlante, it . is among my otiier records in Council Bluffs. I have with me only my army letter book, and find nothing in it giving a separate account of the losses in your division at that battle. Referring to the battle, I find the following: "I cannot speak too highly of officers and men during the engage ment. It was a critical moment f r our armies and any fal lure on our part to have checked the advance of the enemy in our rear would have proved fatal. With three brigades disposed in single line, numbering some 4500 men, over one-half of Hardee's Corps, viz: Walker's, Bates' and a portion of Clebourne's divisions, was met and driven back with great slaughter, leaving the dead and severely woiinde in our hands. During the engagement on my front, prisoners were taken from 49th different regiments, 8 brigades and 3 divisions. 351 prisoners were captured, not including those taken by General Mersey's Brigade on the line of the 15th Army Corps, 8 battle-flags and some 1300 muskets were captured and turned over. 322 of the enemy's dead were buried in ray front. Where all did so well it is hard to part44ularize. General Fuller had a critical position and he handled his conmrrd with great skill and good judgment. The Brigade commanders. Col. Rice, Merrill, Mersey and Sprague v.'ere everywhere duty demanded, and by their personal exertions and presence gave their officers and men that advice and encouragement that enabled them so well and bravely to hold their lines. Batty. !'. 1st Mo, Arty, and the 14th Ohio Battery massed in the center of the 2nd division, by l.olding fast and working their guns, even when the enemy were 150 feet distant and were pouring upon them a terrible fire, aided effecturlly in driving back i.is advancing columes, more especially division upon which they had a direct and point-blank range,* I am. Truly, G. M. Dodge, May, 1885. MADISON CITY RAI]-WAY COMPANY James H. Zearing, Superintendent. Madison, Wisconsin, May 13th, 1885 Dear Gen'l: I received your note of 3d inst. and was very glad to hear from you. I had felt anxious to know how you endured the .trip to N. Y. and glad to learn from your letter that you arrived feeling as well as you did and that since your arrival you had no bad attack. I hope you will continue to improve until I hear of your perfect recov ery. I should be glad to kno- that your indigestion was being re moved as it has niuch to do in causing a tendency to attacks of the gout . It would be well whenever symptoms of it appears to take freely of-the dalycilate of soda which will neutralize the acid formed by tb.e indigestion, which parsing into the blood disposes of the gout. It is of very much importance to guard against over eating and eating too rapidly. It is best now not to crowd the appetite as by this time you have made considerable blood and you will gain strength faster to just eat as much ac the stomach will easily digest. It is possible the tincture of Golchicum may affect the stomach, if you think so it might be well to take it in smaller doses but not suspend it entirely. It should be continued for several weeks. Ithink it would be of much benefit to drink freely of the Wankesha water. I corresponded with the proprietor of the springs and he reconmiended it should be procured from his agent in New York. The agent is P. Scherer & ^o., No. 11 Barclay St. I wish you would bet some and use it. I hope you are getting regular warm weather which will be in your favor. The weather is good here now, though it held very cold up to a few days past. If the weather holds rough on the sea-coast I think it would agree with you to spend a month here. The lakes at Madison are beautiful now and you would be delighted with the yachting and fishing. I was out an hour last evening and caught fourteen fine bass, a few of them the gamy black bas.;. They take the hook now very quick and it is fun to land them. Ihc fish here are as good as I ever ate. I could make you quite comfortable here and the s.ring Waters here are the same as Wankesha. Be sides this I have picked up some new points in Bazique. I had an interview with Mr. Pusey at Chicago, I gave hin, a fair state ment of the business at the Brazos, with what in my opinion could be done there if he took an interest. He seemed quite favorably dis posed toward the enterprise and decided to go down and look it dver. Gen'l. I would be-very glad to hear from you soon again. I hope you found Granger much improved so that you will not be compelled to overtax yourself with business. Give Granger my best wislies. ^ P.ei pectfully yours, j|l J. R. Zearing. 181 Uv'a«qunX •iiiliU'vfSir 10 . ci.iJ T ■ f r.n. ■ Broadway New York, Hay 18, 1885, ?. Tl I ,«idiiir.D answered takinf^ care P. S. Bond, Esq., • 26 West 22nd St., New York. Tr Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of April 24t., which I have not answered on account of my absence. The mofst successful system of maintaining and taking care of bridges on a completed road; I have found to be as follows; The bridges on tne entire system are under the Chief engineer or some competent head who is a judge of bridges and knows all about them; he appoints an inspector for each division of the road, say 800 miles or thereabouts to a division. This inspector is a practical bridge man or bridge builder, it is not necessary that he should be a scientific one, but he should be, a practical workman vrho knows all about timber and all abou the strains on a bridge, and who can test it and examine it in all its parts and report upon it. • Next oome the btidge foremen, who have bridge gangs uncer them on each division of th-> road,and who do the actual work. This- bridge gang generally works under the Superintendent of the road or the Division Superintendent who gets his plans, orders, Scc. directly from the Chief Engineer or Chief of Bridges not from the inspector. The division inspector exam nes every bridges or. his division carefully once a month, or it may be it takes him longer. Where the bridge needs any imaediate repairs or immediate attention of any kind, he at once notifies the foreman of the local bridge gang, who goes to the bridge end makes sueh repairs as are necessary to make it safe, and generally if there is nothing more needed than a stick of timber or somethinf- of that kind, he puts the bridge in good shape without waiting for superior orders. But, whether the bridge needs general reprairing or a general overliaulingj or there is need for any large expenditure upon it, the course .^ursued is flifferent. The inspector in his monthly report to the Chief engineer makes a report of the condition of every bridge by its number. If any local repairs have been ordered ypon it, he so states. If a bridge did not need any immediate local repairs, but would soon he so states. He gives a careful detailed report of the bridge and its condition throughout. If the bridge needs any general repairs, he states the fact. The chief engineer in order that he may see whether the inspector's report is right, send s acopy of uis report to each of the foremen of the local gangs who give the points mention ed in his report•immediate•attention and send in another report or take such action as is necessary. When general repairs of any kind are needed, the chief engineer the inspector and the foreman go together and examine the bridge and decide what is to be done, on the ground. It takes about a year when you start this system to get the bridges in proper shape, especially the minor ones so that the inspector's report on them can be checked up before the repairs are made, butwthen in operation, it will be found that from his reports, the bridge gangs almost entirely maintain the bridges; and you will find that when you get to this point the cost of repairs will be about the same each n.onth, and you can almost determine the percentage it requires to ke/p the bridges in repair and maintain them properly. S There is another great advantage in this monthly inspection, in the case of iron and stone bridges; if a wash-out or anything of that kind takes place, it is soon detected. If the bridge is out of carabre, if any rods are loose, or if its strains are unequal it is detected immediately, because as a general thing an inspector will wait till a train passes over it and from his levels will find out where the strain falls. Mr. Garvey of the Texas & Pacific has adopted this sytem partially or fully, and I think has blanks for reports, "■cc. When I was in Texas last he told me that the bridges on tliat entire line were in good order and needed no overhauling. He had got them in hand so that he coufid repair them with the regular bridge gangs without any extra force at any time. In this system you have got to eliminate you r bridge inspection and bridge repairs and maintainance from your roadmaster or superintendent, because the system once entered upon must be followe d out completely except in the case of extraordinary floods when the active direction of the supei-intendent and chief engineer is required and the Resident Engineer acts under the direction of the General Manager or Superintendent. . There is a complete check, you will notice, in ^his system. The road-mastep watches the foreman, the foreman watches the inspector, and the inspector watches both. I have always been_in the hatit of taking for inspectors some first-class bridge foremen; practical bridge men who understand repair ing a bridge economically, know the quality of timber, and understand all kinds of "patching up" as we call it. I have found that this syten. of reports and checks is a very economical.onel if your inspectors are competent men you have one invariable system oi repairing your bricges. Whereas, if all repairs are made as the foremen of the local gangs dictate, they often pull your bridges to pieces, take out good timbers and leave poor ones,, and do a great deal of unnecessary wor; , and are'not systematic, and as you know lose and waste a great deal of timber. Your inspectors in their reports make A statement of jafet the quantity of timber needed, and you have a perfect check upon the local foremen, stopping waste and loss. . t The local foremen also soon work into tlie system of repairing or putting in temporary bridges, &c. under one plan, and in case of any great washout or injury of any large bridge which forces you to bring them all together, they can work under any one chief and accomplish almost twice the work they do when in the habit of working separately. Truly, ,G. M. Dodg-. . ^. 1 r ; f I " ; q J r'li- of* .6til,! lo t Xfl.|or!03 >n» a:i iHa ffW htta nn ra-io i o.u lojpeGhrtl eh.' . . . wihf iio ,enofc Acf at 4ehw j-r} oj aieJuv/ aiaj rroq cuf - i^f ^ r juorfu aeHmJ jt eerto totila ei.' aecyMij ni nesblttf /Hd wrij »|(l hnuoJ w* lUv j| nl _ „ .ill; hi'w % . I ' artlthni .tl a- r>,tj eaiMieJel) trnmta rwr wo* . 1x7 * ' Jt'otlJ .lie.' .i 'w^ ilriQei iii ■ ' ' 11 1885. 183 Chicago, May 25, 1885. 3600 Michigan Avenue, Dear Gen'l: I was about writing you this morning in relation to Wheeler and his enterprise and have this moment received your letter of 23rd inst. I was much interested in the perusal of your letter and can see from it that you still have a fight on hand with the rebel gout. But I have confidence, based on my knowledge of your past history, that you will beat the enemy if it takes all summer. It is a fight with guerillas and you know what they are, they are more liable to attack the outposts (as the great toe) than the main body. But by hammering away at them and cutting off their supplies, they can be cleaned out. I feel confident that as soon as summer weather is well on the improve ment will be more rapid. I would continue the colchicum regularly, but in small doses, so that it will not affect digestion. I think your diet is all that can be desired; this together with your strict adherence to temperance principles, will bring good results. I am looking forward to your becoming eminent as an Apostle of temperance. To attack the enemy in his entrencr.ed camp, towit: The Union League Club, will require the utmost courage and skill. I would suggest that if they make an obstinate resistance you should fling in a few double baziques at them, they will soon surrender. I had an interview with Wheeler last Saturday. He had started his machinery the week before, but as I was out of the City, I did not see it at work, he proposes starting it next week when I will see it work. I found from the interview, that in consequence of a patent having been obtained several years ago on his principal im provement, by another party, it cut him off from the use of it and he could do nothing. The parties here who had furnished hirn some funds had shut down on him in consequence oi the older patent. He repre sented that he had made a contract with the owner of the patent to assign to hin. for a consideration in stock and that he now wanted to go to Cincinnati to close the matter up, but that he had no money to pay his expenses. I let him have enough for that purpose and he started. I saw at once that if tiiere was any value in the thing at all, it all depended on that patent. It covers the use of the cold spray. Wheeler claims two improvements, one the perfect exhaustion of gases from his cylinder and the other the cold spray. The first is only a question of a few more pounds of fuel the last is of great im portance and the only thing that gives it superiority over other machines. If he gets control of that I would say that a good amount of money can be realized out of it. Wheeler is extravagant and spends money uselessly if he has it. In the condition of things he should not have spent that iJSOO. in three weeks. Now if his statements are correct there is no need of using but very little more money. It is this, 1st - A party agrees to build the machines at cost and 25^' payable 184 " when sold - 2nd - Parties agree to take three machines as soon as they can be built, at an agreed price that will yield a profit of 50^. No money needed in these transactions. It will require ninety days to build them. Wheeler must be supported for ninety days, then money is in the treasury. Wheeler makes these statements positively and says he knows he can carry them out, he should be held to them. It is probably he will go to New York from Gincinnatti to see you. Mrs. Montgomery called and informed us Mrs. Dodge aid Annie are in the city and will call. I hope to see them. We gave Gen'l Logan a magnifi cent reception Saturday night. His fight at Springfield was well managed. Yours.etc., ' In yl J. R. Zearing, I. I ,.U.v .. . »(<" . 'l'. I V,' ■ . . t.i. I' 1 r, a. . ' -■ v' • • ' W.' / •■ r ' ; J, ■. .. I. '/ C i ^ I J- V '1, "i . d: ; .n r , : . ■ J J . ■ .:d • »' ■ . ■ '.yr • . ' J '.l'w,.' . M , -vj / ;; j ; rr . . ■ /> ./ . • ■'•J l i'i't ■ f n i. ' 1 0 . ,'1' \ I' '(« J ■ ■ «>- : ' :>u ■ '■J i> t nvt.: . ;f ' '**1 i. f -'o p y i- ) ■' ¥ ■ .1 i- it "i y #«•'? .■ » ' I* ."J . r. ■ 'I • ; ' . ■ I ^ . >.■ ■ i' ;,i <■ •' ■ ■> - . J , ' c: I ' '*'.1 .V . . I > . \.i . r • 185 ^ -i'J New York, May 28, 1885. R. S. Haye§, Vice-President, New York City. Dear Sir:- I think tt important that Bonn should provide to spend say three hundred thousand dollars in bringing up the grade and ballasting the New Orleans Pacific as I suggested in my letter. If they do this, it will save more than that amount in wear of irona nd equipment in two years. If they could give the Texas and Pacific fifty miles of steel west of Fort Worth and fifty on the north line and east of Marshall, it would put that road in excellent condition. The bridges on the eT tire road are in good condition. The road-bed of the T. p . proper is in fair condition and steel as suggested will put it in excelent dondition and ought to bring the expenses below 65 per cent. The New Orleans Division if ballasted and brought to original grade will more than pay for these improvements in two years. West of the Atchafalaya you may have to rajase the banks but I woulc fight now. Floods and balast the road; also if the river and harbor bill fail to pass, I would complete the work begun by the government so as to protect our front, and if v/e could use the stone the government has on our ground, thi.s can be dene for $25,000. The road is well in hand and the discipline good and now is the time to put it squarely on its feet. Unless you take radical measures to put the New Orleans Division in good condition by October, it will cripple the earnings of the entire line. Yours truly, G.M. Dodge. June, 1885. C. L. Frost, Sup't., New York. June 9, 1885. Fort Yorth, Texas. Dear Sir:- I notice the great falling off in our May earnings caused by the lack of movement of cattle. Of course you appreciate the necerfity of keeping our expenses down to the very lowest point. We now have no surplus to keep back us and no bonds in the Treas ury, and the road has got to take care of itself or go under. You must not hesitate to cut down your expenditures at any and all points. I wish you would send me a list of the bills you owe on account of the road proper. As soon as I hear from Mr. Ross and get a strtement of what is owing for transportation of construction material, I will try to arrange some way by which we can get it into the Tr asury. You will probably have to take it in bonds which can be sold in the future. You must do everything you possibly can to build up this country into which we have lately gone, for I am satisfied that we shall have to depend on the growth of the country for our support. The earnings will not justify us in attempting to build any more road for at least one or two years, and we will have to wait until we can raise the price of our securities before we go forward. On this account I want everything done that is possible to build up our terminus and get the country round it settled up. It seems to me that the press of Texas ought to work up that ou try for agricultural purposes. If we get a good crop out of it this season it will be a great advertisement for it. I find tha the Fort Worth papers have considerable circulation, but think that you ought to make some arrangement to have somebody up in that country write something for almost every issue of the Giveston News. Whatever that paper says about Texas is widely copied, and every judi«t. clous article in it is worth a great deal to us. Yours truly G. M. Dodge. % 189 June, 1885 X4.49 Lexington Avenue, N. Y. City, June 18. Mr. J. T. Granger. My dear Siri have Gen'l Dodges note from you regarding a photo, front face, of Gen .*1 1Blair that Gen'lD. suggested me writing Mr. Boyles about the loan ol' one he has. I called down yesterday at No. 1 Bdway, taking with me a large bearded front face photo of Genl. Blair in uniform, and also two new positions, photos, of McPherson, that Genl. . E. Strong sent me, thinking that Genl. D. was in the city, but it seems he is not, so I will go on and copy off these as also a new Howard. During my my house to inspect place pretty well e been at home at the picture and stated I ought to make him photo Genl. Strong also and will copy trip down town yesterday Genl. Sherman called at my war relics and photograph's. Mother filled my xplaining what she could. I regret not having time. The Genl. once more examined the "Generals" that he liked the McPherson very well except that more smiling, but I will make a new head from the sent. I have borrowed an excellent Genl. Howard it in place of the other face. I could not find Mr. Boyles address in the Brooklyn directory and I am not acquainted with him but if the Blair I have just borrowed is n:t satisfactory after copying it I will try to hunt up Boyles and secure the loan of the photo he has. I guess his B. is off the same negative as the one I have just secured. You might if you think best send this note to Genl. Badge. By Saturday next Mr. Anderson will have the U. P. R. R. Ft. Sanders photo in a shape to be examined. Will the Genl. be in the city soon? As Mr. A. would like the Genl. to inspect it. Please advise me and oblige. I ani. Triiy yours. ^ James E. Taylor. m 191 June, 1885. D. T. Gorbin, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 520 First National Bank Building. Chicago, 111., June 25, 1885 Wy derr Sir; The machine and process is a perfect success. Owing to an accident to some of the Packing House Machinery we did not get started until this week. This is a small machine which I estimated would cool 100 hogs in 36 hours. ".'e put in 200 and closed our doors at noon, Monday and at 8. A. N'. Tuesday morning our room was 28° and we had to open the doors--20 hours and 4° below 32° which is 6° lower than any other process ever has or can go. The meat was in splendid con dition and every one is surprised as well as delighted. I an. surprised myself as I would have been satisfied if I reach 30 in 36 hours. The dry air I get is a very great advantage both for Packing House and Brewers. You will I think hear of tliis process very soon now, and I hope to get your money out very soon that is if you desire to go out. Yours truly. Genl. G. U. Dodge. E. G. Wheeler. *■1 t * V 193 June, 1885. Chicago, June 29th, 1885. 3600 Iiachigan Avenue, Dear Gen'.l: I had' opportunity last week of seeing Wheeler's cooling process in operation and presuming you .vould like to know about it, I write you. The machine was at work all last week and worked well. IV^eat was hung in two rooms side by side, one room being cooled by '"heeler's process and the other by the old process. The meat in Wheeler's room was uniformly cooled in one fourth less tii e and the temperature reduced five degrees lower than by the old process. The cost of cooling is somewhat in .favor of Wheeler 's process, but would be miuch more so in localities where ice is more expensive tl-ian in Chicago. I would think the process adopted in the k. Worth establishment would make it a success. The parties handling the mieat cooled by this process admit it comes out of the room in better condition for cutting up and curing than by cooling with ice. Wheeler secured from the patentee of the salt spray exclusive use of the process, so that I believe now there is some real value in his system, if it is so, I do not aeewhy he should I believe now there is not aeevfhy he should not commence realizing some inccane fromi it at once. I hope Gen'l you have been improving in your health so that at present you are in a comfortable condition. Yours etc.. J. R. Zearing. K Vn1i'-' J ■ I ■"<'/" '• .m, 1 ■ ' ,»h., . 1S5 July, 1885. Headquarters I^'ilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1885. 1. At a stated meeting of the -Acting Commandery-in-Chief of the Order, held in the city of Philadelphia, ^'ay 6th, 1885, a Charter for the Gommandery of the State of Oregon, to be stationed at Portland,was issiied to Gompahionsr-- Of the Comn.andery of the State of Pennsylvania: First Lieutenant . Kapus; Firet Lieutenant Wm. Ralph Abercrombie". Of the Gommandery of the State of ^-ass: chusetts: Brigadier-General Nelson A. Miles; Captain Franck E. Taylor. Of the Gommandery of the State of California: Brevet Brifadier-General Lewis G. Hunt; Second Lieutenant Stephen J. Mulhall; Major Dewitt G. Poole; Brevet Major J. W. McMurray; Lieutenahb-Golonel Rodney Smith; Captain Gavin E. Gaukin; Captain Benjamin B. Tuttle; Colonel Granville 0. Haller; Captain George D. ^^ill; Brevet Brigadi'-r-General Thomas R. Taunatt; Captain Eli Lundy Huggins; First Lieutenant Medorem Crawford, jr.; Brevet Major-General John >. Sprague; Major iilliam A. Jones. II. In pursuance of the Constitution, the Acting Coihmander-in-Chief directs that the Gommandery of the State of Oregon be organized in the city of Portland, at such time as may be selected by the petitioners III. Transfers of the Companions named as Charter Members will be dated May 6th, 1885, and forwarded to the Head-quarters of the Order. IV. Official con.munications sliould be addressed to Captain Gavin E. Caukin, Recorder, pro-tern, Portland, Oregon. V. The Co. mandery of the ■^tate of Minnesota was organized in the city of St. Paul, June 5th, 1885, and in accordance with the Constituti n, the Acting Commandery-in-Chief directs that the Commanderies of the Order tender greetings to the new Commandery. VI. Official coii.munlcations should be addressed to Bvt. Ma jor-General John B. Sanborn, U. S. V., Cor.mander, or Bvt. Major Geo. Q. White, U. S, A., Recorder, St. Paul, Minnesota. By con.Miand of Major-General Winfield S. Hancock, U. S. Army, Acting Commander-in-Chief. ' John P. Nicholson, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. V., Official. Recorder. Recorder. 1S7 July, 1885. HEADQUARTERS SOCIETY OF THE ARI/Y OF THE TENNESSEE. St. Louis No., July 20, 1885. To the Members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: The Eighteenth Annual Reunion of our Society will be held at Chicago, 111., Wednesday and Thursdry, September 9th and 10th, 1885. The Annurl Address will be delivered by General John B. Sanborn. All the arrangements for the meeting will be under the charge and (21*' rection ofthe following Local Executive Committee. ' Who will give due and timely notice of the details of their arrangements. .Gen'l A. L. Chetlain, Cha Gen'l W. Q. Gresham Gen'l Wm. E. Strong, Capt. Gen'I.Jos. Stockton, Capt. Gen'l J, B. Leake, Capt. Gen'l Rob't W. Smith, Capt. Col. Wm. H. Bolton, Capt. Capt. Rich's S. Tuthill,Gen' Gen'l A. C. Ducat, Gen'l C.'l. August Jacobson, Maj . Capt. Martin Beem, Capt. Col. J. Mason Loomis, Capt. ,Col. W. B. Keeler, Gen'l Capt. Martin Beem, Col. J. Mason Loomii ,Col. W. B. Keeler, Maj . Capt. Capt. Gen'l -Capt. J. C. Neeley, Capt. irman. Capt. W. 3. Capt. F. A. Bragg. J. W. Rumsey. C. i'. Matteson, Jno. F. M.cAuley, A. N. Reece. P. Iv'cGrath, 1 John. McArthur, Jolin A. Logan, Geo. Mason, J. G. Everest, A. T. Andreas. R. N. Pearson, D. H. Gile, Scribner, Becretary. Dr. 6. W. Nixon. Maj. G. L. Paddock. H-aj . J. A. Fitch. Gen'l J. E. Smith. Col. J . A. Sexton . Col. M. L. Barnum. Capt. J. B. Rumsey. Dr. E. Powell, Capt. R. liV. Pike. Capt. B. W. Underwood Capt. G. A. Busse. Capt. J. W. Letton. Gen'l Sam'l Fallows. Officers who have at any tin.e served in the Army or Departm.ent of the Tennessee, are, by our constitution, entitled to membership and are especially requested to attend. L. M. Dayton, Recording Secretary. ) A. Hickenlooper, Corresponding Secretary) W. T. Sherman, President, 198 01 fice of Corresponding Secretary, . Society Army Tennessee. .Cincinnati, July 20th, 1885. I have the honor to enclose herewith tl.e official notification of the tine and place of our next re-union; and inconnection with which, desire to call your special attention to Article 3rd of our Constitution: "The Society shall meet ones in every year, and those officers -who, for any cause, are unable to attend its n.eetings, v.-ill be expect ed to v/rite to the Corresponding Secretary of the Society, and im part such information in regard to themselves as they may desire, and which may be of interest to their brother officers." And also to request, that if, since the date of oun last meeting, the death of any member has come to your knowledge, you will at once advise me of the fact, and, if practicable, obtaii and .forward a sketch of the.life and military services of such member. , In accordance with instructions of the Society Reports of our Annual Meetings from September, 1677 to Octobex-, 1883, Nos, 14 to 16 inclusive have been re-printed in two handsomely bound Volumes of about 500 pages each, and are now ready for gratuitous distribution to paid-up members. About 400 Volumes will be sent to Chicago for deliver^^ .to members attending that meeting. To other paid -up members they will be sent either by mail or express, but as they are too valuable to be lost by misdirection, you are requested to advvse the undersigned to what address and by what .express .company you desire to have .them forwarded expressage C. 0. D. New members or others, who have never received the first two .VolumesNos. 1 to 13 inclusive, are requested to so state. Deliveries can be made by mail, but is is not advisable, as the regulations require a separation of the volumes and an iinsealed wrapper, thus greatly increasing the liability to loss or damage; if, however, this is the only chanrxel'of communication with your pl-ace, you will plaese so .state, and transmit forty-four cents in stamps with which to prepay postage. A. Hickenlooper, Corresponding Secretary, Cincinnati, 0. July 31 1885 199 Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Headquarters Local Executive Committee, Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, July 31, 1885. The following Comiiiittees are appointed .in charge of the Society of the Arrny of the Tennessee at its eighteenth annual re union at Chicago, Wednesday and Thursday, September 9th and 10th, 1885. . . ■ . . Committee on Invitation and Reception. General J. B. Leake, Chairman. General Robt. W. Smith. General W. Q. Gresham. General Samuel Fallows. Colonel J. H:ason Loomis. General B. Hancock. Colonel Owne Stuart. Captain J. W. Rumsey. Captain B. K. Callender. Captain D. H. Gile. General John E, Smith. General John A. Logan. General John t'.cArthur. General Arthur C. Ducat. Dr. E. Powell. Hajor S. C. Barrett. Captain J. T. McAuley. Lieutenant W. S. Scribner. Captain K. L. Lutz, Committee on Finance. Colonel J. A. Sexton, Chairman. Captain Isreal P. Rumsey. Hajor C. H. Dyer. Captain F. A. Bragg. Lieutenant J. W. Porter. Captain J. C. Neeley. Captain B. W, Underwood, Captain J. E. White. Lieutenant W. G. Mead. Committee on Transportation. General Joseph Stockton, Chairman, Captain J. G. Everest. Captain C. T. Matteson. r. a jor . J. A. Fitch . Lieutenant A. N. Keece General W, Colonel W, General A Committee on Banquet and Toasts. Captain R. S. Tuthill, Chairman. E. Strong. L, Barnum N. Pearson. Colonel Aug. Jacobson. Dr . 0 . W. Nixon. Major W. L. B. Jenney, Coii ir.ittee on Hall and Excursions. Major George Mason, Chairman. Colonel W fv a jor Geo General J, Captain W Bolton, Paddock. Reynolds. Ruff. Captain G. A. Bussee. Colonel . B. Keeler. Ca.Aain P. McGrath. Captain R. W. Pike. Captain G, A, Emerson. Lieutenant C. L. Pratt 200 Con:niittee on Decoration. Captain Martin Beem, Chairman Captain E. P. Tobey Captain C . V'". Laing. Lieutenant E. P. Fisher. Capatin Holmes Hoge. Captain C. H. Cooley. Lieutenant. C. L. punting. Gomrnittee on Printing and Badges. Captain A. T. Andreas, Chairman. Captain A. J. Harding. Captain J. L. Bennett. Lieutenant-Colonel B. T. Wright. Lieutenant T. '!!. Setton. Dr. J. K. Zearing. Lieutenant F. C, Wilson. The several Comiilttees will obtain their badges at the rooms of the Executive Coumittee, at the Grand Pacific Hotel, on the morn ing of the 9th of .September. The tickets for. the Banquet can be obtained of tP:e Committee on Banquet on and after the morning of the 9th of .September. Ladies of the families of members.can participate at the Banquet. Officers who have served y/ith the ftrpiy of the .ennessee, and who wish to join the Society, will apply to Colonel L. Dayton, Re cording Secretary, at the rooms of the Executive Committee, on the 9th of Septem.ber. Kembers desiring .information in relation to hotel accommo dations, transportation, etc., will address the Chairmen of the respective committees. The Committee on Transportation will in due time issue a circular-letter to the members, giving the reduced rates of transpor tation on all railroads running into Chicago. A. .L. CHETLAIN, Cahirman Local Executive Gomudttee. W. S. SCRIBKER, Secretary. •»> -/r «•. * -;{■ -;f p- • -v; Ait 203 August, 1885. OMi.F.A BELT RAILWAY GO. Ofi'ice, Rooms 25 & 26, Kebraska National Bank Building Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1st, 1885.. Dear Genl: I am in receipt of your favor 24th inst. earnings etc. Your ques^icns are hard to answer are so many contingincies aside from the fact that learned out here concerning the L. P. except from the earnings this fall will be less than last year at same time the volume of traffic is greater with To thoroughly understand and appreciate tlie situat the ground, it can't be explained .at least I am sa in regard to U. P. sati.sfactory there nothing can be observation. That there is no doubt, few except ions . ion, one must be on tisfied I cannot. Through business froui and to Colorado and California has be sides the southern route the D. & R. G. ( Denver to Bel.t Lake) with its east and west connection, this covers Gal. New Iv^exico, Utah, Nevada and California. The Northern Pac. competes for Nontana and Oregon. The G. B. & Q. in southern Nebraska and the C. & 11. W. in northern and north west Nebraska get their full siiare of local business out a,nd in the state. The C. & K. are pushing towards the Black Hills via Shadron, so that Deedwood and other points in tlie Black F.ills along with Butte ,Iv ontana, are the saniO as eternally lost, to the Union Pac. The local traxfic along the short Line n.ust be created whibh under the present traffic manageiuent of the Co. will develope very slowly. The policy seems to be to turn all attention to Competing points, and let the local or new competitive points take, care of themselves until some other line gets into that vicinity, and then its always too late. I tell you that the Oregon Short Line is not a mistake it has business resources which if properly fostered and developed by the U. P. R. K* will make it as important a line for revenue, as they have in the system. The movement of grain, flour, stone, fruit, stock, lumber, coal, ore and other local products will be immense providing the Co. will give the subject,which is vita], ordinary attention and proper encouragement. The people in Oregon want Mdse.,all kinds of agricultural iinplements, furniture, machinery etc. in fact every-thing that is manufactured. Including Wyoming Coal, and in return give for ship ment lumber, grain, flour, stock, gold, and silver ore and bullion, fruit, etc. Not a car should go east over the short line empty. There is no end to the lumbei' in Eastern Oregon and as you well know, there is no other lumber timber on the U. P. from Huntington to Omaha, but there is no necessity for hauling it east of Cheyenne, but the lum.ber 204 for all points west of Cheyenne should he supplied from Oregon. There is scarcely a lumber yard between Granger and Huntington. A country cannot develop and become prosperous without markets, and ^ markets cannot be established without towns and towns cannot be built Wi without lumber. One of the first things for a Ry. Co. to do, should be -to help build up the towns by supplying material and encourage capital to invest in the local towns, and stop squeezing them to death in their infancy-. The Oregon short Line and Utah Northern interests are simply neglected, left to run themselves as far as the traffic is concerned, and while the operating expenses must be kept up whether earning any money or not, there is but one resutl. The Colorado traffic history of the U. p. has been repeated •in Montana and is today being repeated in Idaho and Oregon. You mark my words. Simply burnishing up old muskets and having dress parades, never yet won a battle and attending Pool meetings and printing tariffs will never create business for a Ry. or even hold what they already have. Both proper and necessary, but only preliminary to the real object to be attained. The U. P. interests in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Oregon are great enough to require the undivided personal attention of the Broadest man they have in the entire traffic Dept. instead of being represented by one or two clerks with out experience or brains or authority to use them even if they poss essed those qualities. The business is there the question is will they ever discover it before its too late. The crop prospect in Neb. is very flattering and the tonnage to be hauled to market greater^ than any previo'us year. This is true also along the system in Kan- ^ sas . The increased milage of B. & M. and C. N. W. in Neb. on both sides of the U. p. strikes country heretofore tributary to U. P. and will at least divide the business, which is another contingency effect ing earnings. So that taking it all in all. I should not consider it safe to expect increased earnings on any part of the system as com pared with last year, and I am satisfied the expenses (actual operating) are greater. Yours very truly, J. M. Eddy, , .'ti' i' /■ . ■ \i.>i 2C5 August, 1885. Au^st 'IBBS • Morgan Jones, President, Port Worth, Texas. Desr SirtI am in receipt of your favors of 23d and 27th of August. I wired Mr. Frost to get all the bids he could on ties and make con tracts for them , extending payments over as long a time as possible. I have not yet received from him any statement of his action. I am in favor of hard pine ties for Texas roads. We have contracted for two locomotives, but it will be the middle of October before they will be ready for shipment. Wo could have bought locomotives weighing 79,000 lbs. for prompt delivery ani for less money than the contract price of the engines we have ordered, which weigh 86,000 lbs. I think it is a mistake to use such heavy engines, but they wanted them and insisted upon them so I ordered them. In all these matters you must look after the finances. We have now no bonds to sell and nothing from which we can expect any revenue except the net earning,s and you are a better judge than I of what vve can do in the way of renewals and ballasting. we must first take care of the interest on our bonds. I don't think it is wise for us to talk of or think of any further extension at present, or at least until we get movement of our securities, which I intend to have some time in the fall, if I can make the arrangements. In regard to inducing emigration to the Panhandle I think it would be well for you to get up in our office a neat, well printed and well-worded circular calling attention to that pary of the country, and have them distributed in the States you mention. Put in this circular a clause explaining how the State lands of Texas are to be obtained by new settlers. This last I consider a very important point. The circular r^ould be made up with a very little expense, and I think with you that the results would be good. The trouble about getting the a sistance of the Houston & Texas Central people in such cases seems to be that nobody there is captain. There are two par ties and both are in court. In my opinion you are the only person who can do anything towards getting their lands put on the market. It must be done there. There is nobody here who wi]l take the necessary action. Please keep me fully posted. I Isa e here for the west the latter part of this week and shall be gone some time. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 207 September, 1885. The Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas. 1 Sept. 4th, 1885. Gen'l. Dodge, Dear Sir: I expect Ross back todcy, and I will have papers attended to immediately. Rumors are about that G. C. & S. F. Ry. expect to con trol our Road next election. Prom what I learned while in New York, I am inclined to believe an effort will be made on their part to get control of the stock. I want to say that I want you to protect me, or put my stock in the same trade as your own. Should anything be done aa you are on the ground and know what is best to be done. If anything should happen that the S. Fee Ry. should get control I want to get rid of all my interest in it. I do not intend to say that I am acared. I only write this to provide against accidents. Carey wants to sell his interest, please issue balance to of $18,000.00 to me, or keep it in your name and give me a due bill or receipt for it. Britton told me yesterday that Gordon says he is going to build the white Oaks Road. If the coal is as good as represented that is the best opening in this country I wish you would see about it. If you think best I will go up and make an investigation oi the coal there. When I was there over a year ago the coal was not developed sufiiciently to judge oi it. I can get about four good men from St. Louis to go into it. Howard and Harrison, and I think Nicholls will join, arid Kerns if we want them. Howard and Harrison s.>oke to me about it when I came through St. Louis. Things on the Road are running fairly smooth. Earnings for Aug. are a little better, about $44,000,00 I think, Harrold is dull we want more settlers in that country. Kind regards. Yours truly. Morgan Jones. 209 Septercber, 1885. Sept, 7, 1885 New York. G. P. Huatin^ton, Esq., K'lills Bldg., City. I have tried to sec you several times in the past two weeks but have never been able to meet you. I am going away to night and send my Secretary, Kr. Granger to hand you this letter and talk with you in regard to the lands in the Fanhaf^iltLe of Texas owned by your Company. I want to know if some arrangenient cannot be made by which these lands will be put into the market on some terms. There is now a large immigration tending in that directio.i from the North-west, and the Fort Worth & Denver is going to make a great effort to increase it, and if you would put any price or terms on your lands there we wo Id state it in our circulars, and I believe it would help very materially in bringing go^d citizens into that country. There is a great growing demand for- lands in that vicinity and in my opinion this is a splendid time to put them in the market and sell, and ^ hope there is soiiie arrangement that can be made by which your lands will be offered to settlers. Yours truly, G . M . Bodge ., 211 September, 1885. The Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, Treasurer's Office. J. T. Granger, Treasurer, 1 Broadway, New York, P. 0. Box 1763. Sept. 8, 1885. Genl. G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: I today succeeded in seeing Mr. Huntington and had quite a talk with him in regard to putting into the market the lands in the Panhandle belonging to his Co. He says it is their desire and inten tion to put these lands on the market, b.^t they cannot do it until the lands have be n examined and graded by their land experts, who have already been ordered frOto SanlFrancisco'into that country. He thiiiks they may be even now on the ground, but if not they soon will be. As soon as they make a report on the lands the Co. will be ready to sell them and willing to join you in any advertising which may be thought mutually advantageous. Mr. Huntington expressed himself as very favorably impressed with that country and the value ol the Ft. W. & D. as an outlet from it. . He asked a great many quest ions about the road its length, equipment, debt, earnings, physical condition and management, and seemed to take considerable interest in it, and was of course pleased with the good showing it makes. He made a memorandum to write to Texas at once and hasten the classifying and grading, and I believe he will soon be ready to sell the lands. A. J. Kohn & Co. No. 19 Broad St. the same parties who made such a kick against the T. & c. Settlemen have published a call asking the stockholders of the American to meet at their office this after noon at 3:30. I have consulted Judge Dillon about this and he advises that I send an unknown man there to ascertain "hat their grievance is and what they want. The Judge believes and so do I, that were I to go myself I would come away no wiser than before. I will let you know the result of the meeting as soon as I have anything from it. Wessrs. Hill, Wing & Shoudy, Attorneys for the Plffs in the suit against the Pacific, are after Mr. Humphreys, demanding fziom him an affidavit in regard to his connection with the Co., his resignation and all the circumstances attending it. Mr. Humphreys is very much exercised in regard to tnis and has consulted me about it, and I have advised him to consult Judge Dillon before he makes any answers to their interrogatories. I have sent all mail of interest to you in a separate package by Express care Meek, Des.Moines. Yours respectfully, J. T. Granger. September 16, 1885. 213 Fairfleld, Iowa'. .Sept. 16, 1885 ' Gen. G.M.Dodge, New York City, N.Y. My Esteemed Friend & Sir; I I want to sincerely thank you for your recent letter, I hope you will pardon any seeming delay in acknowledging , arising out of re peated calls av/ay from home since its receipt. I am asked to allow the publication of your letter entire in the Midland Monthly, or would you authorize me, the occasion arising, to otherwise giwe it publicity? ^ The family are in fair health and were likewise greatly pleased at what you said and in the way you said it. It would be great pleasure to us to have you stop and see us, if anytime, you may be jja^sitig throu^.thou^ we are not unmindfull however of the pressing demands on your time. I am. Yours truly. Rollin J. Wilson, 217 r roJ.'. oO «owol Council Bluffs, Iowa, OctolDer 10, 1885. S. R. Callaway, Esq., * vX tmrno"' Genl. Mgr. U.P.Ry., Omaha, Neb. ' Dear Sir:- I visited Omaha and founc you were absent, lut I saw I'r. Blickensderfer and "explained some things to him. When you build the new bridge, it will cover the table lands bordering the river on this side witi. settlers. The lands are mostly above high water and have been laid out in lots every since 1861. -They are known as the Brown's Addition to the City of Council Bluffs. As soon as occupied, the city will want communication through this addition to the soath side of our approach to the bridge. V/hen we built that approach we agreed to give the city this communication,- north or south as they should require it; and the city would probably wait until your bridge was built and people had settled on the lands and demanded it, before calling on you. I wish to suggest to you that before widening your approach, you put in one or two passages- say one on^4th St. Brown's Addition. This could be uti ized for the passage of our road and street car traffic to the South track of your road bridge, and thus save one passage. I also think that by taking a little trouble at the beginning, you could at the same time you arranged with the City for the passage under your tfack, also arrange for the city to open ICth Avenue through to the river, thus giving yov a street for your street car line that would go directly to the transfer. If you desire to obtain the earth to fill your approach where we obtained it before, I believe it can be done at little expense..Mr. Wright, your old 'attorney, and my brother Mr. N. P. Dodge control m-^st of the property "and could be of aid to you in procuring it. Either of them will be glad to aid you in the matter, I make these suggestions, as I am the -only one now,, 'who das a full knowledge of our old agreements, right of way. &c. connected with the building of the old bridge. It will be an easy matter -as soon as you make your plans, to meet the city authorities and arrange with them what shall be done so as to avoid trouble hereafter. • . I regret that I could not see you, but I will have to go east/ My sickness here has detained me longer than I expected. I have explained pretty fully to Mr. Blickensderfer, whiit in my opinio;i should be done to protect us in the future. Yours truly, • . ' ' j 0 ^ M. Dodge # V' ■ {'. Uv a. r- * "■ ?'■ ' ' '' " e JKrJ TVtlftoi' iTj'il r.s oi me • I .."In. .jlex vm no .. nliqai fvo .vir% JnaS r.i-7 nl.u' begfoeio en n* . oon «« alif bSoi I ..ijlhr 'Iv oJ euiiafiff *>(1® aiufw|t , .'ft dllLfhinoor. u(,j Cnrno' saw Mr. Blickensi' - St '■ J r . , ife'il p.s oi wfn4 aj tmiio ) <f0a bXuo9 w(i eei nl.i* I t bne , 10 .♦ vj ee nnfiR 'iJ oJ zlqn-' . 'i • wlwX \>a (TP kW.j# e.'J S0HS ^ Ktmwf i r'A.Air beofoeio en n* coon «« alif bSoJ a tp wbiriiiff (*no u%u4 blif> . i-^Xffrt .|Xw^ o<7 (.« or. tUbbin o,|® wiurw^ i*»iii/t Xiio«k/ieS . !i 218 r , JI I'srfoJoO ,n\/rl J" " Council Bluffs, Iowa, Octo"ber 10, 1385. General E. Strong";, v r ^ „ Dear General: ' *■ ' While in Chicago at our late 'Reunion,' I re'ad your very interesting paper on the death of General McPherso; . As I stated to you then, it is the clearest and most accurate I have ever seen. It agreed with my reoailection. On my arrival home, I referred to my official data relating to the battle of July 22rid and to my notes on the death of General McPherson. ,I find that "your account in all the principal points coincides with my data, and I thank you for putting in such admirable form so full and interesting an account of the events of the 22nd and the sad loss of our great commander. I also thank you for your truthful description of the fitting of the 16t.. A.C._ on that day. Although only three Brigades of it were on that part of the 'field, ye^., by their gallant fightin , they that day save(4 our army from great loos and defeat, repulsing Hood's well planned attack in our rear. As Blair well said, "The Lord placed Dodge (meajiing the 16th A.C.) in the right place that day." The loss of McPhe.rson was such a shock that I think all failed to placed the victory where' it properly belonged. Especially unfortunate was his .loss to my Corps, for he was the devoted friend both of it and myself, and ho saw the onslaught of the enemy, .and the magnificent fighting with which my corps met ti.ree times its number and drove them back to the .woods. KcPherson was killed, without doubt, after one o'clock P. D. I find in my entry of that date, that I opened the battle at two minutes after twelve hi. I immediately sent Capt. Edward Jonas, A.Dw/ to General Giles A Smith, requesting him to refuse his left and cover the ground between General ^'uller's right and his (Smith's) lihe, informing him that the enemy were far in his rear. He said he would do so. As the battle progressed, and I saw no movement on the part of Genei'al Smith, .1 sent, I think. Col., Tichenor, a.d.'c. to Smith, to inform him that the enemy mere passing my .rlgl^t flank, whicli was opposite ; is center and rear, and requested him to refuse his left Immediately or he would be cut off. Col. Tichenor returned to me at 1 P.H, saying that Smith was ju.st being engaged, that he had received orders to hold his line, .and that troops would be thrown into the gap. My Aide returned over the same road McPherson waxs killed upon close to 1 P.M. and 'evidently after you had taken the order, to General Smith to hold firm. General McPherson was not aware as I was that the enemy were passing around Fuller's riftht and swarming into the Vroods between the IGth arid 17th A.C. Nor was I aware that General McPixerson was on the field. I was watching my right flank, knowing its exposed condition, and also seeing that the enemy overlapped Fuller on the right as well as Sweeny on my extreme left. Soon after 1 o'clock, reports came to me from both flanks that the enemy were overlapping them. General Blair came in person for aid while I was heatily engaged, and said he could not get to General Smith. I told him that as soon as we chocked this (the second) attack, that I would turn one Brigade of Fuller's on them, and I request^^ ed him to try and reach Smith so as to help Fuller. As soon as he check^^ the second attack. General Puller swung one Brigade sharply to the right 221 October, 1885. The Fort Worth & ^^enver City Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas Oct., 1885. Gen'l G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: I have just returned from Elpaso. I did not go any further than the organ mountains. I met several persons who had spent some time in the White Oak coal fields among them was P. F. Barr who was sent them by the Sante Fee folks; from what I can learn of the coal fields it will be best to spend not less than several thousand dolbrs to prove up the coal before building a Railway. Gordon has bought and paid for what is known as the Williams mine which is badly broken up, the coal cropings is very extensive, extending many miles. There is a new charter gotten out by some Elpaso parties and right of way obtained through town in the name of the Chicago, St. Louis and Elpaso Railway Go, their plan is to build from ElPaso to a pass in the mountains about 130 miles from Elpaso and 35 miles from White Cakes where they think they can get plenty of coal. Then across the Pecos valley in a N. E. course through the corner of the Pan handle of Texas, and into Kansas, they claim that parties Interested in the Chicago B. Quincy are encouraging them and will help them to build. They want me to join them, but I dont like their plan, dont think they will accomplish anything. No subsidy of any a/c can be gotten just now, on a/c of this new project, I find that the tlexican G. Ry. is paying $7.00 per ton to the Sante Fee for their fuel. The T. & P. ought to build this road. Of course it is still more important to Huntington. I will wait developments for the present. What do you think best to do? Please write me. Our business is not as good as I expected. Oct. so far is not much better than last year. There is about $6000. on hand, $5000 of which will be sent to New York today. Orr & Mail owe $4300., Rayden owes 11 or $1200.00 for freight. Frost has some private arrangement with him. There should be nearly $20,000 net for Oct. I have still 20 Bonds on hand, 60 was paid for grading 30 for Building Tanks and Depots etc, 72 sent to New York. Deduce out this 10 Bonds paid to Kerns by Granger total 172 Bonds. Expenses on maintainance of way, cannot be cut, with safety, other expenses can. Round House and a host of snail expenses is what counts. Cattle loading outfit at Harrold is an expensive outfit grass burning is a heavy item which can be lessened. Killing of Stock is another if the money spent on Frosts can the last three months was put in fencing, and protection against fire, it would do more good. In making out the Statement of the cost of construction how do you want the securities to appear? How would it do to charge everything as cash and paid for in bonds and stock, or charge Grad ing and Bridging with so much bonds and stock? Please write me in regard to this. How do you want the two miles of renewals with steel to appear and Cars charged to stock cars, also Rolling •^tock Hoping you have got entirely well. Yours respectfully, Morgan Jones. . • ■•h . ■ o,/i (. ' ■ r rm-' 4 V -jC ■'/[ . . ',iT^ ■ ■ <jn • • , • i ' •' ■ "A ■ ^ • i'K • : V ^ ' • ' I ' -'i... /■ '■7. . ■ '!! • ■ 1. ,. ♦♦<4'' ,/ ; .. - i .. ... 'j ' ' : •/ iff . . i.Tti. .,, 'A' ,1/5 .' ; 4 ' ' ' ' ,1 "" i- ''' ' ' ' ' ' ".irf,'- j •»••• ■ /a - r . r • ' . . ? : •• ■ ■ ,I ! :c ' ■ •r'-'V. , • ^ • ■ . . .1 ^ ^ • . . I*'.' ' , ,> '■ ; - .U^ , ■ . v;-v * V, ' • i • V ^1' ^ ■ • .•.4: ■. V. . ■ . - ■ • ■ ' ' ' ■ '"j vrf. li V ■ 'c, ' ■' ;-i ,r ' ■ r ' ir r. . ' • : 't.- . ' 1 n.. f r > •; ^ J •' i) '• %• i: . f-' '■ 1-: "■ ■' T' . .♦♦V L'V : yf ;TC- ; .VJT, I C 'U r.'; J i;i ■ V 1;-. ?.'■ ' , ■ .;rr II I 'v '< ; > (.'l . . .•^3- October, 1885. Chicago Oct. 17th, 1885 3600 Iviichigan Avenue. Dear Gen'l: In reply to yours of 12th Inst would say that I applied to V/heeler fora view of contracts. He was unable to find any but the Supplemental contract, of which i took a copy and enclose the same. He says the original contract'was written on a small piece of paper the back of a telegraph blank and in an informal manner,, but as this contract refers to the original as still being in force it might become of importance to have it. I have urged him to look further for it. t'.atters are getting badly mixed up. I have been working to get Hately Bros to close up their contract for a machine in con nection with the adjoining packers. As soon as this was accomplished I saw a way to get your money out. We had hoped to close it up this week, but in the fore part of the week some lawyers came around with an old judgement against Wheeler, trying to attach '^'heeler's stock in the company. They went to Hatelyswith the matter, and it so disgustdd them that they kicked back on closing the contract. We are ncv; trying to get an extension on the collection, but it will be hard v.-ork to get the Hateleys up again but as it is of the utmost importance it must bedone. The stock oi the company is $300,000. Wheeler has been holding all of it until this week, the company made hiiii turn over ftl38,00^ ol' it as property of the company. Corbin has issued to him !;fl2,100 this makes a little over half of the stock out of his hands, the balance he is liable to dispose of in any way to raise money for his personal expenses. I think the best way i^to have him issue to you enough stock to represent your half interest which as I understand the con tract is one half of all the stock of the company and then give some one here your power of Attor'ney to receive the samie and use it for you. It will require close and promipt work to save your interests. Yours etc.. J. h. Zearing. 225 October, 1885. • St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 21st, /85. My dear General: Thanks for your good letter of 15th inst. which duly reached We all regretted to hear of the illness cf Mrs. Pusey and Miss Annie, and trust they are improving rapidly; it was the first intimation we had of their sickness. I expect to remain in the west until near Christmas so as to close the various little matters, which need attention, intermixed with some quail shooting. Hoxie looks better and is in better health and spirits than I have known for some years, and after the experience we have had, he does no carry his business from his office. The reasons of my resignation were many, but principally I was sick, tired and weary and having enough money to keep me in funds for six months or a year, with sul'ficient friends to borrow from, in case I was short, I determined to try a rest with freedom from re sponsibility. Ever^'thing was in good shape for the change, the or ganization complete, labor troubles about over, the proper-ties in good condition and bright prospects ahead, so that I could well be spared with I'oxie to tumble into my vacancy. I have not yet "made my pile" to retire with to my satisfaction, and so expect to get to work again in some way or other in six months or a year, with full vigor and vitality and with the experience of the past. I have hardly yet started on my career as a loafer and am a little uncertain about its success, but as soon as I get to liew York I will hunt you up to show myself and get some "points." I hope you have recovered from your attack oi' last winter and can enjoy your self in the rising marAet in 'Aali St. I am only afraid tliat the "boom" will be rushed too quickly, and consequently the greater reaction. There seem.s every reason for a good healthy reaction from the stagnation of the past few years, but not enough reasons for a sudden inflation. If you should come west before Christmas, I hope you wil come to St. Louis and give us a day or so. "Ve will all enjoy it, and endeavor to make you also do so. I have no definite plans for next year except to enjoy myself as I best can, either in this country or across the waters, until next summer or fail, when I hope to again find some harness to get into. Gov Brown and his family are of course much "broken up" by t];elr affliction, but the Governor seems, and I know he will tale pleasure in reading your letter, when I next see him. Both Iv'rs. rioxie and the Doctor join me in kind regards to yourself and family. Yours very sincerely, R. S. Hayes. ■< . 1 , ,, A. * k * I T ' t" '•'u f -l- -:.. • .1V. , 7h/- -i» ^ ^ i^l ^ y ' ^^-T'-^^Sunday, ^'^Sundav. Ontobar October 25,. 1885. Rflb ^ I met Gen. Hohn A. Logan this irorning at 5th Av. f^otel, " Loom 41; his son was with him, and we discussed the Atlanta Cam paign. I had informed him on the 21st of the reason he was not appointed to the command of the Army of the Tennessee when McPherson was killed. The conversation drifted into the reports of the Battle of the 22nd. He said that Sherman was all wrong in his ac count of the recapture of fiercer and Smiith's line and DeGress' Bat tery; that he came to me in person and got forcer's Brigade and led it into the fight, and it retook the line. He also said that the troops that I sent him on the 28th saved his right, when Buckley's Brigade had given away. In speaking of the capture of Snake Creek Gap, he said he was present at my interview with McPherson in of Resacca, and took part in the conversation when I proposed to at tack and carry Resacca; he also said he had always been under the be lief that it was Sherman's own desire in appointing him to the CoiTimand of the Army of the Tennessee, and therefore he was greatly as tonished to know Thomas' part^^n the matter,- that he had the power afterwards to have reL.j^'^^d Nashville and won that Battle himself; but he liked lre*i«4j*^and wouldnot interfere in the matter. Logan told me he was writing a history of the cause of the Rebellion and should take it from the Comimencement of the Government to the close of the Rebellion; also that he was writing a history of the UrtVu l^teSpwas personal to him and his comrades. ■ iyr\ 229 October, 1685. THE WHEELER REFRIGERATING MACHINE GO. First National Bank Building. Romm 520. Ghicato, Oct. 27, 1885. Dear Gen'l: I had interview with Wheeler to day and told him I had bought your interest, and wished to know what that interest was. He replied that it would be one half of his interest after the debts were paid and all contracts complied with. That is he had 150,000 of the stock of the company and he wa^ owing over .^20,000 after the indebtedness was paid out of the stock one half of the remainder would belong to you. I then asked him how much stock he was silling to transfer to cancel your claim. He replied that he did not want to transfer any afe it might take the whole of it to pay the debts, tha t he would make the stock pay the debts if it took the whole of it. Ke then said he would be willing to sign over :j|;45,000 of the stock to satisfy your claim. This is a pretty small coirpensation for what you have done. The question to decide is, had we better take it. It is very small but in addition to its own value it would carry with it a fourth interest in the 150,000 of stock that the company hold. Unless you can persuade him to a better offer, my opinion is, from what I can see, that it would be best to take it, it is probably that or nothing. He is getting deeper in financial difficulties every day, new executions coming^'out. I think l:e has assigned all his took to keep it from attachment. But he could probably now release the 45,000 stock, after a while he will not be able to do it. The prospect for a contract with the packers at stock yards for building them a machine, has been looking very favorable the last . few days . If you approve of settling on the above basis and send on the assignment I will attend to it. I will await reply to this letter. Yours, J. R. Zearing. 231 October, 1885. The Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas October 27th, 1885. Dear General: I have just returned from Auston and San Antone, The Santa Fee folks tak a good deal about extentions, but from what ^ hear they are divided as to the points to extend from. I hear that most of them want to extend from Coleman County north, follow from Ft. Worth to Gainville . I hope they will not extend from Coleman County north, it will be a serious matter for us. If they extend from here to Gainsville it will not hurt us much. It will be a competition of the M. K. & T. I wil try and keep posted on their plans, and let you know as to Round House expenses. It is about the same as usual. We went over it when you were here, but did not suceed in making much changes. The only reason why I called attention to it, was a pile driver and wrecker we are now making why Frost should build or experiment on things he knows so little about, I never could under stand. The only reasonable thing is an engine bought of Cowan, and the Flat car. The other part is a good deal of money spent for very little use. It was this and changes on his private car, that caused the trouble between us a month ago. It is no use suggesting anything to him, he knows it all. The new engines got 'here a week ago. They look good and strong, we have not used them yet. I hope they will be as good as No. 1 & 2. I will quietly see what the right of way would cost to get in here. It will add greatly to our opperating expenses etc, etc to build our own line here, it should ohly be done as a last resort. The T, & P. & M. P. should be our allies and I hope you will succeed in making satisfactory arrangements with them. I will try and see Thugmorton and Wellborn and I will write to Culbertson who is a friend of mine. I will get Van Zaudt to see or write Coke and Maxey, I have no influence with them. In regard to our line in Indian Ter, I am a little bothered about the Santa Fee western extention. I do not think it wise to extend into the Pan Handle unless we can get some connection, but we cannot afford to lay up a let the St. Fee head us off. If I understand your instructions, Kr. Ross will send you rough statements to morrow, that you require. Yours very respectfully, Morgan Jones. 233 October, 1885. The Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas. October 29th, 1885. Dear Genera}.: Are the statements forwarded by Ross what you want? Mr. Hoxie wrote me yesterday in regard to expences of Engr. hurt last spring. I think it policy to pay it, what do you say. We are a little short of stock cars at present. I wrote Newman to get some from St. Fee, I also wrote him to see if anything can be done to com plete with the H. & T. C. at Albany. They are getting the trade be longing to our Road on a/c of low lumber. I think I can compromise a goose bunny, a big one, for a annual pass with Tom Wagner. I wish you would give specific orders to have the right of way plowed. I am tired talking about it, and there is some fencing that ought to be done, instead of paying $200.00 apiece for bulls. Please write me what line of policy you wish defined in annual report, in view of uncertain developments, we had better say nothing, only speak of reports. A party here is working up the Brownwood Ry.scheme. This scheme will be a benefit to us, and the system. They have got bonds for considerable right of way. I am not sure but what we can do worse than taking it in, as the route is through a paying and settled county. This will put us in a more independent position in the cattle trade. I think it will undoubtedly pay fix charges on say $15,000. 6^ bonds per mile. I looked up an entrance for F. W. & D, Ry. today, and think most practical thing to do is to get the city to let us come in on Elm St. which will bring us from Trunty bluff to our Yard. This will take a very high trestle and Bridge across Trusty bottom, but I believe it will be the best and cheapest. I would at least like to have a line run, to get the levels. This would cross the St. Fee grade on Elm St. at an angle of 43^. We would only have to buy a few hundred ft. near the River. The only expense this side of the River, would be damage to lots and small houses on the St. I think most of them can be settled very reasonable and I think the City Council will give us the right on that Street. At least I can try them if you think best, write me what you think best to do. Yours very respectfully, Morgan Jones. 235 October, 1885. Jas. A. Evans, Consulting Engineer, Office, Room 390 - 20th ^t. Denver, Colorado-, Oct. 30th, 1885 To Genl. G . M. Dodge . . I ^ Dear Sir: In answer to your telegram of yesterday asking "What kind of a line would it be from Colorado City thro Ute Pass up the Platte through.Weston Pass to Leadville through Quebec pass to Headwaters of the Grand River, down the Grand to the Coal basin, across White River to the Colorado." I think it would be an extremeiiy;^.rough one. As a means of setting forth with some attempt at clearness this opinion, the attempt will be made to look the matter over in some sort of detail. • Starting from Coloi'ado Springs, the first thing to do is to get into the South Park; the only way to do this is found by means of the Ute Pass by way of the Fontaine-que Boulle and Manitan Greek. The elevation of Col. Springs 6100 Ute Pass 9500. I am in formed by parties connected, with surveys lately made over this ground that a gradient of Z% can be had here but from a close aquaintance with these mointains I should think it would be at the expense of pretty heavy work in grading and considerable development of line, always a costly process in these and all other similar mountain countries. From the Summit of this pass, a descent will have to be made into the Park ard the drainage of the Platte. The Elevation of the Platte where the line would probably strike it about 8800. Starting from this crossing a considerable stretch of favorable ground can be had. I should think 40 miles at least, which favorable condition would continue until the necessity for making the ascent out of the Park by the Weston Pass becane necessary. This Weston Pass is not in the Main range but in the Mosquite spur more formidable if any thing than the main backbone of the Continent. The Weston Pass has an altitude of 12000. All the passes north of it in this spur are still higher, as Horse shoe Pass, Mosquito Pass, the latter 13200 ft. The Weston is a flat topped pass, so that there is no good way of reducing its altitude by tunneling. • I am of the opinion that a gradient of about Z% (by pushing the line up the Park Northerly and then doubling back) can be had over this pass, with moderate grading for mountain work. 236 tie had Objective point a much better line can pasa whiov^^T ,® coming of the very considerable elevation of this Shall refer to further on. ^PProach to 1+ return for the present to the ^'eston Pass. The itseir^^®' due South Park as before intimated is conparatively irici^ epn ^ great measure to the Superior altitude of the Park feet and also the facility for the development of line dls.tance,. ^2? be .The Shall "'S-de the\LProb« ^'^ation of Leadville is lO^iOO. Idont think the distance h ^han 11 miles and the worst broken country of any we ^ to notice. The slope being cut to great denth bv Iowa, Illinois, Empire and California., jhis section ^ Wece Of line. ^hrt ^h Pw at Leadville. dij.Py bp I am sure that i CuV® Waston Pass there ^ summit. If this is a fixed point iv, anv t can be reached in a much better is no necessity for making this r^' tK Weston Pass tnere xs n.. necessity for makin' thir Tt. ^ summit. 'S this ^ould be to preserve as much as possible tho bp Of b Oupboss the D. & S. Park at Divide, altitude to ?lth '■bf! l-eol!'- of tl-e Park) maintain my elevation ! "bere Proi;®aa, cut off (an old and abandoneri'„.®®P to the right, °^ll^nii|raaJnion until the country in the ArCsari»d°>»'-e) still "ohbh^t and then parallel the p. 4 R. valla, caught ah is plenty of room in this valie, fo°\®bout 10 Slles ^ thuss:. tn a The + nr/^ two U te Pass ^ tern Pass ^3, 1/2% \ ..J^sadVille ^la-ftrte. Un!'>0Srv^®<^nardi line would prove to be the rk K,. "^^What longer. "^®^test altho in a "P ^ Rc\ fun ^ money has been spent by a Qq ^Uch ®^Uch over this country in plain sight or the the to from 20.,000 to 25,000 dollars and i om very visible y Of valuable facts to show for it. Afraid not «y old boys are on this survey in suhnR./n ^^ken, ^^ve taljtced freely to them about it, thinkir. cap- the hint might there'^^i^f^^^S to Leadville, and in view of your messap-e as eettin«^ hea^i Headwaters of the Grand through Quebec pals |®ttinj^ This much ? P®^haps it is not of great importance. ^ thfi mouth Of certain however you cannot strike the Grand river above the Eagle river, to do that, it would be necessary to par- Sheet •I h:< October 30, 1885. Gen. G. M. Dodge. allel the D. & R. G. as far as Red Cliff to which point their line is operated at present. The next important feeder of the Grand R, is Roaring Fork to reach this drainage from Leadville will be found a matter of con siderable difficulty outside of the Tennessee Pass occupied by the D. & R. G. the summits are high and the country very much broken. The grand river between mourth of Eagle R. and Roaring Fork is somewhat close although it is believed to afford sufficient room for a line. Up the Grand R. from mouth of Eagle River are several close and difficult canons but as these are outside of the discussion they deserve but a passing notice. From Leadville to drainage of Roading Fork, I should regard as the most formidabel country to be found in these mountains the most ■ costly and most continuous. The valley of Roaring Fork would be a most desirable drainage to occupy the best mining activity is found at Aspen. Some 18 miles below, coal of the best quality in great abundance, the valley from its altitude susceptible of cultivation. Considerable business is done to and from Aspen to Granite on the D. & R. G. and St. Elmo on the D. & S. Park and no doubt much more would be, if facilities for trans portation were available for low grade ores now effectually embargoed by the cost of wagon haul. Froiii the mouth of Roaring fork the Grand is an open valley as far as it would be desirable to occupy it by the line you indicate which would be to the mouth of Rifle creek a tributary coming in from the north and cutting through a valuable coal field for its almost entire length naking a summit at the head of the creek. Altitude 7800fD. (altitude of Grand R. at mouth 5500) you can take the drainage of Pi-ceance Cr. and reach White river with easy Gradients and light work indeed once within the drainage of Roaring Fork the line to White R. |190)miles) would be a cheap line to build. The valley of White River is wide and open as far as to Col. line (95 miles) beyond that it be comes closer but not so as to prevent a cheap line being laid down it clear to its mouth. White river empties into the Green but a short distance below the mouth of the Uintah a tributary coming from the V/est follow ing this up to the mouth of an affluent (Strawberry I think) we shall strike a line run by Mr. Reed in 1864 for the U. P. R. which Affluent heads with the Tunparagos and affording access to the Salt Lake Valley. Coal. You will have gathered from what has been said that the first coal field on this route is that in the drainage of Roaring Fork, this is a coking coal of excellent quality and the smelters of Aspen draw their supply of coke from there. 238' It is visible on the Grand at mouth of Elk creek all along Rifle creek, or White River below the mouth of Ri-ce ance Gr. and again on the White River near the Colorado, Utah line. I cannot give reliable information as to quality and character of the coals outside of the Roaring Fork Coal but from the comparatively small amount of geolo gical disturbance should expect to find them lignites of variable quality such as Rock Springs and Gou.o Coal of the U. P. system. Being on this subject I will now indicate a line from Col. Springs to mouth of Roaring Fork that may be of use sometime. The line via Leadville that I have already referred to as avoiding the Weston Pass, you, by referring back find in the Valley of the Arkansas via the Leonard! cut off as it is locally called. I would cross the D. & R. G. Ry. at Granite follow:the Twin Creek to Hunters Pass all. 11700 ft. on the other side of this pass and clooc by, we will .find the upper waters of the Roaring Eork follow it down via Aspen to its mouth. This would avoid Leadville which might be considered a dis advantage but more in seeming than reality but 1/3 of the business of that place would .be no compensation for the Cul-de-sac in which we would find ourselves in these mountains. -CautionAs I have stated elsewhere there has been considerable money spent over some of this ground and I am told that an expert was here during the season whose .name I have forgotten, but a New Yorker, who has given a favorable report of the country without seeing it. If this report should fall into your hands you will take it cum-granasalis. to you. Hoping these hastily compiled notes will be of some use I am. Very truly yours, Jas. A. Evans. . ,1 1. I .'',,1 i I'IT 't ? ■It.: .* ■ ■ \ . i-in 'X .f « • » . ■ ■.a, Nov. 1885. Morgan Jones, Esq. , President, 239 New York. Nov. 4, 1885. Port worth, Texas. Dear 8ir:- I am in receipt of your two letters of recent date, and I agree with you in what you say about the extension North. As I wrote you yesterday I had a-long talk with Mr. Frost regarding the policy I wanted him to pursue in Texas. I instructed him to consult with you fully about everything and he promises to do so. .1 think if you bring up the question of ploughing and fenceing he will agree with you, though he seems to thiric we are in no danger from the lack of it. I should not hesitate to compromise a grass suit with an annual Pass, unless it would bring trouble in some other way; if it did would prefer to psy money. Are they bringing in any more grass suits against us? Mr. Frost wanted to fence a long time ago, saying that he could save the cost of the fince in the reduction of the amount paid out for cattle killed. I gave him authority to go ahead with his fencing and supposed he was doing it. I have written him in regard to the' fencing and ploughing on the right-of-way, We will send you some black proxies for the yearly meeting. I am going to a sk for them in the names of Frost and yourself, so that one or the other of you will be there to vote them. Of cours^if you are there they will be voted in your name. Write all your .personal friends as soon as you receive the blanks and get their nroxies. Mr. Mayer and his party here want two Directors. I sunnose however they will be satisfied with one. I think I would not raise the question of the change in relation to the election of Directors. ■Ljet that meeting go. In regard to the Annual Report, all I should say in it fast Sas the country is demands that the it, policy and as of is the necessary Company to ia protect to extend our interests in the Panhandle. I should show clearly the necessity ^h^ch whit''warbullt°^a°d it was built, and the increase extension, in our revenue the difficulties from it. I under ^ notwithstanding the year had been a poor one. the Company had done remarkably well. I would also mention the development of the Panhandle and what the future promises for the country and the Conoany. I would also state in it ^hafwe werf orking harmoni ously with all our connections, and that the Comnanv to to harbor all ini'avor our resources of the Brownwood for the purpose road, but of going is it ahead not best In onr for usr>w« direction if we are obliged to do sci ?f you c?n d? ^nrthing t'o^ar^ 240 ■ encouraging them or aiding them in the construction, I should be glad to have you do so. Or if.you feel,disposed to go in and build it your self, or take an interest in it, it would be agreeable to us. The ' Texas Sc Pacific people I think woul'.' like to see the road built, as it would be a feeder for them and would enter a territory that the St. Pe is now virtually taking away from them. Notwithstanding that financial matters have stnrted up here, it is very hard to float such things just now, and to get good men to ppt their money into them. There would be very little profit in the contruction for $15,000 per mile in bonds, taking into consideration the price at which they would sell. You will note that our own bonds sell at only a few points above 80, and we have a road which earns and pays its interest. It may be possible that they will get the road partially built and then get into trouble, and if they did we might find some way of stepping and taking it. How would it do for them to build it and then to "enter into a traffic agreement with us, allowing us to run it and pay them 40^ of its gross earnings'? I would not want to guarantee any interest; I should rather build it than do that. • My idea in secxaring our right to go through the Indian Territory, is in order to carry out an agreement I have alrea-iy made, giving us the right to use it. if necessary, keeping in the Panhandle until after we pass Mobeetie. TherOTore i want the right to cross through the Territory keeping to the west of the westerly line of Montague County the same as provided in the bill which was introduced into Congress last session.. Mell'ourne and •^hrockmorton ■both understand the matter fully. In regard to the right of way through Ft. Worth'allowing us to come into the city over an independent line, when Mr. Frost was here I told him to have nissell rxxn such a line without attracting any public attention. My idea is that we better get the right of way throug h the City before we commence surveying, around there, so a;j not to alarm the St. Pe people, or raise any opposition. If we once get through the city we can work ourselves through the country beyond. I told Frost to consult with you freely unon these matters anb whatever conclusion you two came to, to act upon it through the city under McLaughlin, but probably Rissell can see where it could be improved upon. I think in putLing any line through there or surveying for one, we should question of stock yards as I have heretofore wribLon you-e yours truly, ' G. M. Dodge. . j.' .b-b ■ / ' 241 November, 1885. BARR'S PATENT, .V.T?ODGHT-IRON RAIL BRACE. James A. Evans, Civil Engineer. Denvei', Colo., Nov. 8, 1885. To G. M. Dodge, Wy dear Sir: I send you hereirith map of Col. with the line I think the best marked thereon. You will notice two lines to White River from the Grand River divide. One by the Agency the other by the draifiage mentioned in my former letter. The one via Agency being shorter will have a steeper grade but will reach a better country and tap the most extensive coal field. The descent by the shorter line can be made v/ell enough. The characteristics of the line will be as thus: From Col. Springs to crossing of D. & S. P. at Hill top, moderately heavy work, say |:17,000 per M. From Hill top to Granite same. From Granite to Asper same as all' other crossings of Continental divide what may be called heavy, say at present prives ( which are low) $25,000 per mile for grading bridging and superstructure. If done in favorable season of year. From Aspen to Western line of Col., Cheap line; should think 11.000 per mile would cover cost including some expensive bridging which of course would have to be done. Very truly yours. 125 miles @ $17,000 50 " " 25,000 205 " " 11,000 380 " " Jas. A. Evans. $2,125,000. 1,250,000. 2,255.000. 5,630,000.= $14,816 per M If there is occasion would like to demonstrate this. The line for Grades would be better to Salt Lake than present D. & R. G road. J. A. E. As to reaching Leadville. You will see that all the passes above the crossing of C. & S. P. at Hill top are high, more so than at Main Range, c nsequentl^' best way of reaching there with this line is to follow Arkansas Valley. The distance being too short from top to Leadville. All passes in main range below or south of "Hunters" drop you into "Taylor Park" where you are in a pocket between Mairo Range and Elk mountains another spur more formidable than the range itself. In main range North of Hunters are a Higher and more, difficult of access from either side. J. A. Dont know Saquache Pass. y . "t V ^ . Hv■1 1 : ' ■ o;.- i J »..■>' 1 , 'J: . i . . . .. : ■ .,i ■■ ' , f 1 i, . It) ■ .t ' ■ ; ' .. ; ! .*#1. yj i . I , i ■ ; ' 'in t , '•» ■ Ln. j ■ * ' ■ '1 ' . / < ' ■ w ' n' . 1.1 ti ' t. r. »J ■ • ■ - t . 1 V. • ■ ' '.mil . J , .r.^. 'V,. ■» 'r n ■ , ) -< . . ji • • : .) 'h; ( t 'l './J. . o ' i .i 'X<' '■> ■ . ■ •h U' CJ t ■ -A'Tl" JOC < vx. tj.y V,''" ' '' ». * I ^ 1 ■ ■ ■' . ' *J! t . i"' ■■ ■ ■ ■ ' "> " ) ,<( ■. . . t : i: /,j*. . , ^V.;. • i - > ' '■«/ ' : i t ,1 ■ 1 . . l-'i. \ ''ft-i- 'v ?»; : > ■K-' nW'./:. ■ ' . -1 . , 1- • .w¥J ¥ii3!' , i J ■ ■ 1 . ■ ■ -1 17 '■ V.-.I !,»u * M ' 7 ', <Ai 243 (New York, November 16, 18 ;5, Col, F. D. Grant, ' ' 3 East G6th St., New York, • ■ " ,'v?«" " My dear Sir:- ' . Referrinjt to General Baldy Smith's letter in the November "Century" if you will turn to page 127 of Fol, 7 of the Reports on- the conduct of the War, you will find General Grant's Ifetter of Nov. 18, 1863, and you will also find it in„Van Horn's "Life of General Thomas', page 168, Van Horn in "s^a¥ihg this battle takes the ground and tries to prove by quotations from letters and labored criticisms,■that the battle was not fought out as originally planned and he evidently was inspired in most of his criticisms by General Baldy Smith tl.ough he does not quote him upon the order of November 18th, bu does upon other orders. The order to Sherman of Nov. 18th, I don't see published. It may appear in his "Memoirs" What I suggest after reading General Thomas' official report and General Bal^y Smith's letter, and Van Homo's labored attempt to prove what Smith asserts in his letter, is, a foot-note in addition to the orders of November 18th to Thomas and Sherman, if you can find it in the Generals' book - something definite as to the order of attack upon the center, to prove that it was the original intention of Slierman's attack at the north end of the Ridge to weaken Bragg's Center, so tha. Thomas could attack the center with every probability of success. There must be some such order o- note from General Grant written on the 18th or sent on that date, in which he distinctly sets fortl: that fact, for it was all the time in his mind and in his conversation and it was known to Sherman and o'.hers as shown in their reports. This fact published with the two letters of Nov. 8th shows conclusively that the battle was fought substantially as Dlanned, Referring to the map of the campagin of 1863, sent by Comstock to Sherman, which yoi^ asked me about, I find that Sherman refers to it in a letter to Corastcok dated April 5, 1864, printed in "Sherman's Historical Raid," by Boynton, p 148, in which letter Sherman says: "That map sent to me contains more information and ideas than a volume of printed matter," and "from that map I seo all," It seems to me It is very im ortant to obtain a copy of that map or else a copy of a similar one which you say is in General Grant's official report. It etidontly is the key to the campaign of 1863 or shows the plan which governed their movements. In the "Memoirs" a person could look at it and see the whole thing much clearer than it could be shown by the text of the book. Yours truly, G, M. Dodge. % 244 .fmev r) . New York, November 15, 1835. from B. S. Wathen, Esq., - , .C ."S . Henderson, Texas. r ' . . ' . " Dear Sir;- \ ' ' ■ Is your health sue]; as to' permit you to make a trip for me, from Harrold, Texas, north to Dodge?. If it is, I should be glad to have" you make the journey, stating at your earliest convenience, making a careful, yet confidential examination- of the country. V/hat I want to ■ ascertain is the character of the oi-^ntry from both an engineering and commercial point of view,, starting say from a point near Grostock, travelin north to Mobeetic; thence tl.rough the country which -ives us the best outlet to Dodge City, I am told that the country above Grosbeck, say at a place called Quana is very rough and it is possible you will have to sweep so as to get into the river valley there; but what I would like is to have some person travel over it, as far north as you thir.k would be necessary to determine what the country would be and to ascertain'the probable expense of building in that country. My idea is to keep in Texas just'as far as possible before crossing into.the Indian territory; keeping ain view the object of mutiny the roads running west in Kansas; for instance, the Gouffld system or the A.T.- -S.F, system '7hen you make a report, send me a map, making it as full as you can and also tell me what you "tihink of the prospects for business through that country. Of course I do not confine you to the points or limits ~ _ mentioned, but you understand the general direction I am seeking to A cover, ™ I want you to go without saying anytx:iing to anyone, or allowing any person to knov/ what your business is, or at any rate, do not allow anyone to know that you are looking at the country for me. If you want anyone to accopany you, take them along and" pay them and whatever you think the service is worth I will pay you, I enclose passes over the Fort Worth ana Denver and Texas 'and Pacific roads, ' ' i » 2 ' H-'O r il ifolttr rmt ' ]. Very truly yours, . ■ e . • ;" n G. • ■fe in *1 ,-,y nil-.! Irtoillo r* r.-zy-'io'* ill o! '.r J kjavoi.rwon 10 'Ai\J n.ayjir'lmrytMO "dJ -aj M.; . ] oj . WO Dodge. iq lo mj/IoY .1 f'.t H oi\o inn Ir .tI.U aXorfv -J . . 'xfaiU '>o narhn on» AO'ii bluoo noairn a oM nl 10 .Ufi Oiii y.f 9d h'rno ncd* nrgBn/o dowtt n ,»3b<y uoT 0 245 frZI- , IMW^'XXJXWCi^w No,- I.Broadway, ca..Y ■ i\ New ^ w York, J. Wi ax« ix Nov^. v •-18, • J-W 1885. .iJnno In oJttmlcUie rt-^.on'X n ■■: ■ * . * i r. ,,. iT , •nt ,'r'>|au. -j..oo mtUo X- nJrvJ'i'; r • ■r-iJ rj -jn- . j,vir I l-'.- nr •■ •; ,; f -^n/o ' UO'^ ^MiiJ ItfOY 0^ Oi • ; :iiqn ,'^nAj c<;^r~: "r- r'rro!Jrnfi.iJWt» .IJ 'Ir;Ini B. S. Wathen, Esq., , '»• f't i- '-' Henderson, Texas, Dear Sir:- In my letter yesterday I gave you instructions in relation ■' ' ViJ rJ jC i; I0OY 0^ n r'rro!Jrnfi.iJWt» Oi. It; Inl vour trip from Harrold to Mobeetie and the that vicinity. When you get up there crossing of the Canadian river in and ascertain the crossing of the river, take up the line which you ran for the IQssourl Pacific where it would cross the river, near the 100th meridian. You have heretofore written of the methods of getting from Ford to Comanche counties to that point, with a vie.v of going south into the Panhandle to meet the F!.. Worth & B.C. After crossing the Canadian on this line, strike west, keeping south of the Canadian River in a south-westerly direction to the Pecos, then pass T/est of the Pecos, cross the Sacramento Range into White Oaks Valley working toward White Oaks, making a co'nection there with the surveys we have run from El Paso to White Oaks. My idea is that in taking the line you recommended from Anthony West, we should carry that line as far west as Comanche or Ford County, then turn south, so as to avoid the ^ndiav territory as muchi as possible, and get in.o the Panhandle of Texas, south of the Canadian in the vicinity of Mobeetie, west of ir or east of it was it may be easier, then work to the westward, passing over the West portion of the Panhandle, passin'' through, as good country as you can find, getting into the mineral country around White Oaks. We have a regular survey from ElPaso to White Oaks, so you need not look thiUt country over, '^'his would giye the shortest and most direct line from El Paso to St. Louis via the Mo. Pac. Railway and is nearl all tlie way through a country which i^ susceptible'^of cultivation and away from the Indian territory, as we would cross through hut a small strip of it, I want you to look carefully at the country anr report what it is capable of in the way of mineral and agricultural products, coal and everything which goes to support a railro-d. I su^^pose you will have to get guides along '.he route, and if you should happen to want any money you can draw on me and I will see that the draft is paid. Work through tJie country as rapidly as you can and when you are through make two reports, one on the Ft. Worth & Denver line, and one on the Missouri Pacific line. In looking at a map of this country it would seem as though after crossing the Canadian river you would mak-'toward Fort Sumner, then seeking a pass tnrough the mountains either north or south of that country get into ti.e White Oaks valley. How far north that valley extends I do not know, but I suepose a considerable distance North of White Oaks Springs. B suppos" you will have to give the country between White Oaks Springs and the Peco - a pretty careful examination so as to find a feasible pass through there. That is really the key to this lino, as I do not believe that there is any country along ST^uth oi the Canadian R, but what is easy to get over until you reach the Sacramento Ra ge. It is possible you may be forced south to the Rio Honda, thence up seek ing get into ST^uth oi the Canadian R, but what Sacramento Ra ge, south to the Rio Honda, thence up that stream and down the Ellarpsa^ but you have a better knowledge of that country than I have. in your reports' pive distances and a rough estimate of cost. I wrote you to treat as private my other communication. There is no objection to your saying that you are going into that grountry to finish the examinations you made last spring. Yours very truly, , . , . . ' G. M. Dodge. - ; : i G a irr >0 rtoUf'/p-f ;:t » a" I irJJ \ .;I al ipvl t -ai riinriO •iW "nlrnnit e fin" oj blon-iaH m-iJ « 4J lo priCiioTO niaitf»o«« >fHi fnatW qir i/o^ nm*W •f'tnlolv »)c»w Jt a-t a.'" )!'♦ l iUAarlM rrf.t aaif ur>\\ jloidw anTX n ^ ru arfaJ • ruilbliaiR oiOOf •dJ jnri oiU luoin tluov ■J ban* aot'i 16 abOrhtf^w mtiJ 16 •loloJmful avoii ijoY etij o.tftt 1© #!▼ » (.Jlw ^Jr.lnq dMiU oJ Cfi.iituoo prionrmoO . >• iio rtPibanaD iJ nltiiOKO "oJlA ^ itfioW .1 fiJ rlb.taiUia*! L o ni lorlf* naXbaraO ".U lo HJuno ilqaajl aHla.t ,f>rtiX o.tn©n?*<ioa.'' PifJ . ono ,i"oa1 oiU lo iaair uaaq ntniJ »jl.f BtlJ- oS oS noX-c-Mlb noX-c-<yilb d< ^ Of m niAr^ |rjC«0 o%'taV. 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''aoaii: I uofum fiimroo " ti-jtn-li ^aw tfih' fl liaaa « in' . not .i .r,. tftroa aw ta , -af fit odi aotl • 1 il i"at itO'01 no v.iim»o Oai ia >'''0X oi i/O" Jitm I . : ■ bfiA Xaoo ,nioi/uotrf faiaifnaltna fina tMoril/ir lo x** octJ tti lo a; « oi lit ifox acoq iffc X .b otffat n itoflhdi ot ««o;S iloMw * aJ i . cgi niV! Y» X"* '^i rtw«h bXnolin 110% IJt r ,rijL/-n nrV nofa aoGlij- ie • tfaq o| ilattb a i iryiJ of-'i fllw t ''fW na ita rta rir g >rai nae 'S9% r.a \ri "lii . - iHot !,f trtff r. ' . ■* , lavo vtJmuno ia..i ioor ion brort .jo ^t.ip • ] '' o y -rv -r i''. If -inw. '>'* I#, ditot ,if aft4 no a,10 ,aiior;At owi a^laat lir-txit ' ♦arrlt nfllnal tttmaiUt! oui ' rt?5»o,h' fa maaa Mwit it yt.'nioo at ii Ic qr.a n ia -iilrfooX ill 'Todi ^tonwr itAf bta»of iTae bfnwr iioy trrli '"ibiifiaO odi nrlfaoio • i " itimroo i-ili 10 tUwna to diion taiijlo anXainifo p.ii .. w^x .i tiar^ a . ' iott o-' f f b raiifrt Y^ffaa ui i14lori tal tor .y^'Xhv ailal oilffT a i t*» :;iliqn r4«o ailrtW lo liiirl aoOAiflft a/dotoM nnoo a '' :o«''^ua X in' •alaO oitdr r!*aw#ad xiifW^o arfi oi owo4jr|F^' not ' noqqua • X finaol 0 brill ri nO oa ir»lir.ih atp flatno 0 oool ' .j bun in iitof ir»o -f, t RP , . u j -.p/l Pdi cllnot a! ionr •otadi nuotili ac- .1 n ,* ,7 iiB? n.rrr) P(ii o iKi/t f (oXr 'jt.'frtioo vria a| .V avalf o,'m,:3niaac r.,i (cnmt wo; Xiim* lovo ri %»n . 'r. ' r "!• rtinof baf>T^': td yom noY oX^farop el il .i n .oX:to r -to.fiarf a ^rni i/oy ind ,p-TiaXXf c..." .r-of, mcmi u crwo i oii <100 , »*• j PI 247.r.,- November, 1685. Law Offices of HENDERSON, KURD & DANIELS, 606 & 608 Main St Specialties; Mercantile Collections and Practice in Federal Goufcts. Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 19th, 1885. Genl. G. M. Dodge, New York. Dear General; Your kind letter of the 16th received. You invite me ideas as to probably action of our Legislature on the liquor question. I can do so in a few weeks. While we have a strong majority in each House still we do not yet know the intention of the elected in the liquor question. It is well known that the personal views of ExCongressmen W. G. Thompson (Line Co.) and T. W. Eurdick ( Co.) are anti-prohibition but it is not known whether or not they will vote their own views or stand by the platform promises of their party. It is possible that there are enough anti-prohibition Republicans elected who with the Dem. can change in some degree present law but I very much doubt it. Some of our public men are for a modification, at coming session, to this extent I. E. let probihition stand as the rule but let of 5,000 and upward have local option to regulate, etc., A mutual friend of no mean power and sagacity leans to this co\u?se. I would be benefited by such legislation in my Dist. but do not favor it at this session for the reasons; 1st In our State platform this year we promised to give present law a fair trial. 2nd If we violate that promise we will be in hot water with the extreme temperance element to hold which we have lost so much. I see nothing to be done but to hold to present statue for two years more, when, at present rate of change of views, there will be but few who will oppose a change. In brief; I admit the possibility of a modification this session but do not look for it and doubt its wisdom. I shall hope to see you often during the winter. I see no radical legislation coming from our legislature this winter unless it be. 1st, The selection of R, R. Commissioners is likely to be left to a vote of the people. 248 2nd. Arbitration Board for miners and other laborers may be provided for. Very truly yours, D. B. Henderson. u ' 'lO.'.' » I f I I V . liV< . . V' b't< '■ :v: -V- 'i . V,- - . • I ' • ■ . ; 1 ' . , • # . I ■ . .1 ' ') .u: : I ' ..I, ' « ill ' ,. ■ . •. ■' '1 .1 . -Ol: . . 'no : . ' 1 I idri(i 1 ; M(vob,' ■ 'X' \k . ■ . 1 i • J"* T I ' . ■ . ..t .J . - I '.I 4 . ; . 'v; u : 1} ' it' •' ■ »t .. . i ' ?■'. ! - vbi ' ■'■''t.irf ■«• , i , ■! , V . •> f \ 'j t /i v : fk' -- . , "■ > , 'unr. :-, 'r.i'i • >■ wf > ' • Hi' ■ ^ ' I ■ ' 1 r„ . »• f f. ; r. ■ ■ 'ii.i 249 November, 1885. Daily Globe Office, Council Bluffs, la, ¥ov. 24, 1885, My dear General; t I owe you an apology, but press of essential matters after theOlose of the campaign induced the apparent neglect of your very kind letters. I thank you most heartily for your very kind words cf congratulation. My only hope is to deserve the confidence of the people and do my full duty, as I can understand it. The editorial which resulted from your first letter I think will bear some fruit. I find this so far, quite a barren soil, but am in hopes that a little more digging will resutl in something definite in the way you suggest. I believe a letter from you that I could publish, over your own sign ature, would have a splendid effect; and do more than any one thing else in arousing a proper spirit. I intend to give the question of re-organization of our military system in this state some special attention, if I can get a hearing at Des Moines. It is practically useless now, either as to mobilization, or a nucleus for the mobili zation of the population fit for military duty in the state. I think any one who can assist in breaking through this indifference in any of t the states will render a public service. I have been trying for two years, to editorially impress upon the people of Western Iowa, the necessity of more liberality and intelligence by Congress of the de fensive affairs of the general government, in the hope that if a public opinion was prperly directed Congress might muster courage sufficient to deal patjrioticaily with this whole neglected subject. We are not very fortunate now,in our representation in this quarter at Washington, so far as the initiative oi such measures is concerned, but I think that the vote of this district Aill be in the right military direction. Ivy dear General, I shall be gliid to co-operate with you in any way you deem most advisable to review the "Old Giuttrd." We have now a new post made up of the best material here, and as soon as they get into proper working order, they will co-operate in this matter. I have no news, and hope you are entierly well agan. I have read the Grant Chattanooga Artidb, and have been studying it with the view of making some editorial comments, but have not reached that point. The death of Gen. McClellan was a severe blow, to me, for the reason, that he condescended to be my friend when I was a boy in the service; and among the last letters written was one to me, speaking of matters in con tinuation of the friendship of intervening years. Do you meet Gen. S. W. Crawford at your club? He was formerly commander of the brigade to which I was attached. I met him at Antietum dedication Sept. 17, 1880. Yours sincerely, Jno. H. Keatlfy. 251 November, 1885. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 25, 1885. Ky dear General: I wrote you pretty fully yesterday, I found time today, to give Gen. Grant's "Chattanooga," another reading; and have selected the portion in which he refers to your services in that period, for reproduction in the Globe of Friday. We issue no paper tomorrow. There are not many magazine readers here compared with the population, and I thought it right and proper that our people your old neighbors and friends should know exactly how Gen. Grant regarded you. That is the reason I took the liberty I did with the article. The record we made in the service, whether in exalted rank and responsibility, or in the humblest stations is a legacy worth preserving. Sincerely your friend, Jn6. H. Keatley, n7 '•X 1 Broadway, New Yorl:, Nov. 25, 1885. C. F. Meek, Esq , Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Sir:- , - : 'T K' j'.S Ti" ro r ' : ^ t ■ ' • T I understand that Mr. Stickney who built the railroad from St. Paul to Mona, has gone into a 99 year agreement with t.;e Central of Iowa to dd their business int- St. Paul, the building across from Mona to Maniy Junction. Now it seems to me it w^uld be a good scneme for us to build from Boonsboro to ."Webster City and on up to Mona Junction,- and thus get a straight line from St. Paul to Des Moines, and then by a connection with the Ocaola branch, get, a line ti.rough to Kansas City. " ' Mr. Stickney represents goqd parties in St. Paul, and if you have 0.^ ■ "time you might go up there and see hi , and see if we could not work up this scheme turning our line arid the Oceola line, into a standard guage t ' * '■ I and cominblng the three. I He now some kind of a roundabout way into Des Moines over the Diagonal, but the line I suggest would give the best possible route for Kansas City or from St, Paul to Des Moines. Whitehead who has the Ft. Dodge road has been anxious to lease the narrow guage running to Rockville City and offers to take in our little line to Boon-^. What do you think of such a scheme? I suy^pose be would lease it to the Ft. Dodge road. I think during these times, we ought to get up some combination by which we could either extend our line or sel] it out. Let me hear from you upon this subject fully. Yours truly, Cr. M. Dodge. 254 t'.riTvtNIOM New York, Nov. 25, 1885, , pas: ,vr«0M .r> . Frank V/. Palmer, ^sq., . .. - . oT ,r a ' js'^f My dear Sir:- I am sorry I failed to -ee you when you were here. -I met Mr.' Ingham this morning and he told me why you wanted to see me. I believe the best newspaper property that can be bought today is the Council Bluffs "Nonpareil." It has the best field, and the least opposition of any newspaper I know of, and it, can be made into a valmble property if properly edited and would become a power in western Iowa for Council BluffTj would also be a very good location for you politically. There is no one in We -tern Iowa how stands head and shoulders above everybody else in political matters, and tliey need someone of that kind, I look upon the Oma o RepuMiftan as also a first class property but it has never been a successful newspaper. The trouble is that the HeToald and the Bee are too enterprising, and have the run of that country Of course with you in charge of the Republican, it might be different, and Omaha is growin- city and a good distributing poin;, but not in my opinion as -b-od a point as Council Bluffs. You, however, are the best judge of the field in that country. At the Bluffs you would haveto make a hard and long fight for business. I believe, however, thqt in either place you would be successful, and I would be glad to see you take hold ou t there, I think at the Bluffs you could get the stron support pf M all the railroads, and have no doubt tlist nt On i >. you could .ibt_i.iu aid and assistance from the Union Pacific if you wanted it, though t];ey, I thi k, are a good deal tied to the Herlad, If I mistake not, Kimball is an owner in the Republican, but I .don't know. Yours very truly, ; , •. G, M. Dodge. . ■ , "■ T vZ 9cKT o.' I au I aOHl 10 • ffflO'Oq •arirp w'vtiArt flWMKf kBOw •'hoG r.Bd o w od §nti 0S40tr luo ffi Ojikf rj melio boB \4tO eliirriBrn •t Pi t a itin: lo jtita.t inii* • rieoil .bfni >ofl n*>Mnr(MiJwp nime (|ti ncpiij niwufc itnliW 1 ,.bfn :f rlap luo -i'> 4|r, bfiroo «»« hoMff xrf , irwl J0i»X4ixii I l .i rmgy ur>x inotl inprt on ,8 uf ,8 i<Kfir.9oa<I » New York, December 4, 1885, Theo, R. Davis, Esq., Asbury Jfark, F.J. Q«t»T .oD •feiJNrU ,lit.'AO*! • mie tMCt >cDear Sir:-.' O' kioih nM«f ^rMi Jo; .oO MS#t MlJ nan fUno ■ J This morning IIreceived'ft letter that I have no doubt'will be of data • interest and adldtto yoqranu X therefore enclose a copy of it. It gives a detailed and distinct accoxint of the part of,Mersey's brigade in recap turing the De Gress Battery, and the position of the regiments. As I understand it, you intend .to place Mersey's Brigade in this position in your panorama, and I therefore enclose a copy of the entire letter, with a copy of the statement of Mr.. Jonas who forwarded the letter to me, and who, as you say, and as I informed you, let that Brigade to the attack. .. i tot ».ii I J ml I ii'i JJ 1 r Truly, G., M. Dodge. • yo^ T : Oii J ilnj J'lvab I .rxtttlJ . -*■. ai* \ r. i.r.i'i JcuJ n ar-'ii o"' J 1 iw(J fOJr*sitqr*fi o- Btifiijinr r> ^rtr won fs J find iii.iU ' 10. . >■ .1; . 1 « / .lolh .. . ii'iiJ -.'iKMi o., ' hly .V, T i o-Jaoh Jeo® . .J 'ji* Xi,h T 'v •n-PW ..n.jkt' 256 ,J".OnX New York, December 5, 1865. J. W, Jennings, Esq., Monuell, Uvalde Co, Texas. Dear Sir;- .utrdi •Hi «09ifr .'..T Has tbe Texas Pacific Co. got any lands around you tberd, agric ultural lands, which it would pay to purchase with some Land Grant bond? I means something that you can recommend, and that you Could sell, I don't want to hold the lands, but I want to use the securities and get lands that I .Can sell out I think you wrote me .once 3bout lands on the West side of the river thatj were'a. good purcihase. Please write me about them .imraediateiy^" la Y«l"0 » proton® I >nn .nnfTKniiwi x nl oj I . I received'youcT lettey today.i Aiflnglad .to' liarar y)ou raije'doing .igtar; well, e tfut rry y.ou . had sudh ,a' si 9®e. I don't, expect, to build raryr railroad jus^^ now. If you sell any stone laiy^^Dpiff a good price for it. Granger has gone.'rt,Q'Oirexas,,rbnd I have vvritten him to try and hunt you up a compass ancchain and send it to you there. I don't think we have any compasses separate, but I believe we have a transit that has a compass in it. I am laiG up more than half ti.e time now with rheiamatism. Am bent most double today. I would like to come down there and spend part of the winter- with you, if I dared to. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. r 3V New York, Dedember 6, 1865. Col. J. H, Keatley, Dear Keatley:- I enclose an article 1 cut out from tiie "Globe" ; I suppose you wrote it. I have no objections to your letting Sparks down as easly as possible, but he is a crank, and I think nearly all the Democratic papers are begin ning to see it. Ih nearly all the cases you cite he was over-ruled or had his orders withdrawn. But what I want to call your attention to are his orders in relat. ion "to the pre -empstead, homestead and timber claims. His suspension of the issue of patents in these cases is working great injry to the settlement of the country and to innocent people. Of course there may be rascals who employ fraudulent means in obtaining lands under the pre-emption, homestaed and timber claim laws, but you and I know that 99-lOOths of these claims are made by poor people who are on their places. The best evidence of this is the settlement west of the Missouri River- and I think that the best way to show ilr. sparks that he is injuring himself and everybody else is for the people out there who know the facts, to present them in a proper liglt. I notice that the N.Y. "Sun", tie Omaha "Herald" and I believe a good many papers in the Territories have taken the case up. It has been brought to my notice by the people writing me - old soldiers and others who are on the gro\md. In short, I don't think r:e should ruin thirty or forty thousand people for thepurpose of punishing one thousand. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 259 . (P -O'.o'* , 'inY • New York, December 8, 1885. R. E. i:ontgomery, Esq., Ft, Worth, Texas. ... v: , . n • K'Y v.Ait - J'i J? 'I Dear Sir:- • |h rriiim^ooo n 3nl}laai .il . . i ..'.JA niiJ {?.) . i'- , i J.I. iJCi t\. • t . It. I Won't you send me a description of the lands I own along t-he • • • t • line of the Texas & Pacific-Ry. ,• which stand s in ynui name as Trustee » , • I believe, describing section, parts of sections, towns, counties, etc These lands are in V n.' n'fi ll/'"' . 0b»H Iff ow LSinJ ( Jli.' •1st,' Lambert-, quoted at- IOC acres. * w *i« i a. 2nd, Millsap " " 260 " , • t 3rd. Clyde " " 160- "• * : • * A-' 4th.' Hermosa- " " 640 " * ' •''flf!! f? inviil •Oh.-. 5th, Toyah and lands surrounding it. ^ , - Give a little history of each town, so that I can file it in my* book, showing what lots have been sold, what the prospects of the country and what yoii recommend concerning the lands. If you have a town plot of r each of the towns, send thsm here, marking the portions that have been sold. If I have missed any of the lands I own on the line of theT Jc P • I in the fordgoing statement, just tell me what they are and describe as before mentioiled. There may be 'some small pieces Which I have omitted. Of course I have a list of all the bodies of lands, which list you sent previously but although I have a list of these towns along tie T 3c P I have no description of ti.em dhowing how they ahe located. « Please inform me irl whose name all these lands stand, and whether the taxes have been paid for 1804, and when the taxes for 1885 are due. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. ^60 ,.,4 New York, December 9, 1885. 514 miles. 125 miles. 125 miles. on i X 150 miles. •oXlotf miles., miles. 150 miles. ,244. • 288 1157 miles miles. Jay Gould, Esq., p'.;/ r ■, .E .c New York City. De-r Sir:- In making a comparison of distances from Stl Louis' to El Paso, via (l) your lin , and (2) the Atchison on Topeka & St. Ee, I estimate as follows: 1. . . • St. Louis to Anthony, Mo. Pac. 514 miles. Anthony to Crooked Creek, Clark- Co, Kas. 125 miles. ^ on^x Croo]-;ed Ck. to Mobeetie, "J/heeler, Cb'.Tex. 125 miles. Mobeetie to New Mexican line. Deaf Smith ovoXlotf t Co, Texas 150 miles. New Mexican line to Ft. Sumner, N.M. 90 miles... Ft. Sumner to IVhite Oaks 90 miles. IThite Oaks to El Paso 150 miles. 1,244. 2. ' ■ ^ ^ ^ St. Louis to Kansas City, Mo. Pac.' y. • 288 miles ' Kansas City to El Paso, Atch. Top &^St.P\ 1157 miles. 1,440. Difference favor Missouri Pacific"! 196 We have had this line examined in detail, either for the" Mo. Pac. or the Ft. Worth & Denver City Co. from Anthony bo the Mew Mexican line; we knov; what the country is from New Mexican line to Ft. Slimner, and also from White Oaks to El Paso, because we have had a detailed sur-^fc vey of it, which leaves a distance" of 90 miles that We do not know from actual examination. I judy^^e that the only piece of what, you may call heavy work, on the entire line, will be probably the 25 miles across the Guadaloupe Range, between Ft. Sumner and "IThite Oaks Springs; the rest of the line over the entire distance from Antiiony' througl-, is similar to what we would find in Kansas or the Indian territory. Crossing the Canadian might cause some little heavy worl;, but not much. The couiitry fran Crooked Creek to El Paso is very sparsely settled, but it is all a fine agri i Itural cbuntry, and as soon as you strike the Cuadaloupe Mts. you find minerals, coal and timber., I ain in hopes in the course of 30 or 60 days, to have a reconnoisance from the Caradian river through to White Caks, and this in connection with ITathen's surveys of last s\iinmdr, will give us a detailed report of what the cost of a line will be. I eniklose a rough map with points and distances marked on it - the line in blue, distances in red. t ,« r. Yours truly, - . • - . . .Dodge. , line rr Mil 3 ai iol •Hi Mlw hnm i 1 blaq xHmd aMUld »ll vniioT 261 December, 1885. THE FORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY. Fort Worth, Dec. 9th, 1885. Gen. G. M. Dodge., New York. Dear Sir: In accordance with your instructions I came here to attend the annuaJl meeting of the stockholders of this Company, held yesterday, and report the following result thereof. There were represented in person or by proxy 26,349 shares of stock of which Messrs Carter & Winn, Attorneys, of this City voted 7,715 shares, in opposition to the votes of the other stockholders. There were present at the meeting Messrs. Jones, Frost, Eddy, Smith Felsenheld, Brown, Carter, Wynne, Granger, Ross and our Attorney O'Neil, in whose name I put 1300 shares ol proxy'sin order to give him standing in the meeting. On Monday morning, soon after reaching here I held a council with our friends and Attorney and wired you result ther-eof referring yoj to specilied articles in statutes of Texas which seamed to indi cate that our new by-laws were not properly adapted and suggesting com promise aluding also to provision in Texas laws by which a minority by piling all their votes on one or two directors can obtain repre sentation in the Board. Receiving no answer to my telegrams I could only adhere to and act upon my original instructions which were, in three words, "keep, Meyer out . Not knowing how many proxies they had we could not figure them out, and if it came to an election they would certainly have put him in, .so we had to make up a program and stick to it and it could only be take ground that by-laws are legal and we are bound by them and there can be no election. And having once made this stand in the meeting we could not go back even had we could not go back even had we wished to do so but all our friends stood up and voted solid and we carried all our resolutions and voted down theirs. After they found they were beaten they were"going off mad" as they had threatened if we declined to hold an election, but I asked them to stay and hear one more resolution which was the one authorising amend ment to Charter for extension etc. I explained to them what a benefit such a through connection would be to the city the State ana the Road and asked them to vote for it. They replied that their instructions did not extend that far• I asked them to waive instructions and vote for it on principles of general good, and after consultation they said that Mr. Wynne would assume the responsibility and vote all their proxy's for it. This carried it by a handsome majority. Mr. Garter is aaid to be quite angry at this action of his Colleague. 0 9 Mr. Ross will soon send you full report or c-copy of records of the meeting. Whether or not it will stand I cannot say, but if it dont we are no worse off tlra n before. Mr. Pelsenheld declared he would not sit in any board with Mr. Meyer and the opposition to Mr. Carter (our director here)is just as decided . % He is not a popular man and is represented as very pug nacious. Their instructions were to elect A. J. M. Carter and if possible, Wynne and they would not deviate from them.. You have doubtless conferred with Judge Dillon and read the revised statutes bearing upon this subject, providing that direct ors shall be elected annually and that by-laws shall not be changed except at annual meetings and by a vote of 2/3 in value of all stock outstanding. On this they claim that our by-laws were illegally adopted and any action taken under them would be illegal and any refused to elect directors would be in direct violation of the laws of the State. Our answer to this is that our charter, which antidates the statute law, gives us the right to change by-laws at any special or annual meeting etc. but I fear there is not much force in it so on the principle of "act firstand fight afterwards," we stuck to our by laws and let the election go over The election of the Texas men they wanted would have been as bad here as letting in Meyer in New York. If you compromise, as sug gested in my telegrams a airector can resign at next meeting and one of their men be put in. o'^'^eil says he can keep it in court for two years. The questicns to be considered are, what will be the effect of such a fight upon the securities and future of the road; and will actions of this stockholders meeting and present Board Directors be perfectly legal and stand the text of the hard legal fight these Jews will undoubtedly give us. All your dispatches about figuring on proxies and Directors came too late to be of service. I will write you of any further developments. Yours truly, J. T. Granger. Vl-.j .'-•■J J J ^ J December, 1885. Geo. D. Chester, D.D,, L.L.D., Pres. Judge Henry Jerningham, VicePres* Ben. v;. Austin, Secretary. NORTHl"ESTERN LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Sioux City, Iowa. Original Poems, Essays, Opinijns and Sketches from the Literary, Political and Artistic 'Vorld Solicited. Also Autograph letters and Documents of Distinguished People. Secretary's Office, Dec. 15, 1885. Gen. Grenville iV-. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir: As a slight expression of their esteem, and in token of their appreciation of your ability and of your destinguished services in the various honorable positions you have filled, the members of this society have unannimously elected you an honorary member. Very respectfully yours, Ben. W. Austin, Secty. 265 December, 1885. TREASURY DE PART^'-EN T, Office of the secretary. Washington, D. G., Dec. 16th, 1885. Personal. I/.y dear General: Replying to your of the 14th inst. I regret to say I have no records or papers available which show what officers were serving on your staff at the battle of July 22d, 1864 in front of Atlanta. All my army records are in Germany in care of my son Harry Dodge Tichenor. According to my recollection the following officers were serving on your staff at the time named: Lt. Col. Jesse J.-Phillips, 9th Ills. Infty., Chief of Outposts. Capt. J. 'f. Barnes, Asst. Adjt . General. Kajr Norman Gay, Surgeon Ha jr. Caniobell, 64th Ills. Inf y. (Killed in battle July 22d) Ha jr. Ross, 1st Hich Artillry, Chief of Artillery Capt. Geo. E. Ford, 4th Iowa Infy, Aide-de-Camp. Capt Teideman, 9th Ills. Infy, Chief of Pioneer Corps. Capt. Thos C. Fullerton, 04th Ills. Ipfty., Inspector General. Capt. C. C. Carpenter, A. C. ^.,Chief Commissary. Capt J. K. "'ing, A. 0. K. , Chief Quartermaster. Lieut. Geo. C. Ti-chenor, 39th Iowa Infty. , (Aide-de-Camp and Acting (Judge Advocate. Lieut. Edward Jonas, 50th Ills. Infty. Aide-de-Camp. I regret my inability to give you more definite information. Will you kindly give me your opinion of Mutual Union Telegraph bonds (6*®). They are I believe sinking fund bonds. Guaranteed by the Western Union. I have a few thousand dollars to invest. I am, Trusting you are in good health and attended by prosperity. Sincerely yours, Genl. Tichenor. Gen . G . M. Dodge, New York. 267 New York, Decmpber 17, 1885, Chas, TiVheeler, Esq., Secy. Denver & N.O.Ry. Co., Denver, Colo, Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yovrs of December 5th. I suppose the paper's you refer to came during my absence, as I have been away from the city during the s ring, summer and most of the fall. I will sign the papers when they get here, as requested. As to the Ft. Worth & Denver, it is still in our control, and whenever the Denver & NEW Orleans see fit to come towards us we will meet them, as agreed. Cur business during the year shows a surplus of about $43,000. over and above all interest and expenses.We built during the year 93 miles, so that we have now nearly 150 miles of road. We have got the right of way virtually secured from where we are to the crossing of the Canadian river, and are only waiting for somebody to come towards us from the north, to go toward the:.. I only v;rite this to you for yo" r ow information and not for publication, because I don't want to have any idea get out that we are going to ewkend until we can see our way to a connection. We will, of course, push along through the Panhandle as fast as the country demands it. The papers are full of all kinds of stories about extending our line which have no truth in them. Truly, 0. M. Dodge. New York, December 17, 1885. Spencer Smith, Esq., Editor The Nonpareil, Counci' Bluffs, low-^. Dear Sir:- On my visit to Boston yesterday I met our people, especially Ur. Galloway, with v/hom I had a talk concerning the matters you wrote me about. He says that he will give it attention. The trou^le seems t to be that there are a great many people wanti- g the same thing, but I impres ed upon him the importance of giving our side of the river a portion of this work. I think the administration there at present are disposed to everything for us on that side of the river that they can. They aee what is true economy in the management of the road, but like other matters, what they want done can't be accomplished in a moment. I also impressed upon him the necessity of running our street cars there every five minutes, and I think on his return he will be over there and will look into matters of that kind. What I write you in this connection is strictly confidential and not to be made use of in any way or published. I prefer that the people out there should make known what they are doing or propose doing in their own way. It is impossible to do anything with the Mexican Central road. They are so poor and in such a condition that it is useless for me to ask them. Truly, G. M. Dodge. 271.,•, December, 1865. KEW CRLEAIIS PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. E. B. Wheelock, President's Office. President. New Orleans, La. Dec. 22, 1885. Gen' 1. G . Iv.. Dod^^e, New York. Dear Sir: You ask me about Gov. Sheldon. Ithink him a good man and have no doubt but he and Gov. Brown will achieve perfect accord. Sheldon was once a law partner of Juuge Pardus and once a member of Congress liom La. and lately Governor of New ^'exico. He no doubt represents the court. In regard to the lands you wrote me about, I have been waiting from day to day foi- six m nths to hear the lands appraised. I will do all I can to protect your interests and so will Capt. Greene in helping you to locate your bonds as soon as possible I am without a dollar in money with whieh to do anything and will be until an appraiser is appointed. In the mean time I have reason to be lieve that some of our backbone friends are not idle. Very truly youi-s, E. B. Wheelock. r< ' V New York, December 26, 1885. Mr. Theo. R. Davis, Asbury Park, N.J. Dear Sir:- I send you herewith photographs of Maj. Barnes and Lieut. Tichenor, of my Staff, and of Col. Mersey and Col. Rice, who commanded the two bridges of the IGth A.C. on the Battle of the 22nd, and also a photograph of myself. When youare through with these please return them to me. I enclose a copy of a letter from Jonas, that came since you were here, which gives pretty near the exact facts as to what part Mersey's Brigade took in the re-capture of De Gress' Battery, and I enclose a correct list of my Staff at that time. Lieut. Col. Phillips and my personal staff were all with me that ddy, and a portion of the general staff, but who these latter were it is impossible for me to say. If I receive a photograph of Jonas I wil"! send it to you. I have no doubt that what Jonas says in regard to Mersey's brigade is true, and if I understood you rightly he in his statement agrees with what Logan said as to leadin Martin's Brigade; but there is no question about Mersey's Brigade having captured DeGress* battery^ and one of his soidiers having burst one of the guns while trying to turn it on the enemy. If there is anything more you need, please let me know. You will notice I have marked the names on the backs of the photograptB Truly, F. M. Dodge. 275 December,"1885 360C Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111, Dec. 25, 1885. Dear Genl: Yours of the 23rd inst. received. I have hoped to bring matters in the IVheeler case to a "point before this, where I could write you something definite. As yet there is nothing decided. I will however give you statement as to what has been done and in prospect o~f doing. Our work her tofroe has been to close a contract v/ith a certain number of packers, to put up a machine and cool their hogs at a certain price. The contract was closed'and signed. " The contract was a favorable one and v;ould have netted the comiJany v40,000 a year. A condition of the contract was that the company must shov/,' on or before the fifteenth of December, that they had the money "to put up the plant. It would require $100,000 to build it. The Company were unable to raise the money or make any showing of thei'r ability to get it in tine to put up the plant for next summer use. That con tract consequently failed. About a week ago riegotiatioris were opened up with the Farwells to furnish the money. This is now being worked will know in a few days the result. Their proposition is a very arbitrary one and will leave but little for ".'heeler. But I think it is the last chance for getting anything and I think it best to urge '."heeler into it. They offer to furnish :j;;i00,000 to put up the plant to carry out the first contract with the packers. They ..ant the 'company bo issue to them 100,000 in Bonds, 5 years, 6 % and give them a majority of the stock. They will then elect themselves Directors and take full control. This propositicn would give '//heeler 60,000 in stock. Its value would depend entirely on the fair dealing of the Farwells. They would have it in their p'ower to manipulate things so as to make the stock worthless or if fairly dealt with, it could be made of par value. They say they will" make the stock good. They know all about the value of* ".'heelers interest in the patent and claim rather than pay much for his interest they will go and negotiate with Holden the original owner of the patent for the use of the salt spray. This spray is the only thing that is of any value. '.Vhen Hdden sold to Wheeler the license to manufacture machines under his patent, he reserved the right to manufacture for hiniself, so that there is nothing to prevent him from forming another company at any tine and competing with the Wheeler Co. Then a provision in the contract required the Wheeler Co. to have sufficient capital at all times to build all the Machines required or the contract could be revolted by Holden giving written notice. Parties here claim that Holden can declare forfieture for reason that the "/heeler Co. Failed to raise maney to carry out contract with packers. The only value '/.'heeler has is the difference between his con tract with Holden and any lew contract that might be made with HcMen. Now that by the exijeriments nade here with the machine, it has proven to be of great value, Holden would be very stiff on a new deal. -l^S 276 I asked '.''heeler if he closed a deal with the ^arwells, what amount of the stock he would turn over to satisfy the claim from you. He replied he could not give any as it wouH take it all to pay the indebt edness. ' He still claims that you should pay half of all the debts he l.as contracted. 't'y opinion is that we cannot depend on getting any thing out of him except under couipulsion. I have taken legal advice, which says, That when Theeler sold his interests to the Company for 300,000 of stock and the stocic passed to v.'heeler, that your claim under the contract entitled you to one half the stock, and can be taken whereever found. Now Theeler turned one ,half of tl:at stock back to the company and is now held by tiie com.pany." If the Farwells put in money and build the plant at stockyards, this stock would have value and could be attached. To attach it now would drive parties from putting money in and leave the stock worthless. The matter is so Important that to morrow I will gel the opinion of Judge Dent, who is considered very high as a corporation lawyer. If son.e of your companies have Attorneys in steady employ if convenient it would be well to get an opinion on the* contract. I wish you would as soon as you receive this give me your views of. th.e case. At present the policy seems to be to wait and watch. If however on further legal advice to-morrow I get encourage ment to do so. I wi'll step in and open independent negotiations with the Farwells, turning over to them the power to obtain a majority of the stock under the contract. As yet I h.ave been afraid to suggest any thing that, way, as seeing conflicting claims would scare them a way. I will write'you fully in two or three days results. Genl. We have been building and operating some railway v/ith the Van Deywell Electric N;otor. '//e have a street car line in operation at South Bend Ind. and 1 have built and have now in operation on the Exposition Irounds, New Orleans, three fourths of a mile of track carry ing passengers. Everything works with ease and without interruption. I ani satisfied it is the best rco'tor that has been invented, it has great power and easily operated. If we could get the '•'ew York Elevated roads to adopt it, it would give then ^.ood satisfaction. 'I understand they have" tried the Daft t.otor and is not perfectly satisfactory". I know our" t.otor is far superior to the faft. The company is so situated that for influence in getting t..eir motor on those roads they could afford to give an interest that would be satisfactory. If you could give the matter some attention yo'u would be well pleased with results. Yours etc.. J. A,' Zearing. A. ferry Christmas. 277 December, 1885 D. T. Corbin, Attorney & Counselor at Law, 520 First Nc.tional Bank Bid. Chicago, 111, Dec. 28th, 1885 Dear Gen'l: I write to let you know the result of interview with Judge Dent. His opinion is, the contract is not very strong as against Vheeler, and it is very doubtful if the stock issued to ""'heeler could be attached. If there is a deal got up by vdiich V,'heeler is likely to make anything, then Dent advises to be ready to interpose obstacles to prevent its consumriiation, unless "'heeler will give a fair division. Tliis he thinj^s can be done. Dent wishes me to get from you your best ''recollection of the first contract, if you have not a copy of it. Also an itemized statement of the amounts of money you let I'heeler have since tl.e last contract. Also copies of any correspondence between you and V.'heeler r-elating to the business. Also if any quarterly or other report ixis been made by '.Vheeler to youaccording to terms of contract, if so, send copy of same. • Also amount of interest accrued on payments to Wheeler. I think Wheeler is anxious to u.ake the deal, I mentioned in my last letter with the Farwelis. By threatening to break it up I think will bring '«heeler to terms. He yet refuses to say that he will turn over any of the stock to satisfy my interest. Dent says if upon further investigation he concludes th^at the stock in the Treasury can be held under the contract then we will negotiate direct with the Farwelis for its delivery and supplant Wheeler. Anything will be justifiable a.n the case. Yours, ,J. R. Zearing, 279 December 1885. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Deer. 28th, 1885. Dear Gren: Mother wants lue to exi^ress to you her thanks for the Christ mas present you sent to lier. I have been hoping she would feel able to write you herself but she says sh.e is too feeble. Of late she has been growing more homesick and when she had poor nights the thought that she was not in her own home worried her and I have thought best to let her return and today being warm I took her down and tpnight she will rest in her accustomed place. I have a good"girl from one of m.y farms who will be kind and attentive to her and with Rasmus and L'rs. ".'atson in the house at night she will be well cared for. I ex pected Julia down today to.stay with her a few days but she cannot come conveniently just now. I wish you could get a permdt for her to use your family pass as if mother grows feeble and weak as she has been doing she will need to be here considerable and is so situated she cannot leave her fariiily long at a tine. I rather expect their refusal to perndt her to use it came about from others using it and the conductors must have been instructed to confine its use to members of your own family. Mothers noi-mal condition is more feeble now than ever before and I qannot but feel it is the beginning of the end and yet when I think Mow many more years her mother lived I think it possible for her to live sometime. Old people die so often near their birth days I shall have more courage if mother pulls thro January. Christmas passed off pleasantly mother and Phil were particularily favored. I will write Annie miore about it if I can find timie. The business men of the City have shown considerable interest in reorganizing the old Board of Trade. Held several public meetings which resulted in obtaining nearly 100 names and an entire new set of Hien put in to control it. Spencer Bmith, Frest., L. Everett, V. Prest. and I was put in as Prest. of Executive Committee. If we do not accomplish rr.uch, one thing is certain, it will not be used to poind any one for private ends. In form.ing our Conimittees we put Geo. Wright at h.ead of Fx. R, Com. and I also had Frank Pusey put on. The Union Pacific has a man over here feeling ai'ter the lands and lots they want to increase width of their Eight of '^ay. I con trol considerable of the ground and its far better for them to let me know just what they want instead of approaching mie in a blind way and then leave it with some land Agt. here. They would save money if they would put it in the hands of Geo. Wright. He is the best man for that purpose I ever saw. Today this Ri^ht of man was over and stirred up tne Real Estate men by getting a price on lots in a tier of blocks just east of Reservoir, rerry Add. and sought out the owners and agents of bluff land where earth was taken for cr^^sent rrsde. I desire to see U. P. get what they want at a fair price but to stir up the Real Extate Agts. is the worst way of going about it. I shall do what I can to influence economical managment at house but the bills sent to you I knew nothing about until they come in and those that were for refitting and refurnishing house had to be paid. If you have ordered a halt it will probably check it until it breaks out somewhere else. The house is elegantly furnished and you ought never let a thing which belongs to it be taken away to furnish elsewhere. Very truly, N. P. D. f'' ..Nim Gen. G. M, Dodge, yj New York, N. Y. General: In late nuii:bers of the "National Tribune," many correspondents of the 1st and 2d div. 15th A. G. assert tl.at no portion of the 16th A. C. assisted in regaining the line lost by Smiths iid Div. 15th A. G. and De Grasses Battery of 20 pd Farr®^ts along the Decatur N. N, in front of Atlanta, Ga., July 22d, 1864'. I am positive that ct the time of the break in Smith's 2d Div. 15th A. C., Gen Logan was at Sweenys 2d Div. 16th A. G. and led in person, the 2d Brig - Nerseys - or at least the 66th 111. and 81st Chio, to re-enforce Smith, and formed it on the right of his Div. immediately nortli of the R. R. charging with that Div. and coming- to the lost work at the Battery. I would respectfully ask, if you remen.ber of any portion of Sweeny's Div. being sent as re-enforcements to the 15th Corps at that time? looping Deneral, that I have not intruded upon your tiii.e, I remain very respectfully. Your Obdt. Servt., A . E . NcGreary, (Late Co.# ) (81st O.V.I.) Emporia, Lyon Go., Kansas. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/cc32411e60bdf1aefc5adfb09f4f96da.pdf bfc43acffacdb6bd6a34f0f9ecc9cb3d PDF Text Text 283 S"!" 1886. After the.Civil War, Qeneral Logan and his familj- were very close griends of mine and whenever I went to Washington, I v;as generally a guest at his hp^se. General Logan.had gathered a very large and attractive collec tion of souvenirs of the war, one of the best I have seen. I think w . . . ^ ](Jrs, Logan has placed them in some rausexim. His house was always full of guests, especially of old soldiers who had served 7^ith him. .After the War General Logan retiirned to Congress and was a United States Senator from Illinois. Dui-ing the time he v;as Senator t I had a great many bills before Congress in the interest of the different railroads I was connected with and whenever Logan vould see • • t me he v/ould ask what I \yanted and would, help me except one time when i ■ . ' ' • ■ . I had a very important bill, I forget now which one it was, and I went '' ' • - • . s to see him in relation to it. Logan turned on me very sharply and wanted to know why I had not let him knov that I was going to ask for this legislation. He said he had made known in the Senate his opinion on this bill and the people who were opposed to it wore friends of and he would have to oppose me. I safid to him, "Well, alright. General, I am sorry but I can't, ask you to change your views on the matter, but I think if you should look into the question thoroughly, you would change your mind." I said nothing more to him about the bill but when it caae up in the Senate, Logan got up in support of it. After it had passed the Senate, I went to thank him and said I was surprised to see that he had changed l^iis views. He turned on me and said, "Well, Dodge, you know I couldn't fight you. We have been friends too long," and then he said, "I looked into the matter after you spoke to me and while I did not become fully convinced that you were right, with ray wi/-.h to serve you, I changed my mind." Wlien General Logan '.7as a candldatfor President • at the time Harrison was nominated as VI ; President, lowas was presenting the name of All'ison for President. I happened to go tAto the Pacific hotel and saw General Logan and I'rs. Logan sitting together and Logan called me over to them and said, "Just as I expected; whenever I wanted anything, Iowa turns up*against me. and went after me very sh&rply, Mrs. Logan trying to smooth the matter over but I told'him that he was mistaken; that Allison was not a candidate then as against h-'m or and that lo'wa would be for him but, as you know, Harrison was nominated and Logan was made Vice President and both of them were defeated. Since the death of General Logan, Mrs. Lo.-^an and her family have been very close friends of mine and I have seen a great deal of . them. Whenever it is possible Mrs. Logan attends the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee and takes a great interest in them. 3hef is very popular with that army. The fact is Logan was an idol of the Army ; his action on the battle-field and his magnetism always captured the soldiers. Mrs, Logan never lost-an opportunity , . . to stand up and defend her husband and promote his interests--no • j j 1: 1 ; i a more devoted wife elrer lived, . ' ' ' . . : 11 T .'U(J <c i •: ' ; t.ift; I ".b.'lf. UiO „ a- jitiri', hXuOV « /h J !i "1 rju efteo ^'1 "tir Jiuf XfL' a.1 ' 'i , f. S,;.! -,.1 J ran oj T Met b ' T ■ ■ , , r* .ti», im bet '. t** , I' ;! , '. .an V, ' h -"I oeJ r r 1 !"♦ ,ice I T i : I : ''J •f-iav. ^tc»' 285 January, 1886 Austin, Texas, 2nd Jan., 1886 Genl. G. M. Dodge, , New York. Dear Sir: Enclosed please find map of Texas with outline of proposed R. R. from Red River to Padre Island to a pier and Breakwater on Padre Island where 30 ft. of water is found less than 250 yards from the shore The breakwater would be made of marine Rock distant some ten miles from the ' work. As regards the Breakwater, I propose to make on the plan of dumping loose rock six hundred yards in front of the Pier to protect shipr.ing at the Pier. The Breakwater would be put down in 45 ft. of water on a clay bottom. The Breakwater in Deleware Bay is made in this manner. The marine insects in the Gulf of Mexico would soon knit the wbole together in a solid mass. This Rock wall would be 1000 yards long, 150 ft. at base, 50 ft. at surface, sunk in 45 or 50 ft of w water. My friend the Ron. John Hancock, has spoken to me of you and I wish to attract tlje attention of men who would assist me in promoting this great work. The importance of a proper sea port on the coast of Texas needs no comment. texas alone with her 1500,000 B/o immense Cattle interests, wool and various products, the share oi this trade which would go over the pier at Galveston wharf rates with tonage dues and port charges, ported to the Gomp. would pay on an investment of two million of Dollars, cost of pier and breakwater you will see a short line of R. R. from the pier will coniiect with S. P. R. R. at or near Uvalde, Texas. This line across the Continent is some 1100 miles shorter than to New York. The S. P. R. R. could only have been built through arid deserts and unsettled country without local trafic. The object and purpose of this road must have been to compete with the Gape Horn Route for the carrying of grain from California to few York and Liverpool. It can only do this by going across the Continent on the shortest line to Connect with the Atlantic. My object is to run the R. Rail to the end of the Pier whe;e cars will discharge. Cars along side of the ships. This is quick route for new crop of teas which seek the English and American markets. This route would place Tea in Liverpool several days in advance of the Suez Route by fast steamers. With six states of Morthern Mexico the Pier would be the natural outlet and call your attention to the map of the Continent the Upper Rio Grande Valley at in mines of low grade silver with from 30 to 70 $ of lead, which with transportation and proper facilities for moving it together with coal mines good Goolez oohl is made on the Mexican Side of the River. The salt in the Laguna Madre is made annually by solar eva..oraticn sufficient to supply Texas and Kansas. The largest class of refridgerating ships could come to the pier and save an iniportant item of marine riSK, known to commerce as Bor risk 1/4 of one per cent on all ships and cargo would be a very considerable item from its In case of *ar with Mexico it and Coolez station for U. S. ships of war. 286 The possibilities of the Trafic incident to the pier cannot be shown in this letter together with the cost of construction in finding em ployment for our over stocked labor market is of very considerable import. I beg to refer you to Clias. Mac Donald of 52 Wall and to E. N. Smith &. Bros., 180 Wm. St., New York. Trusting I m.ay be able to attract your consideration to this important work not only in the interest of Texas and also a stride towards -a transportation for the Commerce of a part of the British liast Indies and Australia trade. I am. Very truly yours, John Wiiiett The charter for Pier and Breadwater would only cone from Congress and propose to raise the money from private sources asking no aid from Govt. State and T •» a certain guarantee against competition in the future. W. ^ . i' : ,1 ' -i , • i ' . t , i f.. •_e ■ •i . ■f 1 ■yy ' ' ' ' ' t' , •*' ; ■ , , , 1 f ' : , ' y * r . ' • ' , ■i ' ' 'A* . ' i ■ ■■I ; V' ' !■ i t ' i- ■ 1. I i ,v J . ■ '' ■ ' '''"i 1 - ■ ■ ' 1 , ji. i : *1 . J , • - ■ . .5'. , ■f. • ' .V 'i i." ■ 'i'^5 ' . I I- c I'l ' /:I ■. ■ ; . ■ I' -i;-' ,U ■ ■ : 1 h; ■ . . S 'vf ' It '■V ' V New York, January 2nd, 1886. S. R. Callaway, Esq., eneral Mgr. U.P.R.RY., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir;- You will doubtless remember what I said to you at Boston in relation to obtaining Right of "''ay &:c. for the Union Pacific on the Council Bluffs side of the River, I have today a letter from my brother at Council Bluffs in which occurs the following: "The Union Pacific Co, has a man over here feeling after the lands and lots they want, to increase the width of their right of way. I control considerable of the ground and it is far better for them to let me know just v/hat they want instead of approaci.ing me in a blinpd way and then leave it with some Land Agent here. They would save money if they would put it in the hands of George T7right; he is the best man for that business I ever saw. Today this right of way v/as over and stirred up the Real Estate men by getting a price on lots in a tier of blocks just east of Reservoir, Perry addition and sought out the owners and agents of bluff lands where earth was taken for present grade. I desire to see U.P. get what they want at a fair price but to stir up the Real Esfclifee Agents is the worst way of going about it." I think as I have said to you before that whatever you wish to accoiplish on that side of the River could best be done through your Attorney, Mr. Uright, far better than by having a stranger looking around among these people. Mr brother also writes that there has been formed at the Bluffs a new Board of Trade with good men at the head of it and in any policy that you might want to adopt there or in anything you might wish to accomplish on that side of the river, which would need the aid of the city or the citizens of Council Bluffs, I believe it would be well foD you to consult them. Very truly yours, 0. M. Dodge. 289 January, 1686. New York. January 3rd, 1886. Hon. E. John Ellis, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of yesterday and in complicance with your request, send you such maps of the road as we have on hand. The line laid down to Dodge City is an imaginary one, put on by the people in the Panhandle. We have not yet made an examination close enough to enable us to say exactly when our line should go and we cannot fiilly determine this point until we ascertain what connection., we can make v/ith the roads going West, and for that reason we v;ant as much latitude as we can get, west of the mouth of Beaver Creek for one line throug h the Indian Nation. If the foads which are projected through Kansas should start 'in West of Coffeeville and go southwest we would have to bear more to the east for a connection but if they should enter Southern Kansas and then turn south after' they approachthe Western Boundary of the Indian Territory then we would ourselves have to bear more to tiie West. The amendment I sent you covers this ground. I send you copies of our Annual Reports for the years 1882-3 and as soon as our report for 1885 is ready, say in the course of ten dayr will send y u that also. These are the only official records we have and I trust they will serve your purpose. During the year 1885 we built 34 additional miles of road so that our terminus is now at Harrold 145 miles from Port Worth. Very truly yours. G. M, Dodge. January, 1886. 281 New York. m January 9, 1886. D. Pelsenheld, Esq., San Francisco, Cal. Care Schoole Bros. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your let'er in relation to your resignation as a Director of this com any. We got into a peculiar complication and we had either to holv. another election and allow them to elect three directors or compromise with them and give them two through resignations. Declining this we ran the risk of having a receiver put onto us. They clearly had the law with them, and I thought it better to allow them to elect Mr. Mayer in New York and Mr. Dahlman in Ft. w. Before wiring you I consulted Mr. Walters thinking probably he would be willing to go out, but I soon ascertained that if he went out he would sell all his interest in the securities of the Company, and I thought you would rather go out than have us lo. e such a man as Mr Walters, especially after your letter Mr. Granger in which you indicated your willingness to resign in case we found it necessary to make any chang*., to maintain harmony among the stockholders and Directors; so I wired you and am very much obliged to you for your'prompt action in the matter. I want you however, to take just as much interest in the roau as formerly, and you can do just as much good as though you were in the Board. I am told that Mr. Mayer is going to Europe in the Spring, and if so he will probably then want to resign. I am glad you wrote to Mr. Huntington. We are not getting the amount of immigration into the Panhandle that we ought to have. I think it comes from not properly advertising it. i wish you woul write Mr. H, Tell him that you learn there is an immense emigratior out West over the T. & P. a great deal of which could be turned into t lO Panhandle if they had some live man in Ft. Worth to repres nu them. I would go and see him but I don't appear to make much head way with him. He seems to hold old ideas about me. I would like to hear from you and learn what is going on in Railway Circles in California. There are half a dozen Companies apparently reaching for that country. What ever became of the Bridges Syndicate out there? and their rights? Who owns them now? Earnings are keeping up fairly well as you will see by the enclosed copy of statements presently reported to us. There is a heavy cold snap in that coiintry now and I would not be surprised to see our earnings drop off for January. Let me hear from you when you have time. Truly, C. M. Dodge. 293 January, 1886. Fort ".orth, Texas, Jan. 16/86. (Personal) ^iy deer General: Absence in Austin has prevented ce frori; answering your favor of 7 th inst. sooner. I send you here-with a list of the property owned in fee simple and also that loaned together with data and book and page where the sari;e is recorded. i The deed to the Brown 4f): acres (in litigation) Mh. Morgan has and also the deed to the 40 acres imn.ediately north. We own the coal under Lat 4 Sec. 1 Town. 83 R. 27 and upon this the Town of Coal Valley is situated. We also own a large inter est in the Town of Coal Valley itself and 1 paid for am abstract of the same instructing to examine into it carefully, but lave iiiislaid the abstract . When I go north J- can easily get a copy and will look into the matter carefuly, and straighten it up. We are safe on these lots as we have occupied them with, out little dwellings since 1866, and while I have never placed any particular value on this pro perty it is rising in value. I return you your map, and have marked the leased land in blue and the fee simple land in yellow, and you will see that I hi ve included some land in Section 5, that ^ had forgotten. The yellow and blue marks on the bottom are where I was experimenting with colors, having to do the work myself. Wherever I have marked the acreage on the list it is accurate, but 1 have loot my map that had which show ed the acr-eage accurately and give you .the inforination in my possession. And now answering your inquiries. The N. | of S. W, ^ Sec. 2, 84, 27. 1 have marked on outside property, because the coal has really all been mided on it, and we had to abandon the shaft on account of water, but it can go with the mine if you wish and let the land in Sec. 5 go with the outside property. I have narked the . line correctly through Section 2, and marked with an X the location of the shafts, the western one havinc been abandoned. + tla 1 t + Lat. T * ko. 8 described further as to the your 40acres letter. imuiediately You are west right of in Lat. stating 4 Section 1 is the same as Lat. No. 5, which I properly described ad and descriptions A ^ ^ unintentionally as ^-I 27. had no I nap duplicated with me these to guide tractsme + V, + V, Lave never claii:ed a^y particular value to the 20 year leases that have expired or will expire this year, but you are mistaLn as to the value of the 30 year leases, which have 10 years yet to run. S f list I send you now) and you will see that it adjoins the shaft we are now working, and as a matter of fact we will be using the coal next winter. Sease No. 8 (not shown on this map) may prove valuable. Lease No. 6 I cant locate, but if it is on this side of the River it is valuable, but the one next to our present 294 sha:-ft is good. You understand, of course, tfat our present shaft is on N. E. i of S. E. I Sec. 2, Town. 83 R. 27. My proposition is and what I meant was to give you ny interest in all the leased land and the mine and property in fee simple in Sections 1 & 2 Town. 84 R. 27 for your town sites on the Tex. ^ Pac. Ry. (excei^ting, of course. Camp Rice and the Rio Grande Property) you to take the mine just as it is with all debts and assets but 1 want my I interest in that Brown suit if we win it, and this wil] leave you and ^ still to own together the land in Sees. 5, 32, 26,&22, colored yellow . • • This is exactly the proposition made before except that i give you the 40 acres in Sec. 2, while we retain together the property omitted in Sec 5. i Please give this matter your earliest attention, so 1 will know your decision and greatly oblige. Very truly. R. E. Montgomery. P. S, I have also finished Frank a list of the property but not as full as this, so I will have letter press copy of this letter mailed him, and he can easily get maps there. If the winter continues the way it has been lately there should be some money made this winter. In reading over my letter I miean that the property I wanted from you in Texas was the town sites at Lambert, MiHsap, Toyah, Hermona and the'McLaughlin Section at San Martin. I believe this is the same as my former proposition, but am not sure •' >' ■ •t. 4 , t , >1; . ^ » January, 1886, THE TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY, Dallas, Tex., January 21st, 1886, Genl. G. M. Dodge, No, 1 Broadway, Ner York ^ity. Dear Sir: Yours of the 15th inst. reached me to-day. i shall return to St. Louis in a day or two and get the stated account under the con tract with the Southern Pacific people,.and shall open a correspond ence at once. directe kr. Warner to make it out for me, as soon as possible. I have only been waiting to ascertain the result to open the correspondence and I intend to press it with vigqr, and if I do not'get it voluntarily adjusted, shall try the Courts. I n.ote what you say about the scheme presented for re-organ ization. 1 have not seen it. I agree, with you that the people who own the stock and bonds should get together and have a voice in re organization. i have great faith in the outcome of the Texas and Pacific, and I assure you that so far as within me lies, I shall contribute everything I can to bring it out of its present difficulties. I think, perhaps, there is some misapprehension about the authority conferred upon the Receivers. We are authorized to apply all the earn ings to the improvement of the property, but by existing orders are limited to one thousand tons of steel rails pei'month, and we are not permitted to purchase that many unless we can pay for them out of the earnings. There should be a millinn and a half of dollars spent upon the proprty during this current year. have not seen my way clear to purchase but one thousand tons of steel rails as yet, one-half of which is delivered, and the other hall' will be delivered within a v/eek Now that the weather is improving we will put them in the track as fast as they arrive, and put down the sound rails taken out of the old track at such points as they are most netded. The earnings are holding up well thus far; the earnings for January decided Improvement on the corresponding weeks in last one who u is believe going to we give have his an undivided excellent attention, General Superintendent backed bv greatand energy, to the improvement of the track. oacmea oy great operauJi'Sf the fTrtt";? Sntht^' Yours truly, Jno . G . Brown, Receive r. January, 1886. W. B Strong, Ea 297.. New York. January 21, 1886, Prest. A, T, & St. Ry.Co., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- I regret that I was not at my office when you called yester'(\ay I have heard from our people in Texas that you were making surveys from some point upon your line into the Panhandle of Texar, with a view of building in that direction. I desired to ta?.k with you upon this subject and to ascertain how much foundation there was for these rumors and if you were at liberty to tell me confidentially what are your plans in that direction I am prepared to go North to meet any road coming into the Panhandle and desire to do so, but there is no necessity of building, or adding to our present line until there is an opportunity to work in connection with some road coming into or through the Northern portion of the Panhandle, If you are at liberty to give me confidentially, your views upon this subject I shall treat the information so and be very dad to hear from you . Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 89, Januai-'y, 1886. New York. January 22, 1886. Morgan Jones, Es q., President, Fort worth. Dear Sir:- I want to know from you, confidentially, and fully how matters are moving along down there since I wrote you about the duties of the Auditor and Cashier. Does Ross now act as Auditor subject only to the. orders of the Preaident or is he still under the orders of the Auditor's Department entirely divorced from the operating department so that he audits accounts and keeps his books under instructions you give him? Does the Cashier fully imderstand that he has no right to pay out money except upon regul:'rly approved and audited vouchers, and that no officer of the company has a right to go to him and draw money upon a memorandum receipt and that paying it out in any other way than upon such audited vouchers and payrolls, except upon a direct order of the President would render him personally liable for the amount? Of course the cashier has the right under certain restrictions and directions to place money in the hands of an Agent properly authorized to transact business for the company, such as the settlemen. of claims for cattle killed, for loss and damage to property, but such officer or agent would have to account for such money with proper vouchers in a reasonable length of time. From what I learn I judge that Mr. Frost has been in the habit of drawing money whenever he wanted it and putting in no vouchers until he got ready, I want the cashier to understand fully that he is personally responsible for money put out in such manner and his bondsm-n would be held liable unless it was applied to the legitimate uses of the road. These ma ters want to be held close and not allowed to run loosely. I suppose there are exceptional cases where the superintend ent has to order money paid with ut getting an immediate voucher for it or possibly where a bill has not been credited but in 999 cases out of 1000, a bill can be vouchered and audited before payment and in the general course of business nothing should be paid on a bill until it has been through the auditor's hands. I want to hear from you laiy in relation to these matters. I write you about them in order to get at the facts, not because I have heard anything about them. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 301 . V - I I » - i • i January, 1886. Dear Gren: Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jany. 25th, 1886. Do you think the U. P. R. R. will extend their Albion branch up Beaver? The engineer party has been at work this winter staking out the line about 20 miles and stopped near the Lockwood family's home stead and if I thought it probable U. P. would extend that branch I will help thm hold their lands awhile longer. What do you think of a boy of 18 being left with six brothers and sisters all under 13 (and the youngest one year old) to take care of. Kis father died Jany. 4/S5. Last baby borne 11th same month. R'.other died Jany. 17th, '86. I'is father and grandfather marched with Shermans Army from Miss. River to sea, also two Uncles, one now an inmate soldierfe home Washington. This boy has no near relatives able to aid him and I having rendered the family some assistance he naturally turns to me for further aid and advice. They have several tracts of land which I am procuring an order to sell to pay debts to myself and others contracted during their sickness. The Eastern Roads centering here are ready to give us better passenger depots at least soii© of tbem and we are about to make a move for a Union Depot that will answer for both local and Transfer business. We think the Eastern Roads are ready for it. Do you think the U. P. would run to it for their passengers? We want the location as near business as we can get all the roads to agree upon. The most convenient point for them to meet would be some where north East of the old Power Building. Write me what you think about it. If U. P. would not join would a Union Local Depot be of any benefit to City over Separate Depots? We nust have from the R. R. better passenger Depots. Yours, N. P. Dodge. 303 February, 1886 Fort Worth & j^enver City Railway Company. Fort Worth, Texas. Feby. 6th, 1886. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: I am glad to find that our securities are looking up. I hear that the A. T, & S. Fee Ry. will be extended to the Canadian River without a doubt, but ^ have not learned to what point, or their crossing place. I would like to have a horse back survey made through Green County,from what I can learn without going over the ground, I think a better route can be got by crossing Red River a little beyond Vernon, thence up a valley through the Greer and into the Pan Handle in Collingsworth Co. from them I learn a better route can be got to the v/est than our old survey. I have asked IV'.ontgomery not to spend much money on the old surveys untill we look up the county a little more. I would suggest that we get Wathen to look it up, or Murrell may do if I can go with him. The Fort W, & New Orleans boys say they will finish to Waxahatcha by the 1st. of April. I am not very intimate with Oscar I».urray. I do not think he feels any particular friendship to our Company. I judge this from his actions with Frost last year. I expect to have a talk with him, but 1 would prefer to reach him through Newman, he will do what Newman wants him. 1 will watch cattle matters. I have just returned from Seymouy Bailee County where I brought 65,000 acres of a Pasture at Sheriff sale cheap or about |l.50 per acre, fine land. I intend to form a syndicate to colonize it as fast as possible. Write me what you think about the route through Greer Goiuity. Oo you want to make any contract with the W. U. Telegraph Co.? It is to our interest to keep it as it is. Yours truly, Morgan Jones. m 305 February, 1886. New York. February 10th, 1886. Morgan Jones, Esq., President. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of the 6th in regard to a reconnoisance into the Panhandle of Texas and through Green Coiinty. If you could get Walker to make such a survey I should be glad to have him do so. I tried to get him some time ago but he said that his health was such as to prevent hie going but since then he has been at work for the Texas & Pacific and if he is at liberty maybe able and willing to undertake the work. As to going through Green County, I do not want to consider, that Unless we are certain of being allov/ed the Right of Way through it. Do you underst .,d that we could ru n our. line through Green County without permission of the General Government? If so, we should, of course, examine that line. - Evans is making a strong effort to build down to the Canadian Paeifte River from Denver, and I think he is getting a good deal of encouragement from people who can furnish him money if they want to do so. If he should be able to come there, we would have to meet him • Our people here do not believe that the G. C.N. S. will build to Paris, and say that if they do they will fight them, not only them + in 4 the South from Dallas west from right Ft. along worth side and of Brownwood. them, but also by attacking I should like to have your news immediately upon the aurstion of our going through Green County without spe cial Lgislation. There seems to be a great squabble in Washington over the bills prantinnget mpt through though we are Territory, pusing hard.and 1 doubt whether any of them soon ]aiow fully all that these companies are goin-' to do from the North toward Texas, and you must keep fully posted as to the intentions of the Santa Fe people. poszea as to Wathen cannot make the trip you speak of I could get Mr George walcott to do it. He is an old N. P. and T. & P. engineer and very good on reconnoisance but if any one goes up there it should be done confidentially without allowing anyone to know ^ what he is going for. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 3€7 Feb. 1886. New York. Peb'y. 11, 1886. Morgan Jones, Esq.,Prest. Fort Worth, Texas. Dear Sir;- I think you had better start Mr. Murrell up North and let him make a reconnoisance on horse-back, passing through Greer Co. as you say, on the way up, and proceeding to a crossing of the Canadian River, having in view first the meeting of the Gan Francisco rbad that is building west■ throiigh the Territory and second the meeting of the A.T (Sc G. road which has the right to cross into the Ian handle where Wolf Cr ek Crosses the boundary line between the Territory and Texas. You will have to decide the question yourself about our right to go through Greer County. But whether we have this right or not, Mr. Murrell wants to examine a line, on his return, that would leave our line somewhere near where the Town of Quanah is or where our main line crossed the Red River, so that if we were going to meet the Denver & New Orleans road as well as the road directly North, we would have to build but one bridge across the Red River. Mr. Murrell will understand this knowing where our objective point.is. I want him to make a thorough reconnoisance of the line, and give an estimate of quantities and cost. This latter he would do approximately of course. I also want him to state what the rrades would be. . . o He wants to be instructed to say nothing to anyone . To none of our employees nor to anybody where he travels. If we parsed through Greer County I suppose we would come back on the line that starts from Quanah or somewheres in Collingsworth Co., and the line would be common from there up. It is impor tant in going up to pass by Mobeetie and Ft. Elliott and get into goa af^rlcultural country# He wants to sond on with his roport^ a good map.jof the country showing streams and distances, so that I can make up my mind as to just, what we can build road up through there for. Mr. Murrell wants to look at the line not only from an engineer ing, but from a commercial point of view, because when we build up there we wart to control the business. 'Vhile he is up there he want to ascertain where tbe engineers of the Southern Kansas ( which is t". line that & is S. being F. ) ertended are coming Vest in, from and Red also Rock where will the enter San Francisco the Panhan_Je Murrell was at Mobeetie with Montgomery once, and I have letters• from Montgomery indicnting that there was a very feasible line through u f 1GG # We want a line if possible, on which we can hold our grades down to one per cent, even if we have to give distances on it. 3G8 ■Jv.C- f , i Mr. Murrell wants to examine the streams carefully and indicate exactly what kind of bridging it would take to cross them. Also the kind of bridging we would need to get to the Canadian River region and out of it, and what kind of bridge would take us across that stream . I send him (per you) a map and copy of part of Mr. V/athen's letter which was sent with the map, which shows what country Mr. wathen has examined. I want thir map of 'Vathen's returned as soon as Mr. Murrell is through with it. On this map Mr. -Vathen's reconnoisance is marked in white dashes on the blue and you can follow it, commencing at Anthony and going West ot Trinidad, and also diverging and going down tlirough the Panhandle. Y^u will notice that they are continuous, and that he covered most of the country North of the Canadian R. It seems to me that in going North from Mobeetie he would have to follow almost the stage road that runs from Ft. Elliott to Ft. Dodge and get across the Canadian somewheres near the road. You will notice on the map that Wolf Creek crosses into the Panhandle in Lipscomb County, and the Southern Kansas R'y. has the right to build to that point through the Territory from Kiowa Kas. or some point near there, and as 1 understand it they are making a survye on that line, and I think they are pointing for Mobeetie, What ■ ■ " . I want examined Is beyond the Canadian to the divide North of it; Wathen settles the line from there North and Northeast. ^ Of course if you had time it would be a good thing for you to accompany Mr. Murrell, I am. Truly, 309 February, 1886. The. Fort Worth & Denver ^ity Railway Company, i'ort Worth, Texas. Feby. 11th, 1886 ^en. Dodge: I have been thinking about a plan to build our road to the Canadian River. I notice our Bonds is quoted at 87 l/2 G. C. S. F. 2nd 96. How wotLd it do to issue a circular offering all stockholders of record 2,000,000 of our bonds and 2,000,000.00 of our stock coupons cut of for 1 1/2 i/ears at 1.01 to be paid in installments of 10^ in evehy 30 days with 10^ to be paid on application. When ttls is done the stockholders cannot complain that they had no show. Wljere this is not taken, we can form a syndicate with better grace to take the securities and build the road. I would be willing to do all work for securities, if it is thought best for me to resign the Presidency. There is going to be a great deal of work done this year. I am.goin^ to *^t. Louis to bid on a road there in a few days, will leave here Saturday night. Please write me there for a few days, say untill the middle of next week. Very respectfully, Wiorgan Jones. 311 j||||^ Febrviaryj 1886 'Ilie Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas. ieby. 13th, 1886. Gen. Dodge, Dear Sir* I think it is a mistake to send our light net earnings over the wire for Jan. This come from putting off payments so as to pay Nov. interest also from the hahit:.of not voucling and accounting for monies paid out, as for instance legal expences paid out last fall and never vouchered untill January. There is a party here working :iuietly in the interest of the A. T, & S. Fee Ey.,they are looking up the Corsicunn and Sabine Pass and the Ft. W. & N. 0. I am sorry to see this as I had my eye on these for the ^'t. W. & Ry. Our present inactive policy is bad for us all round. IVe have no money nor are we likely to get any unless we put ourselves in different shape. I suppose you know that the Frisco is going to commense work from Fort Smith to Paris and the . C. and S. P'ee is going to extend to Paris or Red River. The Contrail has an Enge. Co. between Roberts and Paris. I start for Dt. Louis to-night. Yours truly, korgan Jones. 313 February 15, 1886 Council Bluffs, Iowa. February 15, 1886, H. Esq., Mason City, Iowa. Dear Sir:- T am in receipt of yours of February 9th for which please accept my thanks. We have been trying to make a comb'nation with a view of building from Mason City to Des Uoines and thence obtaining a route south to Kansas G^ty, This In connection with the route to St, Paul and It Is the li'ne for your people to advocate. I have no doubt that during the coming summer we shall extend our line to Mason City. I do not know anything about the line from Ft. Dodge but It seems to me that the Interests of your people lie with the direct connection with Des Moines. T suppose th-1 the line from Ft. Dodge is to cover the old line that was partially graded through there by Duncomb and others. K am not prepared to state positively what we will do unt^l we conclude some negotiations now under way but as I waid above T have no doubt that we shallbe able to bu^ld this summer. T write this to you confidentially as I do not want to set forth our plans nor do I want to Jlace myself in the attnude of antagonizing anyone, Very truly yours, G. M. ' 'odge. t- ■ ' t . 'y 315 Feb. 1886. New York. February 16, 1886, •' John Evans, Esq., Denver, Colo. Dear 8ir:- I am in receipt of your letter of recent date and should have answered it before this, but I have been awaiting developments here. We are ready to build to a connection with you at any time you see proper to go ahead. If any of the Northern Companies come into the Panhandle I shall push right alon ; with my line so as to connect wherever they cross one. I am in hopes you can arrange to build to the C-nadian during the coming season. If times grow better it se^ms as though we ought to be able to do so. If these cattle people would themselves take hold and do something, instead of talking so much the could help us, but notwithstanding the fact that I have built a road into the Panhandle for the purpose of doing their business they give me very little and want that at very low rat.,, yhey drive from Southern Te xas, all the way up, and last year more than ever before, whilst we gave them just as good rates from Ft. Worth to Ilarrold as we gave to Wichita Falls before we built our 34. mile extension. The cattle business will support a Railro d but a very short time and it is not a paying business. One car load of cattle pays as much as three car loads of cattle. '-Vhen we go into this, if we do, we want to be sure that we have funds enough on hand to make the connection for if either of us were to stop it would leave both roads where they could not pay their interest. I would like to hear from you upon the subject and know what your prospects are. Very truly. G. M. Dodge. 317 Feb. 1886. HfeWr Yorkr ^ w Februarj'- 17, 1886, Morgan Jones, Esq., President. Dear Sir:- You appear to be somewhat nervvus as to what other roads are going to do in our vicini'.y in Texas, but under the present railroad laws of the state of Texas and the present earnings shown by roads there, I do not think you will see very much building during the coming year. I am in confidential communication with the Presidents of the A. T. & S. F. Ry. Co. and of the St Louis (?-: San Francisco Line and know exactly what they are going to do. Neither of these compan ies are in accord wiPh the G. C. & S. F. Co. but when either makes up its mind to strike the Panhandle I will know it first and will be ready to go forv/ard to meet it. I have a friend in Topeka and one in Chicago who keeps me fully po ted as to any demonstrations toward our Territory, The great trouble with these companies is going to be in getting through the Territory, whilst they have the right from Congress they cannot build until they get permission from the Indian:- and this I do not believe they are going to get. We can go ahead and build up into that country if you think it would pay us to do so, but I am afraid that if we did we would not be able to pay our interest. You want to keep watch down there and I will be on the lookout here. Our affairs here are now all in good shape so that we can strike North whenever it is necessary, but this you want to keep to yourself. What I would like to do is to -tap some of these roads on our main line, going toward Denver instead of building two branches. The Gould in erest will only bull:: in self defense and if the G. C. 8c F. build Some of the lines people attribute to them they will be antagonized by both the Gould and Huntington interest and a lively fight they will make of it, and I would not give much for the G. C. & SF. after they get through with it. The Gould interest thinks that the Fort Worth & New Orleans is being built in the interest of Huntington but the latter denys it. If the A, T. 8c S. P. should get the line you designate, they ^SG our lino to connGct with thGm unlGss they got a. connection by going through by Denison. Yours truly, G.M. Dodge. February, 1686. 319 Council Bluffs, Feby, 17/86 Dear Gren: I aiii glad to hear so favorable report of your health as Kr. Wright brings, he was pleased at the atteiition you showed him, said he was beginning to get acquainted with you. For a few weeks past I have been suffering with my head, the back part of it seems tender and the muscles extending down the neck. Not painful but that depressed and uncomfortable feeling which keeps me from getting over four or five hours sleep, and I cannot apply my mind to business matters without tlus uncomfortable feeling being increased and while I have been troubled with my head before off and on yet it never located itself so as to make the muscles tender so I feel it when I turn my head. I speak of it particularly because you have had more or less trouble with your head in the past and may be able to make some suggestion. During the cold weather I had my hair cut and folhwing that came the stiff neck and this tenderness of the back of head an(i I have thought I took cold and it would go away but it seems to effect my head more now then at first. I have taken no advice becuase I have so little confidence in ability of physicians here to deal with such troubles. Neither can I leave here now if I can avoid it, and being well otherwise I hope by keeping out of doors to get rid of it. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. 321 February, 1886. THE FORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY. Private Feby. 22nd, 1886 General: I am glad to hear of yours of 17th inst. that you are in communication with the A. . I'ee and San Frisco folks. It is true I was getting nervous over our prospects with the G. C. & S. Eee threatening the west from the South. The San Frisco from the N. B. and the A. T. S: S. Fee from the North and the Gainsvill extension from the East. They would leave us pretty dry. The Henrietta folks are crasy, they offer ^50,000. to have connection with Gainsville. Dr. Lewis is about the worst agitator. I think he will stop. I gave him a talking to. He did not seem to realize how it would hurt us. Mr. O'Niel thinks we would not run much risk in running through t-he Territory.if it was decidec to belong to Texas our right is all right. Should it be decided in favor of the Government it would in validate the bonds on that portion oi the road in the Territory, but a right got by Dongress afterwards would cover the case as fully as if it was got before the road was built. I should think if we find a much more favorable route through the corner of.the Territory it would not affect our bonds to build a few miles through the Territory. My opinion is that our extension would not pay us at first but that we should make some provision topay our interest for a short time. Still I believe it will be policy for us to extend on account of the danger of G. C. & Fee and the Ca±ral. I think it safest to occupy that territory. If we intend to hold on to this road I would like to extend or controll a line into the long leaf pine. Hurley of the Ft. W. and New Orleans is now in Houston having a consultation with the Central folks. The Central is making some advances to them, whether with the knowledge of Mr. Huntington I cannot say, but I an- certain that Huntington is not to blame for tte commencement of the enterprise, it was not encouraged by him, but now it will be completed as far as Warahatchie. What do you think of it? This is as far as these parties can build it. Do you consid er it policy to controll it? If not, it will drop in the hands of the Centrall. I would not want to own it, unless I coulu tiei it onto the Ft. W. & ^enver. You know best about this. Yours truly, Morgan Jones. P. L. Excuse this hurried scribble as it is done in a hurry. M. J. .. - . - February 1886. 323 New York. Pebruarj^. 26, 1886. Morgan Jones, Esq., President, Port Worth. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 22nd inst. I do not see anv great advantage to ds by obtaining the Pt Worth & New Orleans road but I do think that is would be an advantage to us to have the H. & T. C. come into Port Worth. It seems to me that when the proper'time comes we should expend all our energies in pushing North. Pt. Worth is a distributing point and a short line to any other point will not materially aid us. I have no doubt that, in time, the Denver and New Orleans Co. will get into such shape that they can come s outh when we can connect with them and that line, with one running toward ' Dodge city would give us all the control we would want. I have no ioea that the G. 0. & S. P. will get into our Territory. I think their whole fight is toward Paris and the North west from San Angelo. I think a good many of these Ry. schemes will die out. Thev have sprung up on the principle that it was easy to raise money, but I have not yet seen a single new scheme which could raise anv unless it had some great turnk line behind it. uxixt.t>b It is yet an open question whether the A. T. & S. P. or anv long line of road to carry which would earn us nothing. and «nH . see where ^ we would anxious have for to is go, to provided get a report we should of those maLsurvevs up our minds to build north. snoura make to people have only been allowed, as yet, tL'paJhaidl'ef and ^oul^dl^t help us^'i'n'^.^"?,e^v .cner?rbun'I Very truly yours. G,. M. Dodge, 325 March, 1886. John Evans Esq., Pres't, D. T. & G. Ry., New York. March,3, 1886. Denver, Col. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your favor of Feb'y. 27th. We are willinrr to renew our contract for using the entire road as one line, or for a joint traffic arrangement if it is though best to do so. I very much doubt, however, our ability to get the South west roads to come in under the present circumstances, and I also doubt the advisability or the policy of our trying to do so. In the first place, the Texas & Pacific, a very important link in the line, is now in the hands of a Receiver; and in the next place, since these agree ments were made five competing lines are concentrated in Ft. Worth read^ to take our business from there, a d the question is whether or not it would not be best for us to be independent and free, rather than tied up to any one of these lines under an agieement ot prorate with them. In my opinion we should be able to get a great deal more than a pro rate from them. The Texas & Pacific, Mo. Kansas & Texas, Mo. Pacific and the Gulf Colorado Y St. Fe, are now at Ft. Worth and the Houston Y Texas Central will be there by the 1st of April, so you see the advantage of our standing there with an independent line. If we do not do this, our ture policy would be to make an arrangement with the Texas & Pacific and get the rest of the roads to come in also if possible, as this would give us a through road to New Orleans, Galveston and all points in Texas. I donUt know that Mr. Gould would be willing to come in and agree to pro rate after the concentration of the competing lines, and it is saic that the A* T. & gt. Fe have obtianed or will obtain the control of the Gulf Colorado Y St. Fe road, with a view of extending their line from a point near Denison to a connec'ion. However, all these are points for af er consideration; the great question for us is to la^^ the basis for obtaining the money to complete the two roads, ".'e will have to get it upon two separate charters and our separate issu' » of bonds, although we can do it as one continuous line if the parties who furnish the funds would so prefer. I can raise the money to consti'uct my end of the line any time that I know you have made your arrangements to meet me either at the Canadian River or at the Texas State I.ine. You don't say anything about how far the coal fields lie north of the Canadian River: that is to say , who far south of Denver do you find merchantable coal? You speak of coal south of the mountain^ but you donit give the distances. Can't your man there send me a map of that country with distances marked upon it? I don't care about seeix.^, your special maps of location, all I want is for him to take a State map and mark the line upon It with distances to the Canadian River and the Coal fields. 326 In presenting this question we would have to give an estimate of what the gross earnings of the road would be, and to do -that the coal question would be of very considerable importance. I would like to know from your people the lowest price at which they think this coal could be mined: I could then estimate how long a haul it would stand to compete with other coal coming .into Texas. ^ Please write me fully in regard to these points at your early convenience. I am. Truly, G. M. Dodge, 327 No 1 Broadway N.Y. March 6, 1886. George P. Tyler, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa, Dear Sir:- I see that you attended the meeting of the Texas Sc Pacific Bond holders yesterday. May T ask what is your idea as to the policy of the Wister people? How do they propose to raise money for the repairs and equipment of the road? There is nothing plainer than the fact that the road has got to have money, It has been allowed to run down for the past five years, not a single dollar be^ng spent on -t, except what was actually necessary to keep the trains upon the track. It cannot rema^'n in that condition much longer and do business, and as they vote against Receivers' certficates, I should likn to know their plan for raising the necessary f\inds. Of coiu'se every day that the road is allowed to run as it is, the less ability it has to make any net earnings. It looks to me as though they 'ntended to spend the net earni'ngs in fixing up the Eastern Division of the road allowing the other two divisions to be wrecked. I may be mistaken in ths, but as my interests are In the other two divisions, T should like to have your opinion of the situation. I certainly am in favor of issu'ng Receivers' certificates in a reasonable amount and at a fair rate of Interest, and hav^'ng the pro ceeds expended upon the two divisions. The N.O.P, and Rio Grande divisions, if they were cut loose from other (the Eastern) division would get from other roads an allowance of two miles to one for all business they did, wh'lst now thsy only get a pro rate from them, which is all wr-^ng. The Eastern d^'vision could not earn its interest except for the new business wh^ch the Rio Grande Dlv-s^on takes to it, and for which that division gets nothing. In my opinion that is not ra-? Iroadlng, T think the Eastern div^s^on should give the Rio Grande at least two m^le haul for one, for everything which originates upon or comes from the Rio Grande division. Moreover, it "s thmu-^h the Rio Granc e div^*sion that the road gets all its money from the pools in New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico and California, I write this to you confidentially and don't want to be quoted upon the subject, but I am very anx^'ous to have your views on it. Truly, G. M. Dodge. 329 No. 1 Broadway N. Y. City, "arch 8, 1886. Gov. John 0. Brown, Receiver, Dallas, Texas. My dear Governor:- I sent Mr. Granger to the bondholders meeting in Philadelphia yesterday, as T wanted to know exactly what was done there, and he made a verbatim report of the proceedings, a copy of which T enclose herewith tor your information; please read and return it to me. There was nothing whatever said in relation to the scheme or manner of raising money without the Issuance of Receivers' certifi cates, but you will notice that they sat down upon the Receivers certificates. Some of the bondholders claimed th't they were to be put out at a per cent. 4. I don't know nor can T find out what their ideas are, but it seems to me that if you are going to handle these roads you have got to take active steps and raise some money at once. I don t think it is necessary to put out an 9 per cent certificate. I tiiink one bearing 6 per cent per annum could readily be floated here. I believe it is true economy to repair the road immediately but it is possible the bondholders prefer to come in and contribute the funds themselves instead of issuing Receivers' certificates. You will notice that a statement was made at the meeting trat it represented very nearly the entire bonded Qebt of the road. I do not understand that, because they certainly are v-ry small owners; it is possible they may have proxies. The opposition to the issuance of certificates seemed to be led by Gen. VJistar and his followers. They took entire control of the meetin'" and carried it through to suit themselves. You may know how they expect to raise money and if you do T would like to hear from you what it is, because it appears to me to be a critical time in the affairs of the Texas k Pacific Co. Please inform me also if you think the Court will ^ssue the Recevers' certificates in the face of such action ma was taken at this meet-ng. If you are not permitted to issue certificates, how are you to get money to bu'ld up the Rio Grande and the New Orleans divisions? What you wsmt to guard against is this: the Eastern division, whilst ifc is earning net money from the business which comes from and originates on the Rio Grande and N.h.P. divisions seems disposed to allow those divi ions to go to pieces, whilst the net earnings of the Eastern division will take care of it. Now there Is no question but what any railroad expert would givethe N.O.P. and Rio Grande divisions, for all business originating upon them, two for one. There are so many reasons for thi s that T do not care to enter into an argument upon it; tut there is one very potent one that T will mentionthat is, that it is through the Rio Grande division that the road gets all the money out of the pools, T think the receivers sliould take into consideration the fact that whilst the road is earning net money from the business given it by the N.O.P. and Rio Grande dlvis'ons, it Is all being used on the Eastern division. Truly, G. M. Do ge. 331 Inarch, 1886 . THE PORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY March 13th, 1886. Gen. Dodge, Dear Sir: In answer to yours of 8th inst. I. do not think an extension of 50 miles would add to our earnings very much, and it will be a question whether it will pay interest on the extension. Still I think we ought to accupy that Territory and it would be policy to ex tend, I could build and equip for $15,000. in Bonds or build with out equipment for $13,500. per mile, but I would think it best to put in some stock so as to provide for the first 12 months interest it is better to have a surplus in the treasury than be cramped. My idea would be to build slow for the present and not let construction material interfere with the business traffic of the Road. The fact of being at work will tend to draw business and keep it. The business north commences in June or July and keeps up untill Oct. or 1st of Nov. I means beef shipments. We are likely to get all the early beef at Harrold and if we get to Quanah by 1st of §ept. we will get all the trade we would get by going there earlier. • But to get there by 1st of Lept . it will be necessary to commense at once, Bissell and Granger will be back to-morrow and will report to you as early as possible, Our business is very light now on account of the strike. Yours truly. Morgan Jones. 333 New York^; March 13, 1886. Gov. J. C, Brown, Receiver, Dallas, Texas. Dear Governor: T am today in rece^'pji of your favor of March 8th, with enclos ures of your statement and petition to the court, a skinc auti.ority to issue Receivers' Certificates. T notice by the papers that you are getting ahead of the strike, of which T am very glad, for you want to settle these questions and are now in a position to do so once for all. Tt seems to me that this is a ver"' good time to make some changes in the employees of the company who have been on the road for a long time, especially in the Department of Motive Power. The Motive Power of the road in my opinion is worse off than any other part of it, from the fact that the men who were in charge of it have not had the right nor authority to control their men. The -master mechanics have virtually been under the orders of their employees. T have had a long talk with Mr. Geo. F. Tyler of Philadelphia who is a very heavy holder of N.O.P. bonds. He fully agrees with me in holding that you ought to be allowed to put out Receivers' Certificates for an amount equal to that asked for in your petition. T understand that Gen. V/i tar has been or is down there witii you. You want to understand fully that the whole Philadelphia interest is looking out for but one object, and that is the protection of the h-^lders of the Consolidated and First Mortgage bonds. There is nothing more certain than this. They never yet have taken anyone into the Committee to represent the Rio Grande d^v^sion. The holders of the Rio Grande Div. and the N.O.P. Div. bodds want the road put in order this year, and it can be done as economically t>y issuing Receivers' Certificates as in any other way. T think Mr. Sheldon asks for entirely too much, but the aount you ask for seems reasonable, and w'ti.; it the road can be put in shape to earn consider able net earnings, and then w^th these earnings and what you ask for you can do the rest of the work; but you must take the position with the courts that the Eastern Division rau-.t pay for the use of the Rio Grande Ry. eve if it does not pay for the New Orleans Div. The Rio Grande bonds are very firm and are being bought by people who seem to think that no matter wh&t is done on the road, they will br^ng what they are selling for now. There is a large English Syndicate buying them as well as one or two heavy syndicates in the Street and T don't expect to see them much below 50. They hold up veil in this depressed market. T would like to know what Gen. IVistar's views are as to the stock and the N.O.P. ad R.G. bonds. I don't know *hat the court will be disposed to act against the bondholders,but you have as yet had no voice or action on the part of the bondholders. T understand that Judge Pardee Isas been over the road and if so he of course can see the exact pos^t-'on of it and act upon his ^vm Judgment. Truly G. M. Dodge. 835 . karch, 1886. THE FORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY March 18th, 1886. Dear General: I sent you Bissell's report by Pacific express yesterday. The maps will be sent as soon as they are finished. I had a long talk with Merrill today; he says that a practical route cannot be got north from Donley County, but that we would have to go as far west as Arm strong County. This wouIj. make a circuitous route to the north. He claims to have been over that Country so much that he knows what he is talking about. I rather think the best thing to do, is to build to Quanah and stop for the present, untill we can make some connection. "West of Hardeman is all in large pastures," and the country west would not give us much business. Nothing new in strikers circles. There are two assemblys here, 101 and 78 . From what I can learn 78 is very dissatisfied and blame 101 for precipitating the strike without suffi cient cause. Do you remember the Hendricks property -joining that bought a year ago7 The Compress has bought it. It is 4.60/l00 acres for $10,000. We can get 2 acres of it by taking it now, at same price, as the Compress Co. can get along with 2 6/l0 acres. I think we ought to take it, "Write or wire me what to do. Yours very truly, Morgan Jones. oS7 March, 1886. The Forth Worth &■ ^enver ^ity Railway Company, Fort Worth, I'exas, March 21st, 1886. Gen. Dodge, Dear Sir*. I sent you the maps last night by Pacific Express. I dont know if the horse back trips has quite covered the ground you wish. I understand that the old surveys have pretty well tested the ground north of the old survey to the Canadian River. I am told that Mr. »«ashburn's instructions were to cross the Canadian at a point much further N. E. than the line adopted. I do not think much more information will be gained by sending Granger there again, what do you think? The new coal shaft shows up very satisfactory. It has about 16 inches and 22 inches of coal separated by 6 inches of slag or slate in the middle and the quantity is much better, now they want a branch built out to the mines. I want them to sink one more shaft in another direction. I think Mr. Gould's policy will sin this tine. It will be better in the long run to fight this thing out now. It is only a matter of time untill they will give in. Most of them would now if they had any excuse to get out of the order. I believe the order is nearly ripe for a bust up, if there was a leader that they had confidence in who would make the first break. I enclose you some clippings out of the Gaxette which will give you an idea of public opinion. Yours very truly, Morgan Jones. P. S. A'e are having an early Si;ring beef carrle is going to come out earlier than last year, and I think more of tuem. I dont know what to think of stock cattle, there are no sales. Ne^T York, March 22, 1886. W. H. Abrame, Esq., Land Co;:j:u ., Dallas, Texas. . Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of 17th inst; with enclosures as therein stated, and thank you for your kind and prompt attention to my applica tion for the purchase of lands, as well as for the concession made in the price. The location is very satisfactory. I have advised Mr. Sage to send in his securities and t,ake up land with them. I told him to send them direct to you and take your judcment upon location. I suggested to him that perhaps the .balance of th lands north of Big Springs would be a good entry for him to make, but your know better than I do. No doubt Mr. Sage has written you before this. I aide advised Mr. Connor to send in his securities and you will probably hear from him soon. If you do please do the best you can for Hern both. It is important that we get in enought securities to take up our quota of lands before August. Very truly yours, n. M. Dodge. . 341 March, 1686. THE FORT 'VORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY. March 24th, 1886. Dear General: I wired you yesterday that Merrill says that no practical route can be got from The Texas line, north to the Canadian until we go west of Donley county. I had a talk with Merrill again this morning at this office with Bissell and Granger present. Merrill says he run several lines, and that the notes should be in our office of that country. I have changed my mind about sending Mr. Granger out there, until I hear from you further. The ravines and hills etc. are running East and West end it will be difficult to get a line due north. I thought best to run a line through the Woods place into town to see what it will cost. I spoke to the owner about it. I told him we drily wanted to see what it cost to get into Town but dont expect to do anything more. I want to look up some interests I have in New Mexico and Colorado, it will take 10 or 12 days, and if you dont want me here for that length of time please write me by return mail. Your letters in regard to 'Pown Sites to hand and I hope will accomplish result desired, iis soon as Montgomery returns I will consult with him about it. Have written Eddy to day. Business is very light, otherwise things moving smoothly. Yours very truly, Morgan Jones. P. I enclose you C 's report of coal, which is correct as far as thickness of coal is stated. 343 March, 1886, New York. March 26, 1886. Morgan Jones, Esq., President, Fort Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of the maps and report of Mr. Bissell. It is about as I supposed it would be from my knowledge of that country. I have marked upon the map in red the lines which I conside* the most feasible, one running up Spiner's Creek and another turning North West near Clhrendon. It seems to me that these lines should be carefully examined^ they keep us in Texas and run in the right direction. If we could use the one going up Spil].er's Creek we would not lose much distance because we could use the divide between Pra irie Dog and Salt Creeks for our. line going iVest. If we have to use the old line until we get to Clarendon it would be a very long distance out of our way. There is in my mind no question but what we will have to meet some of these roads near Wheeler or Hemphill County, but we don'o want to run too far out of our way to do it, so as to make our line so long from the Canadian to Ft. Worth that they would be induced to put a line in to the East of us. I wish" you would talk freely with Bissell and Murrell about the lines I have marked in red. You ought to look up all the maps and Mr. Murell's prelim inary surveys through that country. They are with you or Mr. Law, They would show what country has been thoroughly developed. Then I want those lines .put upon this map and their report and statement of your ideas upon it, returned with the mpa, to me. I would also like to have placed upon this map the distances between important points, especially upon the lines I have marked. There is no objection to keeping a ood bright man up in that country thoroughly developing it. It is a question in my mind, however, whether Granger has had enough experience in this preliminary work to undertake this alone. Of course Murrell has and so has Bissell, but I suppose you don't think you could spare Bissell again. How woiid it do to send Murrell with Granger and let them make a trip up there together. There is another point that needs consideration. Whom have you in Texas able to take charge of the construction of this extention. My inclination would be to send Mr. Wolcott from '^.uincy. 111. Whatever work is undertaken hereafter in way of construction, I want kept entirely separate from the running department, so there wil be no friction whatever. Yours truly. G. M. Dodg - • 345 March, 1886 Charles P. Adams Jr., Pres. Elisha Atkins, Vice Pres. Henry McParland, Sec. & Treas,. Oliver W. Mink, Comptroller. (Post Office Box No. 5287.) THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Equitable Building. Boston, March 26, 1886. Gen . G. M . Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York. My dear Sir: I have to acknowledge receipt of your favor of yesterday, , which I have read with interest. As you say, there are indeed indications of trouble among our employes. I do not know how I can better set forth the policy that I have indicated to Mr. Callaway, and have iterated and reiterated until I am weary, than by sending you the enclosed copy of a letter which I sent to him this morning. I wholly concur in your views. You say that half of our employes could be discharged without hurting the road. I do not htink you appreciate the condition in which the Union Pacific came into my hands. As a trivial contribution to your better information on this point, I enclose you a copy of some special reports which I recently had printed. I believe I have not sent you copy before. The simple fact is, as I have at last ascertain ed to my great cost, S. H. H. Clark did not know what a railroad was. He thought he did, and Mr. Gould thought he did; but the man was utterly incompetent, and not over honest. His weakness with our employes was soraetiiing incredible. He turned over the orad with its force in a wholly demoralized condition and materially in a condition which could not stand six months hard work. Why the thing did not tumble to pieces of itself is now incredible to me. It will take years to get it into good shape. I should be willing to pay you a handsome compensation if you would go out and pass two months on the line of the Union Pacific quietly taking notes and sending me reports. I do not believe as yet I have got to the bottom oi the rottenness. I remain. Very truly yours, Enclosure Nos. 5 & 6. Charles F. Adams, Jr., President. 347 Ilew York, March 26, 1886 < Gen, W. T. Clark, Matt Morgan Stuflio, Burnett "!7ood Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dear General: I enclose herewith photographs of Col, Mersey, Gen, Rice, Maj, Barnes and Col, Ti^henor. The first two were Brigade Commanders whom you win remember, and tJie other two were on my staff, I also enclose a photograph of myself in uniform and one without uniform (as I am now), TThen you have used these please- retrun them to me as they are all I have. I have no otj.er photograpi.s of any of my staff. I may get a photograpn of Capt, Jonas who was my Aide at the time. I enclose a list of my staff from 'whici. you can obtain the addresses and get photographs from them. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge U''' ■ ■> ■r^ ' ' >' r.- ^ . f 349, April, 1886. New York, April 1, 1886. W, T. Walters, Esq., Baltimore, Md. Dear Sir:- I have been ov- r to Boston and met there Mr. Strong , President of the A. T. & S. F. Ry. Co. His company is about to construct an extention of their road from Kiona, Kansas, to some point in the PanHandle of Texas crossing the Canadian River just above Mobeita and I have arranged with them that we shall build an extension of our ^'rom our present terminus to connect with them at some point, to be hereafter agreed upon, so as to give us a continuous line through the Panhandle, into Kansas, which of course would be very beneficial to our road, but for the present it is a confidential matter. I shall first build 50 miles with the oroceeds of the bonds we can issue upon our recent 34 mile extension, and which are alreadj'^ authorized by the Executive Committee but what I want to ask of you is your opinion as to the better way of negotiating these Bonds • ye propose to issue but vl5,000 per mile upon, the 50 miles to be billt and this would bring down the rate per mile on the entire road to say vl6,000, which, I ihink will be an easy matter fdr us to take care of. I have, as yet, said nothing to anyone about this. as I am in such a position that it is not prudent for me to do so and I write you this because I think you are entitled to know just what IS ping on, and what my plans are. I have no doubt that the end of th^ matter will be that the A. T. & s. P. will get our Road. I would like to hear from you about this. w"uj.u j.iKe Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. Nevf York, April 5, 1886. Hon. JoiiH Chapman, Counlcil Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I saw your inaugural yesterday for the first time and noticed in it your recommendations in relation to the high water anc the hest method of relieving the bottom lands from it. Having had a great deal of experience in thaLbottom, I believe I know as much about high water as any one and I desire to suggest to y.ou that in my opinion the proper way to overcome the difficulties mentioned by you is to complete the levee once commenced up near the grounds of the C. & N.7/.Ry. Co. and carry it around to the embankment leading to the bridge, following the hightable right around. That would keep dry all the space inside of the embankment unless it was from back water coming in from below the bridge. Also allc-.v me to suggest that it would be a great mistake to make any waterways through the embani-onent. All such passage ways as are necessary should be above extreme high water. You and I would not agree as to v/hat high water is but tlicre is no question but what the high water of which you speak \7as comparatively lower at Council Bluff than at any other point on the river from Sioux City to Kansas City; that is , the extreme rise above any other higi. water ever known was not as much there. Tnoever has tried to make you believe that the water below the bridge was three feet lower than that above it is mistaken. If there was a difference of three inches I am much mistaken. It is possible that the water may have piled against our banks there and so'have risen a little higher there than below the bank, but the ridge running clear ar-ound the Brov/n track was above high water all during the great flood and I think this is true also of the ground around where the water works machinei-y stands but of this I will not be certain. What Council Bluffs needs is to- protect the levve against the River so as to throw the entire river through the space under the bridgeg then all the ground soutn of the levee, between there and the railroad tracks will only be subject to overflow from the water which backs up between the grade and the very small local drainage could be very easily taken care of when once the streets of the city are graded. I do not write this to antagonize anyone or open any discussion in relation to the theories hold by others. My only desire is to suggest to you the only practical means of keeping the water off of the city. Of course it does not require any Juore water way to pass the Missouri river at Council Bluffs than at Bellevue and if I mistake not, the water way given by the new bridge at C.B. is much larger than that at Bollevue, or at Blair. I hooe you will meet the Union Pacific people and come to some agreement wltii them so that the levee can bo compieteu and made permanent. At points whore the low water slougiis strike it, it should be rip-rapped on tiie outside. I should think it could be ttid up to the old North-west grade and ran along uyon tha t until it strikes wliat is known as the Brown addition table; then follow that around, A sufficient protection at first could be made by riprapping with willow 352 slios, that- it v;ould billow and in a yea. or tv^o it v;ould come so matted that it -.vould protect itself. Across the low sloughs it wants heavy work on tliO high table it doesn t re^^ii^e veyy muCy. The heavy work Si-ould be put in where the levee runs paralle. with Lhe river east and v/est. The attack on the levee from north of the water-works down to the old grade on ti.e Brov/n tract would be very slight but from this point,, say where the levee would turn south to the'point where a connection would be made with ti.e- present levee, heavy work would be' required and very careful construction across tie high Vater sloiigiis would be necessary. ■ Very truly yours, • - . r . 11. Dodges, w - , • . . i i f. • - Jk. A A y • »-' # • m « ■ # W 0' • ^ - t ^ ^i , i • * /* oV - . . X• • kid. j. 1' I'''VX■ i • ^ Ou . - ' . iiv . . Iwili ot rj IJ.:; ^ 'j C. , ■ ■ • . ..nl j.i . :i. . -r. . . V * w (4*k 0 ■ »!' * • • XX'' 0*t. A t ^ • ■ «. #. 1 / iJ' Xi^v ^Xl 1 O. I Hi » ' - . I '» ik« om iAiigo ov 'p 0.4 kjj .yons ^iPSi*coori ; i. s- o.i f*'i I i .. mii.: cl aum'w. ;l li, J' '41 ' '.v r o(''C' '.' ■•Oi' .V • Jr«xh'lcai uo.. ^ 'i S " ii lii .Ji? ' . 1 -tC'x' . 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' ■ •' '■ • ViX.. - u- 1. -. -r" iC V .■ i J ' .1 • • • . _ , ' i" '.ri J t."*') I .1.1 '■J.W au- , I .; t. i . i ".'r- I . ' . IIi"" .i. ' 'vl .d I' ll' . V ' 4 vMv- New York, April 6, 1886. Hon. Jams: TTileon, U.S.Senate, Uaskincton, D.C. I'y dear Sir:- I enclose herewith a dispatch from my personal friend Mr. E.B. IVheelock of Marshall",. Texas. Confidentially, I suppose that he fears some opposition will be made to the confirmation of Mr. Regan on account of his action in protecting the Texas & Pacific Railway property from the strikers. If there are none but political objection to Mr. Regan's confirmation, I will take it as a personal favor if you will have him confirmed. I am well acquainted with Mr. Regan and know him to be a very competent officer and I know that during our troubles in the south, hd has shown himself to be a brave, active, careful and considerate man and I do not t.,ink he has gone oulside the instructions of the court. He has, of course, been placed in a very difficult position. Please show this letter to Allison if it is necessary, and, if consistent for you to do so, drop me a lino in reply. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 355, i'Sf Ilevf York, April 9, 1886. II, P. Dodge, Esq., ' . " Coui'.cil Bluff3y lo.va. ■ T • - Dear Sir:- '. , . I am in receipt of yours of recent date in regard to U.P.Ry. Co. and have forwarded it to 'ir. Ames. We were all very much surprised at the actior of the Legislature as I.'r. Chapman had written to Mr. Adams and LIr. Adams had replied to his letter, telling him he expected to be in the west very soon, and would take up and consider all these matters. I know that the present management of thq IT.P. has no loca feeling, either for or a ainst any town and it must be evident to Council Bluffs that thing;s ha,ve been .tending towar.d tnem. Of course if the citizens of C.B. desire to antagonize and fight the IT.P. it is an easy matter for them to do so. We all knov/ that such a fight would result only in an injury to C.B. I took up this matter witl^ Kr. Ad.ams some time ago and laid before hi;., the grievances of the people of Council Bluffs and he then assured me that when ..e went west he v/ould see our citizens there. It seems t me that the Board of Trade should take up this, matter and when Mr. Adams arrives there, if they have any grievances let them lay them before him. There is no use of going into ancient history bu let them show just wherein the Bluffs fias been discrimi nated against and what the present management is doing that is detrimental to the city. They should also, tkke up with him the question of protecting the city from the floods of the Missouri River. It loo" s as though the Government and Cong'ess were both determined 6o make a settlement with ti.e U.P«Co. and it is all non sense to talk about the company not paying its debt fn full. If i-t can float a 3f< bond, I do not see, where th're is any, harm to anyone; 3'f. and 4'^- bonds are now being floated all over the country by railroads of standing equal t-^ the U.P. Of course a settjLement between the U.P. and the Gcv ernment would put the Ry. Co. in a p.oiition wli'-re it could do a great many things -wliich it ow cannot; no-matter how much it mi:-int desire to do for C.B. txiey could not spend any money there so long as it is held as it now is under the Thurman bill and every act of the legislature, sucl. as the rece t one, will further prevent its doing anyt..ing for tiie city. T wrote an article for the Des Moines Register in reply to an editorial published in its issue of April 2nd, but T do not know whetho or not they will print it. In my opinion, if the citizens of Council Bluffs had shown half the interest or the industry in taking caref of the roads entering there from the east as they have in attacking the U.P. they would have accomplished a groat deal more th n they have. It is well known to tiie citizens of C.B. (or if it is not it ought to be) that every road ending in C.B* would today be in Omaha if it had not been for the stand' taken by the U.P. on allowin them to cross the bridge and meet ing them at its eastern terminus in C.B* Tvro roads have already gone int o Omaha one north and one south of C.B. because of the position the U.P. has taken, and I now see no reason why the U.P. should stand in the way of all the other roads 'oinr there, if C.B. takes no interest in the defense the corapnny has made for it. The trouble about all 356 these matters is,that there has never been any decided, concerted M action of the business men of Council Bluffs. Their effort has ^ generally been to accomplisi; their desires in some other such as building another bridge, instead of '~oing directly to the manage ment and la;/lng their compla nts before them., Witliin on'y the last few days, parties vhio are b"' ilding a railroad in Nebraska or contemp- •lating extnnsions there have been negotiating with the U.P. for the right to cross the bridge when it is completed into C.B. and the. Company has given them a ssurances that they were considering' the matter, and that in all probability they would be allowed to come in over, thje bridge I submit their statements and I think the Board of Tradq. -^nd tVe city officials should take .them up and when 1!e. Adams arrives there abouththe 20th of this mont; , they should meet him and h<ave prepared what they want to lay before him and discuss the (Juestions as business men. I want Ur, Chapman, Mf. Carson, L!r. Pusey and llr. Keatley in this matter. It seems almost a .fatality that wiienever anyone undertakes to do anything for the. Bluffs andgets matters in shape, it .rls.es. up and - stops it. • • Very truly yours, G. 11. Dodge. P.B. Since writing the above, I. have received the following dispatch from Mr. Adams at Kansas City: "Poppleton wires me that Resolution has passed both houses of • iowa Legislature. Will you at once see about it. and d-^ what you can as this foolishly precipitates action and will make it most difficiilt ^ for me to adjust matters. It forces tl.e Company into ,a position of ^ antagonism whether we wish to occupy it or not." . ^ You see from this what his disposition was. Mr. Carsop -^ired me that the resolut-ion's onuld be held off until an interview was had with Mr>. Adams. I think that the business men of the city should take up this matter. I can say to you, in the strongest terms .tiiat in my opinion this is a crises in the -ffairs of Council Bluffs. Mr. Cotteway today sent, me the following telegram: "Mr. Kimball telegrai-hs in reply to your message that he knows of no case in w. ich a higher rate is charged from San Francisco toCouncil Bluffs than to Cmaha, upon the same class of freight." This ought to sottle the charge of discrimination against C.P. . G. M • • • •' g.i?..; 1V '; » ■ , :o.thi y,- ni ■ ' ^ * Ufc i ' lil '■t.J 111 ,1. 10 .hifj'if Jr.! oiu' .1 . i ■ Y fU'l f J ^ u.. ... < iT. ,,t • • . i J I. ( 4i.' ' . , ; , 11'' ' •*- ^ ' J L . 0 [ H t i 'li i: > ^ . , -h; • • " . ' . ■ 1 ' rt . «j ■ 'i' '; ' ' . ' * '• i •' I t?v . . ." , rv.- I . r: j 'I ■ - .r 'I' .' - "J " , ' f . r 'fc • , , ^ ■ ' ' ' * • •' t- ' , f> '-J uh . ti.. .' . ■. 4 . aj > . < I T ■ . i t. i J ...JJ . : ' '1 .» M . , ■Vt.' . . . »'f 4 . . ... >- '.i O.., lyo I York, April 10, 1886. John T. Baldv/in, Esq., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bear Sir:- I am in receipt of your letter and one from Mr. Pusey upon U.P. affairs. IVhen I wired, I was under the impression that the Resolution had only passed one branch of the Legislature. Of course if the citizen of Council Bluffs propose to strike first and place the companay where it is impossible for the to negotiate witli them, I have nothing to say. That is a qLiestion for them to decide. I can only say that in the end they will find that they have made a very great, mistake. I know what the feelings of Mr. Adams and of Mr. Calaway have been upon this matter. IThen you talk about stockyards, you kno./ how impossible it would be for the U.'-. or for any other company to refuse to give trackage to such yards, no matter where they might be located and especially is this the case where private capital has been put into stockyards, as was done in Omaha. Our people were never in favor of the yards there. I still think that the leading citizens of C.E. ought to meet Mr. Adams upon his arrival there and lay their grievances before him, and, if possible, undo what has been done, and get into friendly relations with the U.P. If it is, as you say, the cesire of Mr. Chapman to drive the U.P* out of Iowa, i is the greatest mistake he ever made in his life and I think sue., a statement must come from i.is temper rather than his judgement. As to high water that is only a question of fact and one easily ascertained. The new bridge at C.B. whdn it is completed will certainly afford passage way for a great deal more water than the bridge at Bellevue or the one at Blair. TOiat should be done is to protect the table-land, as I suggested to you and Mr. ilright when you were here, but I don't suppose they would listen to me in the matter. Very tru ly yours, G.M. Dodge. 361 New York, April 13, 1886, Wra, T. V/alters:- I think we are to escape a flood in Lower Mississippi so that we will have a good season to repair road. The Rio Grande people will get together and reconunend an issue of certificates say 350,000 or as much as is needed on that division for the year. The N.O.P. should do the same, say issue 500,000 for that division and put it up. In the meantime we can reorganize on a fair basis. Wistar wrote to Kidder & Co, that the eastern division had an offer in writing for their bends and were disposed to take in. Do you know who mads it and what it is? I consider tliat the :Gastern division for the futtire is the weakest and most vulnerable point and is rot entitled to over 4 percent on the consols. Mr. TIewcombp should advocate some such, propositions as this. Rgduce the bonded debt of the Rio Division to $20,000 per mile the same as the New Orleans Pacific, issue a mortgage to cover the whole road, give the Eastern division 4 per cent bond on full face of consa»ls; On the Rio and N.O.P. divisions 3 per cent B. bonds for $20,000 per mile and make say a 6 or 8 per cent assessment on the stock. This would in time give all parties the full face value of their investment, fix the fixed charges on the entire road under 61,500,000 and give us plenty of money to put it in shape. Preliminary to this, issue certificates to do this year's work, and let each, division have an expert to see that the money is properly spent on permanent improvements. Ballast on N.O.P., steel on Rio and bal last and steel on the Western. Bondholders will accept a three per cent bond for face of bond rather than a 5 per cent for 5C to 60 per cent of face and an income for balance. Can you not present this to your friend, Mr. May who represented the Rios, who is favorable to It? Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. is properly on Rio and balof bond 363 New York, April 13, 1B86. George F. Tyler, Esq., Philadelpl.ia, Pa. Dear Sir:- I sawy today a letter from General Wistar, to Kidder Co. of this city in whicli he states that they have had a written offer for the T. °-P. Consols, which they are disposed to take. Do you kno'w who made that offer and what it is, or is it a "bluff"? I am satisfied that neither the Rio Grande nor N.O.P. bond-holders will accept any such proposition as they have put forth. The fact is that the Eastern division ts the most vulnerable division of the road, and least likely to earn its iinterest, every point on it being competitive or likely to he so withint the year, I wrote llr. Walters and suggested to him a basis upon which I thought th.e company could be re-organized and it ./as presented to the representatives here of the Rio Grande Division, who are favorable to it. I do not want to put out ray opinion is this. Resume the Rio Grande Division bonds to (>20,000 per mile and issue a mortgage, as they propose, upon the whole road. Issue Series A at 45^, for ti-e consols and Series B. at 5" % for the Rios N.O.P. D'vis'ion. If thdy were based on (20,000 per mile the 4,>*s woulr of course be for the consols at their face. This, in time, would "ive everyone par for his bonds and would keep the fixed charges so low that tl.e road would always be able to meet ther... Then, assess the stock 6 or Qf,, What I want to more particularly suggest to you is the necessity of' the N.O.P. Division bondholders petitioning the court to authorize the issue of say (500,000 of Receiver's certificates upon that division for the pu pose of putting it up in good shape. I am satisfied that we are to have no high water this season and that amount of money spent there this year in ballasting and raising the banks would put it in condition to take care of itself, and that amount is about all that could be economically spent upon that division for the present. The holders of Rio Trande Division bonds should do the same . 1.350,000 should be spent upon that dtvisio-', and, if the eastern division needs it, spend a like amount there this year, (l,500,000 should put the road in fair running order and next ydar, if it is necessary we could spend that much more upon it. aut the court will not do anyti.ing until the bond-holders appear. Therefore the holders of Rio and N.O.P. Division bonds should apply to the court to do this. I understand that Kidder ^ Co. are gettlnr- a very large response from Rio Grande rdivision bond-helders, and this will le their disposition. If something is not soon done to put these two divi3ion3 into better con dition, then we think the road will soon get into such bad order th^t it cannot be operated. Let them raise the money, separately or eac^ divi sion if they wish, and appoint some one to see that it is properly and economically expended in permanent improvements but I would have no fe«r but that tho receiv-^rs -culd expend it wisely and "rell for Garvey, their engineer, is an ablo men. The ro-^d needs steel and ballast; its bridr^os, equipment '-c. are in fair condition. I write this to you confidentially T +V1Q+. tho n.n. P.bondliolders should move as the holders of Rio s amount of would put about all present. economically but that tho engineer, is equipment '*c an al , are for I tj.ink that the N.O.P.bondholders should move as the holders of Rio s have done and have their respr^sentative pppsent It to the court. I would like to know what you think of t!:is mode of reorganization. Truly, C. N, Bodge. Denver Colo, April 19, 1886. Gen'l. G.M. Dodge, Pres. Ft. Worth & Denver City R.R. Dear Sir: I have been awaiting an answer to my last letter to you. But in the meantime have been busy closing up our business and getting my contract with the Denver and Texas Railway Construction and Improvement Company in shape. I have also been at work upon closing up a traffic contract with the Colorado Midland Railway Co. which will give us a through line by standard guage track to Manitou Springs, Leadville, Aspen and GlenwoodSprings, four of the most important business points in Colorado, not on our line already. The contract has been agreed upon and is now being put in shape for ratification, about which there seems to be no doubt. The Midland people have the money and have let contract s to build from Leadville to Aspen and now propose to build from Colorado Springs, where they will connect with us, to Leadville, so as to haul their material for their whole line, over their owp road. My advices f:om the money men in New vork are that when the labor difficulties in the Soutlw est are settled we can raise the money for the through line, i.e. for yours and our ends of it together. Have you done anything sincejou wrote me last? By the way, as to the coal on the south side of Emory's Gap. I had a call a day or two ago from a reliable man, who is now sinking upon the outcrop, near our land. He thinks there is a good vein, has already spent $1000 and is going ahead. It is about 100 miles from the Canadian River. Please write and let me know if it is worth while for me to come to New York to raise money now. We have a clean sheet upon which to raise it and a comparatively cheapline to build. Very truly yours, etc.. Jolin Evans. 367 New York, April 19, 1886, Chas. Adams, E sq., Pres. U.P.Ry. Co., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir; I have received a letter from my brothei' in Council Bluffs, written after he had had an interview witl. Chapman. He says the resolutions passed by the legislature are held in such shape that if I.'r. Adams corrects the abuses existinr; r.t the Bluffs, they -.vill not injure him in Congress. Mr. Chapman says that Mr. Calloway has never visited Council Bluffs and he expresses the desire that if Hr. Adams comes to Omaha he will come over and se'^ the people of C.B.. He says a visit of this kind woi^.ld Inspire yood feeling. The citizens th.ere, as a general thing, are friendly to the company but there is no questi-n but that they have a great mdny judt grievances w}:io]. have been caused more by negative rather than positive acts of the company and a full understanding should be had in relation 'to them, end, if the actions of the citizens of C.B. are incorrect, it should be so kliown. They say positively th.rt there has been discrimino tion against Council Bluffs, i" not from San Francisco east, certainly from C. B. West. I have had letters from people in ""ashington who are very friendly to us and th.ey are very much exercised over these resolutions, and do not see their way clear to act under them, but if the people of the BPuffs were satisfied, there woulr be no' further trouble in the matter. Very truly yours, G. I'h Bodge. 369 New York, April 22, 1886. Mr. B. S. Wathen, $ Mo. Pac. By. Co., rrreenfllle, Texas. Dear Sir:- The trial of the case of Hunter, Sanpson "• Wells, vs. the International Railway IiTiprovement Co, is set down for early in the month of June. We will hereafter get notice of t'e exact date. It will be neces.sary for you to be there and testify on the trial and I write thrs early so that you may let us know if it is possible for i^ou to core, and mako whatever personal arrangements that may be necessary. If your health is such that yor- can miake the trip, there is no qiiestion as to gettin- authority for you to leave pout work there as tlio people wl o '^mploy you are thr ones who are mo^tlj' intereste in the outcome of this suit. If for anjt reason it is absolutely impossible for you to come here, I will send our attorney, who has cJ.arge of the case here and is thoroughly familiar witli it, to take your deposition, but we prefer of course to have you come here and go upon the stand. Please advise me fully in regard to this. Yours truly G. M. Dodge .'"i s ■'» . .t.«w . .. • ,o ■ . 4 '•V . ■, t'. ft ■h. . 371 April 1886. New York. April 24, 1886. Mr. 52i50. p. Tyler, Philadelphia. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter and am a good deal surprised at your statement. You all seem to run before you are hurt. Ho., you can accept any such terms on the only division earnings its fuxl interest is more than I can comprehend. Before you do anything, or come to any of these conclusions let us wait and see what Gov. Brown has to say. Judge Pardee will issue these certificates and hold the whole road responsible. Hp is thoroughly opposed to any disintegration and it will be a hard matter for the eastern divi ion or any other divisions to bring it so that without the aid of the stockholders, the other division... and finally the^ court. I beg to say, and I think we can prove it, that without the New Orleans Division and the Rio Grande Division, the Eastern division would not earn anywhere near its interest, and the moment it is out way from these two divisions it would have to go at 1^ to two miles for one. This would pay interest alone. I think I understand this bid of the Iron Mountain fives, whibh don't worry me in the least. If they will only sell that division to Mr. Gould, it is all I will ask. In my opinion he will give you a 2^ bond at par, very quicily for the New Orleans division. Yours very truly, G. M .Dodge. 075 April, 1886. The JWJ Ranch, Edwards County, Texas. Post Office Address: IV'ontell, Uvalde Co., Texas, Apl. 27 th, 1886 Dear Gen'l: Today the rain is coming down in torents. I think we have had a full inch of rain in the last six hours but I am delighted as we wanted it for crops and grass. My corn is knee high and oats and soraghun. look fine also garden. We have been cattle gathering for a month with vei'y good results, although our cattle were badly scattered and our horse stock very thin. Gould not rush them,it will take us all of next month to get them all in as the rains have miade plenty of water on the mountains and the stock will not seek the streams as the grass is splendid on the mountains and we have to htint both the valleys and mountains,;which makes very hard work for horses, uses them up rapidly. I am not getting as good a crop of calves as I expected owing I think to lack of bulls. We have not half enough for the Ho.of dows we have. We have branded 21 calves and they are all doing nice ly. The jfirst six heifers but sad to say the next six are all bulls, and I am now only one heifer ahead, 10 bulls and 11 heifers. I am not through _plowing or sowing yet I can put in sorghum until July and make a good crop. I only got in about five acres of corn but expect to get in 15 of sorghum and millet for roughness.With this I can keep my horse stock in good condition. I shall in the fall cut out all my old cows and beaf cattle and turn them on the field as soon as crop is off.in a few weeks they will be fat when I will market them and fill their place with young cattle. I think Jones must be mistaken about the movement of cattle for yearlings are selling here now at :ij8.50, one dollar better than last year and 2500 have passed out of this canon north bound in tie last week. They are driving. I presume the strike has something to do with the offers of stock to the roads. Stock men are most tiidd when there is any fear of interuption in transportation. I am afraid this strike is not over for its a fixed fact if Mr. Gould succeed now the Knights of Labor organization is doomed and he must succeed or the arbitrary power of this organization will exert such dictatorial influence that the whole fabric of popular Government will be menaced and the strong arm of the General Government will have to put it down by force of arms and a deal of blood shedding. I trust he may be successful. Were I unimployed, I would volunteer to run one of his engines and I would do it or bust. I wrote you in my last that I was sorely in want of money. I have not a cent, am running my ranch on my face. Dont know how long it will last, but hope you will send me some soon. I expect todays mail to bring it. I am kidding goats,now have 50 of the finest kid I ever saw. Rave haa an offer for my culls of old goat stock. Think I will sell keeping nothing but the finest in this way with the two iine bucks I have I will have a very fine flock in a year or two more. 376 I shall let them leave about 150 nanies for fall kidding. • I must get some nore bulls they help keep stock together and the per cent of increase is enhanced. This section that I have improved is very fine land and the improvements are good. It's worth ^30 an acre to day as a farming section. I have a field of 40 acres nearly cleaned up whicl^i is as pretty and good a piece of land as you ever saw in Iowa. I think l/2 of it 320 acres is susceptible to agriculture and the balance to fruit and grass. I have l/2 an acre of as fine a stand of alfalfa as was Peter Smith's we saw on Trinity bottoms, l/2 an acre set with Bermuda, which this rain will bring out, and the place looks splendidly. I cant see that I have done so much, but everybody says they never saw sucn a change in one year. Had I not have broken down in health I would have accomplished a deal more but I have had to work against every kind of embarassment, having so many old squatters and thieves, murderers and Mexican labor with bad health nearly knocked the stuffing out of me, but I am daily getting health and strength, but my Dr. says I must not overheat my blood nor work to hard or I will have a set back. The 7th of this m.cmth I had to go into San Antonio to see my Dr. thought I was going to pass in my ci.ecks, caused by over heating my blood and hard work. One of my white laborers got on his ear because I asked him to help push a wagon over to the field to save time in getting up a yoke of cattle. He replied he did not propose to make a mule of himself. I told him his skin was too fine for this kind of work. He had better take his pay and find a softer job. This broke up my fencing gang ^ so I had to take his place and as it was a very hot day and I was deter- PP mined to show my men that I could get along without them if it became necessary as he was the oldest hand on the place. I kept my end of the work up but at night you would have thought I was just out of the river, every thread of clothing was dripping with perspiration that night and the next day I had to pay for it, but I forced discipline on the ranch and no one has questioned my right to have things done my way since. I expect the Walker Co. men here this week to look at the Stone Lands. Gold fever here still high, they are finding it all over. I doubt whether in paying quantities. California rilners-in here prospecting. One of them Ross and old employee of Browers at Las Vegas. Genl. there is an honest old settler on your Section 79, which is your S. E. Section. He wants to buy; he supposed he had settled on a state section. Has made some very fair iniprovements, its a good Section, farming and range land. I have notified him that if he stays he must pay rent he has a few cattle and flock of goats, does not in terfere with me.much though if he was off I would put my herddr over there with the goats and a 100 head of cattle as its a fine valley with plenty of water. lie wants to know if he goes off if you will pay him something for his improvements he has a very fair log house 10 acres cleared and w611 fenced with cedar rails. Its a section you cant afford to sell now at any price you can get. When you sell you want to sell all of your twenty a:., one ranch improved and stocked. This place will catch sonisbody for big money, if we can get it consolid ated which will be do e I think this winter. I can get 20 sections ^ down in the south line which will maxe a dandy ranch and easily fenced. M My own judgment would be to pay old man Lee something for his improvements, it would not be much to you but a deal to him, as is been done by his own labor and he located in good faith, is not a bulldosing squatter. Please let me hear from you soon. Yours truly, J. W. Jennings. 877 May, 1886 UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. Construction Department. Chief Engineer's Office. J. Blickensderfer, Chief Engineer Omaha, Neb. May 5, 1886. Genl. G . Mi. Dodge , Nol. Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir; Some time ago I received from your daughter Mrs. Pusey, a copy of Genl. Die's report on organization etc., of U. P. R. R. being one of the papei s I inquired for of you, in an earlier letter. M.rs .■ Pusey in sending the fceport, said: "This is the only copy of this particular report he (you) has, so in case you wish to keep this one in your possession please consult him, as I do nbt know but that he wishes to own it himself." As I desired the report in order to bind it with others and thus complete for myself a full set, I wish thus particularly to ask whether you wish it returned to you, or whether I mah keep it and have it bound for myself. The second copy which could not be found among your papers, being the report for 1865, I have had the good fortune to obtain since I wrote you, from Saml. B. Reed, Esq, and thus I have if I may be permitted to kc-ep the one from you, a complete set. What do you think by this time, of the prospect of Oongressional Legislation regarding the extension of time to U. P. and other Pacific Roads, for the payment of government subsidy. I should be glad to know your views. Very truly yours. J. Blickensderfer. ■ ,.vV»' ' V' . s Ne-i7 York, L'ay 11, 1886. LIr. Morgan Jones, President, Ft. ^.7orth, Texas. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your fasror of May 6th in relation to the visit of Messrs. Strong, Snyder and Seeley to Ft. 'Jorth. I l.ope you v^ill be able to make a trade with th' Texas ?c Pacific at once, so tiiat we can be free there; then in my opinio , we will have to make arrange ments -with the Santa Fe read, for if the Texas & Pacific persists in making sucj. a charge against us it will be impossible for us to meet it. Anyhow, I am disposed to get independent of them if possible. Three or four parties to deal with, and all of them quarreling, makes a very unpleasant state of affairs. I have talked ibo the M. K. T. people about our payments there, and they think -.vo are now paying -bout itwhat is ISri'^ht. ri'^ht. I would' be -willing to leave th-^ whole matter to Mr. Hayes if the T.-'c P would agree to it and abi^:e by ' is decision, but I do not suppose they "Tvould be willing t o do any such tl.ing. Evans is here and has got his project into such shape that I think he will be able to come to meet us, and I also think Mr. Gould will build his Southern Kansas line to a junctior with u :. I wantto put an engineer party in that country from Quanah north, as son- as you can find a man fit to do the work. I want-to run a line up to the point where the Santa Fe comes i - or, the south of the Canadian, and see 1"" we con find a good crossing of the Canadian in Hutchlnson County, running up to the Junction of the Rabbit Ear and Beaver Creeks, or to a point somewhat west of that in Sherman county on Beaver I will, in a few days send you a map giving some idea of where this line should be run. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. 383 New York, May 11, 1886. Mr. N. P. Dodi3e, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir: I ..otice that the Union Pacific bill is coming up in Congress. The citizens of Council Bluffs should in some manner make knov:n to their representatives and senators in Wasliington the facts in relation to the passage of these resolutions, or tlicir delegatior in Congress will be controlled by the billas it now stands. The leading citizens ,of Council Bluffs should send a letter to the senators and members, or the Board of Trade shou ld take some action which -would break the force of these resolutions, and show exactly -why and i.ow they wore passed. George Carson and Col. Keatly, as Senator and member should -write to Washington in regard to these resolutions, that is, of course, provided they have changed their views. As I understand it the resolutions were simply passed because they h-d a spite against the Union • Pacific--not because they were opposed to theii' metnods and settlemotxts. I am. Yours truly,G. M. Dodge. 385 New York, Hay 14, 18G6, Hessrs. Dillon & Swayne, 195 Broadway, Rew York. Gentlen-en; - Referring to your favor of yesterday I hand you nerevvith two old contracts between the International Railway Improvenient Co., and other parties. One you will notice is made and executed by Henry HcLaughlin,. Acting chief engineer. The other is unsigned on behalf of the company but you will recollect that these are only copies, and therefore not necessarily signed by both parties. You will notice, too, that each of these copies bears in the lower left hand corner the words,"Approved. G. H. ^odge. President." The printed form was first made to be used by J. H. Sddy, Superintendent of Constrauction wh-^ was I'r. TJashbuxn's predecessor or directly in charge of that work while Washburn had charge of the Pacific and Texas Colorado Railway Improvement companies in addition to his general supervision of the work of the International Railway Improvement company. Hr. Edd:? was afterward proiuoted to be General Superintendent of the H. K. "r T. Ry. Co., and ^--r. 'Yashburn then signed contracts as chief engineer of International Railway Improve ment company, but I am not certain that he had any new contracts printed for that company and bearing his printed title as chief engineer You will notice that the one I send you was originally a Texas ?= Colorado c-ntract changed for the use of the International Railway Improvement Go. Trusting that these wi 1 prove of service to ycu, I am. Very truly yours. 389 New York, May 17, 188C, B. "TTlieelcck, Esq., New Orleans, La. My dear Sir:- I have been away ever since you sent me tiie dispatch about iexas and I wired you to draw upon me. As soon as I received your dispatch about the Taxes on the land, I want to the N.O.P. office and saw Lr. Gould and Judg e Dillon and others there and laid the facts before them in the plainest terms, and the result of the interview was that Mr. Gould advanced the money to pay the taxes in full. He claims that he did not fully understand the matters. As I understand, it h- agrees to take land at $2.00 per acre in payment of the amount ad vanced but that is a matter between him and tiie Trustees, 'Vliat I want to tell you in relation to the matter is ho'w it came about. The Judge was very much pleased at getting the money but you are going to have up hill work all the time to get money to run ; cur concern down there wh re you have ob tbtain it from the !,'Missouri Pacific^ or from Mr. Gould. It always takes a personal appeal. 1 should like to know a little more about the lands you have settled for me. Cannot Greene or some one write me about them? I v7ould like to know if they are a choice selection end also In v/hose hands I shall put them in order to have them properl y cared for,trespassers kept off of them, taxes paid and the lands put properly upon the market when I am ready to sell the..:. I suppose you are very, busy but I would like to hear from you in this subject. I suppose you are posted as to matters in 7/ashington. 17e are in liopes of getting the patents of the rest of the land but you know how uncertain all these things are. If there are any choice selections of land in Louisiana to be covered by these bonds, I thir.k I am entitled to them for the 7/hole fight and woi-k has virtually fallen upon my shoulders, even to having to raise every cent wi.ic.. is raised, although my interests, compared with others is now very light. I would like to know what you tliink Parder is goiing to do ./ith the Texas ^ Pacific. '.Tliv don't he authorize the issue of Receiver's certificates and put that down there wh re from Mr. Gould. 1 should settled for me. liopes of getting the patents of uncertain all these tilings are. land in Louisiana to be covered '.Tliy don't he authorize the issue oi Receiver s certificates and put that road in order? I would like to hear from you occasionally Ycurs truly]; G. M. ce 391': May, 1886 Charles F. Adams, Jr., Pres. Elisha Atkins, Vice Pres. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Henry Mc^'arland, Leo. and Treas. Oliver Mink, Comptroller. Equitable Building. (Post Office Box No. 5287) Boston, May 18, 1886 Cen. G. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York. My dear General: In your reply please refer to No. 8-58. I have to acknowledge receipt of your note from the Union • League club, of yesterday. As you will see by the papers to-day, the consideration of the bnion Pacific funding bill has been specially assigned for June 5th and 8th. I am informed from Washington that the feeling is very friendly towards it, and unless some radical change occurs not now ahticipated the bill will pass the House by a large majority. My informant, who is quite well informed, further states, that, "Could a vote on the bill have been reached this morning, my judg raent is not twentyfive votes would have been cast against it. Cool headed members concur with me in this opinion." Under these circuustances, the game would seem to have reached the stage at whrh no point must be lost. The action of the Iowa delegation may be of importance. I wish, therefore, that you would give such time and attention to the matter as is desirable. My own feeling is that things are going so well that it is very dangerour to interfere with them. Accordingly, I propose to keep perfectly quiet, and hands off. It will riot do to have it suggested that we have a lobby on the spot. Nevertheless, you are discreet and well acquainted with many of the western members. I am sure anything you can do to aid us I shall be greatly obliged for. I remain. Very truly yours. Charles F. Adams, Jr., President. V't 3S3 May, 1886. York. . ' ,« - May 18, 1886. Mr. Morgan Jones, President, Port Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- I enclose a tracing of the Pan Handle of Texas, showing the lines which I wish you to have examined. The proposition is that the Wichita road, (Mr. Gould's line) , the Denver & New Orleans and the Ft , Worth & Denver shall all meet somewhere on the Rabbit Ear or the Beaver. To do that we must start from some feasible point on our line as far west as Clarendon, and try all the crossings of the Canadian river on the lines I ha ve indicated in pencil. I only indicate these lines as being about the ones I desire to have examineu but I particularly desire to have the crossings in Potter and Hutchinson Counties thoroughly e xamined, especially in the latter county. It seems to me that we made some preliminary examinations and had at tacked the Canadian in these counties unsuccessfully. Mr. Murrill will know abou this. The maps and surveys of these examinations should be with you in Ft. Worth. It seems to me that these lines could be sufficiently examined by reconnoisance, instead of biy instru mental sur-^^s. I think from a care ful reconnoisance we could tell pretty nearly what could be done I want information about this line just as soon as possible. Gov. Evans is very an ious to have us keep as near our old and original line as possible, but it seems to me if we are to connect with roads coming from the east it would be better for us to make the connection furt^'er east. I would like to hear your views upon this this subject at once. If the Missouri Pacific will give to the Denver & New Orleans and to us the traffic contracts they talk about there w 11 be no trouble in negotiating the securities to build the ' line through to Denver, but I have my doubts about their doing all they talk about. Mr. Gould will push west on some one of Wathens' lines which are marked upon this tracing in black dashes, to some point in the public lands, or in the northern part of Texas, which Evans anu myself may agree upon as a connecting noint for the three roads. What I write you about this is of course confidential, and for your information only. It does not at all interfere with anv arrangement we may have made or will make with the Atchison road. Yours truly. G. U. Dodge. 395 Nev^ York, l.Iay 18, 1886, Mr. David Keene, Care Dillon Swayr.e, City. Dear Sir: I return herewith Mr. Law's deposition. I have r-ad it care fully and in my opinion the answer to all his statements is that in it he swears that he was nothing but an assistant engineer and therefore would naturally knov; nothing about the orders sent to Mr. 7/ashburn, nor what contracts nor agreements were made by him, nor the tei'-ms nor con ditions on whicl] sucu contracts were or could be made. I do not suppose anyboj^y will claim tiint Mr. '.Vashburn could make contracts dov/n there, and go on and do the work without authority from sonobody, and the question which will come up is wiiat authority did he have? and nobody but myself can tell what orders were given him. I tiilnk that if the testimony of any of our sub-rdinates if offered the str ngest will be that of Mr. Wathen, who was chief engineer, a: d received orders from me, as did Mr. TTashburi , ai.d v/ho preceded iiim in charge of the work in Mexico. I have a letter from Mcrgan Jones, the President, who saw Law in Port ^orth.' Mr. Jones says that Sa:..psell was there with Law ano that they expected to bring him to New York as their witness. Law told Jones that he would sear to notning that would injure me personally, but evi dently Sampsell is trying to get out of him whatever he can that will be benelicial to himself or his case. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. SG9 New York, Llay 25, 1' 8G. LTr. E. B. W^eelock, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir: I received your dispatch and also your' letter enclosing one fro Capt. Greene, and I wired you to make selections of land to cover •*•1 Cir0,000 rn nnn or nr> 5200,00c OOnn nnn of nf •hnnr'a bonds. Tou say in your letter you can reserve 75,COO00 acres. Do you mean that many more in addit'on to those ^ have already applied for, or is it inclusive of the former applications? Nhen must the lands be paid for? I see they have been appraised. In making select!-ns for me, attertion sl-ould be given not only to t2ie quality of the land, but its location sl.orld be such that it can be readily gotten to market. This should be kept constant-- ly in viev;. I look to you to -.vatci. tiiose mttters for me, because you are on the ground and know exactly vh.at shoi-ld be done. . I notice Green says that he has made additional applications for me. I suppose that i'r. Brakenridge will have tiie benefit of what selections have been made for me, and t.,ot he will loch at t2:ose as well as any others. *I think that matters in Washington are in good shape if we can get action. The trouble is to get opportunity for a report, or to get time in the lyouse. The w .'^le temper of the house has" clminged relative to land grant roads, as you will see by the report of ti:e Committee on the Pacific Railroad. I am told the Pacific Railroad bills \Yill pass the house, with very little opposition. You Icno'w that for years they iave bee: pounding that company but the company has not been near Washington and the chonge in the rrttitude of result of the oommitt ee's investigations. I have matters in Wasiilngton as closely as I could and I wi.y we s..ould not succeed there. Let me hear from you about tlxese matters. Yours very truly. been looking after can see no reason G. M. Dodge. 403 May, 1886. The American Telegraph and Cable Company. 195 Broadway, New York, May 28th, 1886. G . M . Dodge, Esq., New York. Dear "^ir; At an Annual meeting of the American Telegraph and Cable Company, held May 26th, you were elected a director of the company for the ensuing year. Yours truly. Thos F. Clark, Secretary. f ' 405 . ■' Kew York, June 8, 188G, Mr. •/. T. ^Valters, Baltimore, I'd. Dear Sir: I think that the New Orleans & Pacific bond holders should have a committee to look after their interests in the re-organization of the road. I haveno faith In tne scheme of ti.e lYistar committeo going through. Tt is sue., an iinjust one that I do not kno-v of aybody e: cept the holders of the consolidated bo; ;ds who will submit to it, and nov?, since the decisions of the courts in these matters, and since the receivers have received authority to buy steel for putting the road in perfect order, I think th.e matter is liable to remain in the Receiver's hands until it can be seen wi.at the road can be made to do, and it seems to me that t is is tlie best policy for all concerned. The stockiiolders will certainly nevnr submit t^o any suci; agremenet as the Wistar committee has put out, and they can keep the road in the courts a long time if they see proper to do so. I hope, therefore, you will not turn in your New ; rleans Pacific bonds. Let us have time and more daylight in these matters. There are a great many things I could tell you personally which I cannot write you, and .vhic.. I think, would induce you to keep quiet Tor the present. Please trout ti.is as confidential, and let me hear what you think of it. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 407 June, 1886. rOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S., Washington, D. C., June 8, 1886 Dear General: Yours 7th received. Under the instructinns of our ^tate Legislature our delegation (Reps) agreed on Saturday,when the bill was up, that we would follow the said instructions, although the opinion of all the Republicans, I believe, is that the bill is the best that can be done for all concerned. Ma jr. Holmes, of the Com. wiU vote for the bill, but Hepburn, Lyman, Congar, Fuller, Struble and I all agreed as stated above, although I have expressed freely my own judgement. All agree that to vote for the bill will put us in the defensive and in close distr. like my own, Fullers will be dangerous. .Ve agreed however to pass on the first call so as not to influence any vote against the bill. On receiving your letter this A. K. I showed it to Col. Hep burn and suggested a re-consideration of our plans, but he stands firm. The same as to Lyman. Now a vote will not be taken until the Legislature bill is disposed of and I suggest 1st that you write to Col. Hepburn, or come 6n here. 2nd That you get Senator Allison to see him. 3rd If you can get the writer of the resolution, the State Natl. Legislature, Clayton I believe, or Carson, (dont remember which) to telegraph tia t he acted on rumor , it would help. In your letter you say that the writer now knows that he was mistaken. 4th It will not be safe new , after the agreement, for one of us to shoot off. If we could get the bulk of the delegation to pull to gether we could do so with greater safety. It is proper to sbate in this connection, that the indications were, Saturday, that the bill would carry by a good majority. ^hile some claimed that its fate being upon the action of our delegation. Judge Cary of Wyoming is one ol the latter class. I do not know who the roads have here looking after the matter, and, until I got your letter did not know that you took any interest in it. Indeed some of the members noted that the roads would not be content with less ti:^n a ninety year extension. In haste , Genl. G. M. Dodge, New York. Yours truly, D. B. Henderson. UNITED STATES POST OFFICE Council Bluffs, Iowa, 4 J .r, . June 9th, 1886. Dear Sir: In conversation with your brother about business matters this morning, the subject of my confirn^ation was mentioned. It seems the situation of the case is about this: hr. Vaughan and his friends have tried in every possible manner to prevent my confIrri.ation and have endeavored in various ways, to black-mail me, and 1 ha.ve taken th.e position that I would rather lose the postoffice than to contri bute to him in any manner. He has been persistent in his efiorts to defeat uy confirniation, but se far as I know, has but little aid or encouragen.ent from any responsible parties. When my petition for the office was circulated, it was signed by about 1600 persons, patrons of the office--ffiostly democrats. I was also endorsed by our entire democratic delegation of this state in congress, and many other prominent democrats. Since taking the office, my republican friends have endorsed me very strongly, by addressing a joint letter to Senator Wilson, asking him to report favorably on my nomination. This letter was signed by such men as John Beresheim, N. P. Dffiidge, J. W. Chapman, Horace Everett, N. D. Lawrence, W. F. Sapp, S. Farnsworth, E. L. Shugart, John T. Baldwin, George F. Wright and others. I received a letter to-day fron, a friend of mine living in Des Moines, in which he enclosed a letter he received from Senator Wilson, under date of the oth inst., containing the following, in reference to the action of the Senate Conmittee: "That case has not yet been taken up by the Committee for definite examination as correspondence relative to it on both sides has been somewhat voluminous and extended and seems not yet to be over, but the case will be considered within a short time, and I have no doubt that a just result will be reached when the Coimrittee gets at the case in its order; and I can assure you there is no disposition on my part or that of any member of the Committee to do other than justice, in accordance with the rules of equity and fair paly, to persons whose cases come under our supervision." 410 This indicates to nie that Vaughan and his followei-s are still afterusii and if you can conscientiously drop the Senator a line, in niy behalf, am of the opinion it will do much toward giving him a more favorable opinion of me than he now has, and I assure you I will appreciate anything you do, for I would rather almost anything would happen, than to have this man Vaughan, who has cost us all so much to squelch, recognized as having influence enough to secure anybody's defeat by the United States Senate. Acting upon the suggestion of your brother, and knowing that you are somewhat acquainted with our local affairs, I write this letter, and if you see proper to drop the Senator a line, I assure you I shall take pleasure in reciprocating the kindness whenever an opportunity presents itself. Very truly yours. Theo. Bowman, Gen. G. U. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New Vgrk. ' ,,.s. ' ^ • - fi . / ^ X • " fj '' ■v-'j \ ' ' .t'' V / . •' *■ 'ilr 1. *" ■ _ 'v , , , , t I. . . v: / •; '• : . 1 1 . June, 1886. 411 House of Representatives U. S., Washington, D. G., June 10th, 1886, Personal. Hon. G. M. Dodge, Washington Building, New York. My dear General: Your letter of May 24th was upon my table for some days. I have improved the time by examining the subject discussed by you and agree with you in both propositions. 1st the the bill reported by the Com. on Pacific roads is the best present disposition of the Union Pacific indebtedness and 2nd that the joint resolutions of the Iowa Legislature are probably the result of very inconsiderate action. I think the entire Iowa delegation so regard the matter, with the exception perhaps of Mr. Maver. But my republican colleagues have carefully considered the matter of our instructions am; have concluded that it is our duty to obey the instructions of the Legislature, If the matter should not be disposed of at session, I .think all of us would during the coming campaign discuss the matter with our people, and I have no doubt find such a condition of sentiment, after they learn the facts, as would justify us in voting for the proposition. I have conversed with Maj. Lyman, Mr. Conger, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Holmes and Col. Henderson who have each expressed the opinion above expressed by me. Your friend, W. P. Hepburn. 413 June, 1886. Council Bluffs, lo^-a. June 16, 1886 Dear Gren: . On receiving your telegrams asking for Keatly and Carson to wire delegation in Washington, I went to Mr. Pusey who has been acting as Prest of Citizen's Com. and handed it to him knowing it would be useless for me to apply to them to sign such a telegram without some favorable action on part of this Com. Mr. Pusey called the Com, together and in eve they handed me a telegram to send you in reply but it asked you to come here and seemed so foolish and impracticable that I declined to send it. Later I went, down arid saw Mr. Pusey and •found that the action of the Com. was not in harmony with his views but rather those of Stewart who is a most difficult man to handle. He promised to wire you personally and after I laid before him the situation as I saw it he seemed very desirous that all opposition to U. P'. should be withdrawn and 1 left him feeling that he would not let matters rest as they are. Monday A. M. Mr. Galloway sent Mr. Burns for me to go to Omaha and see him or to appoint a tin.e and he would corne and see me, I of course went right over and saw him and advised with him and Mr. Burns the best course to pursue to win this Committee over to the sup^^ort of U. P. and get them to destroy so far as possible the effect of the resolutions. We arranged for Mir. Calloway to go over and meet Mr. Pusey, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Evans and inform them something of what he proposed doing on this side River in event the Co. got the legislation they soiight. We thought his simple statement to them in confidence would be sufficient to have them turn about and work for the Co. He met them yesterday P. M. and Mr. Pusey and Mr. Evans seemed satisfied but Stewart want to bargain with Mr. Galloway which he could not do. Mr. C. would make no bargain but told them that a Round House was to be erected and the switching across bridge of the through trains to be stopped and he would favor a track up Ikth Ave. to the Ag'l. Ware houses. Said the interests of the road demanded these and he would favor joining with the Iowa roads in a Union Depot this side of the old Power building which we learn the other roads are desirous to do. After this interview they (Mr. Galloway and Mr. Burns) came to me house and we talked the matter over and I requested Mr. Burns to come up this A. M. and see Mr. Pusey and see what more could be done. He came and saw him and also had a private conversation with Mr. Stewart and a meeting of the whole committee was held this alternoon at which Mr. Burns was to be present. The result of which I have not heard but shall feel like moving out of the city if they do not withdraw their opposition and send Mr. Pusey to Washington to undo the mischief they have done. I had Mr. Beresheira go and see Mir. Stewart this afternoon. H&as and most of these men are so favorably impressed with Mr. Calloway that they would be willing to put the interests of C. Bluffs in his hands and it would be a burning shame if Stewarts opposition should prevent our being placed agin on friendly terms with Union Pacific. 414 I have not felt so blue for a year as when Mr. Galloway failed to convince Mr. Stewart that the interests of G. Bluffs lie in our help ing them in Congress. It is fortunate for us that the U. P. has two such level headed men as Galloway and Burns in whom the people have great confidence and this opposition of a few removed and it is so practi cally, as I understand Stewart is the only man who stands out. There will be but one feeling and that of friendliness and hopefulness as regards our interests. Knowing that the U. P. officials in control ere not men who will sacrifice the interests of the road to favor any point. I hope before this reaches you G. Bluffs will be working as one man for the interest of U. P. and thus for the interests of our city for they are in a large measure identical. Yours, N. P. D. - • , 1 ■ ■ 'i \ ^ iiA ' .■ .i , iv '-y f* ji's • * •' ' /' • j LA, /■' J..U June I7th, 1886. 415 Washington D.C. June 17, 1886. Gem. G.M.Dodge, N.Y.Gity. Dear Sir: Yours of the I5th Inst., relative to the nomination of Thos. Bowamn to be postmaster at Council Bluffs, is at hand. I think that matter will be settled within a short time in accordance with your suggestion. The President has withdravm the first nomination of Bowman, which was in place of Armour, suspended, and renewed it in place of Armour, whose term will expire of the 1st of July. This takes out of the case the consideration of the questions involved in' the matter of the suspension and leaves it standing merely on the fitness of Bowman | and now see no reason, why there may not be a favorable report Yours truly. James F. Wilson. 417 June, 1886 Council Bluffs, Iowa, G/ib/SS. Dear Gren: Mr. Burns stuck to that Citizens Com. until he got a favor able action withdrawing all opposition to U. P. and I suppose a tele gram signed by Keatly, Carson and others has been sent to our delegation at Washington asking them to vote for the bill and possibly some one may go on from here. Mr. Pusey cannot leave(Officer is away). If he could go he would be the man. I aii. glad this action has been taken before the bill came up and have no doubt our people will work for U. P. interests here after and there will be no more foolish moves to injire them. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. 419 Hew York, June 21, 1886, Hon, D. 3. Henderson, House of Representatives, Washington. Dear Sir: I am informed by letters received from Council Bluffs, that the Citizen's Committee, ;vJ.o have had the matter in charge there, have finally concluded to appeal to tiie members of the legislature to vote for the U.P, bill, and that Keatly, Carson and others vill send requests for the members of congress from Iowa to support the bill before the House. Till you be kind enough v/hen this comes befor the House, to do what you can to get the delegation to work in harmony with this action While it was the action of the state, you.will understand it was really the action of Council Bluffs. Yours very truly, C. LI. Dodge. V T IT f"'TTTTTT ^ "^4 421 June, 1886. The Denver & New Orleans Railway Construction Go. Operating TIIE DENVER & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD. Office of the Auditor. Chas. Wheeler, Auditor. Denver, Colo., June 22nd, 1886 Gen'l. G. Dodge, Fields Building, No. 1. Broadway, New York City. Dear General: I have been here fixing up the ^^idland traffic contract ever since I left. Did not get home until after Clark, Geo. Gould and I/r. Kerrigan had passed over our road and gone East. I have been expecting a letter or dispatch from you as soon as they report, but hear nothing yet. The ti'affic contract between The Denver, Texas & Gulf R. R. and The Colorado Midland Ry . has been ratified. It gives us a line to Leadville, Aspen and Glenwood Springs, via Colorado Springs, They have a large force of men at work on the line and are said to have plenty of money to build it through without delay. This will help our through line to the Gulf very much. Have you any suggestions to n.ake in regard to our matters. Have you any idea of what we can do with the Mo. Pacific Co.?- I have a correspondence with the Gen. itanager of the Rock Island extensions. They propsoe to build to the Ban Handle of lexas. Please drop me a line and say if we can do anything in our matters if I come to New York now. Very truly yours etc., John Evans. 423 June, 1886. House of Representatives U. S., Washington, June 22, 1886. Gen'l. G. lii. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y, Dear General: Yours of yesterday at hand. I shall be very glad to receive such expression of opinion from the people of my district as will justify me in disregarding the resolutions of the Iowa Legislature in relation to the U. P. extension and leaving me to act on my own judg ment. I, in co;:mon with my Colleagues, have felt bound by those resolu tions, and yet our judgments have all leaned to the opinion that the resolution was ill advised, and hasty. I hope no vote will be passed at tills session, but that it goes over until Dec. when, in my judgment. it will be better understood, and the Iowa delegation all feel justi fied in foting for the bill. Yours truly, J. Lyman. a j <f 427 June, 1886. June 28, 1886. Toperville, Washington Co., Utah. Dear Friend and Relative: You will excuse me forwriting to you at this time. I have thought you would have written to me before this but never mind I am only a self-made man of over 50 years, on the frontiers, an Invincible defender of the same. I prize much the name of our self-made men and their achievements in peace or war. I have long been acquainted with Henry Dodge of Wisconsin and A. C. Dodge of Iowa and many others of our self-made men. I have got a fine group of their likenesses now before me. .1 send one of mine to you. I will give you a kind in vitation to call and see me in my mountain home where I am altays ready to welcome niy friends. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain. Yours truly, Capt. A. E. Dodge. The great weslern explorer. I have done a few things in ray life. 429 June, 1886. Colon, U. S. 0., Jvine 30th, 1886 General G. M. Dodge, 195 B'way, N. Y. ■ Dear Gen'l: Having heard of you interesting yourself in the construction of a railroad running from Buenozeras and extending into Paraguay, I now write to fender my services as contractor or otherwise profitably located, as I am thoroughly aclimated to these climates and speak their language somewhat, having been in Peru and Botivia for eightt.en months and have been here on the Isthmas ot Panama for over two years a part of the time with the Panan.a Railroad and the balance of the time con tracting on the Canal. I had two of my old foremen from the Texas & Pacific with me. Now since I am settling up with the Canal, I would like to make a change and get in a little healthier country than this, as I can assure you it almost depopulates itself annually, although up to the present my health has been quite good. If your Southt,American scheme does not go on I would like to get something from you in the states. You will very much oblige if you will favor me with an answer Yours very resp'y., C. Christopher. 431 July, 1886. J. I. Polk F. M. Hubbell Office of POLK & HUBBELL. Des Moines, Iowa, July 2nd, 1886. G. M. Dodge, Esq., New York City, N. Y. Dear Sir: Our Kr. Hubbell has been to Ut. Paul since we saw you and had an interview with ¥r. Merriam and his associates, Nr. Livingston and Mr. Oakes of the Northern Pacific Railway. They say they have a written proposition from Mr. Whitehead, to consolidate with them, which they have under consideration. They are willing to entertain a proposition from us to con solidate and say they prefer to trade with us than with Mr. Whitehead. They proposed some terms for a consolidation which they want us to submit to our friends, and let them toow whether we desire any modifibation, and if so what. One of our firm will go to New York just as soon as we can learn that Mr. Joy is there with a view of closing the transaction with the Wabash folks. We could not get a promise from the St. Paul gentlemen to trade with us, but they said at various timessduring the Interview that they preferred to trade with us upon the terms there talked, than to accept Ivr. Whiteheads proposition. Yours truly. Polk & Hubbell. Dictated by E. M. H. ■ . .•.v..!".. 433 July, 1886. Office of R. E. Montgomery, Fort Worth, Texas. Camp Supply, I. T. July 3/86. Gen. G. M. Dodge, New York, Dear Sir: I have been up in Southern Kansas for two (2) weeks on a little prospecting tour, and think that I can perhaps give you some information that may prove of interest. The Southern Kansas has located its line definitely about 12 miles south of here so as to enter Texas in the Southern or SouthEastern portion of Lipscomb County in the Ban Handle of Texas, but beyond there nothing definite is known. They have graded from new Kiowa to the Salt Fork and are now on the heavy work this side of the Cimanon where they have some that runs 70,000 yds. to mile, but they will keep a 1 grade (52 8/l0 to mile) at least up to the Texas line. They were stopped for a few days on account ol some right of way trouble, but I heard before I left Kiowa that it had been settled and ithey would go ahead, and I know the Contractor has orders to push the work, and they expect to comii.ence laying track about the 1st of September, and they will have or rather expect to have 175 miles from Kiowa built by the 1st of June next. I think they will keep on the old Survey of the -ktlantic and Pacific R. R. on the north side of the Canadian and go to Alburquerque, branching at the most convenient crossing of the River to El Paso, but this you probably know more of than I do. I expect to be in Tascosa about one week from today and shall then return either back through thi°^^"®^^8^^the Pan Handle or eise follow the line across the Staxed Plains to 'Clarendon. The Northern portion of the Pan Handle is being quite rapidly settled, and it would seem to me necessary to protect your interests to push forward and occupy the Territory before it is taken from you. Very truly, R. E. Montgomery. 435 July, 1886 OMAHA BELT RAILWAY CO. Office', Rooms 25 & 26, Nebraska National Bank Building, Omaha, Nebr., July 4th, 1886. Dear Genl: ■ I have your favor 26th ult. and we are very glad to hear such good news from Annie, and hope she may continue to improve until entirely recovered and herself again. I presume the suit you mention is the Hunter Sampsell(?) case but the amount of Judgement seems out of all reason, as far as I know the case. Think you had better taken the case to a "Cross Timber" Jury in Texas. Mrs. Eddy is in excellent health, weighs 153 pounds and cant no more pass a pair of scales without getting weighed than she could an ice cream parlor twenty years ago. She is anxious to know your new name, thinks its hard to improve on some of the old ones of 1873 and 74. I send you the report of Gov. i^'arren of Wyoming, which if you have not seen may interest you. Warren is an old personal friend of mine and I think the best Gov. Wyoming ever had. ' Business in the west seems good in every branch. Neb. es pecially filling up rapidly and crops throughout the state fully up to the average with a greatly increased acreage. The Railraods in the west generally seem to be doing a fair and satisfactory business, but the North Western seems to be picking out. the best territory and occupying it rapidly, today they command the best cattle shipping in Neb. and when they are established in the vicinity of Fetterman they will have the cream of the stock business for the present at least or until Some other line gets into that Country. I cant understand why By.Capitol does not pick up this *.>maha &■ Northern Ry. scheme, build from Omaha to the North west and establish a local system with t^maha for an eastern terminus, buiid branches as required but push the main line northwest at least 200 miles at once. It can be built for say not to exceed |;14,000, and will pay 6^ on ^20,000 Bonds the first season, and in two yet.rs pay dividend 2 to 4/o on same amount of stock. Omaha (Douglas Co.) will vote $200,000. in 5^ Bonds, and local subsidies can be outained all along. The Town Lot Dept. is worth $500,000. on first 200 miles. We made a survey two years ago but the matter has hung along ever since. Mr. Gould has had it under consideration, also the old Nickel Plate Construction Co. and now Fairbanks, Kent and other Chicago parties are discussing it. Clark has really been at the head of it and we have been waiting for him. He thinks the Mo. Pac. should or will bui d it when they get ready, but in the meantime some one else is bound to get the line and subsidies unless action is taken soon. I have sold out my interest in the Pac. Hotel Co. in order to give attention to putting this scheme through and if possible getting some of my friends interested in it. There is big money in building it and excellent returns for the cost in operating it. It will cover ground unoccupied by other lines and do more local traffic than any road in the state. The Omah?i Belt Go. can furnish ample terminal facilities in Omaha under a contract which does away with the most expensive part of construction. I presume that $250,000. subscrip tion can be secured in Omaha and no question about the subsidy being carried provided it is built by a separate organization. I dont think the Mo. Pac. can secure the Douglas Go. subsidy. The people are afraid business would be carried direct to St. Louis without touching Omaha etc. This Gity is improving wonderfully this year, increasing in population faster and more building going on in shape of first class business blocks than any town of its size in the west. Jobbers are locating here from Ghicago, Peoria, ^t. Louis, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, etc. Two new Packing houses going up at the stock yards which makes that industry give great future expectations. Will you taxe hold of the Omaha iM Northern Ry. and form a syndicate to build it. Clark says Mr. Gould and Dillon.will, or offered to furnish half the capitol. Its .a prize to whoever picks it up. If I could do any good by going to New York with maps, pro files and estimates etc. I would do so. If you could be in Omaha one day you would find that you could submit any proposition you desired to our Omaha people and by giving assurance the line would be built could ^^et all you asked for. The matter is hanging fire here now and I will be glad to get an expression from you by wire on receipt of this. ^ery truly,yours, J. M. Eddy. ■ ■ ■ };• gv , .V , .u:t 't U'.... • • • S' " ..u f.':. .urV.ul v; 'I . » 'i iiy; : PL 437 July, 1886, T. I. McKenny, Dealer in Drugs;-, and Medicines McKenny's Block. Olympia, W. T., July 17, 1886 Gen. G. M. Dodge. Dear Sir : Presuming on old acquaintance, I again write you, althou^ I am rather sensitive about writing a second letter when my first is unanswered. But as you had a great deal to attend to about that^ time I will pass the seeming slight over. I wrote in regard to this as a future objective point, in J<ly Gould's railroad system. I sent you charts of Puget Sound; also advertisements etc. made by the agents of the N. P. R. an.I the time they contracted to bring their road to this place (Olyrnpia) and I wrote you in regard to their subsequent bad faith. The principle points I aimed to make in my letter were 1st. The Union Pacific have and Uninterruped outlet the year round with the Pacific Ocean to compete for the .Chinese and Japan trade. This she can only have by coming to Puget sound. Sho\ild the road go to Portland or even to Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia still there is the bar that can never be passed by the China and Japan Steamers. Besides should the roads stop at Portland, the Columbia River is frequently frozen between that place and Astoria for weeks every or nearly every winter. 2nd. If your directors should elect to come to or near this place where the N. P. R. R. Agreed to come there can be secured one and a half miles frontage on the Bay(where the great eastern could anchor) with fifteen hundred acres joining the frontage. I know whereof I speak. Your friend, T. I. McKenny. N. B. I trust my explaination was sufficient to relieve you of the « July, 1886 441 Petaluma, July 28, 1886. Gen. Dodge. Dear ^Ir* Excuse me for troubling you, but I would like to know if you are the same gentleman at whose house I stopped at Port Leavenworth, Kansas, a good many years ago when a child, as I came from New Mexico to my Uncle Caleb Baldwin in Council Bluffs, Iowa. I am his wife's brother's daughter, and would like to know if you can give me any information about my father's military course or if you can tell me who father married. I have learned -.she was governess in a family by the name of Marten who was quarter master stationed at Fort Leavenworth but he is long since dead. Do you know where any of the family can be foimd as I would like to corre spond with them in regard to my mother of whom I know nothing and I am longing to know something about her. Father's folks dont know anything about her. Can you give me the chaplain's name or Adjt. who probably married them? Can you tell me when father enlisted? I have found two gentlemen wi;o were, in the army with father; one is Senator Lowe and Major ITiittlesey. If you can give me any inform ation, it will be thankfully received, asdl want to learn all I can of either of tnem. Hoping this wont put you to any trouble and you willanswer at the earliest possible date, I remain. Yours respectfully, Mrs. Anna StClair. Which was Anna Barr.' 443 July, 1886. THE FORT WORTH & DEmHilR CITY RAILWAY COJ.IPA^IY. Fort Worth, July 19th, 1886. Genl. G. 'h Dodge, New York City. Dear Sir: Imagining that some information and ondits about the Cattle busi ness in Texas and its tributaries might be of interest to you - I send the most reliable of what I have gathered. In the extreme South of Texas and in most of the coast countries, rain has been abundant, grass good and cattle in fair condition. The notable exceptions when it has been verjr dry are the Counties of Neucfies, part of Cameron and Duval, and some parts of others farther North rain has fallen in spots apparently, a stretch of country along the Ri© Grande running tisv/ards San Antonio down to Victoria and over to Buville, with the exceptions named, has been the favored country. The lov/ price of stock cattle and dull market has driven Southern owners" to fattening beef for market and many have been sending calves for veal to Chicago and St. Louis. Their success has been siich that they will prbbably begin shipping direct -to market instead of as here tofore, breeding stock to be sold to Northern Ranges; some few are sparing their heifers, claiming that they take on more and better flesh, on the principal of a Capon; v^hile fattening and marketing has only been tried by a few their success is knoHn, and all of theabove will obtain more largely next year. The calf crop was large, and the Cattle men, while not making mon ey, are holding their own and are safe, financially. Coming farther North-and towards the center of the State, the drowth has been ruinous in Erath and some adjoining counties; families are moving back to Missouri and Kansas, coming up to Brownwood and Angelo, and that Section parties are offering yearlings at :''3.50 per head; there is neaither water' or grass, and the mortality has been fully 50^ and over. The crops are burnt up and the reports are so bad that I can not fail to believe they are exaggerated, and now coming up towards the Tex. & Pac. and up into the Panhandle, the condition of things are bad. In the first plaae I have heard it rumored that the Francklyn Cattle Co. was going' to liquidate.;; and the stock men are generally in very bad con dition; they have spent all their money and have a great deal of paper out, and many of their cattle are dead and dying;the Ranges were over stocked last year, the cattle did not get in good condition to pass thro' the winter, which was a hard one- and when the northers came and they drifted down against the line fences and walked up and down and as the weak ones fell, the strong tramped them to death, in places cattle were piled so high they were even with the tops of fences; it is not too much to say that 7bf. of the *- cattle died and 25f:' of the range cattle up to this time. When Spring came they were all so poor and weak that they could not be worked and before they gained strength, hot weather and the drowth came. 444 One man put in 7000 head of cattle and rounded up less than 1300; another, 5000 and got less than 600; another 2500 and every ond dead, and again another the sane. These are all facts, but they are kept as qiiiet as possible for various reasons. ■ IToich of the winter trouble is due to the fences, as when cattle drift against them they don't turn back and face the storm; in the ol d days, cattle might drift 300 or 400 miles in a storm i'f a long one, or 100 or less miles, but whatever it was the tellings would drop out in the sheltered places and live, and when the storm was over, their owners could ride after them, turn them and bring them back. Now even with the scarcity of v/ater, men are stopping driving their cattle to it and prefer waiting for rain, as when the cattle come in sight of the water, they make a great rush, many are trampled, others drink too much, are weak, get mired, and die there, and the loss has been so great, men are deterred from it. Ahd now I must make another division, along and adjoining the line of the T. & P. 'Vest, crops and grass are in a much worse condi tion, or comparatively worse so far as heard from, than thej'- are in the Pan Handle. East of the r. I.' extension to Red River, crops and the country generally are in much better condition than 'Vest of it. The Grain crop is very small. Corn is poor, but there is still chance of a large cotton crop. In some counties 'Vest on T. & P., Stockmen claim that now rain would do no good as the grass has been completely burned out roots and all.' Other' parties claim that it can not be so as it never has happened and never can. Murrain is rumored to have appeared in places in the Indian Tery- and on the border of Texas amongst the cattle; and fired are sweeping over the prairie. I look for a great business' next year with the North Tex. Rang es thinly stocked and the Southern ''Ganges over 'stocked- thein will be a great early movement of cattle, and certain precautions will be taken that will lensen losses should this occur again. The cattle business will also be pretty well cleaned out by next year- the weak ones will be dropped, and those strong enough to re main in, can get money and credit; and stock Tzattle will show strength and some advance and maybe something of a boom. ' The above is as near as I can give you the condition of thin^^s in Texas. In the Territories, the holding of cattle and general con ditions are so different from what they are here, that only an approx imation of the physical and financial conditions can be made, and that would take an even longer letter than this if you care to hear about the matter. I am, Yer:; respectfully, John Adamsen. The Thermometer has been standing at 106 to 112 Pahr.for the past weekiI 1 445 Hew York, July 28, 1886. C. F. Lleek, Es4.» DSs Lloines, Iowa. Dear Sir: I had negotiations for purchase of Des I'oines and Northwestern in good shape, but As..ley kicked on the ground that he had learned from you and Reynolds that the .road could be sold to otj.ers for more than to us, finally ti.e committee referred the matter to Wells and Ashley; the former will go out to examine it. V/hat I desire to caution you about is to let Wells draw hid own conclusions as to the value of the road, if he comes back with the idea that it is worth more than my offer-, the road will be tied up indefinitely but if he accepts my offer, I can get it free, widen the guage and e.:tond it to Sioux City and thus help me out. The Wabash is in no condition to do anything with the road, but no title can be given except the Wabash and Polk and Hubbel agree. I want Wells to come back believin; my offer of $459,000 in bonds is all the Wabash interest in the road is worth, the earnings of the road, its condition and the disadvantages it labors under will make him see this, unless ho is made to believe t.at it has a great future So please be careful and do all you can to help me out. Very truly youis. G. V.D-^dge. irU U ' ^ I w J. ?J. Eddy, Esq., IIe".7 York, July 29, 1885. . .. * ' . X V k i Omaha, IT.eb. Dear Sir: ' W W • I .. 4 w , t*. - » ■ .tji. lit Jt 4 y • * J i-i ■ ■ . t , . ■ V i_ r. t '1 I.A,' -V L'V." tl a ().i I ,u' .1.; i ii I am in receipt of your recent favor encloslnc description, eGtiiuates and maps of the proposed road of tho Omaha- Northern Rail-ay Company and have riven the same veiy careful examinati-n. Tbe estimates seem to. me to be out« of the way in this, you - estimate steel 8F. tons, 52 lbs to tl.o yard at "^35 per ton at Cmaiia, maki ing no allo'.vance for sidiny:. On such o road as that it ivoulo be nec essary to use 56<or 58 lb-Steel, and it would require at least ien per cent for sigins •ohich would make about 100 tons por mile and that steel could not be laid down in Cmaiia for less than ^40 or :*:42 per ton and steel is wortii at the mills ^35 per ton and in the west -30 cash. Again there is no mention in this estimate of an allov/ance for freight ci.arges, which could not be less than ^-1,000 per mile and you make no estimate at all for equipment wh.ich would be anywhere from vl,500 to 152,000 per mile, 00 tiiat it would make the 'Wi:Ole cost of your line so reat that to meet it you would have to issue bonds to the amount of at least ^20,000 per mils, provided that the material and labor could be kept within the figures of your estimate. The question which arises in my mind is tnis; now can an agric ultural country pay interest on a bonded debt of v20,l00 per mile where there are ti;roo roads running through the same territory within a wid h of eighteen miles for t;.e entii-e distance? I can see very ."lanly how tlio original propositioii would have paid, but now that the northwes tern has occupied the country from Scribner to Humphrey, it seems to me that it forces you into so small c ompass that there is not business enough out of a purely agricultural country to make earnings sufficient to meet the interest on ti;eir bond. There would be no difficulty in my making the arrangements Jrere if I c-uld convince the people that the road under the restrictions named, could earn tuis interest. The next best move in the m tter in my opinion would be to«get road under the restrictions named. The next best move in the m some traffic arrangement there out of tho Rock Island, C. 0 or the 3t. Paul by whici. tiiey would give us say fifty per cent thS same as tliey give me at Des koines for all business -we brought them and all business that came from them to us, that is all busines originating or received upon our line. A traffic arrangement of this kind would be very valuable and float the bonus and the road could be built. Out side of tliat I cannot see any profit in building the road unless it would be to sell it after it was completed as you suggest, but in such Cases as that I am always afraid of the combination of these roads not to buy it, the 3a...e kind of a combination as they made against the sale of my 3t. Louis, Des N.oines and Northern road; where they were all very anxious to have me build tho road and t..en ki.en I got it built went into an agreement to squeeze me to death, and there were more interests went into this Deo Woines than there are at Omaha. 448 Again I 'do not vaifderstand vdiere you can get 25,COO cubic ^ yards of earth -.vork per mile in that country, it must be very heavy \7ork, because if my judgment of that country is Torth anything the Ian running up the Pappillion or up the I'aple iTOuld not exceedmore than te or twelve thousand cubic yards to the mile, I suppose it oomes 'fi?om the heavy country ou have to take in getting to^ these streams. If I take hold of this road, it would be' with' people wl-o are independent of all Railroad interests anu it would be -well for you to ascertain from the Chicago people with whom you and l-r. Clark have been negotirting wiiether or not they would go into a deal on such a basis. 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Madison, Iowa, July 25, 1886. Dear General G. M. Dodge: Please pardon me if I am too hasty in writing to you as I cant get dates that will help me in my claim for rheumatism on my pen sion. I want, if you please, to give me the time you was wounded. I was then suffering much with rheumatism. I was laying at the head of the little ditch that run from the main line out to the outer works that was used as skirmish line. The wright wing of the 7th Iowa was out at the outer line and as you and Capt. Ratter came of the little ditch into the ditch of the front works you patted me with your sword and said to get down into the ditch that I would get hurt if not killed. Then you went to pull a chunk out of the works,we told you that we had just stopped it up that the Rebs was firing thru it then you took a glass and was looking over the works when you wao struck square in the fore-head. Ratter sent for a stretcher and I helped to place you on it, then stepped back to where I had been lying,got my coat and gave it to Capt Ratter to put it under your head. In a few minutes Capt. Ratter brought back the coat and said that the General was not dead only slightly hurt. Had Atlanta of fallen the boys would not of cheered any more than just then. There was quite a lot of blood on the back of n.y coat and no chance to wash it out. I wore that coat thru the entire campaign and when mustered out at Louisville, Ky. left it hanging on one of the beech trees in our camp. Therewas lots of the boys that called me Capt. Dodge after that. I have the corporal strips of from it yet, gave to me for volunteering to help work the guns of battery First.Mo. on the 22nd of July and volunteered to advance the line where you was wounded at front works yet I get no arears tho all my affidavit that got my pension on varicose veins is proven since Sept. 1862. The little ditch I spoke of was dug in the shape of a rail lence. I am doing Guard Duty here at the Prison, which is about all I am able to do tho I look to be very able bodied. I weigh 220 and am proud of the service I gave to my Country and if they dont give me any more pensionall right. I only have nine in family, my wife and six children and old aged mother who gave four boys to the war. Now you see from this poorly written scrap that your blood that started with old Billy, or a part of it, did reach the Sea and the one who carried it reached the Sea and home but not until he gave a part of his own blood on two different occasions. Now please give me the date cf your wound and let me remain youf Comrade Forever, G. W. Yeocum, Co. D. 7th Iowa. To Maj. General G. M. Dodge. ' ;} 451 Omah, July 27, 1886, Genl. G.M. Dodge, New York. Dear Sir:- During past three days I have been riding the country to find a line that would herd the Little Papi]lion, and get into the Big Papillion valley, cutting off about six or seven miles distanceSuch a location can be made but at the expense of heavy work,sharp alignment and using 125 grade both ways. Mr. House has run preliminary lines all over the ground trying to get from Mo. Valley to the Big Papio valley, and thinks his location ds sliown on the tracing I sent you the best route. He has been over the ground as shown on the map in blue line, and says there will be no engineering difficulty or heavy work except in crossing the Elkhorn near Pontanelle, and that the Maple Creek Valley in Dodge & Coifax Counties and projected line through Stanton County also through Platte and Atelope Counties as shown on the map I sent you is the finest and most productive in the State and give a large local business etc. The three inportant features are: first money can be made in Construction; second money can be made in operating it; third: Its geographical location makes it very desirable property for the follow ing roads to own or contr^:- Mo. Pac. Ry. Wabash System. B. &. M. Ry. C.R.I & P. Ry. U. Pac. Ry. Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. It will be good property to sell 6r keep, a combination not always attain able. Each of the above named Ry. Companies wouldbe soliciting agents for west bound business, and always stand ready to protest against any through rates from competing points made by U.P. or C. & N.W. and thus place the Omaha Northern in better shape than if it ovmed a line to Chicago or St. Louis, or was owned by siny single Chicago or St Louis line while it would supply and control all of the Omaha business. I h ve talked with Sage of the C.p. I & P., Smith of the Wabash, J. T. Clark of the C. If. £.St P., Holdridge of the B. &. M. and they are all of the same opinion. Such a line would be a good thing for the Union Pacific because the territory is bound to be occupied by some one and it is be ter to by by a friendly than an unfriendly & competitive interest besides the fact that it will give business tothe Bridge at Omaha instead of at Plattsmouth or Blair. Yours truly, J. M. Eddy. July, 1886 St. Louis, Des Molnes & Northern Riilway Company. 0. F. Meek, Superintendent. Des Moines, Iowa, July 31st, 1886^ Genl. G. M. Dodge, Prest., New York. Dear Sir: I have your favor of 28th inst, When in New York Mr. Ashley asked me if the D. M. N. W. would pay interest if it was standard gauge and I told him it would. I did not say anything to him about what couid be done with the road in the way of selling. I dont see what Runnells could mean by telling him that. R. knew the C. B. & Q. wanted it, but they have not 'indicated to him or any one that I know of how much they wpuld pay for it and when I saw Fitter I drew his attention only to the Boone road. Runnells could not have understood the situation. All I care to do in this matter is to help you, and I will go to any extent to do that. I understand what you want as to Wells, and will carry out your wished. Patter has not been here yet. I suppose whatever you do with D. M. N. W. you would be willing to sell the Boone road to the C. B.& Q,? As I telegraphed you the outlook for crop in this state is very slim. We had general showers yesterday which will bring out all the late corn if it shall mature before frost. A very safe estimate is one half a crop for the state, or, 20 bushels per acre. I travelled 125 miles in bug ies ins.-ecting fields, and this is a very liberal estimate for the ground I went over. We have carried the tax in all but six townships on the Qlear lake and Mason City line and are working those up to vote in a few days We may only get 2 l/2^ in first two townships north of Boone; which are yet to be voted. As soon as we get through will give you amount of subsidy voted etc. Yours respectfully, C. F. Meek, Supt. 455 1886 To the Investors of the Colorado Midland Railway Company, Gentlemen: The purpose of the writer is to give you information in regard to the project known as the Colorado Midland Railway. He undertakes to do this of his own free will. There has been no influence brought to bear upon your informant to take this co\irse, either by any party connected with The Colorado Midland Railway nor by any outside Railway influence. Your informant has been in the railway service for nearly twenty years . In that time he has seen numerous railway projects commenced and finally abandoned; some on account of the dishonesty of the projectors; others on iaccount of the dishonesty of the officials employed to carry out the project. It is with the latter that he proposes to deal. Operations were commenced upon the Midland Railway in the spring of 1883 by engaging a corps of Engineers, with your present Chief Engineer in charge of the party. For two years a corps of Engineers had been kept in the field almost continuously, and in the spring of 1886 the expenses of the Company amounted to almost $100,OOj. How much had been accomplished in these two years is a question quickly answered. It has been said by one of the best known Engineers in this western country, and one who is most thoroughly acquainted with the section of country over which your line passes, that the information collected in those two years could have been obtained in thirty days, and without the expense of employing a corps of Engineers. The reason for the expenditure of so much time and money is easily found and is embodied in the Pay-Rolls and Vouchers on file in the office of The Colorado 456 Midland Railway for those two yeahs, When the spring of 1886 arrived ^ what had been accomplished? There was not one foot of located line ^ from Leadville west, and but a very short piece from Hayden's Divide to Manitcu. This was about all there was to show for the expenditure of the §100,000. In the spring of 1886, just passed, the Colorado Midland Rail way sprang into life and activity. Three Million Dollars had been raised and deposited for the purpose of building what is called, The Western Division. A Construction Company had been organized with H. D. Fisher as its President, and as soon as the snow should disappear active operations were to begin from Leadville west. A corps of En gineers was organized and sent to Leadville, and preparations were being made to commence locating the line as soon as possible. A number of well-known Contractors were requested to hand in bids for the work, name- ^ ly: Orman, Crook & Company; J. A. McMurtrie; Clark, Lipe & Company; A. Douglass & Company, and Smith & Ripley, of New York, Prominent in all the operations of the company up to this time was your present Chief Engineer. One of the present firm of Orman, Crook & Company was a former partner of that Engineer in railway construc tion in Kentucky. J, A. McMurtries was the lowest bidder for your work from Leadville to the mouth of the Frying Pan. There was no question raised as to his ability to perform the work, but he did not get it. Your Chief Engineer's former partner was on the ground, and it was your Chief Engineer's determination that Mr. Myers should be interested in the contract. Mr. McMurtrie as the lowest bidder was approached and requested to take Mr. Myers in with him as his partner, and Mr. Mc Murtrie refused. Orman, Crook & Comipany were requested to do the same ^ thing, and they yielded in order to secure the contract; and now Mr. 457 1886 Sheet # 2. To the Invesors of the Colorado Midland Railway Company. Myers stands out prominently as one of the firm of Orman, Crook & Company. Your informant is prepared to state, and can produce evidence in confirnation of the statement, that Mr. Orman has said he wo\ald retire from active business as soun as he finished this contract. The majority of railway Contractors are not in the habit of predicting their retirement at the beginning of a contract. A great many uncertain elements enter into a contract such as Orman, Crook & Company have imdertaken, and nothing short of the light of revelation or the keys of the treasury box of the Railway Company could induce Mr. Orman to make such a prediction. Mr. Orman is a young man, and it may be said that young men do not easily retire from active business. The average Railway Contractor is ambittious, as well as the average business man; and so long as money-making is t e all-absorbing object among the people of this country you will always find the Railway Contractor in the ^van. Permit me now to call your attention to the Engineering ex ploits performed on the Colorado Midland Railway up to the present writing. Your Chief Engineer takes to himself the credit of having accomplished what little has been done, and if he is satisfied with his exploits, and you do" not demur, all that remains for you to do is to put your hands in your pockets and pay the fiddler, perhaps a great deal more than the music is worth. The line your Chief Engineer is most in love with is that which will cost tne mo.t money to construct, and in the future, be the most difficult to operate. The writer is prepared to prove that your Chief Engineer stated last October, in Leadville, in the course of a J ■ 458 ' ■ conversEtion (whether he was drunk or sober I know not), that he did not care a damn what the wor.. would cost, as that matter could be easily explained after the work was completed. And, further, to show that he intended just what he said, allow me to call your attention to the main proofs, which any Engineer of ability may be able to discover on an examination of the routes he proposes to take. From Colorado Springs to Hayden Divide the only way west is through the Ute Pass; and the only Engineering difficulty encountered between Colorado Springs and the Mosquito Range is through the Ute Canyon; and even here it cannot be said that there is any very difficult engineering obstacles. You will find a line upon paper in the office at Colorado Springs surveyed last September by your Chief Engineer, from Cascade Canyon to Manitou, a dis tance of four miles. Upon examination of the profile of this line you may be able to count thirteen tunnels, the total length of which is about^j^ one mile. This line was surveyed on the south side of the canyon. Taking into account the great amount of curvature, complete circles, half circles, and tunnels one on top of another it became ; Alarming as to the difficulties involved in operating such a line in the future, to say nothing of the great expense of its construction. While such a line presented numerous difficulties to a successful operation your Chief Engineer proceeded to make an estimate of its cost. The writer of this made a suggestion that it might be well to examine the north side of the canyon, and he gave it as his opinion that at least one-half of the tunnels might be dispensed with, unless they desire to retain them as ornaments to their line. Your Chief Engineer took charge of a party this sprirg to make a survey on the north side of the canyon. What the result of ^ 459 1886 Sheet # 3 To the Investors of the Colorado Midland Railway Company. such a survey was I have not been able to know. Your Chief Engineer did not wish anybody else to have charge of such a survey. In the Ute Canyon survey you will find mystery enough to rriake one comfortable for a life-time. Prom the head of the Ute Can yon to the Hayden Divide there are no Engineering difficulties. It is, what may be called, an undulating country presenting no difficulties in alignment, and no serious expense in construction. From Hayden Divide to South Park there is a choice of routes. You may descend from the Hayden Divide into the Platte River,--something over a thousand feet, go through the eleven mile canyon with an ascending grade and finally emerge into the South Park. This was your Chief Engineer's route, and your Consulting Engineer, Mr. Hutton, agreed .with him. Why this route should have been taken when a better one was at hand may be difficult for people living at a distance to conjecture. The other route is a natural divide between the Arkansas River and the Platte, with no ascending or descending grades to carry your line into South Park, and which is still more desirable as a question of expense from the fact that tnere are no eleven mile canyons nn this route. An Engineer looking for difficult and expensive route in this country may easily find them while hundreds of thousand of dollars may be thrown away in the gulches and canyons of Colorado. They are almost bottom less. Through the South Park there are no difficulties, but in leaving the Park your Chief Engineer seems to have fallen very much in lovewith the Mosquito Range, and especially with that part of it which presents the greatest difficulties. From a common point in the South Park there are two routes to Leadville, but your Chief Engineer has discovered a third one. Let us look a little into the merits of these routes: 460 Route No. one lies south of the principal range, a low divide between the Arkansas Valley and South Park. South Park Railroad runs ^ over this divide to Leadvilie andGunnison. This divide is so far be low the snow-line that the South Park Railroad Company never find any difficulty in operating their line all the year round. From this divide a light descending grade will carry you into the valley of the Arkansas, and then you have a water grade to Leadvilie. Any Engin eer in the State who happens to be acquainted with this section of the country will say that this is the route that the South Park Railroad should have taken to Leadvilie, Route No. two is by way of Western Pass, and is a snowline route. The route by way of Weston Pass would probably be some five or six miles shorter than route No. 1. For ten miles on each side of Weston Pass it is a country of canyons, gulches and snow, I Route No. three is your Chief Engineer's favorite one. This goes through the most difficult part of Mosquito Range, with a four per cent ascending and descending grade. On this route would be a tunnel which it would take two years to complete, with perhaps some ten miles of snow-sheds. This I understand has been abandoned. This was the route recoajnended by your Chief Engineer. There are no engineering difficulties between Ute Pass and Leadvilie, on route No. 1. You have no tunnels and it is clear of snow, while on either of the other two routes you have tunnels, can yons, gulches and snow. As stated before, route No. 1 may be some five or six miles the longest, but it has everything else in its favor. It may be worth while to uake a comparison between the two lines al ready operating between Denver and Leadvilie. The distance on the South Park Railroad between Denver and Leadvilie is 151 miles, while 461 1886 Sheet # 4 To the Investors of the Colorado Midland Railway Company, the Denver & Rio Grande Railway is 277 miles,-- a difference of 126 miles in favor of the South Park Railroad. The South Park has three summits to make between Denver and Leadville,--Kenosha Hill, over 10,000 feet; main range north of Corao, over 11, 000 feet; main range Freemont Pass, 11,320 feet. Except the divide between Denver and Colorado Springs, the Denver & Rio Grande Railway has a water grade to Leadville. The South Park Railway gets only 40 per cent of the Pool earnings, yet it has 126 miles the shortest line between Denver and Leadville. It cannot haul freight or passengers between Denver and Leadville, or Leadville and Denver as cheaply as the Rio Grande Rail way can, notwithstanding the great distance in its favor. The inference is plain; avoid summits, gulches, tunnels', and snow; even shouM it have a tendency to increase the distance. I will now call your attention to the line from Leadville west. That part of the line is now under construction, and it will soon be too late to remedy its defects. The Contractors are now at work on both the approaches of your tunnel. They enter the range with an elevation of 11,,520 feet, and at that part of it, which is the storm center of the surroiinding country. An axiom among Engineers in this country is, if you get into the snow, get out of it as soon as you can. Your Chief Engineer has taken the opposite course. As stated above he goes into the mountains at an elevation of 11,520 feet above sea level. At this elevation you have aiow in your neighborhood all the year round. From the eastern approach of the tunnel (to a point about three miles distant) going east you will find about eight miles of line all in the snow. Your Chief Engineer has accomplished this feat in 462 oi?der to keep within the limits of his report as to the dista:-!ce be tween Leadville and the main range, which is about 17 miles, as your line is now located. A direct line from the tunnel on a three per cent grade would increase this distance perhaps one and one-half miles. Such a line would carry you out oi the snow limits. Such a line as you now have cannot be operated on both sides of the range without between 15 and 20 miles of snow-sheds. Your Engineer has four or five loops in the Immediate vicinity of the tunnel right in the snow. You will find also that he has a few more tunnel sites on the west side of the main ran.ge, even as far as the mouth of the Frying Pan; 40 miles from the main range he had a tunnel, an unlucky Engineer made the location there this spring and threw out that tunnel. The tunnel was in red sand-stone, and a very pretty thing for the Contractor. Your Chief Engineer did not seem to understand how it was abandoned. Gentlemen, the above facts are for your information. These facts have not been comm\micated to any person in Colorado, and if they are not sufficient to move you to action you may find that while you may gain in experience some of your friends in Colorado will have your money. If you find the above statements suificiently important to call for an examination or an investigation you are at liberty to use the writer's name. But I would request that my name be kept out of such an investigation until you are compelled to produce it. Fred ^:ack 463 August, 1886 - PRESIDENT'S OFFICE Frank S. Bond, Pres. The Associate Railways. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. Go. Charles Schiff, Vice-Pres.(Lessees of Cincinnati Southern Ry) 336 K. Alabama Great Southern R. R. 295 M. New Orleans & North-Eastem R. R. 196 M. Vicksburg & Meridian R. R. 142 l/2 M Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific R'. R. 189 M. (St. Paul Building, Cincinnati, 0. 1158 l/2 M Executive Office:(34 St. Charles Street, New Orleans, La. (51 William Street, New York, N. Y. Cinninnati, 0., Aug. 2nd, 1886. My dear General: I have your note of July 2ond which has been forward to me here I regret not seeing you when I was last in New York, as I do not expect to return there before the last of this month or early in September, till then I shall remain here unless it be to take a trip over the Road, which is as far as I shall go from our headquarters. What about Texas & Pacific? I am glad that the Wistar plan has apparently failed. In my opinion, it was unjust to every interest; the Rio Grande, New Orleans Pacific, Income and Land Grant Bonds, and the Shareholders. While I am not familiar with the details of the Stockholders' agreement that I see referred to in the papers, I have read, hastily, the reorganization agreement submitted by Messr-s. Fry, Lehman, Kill, Rice & Greenough, and this seems to me the fairest of all the plans of which I have any know ledge. The new Committee of which Mr. Olcott, of the Central Trust Company is Chairman will I hope, formulate some plan that will be fair and just towards all interests, although I do not think there need be any hurry about carrying out such an arrangement as I think the true in terest of all parties will be pronioted by continuing the property in the hands of the Receivers ior at least a year longer, for the purpose of ascertaining what its earning capacity is; meanwhile permitting the Receivers to issue Receivers' Certificates to put the Road in good order, I am going to taxe up these different plans, and look them over so soon as I can get the time, and may the perhaps have a word to say in reference to them. Yours very truly, Frank S. Bond, Gen . G . M. Dodge, No. L. Broadway, New York. President. August, 1886. Society of the ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. '' ' • ; Headquarters Local Executive Committee,) Harper House, ) Rock Island, 111., August 2d, 1886 ) The following Coii.iriittees are appointed in charge of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee,•at its nineteenth annual reunion, at Rock Island, Wednesday and Thursday, September 15th and 16th, 1886. Local Executive Committee. General Ad( Colonel H. Major L. M Captain H. Colonel D. Major Geo. Add F H. B. Dr. S. C. Plummer, Sanders, Burgh Buford 3. Sudlow ). Reid McCleiland Captain John Peetz Captain W. c. Bennett Captain A. Weingartner Dr. J. B. Morgan Chas. H. Reese, Esq. Alonzo Grout, Esq. Chairman. Major H. C. Connelly. Dr . Pi Gregg. Colonel Henry Egbert. • Captain J. W. Brackett. Colonel Wm. Clendennin. Capt D. Fillier. Captain D. b. Moorehouse Colonel W. E. Btevens Captain J. B, Fidlar Hon. P. O'Mara Major M. L. Marks. A. L. Carson. Invitatiou and Reception Dr. S, C. Plummer, Captain T. J. Robinson, General A. C. Litchfield Colonel P. W. McManus Major R. C. Connelly Captain J. W. Brackett Major L. M. Buford Colonel T. J. Baylor Captain J. G. Butler Captain A. L. Varney John P. Van Patten C . H . Deere Chairman. Major Geo. P. MicClelland Morris Rocefield. Math Rogers W. B. Ferguson, Esq. Hon. Thos. Murdock. D. T. Robinson C. H. Reese C. S. Ells Hon. Geo. H. French Howard Bubtis Amos Altemus. Finance . Captain John Peetz, Chairman. Captain J. M. Beardsley Martin W. Burgh. Captain W. C. Bennett Captain August Reimers A. . Willienis, Esq., C ♦ F. Ilemenway. .. ^ Transportation. Capt. H. B. Sudlow, Chairman H. D. Mack. Banquet and Toasts Dr. P. Gregg, Chairman lajor J. M. Beardsley Colonel Henry Egbert Colonel H. E. Brugh. General add K. Sanders Dr . F . L . McKinnice . Hall and Excursions. Major C. W. Hawesj 'Chairm^ Colonel W. Clendennin. Ca:.tain D. B. Moorehouse. Captain J. W. Blaisdell Captain J. E. Fidlar IV. S, Knowlton. Music and Decoration. E. H. Eown.an, Chairman. Captaion Robert Fbdiler ' Phil Mitchell Captain D. Killier E. W. Spencer Colonel Henry Curtis ' 3. J. Keator Lieutenant A. . Williamson J. R. Mills Captain H. C. Cleaveland ' ' J. M. Reticke Keator Mills Reticker, Esq.. Badges"and.Printing . Dr. S. C. Plummer, Chariman Captain J. MontgOD:ery ' Hon. P. O'Mara MI. M.. Sturgeon, Esq. The several Committees will obtain their badges at the rooms of the Local Executive CoraHiittee, at the Harper House, on the morning of the 15th of September. The tickest for the Banquet can be obtained of the Committee on Banquet on and after the morning of the 15th of September. Ladies of the families of members can participate at the Ea.nquet. Officers who have served with the Army of the Tennessee, and who wish to Join the Society, will apply to the Recording Secretary, at the rooms of the Local Executive Committee, on the 15th of September. Members desiring information in relation to hotel accommodaticns, transportation, etc., will address the Chairmen of the respective committees. The Committee on Transportation will arrange with railroads for reduced rates. The meiiibers of the Society of the Xrmy of the Tennessee are respectfully requested to inform Major L. M. Buford, the Secretary cf the Local Executive Committee Rock Island, Illinois, by the 3d prox. whether they will attend the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society in * order that provision may be made for their entertainment. S. C. PLUMMiER, Chairman Local Executive Committee. 4G7 August, 1886. All Official Letter to this Office must be .addressed to the "Second Auditor of the Treasury and in replying to Letters frou. this Office the initials on the upper left-hand corner should be referred to. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Audito]^s 01 fice, R • Washington, D. G., August 2nd, 1886. v General Grenville K. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. I have the honor to inform you that there is a charge of $17,099.95 standing against you on the books of this office on account of Secret Service funds placed in your hands during the late war, as follows: On March 18, 1865 the sum of $5,000 was advanced to you on the requisition of the Secretary of War,- and in April 1870, on the settlement of the Secret Service accounts of General W. S. Rosecrans, you were charged with $12,099.95 received from him December 9, 1864. The Secretary of War reports that you filed vouchers in his office for $14,190.30, which leaves $2,909.65 to be accounted for. Before making a formal settlement and certifying a balance of $2,909.65 against you, I think it proper to ask for such informatior as you may be able to furnish in relation to this matter. If you have any vouchers or papers please forward them to the War Depratraent for proper action. Although so long a time has elapsed since the charges herein n;entioned were raised on the books of this office I do not find that your attention has ever been invited to them. In explanation of this apparent remissness I am informed that it was always understood tint your accounts were duly rendered to the War Department and that, owing to the peculiar character of Secret Service accounts in general, it was deemed advisable that ti.ey siiould remain in the custody of that department. It is only recently that the Secretary has reported the amount of your disbursements--hence this late call upon you. Very respectfully, Wm. A. Day, Auditor. 471 August, 1886 St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern, Railway Company. G. F. Meek, Superintendent Personal. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 4th, 1886. Gen'l G. M. Dodge, Prest., New York City Dear Sir: Gen'l Swayne, Mr. Wells, Cols. Row and Blodgett came up yesterday from St. Louis, and I took them over Des Moines Northwestern. It may be well tor you to know that General Swayne looked more closely into the matter than Mr. Wells. The General asked me a great many questions and I tried to answer them all to your purpose. He wanted to know what I thought the road would do as a standard Gauge. I told him it was hard to tell, it might earn interest and might not. He wanted to know what Polk & Hubbell had in view and where they were going to raise money and how they expected to make it pay. I replied I did not know. I showed them that the com crop is practically a failure, and the disadvantages we were under being in a country in which older r'oads had built up good towns end had control of the trade etc., etc. They were pleased with the looks of the country, but the record of the four years just past offset it. Mr. Wells did not express himself at all. My judgement is that you had better have a talk with General Swayne as soon as he .returns. He will be there by the time you re ceive this letter. Col. How and Col. Blodgett talued in my presence of the matter of selling. Col. Blodgett said he thought 5000 per mile would be about right. Col. How said he thought that if sold he thought the Wabash ought to have a traffic arrangement as favorable as could be made. They asked me what I thought of your proposition, I told them I didn't know v.hat it was. When they told me I said "On the basis on the past four years that is as much as it is worth. I think the scheme for Central Iowa to ta^ze Des Moines and St. Louis should be worked, as that woula relieve them from any embarrassnient whatever in parting with the Des Moines Northwestern. Yours respectfully, C. F. Meek, 473 Hew York, August 11, 188' lilr. E. B. Wheelock, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your two telegrams, the first asking what action we intend to take now that th.e Senate had declined to vote upon the hili granting us our additional lands in Louisiana. The reason this bill did not pass t/.e Senate was the position position take'" by Eustis and Van 'Jyck. Berry will also sign the minority report with. Van V^yck. If -'re cor.ld get proper attention to this bill early next session, I do not believe there -.Tould be any troij.ble in passing it, but it is necessary to appeal to all the Senators you know in the matter so when it comes up it sliall have prompt attention. Ly only fear is th.at it will not receive this proper attention. You are in a position to have inf^.uence with all the Senators and you know, of cours'^, that I shall do my part. So far it has been managed very "ell but as soon as I can see some of our friends who are no'./'"'Ut of the city, I shall suggest to thnn Ihe idea of going direct to Lamar and tryin^ to get him to '^ivo us the balance of the lands for '■:'hich "re have paid the entrance fee. Lamer I think is disposed to aid us but Busits may be able to keep him from it. Cannot you se-"^ Busits there and have him look at this matter as he might to? It is a great outrage upon us thht after all v/e have done to build that ro^-d and rut value into tliat country thoj'" should try to take from us wl.at was giver us for compensatio'-- for doirg this. Van Wyck'3 position will have very little weigl't in Washington but Eustis coming fro," the Btate w].ere the land grant lies will carry a great deal of force and it is very important that h'"' slould be set right upon it wh'lst he is at home and all of your friends irho V« 4 ma ^ 14 rrt ^ ^' +1 l-i4 mimht to? It is build that r take from us but Eustis coming fro," the Btate w].ere the land grant lies will carry a great deal of force and it is very important that h'"' should be set right upon it wh'lst he is at home and all of your friends '.rho know him and should go to him and see H tl ey cannot influence him to do what is right by us in the matter. I feel convinced that if he thoroughly understood the facts in this matter he would not be against us. Cod knows that I have had trouble '^nough 'with this business and they are now fighting me and leaving me b'^cause I did not give them the whole land ';'rant Instead of only the entire portion that we received. Referring to "our second telegram about making deed to Sands, and bonds, therefore, I am waitin" to hear fr-^m some of my friends who ut bonds in with and as soon as I "et word from them, will advise you and c^nd you "^ist of memibers, Verj' truly y-tirs, G. M. Dodge. 475 Nev; York, August 14, 1886. To the Board of Trustees of tie Soldiers and Sailor's Homo, Quinjty, 111. Gentleaen:- I understand that Col. M. Lh Bane is a candidate for the position of Supt. of the new soldiers and Sailor's Home, now being erected at Quincy. Col. Bane was a physician and practiced his profession until the breaking out of the T7ar. But during l.is services in the army l.e lost his arm whicii disqualified him from further efforts in that direction. He served in my commiand for three years and I can speak of him and his qualifications for tne position he now seeks from personal knowledge--of his ability and qualifications, as well as of his record as a soldier. He possesses in a high degree all the qualifications that .vould naturally fit i.im to fill such a position as that for which he applies His record and comiuunds in Lhe army, and his life since the close of the TTar have eminently fitted hiia to discharge the duties of the sit uation he seeks, and I wish to say thai I can endorse him in every way, and in Liie highest terms, with great satisfaction, and trust that you vfill see proper to give him the appointment. I knov/ that if you do you will never gret it. Very respectfully. G. n. Bodge. 477 ITevV York, Aurrust 14, 1886. Gen. . W. Belknap, TTashincton, D.C. Tly dear General' I enclose cppy of a letter I received from the T/ar Department relating to my secret service accounts and which you kindly offered to investigate. I have a distincl recollection of this mattei' being called to my attention several years ago and it seems to me that it ^ was during the time that you were Secretary of '.Var, and at that lime I made a full stateme t of the matter to the 77ar Department nnd received a reply stating that my explanation of the apparent dis crepancy V7as perfectly satisfactory. I have not the original papers by me now, but they are probably among my army records in Council BluJ'fs; but if the papers I sent to the "fer Dept. are on file there, I should like to get a copy of them. It seems to me that they should have been forwarded 6o the Treasury Department with the account. I shall be very much obliged to you for your aid in looking up the mattei'S. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 479 New York, Auf;^st 18, 1086. examined, William A. Day, 2nd Auditor Treasury Dept., Washington. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of AuyiTst 2nd in reyard to balance which appears to ny debit on the accounts of the secret service fund in your department. If you will have the records of the War Donartmert, examined, y you will find that this matter was called to my attention several years a^o, and that I the -.vrote to the Department . showin- how this money v/as spent, and made affidavits or in some way, I do not exactly remom.ber hov;, explained the apparent discrepency, and T received a Ifetter from, the War Dept. statiny that my explanation was satisfactory I do not kno ; that I have now any records relating to th'^se accounts as th.ere is one box of my army papers missiny and I think that these papers would naturally have been stored in that box. However, when i go home to Council Pluffs, I v/ili endeavor to look the papers up, and will advise you if I find anything bearing upon the case. 1 do kno./, however, that I made a satisfactory statement to the "Tar Department in relation to this debit again t me. I suppose you understand that it was impossible to always take vouchers for expenditures on secret service account. Such vouchers were never required i>'§ us by tiie 77ar Department; all they re>-iuired was tiiat v/e siiould make a pi'oper statement of our expendi tures. Where it was possible to take vouchers w3 always did so and when we received such vouchers we always returned them to the Depart ment but where we received no vouc..ers v/e sim|jly sent a statement of the account to tiie Department. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 481 Ke.v Y6rk, August 20, 1886, Morgan Jones, Esq., Fot?t Wortii, Texas. Dear 3ir:- I have ueen in ""oston for a v/eek past and met there Mr. Seeley and Mp. Strong, end I have found thad they are ready t,o go in v/iti: us at any iimc I say the v/ox-d. I made an arrangement, -ith them for a meeting point sonie'.vhere soutii of the Canadian river, as soon as they get a report from their engineer, stating ;7here they desire the meeting point to be, and I am to be notified of it and to send some one up there to see if the point selected is satisfactory to us. They hawe agreed to bear as far '.vest as a point nc I'th of Clarendon and to build to that pfliint by the first of July next year. They calculate that this siill requaire 90 miles of road moi'o than they had intended to build, bu . tney provided for this additional distanc whilst I was there. Therefore we siio. ld be arranging our mattei'S so as to keep right on to'waj d them. But I don't want to do anything on this extension until I get some other affairs fixed up. I write you this confidentially, and dent want you to say anytning about it to any one. You want to keep in harmony with the Santa Fe people, although I did not tie myself u- with theis in any way, I positively refused to do this, and they do understand it. I am in iiopes that our eaiviings will siiow up better for the x'emainder of this year as at present they are certainly discouraging. About 1400 tons of steel wil be on the way to you by the end of this week, part of it by steamer. This will give you the 16 miles you will need to build into Ver..on, by the first cf October. Vie will push an additional amount of 120C tons as rspidly as ^ possible, commencing next week. Ue i-ave ..ad a great deal of trouble in getting this steel started, first by two break downs at the mill and tien by being obliged to send it to New Orleans. It has been almost impossible for us to get vessels to go to TTev/ Orleans, and we are now paying $4 p ton for its transportation from Jersey City to New Orleans. Hovve«rer, you can depend upon our doing everything possible to have it go forv/ard and reac.. you in time. Very truly youis, G, M. Dodge. 483 New York, August 20, 1086. J. R, Carlton, Post Adjutant, G. M. Dodge, Post G.A.P.. Beresford, D.T. Dear Sir:- In th early part of the current year I sent you, as a present to your post, a crayon portrait of myself, in the nifdrm of a Llajor General of the U.S.Volunteers. I have never received any ackno-vledgement of the receipt of this picture, and I wiite to ask if it came safely to hand, Tlie clerk ;vho -was with iae when the portrait was shipped has gone abroad and I am unable to find in my letter book any record of the letter of transmittle, or any receipt of the S^apress Company taking it. My ippression is, however, that it was sent via Adama Express Co, and I will be very much obliged to you if ycu will at once make inquiiry and advise wiietlier or not it ever reacned your Post. With kindest regards to yourself and comi'ades, of the G.A.R, T^uly yours. C. LI. Dodge, 48-5 August, 1886, All Official Letter to this Office must be addressed to the "Second Auditor of the Treasury," and in replying to Letter from this Office the initials on the upper left hand corner should be referred to. TREASURY DEPART^'ENT . TR Second Auditor's Office, Washington, D. G., August 21, 1886 General G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, Sir: New York City. I have the honor to inform you that your letter of the 13th inst. in relation to your Secret Service accounts has been referred to the Secretary of War. If you have settled those accounts to the satisfaction of the '"ar Department all that the Accounting officers re« quire is a statement from the Secretary of War to that effect. Very respectfully, Wm. A. Day, Auditor, by TR. 487 Nev^ York, August 31, 1G66. Morgan Jones, Esq., Port T7orth, Texas. Dear Sir:- In flrawing up contract for the completion of our road from Quanah to the junction with the Atchison, Topeka 5: Santa Fe, we make it a condition that each 1-8th owner shall control and hold 2000 shares of the capital stock of the Railway company, and put the proxies in your hands, as President otf the Company to vote at all elections, un til such time as the road is completed, oi^ until some future fixed date to he hereafter agreed upon. Therefore I have sat aside l-8th of this construction stock for-youi friends in the south, and I want you to designate who is to ta' e it, and you want to place in their hands or have them ret together a sufficient amount of stock to control 2 7.00 shares. The contract will he made on a hasis of ^1500 on honds and J20,G00 in stock, per mile of completed road, and they will be given an additional camount of one million dollars in stock for the purchase of equipment. This stock will he part of th.at wzvich we can issue on the first extensio' , You, of course, can take no direct interest in the construction company on account of your position as President of the Railway company The parties who will go in will probably he Mr. Walters, of Baltimore, Mr. lv!ayer and tho Itutten interest in New York, Connor, Dodge and two interests in Boston if they want the... If they do .ot, taei-e are other parties here vfho stand ready to hack them. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. Lv't*. 489 New York, August 31, 1886. Solon Humphries, Esq., Dear Sir: As I had only a few minutes talk with you, I will make a memo randum of what I think is important to look at; First: The position of lir. Joy on the Polk-Hubhell proposition, that he will accept it, provided Polk and Hubhell will endorse tiie bond s individually. Polk and Hubell notified them that the whole matter was in my hands. The Purchasing Committee should accept that proposition now before I ~o west so that I can make the arrangement with the Sioux City road. Second: You remember tnat the 7/abaoh railroad, the St. Louis, Des Moines and Northern and the St. Louis, Des lloines and Northwestern have entered into agreements to place the terminal property in Des Lloines into a sei-p. rate company. That terminal company was organised, all the papers dravm and the Trustees of tiiO property, L'essrs. Howe, Dodge and others, were instructed to deed the property to the terminal company, each of the company's holding there interest in the terminal property. This nevei was done on account of the Tabash going into the hands of a Receiver. The time is no.v ready i . seems to me when that proposition should be carried out and L!r. Llonroe should be instructed to deed o ver the property to the terminal company. T he other companyds all stand ready to make the deed as soon as the 77abash does. I think this matter was delayed if I remember rightly by Polk and Hubbell on account of tiie idea tljat the T7abash would receive the pay of the one quarter interest that belongs to t..e ot. Louis, Des Lloines and Northwestern; but tliat matter, it seems to m , could be arranged, at any rate it seems to me this terminal property should be put in slmpe, whilst the-people who control the Tabash understand the matter. Very truly yours. .G. M. Dodge. 491 August, 1886, Aug. 31, 1886. My dear General: I have been sick in bed nearly ever since your noble gift of a crayon portrait of yourself came. I did not expect to receive a picture so superbly set, but treasure it all the more and have hung it in the place of honor in my oflice over my desk and am prouder of it than any picture I have ever had. Hundreds of your old friends have seen it, and are delighted with it, especially those who fought under you as soldiers. They say it is a magnificent likeness and they talk by the hour of it. I assure you General, I am grateful beyond expression for this token of your friendship and I shall prize it as I do very few things. You have been one of the strong and true friends of my life, one of those who have helped me most. I have loved the-best. Your counsel and friendship have been invaluable to me and your person al liking for me one of the proundest things in my life. I /wish I could do something for you. I would do it as willingly and as loveingly as I would for my father. If ever I can serve you or any of yours, believe, it will be a pleasure uncommon for me to do so. True stead fast friendship is rare in this world. Strong and steadfast friend ship like yours is rarer still. I want you to know how thoroughly I appreciate it, how grateful I am for it, and how proudal am of it. This my first day out of bed. I start to-day with Mrs. Clarkson to take our two boys, Coker and Harold, aged 16 and 14, to put them in Philiips Academy, at Exeter, U. 11. to prepare for Harvard. We will be at Exeter ftom the 4th to the 8th or 10th. We will be in New York the 10th or Ikth. Hope to see you. I hope you are well. Gratefully yours, J. S. Clarkson. 495 lieiT York, September 7, 1886, E. B. Wheelock, Land Commissinner. New Orleans, La. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your favor of August 27th informing me that you have fonvarded to Judge Dillon deed of lands in Louisian, imrchased by Genei-al Dodge, to be paid for v.'itn 167 bonds. I have been obliged to take tv/o bonds o different numbers from the ones I gave you and must therefore ask you to kingly make the follov/ing change. Instead of turning in to the Trustees bonds niimbers 3821 @ 3822, I vrill deliver bonds nxambered 3672 3 3675. I trust this v/ill not materially interfere with your record or prove any incenvenien ce to you. Judge Dillon is still out of town and I have thex-efore been unable to receive the deeds which have probably be-n in his possession for*- some Lime. I enclose herewitvi Gen. Dodge's check for 054.06 covering Lhe balance due your office as per statement of account, in your favor of August 25th, receipt of whici, please acknov^ledge. SometUae ago you v;rote us recommending a party to take charge of these lands, tosee th-at the timber was not stolen from th m and that the taxes v/ere regularly paid and assessments 'ept d~v;n as iovx as possible, and by direction of General Dodge, I wrote you asking what this party would cJnrge for his services and wh; L kind of a contract , in your oplniong, it woul bo v/ise for us to make witl him. To this letter I have received no reply and will thank you to advise rao on these points. Very txnily yours, J. T. Granger, Private Secty. i'<e-.7 York, Septemter 7, 1886. Hon. John Dillon, Trustee New Orleans Pacific Land ("rant, bonds, 195 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir:- General Dod^e has purchased an amount of j!60,235.93 acres of land in Louisiana, covered by the New Or'leans Pacific Land Grant for which he agrees to pay in first mortgage land grant bonds of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co., in accordance with terms made by I.Ir. B. !7heelock. Land Commissioner at New Orleans; who writes us that he has made deed for these lands in my name and has fohWarded the same to you for delivery. I therefore hand you herewith the above named bonds, numbered as follo'ws: 3811 to 3820 3672 to 3675 2571 to 2630 3001 to 3030 3709 to 3724 3633 to 3634 3615 to 3618 2794 to 2800 2727 to 2933 3783 to 3789 3913 to 3914 2888, 2"50, 2546 - 2781, 2010, 2782 - 2780, 3794 to 3806 10 bonds. 2 bonds. 60 bonds. 30 bonds. 16 bonds, 2 bonds, 4 bonds. 7 bonds. 7 bonds. ^ bonds. 2 bonds. 3 bonds. 3 bonds. 1 bond. 13 bonds. 167 bonds and ask that you will deliver the deeds. Very truly yours, John T. Granger. New York, Sept, 10, I086, S. R. Galloway, Esq., General Llanager U.P.Ry. Co., Omaiia, Neb. Dear Sir: I leave here Saturday night for the west and my time will be taken up in Illinois and Iowa unfl about the 20th and between the 20th and 30th I want to make my arrangements to make a trip over the U.P. and some of its branches. I shall have with me my daughter and two or tiiree other people. I would like, if it is convenient, to arrange so as to take a car in v/hiCii we could live, so that I can stop at the different points at suci. time as I vrisn, so as to get posted thereon. I would like to have'you write me at Des moines, Iowa, care of C, P. Meek if it will be convenient for you to fit me out. I s..all want to spend quite a time on the road and I write thus early in this matter so as to put you to as little inconvenience as possible. Very truly yours, C-. !!. Dodge. 'JUrX'.*'" 501 New York, Sep .. 10, 1886. Samual Carr, Jr. 47 Eqiiitable Blclg., Boston, IJass. Bear Sir: Referring to the circular of the Intei'national Railway Improve ment Company, sent you a fev; days ago, the other Boston subscribers are as follows: - George B. Clapp C. B. Lancaster, Baker & Morrell F. L. Ames 0, Ame s F. G. Dexter, Elisha Athins. 500 shares 500 shares 500 chares 2000 shares 750 shares 500 shares 500 shares 05O,OCO. 50,000. 50,000 200,000. 75,000. 50,000. 50,000 They should eacii sign the Circular for 2.% of these amounts. We sincerely hope that you ;v*ill be able to get them all to sign, as it apoears to be the best way to unite and fight this judgment collectively rather than at extraordinary expense individually. Veyy truly yours, J. T. Granger, Private Secretary to President, Seotember 11th. 1886. 5G3 New York City, September lltli, 1886. Dillon & Swayne, 195 Droadway, N. Y. Dear Sir:- we have made up a detailed statement of the organization a. d operations of the Oriental Construction Co., and hand you the same herewith. The Scrapboo]: sent you yesterday shows the original documents as made up and put out from our office in the Western Union'Building. And the letter book herewith contains many letters and telegrams relating to the transfer of this work from the Inter national to the Oriental. Any further papers or documents that we may have relating ttiCreto are at your disposal . Very tiaily yours. C. M. Dodge 505 September, 1886 WAR DEPARTIv'iENT, Washington,City. 3852 September 11, 1886. General W. W. Belknap, No. 1420 New York Avenue, City. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of August 18, 1886, forwarding a letter from General G. M. Dodge concej'ning his secret service accounts and I have also received General Dodge's letter of August 13, 1886 to the Second Auditor of the Treasury upon the same subject. In reply, I have to inform you that General Dodge stands charged on the books of this department with secret service funds to the amount of |2,909.65. A copy of all the correspondence upon the-subject found on the files is herewith; no record having been found of any communication from the department informing General Dodge that his explanation of the discrepancy was satisfactory. General Dodge should file receipts from the parties to whom the funds were paid, and if he cannot file receipts, he should submit a sworn statement of the disposition of the funds including therein the circumstances which necessitated the expenditures. It will be noticed that the amount charged against him is $2,909.65 and in his letter of January 6, 1868, a check of $2,809.65 is mentioned, which is $100.00 less than the balance reported by General Dodge in his account current for January 1, 1866, copy here with. Very respectfully, L. G. Orcun. Acting Secretary of War. Enclos. Copy of account current of Januaryl, 1866. Genl. Dodge to Chief Clerk War Dept. January 6, 1868 Chief Clerk War Dept. to Gen. ^odge March 6, 1868 Genl. Dodge to Chief Cler War Dept. March 8, 1868. Genl. Dodge to Chief Clerk War Dept Feb. 26, 1879, Nevr York, September 13, 1886. Llorgan Jones, Esq. , Port Wor th, Texas. Dear Sir:- I have your favors of Sept, 8, 1 G86;when Mr. Montgomery was here he spoke to him about the lack of notification, that one subsi y In Vernon depended up^n our reaching there upon any specified day, and he distinctly dis"claimed any instructions or intimation tliat he should notify this office and stated, thit, of his own volition, he changed t^.e limit of time from August 1st, (as per your instructions) to October 1st, I Very much fear this misunderstanding is going to cost us either serious litigation or loss of the subsidy. Your judgment as to the best method of using the second class steel is all right, and put it just where you think it will do the most good. General Dotq '.vest out of immediate reaci.. so that we could not consult .vith him upon thi^, but I knovr that he wants you to do just vrhat you think best about it. The purchase of the steel was an after thought and rather forced upon us by lack of sufficient frei. fill a vessell which chartered agreeing to give her a certain amount and therefore we will do the best we can witii^ it. Ill have carefully read your letter of September 9th to General Dodg e in regard to local rate on cattle from Texarkana to Cairo as charged us by tiie Missouri Pacific and will do what I can to straigh ten it out here but I fear it is beyond us to effect any change of importance. Very truly yours, J. T. Granger. 511 Sept. 1886. Broadway, N. Y. Sept. 19, 1886, J. M. Eddy, Esq., President, Port Worth, Texas.. Dear Sir:- I have just wired you a dispatch as follows: "Jud^re Dillon says Section thirteen limits issue of first mortgage bonds to sixteen thousand per mile. Take steps to amend section thriteen of charter under article forty on hundred and eight and following, so as to give t'e right to make a mortgage not exceeding twenty five thousand per mile. As the charter gives ho privileges which a new companj'^ could not secure under the general law, the attorney General should have time in perfecting this amend ment, if it canrot be done let me know so i can take next best course, Bee Pet6r smith imiriediately on this matter. How much right of v;ay has actufally been obtained under this chnrterV Call notice of meeting of stockholders under article four thousand two hundred and twenty as soon as amendemer.t is affected. Suggest next best course instead of taking it. Answer quick," I write this to coi;firm the above , If the Attorney Geneial will consent to this amendment, i and I have no doubt he will) there should be no delay a out it as the bonds are in the hands of the engraver. While we are getting this amendment we might make any others that are really essential. None however occur to me just now. The counsel here say that if no right of way has act ually been procured they see no advantage in this charter over a new one obtained under the general laws of the state; and if a new uharter was obtained we would be free from the 3 ye.-^rs objection, hence my inquiry as to how much right of way has been obtained. Do not let these inquiries interfere with the speedy pro curing of this amendment authorizing a mortgage not exceeding twentyfive thousand dollars per mile. Very truly yours. Dodge, President, 513 September, 1886. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas. Sept, 22nd, 1886 Gen. Dodge, Dear General; Your favors of 18th inst. just to hand. I have been to Dallas and saw Gallraith and Gurner, they are very nice to me person ally but they want us to change our shipments when Frosts returns. Frost has been to the City of Ikhxico the last three or four weeks, he left his car and t^rs . Frost down there . I explained to them that we could not dictate to these cattle men, which way they shall ship, and if we attempted to do so, we would only drive them to Worth and the Frisco. If I had time I would go and see New man, but I cannot leave here now, we laid over two miles of track to day, and we will get into Vernon before the 1st of Oct. If we dont get delayed on the schooner of steel which has come to hand at New Orleans. The Vernon folks do not want us to get into Vernon. I am.rather expecting an injunction from crossing two sections of school land. They have served notice on me not to go on these school lands. I am satisfied they would like to get some excuse not to pay this subsidy. Webster Snyder very kindly oifered to lend us four n.iles of steel if ours did n not get' in in time. Frost has never treated Nr. Hoxie right. However,Hoxie treats me pretty mean, I think Cowen is making mischief between me and Hoxie . Cowen tr-ied to get out of the Galveston water contract. I paid near $30,000. for him, now he is mad at me for press ing him for a settlement. When you return to New York I would like to meet you in St, Louis or Chicago if you will let me know in time. I have some matters I would like to talk over. Our business is still light. Hoping you will have a pleasant trip. Yours very truly, Morgan Jones. 517 October, 1886. Kaj . Genl. G. . Dodge, Council Bluffs Charleston, 111., Oct. 14, 1886. Dear Genl.: I have been trying to find out your adaress for several years but could never get it until this fall at the reunion of the 66th 111. at Paris, 111. You gave me a coiiaiiission in the 1st Ala. Gav. at Decatur, Ala. and being in the field was ordered to duty by you without being mustered. When I was mustered out I was mustered out as a Segt. be cause I could never get to a mustering officer. 1 am in a fair way to get my pay now, but may need a certificate from you. Do you re- \ member anything about It? Before my commission I was acting as I orderly Sergt. of your escort under Gapt. Conkling. Please write n.e for- I may need your identification of your signature, that is to my coDimission. Hoping to hear from you soon I am yours, Sincerely, J. C. Brooks, Drd Lieut. 1st. Ala. Cav. 519 Ne-.y York, October .20, 18SG, S. P. Prackenridge, Esq., 34 3t. Charles St., New Orlenas, La. Dear Cir:- I have just returned from a long trip to the TIest and find time to reply to your esteemed favors of September 28th and Octobei' 21st. X am favorably impressed with tlie idea of purchasing a considorable amount (6f Louisiana lands you refer to vn.icii would advantageously fill up the vacancies in the selections of New Orleans Pacific lands selected by you xor oho synoica e represented by I.!r. Cranger, but can ot ..rite you anything definite in regard oO it until I have fully ccnsulted all parties izi interest.. The lands deeded to L'r. Granger are owned by foui* or five different paroles and while some of them are willing to go in and furnish sufficient capital to purchase tiiese intermediate sections, I cannoo answer for all of ohem, but I will consult t^-om at oioce and write -you furthe^- upon tii- subject as soon as practicable. ^ I should be very glad to have you send us a map shewing just v/hich ^ , t^sse lands you 7culd reco.iimend us to purchase, .vith the lowest price tiiey could be obtained foi* and on what tei'ms we could purchase them. Some of these people might go in if they did not iiave to pay all cash but c uld allow part of the purchase money stand for a long oil .e at a low rate of inoere.it. I'y inea would be to select one particular portion of these lands and buy up all the intermediate sections or as mnch as the amount of money we could raise would p y foiw Then if we could raise more money later on, we could go on buying alternate sections and work witxi the intention of getting one large solid body. Please consider this and write me which portion of the tract would bo in y.our opinion the best to first start on. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 521 Now York, Octo'ber 29, IGSG, lir. Ucrgan Jonoo, Pre . , Port Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- , . . I have i.ad an interview with J.C. tiils morning and tnere is not a word of truti. about the stories which ycu have heard down there in relation to the Missouri Pacific building west of our road. They intend to build only to Ilenriette and if we want that road from Henriette to Gainesville we can get it and ext-^nd it ourselves. These stories are coning, I think from people whose imaginations are greit or whose wishes are with their imagination. I have been up to see Mr. Hoxie twice. He is a very sick man. He had a relapse on Tuesday but this morning is better. This is confidential, I believe he is going to get, well l;ut they are greatly worried. Matters I'lere are getting along all riglit. Very truly, G. Dodge. 523 Kev; York, November 1, 188G, I.Ir, I'organ Jones, Pres., Fott Wort-L, Texoo. Dear Sir: I have got evorything in s..ape here anc. I am ready oo go to v:ork.. Svans thinks he i.ao succeeded in i-is negotiations to m^'et us at the Canadian River. Pearsall vritiidraws his resignation and .vill remain as Vice President. He takes $1000^0 of the stock in the i ev/ coastruction company. You should continue to send i.im copies of the .;"eekly report of earnings. The feeling among every one here is tli the success oi Evans puts our i''oad beyond any harm. Kimball of the Union Pacific told me if ue v/ould complete it through he would guarantee us 1000 cars of freig.-t per .uonth to tide water from the U.P. alone. I think you make a'mistake in putting all the increased earnings into the month of October. They should be distributed through Septem ber and October, the time the material was carried so as not to make so great an increase iic November. If it is not l," o late have it done. It is easy enough for the... to rectify their September earnings so as to include a portion of this increase in it.' If y-)U close your trade with Montgomery, the right of way wants to be obtained to the Canadian as quickly as possible. As soon as I get my construction ocompany legally organized, I will appoint Bissel to take charge of it. I -vish you would see wha'. he is willing to do it for. He will have to have somebody, there to keep his accounts but I want them very simple--not elaborate. I want to Icnow ".'ho it is going to be before the ap;"ointment is made. Of course he wants to be a tho - oughly responsible party as he will be a check on the expenditures. Very truly yours, G. !I. Dodge, 525 Ne.v York, November 3, 1S83, 3 . T. Smith, Esq., Omaha, Neb, I.!y > ear Sir:- I would like to have your experience on the use of a 52 lb. rail v/ith a 36 inch splice bar. Does it make a track over which you can nm your heavy cars and locomotives, say a 45 ton engine? What I vvish to get at is on branch roads -with present grades, do you consider that track as strong a track as would be made by using 56 lb, rail, v/ith the old common short splices? These new splices you knov/ rest upon three ties and the old ones rested the joint on one tie only, I will be very much obliged to you if you will v;rite me fully your opinion on all these points. Very truly yours, n. 1!. Dodge, 527 Hew York, Iloveraber 3, 18G6, LIr, Yorgan Jones, Pres., Port Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- I wish you to ask for bids iuaiiediately on ties, the two sizes, 6x8 and 7 x 8, 8 ft. long,- delivery to commence the lit of January at the rate of 50,0CC per month for the first IOC miles; also on bridge timber, piles and telegraph poles, also obtain from the different companies tlieir best rates from Hew Orleans, St. Louis and Galveston on aterial outside of the state, besides their rates on timber, ties and other material obtained in Louisiana arid Texas. Get the lorrest cash price so we ca figure down close. Then we can determine liO'.v to lay out tr.e v/ork. You can divide up your ties, ' timber, kc. Get some in the East part of the state and some in the south-west. You also want to see to the repairs of the cars on hand i as to get them on their feet if possible before January Ist; also \7rit? me vrhen you think the steel sh"^uld commence to arrive so we won't be delayed again as were were before. I wisr you to give t^.is matter prompt attention and if" you have not time to do it yourself, a trusty man sh-uld be sent around to look up this matter provided you cannot do it. Very truly, G. hi. Dodge. 531 November, 1886. Gen. G. M. Dodge Sheet #2, I should be glad to have the letter of introduction to Painter as soon as convenient. Also, I told Col. Eddy that I would speak to you in reference to your correspondence with him and let him know if you are willing for him to forward the letter to me. I did. not go back to Cincinatti from 1\/,arietta to see Col. Chamberlain and Gen'l. Noyes, for the reoson that it will be more con venient to see them when I go out to see lv.r. Seed, Mr. Blickensderfer, Captain Smith, Maj. Barnes, etc., all of whom I found it impracticable, for one reason or another, to see on this trip. If you have any directions to give or suggestions to make, please be free and frank about it as I wish to consult your interests and wishes to the letter, as far as it is in my power. Very truly yours, N. E. Dawson. 533 Ft. 'Vorth & Denver City Railway CoHipany. Treasurer's Office J. T. Granger, Treasurer. 1 B'way, New York. November 11, 1885 Mr. Morgan Jones, President, Ft. '.Vorth, Texas. Dear Sir: I notice from your recent letters that you want to delay getting into Quanah as long as possible. I have no desire to reach there, except for the purpose of landing our material there. My plans are to make a connection with the Atchison T. & St, F. about the first of July and then to build beyond their to the crossing of the Canadian, no matter whether Evans gets there or not, because our reaching there will control all the business in the North Test and give us an out let to the East via Atchison, Then again Mr. Gould is build ing down in this direction and is going to cross over near our crossing on the Canauian and the Rock Island is going to do the same. Both of their crossings will be right where we cross the Canadian. Goulds Road is to go down through Kansas from Fingsman, to Luka thence to Commanche County then through Clarke and Meada Center into the No Mans lands on the Beaver and follow that Route down to the crossing of the Canadian about towards the in there of trade where we cross it. The building of these Roads towards the Northern part of the Pan Handle will put an immense emigration in there and if we are at the Canadian we can catch a good deal of trade. As I now understand it, you have about ten miles of steel on hand there and we should make that steel build 50 miles of miain line. That would be six miles beyond Quanah as I understand it so that our nev, contract would really commence six miles beyond Quanah. '.Ve will have to have on these two hundred ndles at least ten miles of sidings and for that you should take the iron out of the old track. It seems to me that now would be a good time to make that deal from Decatur to the coal mines. However it may not be as imiportant as we thought It would be for if Evans gets down we will get coal from the North inside of the year. With that line out there 12 miles it would be a good protector to our line. You must press the question of our independent line into Ft. Worth. It will not do to let that line alone entirely. If they are not going to let us come in, then we must arrange to build our own line. Very truly yours, G. Ml. Dodge . 535 Pan Handle Construction Co. New York City, November 12, 1886. C. F. Meek, Esq., Des Moines, la. Dear Sir: I have organized a Construction Co. for the exten sion of the Ft. 7/. & D. C. R.R. from Quanah to the Canadian River a distance of about 200 miles, and have organized it under the laws of Iowa and made you Secretary. I enclose with this Articles of Incorporation and copy of instructions for the proper course for you to pursue in putting them on record, also copy of notice which is to be published as soon as filed and recorded as stated in this paper. You will have to have a small sign which you can put up near your present office and that will be all that will be required of you except to put up such statem.ents as we may hereafter send you and are required by laws of the state of Iowa. Please be very careful in carrying out the instruct ions as noted herewith and to attend to it immediately. Please wire us as soon as the articles are filed, and mail notice published so that we may proceed to business. Very truly, G. M . Dodge, President. 537 November, 1886. UNION PACIFIC RAILV/AY GOiyiPANY. Construction Department. Shief Enf^ineer's Office, Personal. Omaha, Nebraska, Nov. 13, 1886. Genl. G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: Your note of the 9th inst. asking for extra copies of certain reports received. I am sorry to say I have not an extra copy, outside of those in my bound volume, of either; but S am not without hope that I can find them, and if I can, will most cheerfully supply you. You are do^ibtless advised of the proposition to reorganize the engineering department of this road by appointing Nr. Bogue as Chief Engineer, and myself as Consixlting Engineer. To this, I have no obje'ction in itself considered, altho' I do not admit yet that I can not do fine work, or can not organize the service as well as most men. Yet if this Company chooses to relieve me of responsibility and place it upon other and younger shoulders, I shall make no objection. But I do object to that other part of the arrangement, which proposes to pay me but ^4000 per annum for retaining my services. Instead of diminishing my pay they ought rather to increase it, not because my responsibility is changed, but because I think I have served this Company for much less than is usually paid; and I have no idea they can ever get another man to do for them what I have done at anything like the same pay. You are yourself aware that I held out a long time when I v/as appointed Chief Engineer for larger pay, and only yielded under a sort of tacit understanding that the rate should be the beginning rate. Had it not been for the financial embarrassment of the Company, I should long ago have asked for an increase of pay. I should be glad to hear from you on this subject at any time; But to be placed on a par with an ordinary Division Engineer, or at best, but little better, and for such a ra^e to give the benefit of my thorough luiov/ledge of the country and matured experience, seems to me exceedingly humiliating, especially when I could no doubt many times in five minutes save them the whole of a satisfactory salary many times over. Very truly yours, J. Blickensderfer, m 539 New York City, Nov. 17th, 1886 ^',r. W. B. Strong, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir; I am in receipt of your favor of the 15th. I have instructed my engineer to run to pretty near the centre of Carson Co. that is to the centre of the lands bought by your people. We have to rise the plains from Clarendon to get there and I have instructed my Engineer to make the run. As soon as that is done. I will have him go and see Robinson so he can talk intellignetly of what he can do. I have no doubt but what we can reach the plains on the new line, but I want to be sure, before I send him there. Possibly I amy go to see Robinson myself, as I go west. Cannot you send me, or have Robinson send me a map showing about your line and the proposed extension west if you have it from Kiowa? I am printing a map of the Ft. W. i D. C. R.R. taking in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana , etc. to show the different connections and I would like to put your line from Kiowa through Barson Co. as nearly correct as possible. Very truly, G. M. Dodge. 545 New Yor'k, November 15, 188G. iilr. 3. n. Galloway, Gen. I'gr. U.P.Ry. Co., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favors of the 11th and 12th:j There is no great harm done through the loss of the photograph. T can probably have it replaced. I return herewiti. the letter relating to Mr. Tright. Of cours I did not need this to convince me where the trouble was. I think Mr. TTright makes a great mistake. He will make up some morning and find tiiat these people whom he thinks behind him "not there." Please accept my thaiiks for your prompt' com'-liance with my request to furnish me a sample of the new splice bar. I presented my views in relation to the roads "exkenso" to Mr. Adams. It was my intention to shov/ the report to you before you left but the day I was to meet you I was called away by a tele gram on accounk of the sevei'e illness of Mr. Houie. I know you v/ill be glad to hear about Mr. Hoxie. I have been there twice a day for a week or ten days. He is a very sick man but he seems a little better tnis morning. He has great nerve and great vitality and I hope they will be able to pull him through; but he is a skeleton. What I write you about him is for yourself ohly because no matter what is said, it is exaggerated. He has the very best medical advice and his friends aroxmd him and if r'ood attention, care and prayers will biilng him through, ho will fetch it. Very truly yours, r. M. Dodge. 547 New York City, Nov. 17, 1886 Mr. Morgan Jones, Prest., Ft. Worth, Texas, Dear Sir: If I get down to Ft. Worth by the first of December and remain there until after the annual meeting, .do you suppose our Hcatters will be so far advanced that .ve can let the contracts Pqp everything needed for the lirst 100 miles say for grading, ties bridging, etc., etc. You have no doubt received my dispatches today in relation to examining and accepting the road and sending a statement to us here and I have today sent to Mr. Ross, Secty., one million dollars of these bonds for executinn. Please have them signed sealed and returned here as soon as possible, cutting off the Decem.ber Coupons leaving on that for June 1887 . This is necessary because if I close negotiations now pending I will have to deliver one million dollars of these bonds immediately, or along in Dec. and with the bonds on the 20 miles and the bonds in the hands of the Treasurer of the Com pany I can borrow, I can get along until we get track laid to Quanah. It is possible I may have to borrow what bonds you have also Mr. Walters will let me have his. The Railway Co. of course will not have totake care of the interest on these bonds until a year from now. Very truly, G.M. Dodge. 549 New York City, Nov. 18, 1886 I enclose confidentially my understanding of the conditional sale of the securities I have made to the N. Y. Syndicate and copy of the supplemental mortgage reducing the bonded debt. Mr. Beamon will no doubt come to see you about the mortgages etc. and will want to draw up the agreement between the syndicate and the Company. I tried to see you today but you were out and it is possible I may be ingaged all day toDiorrow. Will you therefore drop a note to Beamon and tell hini when you can see him? I wish you would see him immediately if you possibly can so as to close the matter up. As I understand it the only thing he wants to see you about is that the t^ortgage and charter are all right. If he wants to go on and draw up the agreement you can go ahead, being governed by the enclosed memoranda.. Please do not allow anybody to see this memo. or know anything about it because for the present it is entirely confidential. Very truly, G . M . ^odge . Conditions of Sale. One million Dollare ($1,000,000) of Bonds to be on or before January 15th, 1887. All of this one million dellver-ed on or befoi-e December 1st, 1886 to be at a price of 81% and interest and all delivered after that date, flat. The option on vl,250,000. of Bonds, or so much there of as are earned to be delivered on or before July 1st, 1887, at a price of 89% and interest. If the above option is accepted, a further option is to be given on ^1)750,000 of Bonds, or so much there of as may be earned by the construction Co., to be delivered on or before Dec. 31, 1887 at a price of 89% and interest. Tiie amounts named are approjiimate, the intention being to sell to the Syndicate all bonds issued for the Construction of the Road from the 200th mile post to the Canadian River at tie rate of splSjOOO per mile. It being impossible now to determine the exact distance which is shown on the map to be about 190 miles. 550 The Company agrees to limit, by a supplemental Mort gage, the issue of bonds from Quanah north to $16,000 per mile The Company also agrees that by Resolution of the Board of Directors, the entire issue of bonds from Fort Worth to the Canadian River, when the Road is completed to that point shall not exceed $18,000 per mile. Exchange The Bonds issued to be listed on the New York Btock -I- 551 New York City, November 18, 1886 Mr. F. E. Bissell, Ft. Worth, Texas Dear Sir: I hand you herewith your appointment as Chief Engin eer of the Pan Handle Construction Co. to take effect the first of December which is about the time that we will get in running order. I want you however to look after all our matters td that'time.. This appointment does not interfire with your clos ing the work of construction to the 200th mile post. The con tract for the work to be done by the Construction Co. will coiiimence at that point and the work up to tha"t point will be done by the Railway Co. The most important thing for us todo now is for us to get our suryeys completed so we will know exactly where we are to go. As I understand from your letter there will be no material change this side of Clarendon. The thing to look after now is Lo see what changes are necessary to be made from Clarendon on to reach the point suggested in my letter to Mr. Jones. I am in hopes of getting,to Texas in December, but in the meantime I wish, you would consult Jones in relation to all matters and be governed as far as consistent by his advice and keep me posted on all question of importance. I enclose with this Telegraph Frank No. Q. 170. which please use for Pan Handle Construction Co. business only. I suppooe you fully understand that our great desire is to build this Road with the greatest possible economy as our means are limited and we must not let our expenditure go beyond them. Very truly yours. G . M,. ^odge, 559 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register November 24, 1886, Wednesday, Morning Edition. Death of Mr. Hoxie. H. M. Hoxie, the Great Railroad Manager, Died in New York Yesterday, After a Severe and Painful" Illness of Qver^ix Months. The Long, Hard St|iitin in His Contest With the Labor Riots Doubtless the Fatal Cause ♦ He Will Be Brought to Des Moines for Interment. And Will Be Buried by His Son in Woodland next Friday Afternoon. The News of His Death Received here by His Old-time Friends with Great Sorrow . , A Useful Ended. For months the public has known of the serious illness of Mr. H. M. Hoxie, First Vice-President and General Manager of the Missouri Pacific Railway. Never of robust health, his hard work, under the stress of remarkably duties for the past ten or twelve years, and fin ally the strain of his great fight with the labor riots last winter, proved too much for him, and his indomitable will was finally so broken that the physical system yielded, and he became an invalid,giever to re cover. He went to New York to gain the best of medical aid, and made a brave fight for life, but against hope.. Friends here in his old hOrae, where he lived for twenty years, and was known and admired for his true worth, watched for news from his sick bed with anxious solicitude for the last two weeks, ^:hardly daring to hope, as message after message came, telling of the heroic and yet unavailing effort. Yesterday forenoon came the following dispatch from Gen. Dodge, one of the nearest and best friends of his life, telling of the end; New York, Nov. 23--J,. 3. Clarkson, Des Moines: - Mr. Hoxie died this morning about 2 o'clock. lie passed away quite concious and brave to the last moment. For six months his sufferings have been beyond conception. Twice under the surgeon^ knife, hie bravery, his vitality bore him when all else failed. History will pldce him as having accomplished a great work and having died in defense of a principle. G. M. Dodge. At the same time Judge John Mitchell, who is a couuoin of Mrs. Hoxie, received a dispatch frou the bereaved wife teliiair oi her areat ioes, saying that according to his request and her own desire, he would be brought to Des Moines and buried by the side of their little son, Seward, their only child, who was born while they lived here, and who died at three years of age and was buried here. The news spread over the city, and everywhere it was received with regret, while to the esrly settlers, those who knew Mr. Hoxie, when as boy and man he lived twenty years here, it came like a personal grief. For no one ever lived in Des Moines who attached to him more or mor. lasting friends than Mr. Hoxie did of the best people in Des Moines and Polk County while he spent his boyhood and early manhood here. 560 These friends had all followed his upward career in life with pride, and with undiminished affection, and his frequent visits back to Des M Moines, to visit the Plom. Thomas Mitchell, with whom he lived for sev- " eral years, arid to whom he was as dear as a son, and to ffudge Mitchell, and all old friends, kept the bond of friendship constantly strong. Mrs. Hoxie, wi.o was known-here as well as her husband, and to whom he was married here, was also spoken of on everyhand with the tenderest sympathy. The Hoxie's - Mr. Hoxie, his wife, and his mother - was for years known and loved in Des Moines as few people ever have been. So the news of this death of yesterday came into many homes in this city like the news of the death of a loved kinsman. In all such homes he had been with his wife and mother a loved and cherished guest, and the tidings of his death, in the prime of his power, fell on all such hearth stones as a shadow of sorrow of their own. Strong men who had braved with Mr. Hoxie in his youthful days the hardships of pioneer life, and who had learned the true gold of his worth in such times, talked of him with tears in their eyes, as one man among hundreds of thousands to be accredited with rare integrity and nobility. The death brought lip vividly the young Mr. and Mrs. Hoxie, the days before he was married, when he was a mere boy, and when she was Miss Patrick,- and the days when they were married, and went to housekeeping in the house he built - and which is still standing on the South side of Cherry street, between Tenth and Eleventh- where their only child, little Seward, was born, and where three years later he died, and the days when Mr. Hoxie was known to everybody, and liked by everybody, and by everybody called "Hub." The good old days came back very vividly, and eyes grot! moist as they talked with endearing terms of the young man, his young wife, M and their little boy, and what a cruel loss to them the death ol the " latter was, and how they left with him in his little grave in '.Voodland much of the joy and nearly all the hope of their lives. One could see how strong and tender the bonds of friendship still remained, the bonds that drew the dying man, turning from all, his myriad of new friends in later years, to ask that he be brought here to be buried among liis old friends,, and to sleep by his little son. It was plain that a man who could form such friendship, and hold, it with increasing tenderness, through twenty years of absence, was of more than common strength and more than common worth. To Be Buried In Des Moines. In the afternoon Judge Mitchell received the follwoing dis patch from Gapt. Hays, wno so long served with Mr. Hoxie in late years and was one of his closest and dearest friends, telling of the arrange ment for the funeral: New York, Nov. 23. - Hon. John Mitchell, Des Moines: Mrs. Hoxie and party will leave New York with the remains of Mr. Hoxie, Wednesday night at 6 p. m., via New York Central, and will be in Chicago Thursday at 9:30 p. m., and will arrive in Des M^oines via Rock Island on Friday noon, the 26th inst. It is desired to have the body taken to the Episcopal Church for services, on the arrival of the train, and the interment to be made in.the Hoxie lot alongside of his son. Will yori please arrange for the luneral and services, and notify his family? i It was Mr. Hoxie's wish to have a quiet funeral. It is also Mrs. " Hoxie*8 desire. R. 0. Hays. £G1 Sheet # 2 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register, Wednesday, November 24, 1886, Morning Edition. Judge Mitchell will make the arrar^ements as desired, today and to-morrow. The Hoxie lot is in the old part of Woodland Cemetery. Expressions of Friends. The leading friends of Mr. hoxie in this region are the Hon. Thomas Mitchell and Judge Mitchell. The former is the uncle and the latter the cousin of I>-rs. Hoxie. Mr. Thomas Mitchell, wto lives near Mitchellville, could not -be seen yesterday. Judge Mitchell expressed the sense of deep affliction and grief it w&s to him and his family, and said it was like a death in their own home, so near and dear had Mr. Hoxie been to them all. He told, with much tenderness, of miany things in the life of Mr. Hoxie, but did not feel that they should go into public print. He gave in main the particulars of Mr. Hoxie and his life, •printed in another place. Other old-time friends were seen, and the views of some of them are given below: Major Hoyt Sherman. "I knew and admired Mr. Hoxie and the news of his death was a great blow -to me, though not so unexpected as to many of his friends, as I saw him while in New York recently. .Yes, I knew Mr. Hoxie when he was with Mr. Thomas Mitchell, and they togeth.er were running a way-side inn and entertaining the pioneers of this portion of Iowa. I knew him when he became clerk of this county, discharging those duties with a fidelity that was a part of his nature. I khbw him during the trying times of the war, '/hen his invincible courage made hin^ respected and lov ed by all honorable men and feared by traitors and desperadoes. After ward, when he was engaged in the mighty task of constructing the Union Pacific, I knew him and knew of the obstacles he had to overcome in carrying out that project. When all the material had to-be shipped from St. Joe, Missouri, either by land or water, and when hostile In dians were threatening the lives of the workmen. Then came the more prosperous tines when his abilities had won him deserved place and honor, and in no single instance did he fail in the full and exact performance of his duty. In every situation to which was called through life, no matter what the responsibilities nor what the dangers, he proved more than equal to all and won by successive steps the high honors that crown ed his life. He was one of the strongest, purest men our country has ever produced, and his death leaves a vacancy that will be long in fill ing both in the hearts of friends and in the affairs of the nation." Mr. Thomas Hatton. Yes, Sir; I was a-warm frined and admirer of Mr. Hoxie, though perhaps not so intimate with him as some others were. When I first came to this city it was during the progress of the war and he was at time United States Marshal for this district. Times were lively even so far north as this and 'the position was no sinecure, requiring a man of iron nerve to fill it adequately. This Mr. Hoxie possessed to an unusual degree, it being a common saying that "Hub" Hoxie feared neither man nor devil, and he proved that to be the case in many an instante where a weaker man would have failed signally. 5G2 It was the custom of Copperheads to send out challenges, to the Federal officers in those days, and in many instances it was all aman s life was worth to take thern in charge, but Mr. Hoxie never failed to bring ^ his man. He was also a man of unbounded energy as his after life £ amply testified, never hesitating when once he had undertaken to do anything until it had been accomplished. He had a happy faculty of holding friends when once made, and it was act all faculty as he poss essed those qualities best calculated to draw true men to him. Few men could die leaving more warm friends, all of whom will sincerely re gret him." Judge P. Ml. Casady, , . • upon being interviewed last evening, iriated the story of Mr. H. M. Hoxie s career in Polk county, from a long personal acquaintance with Ijim and his family. "I first knew Mr. Hoxieysaid the Judge, "when he was a boy of 16. That was when I came to Des Moines,' in June , 1846, was young Hoxie was living here with his parents. His father and brother were both living here at the time, and Mr. Hoxie was engaged in mercantile life. H. M. was the oldest of a family of. three boys and two girls. The family remained here for two or three years afterwards, ana then remov ed to Van Buren county, where Mr. Hoxie purchased a farm, having sold out his business in this city. Soon afterwards he died there and "Hub," as we called him, came back to Des Moines. His mother returned with hia and then went to California .wher-e on of the daughters was living. "Hub" went out to Thomas Mitchell's and began work there. I have seen it stated that he was a hostle.r but that hardly expresses his position. Re superintended the business and looked after the guests in many ways, ^ was in fact .clerk of the tavern which was quite popular and sometimes ^ had many arrivals. He had the entire confidence of Mr. Mitchell and and was highly prized about the house. He continued inthat capacity and made many friends until in 1856 he began his political career by being elected clerk. He had taken no active part in politics before that time but had become known and liked ail over the county. He was re-clected without trouble . When he was elected he built him a house in the city. He had the native lumber sawed and put up a house down on Cherry street, west of the Wabash depot. Before his term was out as Clerk he ,had begun to take an active interest in State politics and was Secretary of the Republican committee and afterwards was made chair man. In a short time after the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln he was re warded by the appointn.ent to the office of U, s. Marshal for •'■owa which was one district. It was at a time when that office presented many duties, for during war times he was called uponto make many arrests. It was a trying position, too, for he had to deal so often with men whom he personally knew but he never flinched from duty. As County Clerk he .possessed the entire confidence of all who knew him. He was pop ular. He always was well liked by the oppsition party, for he was just as good to one man as, to another. He was not much of a politi cian until he csme into State natters, and then he was very strong. He knew almost everybody in the State and was at home with the farmers as well as with the politicians. He married a niece of Thonas Mitchell and the influence of Mr. Mitchell had much to do in putting him for ward. I know little of his career from the time he was Marshal, but I next heard of him when he was engaged on the Union Pacific railroad, He was Superintendent, and actively engaged in the work of construction. Here he made quite a reputation and won his great honors in railroad work. Sheet # 3 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register, Wednesday, November 24, 1886, Morning Edition. "He was of an executive turn of mind, always ready and willing to work. I never icnew him to be idle and he had a will that knew no obstacles to the accomplishment of what he undertook. He was married during the time he was county clerk. His mother went to California to live with Dr. Fagen and his wife, and then came back here on the death of her daughter. ■ She lived with us a short time and then went to Texas where her don was and she died there. The oldest daughter married Dr. P. B. Fagen, whom all the old settlers remember, in 1846 and afterwards went to California, where she died, leaving two children. Melvin B. Hoxie is now in the land office at Grand Island, Nebraska, or was a short time ago, and the other brother, Capt. Wm. H., is at Corning. I think H. M. Eoxie will long be remembered by the people of Polk county for his visit here in il82, when he attended the Old Settlers* meeting at Thomias Mitchell's coming with his wife in his special car from St. Louis. He was then thS same genial man that he had been Hany years before when he worked for Mr. Mitchell at the hotel. Mr. L. H . Bush. Mr. Koxie was considerably older than I, having been born December 18th, 1830, and having and having come to Iowa in 1845, if I remeitber rightly. Our family came to Iowa in 1849, and amiong my •earliest recollections of the place is that of seeing Mr. Hoxie on the streets. The title "Hub" was on abreviation of his name, Plerbert, and was given him by his more intimate friends and afterwards he was better knc;wn by that than any other. He was a mian of great executive ability and whatever orders were given him were always carried out to the letter. As Clerk of the Courts, as United States Marshal and indeed in all po sitions of trust with which he was honored he was distinguished by this characteristic making himi a moat valuable public servant. Another great trait of his character which always drew me to him was hie faith fulness to those whom he felt to be friends, nothing being withheld from them, while on the other hand he was just as firm against those he knew to be treacherous. This trait of his character brought him many life-long friends, from whom he never turned in his allegiance to take up with the new, and who will mourn him to-day as a brother lost . Mr. Koxie was an ardent Republican, and always took an active interest in the doings of his party. Both from his wonderful personal strength and from his wide acqu;intance through the district, almost every ac quaintance was a friend. He was a power in these matter, and most of the old politicians will remember him .through them. Many of the best traits of his character can be traced directly to his mother who was one of the most lovely women I have ever known and whose influence for good was not bounded by the circle of her acquaintance. He had two sisters, the elder of whom, Mrs. Dr. Fagan, died at an early day in the history of the plac.e, the younger, Mrs. fioyt, being now a resident of Portland, Oregon. Both the sisters were beautiful and accomplished •ladies and were general favorites wherever known. His two brothers, M. B. and W. H. Hoxie still survive him. Mr. Hoxie left Des Moines shortly after the close of the war, but he never lost the warm regard he had felt for the friends lie had made while here, and any of them were always sure of a warm welcome wherever he was found. 5G4 He was one of the strongest men I have ever known and his death "brings much more than a mere local loss. To his friends he was always more \ than an acquaintance of the hour, and not one of them but will feel .that his is far more than an ordinary bereavement. Mr, Hoxie's Career. H. M. Hoxie was born December 18, 1830, in Wayne county. New York. .He came with his father and family to the State of Iowa in March, 1840, and settled at Montrose in Lee county, and came to Polk county in November, 18:45. His father, for a time, kept a store in what is now East Des Moines, and young Hoxie, sptent his tine in the same as a clerk. After his father quit mercantile pursuits, and removed from Polk county back to lee, Mr. Hoxie lived for several years with the honorable.Thomas Mitchell, and took charge and assisted him in the transaction of his business. In the year 1855 he was elected clerk of the district court of Polk county, and served in that capacity for two terms. Shortly after the expiration of his term of office as Clerk, he was appointed by President Lincoln United States Marshal for Iowa, which office he filled during a large portion of the Civil War, and managed and conducted the affairs of his office with great dis cretion and ability. He was a terrible foe to secret traitors, and exposed and arrested large numbers of the Knights Golden Circle in iowa. He wrs also Chairman oi the ^tate Central Committee of the Republican Party, and displayed great talent and executive ability in the organization and conduct of the political campaigns during his terms of office. Shortly after this he determined to quit politics j and embark in railroad pursuits; and about this time he became interest ed in tlie great project then formost in the minds of the public - the construction of the Union Pacific Railway. He continued his connection with that road ;intil the completion of the same, and the junction with the Central Pacific. After the completion of the road he filled the office of Division or Assistant Superintendent, for a time, with n,arked success and ability. After serving in this cap acity for a time, he resigned, and severed his connection with the road. He then came to Des Moines, remained for a while; and then em barked in railroad pursuits in the state of Texas, where he was con tinually engaged in the management and construction of the road until what is known as the Southwestern Combination was completed, when it became necessary to remove his headquarters to St. Louis. He became connected with the great Gould system. At one time the Wabash road was connected with it, and Mr. Hoxie was made meinager of the vast con solidated system, with over ten thousand miles of road to operate. It was a Herculean task, but Mr. Hoxie proved equal to it, and for a long time it, the largest mileage ever operated by one man. After wards the Wabash was taken from the system, and Mr. Hoxie made First vice-President .and General Manager of the Missouri Pacific system. It was on this system that the great strike of last winter occurred, and Mr. Hoxie was called to meet and settle it. It lasted for two months or more and never had a man a more gigantic task. It was a fight more than against some fifteen thousand desperate strickers, although that was a very great contest in itself. It was a fight , ' as Gen. Dodge expresses it, for a great principle, a fight made for the right of property to be pro tected, a fight for the safety of all property in the Rei)ublic, and he knew it and knew what a great struggle it would be. 565 Sheet # 4. November, 1886. The.Iowa State Register, Wednesday, November 24, 1886, Morning Edition. He gave to it all the power of a will which has now become historic, and his struggle and his victory will stand for time as a land mark in the adjustment of difficulties between capital and labor. He made the fight practically alone, and the victory was all his own, But it cost him dearly. Never,robust, it sapped his strength, and left him an easy prey to a lurking and insidious disease, which speedily developed itself and gradually completed its fatal result. He had had a great deal of kidney disease and now there appeared the added trouble of biliary calculus, commonly known as gall stones, for which he had to go twice under the surgeons knife, and suffer from the exhausting pain of so extreme a resort. For months it has been a fight for life, but attended by his.faithful wife, a woman whose devotion to her husband^ and whose good heart so largely the achitect of his career, are the admiration and praise of all who her, and by Capt. Rays a friend like a brother, he fought it off day by day, and night by night, trying and hoping for the best , but as bravely prepared for the worst. The great struggle in the fight had cost him too much strength. Even a will so indomitable could not rally against so desperate disease, and he had to die. Between him and Capt, Hays and Dr. D. F. H. Smith, both for a long time high officials in the Union Pacific System,there had form ed and ardent and steadfast friendship. It began in Texas when Mr. and Mrs. Hoxie offered their home as the home of these gentlemen. When the headquarters were removed to St. Louis, the friendship and the home under one roof kept up. The three men were brothers, and their friendship continued to the last, and only to prove stronger. Mr. Hoxie's Marriage. Mr. Hoxie was married to Anna M. Patrick, a niece of the HOii. Thomas Mitchell, at the latter's house,in thds county, in October, 1875. Of this marriage there was born a son - Seward Hoxiewho died at the age of about three years and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. The/ Fatal Disease. Calculi are stone-like concretions that form in different parts of the body, often about some undisolved particle in the fluid, which holds the matter of the concretion in solution, or as a deposit upon some hard surface, as, for instance, the tartar which collects upon the teeth. The fluids of the body may deposit concretions in most of the vessels, organs and tissues. They are left by the blood in the arteries and valves about the heart; by the saliva in the mouth and by the bile in the gall-bladder. Calculi deposited by the bile in the gall-bladder, the liver and its ducts, are known as biliary concertions and gall-stones. They are generally of a round or oval form, and of various col ors, as white, yellow, brcwn and dark green. Usually they are soft, and sometimes brittle and easily pub/erized to an unctious powder; their size, in some cases, reaching that of a wall-nut. Biliary calculus, which is commonly known as gall-stones may generally be presumed to exist when successively severe pain suddenly arises.in the right side beneath the border of the ribs:^. and when in a few hours jaundice comes on, showing that some ob struction has existed to the outward flow of the bile. It may be relieved by large doses of opium; but this treatment is attended by much danger, for oftefPthe most expert medical hands the results are fatal. Gall-stones, when impacted in the ducts, are sometimes fatal, but frequently find their way into the intestines. The Associated Report. New York, November 23, - H. M. Hoxie died at two-thirty this morning at his rooms in the Metropolitan Opera House. The cause of his death was exhaustion, consequent on the operation preformed on him June last by removing gall-stones from his system. He has also suffered kidney disease for' g the last thirty five years. He has been very week for the last seven days, but the doctors had great hopes of his recovery. There.will be no funeral service in this city. The body will be embalmed and taken to Oes Moines, Iowa tomorrow, and the fimeral services will be held there on Friday afternoon. Mr. Hoxie had a son who is buried in the plot in the Cemetery in Des Mo.ines and before he died he expressed a wish that he shoiM be buried by the side of his child. f . H ■ J, . 'I. ! ♦ I * 1 ) • ■' ■ J 1 . ' ■ r.'V 1 -A t}? 'ia *■ t'- ■ •, *,uj. 567 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register, Saturday, November 27, 1886, Morning Edition. Mr. Hoxie's Burial. The Funeral Yesterday of the Late Mr. H. M. Hoxie. Laid at Rest in His Old Home by the Side of His Child. A special Train from Chicago, Accompanied by Many Friends, Brings the Body from Chicago. Another Special from St. Louis Brings all the Leading Railway Men of the Southwest. And Many Leading Business Men and Other Friends to Join in the Loving Tribute. A Remarkable Group of Noted Men about the Grave. A Sorrowing Concourse of Old Neighbors Join Tenderly in the Last Sad Rites His Final Rest. Few men of this nation have been honored in death as was Mr. H. M. Hoxie, on the oaccasion of his burial in. this city yesterday. From all parts of the Union there came men who represented not only the wonderful system of railroads in which Mr. Hoxie had won the clief honors of his life, but ministers, merchants, bankers, lawyers and laboring men alike were .there to pay the last sad tribute of respect to the honor ed dead. No great class was without.its representation, and that from its best blood and brain. The interpid courage and clear-headed sag acity of this man had won for hlDi a distinguished place among his fellows, but his great heart left him no room for the envy that so often pursues eminence. ?;herever the path of life had led him he went with a stern ness of purpose that knew no failure, but with a generosity and kindli ness that made friends of all encountered. The fruits of this life could be seen In yesterday's gathering, where had gathered many of the most noted men in the land to tv.stify to the high esteem in which they held their deceased friend. The Scene on the Platform. Here at Des Moines, where were jet many of the friends and com panions of Mr. Hoxie's boyhood and early manhood, the feeling was es pecially strong, and long before the arrival of the expected trains the crowd began to gather at the Rock Island depot. Seldom have the best classes of the city been so thoroughly represented and in such numbers. They crowded the long platform waiting patiently for more than an hour in the bitter cold that they too might be permitted to pay this slight honor to the menory cfa departed friend and townsman, who had honored his friends, all his town in the great struggle of life. Hundreds were gathered there and the depth of the sorrow that had come upon them and was testified in every word and action, no light word being spoken or laugh heard from that assembly during all of the long wait. The larger part of the gathering was furnished by the old settlers, who were out iniforce to receive all that was left to them of their old companion in the struggles that redeemed Iowa from a wilderness. The tender ness of the ties which bind these heroes of frontier life together is something more than mere friendship, and to them the loss bore more than ordinary weight. 5G8 Marshal BotKln was present with a squad of police, and rendered most efficient service in the handling of the crowd. The Arrangements, ^ •for Des Moines had been placed in the hands of Mr. H. C. Townsend of St. Louis, ai'id Mr. C. F. Meek, Superintendent of the Wabash Railroad of this city, and the excellence of this choice was shown in the admir able manner in which everything was provided for. No detail seemed to have been omitted, and, notwithstanding the size of the crowd,no confusion was noticed, save for a short time just before the arrival of the first train. The Special From Chicago, bearing the remians and nearest relatives and friends was delayed some little time at Altoona awaiting the arrival of the Wabash special from ^t. Louis, which had been delay ed by breakages in the engine. The train bearing the funeral party proper had been kindly tendered Mrs. Hoxie by the C. R. I. & P. road and had left Chicago at 10:45 the previous evening, arriving here at 11:40 yesterday, making a quick run. The Missouir Pacific special from St. Louis preceded it by a few minutes and was palced upon the pass ing track south of the main line, while the party helped to swell the crwod upon the platfcm. Arrangements were then made for the process ion to form on third St. a double line of old sbttlers forming from the track to the hearse to receive the deceased in due form. All the hacks and landaus in the city had been secured for the occasion, and were in waiting for the reception of the funeral party. The Arrival of the Fvinerai Cortege ^ was heralded by a hush that swept over that vast assemblage, leaving them silent and motionless. The engine had been tastefully draped in mourning and the nximber board beneath the headlight bore initial "H" worked in black upon a white ground and surrounded by a circle of deep biack. Instinctively every head was uncovered as the casket containing all.that was mortal of H. M. Hoxie was lifted from its resting place within the car and handed reverently to the pall bearers, Messrs. D. K. Fergusson, H. C. Eaastick, W. H. Newman, and B. W. McCullough of St. Louis; Thomas F. Withrow and C. H. Chappel of Chicago; and P. M Casady and Hoyt Sher man of Des Koines, all old and trusted friends of the deceased. The Funeral Procession was then formed on Third street, headed by a platoon of policemen under command of Marshal Burns, directly behind whom came the old settlers fully one-hundred in number. Next came the carriages containing the pall bearers, then the hearse, folEwed by carriages containing Mrs. Hoxie, K. B. Hoxie of Schuyler, Nebraska, and W. H. Hoxie of Corning, Iowa, brothers of deceased; Hon. Thomas Ivitchell and wife; John H. Hoxie and wife; Mark Iloxie; Chester Thorne and Wife; Judge Mitchell and wife; and Mr. Ira Mitchell and wife. Following them was a long train of representative railroad men from all the important roads of the West and Southwest, and a large number of Missouri Pacific employees by each of whom Mr. Hoxie had been loved and admired. A long line of ^ carriages bearing citizens, closed one of the most imposing funeral ^ processions ever given a Western man. The walks all along the line of march were thronged with citizens, who silently added reverential honor to the man who had so honored them and their city. 569 Sheet H 2 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register, Saturday, November 27, 1886, morning edition. At The Church the crowd had begun to gather some tine before the tine set apart.for the services, the side aisles being filled as the nave would have been had it not been held in reserve. The altar and pulpit were crowned with the most beautiful and elaborate floral decorations ever seen in the city. Upon the altar were two pillows of Easter lilies and whote roaes, bearing the inscriptions, "In Memoriam" and "Not Forgotten." In front of the chancel rail were four large crosses of beautiful flowers, and flanking a most elaborate centerpiece, tastefully combining the cross, crown and anchor, and bearing the inscrijition, "H . M. Hoxie, from Em ployees." The crosses were made of Easter lilies, white roaes and im mortelles, artistically arranged with moss and evergreens, and were,the tribute of the employes of the Missouri Pacific. The procession was met at the door by Rev. Dr. W. H. Van Antwerp, who preceded it down the center aisle, read ing the opening of the Episcopal service. The cas ket was of rich black velvet, bearing upon a plain silver tablet the inscription, "Herbert M. Hoxie, aged 55 years and 9 months. Died New York November 23, 1886," and was literally loaded down with the choic est cut-flowers Chicago could produce, the loving tributerof the gentle men friends in that city. The service was that of the Episcopal Church, simple but beautiful, and read in an impressive manner by Ur. Van Antwerp. ThB sermon was omitted at the request of Mrs. Hoxie, as it had been her husband's wish that the service be as quiet as possible. The choir consisting of Mr. and Mrs. MI. L. Eartlett, MUss Tillie Cooper and Mr. John McCauley, with Miss Fannie Crowley at the organ, added:much to the beauty of the service by the exquisitis manner , in which they rendered its solemn music. , The procession was then reformed and proceeded to Woodland Cemetery, where the remains of H. M. Hoxie were lovingly laid to reat in the beautiful lot where sleeps the loved son whose death so nearly broke a father's heart. The wall of the grave was lined with evergreens, and the freah earth from the vault covered with the same material. The grave is under the shelter of beautiful evergreen.trees, and with the profus ion of green, much that is dreaded in burial, was avoided. . It is a pretty spot of ground, and over twenty years before Mr. and.Mrs. Hoxie had buried there their little three year old boy Seward, and so.sanctified with that which was but sweetest and mo.t sacred in their lives. Often afterwards had their feet come lovingly to the place, the shrine of their parental love. The grave of the father had been made by the side of the son. The grave of the child had been decorated with flowers by lov ing hands, and about the name Seward was a wreath of beautiful roses. The body of the father was lowered by tender hands into the green leaves, and, with the words of the sympathetic rector and the tears of many eyes unused to weeping, left to its final rest. 570 The scenes ahout the grave were notable. The distinguished . visitors from abroad mingled close about the vault with the earlier t friends of J/ir. Hoxie among the Des Moines people. All heads were uncov ered and all faces showed personal grief. Grey heads were plenteous, and the presence of so many noted men made a scene of dignity and pathos never seen except at the graves of heroes, rulers and the most famous men. Nearly all the cities of the West and Southwest had contributed from their noblest men to the group, and it was a gathering such as is seldom seen in any community or about any.grave. There was the tenderest sympathy for the stricken wife^ and there was hardly a face in the group not touched with tears. It was a loving burial, and proved again how sweet and noble are the rewards of a true and useful life. Among the kindred present were H/'r. Hoxie *s two brothers--Mr. M. R. Hoxie, of Nebraska, and Mr. W. H. Hoxie, editor of the Gaxeete, Corning, Iowa. The Visiting Delegations comprised many of the most prominent railroad men of the nation, besides men who occupy exalted positions in almost every walk of life. Those upon the Chicago special were A. Kimball, Vice-President Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, Chicago, 111.^^ Thos. F. Withrow and wife. Gen. Solicitor, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, Chicago. H. F. Royce, Gen. Supt., and wife, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, Chicago. H. B. Stone, Gen. Man, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway, Chicago. C. H. Chappel, Cen. Man. Chicago & Alton Railway, Chicago. J. W. Midgley, Commissioner South-Western R'y. Association, Chicago. Geo. Schiver, Traffic Manager Southern Pacific Co., San Francisco. T. H. Wickes, Gen. Supt. Pullman Palace Car Co., Chicago, Illinois. C. A. Garcelor, Supt. Pullman Palace Car Co., St. Louis, Mo. Dr. D. S. H. Smith, Treasurer Missouir Pacific Railway, St. Louis. W. H. Newman, Gen. Traffic Manager Missouri Pacific Railway, ^t. Louis. Orson G. Murray, Freight Fraffic Manager Missouri Pacific Railway, St. Douis. H. C. Townsend, G. P. & T. A., Missouri Pacific Railway, ^t. Louis. L. A. Emerson, General ^astern Agent, Mtissouri Pacific Railway, St. Louis. A. T. Lemist, Coal Agent, Missouri Pacific Railway, St. Louis. Frank Ferris, Commercial Agent, Missouri Pacific Railway, Chicago, Illinois . W. W. Pinley, G. P. A., lines in Texas, Dallas, Texas. B. W. M.cCullough, G. P. & F. A., lines in Texas, Dallas, Texas. Col.-Fisher, Live Stock Agent, lines in Texas, Dallas Texas. H. C. Logan, Pacific Coast Agent, San Francisco. The Missouri Pacific Railway private car on this train was occupi ed by Mrs. H. M. Hoxie, John H. Hoxie and wife, Mark Hoxie, and Chester Thorn and wife. The special from St. Louis bore the following: 571 Sheet # 3 November, 1886. The -^owa State Register, Saturday, November 27, 1886, Morning Edition. Missouri Pacific Officers and Employes. A. W. Dickinson, Supertendent Terminal Facilities, St. Louis G. Mesliex, Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent, J. J. Portis, General Attorney. C. G. Warner, General Auditor. Geo. C. Smith, Assistant Secretary. D. W. E. Outten, Chief Surgeon. 0. A. Kaynes, Inspector Locomotive, Car Car and and Machinery, Machinery, ^ Abram Gould, Purchasing Agent Wm, E. Jones, General Claim Agent, . S, L, Iligglyman, Tax Commissinnei? Samuel Irwin, Master Car Builder.- ■ • '' ' ' • Clarence Howard, General Foremian Locomiotive Department, • « J, C. Nicholas, General Baggage Agent. < ' i'' , J. E. Clemments, Assistant Engineer. • . . ■ J, C^Connor, Com'l Agent. Col, Thos. Essex, Land Commissioner, S. Ford, Private Secretary Mr. Loxie. W. A. Drips, Voucher ^lerk, R, S, McAllister, Central Agent American Refrigerator Transit Company, E. S. Barrievas, Clerk and Local Treasurer. M. Roberts, traveling engineer. R. B. Coodel, Brakemian. • . . . L, D. Hopkins, passenger conductor. Mr, Healey, locomotive engineer. • ' ' G. H, Harrison, locomotive engineer. - ' H, D. Wilson, special traveling passenger agent, • W, H. Morton, Passenger agent, J. Daley, paasengei- department. P, McGlynn, clerk. General Traffic Department, • '■ » ■ L, Wemmer, clerk. General' Audi tor' s office. , _ < . Thos, Furlong, special agent. T • » ' ■ W, K, Bixby, station agent. < ' • V. R, Sqmler, Transportation Department. ' * J, H, Dowland, Secretary S.L., F. S.&W, Ry, • • ' W, H. Newman,- General Traffic Manager. ' I " Thos , VI. K. V. R, J, H, S, H. Smith, Local Treasurer. 0. G. Murray, Freight Traffic Manager H, C. Townsend, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. J. Herrin, Superintendent, S. L., I. Mi, & S. Ry., V.'esley Campbell, private attendant of H-. k, Hoxie, B, W, McCollough, General P. and T. Agent, Texas lines Dr, J, E. Ennis, General Agent, Chicago, • C. A, Guinochio, Marshall, Texas, Frank Mosby, porter. Wm. Mosby, porter. Special Committee of Employes. G. Murlier, Ass't General P. and T, Agent chairman, 0, A. Hayes, Machinery department Samuel Irwin, Transportation department. ji,.. 572 James Denyvan, Auditing department J. B. Clements, •'Engineering department Delegation from other Railways. C. M, Hays, ^sst. Gen. Mgr. W., St. L. & P. Railway. James F. Hpw, Agt. Receivers, Wabash Ry. K. H. Wade, Gen. Supt. Wabash Ry. Geo. W. Parker, Gen. Mgr. Cairo Short Line. S. W. Fordye, Pres, St. S., A. & T. Ry , L. A. Fuller, Supt. Pacific Express. H. W. Hibbard, Gen. Frt Agt. Vandalia line. Z' D. Wishart, Gen'l. P. A. St. L. & S. F. Ry. ''•luyli'f F. D. Barnes, Conductor Pullman Car Co. , .U*, M.S. Wasson, Gen'l Agt. I & St. L. Ry. incl.-i/' J. W. Branch, Pres. I & St. L. Ry. .n, C. K. Sherman, Gen'l. Mgr. I. & St. L.'Ry. y * J. W. Maas, D. P.. A., L. & N . R. R. ^ M. Sweeney, Supt. Trans., Mobile & Ohio Ry. Wells H. Blodgett, Gen'l Sol., W. St.^,. & P. Citizens of St. Louis. M. M. McDonald, Attorney. ' Dwight Treadway. ' i V,. P. '^reely, B ..rnham Grocery Co. " . 0. P. Greeley, Burnham Grocery Co., J. M. Gilkerson, Gilkerson Grocery Co. . W. H. Cook, Cotton Factory. Rev. H. A. Stimpson, Pastor Pilgrim Con. Ch. D. K. Ferguson, Pres't Mechanics Bank. Wm. Nichols, Pres't Com'l Bank Hon. E. 0. Stannerd, Pres't Stannerd Milling Company. M. M. Buck. J. H. Knox, Pres't Nat. Stock Yards. ' ' W. P. Nelson, Citizen. Webb M. Samuels, President St. Louis elevator. D. P. SI attery. President Merchants' Elevator. J. IT. Maxon, .President Lindell Railway company. Capt. H. C. Haarstick. President St. Louis and Mississippi Transfer Company. A. A. Mosher, General Agent Travelers' Insurance company. J. N. Buffinger, capitalist. Jas. S. Manson, comraissi n merchant. A. Seigel Gas P'ixture company. C. E. Ware, Woodward &. Tieman Printing company. R. Bagnall, railroad contractor. , E. 0. Kannard, ex-Governor of Missouri. , G. M. Dilly, Palestine, Texas, i- ^ W. P. Coleman, Rich Hill. Mo. ' E. P. Cowan, lumber merchant. C. A. Ginnoccio, Marshall, Tex. ' ' J. M W. H C. E R. B E. 0 G. M W. P % ■ • R - . .r. , I 1, . Valley Of the St. Louis delegation in Chicago, Mr. Gaston was made chairman of the committee on arrangements, while, as stated before, Messrs. Townsend and Meek had charge of the arrangements in Des Moines. 573 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register, Satiirday, November 27, 1886, Morning Edition, A Notable Funeral. The burial of the late Vice President Hoxie of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, in Des Moines yesterday, had many things about it to prove the great esteem in which he was held throughout the country. Two large special trains of six or seven cars each came to P>es Moines, carrying a large number of the leading railway managers of the Western States, and of the leading business men of St. Louis and Chicago. There were striking features about this whiii will bear witness to the country of the value that Mr. Hoxie was to the public, as attested by those best qualified to judge. There is no rivalry so sharp in business, producing more jealousies or rival ambitions, than that of the railroad world. Mr. Hoxie represented on of the most powerful and-one of the most aggressive of railway corporations. He represented it in its most enterprising and aggressive form; yet that he did so in a manner which -retained all his manliness, and inspired even his competitors with be lief in and admiration for his manhood, was shown by the fact that near ly all of those with whom he was brought in conipetition stopped from their busy work and came four hundred miles to attend his funeral, and to pay their tribute of respect and esteem to one whom they knew to be unusually worthy. The large company of men who stood around Mr. Hoxie*s grave in Woodland Cemetery yesterday represented the controlling powers of the business interests of the West; represented hundreds of millions of dollars of capital; represented the life of Western trade. Such a group of men; such a lot of faces and heads of strong men, seldom appear about any grave except that of Presidents and men highest in power in the Government. But here was a man who, in the business world, made a wonderfully aggressive record; made a fight for a great principle affecting the rights of property; who represented in his activity the sharpest rivalries of business and trade, and yet who had, with it all, such a nobility as to challenge the admiration and gain the affection of those who were naturally his rivals. It was a tribute such as few men are ever paid, and such as few have proved the worthiness to have paid them. It is not only a striking tribute to the great worth of Mr. Hoxie, and a striking and conclusive evidence of the gratitude in which he is held for the great and successful struggle that he made for the maintenance of the rights of property, but it is also a pleasing evidence of the good heart that is in the breasts of the men who control the cor porations popularly pronounced to be soulless and heartless. It showed to the public how good after all are the hearts of the strongest and most aggressive of men. Those who could have seen his burial yesterday, and seen the large group ol strong and famous men gathered about the grave, and seen how deeply affected they were by the death of one they had learn ed to respect and value so highly, would have seen how safe is the rep utation of Mr. Hoxie for time, for the good work that he did. They would have seen, too, the evidence in this, that the man who made the great con-test and won the great victory for law and order, as against the menacing elements of socialism and anarchy, was not stronger in his 574- great ability in compelling and holding public admiration than he was ^ in drawing to him the best and strongest men as his friends. The death and burial of r/r. Hoxie both teach lessons of great value. He gave his life .to discharge his trust. He knew the cost, and yet did not falter. In doing this, he showed that heriosm is not found alone on the martial field, but that it is developed when it is needed, in every time of turbulence or danger. The tribute paid to him by those who came suhh a long distance to his funeral, the tribute which is being paid to him in almost every American newspaper, show that while he gave his life as a sacrifice for principle, the sacrifice is appreciated and will be remembered. Not alone the leading railway men of the West, but the leading business men of St. Louis, coming from the scene of his conflict and victory, gave, in this evidence of yesterday, a token of their appreciation of such Service as he rendered, and of the gratitude in which they will remember it. . , . I, ■■ I. .- e ■ t • , ' • j vt ' i' M t , . i ' . ' • . / * I , i f • '' ' ' J : -VisJrj 1 ' -f# f V , v ' • ' i :](" Ai i'r.i. ■ . ■ ' It J J ' .1. ^ ^ • • • ■ -"■K -.'fi.' * Iv. , ."t I 1 .»■ . ■ { ■ / • i. ,1 '*r, ■ • ■ ; i :' : : - T , ■ n I • ; , . I ! ■ ' • I ' • ■ • V t, ) ' I ' A t* M * t ' I, . p. ' ■■c.'"' L - I.. .. . . ii ' ■ P, , . I n ' ;'(v' , ■ , i ; n. !- , ■ ■ 575 Sheet # 4 November, 1886. / The Iowa State Register, Satiarday, November 27, 1886, Morning Edition. Everything was arranged for with the moi;t exacting care, and nothing happened to add a discord to the entire ceremony. This was no easy matter but was managed with that ability foresight and execution which must always mark the successful railroad man, and the result reflected much of credit upon those who bore the burden of management. But a short time was taken for rJest and the different parties started on their homeward journey. Mrs, Hoxie accompanied the St. Louis party, which was increased b^v the addition of the genetlmen from that city who had com on from Chicago. The Chicago party return ed directly home. Mr. Jay Gould Not Present. It was reported that Mr. Jay Gould was cf the party, and some of the evening papers last night said he was with the party. But he was not. His brother, Mr. Abraham Gould, was with the St. Louis party. Captain F.. S-. Hays, Mr. Hoxie's great friend, was not able to C' me. He had watcheu with Mr. Hoxie through his long illness while really sich himself, and was so worn down that he was unable to come. Dr. Smith, of St. Louis, who with Captain Rays formed a part of Mr. Hoxie's family for over twelve years, was with the St. Louis party. The Friend of Forty-five Ye ars. Among the most honored guests of the day was Hon. Thomas Mitchell, of Mitchellville, who had been a second father to Mr, Hoxie ever since his boyhood, and who mourned his loss as though he had been his won flesh and blood. Tribute from Bt;one County. On yesterday Judge Casady received the following letter from a committee of the Old Settlers* Association of Boone county expressing their grief at the common loss; Boone, Iowa, Nov. 26, 1886.--Judge Casady, Des Moines, Iowa:--The pioneers of Boone county send condolence to the family and friends of the lamented dead. Hub Hoxie, which they cannot express in words. We all knew him as you did, noble, mr;gnanimous, robust, honest, wholesouled, warm-hearted man. We have partaken of the hospitality of the old Mitchell homestead when Hub was chief, and we have hatthis volunteer aid with ox teams in getting out of the interminable sloughs and deep snow drifts of the prairie waste, miles away from that ever open shelter and home for all who come, whether they had money or not. We also knew him in public life and have watched his career since manhood and have been proud of his achievements. Bury him tenderly beside his dead boy, with whom the father's heart was buried in the by gone days. He has an enduring monument in the hearts of all the survivors of pioneer times. Peace and rest to his ashes. Will you personally express our tenderest sympathies to Mrs. Hoxie. John H. Hull, G. W. Crooks, A. L. Speer, Gommi ttee. 576 Outside Expressions. ' M Where Mr. Hoxie's Parents Are Buried. * The Keosauqua Republican has the following paragraph: Mr. Clark, in the Gate City of Tuesday, mentions the recovery from a severe attack of sickness of H. m Hoxie, one of the great railroad men of this country, and in speaking of his early history says,"HoKie*s father was one of the Iowa pioneers. He got so far ahead of civilization that his was the first white family to cross the river at Des Moines, and he waited with his wife and children on one side while negotiations for treaty were going forward on the other side, when it was signed old man Koxie hurried across and H. M. Hoxie,. the boy was along." Mr. Clark's history should have concluded "with the removal of old Mr. Hoxie from Oes Moines to near Kilbourne in Van Buren county, where he died, was buried and where his body remained until a few years ago when his son came ani had it taken up and re-interred hear H. M. Hoxie's Des Moines home. Mr. Geo. C. Duffied of Pittsburg, assisted the son in the removal of the remains. We are informed by Mr. Melville R. Hoxie, now in the city, that ■-the body of his father was removed to Chicago and buried by his'wife, and not brought to Des Moines, as stated above. Mr. H. M. Hoxie at that time expected to remove his son, buried here, to Chicago also, and intend ed to make it his own burial place. But as he grew older his love for his old home returned with so much force that he decided to be burfed here, and left a request to that effect. A Ridiculous Rumor Contradicted. ^ The St. Louis Globe-Democrat in its sketch of the life of Mr. Hoxie had the following timely contradiction of the absurd story that Mr. Hoxie was at one time a hostler: An .Early Lesson. Mr. Hoxie was always averse to notoriety and could rarely be drawn into conversation with reference to himself, and the story of his life is known to very few people, even those with whom he was closely associated and who came in daily contact with him, having only an out line of it. During the great strike in the Southwest a great many stories and anecdotes, with tr. Hoxie as the central figure, were given wide circulation, and among them were many at which he laughted heartily the one with reference to his experience as a hostler in Des Moines, seeming to afford him the greatest amusement. A Globe-Democrat reporter who saw Mr. Hoxie daily during the strike, once asked him if there was any thuth in the hostler story. "Not a bit," he replied laughing heartily. "The facts are that while with Mr. Mitchell on his Iowa P'arm, I acted in the capacity of aanager for him, his interest being quite large for those days, and it was my duty to ride over the place and see that the work was done, and the only rebuke I ever received from him, which was a mild one was for dismounting from my horse and doing some work myself which*1 properly dene. While engaged inthe task Mr. ^itchell road up, and I could readily that he was displeased, thouo-h and sight f of 7? the men, he turned to me together, and said: and 'I when do not out expect of hearing vou to do the work. It is your duty to see that it is don^- t^at is^aU.' Sheet #5. 577 November, 1886. The Iowa State Register, Saturday, November 27, 1886, Morning Edition. "I made no reply, but ever afterward followed his instructions to the letter. It has also been stated that when I went to Mr. Mitchell's I walked, and the inference was th)t I had no money with which to ride. This I have never denied, either," continued Mr. Hoxie, again laughing heaikily, "but the fact is that I had been very successful in the West, and when I went to Mitchellville had over $2500., which I then considered a fortune. And.in addition to saving this sum I had regularly remitted to my Mother, ray Father having died when I was quite a lad. No, I never served as a hostler, but if it had been necessary I would have done so, and endeavored to do it well." Gave His Life The Globe Democrat says event deeply to be regretted, not long the field of labor of the de There were elements of martyrdom where will recognize. The fatal charge of duties imposed upon him under his charge from the rage of The seeds of death came while he defense of law and right." To Duty. : "The death of H, M. Hoxie is an only in St. Louis, which had been so ceased,but throughout the country, in it which true and brave men everydecease was contracted in the disby his efforts to rpotect "property organized vandalism and roughianism. stood bravely at his post of duty in Missouri Pacific, The Resolutions of Regret and Gratitude Adopted by The Company. On the day of Mr. Hoxie^s death a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Pacific Railway was held. The President brought tb the notice of the Board the recent death of the First VicePresident and General Manager, Mr. Hoxie, and therefore it was, upon his motion. Resolved, That the death of H. M. Hoxie, First Vice-President of the Company, and General Manager of its railways, is deplored by us not leas from his great -value to the business interests in our charge than from affectionate respect inspired by the manliness and integrity of his whole personal life. That his death is recognized as in a large measure due to his faithful maintenance of private right against anarchist passion during the organized attack upon the property and business of this Company which was made early this year. .That his firmness in that crisis did more perhaps than any single cause to preserve results of industry in the United ^^tates from a wave of spoilation and disorder which no other interests could pro bably have withstood if the rights of this company had at that time been overthrown. 578. That we share the sorrow of his family and those who are cherished by him with a feeling of sympathy for them which is enhanced by our knowledge of his worth. That a copy of these minutes be sent to Mrs. Hoxie as a token of personal regard. The Days Before Death. A New York Letter telling of Mr. Hoxie's last days Says: "After a faithful trial of the ordinary remedies for this trouble,Mr. Hoxie submitted.to an operation not long ago. For a time this seemed to have been productive of good results. Soon, however, the symptoms of the disorder again appeared, this time much more virulently than at first. The poisonous matter generated by the disease found its way to all parts of his body, and it was not long before his skin bedame of a dark brown color. He was almost unrecognizable, and friends who had not been with him steadily during the stages of his sickness were greatly shocked at seeing him, he himself gave up hope of recovery and prepared for the end inthis he was methodical 'and business like, as in any of the transactions that had made hi:ij well known. His only anxiety was for his family. He took every precaution possible to secure the comfort of those dependentupon him. .His niece, in whom he took a great Interest, was engaged to be married, but the event was not.to take place until winter period. Mr. Hoxie was very desirous that she should be married before he died, and fearful that the end might be near, he requested that the ceremony might be performed at once. His wishes were obeyed a little over a week ago, the marriage cccunlng at the Broadway flats apartments in the Metropolitan Opera Hou$e, where he had taken up his residence. After this his strength began to fail rapidly. It seemed as if he had been sustaining himself upon nervous force alone until he should have accomplished the projects nearest his.heart. His condition was so low at seven oblock last evening that the physicians announced that death was near, and the members of his family sat up with him through the night. He expired just before 3 o'clock a. m., but his death was announced until long after noon." Mr. Hoxie's Successor. From a New York Special. One of a party of railroad men at the Windsor Hotel tonight said; " It is quite likely that A. A. Talmage, of St. Louis, will be Mr. Hoxie's successor. Mr. Gould is always on the lookout to advance clever men to posts of responsibility in the management of his railroad system; and Mr. Talmage, it is well known, possesses marked executive ability, and his ideas and methods of managing rail road affairs are entirely in accord with those of Mr. Gould. Yet nobody can tell with the faintest degree of certainty who Mr. Hoxie's successor will be, because in regard to those things Mr. Gould is extremely reticent and non-committal. It is quite possible that some M of his young lieutenants whom he has marked for advancement because ^ of his ability will be selected for the post. The royal road to favor in Mr. Gould's eyes is only through hard and persevering work. After all, the death of Mr. Hoxie does not leave any difficulty in the management of the M. P. systom, he had placed the subordinate administration in trust worthy hands, for nobody better than he knew how to select men, and so his successors will find no reforms necessary." 583 (1^ November, 1886. Newspaper clipping. The iowa ^tate Register Saturday, Nov. 27, 1886. Tlie Tribute of a Friend. We print today a letter from General Grenville M. i^odge, in which he pays the tribute of a long-time friend to the late Mr. Hoxie . The letter will be read with interest everywhere, both because of the fact that the tribute is paid by so distinguished a man as General Dodge, and because of the fact that he perhaps better than any other, knew of the great vork of Mr. i^oxie in the political and railroad fields. The two gentlemen, who had been acriuainted previously in political and social life, became thoroughly identified with each other in railroad work in the building of the Union Pacific road. General Dodge was then chief engineer of the great enterprise, and by his skill and engineering that great enterprise found a path across the mountains to the Pacific Ocean. When the future history of that great enterprise shall be truly written. General Dodge will be given credit for a great ' - work to last for time. While he wj'S in this position Mr. ^oxie became connected with the road. The two served together there in .very im portant trusts, and doing so demonstrated the remarkable ability of each of them. After the Union Pacific was built General ^odge and M.r. h Hoxie became connected with railroad enterprises in the Soulth, and were the first nien to take up the work of railway development in Texas. •They pioneered together there in very dangerous and ticklish times. Northerners in a State ol' the South directly' after the i-e bellion, with savage Indian tribes to the west of them to deal with; with yellow fever in suiririier to right, and with many other disadvantages and ob stacles which would have appalled the hearts of any men less indomit able than theniselves. Their companionship in railway building and operation scarcely ever had an end. When Mr. Gould elaborated his great system in the Southwest he found these two strong men of great service to him, and they remained very prominently identified with him and his railroads constantly afterwards. They had demonstrated genius in railroad building and operation; and Mr. Gould, with his genius for financiering and railroad building, was quick to utilize their ability. A very large part of his phenomenal success in railway en terprises may doubtless be traced to. them. In tne light of these facts, so well known to everyone ac quainted with the two gentlemen, or with their operations in railway work, the letter of Gen. Dodge, paying a 1st tribute of friendship to his devoted friend, will be of especial interest to the public. Gen. Dodge is too busy a man to write n.ucJi for the press, and the fact that he stopped in his busy career to give to the public, through a newspaper, this article in regard to Mr^ Hoxie, is but another evidence of how highly and constantly he r^-garded him. The estimate of Gen. Dodge, who, as a soldier and a corps commander, n.ade his name famous by his own bravery and great generalship; who was the trusted comrade •and counselor in war of Gen. Grant and Gen. Sherman; and who displayed aftcjr the war, equal genius in creating great enterprises in internal improvement; and who is noted as a judge of men, and who has had re markable opportunites for exex'Cising his jaugment, is an estimate sece ond to no one who could write of Mr. Eojcie. It is of peculiar value to the public, coming froii, such a source, ana ail wl:o know of the 584..- great heart of Gen. Dodge, as well as of his illustrious.career in military and civil life, will treasure this letter as one peculiarly worthy to be preserved. '* • • * : . t- . -V "■t ■ . . .. ' > < ■<H' i r .'V' ,- ^ -K " November, 1886. IOWA STATE REGISTER, DES MOINES . Nov. 28, 1886. My dear General: I received your letter on Friday and published it in Saturday's p?)er, giving it conspicuous place on the editorial page. But the funeral was at day earlier, or on Friday, instead of Saturday as you expected. We accomplished your desire, however, in getting it before the railway men attending the funeral by mailing a copy to the address of every one who was here. Mr. Meek attended to procuring the list of names and had his desks carefully address, a copy to each gentleman, the list you have doubtless seen as it was printed in our report of the funeral. I had 30 copies of the paper sent to you. Your letter was a noble one. It came from a great heart's affection for a dear friend. It pleased the general public to see a leading reailroad man showing appreciation of Mr. Hoxie's great work and sacrifice. It also greatly delighted Mr. H's. personal friends. Mrs. Hoxie ordered a hundred copies of the i?sue containing it to send to her immediate friends. It was remarkably well expressed. Many have spoken to me about it in this regard. It was condensed about as much as the average writer would get into ■5^ column. Mr. Rennells(?) who is so excellent a judge, says it is one of the finest tributes one friend ever paid another and that the closing part of it is as eloquent and delicate a thi.ig as he ever read. It all comes from your heart and so could not fail to be strong and tender. It makes death a real and vivid thing to all of us when such strong men as Hoxie lie down never to rise up again. I feel I am getting old when men who have most great reputations in my own tin.e are dying off on every hand. The new generation is here and soon all of us who were young in 1860 will be gone. But how good it is to have true friendships to turn to and true friends to bury us when we die. Cordially yours, J. S. Glarkson. 587- New York, Mover-lDer 27, 1SG6. Mes srs. Polk ?c Hubbell, Des I.!olnes, lo'ja. Dear Sirs: I have just retumed from an interview with the Purchasing Committee, Mr. Ilubbard and Mr. Swayne who have our matters in charge are favorable to turning the road over to us, but withint the last week a difficulty has arisen between the first mortgage bond folders and the purchasing coojnittee and tnoy say tliey will take no further action in any matter until ti.ey know exactly what ground they are standing on. Wnat I gathered confidentially is that if things do not go to suit them, they propose to step down and out. However, Oenl. Swayne says that the differences are foolish ones and will no doubt be raada all riglit in time, for there is no doubt w will get the order. I have worked at this every day and got to this place whore I am stopped. It is a good tliing we got the order out on the foreclosure at the time we did. I -.Till be in Chicago about next Thursday. My address will be the Grand Pacific Hotel. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 589 Nobember, 1886. IOWA STATE REGISTER DES MOIRES. Nov. 28, 1886. Dear General: I see you have had your man appointed as Mr. Hoxie's successor, thus again demonstrating your power in high places, and also your capacity and inclination to take care of your friends. I have no doubt Mr. Clark is the man for the trying place. I now want to suggest to you that this opens the door of oppartunity for a good and faithful friend of yours and mine- Mr. Meek- one who has served us both with rare devotion and ability. Mr. Clark couid get no better man for his assistant as General Manager than Mr. Meek. You know he has the railroad and the executive ability, that he has remarkable skill in the manage ment of men, and as remarkable skill in dealing satisfactorily with the public and that he has unexcelled ability so far as I know, to care for railroad interests in politics and legislation. He has the rare quality of being strong at every point in practical rail road operation and in popularizing and protecting railroads with the people. He has saved the railroads crossing Iowa millicns of dollars by his skill and duration in preventing adverse legislation in the last two Legislations of this state. I have never known a man his equal in this work. In the practical railroad work and management as you know he is equally competent. He is a man capable of managing any rail way and only needs an opportunity like that which would be afforded as Mr. Clerk's assistant to send him to the front. M;r. Hoxie told me twice that he wanted Mr. Meek for his assistant and he said once he had desided to offer him theplace. Afterwards he told me that he found others - Mr. Gould, I suppose and probably yourself wanted him kept here. Can you not help him to this place? You know his great capacity as well as I and his great personal merit and know how admirably he would fit into the work as assistant Gen'l Mgr. I should greatly dislike to have him leave Des Molnes . But I am so much his friend as you are also, that I want to see him gaining the promotions he so richly deserves. He only needs your active and powerful help to get him into a place where he can show his great ability. 590 You and I can help him to the front. Let us do it to help such men and such friends. Cordially yours, J. S. Clarkson. November, 1886. Iowa State Register. Des Wioines . Nov. 30, 1886. Dear General: I wrote and telegraphed you at New York last Sunday suggest ing if Mr. Clark, Mr. Hoxie's successor, could not be induced to appoint Mr. Meek as his assistant. It is the very place in which Meek can show his ability and gain promotion. Mr. Hoxie told me twice he wanted Mr. Meek for Ass't. Gen'l Mgr. and once he told me he had decided to appoint him. He said afterwards that he learned that others - probably Mr. Gould, and possibly yourself - did not want Meek taken from Des Moines. Now that the chance has come again I feel that Meek is the man for it. You know of his ability. He is thorough in his practical knowledge of railroad operations and also in the management of men, while in meeting the people and in popularizing railways with them I do not know his equal. He has the ability to manage a large road and only needs opportunity to demonstrate the fact. He has another great value and capacity to railroads in his rare ability in public affairs and in representing and defending them before Legislatures. You know I have been in position to judge as to this sort of work. I know of no one who can equal the wdrk that he did in this line in the last two Legislatures in Iowa. He did more than any dozen others to prevent adverse legislation. He has remarkable ability in this line and such a man will be needed in this position. The St. Louis Globe Democrat of last Saturday had the following paragraph: "To 1 ill the position properly, Mr. Hoxie's successor on the Gould system must be more of a politician than a railroad man. The Legislatures of Missouri, Kansas, Texas and other States will be disposed to quarrel with the railroads during the com ing winter, and the chief man of the Missouri Pacific will Inve to do a great deal of fine work to keep the law-miakers from doing their worst." Of course this is a wrong view in part but that a man who can do that sort of work is needed in those states there is not the least doubt. Mr. teek is the very man for it. He is for it , and excellent for every duty that would be required of him. As to his fidelity, you and I will know. He has served both of us with rare devotion and ability. We should help him up and I hope you will be able to do it in this instance, as I know you are powerful with Gould Railroad. Can't it be done? Cordially yours. (Over) J. S. Glarkson. 593 December, 1886. Barrett Bouse, Long Acre Square, Broadway and 43d Street, Barrett Bros, Proprietors. (Personal) New York, Dec. 7th, 1886, My dear General. My heart is overflowing with gratitude to you for your kind telegram of the 4th inst. a^ivising me that you have kindly arranged for a situation for my son ^rank Clarence, with an engineering party under your Mr. Bissell. I have sent your telegram to my son, at St. Louis and he will no doubt start within a few days for it. Worth and on his arrival 'there will present a letter from me introducing him to you. If he does, I beg you, dear General, to say to him in a kind but firm way that you have given him this opportunity on account of your friendship for me; that you know I am in failing health and am most anxious on his account as I have had great hOj-.es of his success in life, and that if he will be industrious, studious, earnest and .faithful he will achieve success and comiriend himself to your favorable consideration otherwise you will have no use for him; that above all things he must not drink nor associate with vicious pers ns of either sex. I have faith that he will do well. Mrs. Tichenor and our other son, Harry Dodge, are in Europe and if my health improves so I can make the trip I shall join them after a while. If Frank (my son who goes to you) shall conduct hiniself well he will in due tine inherit some means, if however he shall act badly the share intended for him will go to his brother who is a model boy. health continues very poor but I hope to be able to see you here on your return from Texas and express to you in person my deep gratitude. I have read your beautiful letter respecting poor Hoxie. It does you great credit and is being extensively copied and commented upon. Whenever I can render you any service at Washington or else where please let me know. Faithfully your friend, Genl. Tichenor. Genl. G. M, ^odge, Ft. 'Aorth, Texas. 595 December, 1886. Omaha, Decer. 9, 1886. Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, 1^. Y. Dear Sir: and 18th obligations to you for your two letters of 17th date excent they would have been answered at an earlier of one of mv ^ business and the occunence of the sad death in Oregon. * accidently while in the service on the I'^alheur river retirement^t make of ^"r. ^^dams designs in regard to my desip-ns to kppn . ""^^'thy of consideration. If t>be company are entitled tn retained for an indefinite time at 2/3 pay, they pornosition tairpf out consideration for what they propose, but if that ?esiSe ii Smphf requirement that I must permanently lonf Lo will be of no material benefit to mL I had "to chanpe mv Pvno°^+ mind that unless unforeseen circuiristances occur close of IShR T ^ that I should not remain in Omaha beyond the in J^.issourl whPr>o ^^"^e contracted for and am now building me a residen®e make mroSnlnPn? children are located which I expect to fore tha? I o- 1888. You will see theretirr.e and thnt Hpq? retire from the service of the Company at that of some caoahi p tr Sn was one reason why I wished to secure the services succeed me UnriP^"+i! would become acquainted with "the work and then coSSro? Cear^ circumstances the idea of retirem.ent in a solicited contimip terrors for me, and I could not, if ever so much beyond that tinp imip ®®rye the Company even as consulting Engineer irSssouJl ^111' Ihe privilege of retiding bush " is e<-'nppi-ii° udage that a "bird in hand is worth two in the step'down and rm+ + upplicable here. I will cheerfully agree to salarv for thp ut the end of 1888, if they will continue my present allhoL? is What I would much prefer, that t ?np cri VP y would allow me to reside in ii'issouri I would after sation. ' them such service as I could, at a reasonable compen- + npp + pd n,p^ regard for Mr. Adams, and feel that he has nnt cpp +V, ^^i^s^'^lsly» but not knowing my personal designs, he could +?npi L proposal however well intended would be of no pracregard np^-nd ior all the gentlemen connected Bccount, with the and Union on account Pacifid of Railway my high Shall endeavor to accommodate rriyself to their wishes even if they C8ri2iot Q.Ccoiiiniocl&t© thGUiSGlvcs to my circ\injSt8ncGs # A'ith many thanks for your good will I am. Yours very truly, J. Blickensderfer. 597 December, 1886. Union Pacific Railway Company, Office of the General Superintendent. Omaha, Nebr. Dec. 13th, 1886 Gen. G. M. I^odge, My dear ^ir: There has been a desire expressed to get a small history of the Union Pacific and its auxiliary branches in its early days and I have been assigned to look the matter up, being employed in the General Superintendents office. I have been referred to you as a gentleman likely to be thoroughly posted in the subject. If you could give me any assistance in the way of dates etc, I should be great ly obliged. If you will let me know when you are to be at home, and when I may see you, I shall be very glad to come and get anything in the way of information you may be so good as to give me. Perchance if you wexe connected with the Gnion Pacific in its early days and construction you may remember my father, General James H. Ledlie. It Was, of course, before the time when I was old enough to remember anything about it. We want this little history for reference here at the office is the early records are so very incomplete. Yours, George H. LeSlie 5C9 ITevr Yr^rk, December 13, IBS'!. Mr, Chas. Francin Adams, President Union Pacific Ry. Co., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir;- I have no doubt that the Inter State Commerce Bill is to become a law in about the shape it i.as been reported upon by tlie Conferencfee Committee, but whether it is a burden upon the railroads, ''will in my opinion, depend a '^reat deal upon the construction put upon it. All that the railroads want in it is a man of exp'^rience, ability and intecrity, and I know of no better man fitted for the position of Commissioner undwr the provisions of the bill than Peter A. Dey of Iowa Cty, Iowa. His ability, his experence and his integ rity would questioned by no one who has any knowledge of his work. He is a Democrat, and it seems to me the'. ,if the President -as fully informed about him, he would appoint him. I would bery mucl like to have your views unon this subject. I do not suppose that anybody connected witii the railroads advocating his appointment would be very much In his favor, >ut it is really only that class of men who know who are peculiarly fitted for this position. Very trr^y yours, G. K. Dodwe. 601 December, 1886. - V , . A r ■.?/ <•? Mr. J. M. Phillips Requests your presence At the marriage of his daughter Emma, Frederick W. Voswinkel Wednesday afternoon December Fifteenth, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty Six, At two o'clock. One Hundred and Five Bluff Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. is 1.1-. ' f ■m-j G03 Ne;7 York, Decem'ber 27, 1S86. I'r. George H. Leslie^ U.P.Ry. Co., Omaha, Neh. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours Becemher 13. I have a complete his tory of the Union Pacific Railroad and everything connected uith it from the date of m^y first work upon it, 1851 or 52, up to the completion of the x^oad in 18GG, or when I left it in 1S70. These papers are all boxed up here in New York and if I Icner/ exactly what you required, I would have ray secretary look through them and pick out what you want, if I have it. I don't expect to be in the Bluffs again for a long time. lir. Blickensderfer has a comnlete set of the reports of the engineers connected with the foad.from 1862 onward. I presume you could get a good deal of information from them if that is the class of information you desire. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 605 New York, December 31, 188G. l.Ir. Peter A. Day, Iowa Cit-y, lova. Bear Sir:- I have no doubt but what the Inter State Commerce bill will pass in about the shape ti;e Conference Conmiittee has reported it, T have not as much fear of the result of it, as have a -reat many people, especially if it is properly administered. I have for tiie past ten years been of the '~>pinior. that the National Government would finally have to take the supervision of the railroads in the United States, more to protect the capital invested in them than to get justice for the pu>-lic; for the people are certainly not at present sufferin:^ fro railroad discrimination against them. There will be a flood of applicants for the positions under the bill and I think the success of the measure depends entirely upon the class of men wi.o are made commissioners. They s/iould be men of experience, ability and intecrity and you possess all those qualities in an eminent decree and every one who knows of the manner in which you performed your duties in ti.e Iowa^ Commission would^not hesitate to recommend you; but the question -hich rises in my mind is, what policy should be pursued to secure your appointment, if you will accept it? '.Vhehter great pressure v/ould bring it about, or whotiier a si;:.ple statement of facts by your own state officers and by united application of our congressmen, would not have mere effect. You have a great many friodds in the East who would be glad tc reco mend you and I write this to you, to ask you confidentially what efforts if any you propsoe to make and if I can do anything to aid you. I expect to be i; Washington during the latter part of next week and the first of tlie wee' afterward and would like to hear from you uoon this subject if you have any plans or have done anything, It is possible I might be able to sbmeti.ing to forward them. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 607 General John A. Logn died at Washington in Decemher 1886. During the Civil War, and ever since. General Logan and his family .have heen close, devoted friends of mine. I :vas ti.e youngest of the three corps commanders of the Army of t}:e Tennessee and Logan was apt to criticise his brother officers. I knew he often criticised me but at the same time he did not fall to give us all credit for what we did. He had a magnetic presence on the field that you very I seldom saw in any other officers. Men who stood on the firing line. when he rode by would turn and cheer him and lie was considered the most representative of the Volunteer officers in the Army. He had been a very prominent character in I"!.linois and in Washington and from the time he entered the service until the end of the war, he had a great personal friend in General Grant. While General Sherman appreciated Blair and Logan for their loyalty to the country and for what they had done in arousin • the country in the beginning of the war, he did not look upon them v;ith the same favor that General Grant did, though he never failed to praise them for their services. Sherman leaned more to educated officers, and Logan used to compliin because he thought Sherman was more friendly to me than he was to him. The fact that Sherman did not piaCe'^ Logan at the head of the Army of the Tennessee when McPherson was killed showed more plainly than anyt ing else his views in the matter, tlough tl.ere is no question in my imind but what Sherman would have placed General Logan at the head of the Army of tl.e Tennessee if it had not been for the protest of Thomas _ , X, * , , X . X., and the personal quarrel between Slie^siaSMv-and Logan during Sherman's absence in the campaign from Vicksburg to Meridian in the winter of 1803-4. ' „.(T General Logan had a great help-mate In his wife, who was a veiy able, cultivated lady and who was an excellent advisor for him . She had just the dispositi n that General Logan needed to steer him straight T • . . . . and he leaned greatly upon her. She was devoted to him and to his work. In scrap-book 10, pages 61 to 70 inclusive can be found accounts of Logan, and Sherman's statement in relation to his difficulty with Logan and hov/ it was made up. After the war, Sherman and Logan both being friends of mine, I endeavored to bring about a settlement of the difficulties between them. Knowing the real reason why Sherman did not put Logan in command of the Army, I felt that it was due him io make it known to Logan and see if it could not make a difference in his feeling in the matter. g It was a great disappointment to Logan, of course, and to all the Army of the Tennessee tl.at he did not take command, I'y correspondence with Logan and Sliermar. did not seem to result in any settlement tl.ough both of them expressed high opinions of each other. It was a great satisfactirn to mb that Sherman brought the conciliation about himself , ■ I. ' ♦ • and on December 20, 1886, General Shorma in a letter to T^iitelaw • ' Reed set forth fully tlie circumstances of that conciliation and is found in scrap-book IC page 65, There was no officer in the field who was more prompt than Logan to respond to any call upon him to help id battle. 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Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. Correspondence, diaries, business papers, speeches, and miscellaneous notes related to Dodge's family history, Civil War activities, railroad construction, life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and travels in Europe. 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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource General Dodge Papers - Southwest System Railroads - 1884-1887, Book 11 Building of Southwest System of Railways and other Railroads. Legislation Relating to Iowa Railroads. Union Pacific Bridge. Settlement of Secret Service Account with G. M. Dodge and Government. Death of H. M. Hoxie. General John A. Logan. N. E. Dawson Report on General Logan. Report on Battle of Atlanta. Presidential Campaign Blaine & Cleveland. Index for Book 11 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1884-1887 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context B D6643z Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1884 1885 1886 1887 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/582ffa611ae965fecc84a863e2018cf1.pdf 42f6b66a74fe7bc5fc5806e98419e536 PDF Text Text '■!f DATA Chronologically Arranged For ready Reference in preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE MELLEN DODGE President of Sundry Railroad and Construction Companies Late Chief Engineer of Union Pacific & Texas Pacific Railr® ds Member of Congress . Major General in War for Preservation of the Union, etc, etc, etc, etc. Book XII. Address on Transcontinental Lines. N. E. Dawson to W. H. M. Byers on G. M, Dodge. Union Pacific. President of Oregon Navigation Company Property Union Pacific, Port Worth & Denver City, Denver Texas & Port Worth,Denver Texas & Gulf, and other Roads. 1888 - 1889 r ■ ■ I' 1888 Panora, Guthrie Co.^ Iowa, General, I corne to the conclusion to drop you a few lines again. Well I heard of you when you past through last fall but that is all the good it done me. I suppose you forgot to let me know. Well General here is something else this tiaie, this is no pension. Here I send you a circular and a wood cut so you can see just what it is, Mr. Roberts and I studied it out. You remember I would ride of nights to help to watch the enemy off from you and your men when you were asleep of nights. Now that day is past and you are a railroad man now, and here is a fire extinguisher, a complete one. When you lie down at night to take your rest you need not have any fear of your passengers burning up when there is a railroad wreck. ""ith Kensal and Roberts patent in your Gars, I have a correct model made stove ana all you just ought to see it, I know you would say that is just the thing. If this wasn't Democratic times that makes a man so hard up I would put it in my grip sack and come and show it to you. Now General, look it over and let me know what you think of it. I will close by saying it is a complete thing Yours truly. J, A , Hensal. RAIL-WAY HERALD. Vol. 1 Panora, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1888 No. 1. Pire Extinguisher, J. A. Hensal and Ceo, Roberts, inventors, Panora, Iowa. This fire extingusiriec is especially applicable for use with car heaters, and is designed, in event of a collision or overturning of a coach, to automatically extinguish any fire existing in the heater, and therely prevent a conflagration. The extinguisher consists of a cylinder, supported by a suitable frame, (a) firmly bolted to the stove top at (b), Figure 1, sectional view. Through the top of frame, slides a vertical shaft, (c) encircled by a coiled spring, (d), to the base of shaft is secured a piston, (e), which supports a rod, (f), swelled at lower end to form a taper valve, (g), to which is hinged a pitman,(h), which in turn is ^^ninged to a hinged stove cover opening downwards. Fig. i shows the piston elevated, which compresses the spring, (d), closes valve (g) etc rn making the machine ready to receive its charge of water when poured into the top oj cylinder. The spring, (d), being slightly compressed, keeps the valve, (g) water-tight. «Vater nay be drawn off for use at the stop cock (i). This, however, is replaced by the reserve supply above the pistbn, which flows through a valve into the lower receptical. The piston is held in its elevated position by a trip device shown clearly in Fig. 2. The trip, (j), is placed in a slot cut in shaft, (c), where it engages with the edge of frame, (a), thus holding the spring, (d), compressed. From the trip a wire leads upwards through the shaft, the upper portion, (k), being protected from meddlers by a case indicated by dotted lines, and set loosely upon the lower part from where it will be thrown by any unusual shock, thereby throwing the trip, re leasing coiled spring and precipitating several gallons of water into the fire, extinguishing it. No matter in what position the stove is placed the water will be forced onto the fire by the action of the released•spring (d). As will be noticed by the above engraving it -does not present an imsightly appearance, resembling a common stove frum very much. 7 January, 1888. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY Thos . T. Eckert, General M.anager. NunLer Sent by Rec'd by B 169 Norvin Green, President^ Received at Produce Excha. ee Jan. 3, 1888. Dated Phila . , Fa. 1/3 To Genl. G . M. Dodge, 1 B'way, N . Y . Our ollice will be open. Your plate expressed you New York. J. W. Lewis & Co. 9 • January, 1888. THE WESTERN UNION TEEEGRAPH GO^.PANY. Sent by Re c'd by NorVin Green President Che ck. Received at Pro^.uce Exchange Jany. 4, 1888. Dated Baltimore « Nd. ■ To G. E . Dodge or N.r » Meek, No . 1 B * way, N . y» ^ My son and I will reach New York sone ti, e Wednesday. I think Mr, Meek should stay by all means untiJ we come. Yes I will take the note of the company without any collateral for the ten thousand, W. T. Walters , 11 (}i 1888 , January, House of Representatives, Dictated. Washington, D. G. Jan. 7th, 1888. Gen. G. M. Dodge, #1 Broadway, N, Y, City. My dear General: Your note received, Mr. Glarkson will not be able to visit New York with me, but I will.be there with our friend, on Tuesday morning, and call at ^1 Broadway. Should anything transpire to delay Mr. Meeks coming to R. Y., kindly telegraph me. Senator Allison is just home from Iowa. The information from him and several quarters indicate the rernomination of Senator Wilson probable without opposition. The scattering influences which have been manifesting hostility to him are rapidly dying out. In haste. Very truly yours. D. B. Henderson. 13 . January, 1888 Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jan, 7, 1888. My dear Sir: Your note received saying the portraits will he sent. I am glad of this for I wish the hook to do you as much honor as possible in every sense; an honor I feel that you richly earned, hence I want . good portraits. The sooner the prints can he sent to the Iowa Printint co at i^es Moines, Iowa the better. I hope • to have the hook ready by eand of next month. It is now in press. Yours truly, S. H. M. Byers. Genl. B. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y, January, 1888. MARIETTA COLLEGE. The best educational advantages olfered. Exijenses moderate, two courses of study. Free scholarships to aid worthy students. The next year in College and Academy begins Sept . 8th, Winter term Jan. 5th, Spring Term April 12th. Catalogues sent on application, John Eaton, President. N'arietta, 0., Jan. 10th, 1888. My dear Gen: I thank you heartily for a copy of your paper on trans continental railways. It puts in authentic lorrn important data that ot}erwise might have been lost and is exceedingly interesting. Very sincerely. Yours etc., John Eaton. January, 1888 United States Hotel, Bobton. Tilly Ilaynes, Proprietor. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir; Boston, Jan. 11, 1888. In reply to your letter of the 10th would say thi t your letter addressed to Lynn was delayed a little in reaching us but as soon as it was received it was forwarded to our office in Philadelphia with instructions to forward you the plbte as soon as the imprints for Essex History could be printed. If you do not receive the plate this week, please drop a line to our office 54 North 6th St. Fhila., Pa. Respectfully yours, J. W. Lewis & Co. 23 V Janueary, 1888. J. W. Lewis & Go. Publishers. Nos. 52 & 54 North Sixth Street. Philadelphia, Jfjnuary 14, 1888. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: Yours received. We merely mentioned the fact of having sent the plate, that your Secretary might not come if that was the object of his visit. We will make you 3000 impressions on propeir paper the size of Gen. S. R. Curtis, which is enclosed, for f35. As we are doing other work for you, we give you trace prices. It might be done for a trifle less if you favored using an inferior grade of paper, but you would run a risk of injuring your plate. The prints could be furnished you in a few days, as we have our own presses. Very truly, J. W. Lewis Sc. Co. Philadelphia, Jany. 21st, 1888. Gen. G. M. -t^odge, 1 B'way, N . Y. To J. W. Lewis & C©., Dr. (Please ackg. my) (check,herewith :) (N .E .Dawson) Publishers, Nos. 52 & 54 North Sixth Street. 3000 prints from steel plate, sent Iowa ptg. Co., Des Moines, Iowa. |35.00 Thanks. Rec'd. Payment 2/l7 J. W. Lewis & Go, 0^ January, 1888, J. . Lewis & '-'o ., Publishers, Nos. 52 & 54 North Sixth Street Philadelphia, Jany. 18, 1888. Gen. G. M. i^odi^e, 1 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: Yours at hand. We will print the 3,000 impressions, and forward to Des Moines, Iowa, within the next three or four days. Vi'ill also mail you a few prints. Very truly, J. W. Lewis & Co. 27 January 2oth 1888. Trinidad, Colorado, January, 2o 1888. Gen'l G.M.Dodge, Pres. C.& T. Ry Con. Co. No I Braadway, N.Y. I have yours of the I6th and note contents. I will not refuse my medicine notwithstanding my antipathy to Alopathic practice. When Mr. Meek sent me telegram from N.Y. asking me to wire him Just vhat I wanted to bring track up to one and a half miles per day, I felt like replying that I wanted a little more executive ability in my head, although my real wants were motive power, which I supposed he well knev/. We were trying to lay track with < a disabled engine, No 4, and supplying her with No 6, which latter engine has had more than she could do. I sent the Santa Fe engine up the Canon once but she spread the rails so badly it was not safe. I had been promised one of the new engines every day last week.Finding that promises amounted nothing I went to Denver on Friday night and found no engine ready.I was told that I had better take one of the old engines, that it would be some time before the new one could go. I told Mr. Grover if he sent me another old engine I would couple it on to No 4 and ship them both back to him. He then said they had not received the head lights I had shipped them a week before and notified him.We sent to the D.& R.G. Depot and found the headli^ts had been there some time. I was then promised the engine should be ready on Sunday. She was run out Sunday and Kirk reported she foamed so bad ly and was so full of grease he could nothing with her.But they thought she would do better Monday and promised she should start for Trinidad in the mornihg.I went to the shops Monday morning and found the engine still delay ed, the headlight not on and no syphon connection which I had requested should be made of Saturday.I met Mr. Grover and felt like telling him that I was satidfied from the first that fje did not intend either of the new en gines should leave his line, and asked him what he proposed to do. He re- plied that he had decided to send cue of the first Ft.Worth engines, No 2 reed some months ago. I held my temper and told him to send it immediately;^^ He s<a.id the syphon connection was to he put on and eveiy thing put in good shape and she y/ould leave positively ,on Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock and take the new water car with her. Monday evening everythingappeafed to be in order and feeling I could do no more I returned to Trinidad. I waited im patiently until yesterday (Thursday) morning, and then telegraphed Mr. Grover asking what was the matter.I had no reply, but last night the engine and water car arrived. The engineer stated that he left Denver Wednesday noon with a train for Pueblo, and it took over 3o hours to make the trip. The engine had to go into the Santa Fe shop iiiimediately for repairs, but I hope to be able to send her to the front toni^^tl I do not wish to criticise or complain of anyone, but I do think I have done all in my power to provide the necessary means with \^hich to accomplish something. I have not depended on any one to do for me, but have^l^ followed up every order as closely as possible. V.-hen matters go wrong in my absence, a remedy is app'lied but time is lost. I have anticipated your sug gestion to run men to the fronb in the morning and bring them in at night, wie havevpeen doing this with over So men ever since we bagan the track. Sometimes it is late in the night when they get in, then they refuse to go out.Sometimes it is stormy and cold and we have had nothing but coal or flat cars for them to ride on. The men, some of them, the best, wont stand this. We have had to keep some men at the cote ovens to take up and put down rails every time a train passes. I have written and wired Criver & Adams several times for the crossing. It was shipped last week and I am following it up with a tracer. These men at the crossing are up sometimes all night as we sometimes have a train at midnight and one at 4 a.m. I wrote Mr. Jen-^^p nings a long time ago for switch locks and keys, failing to get them I wired to for a dozen'on the 4th of Dec. I had reply saying they were invoicing and would make them after they got through. Estlmtes on New Mex. work have leen sent. Bradbury has a big rock out on hand, yet I do not think the track will be interrupted.We have made devW elopments of water at Apache Springs that will give us So.coo gals, daily. 4!he spring I supposed to be Dead Mans Guloh is small, yet I have directed further investigation. This 4s a few miles west of Mt.Dora. Some other springs show good, yet are far off and away below the grade.The lakes here have all dried up, and of course the Springs have been effected by the dry weather. Immediately on receipt of your telegram,I wrote Bissel in relation to the depot and section houses, and replied to you. I gave him the size of the depot at Clayton, the only one we wanted, and a list and location of all ofher sidings where section houses only are wanted, and suggested they be so located as to be out of the way, when depots were to be built and at the same time convenient to use for depot at pres ent . Bissel is doubtless across the line by this time. He was in 3 miles of line last Saturday. The track is in bad shape, so reported, and con tractor has wired B. for permission to lay up ten days at state line and back fill. I don't believe Bissel will do this as he wants to c atch the graders. Kurd got around again and is out, but it was a close call. My trackmaster is some better, yet day before yesterday we thought would be his last. I am yours truly. N.R.Gibson. ' 'v,.. •; .< 'eJ K'>S-'v' ■<■ .^v* r^ ..' < •ji.Tt'.i''.■-?*, . '■ I •_ ■■"" ' ■•.. <*■ , - ' f Jan. 21, 1888. Wr R. E. Montgomery, New York. ' Jan. 21, 1888. Ft. 'Vorth, Texas. Dear Sir; 'Vhen Mr. Meek was here M. Hill saw us here with a view of obtaining an interest along our line for irmigratiori and towns, and I think he will go to Texas and see you . I offered to sell him everything north of the Canadian that we had interest in, nnd advised him to buy one half of yours. They have plenty of money, and if they would give their attention to it I think would draw a good deal of immigration onto the line. As to immigration matters, they are entirely in the hand of Mr. Meek, and he ?aid when he was here that he was going to turn them into the passenger department. Adarson has no cori'iection with the immigration dep t. now, and has not h.ad any since the 1st of November. Up to that time he was in the employ of the Construction Go's, and they are going out as fast as possible. Yours truljr, U, M. Dodge. The map must bo to opei->ating department consult Meek about it. New York City, Jan. 23, 1888, C. F. Meek, G. M., Dear Sir: Mr. Sprague was here today. He says they have abandoned the Maxwell grant, that their lowest drilling showed only about 4 ft. of coal at a depth of 175 feet, and their upper drilling only about 3 l/2 ft. at 285 feet down; and that it wont pay to open either. He 'says that it would cost $100,000 at least to put in shafts, houses, machinery, He says that the coal measure dips to the south very strongly and the dyke crosses it. He thinks the best coal is up the Purgatoire about eight or ten miles above Thompson Mines, and proposes to go in with us up there. He says he has examined it, and that there are 8 ft. veins. He evidently, is posted, for he had his superintendents looking up that country thoroughly. Of course, what he says about the Maxwell grant may be for a purpose, but it i.s very important to get at the facts before we go to much expense. Sprague also says that the dyke runs riglit back of the Thompson mine, and that that will pinch out, and that they now have 8 inches of bone in their vein. I suppose Jones will be there with you, and in view of these facts we do not want to tie ourselves up with the Maxwell people until we know thai the coal is there. The Maxwell people notified them of some discoveries by Mexicans in Long's Canon, They examined that and found only 1 to 2 ft. upper vein. Sprague says he thinks the heavily workable coals are about 15 miles up the Purgatoire and about 3 to 4 miles back from it, and that the property has been boiight by some people from ConnellsvilLe, Pa. He is going to open his Santa Clara mines. They are in the mountains about 6 n.iles to the east of the Rio Grande road. He is trying to get Moffatt to build the road up to them. Those mdnes have been examined. All this leads me to think that there is more money in our opening the Forbes mine than in opening up the Maxwell I suppose the only way to test the Maxwell matter is to go down with a well until we reach the coal and see what it is. He thinks the Sopris mine is better than the Thompson, but that the former is right on the Maxwell grant. I do not see why we cannotstrike, on the Maxwell ; rant somewhere, the Sopris vein. -V V In these coal matters we want to have plenty of time, and take them up for consideration carefully; and the better way is to get from Pels the right to examine these matters before we enter into a contract. . "There can be no harm in telling Pells just what Spragur ^ays about it. Their supt. told" me when I was out there that they had a 5 l/s ft. vein. Sprague says they never had more that 4 l/2. Of course it will not pay us to sink a shaft for a 2 l/2 ft vein. Sprague proposed to go in with me and purchase these mines 10 miles up the Purgatoire, and lease them to the 0. C. & I., they agreeing to give us at least 50 cars of coal a day and as miuch miore as we want. He says these mines are easily reached and easily developed. Yours truly, G. M. hedge'. IVashington Building No.1,^roadway, N. Y. Jan. 24, 1888 Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Prest. U. P. R.R., Boston. Dear Sir; If you have the Information will you kindly inform me the result of l.he surveys from Ft. Steele to the Bear River, running up the North Platte and through the North Park: and also of the survey from near Rowlins'to the Little l&na^e River ano thence across to Hayden on the Bear River, thence to Glenwood Springs. Was a survey made this way, or a reconnois ance . If you have not •theinformati -.n, will you kindly refer this to Wr. Bogue, the Ch. Eng., and ask him to give me the outlines of.it. If I-understand the question there was no trouble about reaching the Muddy Pass on the North Platte Survey-, but there was trouble about getting from the, North Platte over onto the headwaters of the Yampa so as to reach the coal measures.. Yours truly. G . 1. . Dodge . r ■ ■ ' ".f* .S. -N' ■ . Januarjr 24, 1888. Denver, Colorado, ^an. 24, 1888, Gen, G.M,Dodge, I Broadway, N. Y. City. Dear sir: I have arranged with Mr. Wilson to go over our line and write up its agricultural and other important features for the Register, and other papers. He started yesterday. He will write an article concerning climate as soon as « he reaches Ft. Worth, this will preface the articles, to follow, in regard to the agricultural possibilities, of the country. I have also arranged to get these letters into the different newspap er unions o in the Northwest and middle States, and I think I can get them in, in the most part, as reading matter, without cost. I met the man yester day who can reach and partially control all of them. He has been at the head ^of the Western Newspaper Union for a long time. I expect to put them in the St.Paul Pioneer Union, the Chicago Newspaper Union, and the Western Newspaper tihion, and possibly in some more of the union newspaper territory, I think I will use Wilson to organize colonies in Iowa to locate along our line and carry out my plan of county organization there. I know he would be very useful in getting up general literature concerning this coiin- , try. It may be that I might use him in organizing Dakota, although I don't want to give him too much as our work must be thoroughly done in all of these States. The work of organization will be started at once, and the material furnished by Wilson will be the ground-work for our advertisememts, as he is a practical farmer, a fine writer, and understands the transportation prob lem thoroughly. Very respectfully, C.F.Meek. (Copy) January 24, 1888. ^ Mr. James Wilson, 1^^ Ellis Hotel, Ft. Worthj Texas. Dear Sir: Denver Colorado, Jan.24, 1888. I send you herewith some data that may De useful in writing up that country. We want to show, first, that^s available for agriculture, and that it is, as we believe, unsurpassed in agriculturil resources. 2nd. That the climate is a healthy one, that the winters are mild and inexpensive, and such that farmers will not have to spend all thdy make by the summer's work to get through the winter, as they do in the northern States; that lumber and fuel are available, and cheap, and that land can be bought at a very low figure and on easy terms. 3d. That the transportation facilities are ample, and that the geog raphical location with reference to tide-mater is advantageous. ^ 4th. That the people of Texas are anxious for immigration, and that uhey will heartily co-operate with newcomers in the developememt of that country. Of course it is important to find the proper time for seeding:--that is something with which you are most capable to deal, and it is exceedingly important that people going in there should know when to plant their crops, and you may be able to offer some suggestions also to enable them to meet the conditions better than has yet been done. I am satidfied that the rainfall is ample, if crops are planted in the right time. Incidentally our road should be mentioned as about to be completed, calling it the Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth or Pan Handle Route, and that the policy of the Company will be to build up the country and facilitate its de velopment in every way, both in assisting immigration and in getting farm products to the best markets, at such rates as will insure to the producer Setter that living profits. I need not call your attention especially to the natural advantages Qt our line with respect to markets for farm products. All the country in he Pan Handle will be from two or three hundred miles nearer tide-water than Chicago is, and practically the same rates are made from New Orleans and Galveston as are made from the New York andeastern sea-pprts to Europ ean markets, and we will be able to reach the New York market by ship from the gulf ports on a basis quite as favorable as the Middle States, and one still more favorable that Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Dakota. The Atchison.Topeka, & Santa Fe line has been already built into the Fan fiandle. The Rock Island will build a line into ^exas, touching our line about Witchita Falls, o in all probability. They will also connect with us at dome point in New Mexico. I give you this in order that you may show that railroad develop ments are assured to this country, although you will see for yourself that the location and relative position of our line gives it a controlling position, and consequently it is the most desirable one ofr settlers to locate upon. I trust you will be able to make such a showing for the country oni our line as will make it attractive to farmers in the North, and give them the desire to settle in and develop it. Yours very truly. C. F. Meek. . . . ■ 0 i -J J rl t r ' -.Ur Jan. 26, 1888. New York. January 26(, 1888. T. E. Blssell, Ch. Dear Sir:- I received your dispatch asking if Gibson knew that you were to do the bridgirg and track-laying to the Cimarron. As I wrote you before I have sent both of you material so that you could continue track laying until you meet. If Gibson can get south of t'le Cimarron, all right; and all right if you can get North of it, the idea being to keep at v/ork until you meet. On Dec. 6th, Mr. Gibson wrote as follov/s: "Moore is delivering ties from Oak Creek south to the Sierra Grande, and piling from the S'ame point to a5:. far southeast of the Sierra Grande as he is willing to haul, say about 10 miles. He will also deliver the tinier for Oak Creek trestle, and we will arrange to put that up as soon as the timber is on hand. As soon as I can spare a pile-driver, will send it to Kurd's division, so that it may drive as far east as the men deliver." You want to co.-.runicate freely with Gibson and keep posted as to how far south his bridging and ties are being delivered. He has both written and wired me that he sent you profiles and list of stations where section-houses were to be, and where one depot is to be—at Cla ton. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. January, 1888. '.Viliiam H. Plunkett, Pres. James W. Hull, Sec. & Treas. James k' Barker, Vice Pres. Incorporated 1851 spESHIRE LIFE INSURMGE CO. of Pittsfield, ^;ass. Michigan State Agency, I.oom o, Iv^echanics' Block. M. Early, General Agent. A. F. R. Arndt, Special Agent Detroit, January 28th, 1888. General G. M. Dodge, New York. My dear General: You cannot imagine, how ri.uch pleasure it gave me, to see and meet you once more, at our last Reunion in September last at this place. I think that I speak the truth, when I say, that almost daily I have thought of' you, and wished to meet you once niore. The many kind favors you were always so ready to grant me v.hile I had the honor to serve in your Comcjand, end the pleascnt hours I had the honor to enjoy in Company with your esteemed sister Miss Julia, I shall every throughout niy life remember with extraordinary pleasure, and assure you, wish and pray, that you and youi'S may ever be blessed with good health, tiue hap^jiness end prosperity. Now my dear General, will you allow me one luestisn? The Presidential election is approaching,. Amongst the most prominent Candidates for President and Vice Pres. I have seen our esteemed ex-Governor Genl. Alger's name nientioned, and in my opinion, a better, more able and honorable man, the republican party could not place upon their ticket. I have heard from prominent gentlemen, from Illinois, Indiana, 01:io etc. etc. and all speak well of him and favor the General, and I am very anxious to know the feeling and prospect in New York. The General is one of my best friends, and I take a great interest in his behalf, and if you would be good enough and give me your idea in this miatter, I should consider myself under many obli gations and beg to remiain. With miuch respect yours, etc., A. F . R. Arndt. Washington Building No.l 3'way,N.Y. January 30th, 1888 Hon. W. E. Chandler, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of "January 28th. li.y experience with the class of Eepuhlicans that you speak of is, thatthey /ill vote anyhow. The trouble about that class of men is, that when they had power they done nothing but when they get out of power they want to do everything. There wereten times the ouLrages committed in the South under Republican administrations that htere has been under Cleve land's, and we did nothing: we sometimes investigated but we never acted. You are as fully aware of this as I am and I cant understand the policy of making faces. That is all it amounts to; it only makes people mad, and I think if you keep on with this policy that you wont lose 8 or 10^ of the Repub licans who. would stay away, but we will lose 25^ of them who would stay away from the polls on.that kind of a platform. We have got-to appeal to new interests; to the business inter ests of the.country, and if we can't carry this country on a protective tariff I don't see upon what we can carry it. I am not in favor of prohibition, but I am in favor ■of putting into the platform the strongest kind of an antisaloon highlicense resolution--it never will lose us any votes; it will make us plenty. Iowa is a sure state on square pro hibition; it is surer to-day than it ever was-- I am sorry to say this but it is a fact. Prohibition in Iowa pro hibits, except in a few large cities. Iowa is a different state from the eastern states. When wc make a law there we can enforce it in nine-tenths of it. Ky experience in eastern states is, that any law that is against the commer cial interests o f the state can't be enforced at all-- take, for instance, Waine and Rhode Island on prohibition. You and I stand on the platform of whatought to be done, but you and I have always been too practical to fight only on a winning one. . New York state can be carried on a square tariff and high license platform. There is no doubt of that in an honest square fight, but whether you can get an honest fight out of New York City P.epublicans is more than I can say. I am, ■ Very truly yours, G j' y . Dodge . January 30, 1868, Hon. D. E. Henderson, New York. Januarj- 30,' 1688 Washington, D.C. Dc-r Si}':- 1 have a letter from Mr. Montgomery, whom I wrote at your instance when here in relation to selling out his interest in the town sites. He writes me th.-^t he is willing to sell one-l.alf or the who^e of. it; the price he rets is vl00,000 for whole of this amount he has had to pya out for rig t of way, town sites etc., about ■'1^50,000. His agreement with ur was to pay the Company for right of wr.y and to pfiy ■;5,000 for each County and ^20,000 for our interest in the town sites south of 'Vichita Palls. You in addition to pay what he owes the State on town sites, wlach is about ^lI'lOjCOO. The Southern Kansus people sold $110,000 worth of property at their Canadian tovm and >,:60,000 at Pan-Handle City. If I understand "'r. ."lontgomery rightly it seers to me that he is offering this propert at almost"nothing. The trou e with him is, that he has taken a good deal more than he can carry and if any party wert in and took his property, his towns and his contracts, they certainly would make a very large amount of money out of it if it was properly handled. Then, in addition to ths arrange to takr the towns north of the Canadian to the State Line and rrom there what can be pot to Trinidad, there is a very large amount of money in it. I think they could arrange to buy all the tovms on the line. In making a settlement with Mr. Montgomery they would have tosee at the r-me time that the Railway Co. was satisfied, and that the debts that he owes them were taken care of. had no idea Mr. Montgomery would be willing tosell out at any such price, ut ho writes me that he is worn out and sick, and the worry of meeting his payments makes him 'illing to let it go. +V, ^ be very glad to have a very active company get hold the whoL line' Montgomery has not got the capital to work up Let me hear from you on this as soon as possible. There are off^unti?^T®h off until I hearfrom your people. matter up, but 1 will keep them Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. Wabhington Building. No.l B'way,K.Y. Feb. 3, 1888 A. F. R. Arndt, Esq., 3 Mechanics Block,. Detroit, fni-dU) Dear Sir: I have yours of the 28th ult. and note with very great satisfaction your expressions of personal regard. The pleasure you profess to have experienced at our meeting in Detroit I heartily reciprocate. I note what you. sap in relation to Gov. Algirer. I know hini ^ erscnally and believe him competent to fill either of the positions you name; and if he should be nominated for either, I could support him heartily. But T suppose that he like m.y self, is looking to success in the next campaign and chiefly concerned that, when our convention comes, the leading republicans of the country will get together and se lect the man that they believe is best calculated to carry them to victory. '.Ve in Iowa are, of course, friendly to Mr. Allison, but if either place should happen to fall to Michigan, you would find that Iowa would give Gov. Alger just as hearty a supr> port as she would her own son, Mr. Allison. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. M 51-;: New York City, Feb. 4, 1888 • N. R. Gibson, Oh. Eng., Dear Sir: I expected to be with you before this but am detained here, waiting for a suit in court which I have got to attend as a witness. I have written and appealed to you about pushing trach I know from what De Remer is doing that his organization is wrong in some way, but it is too late to change it now. It seems to me you should have your ablest man, say Wood, right at the front, this month, to be looking personally after things, especially your gridging, to get it out of the way. Then again, I think the ri.en could be induced to work longer hours as the days get longer, so as to use all of (day light in track-laying. You know exactly the condition of your bridging, and your material and ties, and whether there is any thing to stop you from putting your track-laying up to two miles a day. Put the company right square behind De Rouner, and where he lacks, supply the deficiency. If I can get my tracks connected by Llch. 1st I can make up the extra expenditure in cheapness of surfacing up, and in getting material to complete the line. You have the power, and the only thing that seems possible tostop you is the weather, and you must fight that. Yours truly, G. v.. Dodge . }'u i.i:L Feb. 6, 1888. R. J. Duncrm, Esq., Kew York City, Feb. 6, 1668. Supt. Ft, Worth, Texas. De r Sir: Yours of the 1st to Gen. Dodge, Pre;t. P. H. Const. Co. about air br-^kes for engines has been : eferred to me. The Gen'l. has not proveded for air brakes for our engines, so I send your oder direct to the IVestir.ghouse Company at Pittsbing The Construction Co. is now putting air brakes on all new locomotives. The last two , which went from Cook L. & M. co., Patterson have them on, also those shi;3eed to day from same place. (£() The four from the Rhode Island Co. do not have them. We expected to have to handled good many cars from other road which have air brakes upon thar, and, if we have air brakes on the engines we ca n put these cars next to .the engine and help brake the train with them. Yours truly. J. T. Granger, Treasuier. February 6th 1888 Des Moines,February 6th, 1888. 8en. G.M. Podge, No I Broadway,New York City. Pear General;- i have your letter enclosing one from Senator cHandler. I was very glad to have both letters. I return you the Senator's herewith. I presume you have seen the articles that I have been having in the Register on Sundays for several weeks. For fear you may not have seen it I enclose one in which I made an analysis of the election ta bles since 1880. I wish you would look that article over and send it to Sen ator Chandler. < My-theories may be wrong, and so may his; theories very often are. But the cold facts of election figures are something we must all accept,you and I, Senator Chandler and all. If he can see anything in the gradual ahd remorseless diminution of the Republican vote, under the con stant platform of the "Bloody shirt" and old war issues, to justify him in any hope to make gains in the future on the same line, he is a more sanguine man than I can be. There is no longer a majority in the Northern States to respond to such a platform. The young men who have the activity and enthus iasm of the country, are ayainst it. ilhe tariff too has lost its power very largely in the Eastern States, but it is growing remafkably in strength in the South, among the old confederates most of all. The (luestion is how can we go into the South and gain thhse recruits, the Southern Republicans, all of them, so far as I know, advise the course that I do. Indeed I am their pupol in: the matter. All of the Southern Republican papers, so f- r as I hawe seen, are- opposed to . Chandles's election bills, which with a Pemocratic House and a Pemocratic President, stand no more chance of passing than they do of being added by popular consent to the golden rule'. More than that, if they were passed they would only make the Solid South still more solid. We t> \J must 'break the rebel line in polities by a broader policy and on issues not reviving the old guarrel. The Republican party has Just one chance to restore_itself,to a power and to add to the greatness and grandeur of its name. It is admit ted by all students of the tariff question, free traders or protection ists, that it is a question that will heher be settled until the Repub lican party settles it. Mr. Moore, the larsee merchant, the best free trade writer in this country, admitted to me last December, that this great problem can be settled only by the Republican party,because the American people will trust it to sett tie the question because it is a stickler for American interests. It cal lessen the tariff and have the ^ people accept it, wher the Democrats, because of a popular distaste of notions them on account of their free trade could not. The South, grov/ing in protection sentiment realizes the fact that Mr Moore stated, and, because of its own material interests, is drifting toward the Republican p^rty. It is left then for the party at onee to use this opportunity to recoup itself in the South for its losses in the North, and to pacificate the country and remove all sectionialism doing so. Mr Chandler's resolution to inquire into the Jackson election was . . probably good enough. But I do not believe that half of'the Republicans ' in the country will sustain his bills to take charge of the elections in the Southern States. We cannot go backto- that, not do I think we should if we could. We cannot thus make a precedent which the Democratic < . I party once, fully in power, could use for interfering with New England or Iowa elections. I have never advocated prohibition for the National platform, and I wish you would say so to Mr Chandler to correct his impression. Pro hibition can be enforced only under the police laws of the States, and therefore, is a State question. The recent decision of the Supreme court made this very clear, and it has been the constant position of the Re publican party in Iowa in enacting prohibition hare. I also enclose for -our reading an article in reply to one of Mr White's about "the slums" (or workingmen's) district having gone for Blaine and the brown stones for Cleveland. I hope he will keep up the dis cussion on this ^ine, I cannot imagine why New York Republican papers do not take up such things as this in the Tost. We engaged Mr Wilsibn and sent him Sodth. He has been gone two weeks and J expect letters from him very soon. He will be a good man for the work. I will write for the paper soon an article calling the attention of Iowa people wishing to go to a warmer country ,to the Pan handle region. The fearful blizzards of this winter are going to send many of our Northwestern people to warmer countries. Mrs Clarkson and the baby send their affectionate regards to you. The baby talks a great deal about you and you have a solid friend in him. Cordially yours, J.S.Clarkson. Feb. 8, 1888. New York: 8, 1888. :.Tr.Morgan Jones, My dear Sir:- ^ I have your letter from Trinidad, and also one from Mr. Meek from Denver. The arrangement that was made here with the C.C.& I. Cu, was that thejf should form a separate company, for the coal on the Smyth & Civot canon, of people in our enterprise with those engaged in theirs, and that they would lease from that Co. the coal, payin"- 10 cents rayalty and. all the profit above, say, 25 cents profits to them. I also got a. conditional agreement out of them that if this wc done they would furnish me the rails to lay the 12 miles of roa d and take our D. T. & pt. Worth bonds in payment for them. My idea is that if there is plenty of coal on the south side we could coptrol it ourselves throurh the Maxwell Grant, If there is plenty on the north side we could get them interested, ai: get them to open that up, and in that .way could reach that country, I have not got money enou"h in m.y C. & T. 0. Co. to build any more line than I have now under contract. ^ <+ The work up there has been very ostly, as you cou]d ^ee Cib-in handled very poorly. The fact of the matter is that to hiS if to do fact work. Bissell is far superior • Texas line n up , respect. and only lately I have got not a profile had ai. estimate of it. Rissell yet from hasthe always been ahead of him. "isseii nas thP Ci^orLncr'Lde?^a''coal^comJ°nV"^ r r X. T company and at the same oppoeite time we the could Smyth & ieh?' 5he nLk island gf to fret Its coal out of that country- a?d yw'^ni^'nnrb none of the mines »H1 be able to sionlv MR h oars of oosl a day where would we ret them now" The"c' r ® ^"ndred people evidently Intend to monopolise the coal' au^gf'ihg'sgpr'is Moffat was here yctsterdayand he s'^ld that or. neasures to have thrt — uuKc neasurftft to . examined, and nee whether it would nav Purgatiore Piople, or whether he couldVerhold Jf^t ? 5° with the C. C. j the important thinr to independent of them. But whether it would the important thing to me is'that if wf in f"^®P®"^ent of them. But our rails without. payin<. cala for tJL .2? t'' "P.^^*®^® ''® ^an get ordered Gibson to make on survey urtheri k°^ ^ mine and malfote a location location and get ri?htlrbt nf ® ^^® ^hom] Tompson insists to m« that thsy find borelnp, of over 6 fsst of coal agd gg.v S "»*■' i*> »»!> to work that coal from the shafj So Saims undortako «e Claims that their exploration on the Smyth Civet Canon land show tney can get from 7 to 9 feet where it can be worked very economically. They claim that they can put out coal up there at a cost of 50 cents. That is the statement Sprague made to the meeting that was called here of hi"^ stockholder and of a. few of ours. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. Washington Building. No .1 B' way ,i:. Y . Feb'y 9,1888 Hon. 'ViTi. E. Chandler, U.S.S., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I enclose a personal letter of I/r. Clarkson, editor of the Des Koines Register, in relation to the position he has taken for the future of the party. I think, myself, his posi tion is pretty strong; and I may have had something to do with his taking it, for when Kr. Clarkson was here some weeks ago he appeared to desire my miews, and I talked a great deal with him about it. You know I have been a great deal in the South since 1870, and I have watched the course of things there pretty closely, and I must say that so far as I can see everything ' down there indicates that the policy which Clarkson advo cates is our true policy. I think he makes a good point on the article of The Post. Please read and return, with such comments as you see proper to make. I always like to hear from you. Ani glad to see you taking such a prominent position in the Senate. Yours truly, G . K . Bodge. February, 9th, 1888. Trinidad Colorado, February, 9th 1888. C. F. Meek,Esq. Gen, Mgr. D.T.& Ft. '.V. R.R. Denver Colorado. Denr Sir: In the matter of the Summer Resort and Coal Lands, I promised to I write you about, I will state as follows: A syndicate composed of ES solid and prominent business men, in cluding GoV. Adams, T. B. Collier, Co. Treasurer, Senator Barela, Mayor Krille and many others as good, have purchased through me, form the Max well Land Grant Co., 5S0C acres of land in Townships 33-34 S. of Rg. 68 w/ and Twp. 34 s/ of Range 69 West, comprising the whole of the most beauti ful natural park I ever saw, with abundance of the purest water that man ever drank, as clear as crystal and as cold as ice, and also, if nasty spring v/aters are, as you observed,necessary to a surarier resort, from the famous "Stonewall" issue springs of sulphur water wthat when tasted will aake a man who does not indulge in anything stronger than -whiskey, remem ber them everlastingly. There are also magnesia springs not so \inpleasant to drink but greatly beneficial. But I tell you, when anyone sees the Pork, with its lakes, trees, clear mountain streama, and surroundings and scenery, the snowy Range within eight miles, the Spanish Peaks within twelve miles, the most sublime scenery in the world, they will not -think springs a necessity. Good drives amongst beautiful scenery can be had in all directions drive with a sixteen mile of ^^asy grade round the Park. The Park is a perfect gem In a setting of the most sublime scenery the world afiords. 1 have been in England, Wales, France, Spain, Portugal, Australis, New Zealand and several countries of South America; have seen some of the most celebrated and finest pieces of scenery in the world and can truly say i never saw anything to beat the South I'ark and its surroxmdings. LasVegas, Hot Springs, Manltou and the Palmer Lake District combined do not ccme near it. In the property of 5200 acres the syndicate are v.'illing to give an. undivided l/3 interest to secure the Denver, Texas & Ft.Worth system and to have it advertised "by that Company, provided the road is in op eration to that point within ten mdnths, and such excursions run and r rates given as will encourage travel to the resort. When the southern people know that in two days they can be trans ported from their hot countries to a beautiful Park in a cool climate, from vdienoe they can make daily excursions into the Snowy Kange add in dulge in a snow-ball match if they wish, I think there will be a rush such as has seldom been seen. I think gave you some information as to designs of another R.R. on coal lands in the vicinity of this Park, to which they could run with an extra mileage of 2 1/2 miles.If I have not so informed you I will do so, but the syndicate see and prefer the advantages offered by a line connecting the Park with the Southern States. ( As to coal lands, I can offer several bodies outside of our Grant, of from 1000 acres to 2000 acres with openings on each quarter section, well developed to show the vein, vhich is from 5ft. to 8 ft. within short distances of your line. (Tan also get some good lands located and filed on in such a manner that your Co. will not be known to be in transactions until they are com pleted.Prices range from|40 to $50 per acre. Please reply and any further infoi^raation as to the Park or coal lands required by you will be furnished at once. Respectfully, R.B.Holdsworth. Februr^ry Ilth, 1888. New York. February 11th, 1888, C. F. Meek, . General Manager, Denver, Colo, Dear Sir:-- We send you nearly all the Pan-Handle pamphlets we have. I don t t;iink it is best to print any raoro until it is changed to fit the present situation, that is, the completion of the road; and if you will go to work, or have someone there change it so as to fit the road as completed, both the Ft. Worth & Denver and the A. T. & G. F. we will have a lot oi' the printed here. I suppose you understand that the Houston & Texas Central people are about opening ,all their lands in th Pan-Handle for settle ment, and also that the New York & Texas Land Co. have declined to mate any leases, so that all their lands are open to settlement. This makes about 6,000,000 of acnes t'lat have heretofore been sliut up. There also ought to be put in the pamphlet what amount of Innds the Gtate h.as classified and opened for settlement in the counties through which we run. The basis upon which the pamphlet was got up is very .'^ood, but it could be gr a tly i.mproved upon with the knowle dge we have of the country and business, especially the coal proper ties around Trinidad. Colfax County, Now ''lexico, also wants to be more fully written up, and the new towns, along the line there. I should think Wilson could take this pamphlet after he gets a little more knowledge and fit it to the country ju,^ t as it is. 'if you had time probably you could do it yourself There has been' a big demand for it. If we should print any more I would put on a little more attractive cover and h.ave an advertisement of the Ft. Worth & Denver R y. on it. Very truly yours. G . M. Dodge. Feb. 13, 1888. Mr. Pet6r Smith, New York. Feb. ^3, 1888. Ft. Yorth,Texas. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of Feb'y. 8th in relation to coaj. in Co, All the veins ".hat you speak of I had examined years a^^o and tested. Of course any coal is better tlian no coal; but that coal all slack and is very poor In carbon. One ton of Colorado coal will give as much head and make as much steam as two of the Jacksboro, and from the moment we open into Colorado I do not believe the Texas people or roads will use much of their local coal product. The proper place to start a line for the Jacksboro mines from would be Decatur, and save distance in building and run in o,a' our road to Ft Worth. That would put the line all the way in the coal development, of large or small veins. Any good operator of coal will tell you that to handle a 12 inch core that is to be taken cut of a mine,separated and wasted losts more t an to handle a four-fcot vein of coal, and that cost has to be added to the mining of each ton of coal. Yours truly. G. M . Dodge. Private. Feb'y. 13, 1888 Hon D. B. Henderson, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I notice the Oklahoma bill of Springer. I do not know what chance it has of passing the House, but-I sup pose you understand fully that if a bill passes giving a terri torial government to Oklahoma befor.e the Indian title is extinguished there will be.a great rush in ther regardless of the rights of the Indians ahdwe will have trouble on the border. The government will be powerless to interfere when the territorial government is formed; and what ought to be dore first, and before any territorial government is organized is to have a commission to either purchase the lands of the , Indians or by treaty get title of them. With that kind of a bill passed and the kind of a rum pus it would cause on the border all immigration to the Pan handle would be stopped, and every one going into the South would be frightened away. I know the character of those Indians well enough to know that they would not tamely submit to any such nonsense as that. I had.a talk with Allison about this when he was here. I wish you would see him. Yours truly. G. ^. Dodge Feb. 14, 1868. New York. Feb'y. 14, 1888. A. A. Robinson, V.P., Topeka, Kansas. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of Feb'y. 9th. If you make a print on our usinr the right of way at Pueblo o n the same terms that you use that in Denver, I do not know that I will make any ol:jectlon. In drawing the contract you should make it so that we can use all or any portion of the loup line, paying for what we use. My ii ea is that t-ie way we will handle our trains will be to,.use only one side of your loup; that is, we would run into the Union Depot corain^ from the South and run around the west side of the loup so as to go through the local depot; and on coming from the north we would run by the local depot and so on to the Union depot on the same side of the loup; thence by the D. 5: R. G. south to Trinidad. I am also ready to carry out the agreement on t-^e 15th St extens'on whenever it is drawn in detail. I expect to go west this week to be gone until the middle of March. You c^n get up these agreements; and T will have them signed as soon as I get back here . Befo:e saying positively that I will accipt them as they are, I wou'd like to present them to my people in Denver, and get their ideas of them, whic', will not delay the matter. We expect to commence running through about the 15th of Mar h and we will want to be.let onto your loup at that time, even if the agreements are not all executed. You will notice that in the agreement I sent you I put in a wheclage and an arbitration clause, and you will have to put them in your other agreement. Don't you think that the 15th street extension should be drawn in one agreement, and the right to the entrance of the depot and the use of yoiir right of way in Pueblo a separate one? It appears to me it would be better. Yours truly. G. M. D'dge. Washington Building No.l B*way,N.Y. Feb'y. 14, 1888. Charles Francis Adams, Brest., U.P.R.E. Boston, Mass Dear Sir: The St. introduce a bill restrictions of o a mile irom the o structure. '.Ve o suppose we can ke from passing laws presentatives in restrictions are This would force or 1/3 of a mile that is building Paul people have got McShane of Omaha to for a bridge at Omaha which has left out the ther bills requiring them to be one-third of ther bridges. This is dangerous to our ught to have at least that limit. I do not ep anybody from building bridges, or Congress , but you ought to comimunicate with our re- ''/ashington and have them see that the sam.e put in this bill that are put in all others, them to cross either 1/3 cf a mile below us above the present wagon and R. R. bridge at the Bluffs. Yours truly. G . W.. Dodge I dont see why Congress should authorize other bridges at Omaha, which is a direct attack upon their pro' perty, when we have a double track bridge and will allow anybody to go over it who will pay for it. Personal New York City, Feb'y. 14, 1888 Mr. John Gline, Panora, Iowa. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of Feb'y. 11th. I have an interest in the 0. U\. & K. W. but the trouble has been that we have been unable to get a title on account of the difficulties of the 7/abash. As soon as we get that title we intend to broaden and make it a first class road. But when that will be it is now impossible to say; we hope this summer however. We have been waiting now nearly two years to have ■ the road given to us and put in a place where we could take care of it. I send you a pamphlet giving a description of the Pan Handle of Texas. The road will be completed through from Denver to Ft. ''orth about the 1st of fv'arc)'., and you cantravel over its entire length say from the 15th of March to the 1st of April. If you go through it you will find that country as fine as you ever laid your eyes upon,and I do not hesitate to say that it has a great future. There are so many ways of going that it is hard for me to advise but probably the best way for you to see the whole line would be to go to Denver and there see Mr. Meek, the General Manager, who will give you all the information you want. Then pass down through the coal fields into the agri cultural country, and so on south. The country is being opened for settlement,lands are being offered for sale, and after the 1st of April there will be no difficulty in getting locations, or in getting a good view of the country. I never advise any person to leave, Iowa, but if they do want ot get into a better climiate I know of no country that has the advantages of that along the Pan Handle route from Denver to Ft. Worth. Lands are cheap, can be bought at from $2 to 1^5 an acre and as fine agri cultural land as any in Iowa. You can go direct by the A. T. &■ S. F. road from Kansas City to the Pan Handle of Texas, which is about the same distance as from Omaha to Denver. Yours truly. G . M . Dodge. February, 1888. Iowa State Register Des Moines. February 14, 1888. Gen . G. W. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New Yokr City. Dear General: What are we going to do now? I did not expect the Blaine letter for a month yet. It was not best for the party, and expecially not best for Alxison, for it to come before that time. But now it has come, and the impatient friends of Allison and other candidates who. wanted it early, must tell what we are to do. My plan was to leave Blaine silent until after the delegates had been largely chosen, and then there would have been a Blaine line or columnto turn wheapever it was thought best. In that way Allison could have been nominated, Blaine thought very kindly of him, and in a letter which I received from him today, written at Florence on the 25th of January, he (expresses warm gratitude to Allison for the friendship and loyalty he has shown to him. I was in a very close place. I could see through to the end, and by one,plan see success for Allison. That was the plan I have indicated above. Rut Henderson and others of Allison's friends began to distrust that I was not alertly watching the movenient of the tide and that action oh my part would come too late. This made it impossible for me to urge upon Blaine as strongly as I would have done otherwise not to take any action until such time, as I have stated. But now what such friends of Allison wished to come, has come, and the fight miust be made for Allison on his merits. No time is to be lost. Doubt less Sherman has m.en going 'today into every State, supplied with money, to work for his nomination. iloney is very dangerous just now, when the party is dazed and indifferent as to candidates. Soriiething should at once to organize for Allison if we are going to make the fight. If you believe we should make it, you should see him at once or take the preliminary action on your own part to put the machine in motion. Iowa of course will respond to him with a unanimous delegait must be influences outside of lowa that will nominate him if he is chosen. You know how to touch and organize these in fluences. C. E. Perkins is ready to help in it, and that means a great deal. I came home irom the Committee meeting at Chicago sick ^d am confined at the house with an inglorious attack of Germian meas les. But I shall be able to get out wry soon and if necessaxv I will go any place for a conference that is suggested. Now is the time i? lor hew lork and to organize the elements there for Allison mnrw f* ^ iT.ajority of that State, or even a strong him fr early, ? delfcgates I think he there can be can nominated, be secured for him and will declare for 01' course you have thought of all these things, and have no doubt moved in them, but I want to give my views and to show my readines to cooperate. Write or telegraph me if there is anything for me to do outside of Iowa, * | I believe that with $25,000, Louisiana can be carried for Warmouth in April. A union could be luade with the ^VicEnery Democrats to elect him to one of the two U.S.Senators soon to be chosen there, and to get his influence over the registers of the election who con trol it all. A majority will be cast for Yarmouth at the polls, and if the registers can be induced to count it fairly and not throw out 30,000 votes as they did for Elaine ir- 1884, Warmouth can be elected. Is it worth while to try it? I get my facts from Mayor Roche ahd ' Col. Davis at Chicago who have just returned from New Orleans and who investigated the situationtlioroughly. Tlie situation in the Legislature here is not so dangerous as it was, but still it is very serious. Headway is being made againS.t the extremists, but they still have a pledged majority in each house for for all.the ultra measures. Some of the sensible members are getting frightened and dropping away from theni. If Senator Wilson could be induced to write a letter for publication advising against extreme legislation, and would write private letters to a dozen of his best friends in the Legislature, urging caution and pointing out the injury that woulu result to the party fro mi hoodlum legislation, it would hove a powerful and perhaps saving influence. Can he not be induced to do it? He certainly ought to be willing to do this much for the party, il not for his friends among railroad people. For I assure you that the legislation • threatened will n.obilize the 30,000 i railroad mien of the State against the party-, and make thousands of sensible Republicans indifferent and apathetic. Gov . Larrabee is m.aking a life and death personal struggle to bring the Legislature to his positions. His course is beyond comprehension. I wrote the editorial article about your Texas country, so as to attract attention to it and to get hold ol' the Iowa people who have nade up their minds to go to a warmer country. No doubt you have seen it. *ilson has ii.oved more slowly than I thought he would. I have telegraphed him. that he niust have somie letter here for publication by Sunday at the latest. I would give several sections of your Texas land, if lowned them, to be with you today and have a talk over the situation. Coridally yours, J. d. Clarkson. Cincinnati, Ark. 'f 0® Maj. Gen. G.M.Dodge:- My deer Sir:- I ha"ve a favor to ask of you, but you will want to knov/ who I am, 1 commanded K Co.9th Ills Inft in every engagement from Ft Donald son to Atlanta including Shilohaand Corinth and received three gunshot wounds in left shoulder and breast at Ft Donaldson, and lead the advance of the army through Snake Creek Gap and also commanded the detachment of • the 9th that did cavalry duty at your Head Q,uarters from Resaca to Atlanta. I called on you at your rooms at the Grand i'aciittic Hotel, Chicago, at the reunion of the Army of the Tenn, Sept 1885. You then told me if you could ^ ( ever be. of ser-vice to me to write you. Seeing your name as one being at Washington, 1 concluded to write you. I have been a resident here over 21 years, and a Republican at all times and under all circumstances. Ej friends here are pushing me forward for an office under the coming Administration.(But the Republicans in Ark. have little influence in National affairs). My friends want to send me as Consul to some commercial or manfg. city in England (my old home) the towns of Sheffield and Bradford are both in my native co'onty Yorkshire. Will also say I have the endorsement of out State Central Committee, also Judge m, H.H.Clayton, also Judge I Tarken of the U.S.Court and every prom inent Rep. in this part of the State, yet I would be proud to have your endorsementalso in the shape of a letter to Senators Cullin from my old soldier state. 111., and also assistance in any other way you may think best. I have also the endorsement of our Dept. Commander F.K.Robinson and my G.A.R.Comrades. I never knew the taste of any kinds of intoxicating liquors. In any shape either as medlolne or drinks, nor never used tobaooo in any ahape or form. For mj. record since I left the Army. I refer you to E.C.Kerns of St louiB, Judge I Tarken of the U.S.Court or Judge Wm H.H.Clayton. Kow Genei'al,! would like to go back to England to represent this country,the home of my adoption; no one man of the old 9th Ills. Infty. did any more for it than I. Lly Company K lost more in killed and wounded than any other in the Eegt. or from the State and I lead in every one of the engagements it v/as in during the war. You once knevif me well and at one time offered me Lt'. Col. [position in one of the coloured Eegt. then forming. I am without any family, except my v/ife. My children are dead and I have no kin in-the U.S. I have written enough, so will close. EespectiSully, James Sates. , • 1 ■ ( . I ;v': ■ "iv:' .1^," February I4th 1888 Topeka Kansas, February 14, l888, Gen'l. Granville M.Dodge, Dear Sir:- I was the best clerk you ever had at Hd. Q^'s. Left Ting I6th A.C. and was with you longer than anyone. I was the smallest youngest and sauciest at Hd.Qrs. i was always raising h-1 with the other clerks and was the cause of the great international(?) Quarrelhetween Spencer, Chief of Staff and Major Harry Stone, Chief of Artillery, I being the cause by introducing them to the same female; was with you when the "Johnny" scalped you in front of Atlanta; was with you when at KenI esaw, etc., etc. I remind you as to above to stiffen your bump of Memoriculmemory. t was so d-d sick while at Hd. Q^s. at Kenesaw, that to this day I get sick when I think of it, and I spue, v/hen I think of efficiency of Doctor Gay, today he is an imbecile in Columbus Ohio. I have concluded that Uncle Sam owes me a Pension, and I want you to remember that I was clerk for you at Corinth, Pulaske, Athens, Cila, Kenesaw etc.,Can you get that "Studying capP on and remem ber? I am now clerking in this office and have been for some time. Can you give me the address of J.W.Barnes AAG, Geo.C.Tichenor Aid-de-Camp, and you remember how pretty was George. I was a Sergeant Co. I. 81st. O.Y.I, the Regiment that "saved the day"every time, very fleet footed. Hope to meet you in Columbus,Ohio, when all the Poli ticians will walk in on the shoulders of the G.A.E. Yours ffiost respectfully. C. J. Bell. C. J. Bell 625 Kansas City. / Mi.! Fe"bruaty I5th, 1888. Denver Colorado, February 15, 1888. Gen. G.M. Dodge '•'"i i| I Braadway, W. Y. City. *''' Dear Sir: The enclosed letter from Mr. H. H. Holdswotth,Trinidad, is respectfully referred to you. You would have to build about thirty miles of road, to reach this park. It lies ei^t miles beyond la Junta, where the South Fork of the Purgatoire branches off. I wrote you q.aite fully of the importance of building this line to La Junta,last week. I am not yet prepared to give my opinion in regard to extending the rOad from La Junta to Stonewall. Yours respectfully. C. F. Meek. General Manager. 4 » •-5 • , V i ;• 1 ' I '' ■ ■■ ■ ' < ■ '' -r'H ^ '■ - February I6th t888. Atlanta Ga, Feby I6th.l888. general G.M.Dodge, No I Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir:- I have your favor of Feby 7th in which you state that you notice pn page 31 of the "Mountain Campaigns in Georgia" a full page illus tration of "Jackson's brigade of Confederates assaulting the greater patt of Sweeny's division under Gen. Corse. You state that as a matter of fact General Corse had no connection with your corps, (the I6th,) of which Sweenny's division formed a part at the time of this battle. I will state in reply that Gen. Corse was down there in Aug ust, 1886, and I went with him to the battle fields of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Lay's Feiry and Missionary Ridge. General Corse told me that he was that day in command of Sweeny's division. He went across the river with me ana showed me the location of the Federal batteries. He said tliat he had sixteen guns which opened upon the Confederates as soon as they began to charge down the hill, and also opened fire upon them from his infrmtry who were in the woods on the east bank of the river. I of course presumed that General Corse had a thorou^ knowledtge of the Lay's Ferry battle in the publication of the text as well as the cut. Yours very truly, Jos. M. Brown. February I7th, 1888 Omaha, February 17th,1888. ^ Dear General The reports we get regarding the health of Mr. Potter, who is now in New York, are so conflicting that many of his friends are wor ried. I presume you know v/hether he is improving or not, and I will be glad if you will let me know your views, and especially if he is improv ing. Vllien he left Omaha, I considered him a very sick man, in fact in worse condition than he realized. He has done a giant's work ©n the U.P. in every Dept. showing an improvement in every direction, in truth the only GenD. Managei*, the U.P. has evex* had since it was operated, and your people in W.Y. and Boston must take care of him and not compel or expect him to cai'ry the entire concern tvventj'-five hours every day. The same sh shovel that undermined Clark and Callov/ay, is digging away under Potter, ^ and he knov/s it also. He is an honest, earnest and capable worker, and while he is in sight,things are in dress parade order, but when the"cats awc^y the mice will pl£>^" in other v<ords a large healthy school room with the master absent, first frolic then fighting. They already have the March election Slate made up, a new Prest. and new Genl.Mgr. and are living under the idea they will soon be able to shout "The King is dead, long live the King" etc. I hope he may soon be able to return to Omaha and continue the good fight he so earnestly began, Yours truly, J.M.Eddy. 89 :• February, 1888. F^AL ESTATE AGENCX ,v,Jw N. P. Dodge & , Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2/l8, 1888 Dear Gren: Can anything be done to induce the U. P. to build on their ground on this side instead of enlarging their shops in Omaha^ I learn that in a few days about 50 of their engines will make their home in the new round house. It set,ms to me now is their opportunity to utalize their ground here and would be a saving every way for the Company. They have in addition to what they formerly owned the 40 acres which they bought of mc on north side of their grade. The citizens here are again organized as a Board of Trade and are active and ready to take hold of anything that nroniises to help City. A hotel is now the topic also the Union Depot, both projects revived. There will be a good amount of building done this year and the outlook for a prosperous year is promising. The work on new bridge moves slow on account of delay in arrival of material. It will be nip and tuck about sinking the large pier before ice goes out. They have it ready to sink but weather warm. Very truly, N. P. ^odge Please write me what you think about this shop matter. '"/K ' , * ■ February, 1888 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dictated. Washington, -0. C. Feb. 21at, 1888 Genl. G. I/!, Dodge, #1 Broadway, N, Y, Dear General: Replying further to your letter in respect to the Oklahoma Bill of l^'r. Springer, I J)eg to say that I have made a very thorough in vestigation of the situation here. The Committee are very strongly in favor of the proposition of giving a Territorial Government to Oklahoma. I find that the Western Representatives generally are in tensely zealous for the passage of the bill. Such clear-headed men as Ryan of Topeka, cannot be influenced by the suggestion that there is danger from the Indians by pursuing the policy indicated in the Springer bill. Major Warner of ^.ansas City is preparing to make a strong argument in favor of the bill. I believe it has but one q)ponent on the Committee, and that is Major Baker of Rochester; he will submit a minority report. It looks to me now as though it was more than probable this bill would pass the house. It is liable to come up under what is known as the two hour rule within a few days. The discussion within the two hours rule will consume that time, which will throw the bill on the calendar as unfinished business; then it will be several weeks before it is reached, and with an active opposition it might be thrown over the Session. Very truly yours, D. B. Henderson. ' if: «-.t aftML ' ■ i. i •' j 'M New York City, Feb. 24, 1888 Wr. F. S. Bond, 40 Wall St., N. Y. City. tJear Sir: I was at Des ^,oines to look in to the situation there, Larabee is simply making a personal fight on all the rail roads. He goes to every member to influence them, goes be fore the committees; and the advice of his friends has no effect upon him. Every one that was supposed to have any in fluence with him has written him. and been to see him. That is the case with the Senators, Members,--in fact, every one; but he takes the position th^ t he knows what he is about; and the infortunate thing in the whole matter is, that just as they had got things in shape so as to beat the two-cent bill and to hold the miaximuin rate bills, they went into this freight cutting business from Chicago; and that beats all the arguments in the world; because a comnun legislator says if you can afford to carry the stuff at this rate, then why shouldn't you ii.ake a maximum rate something near it. Of all the follies that were ever committed, right during the session of a legis lature, while all our people were trying to hold them, to open a freight war right into the State and through it, was something thot no railroad man could very well meet. How ever, the State is being educated to the fact that the kind of bills they want to pass wont help them very much; but you know both parties put in their platform, and went before the people on" the two-cent bill. There are a great many things that have caused this rate War in Iowa, and for which, to a great extent, the railroads responsible. I cannot write you these things, but when I see you, I can explain them so you will understand themi fully. Yours very truly, G. M. i^odge. New York City, Feb. 24, 1888 Col. Abner Taylor, Grand Pacific, Chicago, 111. Bear Sir: On arr-ival here, and consultation with H'r . ¥eek, I find that the wheat which he wishes sowed along the line, ought to be sown in September, which gives you plenty of time for oreoartion. If you could put in some millet and sorghum,or vegetables, near one or two of our stations, this Spring, that would help. We are organizing a pretty extensive system for inducing emigration into the Pan-Handle. Our emigration agent is Gen. K. A. Caiiieron; and he will call upon you when he is in Chicago. We want all the owners of the lands, especially of large bodies, to co-operate with us, and to state a price upon thdir lands, so that colonies can be planted upon them. Fending his arrival there, will you notthink of the matter, so far as your Company is concerned, and say if you can cover por tions of your land, when you will open up, and the price, time, etc. I enclose a pass over our line.for you, so that when you arri\e here, you can to on through; but if you come to Denver, wont you be kind enough to call upon ¥.r. Veek, the General iv^anager, if he is here, andconsult withhim in relation to the opening oi' the Pan-Handle. Kr. l^'eek will be glad to give you any information, and any assistance, that you might need in the matter. My address will be Denver, for the present. I am, Trply yours, G. M. Dodge . New York City, Feb. 24, 1888 t/r. T. J. Potter, N.urray Hill Hotel, N. Y Dear Sir: ; i t y. I con.e over the line fron. Onaha to Denver, and found it in good condition. It has coine out of the Winter in good shape, and looks' well. 'Whilst at the Bluffs in Omaha, I heard a good deal of murmuring among train-men, on account of the proposed change of having themi run through to the Bluffs, they still wanting to shift crews at Oniaha. Of course, if that is done, it would take away a good deal of the saving. I heard incidentally that Hackney was inclined to give into them. I think that this would be a great mistake Dick inson was up the line. I uidn't see him; but I saw ^lickensderfer, and asked him about it; and he told me that there was a great deal of feeling, but that he was thoroughly opposed to giving way to it, in any way. He said train-men are having too much "say" on the east end now, and I saw that Blickensderfer was very anxious and fearful that they might win in this. I merely write this to you knowing you.probably are thoroughly posted in it; but it looked to me like it might bring on a crisis, and I tfcin^ it ought to be miet at the proper time and B1ickensderfer•s views becarried out. We have got our third track into Trinidad, and if you are in want of coal, I think we could make an arrangenient to furnish jou any amiount you miight want. You know the Trinidad coal is first-class. I merely suggest this, and do not know that you need any, only from what yuu told me, that you were hard-pressed, when I was there. From what I hear about the developments in the mines around Leadville and over in Gunnison, I am more disposed to think we should hang onto the South Park line. I talked with. Bogue, who has been looking into the question and he seemis to think, on a pretty thorough further examination, he can find you a good line out oi that country bythe South Park Road. The development in there all seems to be south of the Grand Fdver, and tributary to us. I hope to hear that you are improving. I hope you wont, under any circumstances or considerations, allow business, or anything else, to interfere with your health. I would like to have a word from, you telling mie just how you are getting along. Nr. Ord fitted me out nicely. Wr. Kimball is at Kansas City; and I saw V.r. Cameron. Very tnily yours, G . . Dodge . Feb.27th 1888, '.Vashington.D.C, Feb.27, 1888 -y dear General:- 1 ouis of February 9 is at hand iwith enclosures. I return you the letter of Clarkesen and I have also read the newspaper articles,(which T retain.) I do not think there is anything to quarrel about nor much to differ about. The fact that the Kepublican party has been losing gro\ind as. Clarkesen says proves nothing. We shall lose still more if we abandon our principles.- The party existed (I) to resist the extension of slavery; (E)to prosecute the war; (3) to emancipate the slave; (4) to give him suffrage, and we may say genferally-(5) to secure the results of the war as expressed in the I3th, I4th, and T5th amendments. The tariff has only been an incident of these great labors. Announce now that you make it the main q.uestion and abandon the attempt to enforce the I5th amendment and give up agitation concerning its violation and the party goes to pieces like a dissolving cloud. The tariff as the only or main issue will not hold it togetiier;fio I tnink we should agitate, call attention to violations of the Ibth amendment and exiiibit the fact that Congress has the right to control Congressional elections. 'Ne shall not in my judgment gain anything by submitting without protest, made continually and on every proper occasion against the oompiete destruction of a fundamental principle of our Govern.t;ent.I tliink we shall win on both issues. If v;o abandon eithez- wc are gone surely. Our pro sent prospects are good. Elaine's withdrawal hurts some, helps more. The party is harmonious an'd united. In. the absence of a Hew York : man who can surely carry that State we shall nominate a western man. I should •like to see Sherman President, but if he cannot carry New York we must take some one else. Allison is strong. Gresham perhaps would be stronger, but Har- ^llll rison is also a candidate and tnere is local controversy about tliese two men. jng-alle would make a strong candidate. let us keep the/^question open until June and then Noninate deliberately the men then deemed the strongest. 100.. ir we ai^e beaten it will appear that the prohibition parti' again done the work, nevertheless, I am in favor of setting the partj a- ^ gainst the saloons and taking the chances. If, however, the Prohibition ists do again make a Democratic I'resiaent the Republican party will most » likely dispense with prohibition as a part; principle as Clarkesen wishes us to do v/ith the I5th amendment. Gome over here and spend two or three days with me at my house There is no one here but Mrs. Chandler and my. little boy Jack. Yours very truly V.'.E.Chandler. 101 March, 1888 Trinidad, Colo, Mar. 7, 1888 Mr. Fred L-. Ames, U. P. R.R., Soston, Mass. Dear Sir: I have been out here nearly three weeks trying to get my tracks together, and we have had very squally, snowy weather, which has delayed us, but I will close them up between the 12th and 15th. We have built a very line road here., but tb.ere is about twice as much rock in it as I expected, which will add great ly to the cost of the grcding. Otherwise we will come out about under our estimates. think the rock will nearly double our cost per mile on the grading. mevever we go three feet below the earth here, we strike rock. We are going to have a good road in every way, and the outlook for business io good. The.y are opening m.ines all along us. The C.E. 6: Q., and the Rock Island are here, and the Missouri Pacific, all looking for min ing property on our line. We ax'e very much in need of money, and I wish the Boston parties who have not sent in their seventh assessment would do it. When I am away, in New York they are entirely depentent on our assessments to meet the drafts. I judge Potter is very sick, .as no one 'sends anything to me that is encouraging. It is unfortunate.. Wi:at this Brotherhood strike will develop into here, I don't know, but I don't see how the U. P. Railway, being a United States charter, can very well refuse to take anything delivered to it. The G. B. & C. I think were hasty in their action. Whilst the Brotherhood presented all.the claims they could, I guess there is no doubt but what they were willing to con promise on the classification. On our road, they are nearly all Brotherhocd. The local superintendents are entirely without orders. I advised them to sit perfectly still, and do nothing until they got orders. But I wired Kimball, that negative action wouldn't last long, that the Brotherhood would force a subordinate officer to act in some were undergot them. possible they Height make a mistake, unless they instructions. I am. suppose belore this time they have Truly, G . M . Dodge 103 March, 1888. Union Pacific Railway Co. Omaha, March 8th C. F. Adams, Jr., President. 1. J. Potter, 1st Vice President. Dear General: I received and forwarded your letter to Mr. PoLter, but doubt if it ever get to his attention, as he has not been able to consider any business matter for a week or more. I fear his ill ness is too critical to proloiig any hopes of again seeing him in Omaha or that he will be able to leave Washington alive. The news today is most discourgging and indicates he is gradually sinking. I trust, however, that before night we may get report that his con dition is more favorable . Very respectfully and truly yours, T. M. Orr. To Genl. G. M. Dodge, Denver, Col. ICi March, 1888. Atkinson, Holt Co., Nebraska, March the 10th, 1888. Gen. Dodge. Dear Comrade: I have been thinking of writing to you for some time, but I could not find your letter, so I wrote to my old friend, Mr. Pusey at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and he sent me your address. Well, General, do you remember where you and I were twenty-six years ago at Pea Ridge? I belonged to the 36th Ills, and you belonged to the 4th Iowa. '^ell. General, I will tell you what I haave been thinking of, as you and I will not live forever; it is this: We have a nice thrifty town of 1200 at the head of the Elkhorn River, and the land is a nice, sandy loam, the prettiest place in the world for a soldiers' park and the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo. Valley R. K. from Council Bluffs, I-wa, runs right through our town. Now, I will tell you what I have been thinking of,--buying a hundred and sixty acres of land, say about three and a half or four miles from town,and calling it Park Dodge or Gen. Dodge, and appointing you General Manager, and erecting monu ments on drill ground, or anything else you.or we may think proper, on the one hundred and sixty, or say, of one half for the 4th Iowa and the other half for the 30th Ills. We can buy the land for two thousand (2000) dollars, that is suitable, and have you for President, or at the head of the Park, and the land itself would stand there as a monument, and it would not cost much to fince it in with a wire fence and I would suggest that any soldier could erect a slab or mon ument but especially the 4th Iowa and the 36(?) 111.; and the first thing to do would be to buy the land. Well, you write to me what you think of it, and what you would give to buy the land. Yours respectfully, Scott Brownlee. Oh, yes. General, I captured a silver watch of a rebel major in front of Atlanta in 1864. Do you know of any one I could sell it to,, and I would put the money in the land for the park. I was offered once a hundred dollars for the watch for a relic, but at that tine I thought I would not sell the watch. A man in Cincinnati, Ohio, offered me when I came home from the army in 1864, one hundred dolhrs, but I would sell it now and put the money in a Soldiers' Park. I think a park up here would be nice, to tell forever valiant deeds that you and the 4th Iowa have done. I can hear the roar of musketry yet at Eikhom tavern of the 4th Iowa and them black ovei^coats, and you should be proud, and generations should call you and the 4th Iowa blessed. Gott Brownlee, of the 36th Ills. (Over) I forgot we have brick bank in Atkinson that cost six thousand dollars (|6,000). Do you not think it would be a nice place for a Soldiers' Park? Do you remember what you said at Rolla, ^io., in December of 1861, when you were passing our regiment? You said, "There is a good looking set of men to be shot at." You mustered us for pay the first. I wish I had a chance to vote for you for President of the U, S., so and the 4th Iowa- -- -- - you deserve it. Karch, 1888 107,! Alps, ri. v ., On road, Ivar. 18,1888 N:r. Charles F. Adarcs, Dear Sir: Boston, Iv'ass. I learned of the death of I..r. Potter the day before yesterday. Then I saw him in New York, I had no idea but what he would get well, he was so plucky, This is a great blow to us,- in fact to all the railroads- and how and where we are to replace him I hardly know. It seems to me that R. S. Hayes, would come nearer fill ing the bill than any one else, if he is willing to take hold. Potter had so individualized the road our here that seine one ought to take it who csn follow his policy very nearly. I believe Vr. Hayes would come vei'y near to it.. You know him personally and know all his qualities. I don't Icnow whether he would undertake so lar^^e a job. I shall close my gap here this week. Yours very truly, ^ . K. Dodge , 109.. N'arch, 1888. 1\(".ILITARY ORDER of the LOYAL LEGION of tlieUNITED STATES, Headquarters Coniir-andery of the State of Ohio. P. 0. Box 86 Office of the Recorder. Gen. W. T. Sherman, U .5 .A Commander . 1st Lieut. A. H. ^:attox, U.S.V., Recorder. Cincinnati, N'^arch 20, 1888. Genl. G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. Dear Genl: The Ohio Commandery, Military Order Loyal Legion of the United States has requested me to extend to you a cordial invitation to attend the Fifth Annual Dinner and reunion of the Commandery, which will take place at the Burnet House, this City, Wednesday, Ule.y 2nd, We will esteem your presence a great honor and assure you of a cordial welcome. This is Ohio's Centennial Year ana the occasion will be made doubly interesting on that account. The attendance promises to be large and several of the noted men of the War, of the few still living, will be v.ith us. Genl. W. T. Sherman, our Commander will preside. Please make an effort to come. The Ohio Comdy. will be proud to entertain you as its distinguished guest. Hoping for a favorable reply, I am. Respectfully and Cordially yours, A. H. N'attox, Recorder. 111^ ; Iv-arch, 1888 y.r. D. H. Moffat, Pueblo, Colo., ^:ar. 21, 1888 PERSO NAL Pre^t. Denver & Rio Grande R.R. Co. City Dear Sir: Before I leave, I want to say one word about rates. I hear some talk about our cutting rates. "Gutting rates" is carrying at a price per ton per n.ile less than anyone else, and at a loss. Our Local rates, in Colorado, are yours. In Texas, they are the Texas Association rates. Our through rates, in every instance that I know of, are more per ton per mile than any of them, are getting to-day. Therefore our rates here are in no se.-.se a cut. Again, untilwe came here, no road ever made distinc tive rates to Colorado. Their lines and interests were in other directions. Our lines and interests are distinctly Colorado and Texas, and our lines run to those States only, and I wish to pre dict that the rates we make will add to your business, in build ing up this State, ten timies what it ever would nn old conditions, and you want to so consider it. K:r. Smdth said we wer-e only 150 .ndles shorter to tiaewater than other roads. Very well, but no one ever thought of making a rate on that distance until we came I ami, truly. G . L. Dodge. 113 March, 1888. Port worth, Texasy, March 25, 1888, Donald Fletcher!, Esq., President Chamber of Commerce, Denver, Colo, Dear Sir:- I have received your dispatches, asking me to be present at Denver's Jubilee over her nevr achievement, and to pai'take of Denver's hospitality on that occasion. '■'»hile the honor thus conferred is -deeply felt and appreciated, it will be impossible fcr me to accent the invitation, owing to important engagiments made before i cam: west. i wish to say, that, though ai:sent, I will be in cordial sympathy with your celebration of this importah era in the grand march of Colorado to the first position of all th: western states; -^nd in hearty accord with t]ie t: "butes you will pay to those heroic pioneers of the mountains and plains who have for .long years -beon doing yeoman service in building up your ewestcrn empire where every vacility of civilization exists, and only the touch of human power, and the moving multitude, are necessary to make it a great country in manufacturing, in minerals, in agriculture, and all that goes to makr- a- country storng and great. It wap long ago discovered that the best results in the development of your vast resources could not be realized by sole dependence upon the transportation facilities of thexbng'rail line between the /tlantic and I'acific Oceans, with all the con-flicting interests of three thousand five hundred miles of territory, which had to be fostered and protected in every mile by roads making up the .'"I'-eat continental linos, necessa ilj'- confining nearly all the re sources and comr';erce of Colorado to her own borders and dinirishing her importance to that of a local station on a through line. * In 1873 a Railroad was projected, fromthc Gulf to uolorado, upon the principle th-^t to unite the great mineral producing ranges and vallles of Colorado, and the great fertile plain^ of New Me-ico and Taxas with the Gulf of Mexico, and hence bring our Colorado and our Texas into close commercial relations, with the minimum cost of trasportation, with eastern America, and European sea ports, and giving to the service of the larger portion of the territory wesi of tho Missouri river a commercial and distri" uting centre which, enjoying the advantages of tide-water an short rail ratQE, should yield that territory like advantages. The panic of .that year, however, stopped this, in common with ner-rly all other '82 the men Who proj ected the first enterprise built the roads from Denver to Pueblo 124 the^falT'Sf 1^888 Wichita Falls, 14 miles. Again, in tn^i. took r up work, and 5 h.eve expended projected twelve millions the first of dollar- enterprise two millions of which came from citizens of Denver, in r^iving'to Colorado the channel of commerce that shall enable her to take a poistion as the grc.at manufacturing and commercial state of the •1 St, with natural advantages superior to any of those of her 114 eastern sisters, so rich and prosperous. It nov; reru?Lins for the people of Colorado to create a business empire; to open your collieries; your ore deposites; manu facture as you an; do the the commercial business of your territoryon a basis that carnot be reached by any"other commercial center, a a reap the rewards, we have opened the way, and we believe that, being ambi ious to grow and be great, the burden our rails shall carry wixl mark 6olorado's progress in greatness. I bespeajk the efforts of every man interested in the growth of Colorado, i'n.the direction in which geography and natural causes have led these men to expend twelve millions, to the end that every ththe of value and every enjoyment of prosperity may come to Colorado, and to Texas as well. It is hardly a year ago since came to iienver and present d this project for the development of Colorado tollr. D. H. Moffett President of the Kio Grande Rpilroad, and torir. T. J. Potter ' the then Vice President and General Manager of the u. P. and I wish to say that a good deal of our success is due to them. I believe these two great lines, which have already done so much for Colorado will be foun ' working constantly and faithfully for her Grand Railroad Company have, in every way seconded my efforts, and enabled me to close two years woi-: in one. the + 1, impossibility 4 Meek, of my our attending, General I Manager, have rsked who to fully extend understands to you and your people, personally , any regrets, and to answer for me in my absence. I am. Very respectfully. Your obedient Servant, G. M. Dadge. ■A* ,• x . .WiiJc.A 115 March, 1668. ^ worth, Texas, March 25th, 1888. Hon. Jolin , Evans., Denver, (Jolo: Dear Governor:- I received your dispatches, and the urgent dispatches of the President of the Chamber of Coratnerce in Denver in relation to my presence at Denver. Eromthe different dispatches, it woiild look as though they would be disappointed if I were.not there: but you know when .vas in Denver 1 told you of my engagement, first in Texas with the Texas & Pacific, and the Houston & Texas Central, - in Gt Louis with t'le Cotton Belt and Missouri Pacific, then in i^es Moines, and then in Chicago with the Western Union Telegraph people and these people, have all made arrangements to meet me upon the day set, and it is all important to our interests that Mr. Jones and myself shotild meet these people and close up everything; and i write this confidentially so that you may see that the reasons why I cannot be in Denver are very important, and are a groat deal more important to the interests of this road than ray presence there. Some of these parties have made two or three appointments with me in the last six weeks and x was unable to meet them on account of my duties along the line. I tried hard, to postpone some of these arrangements so as to return from here, but I found that it only led me into difficulties, and JL have it up. Everything down at this end looks prosperous to us, and all Dolorado has got to do now is to stand firm, like yon and i have stood for a great many years, and she will win -the great battle. Vei-y tiaily yours. G. M. Dodge. ■ Mch. 1888. Trainii'ast, Mch. 27, 1888. Mr C. P. Meek, General Manager, Denver, Oolo. Dear Sir:- I discover a dispotition, especially on the South end, to branch off and make expenses before there is any necessity. This is apparent in talking with the different he^ds of depart ments. Pev/lin seems to think that all he hag to do is to employ men. If find it is more difficult to get "dates" for his seven men than I used to when he was by himself. He has now seven men in his employ, and he has les: business than he had when he had only one, and ho still thinks he has got to have more. Mow, you do not want to listen to any of these thircgs. If you are going to get any service out of him you have got to hold him right down. And you must also advise him that Mr. Jones is the (Japtain; that the cause of all the expenditures, so far as the h'ort worth & Denver is concerned, is got to come right under the suprvision of Mr. Jones. And as l have said to you privately, 1 v;ant to say nowj you must consult Mr. Jones in all your arrangements, especially in any increase of expenditures , lou take Hewlin's office today; he has two travelling passenger agents. I do not know whether they are chargeable to hirr: or not; at-any rate, there is no necessitj'' for them at Fort north. He has now four clerks, a shorthand re porter and car recorder, and the business he has to do this month is much less than he h'^d to do a year ago. I know Hewlin will say he is preparing for business to come; but it is better to take care of that when it comes than to pay wages a month or two in ad vance. He has had nothing to do with the work of the organization; and whilst you people in Denver worl: from day-light to mid-ni.^ht, their work hardly extends over ten hours per day . 1 think that you havo got to look around for a strong traffic man, and when you get your rain' made up you want to consult Mr. donds and myself about it. I think Newlin is a very useful man under a strong control, but he needs good advise dally. Yours very truly, G» M. Dodge, President. I' ^^7T 119: April, 1888. WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD CO., Freight Department Joseph M. Brown, General Freight Agent, J. L. Dickey, Asst. General Freight Agent. Atlanta, Ga., April 6, 1888. Gen. G. M. Dodge, New York, N. Y. (No. 1 Broadway) Dear Sir: "The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia." In your favor of Feby. 7th you say; "I notice on page 31 a full page illustration of "Jackson's brigade of Confederates assaulting the greater part of Sweeny's division under General Corse." No doubt you wiH welcome any suggestion that will tend to increase the historical accuracy of your future editions and, as a matter of fact, Gen. Corse had no connection with my corps (the 16th), of which Sweeny's division formed a part, at the time of this battle. It was some months latey and after the Battle of Atlanta, that Gen. Corse succeeded Gen. Sweeny in command of the 2nd Division of my corps." I answered you shortly after receipt of the above that Gen, Corse had informed me in conversation that he was in charge of affairs on the Federal side at the battle of Lay's Ferry. I have quite a mass of papers, which include copies of orders, reports, correspondence, etc., pertaining to the Atlanta Campaign which I got from the *ar Records office oast summer. I have not had time until to-day to look through these with the purpose of sending you copies of some papers referring to the Lay's Ferry affair. I send you copies of the above signed by Cen. Corse, from which you will see opposite the pencil crossmarks the statements that would in dicate that Gen. Corse was in charge of the Federal affaris at that point. Cf course, I readily appreciate that in so great a number of encounters-at-arms and other military operations which ensued over twenty years ago, one would be apt to get somewhat mixed in his memory, and I think you will agree with me that these reports seem to justify the title which was placed by me under the picture referred to. I hope you will be down here sometime, and we shall be glad to take you over the W. & A. in a much pleasanter as well as more ex peditious manner than was your journey in the spring and summer of 1864. With my kindest regards, believe me. Yours very truly, Joseph M. Brown, G F & P A Washington Building. No.l B'way, N.Y. April 11, 1888 Dear General: I enclose my check, for Twenty dollars for the Grant Birthday Dinner. The regular U. P. Stockholders' meeting occurs in Boston about that time, andit is possi ble that this may prevent my attending. Ishall make a great eflort to be there, however, and I want a place reserved for me. I will ask you to attend to this for me, andif my absence cannot be avoided I will have the pleasure of know ing that the money is expended in a good cause. . Very truly yours, G . U. Dodge. Gen. Wm. T. Shei-man, Chairman. ' ii\r' ■v: ■ 123 Nev/ York City, April 13th, 1888 A. E. Bateman, Esq., 11 Wall Street, City. Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry of this date for information in ragard to the Denver, Texas & Ft. fl^orth R. R., the middle division os "The Pan Handle Route," Denver to Ft. Worth, I desire to say, that it consists of 250 miles of main line and branches as follows: Pueblo to Trinidad 90 miles, made up by laying a third rail along the road of the Denver & Rio Grande R.E; Co.; From Trinidad to the Texas State Line 137 miles, and the followin g branches; Long's Canon branch 16 miles, Walsenburg branch 7 miles. On this mileage it is proposed to issue 11:4,400,000 First Mort gage, 5 per cent, 40 year, gold bonds,'coupons payable semiannually in months of May November, $1,000,000 if which are applicable to the third rail and equipment from Pueblo to Trinidad, •^200,000 to the purchase of valuable terminals in Pueblo and Trinidad, and the balance to miain line and branches as above. In regard to the earnings of the property, it is im possible to give definite statement at present, of the whole line-, as the road has just been opened for business; but the future prospects for earning on this road are remarkably good, as it opens'up and connects for business two very productive portions of territory, each of which desires the products and comn.odities of the other, and of which both supply and demand are practically unlimited. I refer particularly to the coal and ores of Colorado and the Territories of the North-west, which will be carried south and exchanged for the valuable lumber, cattle, and fruits of the South-west; the transportation of which must necessarially bring in a very handsome revenue. The passenger and tourist business of the road going South in winter and North in sutmi.er, will also be very large and will produce a handsome revenue. Our reports from the terminis of the road show that already the through business, both freight and passenger, is very promising, and it must necessarially grow with tiie country. The through business to all tide-water points. New York, Boston and all points South, to the State of Colorado and Territories of Utah, Wyoming, Montana and New ^exico, must hereafter take this route as it is 1300 miles of rail against 3000; and we see the effect of theis now by Ihe business leaving New York by steamer to all Interior points west of Missouri, an entirely new routing of this business. For that portion of the road v/here the third rail is used, and of which l/2 comes to us through our partnership, we can base our estimate of earnings somewhat upon what they have been heretofore, and they have been as high as |7,000 to $8,000 per Diile per year. - The road runs to nearly all the valuable coal mines south of Denver and east of the main range, such as those of Walsenburg, Trinidad, Engleville and up the Purgatoire and Long's canon. From one of these mines last year the freight on coal and coke was $825,000. We enter immediately into all of ti^.ese mines and take l/2 the revenue. Besides the mines named three very important ones have been opened on our line since we started, one by the 0. C. & I., one by the C. B. & Q. interests, and one known as the Thompson mine. These companies estimate the out-put of coal and coke for 1888 to be double that of 1887. The country of southern Colorado and north-eastern hew hexico, through which the line runs, has just been opened for developments, and is rapidly filling up. It is well adapted to agriculture and grazing, fairly well watered north of the Raton Range. South of the Eaton, along the tributaries of the Giniarron, is a remarkably fine agricultural country. Our general manager, kr. keek, estimates the earnings upon this line at $5000 per miile per year fromi its coal, ores, coke and domestic products. The $4,400,000 bonds above r-eferred to, can be sold and delivered in block, and you are unauthorized to offer themi within the next 30 days, is not sold before that time, at a price not less than 85 and interest. In addition to the foregoing," I might give youtheFixed charges per mile $1000. Estimiated gross receipts per miile- •#>5000. Estimated gross expenses " " 3000. Estim.ated net receipts per mdle 2000. Trusting that this infoi-mation is what you desire, and holding myself ready to furnish anythin additional, I am. Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge, President. • rijkA- , April, 1888. WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD CO., Freight Department Joseph M. Brown, A General Freight Agent. J. L. Dickey, Asst. General Freight Agent. Atlanta.',; Ga., Aoril 13, 1888. General "G. M. Dodge, New York, N. Y. Dear Sir: I have your favor of April 9th, and think you have clearly misapprehended the meaning intended to be conveyed in my previous letter. I will now state that General Corse was down here in August 1886, and spent a week with me. We went to Kennesaw, Aliatoona, Lay's Ferry, Missionary Ridge, General Corse told me in conversation that he was on Gen. Sherman's staff during the time of the Atlanta Campaign up to the period the army reached Atlanta, and that during the siege he was put in command of the division formerly commanded by Gen. Sweeney. At Lay's Ferry he told me that he was in charge of the troops which made the movement against that point. He stated that he was sent down by Gen. Sherman to conduct the operations there. He went across the river with me to the top of a ridge on its west bank and said to me: "Here is where I had my batteries." I asked him how many guns he had. He replied, "I haa sixteen guns." I asked him about the infantry and cavalry forces. He gave me the numbers, using in each case the personal pro noun , " I." All of his conversation was clear and explicit to the effect that he was in charge of the troops making the movement. One of the papers which I sent you in my last letter was a copy of one signed by Gen. Corse in which he refers to the movement about Lay's Ferry, and also to a body of cavalry which "I" (he) sent down to Rome. I therefore thought that my meaning was perfectly clear when I remarked that a man's memory sometimes became indistinct as to details details after twenty odd years, and stated that the official documents were the best evidence of some details. The point of course intended to be conveyed was not any doubt as to the fact that you commanded the corps; not any doubt as to the fact that Gen. Corse did not assume command of Sweeny's division until after its arrival before ^i-tlanta; but that in the hurly-burly of the time, and the after memory of it you may not have impressed upon your mind the fact that Gen. Corse that day was in charge of the. troops making an important movement. . I believe this is about as clear as I can make it. Yours very truly, Joseph M. Brown, ■ G #• f A 't 127,1 New York City, April 21, 1888 C . F . Keek, G . M ., . Dear Sir: There is no end to the fights we have got on our hands on rates. All our U. P. Stockholders, have notified me that they are against me and Mr. Dillon is in here raising the Devil because, he says we have injured what he owns in the U. P. $1,000,000. This all comes from Kimball. And this is why I wired and wrote you some tinie ago that it was necessary to see Kin,ball. He must be shown wherein his interests lie in distributing fr'om Denver instead of taking low rates on a long haul. I want you to see him and get in alliance v.dth him, or, if you cannot, let me know Why. Mr. Kimball's positinn is not tenable. I know that; but as.long as he is the representative of the U. P., and the directors and stockholders of the U. P. own nearly 1/4 of our road it is necessary to meet the question. Mr. Dillon, our President wont serve any longer in the Company on account of the cut rates. Of course it is the pressure of all the roads combined and I will meet it right here, and fight it out. But I want comiparisons of rates and reasons for giving them. They comie to me with all kinds of statem,ents. Twelve cents on a hundred pounds offreight fromi New York to Denver is v2.40 on a ton, which people here think is a pretty strong discrimination. That amiounts to $48.00 a car. They claim that on their proposition, and on our classification, it is.20 cts. as you claim, I want detailed statements of these things so that I can mici t these questions in detail, and I want a card made up for m.e on former and on present rates, ano on classifications, showing what the diffor-ence is. Also, what it gives us over our line per ton per n,ile on our rates. They positively deny here every position you take as to paying rates. Yours truly, G. W. Dodge. 129 April 21, 18B8, Charles Prai cis Adams, Pre::*t., U.P.R.R.Co., Boston, Mass. 1888. Dear Sir:- 'Ir-. Dillon v/as in to see me and showed me a letter you wrot to him about ou rates out of Denver. I shall be in Boston on the 24th, and I can take that matter up with- you. It seems to me that the positioi. of the question has not chanced since we proposed to build our road to get a sh rt cheap route from tide-water to Denver which the U. P. could use and distribute from Denver east and west, using our r-tcs and getting your locals, instead of hauling from i^'ev/ York to points on your line, and taking a through-rate proportion of it. Now is it good railroading for the U. to cut all its rates from Omaha West for the uurpore of protecting the-small amount of through business going from New York into Denver. So far as my experience goes it is a very small amount, only a few cars per day. It s(-ems to me wha t'lcy should do is to maintain their local rates and let this tiirou h business (which ve-are legitimately entitled to on the short-line and water route and the law rate for which we can carry it) go over our line at a good paying rate, :->nd then let the U. P. take it at Denver and run a hundred or more miles cast getting as much for doing that as they would for hauling it from Omaha to the sane point. . Mr. Kiraball ■:ays that your business into Denver is C3>000,000 and that our hate v/ill take ^1,000,000 away from you. I say that if he will abandon t e desire to keep this through business and take it and distribute from Denver, instead of losing a million he can add a million on the same amount of business; because you certainly can, using a short line to tide-water, get a much greater rate from all points in the interior than you now get in hauling it to tide water points by the lon^- rail route. I would like for Mr. Kimball to suggrst what we shall char^-e per ton per mile on 1300 miiles, ( the longes rail we have from the" water to Denver) to protect the late that is all rail from New York to Denver. I ill have with me when I get to Boston, what we receive per ton per mile for all our through business, and I will be perfectly willing then to leave it to you whether we would be justified in adding to it to proteci, the all rail routes to New York. It was the distinct understanding between Mr. Potter and mv- self Vat he would handle the business of the U. P. from Denver as"" the distributing point, using our short line and low rates to enable him to get - larger sum per ton per mile than he was getting by distributing by so long a rail-route to the East. Our rates and our distri— oution were fixed last December. Mr. Potter was consulted in relat on to them and he offired no objection. There is one jtoint whore I can see that these rates might haj?® the U. P. but that is beycnd our control. Pittsburg and Cincinnati are using the cut rates to New Orleans, and then using our rate thence to Denver, claiming the right to make the same rate into Hew Orleans that St Louis does, claiming to be about the sane distance.. This of course would take some business out of that country which would naturally go by way of t;.r U.P.; but that is not a cut of ours, and was a question that was raised before wc opened our road. In the meetin- at Galveston we,tried to protect that as much as we could by making the differentials between Galveston New Orleans the same as the Texas Association and agreeing;; that the same rate should be made from New Orleans as from Chicago and from Galveston as from St Louis. « Now what Mr. Kimball should do is to immediately enter into an alliance with us, take the benefit of our water and short rail route Denver and use it all over the U. P. instead of trying to de feat it by pro-rating or by lowering his rates and using the 'all rail lines from I'e.v .York to Denver. In tlkat way he can get the benefit of the entire difference that the water makes in the rates. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. ■ h/Jr'J V:'-' <■ . X April 26, 1888. Morgan Jones, c, o C. P. Meek, Denver, Colo. New York. April ^"6, 1888 Dear 8ir:- I spent two days in Morton and had an interview with the Union Pacifio people. They are all agreed here as to their true policy and that is to put up their r- tes-,go into an alliance with us and use our road for their thrcu:;h business totide-water. Eut they do not feel lil:e taking the action in the East, and want Kimball to move in it. The anumerts in favor of this are so many and so strong that they were unable to usCcessfully resist' them. * Then I went to see -r. Strongtronf" of the Santa Fe, and he.met m me by telling me that I had struck hisroad t-.e hardest blow it had ever received since he had been at the head of it. I sat down and reasoned witli him, showed him my rates and told him what my agreements with him. were before I went into this. I also showed him that if he would take the same course that the U. P. would, and put up the gates at Chicago and the Misscuri River and let me do his business from tide-water, he could make more money out of it than he does now. In the '-nd he was 'onvinced that the. e was something in this and ielegi?a§tted out to his people to hold still and go no furt. er until he could get out there and see them. It seems to me tE^at we could make an ari^anger-icnt with the Santa Fe people to haul all their freight out of Texas over our line, so as to protect their locals--hauling it for a certain per cent per ton per mile and letting them get their full rates or. it, delivering it to them at Trinidad or Pueblo. I am opposed to any fight, just as you are, and the course we ave taken by not nneeting their rates and cutting under them has mollified them a"good deal. But unless they come to some agreement with us I am in favor of meeting their rate. You know I told Meek when I was there trat his time was en tirely too last. I think he should bring his tim.e down so he can make IS a mistake to advertise a faster time than you can mal'e. Yours truly, C. M, Dodge, 133 New York City, April 30th, 1888 G. F-. Keek, Esq., General Manager, Denver, Colo. Dear Sir: I never had the time to take into consideration as I ought to have done the rates that you originally made out of New York. Ky own e:xperience in these matters would have told me that you could not get any more by cutting the rates 25^^ than you could by cutting them live. They should only have been cut just sufficient to protect our interior Texas rates, and this gives us something to drop on as they met them. The very day that the all-rail lines came in heie and gave the four cents difference, they got all the business that was not before that time routed by us. Of course, you may have ideas about these matter that somebody out in that country is going to act upon sentin.ent, but I want ot say to you very plainly, that they are aJ.l going to a ct from pocket; and thei-e is no question now but. that we ought to go into anything that will give us business, rather'than.to pose as the friend of any countrythat wont stand by us even a week. After the rate was cut I think it was a mistake, after you had taken your ground, to have Sanderson meet it until you could have made a cdeal with these other comioanies, because, bringing your water rate to the same rate as all-rail wont give you the business. There is a strong sentiment in this country, especially during the hot months, against sending anything through New Orleans; and all these roads from Denver in here have strong combinations. I went to see one or two m.erchants here who had orders from their con signees in Denver, and who said that they would not send their business by us even if ordered to do so; that they would rather lose the trade than to do it, on accountof their long and old relations with tht other companies. Take Arbuckle, for instance, with his Coffee business, which is very large out of here to Denver, he wont send a car by us if he can help it. You have got to appeal to that country individually, that is, men have got to go and see every merchant there; arti , from what I see here, they promise our men fair things and give their business to someboay else. I write this becauoe we want to be careful hereafter. I don't see where we are in any better position this moment than we were before we opened, so far as getting business is concerned. We could have opened on their full rates and taken as mucli business out of hei-e as wo do to-day on the cut rate. The amount of influence that the Iviorgan Line ana The Texas & Pacific has here certainly ought to give us the few c ars that we get. There are about sixty (GO) cars per day of Tide water stuff going from New York to Colorado, Wyoming, etc., and we don't get one-tenth of it. Even on our cut rate I find that the all-rail routes took more buisness out. of here be fore they lowered than we did. Very truly yours, G, M. Dodge, President. ... ''i' 135^; iv;ay, 1888 Washington,Building, No.l Broadway, New York. New York, May 3rd, 1888. My dear Mr. Byers: I have been absent for some time, and bavennot yet had an opportunity to look over,fully, your "Iowa in ^'ar Times." I have, however, read what you have said of me personally, and wish to thank you for the very complimentary terms in which you speak of me, and my acts during the war. I fear you have overdrawn the credit to which I am entitled, but it is a very great satisfaction to know that one who has looked into the records, so thoroughly as I know you have, feels that way towards me. I wish a 'copy of the book sent .to my brother N. P. Bodge, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; a copy to my sister, Mrs. J. T. Beard, Mapleton," Iowa; a copy to - Mrs. Abner C. Goodell, Salem, Mass, and a copy to Miss Betsy Dodge, Rowley, Mass., placing in each book sent one of the enclosed cards. Bend bill to me and oblige. Yours very truly. d. M. Bo dge. Hon. S. H. M. Byers, Oskaloosa, la. i r' .. .1 . , ; < ■ P'V' 3-br la? Hi;I May, 1888 Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 8th, 1888 G. M, ^odge, Ssq., New York. Dear General: As wired in answer to your inquiry, a final dividend of 10^ is now paid to the stock-holders of the Pacific Nat. Bank. Pour dividends will go through the hands of your brother Nathan, so he told me to credit him with that amount. I regret it did not come out better, but I tried my best. Not looking over the papers relating to private dividends, after I made an error in believing it would pay par; thinking last dividend was 20^ but it was 15^ only. Then I found in fianl examination, that you, in shares in name of A. W. Street, yourself and Mrs. Bodge, you did not receive yoin? full amount of last dividend of $1125. Such occured for reason of having sent you draft of $2000 and $1000 .and neither dividing receipt from you and Mrs. Bodge nor check in my hands, it remained unpaid. But you have to have it now. Again, the notes of Mr. Baldwin and H. Henry, Bsq., remain unpfild, as I tolk you when the mining stock referred to is C. S, for 440 shares at ^plOO, in the Clipper Silver Mining Co. Utah ty., signed by S, T. •^mith, B. C. and B. F. Jones Sec. and Ireas. 'If you and the other stock-holders want it, I will forward it to you. I may add that head-quarters of said Mining Co. was at Kansas City, Mo. I have remitted dividend to F. L. Ames, Boston, Mass., Mr. Dillon and Oilman, Sons & Co., New York. Yours, I credit as above mentioned, to-morrow, and cancel C. Ss. and am waiting for rest to send G. Ss. for cancellation. These are heirs of Coolbaugh and Fuller trustees, lately appointed Chief Justice of the U. S, Supreme Court. When all is done, I shall be glad. Truly yours, John Beresheim. i OQ ' C * Washington Building No.l B'way, K. Y. rif;ay 8, 1888 Charles Francis Adan.s, Brest., Dear Sir; Boston, I/aso. I enclose you my I'eport for 1868, and in it you will find the original map, made by Van Lennep, of the coal measures around the month of the Medicine Bow and near Carbon. I liave marked on pp. 80, 81, 82, 83 and 84 the report of Van Lennep on each out crop as shown on the map. I would like to have a copy of the map made, because I wish to place it in my re cords. There is a copy ofit in the U. P. By. office some where. From it you can get a prenty good idea of the coal and where and how it lays. It secnis to me that these coal outcroppings should be thoroughly studied. Van Lennep has* probably given them more attention than anyone else, and his report will be a good guide, for hdspent a month right in this neighborhood Yours truly. G. M . Dodge. May 9th,1888. Gen'l G.M.Dodge, No I Broadway, N.Y, Dear Sir: 141 ' Trinidad,Colorado, May 9, 1888. I have this day exp.ressed to you aaps, profiles and approximate estimates of the Purgatoire extension, Apishapa Line and Little Chicaso Canon. Referring to the Purgatoire line from the Thompson mine to La Junta I would suggest that the Santa Fe people (Mr. Robinson) be interviewed with a view of building but one line. I have it from reliable authority that the S.F. are developing some fine coal above La Junta between there and Stonewall and have fully decided to build to it this season.They have ^ already taken up the Costilla Pass with a view of going over the range. If Mr.Robinson will arrange with you for trackage from Trinidad to La Junta, and you can build this extension for bonds, ^ would not hesitate to recommend it.Local business is fair and the C.C.& I. might be induced t o furnish the steel. In connection with this, there is a Park organization here that contemplate extended improvements on this property just west of Stonewall. They propose to give you a third interest if you build up there this season. Digressing slightly there is another organization here who propose the erection of rolling mills at this place. They were looking over the ground yesterday, and I understand they partially decided on the lands north of the Santa Fe, Just east of cement works. With this situation would it not be well to put in our crossing of the Santa Fe and extend out line around to the point of the hill where our Pueblo location turns to the north. We could then switch out of this track almost any place to reach the mills in good shape. Trinidad and Las Vegas people are now warmly agitating the building of the Canon line of to Las Vegas. "Smelter" is strongly talked here and the Rolling mill people are looking to Elizabethtown near the Las Vegas line for their iron ore. I have suggested a local Co. to grade bridge and tie, and then the Pan Handle may put on the steel and operate. I am yours truly, .• ■ I i :"' N.R.Gibson. s'. i. ' im) .ill . • 1 US . ' . I.f; : Ww'fi ■ \.4 i / . I . . ■ V f. \ ti i. ''4 ' ' ' " I '' (yC ''j It ■ » > , " y ■ ^ 'i. ! • i ■ . . I ll'nv tu. , 1 I • -'y :, ' .■■i'/io, '4*' •i ":1 -. ' 4. ■ J . f ■ ' <' I si •'< ■ . ^4; .l -j ' ■> V ' „ ,S I ■ <1 ; . , s ■ '.4w. W'i , ,,y) ' V ' ■ . • . ). , j' ;} I '« ; . t . " i V ■ 7 !i»i' n ' 4 .•■ n 143: May 9, 1688 r^orcan Jones, Esq., President, New York. May 9, 1888 Ft. worth, Te'xas. Dear Sir:- I received yorir letter today and inm ediately wired you to see Meek and tai:e up the matter you write about, and not to hesitate. I met Mr. Pullman todaj', and he said he had ..heard very favora ble reports of iMeek from the railroad men who met him in the meetings, and from all the traffic men; and he also said that we were doing as much sleeper business as ony other road of our class, which was much more favorable then he had expected--but, from your letter, I should judge that we were not doing much. I have been writing f.Tcek fully daily, and I enclose a copj?' of one letter written some time ago. I have got tiiir.gs in good shape here. Have got the U. P. in with us, and the A. P. & 8. F friendly, and all the lines, ar.d kep them from jumping on us; and I think week'., success with Kimball will be very beneficial to us. I am sorry about McCormic; I was in hopes he would turn out well; Sanderson has done so poorly and made so many mistakes. Both of them are very important men and we mu st replace them immediately if they are not competent to take care of Our matters, or as soon as we can find somebody to replace them with. Mr. Dillon has concluded to hold on to tlie Presidency, after getting other natters settled. I think it is better, prob-bly, for him to do so for a tine, and we .ill put you in as second vice-presi dent, which will give you authority over the whole line. V/hat do you think of making a committee of Evans, yourself and Meek to control the entire policy of the operatir^g and traffic, departments and the expenditm es on completed road, that is, the regular routine expenditures of course, any new construction would have to come here. The Company has already sent Meek a letter that he shall malie no expenditure of construction, or anything outside of the routine bu.-iness, to exceed ylOOO, unless an ^'stimate is first sent here ai^.d the reasons "^iven therefore. But in dict.ating the general policy of the road it needs piopl® rlgtit tbtCre on the line; it is too far for me, to understand matters as you do, and with you holding the authority of second vicepresident and watchin- the operations. Meek would cor suit with vou an the time. Then, you three together could discuss and conclude or any thing that cme up that needed action outside of what was required by you and Meek. This would give us a chek on the whole lire of road and we could keep posted on what was going on all the time. I notice that for th first three wc:e):s of April the earnin"-s of the F. W. & D^C. are .,50,701.35, an increase of 9,^14.62, and that wo carried ,9,897.08 less construction material this year than in these three weeks l.ast y ar, which makes a total increase on commercial 144-. ' business for the three weeks of vl9»411,68. This is avcry fair showing for an off month--the uestion is, how will it affect tV;e net? Let me hear from you on these questions imir.ediately, because as soon as Granger returns we will have the hoard together and on the committee I will want to act, if you approve it, and wire any suggestions that you may have to maJre. Very truly yours, G. M Dodge. <> " M- 145; ■ Hew York City, 9th, 1888 0 . F. Meek, G M - , Dear Sir: I have been meeting a good many of the R. R. people here, Mr, Pullman, Gov. Brown, and others, and I am very glad to hear them bive you credit, as they do, for the judicious way in which you handled matters in the pools. They all speak highly of it. But thei*e are other things there that seem to me to need looking after, quickly and sharply. One of these is our passenger business. We must be at gi-eat expense, and we do not seem to be accomplishing much. Our trains are too fast. All the people-say so who are conversant with the subject, We are nevei' on time, and that must be ,you know, very demor alizing. You want to get your time schedules down to what you can n,ake . It is reliable railroading that tells. Then again, I hear a great deal of criticism of McGormicks way of handling matters, and of its being expensive. You must let Jones take hold of these things and help you out until you can get a person who can attend the pools. I know you think Jones is slow and tl^a t he does not appreciate things, but you will find, as they pan out, that his ideas are as a general thing pretty good, and he can be of great help to you. People here who have our securities, rely upon him more than upon any other man, they have known him so well and so long; and I know that he feels nervous over- the way the operat ing department is handled. He says we are throwing away a great deal of money on our passenger agents. As you understand we have got to show net earnings on the south part of this road or we cannot stand up in the fight. April comes in only ^65,000. a nionth, and that with all the added mileage over last year together with all the through freight over it. It shows we have carried freight very low," because if we have averaged 15 cars a day of through freight over the line, the through freight alone should have earned us more than half of this. The reports we get of the business being done is very satisfactory, but when the report of the proceeds that it brings us comes in, it is very unsatisfactory. I speak of these things very plainly because I know that now is the crisis in our work, and not with any disposi tion to criticise, but rather to help you along in it. I want you to take it up in the same spirit I send this, and criti cise anyti:ing I say to you. I get it from what I learn from people unconnected with the road, but who are watching it very thoroughly. m Pulirrian says we are getting a fair average of passenger business, which is veiy gratifying, but he thinks wt have entirely too fast a scedule for a new road. You know it is very costly keeping up a road bed on fast trains. I notice that in the new advertisement of rates by Chairman Etch that he does not allow the N. Y. differentials, as between Chicago and K. Y. and N. Orleans and N. Y. I thought in the agreements, when we stipulated to put up our rates, or m.ade our commodity rates as stated in your letter, that they would allow the difierentials between v.'ater route, and all rail. That is what Newman wired. Is ti.at in accordance with the agreement you made at St- Louis, and does it protect us? .1 Yours truly, ' G. M. Dodge . . m. . 147 May lOth 1888. Trinidad,Colorado, May loth 1888. Gen'l. G^M.Dpd^e, Presdt.C.& T. Con. Co. Dear Sir: I have this evening yours of 7th in relation to ties and timber and final settlement with DeRemer. In reply I can only, say that the whole mat ter is in fair condition for favorable settlememt, but it takes more time and labor thaA I ever supposed it would. To get everything correctly I am obliged to count all the ties laid in track and those not yet in but distibuted, and inspect and measure up much timber that went in structure that were changed from the original plans and bills toward the last of the track laying when the track was pushing the bridging and could not wait, and ma terial that we have since used in completing bridges not yet quite finished and filling orders form Hagen, etd.,etc.. In the business I have had serious ^ difficulties to settle. Mr DeRemer said at onoe when I stated your propos ition to take all balance of material for bonds, that if we could give him money enough to pay his bills and settle with his subs for these ties,he would take the balance in bonds .He could ni)t get these ties without the mon- ' ey. The subs would have levied on them at once. I did not have the money to give him. The D.5- R.G. wanted 4o,ooo ties badly, we had 5 cents royalty in i them and I had to look out for this.The D.& R.G. were approached, but would not give more than 4o cents. The royalty would leave DeRemer but 35 cents. This he said he could not take in bonds,hence I was obliged to let him sell them, the 4o,ooo to the D.&.R.G., and I hold him for the stumpage. The D.&R.G t getting 'these ties now and until they get through my difficulties in getting at final and total quantities are only increased. I will not leave the matter until it is satisfactory and accurate to the last cent. We will have but little timber and lumber on hand when we get I 148 ' 1 through with branch lines we have decided to build, and as I figure it we shall have but about 32,ooo ties left, all of which Mr. Grover wants, and ^ Mr. Meek says the Co. will give 4o cts. for. I must have time to settle this business and bring it all out straight without suits or other difficulties. Thompson is grading and bridging the Grays ^''reek line for bonds, but wants them promptly that he may borrow money on them if he has to. I sold him five of our poorest mules at |I5o each and what wagons I could spare. Of course I take this in grading but make a good trade and it saves that much money. He did the side track grading in the yards here and I had intended to have him do the Chicosa Canon work, also for bonds and expect to sell him the balande of our mules and wagons. '^he grading here to the mills is needed in a'hurry and as there is like ly to be trouble or delay on right of way matters on Grays Creek may bring 3)hompson in here to do this vwrki l am ^using the C.C.& I. people to secure the right of way through Wiles on Qrays Creek, and expect to have so^ some difficulties. We may have to use considerable money, I can't tell Just yet, but think it will take jpSooo or ^4ooo to settle right of way and I have the cheapest right of way line too. i do not feel disposed to give the Chiposa work to Bradbury.He moved in the side stales on the long high bank this side of '^layton without asking Penin and when he discovered it our dnly defense was a deduction in quanti ties which was made. The same think was done in two places on his Pueblo work, which Waddell did not seem to know anythin about, as he never reported it, and Shields only discovered it 'some two or three weeks ago. I discharged Waddell 1st March for his errors and negligence, and should have done so long ago. Bradbury personally may not be at fauly but this occurred on work that was not sublet but done by himself and I have no body else to find ^ fault with but him as principal. If I can find men that ^ give satisfaction I'd rather give them prefer - ence over those who do not. Of course this is private. I have no desire to 149 ■ Bay anything to displease Bradbury, but the Cos. Interest is with me parakmoiiiit to all others. Mr.Dorsey was here today and \anfortunately I failed to meet him.He came in last night hut did not let me know he was here until noon. I was then with Meek and Smith who came in at noon to settle the depot matters and when I got through I sent Swiggett out to h\mt him up. He found him at the hotel apparently much displeased because I had not been up to see him, and got no satisfaction as to when I could see him or where. I went up to the hotel immediately but could not find him. I learned he was going away on the eve ning train, and I went to the S.&.F. depot, but the train was behind time and as Dorsey was not there, I had to go to the round house with Grover, so he got off without my meeting him. Since 1 have let off so much of my help I am very much pressed with work, but will write you as often as possible and endeavor to keep you fully posted. I am yours truly. N'.R. Gibson. 'OV. ' 151 ^'ay, 1888. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dictated . Washijigton D. C. Vay 13th, 1888. Genl. G. . Dodge, 1 Proadwty, N. Y. City. Vy dear General: Since writing you on Friday matters have developed which change our plans about coming to New York. I want to suggest a few points to you for your consideration. We have just learned that Judge Gresham spent two weeks in Ncw York last summer stoppiiig at the Filth Avenue Hotel, sitting at f. r. Platt's table, and we have some reason to believe that their relations are quite friendly. Is there not danger that a combine may be formed between Gresham and Phelps, the latter for Vice President and that Hr. Platt may fall in with this progranmie? This should be looked into at once and we have no one capable of handling it but yourself. Froiii all that we gather about New York it looks to me as though the Stalwarts and Sherman ii.en were massing their forces be hind Depew simply to get to Nap Gin. and this should hcve attention. I hope you can find ti.i.e for an early and thorough consultation with ^■r, Platt. 7/e sr.ould h. ve him with us thoroughly and s on enough to prevent a dangerous combination against us. In haste., Sincerely yours, D. B. Henderson. 153 Approximate estimate of line from Rolling Mills to Ehicesa Canon Cleaning 5o acres Earth 76£56 o yds. loose Rock 44367 " " Solid " 26390 " " Bridging Io27ooft Piling 5780 Ties E2ooo Steel 652 tons Spikes per mile Bolts " " An^e bars " Track laying 8 miles Rigiit of way 5o acres Engineering and contingincies 76256 c yds, 44367 " " 26390 " " Io27ooft 5780 22000 652 tons 8 miles. |5o .00 I5c 50C I.IO 35 .00 65c 45c 5o .00 5oo .00 5oo .00 42o .00 425.00 5o .00 $18194.45 4/I0 per mile. Total 25oo.00 11438.40 2<:iI83 .5o 29o9o .00 3594.50 3757.00 99oo .00 32600.00 4ooo .00 4000.00 3360 .00 3400.00 25oo.00 13232.24 155 Kay, 1888 5th Ave. Hotel, New York, Kay 14, 1888. General M, Nodge, No. 1 Broadway. Dear General: The receipt this morning of the Annual Report of the proceedings of the Society Army of the 'i'ennessee at Detroit, Sept. 14 & 15, 1887, remind me that our next meeting will be at Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 15 & 16, 1888, and that it is made my duty to name two "Kembers" to read at that meeting papers of interest and value for future historic reference. After scanning the list of living members, with a full knowledge of what has gone before, I have settled on you and Surgeon Hartshow of Cincinnati. You can choose your own subject and what I add is mere suggestion. The Civil War which we shared was only a link in the great chain of our National Development. Important events preceded that war which have fairly crystallized into History. The World did not stop but went on and you were directly an agent in the conse quences. The Pacific States had to be brought into close harmony with the older eastern communities and you did much to build up the Union and Central Pacific Railroad, the pioneers, followed by four other Trans-Continental Dines, now in full operation. Onthis subject you can say much that will have "Historic interest." I ask you to do this, and it will be printed and perused by thousands in the Great Future, who cannot hear it read, but who will be edified long after you and I are gone. Simply write me that you will be at Toledo, Sept. 15, and I will assure you of all else. As ever your friend, W. T. Sherman. m ■ New York City, May 16th, 1888 Marshall M. Cilliarri, Esq. - Richniond, Virginia. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of May 14th. As you under stand, we have got our' tracks together and ai'e running our road, and it is doing fairly well. , "Ve are at work now on our build ings and cleaning up, but we have so large an application fashort spurs to coal mines and other industries in that country which it is in.plrtant for us to build, that, it is delaying us in making a final closing of our work. Our negotiation in' Euro e seems to hang there, but there are other people '.vho are now bidding for our bonds but they want'them too cheap. Ti.e great trouble hos been, that the six per cent bond on the southe end ol the road, which has paid its interest thirteen times out of the earnings, has hung here between 80 and 90 when it ought to be selling at 110. It is by far the cheapest bond on this market, but it is a case where bonds were turned over to a syndi.cate and they poured them out on the "street" in New York instead of selling them to in vestors. They are being rapidly picked up by people who' know about the property, and when they get up where they belong our five per cents will stand a much better show for sale. I could distribute a portion of the five per cent s now, but a large n.ajorfty of the stock-holders in the Construction Companyare desirous for me to hold hteni in The Trust Company, as they think that with the demand for bonds we can sell them in a body in Europe, or some piace, and not have them slopped over on this market. Of course, if I distribute tliOm some people would sell, and, if tliere was no market for them, there is no telling what they would sell for . As to what we shall distribute, my idea is that , as near as I can teLl--you know it is almost impossible to tell exactly what can be done before you clean up so large a work-- we will have about 125^ in bonds and 125^ in stock to distri bute upon the amount paid in. Of course, I don't want to be held to this, but that is as near as I can tell now. I cant authorize this until I get a final completed road. I suppose it will take me 90 days longer to get my shops up and my spurs in that we are building. Then as soon as theyare done and the Company accepts the road from me, .-.hich no doubt they will do the moment I ami ready, it will be tiriie, ii the bonds are not sold, for the stock-holders to decide 'whether I shall distri bute themi or hold them, any longer. I am pushing the work out there just as fast as I can economically. I have discharged all my forces, excepting just what are needed to tend to the contractors now on the line There is no necessity of pushing the work, as I did the track, beyond the economical point. The earnings on the line up to date have been very satisfactory. I suppose our earnings on the through line for the month of April will be about v150,0vJ0, which is beyond what we expected. Very truly yours, G. N'. Dodge, President. ^ Jit* t I ^ ; ■ V" •. ■ May, 1888. Dear Comrade: 159 Leavenworth, Kansas, May 27, 1888, I am in Kansas and I am in a bad fix and I want you to help me. I helped you in '64 when you got a scalp wound in Go .E. 7th Iowa Inft. I got shot very bad when I tried to carry you out of the pits. Colonel Passett(?) says you would help me for it was trying to save you that I got crippled. I have got a big family. Use your influence to get me work for the government. I cant get no pension for I cant find no person that belonged to my company. Colonel Passett is all that I can find that knows me. I think that if you can remember when you got shot in the top of the head you could remember me. You fell in my arms. You are a good soldier and you wont refuse me this. From your comrade, Randolph K. Waters . First Brigade, 4th Division, 15 Army Corps General Dodge was our Division Commander. 191 June, 1888. N. P.Dodge W.W.Dearborn. N . P. DODGE & CO., Real Estate Agents. Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 4th, 1888, Dear Genl: I write to have you engage a state room on one of the Atlantic steamers which call at Queenstown. The City of Berlin (Quman line) sails on 21st July (Saturday) this is about the date I want to go, I mention this steamer because Carrie writes that one of her school mates went over and back upon it and says its the best boat on that line. If we can get a desirable room on the steamer which sails on that day (2lJuly) in Cunard line I presume that would be better. I understand the German Steamers do not land passengers at Queenstown otherwise I should mention that line which Annie says you think well of. A steamer sailing on V.'ednesday would not sail as there is not sufficient time for us to reach it and spend one day in N. Yohk without starting on Sunday. My object in wanting to take a steamer which leaves passengers at Queenstown is to have the privilege of landing there, if I decide hereafter to do so and go up through Ireland thence thro Scotland and England spending some time with Mr. Pusey and party. I must get back by midcile of October and I want to see those Countries and make the best use of my time. If the Glasgou Steamer "City of Rome" sailed at that date I might go on her and miss Ireland but that sails on the 11th which is too early for me. If you cannot secure for me a desirable state room on the Cunarder which sails 21st or on City of Berlin (if you think that steamer is a desirable one to cross in) you can communicate with me by telegraph advising me what steamer to take. I have interviewed Annie thoroughly about travelling abroad and also have conversed with Dr. Lawrence who is an enthusiastic European travellfer. They both advise me to take advantage of Cooks tickets but travel independent of any party. Dr. L. said he found that he received better attention and always struck a good hotel and they seemed to take extra pains to plea® him when they found he had Cooks coupons. He said if he should go tomorrow he should take one of his trips over again as every hour of it was full of interest. It began at Glasgou and took in Scotland and England (one of Cooks tickets with no limit to time). Then cross ing Europe he took in I'rance, Belgium, Holland and part of Germany and Switzerland. In talkipg with him and Annie I have planned to land at Queenstown, go through Ireland on some one of the Routes indicated in ^J^closed leaf thence to Glasgou and thru Scotland and England as in dicated. I understand I can take my own tine and make as many side excursions as I wish, but I should have to decide before I left New r 192 . York the route I would take as far as London. If you see any ob jection to this plan I shall be glad to have you state it. Aould it nbt be well for me to take some letters. I could drop a line to Mr. Allison and also to Jno. Ekenna and I think each would cheerfully write me a general letter and I could also procure one from Govr. Dr. Lawrence said he found such letters very useful. Annie also informs me that Carrie and I can occupy a state room to gether, if proper, it would make it pleasanter for both of us. You will know about that as well as these other matters I have written about and will know how to arrange them. Yours, N. P. B. Let me know amount you deposit to secure stateroom and I will remit, also when is balance to be paid? «"hat clothing do I need to take this trip? I have but one suit now (a dark brown suit), 7;ill a scotch mixed with sack coat be best to travel in, what do I need extra on steamer to be comfortable? N. P. t. ■ t t 5. ■ '' • -I r . I. .1 • , > V -■ ''' ' ■ 'I,. ' d'-- i- •" —V ■ . ; • ' ■ - : 1.; vJ/ - - •' • ' .i , ..mi-. » June, 1888, Omaha, 6/4/88, Genl. G. M. Dodge, jjear bir: I have heard it intiniated tJna t the St. L. & S. F. Ry. contemplate making a change of Genl. Supts . You would confer a great favor upon me, if you will recommend me to Genl. Winslow, and Jesse Silegman. I am satisfied I could fill the position with credit to them and myself. I am very anxious to get away from here, as 1 cannot keep my family here on account of niy wifes health. Anything that you can consistently do for me, will he appreciated. Yours truly, R. Blickensderfer. 195 June, 1888. The Colorado & Texas Railway Construction Co. G. M. Dodge, President. No.l Broadway, New ^ork City. June 7th, 1888 General E. F. ?;inslow, Pres't St. L. & S. F. R*y. Dear Sir: I enclose you a confidential communication to me. I con sider K'.r. Blickensderfer one of the best men we have ever ha,: on the U. P., and would regret to have our company loose him; but he seems determined to get into a more southern climate. He is a strong, robust man, was educated as an engineer and hos been all his life engaged in railroading. He has been long on the U. P., working up trrough all the grades until now he has the best division upon it. He is a man of great nerve, has excellent judgment and is a thorough disciplinarian. I think the only fault found with him on the U. P. was that he was too strick a disciplinarian, which, in my opinion, is not a fault. :Please treat this communication as confidential, and return it to me if you are unable to consider it favorably. I am. Yours truly, * G . M . Dodge. Jan. 9, 1888. Dear Sir: These came to me today on my return from the Pacific Coast. No change in the position, or any Other similar one, ds intended. Very truly yours, E. F. Winslow. 197 ' June, 1888. REAL ESTATE AGENCY N. P. Dodge & Go. Council Bluffs, Iowa 11th, 1888 Dear Gren: I have received your letters with plan of ship and am greatly obliged for the trouble you have taken to secure Carrie and myself comfortable berths. You have omitted to state the amount that I should remit to you. I understand the price is ^250., whether you make a deposit to secure it or full payment. Please inform me. I am fading up and posting myself and probably shall not fully determine miy route until near time of sailing. Carrie has friends who have spent considerable time in Europe and I have request ed her to get fully posted on the details of travelling and desirable places to stop so as to relieve me part^ of the care and thought. During the past six months I have tried every expedient I could hear of (except medlclent) to overcome my sleeplessness. I ^ seem to get my rest, generally, but its a doze rather than sleep. I W am more and more_impressed that I need a change of thought more than anything. ^ly mind is in a rut, and that rut not a favorable one for health. I worry without a cau^e and with- mothers condition before me. I am resolved to make an effort to overcome what might have a similar result. I am thankful I can take this trip and take Carrie with me, without leaving anything behind to cause any special anxiety by my absence. Fortunately Annie had a pa^d hich had not expired to take her to Denver, otiierwise the one you enclose not coming before her departure would haye inconvenienced her. In letter received today she inquires for it and i send it on to CqI. Springs. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. 199 J;ine , 1888. Leavenworth, Kansas, June 11th, 1888, Gen. G. M. i^odge. Dear oir^ Yours of the 7th came to hand today. Tlianking you for your willingness to help me witii you influence to get a situation in the Government employ. General, I am in no condition to perform man ual labor. I was wounded 22nd July 1864 in front of Atlanta. I have had my pension claim on file lor 8 years but have not got it" as yet. I am a cook by trade but cant work at it enough to make a living at it. I belong to Co. E. 7th Iowa Infantry. When you was wounded rn the head I and John McGorlnick, son of Lieut. KcCormick, who was in command of Co. E. 7th Regt. Iowa, carried you by Col. Passett's orders O-.t of Rifle pits .you was looking through a port hole when you fell backwards. I was drummer a noncomissioned that day we was in 1 Brigade 4 Div. 15th Army Crops, formerly 16th Corps. I was examined last by Pension Board at Lincoln,Nebr. in April last and pronounced unfit to do a half a nj:ins work. Iv'jy witnesses, Lieut. John McCormick and son enlisted with me at Keokuk, Iowa, John . Knight, 2nd Lieut, and they tell me at Washington, D. C. they arc dead and if I cant get those proofs I cant get no pension. I could do messenger work or Post On ice carrying work as my wounds is in my eye, shoulder and left are. Sabre but and 2 buckshot in arm. Post Waster Lynch is Post Master of Leavenwacth, Col. James Gillis at Fort Leavenworth and General I.ierritt are the ones to look to for a Government situation here or I would go anywhere I could get a place if I could get transportation for myself and family, as I can only scratch along to get something to eat. I will send a certificate of State Iowa. If I could see you General, face to face i would be glad to talk over old times about you and Gen. Sweeney and the rest of the Officers. Help me in any way you can. Excuse this long letter. I remain. Yours truly. R. H. Waters, 201 New York. June 13, 1888, June, 1888. James F. Hov/e, Esq., V.P. St Louis, Mo, Dear Sir:- I received yours of June 8th enclcsing the terminals. I have read it over carefully twice and ./ill take it with me on my way west. I excpct to start west tomorrow evening, and will be in "-Chicago until about the 20th. There were two things in the agreement that struck me as unusual, the first was; the wiping out of ownership for non-payment of rental. Can that be done v Take two roads like the hoone Road and the North-west" and there is no telling what straits they might get into, and I would not like to put myself in the position of allowing the ownership wiped out for nonpayment of rental. They might bbe pro hibited from use of grounds'by nonpayment of rental. The other point is, you draw a clause that no lessee shall be allowed to do business for any other road within 25 miles of Des Moines. That would cut me out of all my St. Paul business, which is about all the business I ha ve. '.Vat that the Intention? It seems to me that we should be allowed to do our regular business the came as we have been doing ever since we owned the terminals. Very truly yours, G. .M. Dodge, Please answer to Grand Pacific, Chicago. President, • """'■••'id 203 June, 1888. ATCHISON', TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD CO. Office of the President. Boston, June 14, 1888. G . M . Dodge, Esq., Washington, Building, Dear Sir: #1 Broadway, New York. On my return from a rather prolonged absence at the west. I find yours of the 1st inst. waiting reply. Mr. A. A. Robinson, 2nd Vice President, has been connected with our Company since 1871, much longer than any of the other officials By correspondence with him, you could probably obtain the information you desire in reference to our Road. Col. I!. C. Nutt, President of the A. & p. Co., office at 95 Milk St., Boston, is fully acquaintea with the history of his Road, and I have no doubt will take pleasure in giving you the facts in connection with it. Yours very truly, Wm. B. Strong, President. ■ ■■ June 13, 1888.5946 Princeton Ave. Chicago,111. Major General G.M.Podge Pear General: I have for some time been trying to get the address of Genl. J.A.Williamson. I was down to see Judge Tuthill. He gave me the address of Col. Cornelius Cadle . I will enclose his letter. No one can feel more sorrov/ fur Genl Williamson that I do. Poor fellow, I often called on him when he had his office, his conversation would always be about Genl. Podge to me. I doubt if anyone on earth thought more of anoth er than General Williamson did of you, and I do not doubt but that he,had good reason. I always thought a good deal of him and I hdpe and trmist t that he will have a pleasant life in the warld to come. Well dear Genl I had been told by Captain Manning, a year a^o that you had left this v/orld and I told him not to believe it, that id such happened he would see something more than a newspaper paragraph. While talking to him he told me that Jir. Taylor on the next floor from him was getting a lot of steel engravings of you. I we 't down to Mr. Taylor if I could buy one with Genl Podge's consent; he told me if he had one he would give it to me vut they were all gone. I hope dear Genl this will find you and Edl yours in good health. We are all v^ell ;uid Gren-ville Podge and his brother W.T. Sherman Pixon is five foot nine , seventeen years old next March. One is named for you and the other for Genl Sherman. I sent Sherman to Grant Orr Vollege on Wabash Avenue. I should like to make a lawyer of one or both, but don't know what to do . With my kind regards for yourself and family and hope you are will and" in good health, and with my good wishes for all % I am,sir,yours truly John Pixon. 207 June, 1888. Executive Departnient. Charles F. Adams, President. T. J. Potter, 1st. Vice Pres Isaac E. BromleyjAssts. to Gardiner . Lane: Pres. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building, Boston, June 20, 1888. My Dear General: Enclosed please find the copy of your report on the Union Pacific railroad for 1867, which you were kind enough to send me a few days ago. I think you asked me to return it to you, which I now do. Please acknowledge receipt. Thanking you very much for the use of this document, I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. Gen. G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York. Enclosure No. 659. V ' 'if209 June, 1888, Howley, June 24, 1888, Dear Cousin G. M.: The War History of Iowa came safely, should have acknowledged its receipt ere this, had I known your address, which I have since learned through correspondence with Cousin N. P. hence the delay. We were all much pleased with the Book and particularly interested in reading the story of your heroism during the dark days of our Civil conflict, and were very glad to possess the record of one of our name, whose thorough knowledge of military discipline together with undaunted courage, participated so largely in saving our country from ruin. And now please let me thank you, for remember ing us so kindly amid your business and care. While I remain as ever your cousin. Betsie P. Dodge. '.''.L'Jlf ik 211 ^ 1888.June . Council Bluffs, Iowa, 25th day of June, A. D. 1888, We, the undersigned owners of Lots 2, 3 and 4, Section 33, Township 75, Range 44, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, hereby agree to con vey to the Cnion Pacific Railway Company the amount of land appropri ated for right-of-way for the embankment leading to the bridge, or in all 12 68/100 Twelve & 68/1OO acres; and also to receipt in full for our claim for damages for earth taken and also for all damages for, appropriation of right-of-way, for the sum of Ten Thousand Collars ($10,000). Upon the payment of the said sum of $10,000 we will convey the said 12 68/1OO acres and receipt, release and discharge the said Company from all claims for damages of any kind or character whatsoever, https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/b27016167f08328487c1893b0eb4effa.pdf 9797f7c9eb5e990157b82766182cdeb5 PDF Text Text 213 July, 1888. Salein, July 1, 1888. K'y dear Friend; The delay in acknowledging the receipt of the book sent me has been occassioned by tne illness of N'r. Goodell,which now covers nine weeks. I will give you further particulars after I have spoken at length of this acceptable present. The contents of this interest ing and vcluable book will afford me great pleasure as well as instruc tion. During the War my interest in the soldiers from the ^est ex tended to every part ol that division of our army on account of your connection therewith. Many times in later years I have wished that I could read just the history connected with the Army in the West, but I have never had time to select therefrou^ the required information. It has now come to me and be assured that I shall appreciate the care ful reading I can leisurely indulge in. I remember so plainly an evening when our daily paper brought to our household the sad news of the wound in your head, my mother exclaimed, "Grenville Dodge has received a death-wound. I never thought that he would live through the war. . Plow I pity his Mother'." I rem.ember that I did not feel so sure of the fatal-wound knowing that you came from a long-lived, sturdy ancestry. I am glad that you are willing, after so much hesitation to give to the public your war record which has been so honorable andnoble Future generations would obtain it in an imperfect history and it is so miuch better to have it accurately recorded. Ishall, if life is spared, read with a deep interest the history to be given by Mr. Dawson for public reading. Again I must thank you for the kind remembrance. 1 have but one criticism to make and that is to call attention to the absence of the autograph. When you visit me I shall ask you to write upon the blank leaf your name. To return to the illness of Mr. Goodell. Aft,er a winter of constant work, with little or no exercise and recreation, he was seized with a severe attack of dyspepsia - - Mrs. Goodell to Gen. Dodge. (Latter part missing) 215 July, 1888, REAL ESTATE AGENCY N. P. Dodge & Co. Council Bluffs, Iov;a, July 2, 1888 Eve. Dear Gren: I came in from K. this eve and find your letters. I think •the Rep. convention nominated the strongest ticket that they could out of the names presented. The men Harrison and IViorton will grow in favor as they become known to the masses and will not have so many things to explain as defend if they had more political record. I was glad the resolution offered by Roulette of ^Jaine was passed so unanimously. It had a better efiect than if attached to original platform. I think the true principle is to repeal.those old internal revenue taxes. They are a hindrance to Temperance cause. Please read enclosed letter and return to me. I think you will indorse every word of it. I have about made up my mind to go direct to London, stay there a week or so. Then go to Antwerp, Cologne, Frankfurt and to Lucerne and spend most of my time as he recommends in Switzerland. I hope I may see you in New York, shall expect to reach there Thurs. eve (19th). Had I better stop at Murry Kill or some other hotel. A'hen I return home I may take the N. Germara Loyd, at any rate I wont engage any return passage now. N. P. S. I shall send draft for last installment C. I eons. Co. The one (10th) just received I cant remit for before I go abroad. 217 : Personal New Yoi'k City, July 3rd, 1888 Chas. Francis Adams, Esq., Boston, Il''ass. Dear Sir: I wish to suggest in relation to matters at Washing ton that, on a hill so important as ours, without full debate and full discussion on the floor of the House and a continuous one, there is very little probability of our ever passing the bill. - There.is a minority there which, when tell you all about because I had loqg talks with them all be fore I left, that are determined to fire their ammunition at us. A great deal of it is hew, or, perhaps you might say old dress ed up in new language, and my suggestion would be, to go to no further expense in Washington except to hold our position with the bill, that is, that it shall be held in justthe exact posi tion that it is now,' ready to go up at any mor-ent; and that Kr. Outhwaite and his followers shall pursue the same tactics against any bills that this minority are desirous of obtaining until we have a hearing. I think we should have this under- ^ standing. It is a disgrace to Congress and to the people that, with a till supported by the Government that is a settlement forthe Government, can't obtain a hearing on account of the position of one or two men whose motives are thoroughly understood--but, what I want to impress upon you is, the importance of Outhwaite's holding his position. It is a very strong one, and, if he holds it, before this Congress finally adfourns they will have to act upon our bill. I think Hanna should be communicated with on this matter; I have co'mmunicated with all myfriends and they will support Outhwaite in holding that po sition. There is no question but what we had a two-thirds vote in that House to take our bill up, and I believe we had a majority to pass it, but there is no question but that there would have been a great deal of dodging on both sides when it come to the final vote. If you are coming to New York I wish you would let me know a day or two before-hand,be cause I wish to see you and talk to you about these matters and explain to you sonie things that are not known, I know, to any of our people who have been in Washington. Very truly yours*. G . M .. D(%e , July, 1888 ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. H. C. Nutt, President. H. W. Oardiner, Sec'y and Treas. F. E, Hancock, Auditor. 95 Milk Street. P. 0. Box 3372 Boston, July 5, 1888. Gen. G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New Yorlc. Dear General; I have your note of the 3rd instant together with a copy of the correspondence with Mr. Strong. I am at loss to understand i'rom your letter in just what line you want statistics and facts; is it in regard to dates, cost of con struction, or development of traffic; and how far back, and how vol uminous do you want these statistics to be? If you will indicate in some way in what line, I will take pleasure in giving you any information, either personal or official, in my power, but I do no want to deluge you with a ii.ass of matter which would be of no use for your purpose. Can you not indicate by a series of questions Just what you will want, something like an interview, and I wil take pleasure in answering you if I can? Yours very truly, H. C. Nutt, President. 221 ■ July, 1888 The Canadian Railway Co., L'ontreal. 10th July, 1888, G . M . Dodge, Esq., Washington Building, No , 1 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir*. Mr. Van Home is away from home and will not return for ten days or more. I therefore write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst. The information for which you ask has never yet, so far -as I l<now, been got together in a concise form and so published. I cannot therefore refer you to any work which will assist you. If, however, you can put your needs in the shape of questions, I think it would much simplify matters and enable me to form a better idea of what you want. I will endeavor to give you the correct replies. Yours truly. A. Piers 223 July, 1888. p New York. July 3rcl, 1888. N. R. Gibson, Esq., Chf. En^;., Trinidad, Colo. Dear Sir:- I received your letter in relation to the Chicosa line. I think we better build to the Chicosa station first, so th.. t they can handle the lusiness, and then we can 1 uild from Trinidad afterwards. Mr. Spra^uc has ft. rails, or whatever wired you, if they can' to let you put in some ft. later to yo to Besli yourselves, "/on't you •layiny out thes e mines and at the mines, suffi .to . put additionrsl rial instructed Danforth to let you have the 3,000 is necessary for the Smelter" switch, and, as 1 t roll them now probably they will be williny of the Beshoar there and yet the 3,000 ^ - oar. However, that you can arrange between require additional siding at Beshoar? In you want to -et in sidings, both at Beshoar cient to do tlie business so that we won't have s in afterwards. Somewhere about the 9th or 10th I can let you have the balance you need to )ay of De Remer. I want to get these matters settled up arsoon as posrible. I have received no map with proposed line around to uhicosa mine from Trinidad and from Chicosa. I want one showing the topoo-raphy and its direction of the line; also the Rio Grande Railroad,"^ Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, President. 'm 225 July, 1888. New York, July.11, 1688. C. P. Meek, Ge . Mana^^er, Denver, Colo, Dear "^ir:- I have a lettei- fran ?.Tr. Robinson in which he says if we buil up the Pur gative he v/a^ ts the privilege of joining us; therefore in your ag;eement for the line from Trinidad west, you want to reserve the right to let them, in, as well as Rock -l-sland, if we desire to do so, ^'ou understand that they also have the right to use the rolling mill spur. With the completion of the Chicosa branch, I shall build no more branches, nor spurs. I want to get my matters there closed up. I have made an ag eemont with Mr. Sprague to furnish the steel fo all the sidings, and main track for the Deshore branch. I wired Mr, Smith as to how much siding we ought to put in; he says that they have always obliged them to pil, in their ov/n siding, or pay for ii; while Mr. Sprague claims here, that they furnish them the sidings. I am perfectly willing to furnish what really ought to go in to the capitalof the branch, but it seems to me that i ought^not to pay for tracks for the aecomodation of their local work,switching etc. at the mine. I wish you would communicate with Mr. Giboon and^ Daiiforth in regard to this and get some settlement on it. Mr. Sprague also agrees to furnish 3000 feet of steel for the smelter branch that goes off of our mdin line at Pueblo, I have .also bought from him for cash four hundred (400) additional tons that I am ."oingto lay in the Ohicosa branch from Chicago to the mine. If I could trade bonds for ten (10) miles aiorc of steel, I would mate t!:c co nnection from Chicago right through to Trinidad, u I have not the money to pay cash. Yours ti-uly. G. M. Dodge, July, 1888. Loran W, Reynolds, Esq., Boone, Iowa. Dear Sir: -• 227 ." J ■ : a. New York City. July 16th, 1888. I am in receipt of yours of July 11th. \ I am doing just as fast as I can. I had my arrangements parctically made on my road for widening the guage ready to go into an agreemv^n; on the Coal when those Commissioners' schediQe came out and frightened everybody out of their boots. What effect it will have on me, it is hard for me now to say, but I am in hopes that Iowa will see the folly of this and give us a fair rate for doing the business. There is nothing more injurious to the future of Iowa than this system of jumping upon every dollar of capital that is sent in there to invest. If the people of Iowa had the same amount of money invested in these properties, or even a tithe of what they have in their own properties, it would be entirely different; but it is an easy matter to legislate upon and destroy property that one has no interest in, and the owners of v/hich are thousands of miles away. I am on? of these who have never objected to proper legisla tion for railroads; was in favor of the-inter-state commerce Bill, but, I do object very seriously to carrying these matters to such extremes. It cripples every one that endeavors to do anything for his own state. Yours very truly. G. M. Dodge, :rm 229 New York City, 1 Broadway July 16th, 1888 H. C. Nutt, Pres't., 95 Milk Street, Boston, MaSi Dear Sir: On my return to the City, I find your favor in rela tion to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, and beg to say that the points I desire to obtain, are facts of historical interest, such as the following;- Who first suggested such a Railroad, and under what circumstances; what were the first steps taken looking to incor poration of the Company; when was it incorporated; who were the principal incorporators, and first officers of the Company; when were the first surveys commenced, and facts of interest con nected with them; what financial or engineering difficulties, if any, were overcome; facts relati.ig to the progress of the work, and to tl;e cost o'l the construction; when was Road com pleted; what was the character of the' country penetrated by the line, including topographical and other features, the pro spective future of the Road, and the country through which, it passes, from commercial and otht.re points of view; also any points of interest relating to persons most intimately iden tified with the construction and success of the Road; what developments in the way of towns, cities, agriculture, manu factures, etc., and what books or documents can be consulted with confidence, as to reliability, and where they canbe procured. These are some of the points suggested to my miind at the presnet moment. Very truly yours, G . M. Dodge. 231 Mew York City, July 16th, 1888 Hon. Wni. B. Allison, Dear Senator: I notice that the Evening Post and the Times are trying to creat the impreseion that the Senate vill be divided on the tariff bill. They are also trying to divert the fight from the tariff issue to outside ussues, and at the same time iriaking large and boastful professioms of what Cleveland can do in other states besides this. All this is for the purpose of holding things level here. ■••he tariff question is troubling them here in New • York jUSt now, especially frightening a great many of their followers as well as their leaders. They are telling outsidei's here that Cleveland or some one is going to do something to break the force of this free trade cry. What I wish to suggest to you especially is in meet ing the Ivills bill to treat only on the Internal Revenue, on sugar, and on such other commodities ^s are foreign to this country- that is such as will in no way come into competition with the producer and manufacturer here. Those commodities you can put on the free list. So far as rates are concerned, on any of the rest of the items of the bill, I would leave them as they are now under the law. The moment you begin to raise or lower the same things that Wills has attacked, that moment, on the stump you have to go into long explanations and argunients to meet the question of differneces. But with a clean-cut bill such as I suggest, I and such as everybody can see and comprehend, as against the long-drawn out K'ills bill you can see what advantage the re publicans will have. Evidently the sentiment, which was a little against the republicans right after the Chicago Convention, is drifting to wards the tariff plank in it more and more. I write this merely as a suggestion, knowing that you and Aldrich both like to get the views,of an outsider, who is a looker-on. Yours truly, G . W. Dodge . 283 July, 1888. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Western Associated Press, and the New York Associated Press; re presenting the Prominent Newspapers throughout the United States, Acting also for the Reuter, Kavas and Wolff Agencies of Europe, and the leading Journals of the British Provinces. General Offices : Chicago and New York: Cincinnati Office N .W .Cor.4th&Vine Sts. Rms.3 7 4 (P.O.Box 532) W. H. Chamberlin Agent. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18, 1888. N'y dear General; Yours of the 16th with inclosure for "A Corporal's Story" is received, and P send you the book by this mail. The editor of the Century wrote me some months ago, that they were compelled to crowd my article out, in consequence of a purpose to shorten the war paper-s in the Century but that it would be printed in their book. "Battles & Leaders" which is now appearing in numbers, and which you doubtless see. They have not yet got to 1864. I do not yet see my way clear to being at Toledo ^ept. 13 My op^;ortunities for getting away at ail are limited, but I know I should keenly enjoy that reunion. Yours truly. W. H. Chamberlin. Gen. G. M. Dodge. V- - 235 July, 1888. Old School-mates of Gen. Dodge by Mr. Converse, July 20, 1888. Porter Dodge of Peabody inlisted in the 35th Mass Infantry was taken prisoner at the Battle of. Antetum and was shot dead on the dead line at Andersonville prison, After his enlistment his wife in herited 20,000 dollars by the death of an uncle in Cubajshe hired a substitute but when he reached the Reg. Porter was a prisoner and never knew of his wifes legacy. 1st Art 35th Infantry, 35th Infantry, 1st Infantry, , Nathan Walton - died in Andersonville. RicJiard Wheeler- Killed at Cold Harbor. George Bancroft- Killed at Cold Harbor. Robert Andrews,-Killed at the Wilderness. 2d Infantry, Co. G. William Andrews, Killed At South Mountain. "I'i <M- — 237 July, 1888. New York. July 21, 1888. W, T, Walters, Ksq, Baltimore, Md. Dear Sir:- I am gettinc ready to make my exchange of stock with the different Companies, and am all ready to .make the exchange with the Denver, Bexas and Gulf. I enclose you an agreement for pooling the stock together with a copy of a letter. I have submitted this Pooling Agreement to several of our largo btock-holders here, and they approve it; An who have seen it in Philadelphia also approve. The idea is to put cur stock wherea, few of us can handle the Road I wish you v;ould look this over care fully, and write me what you think about it. The Trastee certificate will pass road is doing well; improving in business signs fail, we .ill have all we can handl are getting betterrates. Have concluded Union Pacific, and if they were not such benefit from them, uur trouble h'S been Houston Texas Central people have be n up contract for coal, but have beei"x unable to of the inability of mines there to si pply tlie Stock iiix change, our steadily , and unless all e; especially of coal, we our agre erent with the cowards , would get a great South nend b^isiness. The to Colordo trying to accomplisli much, on account them. I have authority to make a contract of 10,000 tons a month at 1.15 but doubt if I can get it without going to oolorado. The Missouri Pa cific and the Rock Islands are going to eat up all the coal there. The first month(s earnings on joint business gave us "^33,000.00 Trinidad north, if ve had carried all that we were entitled to under the conti'act, tl.at is, one- alf of the to. nage, it would have given us ^45,000, but we were not able to carry a quarter; still we got our percentage off from what the other compc^nies kept. There is considerable kicking by peopl' who want distribu tion (f bonds. About three-quarters d" them want the bonds held in a body to sell. If I had the Denver " Ft. Worth up to where they belong, i could negotiate the Denver, Texas & Fort "'orth at 85, which would net 82.50. Our net earnings for May ©n Ft. worth & Dcnvei Cjty was ^37,000., which was very good cor. side ring. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. July, 1686. New York City, 1 Broadway, July 26th, 1888. Jaraes T. Howe, Esq., St. Louis, Mo.^ Dear Sir:- Referring to the agreement between the Des Moines Union Railway Company and the three other Companies, I have not returned it signed on account of the criticism made upon it by Gen. Swayne, In reading it, I did not like one or two clauses and tried to have them amended. Gen. Swayne took the agreement down to his country place, and has kept' it a long' time. I send you his criticism upon it, which is as follows:-- "My criticism on this agreement is short, sharp and decisive The whole agreement is radically and fundamentally wrong in that it 'divides its rental of terminal and depot privileges on a wheelage and not a numerical basis. Every other agreement of this kind that I ever saw, or that you (Gen. IMge) evrr saw provided for payment of rental numerically anong the parties thereto, Wheelage, from month to month, is fluctuating and too much so to enable it to form the basis of assessment or determination of a rental, upon the payment of which the interest on bonds is dependant. This agreement should provide that each company should pay a certain fixed proportion of this, which may be greater or less as in accordance with the strength in business of the Company, so that the amount of interest on the bonds is secured without any resort to arbitration, or the possiblity or privilege of such resort, which would have the effect of staving' off and delayinf^ payment of a portion of the rental beyond the time it would be needed to meet interest coupons. The maintenance account may then very properly be left dependant upon a wheelage basis. I am willing to take the agreement and, on its preamble, draw up what, in my opinion, would be a fair agret)ment for the conduct of the business therein specified, and submit it for approval, but I am not willing to in any way tinker with this, it being in my judgment too radically wrong to warrant such an expenditure of time. I myself ' argued for Judge Blodgett just such a case, where some road wanted to enter his depot on a wheelage basis, and we ot out an injunction to prevent it b-sed on just the above grounds. Judge Blodgett too will knows the danger a. d instability of a wheelage basis to use it in ;-n agreement as important as this. Judge Blodgett is now in Eurooe or I could se tie it with him iimnediately ^^lirope, and I T dislike to sign one with is his very objection. much opposed I am to opposed this agreement, to the sections in it thAt give the right to sell ti e stock; otherwise have no objection. I suppose Judge Blodgett drew this on our agreement at Des Moines to use a wheelage basis for everything. In trying to negotiate the bonds here, I findthat the crit icism is that there is no certainty of any payment of the interest. There is no guarantee, actually by any Company. The fact as, we are responsible for the i- 'erest, but do not receive the benefits we ougn to in the sale of the bonds. Let me hear from you in regard to this. '' r -'-^iery truly yours, G. M. Dodge." 241 July S9th 1888 Trinidad, Colorado, July 29th 1888. Gen'l G.M.Dodge, ? President. Ijear Sir; . . . I have yours of 26th in relation to line at Las "^egas. This matter has heen talked of for quite a while and I have met one or two from Las Vegas With Messrs. Jaffa & Ghappell of this place.They have the business in hand and at my suggestion propose to organize a local Co in connection with the Maxwell people. I have suggested this plan that the Ft. Worth may not be known in the transaction, unless you desire it, to obviate any question with the Santa Fe. This local Co. is to grade, bridge and perhaps tie, and then offer it to the Ft.V/orth to put on the steel and operate. I have prom ised if I can find the time to make reconnaissance and organise a party for I preliminary sur"vey.I will meet Mr .Pels and confer shortly. The Maxwell people should take some bonds,the Moro people have no money and will have to contribute lands. This will be a good line for the N Ft.Wobth. In my judgment Trinidad is the point where this road with Ft. Worth must make its money. It is legitimately our town. You have made it and should claim it. It is building up wonderfully and the Las Vegas line via Elizabethtown will secure and make tributary to this point an immense terri tory as yet undeveloped. The iron mines at Elizabethtovm are showing up good, and that ore must come here. But of all this the future will tell. Mr.Woods has not been with me since June 1st. I have been trying to economize and let every body go that I could possibly spare. I will see if I can get Woods, if not some one else, but must get through with my press ^ of work before ^ can do much in that direction. Jaffa understands this. If you have any suggestions in regard to this whold business, I should be glad to have your views and wishes, pri-vately and fully. These people seem anxious to have my advice and say they will do just as I say Please let me hear from you. I am yours truly N.R.Gitson. V":v;or i ' i ' : .u * j- ■ "v"-' V-.i ' / i ' *. i. ■ > <i" t, y.. '' ■; • / 111 . ..tii' . 'a : ■ . ^ . (I A'J'-. 1 'V.f > , "I jn.. . .1 ■ ;|'i . •■fti' , ; .-.ri / • J I . 'l? . -t'*. * ';■ ■ r/ i '"i j ' A; *!i ■i :-1^ j; - r../', ; ■aT'' kT*'.a tr ' • ^ i I ■liy.. ' -Jj i ■ I . ■ J "j : -h : ' ,1 ! , Ki ' ■ I r' ^ • ; V . t . ■• . '(f f V r:. I J JikjiiL.-. i ' 'iu. I t 'ltd 243 July 3Ist, 1888. Denver Colorado, July 3Ist, 1888. General G.M.Dodge, No. I Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: In regard to the demoralization of rates existing "between New York and Missouri River, I have thought it wise that we should not meet these rates without first conferrring with other lines and making an effort to reach some sort of an agreememt for the maintenance of rates, as all lines are watching our movememts, and would take occasion of our first cut to make a general "break, which could only result in a long period of demoral ization. There is every indication that the lines west of the river are trying to maintain their agreement with us in good faith, and some of them are trying to correct the difficulties existing east of the river, and should we cut the rate from New York to Colorado points, it would open the entire dituation to a general scramble. While we may lose some busi ness in taking this position, I deem it wise, cnsidering everything. We Kannot afford to have our line regarded as a wildcat institution, having no regard for the stability of rates; especially not, when we are trying to estableish a business with out connections. Indeed it appears to me, by holding steady at this time, it will hejp us in making favorable arrangments by making apparent our good faith towards agreememts we make. I have been in hopes the people east of the Mo. River would get together and come to an agreement, and t understand there is an effort being made to accomplish this result. When it is done, I believe we will have no trouble in getting business with our established differentials. If it is not done, I have given notice to the associated lines that we must come to some agreement that will put us on a parity with them and their eastern connections in the matter of rates. Yours respectfully, C. F. Meek. General Manager. August, 1888. New York. August 2, 18oS. G. P. Week, Psq., Gener;il 'knnager. Denver, '-Jolo, Dear 8ir;-- Referring to your letter of July 28th, I an willing to go into any agreement on branches as to the maintaining and paying interest upon them that is agreeable to the Rio Crcand, we rontrolling the poli cing of them and running them where we build them and tliey where they builf them. The branch going north from Trinidad we must control, because it might some day be a part of our main line. The Grey's Creek branch thht you speak of is entirely independent of the Ergleville. If you .vill look at the original contract you will see that I pay a certain round sum for everyt'^.ing between Trinidad and Pueblo, including Engleville. You know that we had that question gup and the distances showed 105^ mi les. Now, in putting in the Beshoar branch my understanding witli Smith was, to save cost of the third rail up to Engleviile. I wouid put in the Beshoar line arid be paid for it the same rate per mile I pay them, that is, it would deduct the pay on the same number of miles that the neshoar is from miy total mile age on their line, and would be a deduction of the amount that I pay them on the agreement, if they want to use it that way. The under standing was that t'ne business from it shc;uld go into the joint pool. Is t]ie Banta Clara branch that they are building to Cucharas broad gauge, an' can't wc get our proportion of the business over our other branches without paying interest on that12 miles. mile! 'Ve might might some day extend our line from Trinidad north along the base there to other coal mines, and tlie question is, burdened with that additional 12 miles of the busines! when built. without wliether we would want to be if we could get our proportion However, it is a matter settled Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. 247 Augsut, 1888. New York. August 5, 1888. Hon. V/. F. C ody. My dear Sir: - On my retiim.to the city my friend, Kr. Rierdstat sent me your kind remembrance'- . Ti takes me back a great many years , and later, to Omaha where in company with John Collins I visited the fair grcxinds of that city to see your first exhibition and pass judgment upon it. Since the, I have watched your and successes; you a?e a representative of those men, so often written about, and so little known. Men who from 1853 to 1874 were my guides, and whose judgmentI always followed, the ^vrf of the plains, Bridger, Reynolds, Palladay Gee, Adams, Fontenelle,- and last but not least, Lieut. Cody, these are the ones with whom I individm lly cam.e in contact. Y(!U have made history for them and for yourself, and I honor you for it. I have heard Sherman, Sheridan, Crook and Auger say many kind things of you and j^our work with them since -the war, but I knew most of these guides of the plains before the war; \fehen their personal courage saved many lives, at times when their acts and deeds would probably never be mentioned or known. North and his regiment of Indians was with me until I completed the Union Pacific Road. If there are any of them with you now, I should be glad to meet them. They were faithful soldiers and success fully flid their part in guarding that portion of the road that was alloted to them. If my duties will permit I shall go down and see you personally but if not please receive my thanlvs for your compli ment and talce the wish for the act. I am, truly your friend. G. M. Dodge. 249 August,1888, Ily deer "rs. Sheridan: New York. August 7, 1686, I received the sad news of General Sheridan's death today, and it ccms after al3. so unexpectedly that I hardly know what to say or do in the immediate presence of your great bereavement; and the nation's loss . I v;as closely corr ected with Gen.. Sheridan at the beginning of the war, and tested his sterling friendship ere he was l:nown to fame. That friendship, cemented by mutual labors, sufferings and aspirations in a common cause, continually grew in strength and fervor with the passing years not only in military life but after I had returned to civil pursuits. To us who knew him in the two-fold character of the soldier and the genial, happj?- man, the blow comes with double force. To you and liis dearest ones I could offer such words of cheer as comes from a heart that loved him; m.y sincere sympathy goes out to you in your grief . No matter where I turn I see a loyal nation mourning for him. Sincerely your friend, G. M. Dodge. August I7th 1888. 251 Denver Colorado, August I7th 1888. Gpn'l G.M.Dodge, President. Pear Sir: I have your two letters of 7th and of ISth.I have just returned from a trip to las Vegas, having rode and tramped over some 22o miles of line. Will have to make another trip to country above Elizabeth town before begin ning survey and making report.Referring to line from here to connection with Chicosa branch, I can fully satisfied the grading alone on Trinidad line will not enable you to bond the Chicosa branch. Track would have to be laid and connected with Chicosa branch, wfhen ^both could be bonded. t sent you about June I2th a statement of all rails, angle bars. bolts, spikes, etc., received and expended. This will show you fully amounts delivered to Grover,Bissell and used elsewhere Some two weeks since Mr.Grover returned us at Pueblo fifty (5o) kegs of spikes, and I expect Mr. Meek will arrange to supply a fev/ rails to make connection with D.&.R.G. over Fountain bridge. I am yours truly. N.R.Gibson. 253 August I8th, 1888. Denver Colorado, Aug. I8th,l888, General G.M.Dodge, No I Broadway, New York,N.Y. Dear Sir:- C.W.Merchant,our Live Stock Agent at Amorilla, is authority for thJ information, that the Southern Kansas has made a deal with the people of Amorilla and the Amorilla Town Site Co. for the extension of their lifie from the Panhandle City to Amorilla the coming season. He says the deal is confidential for the present hut that it has heen made, and the Santa Fe have agredd to have their track into Amorilla within 9 months. The arran gement provides that one-half the townsite of Amorilla shall be given to the Santa Fe Co. We are giving the Santa Fe live stock from nearly 260 miles of raad and I think you should impress upon Mr. Strong the fact that in event they go to Amorilla, they cannot expect to get this business from us. The bus iness which v.e will geive the Southern Kansas at Panhandle City will in crease constantly, and will amount to a great many times more to thdir Company than anything they will get by the extnesion of this line for a short distance. Yours respectfully, C.F.Meek. General Manager. 255 August, 1888 Nouqultt, Mass., August 25, 1888, My deat General; Mrs. Sheridan desires me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 7th expressing so much sympathy in the great loss she has recently suffered by the death of her husband. It is very gratifying to her to know that you were one of qais personal friends, and her grief is partly assuaged by the assurance that you feel so deeply for his family in their great distress. M. V. Sheridan. Gen. G. M. Bodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y. ' ' ■* •, yt' - • 4*.. >■ > . .. 'f'i -• f,. ' * August, 1888, 5th Ave. Hotel, New York, Aug. 27, 1888 Dear Genl. Dodge: I am glad you are going to take your daughter and friend to Toledo. I cannot go on Monday. My new house makes it highly in convenient to go at all, but 1 shall drop all engagements and go out by the Chicago Limited .Tuesday morning, Sept. 4, arriving at Toledo at night, get to the jfioody House in tiiae for three or foiar hours sleep as much as I need. I shall surely, if alive, be there on time. Please go as you propose Monday evening, leaving me alone Tuesday for I assure you that nothing taxes me so much cs to talk in the rattle of a Railroad car in full headway. I move into my new house, 75 Aest 71st St., Saturday, Sept.l, and will start thence Tuesday, Sept. 4, by the Chicago Limited, New York Central at 9 a.m. arriving at Toledo Sept. 5 at 3 a. m. I think it is a bigger job to manage .a family of four females than an army of a hundred thousand men. Truly your friend, W. T. Sherman. September, 1888. Chzmonix, Septr. 9th, 1888 Dear Gren: I do not remember from what point I wrote you. We came through the Black forest from Baden Baden to Schaffhousen and spent one day at the falls of the Rhine which of course are tame by the side of Niagria but they have a way of illuminating them at night in differ ent colors which made them look very beautiful fromi the hotel (Schwerperhaf Hotel at Newhausen). Then we went to Zurich and spent a day or two then to Lucerne where we spent three days, the weather being cold and cloudy.Instead of continuing on to Interlarken and Geneva, I decided to change my route and go over the St. Gothard R. R. to the • Italian Lakes to see if we could not find sunshine and warm weather. It was a beautiful day when we■crossed the nountains and having seats i^i an observation car we took it in so far as a R. R. trip will per mit. We stpped at Lugarno over night and took a Sta boat ride on that lake and on Como. Stopping at Bellagio we had a splendid view of Lake Como from the Gardne and Grounds at top of the hill (^•illa Serbellonc), from Como we crossed over to Lake Maggorie and staid two or three days at Pallanya, visiting the Borromcan Islands. On the 1st Sept. we left Italy and came over into Switzerland via the Simiplon pass by Deligence. We ha d a delightful ride and weather favorable for taking in the scenery on the Italian side but when we got to the top, about at Napeoleon Hot the weather which had been threatening changed and enveloped us in a snow storm and we missed the view fron. this side and descended for an hour or so in the storm when it became dark and rainy. That Simplon Gass road is one of the most wonderful carriage roads I have seen. I am told it was built by Napoleon in 1800 to 1806 and there were 30,000 men employed in constructing it. *e spent Sunday at Grigg in the Rhone Valley and Nonday went down 5 m. to Nisp by rail. Thence by mules to St, Nicolus, there we took carriage for 3 l/2 hours to Zermatt. Then mules again for the Riffel alp Hotel over 7000 ft. up right under the shadow of the Latterhord. The snow mountains all about us and the Glaciers reaching far down the valley below us. Here we visited the Findland Glacier and climbed 3000 feet farther up to top of Govner Gvat, 10260 feet from which one has a magnificent fiew of Mt. Rosa, BreithoraMatterhorn, etc. whose peaks were still over 3000 ft. above us. .Mt. Rosa and the other peaks around to Iviatterhorn were so close to us we could see the relief buts on their sides, only the Glaciers in the valleys intervenied. From Zermatt we came back to Rhone valley and here to Ghamont: vhich is one of the good points from which to visit GlaCiers. We cross ed Glacier Du Bosoous yesterday and tomorrow will take in the I»lsre de glace and two mountdhs which give a panoramic view of the Mt. Blanc Group day after we go to Geneva and work our way back to Lucerne, expect ing to go from there direct to Parci about 24th Sept. 262 You see we have been on the go all the time impossible to do otherwise where there is so much to see that is interesting and new. I an. feeling well, ca.l^hdt sleep as many hours as I did on ocean and in country towns of 'England but Carrie and I can take a tramp up and down a mountain of 3 or 4 hours and not get used up. I have not heard from my family since 10th Aug. but hope all goes well at home. At Geneva I expect to get some letters but it is not probable I shall received any mail that has been sent to me care Munroe «Sc Co., Paris until I reach there. It has been a' cold and wet seasons throughout Great Britian and western Europe and farmers have not been able to save their hJay and grain except in a damaged condition. I.should think it would effect prices of breadstuffs in America favorably. Yours, N. P. D. '. .': . v:; ■ '» ' ' ''■v. - ' ' ♦ 4 I* ' 4 r- ■ ' • •' . ' it . ■ ' 'J . • ■ ••• ' . 1 ► ' r t ' ' **' u -r -f. , - ' ' ■ ■ -V- *"''i _ „ ' Sept., 1858. Chicago, Septeiriber 8, 1888 . J. 8. Coleman, Esq., Ucm'r. street Cleaning, New York City. uear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of Sept. 3rd forwarded to me by Mr. Granger. it doesn't seem hardly necessary for me to answer such a letter, as there is not a statement in it, so far as 1 have knowledge, that is the fact, and 1 would pay no attention to it were it not for our long acquaintance. In your con tracts we knew Mr. Adamson only as on of yoeir firm, if he ever represented himself as our agent it was without our knowledge, anu he never had : anything from me or the company that would give him the shadow of authority to act so. we were notified and al ways understood he was a full partner with the sane rights the others had. at any rate, it was so reported to us and to all our employees, and he always acted as such. The settlement of your contracts was made with the engineers in Texas, and no objection was made to them, when Mr. w shburn was killed, your firm sent Mr. Adamson down t ere to take charge and settle up. At any rate, those are the representations made to me. i was never notified differently in ang wa-, shape or manner, nor that Mr. Adamson as your jpartner had not the same rights as you or anyone else connected with the firm, and x had no knowledge of the firm's affairs. If you have any different idea from this you want to dis abuse your mind of it. i assure you no matter what represenatations hnve been made to you, there is not a shadow of truth in the charges you make in your letter; and you nor :nyone else ever heard from'^me or anyone about me, anything to bose such beliefs or charges upon. ' i never head of them until about a year ago, and I called Mr. Ad-'mson s attention to it and he, in the most positive manner denied h ?! represented , stated, hinted, or in any way conveyed a v that he in any way represented anyone but him elf and the firm. It is very singular, knowing me as well as you did, that about it. Anyone connec'.ed with me woula have told you that thero was not a word of trxith in it. I am. Very truly yours. G, M. Dodge. 265 1888, Sept. Letters, etc. used in Speech by G. M. Dodge Before Army of the Tennessee, Sept. 1888. They and their subordinates were determined to build a first class road. To place this fact beyond question, I will read to you from a letter of the i'resident, touching a question which had arisen of aaving money to the detriment of the line. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 20 Nassau Street, New York, Jan, 15th, 1869, General G. Ni, Dodge ^ Dear Sir; J have your favor of to-day and most heartily sympath ize with you in your indignation at the course of Durant. I have tele graphed .as you suggested that no alterations be made in tbe line of Road as finally located and have also written Durant a letter encloshim a copy of the instructions of Browning, I think he will do what he can to remedy any changes he has made in line. Durant has been as furious in his demonstrations as any one well could be generally but has Hill now made no important changes in your line, I think we may find when the committee get out there that the changes may not be as radical as you now suppose, I know that Durant has wanted to take the full charge of the line and have it run to suit his notions which are to con form the line to the surface of the country with grades and curves up to the limit of the Law, but the strong support which your line has re ceived from our Board has prevented changes. I hope you will feel that though the Dr. may want power and exercises it without judgment frequently yet the Board of Directors are strongly your friends and I hope you will not let your feelings against Durant lead you into any demonstrations against the road. We would like to place you in some position on our road where we could have your influence in the govern ment of the road after it is completed. If you will write to Blickensderfer- to let the location conform as nearly as possible to old location and-these changes that Dr, has made to save time and get ahead of the Central we will change hereafter - but now we better let the changes be accepted where the line is not radically bad. Yours.Truly, Oliver Ames, Predt, Another private letter lets in a side-light upon the exhaus ted financial condition of the company at the time the connection of the two roads was effected, which is instructive as well as interesting at the present day. N. Easton, May 11th, 1869, Gen, G, M, Dodge; Dear Sir:- I wrote you this A, M, in regard to the state of our affairs here. We have raised money quite as liberally as we expected and paid up an immense amount of bills but there seems to be no end to the demand for money on line of road, and we are exhausting the means ;2&6 of all our friends to help along the road. I hear nothing from Duff or Dillon since they have been out there. We have written them fre quently to get some reliable information as.to.how the funds of the Company were being spent and what amount is wanted to get the road run ning smoothly, but we have yet been unable to find out anything reli able. Dillon telegraphs he wants $500,000 at once, you telegraph you want $500,000, and Duff telegraphs he wants $100,000 and Snyder will take all we can raise. A'e do not really know what is wanted nor where it is going. If we could see plainly just what is wanted we could go to work with more certainty of reaching a result. As it now is we are just as much in the dark as we were be fore the committee went out. Snyder in consenting to these large orders by hrost has neglected that close supervision that his duty re quired, and should not have allowed. I wish you would report.to us as we have no hope of getting letters from Duff or Dillon descriptive of the state of the road. The bridge we hear nothing from yet. If we press this we must get money I think by a separate organization and we ought to have a bridge imir.ediately if we have a big travel. Yours truly, Oliver Ames, Prest. P. S. We expected to get a telegraph from you when the last spike was driven that the principal office of the Company might know that the road was connected. We this P. . too late to get it into the evening papers have a telegram from you, signed Dodge, Duff, DiHon and Durant, saying the work is done. It would have been just as well here for Duff to have brought it here in his pocket. 0. Ames, Pres't. About a week later he wrote me very much more fully, and said:- I am so thoroughly sick of my connection with the road that I propose to get out of it just as soon as I possibly can. If I could go out to-day I should be a happier man." I have plenty of evidence to sustain this beyond question. The President, Oliver Ames, and the ^oard of Directors sustained the Engineers in building a road of the lowest grades and lightest cur vature, the country would admit. When some of those interested desir ed to use the macimum authorized by law and the Board invariably stood by for the lines of the Engineers, those offering greatest commercial value. The instructions given ne by Oliver Ames and Diciney Dillon, one at the head of the Gon.pany, and tlie other at the head of the Con struction Compnay, were invariably to obtain the best line the country afforded, regardless of the expense. Oakes Ames once wrote to me when it seemed impossible to raise money to meet our expenditures. Go ahead. The work shall not stop if it takes the shovel shop.'' The Ameses were manufactures of shovels and tools and their fortunes were invested in that business; and, as we all know, the shovel shop went. When the day came that the business of the Amesesshould go or the Union Pacific, Oakes Ames said:- "Save the credit of the road- I will fail." It took a man of courage and patriotism to make that decis ion and lay down a reputation and busineso credit that was invaluable in New England and one that had come down through almost a century. To him it was worse than death; and it was the blow which, followed by others, put him in his grave. 1888, Sept. Extracts of Letters, etc. used in Speech by G, Ni. Dodge Before Army of the Tennessee, September, 1888. To emphasize these observations, permit me to quote a brace •of paragraphs from a letter dated Jan. 6, 1859, addressed to Hon. John Sherman, C., and made public through the National Intelligencer. It was from his brother, then unknown to fame, and is even yet one of the most remarkably instructive short papers to be found in the liter ature of trans-continental railway construction. He gave many weighty reasons why a railway to the Pacific should be built, but thought it could not be done unless done by the nation. "It is a work of giants," he sententieusly declares, "and Uncle Sam in the only giant I know who can or should grapple the subject." That paper alone, in the light of later events, would stamp its author as a far-seeing states man and an enlightened engineer, notwithstanding the following rather pessimistic declarations: "It so hapijens that for the past ten years the Sierra Nevada has been crossed at every possible point by miners in search of gold, by emigrants going andcoming, and by skillful and scientific men. I, myself, have been along a great part of that range, and have no hesi tation in saying that there are no passes by which a railway, to be travelled by the most powerful locomotion now in use, can be carried through the Sierra Nevada, xinless at the extreme head of the Sacremento, near the town of Shasta or Fort Reading, or at the extreme head of the San Joaquin, near the Tejon."- "I now assert my belief that the great railroad; will not re ceive enough net profits to pay interest on its cost. Yet I will not attempt an estimate of either the cost of the road or its income. I believe the cost ill not fall much, if any short of ^200,000,000, the interest of which (Government bonds, say five per cent per annum) would be :Jl0,000,000," Less than ten years before. Gen. Sherman lad suggested a different method of disposing of the Indian. '^'riting to his brother he said: "No particular danger need be apprehended from Indians. They will no doubt pilfer and rob, and may occasionally attack and kill stragglers; but the grading of the road will require strong parties, capable of defending themselves; and the supplies for the road and maintenance of the workmen will be carried in large trains of wagons, such as went last year to Salt Lake, none of which were molested by Indians. So large a number of workmen distributed along the line will introduce enough whiskey to Kill off all the Indians within 300 miles of the road." 23d, 1868. The deviations of the route from the straight line, are as follows:- Straight line from Omaha to head of Oalt Lake, . < Line of Railroad from Omaha to head of Salt Lake, Line of Railroad from Omalia to Ogden Cit-y Straight line from Omaha to Cheyenne Railroad from Omaha to Cheyenne S^traight line fron. Cheyenne to Green River Railroad from Cheyenne to Green River Straight line from Green River to head of Salt Lake Railroad from Green River to head of Salt Lake. 885 Miles. 1118.7916 " 1031.8584 " 475 517.919 250 329.76 156 186.828 Miles If All the rail-road line between Omaha and head of Salt Lake is south of the straight line, except the part from Omaha to Loup Fork, 90 miles, and from Medicine Bow River to North Platte (River), 40 miles; altogether, 130 miles. The points v/hich are at the greatest distance south of the straight line are, first, in the Platte Valley, west of Port Kearney, where the road is 40 miles south; second, in the Black Hills, near Dale Creek, where it is about 50 miles south, and again at the head of the Muddy Fork, on the "rim" of the Salt Lake basin, where it is about 45 miles south. The entire location is between the 41st. and 42nd. parallels, except 120 miles in the bend of the Platte, which lies between the 40th and 41st. parallels. 'vt> 'V" ' J . * , ■ 1-. I October,1888. RW,".' ■ 269 York. Remarks of General Sherman on a rnotionx'to retu. n a vote of thanks to General Dodge for his paper read before the Societj' of the Army of the Tennnessee at Toledo, the 5th day of September, last. General Sherman said:--"This paper I regard as one of the most valuab"e which has ever been read before our Society. The state ments that it contains I know of my own knowledge to be true and veritable. The Union Pacific Road could not have been built, at least the time it was built but for the force v/hich the Aiwny had educated and prepared to execute this work, and I recollect th.at I myself ordered two regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry into such positions as would guard the working forces on this road, regarding as I did then, an d ever have since as the most important National work which has been consummated since the close of the war. The men were engaged in it as General Dodge has remarked, were vilified and traduced, but history will eventually do them justice and give them credit for the great work which they executed." 10/10/88 Dear General: Above I hand you Gen. Fuller's recollection of the siibstance of what you said. No doubt it is sufficient to recall to your mind all -ou said, which please send to me as soon as you can conveniently do so, and greatly oblige. Yours very truly. N. E . Dawson, Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, 75 17. 71st st.,r:.Y. Gen, Dodge has Just returned from the West. ' f.J Septeniber, 1888. UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C. Sept. 23, 1888/ Sunday morning. My dear Mr. Dodge: After reading part of your recent paper before the •^rmy of the Tennessee at its last reunion, I said to myself I am glad that I know General Dodge. If you have this valuable paper in its entirety, I should so much value a copy of it. Respectfully yours, Joseph S. Morgan. Gen'l G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York City. - \ if* . Jj' W "m • • • , . ♦ ,-i- •* '.M A.r- ^ aV" • p.V; ;v4;;2; - October, 1888. October 17, 1888. New York. Ron. John Evans, '"'Mi '' • \ Denver, Col. Dear Governor: In about two weeks we will have our pooling certificate out and ^ want to have it distributed on the D. P. & G. ■ To do this we must make a deposit of so much of the stock as is signed with the Mercantile Trust Go. As soon as it is out I can make a deposit of four or five millions of signed stock, v.hich will give us a chance to get our certificates listed and put on the market. I propose to list the certificates and not the stock. Wont you have yoi.ir people give this attention? I'c'e now have in all the stock of the Ft. W. ^ D. C. except, I think about six thousand shares. Their total stock is nine millions and as near as 1 can tell there wi_l not be over 6000 shares out. I succeeded in getting in two millions' of it yesterday that was on the street, thus making it pretty clean, and I think on that showing we can drop that stock out as soon as we get the trust certificates. The directors passed a resolution proposing some day to abandon the Rio Grande, which enables us to issue :||:15,000 on the main line between Pueblo and Trinidad. That is a matter we had better say nothing about. It is done so that, under Wells* opinion, wherever we build branches or main line, we can issue a main-line bond. Yours truly, G. . Dodge . October, 1888. Headquarters REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, No. 91 Fifth Avenue, New York, Oct. 17th, 1888. Dear General; I am not able to go down town.today and see the gentlemen we talked about. A diarrhea has put me on my back for the day. Can you not see them and get their views and wishes? Couid you not see Mr. Pullman and talk with him. He is a power to help. Mr. Quay is anxious that he should ask Run to come on here for a day. He can help us with the other interest of which I spoke to you last night. Hastily, J. S. ^larkson. I' v., - 277 October, 1888. Mr. Genl, G. M. Dodge, Omaha, Oct. 20th, 1888. You are cordially invited to participate in the opening of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Wagon Bridge Oct. 30th, 1888. A splendid Stage Coach and team will be kindly provided by James Stephenson for the party to join in the Trades Procession. E. F. Hooker S. S. Stevens. James Stephenson. Kindly give notice of your acceptance. Below are the names of those who are invited to participate and to occupy the Coach on this occasion: James Stephenson, Col. E. F. Hooker S. S. Stevens, M. C. Keith M. W. Claire Capt. W, "V, Marsh Capt. C. B. Rustin, Jerome WcClintock Frank Murphy Harry Deuel Joseph Sheppard, W. H. Quick A. Kimball W. B. Strong E. M. Morsman Capt. N. T. Spoor H. C. Nutt E. R. Bullens, W. J. Maxwell Webster Snyder Gen. G. M. Dodge. S. H. H. Clark i:' m October, 1888. Headquarters REPUBLICAN NATIONAL GOr/MITTEE, 91 Fifth Avenue, N. Y Oct. 20, 1888. Dear Genera}.: Mr. Miller is here and I want you to see him. He starts today to Indianaoplis at 3 o'clock. He will remain here to see you. 4— '-r E80 Headquarters, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMiVITTEE, 91 Fifth Ay.enue, New York. Oct. 20, 1888 Dear Generd.: I have your note. The man who has ^een West is coming to see me in ten minutes. I will answer your note and send by special messenger as oon as I have seen him. But I am sure this matter will not be arranged until you and I take hold of it and put it through. The pre^ifei^l way Is to find definitely what these people want and what they will do and then submit it and get it accepted. You will hear from me soon. J. S. 0. > ■> ■ . -» . t , .I'■ October, 1888. 281 Nev/ York. Uctober 1888, C. F. Meek, General Manager, Dear Sir*-- Denver, Colo. Tlicre i; a very stronr; criticism made here on the aar'nin^js as shown by the F. 6: D. Q. the T. & k. w. and the D. T. G. Take the month of September and the D. & N. 'V. with tv/ice the distance, earns less t an the D. T. & G. v/hilst it has joint earnings on about equal mileage of the D. T. ,*•: G. in addition,. " There is certainly something v/rongabout this. There appears to be piling up to the u. T. & G. the benefits of the South line, and I fear it is'in the percentages and that you have no protected the u. T. & k. "J. Then again, 1.don't know what percentages yoii are charging the D. & G. for their Pueblo rights, which are all owned by the u. T. F. W. Then again, the net or the u. He F. W. which is a new road, is less than the net of the D. T. & G< which is the old road. As I unde sland it, nothing passes Pueblo that the D. & F, Y. don't get 50^-, on; whatever percentage there is less than th'^t is all due to the coun ry between Pueblo and uenver; and, if I remember rightly, you have never charged up the percentages due the u. T. & F. "V. for the privileges it accords in Pueblo, which have cost the D. . & F. W. a great deal of money. These matters are very carefully and thoroughly criticised here by people who own the stock, and I am unable to explain them. Please talk this up with Yr. wheeler and let us see what the exact st-tus of the matter is. very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 283 October, 1888, Fred L. Ames, Esq., Bo! ton, Mass. Dear Sir: - The New York Time morning that, on November of the Missouri Pacific, Mr. Pearsall irrmediately of people slopping over o no buyers. Today matters This nearly fills up our it, as I do not want to are on t' c five per-cents New York. October,'27th, 1888. s had a telegram from Pueblo B'riday 1st, our road would go into the hands which frightened people here and, although denied it authoritatively, it had the effect n to us 100 or ore, of our bonds, and with look better, as good buyers hcv e come in. pool, and I believe v;e had better increase ave the bonds go off while these people A man left today for London who has been here two weeks examining matters thoroughly. He has taken back with him letters from Judge Dillon showing our legal status throughout, and he was well p"eased. The earnings on our middle division are showing our interest an 1 a little more. Carl Pollitz, who is examining the road for the German Banks who b ougiit our bonds so long ago but .id not take them is now in Colorado, and has been on the road"a week giving it care ful examination in detail. I do not see how he can make ang'thing but a good report, as our business is fine now. I enclose you copy of letter received from General Manager Meek today. I have been prodding him, up and writing there about tficir expenses, and about working for business--you can see what he says. October car reports show a very heavy increase, nearly 60^ . Our eaj'nings for September were only about ""lys.OOO. estimated, but they write that the actual will probably be from lOr to 15;^ more, which, takinr into consideration the vellow fever scaie, will be very favorable if it comes up to that. " It seems to me that these Boston peopt who are invest ing thcr money could not do better than to put it in our six oer cents. During all this Atchlson and Missouri Pacific deoression IJonnflv country, and it has caused Of a It. continual .0 are dripping.of in the South bonds. weo?crrA rreat many people who had our bonds around Boston, and a few of them and in t at way we got a great many on the do^n market, to protLrtheir stock-' got it.^ you copy of pur earnings sheet as far as we have Let me hewr from you on this. Very truly yours, G. M, Dodge. 285 Octbber, 1888. C. R. Cadle, Jr., New York. October'27th, 1888. Blockton, Alabama. " Dear Cadle:- I have a f;reat many Ic tens from Ransom parts of one or two of which I will send you, written after the battle of Pittsburgh Landing. I first knew Ransom v.'hen I became a cadet at ^Corwich University in the year 1849. We were thrown into the same class, and from our first acqiaintance became close friends; and our friend- 'ship lasted linbroken until his death. Ransom was always the same; as ture as steel to any one he liled. Thei-e was nothing too much for him to do for his friends. Of an enemyhe said very little, but always aboided him. He never desired any controversy with aiiy one, but was the most' particular and most careful man about his honor and integrity, that- I ever met. Even in his early boyhood, if anj' boy or girl or any one else, ever inpugned im, directly or indirectly,, he'resented it immediately. No matter where, or under wbat circumstances, or what the danger, if a comrade was in troiible Ransom would jump in to help While at the University we often had hard fights with Hanover, Middlebury and other places, and while we were largely in the minority, and while some of our boys ..ould run and get out of the fight. Ransom never did. , • Ransom went West on graduating, to visit his uncle, George W. Gilson at Peru, Ills. 'Afhile there he wrote me to. join him, which I did. his brother Dunbar was with us, and if I remember rightly we lived together in the same house for over a year, until I left to follow my profession. W' ile at Norwich, Vt., for the br adking of the rules in run ning the guard and going to a dance, most of our cln5 s were -^ent to Lewtary vt, ac a punlrhmertt durlnc the vacation. Itwlfa iaSe ticthodist school, and while there we wore our uniforms, we were abooed and often insulted bg the students there, but being on our 'ood behavior and taking advice of the President of ihe school^ who Te.aa, annhHe°ir or six strappincblg followr rarip S™ tanoJd out ?b„ the fellows " who had pitched into us. We =>11 were »hded all flnrhnv^iS 1? and whinoedo ^ fencers and understood standlr,,: tocether and defendlnc oursel^r.^^ . i .. got back to back in that fight on our way to church that Sunday and we laid out the crowd. Of course we all thought we would' be" sent awny, bu' it GO happened that a Miss Chase, one of the Principals of the school saw the whole thing, and when vie were called up she appeared as our defender, ar.d the resuQt was that the President of the school, instead of dismissing us, complimented us on our behavior under the provocatioxi. That was a time when a comrade was attac];ed, ard the only on in Ransom's life, that he hesitated about coming to the rescue as he always told me. At the time we were at Peru, there were riots along the ills. Central Railroad, which was tlien in process of building, and we manned a couple pieces of artillery that were al. Peru and went over to aid in nutting down the riots, and, I tliinl^, stayed there about a week to ■ keep the peace. We were looked upon as "Regulars" and we had more influence in effecting that object, and the immense number of workmen had more respect for us than for the militia companie's that came from other points. We carried th<re the drill and discipline that we had learned at the University, and of course were much better drilled an' had finer discipline in the Company. ally T, but V, he was ^ alwyas Ransom in communication at Peru, I never with saw me, much and I of hold him a perso larme n- •i.A ^ number of letters from him, written after I entered the war, for fverv^^ im, he saw I had been in a conflict, no matter how small or larre he would always write me. He was always anxibus to get with me ' finJllv^fSi application to that end, and as vou kniw. River LpWUi on? on" the Red corps .hcn'he u'?hrco'n™! for some time incapacitated e for firiH owing to a wound which taking care of the Corns durinrn m. - service. It was anxiety in on his death. After he ooko to the Me brought It, an' he had great desire to .-et' nto thoughts were for he used to ray/"What .0 can L"wSen tocMhe"!"'''''' of anjr man l'^ever'laS?°'^He''rosLbled^hlUr"tf '=°™"ndlng as that been told that his disposition 'hnhi+ ^ ^ I have in the line of his fa tS^s i know closely f by Grant, Sherman, fTcPh;;son and thought^ tact with. I have heard Crant sneak n-F if °+f he came in conGen. oherman and -cPherson, and the records again, as also thought Of him in their asking.for his p^omotionr"'^^ ->econd my personal Division appliL^on. of tk.e 16th I^Ld^aLed^for Corns nnri t J lake command of the ^ -ore happy „an than Raneo. was when he report°ed'"Se'.' Hrhal'been Cadle -2- in a good n.any battle; had be. n wounded two or three times and felt that he had been rather unfortunate, but thought ti.at when he got into the Atlanta camapign he would have great opportunity. Ransom was a natural born soldier. I trust you will not fail to furnish me with a full transcript of your remarks on the occasion you mention. Yours truly, G . IV!. Dodge ' k ^ ,■ .'tf »*' " V ■,Vt 289 Octdoer, 1888, Manilla, Iowa, Oct. 29th, 1888. Dear Gren: I am on my return home from Mapleton where I have been to spend Sunday with mother. Found her Saturday eve dressed and lying on the lounge, quiet from the influence of opiixm but more rational than she has been for months. She talked with me about being very sick, feeling weaker and more sick than ever before. Suffering as she was from a cold on her lungs which keeps her coughing, a loose cough showing the collection of phelgm in the lungs which feels sore and her mouth and tongue are quite sore. She has not taken any solid food for a week, has no appetibe but they coax her to take a few spoonfuls of wine, oatmeal gruel etc. several times a day and this is all the nourishment she takes and is gradually growing wea..er. Her appetite commenced to fail about two weeks ago. Then she would be on her feet all day and was difficult to control. Now she carmot walk across the room alone and seems to swallow even fluids with some difficulty. This is occasioned by her mouth being sore and dry I think. Saturday night she talked to me about dying seemed to have a great fear of death and they t611 me she has always expressed such fear during her sickness. I encouraged her what I could. She thinks she is dying a dozen times a day. In this respect she is like her father who olten in his last sickness would say at night he should not live until morning. It is a part of the nervous disease with which she is afflicted. Saturday night she rested well with the help of morphine but Sunday afternoon she grew very nervous and the condition of night before was completely changed. She thought the soreness in back and lungs was caused by a severe beating she had received and ta|ced of it incessantly and wanted me to find out sho had beat her. She finally settled down on one of the family as the one and then she began to plead and beg me to take her away. She clung to me all the afternoon like a frightened child, held my hands, put her arm around me, kissed me all to get me to take her home to her father so she would not have to stay there another night. At night a half of a grain of morphine quieted her and she slept through the night and was not dressed and on the lounge until between 9 and 10 this morning. Before leaving I went in and sat with her awhile and she was quiet, dozing off and on, begging of me to stay with her. The impressinns and prejudices are but temporary except her desire to go home to her father and mother. Whenmt controlled by morphine her nervousness asserts itself and she shovvs strength and vitality that indicate she may last for some weeks unless the lung trouble should develop into pneumonia. I intend to go up again next Saturday if she is alive then. Very truly. N. P. Dodge October, 1888 THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB Tuesday Evening, Oct. 30, 1888, My dear General: Genl. Dudley and I came up liere to the Union league Club to have a conference with you on several important matters. We were told at the door where you had gone, so have re turned to send a note asking if we shall be able to see you anywhere tonight. We will wait here.for your answer. The Natl. Com. and the. Finance and Advisory Com. both formally requested me to-day to take entire charge as to seeing the two men we talked about last night. I have full power to act. and full authority to make pledges. It is in good shape now. The two men know I am their friend and that they can rely on me. I want to confer with you as to how to proceed. J. S. c. The Ass'd Press dispatches say to-night that Clarkson has asked Englow to recall lest. 293 October, 1888. Tuesday luorning, Oct. 30, 1888, Dear General: We have reached Down through the newspaper gentleman who was with us when you called last night. He is willing to use the matter, and have it come in a cable, if we can convince him of the reliability of our information, or rather of our informant. Would you be willing to see him, and convince him of the reliability, and would you, under his solemn pledge of honor, give him the name. He is extremely anxious to use it, says it would insure our success No time is to be lost. What do you say? J. S. C. Have you heard from the two other men, one of whom you were to see, and the other you were going to telegraph. J• . \ V j- V.-i 2S5 October, 1888 Headquarters REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, No. 91 Fifth Ave. Officers. Chairman; M. S. Quay, Vice-chairman: J. S. Clarkson, Treasurer; W. W. Dudley. Secretay: J» Fassett. Executive Committee. John C. New J. S. Clarkson A. L. Conger, Garret A. Hobart Samuel Fessenden, George R. Davis J. Manchester Haynes, M. H. de Young Wm. Cassius Goodike Ex Officio M. S. Quay, W, W. Dudley J. S. Fassett. New York, Oct. 30, 1888 Dear General: .1 have your two letters, one enclosing a ^500 check and the other telling of the news you have. It is certainly true that the Democrats have some new courage today, but we are sure it comes from their faith in some per fected scheme for stealing. We expect to know by tomorrow morning what the new scheme is. I hope you may be able to see the man in New York. I believe if he knew he could have the guaranty I spoke of, he would help and you are the man to convince him. He is timid but it can be arranged so that no one but you. Quay, and,I shall know of it^ I also hope the Boston man may come. Do you know whether any of the people you know who help Richard Crowley the Republican nominee for Congress in the Niagara Dist. -Of this State. He is a strong man and will appreciate help and he can be wired. 297 . November, 1888, N. Y. , Nov. 2d, 1888, Dear General: I was sorry to ha^e missed you but I was out raising money and had good success. We have nothing really discouraging and have so much that is reassuring which I cannot mention here that ..we are more confident than ever. J. S . G . ■ 4. ' '. ■ ' ''i \ ' i ■ t '■ X ' . 4.' November, 18c8. 289 Ilcvember 2rd, 1888. New YoJ'k, '.'essrs. Thos. Branch & Co., Richmond, Va. Gentlemen:- I am in receipt of yours of November, 1st. Mr Carl Polliz has just returned from an examination of our road for the Berlin Banks, ard I understand that he is verj'- much pleased with tlie property. J- have not seen him yet and I on ly know this from what others have told of whathe has said to them, we are waiting; for their decision. There is also an ii;nglish par-ty now who want the bonds, but there is a growing disposi tion among some of the stock-holders to distribute the bonds on our earnings. Mr. Meek v/ires that our earnings for uctober will be 023O,OOO"Dr more and that for November they will run upto ^300,000. I send you a copy of a letter he wrote me in relation to matter out tliere. we have also lately made some very favorable arrangements for business. The line clear tVirough is showing to earn its interest on each division. There is a great desire among the large stockholders to have our bonds plw ced in Bunpe, and not distribsited and put on to thir market, j. shall distribute my stock just as soon as the Mercantile Trust Co.,can get the certificates to issue. They are in the engravers hands, but they are very slow. I send you copy of our earnings, statement up to date with the October earnings estimated, -^nd the net as far as we have got them. The September earnings they write us will probably be increased to about "*200, 00. Our' net earnings are generally two or three months behind on account of difficulty in obtaining joint track earnings. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. President, November, 1888. WAR DEPARTMENT, Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D. 0., November 3, 1888 General G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York. Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, in regard to the Book containing the names of Corps, Division, and Brigade Commanders compiled from the records of this office and recently published by Burk and McFetridge, of Philadelphia, Pa. It was expected that in a work of such magnitude some omissions would take place, and it was for this reason that the Quarternaster General requested that errors be pointed out to him. In your case however, the record is correct. The records of Oificers are given in a consolidated form, covering the periods of service in each particular instance, as far as shown by the records of this Office. Dates of assignment only are given. If you will analize your record you will see that General C. S. Hamilton, was assigned December 1862, when he was relieved by General R. J. Oglesby in April--1863, On July 7th, 1863, you assumed command and you in turn were relieved by the assignment of Colonel A. Mersey in August--1863. This Gificer was relieved by General E. A. Carr, September 3, 1863, serving until October 15, 1863, when you again took command. August 19th, 1864 you were relieved by General T. E. G. Ransom. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, S. B. Holif(b--cr. Quarteriraster General, U. S. Army, 2945 F. 1888 ■303 November, 1888. Mapleton, Nov. 7, 1888, Dear Gran: I came ap here yesterday to see mother. Find her much same as when here ten days ago. She must be weaker but I see but little if any change. She appears quite different at different times. Last eve when I came she was flighty, knew me but soon when I arose to go out of the room thought I was Uncle John and would inquire i'or her father and mother. She was somewhat under the influence of morphine and soon went to sleep and had a comfortable night. The day before and previous night she had been restless and sleepless and when nurse went oixt of room to get her something, rose up from her bed and walked across the room and out into kitchen after nurse, exhibiting and un natural strength. This morning she is quiet and more rational and laugh.ed when I asked her about Father's trying to put me in the Harrison Log Cabin in 1840 as it was passing our house in Tapleyville and I kicked and hallowed and would not go in which pleased Father, he being a Democrat. T]qis goes back to my earliest recollection, being only 3 years and 3 months old. Mother's mind when at its best is very weak, everything said to her as well as ones presence makes but a momentary impression. She talks to me about her being so sick and feeble but hopes she will be more comfortable, wants to know where she is many times during a day and questions about my family are hardly answered before asked again. When more restless and excited she wants Julia or some one close by her holding her hand or lying on the bed (if at night) for she is up and dressed and lays on the lounge all day), thinks she is going to die right away. This was a peculiarity of her father in his last sickness. When calm ana rational we think her end may be near as it would seem to be the natural change be!ore death. If you could see her now asleep (I am writing sitting by her side) she would look about as you saw her last and as you would like to remember her. Her face a little thin but shows a good color. Mother has jur-t awakened and turn ed }:er face toward me and said, "Nathan is this you. I am so glad you come to see me", and Julia comes in and aske; her if she will have a little soup and she says, "I will try a little of it," and now she is sitting up taking a few spoonsful of soup. I mention in detail that you may know how rational she is at times. Now she is asking me if Julia is married and who her husband is and also how many children I have an(i their names and asks me about Nathan and I remind her that 1 am Nathan and she says, "Oh yes I know it but my mind seems to wander so since I have been sick," etc. While it would be a pleasure for you to see her a^in alive. Especially when she ap^^ears the most rational and to her it would be a momentary satisfaction, I cannot urge you to leave your business and make the long journey as I would if her mind was stronger. r While I have been writing the above sentence she has aske^i again the names of my children and after repeating them again to her I ask,"Do you remember them?" She says, "I do not seem to it is so long since I have seen them." If no acute disease sets in like pneumonia I think she will live sometime. There will be a gradual weakening of the physical system until the heart will stop action from sheer exhaustion of the vital powers to act, I would not be surprised if she saw her 87 birthday in January and she may go much sooner but to me having in view her whole life and her wonderful vitality anu strength and of her parents I do not think she is so near her end as one who has less know ledge of her life would think.. Her last resting place will be by tlie side of Father and having no home now at the Bluffs I shall probably have the funeral exercises from the Cong. Church. I shall go home tomorrow and return again in about a week if not called sooner. Very truly , N. P. Dodge. .':3C5 Nov. 10, 18S8. J. M. Null, Esq., Poit '^Torth, Texas. Dear Sir:- Herewith I hand you a deed to rae, covering four leagues of xan in ^""isher County Texas, known as the Gillispie County School land. Will you be kind enough to sent it to the proper officer have it recorded, and returned to irte with bill for recorder's fee. I would also like to have pu obtain from him ard send me a statement of all trusts mortgages, or encumbrances there ai-e uoon this land. Very truly yours. 0. M. Dodae. Please say also whetlier or not there is a legal description of the larid conveyed. Novemtier, 1888. 3G9 New York City. Nov. 12, 1888 Hon. W. 1'. Cody, Uy dear Sir: On my return to the City my friend, Nr. Bierdstadt, sent me your kind remenbrance . It takes me back a great^many years; and, later, to Omaha when in company with "John S. Collins I visited the fair grounds of that City to see your first exhibition and pass judgment upon it. Since then, I have watched your fortunes and successes. You are a representative of those men so often written about, and so little knov/; men who from k853 to 1874 were my guides, and v.hose judg ment I always followed - the voyageurs of the plains - Bridger, Reynolds, Lombard, The two Janis'es, Palladay, Gee, Adams, Fontenelle, North and, last but not least, Cody. These are the ones with whom I individually came in contact. You have made a history for them and fo.r yourself, and I honor you for it. I have heard Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Crook and Augur say many kind things of your and your work with them since the war; but I knew most of the voyageurs of the plains before the war, when their- personal courage saved many lives at tiiiies when their acts and deeds would probably never be li.entioned or known. North and his Regiment of Indians was with me until I comrr plated the Union Pacific Road. If there, are any of them with you now, I should be glad to meet them. They were faithful soldiers, and successfully did their part in guarding faithfully and successfully that portion oi' the Road that was allotted to them. If it is possible, I shall go down and see you personally, but if not, please accept my thanks and take the wish for the act. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge . .' ' < ' I.' *' "li,- 311u November, 1888. Headquarters DODGE LIGHT GUARD, Company A, 5th Regt. L.N.G., Organized May 3d, 1887. A. W. Cowles, Capt, V/. E, Aitchison, 1st Lt J. W, Dixon, 2d Lt. H. Wells, ^eo. A. W. Cowles, '^'reas. Gounttll Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 12, 1888. Gen. G, M. Bodge, Dear Sir: I understand that it is eustomary for the Governor to attend ' the inauguration ceremonies at Washington every 4 years and tta t some company is taken along as his escort, at the expense of the state. We propose to make every effort and bring all the influence to bear that we possibly can towards being the coii.pany selected to accompany him in that capacity next spring. I feel confident that no company in the state can furnish a better appearing or more gentlemanly body of citizen soldiery than .we can turn out or that can beat us in the field and I write you to ^ask that you will use your influence with Gov. Larrabee and Gov. Alexander in every and any way, which in your judgment will tend to bring about that result. It would be a big thing for the Dodge Light Guard and something of which I am sure youwouH personally be proud, as would the people of Council Bluffs generally. I have ordered the Flag you told me to procure and expect it here before many days. It will be a beauty too, will write you more fully in regard to it when received. Please do all you can for us and I assure you General, it will be appreciated. Yours most respectfully, A. W. Cowles, Capt. 313 Novenilrer, 1888. Headquarters DODGE LIGHT GUARD Company A. 5th Regt., I. N. G. Organized Way 3d, 1887. A. W, Cowles, Gapt. W. E. Aitchison, 1st Lt J. W. Dixon, 2d Lt. H, 0. Wells, Sec. A. W. Cowles, Treas, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 23, 1888. Gen. G. W. Dodge, Dear Sir: The Copy of your letter to Gen. Alexander is received. Thanks. At a special business meeting of the Co. last night we or ganized a stock Company for the purpose of placing ourselves in proper shape t-o lease the Masonic Temple Hall for an Armory. The capital stock of the Company is $2000 divided Into 400 shares of $5 each. From 60 to 753hares of unpaid stock will be taken at once by the mem bers of the company and we can sell fromlto 3 shares each of stock to the best business men in town. Have just sold 2 shares to J. L. Stewart of Stewart Bros. These shares of stock will be assessed $2.00 per share payable the 1st of Jan. 1889 and more than likely we will not have to maive another assessment on them during that year, but the idea you see is to make provision for funds if we should need any. We have elected you President of the stock company and assigned 10 shares of unapid stock to you knowing that you will surely be pleased to lend your name and in fluence to that extent. Please sign the articles of incorporation and return them as soon as possible. We will issue the certificates of stock and send thern on also for your signature as soon as the articles are placed on file . I can see General that this plan is going to build us up wonderfully and will enable us to have the best armory of any company in this part of the country. I was sorry not to be able to see you and talk this all over befoie you left but have been exceedingly busy ever since Wonday and you no doubt the same . We are going to pay $1200 rent for the Hull but I am satisfied we can get from $800 to |1000 back by sub renting it and hope to do better than that. We expect to put up a nice gun rack and will use a little money say from $100 to vl50 fitting up a parlor etc. so that when you visit us again we will have a decent place to see you in. These men outside of the company who take stock will constitute the honorary membership and will always be welcome at drills and be made to feel that they are interested in the welfare of the Dodge Light Guard. 314 Trusting that my earnest efforts in organizing .this com pany and thus building it up will meet with you approval and support as I am confident it will, .1 am, dear Sir, . Your most obedient servant. r, 1 I A. W. Cowles, Capt. Dodge Light Guard. s ^ f ^ 'vi' ^ y * f ' . V,> >'4 ■,y* >Ki r .■ • . 315 November, 1888. New York. November 27th, 188 8, Gov. J. C. Brown, Esq., Dallas, Texas. Dear Gir:- I enclose you a Clearing-House plan that has been pre pared here. This is only preliminary. Of course, they will ask us to join. What we want to accomplish is, to make a line from D' nver to New Orleans that will not be broken or interfered with through any of these arrangem nts, and how this is to be done I don t exactly understand. Of course, it is for your interest as well as for ours to get an agreement thatis lasting, so that I will have no inducement to try to push to the south-west, and so that you can use our line for the north-west. The arrangements that we are making are "oing to bring considerable business to your line; that is, it is going to in crease riglit straight along as v/e make ai'rangements with the out side lines. Before you come East I wish you ./ould talk this matter up with Morgan Jones and get his views. The only offer I made on the car was in D. T. & R. 'V. bonds. 1 hfve got no money to p-y for a car, but if I can trade you in bonds I will do it. It is for my own individual use and not for any company i Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 317 November, 1888. Denver to Ft. Worth and the Gulf. Ft. Worth & Denver City Ry. ^o. Denver Texas & Ft. Worth R. R. Co, Denver Texas & Culf R, R. Go. C. R, Meek, General Manager. Denver, Colo., Nov. 26, 1888. PERSONAL General G. M. Dodge, No 1. Rrcadway, New Yokr, N. Y, Dear General; Answering you letter of the 21st inst. from Council Bluffs, in regard to the policy of our getting an interest in the South "Park road jointly with the Union Pacific, paying one-half its interest, and maintenance on wheelage, or such portion of the equipment as would be used iri our business; I have gone over we conclude; this matter carefully with Gov. Evans, and 1st. While it would give us the advantage of a rate-making j)ower on products of the mountains, it would not admit us to Aspen and other heavy mineral producing centres. 2nd. With our present arrangement, and without any cost of maintenance or interest, we are participating in the mountain busire ss via the Midland and Rio Grande roads, bringing ore from Aspen, Leadville and other points , to Pueblo and Denver, in connection with the Midland road, and this arrangement^,if made with the South Park, would, as a natural consequence, disrupt existing relations between our line, the Colorado Midland and the Denver and Rio Grande. 3rd. We consider we are stronger with all mountain and plains lines friendly, than we would be with a half interest in the South Park and all other lines fighting us. 4th. The line woiild necessarily be under the control of the Union Pacific, and no arrangement could be made in which we would not suffer some disabilities, with respect, especially, to local business 5th. We do not beJieve the South Park would add enough to our busineso to warrant us assuming the obligation of paying $63,000. per Annum and our portion oi the maintenance. I question very much whether it would be practicable to operate a ;iece of property, taking such portion of the equipment as - we would need in our business; leaving it to them to determine what 318 we need. The only way this could be done successfully, in my judgment, is to operate the property on joint account, and divide the business equally arbitratily; but even could this be done, I do not believe there is enough in it to warrant us in making the arrangement. As to what alliance, offensive or defensive, we could make with the Texas L Pacific; What we should have with them is a traffic contract, giving us a rate making power, as iar as necessary, to protect our interests on through business between their territopy and ours, regardless of any agreement they may hereafter made with other companies for the main tenance of rates, or placing their rates or revenue in a Trust; this could be done without menance to them. The agreement should be made in consideration of this Qompany not building to New Orleans, It should protect them in our territory and us in theirs, against every sort of combination, trust or agreement that may be made. Gov. Brown will likely raise the question of making this an exclusive arrangement, which would shut us out on the Southern Pacific. This should be avoided. In addition to this, we should have an option to take tracka^ between Ft. Worth and New Orleans on a fair basis of compensation, with absolute rights as to rate making power on business between New Orleans and our territory, and indei^endence, if we desire it, in handling bus iness under their police control. If Gov, Brown enters a Trust, Association, or agreement, sub ject to a traffic contract with us, giving us rate making power, it would make us a factor necessary to the successful formation of the Trust, and hence give us the advantages that r;ight be derived from this connection; but we should have the option of following our interests in the matter of joining this combination. We should in any event, have an option extending S years, or more, for making the trackage arrangement, I will talk with Finley in regard to the matter, and, after seeing him., write you agAin. Perhaps it would be well for you to take the matter up with Gov. Brown on the basis of making a traffic con tract and getting an option to take trackage, and the negotiations be ing opened we can then meet and discuss all sides of the question and probably consummate some arrangement. I will see Goddard in Chicago, if I go this week, and do all I can to make a permanent arrangement with then, on California and Texas business. Yours very truly, 0. F, Meek, General Manager. 319 November, 1886. C. P. Meek, Esq., New York. November 27th, 1888 . General ^^"ana^er, Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, 111. Dear Sir: )n«^t tftis I wired you about Hag^^^in. I saw him and had a lorn _talk witn him. i see a ^reat many difficulties in the shipping oftftis matt, and s see the advantages of obtaining it; First, Haggin insists that ther.. shall be no transfer; Second, when it goes aboard rhip there s^iall beno hooks-, or anything of the kind, used in handling; it must be handled either by derricks or by men. It comes in bags that weigh about 100 lbs. He says that Baltimore has been the most advantage'ous place for him to ship from because it goes right aboard ship from the c-^rs without any re-handling. He wants to try our route, and he evidently wants to see if he cannot beat the Union Pacific down to •'•8.00 to the River. He said that Hill, of the Uani'oba, wanted to take It for '!!'8.00 to St Paul. He is goin; to make me a proposi tion as to what h will give it to us for for the year, but*, as I wired you, he is to give it for two months. He is anxious to get some bituminous coal to mix with the Rock Springe coal, and, if we could agree with the U. P. so -s to haul him some of the Trinidad coal that he can use in his grates and save the large wast of the Rock Springs coal that goes through the grates, it would help us. You had better take this up with Kiraball. It is not very much Trinidad coal that they .vant, but just ' nopgh to keep the Eocl; Springs fromwasting. He says his matt as Liverpool end takes their assay in payment. My idea is, that if tlr se parties go into the agree ments that they are contemplating the two months deal will be again t him instoad of for him; but 1 see h cares more for the way his material is handled than t?io rate. If we could reduce the loss 1^ from that of Baltimore it would carry his fneig?;t. The capacity of their mines if 8,000 tons and they are taking out about 6,000 per month when they can get the coal. He is to be here all the week, that 1 Bora";ou''!asi''nfrMP"° ■■■" "spatohe, : I am, very tmly yours. G, M. Dodge President, November, 1668. New York, . November 27th, 1888. Morgan Jones, Esq., Pres't. Y. ''h & D. C. RY Eort worth, Texas. De- r : -- I have been watching the out put of coal. All of you pressed mc to death to get these branclies in, and wc are not getting coal inough from them to pay for the grease on on the wheels. The Beshoar only gave us 106 cars in October,and up to the 22nd of November onl.; 118, with scarcely any coke. In fact, the C. C. & I Co. are giving usnothing.' ^hc Chicosa mine is not doing much betterj it only averages'6 or 8 cars per day. -Is there not some way to remedy "this? It seems to m e that the people handling the mine ought t have : nown what they could do before we got up' there. J- would not have laid out this anioiuit of money in putting the roids up to the mines unless they were goin- to turn us out some business. We are running w-y behind in our pool. The surprise mine has also cut off most ot its output, ^at we et from the "^.^alley mine is generally used up by the company, so that for commercial earnings we have got avery little. Is there not sora/ way to fore the i-'orbes mine up to 20 or 25 cars per day and also the Beshoar? We ought to have out of these mines a,'"id coke ovens 200 crs of coal per day. Even the Pranceville mine does not average much over ten or twelve cars per day. It put out 395 cars in October, and it is not avcra ing over twelve cars so far, in November. Yours very truly, G. M, uodge, President. gV"?''. '■ ■■ *'/ ■ 'T' .1 1 gt iV : >. v'v■ ■ 323 December, 1888. 1449 Lexington Avenue, New York City, Dec. 1. Genl. Grenville M. Dodge. Dear Sir: I have been quite busy this year in spare tln.e executing war subjects and I have just finished in Indian Ink an 18 X 25 inch size composition a mate to the Genl. Fullers subject I executed of holding his line on the 22nd of tfuly. The picture I have just finished is: Death of General James B. J/"cPherson, worked out from a description of his orderly. I should like very much to call upon you with it as I think it will interest you to see my treatment of a subject so near associated with your opperations on that Day. The scene or thicket is worked out from a photo" of this spot. The Rebs are hurrying through the undergrowth and blazing away at the Genl. who is mounted and in the immediate foreground and falling back. The orderly is being unhorsed by a limb of a tree in his mad rush from the firing. i had the pleasure of a visit from Genl. Jhon . Fuller about a month or two ago and he referred to you calling upon him in Toledo and to your desire to see produced a picture of your entire corps engaged on the 22nd. I should lixe to work out a sketch of the scene if I had an inducement. Genl. Fuller seems anxious that I make this sketch for you but I should like the portraits of some oi your staff and authority from you. Drop me a line stating when I can find you in at 1 B'dway and I will take the WcPherson picture with me for your inspection. Genl. Fickenlooper to whom I wrote about it has ordered a photo copy off it and possibly may purchase original. I am truly yours, Jamies E, Taylor. December, 1888, 325 .. . 3^- ; 1449 Lexington Avenue, New York ^ity. Dec, 6, General Grenville W. Dodge, Dear Sir: Your kind favor received in reply to my note regarding making a design of the 16th Corps engaged in the 22nd of July, '64 near Atlanta and I am much gratified to know that you are desirous to have the piclitire made and a corx'ect one at that as far as possible. Of course an actual sketch of the entire scene of your fight there is indispensible and you are correct in your resolve to have R^oser, I - suppose or some other Atlanta artist or a Photographer make a picture of the spot under your eye. I will at once start a sketch of the Battle from the notes you gave me and when you return to N, Y. Please notify me and I will call with it and you can make suggestions for changes'in the grouping so that I can be ready to work out the picture soon as sketch of ground is received. I enclose for your acceptance Picture No. 2. Genl. Fuller's fight is the other one linished. Death of McPherson during the progress of your fight. Your subject when finihsed will make the trio of A. the 22nd of July series, I worked this out from descrip tion given by Genl. McPherson's orderly A. G, Thompson of Georgtown, 0. In whirling out of the way Thompson came in contact with the limb of a tree and was unhorsed and captured and after crawling to the dying General, who lay gasping, the Reb., Capt Richard Beard demanded to know who the officer was, Thompson telling him it was his beloved commander Genl. McPherson, etc, etc. But all this is familiar to you. Howdoes the composition strike you? Genl. hickenlooper, who I believe received the last order, the one for mower to straighten his line parallel with the dirt road, from McPherson and had just left him, to whom P sent a photo of the scene, writes me to know what amount I wish for the original, it is in Black and white 18 X 24 inch, which fact shows H. must be pleased with the composition; which as you know Genl. is necessarily an imaginative picture, but I copied the location from a photo etc. Drop mie a line when at leisure and oblige. Yours etc., James E. Taylor. i December, 1888. 327 Mapleton, la., Dec. 6th, 1888 Dear Gren: Mother has failed very much since I was here a week ago. Her cheekx are sunken - eyes partially closed (when awake) andlook unnatural. She sleeps and dozes most of the time has lost all inter est in what is going on around her, calls for no one unless roused from her stupor then is as apt to call for her mother or sister or Alonzo or some one of her early comipanions. She however recognizes Julia and myself and asks for what she wants and seems rational, but very weak. Lies very quiet, breathes easily, but appears, as she is, very weak. Ker voice is no longer clear. Her pulse is weak, flesh warm and natural, ta^es a few spoonfuls of nourishment, suffer no pain and I apprehend will within few days pass away in her sleep, which I believe was the case with Aunt Scott. No morphine has been given her for several days. You having seen her so recently it does not seem to me necessary for you to take the long journey here to attend mothers funeral. Neither do I think it necessary for those of your faii.ily who are so faraway to con.e. I shall not expect any of mine here, and shall only advise themi by leLter. I presume we shall have a gather ing of Julia's neighbors here and some simple service, and as simple and quiet one as can be plsn led from the church at C. Bluffs. This will give mothers old friends an opportunity to attend and view h er remains. I have not consulted Julia but write as I feel about it myself. If however it is your desire to be present or to have any members of your family conie we shall want to be advised as it would probably make a difference in our plans. Its not improbable you may hear from me by telegram before this letter reaches you. Mr. Beard has just returned but I have not had opportunity to talk with him. Very truly, N. B. Dodge . ■ i!" d ; >1 329 December, 1888. Mapleton, Sunday Eve, Dec. 9th, 1888. Dear Gren: There was another change in mother today, preceptable this afternoon, when at- intervals she began to breathe hard with her mouth open. This would last for a minute and then she would stop breathing for a minute or two then a spell of hard breathing, this has increased until now (evening) every breath is with a moan, her pulse just pre ceptable, she is undoubtedly dying. For nearly a week she has been in a comatose condition, most of the time sleeping like a babe, breathing so easily taking but a few spoonfuls of nourishment each day up to two days ago, since then none whatever. Today the nurse and Julia changed her clothes but she apparently was unconscious of it. She is but a skelleton, Julia says she never saw such a sight. Her hold on life alter all she has been through is remarkable. My friend E. E. Harkness with whom .I dined two weeks ago to day died Thrusday of pneumonia, taken the day after I dined with him, a great loss to his family and to th.e community. Tuesday, Dec. 11/88 I left Mapleton Monday about 10 l/2 o'clock. She was still breathing but her limbs growing cold and the end apparently not far off. She had lasted so much longer than .we supposed would be possible we thought she might breath on until night and so she did until 10 o'clock this morning. When I left I made an effort to call her back from her last sleep but no sign that she heard me so I gave her a kiss and bid her a last good-bye. I came down to arrange for having her brought here and meet an appointment I haa made for today. Mr. Beard and Julia leave with her remains tonight and arrive in morning. I shall have her brought to my house until funeral, time of which I have not iixed because I cannot hear from you, have sent you three telegrams toni^t^'^^ A'ashington, and one Norfolk and hope to get reply Julia said she v.ould call in some of her friends and neighbors to see mother after she was laid out but have no services at Mapleton. We secured a casket there and the undertaker will take his hearse and pall bearers will be selected to take mother to the Depot. Upon her ' arrival here siiall have the hearse take herto my house. and nr.H E^a. Tm ^ ^avc I aid not nut telegraphed think it probable any one they else would but have come written to funeJal your andwife I dont see hov. you can get here but if 1 receive telegram you are coming I shall await your arrival. j ^ uumxag 330 I am nervous and sleepless but hope to overcoiue both. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. Wednesday NoonYour telegram from Washington received this morning inform ing us you would not be able to come to mothers funeral. It has been appointed for tomorrow at 2 P. K. Imother looks well in her coffin, one covered with black broadcloth silk lined, sets in my front parlor with head toward your crayon. I have sent vou Nonpariel and Bee with notices and.will send Globe. N. p. D. ^ 'j:-' h.' ■■ 331 December, 1888. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Number 59 ch Sent by F.D. Rec'd by Bx Norvin Green, President^ Check. 16 Pd. Received at Corcoran Building, S. E. Cor. 15th & "F" Sts., Washington, D. G. Dec. 1888. Dated Council Bluffs, Iowa To Gen. G. M. Dodce Willards Ho. Washington. Mother died at one this morning. Brought here today. Can you come, when will you arrive. N. P. Dodge . 1888. My mother died at Mapleton Iowa, at the home or my si srer at, the age of years. I had been there to visit her about two week before her death. Siie recognized me but was not fully in her right mind. Of later years I had been away from home so much that I had seen but very little of my mother but no one appreciated more than I did her great worth and what she had been to us. It was her good training and her advice to me when a young boy before I left home that was one of the principal reasons for my success in life. Shewas a woman of v^ry strong Intellect and always stood for the best. During the Civil "iVar she was very patriot's taking part in everything for the benefit of the solcHers. My brother has written up in what the women did in the Civ^l war, the part my mother took in it. She was a great helpmate to my fatlier and she was looked up to as long as she lived. She lived in Cotincil Bluffs and Omaha and stood high with all the citizens. Tfl Writi"ng my brother from New York on my mother's death, I sent the follow'nEt »> <->- there to visit her about two v/eek 333. ■i ?ton Iowa,at the home of my sister at s ■ ■ ,'^4 v.i ■ 335 mm December, 1888 . Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 13th, 4 P. M, Dear Gren: We have just laid Mother away in her last resting place by the side of Father in 7«'alnut Hill Cemetery. The mourner-s and pall bearers Messrs. Lyman & E. A. Spooner, Wr. Haverstock and Mr. Hazelton all Mother's friends, came to my house, where Mother's remains have been since yesterday, at 1 l/2 P. M. also Rev. Mr. Crofts,from here we followed the:'hearse in carriages to the church where the exercises were held lasting about 3/4 of an hour. Mr. Crofts seeing Rev. Mr. Mackey in the church invited him into the pulpit. After singing "Nearer My God to Thee", Rev.Mr. Mackey read appropriate selections of scripture. Then Mr. Crofts made a prayer v/hich was very touching. After the prayer he m de some remarks referring to the usefulness of r;;o'ther's life and the love and respect which she held in this commiunity. In one or the other lie thanked God I'or the children she had brought into the world, spoke particularily of your services in beh.alf of your country and in the development of the great north west. Referred to the love of the children for their mother giving her the same care and attention which she had given them in childhood and youth. He had arranged for Fatlier Rice to make some remarics but I suppose seeing Rev. Mr. Mackey there he changed his plan. Most of those present were Mother's friends - a good many elderly persons - Father Spooner, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Swan, D. C. Bloomer, 'Jno. T. Baldwin, the two latter went to grave. Then there were Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Turley, - Mrs. Conant and a good many others. Mother's cheeks were sunken and I could see as they passed by and looked at her they were disappointed, one shook her head as much c'S to say that dont look like her. Mrs. 3wan went twice to see her. Mrs. Brewer the colored woman was there. After Mr. Crofts remarks and the viewing of the remains the coffin was covered and we proceeded to the cemetery. MiT. Pusey and Mr. Beard, Julia and myself in one carriage, the two Mliss Phillips and Nathan and GrenvilJe in another, M^r. Baldwin, Mrs. Chapman end several other carriages followed. Ella and Eettie sent beautiful floral offerings one a wreath we send to you, the other a cross we send to the Aunts at Georgetown. Mrs. Conant sent a beautiful boquet of ripened grain which we left on the coffh. Very truly, N. P . Dodge. DeceiTiber, 1868. Dear Gren: The floral wreath I send you was laid on N'other's coffin at niy house and reniained there until the closing exercises 8t the grove Inasmuch as you could not be pr'esent we thought you would be pleased to receive this nemento. Very truly. Council Bluffs, Dec. 13 th,. 4 P. Ifi. 339. . Eecember, 1888. I Extracts fron. letters received by N. -f. i^odge soon after the death of his mother, Julia T. Dodge, who died Dec. 11th, 1888 at ^'apleton, Iowa, and referring to her life. G. I/. Dodge writes from New York Dec. 17th, 1888. The day mother died and I should have received despatches I was away and never got them until the next day and could no4, leave in time to reach the Bluffs under three days, and I. felt I should not hold the funeral. I was greatly disappointed as I have been amking all my arrangements to be present, and had tried to keep you and Julia posted as to my movements. Mr. Pusey got word same time I did and he said I would feel better to see mother as I last saw her than as she would look in her coffin, but, notwithstanding that, I was very anxious to see her in her last resting place. Her life to go out so quietly and peacefiilly was a great consolation and her funeral services were very interesting to me. When I look back as long as I can remember and think what a lovable, helpful mother she had been to us all, that in all our lives not a jar ever occ-u-ed. Think it was a family that each one tried to do his best for tiie other, and that, mother was so true and loyal to us all and especially to me and mine. I cannot but feel.that it was a great life full of good. I rememiber what General Grant said to me when he came to see me out on the Union Pacific R. R. after seeing 'father and^^mjother, in talking of old times and what he had dnne for me. He said. After I saw your loyal father and mother I knew where you got your devotion to duty from.. You came honestly by all your merits. I knew there was something behind you besides what we all ssw." I am thankful so many could be present, but I shall always regret that I could not be, and I shall always be thankful for my trip to Mapleton to visit her in her last days. Mrs. N. P. Dodge writes from Northampton, Mass. Dec. 14th, 1088 I returned from a walk this afternoon to find your letter about poor dear mother Dodge. Heaven to her will be the meeting of dear old friends whom she has known for years and she will be happier than she ever thought she oould be. "Eye hath not seen It, ear hath not heont?r"i^ beautiful place that I'l! Christ entered went into before the heart to prepare." of man to conceive the She will bear about her no longer the weak body and the splritTo Tn rrS^rl' me it would S" be going . home I Cannot to friends, understand and to why grow one in dreads those thinrs death. we are hindered in growing in this worlu, inowledge\nd ^Sve fo^ th^^ ' more 2 death, shall neither wipe away sorrow all nor tears crying, from our and eyes, thev shall and there see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads. She was so proud of the General, so anibitious for her chndr«en Carrie and Neixie join me in love and sympathy. children. 340 Jno. Lockwood Dodge, son of N. P. -^odge, writes- from Harvard College Cambridge, I'.ass. Dec. 16th, 1S88. Your letter -conveying the news of- Grandmas departure from this life was received yesterday. Accept i^y sympathy in this your hour of sadness. You along know what a good mother she Ins bean to you as you ha-ve been nearer to her than any one else. You must be satisfied with the peace and rest which came to her in her last days. Such a death after such a lorig and useful life robs death of its teri'ors and reminds us that after all it si but going to sleep to wake up in a better world. I think we riiake a mistake to mourn over such a peaceful de parture at the end of a useful lii'e, since it is but the natural change we all undergo. With my condolence and sympathy, I remain your affectionate son, Nellie Dodge, youngest daughter of N. P. Dodge, writes from Northampton, feass, Dec. ICth, 1888. We were sorry to hear of the death of Grandma. Death is always sad, even if they have finished their work on earth. Phillip Dodge, son of N. P. Dodge, writes from Easthampton, Mass,, Dec. 15th, 1888. I received your letter telling me of Grandmas death. I shall think of her as sitting in her rocking chair in front of the big coal stove in the dining room, with a cat always near her. And we bpys would always ask for a doughnut or piece of pie and she would trot to the corner cupboard and cheerfully bring it forth. To pay for- it she always had an errand for us to do. William Webster writes from Franklin, Idaho Territory, Dec. 16th, 1888. Your letter received a day or two ago and today a paper giving an account ol' your mother's death. It brings back to my mind how much she has done for me and how kindly she has always treated me, especially at tines when I was out of health and discouraged. I feel that I have lost a friend that can never be replaced. Mrs. Ella Pusey, daughter of G. m. ^-^odge, writes from Denver, ' Colo., Dec. 17th, 1888. The loss of a mother is always a hard loss to,, endure, no matter at what stage of life it comes to us, and in the loss of yours I sympathize with you, but I cannot but feel that for her it is much better to be at rest, and I feel thankful that she had a painless and peaceful death. o41 , December, 1888. Sheet No. 2 Extracts troiL letters received by N. P. ^odge soon after the death of his mother, Julia T, Dodge, v,ho died Dec. 11th, 1888 at Kapleton, Iowa, and referring to her life. Mrs. G. M. Dodge writes from New York City Dec. 19th, 1888. Your letter received giving news of the death of dear mother Dodge. It is well the end came so peacefully, and it is seldom we find one so faithful induty, earnest in spirit as she was all her life. Her memory will be held sacred and lovingly by all her family and friends. Mrs. Letlie Monl^gomery, daughter of G. M. Dodge, writes from Bay St. Louis, Miss. Dec. 21st, 1888. I thank you very much for your kind letter and papers telling of dea Grandmothers death and burial • It was indeed a sorroiv to me that I was unable to attend the funeral and pay the last loving tribut of respect to one who wa^j so dear to me, one who had ever been to me as a loving mother. I cannot realize that my grandmother is gone from us, at same time I feel thankful that she is at rest and free from all pain and care and sorrow. I am glad I went to see her so recently. - What a dear, noble woman she wes, a life so good and useful. Aellmay her children and grandchildren rise up and call her blessed. ^;iss Carrie L. Dodge, daughter ol' . P. uodge, writes from Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 22nd, 1888. , Grandma is at rest. I only wish that when I die that people will look back on as much good in my life as she has done in her life. Hers has been such a busy and active life. Shows what an ambitious mother can do for her sons. Miiss Sarah E. Hunt writes from Danvers, former home, under date of Dec. 22nd, 1888. Mass., mother's death was I duly f paper received. with the It not is unexpected pleasant to tidings think that of your the clouds mothers that shadowed that clear mind sre lifted and that the tired bodv is at peace. A noble woman which did her life work nobly'. A blessed memory and helpful examply to us who knew and loved her. Mrs. A. C. Goodell of Salem, Mass., Jan. 4th, 1889. 1,. y ^ during the thoughts last few have weeks. been In with imagination you many times, I have I-may been at say the constant- bed side of my dear oid friend^ sorrowing and sympathizing with her children I l.ave listened to the words of consolation from her pastor and followed wUh/yoS'"'' ^ lived these aad scener ^oord of vour^Mfft^^n«t\^ how sad the closing of ths chapter in the re- h^rnJi belore, for our ! dearest muet have iriends been. draw Heaven us so near must seem the thresldiold nearer to L you thev than cross the mysterious boundary, that we seem left only a little way be hind , ^ The lessons of life were -^13? learned b: the faithful wife, the devoted, loving mother. The influence of her bright and useful life willshow us many mottoes written upon the sbhool room wall for us to read and study. God taught her well, and in moulding her life gives to those who knew and loved her a precious legacy. Rev. H. 3. DeForest,.Pres. of Talladega College, Alabama, writes Dec. 27th, 1888. By papers received this evening I learn of the death of your honored mother. So stroke follows stroke. Death is always busy, and we know not how soon we may be calxed to join the great company passed on before . ay we be as well prepared as some v/ho have gone and may we leave as fragrant a memory. How full of grand service was your mother's-long life, 'till infirmity destroyed her power to help. Now she lives in blessed in fluences. I think with.great pleasure of her. From H/iiss Lydia Phillips, 84 years old, and iviiss Cynthia Phillips, 80 years old, mother's sisters living to-gether in Georgtown, kass, near their old home, a joint letter penned by the former and dated Dec. 23rd, 1888, Your tlioughtful kindness in sending us the cross from our 'dear sisters coffin touches us deeply. We felt that you realized that to no other would it be ii.ore precious and we are very grateful to you for this kindness. .Your living care for your dear mother is at an end in this world. We trust she is at rest on the other shore, and no more wear isome days and nights. As you now go over your shole life wit^' her from childhood to th.e changing scene our sym.pathy goes with you. Irs. Anna J. Hutchinson .of Province town, IVass . writes under date of Jan. 14th, 1889, "The weary wheels of life stand st-ill at last." What a hs-Ppy release for the spirit to be free from suii'ering and find rest. You will all miss her so much. She has been such a care and anxiety and you will all be rewarded for your devotion, kindness and patience which you have bestowed on her. Abbie A. V.errill, wife-of Amos Merrill, of Peabody. Wass. writes as follows under date of Jan. l-Dth, 1889, Your mother s death was not a surprise as I had learned of her failing health and removal to the home of her•daughter. No children ever had a more devoted mother or one miore ansious that they should grow to honorable manhood and womanhood. In this regard'her fondest hopes were fully realized. I feel luite sure that in her last days she Wc s the recipient of loving and tender care. I have none but pleasant recollections of her and often recall her quaint sayings and quiet fun. Indeed her name has often been spoken in our home. X,- , X. , ^ truthful obituary notice was never written. How ^hankful you must all feel that she was spared to you so many years and at the last should pass away so gently and peacefully. Her ympathy + and extend same cherished, to your in our brother hearts. and sister Please and accept their ourfamilies. 1888. 043 Christmas, 1888. Dear Ocean; . ' I dd not intend to wait so long after t'other's death before writing you the particulars, but I only reached home four days ago, and Grenville's coming and getting my house in order again has taken more time than I .thought. I shall never cease to be thankful that you came when you did to see her for your memories of her will be so much more gratifying to you than to remember her as I do, so long dying and so changed in her looks that her old friends when looking^^ at her after she was gone all said "I should never have known her." She showed her long mental suffering and so wasted that it was almost impossible to handle her without hurting her. I do not think she was conscious the last three days of her life, nor did she suffer al though to those around her her moans were pitiful. Friday morning was the las^^i% was taken from her. bed. hra Kimber changed her and although^so weak she was helpless, she wss conscious. She looked up at me said "Julia" and held hold of my hand the last she spoke rationally. '.Vould .call to "Betsy (her sister ) to get up, also "Brother John to get up." and seemed to be back in her child hood. She never failed to recognize Nathan or myself when ever we aroused ner. She slept most of the time. When awake she kept her eyes closed and when no longer able to talk would move her hands about trying to take hold of some one's hand when we would put our hands in hers she would clasp them with the same grip that she always did and hold tiem tight till she was asleep again. Sunday morning ■she was unconscious wc could more her lift hop hands and she took no notice of it. About l/2 4 we saw she was dying, she•moaned with every breath until 3 o'clock konday niorn. They still ring in my ears. Then she would have times of labored breathing and for few moments at a tijie would not breathe at all and so it cantinued till Tuesday morn at 1 o'clock when she passed away without a strug^^le. I laid her out in Black Satin, one of my neighboi'S sent me a white rose and she looked very sweetly but so tired. I did not have funeral here but sent round to few of my friends who had been kind to. her to come and see her at 3 o'clock end to mrs. Chrismaa (whom you met). She read selections and made a beautiful prayer. Everybody said they never attended more simple and beautiful services. At 1/4 4 we sent her body to Depot and kr. Beard and I went with it to the Bluffs. Nathan I think wrote you about services there. I was sorry you were not able to come but as it was not pOoSible it was far better for you to comie when you did. Frank came from Denver which was very nice in him. It seoiied sad as long as our family had had homes in C. B. so many years when kother came to die, there was no home to take her to . Still it niade no difference to her, as she is now where she has begged and pleaded so many times to go, to her Father and kother and we feel assured she is happy in their company. I can not tell you how miss her. waken in the ni^.ht listen for the knocking and calling but so thankful she is happier than all we could do for her here co^^id make l.er. I trust. 1 did all I could for her comfort and am thankful now, oh, so thankful she was never removed from under S4i (Ks;- my care and I hope in time that the past year of her life will be .f blotted from my menory and !• can reniemoer her as. the bright and devoted I/other- of former years whose life wss- spent in caring for a nd rafeing us to be an honor and comfort to her in her old age. N'r. R;ackay canie to the funeral and ¥ir. Crofts invited him to take part in the exercises which he did. I received your ever thoughtful Xmas remembrance and after all you have done for me and mine the past year felt you were more than generous. I appreciate it and only wish it could be shown in other ways than by words. If I could only make your Xmas as happy and bright as you have ^Iways iiiade miy life and the lives of many others I should feel I had at least paid a part of the indebtedness'^I hope and still think there are brighter days in your future. You can always feel assur-ed wherever -t am or have ahome in sickness or health it will always be a pleasure to mie to do for you or assist you in any way it will do you the most good. You will see by. letter Lr. Beard has written you it seems bes-t for us to make a change and now the one thing that has held us here is broken, we shall go to Denver soon alter the Holidays ^nd take a room until IVr. Beard finds a location. We think we can live an economically in that way this winter as to stay here and keep house running and shall be near Eddy who at present is not well and I feel anxious to be near and. care for him. I hope if it is possible to assfet Jim in any way to position till he can decide what best to do you will not hesitate to do so. Grenville is home for holidays, the happiest boy in town and a marl.ed improvement in him every way, straight as an arrow, api^reciative of his- advantages and although has been honiesick will return w.ith renewed spirit to his work . He nakes fine looking boy in his uniformi and the greatest coDipliment they can pay me is to say as many do who have seen his pictures,he looks like his Uncle Grenville. I received letter I'rom Betsie Dodge. She spoke of the uiarked resemblance when you were a boy. She also wrote her ^.oth.er was quite sick and in similar condition to ^.other, wearing out only very peaceful and no desire to live. N':Other has a great many things many of hhr clothes I have sent to the Aunts that will maxe them comfortable. Nathan thought it not best to divide them at present, I shall pack everything up, but I send this Autograph Album ol hers to you as I know you would prize it and one of the nicest things she had. She never had given it to many to write in but Nrs. I<CBHaliaiw', wife of Supt. Public Schools there in the Bluffs, was so appropriate and beautii'ul. I must close as we are going to IVrs. Chrismans to dinner. If there is anything in particuler you wish of Ivothers let me know. We all send you kerry Xmas. Gren ville will write you. Aff. Your Sister, Jule , 1888 Directors of the Ft. Worth ^ Denver Gfty Ry, Elected Dec. 13. Morgan Jones, President T. W. Pearsall, Vic© President J. T. Granger, Treasurer A. J. Mayer W. T. Walter J. P. Smith Wm. H. Harrison J. M. Brown Wm. F. Somerville Ft. Worth New York. Baltimore, Md. Ft. Worth. PRESIDENTS REPORT, FT. WORTH & DENVER CITY R. R. The gross earnings were The operating expenses were Net earnings Ratio of operating expenses to earnings Fixed charges Surplus after payment oi interest $669,754.69 573.401.53 $296,353.16 55.7% $185,580.00 $224,002.76 The road and equipment are in good.condition, 11.6 miles of new steel rails having been laid, 64760 new cross ties placed in track, 1600 feet of new sidings added and $4628 expended on new equip ment. Also, the company completed during the year extensions from Vernon in Willbarger Co. to Quanah, 28,4' miles. The Pan Handle construction Co. have constructed during the year, commencing at the 200th mile post, 170 miles to Get. 31. The Ft. W.& D. C, will be completed to the state line by Jan. 1st, and the through connection made to Denver by Niarch 1st. The financial statement of the Ft. W. & D, c. shows that after paying interest and also $61, 606.54 for taxes, insurance, re newals, and terminal facilities, it has a surplus of $49,166.62 for the year, which carried to the balance of income account gives a total surplus of $224,002.76. The road has operated during the year from 163 to 200 miles. It pays interest only upon the bonds issued upon completed road which has been operated commercially for three months. As completed road ■ has been added the earnings show not only an increase in gross, but also an increase per mile. The increase of gross earnings for the year was $246,564.88 and the net earnings $126,295.46, or $683.02 per mile of operated road. The total fixed changes per mile when the road is completed is limited to $1080. The net earnings per mile upon the road oper ated during the past year was $1527.39. Under the mortgage the road is limited to $18,000 per mile, 1st mortgage bonds, upon the main line. No bonds can be issued upon extensions or branches under this mortgage. 846; ^ The interest upon securities issued to the Construction Company under its contract upon road that is used for construction purposes only is .paid by the Construction Company. The earnings of the road up to the present time have been entirely from local business. About the 1st of March a connection will be made with .the road building south from Denver, and after that time the entire line from Ft. Worth to Denver. About 800 miles will be operated as one line, Known as the Pan Handle Route, and the Ft. W. & D. G. Division will not only have , the earnings locally but also the earnings of all the through business passing over it between the Gulf and Denver. Col. Henderson is anxious to make a little money in land or lot speculation along the line of the roads Meek is operating and has some plans for doing it. He is coming over to see you and Meek about it. I hope there is a chance for it and I would like to go in with him. I.am sorry not to be able to meet Meek in New York, but hope to see him as he shall go home, I go back to Iowa; after a month of investigation in the East, strongly impressed with the idea that it is very doubtful if the Republicans can elect any man President this year. Cordially yours, J. Glarkson. ■ I ' * V* , " yM , •' i .. •'I 347 December, 1888. Headquarters DODGE LIGHT GUARD, Company A. 5th Regt. I.N.G. Organized May 3d, 1887. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bee. 13, 1888. Gen. G, M. Bodge, Dear Sir: Yours dated the 10th with Drft. for $115.00 received and the same has been placed to the credit of the Cq. in the Citizens Bank where we do business. The Flag came today and is a beauty, we shall prize it highly and take good care of it. As soon as the certificates come back we will proceed to issue the stock and get the thing in working order. I am sorry you could not come and attend the funered of your mother this afternoon. I was there, and thought how much you probably would liked to have been. The service was very nice our minister Mr. Cro*%s spoke so well., and mentioned yourself very feelingly. She certainly has lived a very, useful and long life and is now at rest. I will send you a Nonpariel to morrow and occasion ally as I note anything in them that I think will interest you. Again thanking you lor your very generous support which I assure you is appreciated and is very encouraging I am very truly Yours, A. *. Cowles. Capt. B. L. G. • f f' Dec. 1888. New York. Dec. 15 1888, (Jscar Phillips, Esq., Holden, Mass Dear Cousin: — I an in receipt of yours of the 12th inst., which I found here on my return from Washington today, i expect to be here all of this coming week, and will be glad to see you or hear from you at any time. My movements are very uncertain, and it would be well for you to wire me and ascer tain whether or not I am going to be here before you come, than to depend upon what I am writing now, as I often have to go out on an hour's notice a.;d be gone for a week or two. I suppose you have heard that fTother died on the '11th inst. and was buried at the Bluffs on tl.e 13th. I was out to see her- only two weeks ago, and hap lened to be away and did not get the telegrams in time to rach her funeral. Please remember me kii:dly to your people. Very trul y yours, n. M. Dodge. j' " • f. '*'■ 851 December, 1888. 1449 Lexington Avenue, New Dec. 15, 1888. York Dity, Genl. Grenville M. Dodge, Dear Sir: engag®'^ I6t» I have the large sketch made of the Xi^ the 22nd of July, *64 near Atlanta. Holding staff and orderlies in foreground center. Mercey Brdg, Wilk^s^ BatTter ies Genl & Staff. Drop me a line if you when I can call with it. There's plenty of life in it. find Yours in haste. J. E. Taylor. .. from ®y last P. S. I sent you a 11 X 15 Inch just finished of Death of ^icPherson, to Willards Friday. Did you get it? ,.■1 '■ ).« ■ ■ V >'n; "'ML.'- - 853 December, 1888. Denver to Ft. Worth and the Gulf. Pan-Handle Route. Ft. Worth & Denver City Ry. Do. Denver Texas & Pt. Worth R. Co. Denver Texas & Gyif R. r. Co. C. F. Meek, General Manager. Chicago, 111., Dec. 20, 1888, General G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Dear General: I have your letter of the 15th, enclosing extract of letter from Charles Francis Adams to you. We are working cordially with all other lines, and I believe, with a great deal better faith than some of them toward the restoration and permanent maintenance of rates, but it must be conceded that we should be allowed to use the resources at our command in establishing the strength of our line. Monroe, in his letter .to Mr. Adams, appears to take it for granted th.at in using our St. Louis line, we do.:not maintain rates. This, however, is not the case. Up to this time we have used this line on an equality, so far as rates are concerned, with other lines, and it is simply a question of our ability to se cure business with the longer time required. I admit that we.have had some difficulties in holding business with the slower time, and we are here for the purpose of asking a differential, via this line, on Chicago business. We expect to work with the Rock Island, via Falcon, and Missouri Pacific, Via Pueblo, and with the Gnion Pacific, Via Denver, but I do not believe that it is for us, in our present situation, to introduce any geographical reform, in the freight situation. These long lines have been recognized, and are considered a factor in all complications that are constantly arising, and lines having ability to make them either realize their benefits in the business they get, or in substantial recognition in other directionsfrom lines vjhose interest it is to have them abandoned. I could not justify to you any failure in making such con nections as these. The rate on fifth class, which forms the bulk of the shipment from Dt. Louis, and intermediate territory, to ^enver, approximates ;pl. per hundred. Of this we get 51 per-cent from Ft* Worth to Denver, resulting in revenue to us of 12i mills per ton per miile. So far as Mr. ^unroe citing this .as the most glaring example of an illegitimate route, he perhaps forgets the Northern Pacific line, from Chicago to Dan Francisco; the Canadian Pacific line, from New York to San Francisco; the Giieasapeake M Ohio line, from New York to Chicago; any of which make almost as pronounced a case of indirect routing as this, and each of which is allowed a differential. Two of them are recognized as routes entitled to a differential by the Union Pacific, and accepted as such by them, | This question cannot be settled by taking from weaker lines their sources of revenue. If anything, it should be the policy of the stronger lines to strengthen, in every way, the lines which are forced to cover a large territory to sustain themselves. It is like trying to apease the hunger of a starving man by taking away his bread. We must shape our policy so as to gather the-best fruits from any arrange ment that may come out of the apparent general desire among all rail road people to correct abuses, and we must stand firmly to this policy. We do not propose to be the cause of any increased demoralization, not shall we stand in our own light by resisting the restoration and main tenance of rates, but we must be allowed to use the tools we have for bringing out of it strength and support for our new line. Il the heads of the strong lines will give their ^^anagers instructions to pursue a pdlicy of liberality towards the weak lines, it will be much easier to make an arrangement that will be lasting. It certainly cannot be done by the course intimated by H-r. Monroe. Very respectfully, C. F. Meek, General Manager. ■ > .v'V Dec. 1888. Chas. Francis Adams, 355 New York, Deo. 27, 18oS. Boston, Mass. Dear Bir:- I am in receipt of Mr. J. s. Cameron's letter. When I war. in Omaha ai.d brought thir question up they presented fi[q^res there showinc that the Republican "■''alley Branch was a burden upon the U. P. not earning its operating expenses and interest. I then (cannot I'ead balance of page.) the main line a great deal more than its percentages of earnings of these lines, and t hold tliat in fair treatment to t'".e U.P. the branches should receive full pay for 'what they do for tin mselves and what they do for the U.P. In other words they should sell to u," their business at t're best pay they can get, instead of the arbitra: iss which we have been in tiie habit of putting upor: thera. Probably Ihis branch s' .ows the poorest to the U. P. of any because it has the least haul over it. My proposition to sell the Omaha R. V. business going east from Omaha does not interfere in any wa3^ with business coming over that line to stations on t^^e U. P. I tal:e it the great bulk of the business on the Omaha R. V. line is east of the river, and a great portion of its merchandise comes from east of the river. On that business the main line virtually gets nothing, the haul being so short. Again, don't you suppose with this kind of showing if we would sell this business to a line east of the river, it would give the branch much more than we allow it? Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. 357 -rr December, 1888. Jacob Stein, i'armerville, La. C. . Elseman, New Orleans, La. JACOB STEIN & CO. Farmerville, La., Dec. 31st, 1888. Dear Genl: I arn in receipt of your kind letter, it is far more than my merits deserve. I do not know that I shall use it in Peru but I may and at any rate I am very grateful to you for it. Do you recognize the enclosed?.. Sometime ago I saw an article on this man Tumblety in connection with the Whitechapel murders in which it was stated that he was arrested in ^t. Louis during the war for adding to his other outfits the uniform of an Army Surgeon. I recollect him very well and also about his arrest. he used to parade about St. Louis in 1865 in yellow breeches,high Isoots, velvet coat and military hat. One day I was standing at the window looking down fourth street from our Hd. Quarters when i saw him coming to-wards Washington Avenue arrayed in a gorgeous brand new U. S, Army Surgeons Uniform. You happened to come into the room at the time and looking over my shoulder observed him and asked who he was. I replied "The Indian Herb Doctor" "'.'.'hat is he doing in that uniform," you asked and added, "arrest him and bring him up here." I did so and you reprimanded him severely and 1 think then released hin, it is a matter of no consequence, but 1 remember it and thought it might Interest Yours, E. Jonas. 859 1^''^ 1888. After we had finished the road from Galveston to Denver, the question was to turn the business of Denver through Galveston, and for the purpose of doing this, I wrote the following letter to the Denver papers "The obtaining of navigable •-ater, 25 to 30 fefet deep, at •three points on theGulf coast. New Orleans, Sabine Pass and Balveston, solved one of the problems that has been desired for years by the transpor'tation interests west of ti.e lakes. Already the roads running north and south betwee Clucago'and the L'issouri river have established tlieir southern tei'-minus at New Orleans, and are building up that port as first in tlie exportation of ooLton and cereals, and.are making such inroads unonthe eastern tide water cities in exports, imports and immigration that the entire commercial interests of those cities is arouned, and they are endeavoring to stop the Soutliern turn of the commercial tide. The question arises, how can the country west of the Missouri river take advantage of the deep water at Sabine Pass and Galvesto.^? The export of cereals west of the Missouri is drifting towards Galveston until it stands.next to New Orleans in exports of cotton, yet little has been done to faste the trade of Kansas and Nebraska and the mountain states to that port. Today their west and north bound traffic is hauled east and west for thousands of miles to and from the.Atlantic tide water points, while'right at their door lies a great port, competent tO' receive and handle all their freight, but lacks tiie capital and ocean facilities to command this trade in a regular uniform way. The battle for this trade now lies between the Eastern tide water ports and the Gulf ports; but the Gulf ports are so weak that they cannot control it without united, persistent, energetic efforts of the merchants, exporters and importers of the moutain states. Colorado is the center of those states, and Denver is the controlling business center of the mountain region. It is also the center of their capital and wealth and it is now time, for Denver to come to the front and make herself the trade center and representative of all the mountain-state. She has direct rail communication with Galveston by the Union Pacific, Denver fc Gulf Railwayi only eleven hundred miles to the best harbor on t];e Gulf of Mexicol If Colorado merchants combine and arrange to Import and export througi: Galveston using their liberal traffic rates and their tide water differentials for one year, it will establish regular freight and passenger sailings from the Gulf ports, not only to Europe, but additional steamships to the Atlantic states. No individual action will do thi s; it must be through an arrangement made by Penyer.^as^a commercial body, to organize and comDlnS tTne commercial Interesos sister mountain cities of adjoi' ing states, in which ti.eir merchants shall a 1 combine to ship through eoiae importing comraercinl house in Ga'lveston which is financially able to act as agent of the manufacturing and expoerting houses in Europe, as a beginning; to arrange throug. its agents to direct and command all shipments made in the different parts of Europe destined*to points west of the Missouri river, to those ports in Europe that have ships running directly to Galveston. To accomplish 'PFT! / S60 1888. this will require a stiffness of hackhone and deafness to the argu ments on the part of Colorado merchants, that will be used by every manufacturing and shipping house in Europe, they now being linked to djteamship lines destined to Eastern points. T:!e ocean rates to Galveston are the same as to New York, and when the order goes forth from the merchants of the mountain states for their shipments by this route under any and all circumstances, Europe will soon fall into line; steamships will soon be put on by the great European lines and your regular-sailings will grow from one to two a month or one or two a week, as the business may dictate. This will cause the same system to be adopted at the f^ulf ports that is now used at the Eastern ports. Importing commission houses at Galveston will represent the manufacturing and trading houses of Europe; these commission houses will sell by sample and order the goods direct, for a small commission, giving the credit of the importation and the shipment to the buyer. This movement once started, those roads which now have lines from the mountains to the Gulf-and to the East, now neutral in the great battle going on, will soon lend their aid to induce traffic through-the Gulf ports and will no longer try to force the routing of merchandise from its natural channel. They, have gradually given up the attempt to prevent the shipment of cotton and cereals through these Gulf channels and it is now only a short step for them to yield the passenger immigration- and merchandise imports and aid in builfling up a port o the Gulf that shall be to all the country west of the Missouri, what New York and Baltimore are to the^^ country e^st of the lakes. Denver will then be to th*- moutain states what Chicago and It. Louis are to the lakes and Middle-west. In making the surveys for the Union Pacific line in 1866 to 1870, it was necessary for me to run lines along the east base of the Rocky moun tains, which extended from the Arkansas river on the south to the North Platte river on the north. I even saw then that the topography of the country was peculiarly adapted for a north and south trmk line which would reach from the British possessions to the Gulf of Mexico in an almost direct line, folio -ing the eastern base of the Rocky mountains until it passed south of the Baton range, and thence running in a direct line across the plains of New Mexico and Texas to some deep water port on the Gulf. Gince then, I have advocated the building of that line. In fact, I have built a great portion of it, and now you have a direct,•continuous railroad from the Yellowstone river to Galveston, a line more direct than any line of its length in this country, and one of ligh curvature and grades. Now, with deep water assured, with a railroad line built and in operation, witn grades of only 1 per cent per mile, and with an almost steady fall _rom 8000 feet to the water, the question rises to all of us who have fought to accomplish this great result, why the people whom it so benefits, so steadily persist in trying to route their'business against time, distance, grade and their own interests, and more especiall the interests of their own city and state. I appeal now to them to take advantage of their greatest and best opportunity and make Denver and (ffalvsston, what, under the Government and the great expenditure of capital in uniting mountain and Gulf, they were intedded for." ■ ■ ■ . .. ... . ' . V Jne- t ■ S61 Council Bluffs Veterans* Ghildrens' Christmas. ify young Friends: Several years ago when I made the little donation for a Christmas to the children of the soldiers who had served with me and with others in the army it was with a view not only of giving you pleasure and making you happy with the little presents that you got, but that you might remember why it was given and that it might bring vividly before you the fact that your fathers and brothers and other relatives served their country so well; that you might be told of and have kept fresh in your memory their deeds. The fact that many of them died in battle and from disease contracted in our cam paigns, and also the fact that many of them served their country so faithfully and so well that it was saved; and also to bring vividly to you that you should hold sacred their memory and the history oi. what they accomplished for you and for their country. You should be taught in the schools why your fathers and your brothers died, and why they served in the army. The history should be so impressed upon you that it would be of daily mention and ever present with you; and you should always keep in your home or where it could be seen a flag of your country no matter how small, and hold it sacred from the fact that it was the flag your fathers fought for and i^reserved. Then you should look to the future. This country gives you and all others an opportunity which no other country in the world gives, and if this covintry ^ country should ever need your strong arms as it did your fathers' in its defence you should rally to its 3upi)ort not waiting to be drafted. Wone ol the many assertions that are made that people are onnoyed or oppressed in this country should find lodgment in your brain as its legislation its laws and its government has been always and in all cases to help the poor, the unfortunate and the down-trodden. The whole effort of the government and the people is in behalf of its people. Two laws alone sh'JW the tendency of our government; one the homestead and the other the pension. And as you go forth with every thing to help you--schools, churches, charities, everything that is good to guide youj there is no reason why you cannot rise to the highest position in this government, and everyone of you if you are industrious and honest hold a worthy and honorable place in your country and in society. You have got to be absolutely born bad to go wrong. As you read the history oi fhe country in which you live it will tell you that it has grown steadily, strongly and far beyond the gi-owth of any other country. It has grown so rapidly in the last ti.irty years that it has astonished the world, and that development could not have occur red if it had not been for the war. The war taught the soldiers who served in it to be self-reliant. It taught them to take hold of great enterprises, to take great risks, and wi.en they laid down their arms and came home and startea life anew they by themselves and by their example put energy and confidence and success not only in themselves but in others around them, and you see in the growth of the country what they have accomplished in thirty years, a growth and accomiplishment that under any other condition of affairs and any other experience 362 would have taken more than a hundred years. The country has been settled, occupied, organized and law is administered in all parts of it from the AtLantic to the Pacific and from tfe Gulf of Mexico to the British possessions. It is bound together by lines of commerce and by sympathy of states and government so that another test of its strength is not liable to occur. It has had the greatest test that any country in the world has ever had--a civil war where one-half of its people were aganst the other half, but where the result of the war held the country more firmly together and more united than it ever was before--a greater success than any such war h;.s ever conferred up on any other nation in the world. Therefore whilst the war was a great calamity it was a gre at blessing, and while you look upon the loss of your fathers and your brothers as an individual grief it was a national benefit. And now, my little i'riends, as I pass through the world leading a busy life my comfort and pleasure come to me often just as it has here to-night--in seeing the pleasure and happiness of others ana especially in seeing how well each community, each army organizatioi ■tries to take care of those who are in need, who have lost their best friends, and it makes me feel and say that the world is good and its people must be happy for they never tirg of doing good, and while you are young and cannot coiiiprehend the reasons for many things, still you are old enough to appreciate the good and iorget the bad, and to always be hopeful, to feel that il you help yourselves others will help you, and to bear in mind idleness is one oi the greatest evils and brings crime and many sorr-ows, therefore besure to Ix ve some object in life; keep to work.at sometning, and above all things be sober, honest, in dustrious and cheerful. Keep these great principles ever present and your life will be worthy of your brave fathers and brothers, and you will live and die happy. i n! <• 5/ ■ , . ..i https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/ad6a5415fb55ac1e41d6dca883dfa9e0.pdf 0b888fd0631e46a8a561956b07359a1d PDF Text Text mi 363 N.E.Dawson to W. H. Byers, Editor of Iowa in War Times. # 1. "He was commander of great v/orth, and a subordinate that any commander could ^jlace - implicit confidence in, for the reason that he was always just where he was wanted the most, and ready to do his part at any time and under all circumstances. He was valued by his superiors and also loved by his subordin ates. He knew how to command, and also knew how to win the esteem and confidence of those under him. I have heard those of his command say that he never asked.his men to do any act that he would not dare to do himself. He was brave in battle and never refused a challenge from his enemy. In fact, he was an honest, upright man, and heroic sol'- dier, and stood at the head of our army as commander of men. I have the greatest esteem for Gen. Dodge, and my only regret is that; I did not see more of him during the war." Such is the language of a letter just received from an ex private soldier who served for only a short time under Gen. Dodge. During that short period of service the impression made upon him by the extraordinary personality of his general was so deep and strong that it remains undimmed for more than a quarter of a century. What wonder is it, then, that soldiers who passed the principle part of their whole'service under Gen. Dodge strive to exhaust the vocabulary of praise when he becomes the topic of their convex'sation?. But it is not along the private soldier who observed and esteemed Gen. Dodge. Our most successful generals were among his greatest admirers and warmest encomiasts. "We all regarded Gen Dodge as one of the best officers of the army; a man of great practical common sense, of dis tinguished gallantry, of patriotic spirit, and of military genius. He had the confidence of all his commanding officers as well as the love and respect of all his inferiors, and especially of the soldiers v/ho served under him. Whenever he was entrusted with a military duty, all knew that it would be faithfully and effi ciently performed; and, withal, he was a very kind-hearted man." Thus has spoken one whose services in war and in peace fill a large place in the annals of his country; one wliose patriotism and gallantry in the year 1863 prompted him to the sacrifice of a limb, and the tender of his life, in honor and celebr-ation of the natal day of his country. I refer to Hon. E. F. Noyes, son.e time governor of Ohio, afterwards Minister to France, and once prominently spokeri of in connection with the presidency of the United States; a general who won his stars in one of the most gallant charges on record. "It was easy," said Governor Oglesby once in my hearing, speaking of his first meeting with Gen. Dodge early in the war, "for any one with the slightest observation to find out that Gen. Dodge had unusual capacities as a military officer. He was zealous in every project with which he was connected. I found him to be a tireless, active energetic officer, v/hose heart and soul seemed wrapt up in the cause of the national union ." Gen. Grant's trust in Gen. Dodge is well-known. It was evidenced by the responsible command he gave him during the Vicksburg campaign; and so completely was Gen. Grant',s fudgment in assigning him to that command vindicated, that, not content with officially placing Gen. Dodge's name at the head of all his recommendations for promotion,- for the great victory at Vicksburg- he was wont to miake him the subject of remark and unqualified praise in private and con fidential conversation in his domestic circle, and among his immediate friends and kinsmen. I base this statem.ent upon a private letter, which I have seen, dated July 11th, 1863, written just one week after the surrender of Vicksburg, by a relative of Gen. Grant who was then on his way north in charge of the General's little son, now Col. Frederick D. Grant. And the strength of Gen. Grant's reliance on him increased with time. Direatly after the battle of Chatta nooga he wrote the authorities in Washington: "The best suggestion I can make would be to promote Dodge for Steele's command," and, finding that this recommiendation was not heeded, he soon turned to Sherman, who was about to open the Atlanta campaign, and said in a letter of instructions to him, "I would recommend leaving that portion of the IGth corps in the field to the comrr.and of Gen. Dodge." Still later, as that campaign drew toward a close and the Lieutenant General was contemplating a prospective march to the sea, he fixed his eye upon Gen. Dodge for the command of that expedition; but an almost fatal shot frorii the enemy interposed to negative that design. Then no'sooner had Gen. Dodge sufficiently recovered from his terrible wound to resume active service than Grant wrote from City Point to his chief of Staff in Washington, Gen. Halleck: "Whilst I was in Washington, I urged the removal of Rosecrans and the substitution of Dodge for his place. I would like you to urge this upon the President." Grant's desire when President to palce Gen.Dodge at the head of the War Department is a matter of record; and, faithful to the end in his belief in Gen. Dodge's worth, when he cwmes to writing his memoirs, he exhibits a marked satis faction in reo-urring again and again, to the varied and signal services to his country rendered b:,' Gen. Dodge during the War. 365 Sheet :]? 2 Not less outspoken and unreserved are the next two Great figures in the military history of our country, Sherman and Sheridan. Sherman's memoirs are accessible to all, and I need not quote. Yet I am tempted to give in full one selfexplanatory letter, v/hich, coming all unasked as it did, ill ustrates the great commander's forethought, and his continuing interests in those who served faithfully diring the "time that tried men's souls." HEADQUARTERS ARIY of the UNITED STATES. • Washington, D. G., April 20, 1887. To U. S. Consuls. Abroad: I have just learned that Gen'l. G. M. Dodge is about going to Europe, where he may leave his child ren at school whilst he returns to America where he is actively employed in Railroad Construction and Management. I take great pleasure in commending Gen'l. Dodge and family to the courtesy and protection of all /^jnericans, especially such as occupy official station, because General Dodge is one of the generals who actually fought throughout .the Civil War, with great honor, and great skill, commanding a Regiment, Brigade, Division, and finally a Corps d'Armee, the highest rank com mand to which any ol'ficer can attain. He was with me in the West, esnecially in the At lanta campaign where he was severely wounded close to Atlanta, and I therefore think that he, and especially his children, should experience the attention of all officials of a Govern ment that might have perished, had it not been for the blood of just such men as General Dodge. With great r'espect etc., W. T. Sherman, In a recent conversation with Gen. Sheridan about the circun.stances under which he became acquainted with Dodge . in the early days of the war when both were unknown to fame as •military men, he said: "I met Gen. Dodge first at Rolla, in the organization of the southwestern army for the movenient which resulted in the battle of Fea Ridge. He was in command of the 4th Iowa In fantry and the post of Rolla. His regiment was a very fine one, composed principally of farmers and farrrier's sons. As chief quartermaster and chief comrtiissary of the army, I received great assistance from him during the difficult movement on Pea Ridge, he being tt en in comniand of a brigade. . I often had to supply the army by taking wheat from the stack and threshing SG6 it, aiid then taking the wheat to the Ciill, and grinding it into f-io.ur; and the same way with corn. I feel confident I never would have been able to carry on this slow system of getting supplies had it not been for the assistance rendered by Gen. Dodge and his regiment. They ran the mills and the threshing machines." Sheridan alos said that at Gen. Dodge's first battle, Pea Ridge, lie "did splendidly," and was "spoken of by officers and men of the army in the very highest terms." The War Governor of Iowa, than whom no one watched miore closely, discriminatingly and affectionately, the rise of Iowa Soldiers and officers during the war, took frequent occasion to put on record his admiration of Gen. Dodge's soldierly qualities "Gen. Dodge is one of the very best ndlitary nen froivi this state." He "is emphatically a fighting man." "He is undoubtedly,and utlconditionally loyal." "In reference to Gen. Dodge, I would say that there is not a more gallant soldier in the armiy, nor one more worthy or capable." "He has that energy of character, and capacity to commiand, as will enable him to discharge any trust assigned to hin.." etc., etc. It is not diff mieifibers of Congress from record, on various occas clarations as,- "Brigadi mianding the i;.ilitary dis m.and" under Gen. Grant in was refused for the'reas comimanded, the left wing could not be dispensed v; icult to find the diffe.rnet senators and the state of Iowa, and elsewhere, on ions during that period, with such de er-General Grenville Iv!. Dodge, then comtrict of Corinth, sought an active comthe operations against Vicksburg but on given, that his services where he then , were of the highest importance and • X t " ith. "What these services were are best miade known by the official fact that Gen. Grant named his first entitled to pro motion from the rank of brigadier to that of major-general. Again: "Since Gen. Dbdge has had a separate command in the southwest a long period, he has never been censured officially, or by the public, nor niet with a noticeable reverse, or miisfortune; he has commanded at times from twelve thousand to fifty thousand troops; now commands twenty-one regimients and five batteries; of whomi nearly eighteen regimients and three batteries have re-enlisted as veterans, mainly owing to his per sonal exertions and personal influence over his comiviand. He had raised from, the material found in the coimtry occupied by him, about four regimients of white troops (Tennessee, Alabama and V.ississippl) , and five regiments of colored troops. With in the last mionth, he has organized nearly two thousa id of the latter. Since he was placed in command of Pulaske, he has re built seventy miiles of railroad, re-mounted his original mounted force, and besides has officered three additional infantry re giments, and has turned over- to the Government about two thou- 367 Sheet § 3 sand iTiules and horses taken Irom rebels, and numerous bales of cotton. This, and niuch more, has been done in the midst of successful military operations against rebel detachments and Guerillas." And still again: "It has also been stated by an army officer that Gen. Grant had placed on official record that to Gen. Dodge more than to any other one man he was indebted for his successful siege of Vicksburg." Said Senator Grimes, on the 10th of August, 1863: "There are very few officers the equal, and none the superior of Gen. G. M. Dodge of this state, now and for a long time in command at Corinth, Mso. He has always been selected for the most responsible posts, and has always filled the highest ex pectations formed of him. I have failed to see the first man from tiie army, officer or private, who did not s^eak of him as the most active watchful officer in the service, known to them." "He now," writes another statesman, "holds the very important command of Corinth and surrounding district, being, in fact. Grant's left flank, on which his safety depends. He keeps no newspaper correspondentto 'write him up,' but his sup erior officers have expressed their opinion of him by always giving him command in advance of his rank." One of our greatest jurists. Judge Dillon, renowned for his calm, discriminating judgment and conservative temper, writes in the midsummer of 1863: "He was among the first to enter the service in this state. No officer in the service from Iowa has aci^uired more just and deserved distinction; no one has.been more faithful, dnd I may and should add, more useful and efficient. His great experience, his sleepless vigilance, his unconquerable energy, and above all his solid judgment and great practical talents render him not only a safe but a successful commander." . ' On relinquishing his command of the left wing of the 16th corps. MajorT-Ceneral Oglesby, solicitous for the best interests of the Union service, wrote to President Lincoln, July 3d, 1863, as follows: "Gen. Dodge is not a resident of Illinois, and I have no personal desire for his promotion, aside from my wish to do the best I can for the comii.on cause. I therefore in every point of view, as a military man and one, too, who deeply sym pathizes with our country and is anxious to end the war, declare you need have no hesitancy in nominating him Major General of the- U. S. V. I know of no officer at this time more deserving, nor of any who seeks the honor less. I am willing to be held responsible for his official acts," etc. The above by no means exl^austs the record of observ ation touching Gen. Dodge's military life, while that touching his civil life is still more Voluminous. It is, howevfer, amply S68 sufficient to serve the purpose nov- in view, Surely such a consensus of encomium cannot have been elicited by less than such a combination in one man of qualities and parts that, if directed by an ambition for popular applause and personal advancement, m.ust have brought the one in whom those qualities were combined, the meed of highest official stat ion, and the widest renown; and before we cannunderstandingly probeed to a view of his life, or of any considerable portion thereof, it is necessary to inquire whether this naturally to be expected sequence has resulted, and if it has not, why not? The answer to the first is that, in the sense in which popular favor and reward have been extended toward many who have sought and reached high political honors and ofiicial power, they have not been extended to, or more properly speaking, as we shall see, have not been accepted by him. Then why? The answer to this will unfold the secret to his . stupenduous success in whatever lines of enterprise he has under taken, whether civil or military, and place In our hands the key to a character than which few can be contemplated with miore de light by conteniporaties and students of character, or which can with more reason placidly await the calm censorship and unbiased finding of posterity. Loyalty is the one work, loyalty in its widest sense, which embraces both fidelity and capacity-- which will most nearly describe the key-quality. Loyalty permeates every act of his life; loyalty to his parents in childhood; loyalty to his employers in young manhood; loyalty to family, kindred and friends throughout life; loyalty to his Government always, and loyalty to duty as he sees it. It was a loylaty which was apt to forget self; a loyalty which yielded an habitual obedience to superiors in authority, and exacted entire obedience from inferiors placed under his control; a loyalty to friendship, prompting him to suffer uncomplainingly for the pranks of others at college, or the mis doings of friends or associates in later life. XL was this loualty to his Governmient and to duty which induced him to listen to the urgent appeals of his friends, who believed the cause for which he had fought for four long years was endangered, and accept an election to Congress after having persistently resisted their utmiost efiorts to persuade him to an acceptance of their support fur an election to the United States Senate at a time when he could not see such danger. In the one case, he thought the interests of the government were safe in other hands; and in the other, he was in doubt aboj.t it and overcanie his aversion, for the time being, to entering the political arena-- an aver sion to self-seeking, by the way, already hinted at in some of the foregoing quotations, and of which we shall presently learn still more . With an understanding of this great motive-quality of his character we are prepared to follow hin, through his military life, witnessing with less of surprise, but with all the greater 369 Sheet 4 aduiiration, the long sucoession of faithful, tireless service and heroic deeds, to the end of his military career. Indeed, were it within the scope of sucn a work as this, it could not but be a pleasure to follow hit on down throughhis management and control of colossal railroad and other non-military inter ests to the present time. The beginning of the war found G. M. Dodge, at the age of thirty, engaged in the business of freighting across the plains. This, however, was but one of several large inter ests in which he exercised a controlling ownership or manage ment,-- banking, mierchandizing and real estate being the chief. The house with which he was connected had established the first store at the place where the city of Denver now stands. Although reared under the political teachings of the party which opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln, and which revolted against it, his father having been an office holder, and ardent political worker for the advancemient of that party (but who repudiated its teachings and lead when Banks and Rantoul left it-- espousing the cause of the Republican party at its first organization), he was ready at once to drop his bus iness interests and go to the support of the Governmient with all his energy from the moment that the thunder of the first insur rectionary gun at Fort Sumter was heard reverberating through out the land. And it is not wonderful that the state and national authorities turned to him for counsel and aid in that dark and trying hour. Of a singularly modest and unpretentious demeanor, wholly devoid of ostentation, ye.,, young as he was, he had already become a man of mark^in the West; and he had attracted the attention of the solid men of the East by the faithfulness, directness, skill and loyalty with which he had admiinistered every trust confided to him. Not only this, but he counted among his tried friends the plainsmian and mountaineers-- not one of whomi was quicker on the trigger or a more deadly shot than he, an accomolishnient which, with others of a kindred sort, insured their profound respect, while his gentlemess of dis position and kindness of heart won their love and devotion. Even the rude Indians, whose hunting -grounds and villages he entered and departed from "at his own sweet will," were subject to these somie influences, and these san.e emotions,-- and no red warrior or chief ever yielded to pale-face a truer fr-iendship or a warmier devotion than Logan Fontanelle, chief of the Omiahas, to the yoathful, enterprising and daring engineer. For, young as he /was. Dodge had been long among them--a fact from which immeasurable advantage accrued to the Government during the great Indian war which he was deputed by the Lieu tenant General of the Army to conduct as the collapse of the Rebellion drew near. Upon attaining his majority he had already, though a !Iew Englander, become a pioneer on the border; and soon there after a conspicuous figure in pioneering railroad construction 870 between the two great rivers of the N.ississippi valley; as, after the war, he was in pioneering it across the great plains and mountain ranges towards the western shores of the continent. Again and again, on one mission or another, he had traversed the great plains,, and probed the Rockies in search of their hidden defiles and passes. Still more, he had found time, with all his other affairs to raise and drill a company of mil itia, for the command of which he was well fitted because of his military training at Ilorwich University, whence he had grad uated in the same class with the brilliant and gallant General T. E. G. Ransom, son of that brave Colonel Ransom, who fell bravely leading his n.en at Ghapultepec. Between the young Ransom and himself there existed the most romantic affection, ending only with Ransom's untimely death in the valley of the Coosa. .A brother of Hanson's is now, as for a long time he has been, in the General's employ. It was that institution (the Norwich University), founded by the once renowned Capt. Par tridge, which, among its other good soldiers in the war for the Union, can boast the name of Ivajor-General Terry, now of the United States Army. It is not at all demand at such a time, and of himself and company to should accept his personal time being, the proffered service on the frontier, patriots, ready to sustain no arms, no equipments, no prosecution of a military sive . strange that such a man should be in that, upon his tendering the services the governor of the state, tie latter service, though declining, for the . company, believing that he required its The state had no end of .enthusiastic the cause of the Union; but it had anything but men" requisite for the campaign, either aggressive or defenThe Iowa border was in danger, and the most impor tant duty of the hour was to obtain arms and munitions of war. Gen. Dodge was selected by Gov. Kirkwood to wrestle with the problem of equipping the first half dozen Iowa regiments-- a problem which had already proven to much for the Iowa senators and representatives at the Capital of the Nation. Armed with an appointment on the governor's staff, as aide, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and equipped with a letter of instructions from the governor, he set out on his mission Lay 9th, 1861. He first visited Sydney, in the extreme south west of the state, ostensibly to organize some military comioanies, but probably more than anything else to get on the track of'some arms stolen from the state of Nebi^aska, which were reported to have been secreted in that vicinity. It is interesting in these days of universal rail road comimuni cat ion, which this man has done miore than any other one to produce, to follow himi for a mjonth or two, and note in detail some of the features of his journeyings a quarter of a century ago. We find him breakfasting at Sidney Pay 10th, having come there by stage froiu Council Bluffs since the previous morning . Sheet if b On the 11th he ^ups at Glenwood. On trie 15th the stage puts him down at Eddyville, and he takes the trc.in over the newly built railroad to Keokuk. Thence he must have taken a steamer for St. Louis, where we f^nd him snugly provided for at Barnes' on the 21st; on the 25th he is at Leavenv/orth; on the 26th in St. Joe, and on June 3d he registers at Barnum's, again in St. Louis. June 6th finds him on the way to Baltimore, fare v30.- Gleepers, buffets, dining cars, air brakes, etc., etc., then unknown. He reaches Baltimore on the 9th; goes next day to Washington, registering at Willard's. He departs thence on the 16th for'New York, whei'e he remains until the 25th,- except that he "takes a run" to Hew Haven and back, to Albany and back, to Pittsburg and back, etc., etc. We next hear of him in succession at Davenport, Iowa, Alton, 111., St. Louis, Hannibal, Palmyra, St. Joe, and his home in Council Bluffs,- where we find him early in July. Mo one who knows with what marvellous energy Gen. Dodge pushes any project which he takes in hand need be told that this was not a mere pleasure "excursion." When the destiny of the Ntion seemed trembling in the.balance, it cannot be sur prising to such as know him, that nratters which originally engrossed his attention were for the time being, forgotten or ignored, and that he becan.e so nearly oblivious, even to those domestic ties which with him, as with G.en. Grant, were singularly strong, as to impel a well-mieaning but son.ewhat alarmed kins woman to take down her favorite author and quote in a letter of warning, " "■'< Now how are you dealing with this wife of yours, -if -sv i;- Do you Forget that she lives in the house, away from the excitement of the world which so much interests you, and the most excitement of the day is that which throws the warm bolld into eddits as she hears your step at the door? Do you ignore tb.e fact that she has a claim upon your time?" etc. But if this all-consuming zeal was bad for his private business interests, and discomforting to the dear ones at home, its results to the public service were most fortunate. On arriving at Washington, he lost notime in securing an interview with the Hon. Simon Cameron, then Secretary of War, and ac quainting him with the object of his mission. He endeavored to impress upon the Secretary the importance to the State of Iowa, as well as to the Union cause, of an immediate compliance with the state's demands, in order to enable it to protect its southern border from rebel invasion. The reply of the Secretary was, 373 She e t # 6 .'-j V - j A number of Influential Iowa people, and among them certain trusted friends of the Secretary of A'ar, were antagonistic to Curtis. Looking around for an available candidate they settled upon Dodgeand besought him to permit them to present his name to the President for that appointment, and Secretary Cameron se conded their efforts but Dodge refused his consent to this arrangement on the ground that he distrusted his qualifications for so important a command. Cameron then as if to meet Dodge's modest estimate of himself, offered him a captaincy in the regular army. This was declined also,- because he felt that its acceptance might conflict with his obligations to the Gover nor Iowa. Finally, Cameron telegraphed to Gov. Kirlcwood, saying he would accept another regiment from Iowa provided Dodge could have the command thereof, to which proposition Kirkwood acceded at once, a.id hence we next find Col. Dodge organizing the 4th Iowa infantry,- of glorious record. I first learned the elements of this bit of unwritten • history (the substance of which I have since verified from good authorities), fromi an old gentleman now resident in Washington, then a prominent citizen and politician of the West, a trusted friend of and on intiiiate relations with President Lincoln, Secretary Canieron, Fitz-Henry Warren, and others then influential with the Administration. This old gentleman characterized Dodge as at that time the miost retiring man of great ability he ever was; and described, with much merriment at the idea. Dodge's refusal to accept an appointment from the Secretary of War because of his doubts about being qualified to fill it satisfactorily. Col. Dodge on returning to his home in Council Bluffs, entered with characteristic energy upon the work of organizing and drilling his regiment, and also Dodge's Battery which he had been authorized to raise. His old company, the Council Bluffs, Guards, became company B of the 4th Iowa. The men of this company had imbibed the patriotic spirit of their com mander, and it was with no little chagrin that they had vainly sought admission into the 1st, 2nd, and 3d regiments, success ively, of Iowa volunteers. The governor declined to accept them for either of these r'egiments through fear of stripping that exposed portion of the state of its citizen soldiery. Dodge's former first lieutenant, E. H. Craig, now became captain of the company; C. A. Wheeler, 1st lieutenant; and W. . Eingman, his former orderly sergeant, its second lieutenant. The last named subsequently inmiortalized the name of Col. Kingman by seal ing with his life-blood his devotion to the cauoe of nationality and union. The adjutant of the 4th Iowa, Lieutenant J. A. Williamson, rose eventually to the rank of Brevet Vaj. General U. S. V. Col. Dodge had learned that there were some howitzers at Ft. Kearney, and he procured an order' from the generalin-G-hief of the army for their delivery to him for the use of his artillery company; this order however,, reached the command ant at Ft. Kearney a little too late. That officer had already sent then to anotlier post in obedience to an qrd?r from his department commander, and they were now beyond his reach. 374 Informing Col. Dodge of this fact by letter, he tried to console him with the remark- "I do not know what duty you are ordered upon, but il' on the plains, the howitzers could have been of no possible use to you, as they were all mounted on carriages•for flank casern,ents." So thatj in at least one case, he was out flanked and checkmated. But not for long; for before any portion of it was mustered into the UnitedrStates service, and before the. end of that month, we find him conducting a forced march at the head of infantry and artillery (Gapt. Clinton's Section) in. the direct ion of the Hidssouri border. The whole southwestern portion of the state of Iowa was in a ferment caused by the threatening advance of a large force of rebels under Feindexter. The rebel rendezvous was in Gentry County, Missouri, and their numbers were at least five times greater than that with which Dodge had set out to meet them. But the knowledge of his coming and the rapidity of his approach threw them into consternation and caused them to fly in all directions. Tiiey knew too well his terrible energy and determination to suppose there could be any fooling if he should come up with them, and they did not wait, to take the chances. As for Feindexter himself he was not until at Pea Ridge, eight months later. The vigor and rigor of D.odge's march on this expedition cost some lives,- but no equal number of lives pro bably ever accomplished more in the way of future security to the action in whose defence they were sacrificed. On this expedition. Col. Dodge first exhibited a faculty for which he was afterwards distinguished above all other commanders during the war, and which, .later on went far to make him of such exceptional service to Grant in the Vicksburg campaign and Sherman in that of Atlanta. It was the faculty of collecting information about the enemy. His spies and scouts swarmed through the camps and country of the enemy. One(after wards Lieut. Teal of 4th Iowa Inft.) went into the chief camp or rendezvous in Gentry County, Missouri, and having gathered what informiation he wanted, managed to entice a rebel . outside of the lines, then covered him with a revolver, made him a prisoner, carried him to Gen. Dodge's headquarters, and tendered him such hospitality and accomnodatio.is as could be offered at Dodge's bevouac fires. Returning by easy stages with his victorious soldiers to Council Bluffs, Col. Dodge soon completed the organization of his regiment and battery. Without awaiting the slow methods of the Quartermaster-general's office for clothing and equipments, he pledged his own credit lor what was necessary to fit them for the field. The all-important requisite of discipline, drill, and instructi n in the duties of a soldiers life,'were neither forgotten nor neglected. He infused his own ardent and tem pestuous spirit into his coniaand-- .a spirit which remained with and actuated them all through the war, as was abundantly 375 Sheet if 1 *' ' • attested in the March through Arkansas to Helena, at Vicksburg, at Arkansas Post, at Lookout Mountain, at Ringgold, in the Atlanta campaign, etc., all of which was after Dodge himself had been called to other fields of service, and after their glorious deeds under his lead at Pea Ridge. Early in August, Col.Dodge set out with his forces for the seat of war and reported at St. Louis on the 13th of that month. He preceded under orders to Holla on the 24th. Here the measles broice out among his soldiers, and with other camp diseases, threatened to play havoc. Notwithstanding Col. Dodge's care and precautions, the disease gradually increased in virulence in the camp; and his ov/n health at length was seriously impaired by his arduous labors, and his efforts to alleviate the sufierings of his men. Mrs. Dodge came, and sought with success to nurse him back to health; nor did her womanly heart permit her to forget the other sufferers in camp. 7/ith a few other ladies who had come from their Iowa.homes to be with their loved ones in the hour of suffering, she visited the hospitals, rendering what h^Ip she could, bestowing cheerful words of encouragement and receiving the dying messages of more than one poor fellow to be conveyed to the dear ones at home. . On the 9th of October, command of the post of Holla, talents and enterprise fro which in so high a degree. His scout as to the movements of Price, Mc Missouri. ' He comnianded expedit several times engaging the enemy wherever he niet them. In Decem though not dangerous wound, from weeks; and on January 21st, 1882 of a brigade in the army of the Col. Dodge was assigned to the Here he exhibited the soldierly he was afterwards distinguished s and spies kept him well posted Gulloch, etc., in southwestern i ^ns to Houston, Salem, etc., , whom he always defeated ber he received a painlul which he recovered in a few , was assigned to the comraan.1 southwest. It is necessary to a full understanding of events which transpired within the next six or eight weeks, to go a little i'-.to detail in reference to certain baneful influences which found their origin about this time. When Halleck superseded Fremont in the command o f the western department, he projected what became known as the South western Gampaing and under orders from the President, placed Gen. Seigle in command. The organization of the army for that movement, however, was substantially under the direction of, or at least the troops forming the expedition^, reported to Gol. Dodge commandant at the post of Holla, the point from which the exoedition was to set out. Gen Seigle proceeded to organize the command into brigades and divisions. ^ore than half of these troops were Germans, or of foreign nationality, and their officers held their comii issi ns from Gen. Fohn C. Fi-emont instead from the United States Government,-- Brig-Gen. Asbotl: and Gol. Osterhous comiianding divisions. S76 '"hen the American- troops arrived there was a great deal of feel ing among their comrnanding officers at the prominence given to the officers commanding the German troops who, as they thought, were not justly authorized to command them. Especially was this the case with the officers who like Colonels Carr, Jeff-. C. Davis, etc., were graduates of -^'est Point. This matter was represented fully by those officers to Gen. Hallock. A full statement to Gen. Halleck was also made by Col. Dodge, who son.ewhat criticised the organization, thinking the troops should be more intermixed. About the time that Siegle had completed the organiza tion and, as was undex'stood, was on the point of marching, Gen. Hallock assigned Drig-Gen. Gurtis of Iowa, to the command of the expedition. Thsi created great feeling among the German troops, and when Curtis arrived on the gi'ound he found this feeling amounting almost to an open mutiny. Instead of putting his foot down at once an nipping it in the bud, he rather cater ed to it, endeavoring to overcome it by the nistaken policy of giving to Siegle and his German officers and troops more privi leges and immunities than they were really entitled to; which course excited a similar feeling among the Americans, without al-laying that among the Germans. He also continued in the mis taken course that Siegel had inaugurated, of organizing the German troops into brigades and divisions, putting over them, officers that Fremont had commissioned, and the American troops into brigades and divisions with American officers over them. To make n.atters still worse he selected for his American Divis ion commanders Col. Jeff. C. Davis and Col. E. A. Carr, experienc ed and able soldiers but both of whom were subordinate in rank to their brigade comiuanders. One of the brigade conm.anders declined to serve, and was assigned to another comiiiand. Col. Dodge, however, deemed it his duty to the cause to serve; but he sent a letter to Gen. Curtis stating that he understood his rights in the matter,, but waived them. At the san.e time he requested that a ruling be made upon the question by the Department Commander. 'Vhen that ruling was had of course it was against Gen. Curtis, whose reasons for niaking these assignnients was stated to be that officers of the sane rank, though of prior commissicn or juster, must waive their rank lo officers'^of the same rank who had been educated at 'lAfest Point. battle of a disaste gallantry fastness there in grievance as one wi The elements of discord were fast ripening when the Pea Ridge was precipitated. We shall see how narrowly r was there averted by the diligent watchfulness, , self-forgetfulness, devotion to duty, and steadof Col. Dodge, who alone of all the prominent officers Curtis* command had any substantial ground for a against him, and he did not entertain the grievance llfully intended on the part of Curtis. It was during this expedition that Col. Dodge fii'st met Capt. Sheridan of the quartermaster's department. A friendship aprang up between them, born of their mutual earn estness in tlie cause of the Union, mutual support of each other in the performance of their duties, mutual tastes, and mutual diplikes of all that was selfish or ungenerous. 377 Sheet tt 8 There appeared to be some want of cordiality between the command er of that army and its quartermaster, and at length Capt. Sheridan was ordered to other fields of service; after which he and Dodge were never again closely associated officially. But the friendship there begun has never weakened. On the contrary it has strengthened with time, and is warmer than evei-, now that the one, after the lapse of a quarter of a century, is at the head of the United States Army and the other, of colossal business interests. In the mioven.ent on Springfield, Gen. Dodge was in commiand of the advance, and captured that city on the 13th of February. The enemy retreating southward, he had the advance in the pursuit, and was in the engagement at Cane Creek February 4th-and of Sugar Creek, February 17th. He also defeated Gates* comuiand at Blackburns' Itiills, Ark., February 27th. We come now to the battle of Pea Ridge, the details of which, of course, are most properly treated of in dealing with the life of Gen. Curtis, in chief comn.and, there . But the de cisive influence exerted by Gen. Dodge upon the result of that battle,renders it almost impossible to avoid a brief recapitula tion of some of its details especially those directly affecting the latter. Gen. Curtis' army was divided into three parts; the 1st and 2nd divisions under ^en. Siegel at Cooper's farmi, about four miles fromi Bentonville, Ark.; the 3d division, under Col. Jeff. C. Davis, 14 miiles northeast of that town, at Sugar Creek; and the 4th division, under Col. Carr, 12 miles south of Davis, at Cross Hollows. In case of an advance by th enemy, all were to untie promptly at Cavis' position on Sugar Creek. From each of these divisions large foraging parties were out in var ious directions, when, about two o'clock on the afternoon of ^.arch 5th (a cold stormy day). Gen. Curtis received through one of Col. Dodge's foraging parties, the astounding news that the combined rebel armies, all under Van Dorn, were rapidly approach ing, their advance being them only about twelve miles distance, in the hope of interposing between the scattered divisions before they could unite; in vhich case they must, one after another, fall an easy prey. Curtis sent imimiediate orders with all haste to his division commanders to concentrate at once on Davis, at Sugar Creek, and call in their foraging parties to the same point. The fourth division, according to Curtis's official report, was in m.otion within four hours; but Siegel, with the 1st and 2d divisions, deferred his march somie eight or ten hours longerand even waited with a regiment and a battery at ^entonville until about 9 o'clock (Van Dor i in his report says 11) next day, appar ently for no other purpose than to disconcery his commiander or, possibly, exhibit his skill in retreating under fire. The enemy appeared and endeavored to cut him off, in which they did not succeed. , The running fight which ensued constituted the engagemient of the 6th of N'arch, the unnecessary afiair costing us a loss of som.e twenty-five men killed and wounded, and re sulting in a good deal of confusion and weary marching, for 378-' nLW.^7'''(K' the 1st and 2d divisions, '.vhich, after once reaching Sugar Creek, were sent back to Siegel's rescue, all of which might have been avoided if Siegel had promptly obeyed his orders. The balance of that day was consumed in closing in and taking position; and throwing up defensive works. After a tiresome and exhausting march, Dod, e and his men were busily engaged in felling trees on the roads to the east, in order to obstruct the advance of the enemy by that flank. Having completed this duty, and knowing the country thoroughly. Col. Dodge about 4 o'clock P. ti. went to Gen. Curtis, who was wuperintending the building of a battery at the point where the main road ascends the hill north of Sugar Greek, and told him that in his opinion the enemy were evidently working to the right, and that there was a good roa .. leasing into Gross Timbers Hollow from Bentonville to his rear; that htere was a gorge through which that road passed which, if blockaded, would be a great source of delay to them. Curtis, unable for some reason to find some one else to do the work, turned to Gen Dodge after a short time and said, "You know the country, go and do it." Col. Dodge remarwed that his troops had marched and worked all night and day, and were worn out, but he would od as directed. Taking five companies of the 4th Iowa and two of the 3rd Missouri cavalry, heset out, striking Little Cross Hollows about 9 P. M. and felled all the tinber he could. Having gone in advance with the cavalry, the infantry under Capt. Nichols got off the track taken by the cavalry and moved towards the Benton ville road,making west until they struck the enemy. In follow ing- to get them beck, Dodge barely overtook them, in time to save them from cai^ture, as they could plainly hear the enemy moving down the road toward our rear. On retui-ning to camip. Adjutant Williamson remarked that they had not struck a picket on their whole flank. This alarmed Col. Dodge, and he went at once to Gen. Curtis, it being then about 2 o'clock A. M. of the 7th, reported to him what he had done and what he had found the enemy were doing, and gave it as his opinion that the enemiy would strike on Curtis's right and rear; and also told him that no pickets were out on the right;- afterwards by a change of front the left. Curtis seemed to doubt all this; where upon Dodge went back to his camp; but he could not rest easy. About sunrise next morning he received an order to attend a council of war at a church some distance in the rear of his position in the then line of battle, and between him and Elkhorn tavern. He was so confident that the attack would fall on Curtis's rear and right that, proceeding to the council, he gave orders for his command to break camp and follow him. At the council nearly or quite all but himself and Gen. Jeff C. Davis were for retreating. Curtis had fixed to fight fronting Sugar Creek but had made no provision for- defence on his right,- the vulnerable point,- which was all open to the enemiy's advance. Curtis appeared to be listening for the views of his Lieutenants without specially conJciLting himiself; but Davis and Dodge declared that they had come there to fight and that it would never do for themi to refuse now, since they had an opportunity. He told Curtis that retreat would ruin them especially in Iowa. Sheet # 9 379. While discussing the question, Col. Boyd of Carr's Division, who was picketing at the Elkhorn Tavern, sent word that the enemy were driving in his pickets. This was then di rectly in the Union rear. Curtis coming out saw troops stand ing on the road and asled whose they were. Dodge told him they were his. Gen.. Carr, who comn.anded the division, was present, and Curtis immediately ordered them to Elkhorn Tavern. Dodge led his command there with all speed, and in a few miinutes was hotly engaged, and fought with varied success on the extreme right, which his position became in the new formation which Curtis preceded.to make. At noon Gen. Dodge received orders to retreat slowly; but. sent back word that if he did, the day was lost. He urged that, if allowed to he could, and would, hold his position, and received permission to do so. He held his ground until dark, and when the fight of the day was over he had not a round of amniunition left. He had lost nearly onethird of his command in that _position. All of Price's army, about 12,000 strong, was pitted against Carr's Division. The second brigade of Carr's devision, on Gen. Dodge's left, gave way about two hours before Dodge went back from his position, which left Dodge's brigade alone to withstand Price's whole force. The enemy had got on both his flanks far to Dodge's rear, and one battery on the new line established about dark by Curtis, which was playing into the enemy, sent about half of its shots into Dodge's rear. Discovering this, he sent Lieut. 7/illiamson towards the Elkhorn Tavern to report the state of things to Gen. Carr, supposing him to .be still there, and 7/illiamson on his way ran into a regiment of the enemy, who fired upon him, but failed to hit him. Dodge then moved to the rear, to put the enemy who had passed around his left flank in his front. It was at this time that Curtis came on that part of the field with reinforcements and met Dodge moving, as he says in his official report, in perfect line, his men, "dressing on their colors in perfect order" toward the rear. Curtis desired to know what was the trouble, and was informed that Col. Dodge was entirely out of ammunition; and had held his position after everything to his left had fallen back leaving him to be surround ed by the enemy. Curtis directed him to charge back, which he did without hesitation, erroneous as he regarded the order, while Curtis went back to hurry up his reinforcements and re take Elkhorn Tavern, to Gen. Dodge's left. Gen. Dodge assured him that the enemy had possession at that point, that they had occupied it with several batteries, and that it would be useless to attempt to retake it with any force v/hich he could get upon the ground at that time. Part of Asboth's forces were got up and pushed against the enemy at that point, but the enemy's artillery fire was so hot that they were imn.ediately forced back. Gen. Asboth being wounded in the arm. As for Col. Dodge himself, he had charged across the field in perfect line to his old position, the enemy retiring befor him; but after dark, Curtis having failed to clear out the enemy at the tavern, he was moved back again, and took position in the new line that was forming to the rear. 380 .1 ' Gen. Curtis told Dodge that Siegel had been ordered around to his aid at noon on that day. Jeff C. Davis and Gusterhaus fought and defeated the enemy at Lestown, in the open country, the right rear of the previous night. Siegel had not been in the fight at all during the day. During the night Davis placed his division behind a rail fence; Gen. Dodge's line was formed in his rear as reserve, and from midnight till daylight they stood shivering in the cold night air, without fires or food, without sleep and almost exhausted, whils Siegel's troops, wlio were fresh, were sleeping soundly. During the night Siegel and Asboth desired Curtis to call another council of war and sent Gen. Bussy to him with a view to having one called. Dodge protested to Bussy that it was no time for a council, and reminded him that Curtis's orders were out for the next day and they must fight it out on that ground. Iv:orning came; Siegel's men deliverately got their breakfast, and failed to get into position until after 7 o'clock. About 7 o'clock the enemy opened a battery on Curtis's right, which enfiladed the rail fence behind which Davis's troops were aligned, and drove them directly back upon Dodge's men in the rear. Things were looking squally about that time. Curtis, who was lying on the ground waiting for Siegel to get into position and open fire sent for Dodge to come to him, and asked him what he thought had better be done if they failed to drive the enemy, since the enemy being'between them and the north, they were to all intents and purposes surrounded. Dodge replied, "Put my command at the head, and we will cut out to the'west to wards Pinesville . The enemy certainly are weak in that direction, for we hear nothing from them." Curtis said, "That is what we will do." , Soon after this, Siegel moved into line, Davis reform ed his men in their position, and Dodge, leaving his reserve po sition, r:oved again to the extreme right. I\('eantime the artillery on both sides had been actively at work for some time. At length the whole line moved forward,--the enemy gave way at all points, and the victory was won. In this engagement, what is called the third day of the battle, comparatively few men were lost on the Union side; the fact being that the enemy only made a temporaty defence to cover their retreat, which had commenced durins- the night. A pursuit was ordered. Wiegel followed the enemy to wards the north. Dodge pursued in the direction taken by the enemy's artillery on the White River road, and if he had been permitted to keep right on would have captured the whole of it, as it went without any considerable escort. 381 Sheet if 10 But after Dodge had pursued about two miles, he received from Curtis peremptory orders to return to the battle field. Arriv ing there, he was shown by Curtis a letter he had received from Siegel advising him to get back with his whole command, as Van Dorn might recover and resume the offensive. Curtis remarked that he could not stop him, and that he had got as far as Keitsville; that he desired Dodge to hold the battle-field for, if it was abandoned, the enemy might occupy it and claim the victory. Curtis said that he was not going back,- he was going forward,- and that iiegel must return. Col. Dodge camped on the battlefield. Gen Curtis succeeded in getting Siegel back by the evening of the next day, and soon thereafter Curtis with the main body of his army moved southward again, leaving no room for question as to who was entitled to the victory. Not until the battle was over, the pursuit suspended and Dodge settled in camp did he realize the severity of his wounds. They had given him so little concern during the con tinuance of the struggle that he had not even reported them. Every field-officer in his brigade had been killed or wounded, and four horses had been shot under him,- three of them killed. One of these, according to his Division-commander's official report, had been struck by no less than twenty balls. The wonder is, therefore, not that he had been wounded but that he had escaped so many perils with his life. He had seemed to bear a charmed life in the midst of danger, but now thatpeace and quiet reigned, a reaction set in which left him prostrate. To add to his sufferings and the peril of his situation, the wound which he had received some months, before relapsed in sympathy with the general break-down of his physical system, and he was sent to Keitsville in the charge of a surgeon. Friends notified his wife, who on the departure of the expedi tion from Rolla had repaired to the home of a relation in St. Louis in order that she might be where she could easily com municate with her husband, and she hastened with all speed to his assistance. A perilous journey over the rugged hills of South west Missouri at a most inclement season signalized her womanly anxiety and heroic determination to be by his side. Under her gentle and tireless ministrations he rallied, and at length was able to be conveyed by easy stages to St. Louis, where he gradually but steadily recovered. On the way to St. Louis, at Lebanon, March 27th, 1862, Major Gen. Halleck telegraphed him that, he wai§ made Brigadier General at his (Hal],eck s) request, for his services at the Battle of Pea Ridge, that being the first promotion made. Having sufficiently recovered to resume active duty, as he thought, on the 12th day of May Gen. Dodge reported by telegraph to the War Department for orders. On May 27th orders came to report in person to Gen. Halleck, before Cor inth; and for that field he promptly set out, arriving there on the 6th of June. Then, under orders from Halleck, he proceeded to Columbus, Ki5^., and reported to Gen. Quimby, who, June 11th, assigned to him the command of that Post, and the responsible duty of superintending the rebuilding of the Mobile & Ohio R.R. 'which ,had been wholly destroyed by the rebels in their retreat southward.- Establishing his headquarters in the house recently vacated by the rebel Gen. Bishop Polk, Gen. Dodge with charact eristic energy, set about getting the affairs of his command well in hand. On the 12th, he went over the railroad on a hand car to a point 64 miles south of Columbus, staked out three large bridges to be re-built, and laid his plans in a general way fro completing the restoration of the road and putting it again in running order. a body of consummate both Ealle danger .■ friend he came near and I took About the middle of June he had a sharp skirmish with rebels, in -which he managed his forces with such skill as to call forth the hearty compliments of ck and Quniby; and here he again found the post of Alluding to the affair in a letter to an intimate said;- "I got a shot through my vest and jacket that being a settler; but a miss is as good as a mile,- the crowd that was opposed to me." V/ith such energy did he push his railroad work that as early as the 26th of June he was enabled to ride over the road to Corinth, upon the first through train. In recognition of this signal service to the cause. Gen. Halleck assigned him, two days later, to the command of the Central Division of the Mississippi with headquarters at Trenton, Tenn. Gen. Cuinby had come to rely so much upon his skill and enterprise that on hearing of Gen. Halleck's purpose to put himi into a new command, he telegraphed the General urging tnat Dodge be not takenaway from him if it could be helped. At night of the very d::y on which he established hiS headquarters at Trenton, Gen. Dodge received an order from Halleck by telegraph to move with his division to Hickman, go by river to Cairo, and thence proceed to Richmond, Va. The report was that McClellan had been whipped. With his accustomed promptitude. Dodge moved at midnight with his division, eight thousand strong, including five batteries of artillery. He had marched about thirty miles, and made arrangements for em barkation, when orders came to halt and about-face. He after wards learned that Halleck had set aboat twenty-five thousand troops in motion for the same destination. Gen. Dodge returned to Trenton and there he had two original problems to deal with. One was the question of how to meet the guerrilla warfare,which was then causing all our g€;nerals so much trouble. At that time the country which con stituted his district swarmed with guerrillas. Desoerate evils require desperate remedies, and he proceeded to apply the only remedy that would be effective there, and that was, to shoot the guerrillas as fast as they could be caught. The event vindicated the means adopted. 383 Sheet # 11 The other question was one of discipline in his own ranks, and^this he solved withequal completeness and even greater promptitude. During the month of July, he finished work on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built stockades at all its important bridges and stations, and put it in shape for continued mili tary use. Besides, during his command at Trenton, the capture of Dyersburg, Huntington, O'Brien, etc., were effected; and Villipigne was defeated on the Hatohie river by troops under his command. Later, his command was enlarged, and he again estab lished his headquarters at Columbus. ?diile in this command, Jaulkner and his forces were captured near island No. 10, and also a camp of state troops and conscripts, some 1400 in num ber, about 23 miles west of Madrid. In short, Gen, Dodge displayed such energy, skilb and success, not only in action but in administration, as to attract the attention of Gen. Grant, who, at length, had again resumed command in that quarter on the promotion of Halleck to the comrnand-in-chief of all the ariiiies. On the 29th of Sept ember, Gen. Grant assigned him to the command of the 4th division, district of West Tennessee. About three wee^s later (October 24th) Gen. Grant telegraphed him to report in person at Corinth and assume command ol' the 2d division. Army of the Tennessee, the division that Grant had organized at Cairo; and about three weeks later (Nov. 15th, 1862) that of the district of Corinth. His duties here were of such a complex and respon sible nature that it would require more space than can be given to the description of them in a volume such as this. Enough that both as an administrative and executive officer, he more than met the expectations of Gen. Grant. The relation of his command, as the protection of Grant's left flank in the movement against Vicksburg, has already been mentioned in the words of Gen. Oglesby. He occupied a very similar relation with refer ence to the right flank of Gen. Rosecrans, and both of these commanders very largely depended on him for their information touching the movements and operations of the enemy on their respective fronts. The faculty which he had displayed so not ably in his first expedition upon the borders of Iowa, and again during his command at Rolla, Mo., and on the Pea Ridge campaign, here found its highest development and placed himin the very front rank as a systematic, reliable and accurate student of rebel military operations. His scoiits swarmed through the rebel country, and his spies were to be found in every camp and important city in the interior of the south. Necessarily, his command was generally widely scatter ed throughout his large district; but so well did he keep it in hand and so well posted was he as to the movements of the enemy, whether in large or small bodies, that scarcely a single out post or detachment of his comnand came to grief during the long period which intervened from the time of his taking command to 384 the fall of Vicksburg on the one hand and the disasterous battle of Chickamagua on the other. On the contrary, if any rebel force, whether large or small dared to invade his territory, his concentration against it was sure to be speedy and overwhelming,- if not overwhelming by force of numbers, certainly so by force of momentum and skillful handling. Forrest, Roddy, Ferguson, and others in their turn were met and vanquished in engagements which rose not to the full dignity of battle only when the enemy failed to exhibit the necessary staying qualities; while Tuscumbia, Florence, Grenda, etc., responded obediently to his sumiions. His enterprise embraced every phase and feature of successful was. He completed the fortifications about the City of Corinth. He rebuilt railroads needed for the Union service, and dest.rayed those needed by the enemy. He made Unic^n soldiers out of contrabands and loyal refugees,-- and sunoorted the families ana friends of these refugees, in thou sands, out of the proceeds of their own industry, which he caused them to apply according to plans marked out under his own di rection. ' He sent spies into the camps of the enemy, and caught and hung the spies of the enemy when they came into his camp. He helped to give Grierson a good send-off in his raid back of Vicksburg, and Streight on his less fortunate one to the rear of Bragg. The Confederate Government estimated his de struction of stores, grain, bacon, etc., cribbed and housed along the line of the I.emphis & Charleston railroad between Bear Cre^-k and Decatur, for the purpose of subsisting Bragg's army,at :|21,000,000. Lastly, but by no means least important from a military point of , he repaired in person to Washington, in response to a call of President Lincoln, who desired his counsel touching matters connected with the construclion of the Pacific railroad, and especially his advice with reference to the selection of the initial point of that great national highway. Gen. Grant's frank acknowledgement of his own indebt edness to Gen. Dodge for his abundant measure of success, has already been noted. Creditable would it be to Rosecrans had he been equally frank and just. But there was little in common between these two commanders. Grant was ready both to receive and to acknowledge aid from whatever source,-- and Vicksburg fell. Rosecrans scouted and scorned Dodge's warning of the approach of Longstreet untiltoo late,--and Chickamauga resulted. The authorities in Washington instantly turned to Grant and ordered him to the relief of the defeated, shattered and beleaguered army of Rosecrans. Still physically help less from a terrible hurt, then recently received. Grant had himself borne at ;jnbe to the steamer at the Vicksburg landing, and, as fast assteam could convey him, hurried to the pointof danger. As in the noment of victory he had remenibered whatever of subcess he owed to Dodge's services, so now in the presence of a new danger he did not lorget in whom to place reliance. 385 Sheet § 12 Writing his instructions to Sherman, who was bringing for ward the re-inforcements he had ordered to Chattanooga, he says: " The division thus relieved bring forward under Gen. Dodge. He is an able officer, one whom you can rely upon in an emergency.' Counting upon' the prospect of a desperate struggle at Chattanooga, Grant wanted his best fighting material; and Dodge responded v.l th his accustomed promptitude and alacrity. But by the time Dodge had traversed with his command half the interven ing distance, Grant had become convinced that to subsist his forces at Chattanooga ha must have increased transportation facilities. The Nashville & Decatur railroad must be rebuilt. He wanted Dodge at Chattanooga because Dodge had few equals as a fighter. But he must assign Dodge to that railroad con struction, because he had ^ equals in that lin.e of service. Had Gen. Dodge been possessed of a consuming ambition for personal advancemient, he must have regarded this as a great misfortune; but as his whole soul was wrapped up in the cause of the Union, he at once, and without a murmur, stripped him;self for the work before him. His command was quickly scattered along the line of the road, and under his own personal direction the work of rebuilding went on with unparallelledrapidity; in conse quence of which Dodge rose rapidly to even a still higher plane in the apiireciation of the Victor of N'issicnary Ridge than he had- -if occupied in that of the Victor of Vicksburg. Not only did he build and guard that long line of comn.unication, but for ninety days he subsisted his widely scattered command, consisting of some,12,000 troops, with some 6,000 animals, off the enemy's country. Establishing his headquarters at Pulaski, he completed the entire line within about forty days, including 183 bridges, trestles and other structures. During this period also he captured Decatur, Ala. , in a well planned night attack, with all its garrison. On the 4th of Way, began Gen. Sherman's ever-memorable campaign against, Atlanta. As his vast army moved against Joe Jolinston's position at Dalt n, Gen. Dodge in the command of the left wing of the IGth array corps, a command which he had held since the 8th day of the previous July, led the advance. On the 9th of May, Dodge had driven the enemy back on their rail way at Resaca, and was eager to plant his corps astride the road and force the enemy either to battle or retr-eat; but in this he was overruled by his superior in command. He participated in the battle of Resaca, a few days later, and.substquently, in all the great battles of the campaign. At Nickajack Creek, Sallas (where his corps repulsed a dangerous night attack), Kenesaw Mountain (in the assault of which the men of the 16th corps reached nearer to the enemy's lines on the crest than those of any other), and in numerous smaller conflicts he greatly dis tinguished himself. At the battle of Duff's Mills he defeated an assault from the entire corps of Gen. Hood. Not long after he built at Roswell, Ga., a bridge across the Chattahoochee, which was a marvel to all nilitary men because of its proportions and ■V ' • ? the speed with wich it was conv leted. It was a substantial double track structure, 1700 feet long, 12 feet high, and was completed within about three days from the time 6f his arrival with, his corps after a forced march of 30 or 40 miles. Over this bridge the entire army of the Tennessee, with all its trains and artillery, passed in safety. About this time he received his commission as K^ajorGeneral, bearing date of June 4th, 1864. The morning of July 22d, 1864, found Gen. Dodge's corps considerably dispersed. In Closing in around the City of At lanta, Gen. Dodge's corps, which held a position on the right of the army of the Tennessee adfoining the left of the army of the Ohio, becoming cramped in that position, was ordered toa position on the extreme left. One of his batteries had been placed in the line of the 17th army corps. A brigade had been sent to Decatur to guard the trahs. Another brigade had been placed in reserve about a mile, more or less, in rear of the left of the 17th army corps. Two brigades were on duty at some distance-- one at Rome, and one guarding the armiy trains en route from Roswell to Decatur, a portion of which took part in the battle at Decatur. The balance of Gen. Dodge's command v/as mioving to take position on the extreme left. The head of this moving column having come up to the position occupied by the brigade in reserve behind the 17th corps, halted for noon lundi . Gen. Dodge, who had been to the left personally to select the grounds on which to take up his position, had just returned to his com mand, preparatory to leading it to the position selected. Be fore ordering his command forv/ard, he accepted the invitation of one of his brigade commanders to lunch with him. While thus occupied, the enemy appeared suddenly, marching in heavy columns from the rear. In an incredibly short space of timie Gen. Dodge's command, springing to their arms, formed in line of battle. Their position was in an open field, without shelter of any kind. The enemy coming out of a dense wuod which skirted this field, pressed forward with splendid spirit in vastly superior numbers. The attack had been totally unexpected fromi that quarter. The calculation of the enemy had been, to completely surprise the army of the Tennessee, and, by the fury and momentum and weight of their attack, sweep irresistibly over whatever force they should come upon. Riding rapidly up and down his lines. Dodge encour aged his men to stand fast, and quickly inspired then, with a determinatinn to hold their ground or die in the attempt. It was one of the fiercest fought contests of the whole war. A rebel Brigadier-General who . was present at that battle but not a participant in the struggle at that particular point, is now a United States Senator. I heard him say , in a conver sation about that battle only a few days ago, that the thunder of the artillery and the noise of the small arms of that strug gle between Gen. Dodge and his assailants, was the most deafening, incessant and frightful for the time it lasted, of all his exper ience . 387 Sheet # 13 While the struggle was go.ing on, Gen. KlcPherson, comrr.ander of the Army of the Tennessee, rode up and watched the progress of Dodge's battle. He was acconipanied by a single aide, the rest of his staff having been dispatched in various directions; This aide has left on record his impressions of the fight as seen by Gen. KcPherson and himself. He says;- "The scene at this tinie was grand and impressive. It seemed to us that every mounted officer of the attacking column was riding at the front of or on the right or left of the first line of battle. The regimental colors waved and flutter ed in advance of the lines, and not a shot was fired by the rebel infantry, although the movement was covered by.a heavy and well directed fire from artillery which was posted in the woods and on higher grounds, and. which enabled the guns to bear upon our troops with solid shot and shell, firing over the attack ing column." "it seemed impossible, however, for the enemy to face the sweeping, deadly fire from Fuller's and Sweeny's divis ions; and the guns of the 14th Ohio and Welcker's batteries fairly mowed great swathes in the advancing columns. They showed great steadiness and closed up the gaps and preserved their alignments, but the iron and leaden hail that was fairly poured upon them was too much for flesh.and blood to stand, and before reaching the center of the open field, the columns were broken up and thrown into great confusion. Taking advan tage of this, a portion of Fuller's and Sweeny's divisions, with bayonets fixed, charged the enemy and drove them back to the woods, taking many prisoners. m Had the 16th corps given way, the rebel army would have been in the rear of the 17th and 15th corps, and would have swept like an aval anche over our supply train, and the position of the army df the Tennessee would have been very critical." It is not too m.uch to say that here, as at Pea Ridge, Gen. Dodge saved the Union army fron. a terrible dis aster. As already stated, his command was temporarily scatter ed and he had present Iiere only about 4500 mien. He fought under the disadvantages of a surpoise by a force three or four times as large as his own, a force, too, comprising the very flower of the Southern armiy, under their best leaders, who had pitched upon him with a full determination to win at all hazards. That he should have been able, under such circumstances with such a force, to meet and hurl back in confusion such an enem.y, and in the end maintain his ground, is one of the most diffi cult events of the whole war for the belief of sober minds. In the charge, which he ordered direct and without waiting for the order to go through the usual channels, he took prisoners representing forty-nine different organizations, besides repre sent nine brigades and tl.ree divisions of the enemy. Hard fighting was done after that, during the day, but theie is no doubt that from that time on to the close of the contest at dark, the enemy's fight was for the purpose of safely getting back into their lines in front'of Atlanta. The enterprise on which they had ventured, coming out of their lines and.marching around our flank to our rear to ac hieve it by a cat-xike spring, ahd been decisively defeated by Gen. Dodge and his men. Could they now get back into their works in time to save Atlanta, all would not be lost. That was the victory they now strove for,- and strive heroically and long. 'Mzen the next small hours cam.e they had won; that is, had regained their own defences. But it was no fault of Gen. Dodge's that they were permitted that measure ofsuccess. He not only continued to hold his.own position until the end of the i'ighting, but sent relief to and helped repair the broken line of the 15th corps, later in the day, and then shared in maintaining that line intact to the end. Not only were his men invincible when fighting under his iir.mediate direction, but so well had he trained .them that he could count on them when they were left to their own resources. Hood had sent out four cavalry divisions, along with his infan try forces, and two of these divisions were pitted against Dodge's isolated brigade at Decatur. The battle there was fierce and prolonged, but as the shadows of evening were lengthening a courier came with a welcome note, hastily penciled upon a soiled crumpled and ragged piece of paper, whiach read as follows July 2kd, 1864. 6:30 P. M. General: The enemy have fallen back and are reported in line of battle on the south side of the town. I have thought best not to return to town without orders, as I cover our trains better where I am. A prisoner reports that four (4) divis ions (of cavalry) left Atlanta this morning; two attacked Decatur and two had gone to destroy Roswell Bridge. Col. Reiley's bri gade is 3/4 of a mile in my rear a.-^id right. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. W. Sprague, Col. Coradg. Maj . Gen. Dodge, Comn.anding the 16th Corps. Gen. Dodge's loss in killed and wounded was larger than that of any other organization of equal numbers engaged that day; and on that part of the field where he commanded in person he lost no prisoners. Of Dodge it has been often said, that he never com plained of his subordinates. He was, and is, one of the most considerate of men towards his subordinates (in this respect being an exact counterpart of Gen. Grants but I have learned of a single case where he did complain, or at least establish ed the lact thrt he could be "vexed." The case is mentioned in a private letter which I have seen written, less than a week after the battle above described, by Capt. W. H. Chamberlain, then a member of Gen. Dodge's staff. 389 r ■■ ■; Sheet #14 As it also describes and illustrates the discomforts resulting from the situation and movements of the army at that period I canndtdo better than quote. "That night (26th} we had orders to march at night. Our tents were struck at dark, and the wagons went off. The troops were to move at midnight--16th corps first, 17th next, and 15th last. '.Ve lay down on the ground and waited till mid night. Then in the darkness and the dust we started on another grand flanking operation, from the extreme left to the extreme right. We had to find our road as best we could, and such a time as we had you never saw. We left an orderly at.every cross-roads to direct the head of tlie column which road to takb, and then would push on and find the next road. When our orderlies were about used up, we began to build fires at the forks in such a way as to indicate how to go. At a little beI'ore daylight we came to a place where we intended to bivouac, , and we stopped. Long after daylight I awoke and found that the troops were still marching in. Our wagons were away be hind, and no breakfast was there. Finding that we could not miove for an hour or more, I went to our hospital and got my breakfast. "At 9 we started, and if we had trouble at night to find roads, that trouble was increased ten-fold in the day. Gen, Dodge roade all over the country-- across fields and everywhere, to get roads, and finally succeeded in getting through. We began going into position at 4 o'clock of the afternoon (of the 27th), and continued on in the same business until after dark. We had to drive back the enemy's skirm ishers and establish our lines. Oh, what arunning to and fro it took! Gen. Dodge was never still. At the front all the time, he personally superintended every movement, and only left the field after dark. We had some Lively skirmishing, lost none, but killed a rebel captain. Gen. Dodge left me and Lieut. Tichener on the lines to see how they were established, and we had the delectable privilege of staying out an hour longer without our supper. We soon found this was but the smallest of our troubles. When we started in, we couldn't find the way. It was all dense wood, no roads. Finally we got out into the roads which we knew, and then discovered that we didn't know where headquarters were. What a search we had'.- but no success. After nearly an hour wo found an ambulance belonging to our train, and I learned that po headquarters had been established. Gen. Dodge, who had also been hunting the headquarters, came up about the same tim.e. He was very much vexed to find no headquarters and nothing to eat. We had eaten nothing since breakfast, and had been very hard at work. He sent an orderly to bring something, but went to sleep before he returned. The orderly brought some ham, bread and coffee, which he proceeded to demiolish." etc. In the battle of Exar Church on the 28th of July, only a portion of Gen. Dodge's corps was engaged. They had been sent by Gen. Dodge to the assistance of the 15th corps, 390 and the latter received Gen. Logan's hearty thanks for the prompt assistance thus rendered. Gen. Dodge's connection with this campaign terminated on the 19th of August. In a correspondence of theCincinnatti Gazette under date of Aug. 20th, 1864, I find the following reference to the event. "There are thousands of sad hearts in the 16th corps today. Its coiunander lies low on a bed of pain, wounded, by a rebel bullet. News of a defeat could hardly give more pain to the hearts of the oificers and men of this corps than the.announce ment which they have heard today. Gen. Dodge is wounded, and to his many friends in the North who have watched wLth highest gratification the record of his brilliant career in the army, and have read therefrom bright promises in the future, this news will come with a shock of disappointment. Scarcely have we time to realize the loss of the heroic NcPherson until a se cond blow deprives us of the presence andprestige of this tower of strength to this portion of the army,--the vigilant, unweary ing General Dodge. Happily, I can say that, beyond taking him from the field for a few weeks, there is no cause foj? alarm. Very fortunately the rebel sharp-shooter sent his deadly missile a half inch or so too high, so that instead of penetrating his brain, it inflicted an ugly wound on the top of his head. The General, as was his invariable custom, wiching to make apersonal examination of that portion of his front at the left of Gen. Corse's division, went out there this morning, accompanied by Capt. Ford of his staff, and one or two orderlies. Not content with the view from the front line of the works, although there is constant danger there from flying bullet's, the General, following a little trend, made for the purpose, walked out to the picket line. The pickets of course were intrenched, and have little port holes i..a,de by setting two boards on a parapet, with their upper edges touching, their lower edges thrown apart, and then covering them with dirt. Through one of these Gen. Dodge was looking, when some rebel perceived him, and fired with almost fatal effect. The ball struck the forehead at the upper edge, over the left eye, tore off a portion of the scalp, and then, passing backwards, tore a gutter two or three inches in length through the scalp. The skull is not fractured, though it re ceived a severe stroke. He was immediately conveyed to his quarters, where he now lies. He will be sent North as soon as practicable." For some length of time after receiving his ound. Gen. Dodge was unconscious, and supposed to be lifeless. The first news of theevent sent northward reported him askilled. This telegram was published in all the papers of the country, but fortunately for the General's wife, his consciousness re turned in time to have a telegram sent directly to her giving the true situation, and this telegram reached her before she saw that which appeared in the newspapers. Gen, Sherman had a car prepared es.iecially to carry Gen. Dodge to Nashville, whither his wife had hastened to meet him. From there \;rs. Dodge accompanied him to Greenville, 391 Sheet # 15 Indiana, where under the best medical treatment attainable, he rapidly recovered. ^IJhen the General had recovered sufiiciently to travel, they went to their home in Council Bluffs, and then -visited his birth-place, and friends in Massachusetts. While East, responding to a wish indicated by Gen. Grant, he visited Grant's*headquarters at City Point, and remained with him for ten or twelve days. Gen. Dodge was the hero of the hour, and was accorded an ovation whever and whenever he appeared in public during his travels in the North and East. I have been looking back through the pages of the Boston Journal of that year, and I find the. follo'.ving therein: "ivaj.-Gen., Dodge, attached to the Army of the West, arrived in this City, and is at the Parker House. He has been in over forty battles and skirmishes, and has been three - times severely wounded, at Rolla, Pea Ridge and Atlanta. He has just returned from a visit to Gen. Grant, where according to his report everything is progressing finely. He v/ill re turn to his post on Monday next. Gen. Dodge attended the great Union meeting at Faneuil Hall yesterday afternoon, and was personally complimented by Mr. Everett, v;hose eloquent allusions to the hero drew forth most enthusiastic applause. On another page of that paper is a report of the ■meeting referred to, from which I quote the following para graph: "Mr. Everett on being introduced was received with rounds upon rounds of cheers. Before entering upon his speech, Mr. Everett remarked that he was sure there was one najTie which Mr. Loring would not have omitted froui his list of those who had done good service in the Union cause if he had been aware of his presence-- "Maj-Gen. Dodge, who honors us .with his presence." "Loud calis were made for Gen. Dodge and as he ascended the platform, he was greeted with trem.endous cheers, which were renewed as I. r. Everett pointed to the General's forehead, saying--* Straight from Atlanta, gentlemen, with marks of honorable warfare upon his brow--straight also from _Gen. Grant in front of Richmond, who has assured himi that he feels that he is master of the situation.'--Mr. Everett then spoke as follows." etc., etc. Returning to his comn.and as soon as he found himself fit for active service. Gen. Dodge was assigned by Gen. Sher man to the command of a coluim designed to operate fromi Vicksburg upon Mobile from the rear. While en route to take this command, a dispatch over took him at Cairo, assigning him to the command cf the Department of Missouri, vice Gen. Rosecrans, relieved. This comniand was given Dodge by the President of the United States at the instance of Gen. Grant, to whose urgent request for that assignmient I have already alluded. Very soon after assuming comrnand, pursuant to his orders, he received orders from the General-in-Chief to send all the troops he could spare from his Department to the assis tance of Gen. Thomas at Nashville. .Vith his accustomed prompt ness, he obeyed the order to the very letter--indeed, he stripped his Department of all its organized troops. So thor oughly did he obey the spirit as well as the letter of the order, that he retained nothing with which to hold his Department ex cept the partially organized regiments of Missouri State Militia. Who knows but that this prompt action saved Thomas from a .disast er, in place of the glorious victory he won shortly after Gen. Dodge's troops reached him? In view of that splendid result achieved, and in view of the risks he had taken in hisown Department, it must have been a great satisfaction to Gen. -^odge when, long years after wards, his attention was called to a dispatch on file in the War Department, addressed to the Chief of Staff at the Lieutenant General's headquarters in Washington by the Lieutenant General' himself from his headquarters in the field, and which reads as follows,, under date of December'Sth, 18G4:- "Please direct Gen. Dodge to send all the troops he can spare to Gen. Thomas. With such an order he can be relied upon to send all that can possibly go. U. S. Grant." In this difficult field, "the grave of generals," Gen. Dodge went to work with characteristic energy. He prompt ly stamiped out the re.bel sentiment that had been allowed so long to cominate the State. He gave encouragement and new life to the loyal people, and protected them. Long before, he had learned by experience how to deal with.guerrillas and bushwhackers, and he made short work of these people in Miss ouri. He raised forces of loyal men in each county, for the preservation of peace therein, and soon restored order through out the State. In Arkansas the rebel Jeff. Thompson surrender ed to his forces , with some 10,000 men. He found the military Prisons full of men charged with crimes, and rebel prisoners of war. He ordered that men charged withcrime should be tried by court martial; if found guilty, punished, and if not, set free. To avoid the expense of feeding so many rebel prisoners, he gave them an opportunity of enlisting in the United States army fo service exclusively against the Indians on the plains,- a propositi n which many of them accepted with alacrity; and thus was originated a new feature of our service which proved not only lo the governmeht, but also of the utmost utility in putting down the Indian war which was then raginc; on the plains. ^ ° V before the close of the war, the "Department of Kansas and the Territories" was merged in his command, thus re lieving Gen. Curtis previously in command of that Department. This addition to his comiijand and to his responsibilities was also at the instance of Gen. Grant, and it was with a view to having him conduct the Indian War. The Indians of the plains 3 S3 Sheet # 16 had united in hostility to the government from the British provinces on the north to the Red River on the south. Gen. Dodge's acquaintance with the Indian character has already been alluded to. Probably no other living man was so well qualified by experience, by knowledge of .Indian character, and by native courage and capacity to deal withthe question pre sented. Although in the dead of winter, he immediately proceeded to collect men and material for what was then conisdered an impracticability, namely, a winter campaign against the Indians on the plains. His preparations were completed with almost inoredible speed, and in a very short time all the stage stations fr^m Leavenworth to Denver were restocked, stockaded and nammed, and the stages running regularly.. The details of this campaign would be intensly interesting, but would occupy too HiUch space for a volume like this. Enough to say that Gen. Dodge was as successful here as he had been in all his previous undertakings. The was having closed, the Indians of the plains having been quieted, and there appearing no further occasion for his services in a military capacity, he desired to turn his attention to civil pursuits. The Union Pacific Rail road had been projected, and was in process of construction. It had been a subject to which, all through the war, he had devoted much ol' his attention, and in which he felt the greatest interest. A trans-continental railway.had been a pet scheme of his from his early boyhood. Soon after he, a mere boy, came west, one of the letters to his father was published in the local paper in his native to.'n, and is still extant. He was writing fromi LaSalle County, 111., and in it is this prophetic sen tence: "When the various railroads under contract and con templation shall be completed, it will be the center of all the west--giving direct communication by the Rock Island road, with Wisconsin, Iowa and Oregon, ior this is the true Pacific Road, ahd will soon ^e'built to Ccunci.1 Bluffs, where a road from,St. Louis will meet it, then from Council Bluffs to Dan Francisco--this being the shortest and most feasible route." All through the War, Durant, Snd Reed, and Dey, and Dix and others, had been in cori-espondence. with him touching the great scheme of a Pacific Railway. When the- war drew to a close, they wanted him to take the management of its surveys and con struction as Dhief Engineer. This work was in accordance with his tastes, and with his early training. No wonder, then, that he desired to resign his commission in the army, and that he Uiged Gen. Sherman, now in command ofall the trans-Nississippi Department, with headquarters at St. Louis, to let him off. At length he received a letter from Gen. Sherman, which I give in full, as a fitting conclusion to the sketch of Gen. Dodges career he has since run as a railroad and business nan. 3S4 "Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, St. Louis, M'ay 1st, 186G. Maj-Gen. Dod^e: Dear General: I have your letter of April 27th, and I readily consent to what you ask. I think Gen. Pope should be at Leavenworth beiore you leave, and I exoected he would be at Leavenworth by May 1st, but he is not yet come. As soon as he reaches Leavenworth, or St. Louis even,. I consent to your going to Omah.a to begin what I trust will be the real beginthe Great Road. I start tomorrow for Riley, whence I will cross over to Kearney by land, and thence come into Omaha, v/here I hOj.;e to meet you. I will send your letter this morning to P.ope's office and endorse my request that a telegr'<^ph message be sent to Gen. Pope to the effect that he is wanted at Leavenworth. Hoping to meet you soon, I am, Yours truly, W, T. Sherman, Maj-. Gen. • Dodge s fan;ily consists of his wife and three doughters. The oldest daughter is now thewife of Mr R. E Montgomery a lawyer of Fort \Vorth, Texds; and the second is the wife of Mr. Frank Pusey, son of fex-Congressman Pusey of daughter; still living -with her parents, has display considerable literary talent, being an occasional contribute to some of the magazines. Gen. Dodge's palatial home irj Council Bluf .t s is unsurpassed by any in that city for the elegance of its appointments, and the generous hospitality for which it is distinfre^a^rons?ri are a considerable portion of each family year. are The at General's home, which they o°fXi Lunen™or"tha^yest?°""°" -e Citv and business headquarters are in New York great cart 0^^^ necessary to spend a within fr the scope of time. this, work, It would to enumerate be interesting the g^eat if jLlroad it were „"?s tne sLates east of that great river, as well as in-Mexico He has spent considerable time in travel abroad, and his corresrange'of observaUon! hnf but he is an exceedingly entertaining (writes as he writer. works, with Had impetuosity; hi devoted 385 'if- p .• : Sheet jj 17 his life to letters, as he has devoted it to affairs, there is no excellency in literature to which he might not have aspired. I have already noted his aversion to political pre ferment. Only once could he be persuaded to accept office. He served one term in Congress, where he at once took a high place, but he resolutely refused a renoniination,- which would have been equivalent to a re-election. Born in Danvers, Ma^s., Ai)ril 12th, 1831, he is now 56 years old; and a reii.ark which I heard made by a long-time friend of his, whoiri ,I met at the capital a few days ago, is a fitting sentence with which to close this sketch. This friend of Gen. Dodge had last met him not long since, and his remark was to the effect that Gen. Dodge was a j younger looking man today and stronger apparently than he had ever been before within his recollection; and, judging, from his anoearance now, he had the possibilities of a gr-eater future than he had seemed to have at their first acquaintance many years ago . Correspondence with the author of the "Battle of "Custer's Last Ha-lly>" etc. 220 Maryland Ave., Northest, Washington, D. C. February 5th, 1887. John Mulvany, Esq., Chicago, 111. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a letter from Gen. G. M. Dodge jOf New York, in which he encloses your communication to him of the 80th ult and requests me to send you a copy of a statement which Maj. Jonas, formerly of his staff, has made to me in re ference to Gen. Iv.ersey's charge and restoration of the line of Gen. Logan's corps which had been pierced by the enemy,during the afternoon of the eventful 22nd of July, 1864. Preliminary to complying with his request, pei'miit me a work of dissent in reference to sorrie expressions in your letter: "The demoralization of the army when Logan took comii.and," "He rallied the broken army and enthused it to vic tory," etc. Evidently ti.e historian of the Omaha Republican, from whom you quote these expressions, has drawn freely on his imagination for his facts. The truth is that whatever demoralization there was in that army on that day occurred after Gen. Logan took com.mand, and was so insignificant that, in each case, the break was promptly, almost instantan eously, repaired. Logan did his whole duty, like the brave, comiffi'n-sense, able general that he was; but it will not tend to enhance his fame, not add historical value to the work of the writer or artist to disparage the conduct of the army 396 which had received its training under Grant, Sherman, UcPherson, and its peerless trio of corps comn.anders. Pro bably no other battle of such magnitude and importance was ever fought and won against such odds with less of demoralization than occurred there on that-day. To illustrate: Three brigades of the 16th corps marching in rear of the army of the Tennessee from right to left, had halted for a midday lunch, all unconscious of the presence of an enemy anywhere in thtt direction, or of any danger in that quarter. Suddenly froni the thich wood which skirted the open field in which they were bivouaced, behold the unheralded enemy issuing in dense, charging columns, full upon themi Impetuous, unexpected and apparently irresistible as is the attack, those brigades, at the command of tlieir chief, spring instantly into line and give back blow for blow (and the carnage is terrible) until, at length, the quick eye of their leadei' detects signs ol confusion in the enemy's ranks, and he," with proii.pt decision, orders a charge. The bayonet does its bloody work; those massed colunns are shattered to pieces, and their remnants pursued into the covei- of the woods. Iv.any standards, and prisoners from each of forty-nine regiments but of the sixty-two composing three rebel divisions of three brigades each, are the trophies brought back be Dodge's men. It was then at Iv.cPherson, who having at the first sound of battle mount ed his horse and galloped for two miiles in its direction, arriv ing in time to witness the latter portion, of this "more than magnificent fighting of the 16th corps," gave vehement express ion to his admiration of the splendid performance, drew rein for another part of the field,-- and is not seen again alive. His' death became known, and Logan takes command,-- but the crisis is past; for in the success of that first assault lay the enemy's hope of victory. There is much hard fighting yet to bedone, but the whole army is now on the alert and in fighting trim, with no.necessity for rallying or being rallied other than at widely separated points where the eneny gains some momentary ad vantage . One of' these breaks occurred about four o'clock in theline of a division of Logan's corps, which gave occasion for the charge of V.ersey's brigade, one of Dodge's invincible three which had already so successfully repelled the first rebel on set. Upon indications of the massing of a strong force again in Dodge's front, Logan had sent him a reserve brigade of the 15th corps-- Kartin's. Kai'tin had barely ari'iveu when Logan galloped up to the commander of the 16th corps and requested as sistance to re-take a portion of his line which the enemy had just taken. ^!artln and liersey were at once dispatched on the double-quick. Martin, according to his own report, was re pulsed in his first charge, but Mersey carried all before him,- and now I give you the statement of Maj. Jonas. "The incident of sending a brigade to the loth corps happened, I think about four o'clock in the afternoon. The assault was continued along our entire line, front and rear. 397 Sheet § 18 At the crossing near the brick house tiie 15th corps had been supporting Decree's battery of heavy 20-pounder Parrotts. The Confederates assaulted them so furiously as to break the 15th corps at ti.at point and capture the battery. The 15th corps had^suffered tremendously, and were for a few moments, at that portion of the line, a little bit demoralized. Gen. Logan snet to Cen. i^odge for a brigade. I was sent with it, having been over the ground, to conduct it to the point of the line where it had been broken. We double-quicked'the whole distance deployed from column to line as we crossed the railroad, and without stopping a moment charged and re-took the works with several gun's. Mersey was immediately joined by the men of the 15th corps who had been driven out, but who were not se demor alized but that, being encouraged and inspirited by Mersey's action, they joined us and partook in the assault. I said to Cen.'Morgan L. Smith; "Cen. Dodge has sent this brigade to your assistance, but expects its return the moment you can spare it." Smith answered; "Present my compliments to Cen. Dodge and say that his brigade has done magnificently and shall have 'full credit in my report." 'Col. Mersey's was wounded in that charge, and the command devolved on Col. Phillips, who made a report of that act ion. Cen. Dodge does not request Hie to sent you that, but I will take the liberty o'f quoting a sentence from it: "This deployment having been promptly effected, the brigade was order ed to charge, which it did in the most prompt and daring manner, i-etaking the works from which the second division, 15th corps, had been driven, and capturing about 109 prisoners. The bri gade occupied the works at this place until evening." I might say a great deal more, but I think I have said enough to show you the fallacy of any idea th t the army of the Tennessee was deii oralized. To that extent I have over-done Cen. Dodge's request, for which under the circum stances, I hope both you and he will pardon me, I am. Yours respectfully, N. E. Dawson. Royal Ins. Building, Chicago, Feb. 17, 1887 N. E. Dawson, Esq., Washington, D. C. My dear Sir: Your communication on the battle of the 22nd of July to hand. Cen. Dodge's fight must have been a brilliant one and, withal, a very picturesque one. -a it Your letter gives me a graphic account of what Col. Mersey's brigade did during the teniporary break in the 15th corps, but, although I got a great deal of information from it, I yet fail to see Cen. Logan anywhere in the fight. Notwithstanding, I must sincerely thank you for the very valuable information you have given me. I it w.re not asking too much of you, I should be greatly obliged to have you pen mie your most graphic recol lection. Fervently thanking you for your great kindness, I have the honor to be, Respectfully yours. Jno. lulvany. 399 Jan. 1889. C. -8,^ Meek, Esq., New York, New York, Jan. 3,- 1889. Denver, Colorado. Dear "ir:- I received your telegrair,, and have also received your letters about the a ount due from the Construction companies to the Railroad Companies. I am tal.ing these m.'-'tters up here, and will coon sko'.v you the exact status of them. I charged nothing against your account for equipment, but there is one thing certain, that I have sent to Mr. Bisscl and "'^r. Gibson a certain number of miles and have tons of steel rails that were on the line .of the road from Quanah to Pueblo. They are not in the main ti^ack or siding thay my con tract covers, they therefore must be in the hands of the Company. Again, as to m.-terial turned over; !ir. Gibson and Mr. Bissel c>iec; ed all the material, excepting the Eol. om material. That, I checked v/hen I was there myself with Gibson, Bissel and hayncs, so tliere can be no question about that, but I have t'ne data here to make out full statement of these maters, but I wish to say to you and to Mr. Bissel, that akii.g the bills that come in to me against the Construction Company for the worlv that" you have done for them, if it is costing you the same to do woi'k on your own lines there is no question as to where jDur net earrings will be at the end of t}ic year; for I must say I neve r saw such ch.-rges upon work. Tlic two l)ills that Grover puL i:: of about ^18,000 for grading and back filling etc. on t}ie line from Trinid:^d to Polsom, of course, are simply bills piled up against the Constru tion Comps.ny without doi.g any work for them. On April first when I turned the "/ road over, the li^.e from '^rinidad to Folsom was all up in good sliape, was fully surfaced and back filled, I having spent about i' ^20,000 on it to bnk fill and hold it up outside of my contract. ^ The agreement, which was made for a half tied portion of it which the conir^ctors wore olilired to do, and which war done by Grover at a certain jdce , that price was paid, and that is all there was to be done on that line by the ConstructionUomp-ny, hut it seems Grover turned in the Pay Rolls of his section men besides turning in the price per tie for every tie he put binder in the agreement with Gibson for Deremar. The other bills outside of these may be correct, but I think you will fird when "r. Bissell checks up the steel on that line that f c Railroad Company has used several miles of steel that did not come under my contract. I am, very truly. G. M Do dgo, President. 401 Jan., 1889. J. ■ . Clarlcson, My dear Rhet; Few Yor, Few Y9rk, Jan. 3, 1889. I received tlie Register with the article, "The loss of a Billion of Doll, rs" marked, and apprecin'.e fully what you say.- The trouble about the Railrosd situation as I view it is this: First:- We know nothing of the effect of the inter state Coranerce Lav/ in applied in its letter and spirit. There is no road that does Inter-State Commerce business that has yet applied it as I know of, end I do not iaiow of any but what has persistently violated it in its spirit if not in its letter. I believe myself that if it was applied porperly anr? under the liberal interpretation given to it by the Inter-State Commission, that it would prove bene ficial to the Railroad and hurtful to the people; no it is simply hurtful to both. I also believe, if applied, it would remedy a great many of the difficulties that exist between the strong aiid wean lines. 1 am not in accord r/ith the general view, that the lack of Gainings comes from the cuttirjg of rates. I think that in the last two years the strong lines added too much mileage in unpro ductive countries. Their managers saw this and had to make some' excuse for over-building and it was laid to the Inter-State Law. In one year, in two at the outside, the country over which the new lines are built will have settled up and produced so much business that the trunk lines will come bacl: to theirearnings on their in creased mileage and increased tonage; then, we will hear no more of cutting rates. We have got to wait patiently until that tiem, and I do not believe we.can stop adverse Strte le islation until the people in the St'tes where it recurs become interested in our properties. I think the objective point of all Railroad; should be to induce -eople who have surplus monies for investment in the States throiu h which their lines rtin, to induce them to put a small portion of if into the roads. Wlien this is doi^e, hostile legislation will cease.e . It is pretty- hard to ob'.aln an unjust adverse le'~islation East oi Chicago E River. .—I might almost ast of the Mississippi r\ 4. -U D , ' — v-ww VJ. i.ix OO J. iD tt X U On the Pacific coast investment in local roads has creot eastward until it covers Colorado--there j ,, ... . . ~ — .w.. \j1 between Colorado and the Mi.-sisaippi River, what we need is to induce people to take an interest in the properties that is developing their country. V .. ^ of those who think that Railroad proper- tics or transportation properties arc going to the dogs. I think thev are going to prove, in tire, one of the most reliable and best paying securities out side of Covernments, of an'-ahin in the world People that hcandle the properties have got to drop their perLnaUt" a o personal matter. ^ freight, not takg it Ss ' beoi a great deal of criticism against the Managers of the roads, in the '."est especially, those leading out of Chicago--that are specul.^ tor s. I think this comeE moro, from the fact, that Chicago being a great speculative center, people there catch on to what is going on the the Railroad inner circle ard act upon it, and this is charged to the managers. However, there is one thing certain, that t':e gr eat row they have kicked u^ over th Inter-ftate hill, over the cutting of rates and over exuuees from lack of gross and net earnings, has awakened the stockholders and owners of the property all over the world, so that the leading repre sentrtive- bankers of America and Europe, who have mostly negotiated the securities of these propertio: . have served notice upon the managers of those properties, holding them responsible for them, and saying that unless they come do-vn ot business and get fair rates ftr what they do, no matte.r what anybody else does, they will ask, at the annual meeting, lor proxys on their stock, and put men in their pjaces, who will take their view of j the que-stion. There Js no question if this should occur, t-iat on most of the roads they.woul' obtain a majority of the proxys; and I think this latter action has had more to do in bringing roads to their senses than anything stna else, and I am very glad to see the owners of propert^^ lookinv after the operators of it. x i This is confidential to you, of course, if youcan get anything out of It to help you along in the editorials in vour line,you are welcome to it, but not as coming from me. I am. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, 405 January, 1889 HEADQUARTERS ARMY Of the UNITED STATES. Jan. 4, 1889, General G. M. Dodge, Union League Club, General; New York. General Schofield desires ir.e to acknowledge, with thanks. the receipt of your paper on the "Transcontinentd Railways." Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, Jno. Pitchin, Aide-de-Camp. 4G7. Jan., 1889. My dear Cousin Nev/ York. .. . Jan. 5, 1QS9. I saw in the Georgetown paper the death of Aunt Sophia. It is hardly a month since I went .west to see my mother for the la t time and heard that Aunt was failing . How well i remember the kindness sliw used to show me in my gay days and how I used to long to go to Rowley and be among these people who took so kindly to me. My tramps over Rooty plain are the bright pleasure spots in my life that I always think of and Aunt was very pleasar:t to me. I thust Uncle is well. Please remember me to all the family, ai d while we re ;ret to see these old people who we have looked up to so often , depart one after another, still it is a pleasure to know that they go to sleep quietly without pain and have around them their family -nd friends. I am, truly, G. M. '!~odge Betsj^ P. Dodge, Rowley, Mass. January, 1889/ Washington, D. C, Jan. 6, 1889, ^^y dear Old Comrade: I thank you with all my heart for your kind and brotherly sympathy in my great sorrow Genl. G. M, Dodge. Sincerely yours, J. M. Schofield. 413 January, 1889, Gen. J. W. Puller, Nev/ York. January 8, 1889. Toledo, Ohio. Dear General I am trying to arrange to leave sometime this month for the South and TTest. I intend to go by the way of Atlanta, and stop over there to get a sketch of the ground over which the 16th corps fought on the 22nd and to look about f^.e city for two or three days. From Atlanta I shall go to New Orleans, ■U:ience to Texas and then to Denver. If you could join iiie somewhere enroute, I would be pleased to have you do so and, on reaching my own territory, become my guest. I expect to get my car at New Orleans. Please let me hear from you immediately on receipt of thie. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. January, 1889, 415, January 8th, 1SS9- New York. Messrs. Schuster & Co., Bankers, Berlin, Germany. Gentlmen:- I take pic sure in acknowled^^in-; the receipt of your letter of December blst 1888. I or. also zlad to receive the information that the examination of Mr. Politz was so satisfactory. After Meeting Mr. Politz, I was satisfied he had made an extcr.sive and fair cxarnin tlon of the road. 1 would be in favor of any re-organizat■on-that it was possible to make, but the fact is the bonds upon the upper division of the D nver Texas ar.d Gulf were lone ago distributed, and could not under anyre-organization be obtained. The earnings on tha t divisionsirt; e the road was completed are shov/ir.g so favorably that none of tliese bond holders would give up their bonds. One stock on the entire raid has been issued, and was distributed December 8th, 1886, I have no interest comparatively ^ in the upper division, something like C'13,500 in cash, my entire interc.^t lies in the middle division and the bouthern division. I have laid your letter before our people and their conclusion is the same as mine as to any re-organization, ^ Our attorneys differ with Mr. Politz about the mortgage, they seem to thirk it covers the point he r-^ises without question, but there is no objection to the Baord of Directors declaring on t'-e point lie suggests. We are gradiially constructing the su'.in line Pueblo to Trinidad as the development of the coal property requires, we are not constructin • twenty-fiv miles of this main line North fr-om Trinidad and have ,-already completed 5 miles scuth from Pueblo, v/hen this line Trinidad to Pueblo covers the thrid raildistance. The mortgage provides for payment for it without materially increasing the rate per mile upon the completed road, J- am anxious and , hould be greatly pleased to con nect ourselves wMh your group of bankers and capitalists as I l;now the benefit it would bo ot our property, ar.d for this reason have done all in my power to aid in the negotiation, but youask of me and my company impossibilities. 1 have to deal with over a thousand stocb-holde; s. They are demanding the distribution of their bonds, and it is impossible with our earnings, future pros pects togetJier with the amount of money they have already exnended on this props ty, somothin- over "TS,800,000, in cahs, for which they only get about *4,500,000 in bonds aid ^4,300,000 in stock, leaving th.em liardly the stock now selling at *60 in this market as a profit, I take the liberty to enclose a statement of our earnings for November and December, I also send under a separate enclosure statement made by ''^r. 8, Tii^man as a member of the gov erning committee of the New York Stock Exchange, who spent 'bout three weeks on t'ne property, examining it, in its physical and 416 financial conditions, nr^d its p ospects for the year 1889. I trust " ou and the people you repres.ent will see clearly our position; I have no doi:ibt you are already satisfied as to the value of the bonds , and I trust that the fact I st-^te will enable you to close the nocotiation. Tiaanking you for your letter, a;.d wishiny you the compliments of the hew Year, I a~, respectfully. Your obedient servant. G. M. Dodye. President. . I. I . i A'' . ^ 1 Mf'ii ' 417 January, 1889 New York. Hon. J. C. Brown, January 9, 1889 Dear Governor: I exiDOct to start South some day during this month; I will probably have to stop on my way at two or three points, and especially at Atlanta for a day or two; from there I shall go to New Orleans. I want to meet you at some place where I can have a day or two with you, either at New Orleans or at some point on your road. I shall be gone South a month or two, and I would like to buy your car for my own use, and I think you ought to sell it to me for the D. & T. Fort Worth bonds, they are better to you.a good deal than a car. If I can not buy it, I would like to get the use of it, at any rate. after I get to New Orlet.ns if it is not engaged. Please let me hear from you and what your movements are going to be, I don't want to miss jOu; unfortunately I missed you here in New York. I am. Very truly yours. G . W . Dodge 421 ^ January lOth T889 St. Louis, January 10, 188? .Vy dear Dodije: 3IIE Laclede Street. Please don't "be deterrad from reading this letter because of its length, for the details are necessary to preface a request for your advice and assistance to lose no time I begin by telling you that I have a son. (John n. Pope) just twenty-two years of age, strong and vigorous In hsSilth and of pleasant and attractive manners and appearance. Be has energy and ability and great ambition to succeed as a railroad man; I have always in tended him for a railroad man and gave him one year in the Manual Training School Machine Shops and afterwards a c-omplete course of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic School, from which he graduated last June. His last three j vacations he has spent in the field with Engineering parties of the Mo. Pac ific, so that he is a good practic^il enginees in the location of i-ailroads. "or the last five months he has beoa in Kansas and I.T. on engineering work for that K.E. I thought that a practical knowledge of engineering would be of advantage in any position he might hold on a H.E. As for the rest, Genl. Sherman knows the boy well and can tell you an^jthing you wish to know about him. I omitted to say that he has fine literary abilities and would make an intelligent secretary for a high E.R. official. What I want to ask you is your advice where cand in what position on a 'R.B. it ia better for his future that he shall begin on and next that you will tell me the beet raod for him to try and get such a place on and tiiat you use your influence and knowledge to get him this position. He is st still in tiie field in Kansas, but will go when and where it is thouglit best for him at a momenta notice. Will you do this for me? Let me hear at your early convenience !■ hear of you often haVe not seen you for a long time I knov/ that you are prosperous in a -.vorldly sense and I hope you are so in every other sense* As for myself I am living auietly here and am in fair, physical health* As you prohahly know I had the unspeal-cahle misfor tune to lose my wife last Spring and ti:^ world gives me little pleasure since. As I don't know your address I send this letter through Genl. Sherman. As ever your friend Jno.Pope. Gen. G.M. Podge v.*.'. ivit ' January, 1889. Toledo, Jany. 10, 1889 My dear General: Your letter is just at hand and i hope I may be able to join you, either at Cincinnati or at Atlanta. Just now I am suffering from a severe boil on my leg, which impedes locomotion, shuts me in doors- but I think I shall soon be able to travel. I hope it may be latter part of the month when you. start but of course your own affairs must decide that. Please let me know soon as you can just when you will start, that I may if possible, arrange to meet you. Yours truly, John N. Puller. 425 t-M, January, 1890. Subject.-Financial outlook Organization. Exe cut ive De par tme nt. Charles F. Adams, Fres. IV. H. Folcomb, Vice Fres. Gardiner iv.. Lane, 2d Vice P. L. Anderson. TIE UNION PACIFIC RAILA'AY CO. 40 Equitable Building. Boston, January 11, 1890. .V.y dear General: I this morning received a cipher telegram irom you, of wiiich the. following is a copy: "There, is one point in the Trinidad country that we have not protected. It requires 15 miles of line, 8 of which is over the main line between Trinidad and Pueblo, on which we are entitled to issue bonds; the other 8 woula have to be paid for by bonds in the Treasury. I am informed that the Denver & Kio Grande proposes to occupy this country, which under no circumstances should we allow. If I find any attempt towards that by them.-^ should occupy it for the Fort 'florth. Under circumstances ^ do not wish to issue anyorder on ' it or taae any responsibility for any new work except upon approval. I would like your appr-oval if 1 think it is necessary to occupy this territory." I at once replied as follows •' "District referred to can be occupied as proposed if you are satisfied the case is urgent and work necessary, but do not act except for clear cause as we are unwilling to incur construction lia bilities at present and until all pending arrangements are matured and financial matters adjusted. Are you likely to return to Des Loines?" As you of coarse appreciate, loaded as the hnion Pacific now is with unfunded debt, we are extremely loath to engage in any new work of construction not absolutely necessary. You know how easy it is to i)ile up a large floating debt through disconnected bits of con struction each small in itself but in the aggregate soon runniny into the millions, i am glad to say that everything look favorable so far as getting rid of our floating debt is concerned. We have not yet taken any steps towards negotiating the collateral trust bonds secured by the 0. R. & N. stock; neither have we as yet negotiated the bonds represneting the construction of the Oregon Extensions Co. and the Washington & Idaho. Togetner these will aggregate not lar from *16,000,000. This is a large sum, and we wish to approach the question of funding it cautiously. On the other hand, the company has nearly |lO,000,000 coming , in between the present time and the middle of Wiay. ,'^8,000,000 of this will be paid in by our stockholders on the rights recently issued. Nearly ^2,000,000 more will come froni notes of Decker, Howell & Go. With this large sum coming in, we feel con.paratively easy during the next six months. Oiu? old issues of securities are all very high, the Oregon Short Line 6's selling at about 115 1-2, equiv alent to about 113 and interest. Our K. P. Consols have disappeared from the market. Under these circumstances we do not feel lixe hurrying the negotiation of the bonds secured by the Navigation stock. We think there will be ample time to do this between now and i-'iarch, and of coiarse the issue oi' rights has temporarily depreciated the value of our 0. 3. L. & U. N. consolidated bonds and also the stock, so many rights convertible into the two having been thrown on to the market at once. This will soon adjust itself, a.d as soon as it does so the field will be clear for the larger negotiation, which is to follow. On the whole things here have an encouraging aspect, and it is now merely a question of traffic and operating expenses. If the first is managed by Iv'ellen with as much energy and intelligence as he has heretofore shown, and meanwhile operating expenses are kept down by Holcomb, 1 have little fear that the future will be satisfactory. Wy main fear is about operating expenses. Everything which -reaches me directly and indirectly froii. the line causes me to believe that a very considerable degree of uncertainty and demoralization prevails throughout the operating departments. The Kansas Division and the St. Joseph & Grand Island are about the only divisions which move along smoothly. The others seem to be in a state of greater or less demoralization. Especially is this true in Oregon, where C. J. Smith has not yet succeeded in getting hold of the situation. I have no doubt he will do so if he is left alone, for he is intelligent, ener getic, and ieels that his reputation is at stake. Nevertheless, the process of education is a costly one. Under the most favorable circumstances I fancy that it is going to take thewhole of the year 1890 to get our ooerating organi zation working smoothly and efficiently. Should any more changes be made in it, of course the existing demoralization will run over into 1891, I remain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President, m'i. January, 1889. Frank S. Bond, Esq., New York. January ll2, 1889. V.P. Chicago, Milwaukee, Bt.P.R.R. Wall St., New York. Dear Sir:- Wil] you he kind enough to send me by bearer, another copy of the Inter-state P.ailwayvA: sociation agreement as I wish to sent it out to our people in Denver. I notice that the roads over which I do most of rny business Viz. the Houston, Texas Central; tho Texas Pacific and the Southern Pacific are none of them included in the agreement. Wli3'- is this ? It v/ould not be proper for us to go into any such agreeraei^t unless our connecting lines, or the roads over which we do most of our business are also in it, as I am only a link in the chain. I do little or no business over any of the roads mentioned in your list, un less perhaps it is the Union Pacific over which I do some business North of Denver under an agreement. If you will look -at the m.ap of our line herewith enclosed, you will sec how this is . However, I am willing to do anything I can to I'.elp along the agrerment, no matter v/liether my connections are in it or not , I think tliat one clause in tlie agreement renders it very uncertain and is perhaps fatal to it , and that is, that every road mentioned in the list should :ign the agreement. Row, supposing for instance that the Texas 5c Pacific, or the Houston 5c Texas Central, that all of whom I have agreements which we are carrying out and always have carried, out, never having gone into any of" these cuts, should not agree to any of tlie conditions I should ma]:e with you? Another tiling, how do you ever expect to get the Chicago Sc Alton to sign? It scerns to me j^ou have put into the agree ment conditions which make it almost impossible for you to carry it out. why not pxit into it that nine-tenths of those roads should agree to it because tliat the parities ;'ou have with jrou if any one of them stays out it cannot injire you to anj'^ extent. I think you should amend the agreement so that if"you get the Great Trunk Lines west cf Chicago into it, and somi one of the other lines stays out, it woul'l not force the agreement to become void, because it is commercially under a proper plan and on a iroper basis. I wlch to say to you in cor fidence that I heard today of one road on. the list that said they would not sign the agreement I write this to you in confidence and should be glad to have a re ply from you this evening, addressed to me at the Union League Club lam, . " Very truly yours, G. M Dodge, President. January, 1889. Chas. H. Wlieeler, Es q., New York. PI Jan'y 12th', 15o9. Denver, Colo. Dear Sir:- ^Goneral Dodge directs me to say to j^ou that ho desires to exchange his Interest in the stock of D. T'. & G. R. R. Co. (^11,003.72) for stock of D. T. & P.?/. R.R. Co. and that again into ?!ercantile Trust Co.'s certificates under the pooling agreement. Wil] you, he kind enough to see Mr. J. S. Brown, and send the requisite orders for such exchanges. I do not find among tiie General's papers any certificate representing his ownership of the stock. The General also made the following cash advances on behalf of the company. Oct. 6, 1884 Dec. 3, 1885 Mch» 26, 1806 Dft. J.S. Brown " P. A. Keener, Trustee Wm. 'lath C183.05 324.50 83.45 591.00 Does he get anything for this? Yours truly. J T. Granger, Private Secretary, January I3th.,1889 431 Washington, D.C.,January I3th.,I889 Dear General:- I reed your letter enclosing one from C. and returned same to yesterday. I note what he says and how he feels. I still have faith in something being done for him, although what I have heard within a day or two, i think, the Interior Department will not be available. I have not changed my mind about it, and I should think a strong, cap able, business man like Clarkson, with plenty of lawyers about him, is a better man for the Interior than a mere technical lawyer, who will think that he is a Judge in disposing of every case in the Department. Very ti-uly yours. W. B. Allison. To Genl.Cr*M.Dodge No I Broadway, 3"■XNew York, 433 January, 1889, New York. January 14, Ibc Q. '.'cssrs, Dillon Swayne, 195 Broadway, City, Gentlemen:- In ^uly 1S87 I entered into an acreement with Carpenter & "alroy who had brought suit against tlie Anerican Railway Improvement Co,, in which cut they had obtained judgement against us, which you had carried to the Supreme Court of the United States on writ of error, ohat I would give them a certain amount of New Orleans Pacific Lands grant bonds to cancel the judgment, and agreed t:iat When they had done so, we would dismiss the writ of error in the Supreme Court. I am today in receipt of a letter from 1.cssrs. Ilov/e jrentiss of .'.ew Orleans enclosina a certificate of the clerk of the u. a. Circuit Court, Eastern District * • the judgment in the above named case had been satisfied oi record. Will you, t erefore, if you have not already done so, take whateve: steps may be necessary to c arr''^ out our portion of this agreement, and dismiss the suti from the U. '^.upreme Court? Yours truly. G. f. Dodge, President. i-- ay- ' 435 January, 1889. Mew York. January 15, 1889. Xy ^JL Ail— J. 8. ClarJcson, Esq., Des ?'olnes,Iowa. / Dear'Sir:- V I am in receipt' of yours of January 9th in relation to the Interstate Law. I don't tidnk anyone can detcrnine today froro ohe fact t. at it has never heen executed either in spirit or in letter. I .lavc thou^^ht a good deal about the amendnents and I t ink one important one should be, that no change of rate, either 'to advance or lov/er ti should be made except on notice of the same as now required in an advance of rates. I aldo think for the who have to lay in a stock of and towns, that there should road could liaul anything of i or manufacturer could measure My experience of cutting "rate made peopl- more mad from the them by having on hand stocks had to pay a higher rate for t would run a line of tlie same protection of jobbers and merchants. goods ahead in the in erior states be a minimum rate fixed, that iao ts class below that rate. Then .Jobber his loss just as in a Railroad war. 5 in Railroad wars, is that they have proitive injury they have given of goods at the time, that they to obtain when some broker or jobber •_oods into his town. For instance, within two years when the low rate was made on coal and com modities, west of 'the Missour River from Chicago and Eastern Points, brokers that we didn't even know the names of, or would load cars and hip them to distributing ^oints and then send orders to the Railroad Co., to deliver to the ner-ons they had sold them to, not only getting the benefit of the low rate<^ but using the cars as storage room; of course ir. such cases thev hand, hand as t..ey had undersell no rents any and person no expense aving whatever. that class I of know goods"'on at the time of the gr at cut in rates from "ew York to Californ^ra d to Colorado points that it drove a rood man^ merchants ont nr / and came very „,ar banhruptlnG eSnc of the2 IUIb not raJSf It it is ha o steady rate and a fair one. dlamourlnc o for in mIowa lowa in nmo-J" believe that Congress wil] amend the law undch?hh"roviSltahf'th° l«hodahRai\io°d''°'"''''= ' hhh^roph" th?'^«,e° ^oa' -crroLl'as hoy'"" law, tnat hvfi r ally hh is all -there is in noolirg unless vou take a mnncy pool, whicli ir seldom done. * u o. „ ou uanc a ,„va- pich V, I T send ^ pink you this is really new agreement'in based u on this Mew York idea a of cooy routin- of the / tonnage rather than pooling t'le money from freights* ^ To protec'. the people of the agricultural states 436 V there must be some amendment ot the law controlling tb.e Water Line and bringing that under thevcontrol of the Interstate Law, as it is now, all cities located upon Water Lines, tide water and ].ake that have got independent lines of transportation will do all the' distribution, the jobbing and the manufacturing, except from states t'vat have the material within themselves to manufacture. So the drift of everything and of all the biiycrs is to the Tide Water cities and all the Lake: Cities are reaping the benefit from the Interstate bill, and depriving all the interior jobbers and manufacturers of its benefits. The Tide Water Cities get low rates on large ton-^ge', then they have the Interstate Law to pro tect them to disturibute. You can see the working of this in States that ar purely agricultural, land in st?tes that are mineral. In the 'Vest, take Colorado for instance; as against Iowa; Colorado i.as within itself minerals of all kinds, and capital is seeking that State for manufacturing purposes on tJvat account and will have the benefit of raw material without transportation, they then take the benefit of the Interstate law for their distri bution. Take -Iowa, it has no minerals except coal, and everything it .manufactures has to be transported to it, under the "provision of the' Interstate law, and has to be distributed under the same provision, ard there is no percentage between the two rates for the middle, man, the manufacturer or jo;ber, and that is the case with everything in Iowa, and as long as the law stays as it is today, the jobb rs and man-ufactuners will drift to Tide 'Vater Cities eud Lali.e points, and to states where the raw miaterial can be ob tained without transportation. I hold that in Railroad Transportation the same things should obtain as in manufacturing or jobbing, that is the man who invests vlOO,000 is jobbing and hauls his goods to him by the train load is entitled to a better rate, and should be allowed to have a be ten rate than the man who has got no capital invested and only liauls a ton. Railroads must have this erivilegc or thev irinteSorstator™^'' ^''''®''^ jobbing and ubild up industries ' You will find by.looking over the different towns take the comodity. rate how on ^car-loads and combine farmers to and buv others a car load of goods in Chicago or New York, because the can obtain it -^s cheap as the jobber does and obtains the sam.e rate uoon it as he' does to some distributing .:oint near them , Like Des^Moines for instance, a. d you have no idea how this business has grown in the last two years. It used to be, that it was better foi tSen to ItSS^w v''' jobber, now, it is better for them to buy get SS+ a o car r. load rate upon together, it from obtain New York sufficient to their to resident lad a car and mdthic business is wipinr out the job bers verv re f^^icient, and this lntorat;tc la.'riaidly ana fom^rirycjd'yon S?d^ Sid s, 1 because communities, I hold that the in changes this matter in it require vou cannnt to brrefit + brth withou' the other, The amendments tS't SrfLceSsaS^^'^rSi ninro°d'"'you°ml-h? a.Y" "culty now lo that Ivery how tho i.ar=h«ad brLendS.°° " different view of 437-n. There has got to he a radical change in the law for the purpose of protecting the Railroads of the United States against the foreign Railroads. You r.-meDber you were with mc wiien I dis cussed this with (Jullden he ad-mitted t: is but his reasons for not going into the amendment of the law was that his constituents at Chicago demanded this loophole for the purpose of holding down rates to the none paying b:^sis on the trunk lines. He was willing to ask an amendment that would protect San Francisco agains . the Canadian Pacific, but not one that would,protect the Lake Shore against tne Gran ' Trunk. But to make this law applj' e aiallj^ and hon* estly, the Water Ro-ds that are competitive to it, and the foreign roads that are compet tive to it must be controlled by some means. Verj' truly yours. G. 1J[. Dodge .'■ a ; ' Jaruary, 1889. '' 'JC New York. January'- 15, 1889. General John Pope, St Louie, Mo. My dear General:-' I was V ry glad to receive your letter sent in care of General Sherman. I eas not 'beforo aware that I'rs. Pope had died, I have been absent a good deal of the time and missed the announcement of her death in ihe papers; I can appreciate fully the great loss to you. Of course anything in my pcwor to to do in Ijehalf of your son I will be glad to do, I tl:ink you have taken the right course in preparing him for any position on the Railroad. It is an important question, in making a decision as to what his future should be, whether he prefers to work himself up through the engineering department or to go into tlie operating department. Unless a young man is somewhat permanently fixed in the engineering department of some truni: road v/hich needs his services on complet-^ ed road, t}:e uncertainties of building and running new lines are apt to throw him out of employment. If he has a taste for the op erating department, with his present knowledge of construction, if he can st-rt in the office of any of the General Managers or Sup- ®^I^tendants, or -in tlie Freight department, he would soon grow, if he has got the tact and ability. If you could get hlra under '^r. Clarke of the Mo. Pac., he could not go with a better man. I mi.ght say the same in reference to the .Atchison, Topeka f: Santa Pe Offici als, ^or tliose of the U.P. Of course they all have a great many application s, but they are ■ 1 looking for men of ability who have fit..ed themselves for the service. In any direction you see proper to act, I wi''l do what I can to aid you; I think, however, if you should show this letLer to any of the gentlemen I have mentioned. It would be all that is necessary. They all know you, and I don't think it really needs anything from mo to help you. I trust if you ever come East you will come and see me, and I shall endeavor the next time I pass t^irough St. Louis to hunt you up. I snail never forget my service under you, and how kind you were to me, or how advantageous your kindness was to me. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. of the +i' Un'.on Pacific; Wednesday he has to tJntire see Vice charge President of that liolcomb road and T will spea]: to him in relation to your son. ' G.M.D. 443 January I5th 1889 Chicago, January I5th 1889. Dear General; Many thanks for your kind letter of hearty friendship. I ap preciate all tliat you say and I treasure your friendship and your will as dearly as that of any man in the world. I hope always to he worthy of it. I agree heartily Vi^ith you as to Senator A.and the importance of keeping the Senate strong. It vitally necessary to the party, if we are • to consider that, and v/e should. It should also he a to him. But after all it may have to he done. I think it is sure to he done. If A. does not very soon, let it he known that it must he. Still that mi^t keep Iowa from having a Cabinet office. I have a feeling amounting almost to a knowledge that will not select me, and I certainly would not want to he in his Cabinet if he did not ear nestly desire it. I believe he has a feeling that a Cabinet officer must « have had training in public life at 7i'ashington. He told me himself that this lack of training on his own part was v/hat prevented him from taking a portfolio under Garfield when it was offered. tr It is a perplexing puzzle and I do want Allison injured in it. "V I can take care of myself. But I presiime something definite and positive should he decided soon, and we should agrwe upon something emphatic to that end. Any one who is going into the Cabinet should know it pretty soon. I tele graphed Allison today I would come on to Washington whenever he telegraph ed it was advisable. Cordially yours. J. S. C . 445^., • January 18, 1889 My dear Dodge; ; 3I12 Laclede Avenue, St Louis, January 18,1889 Many thanks for your kind and most welcome letter of the I5th, I most gladly avail myself of your proffered help in the matter. My son greatly prefers the operating department of the railroad, "both "be cause it opens a much v/ider field for knowledge and promotion and is more to his taste. Ke is a young fellow of literary/ taste and capacity and has a very engaging appearance and attractive manners which would make him acceptable and popular in any company.With his energy and ambition added thereto, I have the utmost confidence in his success if he has half a chance. If he can get a place in the office of Me Clark or any oth er General Manager or Presidant of a railroad, I shall ask no more as I am certain he will succeed. I do not know Mr Clark nearly so well as I do many other high officials and if you will write him on the subject I shall be greatly obliged. My son has been a member of an Engineering party of the Mo.pacific and in the field since Sept. last. I do not know when they will be trrough their present work, but with this other field work he has done in the last two years, I think he will have had enough experience of that kind for the present. Whilst I should a little prefer for purely personal reas ons that he should be with Mr Clark on the Mo Pacific, I am not at all wedded to it and shall most gladly send him wherever you think it best or can get him the most promising place. You 5®® I avail myself of your kind ness by throwing the burden on you, but ttie fsct is that 1 know well that you can do what I wish far better than I can. If then you will get him a position in the office of Mr Clark or any other railroad resident I shall be under the deepest obligations to you. His name is John E Pope. I will write you in a few days a letter which i promise you shall have no business in it as I want to say something to you about your pamphlet on Transcontinental railroad building, which I read v/ith great interest and satisfaction. I have always maintained that the feel ing and action of the Government and most of the politicians against the projectors and builders of the Pacific railroads, was a monumental out rage on common sense and well earned gratitude As ever your friend. Jno Pope. Genl.G.M.Dodge V ;' , 'i ( Jiv-. ^ ■ 1 .||j . January, 1689 75 West 71 St., New York, Jan. 19, 1889. Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, New York . V.y dear General: I regret having been "out" when iV-est.rs Vi,iiiiams and Ryan called with your letter of introduction yesterday afternoon. Please don't coHiprornise Hae with n,y personal friends Ammen, Daly, Hoyt and others wlio are engineering the Nicaraugua Canal. New earth exposed even in Illinois makes chills and fever; in Nicarau gua, Lat. 13® or 14° N., every man can make his own calculated. I can do the same but do not wish to be quoted either pro. or con. As always. Your friend. W. T, Gherman, General. January, 1889. Charles P, .Adams, Es q.,; 449 .1^ Poston, ITass. New York. January'- £0, 1889 Dear Pir;- I am in receiirt of a note from "/ashington from Dr. Story dated January 21st. He seems to be there for the p- rpose of pudlng the funding bill through the Senate, It seems to me that this is bad policy for us, unless they know that it can be put through t:ie house. He.^.ys^hat Iluntington is there, and that he has seen Allison and others and .that he thinks they -arc against us. I wrote Mr. Story thrt I did not feel like asking my friends to stand up in the Senate and vote for a forlorn hope. If we have any assurance that the Democratic caucus will c" change their views there is no trouble about my friends but I do not think that we should try to use them on some tk;ing v/hich we know we cannot accomplish. It is only wasting pur strength and in my last talk with you that I understood to be your idea. I had no idea that this till was to oe pressed in the Senate after the action in t ~e House. I am told, conf identiall"^r^ that there is no possibility of our getting firoug h the House. I have bent all my energies and have so written "'r. Story, to prohibit anybody else getting through, who has been in partner ship with us and get a rule to allow us both to go before the house, and after we got it there defeating us, and proposing to put through their own jyersonal scheme, and I trust you will so instruct Mr. ''tory. I do not see anyrcaron why when the Oklahoma bills and Union Pacific were put together and every friend of the U. P. stood up to the fight, it should be co, promised because one Oklahoma man had the power to hold the hotise for seven dai's. It is only evidence to me that they went into the agreement"with a view of shutting us out, and we should not for a moment submit to it. Very truly yours. G. M, Dodge. January, 1889. "iansfield Story, Esq., New York. January ^1, 1889 Wooinle^ s n tel, Washington, u.u. ■ , Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of January 21st. I do not understand the policy of tryinc to press through the Senate a bil] 'which by no possibility can be cot throucb the House. It seems to me to be usinc our friends for no results and I thin!: ^'r. Allison and a goo many others in the Senate look at it the cane way. "if there was any probability or possibility of passing this bill throu h the two liouses it would be another thing; but I understand that und^r the rules and with the people opposed Lo us there is no oossibiitv of getting this bill through the House and I do not think we should demand of our friends ifforts from which no results ban be exuected. Let us go to them only wlien we are going to get results. I think the action of the democratic caucus of the House showed very clearly where they stand in the matter, and i an told confidentiallv that thev do not propose to change. ' " j to cay that no person who had the benefit of tiKo rule by which tl:ey propose to out us both through get=- through singly. I refer, of course, to uklahbma. The Demo cratic " caucus laid down for one abstructioni.t in the Hou:e. It seems to me we should not recognize such tactics. We ought to defend our rights Bid our position against all caucus. Yours very truly. G. M. Dodge. January, 1889. Boston, Mass., Jan 21, 1889 Dear Sir: In accordance with the suggestions of several mem bers of the Associated Alumni and Past Cadets of i^orwich University in and about Boston, an informal meeting of "N. U.',* men was held Jan. 19th for the purpose of considering the feasibility of an Alumni meeting and Banquet in Boston. At this meeting suflicient enthusiasm was manifest to war rant such a meeting a success, and Tuesday, Feb. 5th, at 6 f. M. has been agreed upon as the tin.e for the same. You.are herely most cordially invited to attend this raeetingthe place hereafter to be announced--the expense not to exceed ^2.00 per capita,--and you are asked to notify the Secretary of your inten tions at once. Dr. JOSEPH STEDMAN, *59, Pres. of N. U. Alumni Association. Col. GHAS. H. LEWIS, '55, Pres. of the University. Col. KENRY 0. KENT, '54. GEO. D. THOMAS, *76. CALVERT K. MELLEN, '84. CHAS. H. NICHOLS, '86. N. LOUIS SHELDON, '84, Secretary pro tem, Norwood, Mass. ■ ' A''A;'''- January, 1889. ' 'New York. January 2?, 1889. } E. Dickinson, Esq., Gen. Sup't. U.P.Ry., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir:— I received your letter only three days ago on my return here, I was at the meeting in Boston. The question of re-organization did not come up there before the Board. It was mentioned to me by Mr. Adams and Mr. Holcombe, but I saw no dispo sition on the part of either to make any changes on account of Mr. Blickensderfer--in fact, his name was never mentioned. Now, what I want to say to you as a friend, which I think you ought to thoroughly understand , that when the Board placed Mr. Holcombe in charge of the road West of the Missouri River they proposed to sustain him in everything he does that per tains to his duties, and which includes, of course, the right to employ or discharge any man. It would be impossible to maintain any discipline on a line of road when an^/- employee could appeal over the head of Mr. Holcombe; and my ad ice to you as c friend, which I think I have shown mysslf to be for a great many years, is, that if you have any grievances , or think that you are to be in any way injured, for you to go squarely and frankly to Mr. Holcombe and settle them with him. I am perfectly willing that you should show this letter to him, for he knows that I am your and every man s friend who has been on the U. P. road for as many years as you have. I look upon him as a practical railroad man who has no personal interest, only to carry out his duties in relation to our road; and that should be the effort of all of us. It should be the desire of every man upon the road to atand up for the prop erty, especially when almost every man's hand, as well as the Government is against uc, because they think they can attack us with imptinity and we cannot strike back. I hope to see an "esprit du corps" on the Union Pacific that will defend its property— not only against the attacks of its competitors, but against the uqjist attacks that have been made upon us by the politicians, and when its employees look only to the power West of the Missouri, so far as the physical management of the road is concer ned. Very truly yours, G. M.Dodge. Januarjr, 1889. Thos. L, Kimball, Esq., 457 'Nev? York. January 22nd, 1889. Gen'l. Manager, U.P.Ry.,Co., Ornaha, Nob. Dear Sir;-- I am in receipt of yours of January 29th and wired you today in reply. I am very much gratified at the opinion you have of my Toledo paper, and I know that it will be pleasing to you as it is to me to know that all over the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from leading business and railroad men and capitalists, I am receiving similar conmendation. I believe now that it is about time for the Union Pacific road to plant itself upon its rights. I have been disposed to do this for some time, but loyally—as everyone else connected with the road is, have felt disposed to follow any policy that we all thought for the best. At the last meeting in Boston Mr. Adams, who has done everything in his power to bring the Government and the Company together, told me he had come to the conclusion that it was best for us to stand on our rights. Mr. Holcombe was present at the meeting, and I think we all agreed, that after March 1st, we would look after the U. P. on its merits and in the interest of its Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 459 . Y ^ January, 1889. New York. ^ January 24, 1889. Hon. Ed. 0. Woloott, Denver, Col. ^ Dear Sir:- I know that it is a little premature to be speak favor for any one with the next adminttration; but I have a great desire to see President Harrison send Col. P. D. Grant as Minister to China. No doubt there may be other applications, but I think this ap ointment would strike you as a very competent and suitable one to be made, especially when we cons ider the strained conditions between the two nations. It don't seem as if there ought to be any necessity for any pressure for President Harrison to recognize Gen. Grant's family. I know how the Chinese nation would look unon this, and I know that it would be received with great favor by thep; when the proper time comes. Or if you see it in your way to aid in the matter I will take it as a great personal favor, if you will do so. I have two motives; one, ray old friendship for Grant and for his family; the other, that I am very anxious that the relations betv/een China and this countrj*^ shall be upon the mend instead of upon the strain that they now are. I am. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 465 January 27th 1889, Stockford,Wilmington,Del.Jan'y 27,1889 My dear General; I am much obliged to you for you kind letter of the 25th and for the complimentary words it contained concerning my review of Sher idan 's Memoirs. Of course it would have be en out of place for me to aake a personal explanation of any greater.length in a notice of Sheridan's especially if it had enlarged my own performances in ©onnection with him. I regret to say that I have not a scratch of a pen from Rawlihs to you though 1 found in his letters one of your letters to him, which was both interesting and important. I hcve sent it back to his family, I never received from you any of the letters mentioned by ^you, and I regret to add, that not one of Kawlins friends, to whom he must have written, has ever sent me a scratch of his pen, andyet I think I am justified in saying that his memory and fame are safe. I am only delaying the publication of my book about him to get access to the Records of the Rebellion which ought to have been published long ago. If you can lay your hands on the letters Rawlins wrote you I hope you will let me see them. With kind regards. Yours veiy sincerely. J.H.Wilson. Genl. G.M.Dodge . Mas/- "" , ^ , ' : -•'e ,, •I -<1 467 January 27th T889 St. Louis, Mo. Jan'y 27th 1839. Sunday, P.M. My dear Gener-il; Your letter of 22d was received on my return from Texas, I want to thank you with all my heart for it. To know you have ever been my friend, and that you are such now,- affords me more pleasure than can be ex pressed by my pen. 1 need not tell you of the causes of loss in-earnings nor of increased expenses, excdpt to say that many miles of branch lines, only, half built, have been turned over to me to operate. No section houses, no cat.le hards, no fences, no cattle guards, etc., etc., etc.. No repair shops for cars or engines, compelling their haul hundreds of miles for repairs etc. All these things Mr. Gould seems to overlook. I cannot allow the physical condition of the property to decline. God knows it was hnd enough when I toolj it. I have worked hard and honestly to improve it, endeavoring meantime to secure loyal, faithful of ficers and employees in all dep'mts. And I firmly believe this system is thds equipped today. In the long run this will tell. Meantime there is much fault found with the expenses etc., 90 much so that I am almost disc^ouraged. True t feel we had perhaps too much passenger train service, but with all the extra work put upon me in way of making settlements of old disputed imitters is it not reasonable some things should be overlooked? I have done Just as I would do if I owned personally the whole property. Have tried to look after and develope the local business giving but lottle of my time to through traffic believing the life of any road must depend upon its local trade. Am I not right? But why write thus to you-- you know it ail. Again, before closing I desire to thank you foi yeur friend ship and to say it is appreciated— I am blue, blue as one can be. TSver yours, S.H.H.Clark. January, 1889, W, H. Holcomb, Esq.| Omaha, Neb. iK '> Mew York. January 28, 1889. Dear Sir;- Replying to your favor of the 25th, the Denver, Te:as & Ft. Worth road has 859 miles of main line, and the bonded debt is as follows:- Ft. W. & D. C. $8,086,000 6 percent bonds, $18,000 per mile. D. T. & Ft. W. $4,500,000 5 " " D. T. & G. 5 " " Of these bonds about 250 of the Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth 4n the treasury of the Compan3''. The bonds were not sold but distributed to the subscribers who furnished the money for the construction of the road. The actual cash cost of the road and equipment are more than the face of the bonds . whatever profit there was in building the road was in the stock which was issued at t e rate of 20,000 per mile. The road today is equipped at the rate of about $2800 per mile. Of course we think there is a good future for the road It is finely built, has greatterminal facilities, has no floating debt, and on the upper divisions no interest on bonds is payable. This gives us over a years commercial use of the new road, enabling us to get everything in shpae before we have to pay fixed 0 harges. A good many pc ople are trying to pick up the new stock trust certificates of which they are outstanding about $17,000,000 at 17 or thereabouts. In this we think there is not much chance of loss and a pro bability of a large increas; and if we should do a fair business there is no doLibt that this would be the case. Very truly yours , G. M. Dodge. We shall put on the road about $600,000 additional in equipment fur ther we shall issue an equipment bond similar to the U. P. bond 10 and 20 years to draw 6% int. that covers the equipment only. G.M.D. January, 1889. 47a New York". January 28, 1889, Hon. J. V. Parwell, Winsdor Hotel, Dear Sir:- Referring to our conversation as to upon what terms the Ft Worth & Denver City Railway would allow a branch road leading from it to develop the coimtry to the West to run over it into Ft. Worth or to do businessover it to the North, would sayj if the branch started off say as far North as Decatur or any point above it, we would be willing to enter into a contract on th.. basis of so much per train mile, we paying all expenses; or upon the basis of joint ownership Decatur to Ft. worth you paying half of the fixed charges, interest, insurance and taxes and basing the ' maintenance of the road upon the wheelage. I enclose one of our contracts. No, 4, which will show the basis of that class of contracts. Of course it would have to be changed to fit this case, but you can see the scope of it, and our Denver to Rio Grande contract. This contract with the Denver & Rio Grande is a little different bedause we there furnish the money ourselves to broaden the road; but it will be the same except the joint business coming in, say from Decatur to Ft. Worth, you would not have any interest in the local business xinless it was business that came from some point on your line to some point on ours; but ont any interest betweeriDecatur and Ft. Worth. Then again for all business going North of Decatur on our line from a"* 1 points on your line, and from our line to all points on your line North of Decatur we would enter into an equable and permanent rate agreement; so as to give you the opportunity to do business to and from your line to our line, and give us also the same right ; and divide the earnings of much business upon a fair mileage basis. I also wish to say that if you pxpose building a new branch in that territory where our line would save you cap ital on mileage you will have no difficulty in entering into an equable agreement with us. I make it a pbint never to build a road parallel to another or that interferes with its business. If I can get fair terms to route my business over that road. These agreements only apply to trackage between the Points. You would have to obtain independent terminal arrangements at Fort Worth or go in with us on a joint purchase. The contract I hand you is of course confidential, but you can get from it the basis of such agree ments as you desire. I am. Very truly yours. G. M, Mge January, 1689. w. H. Holoo;nb, Esq., 475 January 30, 1069. New York. Vice President, U.P.P.P.Co., Onaha, Neb. Dear Slr:- The Colorado coal and iron people ivere in to see me about their BesEemor works which -^re laying idle on account of the cost of obtain ing^ ore. The uenver.& Rio Crand charged them 1 3/4 cents per ton per mile. They wa.t to open their works anP keep them open all the year roimd, wldch wruld be of great advantage to all of us. My plan v/ould be if they can get the ore delivered at a price hat they could afford,te-give-t-em-a-eeH- nd we could get the laul over our toads we could afford to give them a contract for rails we want in our local country there ah^ West, so as to keep them running, "say, 100 to 200 tons pe day; and also encou age them in running their pipe and snail iron a. d rail mills. This they can no do on present Ea tern tariff rates and build up in the interior their manufactories. manufa ctories. The Hessenier plant is an immerse one. They tuld me that they were willing to run their rail mill even without any profit at a fair cost for t'e purpose of Jceeping their other in dustries going. They say th at the Uhugwatcr ores contain 10 per cent of magneosc and they arc very fine ores, a. d if they cai": get a rate from the (Ji ugwater over the u. P. and over i s to Bess emer they w 11 immediately open the mines at ^hugwater ai d commerce shipping the ores and open their Bessemer works. I had always supposed that t'.e Ohugwatei' ores were impractiable, but thry claim that t'ey are as good as most of their ores. rov the purpose of opening these mines and making business for o\ir line north oi oheyenne, wo better make a very rasonable rate on th se ores; the cars haulin them could lead back with coal from Trinidad if j^ou take it so far north as oheyeiine or with whatever material wo could get. i wired our Gen. Freight Agent, Finley, to get into communi cation With your p'ople and see what he could do; and I write this to you asking you to give it proper atte:tion because I think evei^ time we open a mine or ai industry upon our line it is worth a groat deai more to us than any other business we can get. I asked them to gi.e ae a rate that they could afford to use, but the ) rties here were nOt able to do it. I leave for Now .^rleans Thursday night and will reach theria out the 3rd or 4th or rebruary/ Telegram will reach me at At lanta on Monday or Tuesday, Letters at New Orleans, care of "r. . Wheelock of the T. & P. Railway Co., but you can commu nicate with our Denver people direct upon this question. V©ry truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President. January, 1889, 477 .. New York January Sj , 1889, Mr. uhas. wheeler. Sec., • . . Lienver, oolo . Dear sir:- I enclose copy of resolutions to be p ssed by the board of Directors and by the stock-holders at the comins meeting, declaring at an- ei'd the supplementai contract of April 15/87 which explains itself; but the stock having been exchanged and the Road having come under the control of the nine, voting trustees. Judge Dillon (thiough he does not think the supplemental contract no.v applies ) thinks we ought to so declare in order that whenever we wish to do ai'iything that no one can plead this contract as Mayer has done in the suit he has brought against us. I also enclose -a resolution and a mortgage to be adopted by the hoard of Directors and stock-holders of the Denver, Texas and Gulf, which also explains itself. This is to cover the equipment that the Denver, Texas and Gulf has paid for oul of its earnings and the bonds upon it, when issued , will go into the treasury of that Company. The Colorado and Texas construction Company is used only as a vehicle to et the bonds legally out; and it is used instead of the makers of the equipment , whom we might have tr-ouble in getting to assume the authority, we Inve done this with all the other Companies, so as to put bonds into the Treasury of each for the equipment that they have paid for out of their earnings. Judge Dillon says that these equipment mortgppes onlv have to go befo,e boards of Directors; but as you are roir- to have a meetlnc of stook-holders, you nay a= well also have'them acted upon at that meeting . woe. +]' Kvans that the board you proposed to make for for a few days ir- order that to act the upon stock-holders these papers would I am have now to sendinr adjourn and I wisl; that when the stock-holders meetin'- adjourns, it ad- ' future day so i can get to Denver, o be there at the time of such adjourn meeting. I mav h-ve likr ^dfttion to p-pcrs already sent, which we would i'LhiS hcaoh Denver none time durl„c thi month here tonl;:ht of p;brua;y: ard e:pect '^''- to Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President, :.";s s February, 1889 Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 10, 1889 Capt. John A. Grant, G. N".., Dallas, Texas. Dear Sir: Won't you please inform Gov. Brown when you are vritin to hill that I met Peter Smith here with a view of sending him to Austin, and I find he has been down there the past week and seen all our Northern friends . He seems to think matters look favorable to us, and will go down again if necessary. I would also like to know about when theGovenor expects to return here. I shall go to San Antonio Tuesday, and I shall arrange so as to see you and him. and our peo/'le together "on my return here. I have also called up the question about the packages of freight. ¥r. Finley is now in Dallas trying to arrange with t;r. Hinton in that matter. They will explain the trouble to you. It seems to be in the loading of the freight in too Hiany cars in New Orleans. Howevei', I have called for a statement of it from hr. Duncan and will sent it to you. They all appreciate the inportance of it and, no doubt, will comie together on the matter. I want you to allow n^e to put in a switch near the, bridge. I will put 6.00 to 800 ft. lead from the switch lead before Ispur out of it, so that my switchers will never go onto the main track in switching in our yards. IVe are transferring our potatoes lumber, and everything of the kind in our yards so as to use our own cars, and this is increasing on us all the time. That is for your benefit and ours too, and I th.ink ii' you will look at the n.atter carefully you will see that with this lead there is no trouble about getting onto the main track with switchers. But as to that I am ready to do anything that will protect you in it. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 483 February, 1889 Fort Worth, Tex., February 11, 1889 Mr. S. Tilghman, Dear Sir: I caroe up over the T. & P., all the way by daylight. They have had on it two months of rain, steady, but I found the road in good strong condition and pretty smooth, It is ballasted with sand and gravel for the whole ? 00 miles that I came over and is in very fine condition. The equipment is in fair condition. Their extraordinary expenditures as and their entire maintainance of way for December was only $53,000. I think during the year 1889 the road will be operated for miuch less than any year heretofore. General Manager Grant told me that on the item of bridging etc, (whichgoes into the operating expenses) he vould ;Save $600,000. It would be a great advantage to the road if it were fenced, as the claims for cattle killed are very large, as also the foreign car claims, in 1888 amounted to nearly $200,000. I do not see with this present physical condition of the T. & P. why for the year 1889 it should not earn the intereston both mortgages, its bonds, and something besides. You cannot tell anything about it for 1888, as during more than half of that year the extraordinary expenditures have been going on, but now they are about all closed out. After I get over the M. K. Sc. T. I will write you. I think our earnings for January will be larger than for December Meek says our- net for November was $45,800. ? Yours truly, G . M. Dodge. February, 1889 485 Fort Worth, Feb. 11, 1889 J. F. Dillon, • ir-! 195 Broadway, N. Y. My dear Judge: I went over the land question thoroughly for two days in New Orleans with Judge Horn. I. You want to send an order down there to settle with these settlers. They are piling upon suit after suit, in a great many cases where their is no question as to their right to the land. And in other cases whei-e they have no rights, but Mr. Brinkhurst, whom I brought down here, told me that those suits could be easily settled by giving to the people who really have title to the land that portion which had been assigned to them-. Now they bring suit for portion adjoining that instead of the land their improvements are on. Now in a-dition to the 60 or 80 acre, farm that the imiprovements ai-e on, they slip over a number of acres that we have entered. Judge Brinkhurst, and Mr. Wheelockadvised that we square up,Most, of these settlers are willing to settle, and you know when you go t'f cannot with a settler whom you are likely II. I found that there are still about 250,000 acres of land due us from Washington, about which there is no conflict, all fine timber land, and as soon as I get back I propose to go and get the patents on it. The 77,000 acres is nearly all good land. There are 17,000 acres of it that are parts of the sections, good timber, that Mr. Gould and ourselves own. There is no question as to what we ought to do in these cases, that is, pay the tax, enter the lands, have Mr. Wheelock select from them sufficient lands at $1 an acre to cover our expenses, and as soon as we get out 250,000 acres and can offset the bonds coming to us on the if you think proper, put it into a receiverihands releasing the lands that we are to purchase from litigation. By putting this property in a receiver's hands you simply cut off the owners of it bonds fron. entering themi, because when the lands are in a receiver's hands they are of no benefit to the people who put their money into this property, for you cannot use the bonds in entering the land. And I want to say to you frankly that I am opposed to any such movem.ent until we have all our lands that are not in conflict, and have received the )3onds due on them and those who desire to have had an opi)ortunity to use them upon the lands. Judge Howe is clearly of the opinion that the momient wt go into the receiver's hands so far as a bond-holders right to apply them upon the land is concerned it is gone. There is no trouble about handling these lands if you look at the thing in a business point of view, and with a view of our getting the m.oney to nay off the taxes and the entries; and for what money we put in we can get a clear title. willing to wait until after we have made our entries and then if there is on of carrying the property, by its going into the receiver's hands, 4&6 and the court allowing it sold if the court has power. But I do not see how a court could wipe out the bond holders right if there is any upon the land by limiting any portion of it. At any rate I am clear that we should get out this 77,000 and 250,000 acres, and the bonds upon it and make our entries before it goes into the receiver's hands. Yours truly, G. Iv.. Bodge. February, 1889. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The '.VesLern Associated Press, and the New ^ork Associated Press; re presenting the Prominent Newspapers throxaght the United States, Acting also for the Renter, Havas and .Volff Agencies of Europe, and the Lead ing Journals of the Bxitish Provinces. General Offices ) Cincinnati Office CHICAGO AND NEW YORK) N. W. Cor .4th tc Vine St's,Rms.3&4 Cincinnati Office Cor.4th tc Vine St's,Rms.3&4 (P.O. Box 532) H. Chamberlin, Agent. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1889. ^.y dear General; I am requested by the Ohio .Commandery Loyal Legion to pre pare a paper to be read probably at the meeting in i^'-arch. I want to write upon the characteristics of the skirmishing during the Atlanta campaign, and to dwell at some length on the 4th of July affair in which Gen. Noyes lost a leg. Are you sufficiently at leisure to help me with soa.e information as to the orders which brought about that engagement, what command opposed u^, etc? And wiil^you kindly refresh my recollection as to the facts when you were wounded? Were you alone in that reconnaisance, and was it at the main line of our works, or out at the skirmish or picket defenses? I want to have the exact facts . I can not tell you how thoroughly I enjoyed ra y day with you at Atlanta. I put on record a little sketch of our visit which appeared in the Com. Gazette of Feb. 9. I mailed a copy to you. With regards to Ivrs. lii-ontgomery and your traveling companions I am. Yours truly. W. II. Chamberlin. Sir'-r' . ... February, 1889 Jay Gould, Esq, Dear Sir: 49^' Fort Worth, Feb. 12/89 I came over the T. & P. from U by daylight. I had with me the General l!r. Grant. In my opinion he is a first he shows that in the work upon the road. Orleans to Ft. Worth had had upon it in tinuous rain. It is a strong track, re be run over safely at the late of 40 mile that the physical condition of the road is all right. ew Orleans to Ft. 7/orth Manager of this road, -class track man. I think The road from New the last two months a conasonably smooth, and can s an hour. I do believe in its track department Its transoortation departm.ent is not as - satisfactory but when I brought up the questions upon that the'anfewers were that, I. They had 50 locomotives bought in an early day of not to exceed 32 tons each and of coarse that held them to 12 or 14 cars. II. I think that in the reorganization the road should have been fenced, as I see a great percentage of the cost of trans portation is in cattle killed. III. In the past year they have contended with the low rates, but this has not been so much against them, as ti e fact that during that year theyhave laid (the payments going into operating expenses, the claims of the three previous years. You understand what that means. You SDoke to me about a low amount of tonnage per train mile. I brought this up and I find that it comes from the fact that in their train miles is included every mile of trains used for construction material handled during that year. Also tha train-miles of the gravel-trains used on the New Orleans division, while the tonnage applicable against this is only the comn.ercial tonnage for which they get pay. Now I think after looking the road over carefully, that the year 1889 will show a very great gain upon its net earnings. There is very little to spend east of Ft. Worth upo: road. They are now using only l/3 of ,,a man per mile, which force holds their track during th.ese rains. The entire bridging is new. Tl:ie road is nearly all new-tied, and the expenses will come principally upon the ties needed in the Rio Grande Division, and the replacing of the iron on that division with steel. I can see no reason why the operating expenses in the year 1889 should not be brought to65 percent. Mr. Grant, the General Man ager , says that he can bring it lower. He said to me that in the bridging itemi alone, that has been put into the operating ex penses for 1888, he could save ^200,000. I do not pretend to criticise the traffic depart ment, but so far as the physical condition of tlie road is con® cerned I want to say to you that it is better than that of any road I have seen in the South unless it be the road from Ft. Worth to Denver, which, being a new road and on a good soil, is almost, perfect. ■ • I want also to say in behalf of the T. & P. that there is an esprit-da-corps and discipline upon it that I have not seen since we completed it and-the last six months, show a lower ex-, pense upon track th.an any previous year that it Itb s been run. The maintenance of way for December last was something over ^50,000 and for the last six months of .1888 it was for below that of any year before where there were any betterments made upon, the road. I do not believe you can improve the physical manage ment of the road. I think you can, possibly, the traffic de partment . I think Lhe influence should be brought to bear entirely upon the traffic department. The great expense in the general offices comes entirely from Lhe condition of a road in a receiver's hands. The officers of tl:e court and the demands of court in these matters have run that up.. You will find it to be very much less for the year 1889 after the road falls into the -hands of a president. Yours truly. G. U. Dodge . 497. ; February, 1889. Boston, February 25, 1889. W. H. On behalf of this co mpany you can approve appro priation for Butte as per your Mo. 285, but obtain explicit assurance from Haggin that the Anaconda Works are not to suspend on account of arrangement with the copper syndicate of Paris. That they intend to do so has been stated. C . F. Adams. 4S9 February,*1889. Omaha, Feb. 26, 1889, C. F. Adams, Esq., President, Boston. Referring to our conversAtion this P. U. at Omaha, I infer that if the proposed improveiiients and extensions are made as shown by the maps and reports, additional power and equip ment is purchased, and a suitable machine shop is put up at Anaconda, and equipped with the necessary tools and machinery, thab we shall have free use furnished us of all water required by the railroad com pany at Anaconda, and that you will concede all the business of your comipanies to and from Anaconda and Butte to the O^ion Pacific and Northern Pacific jointly as against any other competitive' lines. It is understood tiiat the railway company are making large expenditures for the mutual advantage and benefit of your companies and the railroad companies, and that in consideration thereof we shall have all of the business produced by your companies, including all products going out, and machinery, supplies, etc., that are being shipped in. For how long a term are you willing to agree to give the business jointly to the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific roads as against any other competitive lines if the rate of ten dollars per ton on matter Anaconda to Chicago, and 40 cents per ton on ore from Butte to Annaconda is put in efiect as of January 1, 1889, We infer that you are willing to make tliis arrangement, a nd are going ahead with our plans for construction, purchasing new pow er, etc., but would like this assurance from you that we shall have the business on these rates for specified tin.e, which we would like to have you name, and that the Anaconda works shall not be shut down, or tied up, by any arrangement with a copper syndicate of Paris, France, as it has been stated you intended to do. Yours truly, W. H. Kolcorab. t-' , '• .f I ^ 501. March, 1889. New York, March 1, 1889, W. H. Kolcoiiib, Esq., U.P.R.E., Omaha, Dear Sir: There are two subjects I neglected in my hurried conversation with you at Omaha that i desire to call you attention to. One is the length of tiii.e that is taken transporting stuff from Anaconda to Chicago, the other is the length of time in adjusting and auditing my reclamations. In both of these interest is quite a serious matter. I am satisfied there is much more time taken in transporting the stuff than is necessary, and it could be greatly hurried up, and unquestion ably there is more time occupied in adjusting and auditing my reclam ations than Is necessary. If in this latter you will allow me six per cent interest, it is alx righL, but if you don't do that please hurry up these adjustments, and don't keep my money tied up as hereto fore . In fact I see no reason why we should have any considerable amount to reclaim. I think it would be much better foi- you and for me too, if the net price was collected, and save me the trouble of making reclamations, and you the trouble of auditing them. Please give these matters your attention and if possible remedy the difficul ties . I have written to Daly our understanding as to the railroad and he will facilitate you in every way. I hope you will go to work immediately, and drive it to completion as speedily as practicable. Yours very truly. J . B . Haggin, I\arch, 1889. Saint Louis, Mo., 1 Mar. 1889, Gen. G. M. Dodf New J Dear Sir: ork. Lately I have had occasion to examine into several pro jected Rail Roads, among them the line from El Paso, to ^hite Oaks. You will probably remember, that in 1882, I made a survey for you between these two points. Several beginnings have been made towards construction, and they have now got 10 miles of steel laid, and have the grading . done 10 miles beyond present end of track. The contractors (Morris R. Lock & Co. of Illinois), are not likely to £0 any further with construction, as they appear to owe for all labor and material that so ffir have entered into construction of the line, and the officers of the company refuse to deliver to the contractors, any part of the local subsidies, until after all claims against the x-oad have been paid off or released. The local subsidies consist of promissory notes amounting to :5l000,000. given by the citizens of El Paso and 73 acres ofland at that place for terminals. The officers of the company are now looking around for re sponsible parties who are able to build the line. From conversations had with them, I understand them to offer the 10 miles of finished track, the 10 miles of finished road bed, and the 73 acres for terminals at El Paso and all their franchises, free of all debts and encumbrances, to any responsible party who will complete the line, about 165 miles to White Oaks. At current prices for labor and material this road can be built and equipped for •frlOOOO. per mile. The local business for the first 100 miles would not amount to much, but alter completion to White Oaks, I think it would earn suflicient to pay running expenses, and interest on the above amount of bonded debt. I think it can certainly be counted on to do this the second year after it is built. The cost of maintenance will be less than ordinary. If some arrangement can be made, whereby the steel and fastenin^^s can be paid for in the first mortgage bonds of the Company, at about 95 cents; or the whole amount of ^jjilOOOO. per mile placed at about the same figures^, there would be a fair profit in construction; and I believe a good strong probability that the stock wou*ld soon have a value worth considering as it seems pretty certain the "Rock Island Co'.' -will come to El Paso, over that line. If the subject matter of this letter is found to be of any interest to you, or your financial connections; I would be very glad to hear from you at your convenience. . . . The project has now reached such a stage in its existence as is likely to invite attention. If it should turn out that money can now be raised to build this road, I would expect to give my personal attention to management of construction both generally and in detail. Very truly, Henry . Laughlin. ' ■ . u' ■ i' ■ i March, 1889. 5C5: New York, March 2, 1889. W. H. Holcomb, Esq., * U .P .R .R .Co ., Omaha. My- dear Sir; I have your favor of the 28th inst.. In reply thereto I beg to state that you now have free use of water from Warm Si;ring creek and that in your new worv.s or shops you can have the same with such increase thereof as may be proper or necessary for your purposes. Further than that you have all my business in conjunction with .the Northern Pacific, and will continue to have it. I have refused to make any arrangement with or give any encouragement to any other road, and do not desire that any other build either to Butte or Anaconda. So far as it is in my power to discourage the same i will do so. My view is that I can better afford to support two roads than three, and therefore 1 aii: not disposed to make any arrangement with a third. As to the transportation of matter for any length of time at the rate proposed I am willing to say-this, that ^ will continue it as long as it seems fair and reasonable, and as long asthere is no decrease to any one else. You can have the business for -ewo years anyhow, and perhaps we might agree for a longer period. At any rate we will have no difficulty on that subject. As to shutting down or tying up my works, ti.at is impossible It can.lot be done. There is only one thing that will tie them up or shut them down, and that is that I cannot produce the copper at the price I can sell it for. I do not see much probability yet ol arriving at that point. I have never contemplstted shutting them down and no proposition can possibly be made to induce me to do so. Yours truly, «T. B. Kaggin. 507 March, 1889. Carmel, Maine, March 5th, 1889 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Respected Sir; While seeing a reference to your name in a Washington paper "The National Tribune it occurred to me that possibly son-e advantage might arise from correspondence with you that might result in benefit to myself without injury to you. . .Be pleased to kindly notice some references to myself. My name is Geo. E. Dodge, a native of this state. Can trace back to ancestors who settled in Mass, to one of three, brothers who emigranted to this country. During period of my minority I was trained a farmer, receiv ing a high school and academic education. Am naturally possessed of much mechanical ingenuityi am now residing on and owning a farm. During the late war I served sone 3^ years in every gradd from private to Commander of Co.,was seven times wounded in action. Was in Command of Co. during last Campaign,was in fights before Rich mond and Petersburg!!, Va.,was present and witnessed the scene at Surrender of Lee's Army. During season of about 1880-1 was engaged in business on Red Cedar River, Wisconsin for Pitcher, Halez & Co. lumber men and mill owners. While there a branch to Minn, and Chicago R. R. was built, extending from Monominee junction to connect witii this road, extending a distance of some 10 or 12 miles up the Red Cedar River to Red Cedar Palls. F. W. Pitcher of t!;e firm referred to took the contract to build said road. Two long truss bridges were to be constructed on this route. I was called upon to take charge of the building of those bridges as Master Mechanic which I did to tiie complete satisfaction of all parties concerned. The bridges were accepted without reference to a single fault. I subsequently learned that these Bridges were counted as among the best of their kind in that section. In the htale of Maine we have to endure a long cold winter vith sudden and seveie changes and many other things unfavorable to health and prosperity. i have resolved to change my place of residence with a view of finding a more favorable place where to engage in business and subsequently to fix upon a place for permanent home where the future of the place will appear to be favorable, where a plant is taking root with prospect of large growth. m. I have some property here in shape of farm and lands. Sale of such property here is slow at this season of the year. Sale can be made in time; I have small available means at this time. I beg leave to ask if there are not many chances on your line of K. of which you are President for such as I am, some place of trust under you that would be fitting to one of n>y capacity. I am ready and willing to do honest labor till a permanent location favorable presents itself. Will you kindly notice this matter and give me an opportunity to prove myself. Will pronptly notice a call from you. Very respectfully. Geo, E. Dodge, P. 0. Carmel, Penobscot Co., Maine. ■ ■ ^ Kl' . . . ■ I*: 1." i' .'.'' , . "j y < r- • ..-.tiv'?) ;p' March, 1889 On the road, March 6, 1889 T. K. Du Puy, Esq., General Mane^ger, C. F. & I. Co., Pueblo, Colo. Dear Sir: P.eferring to rny conversation to-day; When I first came to Texas I "met the G. F. & I. People, and immediately saw the im.oortance of their plant to this country, and I entered mto arrangements with then, that I would build our main line from the Fountains to their works on the Mesa, so as to give it a broad gauge line to them; I also agreed ot let in, over that line, the Missouri Pacific and the Atchispn 5- Topeka, which I have done. I was assured then by Mr. Sprague and by M.r. Danforth , both, that I should have our share of their business. .AfterwardsI made a contract v.ith Mr. Sprague as to building to Beshoar,.or Grays Creek as you call it---that track you have. He agreed to put out for me, if I would build that, not less than 300 tons per day for 90 days, and after that put the increase up to 1,000 tons, stating as his reasons for being willing to do this, that they were under contract to pay royalty up to 1,000 tons a day .- Soon after we comnenced doing business here, I met Mr. Danforth and also Mr. Sprague, and they both said that after I would get the third-rail into th.e old mine at Walsen's they would r-ive me the business out of that mine, or at any rate one-half of the business out of Walsens. Mr. bmiith put that track infor me for that purpose, but up to to-day none of these promises or agreen.ents have been carried out with me . They promised me half of the out-nut out of the Santa Clara Mine when it was completed if I would arrange for trackage to it. I therefore went in jointly in that track with the Rio Grande for the purpose of reach ing the i»anta Clara M;ine and the Rouse Mine. The Engleville Mine I did not build to, because it was my understanding that the Rio Grande would broad gauge that them selves, but that whenever it is done I have the right to go to that Mine also. What I ask of the G. F. & I. Company is, that they shall give me one-half of their business between Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and all joints South, to Trinidad, that we reach. I opened my line into Texas for all the products of the C. F, & i. Co., upon the same rate that any other person gets, and in pursu ance ol t; e: policy that I have always pursued since I came to Colorado, I have been endeavoring to get your blast furnaces agoing, and shall continue to do so, but I do feel that our Com pany, now that it has got to this plant, and to all your industries between Denver and Trinidad, that you should give us one-half of the business, especially so when under my contract with the Rio Grande Company it is made their duty to turn it over to me. I am. Very truly yours, G . M.. Dodge . 1 ri\ I. oc . !/aroh 7th 511 'A'aLhington March- Vth-/^^"^- My dear Genl; : I have only time to say a word to you. We must put Wilson in if possible and I think it is. I v/ant to see iou within two weeks and do all I can to help him in counsel with ^ou. There are some important things to he looked after very soon. Y/ilson will pursoie a careful, wise and conserva tive course, there is no douht about this. His election does not mean expin-. sion although I- think the natural course eventually will result in an easy money market. I will-see you sometime next week if possible and will write you more in detail tomorrow. hincerely yours W.B.Allison. henl. H.r. lodge Council Bluffs Iowa. i.' 513 March, 1889. DENVER,TEXAS AND FORT WORTH COMPANY. . PRESIDENT'S OFFICE No. 40 Wall St., N. Y. March 9, 1889. General G. M. Dodge, Esq., Denver, Col. Dear Sir: We held a meeting of Board of Directors yesterday and author ized the President to sign the Map sent here by Mr. Bissell, showing our located line from the Purgatoire River North fourteen viles toward Pueblo. During the meeting, the question of earnings of the road was taken up, and on examining the statement made by Mr. Wheeler, showing earnings and expenses for each road for the month of November, the attention of the Board was particularly called to the high ratio of expenditure to earnings on the Denver, Texas & Gulf Division which is nearly 79^. Cannot something be done to bring this down to a basis which will be more satisfactory and give us something as net earnin,:^ s on that line? It seems to us that the expenses of this Div ision are entirely too high, and that some means should be found to stop them. Another point I wish to call your attention to, and ask you to investigate, and if possible remedy, while you are in Denver, is the great delay in sending here detailed statements of the operation of the entire line. The report for November was received here only on the 5th of March, although I understand it was ready to be sent forward and was handed to the General Manager for trans mission to the New York On ice on or before the 19th of February. This we hardly think right, as in our opinion, the report should be sent to us from the Auditor direct as soon as it can be prepared. The custom is with Union Pacific that the General Manager has nothing to do with the accounts, except to approve bills, and the Auditor sends his statements direct to the Boston of.ice in Boston as soon as they are made up, without waiting for their examination by the General Manager or any one else. The Union Pacific with all its ramifications has its accounts audited, made up and sent here within forty days after the expiration of the month covered by the statements of account. We think that the reports of this road should be here within thirly days, and then we will know what we are about. If you agree with me in this matter, see that these suggest ions are complied with. We also think that Mr. Rich should make up and send in the accounts of the operations of joint track and pool balances at an earlier date. Cannot these be hurried up? 514^:^ Mr. Wheeler writes that the work of moving to the new building has delayed and embarrassed his force somewhat, and promises to endeavor to give us full reports at an earlier date than hereto fore. Still, we think it well for you to take this matter up while in Denver, and do what you can to iave it remedied. Yours veiy truly, Sidney Dillon, President, ; . ■ . 01 v."' ..'s ,,, 'sC • '■' '■ -u' 515i,,c Karch, 1889 Texas, ^'archl5, 1889 m.OF.AV.DA: Takin^^ Amorilla on the East, and the '.Vhite Oaks Railroad on the 7/est, look up the country carefully from Amorilla through Deaf Smith and Farmer counties; entering New ]V'exico and getting as direct a line as possible to the Rio Hondd--thence up the Rio Hondo into the White Oaks Valley to a connection with the White Oaks Railroad. It would be important to run to about the center of Deaf Smith County, then southwest through Farmer, until you could take an almost direct line to the mouth of the Uio Hondo, or go to the south line of Deaf Smith and strike into Ft. Sumner-and work south through the Fecos Valley to the Rio Hondo. Then examine all the country as far north as the first standard Parallel in New Mexico, and as far south as the Rio Hondo; get its agricultural capabilities, its population and every thing in it that would support a railroad. Then carefully examine the. timber on the line of the Rio Hondo, and all the way down that range of mountain to the Sacramento, and see the possibility of getting the timber onto that line. I want all the country developed in reconnaissances between the 33rd. and 35th. Parallels and east ol' the White Oaks and El Faso Railroad, and thence on a line leading to Amorilla. I want to ascertain its agricultural possibilities, its mineral, specially its coal and its timber, and what there is in it to support a railroad if built through it. 521. Warch, 1889 On the Road, March 18, 1889 A. A. Robinson, Esq., Vice PresL. & Manager, A. T. & S. F.R.R., Topeka, Kas. Dear Sir: I recieved to-day the map showing the properties of the Ft. Worth & Denver and Santa Fe' at Forth Worth. The properties of the Ft. Worth & Denver are outside of the Mortgage; those of the Santa Fe' I understand are under it. My idea would be to form a Terminal Company, put these two properties in at an appraised value; that is, an appraised cash value to-day; put upon them a Bond, showing that value, at Five (5) per-cent, each Company taking its proportion; then arrange v/ith the Houston A Texas Central and^the' Cotton Belt to come into the property upon a certain rental, and maintain the entire pro perty ourside of its interest, its taxes and insurance,- upon wheelage. Interest above capital invested, insurance and taxes over and above rental, to be paid by the Ft. Worth and Denver and the Santa Fe according to ownership. There are two or three pieces of property that we would have to buy there, andone or two that you would have to, so as to make it a complete block. ^ This Map don't show the entire own ership of the Ft. \'orth & Denver; where our Round House stands we have made a trade so that l^e own it. 'We have got to maintain some shops there at present; I suppose we would have to do that inde pendent, but these are my views. Now, criticise them, and see what we can do. What I think we ought to do is to combine the 4 Companies I name, and anyone else that came in there; run the entire property under a Superintendent that we all should agree upon, and when ever we made betterments in tracks, buildings, or anything else, let it be paid for by the two owners and added to their capital. Mr. Jones proposed to Mr. Scott to make an exchange turning in the same frontage that we own on you, against the same frontage that you own on us, and the building at $500., they to take it or let us move it off, and fix a value for the balance that you own on us over and above the frontage that we have on you. I think you have a n.ethod of n.aking Blue-prints; won't you take the map and send me a copy of it in Blue-print? I am, Very truly yours. G. M . Dodge. 523 N'arch, 1889. Tanora, Guthrie Co., Iowa. ^''arch 18th, 1889. General Sir: I noticed in the paper your trip to Atlanta, upon that sacred ground where Mcilierson fell. I would like to mkke a few remarks about that day's battle if it is not out of place and it is still clear be fore my memory. And it is this: Do you remember of me reporting to you just about the time you gave Sweeney, orders to move out. Benny, Whitehead, and I that morning rode out in the direction of •'-'ecatur and run across a Reb. deserter and he reported about Tardee lying upon that hill and gulch. I hastened in as quick as possible and reported to you what I had learned. You had just left the troops and I at once told you. You was by yourself going in the direction of McPherson headquarters, when I reported it to you, you made no reply. I then turned and went back and General Sweeney was just starting and I rodei along beside the General and just as we past that little log hut to our left, you re member just as we came into the opening there was a few stray shots over in the timber to ourleft. The 17th corps had a hospital just across the hollow and they were moving it. Directly there were more shots fired in that direction of the hospital we could see the smoke. Sweeny spoke to me and remarked, "I wonder what in hell that means." I then told him what i had learned. "The hell you say. Did you report it to Gen. Dodge?" I answered'^Yes." "Where did he go?" "In the direction of headquarters." Just about then five or six shots more were fired. The General then turned to me and spoke. "Suppose you ride over in that timber and see what that is.! I was riding to the right of the General. I spurred my horse out and made a half lelt wheel and dbwn the hill I went and across the ravine I went and up in the timber but not far when my eyes fell upon the three lines of the enemy. I was upon them before I knew it. I was in close shooting range before I knew it. I cant see why they did not kill me but I think I deceived them as 1 was fressed in butternut. I whirled my horse as quick as lightening and spurred and down into the ravine I went. They then let loose at me and up the hill I went but it is useless to state that I reported to Sweeney. They fired about fifty shots at me;they were in plain view of our men. Before I got up our boys fired a volley before I got up. So opened that great battle. Now General I have given you the facts in this case whether you remember about me reporting to you or not I do not know. If Sweeney is living and you get to see him and read this to him I feel positive that he will remember it. Now Gen. I suppose you will get tired reading this as it is poorly written and spelled. Please excuse. J. A, Hensal. I suppose you remember the reunion the next day at Gen. Sweeney's quarters. I suppose Fuller and Barnes do. Did you ever know that I bantered Gen. Fuller for a duel at De^atur, Ala. If Gen. Stevenson is still living he can tell you all about it as he was eye witness, or his Adjutant, Armstrong, I think his name was. Good-by. .r .. ^ > r A 'I.K M ' - . . >v-,. ri ' ■ ^ ■ h' r 1-;-^ r'* •iJ- •■' 'A 52S.:^ ' ^ March, 1889 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Western Associated Press, and the New Yokr -Associated Press: re presenting the Prominent Newspapers throught the United i^tates, Acting also for the Renter, Havas and Wolff Agencies of Europe, and the Lead ing Journals of the British Provinces. General Offices ) Chicago and New York) Cincinnati Office N. W. Cor.4th & Vine S-t's, Rms.3&4 (P.O.Box 532) W. H. Chamberlin, Agent. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 19, 1889. My dear General: On behalf the Committee of Arrangements for the Sixth Annual Dinner of the Ohio Commandery to be given at the Gibsen House in this City on the evening of April tenth in honor of the Sixth Quadrennial Congress of the Arder, I take great pleasure in extending you a formal invitation to honor us with your presence on that occasion. From the Ohio Commandery and from the Delegates to the Congress there will be quite a nuiiiber of men who served with you or in adjoining commands, all of whom would be delighted to welcome you. I sincerely hope your plans will allow us the pleasure of your presence. Very respectfully yours, W. H. Chamberlin, Chairman Com. Arrangements. Gen , G . M. Dodge. • '.'arch arth IG89. General G.Iv',Dodge, Tew York, N.Y. Treasury Department, VTashington March £Oth 1869. My dear General; I am glad to get your note of congratulations, though bi'ief I know they are hearty. You know without me telling you that there is no man on the earth whose friendship and good wishes I es teem more highly than yours. I shall hope to hear further from you when you reach New York and shall be very glad to see you in' Washing ton, and to serve you at any time. Titrs. Tichenor joined me here a few da^s ago and your name sake Harry will be here soon. We shall ey^-pect you to advise us when you come here. Please remember me kindly to Mrs. Gilbert and Blossie Sincerely your friend, Geo. C. Tichenor. v-r p . S-. YM , "I " . , - ' ■hr < .;V ' ■ - '= t 529 :arch 31 1889. Council Bluffs, Iowa "arch 31 1889, Bear 8ren; Yours from V/ashington is at hand. I will see.Mrs. Osdorne and let her knov; you do not care to sell your property at present, "but are in terested in their Kospit-.l work and will "be glad to contribute toward their current expenses. I think I will take the responsibility' of making your contribution in four payments ,^E5 each quarter," I shall do the same with Ilome of Friendless .Shall go down and look it o-ver some day this week and take that occasion hand him ^25 for you-. These are non sectarian and worthy institutions which are contributed to by our, citizens generally. I am obliged for your generous offer to procure transportation for me.over Union ~acific when I want to go west. Buring the summer or fall I would like to go out to Fuget Sound, stopping at Salt Lake, and take Lockie and Uarrie with me. This is what I have been thinking of during the ^winter. If you should be going out with your car, we might take that oppor tunity, otherwise we will take passage in regular train and probably not go until latter part of August. I think I m?y spend next winter either in Southern California or Florida, and I am thinking some of another .trip to Europe, but when I go again I want to take Lockie with me and perhaps Carrie, and former does not graduate for a year so I am not thinking of going until '91. I find I am growing restless and nervous. I think the aches and pains I have in my bi'east and about the heart are from weakened nerves and connected with the stomach, for my general health is quite good.. I feel the need of more cheerful social life. My disposition tends to impatience and with mother's last years before me I want to get out of the train of thouglits and wearing cares which experience of past years are now more than ever showing their effects on my nervous system, , My life here has been so devoted to my little business and.to some degree a selfish one. Have been out as little in society and taken so little part in public affairs, I have missed the social life so necessary for the cheer of advancing years. With habits fixed I cannot well pick it up here and I have been thinking I might check these tendencies by travel ing more; to make it cheerful I must have one or more of my children with ■ me. The children will be home ^bout 1st. July and I expect to be here and at 0 Lake until 1 go west. 'Alien I can get out of doors more I expect to feel very much better and get my mind off myself. Grenvllle Beard has left for Utah. Julia will go to Maple ton in two weeks and expects then to go to Benver and Folsom and stay at latter place while Mr. Beard's stock business"lasts, In sale of stock at Mapletun I reserved out her mare Beck and tnere were two other colts left over. One was Beck's colt, this she asked mo for 80 Mr. B. could have a team at Folsom. I let her have it and the mares br.ve been Gent out by Yr. T. The rei:.ainine colt I have sent up for aao if is one I can use will buy it myself. Very truly, K.P.DodiSe. Mr Beard has been here ovex" Sunday and appears well . .V> v'F fe;,;, ^ ;• f-' '' . V • I ' t. . ,,, ^iarch, 1889 Omaha, Mar. 1889. Gen. G. M. Dodge, My dear Sir: I am writing some sketches of the history of the u. P, Ry, in the early day, and am anxious to get a full but brief report of the Engineers. You were Chief I would like to get any documents you have, or articles printed in Magazines or newspapers to make up a sketch of your life and connection with the road. If you have any such and would send them to me I would return them to you. I am writ ing these sketches for a localpaper but I intend to put them in book form very soon. Please let me hear from you. Yours truly, Geo. *. Frost. April, 1889. Peter A, Dey, Esq., 533 • 1^/ \t New York. April 1st, 1389. Des Moines, Iowa. My dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of March 29th. If there was anything in my letter that you could take excepti to I regr^et it very much because I did not write it with any such intention. I t was the furtherst from my mind or thought. I merely wished to call the attention of the Commission and your attention to the great difficulty we had in doing anything under the three classes; but with no desire to criticise, except in a proper manner, the action of the Commission. Your long acquaintance with mo will maintain me that I never write anything ihat any official could take exception to, personally, intentionally, and to you, I know it would be impossible for me to knowingly do it. I am glad to learn what yeu wrote me confidentially. I do hope that something will com out of the troubles in Iowa, that is beneficial all around. You know that the Iowa Narrow Gauges fell to me through the inability of the principals to pay for building the m. I was simply a Contractor; I certainly would never have initiated the schemes, but whilst I have got them, I have got to try and take care of them. I had a long talk with Governor and council on the matter, a d whatever i do with my roads, I am obliged to keep them running. I wrote Mr. Smith a long letter, the same tim that I wrote you. When I foxind that Mr. Smith could pot get there until Tues day evering and that I would have to stay over Wednesday to see him, it see ed impossible for me to delay my movements as I was under appointments at Gpicago and Boston. I shall be out again the first of May and hope then to meet youw X was in hopes that the people of Iowa would change their views upon this question (and I do yet bbelieve that they will) but see that you take a very despondent view of the mattrr, and we will hav to do the best we can under the circumstances. Please send mc a copy of the letter I wrote you; I find I did not retain a copy. j x ij.nu i I am. Yours truly G. M. Dodge, April, 1889. Hon. Wm. Larrabee, 53?::/ New York. April 1, 1889. Dec Moines, Iowa. Dear Governor; I have the honor to enclose herewith, agreeable to the promise I made you in reply to your request of March 13th last, an auto graph letter of Gen. Grant, dated from the Executive Mansion Oct. 24th, 1871. As to my commissions, they are all at my house in Council Bluffs, and it will be impracticable to send you one before I return there. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge, April, 1869, Geo. P. Brown, Gen. Manager, New York. ' April 1st, 1089, Chicag) , 111. Dear Sir:- I received your letter enclosing Mr. Perry's which is substantially correct. James, the porter, has been here and shown me what was to be turned over in the car, and what we waited to retain of the equipment, that is, the cooking utensils, linen, blankets, etc; and he will make out an order. 'Whatever of linen, towels, etc., that goes with the car, he ought to have marked properly, about the size of the Pullman mark. I imderstand that he has an arrangement to correspond di rectly with that part. I don't think it is necessary to change any of the chairs except the two large ones; I think those should be taken out of the car and perhaps a couple of folding chdrs substituted. Those racks that are to be put in, want to be put in very carefully so as not to interfere with the head room; and the desk wants to be as deep as possible so as.to give plenty of room for papers. He says a heater is to be brought to the car. Does that mean that the heater is to be changed, or are they mere ly going to repair the present heater? It takes a long time^to heat the car up and when it is once heated, it is heard to shut it off. There ap ;eared to be something wrong in the heating aparatus. It did not work right. I don t wish to make any more expense upon the car than is actually necessary. I think he has everything else all right, with the changes I suggested. Yours, truly, G. M. Dodge, G. 5S^ April, 1889 - UNITED STATES SENATE Washington, D. C., April 1st, 1889 Genl. G. M. Dodge, New York. My dear General: I have your late letter, and earnestly thank you for your kind prefers of aid. I have letters from Messrs, Perkins, Robt Harris, J. Thurston, W. B. Strong. If you would kindly write me a letter to the President, and to *latt or Hiscock, I would be very glad. And /A if I could through you get one froi;. Mr. Depree it. would be a great aid. Doubtless your own knowledge of the situation would suggest to you where a lever might be placed that would be effective. Again thanking you for your uniform kindness, I am. Your friend, >1^. P. Hepburn. .I.-'-. 541 .1-.; April, 1889, His Excellency, New York. April 3rd, 1889. The President of the United States: Sir: I have known the Hon. Wm. B. Hepburn of Iowa for a great many years. I understand that he is an applicant for a place in the Interstate Commerce Commission, and I wish to say that I think Mr. Hepburn has made a study of this question and had a good deal of experience in such matters. His unquestioned ability, integrity and fairness would make the appointment satisfactory I think to all parties, what the Commission needs Mr. Hepburn is eminently fitted for. He is a very thorough investigator of whatever subject he takes up. That is his reputation in both private and business life. (Cannot read rest of page .) G. M. Dodge. ■ ■; m- April 4th 1889. Gen. G.M.Dodge, New York City, My dear Sir; 543.- state of Iowa Executive Office Des Moines. Your esteemed favor of the 1st inst. with Autograph letter of Gen. Grant for the Autograph collection in our State Library at hand . and for wliich acce^. t in; ti.ankc . This letter from our greatest-Soldier to his intim ate friend and one of his most trusted Generals will he- of double interest to our people and will be treasured by them, I also desire to thank you for your kind offer to comply with my request to finish your portrait for^Ipitol. It is a pleasure to us that notwithstanding you are absent so much from the State that your interest in it does not abate. Yours truly- ^ ^ ^ f) April 5, 1889. 545 Denver Colorado, .April 5th, 1889 'General G.M.Dodge, Wo I Broadway, new York, W.Y. Dear General; Mr Parkinson, Manager of the Rational Sugar Company, who has established several large Sugar plants in Kansas, is willing to take hold of the matter on our line, and has shipped 20 "bushels of seed for trial pi.anting at stations on our line. I have arranged to have it distri"buted to farmers "between ^Wichita Falls and Pascosa, and when it is grown to have it inspected, so that analysis can "be made of the cane and then made of the producing pow er of the soil. At the proper time I will advise you. It is v/orth our prhile to take an interest in this, and get up a Company, if necessary, to do "business, lir Parkinson writes me he thinks Texps is the "best territory for cane. If this is true, vie ought to be able to establish a heavy frei^it business in this line. Yours very truly. C.F.Meek. April, 1889. 547 Mew York. April 6th, 1889, Spencer Smith, Esq., Railroad Commissioner, Der Moines, Iowa, My dear Sir:- It will be impossible for me to set down in a letter and show you the practical effects of A. B. and C. rates but if you will go and see Mr. Martin, he will show you how it affects my road. It is simply impossible for us to ask a G rate and get any business. You quote the Illinois law. You say that the most stringent part of the law was taken from • Ills. law. Why not give us their rates at the same time that you give us their conditions? There is only one effect of the action of the Railroad Commissioners of Iowa , It is simply to bring down other roads to their local rate, and then to drive to tide water or to the country that produces raw material, all the jobbing and manufactures of the agricultural stdes. Of course this is a slow process. It won't come in a day; or a month, or a year; btxt it will come, just as certain as you maintaii the rates you put on and there is no possible way of benefiting a small community at the expense of a great community. The laws of commerce and of transportation are so intimate that we cannot divorce local interests and protect them as against the great inter sts that the Interstate Commerce Commission make under their law; Understand me: 1 don't criticise your action. I have no doubt that it was taken with the best intentions, but I submit, have you not tried them long enough to see that they don't succeed? They simply mean the breaking down of other rates which certainly are now low enough for the maintanance of properties, and I believe that there is nothing so det rimental to the business and the success of the country and the community as forcing roads to a non-paying basis. You take it home to you self, and then apply it to Railroads I know that my roads cannot expect to earn much; but I would like to have them earn enough to keep them running, but I don't wnnt to see others get into the same position that I am in. Very truly your friend, G. M. Dodge, 549>• . -.4 April 1689. New York. April 6th, 1889, Col. G. C. Tichenor, Asst. Sec. of the Treas., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- You are aware of my long and intimate acquaintance with Texas and its politics since 1870, and aslo of the very largo interest s we have in that country. You also know my great desire that ~ood app-ixitments shall be made in that State by the Republican Party, for I think there is a show in some of those districts to make large gains. Permit me to say in relation to the South Western district that there is no man whose advice you can follow more safely than that of Calvin G. Brewster. Mr. Brewster rai for Congress -nd was defeated by Crain but by a very small majority and after entering the canvass at almost the last moment. I have head that he is an gplicaht for the position of Collector of the Port of Corpus Christ!. If he is so, you can make no better appointment, nor one by which you can add greater strength to the party in the district. "l have no doubt that if Mr. Brewster will stand for Congress at the next election he can carry the district. He is very popular; not only with the citizens of his own district, but throughout Texas. No one stands higher than he does as a citizen and no one has been more loyal in his political affiliations. He has always stood for the Republican Party in his State. While I have no desire to interfere locally in Texas matters, I think it is due from me to say to you this much; because it is best for you to know who are the leading, reliable republicans of the State and Mr. Brewster is one. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. April 6th 1889. dear General: (Yashington D.C. April 6th 1889 Your thpu^tful letter of the 5th came this P.M. and I have just wired you that I can not come for the 27th. I see clearly all that is in your suggestion, and there is'much hut I accepted for Chicago, for April 30th, Centennial Celebration of Inauguration V.'ashington, and thus far' I have hot seen a moment for preparation. I doubt if I will see it.The pressure on me for office is-- is well no words will tell you what it is. I go home on Tuesday or 'A'ednesday and must go t.o seVeral towns in my Dist. to give hearings about P.O.'s. With all this I will neith er have the time to prepare for or to go to New York. I regret all this, the more since you have been so thought ful and kind as to make arrangements for my coming. I will not attempt taanks. It only shows that you never forget those whom you like. Sincerely yours, P.E.Henderson. ■tb , , ■ ■ ■ ■, '■ ■ ■ I ' < :i ''S April 7th, 1889. 553 Washington P.O.,April 7th,1889. Gen. G.M.Podge, New York City, N.Y. My dear General Since v/riting you yesterday i have seen Senator Allison, and have talked the matter over fully. He agrees with me that I cannot possibly vome to Hew York on the 27th. After all, my great work should be in the west, iie who has a nucleus of strength there will best command the eastern situation at the proper time; and my engagement cannot safely be disturbed with Chicago. By the way, 1 have recently learned that your friend, General Ketchum, is not only for Reed, but is working actively ^^l^him.I fear that New York is set for Reed, and the influence of New York may capture Pennsyl vania, as both States desire to name the Speaker. It will be a bad day for protection, I fear, if this supposed condition proves to be correct. It looks as though the east felt that it must tie itself up for an eastern man. This is illustrated by the adoption of the two-thirds rules by the New York delegation. Can you not see General Ketchum and correct that situation? He is a power when he goes to figuring, and it hit me hard when I learned, as I absolutely have, that he is plowing the field for Reed. I hope to see you some time during the sximmer. Very truly yours, P. B. Henderson, A* 555 April 1889. P. M. Hubbell, Esq», New York. April 8th, 1889, Des Moines, Iowa, Dear Sir: I had a long interview Friday with Mess. Ashley and %bbard and went over the entire ground with them. They were at first very tenacious; , but I said to them that it was an impossiblity for us to pay ar.y money on the road, or at any rate, for me to make any such payment, and that any arrangement that was made, must be an arrangement that prolonged the debt and provided for the payment in Bonds, They seemed to be more averse to taking bonds on the North Western than when they saw you. I then suggested to them attain, the scheme of consolidation of the three roads and it seemed to^'strike Mr. Hubbard very favorably and they said they would take it under consideration, I suggested ^15,000 per mile; J3,000 Of which, to remain in the Treasury with balance to be used in maintaining the road and broadening the guage. The ^^3,000 in the Treasury might be used if necessary to take care of the interest and take up the line from Harvey to Albia, and pay them the cost of that material and use that also in broadening the guage. They were back today and said that they ould be willinr to put the three roads in, provided, we were willing to let them have fu stock of the Des Moines North Vrstern, Thcv thought if they took their pay in bonds and we did not carry out our original deal, that the purchasing committee ought to come in for their interest in the Des Moines North Western. Thev however exnrpocp the opinion todav^t we could carry out your original proportion of paying about ?50,000, It would suit them better but I told them f expending ^50,000 the past ye-r and at least ^75,000 which must be expended during the coming year" it was imme to raise the money to pay the interest and capital ith the present position of the lov/a Commission on rates. good rrooa a deal } better than if they remain together separate. can I be took made in, to or pay course a the plan of the Wabash Western using the lines from Harvey to Des Moines permanently, on a fair rental. This would leave the consolidated Company owning the entire Terminals. I don't want to go ahead on these matters without your full views, and think that when you receive this if you look upon the matter favorably, it would be well for you to come on here. I shall be in, or around New York until about the 27th when I shall start West I feel very certain that they are evidently in a condition to make some kind of a deal with us. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President, April, 1889. 561 i.< New York. April 11, 1889. Charles Francis Adams, Esq., Dear Sir:- In answer to yoiis of the 10th I wish to state that when I saw Mr. Littler In Washington, at your request he seemed to think that there was some doubt about the Union Pacific Company's carrying out the agreement made with him by Mr. Potterw I then stated to him that you had authorized me to say to him toat you would carry out any agreement that Mr. Potter had made, and I wished to know from him what the agreement was, so that there should be no question about it. He then told me that the compensati n was to be ^PIO, "00 and expenses. I think they wrote you about it, but am not certain bout this. At any rate I't said to Mr. Potter that I would write you the facts and that I had no question but that you would comply with Mr. Potter's agreement and I also think I sent some of his expense vouchers. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. '■> A- y, ' '-V- s ■'/v. - ; if v' ■ April nth 1889. Gen. G. M. Dodge, One Broadway, New York. Dear General:- 563 - I Washington D. C. April Ilth 1889 Senator Allison said to me last night, that you had mentioned writing to me and receiving no answer. I have received no letter form you since I have "been here. Is there anything I can do for you? You know there is nothing in the world that I can do for you, that I would nibt do at your request, or in your interest. I had hoped to see you and talk over some mattei'S, and suposed you would he over this way before long. Mr Meek was here for a few days about three days ago. I sent for him to talk about the Superintendency of the Railway Mail Service. He would have made a splendid General Superintendent, and I think he had some fancy for it, but he said he intended to stand by you. His loyalty to you is beyoud everything else. He said there v/ere especial reasons for not leav ing you just now,but said nothing further. I was so driven with work that I had little time to talk with him. v Is there anything I can do to serve you? Anything that I would do for my father or brother, I would do for you. I want you to feel that there is no one in the world to whom I am more indebted, to whom I am of more sincerely attached, or whose friendship I am more proud. I expected to be in New York last Sunday, when I hoped to see you. I do not think now that I can get away very soon. Are you coming to Washington before long? Your friend. J. S. Clarkson. 5^7 April, 1889. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL, WASHINGTON, D. G. April 15th, 1889, Gen. G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York City. Dear General; I have your letter of the 13th. I will look up the matter of the subsidies for mails to South America. As I understand it now on hasty examinatian, $500,000 was app^»opriated on the recom mendation of the last republican Postmaster General, but w£s not used by Postmaster General Vilas, who decided that it was not a good thing to do and that proper economy in the interest of the people required that it should not be used. I thoroughly agree with you in the matter, and will look after it with all the diligence possible. The way to extend American comnierce in any direction,is, first, to extend the American mails, making the one the forerunne-r of the other. I am in hearty sympathy with you in the matter. I note what you say about Meek. He has passed through an awful affliction lately, which was enough to have shipwrecked him, but he has the true stuff of naturla greatness in him, and while he is young and sometimes impulsive, his judgment invariably turns out to be good, and he is willing to learn. He knows how to obey as well as to command. I look to see him not distant in the future at the very front in railroad life. It would have been a great pleasure to me if he could have been here, he would have made a great name for himself, but it was clearly against his interests to do so, and therefore we concluded that it would not be best. Very cordially yours, J. S. Glarkson. 569 April, 18B9. New York. April JS, 1889, Charles F. Adams, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of April 17th. I had arranged to go over to Boston to see you last Tuesday evening, but found Mr. Ames here, which saved me the trip. I have had three interviews with Mr. A mes and have seen your communications to him, and while of course I am ready to accord to your wishes, and the decisions of your people, whate. ver thej'- may do, and to fight on any line they may select. Still I think that they key to the whole situation is for us is to capture the D.T. I have presented my views fully to Mr. Ames , and I wish to say that they were made up independently of those of any one else, and without any knowledge of the negotiating that had been going on or of any thing that had been done. I am going to Washington tonight upon matters in which the U. P. is interested and which Mr. Ames will explain to you. i will not return here until Saturday, and will try to come over to Boston on Monday night and whatever decision you reach then I will support but, after seeing your letter to Mr. Ames I am more than ever convinced that the policy which I have ^ieretofore indicated is the one we should adopt. I have no faith in the Northern Pacific people. I do not believe that they ever intend to treatus fairly. They attack us and our subordinates in every sneaking, intriguing way, trying to demoralize them. They have done this especially against Mr.Halcomb whom I know they fear, because of his knowledge, and who, I think is doing his level best to take care of his properties. I think he has made some mistakes, but to me, that amounts to nothing. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 571 April, 1889. New York April IS, 1889, George M Pullman, Dear Sir; I saw in this mornings papers the decision of Judge Gresham on the Vestibule Train. I congratulate you upon your victory because I think that it is due in justice and equity to you. You have done so much for quick, safe comfortable transportation in this country so far beyond any other country that it is due-to you that in this • country at least, you should be protected. I don't any more for the people who receive these benefits than I do for the Railroads for 1 hold that your comforts adds a great deal- percentage to the travel of the country and I think as this: Railroad companie,. only took to the burdens of not to the traffic, such comforts being and in nearly forty years observation I believe ttu t safe, comfortable, ac ommodations to the public have added fifty per cent to the renenues of the passenger departments of all trunk roads. I am. Truly, G. M. Dodge • April I9th 1839 573 Toledo, April I9th 1889 ?fy dear General; Our club house will open about May 1st {near Put in Bay near lake Erie). The Bass v;ill begin to bite about the IOth--perhaps a little earlier this year, as the season is earlj?. If you can run up and try it for a few days, I think you would enjoy it. We usually have enough there in fishing season to make a pleasant party and to get up a little game in the evening (with a limit). Very few ladies if any, go so early, so you won't need any gloves nor dress coat. It is always a free and easy time. I can get all the fishing tackle you can use here and have it ready. I can meet you at Sandusky any day, d)r you can come here and we go from here. The N.Y. Central train which leaves N.Y. at 6 P.M. will get you to Sandusky about noon or here at 2 P.M. Now if you can get away for a little while, I think you would enjoy it. Bass fishing is just as much f\in as Blue fishing, when they feel like biting, and the west end of Lake Erie is really a beauti ful place. Jay Cooke comes to his cottage (near by) on Gibralter Island every season, and the Pelee Club are only 8 or 10 miles off, and we meet them often on the same grounds. The Pelee fellows are more toney I suppose than our crowd. Bob Lincoln, Anson Stager, and Genl Sheridan, when the two latter were living, were generally on hand, with a crowd of wea-lthy fellows fi'om N.Y. and Chicago, Now think this over and say you'll come. It will giT/e me great pleasure to entertain you. My trip with you is a pleasant remembrance every day. Yours very truly, John W. Fuller. 575 April, 1889, New York*. April 22, 1^889. The President, Sir: A friend whom I have known for over thrity years, whose state ments on any subject with which he is acquainted I would have no hesitation in endorsing, asks me to write you in behalf of one of the mo t gallant men in our army "Capt. John G. Bourke of the 8th Cavalry. Of him my friend writes: "Graduating with high honors at the Military Academy in 1869, two years later he became Aide-de-camp to Gen. Cook. As a gentleman, a scholar, author and soldier, he is my ideal of an American soldier, and in all respects worthy of your confidence, re spect, and admiration, " "I have known him long, intimately and well, and have been a close personal observer of his brilliant services in Arizona, Nebraska, Wyoming, and other territories." "Bourke*s frinds have asked for his promotion to the rank of Major in the Adjutant General's Corps." etc. I can add nothin to the force of this presentation of Capt. Bourke*s merits, but I very heartily second my friends desire that your Excellency may confer this promotion upon him as I personally know that his statements are true. Very truly yours, G. M.DOdge. April, 1889, The President: Sir : 577 ^tew York. April 22, 1889. I am requested by a friend to write you in behalfof Mr. A, Wasson of Gainesville, Texas, who wants to be appointed U. S. Consul at Paso del Norte, Mex. My friend, whom I deem entirely trustworthy says that "there is not a more upright and honorable gentleman in Texas" Also he has splendid business qualifications and has some knowledge of the Mexican language and customs and laws. He is thoroughly reliable and will make an excellent Consul if appointed." He is a thorough Republican . I should be very much pleased, both on account of my friend and Mr. Wasson if the latter could receive the appointmer t he desires. Yours truly. ■ G. M. Dodge. April, 1889. 583 New York. April 26, 1889, Charles P* Adams, Esq., boston. Mass. Dear Sir; I have been watching this market very carefully since I came home and I find that the setters of stock in it have been Vil]ard and Brayton Ives. I bought stock all day yesterday and today and most of it c comes in from those sources. It is long stock which they are selling, They are not buying so far as I can see. Evidently they think they have some hold whereby it is not necessary for them to control the O.T. I do not change my opinion and I hope they will let go and that we will own. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 585 April, 1889 No. 75 West 71st Street, New York, April 28th. My dear Gen. Dodge: Since I saw you my publishers- the publishers of my fathers Memoirs- have been sued by the publishers of the so called Howard book for damages for the following statement in our circulars; "We wish to warn the public against spurious lives of General Sherman, hastily written and usually most unreliable, but in geniously advertised. One especially is beingsold on the strength of its being written by General 0. 0. Howard. The general repudiates the statement that he is the author of the book," They claim that as Gen. Howard wrote the introduction and revised the book that they were justified in claiming him as a joint author. I am anxious to aid our publishers of course and want to collect evidence to prove that the book mentioned is a collection of piracies on other works. For instance the plan'of the Memoirs is followed and just so much quoted as to leave the question of violation of copy right in doubt. Now 1 want you to forward the enclosed letter to J. E. Taylor the artist. Probably Taylor has had photographs of all his pictures copyrighted, in which case this book would be a gross violation of his right, as the illustrations include copies of his following pictures. "Grossing the Big Black," now in our possession but belonging to U. S, "Death of McPherson." "Ba;.tle of Atlanta", and "Corps Gonimanders Army of the Tenn." These last two pictures belong to you. If Taylor's copy right has been violated, he might assign his cause of action to us for the purpose of a counterclaim. For this reason I would like to have his address. Excuse this hurried letter. Yours very truly, P. T. Sherman, Mfiy, 18891 York. May 4th, (L889. D. B. Henderson, Esq., a,-,; Dubuque, Iowa, My dear Henderson: The Northern Pacific intend to concentrate at Tacoma. As I understand, the Southern Pacific have concentrated at Portland. The only other Company that rui.s into that country that is of any importance, is the Union Pacific, they concentrate at Portland, but of course will reach both Tacoma and Seattle, but this line //iU be extended from Seattle to the connection with the Canadian Pacific. I have visited and seen all that country, but which point is going to be the point is beyond my comprehension, in Washington Territory. The Northern Pacific makes Tacoma its harbor for all its foreign commerce, but Seattle without any support appears to be building right along and they say growing. There is a road now projected that the Hills of Man itoba is behind, that runs from Spokane Palls to Seattle, passing the Cascndr Range, at the Snolqualme Pars, and they have the money raised as I understand it, to run from Seattle up to the Canadian Pa cific, but have not raised any money to run from Se-ttle to S-)okane Falls. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge- 593 May, 1£89 Hon. John W. Noble, Omaha, Neb, May 6th, 1889. Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C, Dear Sir; I wish to recominend for the position of Government Director of the Union Pacific Railway, Mr. C. P. Meek, of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Meek is an educated, practicle railraod Manager; has been brought up in the service from boyhood. He is a man of cultiva tion, education and great experience; and the kindoof a man who can be of aid to the Government and to the Company in all questions that can arise in the operating Department of a Railway. I make this reoommendation from my knowledge having been connected with the Company from its beginning, and he would know what the Government needs and what the Company needs. As to Mr. Meeks standing as a man, as a Republican, I can refer you to all the Delegation from the State of Iowa and Colorado; and I only recommend it because I know that what we need in the Board is that class of men, not men who are placed there without any knowledge of a property, and I do know, that if placed there flaat he would serve the Government to the best of his ability. I am, yours truly. G. M. Dodge. May, 1889, C. F. Meek, Esq,, Kansas City, May 7th, 1889. General Manager, Denver, Colo. Dear Sir:- I met President Strong and Vice President Goddard and Robinson, and took up the question of trackage from Fort Worth to Galveston, to Brazos, and to any other points they might reach. First, upon percentage of the rate made. Any rate that affected them locally, they to have a voice in making it. Second, on the question of our making the rates entirely from any joints outside of their road, and from any point to or from our line, and to and from their line. If the point be competitive then they to have a voice in the rate, but all the rates shall be as low as made by any one else. ^ suggested that they should fix a price which they should load, unload and take care of all terminal charges at Galveston, and we pay them so much fo hauling a car loaded with our business to Fort worth; this of course, would be haulinc^ at so much a car without regard to classification; and in this case they would have nothing to say as to the rate of cars, this would only apply to business passing entirely through their line to us. or from us, not to business originating on their line for us or from us. I also took up, in connection with this, the rate of an option similar to what they have on the S. P. to at any time run our trains over their line, either upon joint ownership so much per train mile. Under any contract that we should make with them, their desire Is to protect the integrity of their nronerty under the Inter State Act. ^ said that in the new deal with Mailorv. thev this contemplated contr ct, and Mr Goddard and Mr. Robinson said they would put their thoughts on the question into writing. I wrote them that we would block out the basis for this negotiation. this + v,4 question I want in you all to its consider phases, with and your block own out hands with of Juda-e department Wells your plan for an agreement. Of course if we enter into this agrfflnent we will have to give up this line of business which oo.p.„. 5§6 would help us, and he also told Goddard and Robinson, both of whom I had talked the matter over with before I saw Strong, the same thing, and their views as to the policy concurred with his. Yours very truly. 'MJ 't'-' '.f, t' r»!' 597 N'ay, 1889. Office of J. W. 'AINKLER, dealer in All kinds of grain and live stock. Woodward, Dallas County, Iowa Stock for Western Ranches a specialty. Woodward, Iowa, May 7th, 1889. General G, M. I'odge, Des r.ioines, Iowa. Dear General; There is a controversy as to the troop that recaptured Degrasses Battery at Atlanta, July 22, '64. Believ^ing you to be the proper person to know will you please inform me. I am of the opinion that Rercer's Brigade, recaptured it. I am positive that I was present and assisted in getting guns in position; was also assisting to fire san.e when one gun was bursted. I was at that tinie a ember of Co. e. 66th Ills. A reply will greatly oblige you. In F . C . Sc. L ., J. W, winkler. May, 1869, St. Louis, Mo., May lOth, 1889. P. M. Hubbell, Pres't., Des Moines & No. Western Ry., Des Moines, la, DearSir:- Since I have been West I have spent a great deal of time in looking into the present condition a;.d the future of the Des Moines, & North Western, trying to make up ra y raind what was the best policy for us to pursue in the future., the interest upon the debt owning the purchasing coramittee being now due. We have placed upon the property in betterraents something like ^75,000, taking its entire earnings and giving to it our own personal credit a coxmt to make this su m, and the road is now owing us personoLj ly the greater portion of the amount, I cannot see my way clear with this condition of affairs, with the Legislation upon us in Iowa, which has virtually reduced our rates one-half, and our earnings in proportion, to take upon us any additional burdens. If the Purchasing committee is willing to give us an extension of the debt and interest, say for five years, so as to give us a chance to turn around, I would be willing to continue the running of the road, and endeavor before that time to widen it, or if the^- would turn over to us the Terminal Bonds, so we could have something to raise money upon, instead of having to raise it upon our personal names, to carry the road, I would be willing to pay the interest dUo upon the debt, but with the understanding that if the dett is extended, and we broaden the guage, they shall come in and take fm the debt the bonds of the broadened guage, we agreeing to guarantee the payment of the Interest of the bonds for the time of the extension. I have given a great deal of attention to this matter: ever since we have received the rcud. Have worked in every way to raise money to broaden the guage- I have lost nil my time and all my efforts, and so far there has been a continual pounding of us by cut r*Q.u6s^ on• For the coming year, even if we don't broaden the guage we have got to spend fully as much as we have done the past year to I'wLl ?eerLfS l°n'""ne'irr™!" " have got to handle the property with that fact in view. aware that we have got our expenses down to the verv Jrr, eot to run in the face of the Iowa Law, that ,us liable onerous to heavy one fines, for fencing and we have the got road- to if go not before done the it Legislatue makes and ask them to relieve ufe on account of our inability to roraply wi'h the law. If we got this extension, I am willing to take up the matter of the widening and consolidating of the three interests, or of doing it separately. I am. Truly yours. ^lay, 1889. DENVER TEXAS & FORT WORTH RAIL ROAD--PAN HANDLE. C. P. R'ieek, General J/^anager R. Denver, Colo., May 14th, 1889. General G. M. ^odge. No. 1 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. Dear General: I am in receipt of your favor of the ICth from St. Luiiis, and note what you say in regard to the Texas & Pacific working with us. There are already some indications of a change of policy in relation to working with us, but i proiiose to hold them right down to -business. They can get nothing for Colorado via their Missouri Pacific connections; they cannot make the time by their route, and they will lose a great deal more than it comes to, but I think we should be patient for a time until we can n.ake firm alliances else where. Cannot you arrange with i^r. hunting ton for a contract that will give us the rate-making-power both ways on the Southern Pacific between Houston and New Orleans on Colorado business? If we can make the alliance with the iaouthern Pacific, it matters little what the Texas & Pacific does, as they can get no business by their Mineole route to Denver. A joint agency between the Mq, Pacific and the T. & P. in New England, means that we will get nothing from that territory. I aiii glad, however, they propose to maintain separate agencies in New York. I note v/hat you say in regard to your conversation with Finley and Lawder; Your idea agrees exactly with mine, and that is the policy I had marked out; that is--if the Association does not treat us fairly, we will tame the offensive and protect ourselves, withdrawing from the agreement, but I do not went to do this until we get an independent outlet to the Gulf. Until this is done, ovr position is comparatively weak. We cannot afford to have it in the power of any line to step in and change our policy should we open an offensive campaign to protect our rights. This makes it all the more important to close a contract with the Santa Fe'. I am working on this. We cannot rely upon the Union Pacific standing by us very strongly on the differential matter; they say they will, but if it comes to a point, they are going to protect their own interests. The Rock Island will stand by us in what is fair. I note what you say in regard to the default of the Cotton Belt on its First-Mortgage. I sincere y hope this line will become independent of the Gould interest.' The most fortunate thing for us is the resignat-ion of R'r. Newman Irora tue ^iissouri Pacific. Were he to remain, I am satisfied we would shortly be alienated in every inter est from the Texas & Pacific. The stock business has commenced to move lively, and we are pressed for power. I am to-day trying to borrow 6 engines from connections. - Our 8-engines, between Trinidad and Texline, are hauling but 12 cars and making very poor time with these. We made a trail trip with a Rio Grande 53 ton engine on the 11th and pulled 25 cars through, making an average of 14 miles an ho\ir. This is our great weakness. I wish we coaid malie a trade with some flat road that could use our light engines, and buy some of these Baldwin engines, which will-do double the work. With these engines we could reduce the cost of our train ser vice from 33 per-cent to 50 per-cent. As soon as comparative statement of Engines is made up 1 will send it to you. We are obliged to do a great deal of work on our engines to keep them in shape, while these • Baldwin engines on the Rio Grande run with the lowest minimum of expense 'for repairs. Unquestionably, these are the best engines that evercame west. Very truly yours, C. F. Meek, General Manager. , . .3, ' , t, V ■ J . f -v May, 1889. New York. May 17, 1889. 'V'i' fit I*-''j'/iil > ' . * T .■ ii'Y Chas. Francis Adams, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- I saw a strong inclination on the part of Messrs. Harris, Bullitt and Billings to take up immediately this trackage and traffic arrangement. Before we decide to close the contract I would like to get better posted on that country, and its traffic; this I can do whilst I am there to attend the meetings. Beiore I start I wish you would dictate your ideas and your understanding as a memorandum for me, so I can take them up with Holcomb and Kimball, and we can discuss them, and get all the bearings and by the time 1 get back we will be ready to clo.se. Mr. Dillon saw Mr. Harris after my interview with him. Harris seemed to think that whilst thajr said very little they would do all they could to aid us, and also said that Bullitt and Billings were willing to enter into contracts upon the basis, which I outlined. I am. Truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 605 New York. May 17, 1889. Solon Humphreys, Esq., 54 Exchange Place, City, Dear Sir: We own the Des Moines & No. Railway Des Moines to Boone, 42 miles and one-quarter of the ue s Moines Terminals. The Des Moines Terminals are occupied by four companies. They cost originally about ^500,000 dollars. They could not now be replaced today for Ol,000,000. In order to connect with the St. Paul road and to get at the coal fields of Boone County, and the fields between Harvey and Des M iies considered the best coal fields in Iowa, it is necessary to broaden the guage of our road. The cost would be about vl50,000. V/hen broad'-ned this would allow us to take the St Paul into Des Moines, and would enable us to furnish that road with most of its coal in the Western portion of Iowa. It would put i;s on a par with all the trunk lines for coal bound West to the Missouri River and to the Union Pacific which have its coal fields supply for about 300 miles west of the Missouri River. If we can raise this money there is no doubt but that we can take care of the interest upon 12,000 to 15, 000 per mile. As a narrow guage it has always taken care of itself, its maintainence , and it has always been in fair condition, we have traffic arrangements made with the St. Paul, and if we had the : broad guage we could increase our traffic largely with them. There is not question but what the broadeningof the guage would be a great benefit to to the St Paul, as well as to us, it would enable them to enter Des Moines without break of bulk, and to also run passenger trains into Des Moines. Parties who own the coal fields at Boone, propose if we broaden the guage, to build six miles of road to mines, that have an output of 1,000 tons per day, and this traffic is under contin uous contract to Mr. Reynolds. Boone coal fields have 3 to 4 foot veins. The coal fields betwren Harvey and Da: Moines run from 4 to 7 foot, veins. I suggest that the money should be raised for broadening the guage, by taking in partners with us in ownership, or by borrowing the money on long time and guaranteeing the interest. I am. Truly yours, G. M. Dodge, President, May, 1S89. 607 New York, May 17, 1889. J. W, Winkler, Esq., Woodward, Iowa, Dear Sir:- I have your favor in relation to a controversy as to the troops that recaptured De Cress's battery at Atlanta July 22nd, 1864, A reference to my official report of that battle and other records, confirms your recollection that the recapture was effected by Mersey's brigade. This brigade formed South of the railroad line, charged and retook that portion of the line South of the railroad. At the same time Wood's Division of the 15th A.C. recovered possession of that North of the railroad, Mersey's brigade lost several in killed and woiinded, and his own horse was shot under him during the charge, and his brigade captured about a hundred prisoners. Gen. Morgan L. Smith, commanding the division of the 15th A.C. whose line had been broken by the enemy came after its restoration and thanked me in person for sending Mersey's brigade to his relief, and spoke in enthusiastic terms of the gallant and resistless charge made by it. The brigade was conducted to the point of daiiger by Capt. Edward Jonas, of my staff, under my orders. He reported the brigade to General Smith and remained long enough to witness the outcome of the charge, and I suggest that you write to him for any i'u^ther details you may wish to obtain. He now resides at Farmers™ ville. La., to which address your inquiry should be addressed. I am. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. May 17,1889, 609 New York City, May 17th, 1889. Peter A. Dey, Esq., Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Yr. Dey: I expect to leave here some time about the 5th of June on my way West. I expect to go to Oregon, where I shall stay at Portland a week or ter days. I would be very much pleased to have you take the trip with me as my guest, if you have the time. I cannot say certain what time I will start, but I will endeavor to give you a few days notice. I think it very certain that I shall go, but you never can be certain about Railroad affairs. However, my intention at present is that I shall go about the time mentioned. It will give me great pleasure if you can come along with me. I am. Truly your friend. G. M. Dodge ■ -.-y, Rfay, 1889. '■ 'V. , Ir Denver Texas & Fort Worth Eail-Road--Pan-Handle Route, C. F. Meek, General Manager. Denver, ^olo. May 18th, 1889. Genl. G . M. Dodge, President, New York. Dear GeneraJ.: Mr. Holcomb was here yesterday and after going over the situation thoruughly,we had the following understanding. 1. We to accept U. P. switching schedule. •2 U. P. to give us all unconsigned business for Trinidad, Pueblo, Colo. Springs and Colorado Midland points, .3, U, P. to increase coal supply froni our mines and give us all the coal business possible. 4. U. P. to work Oregon, Wash. Terry. & Montana business to and from New York, via our line to Denver, as far as possible. &. U. P. to join h.ands with our line offensively and defensively and work with .us in every way possible. 6. U. P. to refund switching charges until Rio Grande accept the schedule. After conferring with our people here fully, I decided to tie up with the U. P. first going to Mr. Bmith of the Rio Grande, and telling him that indications were New York pressure would compel us to accept D, P. terms on switching. i let them infer thaat if it was done it would be by your directions, sot aht i might change our plans in case any great obstacle arose. Smith was very mad, and said he would retaliate on us for bad faith; and that he wodd consider the payment by us of switching charge as cutting the rate on joint track business. I told him that would not be true, as with the present statue, business was topped, and, as we pay the switch ing charge out of our proportion and that we pay it, not to shippers, but to a railroad for service performed. From his talk I take it we may expect hostilitieL, and I concluded that we may as well, first as last,have them declare openly what they have thus far illy concealed i. e. that they are hostile to every interest ofours. I figured * that in event of a fight resulting from the dead lock on switching question, we would lose the U. P. alliance and they would not work with us. Mr. Holcomb told me this would be the case, while, by staying with the Rio Grande, we would gain nothing in business or strength of any kind. I think had we continued to stand against the U. P. oxsr future relations with them, would be strained Hfhile, by joining them, we begin at once to get 10 or 12 cars of business per day. We are not now getting, and increase our business with them steadily. The Rio Grande can hamper us on joint track to a certain point, beyond that we can enforce our rights. They can begin a war of rates; this will ruin them long before us, as it will effect their entire system. They will not attempt the. They could break their pooling agreement but we are prepared to enforce a fairer division of the business, even, than we get by that. We cannot afford to let them bull doze us; as, after over a years eBperience in pursuing a patient and peaceful policy. We find their hand still heavier and a growing disposition to treat us with contempt.. We dont want a fight, but we are in sl.ape, if they seek one, to whip them, and they will treat us better, i am constrained to believe, when they see we propose to pursue a policy at least of self respecting independence. United with the dnion Pacific, and with that company, carrying out the policy outlined, which they must do, we will be much stronger than we are or could be without them, even with the continued concealed hostility of the Kio Grande, as against an open enmity of that Company. But they are not going to fight us, unless they wish deliberately to ruin their own company. I enclose you a message from ^-ellen which I received after my conference with Holcomb. What we want now is the. Union Pacific to give us business and they must doo it as we have taken great chances to help them out. We have also shown them that we are an important factor in Colorado matters and that our companies, stand ing together can wholly enforce.our rights and just dues. For politic reasons I have given the inference tia t you are responsible for our actions, and that your action is based on the justice of the Union Pacific's position. I have consulted freely with the Governor, Kountz, Brown and Wells, all of whom support ny position strongly. There will doubt less be trouble, there would be that in either event; but after the smoke clears up, we will have a strong friend and ally, which would not be the case had we stood with the Rio Grande. . Yours respectfully, C. F. Keek. May, 1889 • State of Iowa,' Board of Railroad Commissioners, Des Moines. Peter A. Dey. Spencer Smith Frank T. Campbell W. W. Ainsworth, Secretary. / Des Moines, May 21, 1889, Gen. G. M. Dodge, New York. Dear General: Your letter of 17th just received. I think that I can make the trip with you as suggested about June 5, as I do not now know of anything to prevent. Should you decide to go notify me in advance and where I can meet you. Thanking you for the remembrance. I am Sincerely yours, Peter A. Dey. 617 H'ay 25th, 1889 Washington, D. C. IViay 25th, 1889 My dear General: Your invitation to go to Tuget Sound with you is a great temptation. I would dearly love to go to tie West, where I have never been, but most of all with you and in your car. But it is not j)ossible. I could not leave for so long at any time and just now I could not get away, because Mr. Wanamaker is'go ing away for a w^ek in a fc!W days, and has asked me to be sure and stay here in his absence and I must do it. I am anxious to get ti.rough with my task here and leave. I am simply on detail from the National Committee, to see that some of the men who fought with us so splendidly last year are rewarded. After I have done that, which will take about ten months longer, I will give up my clerkship, and go back to business. Except I could not desert them who followed us so faithfully in ti.e great campaign of last year, I should never have b. en here, and I long for the day of release. I hope you are wtll and am glad you are going off for a long trip Always yours f '4. u* ,#5'' '< ' r . V / May So, 1890. 619 Waahinti-ton, D.C.May 26, 189C. Gen. G.M. Dodge, TJo. I Broadway, W.y.City. My dear General; I return you Painter's letter. I have seen Coke, and he informs me to-day that he has seen Mr. Abbott, the Member of the Ft. Worth district. He promises to do all he can in your behalf. Mr. Coke has been twice to see Mr. Hare but failed to see him'^ ^e says he will see him at the earliest opportunity. I have yours relating to the- mat ter of the proposed amendment to the trust bill.' It is still in the hands of the Judiciary Commitee. I do not know what they are doing about it. I think they have come to no conclusion. i W.B. Allison. ' 'I ' • ■ ■ ' a ^ 621 May, 1889 Webster City, Iowa., May 25, 1889 Dear Generai: Gov. Larrabee has sent me the letter by Gen. Grant, for my collection. It will answer my purpose most admirably, but one upon but one side of the paper, would be more convenient as well as more interesting. You see the glasses rest down upon these MSS. and I can show but one side. In some cases one side has to be printed and tljs t detracts from their interest. If you have and can spare a one page letter, I will be very glad to get it and will return this. Otherwise I will use it. With many thanks fcr your great and repeated kindnesses. Faithfully yours, Ghacles Aldrich. Gen. G. M. Dodge, C. Bluffs, Iowa. P. S. Can't you copy and send me in your own' writing, one of your most noted military orders for my collection? I will give it "a place of honor". I put in tne best meniorials of Hoxie that I could get. Haven't you the first script of one of your reports of a battle? That would be most interesting. I am the only man in Iowa who is trying to save up for the future with memorials of an event I arranged the Rebel money you sent me long ago, ■""'.I .., : ' • ,■ Niay, 1889 . . ^ • \ . ■ CUSTOM-HOUSE, NEW YORK, CITY, Collector's Office, New York, May 28, 1889. My dear Genl: Meny thanks for your kind response. Platte has the credit of being "the power behind the throne" Col Erhardt of course will determine and I think if you can induce either the Secty. of the Treas . or Col Tichenorto say that my retention will be agreeable it would be of large assistance. The office i hold is Acting Dis bursing Agent and Chief of the 10th Division of the New York U. S. Customs. Ivy office is known in Washington as Acting Disbursing Agent. I furnish Bonds to the amount of $100,000 to the Collector I might niore properly be called the Collector's Paymaster. Do what you can for me and oblige. Yours sincerely. E. B. Hart. , i -» * . 625. May, 1889. Phoenix, May-Slst, 1889. W. J. Murphy, President Arizona Improvement Company, Phoenix, Ariz. My dear Sir: In'compliance with your request I submit the following in reference to the agricultural and horticultural resources of the Salt River Valley, Phoenix as a comniercial center, and the earnings of the Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad. Under the canals leading from the Salt River there is covered 250,000 acres, about two-thirds of which is reclaimed, i.e., a has water spread over it, and one hundred thousand acres is now cul tivated, which is being increased every year by thousands of acres. The judguient of those most competent to pass upon the matter is that the flowing of water in the Salt River is sufficient to serve all the lands now under the canals, and that with a proper system of reservoirs to impound the storm flood watei-s the area of land in the valley could be increased by at least two hundred thousand acres. The Agua Frio carries sulficient water to irrigate from seventy-five to one hundred thousand acres between Cave Creek and the Mountains for one crop. This land could be utilized for two or more crops by water storage, which will, in time, be done. Under canals from the Gila River in this county 69,000 acres are covered, and canals now under construction will increase this amount tb 650,000 acres. Only about 7,800 acres in this Valley (the Gila) is under cultivation this season because the canals have onlv been completed a short time. To all this land Phoenix would be the natural point of supply. British U U Columbia n to the Isthmus ^"301110 of Panama. Coast In can this be readily territory traced it from extends from the Colorado river east for more than a hundred miles in the Counties of Yavapai, Yuma and Maricopa. The district has hardlv been prospected, but great mines have been uncovered in it, such as the oenator, Congress and Vulture, which are now employing large forces Of ,„en, to say nothing of tho Harqua llala Mnes'iauJf ^cgveraS? which promises to be one of the richest ever discovered on the Coast The T'on^enf.h"^ .orked; the silver Lnefol" Tl^ f^dred len. Harcuvar Mountains employ several 1^ difficult matter to obtain correct data as to the think the following will be found to be not far froii. correct. 626' Grain Alfalfa Fruit Other products 60,000,000 pounds 60,000 Tons. •1,000,000 pounds 5,000 Tons. There was driven into the Valley last year from the Counties of Graham, Coohise, Pima, Yavapai and Gila, some 15,000 head of cattle to be fatted for market, and as the alfalfa pastures ol this locality mai-:c the best grazing i:-. Arizona it is to be expected that this Valley will become the feeding grounds for the Territory. Cattlemen must uti lize this field for their ranges are becoming overstocked. So that hereafter, unless the season is remarkably favorable, there will be no marketable beef cattle raised upon the ranges, conseguently all the al falfa raised in this section will always find ready market at remuner ative prices . In conclusion permit me to say that all products in this Valley are rapidly increasing. If proper encouragement were given to our fruit growers tlie exports of fruits in five years thim would be something enormous. It will be more than doubled in the next two years as it iS. Yours very truly. Commissioner of Immigration. T. E. PARISH, The N'aricopa and Phoenix Railroad, as you :.now, is a close corporation, and I can give you no official earnings. As to their earnings one house has paid them a monthly average of ||;800. and it does not do one-tenth of the business of the town. To place their net earnings at "^75,000. per annum, would in my judgment, be much below the mark. I think it reaches $100,000. -I 685 June, 1889. Naron, Kansas, June 10, 1889 Mr. J. Hensal, < «> . 'i ■ Dear Friend & Comrade: Yours 9th IViay at hand;was glad to hear from you for I have never heard a word from any of the Scout boys since the war ended, only Tim, I saw him in Memphis in 1867. Well Jim you must know that I am very old now and my eyes are dim and hands unsteady and my body nearly worn out. When I saw you last I had no idea that I would be living until now but I am still on deck and kicking. I received a letter from Miss, a short time after I left Pulaski and one from Genl. Dodge dated at Pulaski, directing me to report to Genl. Daney at Memphis and I went to Memphis and guided Genl. B. H, Grierson on his raid thro Miss, and in Dec., 1864 when Hood was trying to take ilashville i was atRipley, Miss and went from there to Booneville to cut the telegraph wires and destroy the Rail Roads and was ambushed and my horse killed under me and he fell on my leg and hip while on a bridge and crippled me for life and they came very near getting me tho I made my escape and got back. I had cut the wires and burned Booneville and five cars and damaged the track consider^ible. When I got back to Memphis in Feby. 1865 I went to my family not able to do any more service and this is what or a part of what I done after i left you. My wife that 1 married in Corinth is here with me and one of the best women that is living today and is the mother of 8 children of which we have raised 6 and 4 is with us yet, 3 girls and one boy who is 19 years old. Jim I will now tell you what i have been doing since the war. I want back to my old home in Checkasaw Co. Miss in July, 1865 and found that every thing I had left gone and destroyed, only my land left, all my improvei/ents burnt. In 1867 I moved to my old home in Miss, and lived there until 1878 but it was not pleasant living there for there was always drunken fools ready to insult one who fought for the Union and that got me into difficulties and some bad ones. So I sold out there and came here and have been here 11 years and have not been able to do any work that required walking since the war and as I am and always was a farmer and as I have had so many failures of crops that I am in bad shape financially tho not suffering. Now Jim I want you to sit down and write me a long letter and tell me all about yourself and how the world is using you. Jim I have a warm place in my heart for all whx) went through the war like you and suffered for OUT' Government and would like to hear from any of them that I know. Where is Bill Callender? Now Jim I never got a cent for what the rebels have taken from me and destroyed for me, though on that score I guess we are 6S6'< about square for I was a bad one myself when my dander was up. Nor has the Govt.. given me a pension but rejected my application notwith standing my injury, rejected on account of muster, though I was mustered at Clear Greek Gamp 3 miles south of Corinth by Maj. Taylor of Genl. Rosencrans staff but was not assigned to a Regt, but made chief of scouts by Rosencrans. Maj. Taylor lost his books at Chicamauga and there was no return made of my ulster, therefore I am left. If I had beep assigned to a regiment it would have been all right but there is no record of my muster. Now Jim I am going to take my case before Congress when they meet next winter and I want you to give me an affadavit as to what you know of my service and what you know of me and about my turning over my command to you at Pulaski, Tenn. and what you know of Genl. Dodges order for me to .go to Ills, at that time If you know anything about it for he did order me to Ills to look after the Knights of the Golden. Circle and to have some deserters arrested and sent back that the Knights were concealing. This evidence I want is to go before Cong, and not before Pension Dept. so if you will write to me what you can sign I will have one drawn and send to you or you can draw up one yourself or if I draw one then you can draw one by it leaving out or adding onto one sent you. Now Jim dont fail to write to your old friend and comrade . Yours in F. C. L. Address Noran, P.O. Pratt Co., Kansas. L. H. Noran, James Hensal, Panora, Iowa. t Telegram June, 1869. Gen. G. M, Dodge, e37 New York. June 13, 1889, Care 0. R. & N. Co, Portland, Ore, Pressing telegraphs from Chicago: "Wrote you May twentieth offer for Kent Building declined. They will take one hundred and fifty thirty cash, balance five per cent, nothing else, no bonds. Do not know present offer. J.T.Granger, 701 Portland, Oregon, June 27th, 1889, Charles F. Adams, Esq., President h.P.Ry, Co., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- r wired you from Puget Sound and also from Spokane. I don't think it is necessary to go into details as to what is needed in that country. You are coming to that country shortly and will come to the saem conclusion that I have haaza, so far as to the necessity of our immediately reaching the sound. As to the Cou^r d Alene country, the developments are monthly increasing and the old mines gaining in richness and width; and it is only a question of putt ing lines to reach the mines as they are able to give us contract on the ores. I think we should handle this camp with a view of controlling the output by reaching the new discoveries as soon as we get our line run in there, and I am more convinced than ever that we should immediately enter Into a coriract with the Manitoba to bring them over Mullan Pass and help us to maintain all the O.R« & N. property. I am. Truly yours, 0. M. Dodge. 703 Bn the Road, June 27, 1889. 'M: ■yj f". rr^ 8^ ?!t Chas. p. Adams, Pres., V ^ U.P.Ry. Co., ' • ,vr,«ov, m-v^a lo Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- I have looked over as carefully as I could th.e situation ifi Montana, and I wish to submit my conclusions. • The situation there is different nov; from at any other time. There are outside of the Montana Union two railroads at Butte to compete for the business. There is no question in my mind but what the deal between Mr. Oakes and Bagcin includes the Northern Pacfic's going independently to Anaconda and I have no question but that Mr. Oakes will oppose any improvements that will go directly to the benefit of the U.P.Road. I think, first we should build a 2% line from Anaconda to the two mills, not for the benefit of the Mills, but for our own and to save great expense in operating. Witl. the new line built, we should handle to both mills the same amount of tonnage we do now, with onehalf the power. We are handling there four cars to a train to reach the upper mill; with the new line, whic requires but a very small amount of wor'i, and which gives us the use of all our tracks at the upper and lower mills, we sh uld be able to handle eight or ter cars. As to the new stations and the new shops at Anaconda, I should be governed by the position of Mr. H aggin. There are some very fine terminal ground s at Anaconda, which I have no doubt in less than a year or two years, we will need. As tq the place itself, it is not long before that place will have from 10,000 to 15,000 inhabitants in it and in all probability will bocon.o the Capitol of the State of Montana. The entire population west of the moimtains is centering at this point as against ^^elena, and v;e all k w the ability of Daly to carry emything in that territory when he wishes. Second, at Butte we could immediately put in the switches to the Parrott mines, I mean the switches to haul the ore from Butte Hill to that mine and as soon as the Bosto: and Montana Smelter decides upon tin location of its row smelt r, we should enter into contract for switcliing all their ore. We should also put in the new switch back of the present Boston and Montana smelter to gain that groijnd. Unless we put in these switches on the Butte liill. Northern Pacific or Montana will do so, and will immediately be in position to g toliaggin's property. If we cover this plant there will be no inducement for any other company to parallel us, as we can do switching for them much cheaper than they can build and do it. We would tlien cover all of the mines on the Butte Hill and stop the teaming, wva-<U These expenditures should be/^immediately regardless of what the U.P. day. The N.P. should be notified that we propose to make these expenditures anr tliey shoulc be forced to a decision whether they propose to go in, pay us what they owe us on the Helena business, pay immediately take possession of the property. I prefer to own the property with them there as competitors, than to ha ve them in * with the right to cripple us wh le they handle their line aeainst us I am informen that tlie total amount that the N.P. has ever wiStL in thl3 property Is flSO.OOO, whilst they have received the full benefi o without ielnj obllGed to carry any of the capital. It seems 7C4 is. ¥8 SiS^h^fFfui! ^RSSpSirSnd^l^lFeif ES^Ssfiht. ^ Vfiien .ve consider Butte Ib.s giver' to the^U.P. about $2,000,000 of revenue yearly, and this outside of all of the Anaconda business, it seems to me it would be far better for us to be in possession at Butte Jli'l and at Anaconda when we have to make'divisions of that business as we certainly will have to do as soon as the N. P. and Kanitoba are planted at Butte and Anacnnda. There is no question as to the valur of the Montana Union. I think Naggin would pay you $1,000,000 for it, of course as handled now on a pro rata mi eage where it is justly entitled to a very large arbitrary, the earnings do not show what it would do as ,1 '■ e( ' I ' ■ f\ ' \ The swi -ching charges for ore off of t. e Butte Hill and off all materials and supplies going on to tl.e Hill should be remunerative.- The switching charges at Aconda to the smelters are also fair, though the low price of 40 cents for handling ore from the mine to the smelters is objectionable. Within the last six months the Haggin people and the Boston & Montana people have bought ore in the mountains witt.in fifty miles of Butte which will last them for twenty-five years. The heaviest of the ore veins are situated to the west of ^naconda ano from this you can see how necessary it is to preserve all our plants at Ana conda and increase our facilities there. Ilaggin is now making an expenditure on a new mill of about $300,000 The Boston & Montana are about to make an'expenditure of the same amount on an additional mill. These people would.not have "nvested one half million of dollars if trhere was any question as to the future of the supply of ore to that camp. I was told by one of the best posted mer at the Anaconda -ills, who has been there ever since it started and is an expert, that copper can be manufactured -under the Haggin plant at from two to three cents per pound, I hav- no doubt that if you sho. Id go to ^-ontana and look at the problem as it presents itself today, t..at you would not hesitate a moment in putting new switches to maintain our control of the Butte Hill and at Anaconda Mills; and if Haggin would put into writing what we proposes, you would build the station and shops at .. naconda. • ' Truly yours, » , ^ G< M. Dodge, Jii.i. * fc J •X-*' • trl O ' ^ bfl': lol o.i c .. .ilq Ll.'J 1«V09 feiU rierti 1ef|p|#.(0 uOHM o- ino wr n» ,iii/ oJ n6 mmim IfM *!•?<»» iimt? l>iuo» .Jl 06 ><:ii bilrKi . •iAiMi miJ <|*4« bitn XfIR w J^tU b«|1|ion trifuir-- .1.S! ortT ye.li ifijJwiW toie|»«b e oj iHf |uo;l» v.e .j M' .< q j .■(••njBMcf .KaoniBiw nrwIeR nnofoif »iW »iw no no ntf ntf MO MO mi mi %jtq ,nl tAl on on oi OJt MtKtOKi i'lV'iuii itJJw Jnc*1IO#nl Ji 00 OV 01 <10.iX aBTOJUMIBOO naitntttq tftfnUi MMilJ rtrnmhrnrnt mmrtf it # Mm X«lfrftf ^OOO^O^il tl xXAnqoiq til UMnovnl 41 mu I0 tfitf xtttft 04 SHinftJo -filo .) lortJlo • n^ood ita\ sninj i.ij Jn.w orielnl XBffrttf ,000,0^x1 •! tXAPqoiq . 4l *|«4l4O0 *14 I0 ^0 04 bontloo "fllo juort Ill On the road, June 30, 1889. Hon. George L. Tlchenor. Asst. Secy . of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. In the last month I have visited most of the minin" districts in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and portions of Colorado and have looked carefully int the Effect of placing duty on lead ores from Mexico. The discussion of it has created new life in the mining interests and started many news industries. A decision in favor of The American miners will have a favorable effect in all these countrie . I believe it is a question, on the one hand, of increasing the American mining industry, and on the other hand of reducin';' the American Mining Interests, especially in the West, to the necessity of importing clieap labor, and even then they will not be able to compfete with Mexico. I believe the Administration should not hesitate as to their action, as a matter of justice. It is looked for by the miners and by those interested in mining as in line with the protective policy of the party, and will give life to an industry that will require it. It will popularize the Administration greAtly in all the mining countries, and will effect favorably the orga nization of the new States. G. M. Dodge. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/6301f9f76e41edceab58805990ef5914.pdf 068ca628c5a0b1e12e011b9702ad2695 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/d9a2f2ed3864dc17b9092c26910fe95d.pdf d193a70d0474cc521ff6a7c6d7733abe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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N. E. Dawson to W. H. M. Byers on G. M. Dodge. Union Pacific. President of Oregon Navigation Company Property. Fort Worth & Denver City, Denver Texas & Fort Worth, Denver Texas & Gulf, and other roads. Index for Book 12 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888-1889 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context B D6643z Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1888 1889 General Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/26721775c174e8a783e6d928f84d43cb.pdf 00b371b48bc97147ecd95126f8a7453e PDF Text Text DATA Chronologically Arranged For Ready Reference in Preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE MELLEN DODGE President of Sundry Railroad and Construction Companies Late Chief Engineer of Union Pacific & Texas Pacific; Railroads Member of Congress Major General in War for Preservation of the Union, etc. etc. etc. BOOK XIII. Union Pacific Railway - Oregon Navigation. D. T. & G. Railway - Ft. W. & D. C. Ry. Colorado Central - Fort Townsend & Seattle Ry, Dee Moines & Northwestern Railroad Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Railway Puget Sound Lines - Ry. Line over Mullens Pass. Omaha Bridge Contract with Rock Island, St. Paul and Milwaukee Roads. Military Papers Deposited with Iowa Historical Dept Letter to N. P. Dodge on 70th Birthday April, 1891. Letters from Europe. 1890 - 91 - 92. January, 1S90. Portland, Oregon, January 8, 1890. Charles F. Adams, Esq., President, U. P. Railway Go. Dear Sir: I am in receipt oi" your letter of December 26th in which you propose to present my name to be elected a member of the board of di rectors of the Oregon ^hort Line ^ Otah Northern at the election of directors to be held in March next, which is satisfactory to me. Mr. Runt is here and talking with contractors about making contracts to build hh- branch road from Walla Walla to Grand Round Valley and assuring them he has perfected arrangements by wiiich he is to receive funds sufficient to build eighty miles of road Iromi Walla Walla to Union in Union County. Hunt himself is very short of money, and his paper here is somewhat plenty. When Hunt went east somiC two months ago he was disposed to sell out his roads on fair terms, but Mr. Wilcox, who, I believe, is Vice ^resident and Treasurer of the Hunt system, on hearing of it immiediately went to New York and strength ened Hunt so he has now obtained some means to at least begin the building of these branch roads. I presume you know the position of Mr. Wilcox. He has no means of consequence himself, but is the mianager and confidential man of Mr. William S. Ladd in all his transactions. Without Mr. Lacid as his banker, Mr. Hunt has no standing. I formerly done his banking business, but scing unwilling to extend to him the amount of accoirimodation he wished, he changed his account to Mr. Ladd, who since then has been represented by Mr. Wucox. In order to deal successfully with Hunt, Wucox must be consulted. It is expected, as you are probably aware, that the Gw ernmient expects to complete the canal and locks at the Cascades of the Columbia in about one year from next Cctober. Hunt proposes to extend his roads to the river and then use the river transi)Ortation from the Lallas to Portland through the locks and canal. This last is Mr. Ladd's plan of making the "Hunt sys tem" a paying company. I will keep you informed of what Hunt is doing from timxe to time as occasion m.ay offer. I am well acquainted with him and ovr relations are friendly. He should be got out of the way, if possible as his roads will annoy your business her if he does not make money.' Yours truly, D. P. Thompson, BllSOS January 9, 1890. Hon. J. C. Brown, Dear Grvernor^ New York City, January 9, 1890, I expect to start South some day during this month; I will prduably have to stop on my way at two or three points, and esepcially at Atlanta for a day or two; from there I shall go to Kev/ Orleans. I want to meet you at some place where I can have a day or two with you, either at New Orleans or at some point on your road. I shall be gone South a month or two, and I would like to buy your car for my own use, and I think you ou^ht to sell it to u me for the D. T. Pert '.Vorth bonds; they are better to yc a good deal than a car. If I can not buy it, I would like to get the use of it, at any rate, after I get to Now Orleans if it is not engaged. Please let me hear from you and what your rovements are going to be, I don't want to miss you; unfortunately I m; issed you here in New York. I am. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. January, 1890. Subject.-Financial outlook. Organization. Executive Departnient. Charles F. Adams, Pres. W. K. Holcomb, Vice Pres. Gardiner Iv.. Lane, 2d Vice P L. S. Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, January 11, 1890. My dear General: I thia morning received a cipher telegram from you, of which • the- following is a copy: "There is one point in the Trinidad country that we have not protected. It requires 15 miles of line, 8 of which is over the main line between Trindad and Pueblo, on which we are entitled to issue bonds; the other 8 would have to be paid for by bonds in the Treasury. I an, informed that the Denver & Rio Grande proposes to occupy this country, which under no circumstances should we allow. If I find any attempt towards that by them I should occupy it for the Fort i^orth. Under circunista ces 1 do not wish to issue any order on it or take any responsibility for any new work except upon approval. I would like your approval if I think it is necessary to occupy this territory." I at once replied as foixows: "District referred to can be occupied as proposed if you are satisfied the case is urgent and work necessary, but do not act except for-clear cause as wc are unwilling to incur construction lia bilities at present and until ail pending arrangements are matured and financial matters adjusted. Are you likely to return to Des Moines?" As you of course appreciate, loaded as the ^nion Pacific now is with unfunded debt, we are extremely loath to engage in any new work of construction not absolutely necessary. You know how easy it is to pile up a large floating debt through disconnected bits of constuuction each small in itself but in the aggregate soon runninp" into the millions. I am glad to say that everything looks favorable so far as getting rid of our floating debt is concerned. We have not yet taken any steps towards negotiating-the collateral trust bonds secured by the 0. R. & N. Block; neither have we as yet negotiated the bonds representing the construction of the Oregon Extensions Go. and the Washington & Idaho. Togethier these will aggregate not far from 4)16,000,000. This is a large sum, and we wish to approach the question of funding it cautiously. On the other hand, the company las nearly fhlO ,000,000. coming in between the present time and tl:e middle of i»ay. §8,000,000 of this will, be paid in by our stockholders on the rights recently issued Nearly §2,000,000 more will come from notes of Decker, Howell & Co. With this large sum coming in, we feel comparatively easy during the next six months. Our old issues of securities are all very high, the Oregon Short Line 6's selling at about 115 1-2, equiv alent to about 113 and interest. Our K. P. Consols have disappeared from the market. Under these circumstances we do not feel like hurrying the negotiation of the bonds secured by the Navigation stock. We think tl.ere will be ample tin^e to do this between now and Ivarch, and of course the issue of rights has temporarily depreciated the value of our 0. S. L. & U. N. consolidated bonds and also the stock,'so many rights convertible into the two having b..c.n thrown on to the market at on ce. This will soon adjust itself, and as socm as it does so the field will be clear forthe larger negotiation, which is to follow. On the whole things here have an encouraging aspect, and it is now n.erely a question of trai'fic and operating expenses. If the first is managed by Mellen with as much energy and intelligence as he has heretofore shewn, and meanwhile operating expenses are kept down by Holcomb, I have little fear that the iuture will be satisfactory. Vy main fear is about operating expenses. Fverything which reaches me directly and indirectly from the line causes me to believe that a very considerable degree of uncertainty and demoralization prevails throughout the operating departments. The Kansas Division and. the 3t. Joseph b Grand Island are about the only divisions which move along smoothly. The others se m to be in a state of greater or less demoralization. Especially is this thue in Oregon, where J. Smith hrs not yet succeeded in geLtinghold of the situation. I have no doubt he will do so if he is left alone, for he is intelligent, energe tic,, and feels that liis reputation is at stake. Nevertlieless, the process of education is a costly one. Under the niost favorable circumstances I fancy that it is going to take the whole of the year lb90 to get our operating organi zation working sinoothly and efficiently. Should any n.ore changes be made in it, of coui-se the existing denioralization will run over into 1891. I remain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President. January, 1890. A. T. DECKER & CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in GEORGIA & FLORIDA YELLOW PINE, Yards and Office, Foot of Bethune Dt., North River, New York, January 14th, 1890, CoiLrade: It is proposed to imcorporate "The Dnion Prisoners of i^ar National I/.emorial Association," the object of which shall be to per petuate by Monument, Memorial Building, or such other means as the Association may deterii.ine the memory of the Union Soldiers who died in Andersonville and other Southern Military prisons, during the War of the Rebellion. At the last meeting of the "Society of the Army of the i^otomac," the following resolution offered by the Chairman of this Committee was unanimously adopted, viz: RESOLVED, That a Coiijnittee be appointed by the Society of the Army of the Potomac to take necessary steps to secure the erection cf a monument to our soldiers who died in Andersonville and other Southern Prisons in the War of the Rebellion" The Committee of Union Ex Prisoners of War, who have charge matter desire to make the Association a National one, in which the Union ooldiers of the Country shall be fully represented, and most cordially invito you to bocome one oi' the incorporators • ^indly inform us of your dicision by return mail. A. T. Decker, Chairman. To General C, M. Dodge, .No, 1 Broadway, New York. January, 1890. Subject--Tacoma terminals, Charles F, Adams, President. W, H. nolcoiiib, Vice ^resident. Gardiner 1.. Lane, 2d Vice ^resident L, S. Xnderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable ^uiiding, Boston, January 16, 1890, My dear General: Enclosed please I'ind a copy of a letter ^ have this day received. I know nothing of tliis man Ross oh his schen.e. If you are over here on Saturday, will you kindly bring tl.is matter, together with the other matters, up for consideration? I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. General G, m. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York, Enclosure. January, 1890. Executive Department Charles f . Adams, President. W, H. Kolconib, Vice President. Cardlner Iv.. Lane, 2c Vice Pres L. . •^'nderson. THE UNKDN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO . 40 Equitable Building. Boston, Jan. 16, 1890. My dear General: I have this morning sent you the following telegram: "Can you arrange to be her. Saturday at important directors meeting. I wish also to see you on other matters." We ai-e to have a directors' meeting on Saturday at eleven o'clock, and there are several matters about which I would like to talk with you. I miean to go to Cuba next week for tiie purpose of getting out of the way for a short tite, as I am inclined to think that matters will miove along a little better without me just now than they do with me. In other-.words, a rest will do no harm. Before ^ go, there are some things I would like to have understood. Hence, my desire to see you. Enclosdd, please find a copy of a letter I have this day received from Gov. Thompson, of Portland, Oregon, which is full of matter for reflection. I wish you would think it over, and be pre pared to discuss it with me when we n-eet. I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams Gen. G. U. Dodge. Enclosure New York, January 21, 1890. C. F. Meek, Esq., Gen. Mgr., Denver, Colorado. Dear Sir;- I am in due receipt of your letter regarding the condition of a fairs in the ^est. The trouble out there seems to be that they want something that nobody else wants. The merger agreement, traffic agreement and everything else have \:een agreed and decided upon. The mei'ger agreement has been before all the companies and approved by all the Boards of Directors, and is now before the stockholders, and cannot be ahanged. Wheeler sent on here a change that he wanted made in the merger. Judge Dillon says that those matters cannot be altered now. What they seem to want is the guarantee of the U.P. that it will carry out the agreements made. I sent Mr. '.Vheeler a distpatch from Mr. Adams, which ought to satisfy him on that ground. Then there are three of us in the new Board. I think nine-tenths of th.e stockholders will come in. TTheeler also wired about headquarters. All of those thing were agreed upon, and have been carried out as agreed upon by the company. Tho headquarters of the new corapany will be Denver; the new company will have all its offices there, ueepting merely the Accounting Department, which like all similar departments of the U.P. lines, oes o Boston. The Operating Department, Passenger Agent, Freight Agent, Master Mechanic, and everything of that kind will be there, and I am sure will give employment to many more people than are at present with the D. T. k Ft, W. Company, I do not see what these people wish to keep changing for. After having agreed to something definite, the;' seem to be all the time wanting to make a change. Nov;, if you bring these matters before the stockholders of the road, $18,000,000 of the stock will vote against the whole of it. They care nothing about the local interests of Denver; what they are looking after is the road and its interests. I have done everything in my power to give the local interest all it asks for, without jeopardizing or hurting the railroad itself, and they want to be content with that and go ahead. I willguarantee that there will be no hitch in the traffic agreement, and they have also Mr. Adams' agreement on this subject. I do not see how we can do any more. The various companies in interest have al' acted upon it; the U.P. by resolution, has authorized its Executive Committee and executive officers to carry it out; and if they cannot trust the two great corporations after all they have gone through and done, tocarry out their agree aents, I do not see how its is possible DO satisfy them. 'Ihe trouble in the matter is because the U.P. ha : been very liberal witli the D. T. & Ft. 17. and the Denver people seem to think that the U.P. has a great desire to get control of the property. Now there ia a growing aesira on the part of the U.P. stocknolaers to investigate, and the quicker we got to the consummation of the matter the better it will be for us. The agreement, is, as you know, in favor of the C. T. V Ft. W. It is vi4al totthe D, t. % Ft. W. Suppose it is defeated, what would be the effect on Denver or our line? Yours very truly, G. M. ^ddge. New York, January 22nd, ^890. lOl'-fi • ' ..J nt-' 'i: , Charles Wheeler, Esq. , ->ecretary, « _ . Denver, Colorado. Dear Sir:- On my return -from Boston yesterday T received your letter and copies of the record showing action of the D. 1. g. Co, on the merger agreement. Of course, the D T. Ft, W, Co, be'ng the owner of all the D. T. & C, stock, should control whatever action is taken in relation to this matter. T see no amendment w:.icl. has been made to the merger wh-'ch ci.anges it from the form in which Judge Dillon puts it, excepting that you leave out the by-laws of the Colorado Central, T have sent for a certified copy of these by-laws and will send them West as soon as T receive them. Judge Dillon takes positive exception to the clause put in by Wells; lie says th t it is no. admissible, so we will not discuss that at all. He says the U.P. can satisfy anyone of its inten tions in this matter, and that it proposes to carry out the agreements its offic ers have made, in the preambles, and T see nothing in tl.em except what is sated, as to the understand'ng in regard to the head quarters, which is certainly an afterhtought, because Mr. Adams stated here positively, in the presence of Kountae and Evans what his under standing of ihe agreement was, namely, that the headquarters of the Company and of its Operating Department would be in Denver, and that the Financial and Accounting Departments would go t'^ Boston, where everyt.;ing of thrt kind connected with the U.P. system goes. T suppose Crov. Evans' idea is to get more people at the headquarters at Denver; he certainly doesn't want to add to the cost of maintaining the new corporation, v/hic]i tne provision he puts in would certainly do, because it maintains two Accounting Departments, and T don't suppose ti:at h for one moment expects the U.P. to run this oad, pay its interest and whatever dividends ti.ere may be with.out controlling its financial and accounting departments. T know im to be too good a business man to h'mself pay interest and dividend's upon any body's property that he does not handle. Therefore, T do not see that there can be any difference between us on this question, especially after the orders that have been issued. When the merger is completed it will bring a great many more people into Denver than are there now. Sfince T cane i.ome t have had the traffic agreement before Mr. Adams, and he has agreed to it as decided upon by Mellen and Evans and that is the way it will be passed and signed by the Union Pacific and the Tj.P.D.Sc r., when the latter Is organ'zed. The great trouble in this matter is to get t..e merger agreement referred to, and ^ think t/fee Denver, Texas Gulf should take ti:e merger as submitted to tJ.e stockh olders, as you w'll see has been done by the Mercantile Trust Co., which action of the Trust Co, will certainly not admit of any amendments at tils time. Tt has been adopted in its present form by every company in interest excepting the D. T. ^ G. Co, Every other comoany has acted unon it. agreed to it and presented it t-^ its stockholders, and it will be asking a great deal of everyone else to amend it merely for the purpose of protecting the local interests of Denver, when t};ey can be protected othrwise and every part of the agreement be carried out as agreed upon between Mr. Adams and myself and the Denver people, your telegram to Mh. Granger you state that you "supposed this agreement had been forwarded to Denver for the purpose of amendment and approval," As you have the circular of the Mercantile Trust Co, stating exactly how the matter stood and that it was the agreement put before the. stockholders of the D. T. Ft. 7ii'., I cannot understand how this impression shotild have been made. You also had six copies of tr.e m agreement to put before the stocholders of the other companies. Judge ^ Dillon is absent in Washington now, but has had all the suggestions before him and made decision upon them. Yours very truly, _ r . 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' .4 ' • ' J ' • u 'I' -.r r:n in- • . ; " •/ i" ')i 4-' I ' ■ . ■ ■ i . '4. t' ' %»• v' .tl/iiii.'' ^1^ January, 1890. Major T. H. Stan ton. Paymaster, U. Army. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI. Paymaster's Office. Chicago, I-lI., Jany. 23d, 1890. My dear General: Thanks for your*s of 21st. The vacancy occurs Feby. 15th and you can write the letters now, if convenient, and send them in. I would be very glad to have copies of them. The Iowa delegation will be a unit for me, together with Mandei-son, Farwell and some others. Gen. Williamson has been very active in my behalf. I enclose an art icle republished here, from the Salt Lake Tribune, which will give you an idea of my service, and also of what the boys think of me out west. I shall be very much pleased, indeed, for anything you may do to help me in this fight. Being in, I want to win, not more for E.yself than for my friends, who are making the fight their own. Sincerely youi'S, Stanton. Copy of enclosed clipping. THE PAYMASTER GENERALSHIP Col. T. li. Stanton Suggested for the Vacant Position by His Friends. Apropos of the forthcoming appointment of a Paymaster General for the army, the following is taken from the Salt Lake Tribune of Jan. 19 regarding Col. T. H. Stanton, who is stationed here; While the struggle if going on in Washington for the Paymaster Generalship of the army the claims of Col. T. H. Stanton must not be neglected. He was fighting with Lane and John Brown in Kansas in 1857- *58. He enlisted in the volunteer service in 1861 for three months , and was honorably discharged in July of that year. The same year he was elected to the General Assembly of i-owa. He raised Company "C" of the Nineteenth Iowa Iniantry, and was mustered in as Captain of it Aug. 16, 1862. He went to the front at once and served in the field until detailed for duty on the stafi of Gen. Samuel R. Curtis. He was appointed additional Paymaster in October, 1862. He was sent to Mem phis, and thence to Vicksburg early in 1862; was thert through the pre liminary battles and 1inal siege, oiten paying the troops in the trenches. Then he went with the army to Chattanooga. He was ordered to New Orleans in 1864, and there Gen. Ganby asked, over the heads of several ranking officers, that Stanton be assigned as Chief Paymaster. He was order ed to Washington next, and after the,fall of Richmond he was sent to that department, acting most of the time as Chief Paymaster until 1870. He was at the same tii;e disbursing officer of the reconstruction funds for the First ^alitary District. He was, moreover, appointed by the Department Commander to be Auditor of Public Accounts, and had charge of the collection of all taxes and payment of all expenses of the State under the reconstruction acts. In 1871 he was a member of the board to adjust the war claims of Kansas against the G'nited States. Then he was ordered to San Francisco and thence to Arizona. In 1872 he was ordered to the Department of the Platte and stationed at Cheyenne. In 1874 he was with the column that placed the Sioux on the ^ed Cloud and Spotted Tail reservations and established Fort Robinson and Camp Sheri dan. Was with Gen. Crook's Black Hills expedition in 1875. Was Crook's chief of scouts in his movements against the Northern hostiles, and was in the fight with Crazy Horse on Powder River. He commanded Crook's scouting column against Sitting Bull, and was in the battle of Slim Buttes in September, 1876, and made the winter campaign with Crook against the Cheyennes. He engaged in the Sioux campaign in 1877. The same year he was with Gen. Smith's colunin which prevented a threatened outbreak of the Bannocks. He went after the Utes after the Thornburg massacre^ In 1885 was ordered to this city. In 1888 he was sent to head quarters at Chicago. He has served continually for twenty-eight years both as a fighting soldier and as paymaster. We publish the above not only without his consent but against his express command. No opponent of his has any such record. He ought to have the pro motion. A sterling man is he everywhere, and a most capable one. He is one of tne right arms-he has several-Of Gen. Crook, and that officer-has no use for a soldier who is not a thorough soldier. We sincerely hope that the appointment will be ma-de exclusively on merit. In that case Col. Stanton will be a General/ I "■ , i.',. .'i-' ■: " Ma ' ■ p- ft '(I V. f ■■ .f"' ■* New York, January 23, 1890. Morgan Jones, Esq., Fort Worth, Texas. »- Dear Slr;- I think the plan should be to divide the construction into sixteenths, and also the land ihto sixteenths; then we can do as we please about letting each construction party have one-sixteenth in the land for the sixteenth which he hoMs in the construction company. You can organize the railroad and land companies immediately, and v/e can handle them separately. That will enable us to close up construc tion matters where road is completed while at the same time we can retain our interest in the lands. I will take four sixteenths here, but may not be able to carry it all. You want to let Holcomb have his sixteenth, both in the con struction company and in the lands, and want to write him to that effect, and see if he takes both. I would like to have at least four sixteenths here to distribute outside. I may give Walters one-half of my four sixteenths. I have no objectiot; to the Hermanns having a sixteenth, but you must let them have it out of yours down ther^, as I will have Dillon, Pearsall, Ames, Atkins and Walters to take care of here. I have not se^^n the Dodge heirs yet. ^ have been sick abed ever since I got back, but will get after them today. You had better do as you suggest, and gfct some interest in the property around our terminals at Ft. Worth. We ought not to go and make all th-t property valuable without havin something 6or our labor. Yours very truly, G. M. ^odge. New York, January 25, 1890. :;MA A. B. Cummins, Esq., Des Molnes, Iowa. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of the 22nd, and enclose you herewith copy of the Final Distribution of Securities to the stochkholders in the Pan Handle Construction Co. You will notice that everything: was distributed excepting a few bonds, which bonds are in the hands of the Ft, W. & D.C.Ry. Co. and certificate has been given each stockholder entitling him to his proportion when they "^re disposed of. At the proper time you can give notice of the dissolution to the stockholdefs. They are a few stockhold-^rs who have not as yet taken their securities and they might try to give us trouble. Still, they are in packages ready for them to take them at any time they are asked for. I wish you would look a little further into the sendin" out of these notices. The stockholders think the company is dissolved now, and it is possible the notice I have marked in the circular also herewith is « sufficient and answers 411 requirements. If so, or at any rate, you can go ahead and make ready for the dissolving of the company. I enclose herewith the proxies that I have from the various stockholders and of which there are, I believe, a sufficient niomber to close up the affairs of the company in proper shape. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, January 27, 1890. , t.T I r irtilO •'low , I'.Vi oG -til? 'it'oCT *I/ur> fi RX«>T. ,'Xr'V i«ir n.tj in no'Jon •• .i? ->*' » .'.iru <ri ,» c .J lo fl or."^ • ilJ » X'^inupc ■ * .'r.ij .■io'*,,. bnJr- I •». 1 •> n .JO V 7 . . , . '••l.- ;, f ."• ' ' ^ i/r c '. .f ,..| ■ if'! - t-xr Fred L. Ames, fiiq.i Boston, Mass, Dear Sir:- Governor Evans and his people In De"ver, had a meeting of the m Board of Directors of the Denver, Texas k Gulf Co., injectin'* into the^*r resolutions and into the consolidation charter two or three amendments to which Judge Dillon says lt v;ill be impossible foh the.Union Pacific to agree. Everything that the Denver demanded has been granted to them and " I • even more than they asked, and T understand from confidential dispatches ff they are basing these demands for more,^ upon the facfe that the Union f. • Pacific Company is gdng on and making contracts to carry out everything r> * * which they have demanded, and they think that any demand they now majce, ^ will be agreed to. But t th*nk a check should be put upon this, and Mr. Dexter, as acting President should immediately wire Mr. Ilolcomb. to confine f his work at Denver to.the round house for the reason that if the consol idation is not completed, the new shops will not"be needed, as the shops of the South Park and the new shop at Cheyenne, can take care of all the work of the Colorado Division, as the plan for a shop In Denver was'for the purpose of taking care of' the- additional 881 miles of new road; If you will have this vired to Mr. Holcomb, will communicate with him and tell him how to handle it. Yours very truly. J>iin t v» •*" rifif) 1.'",; Jr. U' - , .1' i.t T titmr , ■ mn y truly, ; ^ I ute' . f V ^'pr§i^SiAt. L rhA ' < ' ! I jl."' ' OkH* ♦(tfV.; T New York, January 27, 1890. Charles Kountze, Esq., Denver, Colorado. ^0811* Sir#" The action of the Denver, .Texas & Gulf Board of Directors,is so squarely in the face of the Agreement made in New York, which you and the otiiers of the Denver people voted for, that I am surprised. T care nothing for the resolutions of the Denver, Texas & Gulf. There 4s nothing in them that the Denver, Texas & Fort Wort^. and-the Union Pacific have not already ranted except one clause. T suppose 't is perfectly"proper for the Denver, Texas &Fort Worth and for the Union Pacific to pass resolutions in the same manner descr1"bing what their understanding may be but wliat astonishes me is that the Denver, Texas & Gulf Board should inject in the merger agreement, which has been agreed upon and presented to the stockholders, and has been acted upon by nearly all the companies to the merger,a clause to which none of us here can possibly agree. It is an amendment drawn, of course, by a lawyer whose desire must have been to cause trouble, and an amendment that in future time, according to Judge Dillon, might g^" ve the new company any amovint of trouble and litigation. There is noth'ng to It,- there is^nothing in it that is not in the traffic Ag reement made.by all the parties and agree upon by all, and T appeal to you, as a business man to come in and oppose any such amendments, for X want to say to you frankly that ti.e Union Pacific w'll never agree to it. If they are insisted upon, they will ultimately defeat the merger. T want also to say to you that whilst the Union Pacific has gone on, on ray assurance and has made its contracts to carry out the agreemerits made in New York, if this merger is defeated, they certa nly will .not complete anything in Denver except the round house. There will be.no necessity for shops there, excepting such as will take care of the Colorad Company. The South Park shops-will take care of the repairs needed on the Colorado Div^s^on of the Union Pacific, whilst all the extraordinary -repairs will be sent to Cheyenne. I simply state these facts to you. There is no man who has worked as lard as I. have to give Denver everytl,ing she wanted and T do consider i a great mistake to try to defeat the Union Pacific. T want to say to^you further that the more the consolidation is investigated, the ppposHion to it in the Tlnlon Pacific increases daily, and we will find, that if we go into contest it will be a failure. Th^e have already been sent in to tl.e Mercant' le Trusfccompany proxies for 13,000,000 out of thehJlG,000,000 of certificates deposited with that company and we w^ll get through all right if th.e three Denver Trustees come in- and sirn for the merger agreement. There is no guarnatee that has not been given or that'we cannot g^ve tliSt the agreement made between Mr. Adams and myself w^11 be carried out. As soon as we legally can do so, the traff'c dgreement agreeed to by all parties, will be executed, and if ti.ey are not w'lling to take the resolution of the Denver, Texas ^ Fort Worth Board and of the Union Pacific Board, and of Mr. Adams and .of myself-, wl.at guarantee can we give them? Please let me hearei from you upon this subject at your earliest convenience and oblige. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge, President. Denver Colo. , January 29, 1890. Hon. G.M.Dodge, President, Etc., Dear General,- After the delays and settlement of controversies, it is proper that I should say a word that would he too long to go by telegraph. Our people hav e become thoroughly satisfied with the assur^- ances that Mr. Adams, yourself and Judge Dillon have given us of their intention to run the road and keep its head-quarters in Denver, I desire to say that in bringing about this satisfactory arrangement. General Manager Meek, has, as usual shown his good judgment and potential influence. I think nobody in Denver, if the assurances of carrying out the stipulations in the contracts as set forth in our form of merger, will have any cau e of dissat isfaction. In fact, the disposition nowis to rally to the support of the roed and its officers with a view to make it pay, and with a view of developing the country as rapidly as possible along its severallines. The general expression is, that we must make the road pay dividends, at least within two years. The development of the country and careful management will doubtless enable us to do this. I am familiar with a great many of the interests along the Color do Central and other lines, that are put under the manage ment of General Meek, and have promised to give him all the assistance that I can in understanding fully the resources and interests of the country. If General Manager Holcomb and Traffics Manager Mellen shall become as thoroughly familiar with the country, as we who live in Denver air-ady are, we have no fear at all but what the property will become more valuable by the consolidntion than it ever could have become without. With thnnks to you for the abl« direct-ion civen ♦o ♦hin whole «nterorin»>, I remain. Very reQ)Qctfully vou»»n. John Evans. January, 1890. WRIGHT BALDWIN Ic HALDANE, Attorneys, Rooms i, 2 and 3 Brown Building, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 29,,1890, Gen'l G. M, Bodge, New York City. Bear General; I wish to ascertain if you would be disposed to join with several of our citizens in furnishing money to purchase the stock owned by Spencer Smith in the Nonpareil Printing Go. The Messrs. Snyder of Red Oak have lately come here and bought Steadman's one-third in terest in the Company and taken charge of the paper. But they are controlled by Spencer as to the policy of the paper and in regard to everything that runs counter to his personal interest. He now pro poses to sell his one lialf interest for ^9,000 cash and the Company's real estate valued at $10,000, which would put the entire property at |38,000, which is thought to be a fair valuation thereof. The Sn^^ders propose if we will raise this cash payment, we may have control of the policy of the newspaper, and they will take charge of and run the fin ancial and executive part. We thought it would be a good time to enlist the paper in the interests of Council Bluffs and also change its policy towards the railroads so as if possible to use it to influence friendly legislation in the present session of our Legislature. I have seen such men as Shugart, Evans, Kimball, Wise, Hart, Champ, Clayton, Rice, McConnell, Judge Reed and myself, and have about $6,000 promised. We can pro bably raise a thousand or fifteen hundred more here, but iLust have the $9,000. I saw Nathan about it and he approves of the plan, and if you go in he will be put in as one of the Board of control unless you prefer to be one yourself. Your connection with the concern will enable us to keep the paper in line with the railroad interests much easier than without you. I understand the stock has always paid a fair dividend, so that it is not really a donation or gift. Hoping for your favorable reply, I am, Very truly yours. Geo . F . Wright. fcSli January, 1890. 605 Third St., Council Bluffs, Jan. 31st, 1890 Dear Ocean: We were all shocked this morning to read of the death of John T. Baldwin. He has be-.n in poor health for some time, was over to Golfax several weeks ago but I think no one realized his conditinn. He was taken sick with "La Grippe" which caused Jaundice and compli cation of diseases. Kis family did not think he was so very sick until the day he died. ^ As Sunday he was around the house. Wednesday afternoon he grew worse rapidly suffered so much, was kept under morphine which kept him rather stupid. Some of his family, i.e. John N's. wife and IV'r. Husey were so satisfied he was not any worse, went to Omana to hear Salvina and were shocked when on their return found him dead. Jphn N. was going but went in to see his Uncle and found he was not so well so i-emained at home,told his wife he thought it was nothing serious she better go. He died very easy, going to sleep like a child. Geo. Wright and John N. were with him. He was conscious but did not talk. Geo. Wright asked him if he wanted to speak to John N. he shook his head. He looked up in afternoon to the Dr.(Dr. Green) in a most expressive manner as if to say, "There is nothing more you can do for me." He was the best preserved man for his age I think I ever saw,jjust think 70 years and hardly a grey hair. No one would think of his being over 55 or GO. He is to be buried tomorrow, Sat urday, 2 P. y. Nathan is at home worried. Has a cough and worrying over Pneumonia. condition to have it. He Dwells upon every sym;.tom. to Eureka Springs, Ark. I off himself will do him as looks very badly. I shall again feeling very miserable. I am quite such soreness of lungs that he is constantly The Dr. has told him he is in just the is so nervous that makes me think of Jfother. He and Sue go away next week if he is able think change of scene to take his mind much good as anything. He certainly remain here and keep house for them. (Rest of letter missing) * >4 1 , •ft New York, January 31, 1890. George J. Gould, Esq., # 195 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir;- Yonr father's letter I found on my table when I got to the office yesterday. I have no doubt but that you can buy the entire tract if that is your preference. I understand that the owners con sidered that you preferred one-half so as to have a local interest in it, I think it is the best property of the kind anywhere in that country, and I hope you will look further into the question. I would not urge it but for the fact that my own personal experience has shown me it is a property that if you get you will be satisfied with, and I am very anxious to have your company open up somewhere in that vicinity so we can get your business. As to the exchange of the bonds, the Attorneys are now at work on the mortgage, and as soon as the final formation of the company is consummated, it will be executed, and then as soon as tiie engravers can get the bonds ut, the exchange will be made. You have had experience with bank note companies and know something of the time bhey require to complete a job. We are doing everything we can before hand, and preparing everything for executior so far as can be legally done, I suppose, though, that it will be ninety days at least before we will be ready to make the exchange, I think that it" you wanted to sell your bonds you could get 90 for them. Yours very truly. G. U, Dodge, BllSOS m February 1690, F. M. Hu bbell, iisq, New York. Feb. 3rd, 18C0, Des Moines, iowo.. Dear Sir:- to use go upon that IS Copy of merely am v/ill inter s and for over; tained. If the Chicago & No th western Railway Company desires our terminal property, I am in favor of allowing them to it upon exa ctly the same basis t'le other companies do, , interest, maintenance and everything unon wheelage. that agreement you have and they can see. Or if they wish to go on the property for passenger business, then I ing to fix a stated amount that thej'- shall pajr for the t uponwhpt they use in reaching the passenger station, maintain ing that portion of the property which thej" run Ihis upon a wheelage basis, as the other prop rty is main* The question as to the amount they shall pay would of Bourse, be dependent upon the amount of money we put into the station. The maintenance of he station and the interest for the use of the property is a matter than can be determined, and there would be no doubt about our agreeing unon it. i am not prepared to say just now what that would be exactly, but to arbitration^ agree, 1 would be perfectly willing to leave it incurs very truly. u. M. Dodge. New York, February 4th, 1890. George P. 'iVright, Esq., President, Council Bluffs, Iowa Dear Sir:- I have seen a copy of the letter which Messrs. Dillon & Swayne wrote you about the Mayer stock. First: This stock was sent to them and they returned it with a letter refusing to receive it. Second: They were twice notified of the bonds and final dividend being ready, but they have never called for or made a demand for sam^. I, therefore, suggest that you write to Gen. V/ager Swayne about as follows:- "*1 understand that these people have declined to sign any receipt and have refused to take the stock offered them, and they have also refused to take their final dividend. With this kind of a record, I must be very careful. Therefore, before I send the stock, &c. to Mr. ^ranger, or to any one else as suggested, please send me a copy of ti:e receipt which these people are willing to sign; and will you also be kind enough, as I know you are the Attorney of the Company, to say why I should send tlds stock and the bonds to New York City, when the officers and headquarters of the company are in Iowa? Of course I want to do whatever is right in the matter, but it seems to me it is demanding a great deal of me from people who have refused to take anything, and where, as I have calculated it, there is more than 600^ profit on their investment. I have never as yet refused to deliver any securities in my hands upon a simple receipt, but there has been no demand made upon me for these securities, excepting from you as an attorney, and I do not understand it." Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. New York, February 7th, 1890. W. H, Holcomb, Esq., V. P. Omaha, Neb, Dear Sir:- I reply to your dispatch received this morn'ng by a reference to my letter to you of the 4th ^'nst., which T presume you had not as yet received, as it covered the matter in question. All the work has now been let to Beremer, and he is no doubt onthe ground. I understand Hawlpy to be there in charge, and there is no reason that I know of why the work should not go right along under the new company. The Union Pacific has passed a reso'ution approving the agreement T made with the Maxwell people, and guaranteeing to bu"Id the road, and it vould be well, perhapsl for Bogue to go down tnere and look at the line crossing into the Red River. Tt has a very steep grade. I enclose with this a copy of the agreement as made between the Maxwell peoj^le and myself; also copies of estimates sent me, copies of which ought to go into the hands of whoever has direct charge of the matter. will still have to keep my i.ands on the work for a time lantil T get everything finally settled. I'y agreement is not to pay for any of this work unt-'l the new company is orga ized and running. Tt is well to get the steel there as soon as the line has been graded and bridged, as the quicker we get up into that country the better t will be for us. There w'll have to be a turntable put in up on tlie Red River some place. The question is naven't we got soEBsthing that we can move there. A gallows frame will do as well as any other. T have no idea we will keep an engine there. The estimates for shops can all be wiped out because that work can all be done at Trinidad. T want to nut just as little money on ti.is line from Mart'nsen to the Red River as possible, and want to confine my work to the 15 l/s miles unt'l they start the mills, and then T will know where to bu'ld the other 16 miles. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. February, 1890. F. M. Hubbell, Esq., New York. Feb. 11th,>1890. Des Moines, lov/a. Dear Si r: - .' ' , ' ■■ I rec eived ynur dispatch today and answered. As I understand it, you propose to take up one-half of these securi ties individually and I to take the other one-half. As soon as you get notice fromAshley, ii-^.-iediately send me your check and 1 will send youthe bonds or deposit thera wherever you order. I think I am goinr; to sell the bonds and probably you had better hold them here in New xork where j. can get at them without any de lay. I have arrai ged to pay for ray patt without using any ofthera as collateral; I shall use other securities for that purpose. I want to hear from you about your interviews in ohicagoI have not yet written uummins, but it seems to rae it would be well at your stockholders meoting to pass upon the amount of stock to be issued, i an perfectly willing now that the amendments should go through, striking out the necessity for the Secretary and treasurer being a part of the board. if we get this additional stock, now, with seven directors we will be pretty safe. i can see if we are going to enlarge the circle how difficult it would be to have a meeting of each deparato bond beforehand. X will try to write Dummins tomorrow br next day on this question. Yours very tmly. G. M. Dodge. «. >, 1 February, 1890. Ft. Worth, Texas, Feby. 1-Jth, 1890 Gen . G . . -^odge , New York City. Dear Sir: Keceived'your wire in reference to slosing the trade for the Dodge land. I think it was a good thing you.got it, although some of it is not very good; still, land is selling from $6,00 to $8.00 an acre in that country. We to-day made a conipromise on the 13,000 acres of Palo Pinto School land. This is v, orth 25 per cent, miore than the Dodge lanfl, We will have to pay on this conipromise aboua $19,000, and it will cost us a little over $4.00 per acre. We expect to put our big town on it. located about midway between Wichita Falls and Seymour. If you can, I would like for you .to arrange the deferred payments on the J-'odge land so that they can be paid up in sections if we choose, and I would also lixe for „.ou to raise the m.oney in New York, as-our many purchases here has pretty.well cleaed us up. You had better send the notes to designed by l^ieed,- Jones and Summerfield, so that you will not have any>liability on that score. i think we will now get up a statement as soon as wc can and send you particulars. I believe this land business will be vei-y profitable to us. Your'S truly, N'organ Jones. P. 8. Get the deeds for each section separately, this will help us to sell and leave the p - payment run on. Niorgan Jones. , 43 February, 1890. Kountze Brothers. Bankers . 120 Broadway New York, February 14th, 1890. G. M. Dodge, E-sq., New York ^Ity. Dear Sir: We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 13th inst together with the following securities, which as requested we hold for the account and risk of N. P. '^odge Trustee, viz: $23000 Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth 1st. ^;ort. Bonds November '91 coupon attached. $3,000 Denver, Texas Sc Ft. Worth Funded Inst. certificates. $1,000 Denver, Texas & Fg. Worth Equip Trust Bond. 312 shares of Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth Trust Certificates, stamped as assenting to the consolidation, not begotiable. Yours truly, per pro KOUNTZE BROTHERS, H. R. Philips 0^ February, 1890. Omaha, February 15th, 1890, No. 1043. Charles Adams, Esq.^ President, Boston, Mass, Dear Sir: What to do with our Coal department has been a heavy burden on my mind for several weeks past. After watching the matter closely this Winter, ^ am satisfied that the business never will be a success as now organized. The men in charge, Mr. Clark and Mr. Middleton, are not fitted in every respect tohandle this business. I think a man well adapted to handling this departn.ent in the details and active management is harder to find than any other department on the road. I have reach ed the conclusion that the wisest thing for the Company to do, assuming the Mr. Hanna would not care to take the active direct managenient of the department, is to lease all of the coal interests to some reliable man of capital and experience, on the basis of a fixed charge for the price that the coal should be furnished to the Railway ^onpany Summer and Winter, That the lessee should purchase the personal property out right and a valuation be fixed on the mine and machinery, the lessee paying a fixed rental on this valuation and a royalty per ton on all the coal mined. 1 believe in this way the Company would obtain a good revenue from their property, and be building up a better trade for the road than to operate the mines themselves. Mr. Clark and Mr. Middleton estimate that the mines (not including Baldwin or Como), will pro duce by the 1st of November next 4, 850 tons per day. The consumption of Company coal will amoant to about 3,300 tons per day; deducting tl:is from total amount mined leaves, in round numbers 5,p00 tons per day to be marketed. This at a royalty of fifteen cents per ton would amount to $750.00 per day or $15,000.00 per month, figuring that the mines would be operated on an average of twnety days during each month, and to $180,000.00 per annum. I can see no reason why, within one year from November 1st this output should not be increased fully 50 per cent and show a gradual increase every year as the country tributary to the Union Pacific System increases in population and development. Added to this a fair interest charge on the plant, it will make a much better showing on the right side of the ledger than the Company can ever make in handling the mines them selves . Taking the month of November, 1889, as an average for the cost of Company coal, it was; at Carbon mines, $1.22.2, Rock Springs $1.58.7, Almy ^1.35, Dana $3.44, Como $3.98.5, Baldwin $1.75.9; coal purchased ^1.60 per ton. I believe this propei-ty can be leased to responsible parties who would give a suliicient bond for the faithful performance of their contract, and furnish all Company coal at $1.25 t^er ton at the mines; and this same Company would develop the anthracity region in Colorado, they would also increase the output at Baldwin and Como, and i in this way add largely to the revenues of the Denver, leadville & Gunnison line. As I Said, I do not beJjeve that any capable man- can be ob tained at a salary to take charge of our coal plant. I^ien who are competent for thi's work are sufficiently good business men to do better in business for themselves than to accept a position with a salary. The man I have in mind, whQ, I think, would take hold of this busines-s and make a lease of all the Gon.pany property at the sam.e time develop ing our Denver, Leadville & Gunnison interests is Wr. Ivlorgan Jones of Fort Worth. Probably you know more oT him than I. This much is sure, he is a practical business man, thoroughly posted in handling n.ining camps and developing both the coke and coal business. i^e bo-.ld give satisfactory bond if he m.ade the lease, and I believe, could be induced to take hold ol this matter. The remaining question would be what to do with the Company tenemient houses at the different camps. I should be in favor, if "it could be brought about, of selling this property to whoever miight lease the mines, but retaining the organization of the water companies and completing the proposed plants for the supply of the "difl'erent camps with a sufficient supply fo good water. If it was though more safe for the Company to contract ■ with the lessee binding him to furnish Company coal for a fixed amount above what was paid each month to the miiners and could fix the royalty for mining the coal by the acre instead of by the ton; I think, however, that |:1.25 per ton would be about as low as the coal company could afford to seel either Winter or ^u. nier to the railroads. This should be, however, for good clean, screened, merchantable coal, and royalty by the ton would be safer for the ton would be safer for the railroad company than by the acre. I have not gone as much into detail in this recommendation as I might, but offer these suggestions for your consideration. If youthinK they are worth following up will be glad to go more into detail in my recommendation. Yours truly, W. . Holcomb. '■'"r' • ( • ■ ■ - !>. , February, 1890. Portland, Or., Feb. 16th, 1890, , Adams, Esq., President. Dear Sir: I have had a long talk with Hunt to-day about his Railway SchemeG. Ke wishes me to "assist him in obtaining a Subsidy from this city to enable him to build his road to Portland, and wishes me to attend a Board of Trade meeting to be held this evening and proposes that a committee be appointed to wait on him and het his terms etc, I have not agreed to do so. ^^e talked about his proposed road to Grays Harbor which he assures me is soon to be built, as the Subsidy asked for by him is being rapidly raised. Hunt informs m.e tb-at both the Northern Pacific and the Short Line want to buy his lines; that he has no combination with either and will make none nor sell his lines if the people will give him a liberal bonus to build to Portland crossing the Columbia at some point west of the falls at the Cascades . He will be present at the Board of Trade meeting to-night and if anything is developed i will inform you at once. I feel sure thatunless your company makes sone demonstration in the matter of securing the road to Grays Harbor, Hunt will build a road from the Northern Pacific to that point. He wants m-e to become interested with him and proposes to call on rne to-miorrow and get me interested with him in his projects, I have agreed to give him a hearing. He assures me he has no connec tion with the Northern Pacific andwill have none unless forced to do so because he can get no assistance to build to tide water when he may be forced to do so. The project of building a short road to the Falls is one of his schemes that he wishes also to take about, I will write you what he has to say about this as it is not confidential with me. Yours etc., D . P . Thompson, (Encl February, 1890. ,49 Washington, Feb. 18th, 1890. Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, Mass, . Dear Sir; You have doubtless been informed by Telegraph of the action taken here last evening regarding the extension ol time for construct ing the section of the -Port Townsend Southern R. R. from here to Quileine, Hoods Canal, Some of the parties who subscribed donations of land which is nov largely increased in value are unwilling to agree to any extension of the time first named which was July 1, 1890. This agreement calls for the building, or grading of the road and not the equipment. i think if these parties can be assured oificially from the Boston Office, that work will be cocimenced on or before the first of April, and a movement is made to demonstrate that the company really men in good faith to comn.ence work and vigorously push it to completion, not only will confidence by restored to these ..arties, but that other and valuable donations of land can be secured along the proposed route. Meanwhile, will you allow me to suggest, that if the officers of the company will come to Port Townsend to negotiate, instead of requiring our people to go to Seattle, it would do away with a certan jealousy which exists between these cities. The east side of the sound is jealous of the west side, and consequently Seattle and Tacoma and the Northern Pacific Rail Road are doing all they can against Port Townsend, and to prevent, if possible, a railroad being built here, Ihe demonstrations of the Officers, and pretended agents of the company, in booming Anacostes and ship harbor, and the rumors cir culated by them regarding Grays Harbor and Port Angly, have given timid persons the impression that the '^nion Pacific is but repeating the scheniBs of the Northern Pacific which, after obtaining bonds from our citizens for donations of land, based on the companys promise to build a road to Port lownsead Pay, ignored all their pronises and lei't our citizens ana those of Olympia, the victims of misplaced confidence: now, anything short of an official announcement from Boston will restore the belief that the. ^nion Pacific means business. Those who represent themselves as in the companys service appear 61ore careful to pose as real estate sharps than as the managers of a company which century^'^ build a railroad to Port Townsend during the present confidence in the company is unlimited and m.y faith unbounded, and I take evei-y occasion, in season and out of season to rebut the tales circulated to the prejudice of the company, and'-l- can a Unior^Pacific^wifi Jnion Pacific will ?o?n commence active officially operations made onthis known line here, this that spring, the all doubts will cease, and the company will realize better results, than by the fast and loese policy of the management of the Pacific end of the line v/hich thus far seenis to have been their rule of action I trust we may i.ave such assurance from Boston soon. Very respectfully your-s, James G . Swan . •. -'.V V. ' • (>!'; •' ; . • • I * • • *1 1 '■#* r'f. <■ 1 't' ''eb. 1890. P. ivl. Kubbell, Ss^., New York. Feb. 18th, 1890. Des Moincs, lov/a.. Dear Sir:- I saw Mr. Sage and found h was willing to go into the cash oTfer, but t^r^t Mr. Gould was not. Mr . "^age told ir.e it was doubtful if Mr. Gould would approve the proposition Ashley maej said that he would not excepting on my accamt, and Mr. Sage, was rather opposed to it, but got him to agree and also Mr. Gould. They agreed to ppss it at the first meeLing, which I think is to day or tomorrow. I thought it was best this way rather han to let it drag along any longer. I saw that the more they aonsidered the matter the more valuable they th-ught it. Per instance, the comparison they made was tliat Ashley was asking 08,000 per mile cash for the St. L. & D. M. as it stands today, and was selling your road at 3 and it was earning a peat deal more money. Tu.en again they seemed to think that the Union bonds were as good as cash to them. I made un my mind after I could not make the cash deal as i sug cstcd, that it was best to close, pd I think you had beitcr accept as soon as they pass it, Ashley told me he would wire you the moment they took action. Yours very truly. G. M Dodge, Xlr ■/ . Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 18th, '90. My dear General:- Your kind favor of the date "at hand and noted. I mailed a copy of my message to you several days ago and now send another, I thank you for your kind expressions and am also glad to have your opinion upon such subjects as you disagree with me on.. One cannot expect to be right upon all questions, however much he may strive for it. We often find experience dissipates theories, and do we not often find it as Walter.. says, that reforms and improvements oftener come from without than from within? I remember some .years ago when Sir Morton visited this country, and while at St. Louis he prophesied that some of us would live to see flour transported from St."Louis to New York for fl.OO per bbl. It -was considered by railroad managers a wild prediction. We can readily recall to our minds hundreds of such things in which we have been mistaken, and is it not possible, and even probable, that old railway managers can be mistaken in this question of transportation of passengers at 2c. per mile? I have taken much ^ns to study up this matter , and I am, inclined to think thot the leading roads of the country would make more money at 2c. per mile than at a rate above it. One of the leading roads of Michigan last y ar averaged by 1.62 per mile, and yet the train mile arings were 1.02 per mile, a d about l/o the earn ings of the road 'came from passenger traffic. The average of all roeds in Mass, last year was only 1.9c. The average in this State was only 2.35, and if free transportation was in cluded, it would reduce that considerably. The great secret of ecomomical working of a road is to increase the paying load relatively to the non-paying load, and the probaoility is that a 2c. rate would so increase travel as to result in this. A careful study of the workings of European railways shows this, and especially that of Great Britian. We often hear railway men referring to the higher rates charged in European countries, but when we take into account all features of the question, we find much to learn from those countries. What is most re.-arkable in Great Britan is the increase of third class passengers and the decrease of the first and second class as facilitfes for third class have been im proved and now a out 90 er cent of the passengers travel third " class; and it is declared b the best authorities that all of the net earnin s from the prssenger traffic is from the third class, and the average rate of that is only 1.75 c. not countin- a certain cldss of season ti kets, and when we take into account the shoro haul there, the expensive road and the great number of employees per mile, it is questionable whether we could not do bet ter by the lower rate. Since the average amount paid by ea ch passenger there has been reduced to one-third of what it was iS received per capita from the people just doubled. This a strong point in favor of the lower rate. lower rate. I do not expect our Legislature will fix the rate at 2c. yet;'but'I'trust that you and I will live to see the average rate much below that. Roads built for cas h and man aged with the same economy we find in other business willwork great changes in the futu e. I know how to sympathize with those who have tmremunerative roads on their hands, but this is incident to all"kinds of business. I have just got a statement'of'my'taxes due'in Kossuth Co. on lands there and find I have to pay over ^1100. there on land that I never received a dolldr of"income from and upon an as sessment that I could not sell the land for. The roads from Chicago I learn have just made a reduction upon V/estern frt. of about 33 per cent. This would be called confiscation if imposed by state or nation. Ge] eral, excuse this lengthy epistle, but I woul d like to discuss this question with you some time. ■With kind regards. Yours respectfully, W. Larrabee, New York, Feburary 18, 1890. J. Seaver Page, Esq., Secretary, New York, Dear Sir:- In reply to yours of the 17th,' in regard to the application of Mr. Richard Somers Hayes for admiss'.on as a member of the Club, I have to say that you will find a great many recommendations on file in behalf of Mr. Hayes. I have known Mr. Hayes intit.ately since IsVO; he was then an Assistant Engineer. He is a gentleman of integrity, education, cultivation and great business capacity. He has been connected with and in charge of s me of the largest railroad enterprises in the United States, and always with credit to them and to himself. He is now the President of two companies, the St. Paul & Duluth, running from the Mississippi River to Duluth, and the Now York City Northern. In politics he is a Republican, and always has been since I have known him. I know that he will be a creditable addition to the Club, and T think you will find on file testimonials in his behalf bearing me out in everything I have said. If there is anything in addition needed, I will obtain and present it. His resident is 39 W. 38th St. and his office 32 Nassau St. Yours very truly. G. M. Dodge. •57 February, 1890. Union Pacific System. Office of the General Purchasing Agent. On Train Mo. 1, Wyoming Division, February 19th, 1890. CONFIDENTIAL. Mr. W. H. Hoicomb. Vice President. Dear ^ir: Regarding the matter of surplus timber of various kinds for mines in Colorado, I would respectfully call your attention to the fact that I submitted to you original requiesitions for both Baldwin &• Como mines, v;hich were signed by D. 0, Opark and duly approved by yourself.. Neither of these requisitions have yet been filled and I have stopped furhter shipments on both. (Of course shipments for Bald win mine have been stopped for some time on account of the Gunnison branch being closed). I will merely make a plain statement of the facts -and let you draw your inference therefrom, and also give you the benefit of some rumors, which you can treat as you think best. . I have absolute- -ly no proofs that I can offer you other than the following statement, and do not know whether it will do you good or not. I do not desire to place myself in a position to incur the enmity of any of the higher officials of the road, whether my case is a good one or not. In filling requisitions which are properly approved, I merely do my duty as prescribed by the rules of the Co. It is for the Vice President and others to say whether other parties are abusing their pr.erogative3, or not. The statement that I desire to make is, that there is from 3 to 5 years stock of mine timbers at Como and as near as .1 can gather, about the same amount of surplus at Baldwin. These timbers and props I can use to advantage in Wyoming, but, of course, at a great expense to the Co. The timber is the best of the kind I have e.ver seen. It has been thoroughly inspected, and that is all I have to do with it. The price is a very reasonable one, considering the quality of the timber. This, I do know, viz:- that in the past the mines have secured a very poor lot of timber and at a very high price, considering the quality, although at a lower price than what we have paid in eome instances on account of quality. My idea is that good material is cheap at any price, whereas poor material is dear as a gift. A prominent railroad contractor in Denver, yesterday, said to me very knowingly, "There is a nigger in the woodpile." This expression, I think, covprs the case, if it is not rhetorically correct. The said contractor told ne ti.at he would give no names, and positively refused to give any further information, as friends of his had been con cerned in the matter; but he gave me to understand that in the past, but partial quantities of material ordered had been received, although the Goal Dept. receipted in full to the Supply Department. To explain to you this matter, I will explain follows* ■ jd In the time of the lat Supply A^ent, Mr. J. J. Burns, it was fre- ^ quently the habit of sending blank orders to the Coal Dept., which they would place with whom, and at what prices they pleased, notifying the Sup ay Dept. the price they had agreed to give the party with whom aaced.' This matter 1 hadled very gingerly, for several reasons. I first ascertained that i£ we would place orders direct for Coal Dept. rnaterail without consulting the Coal Dept. that it was invariably unsatis factory; where as if we gave them blank orders, there was never any trouble. Again, although they did not like this way, if we would get quotations from a number of parties and allow them to pick out the party whom they preferred, this frequently satisfied them. At other times it did not. The long ftnd short of it is, that they widh full sway\in the purchase of their own material. Possibly in a number of cases they could purchase to advantage. I very much doubt the fact, however, whether k. D. 0. Clark knows a:iy more about mining machinery and material in general than myself. Not that I have had any great acquaintance with mines, but as I am a civil engineer, l know a little (very little) about mining engineering, and am a machinist. Have also been used to buying large quantities of machinery for this Co.. I think I- am fulLy prepared to fill their requisitions as well as he can. ^ certainly know this, that the property which he manages is badly managed in every particular. Take the present time; they have valuable machin ery lying around at all the mines uncoveied, subject to the weather, de predations, etc. . They have an immense quantity of stock on hand over which the Supply Dept. has no control, the Coal Dept. and the Construct- M ion Dept. being the only Dpts. of the Go. which can keep stocK add ^ material on hand, which stock is not subject to orders from the Supply Dept. You are personally acquainted with and have expressed your dissatisfaction to me regarding the great amount of stock that both of these departments carry. Regarding the items of mules for the coal mines, of which we buy a considerable number every .month, say an aver age of twenty; these mules we have found it possible to buy ^40.00 cheaper each, .and i believe secure better stock than when the Coal Dept. buys them, I must say, however, than when the Supply Dept. buys them, although the men whom we have to choose them certainly know more about animals than clerks in the Coal Dept. there seems to be disastrous con sequences attending the stock we supply them with, as they are reported unsatisfactory, unsound, too old, etc., etc. The long and short of it is, that between the machinery, general material, etc, for the mines, it is impossible for the Supply Dept. to satisfactorily furnish material for the Coal Dept., unless the Coal Dept.. is preemptorily notified that they must submit drawings or blue prints for the machinery, the same as does the Motive Power Dept., and specifications, catalogue reference, sketches, blue prints, or good descriptionr, as do ai l other Depts, I have frequently spoken to you concerning these matters and believe that you are fully acquainted with the circumstances. My understanding is that you wanted a report merely on the t facts which touch on the purchases for the Coal Dept., but as the Fuel Dept. was lately under my charge and taken from me and consolidated with the Coal Dept., and as 1 have received assurance from you that February 19, 1890. Sheet ff 2 Mr. W. H. Hoicomb. this was not done on account of any mismanagement of mine of the Fuel Dept. but for reasons best known to the mans^gement i would call your attention to the f,act of the great amount of shortage charged out by the Coal Dept. against the Motive Power Dept. in ti.e month of December, which shorfege, I believe, amounted to $132,000.00. In addition to the above $132,000.00 which possibly may have been charged out in November as well as December, I believe there was another amount of shortage amounting to about $58,000.00. Coal on the Nebraska Division is costing the Co. at least a dollar a ton more than when furnished by us. Mr. Meek of the Ft. Worth road, informs me that coal from the Colorado mines now averages $3.75 a ton, where as we can get them good coal, delivered at Denver, for $2.05 per ton. I showed you a statement a short tine ago, giving the details of this matter, and if I am not mistaken, furnished you a copy of same; These points I only bring in to show tliat the Coal Dept. being badly managed in one particular, viz;- their distribution, is also badly handled in others . My personal opinion is that it is rotten to the core. I trust that you may consider this letter as con fidential, as you assured me the other day that it would be by no means used to my disadvantage. As amatter ol' course, I do not pretend to prefer charges against anybody without being able to answer same. If you should want details in any of these matters, if you will write me an official letter instructing me to inform you of so and so, and so and so, of course i would obey orders and reply to the best of my ability; But i would not care to have this letter go further for the very fact that i deal in generalities and am not specific, and it is a very easy matter to make a general charge and not always so easy to prove a specific one. Hence my letter could be refuted by themere statement that it was not true, but if you ask for specific cases, I can rive them and prove them. Will you kihdly acknowledge receipt of this letter, and oblige. Yours truly, G. H. Mc^ibbin, General Purchasing Agent. February, 1890 Omaha, February 21st, 1890, ¥t . J. S. ^ameron. Chief of Construction. Dear Sir: Answering yours of the 20th inst., enclosing comparative statement of earnings and operating expenses and mileage of Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Ry. for December, 1889, compared with ^December, 1888, and asking for explanation of the large differences in Miscellaneous Earnings, Motive Power, Maintenance of Cars and General Expense. The large credit to Miscellaneous Earnings in December, 1888, comes from the Utah Central Accounts. A credit having been made to Miscellaneous Earnings forthat month for' profits of Pleasant Valley Coal .Department, amounting to $53,534.74. A similar credit was not made in December, 1889. The reason the total credit as shown by the statement is less than the amount mentioned above is because in the adjustment of the Utah Central Accounts at the end of the year various amounts were charged off to Miscellaneous Earning and credited to expense accounts. The increase in "Repairs on Locomotives" is partially ac counted for by charging '^o this account in December, 1889, the depre ciation on the 13 Utah & Northern narrow gauge locomotives, amounting to $30,564.48, Five of these locomotives were sold during the year 1888, and the difference between the amount for which they were sold and their value new was charged off to the cost of broadening the gauge, December 31st, 1888. The matter having been brought to the notice of the Comptroller, he decided that the amount of depreciation on these five locomotives, which amounted at 8 per cent per annum to $14,492.96, should be charged to Operating Expenses, and credited to broadening the gauge. The depreciation, ascertained in a similar manner, on two locomotives sold to outside parties in 1889, and six locomotives sold to the Denver, Leadville & Gunnison road during the same year, amounting to $16,071.57, was charged to Operating Expenses. The increase in Engineers and Fir men and fuel was probably caused by increased train mileage. The increase in Oil, Tailow and Waste is accounted for by reason of a credit having been made in the expenses for 1888 on accoxmt of credits received froni bills against Galena Oil Works for over run in cost of lubricating oils furnished under their contract. I am unable to give any details of the increase in Mainten ance of Gar Accounts, as I am not in possession of the data. The increase in Repairs must have been for actual work done ■62 as I find the charge for cars scrapped in December amounted to only $2,337.00. The increase in General Expenses is accounted for by a credit to Eastern Expenses in December, 1888, of $25,355.66, being amount overcharged during the year, the expenses having been^ apportioned on percentages based on Gross Earnings, and were afterwards corrected to actual figures by order of the Comptroller, producing in December ace counts the credit mentioned. For your further information, I enclose a detailed statement of the earnings and expenses of the Oregon Short Line and ^^tah Northern Railway, for the month of Lecember, 1889, compared with Lecember, 1888, showing increases and decreases. Yours truly. J. W. Griffiths, Auditor of Disbursements February, 1890. Omaha, February 22d, 1890, Mr . G. M. Lane, Second Vice Pres. Union Pacific Fy . Co., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: The enclosed letter from the Auditor of' Expenditure to Mr. Cameron, whom I asked to look up some question regarding the Oregon Short Line December report, shows i. ore fully than the telegram hastily prepared and sent you where and why the unfavorable compara tive exhibit of the Oregon Short Line appears for December, 1889. Mr. Mink can tell you in a moment wherein most of these differences occur. They were extensively discu.sed befoi'e they ap peared and P knew before the columns were looted about how the ex hibit must stand. Notwithstanding the road earned more in December, 1889, than in December, 1888, its special credits in December, 1888, made its apparent earnings for the latter year the larger; while its special debits in the year 1889 very greatly swell the apparent working expenses. There were slight general increases in operating expenses but none that wo^ld occasion any special uneasiness, and which, I think, have been guarded against in the future. Yours truly, W. H, Holcomb, February, 1890. Omaha, February 24, 1890, Personal. No. 1064. Charles F. Adams, P-sq., President, Boston, Kass. Dear Sir: I have not felt satisfied for some time past with the way matters are going in the Goal Department. It came to my Knowledge some time ago that there was a large number of mine props being accumulated at Como. Later this information was substantiated by a letter fron. A',r. ^eeh which I forwarded you. The last time I was at Como the props had not been delivered, consequently there was no opportunity for me to personally obuain this information unless it was by checking the requisitions. I admit that I have approved the requisitions that sent these props to Como and perhaps should have been more careful in approving them, but when you stop to consider the number of requisitions that pass over my desk, you can readily • see that I am not able to give them a very close examination and sin.ply look at them to know what the material is for, end if they seem to. be all right approve them. After receiving Iv^eek's letter sent you, I was fearful that if matters were in such a condition at Como they might be in the same or worse condition at other places, and sent i^cKitibin out to look into the matter and write me. I though he knew enough coal matters to give me an intelligible report, and as he had business of his won on the line, he could look into this too without creating suspicion. Although his report is marked confidential and he requests me not to let this letter go any further, I consider it my ddty to forward his letter to you. I can only reiterate what I said before, that ^ do not believe the Coal Department is right and it never will be right under kr. f.anna's organ ization and management as at present. The only way is to have the operating man in the liedd and good results cannot be accomplished by visiting these mines once a year. My own judgment, as I have already reported to you, is in favor of leasing these mines if a satisfactory contract can be made. Will not say more at this time as 1 hope to qee you personally in a few days, although considerably OiOre can be said in regard to the operation as tt is now carried on. I beg you will not let Mr. Mc Kibbin s name be ^nown in this miatter as it niight prevent miy obtaining still further information. Yours truly, W. H. Kolcomb. New York, Feburary 24, 1890, G. M. Lane, Esq., Boston, Mass, Dear Sir:- As all the companies connected with the Pan Handle System have voted unanimously ^n favor of the merger and morfegage, T think you should go ahead and have the stock engraved, ; nd also the bond, as there can no longer be any doubt as to the conclusion. They have not only V ted, but the Presidents and Secretaries of all have executed it, and T will have, in a day or two, the documents oxceuted so far as we are concerned, and will send to you for your companies'exe cut on. However, T know the delays that occur in getting work from the bank note companies, and T want to get this stock completed and oi^t just as soon as T ca , and T would also I'ke to get the bonds out as soon as T can, as the sooner the better, because we will get more exchanged. It seems to me that you can go ah ad safely now. Take copy for the bond from the merger, as all the companies have voted thereon, and put it in the hands of the engraverb. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. '.i .■ • , ■ J February, 1890. Taconia, Wash., Beby. 24, 1890. Genl. G. Dodge, New York. ¥y dear General: I beg to hand you herewith a letter addressed to you by Frank G. Ross of this place. The letter was written at my request. I send the N.ap and Profile he mentions to you by express,- they will I think give you information of some interest,- with Ross letter they will easily be understood,- he was loth to send the iv.ap showing his proposed location through and southward from the Indian Reservation as he was not ready to have the matter made public. Upon my assur ance that it would be treated as strictly confidential by you as by myself he consented to i^ive me send it. Ross has gained the confi dence of the Puyaliup Indians and all whose lands are crossed by the proposed R. . have signed deeds of Bight of Way- you know their lands were conveyed to them in severally by the U. S. with restrictionswhich likely prevent them from giving legal title to the right of way but with their free consent the title oiight to be easily procured. Ross has not obtained any right of way south of the Ind. Res. but as the lands for 8 or 10 miles south are owned by citizens of Tacoma who would be benefited by construction of a road I think the right of way could easily be obtained - as you know perhaps, after reaching the summit it is plain sailing in any direction. Hoping the papers will be of use to you, I- am, Yours very truly, J. W. 3Prague, February, 1890. HEADQUARTERS OF TKBeARMY, Washington, C., Feb. 25, 1890. Genl. M. ^odge, New York City, My dear General: In reply to your note of yesterday, I take pleasure in sending you one of my recent photographs, which i think very good. The grip has given you an unusually long campaign and I am very glad you are through with it all right. had a touch of it early in the season but it only lasted four days. Very truly, Jno. Schofield. ^ if- .t'' , ' ■■ ■ February, 1890. Executive Department. Charles . Adams President. W. h. Holcomb, Vice -^resident. Gardiner M. Lane 2d Vice ^resident. L. . •"•nciarson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building, Boston, Feb. 26, 1890. Gen. G . . Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York. My dear Sir: I send you enclosed copy of a letter from Judge James G. Swan, of Port Townsend, received this morning. You will remember seeing Judge Swan when we were in Port Townsend last summer. I am, e tc . G . M . Lane, 2nd Vice President, Enclosure . February, 1890. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC. Governor's Island, New York City, Feby. 26, 1890. Genl. G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y. Dear General: I have sent to Sarway to print pictures of me from two negatives that he has, and as soon as they come I will take great pleasure in sending you the print. If it would be any more satis factory to you 1 would be glad to give an artist any sittings that might make the picture more desirable, Very truly yours, 0. 0. Howard, U . S . •'i'rmy. February, 1890. THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. Vice President's Office. Omaha, February 26, 1890. G. M. Dodge, Esq., Dear Sir: No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Answering your personal of February 24th. The cost of screened coal for the month of December, 1889 per ton was: Carbon, .30.7 RoCiC Springs, 1.50.8 Almy, 1.43 .1 January reports are not made up yet. Average cost for the year per ton of run of mine coal was Carbon, Almy, Dana, .34.7 Rock Springs, 1.37.1 2.19.8) ) Dana and Almy mines were not 3.47.2) fully opened up. Yours truly, W. H, Holcomb. Dictated. N'arch, 1890. ¥.arch 4th, 1890 J. V.'aldo, Gen. Tralfic f.'gr., Sedalla, L'^o. If you attac,: our territory from denrietLa to Seymour, will you accomplish any more than you did in building to Henrietta, and will you not los( more irom our five hundred miles in Texas than you can possibly gain? We have heretofore given you a large amount of business, which will increase rapidly, and have always worked in harmony with you. The business we will be able to give you will always be niany times greater than that which you would get if you build from Henrietta to Seymour. In addition to this, the Union ^acific has plans to give you a great deal of business at Junction City and Kansas Uity, for the South-West and Gulf of Henrietta West. You stand" a better sh® for business coming off our branch than you will to build a parallel line. We built to Henrietta and Wichita Falls long befoi-e you ever thought of doing so. You understand, of course, that the bnion Pacific is now in control of our lines, and tlie real question-to decide is as between the advantages you will have in their friendship in Texas and else where and what you will gain by building this branch and dividing a business that cannot possibly pay one line for thpee years. We expect to have to take care of it foi' that length of time without remiuneration, and built it to bring its business to us and then to Ft. Worth, rather than the numberous schem.es out of Ft. W'orth, building one hundred and fil'ty miles to accomodate a country that we could reach in fifty, and antagonize us the entire distance. It has been our intention for years to build the Wichita Valiey as soon as wo were able, and it does soem to me to be a long way from your main line and interests in Texas to build there. I am a large stock and bondholder of h. K. & T., and in its interests alone, it seems to riie that your project is a great mistake, to build a road almo. t in sight of ours, and into a teriitory, as yet undeveloped. Is it not this kind of business that brought the U. K. & T, where it is to-day? Yours very truly, U . k. Dodge . New York, March 7, 1890. Dear H*olcorab, Boston, •Esq., Mass. V.P.V 10 roi: n v>- h/ or ,Ti i^V ' ^0' •! S-i'nce T wired you tliis morning T have had a lonr' interview with Cable, and since that interview T have your dispatch. There is evident ly a sunderstand'ng. Cable understood he had a pos^t^'ve agreement to meet you and Cameron, and he thinks Cameron was put forward to squeeze rm'm out, or to suggest terms that he could not agree to. He and St. Paul have now gone -together to bu'ld th^ s bridge, and it will be settled w];ilst they are both h-re, within the next ten days. They are rais^'ng $3,000,000 to do it. 'Vha-t he wants —and he says now that he has gone in with the St, Paul, they must come ^n too—is First. The r^ght to go ^.nto the Union Depot at Omaha, Second. To go through Omaha to Gilmore, and then he would he glad to make arrangements with us to use our line from Beatrice to Lincoln, and if he bu^'lds a short l^_ne from Gilmore to Lincoln, for us to use that line on the basis of actual cost. However, if you do not want to deal with h^m for anything beyond Gilmore, he ^s perfectly will ing to do that. He claims that the proposition to use the line from Lincoln to Beatrice, and we to use his line from Gilmore to Lincoln, came from Cameron. He also says that Cameron wrote Miller they could not accomodate St. Paul, or to that effect; that they already had arrange ments for a road to come in from the West, and anoth-r from the East, and it was all tiiey could ta e care of. I told him that there was certainly a misunderstariding, because T knew wi.^t your desire was and the company's desire, and T would get at it. Now it does seem to me that if we can get $100,000 rental out of these two companies to cross our bridge and go through Omaha, we ought to consider it, rat)>or than have them build a bridge which the^ are certain to do. Y u know that two such corporations as these are cannot be kept out. He figured out bbout what he was willing to do, and t did not think they were very much out of the way. Fof instance, iif he should pay $50,000 and St. Paul $50,000 and they come in an'pay for the rental of the whole property, are we not getting a pretty good rental for its use? T know that Cameron thinks we ought to have a good bit moee, but in a deol of this kino you cannot get the exact value of a property. What is the property worth to us excepting what we can get ^ut of it? ft might be worth millions, but if wo could not get any interest from it and had to carry it a 1 ourselves, its real value would be no more than before we first occu ied it. Mr. Cable is here on this business exclusively, and Miller will be here tomorrow. They will certainly close the matter while here. Cannot you arrange to come over here and see them? I came to an understanding with him on his business into Texas. It seems he had made an arra '.rera^nt with the M. K,3c T. to give them the business at white City. T have told him that we will take his business 50 miles north of Wic. ita Falls, agree upo the rates and percentages and he agrees not to go into Texas. Parker will be here Monday. T will come to a more def1r:ite understanding then. This, however, is only carryln'" out my original agreeme t made a long time ago with Cable; he expected that It would be off on account of our connection with the U.P. here tomorrow, you arrange to Of course, we can carry out th-i s agreement with Cahle, it is a great thing for the 170 miles we have North of Ft. Worth, as it would give that end of the line a k^nd of business we have never rece^'ved, mak'ng us an Eastern line as against the I-'. K. & T, and Atchison. T beli ve that if you could come over here, you and T could c^rae to an agreement w^* th Cable and Miller both,' T do not bel'eve that we can split hairs in -this matter very much. If they build this new line ^nto Omaiia,- it is our last -chance for getting the big trunk I'ines onto our ground in the city and to use our tracks. Let me hear from you fully in regard to this matter. y , '"ti n-l ! f ♦ ' . JLULii o vcj.,y OX-UJ.J, '. >■ 1 1 1 oj'' en? i*; n . ' Svi ' *. i. Itnog v, . • G. m. 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M'lr- /flot oJ* ,f;'>vXoutM^ J n J* "^fntnfi «♦ bwa if bA» »f»00 ' •« AtOlo ' ,*n,|j rtoiivwf -r.j no oie.i r uXti«r» ,t*t A4li ABOI' i' l'n/fO fS v^,g)' eton t;:T. .h' not. hrit oto/l (..iv ■ .si..-.o oj •) itiaM . -o-' tffi . fh .(A V; "fi*hfTOiXA'IA^ra' no o.i fpoi, f '* '1A 'nh'XIri ".tft";.'. si i-.cr, -'.! ■'! ' ■ *■■ "fl»hfTOX»'IA^ra' no o.i - fpoi, J ... <JMf M rr»n r .Mdi r'll Ue.f m mi t |« ooiir'lui ' -7". * T .ijAhfto* "Jflih-."'t';"»r,rf nrf iT»A lAjl-iiit "g """Ji' .moot ."n"" o3:%* "J" ."• <3 Jo- ■« dnon OAAfo ».I' A. ba JhA : -'fhoA^crobiiu o. • floN offm r n3 t f.n A'tii ^»r :>*ioo«tro :>*ioo«tro la". o JOboohn JOboohn no YJo orf bX/or noJoi ' ■ /y A' '•' ' • ■ ' t, .'LvtAi March 7, 1890. New York City, March 7, 1890 '.V, H. Hal comb, Gen. Manager, U.P. Ry. • ' umaha. Neb. I* , , Dear 8ir:- During all the tine I had charge of'the Denver Texas and Ft. '*^orth Road I never had a complaint reach me except it came through Morgan Jones or Mr..Meek, well knowing that the dicipline of a company required that some one person should be at the head of it. Since "tfie first of January when ^ turned the* road over to the Union Pacific Company I have had a flood of letters complaining of everybody and generall y from Union Pacific people. ^ince Mr. Johnson was assigned there as general freight agent some of the people of the Denver Texas and rt. worth ■-ompanj^ have written me confide; tial letters ii; relation to his actions which I have never sent to you nor to which have I paid any attention knowing that if there was anything wrong there you would discover it. But finally Mr. Adams and Mr. Miller have paid attention to these ra:"'tters. • I find that the Johnsons attacks and complaints are generally against contracts which i have made and "v/hich he has no right nor business with. They are contracts which belong to the records of the Company and in no way pertain tothe traffic of'the Company except the contract with the Maxwell people which has in it a provision copied owrd for word from the contra t of the Rio Grande R. R. Co. and the Maxwell Grant people when the v, & R.G. porposed to steal our territory which I would not allow. These attacks seem to have been la.tely directed against Mr. Meek but I paid no attention to them as understood that Mr. Meek was acting under your and Mr. Miller's instructions. After, the first-day of last January wlien you were made Vice President and given charge of the road, I have positive instructions to everyone connected with myroad to obey you: orders and follow your instructions. Of course, with the immense amount of detail work and of new work which was just begun or only partly finished fell upm me, which I tried to carry out, loyally in the interest of the new company, probably assuming more than I shopid have tkken upon myself in my position just going in as I generally do and taking care of that which happened to come to me. There har now reached mo such a flood of comnlaintq arm*vic.+ < ^ traffic management of that lino that, upon my own responsibilitv I #have written to Mr. Adams and to the Mr. Miller askinr that TnVi^onv. v. bo ohnnced from that lino. If I had the authort?? ho^wJuld from tho Union Pacific company . I have not soega eln^o ooLlataJ or a olngle ohanflo that h< has mado out there but what f L reaUv ' ^hioh"? which it .'J: isrr not possible " for me to considor# ™lareprosonted matt^rii L I have written to Mr. Meel: about all these ma'.ters, and he has sent me in the s rongest terms a denial of everj' charge made against him. I have written I'lr. Adams, suggesting that, as he seems to be a good-deal alarmed these matters, that no'man who is under your officialdirection should send an official letter, or a letter of any kind relating to the business of tlie Union Pacific Ry. Company, east of the Missouri River, except it comes throug^i you.. I wish "to say to you very frankly tliat I think it is your duty to do this . It is the only way in which the dicipline and loyalty of your employees can bo maintained. I have written, this same thing to Mr. Adams and I write it to you confidentially and I wish to say L.O you further, that if there is any person on the Denvei"" Texas and Ft worth Road who has been guilty of the matters charged I want to know it. In my opinion Mr. Meelc came to Washington at aver'^'' inopportnne time, i was wired from the west that he came without leave , hence my dispatch to yoU. He evidently wished to see me, but if he shows you my di'spatches you will see that I insisted upon his at once re turning to Omaha to meet the officials of the unionPacific company according to their appointment. My request to Mr. Adams was that Mr. vcek should be brought f-ce to face with Mr. Mellen and Mr. Johnson and I saxd to him that which I believe to be true that if the charres were brought to him they would vanish. T X4. ' desire, i have no objection to your showing this letter to r. Adamr becaus'c, iT he were here or where could reach him I should say these things to him,' instead of writing them to you. Very tiuly yours, M. Dodge. I think I am getting better. I go to the seaagain Saturday. J . # A ?■ ' March 8th.l8GD New York City, March 8th, 1890. w. H. Holcomh, Ksq. V.P, Boston. Dear Sir:- I wrote you Mr. Cable's view of the matter last evening. Mr. Ca e ron told me when i was west that he had written that kind of a letter to the Bt. Paul, thinking it would malre them more anxious to come in. At any rate, both considered the negotiation as being offj but Mr. Cable saj^s that it would be impossible for him to go in now without the St. Paul ar- he has entered into an agreement with t'^em that makes it necessary for him to stay with them, unless we could accomodate them also. It seems to me that it would not be so verv costly to build two more tracks from the station to Gilmore. If"I remember rightly, we ^'.ave right-of-way su fficient to do this. I do not know myself that the St Paul wants to go West. I only assume that rr. Gable said nothing about taking the St Paul West, only said he could not enter into any negotiation that did not include the Kt Paul. Was it not the intention in building the Union Station at Omaha that every road shouldbe brought over then^ and how comes It that we car.n.ot accomodate them now; or do you mean that you cannot take them from the Union Station West? Could not the rir-htof-way of the B. & M. which is alongside of us, be utilized? My Bluffs Union TT f Depot to Gilmore, roads would and be we under would not our have police to from set aside council to them any extra tracks. Mr. uable informed me that he was able to provide his own freight arrangements. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. ■V r- • • ' • ■ ' ■ N'arch, 1890 New York ^ity, March 8, 1890 Morgan Jones, Esq Confidential. Fort Worth, Texas. Dear Sir: I have been very actively at work endeavoring to kill off the Henrietta Branch. I sent you a copy of my letter to ' Waldo and I have also seen the re-organization Comniittee here and Mr. Enos, and I have a promise Irom him that nothing shall be done until they can come on here, but I think that I can beat it in the courts if it should come up. We dont want to make any traffic agreement or anything of that kind with the M. K. & T. Cable is here and I have come to an understanding with him that we shall build 54 miles north of Wichita Falls and join him on the Washita River and take all his business thence to Texas, upon an agreed per centage and allow ing him to run his passenger .trains through to Ft. 'Worth over our line. Parker is to be here ohis week and I expect to come to some definite arrangement, but the Rock Island people want to work w i th me . Of course you can readily .see what a benefit such an arrangement would be to us. They are now sending all their bus iness for Texas Points from 'White Castle, over- the Ml. K. & T. and it is a growning business. Everything I have done so far is preliminarys but I write you confidentially, so that you may keep posted as to waht is going on. I have no doubt that I shall conneco witii the Rock Island, and keep them off of any othpr road, or from building into the state, and w/e .ill get all their business This of course makes the ior't Worth & Denver as much a factor in east bound business as it now is in Northwest business. Very truly yours, C. M . Dodge. tlUi. if-*' ■ ris Larch, 1890 New York City, Iviarch 8, 1890 Confidential. Morgan June s, Esq., Fort Wohth, Tex£ Dear Sir: Notice has today been served upon me of a suit in behalf of the Pacific Railway Improvement Company, E. W. Temple, Attorney, claiming ^200,000. damages on account of my possession of the Maver-ick Lands on the Rio Grande River, near El Paso, Texas. This evidently is a movement of Frost and is blackmail, like all tl:ose things. You have means of finding out everything there, and I want you to go to work at once and ascertain who is at the bottom of this. Adamson bought these lands of Mary A.Maverick, for the purpose of getting out ties for The Pacific Ry. Improvement Co. but they failing to build into El Paso, and not needing the bonds, I took them up and paid for them,but what I want to find out is, who is at the bottom of this suit and what does it mean? You have some person there who knows Temple and can get at the inside of this matter and I want to know what itis. Yours truly, G . M.. Dodge . = 91 Karch, 1890. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD COIv.PANY. E. '<Vilder, Secretary and Treasurer. Topeka, Kansas, Ivarch 8, 1890. Dear General: James E. ^^.egin^ has been connected with the "Santa Fe" since Dec. and hearing I was in the Treasurers office he called on me. I had not met him since Col. Teidem.ans mare bad a colt in front of Atlanta. Of course we disagreed at once. In spea.ving of your being wounded while peeping through a port-hole, he said I was a liar, as that happened altogether diflerently. I have a piece of the shell that hit the horn of your saddle at Kenesaw. He said that happened at Big Shanty. R'y how, we made things very agreeable. We turned over Barnes, Tichenor, old Doc. Gay Spencer, Dodds, Adams, Lorton, ^urke, Chamberlain, Cheatam, Rowett,'Phillips, H/.ersy and others. I read the other day about the "Ex prominent mien" who are clerks in the Departments at Wasnington. It mientioned niany ex-con gressmen as clerks but said "The only ex U. S. Senator ever known as a clerk is Geo. E.Spencer, formiehy of Alabama." This was the first I had heard of it, as I used to get letters from him frequently I wonder ed what had become of him. Well such is life. I liked the Col. when he was at Hd. Qrs. when he was Senator and because of his adver sity I still like the man. I will visit'Denver about the 21st or 22d of this month and call on your Genl. Nanager, Ur. Meek, and hope he will have some situation for me, as I am so heartily tired of Kansas that situation or none I will not reniain here this summer. I meet Capt. Downing often, he is clerk on one of tl.e State Commiittees in the Legislature . He knew you in Iowa and belonged to the 2d or 4th I believe. Well, General the nesting with Mequin brought up reminiscences worth listening to and is the cause ol' this letter. Respectfully, C. J. Bell, Santa Fe Treasurers Office, Topeka. March, 1890 Sedalia, Mo., March 8th, 1890 •Gen. G. M. Dodge, No.l BroadwajT-, New York Citv. Dear SirjYpt letter of the 5th instant .iust received. It has been rumored for some time among our people that you contemplated a close alliance between the U'^ion P'^cific and M. K. & T, road, which it was assumed would also include the lines in Texas. I am indeed pleased to learn that this has taken shape and that it is probable something will materialize at an early date. In view of this proposed alliance, I do not think it would be policy for the M. K. & T. to construct the line to which you refer. So far, action in this direction is xn embryo, and if you will confer with our people in New York-- Messrs. Olcott, Hoyt, Enos and others— with a view of reaching an agreement of interchange of business at Junction City, Kansas City, Henrietta and Port Worth, I have no doubt that they will cordially co-operate with you, and possibly reach' the result which you seem to desire. I think this should receive the consideration of those who are mindful of the real interests of the M. K. & T.; yet it is not improper for me to say that there is a strong pressure upon our people to build the line. The real issue with our people willbe dependent upon what is the most advantageous to their interest, and if it can be deraostrated that the Union Pacific will at once, or within a reasonable time, make an interchange of traffic arrangement at the several junction points in Kansas and Texas, then they will doubtless maturely consider the question. Yours truly, J. WALDO G.T.M. March, 1890 New York City, March 10, 1890 Millard Paterson, Esq., El Paso, Texas. Dear Sir: Herewith find copy of citation in the case of the Pacific Ry. Improvement Co. against G.M. Dodge,, also copy of the petition. This was served on nie personally, in the City of New York on Saturday March 8th. I have laid the matter before Judge Dillon and he thinks that under article lk30 of the revised statutes of Texas, the service is good, at all events, as the case concerns property in the state of Texas they can, in this or some other way.get service of the papers, so we might as well at once take it up on its merits. The history of the miatter is this; This action is insti tuted in the name of The Pacific P'^y. Improvement Co. by one G. l. Frost, of Fort IVrotn, Texas, who is the nom.inal president of the organization but, so far as I can learn without the concurrence or authority of any other officer, director or stock-holder of the Company. That Company has done no business for six or seven years and has not endeavored to -ceep alive its organization by complying with the laws oi' the state of Connecticut underwhich it is organized. When the facts in connection v/ith this case are shown, it will appear that the land mentioned in the Maverick deed was pur chased of Mary A. Maverick of Sa.i Antonio, Texas, for the sum mentioned in the deed or there abouts, and it is pos;.ible that it was paid for in the i irst instance by the said ^acific Ky. Impt. Co. This was at a tiiiie when th.e "acific Ry. I. Co. supposed it would build the Texas & Pacific Ry. through to El Paso, but it turned out that by reason of the Kuntington Contract & Agreement the T._& ?. was continued only to Sierra Blanca, and the Improve ment did not need, and could not use the ties it intended to cut from the tin.ber on this property. Therefore, in settlement with the Improvement company stock the purchase off its hands, and the deed was made directly to me; the legal title to this land never was in the Pacific Ry. Improvement Co. Judge Dillon sugge do under your practice, will is instituted without any au in the Pacific Ry. Impt. Go. up the necessary affidavit, practice, and send it to me tice, cannot we require the At any rate, I want the case sts that probably the first thing to be to maxe an afl'idavit thi, this suit thority from anyone properli/ interested li' this can be done, you can draw in such form as is proper in your here for signature. Under your pracplaintiff to give security for costs? defended and you have the facts. Thesuit is brought by a discharged employee who never had a dollar e>.cept I made it ior him, and is sin^ply blackniail because, no matter what the result of the suit may be it could'not, in the sli£>te,st degree benefit him, as what little stock stands in his name w'as only put there to qualify him as an offiver of the Company, and does not now and never did, belong to him., and this will show the animus in the case. Yours truly, . G . 1'. Dodge . P. S. These people claim that they were in possession of this land in 1886, v,her*eas it was never in the possession of the Pacific Ry. Imprt. Co. and I have hau my agent on it and .personally 'paid Taxes on it r-egularly every year. G . k . D . March 12,1890 New York City, r.larch 12, 1890. W, H. iiolcomb, h'sq. v.P, umaha. uear Bir:- When Cameron gets V/est, he will tell you of our interviews and the results with uable aiid f^iller. I have se n both today since he left. I see that they are a little nerv:; ous for fear some block may yet be put in the way. They say the are on hand and ready now to go in in good faith with us. It seems to me that vC0,000 for trackage is a grat thing for the Union Pacific, but a greater thing is getting them in on our own grounds. Th(y also agree to do their frei ht business with you, ard in all probability will always do it, altho* they have the right to go off to any freight station, we are also free from all complications in the Union Uepo^ in the deal—they make their owr; arrangement "there, but we guarantee that they shall go in on the same terms as others. Cameron and myself differed very radically as to the ability to a comodate their local freight, b t that seems to be a qnest.'on easily settled. If we want to hol^"'..their loc.-l freight on the Kast side of the river until you want to distribute it, t:;en it would be our duty to take it over without cost to them. Aqq they ask is a siding or place in the umaha yard to turn out their local freight and empties to be loaded, which anyone taking trackage is certainly entitled to. I think when you ci come to straighten everything out, you will find you have plenty of room on your two tracks to do all the business for the present. No doubt when you come to settle down to business a great deal of it will be put together and the Union Pacific will do it for a price for them, hut these are after thoughts, ne have to provide what we agree to, and make our terms satisfactory to them—make them feel all right over it. , They think they are paying a very high price for trackage. I have talked with several people today who are conversant with such matters, and have not seen anyone but who thinks they are. However, what 1 want to impress upon you is the necessity for car rying out our agreements in their spirit as well as in their letter and net to allow any small thing to divide youj and if there is any hitch I want to know it, for i amvery anxious that they shall '^o on to our grounds and help carry our load, l look upon every dollar they pay you as so much lear gain to you, at any rate 757, of it is. Getting this ,:90,000 is just like finding it . That is the w-y it looks to me. when we have a property as big as this is, gettinr someone to help carry it is a great aid to us. I have no doubt but that the St. Paul are behind the line from Sioux uity, probably encourage it, but i have no wrwin grounds 7sJ that they will not want to the build. most They of their will West find bound it cheaper business, and eas- a- d ler to do so than to build linos out into that country. i:ours very truly, I ,, m G. M. Dodge. i*h ie^°" present at the meeting has road this 1 ttor and agrees March, 1890. Subject--Omaha bridge. Executive Department Charles f. Adams, ^resident. W. H. Holcomb, Vice President. Gardiner M. Lane, 2d Vice Pres. L, S . ■'hiderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO^ 40 Equitable Building, Boston, March 13, 1890, My dear General: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 11th inst. No criticisms or objections to the contract made with the Rock Island people have reached me as yet. Nor do I think any will reach me, as Mr. Cameron has gone west after disposing of the matter so far as I am concerned. The only opinion Mr. Cameron expressed on the subject w;.s that he was disappointed at not getting a larger amount for trackage, and I inferred from vhat he said,--although he was very cautious in his language,--that he thought you had been inclined to be too easy with the Rock Island people in helping them out of something of a hole, I have never heard any suggestion that we were unable to accommodate the local freight of two new roads at Omaha, and am in clined to think that it was used by Cameron nerely as a part of the process of haggling . I think myself that we have given these com panies most uncommonly good terms,--much better tersm than we ourselves ever got or will get for a similar concession. V.'hen the Union Pacific wants to go over a bridge or get into a station, it has to pay through ti-e nose for it, but somehow when other companies want the use of our properties they seem to get them upon a dilferent and more favorable basis. Perhaps this is the inevitable fate of the first comer. I do not think you will hear anything more of this matter. I remain, etc. Charles F, Adams, President, General G, M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York, March, 1890. (enc) 101 40 & 42 Wall St., New York, March 13, 1890. W. H. Hoicorob, V.P. & G.M.K-'y Co.,- Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: Since §>ou left here, I have taken a lively interest in the negotiations that are going on between the Union Pacific, Rock Island and St. Paul roads in regard to. a rental of our bridge and terminals at Omaha. As you are aware, a mieeting was to be held at the Windsor Hotel. This was held Tuesday evening and the following persons were present* R. R. Cable, Roswell Miller, General Dodge, Mr. Cameron, and I was asked to be present and was there . There was a long con ference on the matter and ^ an fully satisfied that we should accommjodate them in some form or another by giving them room for their *^inaia business, as they desire. If we htve not the ground, we had better get it and not allow the negotiations to be broken off and they build a bridge for themselves. I saw Mr. Cable to-day. ^-e says he hopes that this arrangement can be carried out, yet he fears it may not be and they arc going on with their preliminaties for a bridge ao that in case they cannot arrange with us, they will be ready to construct one oY fheir own. Do not allow' themi to be shut off until everything is done that can be done fairly to n.ake an arrangement with them. I would also like to heve it considered by the executive committee in Boston before negotiations are broken off, and the reasons given why you are unable to arrange with then.. Yours truly, Sidney I>illon. 103 March, 1890, Headquarters Dept. of the Coliimbia, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., March 13th, 1890, Dear Genl: I have yours of the 4th and as soon as I can have the picturei taken at Fort Sanders, properly boxed will ship it to you by express, probably in a day or two. I shall be very glad to know that you succeed in having a good copy made and to get a photograph of it when finished. 14th. The picutre leaves today. Very truly yours, John Gibbon . 1G5 Niarch, 1890. Legation of the United i^tates, Vienna J.'.arch 15th, 1890, y,y dear General Uodge: hope that life. It to meet wi come up to well. I deed I do find m.ore for my fai; and better was most delighted to receive your letter last fall and you are now as you were then, well and happy in your busy was kind of you to let me know tia t my appointment seems th approval throughout the West, and I trust that I may the expectation of my kind friends by filling this position am most happy in my life here and find plenty to do, innot think I could have been sent to any post which 1 would agreeable than this. It is, of course, a great advantage ily as well as to miyself to be here. We like Vienna better and have been delightfully received this winter. I have been greatly distressed at the sad news which has come from Washington and am now very sorry to hear of young Lincoln's death. In reading of the doings of the Union League Club, we hear of you and rejoice to know that you are. well. I trust that you es caped the influenza which prevailed e^erywihere. We hear most cheer ful news from hother who is well and strong and greatly enjoying her own beautiful home. I was so glad to xnow of General Sherman's passing his 70th birthday in happiness among his friends. Mrs. Grant joins me in warmest regards and we both hope to see you here ere long. Faithfully and Sincerely Yours, ■F. D. Grant. ■1 • ■ .107 Iv'arch, 1890 New York City, f.':aroii 15, 1890 E. Tempel, Attorney, Fort Worth, Texas. Sir: I ani in receipt of-your circula'r relative to the affiars of the Pacific Ry. Improvement Company. I am a stock-holder in that Company and know all about its transactions and I know further ■ more, that you or the aompany, can have no just claim against General Dodge. The claims, if thei'e are any, are on' the other side of the house. If there Y/as any claim against General Dodge, the proper way would be to present them to him before bringing suit agains't him. I have known Gen'l Dodge since 1861, and I know that it is not necessary to sue hini for settlerr.ent oi any just claim. I cansider your proposition a disreputable one, and, as a stockholder, I enter my protest against any such suit being brought in behalf of the Company. I do not think the officers of the Company have any power, or authority to bring such a suit. From long experience I take very little stock in the suits of discharged employes. I am, etc.. J. T. Granger V.ar-ch, 1890 ^ 4: 'i 109 Washington, D. C., H^arch 20, 1890 Ghas. F, Adams, Dear Sir: U. F. Railroad, Boston, I.,ass. I have learned that your presentation of the U. F. case before the House Comniittee has had a very marked effect; they are inclined to concede something in the Fray bill. Senator Frey himself, I think , is convinced of the justice of your- position, but here seems to be an unwritten under standing among all of the leaders that nothing will be done this session, and I think that it is becoming more settled in the minds of bothe Houses as day after day the petitions from the IVest are poured in against us. Of course whatever I can do to second your affairs I shall do, though I have only spoken my individual opinion. The two or three days that I have been here have helped me, and if I continue to improve I may not go any further South. I am, very truly, • Your Friend, G . K. Do dge. Iv'arch, 1890 111 'A'ashington, D. C., Iv'.:.rch 20, 1890 R . E . Cable, President G. K. I. & P. Dear Sir: Chicago, 111 I have seen K^r. Adams and have also letters from l\:r. Holcomb, and assures me that he will say "you may rest assured and depend upon it that the Rock Island and IVilwaukee shall be treated fairly in every respect;" and he also aaid that if there is any clashing or any disposition to deviate from the spirit of the agreement that if they will drop me a personal note I will straighten out the matter at once. Of course I write you this in confidence but I wish to show you that our people are in earnest in desiring to have you and Kr. Killer with us. If you see President Killer you can show this to him. Please treat this confidentially, and oblige, Yours very truly, G. Hi. Dodge. March, 1890 'Vashlngton, D. c., larch 20, 1890 Chas. F. Adams, U. P. Ry., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: •I wired you today about the steel contract; a chain of misunderstandings, and the fall of the price of steel has put us rather in the wi'ong in our. agreements with G. C. & 1. Go. I sent Berwin's dispatch to n;e to Mr. Eolcomb, and I have written I..r. Eolcomb. He v.'ired me that he felt as I did about the matter, but considered himself governed by the action of the Exe cutive Committee; the difference over the freight would cover the understanding between Eolcomb, Meek, Berwin and myself, as I had a disoatcE. from IcKibbon, who was buying 1400 tons of rails to go to the Wichita Valley Road, stating that the Illinios people would not sell lower than 425., and guaranteed that rails would not sell before that price before May. That with our freight rate would make between 4^0 and v41 the price agreed upon with Berwin; but I judge that they miade a much lower bid to Eolcomb as he namies ^28 as a price that he can deliver themi for in Pueblo. However,, one or two dollars a ton is nothing to us com pared to getting one-half of the business of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company, of wh.ich the Rio Grande has had a monopoly, and of which it is very necessary for us to obtain 50 per cent, if the Rio Grande is going to fight us on our contract. They have been giving us bnly 35 per cent since September, while we are entitled to 50 per cent, and the only way to get our 50 per cent and miaintain our price.., is to show them that we can go into thefield and take it without cutting rates. I aiTi, Very truly. G . M:. Dodge . 115 March, 1890, Subject--Basil Ricketts. Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, President. W. H. Kolconib, Vice President. Gardiner . Lane, 2d Vice President L. S. Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. 40 Equitable Building. Boston, March 21, 1890. My dear General: I have just had a call from Mrs. Ricketts, the widow of General James B. Ricketts, whom you must have known. It appears that her son, Basil Ricketts, was in the service of your company at Pueblo. She has put in my hands some most extra ordinary papers relating to his being "let out" of the company, fron which it would appear, although he did his duty well and showed apti tude, he was, as yoiing men of that class are apt to be, regarded as a "spotter" in your interest, and, as the letter adds, "treated as such.' Another letter in regard to him from Mr. McDougall intimates that young Ricketts was, he apprehends, "getting on to the business of the freight department too fast for some people." Do you know anything of this young man, and is there any reason why a place for him should not be found in the service of the company? He belongs to the class that I like to have about me. I remain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President General G. M. Dodge, Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. !«Tarch 23, 1890. rill Council Bluffs Iowa,3/23/9C. Dear Gren: All except myself have gone to the Episcopal church tonight to see Bishop Perry confirm the new disciples, quite a number and among them sister Julia. I have kept close at home today, not feeling very well, taken last night with a rheumatia.<pain or something of the kind in my r^ght side; sent for the Dr. this morning, he thought" it was something, like lumbago. It seems to have pretty much left me tonight. I however have a trouble in my left side in region of my heart which has made me ner^vous although Doc tor seems to think that is also a muscular trouble. I first noticed it at Eureka, when I got rid of the cough which came with the Lagrippe, this uneasiness in my side appeared and has continued.The sickness I had evidenly left me v/eak internally and the climbing of those hills and horse back riding was probably too violent exercise and the Dr. may be correct in his theory that I have strained the muscles. I never before had any aches or pains in my breast and side; it is a new experience and nervous as I am I may magnify the seriousness of it, but when I think of the years of strain I have h?d on my nervous system, sleeplessness and cold feet coming from Imperfect circulation, I should not be surprised if it had told on my vit al powers. . I have planned to be out of doors every pleasant afternoon and hope with the coming of warmer weather to 6©^ trouble. My health otherwise is very good. Eeferring to the letter you rec'd from Mrs. Osborne, if I am >:pocted to look her up and talk with her about this property, write me again, otherwise I shall let matter drop. If you still call this place your hdme and T hope you do, I think it would be well for you to contrib ute 'something every ye'n- to this hoeplt.al same as you would probably do if you lived here. Jt is uoing a good'V/6rk, takes in the sick. 3tr;;nger and cares for him. Also the home of the Friendless, which is managed "by lev. Mr. Lemen and is now so universally supported "by the Citizens. It takes in orphan children and those who ^'re cast off by dissolute parents and finds Christian homes for thpm. They have over 60 now on hand; those old enough are sent to "'"utlic school. I gave yesterday and always send them Christmas. I see the G.A.R. have some poor f,amilies on their hands and the city has granted them use of some fractional lots to put houses on for those whom they want to provide homes for or those who want to build and have no lots. There is no better way to keep in sympatfciy with the changing population of a city than by makii\g regular contributions to its most deserving charities. You have been av/ay so much I noticed the last time your name wss mentioned in the papers you were spoken of as a former resident of this city. Frank Fuaey has gone in with Moffet and three other Denver capitalists and bought out the Pueblo Street Railway and going to change it to an Electrical Failwny and has gone East with Millard of Omaha to negotiate the bonds. Very truly, N.r.D. The scheme which 7,'right had on hand for purchase of Nonpi . is off. If it should come up in any other shape and all such things better com unioate with me before replying. N.P.D. 119 March, 1890. Telegram. Denver, Col., March 23, 1890 Gen. G. M. ^^odge. Washington, D. C. Answering your message, Basil Ricketts, son of late General Ricketts was given place at Pueblo by my order but gave him self up to drunken debauchery and was discharged after his own con fession of the offence. McDougal means simply that the agt. was fear ful of him as a rival. He does not mean to infer that Ricketts was getting on to anything crooked. I put Ricketts to work on account of his mother who lives in New York- and is having a hard struggle . 0. F. Meek. '- • '.MW 121 IVarch, ,1890. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. Office of the President. Fort Worth, Texas, March 24th, 1890. Genl. G . M . Dodge, Dear Sir: These terminals are going to cost considerable money. I have got the Terminal Charter; how many bonds do you think best to put on it? I think it will be well to arrange for ;|?500,000. and keep them in the Treasury until needed. This extension is a costly piece of work although I have kept as low as possible without stinting the character of the work. The outlook is rather slim for next interest so I think we should get these bonds out at once. Please have them made out and send them here to be executed. Hoping your are recovering,- don't you think a trip out here will help you before the weather gets too hot? Yours truly, Morgan Jones, 123 >March, 1890. Subject--Funding bm. Executive Department. -Charles F. Adams, President. W. K. Hoicomb, Vice Pres. Gardiner ti. Lane, 2d Vice Pres, L. ^nderson. THE UNTION PACIFIC RAILWAY QD . 40 Equitable Building. Boston, March 26, 1890. My dear General: I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 24th inst. in relation to Basil Ricketts and othermatters, and note its contents. A few days ago you wrote to me in regard to affaris in Washing ton. You stated your deSire to support any policy which I might out line,. I did not answer your letter as you are already evidently operating on what I considered the true line. I did what I could in Washington, and evidnetly what I did resulted in no harm. Meanwhile, I will very frankly tell you that I have next to no hope of any action being taken during the present session, and, I may add, during the present Congress. This was the conclusion I reached in Washington, and although neither of them confess ed it, I saw plainly enough that the same conclusion was decidaUy reached by both Col. Ayres and Mr. Btor^. It was in the atmosphere. > This Congress is frightened to death by the farmers' league V in the west. The Republican party is unable to unite on any line of policy, and the Democratic party will confine itself to the tactics of obstruction. Under these circumstnaces, a very large number of public men from the west, especially from the Granger states, and .more es pecially from the states of Kansas and Nebraska, will be unwilling to be confronted by the funding bill. We all xnow how powerful men of this class are to cause delay. Accordingly, I have no question in my own mind that other measures will be continually forced ahead of the fund ing bill, ana that it will not be considered. Accordingly, as I look at it, it only remains for me to work out the salvation of th^. company, if I can, on the otherlines. That is, we must develop our new consolidated con.panies, the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern, the Union Pacific Denver &. Gulf and the Omaha & Republican Valley, so they will become not only self-sustaining but a source of revenue to the Union Pacific. will then be able to fi nancier throu^ those con.panies, which ^iill have a credit of their om . The Union Pacific will then by degrees be brought to rest on these corporations, and we shall see our way out of our difficulties through the steady following u^ of this .olicy. Accordingly, so far as Wash ington is concerned, my present object is to get that bill into the best possible sliape so far as the next ten years arc concerned. 124 After that, things can be pretty safely left to take care of themselves, ^ The unexpected is sure to ocL;ure. 1 am having the figures and necess- ^ ary amendments prepared to give us exactly the same assistance fluring the next ten years which the Frye bill allows to the Central Pacific; that is, if the Ceotral is to pay two per cent interest until .the matur ity of its debt, and one-half of this to be funded during the next.ten years, I ask to .have the ^nion Pacific, if it is to pay three per cent to the maturity of its debt, have one-half of that funded during.the first ten years, leaving us only during those years to pay one and onehalf per cent net cash. Both Frye and Dalzell have signified their willingness to accept this proposition, putting us in so far on an equality with the Central Pacific. Mr. Mink and Mr. Storey are now working out the problem, and the necessary amendments to the bill will be ^repared. I propose to have them incorporated into the bill, and get the bill, if possible, reported with those amendments in it. After that, I have, as I told you, sriiall idea that anything will be accomplished during the present session. Neither does it seem to me very vital that anything should be accomptished, inasmuch as we are working as vigorously as we can on our auxiliary companies, which are steadily getting into better shape. - My own judgment therefore is that our salvation this year has got to be worked out on the line, leaving the next year to take care of itself. If, however, under any sudden change we should have an oppor tunity in Washington, we will be on hand to press our advantage. I ^ shall hope to see you at an early day much improved in health. I ^ greatly need your assistance and advice. I remain, etc., Chaties F. Adams, President. Cener-al G. M. i^odgo. Willards Hotel, Washington, D. -C. 1 9 j. j March, 1890 (Personal) V'ashington, D. C., March 27, 1890 My dear Hate: I wish you would go and see Mrs. Osburn: say to her that I do not cai'e to sell my place, and give her a check for one hundred dollars to help out her hospital. If you see Campbell, who is at the head of the G. A. R., see if he received a check which I sent him about Christman, I never received any answer from it. You can also give one hundred dollars to M.r. Lemon. I am very sorry to hear th&t you are not well; if you do not get on your feet soon, you had better go West to Denver or somewhere. Of course any place you "want to go to you have only to see Ilolcomb, or if you wish to take a party with you, you can have my car and fit it up to suit yourself; tr. Holcomb will arrange for transport for you anywhere you want to go. I am, Very truly yours, G. Ml. Dodge . 129 March, 1890. Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, President. W. H. Holcomb, Vice Pres. Ga-rdiner M. Lane, Vice Pres. L. S. -^derson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. 40 Equitable Building Boston, March 28, 1890. My dear General: I have just received the following telegram from you: "Don't you think we ought to havefiftecn to twenty "years instead of ten?" The only let we have to stand on im making this application is the claim to be treated on general equality with the Central Pac ific. Mr. Frye in his bill gave the Central Pacific these half inter est payments for ten years, and they are satisfied. If then we cla:tm in this respect to be put on equal terms with the Central Pacific we have a strong case in our favor. If, however, we ask for fifteen or twenty years, it would seem to me we would rather tend to sacrifice the strength of our position. The argument I have advanced throughout is that the same terms given to the Central Pacific we though ought to be ^given to us. With that I was satisfied. Long before the end of ten years some thing unexpected, in my opinion, is pretty sure to occur. As I am going home I have asked Mr. Canfield to sign and enclose this to you. Mr. Storey will be in Washington on Monday. I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. E.G. General G. M. Dodge, Willards Hotel, Washington, D. C, 131 March, 1890. Subject--Basil Ricketts. Funding bill. Executive Department,- Charles . Adams, President. W. H. Ilolcomb, Vice Pres. Gardiner M.. Lane, Vice Pres. . S. ■'iiderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAIL7JAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, March 28, 1890. My dear General: I got your personal note about young Basil Ricketts and am extremely sorry for the account you give of the .young man. I had hoped to assist his mother, who is carrying on a very hard fight with great courage. I would gladly, have done anything in my power to aid her, but, of course, under the circumstances, nothing can be done. On that point we are agreed, I note what the telegraph operator says has taken place in the CommiLLee on Pacific Railroads. This morning I received the fol lowing extraordinary telegram fron. Mellen, in cipher; "San Francisco, March 26, 1890. Southern Pacific people desire me to wire you about attitude of our people at Washington on Frye bill. I understand from them they desire the bill to pass. They say we are trying to separate the bill so as to have ours acted upon separately, and want you to instruct our people to discontinue this and work for the measure as a " whole with them. Can you not wire me some assurance that will sat isfy them on thie subject.?" I replied today as follows: People referred to wholly misinformed as to our action. We are already pursuing course they desire, in absolute good faith, and strenuously. They are wholly misinformed as to situation. Senator McDonald co aid instruct thei. as to facts. You can so advise them from m6 • ^ . X, would be well for you to see McDonald and out an end to this talx. I should think that after what I said when I was before the committee, such imputations against us would be impossible . I enclose a couple of copies of the remarks I submitted to the committee. jf one in Washington except Ayres who is in charp-e of our funding bill. Our practice has been to have Ayres keep us inIormed the whole tin.e, and whenever it was necessary Mr. Storey or I have gone on. This arrangement we have found to work much better than having some one loafing around the lobbies. 132 I shall enclose you today, under a separate cover, the amendments which we propose to the bill, and the computations made under it. You will notice it works the problem out in very nice shape. All we ask is that, for the lirst ten years we shall be treated in the same manner that the Central Pacific is treated; that id, if they pay during those years only one-half of the interest for the entire period, and have the other half capitalized, we ask the same. This on thfe ground that during those years the high rate of .interest on our originalloans must be paid, and it is for the interest of the government to .tide us over that period. All this Mr. Storey will explain to you. Storey will leave here Saturday or Sunday so as to be in Washington in ample time before the next meeting of the Committee on Pacific Kailroads takes place. I rffimain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President. General G. M. Dodge, Washington, D. C. Enclosures, 2 copies remarks. ». f u'.iti ■. , . V ,.P' i' k. 133 March, 1890. Executive Department. Charles Adams, i^resident. IV. H. Holcomb, Vice President. Gardiner M. Lane, 2d Vice Pres. L. S. Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, March 29-, 1890• My dear General: I have just received yours of March 27th in which you in quire when we propose to organize the Union Pacific Denver & Guif and t take charge of it. As 1 understand the matter, the new consolic^ted company will become a corporation on the first day of April. All that is necessary for you to do.then is to issue the usual order to all subor dinates of the Operating Department of the old Denver, i'ort Worth & Texas road, directing them to report to General Manager E. Dickinson. A meeting of the dir^ectors can be held immediately after the first of April to authorize the issue of stoc.-c and to act upon any other matter which may be necessary, including the question of organization. We have a majority of the directors here, without counting you, although of course it would be desirable you should be here, if convenient, and we coald defer the time of meeting accordingly. The application to list the stock of the new company is in preparation, and if you can let us know- the exact length of the Road Canon Company's road, we can then give the exact amount of stock which it would be necessary to issue. The certificates of stock of the new company will be ready for delivery next week, anu the pro cess of exchiange can be begun just as soon after the first of April as the directors may determine. The bonds of the new company will be ready for delivery within the next four wehks. Alter the company is formed will issue the necessary or ders to ailect a permanent organization, but this will probably be deferred until the stockholders' meeting on the 30th of next month. I I'emain, etc ., Charles p. Adams, President General G. M. Dodge, Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C. i.arch, 1890 Willards Hotel, Washington, D. C., Korch 29th, 1890 Gardner K. Lane, Esq.,, Vice Prest. U. P. Ry. Co., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: Replying to your despatch of March 29th. The only stock books we have are those of the Denver Texas Sc Fort Worth Company and these you can have at any time. The exchange for Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf stock will have to be made by the Kfercantile "Trust Co. which Compamy issued the Trust Certificates, representing the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth stock, and all the outstanding stock of the Denver Texas & Fort Worth Co., has been exchanged for these certificates and is in possession of the Mercantile Trust Co., except 185 shares standing in the names ofvarious parties and standing in the name of J. Sidney ^rown. Trustee which stock Mr. Brown holds ot distri bute in exchange to the former holders of old Denver, Texas & Gulf stock, but I have no doubt that when he continues this distribution he will turn in what stock he holds and distribute U. P. D. & G. Stock. We have no stock books here of the Denver, Texas and Gulf CoHipany, as all the stock is in the Treasury of the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Company, and this is also the case with the Chicosa Canon and Canon De Agua Companies. These books and papers are all in Mr. .Granger's hands and he will turn them over to t^ou at any time. In getting the new stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange you want to consult Mr. F. Tilghman, who fully under stands all the intricacies and conditions of all our Stock issues, and can be of great service to you in getting you straight with you stock. It will be necessary to get the new stock listed before you can get any great amount of it exchanged. Yours truly, i G. M. feodge. 1S7 March, 1890. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co Office of the ^resident. Fort Worth, Texas, March 31st, 1890, Genl. G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: There is some indications of the Santa Fee extending to Amorilla from Pan Handle, can you do anything to prevent the extension''^ I thinK it very important for us to arrange to meet the Rock Island son.ewhere in the Territory so as to keep them out of our Texas local business. We cant afford to let them come to Wichita Falls. We ought to be able to hold that territory to ourselves after going to the trouble to build it up to what it is. I hope your health is better. When do you expect to come to Texas. We are hardly ready to sell much land yet, but expect to very shortly. Yours truly, Morgan Jones. My brother, Genl, G. M. Dodge, has had his attention called to your Hospital work through the letter of your Secy.,and desires to contribute froit, tin.e to tirne toward the current expenses of the work you are doing, same as other citizens. Though absent from the city he still retains an interest in its wellfare. The enclosed |;25 is from him. Very truly, N. P. Dodge, Though absent from the city Madam: E, Atkins, Treasr., Womens Christian Association Council Bluffs, COPY Dear Gren: I called upon Mrs. Osborne yesterday and informed her you did not care to offer your home for sale at present. That it was possible your family might return here someday and you desire to retain a home in iowa. Also that you were interested in their hospital work and would be glad to contribute same as if you lived here all the time, and I have enclosed check :)^25 to their Treasurer,-copy letter inside. Mrs. Osborne said they were looking for a place suitable for their hospital and your property was superior to any other location and having heard you offered it for sale they were prompted to address you concerning it. They will look around hoping to find some other suitable place as the Dr. McMahom home being below grade is not suitable. Said Mr. Shugart had offered to contribute $500 if they would purchase a suitable place, and others had encouraged them to buy instead of renting. Last year I sent you a 2 Deed to sign for ^ of road on E. line "Riddle" lot on ridge. It never came back and its just as well ^ for I find it would not do to take off such a strip. You better pay r for -g- off of lana E. oi yours as you barely get on to the ridge. I am having the fences rebuilt and some of the brush grubbed out and taking in those lots you own above Ilaverstocks anu the orchard gone over so the whole place will look well. I do not propose to disturb anything in way of grading until it becomes actually necessary. It will be several years before hill north of you is out of way and yovr place will look better as it is until that is away. April, 1890 Very truly 139 Paris, Ills. April 3, 1890, General Dodge, Dear SirrI would like to get a certificate from you about my services under your directions and orders, in the Secret and Scouting service while under your notice and the fact as to whether it v/as valuable to the success of the armj' under your command and the fact of my faithful service during the late rebillion, commencing about August 1862 and ending about April 1865; also what success attended my efforts on foraging expeditions etc. I am now about 73 years old and have hernia on left side, my wife is about 65 years old and v;e have but little property and we are dependent on our labor for support. I think of applying to the Government for a pension and wish to use your statement to aid me in my desire, John. J. Logan, . r . . M : ■ \ \ • 145 i«"n "iyi- .■nBJ ,e n*H|A isdo-, C. H. McKitben, Esq., P.A., Omaha, Neb. «.fa ,ixi«i*o .v .1 «flJiieW iioi ilO<t 1 o i- ' naiJv Dear sir:- ' r*" T' • V f'. ' aiii II «M I have a letter from Mr. Morgan Jones in "relation'to coal r contracts. I spoke to Mr. Holcomb about this and supposed that he ^1*^, spoke to you. The fact is that we induced Messrs. Jones, Forbes and n I k. Chappell to put out their money opening up the mines along the line V of our road to divide the business. They give us their entire output j . and whatever favors the Union Pacific has in the way of contracts .j^^j^'should be given to these mines so as to carry out the original agreement. I have no doubt that t,his will be done, bi:^t I wish t6 call tf- attention to it. welei f. • rr In connection with the widening of the gauge of the Des Moines & Northern road, Mr. Jones add myself have opened heavy coal mines « about fifteen miles south of Des Moines; with a view of giving business to our roads, and if you have any cojjtracts to let for coal in Iowa, " 'i I ,'r:J.'fl|o hhould like to have an opportunity to bid up n them, as it is Ol #1()) : tKl^wo,-pretty uphill work making mines pay in that country. I have, or will nr have as fine a mine as there ia in the country and it -will be put up bnt : imIJ BO as to deliver 1,0C0 tons per day. I do not know whether the railroad rates will allcv/ us to compete or not, but if they do, we would like to have a ^itt!l,e> help< ! irtJ weV Yottrs very tfuly, G. M. Dodge, lOfiil , foj New York, April 3, 1890. J. K. O'Neill, Eeq., Port Worth. -r. n . ^ Dear Sir;- * ' ' wired you today the date at Hbout which Mr. Pusey woi Id reach Pt Worth. If this meeting gets together all right and have control o; it, it seems to me that the officers who have transcended their duties should he asked to resign, that is, the officers who are elected; those who are appointed, such as the Secretary, should he turned out. Then you might make Mr. Pusey, who is now Treasurer, also Secretary. As I wrote you to Denver, if you need anybody to take the place of any of the other officers, put in Sherv/in, and if the President should resign, make Sherwin Presffldent of the Company. Pusey can put some stock in his name. In my opinion tiiere should he another resolution passed, autforixing the company to appear for me in any suit instigated by any stockholder or anyone else, for an act of mine whilst I was rPresident of the Company and making the Company liable and responsible for such acts. I think also that they should make you the attorney of the company, or someone you may designate in the place of Temple. The Board wants to take possession of the seal and of the books, what ever there may be. Temple has been writing to Washington to people there to get - references and certificates of character. The men he refers to-- fl Blanc hard and Robinson--both speak highly of him.- It is as outrage for a company to turn upon its President through two dissatisfied mdn, who have really no moneyed interest in the company. They evidently want to make that kind of a record whicl. I do not propose to allow if I can h'-lp it. If any stockholder comes in and sues after the company is dissolved, then we can meet the case, but I do not believe any stockholder Will take such a step, unless it should b e Adamson or Frost, and if either of them should do this, they could be enjoin'^d on account of not owning the stock which stands in their names, especially if thev-declined to deliver it on my demand. I do not see or uncorstand how Frost could be drawn into any such a thing, because he must know, having been with me so many years, that there is nothin in this, and that it can only hurt him if he is looking toward the fluture. You want to consult Jones fully in these matters, but as soon as you can get the men there, get the Board together, take action and have certified copies of the "records, releases and everything of that kinc made and sent to me. . . . - • , > *'. 11M ( r •-ui,' Very truly yours. Dodge. .M .0 m April, 1890. Confidential. New York, April 4th, 1890, Genl. G. M. "edge. New York City. Dear Genl: I have lately made several unsuccessful attempts to see you. I am now sicK* and confined to the house which is my excuse for now sending you this note. I write to you with considerable diffidence, but knowing your kindness of heart I feel assured of your reading this through. The matter I wish to lay before you is purely personal to myself. During the past year have had much sickness in my family and my expenses have consequently been heavy and i have got behind in my rent and have no .money to pay with. I desire to raise at once $500. on'JHy individual note payable in one year. I appeal to you to let me have it basing my appeal sonewhat on my .-inowledge of your liberality, kindness and goodness to our old friend and war comrade Genl. Jno. A. Rawlins in the old tine days when he too was distressed. Just at present I am hard pushed to the wall for this money, not only to pay my rent but also my doctor's bills now accruiiig in his attending on me in my present illness. Were I able to get out, I would tiave made this application in person and explained every thing to you more fully, also as to my resources, which I think would be perfectly satis factory to you, but which are not available to me just now. My habits are irreproachable. Now General I sincerely trust that you will not deny my request, because I am truly in very straitened circumstances and sorely need the helping hand of a kind, good friend. I require the money before the 10th inst which if you will loan,me, I will see that you get the note. Please let me hear from you, favorably if possible, as early as convenient. I am yours truly, Ely S. Parker, 22 W. 32nd St. April, 1890. 149 Council Bluffs, 4/4/90/ Dear Gren: Yours 1st received. Am sorry to hear you are down again with that lame ankle. If you could get in your Car and go to Hot Springs, Ark. I think you would get relief. The State Historical Association I referred to I think is connected with the Library. I really dont know much about it but see notices in paper occasionally of there being a depository at State Capitol for preservation of war relics etc. I will learn more about it. You spoke to me once about placing your commissions there. I have your hat with the bullet holes through it and will try and hunt up your other Commissions. I find a package of Confederate money which I suppose your men captured when you were at Corinth, or where was it taken? This might go with the other things that you deposit unless you think otherwise. The Check you sent to G. A. R. Post of ^100, Christmas, I paid and it was noticed in the papers. Think they had a family gather ing and Christmas tree for children or something of the kind. They neglected to acknowledge receipt of it I suppose. The enclosed slip I cut out of todays Nonpareil, they got it from Mr. or Mrs. Atkins. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. I suppose Copy of clipping. Yesterday Mrsi J. B. Atkins, president of the Woman's Christiam hospital, received a letter from Gen. G, M. Dodge in which was enclosed a check for ^^25 to swell the hospital fund. The General wished he could be in Council Bluffs for a few hours to visit with old friends. He keeps a watchful eye upon the city and says he shall always consider the Bluff- his home. The General is a constant contributor to the hospital fund, as to many other charitable insti tutions , 151 April, 1890. Executive Department Charles F. Adams, President. vV, H. Kolcomb, Vice President. Gardiner Lane, 2d Vice Pres L. Anderson. THE UNION PAGIFIB RiMLWAY GO. 40 Equitable Building. Boston, April 4, 1890. My dear General: I was more'sorry than I can tell you to receive today your two letters of April 1st. I do not like your being laid up in this way In the first place, apart from any personal feeling of interest and kindness I feel in you, I am conscious of the fact that 1 need your assistance as one of our board of direction. The fact is, while you appear to be growing no blotter rapidly, in regard to myself I am conscious of the fact tha^ I am getting more and more indolent in re gard to work. It is with the utmost difficulty that I now bring my self up to taking hold of what has to be done with energy sufficient to finish it off. As for going into anything which looks like a fight, I feel almost insurmountable repugnance to it. The difficulty with the Missouri Pacific and Jay Gould in regard to the Central Branch actually weighs upon me. Nevertheless, I do not feel disposed to bother you with business placed as you now are. I will'finish up the organization of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf without bothering you about it. I presume the Storey has discussed with you fully the whole situatioi so far as our Washington matters and the action of the Central Pacific are concerned. I have not the slightest doubt that you have arrived at the wisest possible conclusion. I remain, etc., Chad.es F. Adams, President. General G, M. Dodge, Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C. 153 April, 1690. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co Office of the President. Chicago, April 5th, 1890, General G. N'. Dodge, Dear Sir; Mew York City I wired Mr. Cameron some days since asking him to make an appointment with MiHer and myself to close propoased contract. To day I get a telegram saying that he cannot take it up for ten days. You will recollect that when this niatter was under discussion in New York Mr. Can^eron said he would have to go west to be gone about two weeks. It is now about three weeks and he proposes to put it ' off for ten days more. I have to day wired Cameron that the matter was of sone irrportance to us to know whether we wer-e going to close the contract or not, and ia ve asked him to wire iiie and set a date when he and Mr. Kolcomb could meet Mr. Miller and myself in Chicago with Vheir attorney. You can see why we should be anxious to close the matter up as we expect to build a line I'romi Oniala to Lincoln and we do not want to commence the construction with the plan lor using your tract until contract is consummated. Cameron says in his message that they will not return to Omaha for ten days, which mieans that they will not be ready to take this matter up for two or three weeks. I write you this that you may understand the situation, and I do not believe believe there will be anything anything done in the way of closing closing contract unless it is urged by some of your directors. ''/e cannot wait much longer on the whinis of your representatives at Omaha. ] ^ X ^ X i ^ ^ 4.U S X ^ .,1 A_ 1 1 the contract is worth making it should be somebody's duty to take it up and dispose of it. Please treat this letter confidentially and take such action as you may think the case requires. Truly yours. R.R. Cabb. wmmm 155 April, 1890. Subject--Pue'blo rails. Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, President. W. K. Holcomb, Vice Pres. Gardiner k. Lane, 2d Vice Pres L. . Anderson THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building, Boston, April 7, 1890. My dear General: Enclosed I send you a letter from Mr. Holcomb in relation to our dealings with the Colorado Coal & Iron Co. You will see that the matter has been arranged on a basis entirely satisfactory to lis. It now only remains to get the Colorado Coal & Iron Co. interested in the Hartfield mining region. I am now at work upon this. Having read the letter, will you be so good as to return it for filing in this office? I remain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President. General G. M. Dodge, Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C. Enclosure. April 7th, 1890 i Pv'*' 1 t) < New York City, April 7th, 1890,. Chas. P. \dams, Esq., President, Boston. Depr 8ir:- I am in receipt of yours of the 4th. I can say very frankly that there is not much fif-ht in me just now. As soon as I get out, I will try to get 'Osted on the Central Branch matter. I thought that they had agreed to leave that. You can see by the papers the course Mr. Gould is taking. 1 should think Mr. Dillon, who sees him every day and is with him, could take that matter iip and come to Some Ivind of a sc'.tlement with him. Mr. Gould will be home this week . As I understand it, you want to get control of the property. I notice that yesterday's Times has a column article on the Union Pacific, claiming that it is going to the dogs because the Manitoba has built to Helena, but it doesn't say a word about this hurting the Northern Pacific, which it parallels for the whole distance from St Paul to Helena, nor that there is only 8% of the business that goes to that country which originates Er-st of Pittsburg. This only goes to show me that there is to be a determined effort against us. Yours very truly. G. M, Dodge. 159 Tyn April 7,1890 R. R. Cable, Esq., New York ^ity, April 7th, 1890. i^hioaco. Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of yours of the 5th. I know that Hoicomb and Cameron are out in Orei-on attending to very important matters, and that alone causes delay in meeting you. I am sorry that it is sOi, but you know as well as anyone how impossible it is to always keep engagements of this kind. I will.communicate directly with Mr. Holcomb, and ask him to arrange to meet you as soon as possible on their return, and to let you know just about the time. I prefer that you should meet Mr. Hoscomb and ''Tr. Cameron together. I am sick on my back, which is the only thing that prevents my coming out to take it up with you myself, and I have no one whom I could send who thoroughly understands the details of the matter. Drop me a line, pla - se what you understand to be the point in the Mo. ^'acific not going into the new organization, if that is the case, or on the other hand, will they come in? Yours very truly. C. M, Dodge. April, 1890. Subject--U. P. D. & G. stock. Executive Department. Charles E. Adams President . H, Rolcomb, Vice President. Gardiner Lane, 2d Vice Pres L . . -^nderson. 161 THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. 40 Equitable Building. Boston, April 8, 1690. My dear General: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 7th inst. In legard to the 77,660 shares of Denver, Texas & Port Worth stock which stand in the name of the twenty or thrity people, I think it most desirable that it should be atjonce got into the hands cf one or at most two persons as trustees for the new company. Why could not you and Mr. Lane hold this stock? If such an arrangement seems satisfactory to you I wish you would take the necessary steps to have it transferred at the earliest possible date. As to the 5,000 shares floating in the street, we will take that up the first time we meet. I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. General G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York. 165 New York, April 8, 1890. OHl LltqA ,#loy Ho ' Morgan Jones, Esq. , Ft. Worth. _ , Dear Sir:- ' ', ' • ' . I am still sick, and have to dictate al'l my letters. I am away from New York City but letters sent to my office w;il reach me, and I am in daily communication with ?.Ir. G:anger. I received your letter in relation to Temple and Frost. It is ab^ut as I supposed, excepting that I am surprised to know that Frost is not in it. There is only one t ing to do in this matter, and that is just as I have said to you before—wipe these people out through ti.e Board of Directors, and this* I hope to do about the 18th inst. Mr. Patterson, our attorney at El Paso, says a resolution of•the Board, or even a cerfificate of the majority of the Board, ^ uld knock the suit right out of court; but I not on y want to do this but also want'resolutions passed and releases made to.me so that no one else can get after me hereafter, which, of course, t e will do if they can. It is an outrage on me for peoole who have interest in the matter, and cannot be benefit ted, to attack me'in this way. Their theory, of course, is to discredit me by getting a record which they could show, to the Effect that after I had handled a company success fully that company then came in and sued me for an accounting, claim ing that I h-d fraudulently taken part of their property. I understna entire bearing of the case, and whilst you and O'Neill may think I am anx'ous about it, this is not so. I am'not anxous, but am determined to wipe it out just as quickly and effectually as I possibly can, the :>ame as you wou d do if you were attacked in the same manner, and there is no time for taking care of such things like , the moment they are sprung. If they could do this with impunity,.some other fellow will get up something on one of the other companies, j and they would keep me in court all the time. I am very much'obliged to you for your letter and for the ;attention you have giv^n the matter. . ' rn ! I f Very truly .yours, ^ ' '• X"* J Dod^^e.^ 0 rtfU ha" w ocr-qjie • ■■ m .OOSI ,11 IM4A «*IOt r< New York, April 9, 1890, V rwr' T , •pKSr fMsioll .iWnf»r ,#<1 IIMff :9>n ff .1; u® J J, M. O'Neillj Esq.#, *lll9 iMttt Denver, Col. 1 hrin , lofn f r i zm J Dear Sir; - I am in receipt of your letter of the 5th from Ft. Wprth,,. relating to your interview with' Mr. Adamson and the action of Frost. The first thing I want to do is to get a meetng of the Board of Directors; as soon as I.Ir. Pusey arrives in Denver he will go to Ft. Worth v/ith you, liold thi meetin,- and pass the different resolut ions which have been sent to you. Tl.at wipes out tlds crowd to beji with. V/e can get after them on other matters. You will have receive notice before this as to what is necessary to wipe out the charter i Denver he will go to ass the different resolutpes out tl;is crowd to beji ires before n rs. You will have received to wipe out the charter in courts and have the company 'o T-P +Vi4o r* Connecticut, It req ires to co before the courts and have the company put into a receiver's ha ds, giving four mont 's notice. If this course is not pursued it requires the action of the stockholders. If by qny c]:ance we should fail to carry out this program through the Board of Directors, then, of course, we could commence in the U.S. Courts; as you suggest. This Judge Dil on has had in viewj but h.is mind is made up, and so is mine, that whilst we have a majority of the Board of Directors, we should get this action and have it on .record. ^ I'enclose with this blank receipt for installments paid, which^ you can ia ve Mr. Pusey fill out and sign as Treasurer, transferring ^ to anyone you may desire part of the stock which stands in his name. I think Adamson* 3 talk to you was more of a blind than anythin": else; he didn't want to tell you the truth, that was all; and the fact that Frost signed the authority as one of the Board shows that they have no Idea of givin-' up one bit. I should think that action could be taken Against Frost and Adamson on my stock, as they had no right to hold office or take any action whatever under it. This, of course, after we accomplish what we desire to thr'^ugh the Board of Directors. Then we could sue them for this stock and enjoin them from using it, holding office, 6r taking any action under it, which would wipe them out. Men who will engage in this business without any authority or evidence, we must expect will do almost anything. Yours very truly, G. M. ^odge. shows that they have no action could be taken had no right to hold after IF 167 April, 1890, Denver, April 10th, 1890 General G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Dear General: For the 1st. .week in April, approximate earnings show, 24^ Increase for the Ft. Worth & Denver, and 44^ increase for the line from Texline to Denver, average increase for the entire line, 30^. We shall make a nice showing in net as compared with last year. We have 16 of the heavy engines in between Denver and Trinidad, and they are doi :g excellent work; We only have 4 of the old engines in service between Denver and Trinidad, I am to take up joint track matters with Smith to-morrow. He is to hve an opinion from his attorneys, and 1 have one from oiors, as to the construction of the contract in regard to what business is poolable under the contract. We are then to submit it to Judge Decker, who, I am satisfied, has no predilections for either company, for an opinion. If the opinion is against us, we still have the right to arbitrate, but both O'Neill and Orahood are satisfied that Decker's opinion will be favorable. Smith first proposed Hallett, and I proposed Decker, I think if the opinion is against them, they will give up the fight. It is a matter of great importance, as if it is in our favcr, and the Rio Grande accept it, it will date back to September 1st. I had Berwind give Smith a guarantee of 120,000 tons of coal per annum, which is the same amount guaranteed by the Color-ado Fuel Company, which puts us on a better footing in case the decision is us. Smith agreed with Berwind that, with such a guarantee, and the Union Pacific letting them into the B. & M. territory on U. P. lines, he would be will ng to allow us the 50%, but he is expecting that the nion Pacific Co. will put earnings into the Pool on Company coal. This we dont intend to do I have not made the issue with him yet, and dont propose to. We shall simply have our coal shiuped to Denver, without asking any questxons, and Berwind is to try and work his coronercial business on the U. r. up to 120,000 tons a year, Chappell and Forbes have had tiiis same arrangement for over a year, but have not done much in the way of local business, as they have not got the desirable coal for commercial trade, while the C. C. <5c I. have both Canon and Walsenburg coal to work with. We have an understanding that we will work on the joint track matter until we get it settled, commencing to-mot»row morning. I will leeep you advised as to hat is done. I have been working on this for the past week, and I am fully prepared to meet them. 168 Both O'Neill and Orahood's opininns hold (and they are both strongly supported by sound argument) that we are entitled to one-hald the business between joint track points and points reached by the lines of both companies over the joint .track. Of course, if the decision is in accordance witli their opinion, it will settle the whole question, as business once divided on the joint track, will take care of itself beyond. Yours very truly, C. F. Meek, ■ ''"1 ' w-.V, tA VV.,--. . ' .1 •t • f 169 '»■ New York, April 10th, 1890. My dear Painter: Will you he kind enough to go to the capitol and see Jos, Morgan, Senator Allison's secretary, and ascex'tain from him if the bill which I want passed, giving the Ft, W. D.C.Ry. Gq. additional rightof way, has been nut in Coke's hands to be introduced into the Senate? The bill was originally approved February 24th, 1887, but I want to get it revived and nut in a little better shape, with the following amend ments ; First: Allowing us to start the line anywhere on the Ft. W, & D. C. Road between Henrietta and Iowa Park. Second: To allow us to cross intoo the Indian Territory between the 98th and 99th meridians of longitude. Senator Allison thought this could be amended conditionally or indirectly, and it would then give me the right to build the branch fro>-H^ the Ft. W* !>c D.C' up through the Indian territory. I don't want to do it through a separate company if I can help for if I did, I could not use Ft. W. A D.C. bonds, but if the extension was so drawn as to constructively give mo that right, I would take my chances under it. Please give this bnmediate attention. I have seen Hare in the House who will introduce it there as s on as it is ready. Allison was going to take it up with Coke and arrange it at once. It wants to be gotten in immediately and put through, for I want to use it this fall. Yours very truly. G, M. Dodge. j " V j 171 April, 1890. Executive Department. Charles F, Adams, President. W. H. Holcomb, Vice President. Gardiner If. Lane,2d Vice Pres. L. S. Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, Aprili,5, 1890, My dear General: I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 15th, in which you tell me what you have done with Morgan Jones and the in structions you have given Meek. I am extremely glad that you wrote as you did to both these parties. It is just the sort oi' information, coming from a directory which leads them to put in the work, 'When Mellen is here you and I will go over this whole sub ject with him. It is then I propose to make all our arrangements for any difficulty likely to occur next Summer, Of course you understand that I am unable to do anything myself except through Mellen. It is otherwise with you. I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. Gen . G. M, ^odge, 1 Broadway, New York City, April, 1890. 173 THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY GO 40 Equitable Building. My dear Sir: Boston, April 15, 1890, I, this morning, received note of the 15th, inform- ' ing me that you were holding Waldo, of the 1\' . K. & T., in New York, in order to see Mellen. I telegraphed you as follows: "Mellen will be here Saturday, in New York Monday. Can you hold Waldo? If necessary could have Mellen go to New York on way here Friday to see Waldo." In view of the importance of this matter, I can, if you think best, direct Mellen to go to New York first, reaching there Friday evening. He could not be there earlier. He could then come over here to see me Monday. Would this arrangement be satisfactory? I remain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President. Gen. G . M. Dodge, 1, Broadway, New York City. P. S. After writing above I telegraphed Mr. Mellen to be in New York Friday afternoon, reporting to you. . M .5" ■ ^ V ■ 175 April, 1890 New York City, April LB, 1890 V.'j dear H'r. Walters: I wired you today asking when you or your son would he here and have your reply. You know that the United States National -^ank has its office in this building, a d it is going to move over to Well Street, and will I think leave a great opportunity for opening a new National Bank. The Present Bank has a surplus of .;j500,000 and a deposit line of over v5,00^,000 and during the last quarter it earned 5/^ on its Capital Stock "• issuing a perspectus looking toward the organization of the New Bank, to be called "The Washing ton National Bank of New York City," with a capital of $300,000 Y/hich may be increased to a million if desired, and it has occured to irie that you migrt like to subscribe, for some of its stock, and if so I Y'ill offer you such an amount as you may desire to take. Of course it is a matter of grwoth, but the new Custom Pouse com.es right hei'e, close to it and m.ust bring a large am;ount of business. As officers of the Bank I propose to take Nr. Sherman (who is the Cashier of the present Bank) as President, and Nr. Granger, whom you know, as Cashier. I will have a very strong list of stock-holders, including I/r. C. Vanderbilt, Nr. ^ullmian. Nr. Sidney Dillon, Nr. Tilghman, Nr. Elkins, Nr. Cyrus Field and some of our "'hiladelphia friends, and I would like to have you take soii.ething in it. I am satisfied that you will lose nothing and in all probability you may maiie considerable. Please write me on receipt of this. Very truly yours, G . N . Dodge To 1^. T. Walters, Esq., Baltiriiore, Nd. 177 April, 1890. New ^'ork, April 18th, 1890, Hon. Boies, Governor of Iowa, Dee Woines, Iowa. My dear Sir: I have been requested several times by the I-xecutive Offi cer of the -^tate to have my portrait painted for the State capitol. The business demands upon me were such that I could not heretofore find the time. Your predecessor, Gov. Larrabee, exacted a proiilse from me that I would give the matter attention during his administrat ion, and I endeavored to accede to his wish, but failed. I selected as the painter an Iowa artiet, Mr. Geo. H. Yewell, and my friends consider that he has made a gi-eat success of the portrait. I send it to you fully appreciating the great honor the Stale has done me • in its request, and I am not unmindful of the fact that to the State oi Iowa since 1853 I am indebted for many honors and for great kindness, and while my duties have taken me away from my home, still my heart and my allegiance have been with Iowa since the first time I crossed the i'ississippi in 1852 and joined my fortunes with the then young state . I am, truly, Your obedient servant, G . M . Dodge . 181 Hew York, April 19th, 1890. J. W. Baab, Esq., # 1536 Third Ave., New York. Dear Sir:- Below you will find a list of names and addresses of parties to whom I wish copies of photograph of picture made by Mr. Taylor sent: Gen. J. Ti. Puller, Toledo, Ohio. Gen. A. l. Chetlain, 543 N. State St., Chicago, 111. Gen. Sherman, 75 W. 71st St., New York City. N. P. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. W. H. Chamberlain, Associated Press, ^incirnati, Ohio. (Pack two copies in Mr. Chamberlin's box.) Gen. 0. 0. Howard, Gover or's Island, New York. Gen. J. M. Schofield, Washington, D.C, Col. Geo. C Ticlienor, Asst. Secty. of Treasury, Washi.ngton, D.C, Peter A. Dey, R.R.Commissioner, Des Moines, Iowa. Major S Jonas, Farmersvilie, La. As noted above, I want two copies of the picture put in Mr. Chamberlain's box; to the others send one copy each. Your.s very tnily G. " Dodge. April, 1890. 183 New York City, April 21, 1890 Pi'ivate & Confidential. Chai;les I''. Adams, Esq., President, U. P. Ry. Co., Boston, Nass. . Dear Sir: Ivr. Cable v/as in to see me here today. His talk to me is so entirely different from what he is reported to have said to others that I hardly know what to think. However, he said that he and Miller had come to an agree ment at Omaha and that Holcomb and Cameron were very nice to him and very fair. Cable's contract with us is a very elaborate and extended -one. No doubt you i:ave full particulars of it. It has to be acted upon by the Board of Directors■and Stockholders and I wish to call your attention to it so that you may c-nsider it in ad vance of our neeting, as Mr. Cable expects it to be acted upon by our company at the Annual meeting and it will be passed upon by his company in June. He also made a proposition which we should bear in n.ind and consider. As I understand the proposition already accepted allows us to cone to the State line at the Indian Territory. Mr. Cable said that his people would agree to meet us at Fort Sill so that v.e could protect our Texas Territory. Now, if we ever desire to connect out two lines, between Fort Sill and the Kansas State Line, he wants us to do it over his line. I said to him that I believed the Union Pacific Company would be favorable to this; and that, as our two lines v.oald be very close together there vould be no inducement for us to build when we could get fair trackage over his line but I did not see any necessity of taking trackage at present.. He also said to me that if v.e ever wanted to use their line to Liberal, which is away out in the western part of Kansas about 80 miles from the Ft. Worth & Denver at Hartley, he would be glad to make a trackage agreement with us. iVr. Millen had told me all about his talk with Cable. I suppose Mellen can make an ai'rangement with Cable which will give us all his business west of Denver destined to any point on our line. tr. Cable's statement of his grievances against the Union "acific, would, if he is right, indicate that we had made a mistake in some things. However, I told him that it was no use in fighting over old controversies, and that I thought Mr. Mellen would meet hin. half way in any arrangeuent he wanted to make. 184 I do thlnkthat it is important for us to tie these men up to us wherever we can do so. Wecannot do it at the Iv'issouri River; if we can do it at Denver we should do it there. ^'.r. Cable further said to.m.e that Mr. Gould's action was a surprise to then, and they did not know what it meant. That he (Gable) was doing everything he coald to get the Atchison to make a cut rate into Galveston. He says that alone will settle it. Mr. Cable said, on leaving me, that he was ready and ancious to go right in and work with the U. P. as he used to do, taking matters as they stand today. In my opinion he is the most active, and most agressive man west of Chicago and has the ability to do. the most harm. I have had a great many dealings with himi, and he has always been -square with me. Of course what I write you about this think you ought to know it. co.nf idential, but Mr. Cable, will be hei'e two or three days and has an agree ment to n^eet Mel.en on Mellen's return to Chicago. I expect grea-t results from that interview. I want to say, furtiier, that I think Mellens arrangement with the Southern Pacific is one which will be very beneficial to us. It seems to me that it shows a change of heart on the part of the Southern Pacific.people and if such is the case it will be very beneficial. If it is possible and convenient I would like to have Mellen coriie this way on his return west. There are several matters I did not take up, and about which I want to talk to him. I am far from well, and it looks as though I would for a time have to get entirely away from business. Yours very truly. G. M. Dodge . April, 1890 THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building, Boston, April 23, 1890. Uy dear General: I hope to be over in New York to see you on Friday. Mr. Mellen will also be there at same time. There are various matters that I want to discuss and settle with you. I received your letter of the 21st, and note what you sa^t about Mr. Cable. I think that these matters will probably work them selves out. Mellen evidently knows what he is about, and his plan to that end seems to me to be intelligible . In this connection I want you to give a caution to Mr. Meek. Mr. Meek has always been accustomed to report directly to you, and to have the usual control of a General Manager over the affairs of his company. In other words, he has attended to its commerfiial department, subject to your control only. It is necessary to remind him that he now has charge, not of an independent system, but of one bracnh of a very large system. Under these circumstances, he will have to subordinate himself. I do not doubt that what he has done so far has been favorable to his division. Meanwhile, rumors begin to reach me that his action is complicating us elsewhere. You, of course, as an old corps commander, will understand this. You can not fight the corps of an army as if each of them was an independent army. A corps commander must learn to look to a com manding head. In all questions of traffic, therefore, Mr. Meek must act in co-operation with Mr. Mellen, and keep Mr. Mellen fully and clearly advised of everything which he proposes to do begore he does it. Otherwise, I shall have a clashing which will bring the whole edifice about my ears. A word from you in this respect will reach Mr. Meek with a great deal more force, and in a way to draw his attention, than one from me. He will have to get his formal instructions later on. Mean while, I want you to prevent any clashing in the beginning. If the thing starts right, it will go right. If it starts wrong, it will go wrong. I remain, etc., Ghas. F. Adams, President. Generll G. M. Dodge, 1, Broadway, New York. 187 April, 1890. Palestime, Texas, April 23, 1890. Col. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: I without an attempt at an apology for so doing, write you in the interest of our city and county; wish to call your attention to the project of building a railroad as an extension of the Fort '^orth & Denver City from i'ort »Vorth to ■^eep Water, also passing through the finest pinery and most extensive one in the state--also passing through a fine lot of hard timber--consisting of white oak and almost all of the oaks, the ash, hickory and walnut, magnolia and many other varieties of valuable timber. I will outline the general route, com mencing at Fort Worth, via Palestine, and ten or twelve miles east of Palestine you strike the -Finery, thence down on the west side of the Neches River In a southeasterly direction, to or near Centralia In Trinity County, 'lex. (long leaf pines begin with Trinity Co.) here the road should fork, the southern branch puinting to Sabine Pass, crossing the 0, E. W. T. and the T. & G. Railroads at Corigan in Polk Co., Tex. You would here have a run down to Houston and Galveston on the H. E. & W. T., or by taking the other end of H. E. & West Texas, you would run out to Shrevesport and all N. E. as well as down to New Or leans and down by water, or take the east end of the Trinity and Dpbine R. R. and run out to Colmesneill and down to beaumont and on to Sabine Pass, cutting the New Orleans & Texas R. R. at Beaumont--you can run southwest to Houston anu Galveston and N. E. to N. D. La--these advant ages are had as soon as you strike the li. E. & W. T. and the Trinity and Sabine at Corigan, Tex. then continuing your line south east to Sabine Pass--cutting the N. 0. & Texas R. R. about 30 miles southeast of Veaumont, Texas, from near Palestine to within a few miles of Sabine Pass, you are in an almost unbroken pinery, with the other timbers mentioned--then if you wish to make this route The Timber Route commence at or near Centralia, Trinity Co. and run east crossing the Neches River at or near Rocky Crossing, and cutting the H. E. & West Texas five or six miles Northeast of the Neches River--and continuing alriiost due east to New Orleans through one of the finest long leaf pineries in the south—deep water at the city. Not only this, but as you approach Palestine irom Fort Worth you pass very near the best range of iron ore deposits in the south--where the finest wrought iron was made during the late war — then within two and one half miles of Palestine you pass H besides it is thought that coal We have hflf a good abundance near this iron--I think this wiil be tested soon. iron and brass foundry in Palestine to do your work, and will bui d one specially for your road. If you sno ;ld build and mit Shops there. Finest of water and a healthy^c^tyrand fgiod ?Lm?ng country--buy the H. E. & IV. T. ra.lroad before you start! ir^t i^Jn distreos now, runs from fouston, Tex., to Shrevesport, La. It has no outlet now, except Houston and Shrevesport, but as soon as you would strike It with a railroad Irom Port orth It at once becon.en paying road that is if you buy it. .188 It is easy to ascertain these facts to your satisfaction without much cost. If you think favorable ol this project we will ^et up a con^mittee and will take such steps as may be necessary to give you such information as will satisfy,' you. There is no way for you to get to Houston and Calveston other than the route I name and go through any timber of consequence. I have traveled over a large portion of this route often and know what I am talking about. In .my opinion this is your best route and chance. If you wait until Mr. Gould puts a road here it will be hard to get into the tir.iber. He is talking of it now, so I am told. I know your splendid Fort Worth & Denver City road needs this timber and deep water and iron and coal route--a fine lime quarry six or eight miles from Palestine--We regard Mr. Gould as a good railroad fl.an, but we want h competing line. If you have any notion ol this project now is your time. I am,Dear Sir, Yours 'i'ruly. D. M. Butler. ■ t .. -tt 189 April, 1890 New York City, April 24, 1890 Confidential. C. T. Week, Denver,Colo. ' Dear Sir: I have a letter fi'om Wr.Adaii.s, in which he asks me to write to you in relation to avoiding a conflict with the Traffic Department. He says: "Wr.t/eek has always been accustomed to reporting directly to you and to have the usual control of a General Manager over the affairs of his coriipany. In other words he has attended to its commercial departir.ent subject to your control only. It is necessary to remind him that he now has charge not of an independent system, but ol' one branch of a very large system. Under the circumstances he will have to subordinate himself. I do not doubt that what he has done so far has been favorable to his division. Meanwhile rumiors begin to reach me that his action is complicating us elsewhere. You of course, as an old Corps Commander, will under stand this. You cannot fight the Corps of an Arniy as if each of them was an independent Armiy. A Corps Commander iiiust learn to look to a comii.anding head. In all questions of Traffic, therefore, Mr. Iveek must act in cooperation with Mr. Wellen, and keqj Mr.. Wellen fully and clearly advised of everything which he proposes to do before he does It. Otherwise, I shall have a clashing which will bring the whole edifice about my ears. A. word from you in this respect will reach Mr. Meek with a great deal more force and in a way to draw his attention than one from me. He will have to get his formal instructions . later on. Meanwhile I want you to prevent any clashing in the begin ning. If the thing starts right, it will go right. If it starts wrong, it will go wrong." No doubt Johnson has been sending despatches to f.ellen. I expect to meet Rr. Adams and Mellen here toniorrow and will straighten things out. Meanwhile you want to be very careful to give them no chance to complain, but consult Mellen fully, but do not give up your work. I shall ask felien what reasons Johnson has for any cl his complaints. I am quite sick hardly able to be out, and expect to get away from her*., a^ soon as possible so as to get a rest. Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge. April, 1890. 75 IWest 71 Street, New York, April 25, 1890, Gen'l. . M. Dodge, New York, My dear General: I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. Granger acquainting me with your presentation of a photograph copy of the painting executed by Mr. James E. Taylor at your dictation. The picture has not yet come to hand, though ^ expect to receive it sometime during the day. I will call in person at your office veryssoon and thank you for the kind remembrance. Very sincerely. W. T. Sherman, Gene ral. 193 New York, April 26th, 1890. F. V. Bogue, Esq., Ch. Engr., Oaaha. Dear Sir:- The Colorado & Texas Ry. Construction Co, has been sued by a man named Mayer, and an injunction has been obtained by him restraining the delivery of the $1,000,000 of bonds in payment for the third rail, equipment, c. of the line between Pueblo and Trinidad. Of course, if this suit should go against the Col. >>r. Tex. Ry. Construction Co., then the U.P., D. & G. Ry. Co, would have to come in and pay for this work. The lawyers claim that it cannot g-^ against us. However, they desire trS show what it will cost, approximately, simply to close the gaps between Trinidad and Bessemer. You understand that we have buili out of Trinidad beyond any cost in the city, and that we have built fivfc miles out of Pueblo beyond any cost there, and we have also built on the main line 5 1/2 miles, from Chicosa Junction to De Agua Junction, and we have graded some considerable line from the rolling mill (outside the city limits) between Trinidad and Chicosa Junction. Now, v;h''t I would like to havd is, some person (say Kinney, for instance) ttJ make an estimate of what it will cost to close these gaps, L^ X 1 X'U^ ^ ^ i 1 ^ ^ 4- ^ -L ^ 4- ^ Bcsdemer down to and including the crossing of the Greenhorn, that I think can be used safely, and the profiles from the Greenhorn down, which are very ligiit, can do the rest. As I figure, the distance to be estimated upon will probably be 86 miles. When you send tliis matter to Mr. Kinney, or to wlioever you do send it, you had better orward a copy of this letter, that it may be s-.own to Mr. ^^issell, because he understands tMs matter and knows just what I want. I don't know but Hawley might do this, only it might be claimed he was in the employ of the D. T. & Ft, W. Co, I would prefer to have some engineer make it who is not in the employof the company, I would like to have this data as quickly as possible, and it only an approximate estimate. However, it wants to be made for what it can actually be done-- on a cash price basis. All the profiles, maps, 8cc» are in the hands of Bissell. Yours very truly^ r. M. Dodge, 1S5 April, 1890. Denver,. Colo., April 27, 1890. Dear General; I have received this morning both of your letters in re gard to Union Pacific niatters. I note what ^'r. Adams says in re gard to my taking action which is complicating the situation out side of this division. I, fully appreciate the force of Kr . Adams' suggestion, and have been acting right on that line. You will doubtless be surprised to learn that since Mr. Johnson has been here, he has received no instruction from me of any kind, that would effect in any way, either local or general matters. John son, on the other hand, has been giving out about Denver and to shippers that I was without any authority in traffic matters, and no Uiore, in fact, than a division Supt. etc. That Mellen was the real Chief of the U. P. and more such rot. I have made no reply to any of this stuff, but have been making friends for the U. P. on general principles. Meanwhile Mellin cut the expenses of his soliciting force here very low, and I am quite sure for the purpose of bringing about the result it did, had Johnson freeze out Frank Smith, who was put in on my recommen dation, and who is, without doubt, one of the very best men in Col orado, and who had been making a splendid showing for U. P. even in the short time he had been here. I see the whole thing, partly from a very close knowledge of Mellen and Johnson, and partly from information received from within their own camp. The plea that I am doing things that com.plicate general matters, is in view of the fact so ridiculous, that it also reveals the inner workings of Mellen*s mind. It is simply Mellen's attempt to fence in the traffic department and exclude every one from know ledge of it's workings,- at least those on the field of action. Johnson has said, and I know he has said it, that Mellen would blow a hole through me, and that I would feel the weight of his hand, etc, Mellen has his own reasons for this, but they have predicated their fight on the wrong ground, in as much as the statement that I have done anything to effect traffic matters in any way," save to increase the number of people shipping over the line, is absolutely false. It is little less than I expected, and it is little less than Mr. Adams could ex^ectT when he knows of the combination which exists between Mellen, Dickenson, McK and others, to find them attack me because I see fit to be loyal to superior officers. Mr. Adams will hear a great many things about me, directly and indirectly, open and masked batteries,- but I want to assure you that the only real reason there will be for complaint from any one of these people, will be the fact that I am working hard for the interests of the Union Pacific in all seasons. Mr. Holconb fully understands the situation. He will, no doubt, be as frank with Mr. Adams and yourself as he was with me in connection with Mellen. Choate is lending a hand, and their hope is to make it interesting enough for me all around. They had better be at work, instead of plotting, gabbing and trying to unhorse some one else. Mellen'a claim that Managers are liable to complicate general matters is a convenient cloak, and you know and I do what it conceals. All in the world any manager could wish is to have the Ofin'l frt. aet. confer with him in local matters, and not be work ing entirely outside of him. That will ruin any road. I would only be glad of ¥r. Adams coming into the matter thoroughly. He ivill find that I am doing nothing to embarrass Mellen, and all I can to make a showing for the U. P. Yours respectfully, C. F. Meek. I told Johnson he was making a mistake in freezing out Smith- and that it was a matter about which I should be consulted this is what stirred mp Mellen. They hope to succeed in worrying Mr. Adams with reports of all kinds from the sources they command, in regard to myself. I only hope that Mr. Adams -will discover the real merits of the whole thing at a very early day. ■ - . ■ ■ , c • ' .f.'i ' ■ V ' * , .. ' * »- * i, 1 ^ ■ 1 ■" ■ *'. .1; ; - * V i ' ' 'vy. : , , » / s ' ' » . ■ 'J J * 1 . ' 1 1 ' • * % ' ' ' V * ' i' « • . \ 1 . • .. *• 1 1 j y.j;' ^ ■ ' i» ■. ■ * • ' I V' * t • « •fc • ■ . ' f. , • . 'I 1 1 187 April, 1890. ».! , r Denver, April 27th, 1890. Personal. • . General G. M. Dodge, Care, Charles F. Adams, Esq., President, Boston, I'.ass . Dear General: I have received this morning both of your letters in regard to Union Pacific matters, and note what Mr. Adams says in regard to my taking action which is complicating the situation outside of this Division. I fully appreciate the force of Mr. Adams' suggestion, and have been acting right on that line. You will doubtless be surprised to learn that since Mr. Joiinson has been here, he has received no instructions from em of any kind, that would affect, in any way, either local or general matters. Johnson, on the other hand, has been giving out about Denver, and ot shipper, that I was without any authority in traffic matters, and no more in fact than a Division Superintendent, etc.; that Mellen was the real Chief of the P., and more such "rot." I have made no reply to any of this stuff, but have been making friends for the . P. on general principles. Meanwhile, Mellen cut the ex penses of his soliciting force here very low, and I am quite sure for the purpose of bringing about the result it did; had Johnson freeze out Frank Smith, who was put in on my recommendation, and who is, without doubt, one of the very best men in Colorado, and wl.o had been making a splendid showing for the ^nion Pacific even in the short time he had been here. I see the whole thing, partly from a very close knowledge of Mellen and Johnson, and partly from information received from with in their own Camp. The plea that was doing things that complicate general matters, is, in view of the facts, so ridiculous, that it also reveals the inner workings of Mellen s mind. It is simply Mellen s attempt to fence in the Tralfic Departmient, and exclude every one froffi knowledge of its workings, at least those on the field of action. Johnson has said, and ^ know he has said it, that Mellen would blow a hole Ihrough me, and that would feel the weight of his hand, etc. Mellen has his own reasons I'or this, but they have pre dicated their fight on the wrong ground, inasmuch as the statement tliat A have done anything to affect traffic matters in any way, save to increase the number of people shipping over the line, is absolutely It is little less than I expected, and it is little less than Mr. Adams co..ld expect, when he Knows of the combination which exists between Mellen, Dickinson, McKibbin and others,to find them attack me because I see fit to be loyal to superior officers, s. '198 ^'r. Adams will hear a great many things about ne, directly and indirect ly, open and masked batteries, but i want to assure you that the only real reason there will be for complaint from any one of these people, will be the fact -that 1 am working hard for the interests of the Union Pacific, in all seasons. fer. Holcomb fully understands the situation. He will no doubt be as frank with Mr. Adams and yourself, as he was with me in connection with Melien. Choate is lending a hand, and their hope is to make it in teresting enough for me all around. 'They had better be at work, in stead of plotting, gabbing and trying to unhorse some one else. Me lien's claim, that Managers are liable to complicate general matters, is a convenient cloak, and you know, and 1 do what it conceals. All in the World any Manager could wish is to have the General Freight Agent confer with him in Local matters, and not be working entirely outside of him;- That will ruin any road. I would only be glad of Mr. Adams coming into the matter thoroughly. He will firiid that 1 am doing nothing to embarrass Melien, and all I can to make a showing for the Union Pacific. I told Johnson he was nakin, and that it was a matter about which what stirred up Melien. iiaking a mistake in freezing out Smith, hich 1 should be consulted; This is They doubtless hope to succeed in worrying Mp, Adams with reports of any kind, from every source they can conmand, in regard to myself. I only hope that kr. Adams will discover the real merits of the whole situation at a very early day. Yours,respectfully, G. F. Mieek. 1S9 Kay, 1890. Erte. with G. 1. Ekxlge letter May I, 1890 Chicago, 111., April 29th, 1890, PERSONAL Charles F. Adams, Esq., President, Union Pacific System, Boston, Mass. Dear SirPlease note below copies of telegrams received regarding the rate situation also regarding the situation in Colorado caused by interference of Mr. Meek in traffic matters: "Your message yesterday. All right, take pleasure in carrying out your wishes simply wanted to give you to understand situ ation here. Wanted to give you my idea of what I thought was best position for us to take giving you my reasons for so doing that you could have all sides of situation. Privately say to you that I am informed here although I cannot prove it to my satisfaction that Interstate Commerce Commission have representative here investigating situation that Carnegie of Pittsburg and some other larger shipper who thinking that if investigation is had they will be the ones put on this stand to textify telegraphed their representatives here not to accept any rate unless it is an open published rate should they fear an investigation in the east. If any new development in this quarter will wire you. Don't forget that when you come to me to get back our patrons that have been taken away from us by these cut rates its going to take time to do so." (Signed) H. A. Jolmson." "Denver, Colo., April 28th, 1890. "C. S. Mellen, Chicago, 111. On receipt of this please wire to Mr. Meek direct as follows: Understand you heve made with Chicago Lumber Company or their repre sentative or with Pells some traffic arrangement on lumber coming off Maxwell Grant, if so telegraph me quick exactly what your arrangement was either with those parties or any other, (Signed) H. A. Johnson." "Denver, Colo., April 28, 1890. C. S. Mellen, Chicago, 111, My telegram today. If any arrangement has been made bw Meek with Chicago Lumber Co. as I air, given to understand has been done they have started to put up saw mill on the Grant it is going to cause trouble. Why canft Meek let this traffic alone whatever rate is made fron. Maxwell Grant u.ust be agreed to with Rio Grande i^oad account 200 Chaln.a Grant which located on their line. If rate from Kaxwell Grant is not agreed to all our revenue on your local lumber in this country will be thrown away, Aire me immediately after hearing from from Meek. Have you not given him instructions that he must let traffic matters entirely alone . See my letter to Munroe about Chicago Lumber Goi.ipany. (Signed) H. A. Johnson." The lumber situation, you will recall, I went over with you thoroughly and also talked with General Dodge in"New York about the same in your presence. This situation is fast becoming embarrassing to me on account of the Chicago Lumber Company's contract and I may say to you privately that 1 do not think General Dodge infor-med us of all the arrangement there is between the old Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Company and Mr. M.eek. What the General said was all right enough in its way but what was left unsaid, as near as I can find out, war, much more important than wimit he revealed. It is certain we shall have trouble with the Lio Grande and other rca ds in Colorado on the lumber situation growing out of matters referi-ed to in telegrams from Mir. Johnson above quoted and I feel that nothing is going to help the sit uation until some poeitive order goes'from you through Mr. Kolcomb to M'r. Meek to take his hands offieverything connected with the traffic. It is useless for n.e to take the matter up. I have already written him to know what arrangement with the Chicago Lumber Company is and have received no reply nor am I expecting to, I have not sent to Mr. Meek the telegram Mir. Johnson requests nor do I propose to because I know I should get no answer. We have trouble enough in contending with the present rate situation, for which we are in no degree respon sible, not to have thrust upon us through our own officials another complication at the present time for which we would surely be blamed and have no defence. I appeal to you personally to take such action with Mr. Meek as will enable me to handle the business of my department properly and that you may know where, in case of trouble, to place the responsibility. I am entirely willing to assume the responsibility for every man connected with the present traffic organization but I cannot be responsible if I am to be interfered with as these telegrams indicate. Yours truly. C. S. Melien. General Traffic M.anager. 201 New York, April 28, 1890. . r«« uov. Uol .V. fj I ^ : ainr luttl J-- •Jnvj » 1 > < •■./? O.^ Jner »d Morgan Jonss, Esq.., j , • .» ^ (•-» ;n tiil"'vic'' on Port Worth. V i t . . : ■ ,*coMir -r Dear Sir:- ••• I suppose you hive so much on your mind, the same as I have, that we both forget the past. You will remember, however, that at the last eelotion of directors of th Ft. 17. & -.C., Messrs. Dillon and Swayne gave an opinion corroborating O'Neill's to the effect: First. As to the right of the Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth to hold and.vote stock of the FL. W. & D.C. RY. Co. Second. As to the legality of the Pan Handle Construction Co. accdpting Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth stock instead of F.. W. & D.C. stock as originally agreed upon under the contract. Mr. Mayer's contention, if he has any, is against.the Pan Handl Construction Co., and that company did nothing which he eompalins of that he did not vote for. The Pah Handle Construction Co. has now ■ beendisfjolved and gone out of existence, and he. has not brought any suit against that company or made any complaint of its actions» • Bupposing he stops the bonds issued on the third rail, which he claims he is going to do, but which our lawyers claim he has- no show of doing, What is the result? Simply that the IT.P., D. Sc g., will issue "its bonds over.that line and then pay the construction company. Of course neit er he nor anyone else expects us to expend, in Trinidad, in Pueblo and on the third rail, and for eQuipment between Trinidad and Pueblo, $900,000 in cash and not get anything for it. Judge Wallace, lias thrown his case out of the U.S.Court. The question before.Judge Wallace this time was, after they had commenced suit in the.State Court on a different basis, whether it should be held in the U.S.Court, and he decided that it must go back to the State Court. He said nothing whaterever about there being any corrupt bargain; he simply said that tlie palintiff alleged a corrupt bargain. You know what Jiayer is. He is simpl trying to make some money by fehese matters, and you must treat him the same as you do any stock holder. If you send him these approximate earnings whihh are put out weekly, and hereafter tlxere comes in from the U.P., D. & G. a bill for your proportion of their expenses and cuts down your net earnings, you will find him in court pleading the statements you sent him as representing the actual earnings and demanding a settlement on thrt basis. It is b-^tter to fiollow Dil on fc Swayne's advice and give out nothin- publicly to a stockholder like him excepting what will stand in court. The U.P., D. & c. will publish monthly the earnings of their fe ntire line. If you see proper to give Mayer the actual earn ings -^f your line, there is no objection to it, but when you give a statement of the net earnings you want to be careful that everything has been deducted hich can by any possibility be charged against the Ft. A-D.'Si-rBddfiiaiPthbfi make i.is fight will be in an accounting as against the U.P.? DA: '' . if you publish a weekly estimate in the paper, that is, of course, $ust as good to Mayer as to anybody else. He can get the paper and read it and see the difference. • ojui r Tbeostatements of approximate earnings which you send here had better be sent to me unofficially, in a private letter, so that he can make no complaint. Dillon & Swayne said they would send you a copy of • Wallace opinion. ,oV(Wi I • a / • IJ iB in.ii bna noiliO , oji iJ u; low tnV # BBXBT 7S no copy of it. • • Yours very truly, .'f ' "• G. M, Do'dge >'i I . i . J . M f ,V.' I- x. <. ■ il' I TOO < il .1 ,1,' i'H - : U?* tBBQ 3. I /od aw JriiU lolJoXao .JnaX a d f>viia nvBMenttwc otBvZ: 1890.'^'la ^!o:i tu*q^O0B l: Aao^B flBV tBfl o ■ 1 ! A ,J. iXW ,oO ,Yff New York, .'April 28, 1890. ^lo.i ,r>D d"jn^** nro9 •imtpl! nrt'i 'Ic ( '< . t To ■ 1 iooif uiiye'^ ,-lr ;r.*q^O0ft Morgan Jones, Esq.'j- ■ y • , t r» ?• ' i n ■taoill Ft, Worth, Texas. , ' 'i . ) Dear Sir:- , • I.received from Temple copy of an agreement made between Frost and Admason and himself. Judge Dillon says the agreement itself in the U.S.Court would beat the case. He also says there is no possible liability to the directors who vote ir. the meeting. If there should be any, I would, of course, sec any of the directors or stockholders harm less in the matter. When tnis case comes to court, I can prove beyond a question that I bought and paid for this lane. Mr. Calef can satisfy ^ you on that point. What I think sh-i Id be done now is that suit should be commenced against Adamson and Frost for my stock which they ^ hold, and.an injunction be put upon them to prevent thdra from in any H way using it. or taking any autliority under it. 5(1, . Yours very truly, OJ uXu C. 11 i _ G. M. Drdge. 1 :f| #|0« mM o# NOMf o^n jBttm i| Jf iJ omfiomi* m ■ , ) u' i , . 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Sii^ect--Texas extension. Executive Department. Charles t. Adams, President. W. K. Hoicomt), Vice President. Gardiner M. Lane, 2d Vice President. L. S. Anderson. TEE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, April 29, 1890. My dear General: today, Enclosed please find a copy of a letter which ^ have received I send it to you as you are better informed on these subjects than I. I do not take it to be of much value. I remain, etc.. Charles ^ . Adams, President. General G. M. ^odge. Enclosure, copy D, Mi,. Butler 205 Glenwood Springs, Colo. -^pr. 29, 1890. General C. M. Dodge, New York City. New York. Dear Sir:- You will find enclosed a letter from John J. Logan of Paris 111, directed to you. It was sent to us here asking that I s see you in person, he thinking your headquarters were in Denver. You doubtless will remember Mr. Logan as he served you long and faithfull during the war as one of your scouts. I served as a member of the 66th 111, Vol, better known as the Western Sharp Shooters, and we were right dong in your command all the time, both while in the 16th and 15th corps, and I know personally that while Mr. Logan was not an enlisted man he v/as of great and valuable service to the array as a scout, and has devoted ...o most of his lifn to the service of his country and fellowmen, but un der the law he cannot draw a pension, and it will take a special act of congress to get him one, and of which I think he is now deserving in his old and declining days, and as one of your admiring soldiers I ask that you write a strong letter in Mr. Logan's behalf as you can, from recollection, of the value of the services of Mr. Logan, and ae nd it to me here, and I will procure other valuable letters and send the m to Mr. Logans congressman, the Hon. J. G. Carmon from 111. Mr. logan is now seventy three years old, and is poor and very deserving. Hoping to hear from soon I remain a true friend, and great admirer of General G. M. Dodge. Yours very Respectfully, J..H. Magner. 207 April, 1890i THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Western Associated Press, and the New York Associated Press: re presenting the Prominent Newspapers throughout the United States. Act ing also for the Renter, Havas, and Wolff Agencies of Europe, and the Leading Journals of the British Provinces. General Offices: New York and Chicago. . Chamberlin, Cincinnati Agent ;incinnati, 0. April 30, 1890. Ky dear General: I received notice last week of the coming of photograph of your painting of the Battle of Atlanta. The package ari'ived today and ^ have examined the photograph and was much interested. I am surprised at the success of the photo grapher in making such a clear and distinct copy of ti:e oil painting. I readily distinguished half dozen or mor fandliar faces; these of course must bp much clearer in the painting. I think the artist is unusually successful in presenting a life-like and genuine picutre of a real battle scene. I congratulate you upon having caused to be put upon canvas so faithful a representation of a battle scene which will always stand as a monument to the bravery of the men who were engaged in it. -i- desire to thank you especially for your kindness in re membering me with so faithful a copy of the great picture. I shall taxe pleasure in delivering to Colonel Cadle the copy intended for him. Yours truly. W. H. Chamberlin. To Major General G. Ifl. Dodge. April, 1890. m 75 West 71 Street, New York, April 30, 1890. Genl. G . . Bodge, New York. My dear General; I have now received the beautiful photographic copy of the excellent painting "Battle of Atlanta" by Jas. E, Taylor, and owned by Believe me I more than appreciate this great courtesy at your hands and will soon call in person to thank you. I have already framed the photograph and will hang it in a conspicuous place on one of my walls. Very sincerely. Your friend, 4 W. T. i^herman, General. Ml May, 1890. State of Iowa. Board of Railroad Coiriniissloners, Des Moines. Peter A. Dey. Spencer Smith. Frank T. Campbell, W. W. Ainsworth, Secretary Des Moines, May 1, 1890, Dear Dodge; I have just received photograph of picture representing a battle at Atlanta. I fully appreciate the picture as a work of art and doubly BO as you are one of the prominent features. Mr. Jackson told me a day or two ago that he saw in Mr. Yewels studio a painting of you designed for the Capital, he thinjks it very fine as a work of art, he had never seen you. Suppose it will be here before long. Should you have any Photographs of the painting taken kindly remember me. Truly yours, Peter A. Dey. May 3d, 1890, Dear General: If the portrait has not been sent west be a good scheme to have it photographed. J. T. G. I think it would May,,1890, 213 REAL ESTATE AGENCY N . P. Dodge & Go., 328 Broadway. Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 1st, 1890, Dear Gren: I am in receipt of the photograph of Battle of Atlanta and have left it at Chapmans to be framed. It is a fine picture and I shall value it. I had a nice letter from Lockie today which I think I will send to you to read as it will give you a knowledge how fast he is pushing to the front in College. He speaks in an oratorical contest next Saturday. His selection is Oakes Ames defense in Congress. Julia left this morning for Falsom. We hear through ladies Annie caUed on while here (Mrs. McKay) that she is thinking of going to Europe this year. Weather dry and pleasant and fruit trees in full bloom. Yours, N . P . D , May, 1890. Charles F. Adkms; U. P. Boston, Mass. There is nothing in statements letter May 1st. Bring Meek, Mellen, Johnson together. Rio Grande is using Johnson for mischief. Mills on their line are moving over to ours on Maxwell Grant. I made the contracts you and Rolcomb have copies. Rates under it will not go into effect for three months. There is absolute ly nothing in the suspicions of Johnson and Mellen. Meek in answer to my letter denies in broadest terns every charge. Have written to Omaha, G. M. Dodge. ' i • • . ■> 211 Kay, 1890. Subject. Kellen's letter. Clashing of officials. Executive Departnient. Charles F. Adams, Pres. V.'. H. H©lcoirb, Vice Pres. . Gardiner K. Lane, 2d Vice Pres. L. Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, Kay 1, 1890. Ky dear General: I find myself in a peck of trouble from the amount of clashir^in the local Union Pacific rr.anagement, I am going west on Satur day to straighten the thing out. Whether shall succeed in doing so seems to me very doubtful. Nevertheless, 1 shall make a strenuous effort, and in it I want your cooperation. As I intimated to you when we last met in New York, a large portion of the trouble now is in working the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf into line. There is , in the face of a sort of suppressed war of rates at Denver, a terrible clashing apparently between Johnson and Keek, which is likely to draw Keilen into the fray. Enclosed I send you a copy of a letter I have this day re ceived 1rom Kr. Kellen covering a vast amount of correspondence, which I have waded through. Keek is to meet me in Omaha Tuesday next. I shall then do what I can to fix things up. Meanwhile, it is obvious from these letters that Meek either now is, or recently has been, run ning the Fort Worth road inside of the Union Pacific. This you will see at once cannot be done. I wish, therefore, you would check him up, You will notice, of course, that there is a considerable portion of Mr. Mellen's letter which was never intended for your eye. Neverthe less, after full consideration, I have thought best to send you the whole of it. Unless you and I pull together matter will be even worse than they are, and that is saying a good deal. If we do pull together, I think we can straighten these fellows out. Certain ly, I am ready to cooperate with you. I remain, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President General G. M. Dodge. 1 Broadway, New York. Enclosures, Copies. 219 ^'ay, 1890 Governor's Island, New York City, May 1, 1890, James E. Taylor, Esq., #1449 Lexington Ave., New York City. My dear Sir: Gen'l. Dodge's battle, in photograph, has just been received Whom am I to thank, you or Gen'l. Dodge for the choice gift? I would want to see the original to take in the whole design in its best presentation; yet the photograph is graphic enough to suggest a rear and flank attack by an immense hostile force, which Dodge and his men, as in the foreground, found without cover, so promptly and so bravely met. The lixeness of Gen'l Dodge is capital. Very truly yours, 0. 0. Howard, Major Gen'l., S. ft. ft At. ^ ) - 9 91 . t -htfvi. Pviay, 1890. Geo. C. Tichenor, Assistant Secretary Personal. Treasury Department, Washington, D. , May 1, 1890. My dear General: Accept my hearty thanks for the photograph of the excellent picture of the BatLie of Atlanta painted for you by Mr. Taylor and in which our glorious 16th Corps bore such an important part. Not only does the picture attain high rank as a work of art but is excellent in its details including portraiture of yourself and other prominent actors in that great event, and generally speaking is a most stirring and inspiring battle scene. Be assured, my dear General, that I appreciate the present most highly and shall treasure it not only on your account but its associations and its historic value. I should like to see the origin al very much and hope to have that opportunity. With kind regards, I am. Sincerely your-s. Geo, C, Tichenor Gen. C. M. ^odge. New York City. May 2d 189C Dear nren; Council Eluffb, Iowa May 2d 1890. I have now in my posseaaion all of your eonijiisaions C.B.GuardsCol.4th Iowa- Brig. Genl. with the blood stains- MaJ.Genl and MaJ Cenl. Mo. btate Militia also hat worn when shot- Letter of Capt.Partridge and Acceptance of Resignation from Army; all of which I shall deposit in near future with State Authorities for preservation,unless you otherwise direct, T think in AdJ'tGenl. office wliere they keep a collection of Flags and other relics. Spencer Smith will let me knov; where the proper place will be. lie thinks Adj't. Genl. office as tiie monument to be erected or Memorial Hall which ever it is will probably be under his jurisdiction. I would like to have one of those photographs of Atlanta nicely framed and presented to the State Library, to be hung on its walls, or in Ad'j Genls. office. I think it should be in the State Library. If it was spnt to Mr. Martin, it could be framed in Des Moines and presented through him or I could attend to it when I take Commissions over. Yours N.r.p. ■ .4 : - , 1^- - I. ^ ' 'ji. . '. ' I A," ■ 225 Iv'.ay, 1890. ?;ashington, D. C., May 3, 1890, Mr. James E. Taylor, New York City. Dear Sir: I have received your very welcome letter of Niay 2nd, also tJie large photograph of the picture executed by you for Genl. G. M. Dodge. "The repulse of Hood's attack upon the 16th Corps at Atlanta." The composition of the picture seems to me excellent. The situation was a very unusual one, not easily realized and difficult to represent. I believe you have done it truthfully and well, as could be done only by one who had himself seen such things. The subject is a noble one, a scene wherein the splendid conduct of coi.modores and troops wrested victory from a situation which seemed to involve inevitable defeat. 1 congratulate you upon the success with which you have handled so difficult a subject. I shall be very glaa to secure the promised copy of trie photograph of your con.panion piece, "The Commodores of the Army of tiie Tennessee." Very truly yours, J. M. SCr.OFIELD m r/.ay, 1890. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C., j/iay 3, 1890, My dear General Dodge: I congratulate you upon the success with which your Artist, Mr. Taylor, has represented that grand scene in the histol?y of the 16th Corps, at Atlanta. As I have written him, it is a noble subject and I believe he has treated it truthfully and well. Sincerely yours, Jno. Schofield. tJ ■ : 7' "j. Kay, 1890, The Kimball Rates ;-;2.50 to $5.00 Karkham House . Rates $2.00 to $3.00 per day. Chas. Beerman & Co., Proprietors Atlanta, Ga., Kay 4, 1890. General G. . Dodge, No.l, Broadway, New York. Dear General: Permit me to thank you, most sincerely, for being held in remembrance by you, as is evidenced by the receipt (per express, and in perfect condition), of the splendid photograph of Mr. Jas. E. Taylor's painting, representing your Corps in action at the Battle of Atlanta, July ko, 1864, The composition is most effective, the scene realistic and thrilling, and the features of the landscape faithfully reproduced, I was over the ground again a few days ago, with a party of iriends, and found the woods, and the ravine where you sheltered your wounded, filled with blooming azalias, pink and orange, in endless profusion; a.id, in places, white with an exuberance of dogwood blossoms; and stood for a time beneath the tree on tlie knoll, in rear of the artillery, where we 1ound the ground well carpeted with violets of a rare and delicate shade, and wit other similar flowers indigenous to this section. I esteem it as a rare instance of good fortune to have been privileged to accompany you and your charming daughter, on the occasion when you revisited and obtained photographes of the historic field, and cj.erished recollections of the day, and its incidents, will always be treasured in my memory. I exhibited the photograph last evening, in the parlors of the Kimball, to a gathering of interested friends, among whom were some uistinguished army people, and proninent citizens of Atlanta, and elsewhere, and ail were outspoken in their admiration of the picture, and of the heroism displayed by the leader and troops of the 16th Corps on what, in the language of William Winter, the Poet of your own Cityl * may be justly described as "that tremendous day*." Both yourself and Mr. Taylor have done a valuable service to history and an honor to the country, by preserving to future gener ations an authentic portrait of the contending forces, and the aspect of the field, at a critical Juncture of the battle; a picture which cannot fail to convey to the minds of those not present, some just conception of the perils of war, and which shall serve, in years to come, as a thrilling reminder of wuat priceless sacrafices, and supreme heroism were required to preserve the imperiled Union. Again thanking you for the valued souvenir, I remain, with sentiments of the highest esteem. Most sincerely and respectfully yours, Albert Basnitz, Brevt. Col. U. S, Army. n Q i May, 1890. UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY General Traffic Manager's Office C. S, M'elien, General Traffic Manager. J. A. Munroe, Ass't. Gen'l. Traffic Mg'r. Omaha, May 5th, 1890. Waldo, i^sq.. General Traffic Manager, M.K.& Sedalia, Mo. •Ry., I am in receipt of the follov/ing telegram from you dated at the Southern Hotel, Saint Louis, kay IstSi "Nothing accomplished in New York account a Texas obstacle Are you willing to close on my proposition left with General Dodge for Kansas City and Junction City passing for the present the other points. Answer here." To which I replied: "Agreement for interchange of Kansas City and Junction City if Texas situation is not to oe consideied should surely be on a mini mum of six cents to us. Our business will be all short haul ami what we do with you we should otherwise do via Kansas City on a much higher minimum. On all business from points east of meridian of Kansas City interchanged at. Kansas City we should have same divisions as in effect via that junction via other lines; if interchanged via Junction City we will accept a differential less than divisions via Kansas City of five cents per hundred on less than carloads and two cents per hundred in carloads." As your telegram refers to some obstacle as preventing further consideration on the proposition for an interchange of traffic at Hen rietta and Fort Worth, ^^exas, there, is no occasion for me to refer further to that particular business therefore I'.will proceed to an explanation of the telegram above quoted regarding interchange at Kansas City and Junction City. At the time we were in New York, you will remember, nothing was said about forming an east and west line. We reach nearly everv section of the country via Kansas City \emuhi s and latitude south. We have through rates and divisions in effect to-day via our line via Kansas City and the Kansas City, Fort Scott ^ Memphis Railroad, there fore your proposition for an east and west line (for that is what it mea.is) is that we shall open via Junction City a line in competition with the nne already in existence via Kansas City and to do this on 232 a prorate basis would be to give up what you as a traffic man would i never concede for your own company and therefore it is inconsistent ' for you to ask it of me. I have given up to you in accepting on less than carloads, five cents per hundred pounds, and in carloads, two cents per hundred pounds, less at Junction Gity as compared with Kansas City all that 1 feel we should be asked to. You are at liberty, therefore, to make an east and west line for points east of the meridian of Kansas City, li':emphis and latitude south on this basis. Your proposition so far as a north and south line is concerned, which is what we considered in New York, is all right except where 1 intimated to you we might accept a minimum of five cents pur hundred pounds that was when we were considering the whole situation and I was willing to make a concession of one cent considering the Texas situation in con nection with the interchange at the other points but eliminating the Texas siiliuation from, the question entirely J- see .no reason why I should not insist - as I now do- upon a minimum of six cents per hundred pounds. All our available teri'itory that you will be likely to do business from and to is within a short distance of Junction City and much of it on a pro rate basis would probably not give us the minumum; Whereever we have a mileage sufficient in division to exceed this minimum we are willing to pro rate with you but we must protect our short haul 1 think you will admit at least ..to the extent of the min imum I have named you. Taking your proposition, therefore, as forwarded through ^ General Dodge, considering that you have a right to form an east and west line in connection with our company in competition with our own line Via Kansas Gity I an. willing to enter into an agreement with you on basis of a mininum of six cents per hundred pounds with a pro rate division on sach business as is done via your north and south line and via your east and west line as conveyed in my telegram to you at the Southern Hotel, copy of which is given above. I shall be prepared, whenever you desire to further discuss the question of an interchange via Henrietta and Fort Worth and only omit doing so afe the present tiine from the fact that 1 am not posted as to the obstacle xuferred to in your telegram as having been met in New York regarding the Texas situation. Yours truly. General Traffic Ihnager V '( , b., 233 May, 1890. Union Pacific Railway Company. C. S. Mellen, General Traffic ^^anager's Office, ' General Traffic ^^anager. J. A Munroe, Asst. Gen'l Traffic Mg'r. Omaha, May 5th, 1890, •General G. Mi. Dodge, ■ffl Broadway, New York, N. Y. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 22nd ultimo enclosing modified propositioi by Mr. Waldo for an agreement for interchange of the traflic came duly to hand. 1 am also in receipt of your message of the 30th reading as follows; "Miorgan Jones is anxious to see Waldo before final agreement on Wichita Valley line." to which I replied as follow?: "Will not agree to anything on the Wichita Valley except through you. Will communicate with Waldo on his proposition through I received May 1st the following telegram from Mr. Waldo from the Southern Hotel, Saint Louis: "Nothing accomplished in New York account a Texas obstacle. Are you willing to close on my proposition left with General Dodge for Kansas City and Junction City passing for the present the other points. Answer here . ." I recpied to this message as follows: "Agreement for interchange at Kansas City and Junction City if Texas situation is not to be considered should surely be on a mini mum of six cents to us. Our business will be all short haul and what we do with you we should otherwise do via Kansas City on a much higher minimum. On all business from points east of meridian of Kansas City interchanged at Kansas City we shoulu have same divisions as in effect via that junction via other lines; if interchanged via Junction Oigy we will accept a differential less than divisions via Kansas City of five cents per hundred on less than carloads and two cents per hundi^ed in carloads." From the above you will see that Mr. Waldo has abandoned :,m the idea of negotiating, for the present, on account of sou,e obstacle he refers to, I do not knov. what, the arrangement other than that in effect at the present time for interchange of business at Henrietta and Fort 7;orth, Texas, and he con.es down to the proposition of an agree ment for the interchange of traffic at Junction City and Kansas City . leaving the situation in Texas entirely oat of the question. This modifies my position regarding a traffic arrangement with the Mssouri, Kansas & Texas to the extent embodied in ray td-egram to tr. Waldo at the Southern Hotel, Saint Louis, above quoted. kr. Waldo modified the proposition ^ made him very considerably. ^e proposes now to make an arrangement that shall open our territory to hira via Junctiion City for all points south of the meridian of Memphis, making in connection with us, an east and west line in con.petition with the east and west line we now have reaching the saii.e points on better divisions via the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis road, I therefore modified my pro position to him. This is a change of front on-his part. My insist ing that the divisions on such business interchanged via Kansas Gfty shall be the same as those now in effect via our other connections reaching the same points interchanged with us at Kansas City and have agreed that for Junction City we will accept a proportion less than at Kansas City of five cent per hundred in less than carloads and two cents per hundred pounds in carloads, which is as much as we ought to knock off for an arrangement with him for business that can be as well or better ta-.en at Kansas City than via his line at 'Junction City. The proposition I made him in New York was for an interchange of b.^siness north and south on his line and via his line not considering junction points north of the Texas line, I had no idea nop was any such opinion expressed to me in the interviews i had with him that he desired to form an east and west line in competition with our own line and our connections east from Kansas City and for that reason and to avoid any possibility of misunderstanding upon this point i put the following into my proposition left with him in New York: "This arrangement not to contemplate the interchange of business to and from points of the State line of Kansas." Evidently in stuuing ovei' my proposition he concluded it would be a good thin for his company to, in connection with the Missouri Pacific line at its junction with his line at Aagoner, Indian ierritory, do business to and from points Memphis and south and that enters as a new element to be considered which ^ met by my telegraphic proposition to him at the Sovithern Hotel above quoted to which as yet ^ have had no reply, I have no objection to his doing business Memphis and latitude south on the basis named in that telegram but I should object to probat ing with hira on such business as would be the case should ^ accept his proposition forwarded through you. Regarding the interchange at Henrietta, the commission. Mr, V/aido asks l£ three cents per hundred poUnds is too much, in my judgement, at the same time i do not feel like saying very much upon this subject for I do not know how important it is for you to conciliate the M, K, Sc T. people to prevent their building into Seymour, ' ^ With only a twenty one mile haul between Wichita Falls and Henrietta and the agreement to give the Wichita Valley line two miles for one in their divisions with the Fort Worth &■ Denver City, to ^ 2'g5 May 6, 1890. General G. Dodge. Sheet # 2 concede on Wichita Valley business three cents per one hundred pounds as commission to the ^'-. K .& T. line it seems to me would be giving up considerably more than you oguth and more than I can recommend unless there is to be a concession outside of any considerations connected with my department. Under ordinary circumstances the Iw. K, & T. ought to pay us a commission for our influence in giving them the business of Wichita Falls and Vichita Valley line but iWr. IValdo, in his propo sition, reveises all the methods of doing business that i have been accustomed to and aske us to pay him a commission for the privilege of feeding his line with a business that must be of considerable value ot it. I felt, therefore, that this is a proposition I had better not deal with and you had better take up with Mr. Adams the question of how much we shall pay the lu. K. & T. to keep out of this territory in the way of a commission and in asmuch as !vr. Waldo asks only thnee cents that may be regarded.as a maximum amount he expects to obtain ■ and I dare Say it can be "whittled" considerably from that figure. From the stand point of a traffic man purely if there is to be any commission paid whatsoever it should be paid by the M. K. & T line to secure our influence In giving to that line the business from the Fort Worth and Denver City and Wichita Valley lines. Mr. Waldo as ijefore stated, has reversed the position and asks us to pay him for the privilege of giving him a valuable business that any other road would feel like paying us for getting, think I have been over the situation in a sufficiently thorough manner to acquaint you with my views upon the question of an interchange of traflic between the Union Pacific system and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Company in all its bearings and inasmuch as Mr. Waldo, of hisown accord, has abandoned for the present any idea • of making any change in the divisions for interchange of traffic via Henrietta and Fort Wo.th, I think the matter can well rest until he brings it up again, in the meantime i have make him a not only fair but liberal proposition for interchange of business via Junction City and Kansas City and he is at liberty to work our territory on that proposition to his utmost and secure, without any obstacle being placed in his way on our part, all the business in connection with his line that he can. I enclose you herewith copy of a letter I have written Mr. Waldo in addition to the telegram above quoted. Yours truly, C. Melien. ',i3 Li 287 Ivlay 5, 1890. Toledo, May 5, 1890. My dear Genl; A'hen I got back from Cincinnati, I foudd awaiting me the Photograph you were kind enough to send me. It is a remarkably fine Photo of a remarkable picture, and would command attention anywhere. I am very much obliged for the Photo, and have just sent it out_ to oe suitably framed. One of my newspaper friends has noticed it and I enclose a slip from the "Toledo Commercial" ol' May 4th. Tomorrow morhingi am going to fish for Bass, near Put-in-Bay. Shall be gone 3 or 4 days and expect to go again next week to join Col. Churchill (of 27th Ohio) and tnen to stay longer. I hear you are not well. Why not join us? We'll find room for you and Granger and anybody else you want to bring. Our club house is not stylish but coii.fortable and a good home like table. You can come to Toledo and we can go from here by rail to Fort Clinton and there take steamer for the Island or you can go via Sandusky and take steamer there for midale Bass. If you let me icnow when and where, I will meet you, either here or at Sandusky. Your friend. John W. Fuller. Genl. G . M. Dodge, Copy of clipping. TPE BATTLE OF ATLANTA. A Con.panion Piece to Gen. Ftiller's Painting by '-^aylor-'A P'ine Piece of Work. Maj.-Gen. Dodge of Council Bluffs, la., has presented Maj.-Gen. Fuller of this city with a handsome photograph of a painting which James E.Taylor, the artist, has just completed for him. The picture represents the Second Division of the Sixteenth Army Corps in action at Atlanta the day Gen. McPherson was killed. Maj- Gen. Dodge and staff appear in the foreground with Sweeney's Division and around them the battle is raging. The staff consisted of Maj. Chamberlin, now Associated Press agent at Cincinnati; Maj. Ticknor, now Assistant Treasurer of the United States; Maj. Jonas of New Orleans, and Maj. Barnes. The portraits are all very life-like and are handled with a 238 great deal of care, the cavalry equipments and other details being accurately brought out. In the right distance one geis a glimpse of Gen. fuller's Division (the Fourth of the Sixteenth Army Corps) and Gen. Noyes* regiment, at about the time that Gen. Walker is killed. Gen. luller is in the act of rallying his troops. Sweeping around Dodge's staff on the right is GqI . t'lersey's brigade as it hurls itself against Bates' Division. Over to ti:e left are groups of soldiers and officers, and prominent among them Gen. E. W. Rice of Iowa. Col. Sweeney, who stands just to the left of Dodge is easily distinguished, h.is portrait and that of Gen. Dodge being the most perfect of ihe painting. The work is chiefly noticable for accuracy of detail and for the distinctness with which the portraits are brought out. Mr. Taylor is regarded by Gen. Sherman as the finest battle scene painter in the world. Some time ago he painted "Tiie Battle of Atlanta" for Gen. Fuller, and it was the beauties of this work that led Gen. Dodge to give the artist a- commission for the second painting. . ... ffW.Ah r>N k»\. W->{i New York, May 7th, 1890, George M, Pullman, ^sq.. New York, Dear Sir:- Referring to the railway and land matter in Texas, I desire to say that the Wichita Valley Railway is fifty-five miles long, from Wichita Palls to Seymour; it is built as a partnership, no construction company having been formed, and everything will be closed out on com pletion of the fifty-five miles. It is estimated to cost $5C0,000 outside of the subsdies voted €o it. The Wichita Valley Railway Company has made a gintract with J. G. Jones to build the fifty-five miles for 30 much stock and so many bonds — $20,000 in stock, and, I believe, $15,000 in bonds, per mile. We take these from Mr. Jones and furnish the money to complete the road, so that our liability is remote, if any. The total cost of the lands is about $560,000, one-half of which it is estimated will be called up. The land is in the hands of three trustees, Mr. Moggan Jones and myself have entire control of both railway and land, and we built the road in this way to save expense. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. ?.!ay 8th 1890 241 Clear Lake Yay 8th I89C, Dear Oren; I . came here yesterd.iy to spend a week and on my way stopped at Mason City to see Capt. Smith of 8th Iowa and show him your Brig. Genl's Commission which you had with you when v/ounded in front of Atlanta, the one stained with your blood, and have him write a letter giving details of your being wounded to place with the Commissions and hat. He was very much interested in the matter and will have tiie letter ready v/Len I return He said the circumstances were as clear in his mind as the day it occurred, I enclose a letter Smith wrote in defense of Elliot W. Eice. I told him of the photograph ol Atlanta Battle ESndJuly showing Rice's bri gade and he would like very much to have one, would cheerfully pay the c.08t of it. Capt. Smith is Brest, of 1st Ilatl. Bank Mason City, and Com mander of Post there. I inq.uired for when I passed thro' his town and was told he was failing, confined to his room and bed part of the time, with no hope of recovery. This is a haven of rest for me. I have a good tenant, have good food and with out door work to keep me busy, sleep well. Lake is very low, no heavy rains for two or three years and country is suffering for rain. Very truly N.r.Dodge. 243 Paris, 111. May 8, 1890, Gen. G. M.. Dodge, New York, N.Y. Dear Sir:- Your letter or the 5th to hand. If you remember you found me at Corinth, Miss, when you took command of the Head Quarters, in company with John Corg an, who was known as Mack; we reported direct to Head Quarters and were not affiliated with any other scouts, but went alone or ook a squad of cavalry. You will remember that we were sent out with the foraging parties as we were well acquainted with the country; also that I was sent with a Col. and sixty men to the Tennessee river, below Pittsburg in January 1863 to destroy some Ferry-boats that Roddy had who was m.aking up a regiment of men east of the Tennessee River for Forrest; this was done in the night time, two miles below their camp on the opposite side of the river; we cane back 10 miles and encamped a while before day on a high knoll by the side of the road, the enemy followed us out and at dawn the next morning they h^d captured our pickets in the rear and surrounded us, fired on us before our men were in their saddles, we fought them as best we could aaid cu. our way out and out run them, got to Corinth, less 14 men. When I reported to you you sent me immediately back with a force of men sufficient to cope with them, but they had swam the river and vanished. If you'll remember Forrest with a squad of his forces crossed the Ohio & Mobile R. R. north of Corinth, between there & Jackson Tenn, and cut the road and done other damage, you started out with the the forces to head them off, if you remiember we v/ent through Purdy and marched out 20 mil s and there camped; myself and partner went to locate the enemy in the night time. We found that 7 miles below there they had swam the river at dark that evening; we were fired on in our return by a squad of guerillas after a running fight for a short time we succeeded in getting into quarters. I got in with my horse wo^inded so that he died the next morning, suid we returned to Corinth, I walking back and carrying my saddle. If you remember, you started me at one time about Jan. or Feb. 1863 to Jackson, Miss, to see the condition of affairs and the chance of getting through there. I proceeded down as far as Chickasaw Co. Miss. te-see-tke-eeHdttien-- . I was there captured by some guerrillas. They conscripted me, put mie into the Rebel service; we were about 9 mil s from Conscript Camp, they had sent two of thei men out for forage and provisions, while we were sitting with our horses tied up, talking Dleasantly, those two men rode up, one of thwich turned out to be a man that our men at the s ops called "Texas"-—a machinist that deserted from the shops at Corinth, the 3rd of Oct. the Ist day of the fight—he recognized me, havin often seen me brought in bsii guard in the same disguise, and told on me; thej"- thereupon lashed me to a bush and laid down and went to sleep, with the promise of hanging me the next day morning. I succeeded in freeing myself and procuring my horse, I succeeded in making my escape back to Head Quarters, as you'll remember pretty bad scared"—minus the skin on my wrists and on tootb. In February 1863 I left with the troops for the Vicksburg campaign aftrr which I lost sight of you and reported to Grant , McPherson, Loman and others whoever might be in comm nd where I was. If you can call to mind these incidents, you can say whether they were valuable to the service and accomodate a particular friend of yours. Repsectfully, John J. Iiogan, May I4th 1890. Farmeiville, La.,May I4thI890, Dear Gen. You will notice in the papers the enthusiasm "being displayed through out the South and in Richmond over Lee's statue which recently arrived and is soon to be unveiled with grand and imposing ceremonies. 15,000 chil dren are reported to have hauled the vehicles through the streets contain ing the statue. I have no objection. G-an.Lee was grei.t and good and more than any other deserved the love and admiration of his people, but what of our own unveiling, v,4iich was to have taken place in June, but which,a notice just received tells me,has been postponed until September or October. V/hen Grant's statue is xinveiled, Illinois and Iowa, Wisconsin, Indi ana and Ohio should be there by Divisions, Corps and Armies if it is pos sible. Half a million men should be in the procession. Let us have old commands together again under old coim.andeis, if still living. If the South can send its old soldiers under their old organizations, thousands of miles to do honor to Lee, we can go to do reverence to Grant. There are a few of us left, let us go organized. You'are in a position to suggest it, invite the 16 Corps and all its officers and men and get Sherman to so invite all his old Command to be tiiere as nearly organized as possible. Let the unveiling of Grant's statue in Chicago surpass all else. Let me know what you think of it. Don't have any Grand Array of the Repub business, but the old organizations as nearly as they can be go-tten togetner. Yours E. Jonas. Way, 1890 249 Des Moines, May 14, 1890, My dear General: It was good in you to send such a tender and loving li.essage of friendshii) and sympathy to us in our time of sorrow. We are very grateful for it, for we ^now the depth of the heart from which it came I had a noble father. He was my first friend and the counselor of my life. His life was beautiful and useful and he did nobly and left us a noble name to follow. All that he could do he has done for us and we are left,not to repine, but to thank God for what he was to us and to the world. Sincerely yours, J. . Clarkson. Gen. G. M, Dodge, New York, m May 15, 1890. Council Blufl's, Iowa, May 15, 1890, Gen' 1. G . ivi. Dodge , New York, t'ear Corr.rade: As adjutant of Abe Llncoh Post No. 29 I air, directed to in form you of the receipt of your check for vlOO.OO last December. Also of the disposition of the same and the action of the I'ost at the tim.e and the reasons for the delay in so doing. The gift was thankfully received and proper resolutions adopted and spread upon the minutes of the Post and at the same time Jan. 2, 1890 a right royal time we had in our hall. The children of the members of the Post were nearly all there arri received each two or three nice presents of intrinsic worth besides apples and cake etc. There was on this occasion $52.00 expended and the balance $48.00 is now in one of the Banks drawing interest, and it is intended that this balance shall be expended at next Christmas tiij,e. The reason for the- delay in answering and acknowledging the receipt of the gift may be briefly stated as follows: Commander Campbell's term of office expired just then and our present Coni. R. Hubbard came in. The Adjutant appointed by him would not serve and for four months the Post was without one, exce{)t different ones appointed protem until I was appointed and qualified two weeks since and my attentJ.on was called to this neglected matter. light, Hoping you will acce^jt the apology in the most favorable I hrve the honor to remain, Yours very respectfully, A. U. Crosby, Adjt. Abe Lincoln Post No. 29 G. A. R. 1107 Ave. B. C. Bluffs, la. 253 New York, May 16th, 1690, >oax , jfi f«ii ,jiioY s , Morgan Jones, Esq., Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- ,rio«IIXA *8 • -<> .niii .0,<l Mr. Cable was in to see me today. They have been making an examination of the country south of the Canadian, and seem to think the country along the Beaver is much better than that along Cache Creek; they would like to come in that way, and ask how we would like to build our branch from Henrietta north—say to Red River and as far North as we thought necessary —to meet them, instead of to Wichita Falls. He " seems to feel tha£ it is a better country for him to be in, in the territory than the one by Sii .' He Has had^a'good deal of talk with Meek as to what the basis of the agreement should be. His Board of Directors are going out there;'he is going to try to drivd them across from Reno to our line to see the country, and then go through to Ft. Worth. If they comej yo; want to be sure to mee them. Probably Meek will i , ■ ' be there. This is very important and you want to cortsider it. 'l pointed out that if we went from HenrieCta north^ if"^wOuid put him right in direct competition with the M. K. AT. at that point, while at Wichita PallS he would have none; we could run our line right from the Red River over to Henrietta; then over the main line to Wichita Fal 3, and then to Seymour. Please treat this as confidential but consider and write me fully what you think of it. ij Yours very truly* G. M. Dodge. 254 0O9fli ^(iJ9S fMM ,AtoT Nev/ York, May IVth, 1890. nistdM Hon. B. Allison, — - . •wmvT Washington, D.C. My dear Senator;-^. , , m <^l» eJ nl iif.v »: f/it) ^i5f In the House an amendment was pi^t upon the Trust Bill, which has . ''these words in it: , . V bririrf .1 A WU "W "Or to prevent ^ competition . in transportation _xi. of ___persons or property from one State'or Territory into another, shall he riilo'" deemed unlawful within the meaning of this act." fiH ,r. It seems to me that this is a direct attack upon the principle that has been enunciated by the Iowa Legislature. It would prohibit a continuous billing; it would prohibit railroads from agreeing to or maintaining any rate upon the transportation, which, to my mind. Is vital, in giving througi; bill' ng, through rates and cheap rates. I do not think I ever saw a more mischievious clause in aa many words, , 80 far as it would ffect our vvestern country. I am told that Vest " • . . is '-'ushing it, and that it is now before the Judiciary Corranittee. The « ■ \ r\* Inter-State law to all agricultural districts is bad enough, but I ' , . - _ . . Liu' I ^^„jthink this would^about end them,^^ ,^^^^ ^ ^ ^ enlX iuo run anilw Mil niM MtJ tmm mU tn Ml M mTI XsiJflMltMM •• vlti JMt# MMIH .IMBWO 04 maj ^ 0il V' I'tldl uox i«tv fll«l M •IHv M $m nm MMY .t .0 :,vV . ■■ ■II I,lay I6th 1890. E55 V/ashington,D.C .5,1890, Genl .G.M.Dodije, V, , My dear Genl:- There waa no Quorum in the House Indian Com today, and among the absentees was Hare of Texas. I called on him this afternoon and asked him what the prospect v/as of getting the bill out of Com. that i'ou were anxious about it so that you could make arrangements to commence woi*k. He flew into a terrible rage; said that you had no claims on him; that you were pursuing him about this bill in a manner that he would not submit to. I told him there was some mistake about that, as you were not that kind of a man. He said yes you,were, that you ha^ve had peo ple running after him continually as though you owned him; and that he wp.nted.you to understand that he did not care a damn whether you got your bill through or not; and if anybody else came to him he would see that it did not go through. I told him that I liked to hear a man talk out just as he felt, because I knew then exactly what to do; I had supposed that his people were interested in having the raad built, but as far as I was con cerned he would never hear of me asking any favors of any Texas Delegation; that both you and I were able to paddle our own canoe and proposed to do so. The fact is Nature amde him for a loafer and a boor. His assistance is not needed'anyhow; he can't, procure the passage of the bill, nor can he defeat it, and yet the un-hung sucker acts as though the earth belonged to him, and you were getting between him and the wind. >J I only went to him because you said that he was your < friend, and I will promise you that if we get the right kind of Federal election laws as T think we will, that there will be a weeding out of the vermin from his oountrj« Yours truly. W.H.Painter. m May, 1890. Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, President. W. H. Holcomb, Vice President. Gardine.r M. Lane, 2d Vice ^resident. L. S, Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Besten Tacoma, Wash., May 19, 1890. My dear Gener al; I yesterday received your letter of May 10th from New York, in which you tell me that you go to country and sea on that day. I share with you your disappointment at your not holding your gah. I feel raor-e interested in your recovery than you may suppose. I do hope th?it you will go somewhere for three or four months, and make a thorough piece of work of it. I will endeavor to keep the thing going while you are away. I note what you say about Holcomib and the recent difficulties in the service of the com.pany. You make one suggestion in your letter which attracts my attention, when you say that "No mjatter what the s^bility of any man is, his usefulness is gone when his subordinates plot and attacx him with in.i^unity, or with the belief that some one behind the throne winks at it." Frankly, I fear the difficulty with Holcomb is deepseated. He is a man of many good qualities, a hard worker, honest and faithful, but he does lack grit. He fails to inspire loyalty and confidence in his subordira tes. This has forced itself on my notice for a good while back, but it came unmistakably to the front under the stress of last winter. The elemients ol discontent which before had been quiet, then came together, and miade themselves felt in a way which could not be over looked , It is impossible, however, that they should have supposed that any one behind the throne" winked at this line of conduct. Everythinr was going on very smoothly up to the time I went to Cuba, which, as vou know, was early in January. When T got back in March, I met Holcomb first thing. He then himself alluded to the in subordination and intriguing going on. At first I received his suggestions with impatience, thinking it was matter of his own imagination. Immediately, however, facts came to my knowledge which satisfied me ihW thingwith both feet, as my letter himself. book will i Immediately show. I was jumped in hopesn thethat checked the thing u^, by so doing. Meanwhile, day by day other facts came to my knowledge until I determined to let the thing go. and receive all the complaints and grumblings that could be offered. I accordingly did so, and perfect flood of them set in upon me. 25S This lasted about two weeks, when I concluded that affairs were in such a state that, instead of putting off my visit to the road until | July, as I had intended, I must go out at once. Accordingly, as soon as the annual meeting was over, I started out, and-, as I have already written to you, a temporary peace at least was restored in the service. Nevertheless, i did find things in shameful conditlDU.. A regular conspiracy had ripened, and was stretching out in many direct ions. I do not believe 'that conspiracies ever ripen very far under' vigorous men. The mere existence of a thing of the sort is almost proof positive to mie that the man at the helm lacks firmness. I am satisfied such "was and is the case, and that we are not through our troubles yet. Under these circumstances, it is a matter of very great re gret to me that you are not here. I should have liked a chance to talk things over with you on the spot. Meanwhile, I can only say that both Mr. Atkins and Mr. Ames reached exactly the same conclusion as to the proper course to be pursued reached by me, and in fact there did not seem to me but one course that could be pursued. Holcomb had to be sustained, and sustained up to the handle until harmiony was restored. I think matters will noW move harmoniously as long as I am. out on the line. After I go homie I apprehend new trouble will arise. You speak of the irregularity of our train movement. When I got out upon the road I got on to this at once. The very first run we made from Omaha to Cheyenne I overheard the Superintendent in- | nocently remark of the fast m.ail train, that it had made the run over the division east of ^heyeu.ne that day in 112 minutes, the run being 105 miles. He added, also, in reply to my inwuiry, that they had miade it in 104 n.inutes. Then and there I read the riot act. In fact, I found that, under the pressure of winter, they had got in the way of losing time on these fast trains upon certaxn districts,' and miaking it up, at any rate of speed necessary upon other idstricts. Accordingly, we were running trains over 100 miles in less than 100 minutes. A more demoralizing and destructive way of operating a road could hardly be conceived. I think the remedy has been aflected, as orders at once went out over the wires to stop that Kind of work, but that it should ever have been attempted fills roe with disgust and discouragement. Now, I understand, the train movement is regular, and some thing aike order has been restored. If this is not so, I will soon find it out, and will remedy the difficulty. I am glad to say that the motive power is in better shape than I T think will be up to standard within rapidly thirty improved days in more. the last Nevertheless, month, and wherever have been I have found a slackness in the machine shops which satisfies me that Gushing is removed none too soon. A new man is needed and needed badly. For instance, have found locomotives I in several cases which have been in the shops undergoing repairs for from four to six months. In other words, they have been waiting un til the workmen got round to them, while Mr. Holcomb has been hollering to me lor more motive power. £59 May 19, 1890. Gen. G. Dodge, Sheet ^ 2 My comments on this method of doing business were sufficintly vigorous to lead, I think, to its abandonment, at least for a time. The roadbed is in fairly good shape , nothing more, except on about 80 to 100 miles between Laramie and Pocatello. The work trains are busy on these divisions, and the track should be brought up within 30 days. Nevertheless, the runnigg the fast trains has knocked the track about pretty badly. We have not got a permanent way solid enough for tomfollery of that sort. We are new busy over the Puget Sound problem, and I expect to work a result out in the course of the next few days. My own present impression is that the line should be built. It will cost a large sumi of money,--in all I estimate ;^8,000,0J0, including the bridge over the Columbia river, but ti will be a much better line than the Northern Pacific, and will seuure to us the larger portion of the Puget Sound business. Under these curcumstances, if I am correct in this, it will undoubtedly prove about as good an investment as we can make, for its effect will be felt along the whole line from Omaha to Portland. In its saving on coal for the Pacific. Division alone, it will, I estimate, nearly pay the interest on its cost. The only difficulty is in financiering the thing. This I am now pondering over, and think I see daylight. Gertahly, of one thing you may rest assured. I shall not recommend the building of this thing until I see the money provided. . health. Hoping before long to hear better news in regard to your I am, etc., Charles F. Adams, Presiden.t, General G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York. .261 May, 1890. Wm. E. Strong, Pres Geo. G. Hempstead, Treas, Office of THE PRESHTIGO COMPANY. Chicago, May 20th, 1890, General G. M. Dodge, New York City. Dear General Dodge: Your letters of the 16th and 17th with printed slip enclosed received, and also the photograph of Mr. James E. Taylor's pen and ink sketch of the "Battle of Atlanta" July 22nd, 1864, showing, particularly the position ol' the 16th Corps. Thank you very much for remembering me. The picture is a superb one and is a wonderfully line representa tion of the engagenient of your Corps. You know I was in the right of your line with General McPherson and from a conuiianding position saw that fight from start to finish. The picture is vei-y like the scene as I witnessed it and I shall prize it highly. Taylor is a great artist. I have seen his work before and in my judgment has no equal in this country, as a painter of battle pictures and Army scenes. T had a note from Taylor recently and he spoke of another picture he had been painting for you entitled "Officers of the Army of the Tennessee" If you have it photographed hope you will send me a co py . Yours very truly, Wm. E. Strong. 263 May, 1890, Enclosure with letter to Gen. G. Bodge, May 22, 1890, Certificate of Identification. I hereby certify that have known •''ales F. Harrison since 1861, having been a meiriber of his company and regiment, and that I believe that his statement rendered for services during the late war. are true. Joseph F. Conway, Late 1st Lieut, Co. I 2nd la. Inft'y ^ols Surgeon's Certificate. I certify that I have carefully examined "ales F. Ilarrison, Co. "I" 2nd. Reg't., Iowa Volunteers, and that he is permanently dis abled for obtaining his subsistence by manual labor, by reason of Badly united fracture of the Right Thigh near the great trochenter. C. W. Meyers, M. u. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22d day of May, A, D, 1890, and I hereby certify that the said G. W. Meyers is knows to me as a surgeon in actual practice, and reputable in his profession. Aitness my hand and Notarial Seal by me hereto affixed the day and year last above written. H. w. Seaman, (SE/iL) Notary Public, in and for Clinton Co., Iowa. 265 liiay, 1890. Enclosure with letter to G. Dodge, May 22, 1890, Statement of services rendered by ''^ales E. Harrison, during the late war. Was mustered into Co. "I" 2nd Reg't, Iowa Vol. Inf't'y. on the 28th day of May, A. D. 1861.- Served with the regiment during the Sumnier and Eall of *61. Was detailed by Capt. Geo. E. Leighton, provost Marshal at St. Douis, Mo., in Dec. '61, and placed in the Secret Service Duty. Remianed with him until Feb. '62, when I volun tarily joined my Reg't, and participated in all-the engagements they were in at the capture of Ft. Donelson. Was in the Battle of Shiloh, and remained with the Reg't until-June '62, when I was placed in the Secret Service as scout and spy, by Genl. Grant, and remained on that duty, reporting direct to him until Dec. '62, was in the Battles of luka and Gorinth, 6th and 7th of ^ct. '62. When Gen. , M. ^odge assumed command of Corinth, Iss.. he placed me in charge of scouts; remainea on that duty until Duly 63, during the Summer and Fall of '63, I recruited by order of Gen. Dodge, for the c. g. ^rmy, over four hundred men, from the loyal men of that vicinity f Remained in West Tenn. operating against guerillas, until Jan. 1, '64, When I went to Middle Tenn. and was with Gen. Dodge a part of the tine, until I was mustered out on the 28th of May '64. I then went scouting, for Gen. Rosseau, coii.manding District of Nashville, when I was relieved by him, I remained with Gen. Thomas until after the Battle of Nashville, when he ordered me to report to Gen. A. J. -^mith, and guide his command to Bastport. I was with him until he was relieved at Bastport by Gen. Hatch, commanding Sth Cav'l Division, and remained with him, until Lee's Surrender, this terminated my duties, as niy sei'Vices were no longer required. I have made this statement as brief as possible, and omitted all personal engagements and hazardous trips I have taken. I was on continuous duty the entire war, not having received injuries which incapacitated me from duty, but one week during that time, for which I consdier myself entitled to consideration. I received my present disability in 1888, am sixty years of age, and at present am an inmate of the ooldier s home. Marshallijown, Iowa. Wales F. Harrison. Sworn to, anc subscrxbed before me, this 24th day of May, 1890. William Kreim Clerk of the District Court. 266 Extracts fron. original orders, and letters of my services during the war, from 1861 to 1865. Fromi Gen. Grant: The bearer of this, W. t, Harrison, is oh duty at these H'dq'rs, any officer of the . ®. Army will render him all aid in their I^ower, whenever called upon. Guar4s and pickets will pass him at will. Military R.'s. will pass him free. From Gen. Rosseau, Gom'd'g Qistrict Nashville: To Goi. Thompson, Gom'd'g Fost, Johnsonville, lenn. You will find him efficient and reliable, render him such aid as he.-requires . From Gen. Thomas, to Gen. A. J. Smith. He will guide your command to Clifton, on the Tenn. river. He is conversant with the country, and efficient as a scout. You can retain him if you desire. From Gen. G. M. Dodge. He did efficient work, in charge of a comipany of .scouts for some time, under nie, and before i assumed conimand, under Gen's. Grant and Rosecrans . . From Gen. J. G. Weaver. He was a good soldier, and rendered important service for the Gov. in suppressing the rebellion. From Gen. J. M, Tuttle, Late Gql. 2nd ^owa Infantry. -- - -- . - - - - - and further say tha t while I was in command of the 2nd Iowa Infantry, that he was a good soldier with a good record, and that I believe he rendered the services he claims he has. _ I certify, tliat the above extracts are true copies of the original orders and letters." Wales F. Harrison. 1890. (Seal) Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of i^'-ay, A. U. William Kreim, Glerk of the District Court. L'ay, 1690. .26'i' Lyons, Iowa, May 22, 1890. Gen. G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y. Dear Sir: I wrote you some time in April, in regard to a private Pen sion, that letter will explain my reason for iraking the claim. In your absence it was responded to by your secretary, and at his suggestion I herewith enclose a statement of my services, together with the pro per certificates etc. What I wished to be understood in my former letter, was, that you would write a letter to some Congressman of your own selection, forward the same to me, and i could forward it myself with stateiTients, thereby avoiding some trouble for yourself. But, if you will forward this, with your influence I hope to obtaii some relief, and will be greatly under obligations. Very respectfvilly, "ales P. Harrison, Chief of Scouts. •• • 269 May 26, 1890 Washington, D. May 26, 1890 Gen . G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York City. My dear General: I return you Painter's letter. I have seen Coke, and he informs rne to-day that he has seen Mr. Abbott, the Member of the Ft. Worth district. He promises to do ,all he can in your behalf. Mr. Coke has been twice to see Mr. Hare but failed to see him. He says he will see him at the earliest opportunity. I have yours relating to the mat ter of the proposed amendment to the trust bill. It is still in the hands oi the Judiciary Coiiimittee. I do not know what they are doing about it. Ithink they have come to no conclusion. W. B. Allison. lath, ...v j; k ' S71 June, 1890. H. G, Koller, President W. 7/. Stevenson, Secretary. ^'eets every Wednesday evening KENTON BORAB OF TRADE ROOwS . No. 122 North Detroit Street. Kenton, Ohio, June 2nd, 1890. Gen. G. W. Dodge, My dear General: On the morning of decoration day I received Photo of your great Painting of the "Battle of Atlanta" You can imagine my feelings as I studied this picture,- old Veterans marching past my office, hands playing colors flying. I could not help shedding a silent tear as I gazed on the scene, and fought the battle ore' again. I recognize many familiar faces in the picture and readily recognize objects and positions. This Photo is a priceless gem to me on account of its associations. General you have again proven to me,as you often did on the field in action and in camp,your respect and exteem of the common soldier. Your name is revered and we recognize your services more so than others of our great citizenship. Genl. accept of my heartfelt thanks for picture and past favors. The creative genius of I.r. Taylor has not been surpassed by any artist, judging from great battle paintings I have seen. With thanks. Your comrade at Ft. Donelson; Shiloh, Seige Corinth, Booneville, Corinth, luka, Snake Greek, Rome Cross Roads, the Atlanta Campaign. With my regards Etc., W. W. Stevenson. 1.1 ■ 273 New York, June 5, 1890. Charles Adams, Esq., ^*resident U.P.Ry. Co, Dear Sir:- I had to come in to New London Connecticut to attend a meetinj^ there which required my personal attention and found yours of May 19th which I assure you is very welcome. We do not disggree about Holcomb but I believe him to be thoroughly loyal to his duties and to the property. You know that since he has been there, we had had a steady battle with some great interest either in Oregon, Utah or some where else and some of us have been on the line taking direct charge in sucii matters and I know it has given some subordinates the idea that Holcomb was not the Captain. No doubt whilst ^ have been out there, I have done things, unintentionally, which might convey this idea and this has brought him trouble. When I wrote you about "someone behind the throne winking at it," I had no personal reference to you. I think a good many of them thought they could use me, bu. whatever they thougli, they have changed thi^ir minds by this time. Hince you and l^r. Ames and Mr. Atkins crossed the Missouri, I can feel the change even as far away as I am. I have not had a line or a word directly or indirectly since your meeting at Omaha. I do hope that Holcomb will succeed. It is such a strain upon a great system to make a change. I am very anxious that we should keep financially strong and I think that our estimates for everything are very liberal. Cannot Holcomb scan them more closely or get a more direct knowledge of them so as to cut more out of them when they reach Omaha? Our reat gain in April, with so little net, points this way. As to tae Puget Sound line, I am ready to do all that I can to carry out any plan yoi may decide upon. I was in ho es we could get trackage there as I greatly dislike to build parallel roads, however we must arrange to take the benefit of the great commerce of the Sound and its great future. I do not think you will have any difficulty in raising the funds to build that lino. Your stockholders will furnish it, on good terms. I suppose I have made mortal enemies of some of our brightest men but there is absolutely nothing personal in it. It was simply a question of what was best for the property. You jta ve the result of matters here which I have written to you about. I look upon the Atchison purchase as a good one. It is simply following in the lino in which you led, and in my opinion it will greatly simplify matters. The ^an i'rancisco pr'^perty is a valuable, grwwing and paying one. The M. K. ^ T* has gone successfully through its re-organization and I am confidentially informed that the Alton and the M. K. & T. will hereafter work together. Yours very t»uly, G. M. Dodge. <, S i June, 1890, Denver, June 16, 1890, PERSONAL J/;organ Jones, Esq., Ft. V/orth, Texas. Dear Mr. Jones; I met Edward Eddy of the Grant smelter Saturday afternoon, and in his bluff way he said that he understood the dnion Pacific was dickering for the Victor and Forbes mines, and said that if that was the case, and the P. made the deal, it would create a great deal of friction, and would result in breaking the relations between the U. P. and the Gmaha & Grant smelter, as they had so much money in the Colorado Fuel Go. that they were bound to bring the smelter interests to bear to protect the coal interests. I talked to him as placidly as 1 could, and told him that I did not know what was going on, except that General ^odge and your self had an interest, in those mines and that you had opened them to protect the interests of the Ft. '^'orth foa4, and, of course, the U, p. were under obligations to see that you were not sacrificed. He said that did not make any difference; that if the U. P. purchased those properties there would be war at once. He told me that he had said the same thing to Melien that afternoon but ^ did not see Mellen after Eddy saw him. I suppose Mellen will report the situation to Messrs . Adams and Holcomb, and it will, of course, embarras the negotiations serious ly* It occurs to me that possibly you might work up a favorable trade with the C. G. & I. Go. through Berwind, in case it was found that the G, p, will have to sacrifice too much in order to purchase these properties. I do not believe the Colo. Fuel Go. would give you anything near what the properties are worth, but do think an ar rangement can be made by General Dodge with Messrs. Adanis and Berwind that would be fair to you. The Colorado Fuel Co. are evidently going to bring_every influence they can to bear to crush out the Victor and Forbes mines, but I believe that you can defeat them by dealing with Berwind. I very much fear that this anelter complication coming in will operate to stop anything being done by the G. p, toward pur chasing these properties. If you adopt my suggestion, to wrok with the c. G. 3- j. case of failure with the c , p, tt should be handled very carefully in 1 order r»r»H£ar» to + get ui1rkr%4> what you ought to 4. ^ have. I T ,ha will help you in this. Yours very truly, I have no doubt Mr. Adams 0. P. Meek . -179 June, 1890. Ft. Worth, Texas, June 16th, 1890, Gen' 1. G . . Dodge , No. 1 Broadway, N. y. Dear Sir: I inclose you letter from Mr. Meek in reference to Coal Contracts. i do not see what Mellen or the U, P. is to gain by tying up with the Colorado Fuel Co. This Co. has never given us but as little business as they could help. They have thrown all their business to the Denver & riq Grande and C. B. & Q. until it transpir ed to them that we were independent of them, as far as the coal business was concerned; i.e. thaat we had developed the Victor and Forbes so that we could get all the coal we coald get demand for, -- after thiiS had been done they changed their tactics. They have proposed conso lidation,- and when that did not work, they have been trying to get what they could. Under all those circumstances, it does seem to me rather strange why Mr. Mellen, or any other U. P. official should be so anxious to help them. I wish you would take the matter up, and if you ti^ink it necessary, I will come to Uew York, and talk the matter over with you fully. And would it not be well for Mr. •'^dams to be consulted about it? It looks to me as if there is a disposition to make our coal investment of very little value. For instance: The Colo. Fuel Go. offers to pay Mellen interest on iil50,000 on Forbes and Victor mines, when the investment in these properties has been over $300,000. If it comes to the worst, these mines can be shut down; but it looks rather strange, after we have done what we have to develop these properties in order to protect our Co., that we should be treated in this manner. Yours very truly, Morgan Jones. June, 1890. Lowell, Mass., June 12th, 1890 Grenville Dodge, Esq., Dear Sir and Genl: Sonie three months since i bought all of the printed Reports of the Reunion of the Dodge Family at Salem, Mass, that were unsold. I have disposed of nearly all of them and am thinking of printing more and of enlargeing the book, if something of interest can be obtained. I trust you may make some suggestions in regard to the matter. Hope I may receive a reply from you and know whether you will be able to contribute some reading. I am miost respectfully yours, Allen Dodge, 392. Merrimack St., Lowell, Mass. ' , A- '*■ ^ '' 283 June, 1890. ^88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New York, June 20th, 1890. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, Dear Friend: On the lath I received a lengrhy letter from J'ir. Allen Dodge, advising me that he had lately purchased ninty-one copies of my Dodge memorial of our Salem meeting, that he had bought them from E. S. Dodge, the printer; a wortiiless person, though bearing our name. I own the copyright, and all the copies left with the printer, of which he had full notice. To this letter of Allen Dodge I replied on the 18th Inst. in these words. "jf88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New York, June 18th, 1890, "Mr. Allen Dodge, Dear Sir: Yours of the 16th Inst. just with me. As I own the copy right, and also own the copies sold you by E. S. Dodge, the insolvent printer, who pirated them with impunity, further printing can only be had by my permission, on due payment to me. I will enforce my copy right. My work also copyrighted, appeared by subscription in 1886, viz: "Tristram Dodge and his descendants in America, with the his torical and descriptive accounts of Block Island, and Cow Neck, L. I., their original settlements" for sale now at subscription price 00 Yours Truly," ' ' Apparently you know Mr. Allen Dodge; kindly inform me as to his responsibility, and position. He is not willfully to blame; I write this to you to submiji my proposal; if he will pay fo r a second edition, I will waive legal remedy; and also add to it; and propose to re-shape it: on terms of equal division of his net proceeds:-- let Mr. Allen Dodge write to me; I am willing to negotiate upon the above basis. It is very desirable that so valuable a memorial be put into permanent and better form. bring this all about; and as you see it can be easilv ad iuat.fid . Very truly yours, Robt. Dodge. June, 1890. Gen. G, M. Dodge, Dear General: 285 j^SB Linden Ave ., Flushing, New York. June 24th, 1890 I am happy to enclose you a copy of letter of the 21st Inst. from Allen ^odge, to-day received, andalso copy of my reply, you now have all the letters before you. Pray advise early thereon. Yours faithfully, Robt. Dodge. .'i: ■' '*4 ' ,5-' >. r Ji-'-VV' V'' '*■< 287 June, 1890. Lowell , Rtass., June 21st, 1890. Robert Dodge, Esq., Dear Lir; Yours of the 18th was received f^nd as I presumed you yet control the copyright (I learn from what I read,) as I have put out considerable money to inform members of the family that L had such a book for sale at one dollar each I sun liable to have orders for more books, therefore, will be pleased to learn from you, what you dieire me to do if anything in the way of printing more books. And will you also mention if you can send me a copy of each article which has here tofore been in print relating to the Dodges excepting only the Report which I mentioned as having now, and I will at once send you the money that it may be forwarded by mail to me, and I will bethankful to you. I may not have read correctly what you wrote my eye sight is defective. Respectfully yours, Allen Dodge. 289 June, 1890. #88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New ^ork, June 23d, 1890. Mr. Allen Dodge, Lowell, iv^ss. Dear Sir: Yours of the 21st just comes; and I am much gratified by it. In the interval, on the 18th, I heard from my friend, and I see, (yours too) Gen. G. M, Dodge; by his Sec. and Telegram, to say to me, "that if he can aid you and me; and it is in accordance with my ideas, he will be glad to do so." On the 20th I replied to Gen. G. M. Dodge; "that you were not willfully to blame. That if you will pay for a Second Edition; ^ willwaive all legal remedy; and also add to my address (by late discov ery of the home in England of William Dodge of Galem, 1629) and re-shape it" on Terms of equal Division, of net proceeds, of all sales and profits." I of course own, and will keep the copyright, ana repeat the above to you, the additions etc. I will make, will greatly increase its value, and not its size, and make the Second Edition of much larger demand in the family of his descendants, now in every State, and over a million in number; its sale might well be by a good subscription Book House of Boston. Gen. Dodge offers his strong financial aid; address him care J. T. Granger, #1 Broadway, New York. I must also make it a condition that you include a sale of my book (1886) Tristram Dodge etc.; for me. If above is agreed to, pray advise early, and send me a copy to prepare. ' Very truly yours , Robt. Dodge. 291 June, 1890. Lowell, Niasa., June 25th, 1890. Robert Dodge, Esq., J'jy dear Sir: Yours of the 23rd is at hand. Now as I understand from what you wrote in the two letters from you, is that you add to the book enough to print both sides of each le:f in the book, (now printed only on one side) as you write that the addition you will make will increase its value and not its size. Now in my mind there is but little money in a large or small book, however, i am disposed to try 300 more on the market. I understand from your last letter that you will allow me to print and sell them if I will print and sell a book entitled TRISTAN DODGE ■ and his descendants in America, by Robert Dodge dividing equally with you the profits of the two books. I do not think I would ever get back near enough money to make me whole- why would it not be better to make one book from the two if you have none already on hand. However when all else is answered ^ still wish to know how many dollars I must pay you, and feel at liberty to print and sell 300 books, such as I have sold with no alteration whatever; and also make peace. I shall pay you if you ma^e the improvement of increasing its value and not its size. Then when I have sold 300 books and can see a dollar by printing more I am as ready for it as anyone. What I say or do in this or any other matter will be in an open honest way, if at all; and should I print 300 books it will be done by an old reliable firm here in Lowell. Style and work approved by you, now your figures will decide at once whether I commence anything of the kind or not. I would be pleased that you estimate cost of 300 reports as printed, also of 300 improved as you proposed improving in value but not increasing the size, and if you will send me the amount you think might be the cost of each will be pleased. Now it is evident you can see a chance to sell two books, the Report for one, and the Tristan Dodge book for second. Well wish to learn if I can, try what I know something about first and hope we can improve from time to tiiie. Please do not think me asking what ought not to ask that some one copy your letter to me in large hand, as my sight is not good. Enclosed is enough to please some one for the effort. I iear I have not read what you have written. I am most Your friend, Allen Dodge, 392 Kerrimack St., Lowell, N^ass. June, 1890, South Bay, June 20th, 1890. W. II. Holcomb, Esq., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: Mr. Jones is considerably anxious about coal matters. I have assured hirii that the Onion Pacific would carry out my understand ing with the Victor and Forbes people. They put their money into the property at my instance, to protect the Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth. It was a confidental agreement, but the policy of the Union Pacific should be to keep all these mines running, for comn.ercial and other reasons. Let the Colorado Fuel Go.--whose interests are wholly with the 0. B. & Q.--and the 0. C. &.I. Go. get control of coal in Southern Colorado, and up go prices. It is the cheapest and best fuel on all our property for steam purposes. There are more miles in it -- that is settled. I notice your chemist gives it: Total Fuel, 75, while it is ovei* 90. He nust have gotten hold of bone instead of coal. It is one ot' the ways of reducing our operating expenses to get good steam coal cheap. No doubt the Colorado Fuel Go. would like to break us up, but I do not propose they shall. I understand the sit uation so well that we must always have an anchor to the windward in that country. They will use all their ingenuity in combinations and threats, but wt, must look out for our property's future now. We have the commercial advc^ntage; our plant is all right, and our plans must be strong and broad, and so that no combinations can cripple us. I hear that business is good-- more than they can well handle on the South end. I suppose it is the same everywhere. Are we getting good prices for it? I ambetter, but far from well. Truly,your friend, G. M. Dodge. 295 June, 1890.. Enc. v^ith 'A'. II. Ilolconib letter, June 25, 1890. Chem. Dept May 27th, 1890, locomot:ive coals. Variety Moisture IVol.Comb. F.Carbon! Ash. ! Total!Sulphur White B^reats (Iowa) ' 7.44 . } 36.83 6-30-86. ' i Cherokee, Kan. 2-28-87. 1.48 ! 33.92 ____ _ I > Fue!L 47.33 " I 8.40 84.16; 4.55 57.16 7.44 91.08 3.27 Rich Hill Mine #5 2.84 4-4-87. i 41.67 42.34 13.15 84.01 4.06 Trinidad 8-16-89. 1.60 Iowa. From Rr. I 13.25 Goodrich 5-23-90 31.20 35.91 44.40 ' 22.80 75.OO; 1.27 39.59 11.25 75.50 4.97 Iowa. From Mr. Maitin. 9 .17 42.19 32.92 ! 15.72 75.11 5.22 You will from an examination of the vertical coilumn headed "Total Fuel" that the Cherokee coal is highest in the percentage of combusitble matter, that is, contains less amounts of ash and water. It furthermore, is somewhat better than the Rich Hill coal which is used on the Kansas Division, in containing somewhat less sulphur. The two samples of Iowa coal last received are unreasonably high in sulphur, particularly that from Mr. Martin, from the D. M. & N. R'y. Co The two Iowa coals referred to are also so low in combustible matter 'as to make them an extravagant coal to burn, and I advise strongly against using either of them; they contain 10 per cent less fufei than the White Breast coal. The Trinidad coal is also so high in ash (23;^) as to make it a very poor coal for use in locomotives, and I strongly advise against its use on any part of this System where it is possible to use better coal without much additional expense. (Copy) H. B. Hodges, Chemist & Engineer of Tests 286 Trinidad, Colo,, June 13th, 1890. Victor Coal Co. The sample of coal submitted to me contains: Moisture, 0.85 per cent. Volatile Carbon, 34.90 " " Fixed, 56.69 • Ash, 6 .95 Sulphur 0 .61 tl tt tt M t! H Total Fuel 91.59 • Walter Dearden, Chemist and.Assayer, I t It . 297 June, 1890. Great South Bay, June 23rd, 1890 W. H. Holcomb, Esq., Omaha, Dear Sir: I enclose herewith copy of Nr. Hodge's chemical analysis of the different coals used on the U. P. Road, When I received it, I made up my mind that so far as the Trinidad and the J^ed Rock Goals were concerned it was all wrong. I immediately applied for an analysis ol coal from the Victor iVine, copy of v/hich I also enclose herewith. You will see it shows over 91^ of fuel, whereas Hodges' analysis only gives it 75^. Of course he either got an inferior quality of coal or, perhaps, a piece of bone, because I know that all Trinidad coals give better results than any other coal we use, unless perhaps it is the Rock Springs. I have used the Cherokee (Kansas) Coal, which he puts at 91 right against the I'rinidad, which he puts at 75, and we got a better mileage out of the Trinidad, but I see that Dearden puts Trinidad a little better than Cherokee. 01' course you and ^ both know we cannot run a railroau on a chemical analysis of coal, You have to consider a great many things, especially its specific gravity, its moisture, and the quantity of sulphur it contains. Some of these coals that Hodges puts so high, a quarter of them goes out of the stack, whilst none of the Irinidad does. I know that the coal on my Iowa line (which is known as the Red Rock) is equal to the White Breast. I have used it right alongside of tte White Breast. I sifiiply write this letter that Hodges' statements as against the towa coals shall not go on record for the government of the Goal department. Mr. Meek wrote me and gave me his experience with the Red Rock and White Breast Coals when he was running the Wabash. He says: "The performance of the engines of the o. p. system show that the Trin idad fuel is the cheapest they burn, taking the price and mileage into consideration, and from the lump coal we get fine returns. Of course, with mine^run coal we would not get the mileage as against the other companies lump coal." I think when you investigate the mileage made by the Trinidad Coal, and the price at which it can be put upon the engine, you will see that the interest of the Operating department is in using as much of it as possible . Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. 299 June, 1890, Great South Bay, June 23d, 1890. W. H. Holcomb, Esq., Omaha, Nebr. Dear Sir: I enclose , confidentially, copy of a letter which I have to-day received from Mr. Morgan Jones, of Et. Worth. I have never given much attention to this matter because I did not suppose the Union Pacific would seriously consider the question of turning over their Cola Department to the Colorado Fuel Co., a concern which is almost wholly in the interest of competitive companies. I understand the pressure for this action comes from the Grant '-'melter, because they happen to own an interest in the i'uel Co., but I did not suppose that would have any more weight than it was entitled to, because they have been entirely and always in the interest of the C. B. & Q. and Rio Grande. I have nothing to add to the letters which I have recently written. The question to me is very clear. We should, if possible, get our Como, Baldwin and Anthracite Mines going, but we ought to do it ourselves, or through our own companies, whose interests and alli ances are fully with us. If this is not done, it will cause us a great deal of trouble. I suppose the question of what they will pay for freights on this coal is a very potent factor in ils decision. If it is pnper for me to take this matter up with Mr. Adams, I am perfectly willing to do it. I understand, however, that all thesematters are under you. I shall most certainly and strenuously insist that the confi dential contracts I made with the people who opened the mines for the benefit of the Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth R. R. shall be carried out. They all put their money into the mines upon my solicitation, and I believe every stockholder in the mines xS one of the heaviest stock holders in our Company -- at least three of them are, I know, and carry over ;^1,000,000 each. There is not one, I think, who put a dollar into it with a view of speculation; they put it there to get li.e out oi a hole, and I agreed to protect them when they did it. and thev look to me to do so, and I look to the Union Pacific to carry out the confidential agreements I iiiade with them. My own idea would be to hold the mines independent, so thev could be used commercially on the Union Pacific; I am not very partieular about the . P. buying them; that was the suggestion of the U p and we have always said to the U. P. that we were perfectly willing to' ^ whatever that Company thought was for the interest of the J consent, however, to allow the Colorado Fuel Cq . S3on nnn T ® Pr-operty for which we have paid over th? the plants A? + of ? any plants, of the which other you companies have seen there, are but much we cheaper have a than P-reat t®qi a great deal of money in getting it. take + them up witii !'?v Mr. Adams, I can these do so questions, understandingly, so that if f am'to -1 Of course Paul N'orton is using every influence and' pov/er he can command to press us on coal matters. I understand he is handling the Grant Smelter people upon it, but you and I have been through the mill a great many times, and know what such things mean. There is one thing very certain, however-- we do not want to make any deals which are going to trouble us in the future, and I want to develop just as many coal interests in that country as it is possible for us to manage. Yours very truly. G. M. Dodge, June, 1890. Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, Pres. •W. II. Holcomb, Vice Pres. Gardiner . Lane, 2d Vice Pres. L. Anderson THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY GO. 40 Equitable Building. Boston, June 30, 1890. Uy dear General: I this morning received a long rigamarole in relation to coal matters from Omaha. As nearly as I can make out, there peems to be an unnecessary anxiety prevailing in the minds of certain of our officials as to the course the company proposes to pursue in regard to the mines owned by yourself and li.r. Jones as affected by the Colorado Fuel Co. and the Colorado Coal & Iron Co. There also seems to be an idea that there is a very heavy pressure being brought to bear upon me by the Grant smelter people, a pressure which I am not likely to resist. Until I received this letter from Omaha, I was not aware that any such pressure existed. Certainly, it is the first X have, heard of it. If the Grant people are on the war path, they have not yet got so far as the door of my office. Neither do I think they will get there. Their war path, so far as can judge, is chiefly confined to the streets of Denver. I do not know that 1 have advised you as to the steps which have been taken towards a reorganization of our coal department. It is radical and complete. We propose to oi-ganize a company all the stock of which will be owned by the Union Pacific. To this company in exchange lor its entire stock, we propose to convey all our coal lands, coal mines, and coal interesi^s. It will be much like the Pacific Express Co.. This plAn has received the warm approval of H.v, Hanna's conimittee on coal properties, and J. 8. Tebbets has already been ap pointed General Manager of the new company. He reports directlv to my office. j All our coal interests, therefore, hereafter will be main tained separately from the Omaha offices, and nothing can be done which is not approved here. I have no intention whatever of doing anything which would ao2 prejudice yourself and your friends as owners of the Victor -and I'orbes ndnes. Of course, the interests of the tJnion Pacific have -to be protected, and no one would more assuredly agree to that than yourself On the other hand, we do not propose, in protecting the interests of the '-'nion Pacific, to unnecessarily sacrifice the interests of our friends. I write today merely to advise you that nothing in this matter has been done which would prejudice you or your friends, and nothing will be done before you are fully advised of it. The final disposition of the matter is in this office, and no where else. No pressure is likely to be brought to bear upon me except from you or your friends; or, at any rate, that is the only pressure in regard to which I have any apprehension. I do not propose to bring this matter up for decision for some little time to come, and until the whole field has been carefully examined, and the direct and indirect features of every move in it ascertained. You shall be fully advised before any action is taken, and have ample time to make your views felt. I r-eniain, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. Gen. K . Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York, https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/227b1bf965f3208a9ea9d57bebfbf05e.pdf a4d765311d07fa60571051de765871c6 PDF Text Text 803 New York, July 1st, 1890. Chas. P. Adams, Esq Boston, Mass, Dear Sir:- I have received your letter and enclosures in relation to Mr. )'N0ll, Mr. O'Neil has heen a ver,;- valuable attorney to us and we have lost very few cases nder him. He has saved us a great deal of money, especially in our Texas cases, and he is really the only successful attorney T have ever known there, part-'cularly in railroad matters. I do not think he epxects to retain his position. T believe that he expects Messrs. Teller & Orahood to take the Colorado bus'ness; but in selecting a man for work in Texas, we have to be very careful. T have sent the letters to lir. Jones, who should be consulted in making such an appointment. T would very much prefer to have O'Neil attend to our Texas bubinsess, if he could, for there is no other lawyer of ray acquaintance who understands Texas courts and Texas juries a eh does In the bill which he sends, T notice a considerable numer of items which might be called Construction Company work, When I made settlement between the Construction Co. and the railroad company, the latter assumed all these matters. A good many of them were on account of suits before O'Neil took hold at Denver. I think the bill he sends in is not extraordinary, considering the work these attornies had to do. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge, I . 3C5 ,itoy w.-l New York, July 7, 1880, Charles F. Adams, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- T duly received yours of June 30th In regard to coal. Tt Is the first int'matlon J have had in regard to your intentions. T think the organization of such company as you refer to a very proper t. ■'ng. r r T wrote several letters to Mr. Holcomb in reference to coal, supposing he had ent're charge of tha , Department. If h has not sent you copies of my letters, T wi11 do so, if"you care to have them. My knowledge of what the Coloradd Fuel Co. desires to do comes direct. Dp you intend to open the Como, Baldwin and Anthracite Mines under your new 'Company' 1 note what you say about the pressure upon the Union Pacific 'by the Trinidad mines. Of course, after T have put people into a pro perty for the purpose of protecting another mutual interest and being a b'^^hefit to it, T have a great anxiety to see them taken care of," and not in any way to the detriment of the railroad company. The owners of the Trinidad mines are all very large stockholders in the rdilroad company and are perfectly will'ng to do whatever the Union Pacific thinks proper. Some busy-bodeie out West have talked to them and threatened t;,om and I do not know what else, until they became thoroughly alarmed, and, of course, wrote me a great many letters; but T wrote before I received your letter what I knew would be your course In the matter. I'think you will find when it comes to an issue that there will be a gobd deal of pressure from the Colorado Fuel Co. through the Grant Smelter. When flo you Intend to be in New York? I am improving all the time but do not intend to come in until T know you are there so T can see you. Truly, 0. 1|« Dodge. 3S6 .Otil Xlul ,iioY New York, July 7, 1890, J. C. Sherwin, Esq., Denver, Colorado. Dear Slr;- ' P -:*xfC 1/wCT 1.' : i" t'T flJO*' enuT. lo ptrroY fcf»v*PO«T /ub t I am in,receipt of yours of the.29th ult, in regard tp matters in Deaf Smith County. T do not want to take any part in the county-seat .affair, especiall: any part.against Montgomery. He selected the place « • over on the line or near where the l^ne will go, whilst the other people are a good ways off the l^ne. .What Montgomery ought to do is to ♦ » r get these people together. There, is, T "believe, a law of Texas which requires us to go.to a county seat when we pass within a few miles.of it; ^^,at any rate T do not want to take any personal part in ^uch a fight, T have had enough of these contests in Texas to entirely satisfy me. If these two factions can harmonize their interests and come in together, T ajn perfectly willing to take an Interest with them. You had better see Montgomery and see if t.e.matter cannot be so arranged. . You had better explain to Meek that.the location they show him for Matlock town is so far away from our line that we could not go to without the expe d'ture of a great deal of money, and,that. are liable to go more to the South of the existing line than to the north ,.,,of it. It is no way for us to do to try and build up a town at the f ' . , 1 ■ , expense of the railroad,company. , . . J nr. ..j ••Mas b nl fM9^ obmo|o9 #114 amfl wwmttmil lo eiatfii " U tu mm T TdioY mrnll mt mJ hmin* uof of nrntK ^ I bfNl It«p T OS piAfU •>!« mt •Mm * fPJntf Hf nmot OJ Jsn oh ' n';., .ribmr tU .6 307 July, 1890. #88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New York. July 8th, 1890. Gen. G. M. ^odge, Dear Gen.: in This evening I have the following reply to my enclosure as I stated to you. Yours etc., Roht. Dodge. "Ivy dear Sir: I have your kind letter of the 3d inst., referring to the correspondence ofWr. Allen Dodge of Lowell, fvass. If it should seem desirabel to publish a second edition of your admirable Memorial address at Salem in 1879 I should be glad to bear a part of the expense. I fear, however, that Y am not as much interested as I should be in the antique history of the family, being much more desirous that those now bearing the name should be useful in their present generation • I hardly think should feel inclined to contribute to the expense oi such study in London as you refer to. If however. Gen. G. M. Dodge and other prominent members cf the family should be anxious to carry this out, and the cost should be moderate I may be willing to aid. Greatly appreciating your kind interest in the matter, I am. My dear Sir, Very sincerely yours. W. E. Dodge. Robt. Dodge, Esq. 3C9 New York, July 8th, 1890 .0«ex ,»Ud titt' W ' Hon. Horace Boles, Governor, Des Moines, Iowa, Dear Sir;- leJell On my return to the city today, I"find yours of June 21st asking W to deposH such relics of the war as T may have, wh-'ch T will gladly do,' I am sorry to say, though T have no sword, t brought none out of the service with me. When T was wounded at Atlanta T lost m^ne and nwver had another. When T needed one, I used the common soldier's sabre. My commissions and otAer relics are In Council Bluff?, In the hands of my brother, N.P.Dodge, and T write him today to take the necessary steps to send them all to you, to be held subject to my orders. T have no doubt T shall allow them to remain there permanently. I am having framed a photo of a pen and ^nk sketch T have recently had completed for me by Mr. James E. Taylor, w well-known artist of this city, of "The Battle of Atlant", on July 22nd, 1864 showing particularly the position of the 16th Corps. Th<s will probably be of Intores and an addition to your collection. I have to thank you for your request and the kindly way In which you put It , and can assure you T appreciate It, and am. Very truly your friend, G. M. Dodge. ■ '1 ' - . 099X ttot. ,AioY New York, July 8th, 1890. ,io<n«woO ,•§10" 0omf>i , »r«info!l agO Dear Nate:- Please arrange with the Governor to deposit w^'th the State my ■ n. commissions and such other things as you have that may he of historical I , Interest. I will send from here a copy of "The Battle of Atlanta." * T enclose a copy of a letter given me by Gen. Sherman to Consuls abrpadj also of a certificate as to my having taken course In engineering • • Tf It Is thought these are of interest, you might hand them ever with the rest. . linen .>\t oJ mfii mJfn , * eftlMri .. . ... ..... .. . Yours very truly, ei 94 9i • < nqele xiMMieeen . G. .. Dodge. MbfUttt# 11*Mm fl' MiIM 94tlB _M eVMif T .ateb^e tBwm 94M.i r JblaMa Mm* bm mq 9 u a kawMl iftfvaii mm t • »iii 9 •lalftf .a mmml %4 mm vrt Melqiwa ma Xl^rumtHmq jtrnfodm mmx ,biitf5 tx«i no to oIlM mof to bam twifff 0 9d xi<im4htn 11*9 9*tiT .oqooa 4ibS 944 ">9 nofl^ooq mOi ,tto*i99it99 199% 94 amiitbbm am tm cflMttf 944 bmm Haarm tooi 99% 99% MtmOi ai 9994 T «M bfio olofM^qo f Mf»f riMOo AM bno « it Joq uox dcMw ,bn*Ht %99% %J9%4 itmf •oftboG . ' .n 311 July, 1890. ^QQ Linden Av^., Flushing, New York, July 9th, 1890, vv i : Mr. William F. Dodge, 11 Cliff New York City. My dear Sir: I am very glreatly fljbliged by your welcome and prompt re sponse of the 8th inst. In reply allow me to say that the research in England alluded to in my letter to Gen. D. is one that seems to me a sacred duty and high import to us the decendants of the first set tlers here. Pardon my allusion to the almost sacred text of Bunyan in which he depicts Muckworm noiling in his heap before his feet and never lifting his eyes to the hovering angbls over hini ready to show him visions of a better world; such ea the spirit of too ruany of our race here, I cannot believe that you are willing to yield to it, and allow onerous duties of the hour to blind you from the higher revei'- ence wt all owe to our first emigrant. Is it not now; when travel is so incessant; and our people swarm sumiiuer ai'ter sumn.er in greater numbers--sight seeing of vanity and worse;— a cause of real reproach, that we remain any longer content with the old story; that some simple tenant farmer or helpless exile in the 17th century landed here and started our lineage? and never search back of that Almanach fact to learn even the home origin and the surrounding public events that drove them forth? Surely this history should be our sacred care and study; and this mere Almanach Date leaving all around and before it in total darkness is an insult to the sacred memory of our Sires and to that Providnece that shaped public events to guide their foot steps hither. V/hen to a competent person it may now be ofreddy facility of research. T ^ design to look up and preserve great folio Tn knof +V. actual liie work their of thousands our Sire as of Ex. unmeaning Gr. were names; thev but active simply with Cromwell or Persecuted Discenters;--how linked to the main Cheshire line Of our soldier Founder 1302; and some of the illustrious names and frwe as weilslt^i visit the graves ® of our ^'^^dred own depirted. years;---with Theirspirits the sam.e hover reverence over us there and will tlirow a new light on our own great lineage and start us with higher motives to emulate our great ancestors. With iiiuch regard, Yours, Robt. Dodge. 313 ..CHJ<-r .11 YiuT, .JiloV New York, July 15, 1890. J. M. 0)'Neill, Esq., Fort north, Texas, Dear Sir:- -tifr I learn from Mr. Jones thatProst and Adamson have commenced suit against the Pacific Ra'lway Improvement'Company for salary, Frost at the rate of $10,000 per year for six years, and Admson at the rate of >1,800 per year for the same time. Of course, T do not suppose any court would give them a cent, because they never did anything, and when they took the places, were In our employ, and It was understood that they were not to do any work; that they were simply nominal officers. There never was any'work for them to do. What effect will'this have on Our endeavors to wind up the affairs of the concern under Connecticut law, which we are now doing through the courts, and as soon as the court meets, we expect to wipe the company coit of existence? Please let me hear from you on these questions. You want to watch this suit ^fery closely, so as to prevent them from getting any "snap" judgment on us. Please ascertain and "^^^'advlse me what kind of service they got--on whom the pppers were served, an^i, if possible, send me a copy of the complaint. Please *let me hear from you fully in regard to this mdtter. lO t . iiu ' ■ Vi:''- .T* uM'T , Tours very truly, Plfit to f ' n Jmutmnrnq emoo Jnii T plli to f • ^ Dodge,*-"* nnlWi fitoh. n* aiablortilf^a icllae'i ^ j^rfT •i-iouomX no o iol oAurn oJ MMin t*oAi tt iwq taw it 1^ JO jo.j -J T ,aMi«T nt xitaqaroo eai To nt#faup6aait o.iJ eiiw 04 aa jf* V r • no anoon'o a« aeaJ 4«'fa||a^j^ii e<f hfuov Smii .0 iO . \%w riPoT . . 'iL:. ,4oa 00 •314 .MSI ,SX %llA ,*loT York, July 15, 1890. Mlllard Patterson, Esq., Fort Worth, Dear Slr:- '.1 (fO^On ilMf -tTT iimjT Enclosed I hand you a copy of Minutes of Stockholders,* Meeting J , ^ ' » • held in New London, June 4th, which embraces the records of the director* t • ♦ meeting. The new Board has re-passed the resolut-'ons and the new f t officers have executed a new deed and release similar to those of the * • . r old ''oard, '.Vith ti.ls record, how can the other parties have any standlncf, f ■ In UourtY T understand th^t they have npw turned around and sued the I • raciflc Improvement Cpmpany for salary. Frost for $10,00', a year for six years and Adamson for $1,800 for the same period. They never did an hour's work for the company and were th re as mere nominal officers, Th^ company had completed 11 its work and had nothing for them to do; Jtuc. , " ,' ^consequently they did nothing. This new departure would look as .though '' < ■ they had abandoned the attack upon me Individually, and were trying to » V « get something out of the company, .. ... I would like to have your views In full on,the status of the case under these circumstances, and as to the acts of the Board of ulrec- , I ' 1 < • ' tors, Mr, O'Nell has commenced action against them for .Uie recovery of the stock standing In their names, which belongs to me, and obtained a * * permanent Injunction restraining th^ from In any way acting und^r or using It for any purpose. The trail of the case, T believe, will not come • • on until January. They were not really stockholders In their own right; It was simply put In their names to make them eligible for office, so as to make the headquarters of the company In Texas, but I do not suppos^ 1 that would be used against them as officers or directors while they did so act. Tours very truly, G. M. Dodge, 315 July, 1890. STATE OF IOWA EXECUTIVE OFFICE. DE3 MOINES. July 15, 1890. My dear ^ir: Acknowledging the receipt of your kind letter of the 9th inst., I beg to thank you for your generous offer to place your Com missions and other relics in our Capitol Building. As the personal belongings of one of our own most illustrious soldiers, I scarcely need add, that they wi.l ever be most sacredly cherished by the people of Iowa. The sketch of "The Battle of Atlantic" will also posess peculiar value and will be most acceptable . I remain, Sir, Very sincerely yours. Horace Boies Kaj. Gen. G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y. City 317. July, 1890. Subject.. Expenses. Executive Department. Charles 1. Adams, President. W. H. Holcomb, Vice President. Gardiner . Lane, 2d Vice Pres. L. . ■'^nderson. THE UNION PACIPIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, July 15, 1890. Gen. G. U, Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York City, dear Sir: I expect to be in New York Friday next, and would then like to see you. Could you arrange to be in town^ In one or two of your recent letters you have alluded to the increased expenses of the road and the anxiety they caused you. It is unnecessary for me to tell you that they have caused me quite as much anxiety as you. In order that you may understand what, I am doing to remedy this difficulty, P send you herewith copies of letters written by me to Mr. Holcomb while on the road or on my way home, last month. Of course i send these to you for your information as a director. The best way for us would be to meet up town, either at the Union League or the Knickerbocker. Will you kindly let me know, on receipt of this, either by letter or wire at which place and at whfit hour it will be most convenient for us to get together. Believe me, etc.. Charles P. Adams, President. Enclosure. 321 July, 1S90. #88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New York. July 24th, 1890. Dear General: I enclose you the last two letters I have from Allen Lodge. You will perceive that he is like the rest of the assembly at Salem. I have several times answered his verbose letters by stating, that I presumed that you and Wm. E. would concur in a second edition of not less than two thousand copies; and that the same would best be published by a good Subscription Publishing House; and that all he had to do at present was to see such Houses, and obtain proper estim ates to be submitted to you through me. You will perceive his blundering incapacity; and as you well knov. this is our permanent Family Memorial, and should be preserved in proper style; it is clear that ve have escaped his unfitness. I also enclosed to him; which of cource 1 caij reapeat to the publishing House when selected, an introduction to Mr. Spofford, Library of Congress, my bid friend, v^ho through his assistants, at a little outlay for their pay, would prepare a complete list ol all the Dodges whose address are in prii^t, thr ugh the Hnion, their total nun.ber at the lowest estimate is one million, the majority being in the West and South-west and Pacific States, as you very well Ipiow. .It is now clear that we must attend to our own affairs ourselves. On the 9th inst. I wrote you enclosing you a copy of my letter of that date to Wm. E., kindly send me a reply. On looking in my Mem. I find that the ancestry of IVm. D. of 1629, occupied the same Homestead from about the 2d Elizabeth or 1560; I find also numerous references to Baronets, Members of Parliament are named, in Western England, settled in their manors and castles from the days of the Plantagenets; and there their descendents now remain, abounding in Cheshire, and in Liver pool; some of hom I know. In all suci: families, owning the same estates for so many centuries, the book of family pedigree, like the muniments of titles to their lands, is religiously preserved, thouvh never shown to strangei-s; from my ac.quaintance there, i would have ready access. Of course 1 do not wish or expect to transport copies of the vast volumns ol suci: pedigree, in search of our missing link; but to gather therefrom the main stocks of our ancestors or first emigrants sufficient to show their descent from the founder of our line• the Soldier Baron of 1302, Pierre Dodge of Cheshire; and of the illus trious names in the long line of descent, memorable for their public services in war or peace; through the pathways of a lineage reaching back centuries before the English Ea. guage »L settled, of thrHeralls patented »lth the oldest Coat Armor known In the o 0 O Is it not a just cause of reproach to us in our advanced , education; and swift voyages over the sea; and constant con.niercial intercourse by cable; that we should remain content with the story like the pages of an old alirianach, that at some date in the 17th century, certain emigrants landed here and founded a family in this country; but whence they came, and why they left, and what family was left be hind, and with what connections, we remain contentedly ignorant; and I am sure that you will share my earnestness herein. This additional matter should witl: such an opportunity, not likely to recur, from a Chapter doubtless of the highest value in our Family Memorial. In the spirit of Lord McCauley, I doubt not you share that, "whoever is indifferent to his lineage; and will make no effort to seek out the good deeds of his ancestors, willassuredly never do any thing worthy of memory by his descendants. Upon the above, if you fully agree and also to the advance required therefor; I should think it could be sharedat your wish I could early prepare in due shape, all I have of the Wm. of 1629; and I find now that I could leave early xn August, and return in September; fully prepared with the materials for a worthy second edition of this Family Memorial. Kindly advise me hereon as early as may be. f'aithfully yours, Robt. Dodge. • P. S. At the suggestion of Alien Dodge; and as a Special request it is desired; and will make the book more valued; to insert the Photos of prominent members of the family. I have written for that of Gov. Henry Dodge, in the Vignette size; also of yourself in the same size, or as it is called Cabinet; my own is asked; and I ami to have that of William E. Dodge, Sn. Pray send me yours eary. Yours, R. D. 323 New York, July 28, 1890, W. T. Walters, Esq., Baltimore, Md. My dear Mr, Walters: T am in receipt of yours of recent date, and note its contents. Mr. Jones informs me that th's assessment on the Wichita Valley Ry. line will be the last. I suppose the track is now completed, or nearly so, to Seymour, the proposed end of the road. The mortgage on the property has been drawn and the bonds are be^ng printed, and I do ntt see any reason why they should not be distributed w^'thin a reasonable time. You know yourself ti.at it takes quite a time to get ready for these things, but we should certa'nly get our securities some time this fall. Mr. Jones has made a contract with the Union Pacific which he considers a very favorable one. It runs for ten years. T:;e earnin'^s of the little road so far as completed are very encouraging. T note what you say about the U.P. I went to the city to meet Mr. Adams after his return from the ''est. Hd la s gone out on the line of the road gain. There are two divisions of the U.P. whicl are dis appointing us in their results. These are the Oregon fflivision and the Mountain Division. Our earningzs\are very large and our rates are good, but we do not get enoug, net out of it. The earnings of the U.P.D.A-. G. would be very satisfactory were it not for the expense of conducting transportation —that ^s where our trouble seems to be. Whilst our train mileage on the U.P.D.& G. increased nearly 20^ the expenses increased over 100^ wliereas with such an increase of mileage the increase of expense shouad not have been over 10^. This great inc^rease comes from the following causes; Flirst, in the use of foreign cars; second, in injuries to persons, property and stock; third, in advertising, and, fourth, in locomotive fuel and g neral expense. Maintenance of cars and maintenance of way and motive power are all right,—but little more than last year. Our net earrr'ngs are from 100 to 120^ better than last year. I do not take the gloomy view of Union Pacific affairs ti at is held by Mr. Adams; I think the next six months will enable us to aatch up nd will bring us out all right. You know that we had a terrible winter; we got our motive power down and our track out of order. We are now on our feet, and from the first of July on, T anticipate a much better show ing of net earnings. Tl.e gross oarn'ngs are all right. You will, of cours consider what I write you in regard to this as strictly ccnfidential. I cannot say certainly if I will bo in town on the days you mention in your letter. T am going in for two or three days the last of this month or ftfst of August, and, if necessary, could come in to see you,iut T am very anxious to keep away until tl:ie middle of Se ember or later if possi ble. Let Mr. Granger know when you get here, and he will co. municate with pe, and can inform you whether or not I will be "n the city. The Union Pacific, Denver & ^ulf Co. has stated that they will be ready to make the ex-hange of bonds on the 5th of August, and that in New York the exchange w'11 be made by the Union Trust Co. and in Philadelphia the Real Estate Trust Co., Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. (jtCO .O'.iar '.IuL ,il - .New York, July 28, 1890. Hon. G. B. Pray, Des Moines, Iowa, , .i fi ,« fioL nnjrxoT! Dear Slr:- -tnfr Yours of July 8t]i came to me while I was out of the c^ty. My idea has always been that the great deep water port on the Texas Coast would be at Galveston. T know that great efforts are being made now to have this deep water at Aransas Pass and at the moutli of the Brazos, but the capital and concentra-tlon of roads is at Galveston, There 1 s no trouble in obta'n^'ng deep water there if they have a mind to put the money behind it, I have no doubt but that Congress w^'ll finally do it, T do not say this to discouraga e-fforts at any one particulaj? po-'nt, and T think the people v;ho are push'rig for deep water at the mouth of the Brazos have shown a great deal of ability in their exertions. My opin.ion of Aransas Pass is that it is too far to the westward. Tiien ever after you have deepened the water at Aransas ^ass, you are limited for i^omm when the sh^'ps do get in; and would have to turn all the current of trade and travel into another direction from that which it now follows. Of course T write this in strict confidence. I may f e mistak'-'n about the whole thihg. I have never thoroughly examined Aransas Pass oiJ the Brazos, although ^ have been at both places. I have, however, .looked over the question of depening the harbor at Galveston very carefully, and T onoe, in connection with President strong, vas ready to. make a proiDOSition to give them deep water there for a certain sum of money, the railroad companies being ready to advance it, but as usual something turned up ■'n Texas that stopped the matter. T believe the trouble was that each fellow there wanted a deep water harbor in his own district. In a gereral way, I am pretty well disgusted .with ti.e entire south, I have put an immense am'^unt of money in there; the more we put in the colder they grew and the leas disposed they were to respect the rights of property and of the citizen. If Congress will pass the Force bill, ^t will settle the Southern question in less than a year; but we have so many men in our pafty who care more for their pocketB than for princ-iple, that I doubt whether it becomes a law, I th^nk I certainly have the right to speak upon te question, for I do not know of apyone who has solicited and invested more mllHoria in the ScJuth than I have. < ..rii . ' .i Ofl • ol '1 Yours very truly. i t itiMmi 9i1 Iff* .u ■ f>eN T I 'Jam Jhm Umi G. M. Dodge, wotf • ) (tfOY l ull lOMi ml at mti j: mi > im imSiam tmt J0$ m% •« oe* ♦•nn-^wviiop M «Mi j mml% mmtB ai mx inm f * • '<^11 Wl iBMl en Ht imi lufl ."■nhov"' . • giBV muoT ' t m .037.t ,0t tliiT- ^New York, July 28, 1890. Morsan Jones, Esq., .0 .non Fort Worth, Texas. • •WoT ^§0 Dear Sir:- The only two people T asked the U.P. to take care of in the conT ^ * solidation were Ross and Calef. Ross because he has been so lor^g with us and beoame an invalid in our service, and Calef because he is so competent in his matters and knew so much about "them that he would be very valuable to us in any position. Ross made known to the U.P, that he* wanted to go back to Ft. Worth on account of his health. When Calef was here he objected very strongly to going to Texas at all, and the last times he was here was anxious for a change, and I supposed that going to Omaha would suit him, just as go^'ng to Ft, Worth would suit Ross, ?I,' therefore, asked the UU. people .in taking care of these men to consult with you in regard * go them. It is giving me a great deal of trouble and annoyance, and there has been shown a disposition on the part of subordinates in the U.P. not to respond to ray request, \antil T wrote a letter which T think they appreciated. Now they are anxious to dq something for them both. Ca T lef is here, and will, I think, go to Omaha but any arrangement that you • « ban make with Ross and Calef that satisfies them and the U.P. will be entirely satisfactory to me, ' .♦«! t% ..p ot" 1 h if ^ ' T am impro^v^ng but there la no querstiori but that on account of my health T sliall be qdJ^^Wlled to take a long rest. T have not yet decided exactly just how will .do it; and shall not until T see you. It will be necessary for me to meet you some time in August. You can suit your own convenience, but as soon as you get your matters straightened out down there, T want you to come here. Please t/oat this as strictly confiden tial and let me hear from you. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. .0^ i July, 1890. Subject J. Morford, Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, Fres, W. K. Holcomb, ^ice Fres. Gardiner . Lane, 2d Vice F^es. L. . ■'"nderson. TKE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CD 40 Equitable Building, -Beaten, Denver, ^ol., July 28, 1890. dear General: You meet a good many people, and if an opportunity offers I wish you would make inquiries in regard to Norford, the Superintendent of the Canada Southern road, under Ledyard. I have met Nr. Niorford two or three times in going over his road, and have had more or less conversation with him. He has always struck me most favorably; and his road speaks for itself. It is a model, and i imagine he does business over it at a lower rate than any other road in the '^nited States. He must be a strict economist. N-y reason for wishing to know about him is that the other day he came into the car, and just as we were leaving he remarked to me that if the time ever came when I wanted a railroad manager who understood economies, at any rate, he would like to hear from me. He wanted, he said, to get back into the United states. He was tired of Canada, and his wife detested it. His headquarters are at St. Thomas. We are always looking for men. As a rule, of course, we prefer to promote those who are in our own service. Nevertheless, occasions will arise when it is necessary to go outside of the service to get the proper men. I was inclined to think just such a case had arisen in connection with our Pacific Division. Nevertheless, I think so well of McNeill, and Mr. Holcomb was so strenuous that he should be the man selected, for the reason that he knows him and his methods, that the opportunity did not in this case present itself. In a system of the size of ours other positions will present themselves, and that at no remote day. In such case it is well to know where to look. t Of course, this is written in confidence, as Mr. Morford would not wish to be known as desiring a change. I remain, etc., Charles F. Adams, General G. M, Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York. President. July, 1890. ^88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New York. July 31st, 1890 Mr. William E. Dodge, 11 Cliff St., New York City. .Niy dear Sir: Your kind words of 8th Inst. are before me; your vacation absence may have precl^.ded a reply tn my answer. In the interval your Sec. hes kindly enclosed me, the valued Photo's of your father, of which with your leave I will choose the Vignette, in front of the lecture. Old times etc. Your letter in copy, with my answer, have been submitted to Geri, G. fi*!. Dodge, who on the 28th Inst. replied as followss (He replies by his Sec.) "While the General is willing to contribute to a moderate extent to pay for tne new edition of the Dodge Iviemorial, he does not feel that he could go to the expense of sending you to Europe to collect the material therefore, and then pay for the pub lishing of the book besides. He is however, willing to share this with dther prominent members of the Dodge family in such proportion as may be agreed upon, and if they will come to the front and do their share he will do his." I replied to this on receipt, by saying that I would submit his letter to other members of the family; and also that-when the new material is obtained in England, which will doubtless in the most succinct statement make a second edition of nearly doable the size of the first; -- I purpooe for its publication to employ a substantial Subscription Publisher^ on terms; Viz: to advance the whole expense and to pay us a per centage of the net profits. Dver a million of our name, at the lowest estimate, are in the S., and chiefIv in the est and Southwest. So, that on this plan no pecuniary advance or obligation Will ensue for the I'ublication. yours of the 8th Inst. Your enFrossments not supplying so mouh kno.ledge of our race in the mother land as own studies have developed, you will pardon me if I attribute to this as repeat your sentence, "if however. Gen. G. U, Dodge and other prominent members of the family should be anxious to 330 carry this out, and the cost should be moderate, I will be willing to aid." "Without repeating the general and very conclusive reasons stated in n.y letters to you, let me state; -1- This advance required as you will now see, will be all the advance requisite on the above plan for the issue of this second idition. -2- I purpose an absnece of sixty days, cost of two voyages say $300.00, about forty days on land, travellxng expenses about $12.00 per day, or about $500.00. Everywhere there to obtain extri.cts from records, fees must be paid, which willconsume a good deal of the balance, so that $1000.00 will cover expenses and fees. Yourself and the '-'eneral are the only two prominent Dodges here in New York that I think of; if either of you wish to sub-divide kindly arrange it. Although after fifty years practice in New York, f®r restored health I am living here in my garden home, relieved from the burden of office keeping in New York, I am more than ever engrossed in duty as Counsel; the coming two months are our vacation, I cannot well leave later; and can now leave early in August to return by the first of October; when with the new material, I purpsoe setting about the se cond edition of which I hold the copyright; and have given all the labor, which ^ will be glad to repeat as my share towards its issues. ^■y route would be after a few days in Liverpool with Dodge friends there, a systematic research in Cheshire, I would go to South Wales to meet Wjor Lowe, H. IVi. S., long- my correspondent hereon; and jthence to Somerset, Gloucester, and Devonshire, and thence to London for the new Record Office. I am very confident frorfi my fam iliarity with out name, and long settled families, I should procure abundant material, linking our emigrant ancestors, with the ancient and illustrious line in England from 1302. advise -me early hereon with the due remittance, and greatly oblige. ' Sincerely yours. Robt. Dodge. '" ''' 831 July, 1890. #88 Linden Ave., Flushing, New York. July 31st, 1890, Gen . G. M. Dodge, #1 Broadway, New York City. Dear General; As promised in ray last ^ have submitted your kind note of the 28th to William E. as follows. I also submitted it to Richard J, who replied to my regret, and moat unexpectedly, that, "by reason of broken health, and with the weight of nearly eighty-four years, I ex pect never to be a well man; and added to which very heavy pecuniary losses have occured, precluding my engaging in this work, although so much desired by ma." It is now reduced to $500. apiece, a total outlay for the second edition. Can you not remit in answer? Ji/iuch oblige, Yours cordially. Robt. Dodge. . J03X ,i J '.irnwA , /t iOV ^ k New York, August 1,, 1890,. ^ B j i Li,. ^ I 0 » » ' .;>;x»T ,i!inot inol C. F. Meekjfc Esq., President, -tllC imtfl Jt.O'i. ' t>n'^ Pacific Railway ImprcveEient COk, Denver, t tDear Sir;- "fcCiO. .« v. > "• t ' " nlnrioo . > 'v I '> 't t nJir.j'J By referrlnig to the cppy of the Minutes of the recent meeting of b^the stockholders of the Pacif-lc Railway Improvement Company., you will see that the Board of Directors and officers of the Company are Instructed to take care of and defend all suits brought against me individually, o' .for any set done while In ti.e company,'and to release me from all ..ifto ), responsibility and from all obl'gatlons for any adt of mine. The suits of Frost and Adamson are against the company and I desire'you to give personal attention to them, and push them to the wall, I don't want to be bothered with this class of suits. T don't see where these people have a tlirea^ upon which to hang a caseV nor how a court will adm^'t th m. They certainly have never had-any legal service, t send you copy of a V letter which T have'today written to O'Neill. Please'do whatever is wiort 'necessary; look into this thoroughlj- find T will take it as a personal • ♦f. - ' nwt rfloJ J •' ■ ' rt ii «*,'■ (? > J lol t':' favor. Tours very truly, ^ Jtoof xit» UOX IT ,n04i9m 0MJ noMitaJia aaa f|T» 00% ^xUnimn Jiliti* m NiWeiiiaoJs aiU aaiimta 0iU ia aiU 10 wn af JT *aB«Ml %» Jo 4uo won Wta mmM JartJ nvaa ▼ bna taa # Jo iln oJ tmjjh oJ .tO iflWWreiyiT .t* r« JO atvAHB wmmuM Jom oH 4mt4 4pi> •i X00o4 # , vawanfoU M nP UB o4 vAHoiiJwa Sim m owH .-.iii 'a §>%m oomi T aagam %op» » ni*ob J1 oi M xltm «f •. Sntm hm aa#j.^ ttrtj iJjmo I0 Jwb Mi o4 of oB 04 4mm Bv Its 4»dJ m o4 mmm »moo lUiX %noi\ 04 no iTmi a itaaa i'nwvah aXqoBii ,a; ,0 , X'Ovo mwy' 334 New York, August 1, 1890, T TF «i,- m ■ -c- «J^oy »»K J. M. O'Neill, Esq., Fort Worth, Texas, Dear Sir:- .0 I have yours of July 25th enclosing copies' of Adaiiison and Frost complaints. Judge Dillon agrees with you that these th'ngs should iicmediately be pushed to a conclusion. There is no record on the Minute books o_f any authority for any salary. There was never any money paid to-any officer of the company as a salary. When T bu'It the road I had ^ BO large an interest in it that they fixed no salary, but when I got throu h doing tl;o work, the^ of course, made me a liberal donation. No gjf salary was ever paid a secretary. The secretary lived in New London,Conn. Of course, all statements in regard to-agreements having been made to pay these are^false, Mr. Granger informs me that Adamson was not . present at the only meeting the company ever held while he was secretary. , When Adamson had the books of the company down there, T think T padi him f, |50 a month lint^.l they were burned up. He has never had any books to take care of since. There was no .work for him to do, and he never did,any , except make a,copy of the .ilinutes of the Company^ which copy was kept here in New York for the use of Judge D^* lion and the attorn ies in some suits pending. ■■1.' ;i-.V WfUot You want to give close attention to these matters. If you will look at the minutes of the stockholders' meting held recently, you will see that these matters are now out of my hands. It is now the duty of the Pacific Ry. Improvement Co. to attend to all of these suits, and I have today written a lett-^r to Meek that he must assume charge of them; also that he shall give you full authority to act in the premises. However, # T shall look after them personally, because I know more about them than anyone else, and want to be fully posted as to their progress. It does seem to me t^at all we want to do is to get out of court; that tiese people havenH even a hair on which to hang their case. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge, August 6th 1890, 3S5 New York, Visdnesday Evening August 6th, 1890 Dear General Your letter, v/itt.out date but posted yesterday at Patchogue N»Y. enclosing check upon the Washington National Bank for |3C0, came safely to hand this afternoon. The picture I took on JJonday was not good in expression, so I took the negative of the one I took last winter, to the photographer to to have several dozen printed and mounted on cards for you. I am to call on Friday at his place and get as many as he ccn have ready by that time. Those I will take to Mr. Granger so that you can have same at once. I thought it might be well to have about five doxen of them printed. I don't think you can get any better in expression, or v/ith more dignity thai from that first negati^re. As for taking any photographs from the large painting, I think it will be better to wait until next fall. I shall no doubt do some more work upon the after it is varnished. this summer. Besides it will photograph better I have not had any word yet from Mr. Lane, and am afraid! he is out of Boston. I am anxious to have him come on and see the portrait so that I aan get away from the fearful heat of the city. Many thanks for the '.,1)300, which I will place to your credit and pay for the frame, the photographs etc., out of it. I will hardly be able to get av/ay to Lake George as soon as I expected. I am writing this at the Club, but if you write agcih, direct as usual to 114 West I8th st. Always sincerely yours, Geo. H. 3c7 August, 1690. Century Club. 109 East 15th Street. New York, Aug. 8th, 1890. Dear General: Yours of the 7th inst. reached me this morning, containing a check for $200. making in all $500 you have paid me. You are very kind and thoughtful. There was really no need of paying anything at present, except the frame bill and some small amounts for photographs and a tablet with inscription to be placed upon the frame. I did not expect any payment upon the portrait until it was shipped. t'any thanks for your kind consideration. Some of the photographs are to be ready to-morrow morning. In order that you may have them on Sunday, I will take them down m.yself and give them to Mr. Granger. When I photographed your head last fall I took two nega tives, making a slight alteration in the second one, by having you hold your head up a little higher. I took this stcond negative to t; e photographer this afternoon and told him to pririg a dozen from it These I will have sent to you on Monday, if the weather will premit him to print them by that time. I hope to get away on Tuesday the 12th; si.all try hard for it. After that, iiiy address, up to the last of October, will be Hill.View, Warren Co., New Vork. Always sincerely yours, Geo. H. Yewell. 114 West 18th Street. 339 August, 1890, Executive Department. Charles F. Adams. Pres. W, H. Folcomb, *'ice Pres. Gardiner i\i. Lane, 2d Vice Pres L. S. Anderson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 40 Equitable Building. Boston, August 8, 1890. Wy dear General: I this morning received your two notes, that of the 6th and that of the 7th, which you mark "Confidential." I am inclined to think the doctors advise you wisely, and the best thing you can do is to get away from New York and its cares and get a little rest abroad. Perhaps also you need medical treat ment . I shall be only too happy to go over to New York to see you between now and the first of September. Next week 1 expect to be quite busy, so that from the 11th to the 16th it would not be easy for me to go over. About the 2Jth I think I shall be sufficiently free, if that date will serve your convenience. Not improbably Ames will go over at the same time. In the interim, I will attend to the matter alluded to in your other note, which i will discuss with Mr. Ames tomorrow. I have no doubt we wili be able to get things in shape to suit you. Believe me, etc., Charles F. Adams, President. General G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York August, 1890 STATE OF IOWA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Des Moines, Iowa, August 11th, 1890, My dear General; Yours of the 7th inst is received. Personally and in behalf of the people of the w'hole state I want to th.ank you for your generous donations to the State collections. I assure you they are most highly prized by all. Your wish that your gifts be kept together will be scrupulously observed; and tb.ey shall be so labeled as to indicate the source from which they come Very truly yours. Horace Boies. General G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y, August, 1890, N. P. Dodge & Co. Real Estate Agents. Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 11th, 1890, Dear Genl: Yours of 7th received. Mr. Chas. Aldrich who has charge of the collection at State House came to Clear Lake and spent two days with me, learning I was there through J. B. Grinnell. I found him a very pleasant gentleman and an enthusiastic autograph collector and having succeeded in interesting the last Legislature in his collection and obtained a small appropriation he is searching the State for historical relics, autograph letters and etc. He has recently obtain ed all the Commissions of Senator Augustus Ceasar Dodge and his father Gov. Dodge of Wisconsin, signed by every President since Andrew Jack son up to . ?'e fully appreciates the sex-vice you have render ed your state ^nd country and will no doubt give your a prominent place, Her<-tofore having no money to buy glass cases he has been obliged to put valuable papers in drawers and this has caused some dissatisfaction with donors. Now he has cases and if the articles sent him are not placed to please donors he would be glad of any suggestions they would make. I enjoyed Mr. Aldrick's visit very much and it is well there is a man in the State of his ability and enthusiasm to collect these scattered relics and create a sentiment in the State leading to larger appropriations, Fe is very loyal to you. I am now looking for your Sherman letter,when found shall send all to Gov. Boies and will send you copy of my letter. Phil islearning to wrok type writer so I will have him copy this iS I have written hurriedly. Dearborn is to pass thro here on 14th on his way to Ft. Madison. In failing health, consumption, wife and Dr. Bulfinch of Boston with him. Do you not think blood stain on commission likely to fade when exposed to the light. It looks fresh now. Alurich proposed to place it in one of his glass cases, would that be preferable to having it framed? If you prefer the latter I can have it done, answer. Yours truly, N. P. Dodge . P. S. Since writing the above i haMehad a call irom Thomas Gohagen the liLtle Irrishman who Gapt. ^mith refers to as stepping aside to let you look thro the hole in the ditch in front of Atlanta when you were wounded, says he placed his coat under your head w.en you fell was also with you in secret service and arrested Davis (he spy who ' was shot. He works here for '.".'alters Bros the harness maker, was somewhat under the influence of liquor when he called. N . P. Dodge . 345 A\igust, 1890 Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 16th, 1890 Hon. Horace Boies, Governor of Iowa, Des Moineo, Iowa. In compliance with the request of my brother ^^en. G. M, Dodge and in response to your letter to him of June 21st, 1890 I have the pleasure oi sending you the following documents and relics pertaining to his military life, 1st. Capt. A. Partridges Certificate of graduation from his Military Collegiate Institute at Norwich Vermont, dated July 30, 1851, 2nd. ConjTiission as Captain of the Council ^luffs. Guards, State Militia, July 15, 1857 signed by Gqv. James 3rd. Commission as Colonel of -"^ourth Regiment Iowa Infantry, July 6th, 1861, signed by Gov. ^amuel J. Kirkwood. 4th. Commission as Brigadier General of U. Volunteers March 31st, 1862 signed by Abraham Lincoln, Pres. and Edwin M. Stanton Secy, of War. This Commission was in his pocket when he was wounded, in the forehead while viewing the enemy's works from the skirmish line in front of Atlanta August 19th, 1864 and the blood which stains it was from this wound. 5th Commission as Miajor General of U . Volunteers June 7th, 1864 signed by Abraham Lincoln, President and Edwin M. -Jtanton, Secy, of War. 6th. Commission as Major General of Missouri State Militia Dec. 9th, *64 signed by Willard P. Hall, Governor. 7th. The felt hat he wore at the time he was wounded, show ing the bullet holes. 8th. Lot of Confederate money which he kept on hand for use of his scouts. 9th. Acceptance of his resignation as Major General D. Volunteers by the President to take effect May 30th, 1866. 10th. Gen. W. T. Sherman's letter of introduction to U. S, Consuls in Europe dated April 20, 1877. Yours respectfully, N . P. Dodge . 347 August, 1890. Executive Department. Charles F. Adams, President. W. H. ?lolcomb, Vice Pres. THE UNION eACIFIC RAILWAY GO Gardiner M. Lane, 2nd Vice Pres. 40 Equitable Building. L. S. -^nderson. Boston, August 16, 1890. Gen. G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York City, N;y dear General: I this morning received your note of the 14th. I will endeavor to be in New York on the 20th, and will induce Ames |o go over the same day, if possible. I shall also have Mr. Lane there, in order that we may be prepared to discuss financial arrangements. Enclosed I send you a letter which I have this morning re ceived from Holcomb, covering one from 0. j. Smith. As you know, Mr . 0. J, Smith is to be relieved at once as General Manager of the Pacific Division. Everything that reaches me indicates tint the state of affairs there has soniehow or other got demoralized to the last degree. I cannot understand how, but I presume it is for the reason you state, that is, because the man in charge did not have executive ability. His successor, I presume, has taxen charge before this. We will discuss the prospects on the line when we meet. I have seen no reason to revose the conclusion which I have hereto fore expressed that our business during the next few months is going to be of unprecedented magnitude and ar fair paying rates. Meanwhile I agree with you entirely that this waiting and waiting has a most ' depressing effect. I do not want again ever to go through what I have been through the last six months. Nevertheless, I have been through It twice before, and my experience is uniform that when a great system hih" ? Pacific once gets out of hand, as the Union Pacific cf hand last winter, it takes at least six months to get it xn hand again. In our case the six months has only just expired. I hope the property is now tolerably in hand. After you have read Smith's letter, which I merelv send to you for your information, please return it. " ^ merely send to I remain, etc., Enclosure, W.H.H. Aug.9 Charles F. Adams., President. skull bare ; 'glanced off the- topi of his head and went throurh the top of the black slouch hat he wore, he fell across my feet, pinnin-me fast in the ditch. He quivered and bled and I supposed he was killed. I sent two men to the rear for a stretcher, and the men released me and v/e v/atched him with no expectation that he worsld ever revive The men I sent after a stretcher being gone loner than I thought necessaryj ran back to the main works and reported to Col, Parrott, comraanding the regiment. After the General was taken off, I picked up a piece of his scalp with the hatr on it and after the v^ar brought it home and kept it a number of years. At the time the republican State Convention was held in Council Bluffs, I gave it to J. G. Hamblin who was a delegate from here to take to the Geeral who was then living at Council Bluffs, and he lost it on the way, llr, Hamblin is now eidtor of a paper in Blue Earth, Minn, The look-out hole in the works was made by splitting a piece off the corner of an empty pine cartridge it" v/ith dirt, head, sp-^nt case, V shape , laying it on top of the 7/orks and coverin- it v;ith dirt. The bullet strr.ck the pine board and glanced to the General's head, w],ich saved Ids life, as the force of the ball was partially sp-^nt w-hen it struck him. I have a very vivid recollection of all the circiamstances, and others that also occurred in that same pit. A day or two after wards in the same place, we were Sitting in the pit, eating our supper, when a cannon ball t ok the head off a sergeant in Company D, who sat beside me; my coat was covered with his blood and the tin cup of coffee from which we were both drinking was filled with his brains. Another time a shell cam ettihough the works, with thr fuse still burning, stn;.ck a soldier, Nick Swanson, bruising his knee, and with the utmost coolness and presence of mind he picked it up, threw it back over the works, wi'.em immediately it burst on the outside doing no damage. Again we were waiting and watching our colored company cook coming out with a camp kittle of coffee on his head, when the rebel batteries suddenly opened on us, and a 64-pounder struck near th'"^ cook and he disappeared from sight. After the firing had ceased, I sent a detail to look him up, and they found him curled up in the hole in '-he ground ti.e cannon ball had made. The coffee was spilled, and ho said he had acted on the principle that lightning never struck twice in the same place, and he had gone in the hole for safety. At another time a soldier ".vas sitting writing a letter home, anc a minnie ball was Si.ot througn the letter and the board iie .vas -vriting on. Pie finished his e 'istle with the utmost coolness, explaining the circum stance and sent it home. I recollect Gen. Dodge's head-quarters were in the edge of the woods in rear of the main line, supposed tn be so far away as to be out of range of the artillery and the rebels opened up about supper time with tJieir big guns and the shells burst so near that it upset the supper table and broke up the tea party. After a heavy rain the pits would be nearly half full of water, in which we would have to stand or sit until dried up; and in the fair days it woul be so iiot we were nearly cooked. They were so close up to the rebel a 64-pounder struck near the firing had ceased, him curled up in the days it woul the rebel works that we had no trouble in talking with them, and frequently did do. If wo said anything that displeased th'"- they usually replied with a shot or volley. The general was beloved by the officers and soldiers of his com mand. We had full confidence in him as a commander, an he always man ifested an interest in our welfare. We felt as thougii we had lost our best friend and we were orphans after he left. Shortly after he had left us one division was tran ferred to the 15th Army corps and the other to the 17th and Gen. Dodge's conmand lost their identity as one they usually replied I: i ^ ■ 11 of the grand divisions cCF Shermari's victorious army i ( ' i.* ou* ft:)iinrU/o .ift JIiuI; fo fjJc -XJud OifT ..oil « ..r. August, 1890, THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COiVPANY Office of the Comptroller. Oliver W. Mink, Comptroller. Boston, August 19, 1890. Gen . G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York, Dear Sir: Referring to our recent conversation in relation to the man ner in which the proportion of the through rate due to the Fort ^orth & Denver Oity Railway Go's, line has been reported to other lines for the purpose of enabling them to make settlements oi' their Joint accounts, I beg now to advise you that arrangements have been made under which both the passenger and freight traffic will hereafter be settled through our Omaha office so that the divisions between the Fort Worth & Denver City, on the one hand, and the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf, and the Union Pacific proper, on the other hand, will be a matter of record exclusively in our office at Omaha and at the office of the Forth Worth &■ Denver Oity in i'orth Worth, Yours truly. Oliver W, Mink, Comptroller. August 23, 1890. .255 Des Moines, Iowa, August 23, 1890, Dear General:- We have received the parcel of Gommisions from your brother, and the pictures from your own hand. The Commissions are not yet opened, but will be intime for the State Fair. Probably a week from next Sunday, the Des Moines papers will contain notices of your contributions. I 1 enclose your letter to Gov. Boies, ehich please copy in your own hand writing, on but one side of the paper, returning me both the original and the copy; one for the Executive files a nd the other for my collection. 2 Please send me 3 or 4 copies of the engraving of your portrait I want them for many of our colleges. 3 Don't fail to send me the copy,in your own hand writing, on but one side of the paper, of that Grant letter. Faithfully yours. Charles Aldrich. Gen. G. M. Dodge August, 1890, 357 New York. August 26th, 1890, Chas. M. Hays, Esq., Gen. Manager, St Louisi, Mo,, Dear Sir:- 'I met Mr. (Ju nins ?nd Mr. Martin here :'nd went over Des Moines Union matters pretty thoroughly. I understand there is to be a meeting, which I cannot attend, but if Mr. Cummins has accomplished v/hat he wanted to I think we should immediately go ahead to build the new station, so as to block anyone else coming in and doing it, Messrs. John H. Davis cc Co. has sold a few of the bonds, at a" out par ond interest, but it took a large commission to do it —5/3 to 6/6. I think t at they will work up a market for them so that the contract can te let for carh orbonds. Tliere will be very little difference. If the money market here was all right, I have no doubt I could place the,m, as they are becoming somewhat known, I also think that a statement should be made up showing the construction expenses heretofore drawn from us, and that we should receive pay therefore a -cording to our ownership, out of the bonds. I am not well and cann t givo this matter personal attention as i ou ht to, but Mr. Cummins and Mr. Martin have authority' to act for me, and i' does not need my attendance whilst you, Hubbell, Hovey, Curminr and Martin are there. I merely mention to you my views on the subject. I will, of course, defer to the people Avho are local, on the ground, when you meet them you will get their views—especially ?Tr. Cummins. Yours very truly. G. M; Dodge. August, 1890, Kountze Brothers, Bankers. 120 Broadway, New York, August 26th, 1890. .. al. Gen. ^ M. Dodge, 1 -Broadway, Y, Dear Bir; Your favor of 25th instant is received, and in accordance with your instructions we have deposited with the ^nion Trust Company, under terms of circular dated July 23rd: $23,000. Denver, Tex. & Ft. "^orth 1st Mort. Bonds (Nov. *91 and sub sequent coupons attached.) 3,000 1,000 Funded Interest Certificates, Equipment bonds. heretofore held by us for account of N . P, i^odge. Trustee. We have paid the $45.83 required by said circular on the $23,000. bonds above mentioned, making an aggregate amount of $1,054.09, which we charge to cover same. We advise him of our action. Yours truly, per pro KOUNTZE BROTHERS, H. R. Phillips. mr 1890, August, W. T, Walters, 16 Chamber of Commerce. Baltimore. Dear Genl. Dodge; I have your letter and am greatly obliged for apy interest in the arrangement you have. You have made a succeos. Certainly i shall not say a word to any one on the subject. I hold $400,000 of the I'ort Worth Bonds and $350,000 of the new 5s U. P. D. & G. It is a large holding what do you think of it? Do you feel as strong about the security as ever^ I have been aston ished at the Bonds keeping down as they have . Do you think they are likely to go up or will they be lower? Please let me hear from you on this subject. Your friend, W. T. '''alters. 30th Aug. 363 SEptember, 1890• 7/. 1. Walters , 16 Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore. Bear Genl. Dodge: I have your two letters,- I enclose the certificate. i'lease notice I have not filled any name in it. You can put in Nelson or any name you like there will be less risk to have some name. I have written the Washington Bank to hold collateral and note and collect it. Accept my thinks please ifor the very favorable settlement you have made in the -^'t. *orth and ^enver stock matter,very satisfactory of coarse. How is your health? Has coasting round done you good this summer. I trust it has and that you are "able for your share." Wiiat do you hear about crops onour ^^oad and in Texas? Is the prospect as good or better than last year for the business of our Road. Your friend, W. T. Walters. 1st "jept. 1890. ■1"' i,.' . 365 Septeniber, 1890. No. 88 Linden Avenue, Flushing, N. Y, Sept. 2nd, 1890. Gen. G. M. ^odge. No. 1 Broadway, N, Y, Dear General: To yourself, with laudable and deep interest in your lineage, I have little fear of seeming importunate, by expressing my anxiety to complete our •t'amily Record by systematic research in England. This filial duty, neglected for centuries, has for years been my chief desire and study, and now, nearing 70 years, without vanity, ma.y 1 not say that no one iese of our race by his taste or study is qualified for the task, which if not now done, never will be. My intelligent correspondents there, assure me that only a personal visit among the family and their records will rescue from the shame of oblivion our six hundred years of honored ancestry. To link our first emigrants, to know the reason of their voluntary exile by public or other events, involves much study of many I records spread through all the Western Counties of England at the ancient halls and manors of our line, The Chapter Libraries of Chester, Bath and Exeter Cathedrals, as ..ell as Bristol, once the seat of the company of adventurers, and also in the Office in London, To clear up this obscurity requires systematic, persevering, labor and much outlay, I will give the labor, but cannot also advance the money, and am now free to begin, I have written to several of our most eminent lawyers (old friends) asking business there, and may yet hear, I know the great in terest cherished for such subjects in England, where they will gladly give a guinea for our proposed second edition, and I am sure of a liberal subscription there far exceeding all outlay; besides we shall have a large list here for any mode of publication. I know I should be warmly welcomed'and aided there, and may now be started on my clues in a reasonably short tinie. You are safe if you have to invest alone. Your much wider family acquaintance and influence should contribute . May I nowhope for an early and favorable reply? Vith real regard. Yours sincerely. ROBERT DODGE, per D (Over) p. S, I am asked by mail from -Littleton, Mass., of Martha Lodge, of Ipswich, Mass., daughter of Phineas Dodge and Sarah, his wife.. She married Jacob Dodge. • Can you give any data or kindred? R. D. pe r Q. '' ■ S . I . I 867 . September, 1890. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC. Governor's Island, N. Y., Sept. 3d, 1890. Gen. G. Dodge, # 1 B'way, City. Jfly dear General: The photograph came in good time, for which please accept my hearty thanks, I shall drop in soon and see the original. Glad you are back and hope you art. entirely well again. Sincerely yours, 0. 0. Howard, ^lajor General, U . S . Army. , •■'W' New Yoi'k, September 5th, 1890. Rev, A, P. Putnam, Concord, N.H. My dear Mr. Putnam:- T have ordered sent to the Danvers Historical Society photos of three sketches made especially for me— 1. The Battle of Atlanta. The topography shown Is from photos made on the ground. The battle seene is, of course, as we remember it. 2. Army and Corps Commanders of the Army of the Tennessee, This speaks for itself. The scnne is laid in front of Lookout Moxmtain. 3. A Gathering of Illustrious Army Officers. This is a repro duction and enlargement of a photo graph taken in 1867 when I completed the Union Pacific track to Laramie. The officers shown in the picture came to visit me at Ft. Sanders, a post I established during the war. Ft, Sanders is near Laram'e City, Whoming. The picture was taken in front of the quarters of one of the officers. Yours very truly, », G. M. '^odge. 371 September, 1890. IOWA STATE LIBRARY. Mrs. Mary H. Miller, Librarian, Des Moines, Sept. 5, 1890, Dear General; Your kind letter and the autograph copies of letters to Gen. Grant and Gov. Boies have been received. The Boies letter is on exhibition, under the glass with the photographs and engraving we have of your portrait. The Grant letter I think of putting into a morocco binding. Possibly you may send us other letters from your correspondence and they can all go in together under one cover. That will be a neat way to preserve them. Very sincerely yours, Charles Aldrich. Gen. G. M, Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N. Y. City. i(T I aji ' • ■ * mijO, 373 September, 1890. Washington, D. September 5, 1890. Dear General; I thank you for your letter of September 3rd. i always covet your good opinion, and am always as glad as a brother of your priase and commendation. I agree with you in i^ticking to Iowa. I hope that we may yet spend our happiest days there. I know the people will be glad to welcome you back. There is no citizen they honor more, or love more, and it is right that you should spend your last days among them. You have helped to make the name of Iowa good and splen did for history, and you should close your career in that state, and be buried among its people. I have the same feeling. We shall be very glad to see the pictures of you. My family will prize them very much. There is no one more highly re garded in my home than you. Anything concerning you is always a matter of great interest to us. Very truly yours, J. Ciarkson. General 8. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 375 ,0 morf , 'ic New Yor, September 8, 1890. .0 «L B. W, Grover, Esq., . q^fitoXoD ,ievft«<T El Paso, Texas, - infr -jreT Dear Sir:~ '' n* ,IF3nf»q .i» ifbaatosiim r.' " . ■*" 1 (1 rA*^ r%} f ■ > t » f; < A ' .... T ar, in recelp of yours pf the 2nd in relation to the "White Oaks property. T know all ^bout it as T made the first location of the- line ■ a great many years ago. The trnuble is it is impossible now to raise any f money for Texas enterprises. We cannot-even sell bonds on-completed roads (V there. The whole country is fearful of what is in store for corporations in that state,. That makes it impossible, no matter how much anyone would like to invest there, or take hold of new enterprises. The money could not be raised by the sale of securities ojp by subscription. I have'tried several things late'y and failed utterly; Therefore, these thing will have to wait until mat tors become settled and ti^e people are satisfied as to the outcome.. ■ ■ ' M; j ' • ' ' JeXJv'o iJii/. Yours very truly, jdjj.i' ^ ic 39n''Xtt(f oiW Tlo ^ at jf »fia 03 , erU <t"i , .fno r i)f> • 0. I.:. Dodge* ml .tamijno.'o oS erort viA - iYened t*" ▼ oT[ i -T ■;» 00Ojri»*«iq T hf>it\r^etno rf ni «*il in t 1 oi: dJfw db ,Y..r' ewhtvUinf iwwi «vwwlod mwm 'i nt>T jenpwny on aeiinl d aSmel4 mrn wiinhfwrtoa isnfartoa Md rd .tofiftr • X Yo aenaiMf aiti I'noU -u-ov qol i;ld.! #111^ T ^xtiru xMff Miidf. • f hofl , ' .t> .vM : 376 'OOX I9c(i3e>jq»c , New York, Septe: ber 8, 1890. J. C. Sherwin, Esq., Denver, Colorado. ^irvvoqO .W ,0 .n-xoT fOairt Iff Dear Sir: - »n"X«>T ^oavi W T have your memorandum in pencil, to Morean Jones. Y-ou are ent-'rely mistaken in regard to the Gillesp-'e County School Lands. In 1882 these lands were taken up by Mr. Montgomery, and at that t^me there'was an agreement made by which all monies with interest thereon, should be re paid, and then the net profits divided half and half between, him and myself. He afterwards included with these lands those T entered through Texas »: Pacific Scrip,' he'to have one-half the-profits, and I to put in the scrip at the then market price. I, of course, declined to do this, as the scrip has cost me par in casa payments'made by re as advanced to the Texas ^ Pacific at an early day. le afterwards made a declarat'on of trust and sent it to"me, but which t did not accept. However, it was my intention to giv Montgomery one-half the profits on the Gillespie School Lands proper after deducting costs'and interest.. Two or three years ago he placed a mortga-e on these lands without my authority and without any right on his part. I then called upon him for a deed to the land, which he made outriglit to me on the 7th day of November, 1888, which was properly recorded. Besides these Gillespie County School Lands, in the same county, are the entries from the Texas & Pacific, known as Sections 1, 3, 5, 11 and 13, in block K, T. & P.'Ry. Co., in Fisher Co., purchased at . the rate of $2,25 per acre. They stand in my name and always have. However, no matter what our original agreement was,.t. e deed to the : property settled all question. It is Montgomery's duty to pay off the balance of the $8,000 mortgage, for wHich he received the cash. On the original $8,COO he has pa-"d $1,800 in Telephone Stock. No matter what T may hereafter propose to do with Montgomery so far as allowing h'm an interest is concerned I consider now that h has no interest in them, but owes me, individually, the balance of t..e mortgage, which he has offered to pay. I write this for your information in settling with Montgomery. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. 3? 7 September, 1890. Subject. Number of men employed. Exe cut i ve De partme nt. Charles F. Adams, Pres. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO W. H. Holcomb, Vice Pres. 40 Equitable Building. Gardiner If' » Lane, 2d Vice Pres. L. . Anderson. Boston, September 10, 1890. Vy dear General: I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of September 9th. I am no less satisfied than you that we have too many men in our employ for the business we are doing. Nevertheless, how to get at the matter is the trouble. As you well know, every General Manager will fight, tooth and nail, to retain every man on his rolls. In his judgment every man is "absolutely necessary." If I issue from here a preemptory order directing the dismissal of ten per cent, we will say, oi tht for-ce, and an accident occurred, it is the end of me. This I should not greatly regret; but, in dealing with railroads, there is a public opinion which, as you are well aware, has to be very care fully considered. I have always noticed, too, that a reduction of the force has for the tiriie being a very demoralizing effect; and this is especially hurtful at a period when, as now, every wlieel ought to be n.oving. The great question with us today is to get out cars unloaded and keep them in motion. Be so good as to let me know immediately on receipt of this when you sail. Send me a message; as, before you go, I have one more letter I wish to-write to you. It >will be the last one for some time. Believe me, etc.. Charles F. Adams, President. General G. M. Eodge. ;;ni4qnC , 379 New, York, September 11th 1890. C. P. Adams, Esq., Boston, Mass, (.pf'M ■ r*ofwoO Dear Sir;- Referrini^ to Mr. Holcomb's letter of thq 6th 5.n relation to locomotive m'le'age: ' Of course. In locomotive mileage It is imposible to compare one 'road with another without reducing them in their grades and * " , • • 1 curvatures to the same basis. There is no road that T know of that ^ ought to get the locomotive m'leage of the U.P., for there is no roads « of its length with such a percentage of straight line and such a percen tage of continuous low grades. Therein is wliere we fail in our power, T think. On the line East of Cheyenne and Denver," a locomotive ought • to 'make 33 l/3^ more mileage than on the I'nes West. do not know as they have divided their divisions, or as they tvirn their locomotives, that way, b t' it 'should be done. We would, of course,run away up on • our mileagle over the Northern Pacific, the L. N. and the- Pennsylvania, I do not write thi's as a critici >m at all, only as a suggestion. I am glad to see so good a locomotive* mileage. With all these things so favorable to us, it is an enigma to me "^-zhy we do not* get more net out of such greatly increased receipts.* * * * " Yours v ry truiy,"' •*** awiff • "Q, M. Dodge.""® « nuoY .M «0 380 .0'i9r :if , New York, September 11th, 1890, K. P. Dodge, Esq., Counc^'l Bluffs, Towa. • CB«ir «4ioJc Dear Slr:- -;-x*n f.'f •There are at present four hundred and thirty-four of the Denver, Texas ^ Ft. Worth First Mtge. Bonds, with coupon Nov. '91 attached, undistributed, the property, of the Colorado Sc Texas Railway Construction Co. T;.ree iiundred of these are covered by the Mayer Injunction, and 75 are In the hands of the Trustees, and .they refuse to make delivery until the •linjunctlon is lifted, although they are not under Injunction; ? • the balance are f-ree. These bonds are In the Produce Exchange vault, and Mr. Granger, has te comb^nat^en.. Cf course those that are not under Injunction (59) are liable to be used to pay Indebtedness of the company as It comes gorward. The company owes me Individually about $15,000. ^ . The Mayer suit Is st^ll pend^'ng In the courts here. We have been i • unable to get It up. The Injunction Is against $1,OQO,000 of bonds, ♦ • • but $700,000 had been distributed long before the suit was commenced, leaving three hundred under the. Injunction.. , There are also In Mr. Granger's hands sixty five Funded Interest Certificates, to cover the six detached coupons, from the four hundred and thirty-four D,T. v. Ft, W. First Bonds with coupon Nov. 1391 attached. These also are the property of the Construction Company. They now have t a past due coupon attached to them. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. 381 ^ Septeniber, 1890. Wrr.. E. Strong, President Geo. C. Hempstead, Treas. THE PESHTIGO CQI/PANY, Chicago, Sept. 11th, 1890. Dear General:Dodge: Your note of the 3d inst. advising me that a photograph would be ^ent me of a sketch recently made i'or you of the Army and Corps Commanders of the Army of the Tennessee, was duly received and on Saturday last the photograph came safely to hand. Please accept my warmest thanks for being remembered. The picture is a superb one andvery spirited and 1 prize it more than I can e:<press. It will be framed and hung with the Battle of Atlanta in my home. Thanking you again, I remain, Yours very truly, Wm. E. Strong, General G: M. Dodge, New York. -wn ^383 September, 1890. Subject. Car shortage. Coal on empties. TH Executive Department. Ghaies F. Adams, President. W. H. Holcomb, Vice President. Gardiner . Lane, 2d Vice President. L. . ■"■nuerson. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. 40 equitable Building. Boston, September 12, 1890. My dear General: the 11th. I have to acknowledge the receitp of your two letters of The thought suggested in your letter hadalready occui-red to me. The locomotive mileage on the Cnion Pacific ought to be longer than that upon almost any other road in the country. There can be no comparison between it and the locomotive mileage of the Pennsylvania road. They have short hauls with much business at local points, and on the Union Pacific we have long hauls with little or no business at intermediate local points, I note what you say in regard to cars and loading them west with coal for the Pacific division. This matter also I had taken up with Mr. Holcomb, and I see no reason why we should not get our coal out there on the empties and bring them back loaded with wheat or lumber. I send you today two letters from Mr. Holcomb nn thie subject of car mileage, which P wish you would look over and return to me. I have been hammering on them at Umaha so terribly of late that I some times fear that I may be overdoing it. Nevertheless, the exigency is great. I shall write you a private letter tomorrow or Monday. I reniain, etc., G. F. Adams, President. General G . M. Dodge. Enclosures Nos. 1500 1508 385 New York, Septemher 13, 1890, W, H. Holcoiab, Esq., Omaha, Neb, Dear Sir:- T expect to leave in a few days to be gone some t^'me, making an effort to get squarely on my feet, Dur'ng my absence, my car will be subject to Mr. Granger's orders. If Mr, Jones, the Pres'dent of the Ft, W, & D.C. wants it for h^.m elf, or any of his friend^, please let him have it, if not ^n use, T will have to leave it with you to ""take care of and to look after. Any communication for me sent to #1 Broadway, as heretofore, will reach me, and T will be glad to hear from you at any time, T have a very large interest in the Union Pacific and the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf--mre than T have ever had before--and of course, feel a great interest in the property* I saw Oakes. He seemed to think we are going to get good big earnings from the Oregon Navigation, on account of the wheat crop, t trutt this will be so, as T have considerable interest in thAt property, for I was a good bit responsible for the load the U.P. now has to carry on its account. T would like to hear from you about it; T don't mean officially, but what your ideas are as to Its future— when you have any good news from it, I would like to have it, 1 am watching to see better results from Macneal, 1 wish you all kinds of success, and if there is anything in the world T can do to help you along, I am always ready to do it. Yours very truly, G, M, Dodge, 3S7 Omaha, Neh. Sept. 13, 1890. Gen. G.M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, N.Y. My dear General: — Your favor of 3rd inst. forv;arded to me here, and I am sure that Mrs. Eddy and I, will highly appreciate the photograph of sketches which you have so kindly sent us. I haw been away tfrom Texas since the 15th of July; about three fourths sick all the time, and trying my best to get well; we expect to start for Texas tomorrow morning, and hope to be able to fully attend to business during the balance of the year, I am sorry to hear that you are not in good health, and if you will arrange to come South this winter, I promise you all the enjoyment to be had in the State of Texas, and will arrange to make a Itlp to Old Mexico with you, which I am certain you will enjoy, I can't say much about our Railroad complications, only that unless the owners of the I. N.G.M. take it out of the hands of the receivers, they will make a big mistake, I enclose you statercer.t of comparative earning, showing an inc ease to September 7th, a little over 217,000 compared with 1889,, which shows that we are at least holding our own, with last year which was the best year the Railroad ever saw, lam. Very truly yours. J. M. Eddy, 391 September, 1890. No. 75 West 71st Street, New York. r/ondely, Sept. 15, 1890, Dear Genl. Dodge, I got back I'roiTi Tuxedo Park this morning wherel spent Saturday and Sunday with the Murray's, and found the most handsou.e and valuable picture of the Leaders of the Army of the Tennessee, most handsomely framed. Afterward came your letter of Sept. 12, which I receipted on \ / the envelope. Though I have hung up this picutre in my dinning room y along side ctf others by the same artist, Taylor, I feel that you ought to retain the original and simply present me a photographic copy, with out a frame. Wont you allow me to hold this valuable "original" subject to your order, for it is not right you should part with it. It is an historic group, and nay in time become of great value. The other picture of that group at Fort Sanders has special interest for me, because of its having be-^n taken at the identical time when the Union Pacific R. R. had reached the Laramie Plains, but I will prefer to receive the photographic copy without a frame so that I can file it in an album with other- like pictures of that day. I'ramed pictures require wall space and my house is not large, indeed its walls are already crowded. But more precious to me are the generous and kindly words with which you accompany these valuable tokens of respect and affection Assuring you of full reciprocity . I am, as always. Your friend, W. T. Sherman. 417 September,,1890 The Union Pacific System Vice President's Office. Omaha, September 16, 1890 Gen. G. fti'. Dodge, Esq., No, 1 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: Your two favors of September 13th. I note what you say in regard to being absent for sometime, and also giving disposal of your car while you are away. There has no one thing given me more anxiety than the know ledge that friends of mine, who were giving we warm support, were to a certain extent looking to mie for a successful return on their in vestments in the Union Pacific System. There is no doubt but what the Navigation Company will make a good showing for sevei'al months to come. I went over the whole Division carefully with J'icNeill, and told him what I thought he ought to do. He is taking hold earnestly, and I believe will m.ake a good showing. It certainly seems to me that the Pacific Division has passed the crisis. The country is settling up rapidly with inhabitants who have m-ore or less money. The demands for the lumber from that territory is increasing rapidly, and I can see no reason why the outlook is not very favorable. ' Thh discouraging part of the situation to mie at the present time is that not only in addition to the sharp competition for business, which has led to more or less demoralization in rates, the compeitition has now extended itself to giving fast time. You are well aware how it uses up a track to pound heavy engines hauling heavy freights over it rapidly; and we are also not able to make as good a car haul showing because we cannot handle as rrany cars to a train. There is to be a mieeting of the different Managers at Chicago this week to take up this question. I shall attend, and do all I can to secure an agreement regarding timie. Mellen is also to meet otubbs and Manvel at Chicago on the 22nd to see if they cannot reach some agreement regarding a division of the business. I assure you that nothing gives me rriore encouragement than your good wishes. I shall try to deserve all that is expected of me in this crisis. ^ am a little disturbed at the situation at Denver. I believe Meek has been giving too much of his attention to politics and not close enough attention to the needs of his Division. Am * not writing you this in a complaining or official way; but simolv giving the results of my observations. Have written him plainly about this, and hope that we are through with our troubles in Denver yard; they are certainly bridged over fo? a time. The first thing that ought to be done is to secure the co-operation of all roads in handling Denver Station, so that when a switchman is discharged from one road, he cannot be immediately hired by another one. I realize the situation and the amount of money that we have lost by reason of the celays in this yard, and an, applying every method I can call to mind to improve the results. We have had as high as 3000 cars tied up at one time in the Denver yard. They will all be released within two days, and this will give better car service on the Ft. Worth & Denver City Division. . . . . Mr. Young is not here to-day, so that I cannot give you positive information in reply to your question regarding earnings fromi Company coal that is .hauled under Rio Grande contract. Will answer you more fully about this within a day or two. I regret to learn of your illness, you certainly have my s-ympathy, and I earnestly hope that you may soon be "square on your feet" again. Yours, truly, W. K. Hoi comb. 419 September, 1890. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Go. Office of the President. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 28th, 1890 Dear General: Did you get Martin letter in reference to U. p, coal deal in Iowa? He wants your address in Europe. I have not given it to him but I think I better as I want him to send you all he can find out about it. There is a steal and this accounts for the Analysis of the coal which you got. Meek is getting a good deal of trouble in Denver yards he wanted me to come up. Beel has left, but I cant well go just now. Adams is expected on the 12th or 15th when I expect to go and meet him. I took the liberty to put in your name as Prest. of the new charter I got in Iowa. I have sold 38 acres of coal land at Morgan for !j2000. to establish the Go. in Iowa and have directed it to be leased back to the Goal Go. for 50 years at ^200. per year. There will be issued to you for this 15 shares of Stock in the New Co. and 5 shares to me, 20 shares in all. This makes the Go. legal to do business in any State or Territory. I have called it the "The West ern Industrial Company" , Capital :Jl50,000,000.00; dont laugh, it may become useful some day. How would it do to put in this land as a starter? We should take in property so low that the stock will always be worth over par. Let me hear from you about this land.We cant get these squatters off unless we can get them in the Federal Courts. While there are some doubts about a corporation owning land in Texas still I feel inclined to take the risk; it will also relieve you and me of the responsibility that we are now under,also the Trustees Hoping you are enjoying yourself and improving. Your friend, Morgan Jones . 427 Oct. 11, 1890. THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. Vice President's Office. Omaha, Oct. 11, 1890. General G. M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York City. Dear General: I am very much gratified and pleased to receive yours of September 30th. As you do not give your address, I address this reply to No. 1 Broadway knowing that it will be forwarded. You probably before this have heard from Mr. Meek how success ful he has been in breaking up the switchmen's trouble in Denver yard, and the yard is now in good control and we are doing a good business. Our greatest trouble now is a great lack of motive power. We are giving our constant attention to moving, as fiir as possible, the best paying business, but the fact cannot be denied that to move our business as we ought we should have at least one hundred more engines than we have. Mr. Adams is now here and Mellen will be here tomorrow. We shall then take up question of reducing speed of trains and reducing our soliciting force. I believe by doing this good results can be obtained. The trouble now is we are doing a very large volume of business at too low rates. There seems to be a disposition on part of Southern Pacific and Santa Fe to form an organization and make an arrangement regarding speed of trains and freight rates. I believe this will be accomplished. If it is, we shall have much better results, There will not be any grain to move in Kansas and Nebraska, and grain in Oregon and Washington did not begin to move until late in September. This accounts for our falling off and bad showing in August statement. I think the outlook in the northwest is first class for a good winter business both in grain and lumber. Am particularly glad to note that your health has improved and can assure you that a direct communication giving this information is very highly appreciated. You will be sorry to know that Mrs, holcomb is in very poor health, most of the tiiie confined to her bed. My own health wa6 never better and whatever ability I may possess will be devoted to improving the situation of the Union Pacific. Very truly yours, W. H, Holcoffib. 429 -October, 1890 Peoria, Ills., Oct. 12, 1890, Personal. Genl. G. M. ^odge, No. 1 Broadway, ' New York. I/iy dear Genl: Several months I returned here from California with my family where I had removed from Denver on account of the bad health of my oldest boy. In the.course of a year he recovered almost en tirely and is now quite well, yet I think he will fare better west of the mountains this winter than here. In connection with this (a personal interest), I desire to call your attention to a small Railroad enterprise in Arizona which I am of the opinion would be a profitable investment to build and operate independently, or to build and transfer to another Corporation. I refer to a line between Phoenix and Prescottt. The Santa Fe is connected with Prescott by seventy- two miles of road in operation, and tiie Southern Pacific is connected with Phoenix and the Salt River Valley by thirty-five miles in operation. The distance from Phoenix to Prescott, Stage route, is one hundred and ten miles. The line of road I have recommended is via the Vulture ]V'.ines,the Congress N'-ines and the Copre Basin Nines; owned respectively by Senator Tabor, Diamond Jo Reynolds and Phelps, Dodge & Co. Phelps, Dodge & Go. also own the Senator and other rich mines in the vicinity of Prescott. This line was selected as appear ing to be the cheapest to build and offering th.e most local aid, and will be about one hundred and forty miles main line. Yaoapai Phelps, Dodge & Co.- Subscription ' "200^000. Diamond Jo Reynolds Do- Congress ^v^ine 100,000. Senator Tabor Do Vulture Nine 190,000. Citizens of Phoenix Do- Ten men 100,000. Maniopa Co. Subsidy- Bill before Congress 300,000. Total 91100,000. To build this line would cost not to exceed $1500,000. To operate independently for motive power and rolling stock, if bought another Uiillion should be added. It could be sold when built, or readily leased for operation to the Santa Fe. or Southern Pacific. Yet eventually it will become a ligitimate branch of the Union Pacific. It snould be extended north to the Canon of the Colorado there to connect with one of the lines south from Salt Lake. The business of this line is the Agriculture and Horticultural production of the Salt River valley around Phoenix. . The carrle, hogs, sheep and horses, produced in that Section ana the mineral output of the many mines in the Bradshaw Range South of Prescott- much of tnis traffic would be local which of itself would pay, and the through business would increase from year to year until . Jo Reynolds Senator Tabor Citizens of Phoenix Maniopa Co. Subsid 200,000. 100,000. 190,000. 100,000. 300,000. j1100,000 . ^1500,000. Aid from various sources is as follows Co.-Prescott County Seat,-Subsidy voted $300,900.. Dodge & Co 4eo tl:e Horticultural products of the Valley alone would pay. for the build ing of the road Hr. Jones has tain south of Prescott, and I favorably of this enterprise, should like to take charge of sone mining interests in Silver Ivoun-, am inclined to believe he would think I am out oi' employment just now and this for you. Or if you have any other work on hand where i could be of use to you i i our former, to nie, very pleasant associations. Please let me hear from you. I am, Yours truly. should,be glad to renew N. R. Gibbon. 313 So. Jefferson Ave. W ■ 431 October, 1890. Harvard University, Cambridge, Iv^ass ., 18 Iviatthews Hall, October 12, 1890. Genl. G. h. Dodge, Abroad. My dear Uncle: I was very much interested in the account of your trip across the ocean on the "Teutonic". It must have been an exciting race, better than an eight oared Harvard-Yale contest, the rivalry being almost as intense between the two crews. Father thinks you would be interested in a letter telling sometliing of Harvard life as it is to-day. This is my fourth and last year here and I find it my best. I have been very busy here and have enjoyed every day of my callage course. My health being excellent have been able to do some systematic work in athletics and find now i have a few trophies to show for past encounters. i have .now fifteen trophies in all, cups and medals, for different contests, mostly won in boxing, running, and rowing, one or two wrestling, and shooting prizes. I speak of these first as being the most pleasant of the features of my. college life. The course of study I have pursued has been mainly one which would lead up to the study of Law. I expe.ct to take Honorable mention in History. Political Economy and ^^istory have been my principle studies, branching off now and then into the sciences, Chemistry and oeology. 1 have spent no time on Latin or Greek since entering college, considering three years of Greek and five of Latin sufficient as pre paration for the Law. I practically finished my college course last year 'and am now taking the work of the first year in the Harvard Law School. I think 1 shall graduate from the Columbia Law School after two more years work. The most interesting topic of the day now is the coming Class Day Elections. These are the rewards given by the class in the way of Marshall ships. Orator, Poet, etc for Class Day (21 June). Tuesday evening the class numbering 273 assemble and then the rest-of the night is spent in electing the men to these positions. The con fusion, yelling, and scene in general would rival a.lively day on the H. Y. Stock Exchange. As 1 have been appointed chariman of the meeting -L happen to know something about the candidates. For First Marshal the vote will be unanimous for A. J. Cumnock the great foot ball Gapt. lor the second and third Marshals there are only ten candidates. The western delegation are fighting the Boston and Roxbury crowd. They say Harvard has become too sectional and they are going to try to oust some of the Beacon St. bloods. They have a young man from ienn. at their head who is the equal of Matt '^uav for organizing and managing an election campaign. ^ Harvard has always ta^en more or less interest in State and National politics. The Democrates with Uoyd McRine Garrison (grand nephew of Am. Lbyd Garrison) at their head are planning a big meeting •432 at which Carl Schurz, Esq. and other prominent politicians will take part. We Republicans are planning, a counter movement in the shape of a big meeting in Tremont Temple at which Henry Cabot Lodge and Senator Hoar and others will give the people a chance to-know that Harvard is not a hot bed of free-trade nor a* Democratic Ward caucus. We have a college debating society with a large membership at which any u-ember of the University may speak. I have the pleasure of occupying the Presidents chair and conducted the first meeting of the year last Thursday. Although Harvard has not been a college which sends out• more candidates for the ministry than any of her sister institutions, yet the religious element is one of the strongest and most earnest in college life. Many of the Boston charity workers hail from Harvards halls and every Sunday there are bands of -fellows who hold services on board the vessels lying in Boston Harbor. But they dont preach any old foggy l.ell fire and damnation doctrine whicli would frive the sailors there, if there was such a place. They conduct short singing and prayer services and are always welcomed by the sailors. If at any time you have time to write I should enjoy "hearing from you and shall watch your trip with expecial interest since we, Mother, Father, Carrie, and I are planning to saillfor Europe next June for a years travel and study abroad. I want to thank you, General, for your kindness in giving me the two pictures, "The Battle of Atlanta" and "The Generals of tie Army of the Tenn." They are the pride oi' our room and are admired by all my friends. I have joined the 1st Corps Boston•Cadets M. V, K. and will soon be one of the recruits. It is the crack Battalion of the State. They call them "The Governors Pets", but they tell me during the war almost every member received an officers commission. I am very fond of military affairs and joined to get the drill and military practice. I hope I liave not wearied you with my long r ccount of myself and will try to write soon again of other more interesting things. If anyone asks about Harvard you may tell them it is the old est and best institution of learning in America, founded in 1636; now has about 2000 students and professors. i think i^ has about $15,000,000. but am not positive. About 1200 in the college course over 400 in the incoming class. I hope you find the baths and change beneficial to you; that may regain your accustomed vigor. .n, T, called on Gen'l Morgan in Chicago who gave me a very pleasant talk. He said you were a great "pusher" and I ought to go to N. Y. and go in your office where you would make me work. He seemed to be a very pleasant man. not. i T will ^suppose enclose you a have copy of seen its the article ^es Moines on your Register gifts but to the perhaps State, in a. day or two. With bast wishas for* your trip, I am, Very respectfully yours. not. John L. Dodge. 433 Toledo, ©ct. 13, 1890. My dear Gen'l. I have been charged with the duty of preparing a brief memorial of Gen'l. Noyes for our Loyal Legion Commandery and I want your recollecti on about one or two points-- 1st I understood (at the time) that the first order I got to assail the enemy's first line came from you. (through veach I presume^ and that McBherson who had been away came back and countermanded the order just as we were ready to go for them. I know that when I went back enquiring "what's the matter?" McPherson said to me "You would have to fight Hardee's whole Corps" and that the attack was "too hazardous". Some of us answered Mc P. "Well General this is the 4th of July and we can whip anything today-r-Hardee's corps andthe d--l to boot" , But although McP. seemed pleased with our confidence he did not consent then to our making the ffort. After 6 P. '. when the order was received you ordered Sweeny to attack the line next adjoining my right with two regiments,simultaneously, and we compared wat hes and agreed on the signal that was to be given by the bugle at the rear, and the time 6:40 when both Sweeny's regiments and mine should start. But Skweeny ( as usual) took so much time getting ready that the fight was over and the enemy 's line emptied far as we could see, when his regiments came cheering and chargin: the emp ty line Chamberlain who had command of Sweeny's skirmishers came promptly to the scratch, when he heard Noyes and Churchill charging but no thanks to Sweeny for even that. Please tell me what your recollection is about the onlers and also whether you recollect as I do about Sweeny. 1 shall feel obliged If you, can answer at once as I must finish the paper. Wlmt ever ^®caine of Taylor's pictres of the gel^^iV^iis truly John Pulxer October, 1890. 435 Exeter, N. H., Oct. 14, 1890. Dear Uncle: to me and Your letter to father written just before sailing was sent 1 wish to accept your invitation to write you. I am now at Exeter as you doubtless know and am working to get into Harvard next year, having already passed the majority of my examinations. V/e have about three hundred and fifty students and like all New England schools we have representatives from all over the continent and adjacent islands, even an African price from the Congo country. We room in private houses paying irom three to six dollars per week for rooms and also board in private families paying five and six dollars per week. I think these prices outrageous but there seems to be no remedy. All our landladies become rich off of us, for in stance my last land-lady goes to Saratoga and my present one has iust returned from Europe. Ly studies here and Greek, Latin, Mathematics, Chemistry and £.nglish. I am reading Homer's Iliad in Greek and Cicero in Latin and have passed off Creek, Latin, German Algebra and Physics in my prelimin- &ry examination for Harvard. Our school is noted for its athletics in which I take a great interest, being president of the athletic association In the school. At present 1 have a shell on the river in which I am training for next season s regatta's in which Lockie and I row as double scull. Doubtless you think our sports detract from our studies. That may be but in return they give us strong constitutions and bodies with which to fight the worlds battles. will be in 4 life has not '^now been decided. is to be a As lawyer, far a but I see what now my I pursuit shall be a college educated business man,for whom I things there is always room. *^®hes me to be a physician but 1 have no desire to AutHit Letters has gone from from home our tell bank me to Aunt First Julia National, is there receiving also th^t Of your ^ Your Nepihew, i''. P. Dodge, Jr. October, 1890. N. P. DODGE & GO. Real Estate Agents Council Bluffs, Iowa, Octr. 18th, 1890, Dear Genl; F.ave you "five or six" extra copies of those last steel engraving portraits of yourself? Mr. Aldrich wants that many for State University and other- institutions and individuals. If you Iiave son.e in . Y. will you direct some to be sent to me? I sent you today a copy of "Capitol" with one of Mr. Aldrich's articles. Senator Allison was here Wednesday and spoke to a large audience. T. J. Evans entertained him. I spent about 2 hours with him having been invited to dine with him. Spencer Smith and wife only other guests at Dinner although many called in afternoon and there was a public reception between 7 & 8 in eve. Sue and Carrie went at that hour. He inquired for you of course and wanted to know when you were coming back. Spencer Smith says your portrait is a splendid picture of you and by far the best at the Capitol. It is now in the R. R. Commissioners Office waiting for Hie to go over and select a place for it to hang. Senator Allison made a good speech. I think Repub licans are feeling anxious about coning election. Mr. Dearborn is here and looking well. I think he is fast over coming his lung trouble. Julia also here. Mr. Beard was here few days but returned to Texas. Julia expects to spend winter in Texas at Fort 'orth where Eddie expects to be under Mr. Ross. Horace Byerett is failing and not expected to live many days, his sons have arrived home from their schools to be with him. Cal. Sapp cannot recover, he n^ay linger along. Lockie reports every week some advanced step. Goon after his return he was elected Prest. of Harvard Union, the College debating oOciety. Then he was selected chairman of the class Day Meeting which is a rr.eeting of Senior Class of 275 to elect Class Day officers and Committees and is usually one of great interest and excitement. He stood on the Platform for hours and put motions, nominations etc. and received a vote of thanks for his ability and fairness and more than all was elected chariinan of the cla^s day Committee by a vote of 128 to 81, his opponent being one of the most popular fellows in the class. To be at the head of this Coajiiittee is an honor that Lockie very much desired but hardly dared hope for as he was not a member of any of the secret societies and not a society man but his athletic record was equal to that of any of the others and he had done excellent work in his sutdies. - 43.8 The weather here thii.^ fail is good and I continue to enjoy good health and n-y fan,ily all well so far as 1 know. V«e hear Leltie has started to join her mother in Eurppe or England but cannot say if it is so. very truly, N . P . bodge, I have not heard from you since you wrote from Queenstown. ''i'v.* * '-t c t • I ■►r,? I ' (•'-iji-' '.ft'' '(4- J- - ijb a; 439 October, 1890. Council Bluffs, Oct. 26, 1890, Dear Genl: Your letter from Aix les Balnes was duly received and I took from it the substance of your views on the tarifl and gave to Nonpareil as there seems to be considerable interest in that question just now, I think the republican leaders are uneasy about the outcome of these fall elections. The democrats are representing the IvicKing bill as a burden to the west and beneficial to the east. It is said Bowman has plenty of money to use in this district. I do not hear much about about the C. Blviffs Military Co., "Dodge Light Guards", of late. They were allowed by City Council three or four hundred dollars and John Short got out an injunction to prevent its payment. I will see the Treasurer and if in need of money pay them '|^100 on your account, Charles Aldrich was here two days last week and I entertained him. One day he spent in Omaha trying to get hold of autograph letters and relects belonging to Genl. Curtis and Ex-Gov. Briggs, He seems to be a genial pleasant man devoted to his work. Mr. Dearborn has been here two weeks and now gone to Denver and will probably spend winter in N. Mexico or So. California. He is fast regaining his health. When I go west i think I will go direct to San Francisco and leave trip to Puget Sound until I return in spring as it will be late before I leave here. Grenville Phillips is work ing in a shoe store at Seattle and likes that Country. John Beresheim has been in Chicago the past week,-not yet returned,-looking after the Nixon Building matter. In my next letter I will give you result of his interviews with Prussing and others. The weather continues dry and pleasant and favorable to builders. New Hotel being finished inside - new Methodist Church above ground and foundation of John N. Baldwins new building being laid. J. J. Steadman spent several weeks in Portland which he thinks is the solid city of the North Pacific Coast, but says Omaha is located for as promising future as any city and he is not inclined to leave this section of country. Julia is still here but expects to spend winter in Ft. Worth Lockwood gains honors right along. I must send you his last letter to me saying the 'past week was the best of his life and giving detailed account of his managment of the Glass Day Iveeting and also of his beinc: mustered into Boston Cadets and going to Framingham to shoot for a place as marksman, making the required score,-attending banquet at Younrs meeting with a nice set of men and being called on to respond to a toast ' and complimented for what he said. Very truly, N. P. D. Oct.1890. 441 Paris, Oct. 26, 1890. L. M. Martin, Dear Sir:- I received your letter of Oct. 12th and note its contents. Am glad Jones straigl-.tened out coal- matters it accords with my views as I have heretofore written you. I have not had much faith in doing much with Iowa roads . They have determined to sit still until they see the outcome in Iowa and no one can blame them as they have been terribly persecuted more than any outsider knows and they have not dar ed to tell. The bad situation now is that with plenty of business more than any one of them can do on their own line that the3'' cannot agree among themselves to a fair rate and maintain it. U. P. ha;, had to notify Its patrons that they can oly take freigjit at the regular rates . They are simply snowed under with unpaying business without power and to do the paying businecs. I hope the termin<al Go. will go ahead and build the station. It has always been my idea when built or half built they U. P. and others will come to us or lose.their passenger business; that is certain. You should not allow Heath to rebuild on his old ground in the town. See him and locate on some one of our sidings.... We will have to pay our coupons with the bonds we get for mone^*/spent' on permanent improvements , in terminals and on our own road, so that we are not so badlj' off, Jones wrote me you needed another locomotive. Can you ret a ong until Spring. If not, 1 will try to trade with holoomb or some f-C' Tly new one.. That kind of a one do you want? What wight, freight or passenger? I have no doubt when we get ix—dy we can find plontv of market ^or our coal this winter and next spring on my return 1 will IrrZre to take oon,o for the U. P. They win by th.->t time havo found o2?° bott better satisfaction and it is I not nope. near I as learn good the as ours. Iowa coal Is Giving rivinr 21 1baths and am greatly improved oFten, by them. i have taken Am free my of first pain. course Shall ofrest possible *take 1 another ® ^ course. to o warmer climate and as long as® ThA ^ cood object lessoii to our people n S 4^ ?u ^ people- is wonderful. If our farmers -^x.d labor,-re. in the tin fnndly they would works l:e from rich. four I have years been up. staylne The men whorroJeJglntber get forty to fiftv cer. s per day, the women 30. 3 eo iiitj G . M. Dodge 443 October, 1890, Monday 27th. Dear Genl: Mr. Beresheim arrived today. He gave the Nixon Bldg. leas ing matter thorough investigation ascertaining parties at. bottom of it and responsibility of those who proposed to go on bond and came to conclusion that it would not be advisable to make the lease unless :5l00,000. worth of good securities were deposited,not being satisfied with bond offered and he considered that a very important matter in this case as they proposed to remodel the building. He thinks Prussing all right, thinks better of him than before he went and says he has a good business and his ideas were in harmony with his own (Beresheims.) Beresheim stays with Schuttler when in Chicago and has ad vantage of their knowledge and experience and he also saw Nixon and others. Says your property is growing more valuable every year and thinks it not wist to rush into a negotiation for long lease that might give trouble. A beautiful building called "The Temple" is being erected on Field and Leiter lot opposite corner from yours. 7/ill be one of the finest in Chicago. N. P. D. 447 October, 1890. Pari^, October 28, 1890. Gen. Sherman, New iork (Jitv, My dear Gereral:- 1 am greatly grieved to hear of Col. Noyes' death and am glad to hear you have been selected to prepare the memorial. You should also do it for the Army of the Tennessee. I had the advance July 4, 1864; m y orders .were verbal. Logan was following and had orders to support, it was supposed the ei.emy was retreating behind the Chattahooche. I ran up against Ilurd behind entrenchments at Camp ground. I wrw what 1 thought was preparations to get out, considerable excitement, etc. and i determined to attack. 1 gave the order Veich to go on in the uhio Brigade , Sweeny on his front to demonstrate and follow, i selected the uhio Brigade as they, yourself, Moyes ahd been urging me to give them a show. Up to this time they had not been heavily engaged,(if ^ remember rightly). General Logan came up ahead of his corps, hearing we had found the enemy entrenched. He asked me if 1 was going toattack. 1 told him "Yes". he the policy and considerable disc; rsion occured. nhe." he saw j. was going in he said he would go back anS hurry up his advance, with a view of helping if we needed it, I then gave tlie order and the signal, the sound of the bugle, was gxven and the brigade went in with a vim. As they gained the field it was an impressive sight, I sent an order to Sweeny.to go in with his force immediately ^ome ore said Noyos was In ar, ambulance passing. I saw the asked higi w^iere tie was hurt. His answer was that he guessed he a leg was gone. I expressed my sympathy and he said he did not care about that but what will my wife say if I lose my leg The nest time I saw Col. Noyes was in Paris at a dinner. I then saw his wife for the first time and related the circumstance to the party to their great merriment and Col. Noyes embarrasment, Gen. M cPherson did not come up until after the works were carried at least 1 did not see him until after. Tlien he said your orders did not contemolate attacking their intrenchments but I am glad you attacked . "ie way of stating it irti de me inquire '""hy?" out his answer was "For many reasons", evading a direct answer. The conversation you name I think occurred with Gen. Logan . I wish 1 could pay Col. Noyes the tribute he is entitled to . He was in every way an eD.egant, excellent, suborrlinate soldier who had the love of those under him and the confidence of his superior officers, I felt sure of him under all circumstances. I have always thought the day had considerable to do with the success or the attack and the groat ei thusiasm of the men as they went in. My health is improving and I shall span- the winter in the south. Truly, G.M.Dodge. 451 November, 1890. 114 West 18th Street, New York, Nov. 6th, 1890, My dear General: I was very glad to get your letter of Oct. 26th v/hich reached me today; and to learn that you had been so much benefited in health. I left Lake George one week ago to-day, and have begun my winter's work here. The great success of my portrait of you has given me much pleasure. Mr. Granger kindly sent me a copy of Governor Bowie's letter to you, and Mr. Aldrich wrote me a long and,enthusiastic letter in, praise of it, and telling me of the verdict pronoxinced by the public, which seems to have been unanimously in its favor. The replica, for the Union Pacific, was carried on as far as the completion of the head, hands, coat etc. The chair, table, books, curtain and background will be painted here from the original material with some few changes. When finished, i will have a photograph taken. I took one myself from the original, but it did not come out as well as I could have wished. When they are mounted I will mail one to you, care of Munroe & Co., Paris, who, if you have left, will no doubt forward it to you. I have been too busy getting ready for work, since my arrival,to go down and call upon Mr. Granger, but will do so in a few days, when my por trait of Mr. Lamport is finished. Judge Dillon was in this morning to see about his portrait, which I am to begin work upon in a few days. It is also to go in the Capitol at Des Moines, in the Supreme Court room, but will not be as large as yours, as it is to be only a head and bust. I am glad you are going to Italy, and would advise you, by all means, not to come home without seeing Egypt, which I consider the most interesting, by far, of all the countries it has been my good fortune to visit. I would, by all means, go up the Nile to the first cataract, if you cannot go farther. I was not able to go there for lack of money, but saw Cairo, Memphis, the Pyramids, Heliopolis, and such other places as are within easy reach of Cario. I think a trip up the Nile, especially if made in a dahabich or regular Nile Boat, with a small agreeable party, would interest you greatly, and completely re establish your health. As a Civil Engineer, it will pay you to go to Cairo, only to see the Pyramids. If you do go there 1 want you to particularly examine the laying of the stones in the Great Pyramid. My observation was, that no cement whatever was used, and it seemed to me as though one stone had been ground upon another until a perfect joint was made. I took particular pains to examine places where pieces had been freshly broken off. I have often nientioned this to people who have been there but no one had every noticed this particular fact. For this reason I would like to have the observation and opinion of a man like yourself. 452 There is a young friend of mine now in Paris studying art; a son of Mr. ti. 7;. Davis, the druggist in Iowa City who you niay have known in past years. He is very quiet and shy but has talent, and is very earnest in his desire to improve in his profession. He work ed for several years in Providence, R. I. making designs at the Gorham Manufacturing Co., and also was a draughtsman upon the Providence Jour nal, by which work he laid up a little money to enable him to study abroad. He had not been in Paris long, before he was taken with the grippi, and had to give up study for many months. This was a sad blow he will'be obliged to come home before his studies are com pleted. He has heard of you through me, and I think would like to see anyone from Iowa. If ;,ou cared to see him, and would not object to have him call upon you, I would take it as a great favor if you would send him your address, and mention my name, and give him the pleasure of calling upon you. His father is a friend of Mr. Dey; they are members of a boat club, and Mr. Davis built a beautiful boat for Mr. Dey, one winter, in the rear portion of his drug-store. His son*s Paris address is Charles P. Davis, No. 58 Rue de Clignancourt. In conclusion, I will say once more, do not miss seeing Egypt, if it is only sn much as Cairo and its environs. With the sincere wish that you may have a good rest and completely regain vour strength, I remain always. Very sincerely yours. Geo . 11. Yewell, •' .'r • 453 • • Boston, Nov. 11, 1890. My dear General Dodge: I received your letter of the 31st this morning. Believing that you would find a cable for Mr. Adams of use, I sent you this morning over his signature the following, after submitting it to him for approval: Boston, Nov.11, 1890. Your letter to Lane thirty first. We are strong financially having sufficient funds for all immediate liabilities including notes pesently nr tuning and require no further loans. Present situation causes us no uneasiness here and it cannot last indefinitely. Purchase of thirteen million dollars Navigation principal cause of floating debt. Seven million bonds sold against this. Remaining six of million will be sold wiien financial condition favorable. Purchase of thirteen million stock and sale of thirteen million bonds will save anually one hundred thirty thousand dollars which goes to sink ing fund. Company earning sufficient to pay all fixed charges inclu ding government requirements. Reported sale of stock by directors untrue. More business in sight than eujuipment can carry. Boycott of Iowa line will be raised this week." At my requ st Mr. Adams has written today to Messrs. Blake Boissevain & Co. I send you enc osed copy of his letter. I do not know that I can addanything to this except that it is pretty well assured that the boycott of the Iowa lines is now practically over. T remain, Yours si ncerely,G.M. Lane Gen. G.M. Dodge. Second Vice President. 455 Boston, Nov. 11, 1890. Messrs. Blake, Roissevain & Co., London, England. Gentleros n:- Mr. Lane has ha ded me oiir letter of the 1st of November relating to the recent fall in the securities of this company and the feeling of uneasiness which prevails among the holders in regard to them. At the close of your letter you say, "What would materially assist this would be an improvement in the earnings, and we sincerely hope, therfore, that your favorable expectations in this regard for the last three months of the year v/ill be fulfilled. That the earnings ofthe year, more especially the net earnings, have, in the case of the Union Pacific, not been satisfac tory, is appreciated by no one more than by me. The result was due nartly to e rors in judgment connected with the operation of the road which have now been corrected, but it was more due to the fact that, owing to the overtaxed condition of the machine shops of the country, we have been unable to oltain for use this year the addi tional motive power and equipment ordered at the usual time. Out of 130 locomotives then contracted for, less than 30 have yet been sup plied. Had those locomotives been received from the contrators at the time they were expected, the holders ofthe company's securities would have had no cause to complain of the earnings during the Autumn months. They might equally well havebeen 25 per cent greater than they were, or $5090,000 a month, instead of $4,000,000. No one regrets this more tha myself, for upon me, of course, rests the responsibility. Nevertheless, looking back, I fail now to see what I could have done more than I did do. The additional equipment and facilities were ordered at the usual time, and no one coul then foresee the overcrowded condition of the shops. Meanwhile, of one thing you may rest assured. The Union Pacific today is simply suffering from an excess of tonnage, of business, O) the future growth of this tonnage I see no limitj nor, if economically handled, wouldthe rates be unremunerative. It is simply a qiestion of supplying the necessary euipment and facilities to do business cheaply. As to the financial results of the current year, it is yet too early to make any definite statement. All depends upon the two months of Noverab r and December. Meanwhile, it seems very clear that the Union Pacific will, duringthe year, under the most adverse con ceivable circtimstances, earn its fixed charges, with a surplus over. If it has do e this this year, I see no reason why the record should not 1e reatly betterd hereafter. But for the mistakes in judgment and the delay of deliveries to which I have referred, the Union Pac ific would this year, in my judgment, have earned four per cent upon its stock. ■ 457 The one vry weak spot in the UnionPacific system during the year has been the Oregon Railway & Navigation Cp,' This, I will frankly . say to you, has been due in my judgient to bad local management. The dffici.al at the head ofthe Pacific Division during the first nine months of the year was not competent for the work. He was a man of ability, and had very considerable knowledge of the property, but he was an accountant not an executive officer, and he was during the winter sub jected to a test of unusual severity. This did not appear until the . mischief had been done. That the property is now in the hands of the most energetic and comiEbent executive officer in the service of the company. I have no question he will wholly change the aspect of affairs; but he must be given time, and the results ofhis management, which began only on the 1st of Septmeber last, canhardly show themselves before the beginningof another year. The showing of the Navigation company for the year 1891 will, I amsanguine, be in pleasing ontrast with that made by it during the yaa? 1890. In conclusion I have merely to add that I do not remember a case where a road which, under the most adverse circumstances, earned its full fixed charges, ever sustained serious disaster. Before this letter reaches you, financial results will have developed themselves, and you will be advised of them by cable. It is not worth while for me, therefore to mnke any pcedictions. Meanv/hile, you can judge as well as I whether the property which, under the mort adverse circumstances, earns its fixed charges and a surplus, while at the same time it is crushed under a surplus traffic, which it is quite unable to handle, can be otherwise than substantially sound. I have just returned from a trip over a large portion of the system. During that trip, energetic steps we e taken to remedy certain defects in operation v/hich hcve cost us a gread deal of money during t^e year, and, while I d slike to speak with too much onfidence, I am sanguine as to what the results of our traffic will be from the first of November forward. ^,s compared with last year, we have all the business we can do, and more tonnage than we can move* we have now additional f acilities and motive power, and allowin"" for the unforseeable, I cannot see why the returns for the next'^four months whould not be higlly satisfactory to all concerned. But thev will in due time speak for theselves. I! ad ^TT ptopePacifIc is merely condition sufferin of the g property in common is with good. all In other short,rail road properties. My own imp ession is it has a gre ter recupeJaute ?esuu! ° ^ I remain, etc.. (signed) Charles P. Adams, President. 459 ffov. 12, 1890. G. M. Dodge, Dear Gen. The state of Iowa has this year been at work clea ing and grading the Capitol grounds; you will doubtless remember that there used to be growing here some fine old hickory trees, when they were cut down I conceived the idea of mailing some canes from the branches; they are not intended to be ornamental, but I hope may be useful. I trust some of ray friends may prize the, even for a stronger reason than their utility. I have designed one of these plain sticks for you; knowing how much of your early life was g ven to aid the growth and prosperity of this great state, how deeply you have been interested in the erec tion of the Capitol buildings. I thought perhaps a stick of this charac ter might be valued by ou as a souvenir, a relic of the past in Iowa, In one sense it represents the pioneer da s, and the hardy race who have made Iowa what she is; they are gone, or are rapidly passing away never to return, so are the noble old hickories, that in those days ornamented old Capitol Hill. I have prepared and have for you one of these sticks; the labor I have put upon it represents in a small de^^ree, the love and adviration I have for you'whom I regard as Iowa's greatest soldier, one of her best and truest friends in the hour ofthe Nation's peril, and all along the tortious road she has trod from wild territory to the grand position she now coccupies in the sisterhood of the Union. As I estimate men, no man from Iowa is more entitled to carry a typical Iowa can than you. I have made four of these canes and shall present them to my friends, please accept one as a testimonial of my high regard and friendship for you. Tell me where to send it. Truly yours, G.B.Gray. MS November,.1890. State of •'•owa Board of Railroad Commissioners Des ^loines . Peter A. ^ey. Spencer Smith. Prank T. dampbell, W. A. Ainsworth. Secretary Des ^^oimes, Nqv. 13, 1890. G . M, ^odge, New York. Dear General: Your picture reached here sone time ago, my own choice was that it should to into the library, but after a thorough trial we were compelled to abandon this idea, as this room as not built with re ference to anything of the kind. We then decided to put it in the Governors reception room. My choice of location was the north wall but after hanging it there, the cross lights were such that it did not do you justice. We then put it on the South wall between the windows, the effect is very good ana will I judge be entirely satisifactory, at least we found no place where it looked as well. There is no place in the room where the painting will attract as much attention. Gov ernor Boies (who by the way is a good deal cf a man) left the choice of position to me and seemed very anxious to have it in the place where it would have the best effect. Our election is over. I am defeated by about three hundred, two years ago the jobbers, the railways, and the alii .ances supported me, this year they turned the cold shoulder and all my gains over the balance of the ticket were personal. factory, I trust that what we have done on the painting will be satisTruly yours. Peter A. Dey. .467 November, 1890. 88 Linden Avenue, Flushing, L. I. N. Y 17th Nov. '90. Dear General: Though the travel season has now passed yet I trust it will interest you, who share my spirit therein enough by report of what has transpired since your proposal of July last, to induce you to find a liberal Dodge to cooperate with your offer. I cannot be expected to solicit a fund, besides giving all the labor and time; and receiving nothing from the First Edition; however I have stated it in vain at Chicago and Lowell. During the summer I received requests for copies of ^/emorial from Iowa, Albany, Mass, and other places; to which I replied that the Edition was exhausted; but that an effort was being m.ade for a proper second edition with due research in England; and very lately, Allan Dodge of Lowell writes again at length thia t he can dis pose of 300 Copies; all showing an active demand here. This Memorial is the only I'amily Record of the large majority of our race in i-i. S. Is it not a gross breach of filial duty to an honored ancestry, to suffer it now to perish? - depriving ourselves and coming generations of 311 knowledge oi our ancient, long settledand illustrious lineage of 700 years in England - completing worthily the history of a Family founded with The English Nation; actively sharing in all the tumult of its History, and eminent in American History from the first Colonist down to our own age - a continuous Family Record cf 1000 years without a rival? Surely this Generation should not fail, at least to prepare the ground for a complete Genealogy; specially, when to supply a part secured of our English kindred and its old re nown might require but 90 days of summer research at the small cost of ^1000. I cannot at this interval and other engagements positively promise to leave therefore but will try; and of course will have a warm welcome and wide subscription there. Can yoS not secure the Fund and due support for a second edition? What are you doing for your own Auto- or other Biography? The true history of our West of the last 50 years why let that perish? Can I be useful therein? With best wishes for your restored health and warm regards. Ever yours, Robt. Dodge. 471 November, 1890. Mattschappii tot Beheer van het Administratickantoor van Amerikaansche fondsen, opgerigt door Broes & Gosman, ten Ha\e & van Essen en Farman & Zoonen te Amsterdam. Amsterdam, den November 20th, 1890. General G, j/i. ^odge, Esq., c/o Messrs. Munroe ^o., Dear Sir Paris, France. We take pleasure in acknowledging receipt of your esteemed favors of the 17th and 18th inst., the latter enclosing copies of letter sent to you by Messrs. Lane and Holcomb, ail of which had our best attention and for which we beg to tender you our thanks. We fully agree with Mr. Lanes views that there will be cause for uneasiness until rates imrpove and the financial situation changes materially. We believe that strong efforts are being made in both directions, which may lead to the desired end. Meanwhile it is im possible to see the final outcome of all these tr ubles. We hope, however, to aiscuss the matter with you as soon as your health has sufficiently improved to make a trip to this City, We are. Dear Sir, Yours very truly, V/. Bensman, Manager. November, 1890. Toledo, Nov. 28, 1890, Wy dear Cenl: This memorial of Noyes had to be written in tiii.e tor the November mteting, so it was in type before 1 got your letter. How ever, the only point in which your memory diflered from mine, was, whether our talk at your Hd. Qr. soon after noon, was with Logan as you thought, or with Iv;cPherson, as I remembered. Hickenlooper, Churchill and Noyes, (as shown in his little speech at the last Loyal L. m.eeting before he died,) all think it was Lc^^herson, Hickenlooper is very positive, but it doesn't .matter much either way. The point I was trying to settle, -was whether the 1st. order to assault, about noon, originated with you, as I though, or whether it came from t'cP., or as Hickenlooper insists from Sherman (of course through McH.). But as I could not hear irom you in time, you will see Istuck to my own recollection about it, and I think now, as I did that day, that it would have cost us less to take the works at noon, than it did after the enemy had strenfthened them, and reinforced the line in our front. One of the sadaest things connected with Noyes sudden death, is the fact that his estimable wife is left without a dollar Of in come. The Homestead was in her name but heavily mortgaged, and it took all the Life Insurance on the General life, to release the mortgage, and as she was endorser of the ^enl's. obligations, she is still ^4000 in debt. Dr. Shaw tells me that in tiie spring she hopes to sell the house for ^10,000 and possibly ^12,000 but it cannot be sold now. Hickenlooper, Weber, Nixon (now of the Inter-ocean, Chicago) Hayes, and other wealthy friends of N'oyes, ere trying to raise a fund for ^rs. Noyes benefit in a quiet way and I have been requested to lay the matter belore you, that you may join them in that effort, if so disposed, I do not feel like arguing the case, for you knew Noyes well and if you api)rove, will do so as quickly with the simple statenient as if a long appeal was ii.ade. Genl. Noyes was not a saving man. He spent what he got freely and his generosity was not seen to be unwise until his death revealed the fact that his wife had nothing to live upon. It was a great mistame that she should endorse his obligations, but probably Noyes was so cramped for means, that he was obliged to mortgage the house and farm and they being in her name the debt became hers. 474 Hoping you may completely regain your health, I am. Truly yours, John V;. Fuller, Genl. G. M. Dodge, , The Photograph of the Generals of Army Tennessee, now hanging in my dining room, is splendid. Thanks for it, Wy youngest daughter, Irene, is now on the ocean, and will spend son-e months I think in Berlin and Dresden. If you go to Dresden hunt her up. She .has a letter from Genl, Sherman to the U, S, consul at Dresden. Also to Fhelps (minister). I gave her a letter to Fred Grant, myself, for Vienna. V . I'l' d tr:,, - ; ,'jT jr 475 December, 1890 THE DAKVERS HISTORICAL SOGIETy. The Danvers Historical Society adopted its Consittution and By-Laws on the 9th of September, 1889, and a week later completed its organization by the election of its first Board of Officers and Direcotrs. Soon afterward it rented for its use a commodious and convenient room in the building of the Raticnal Bank, on Maple Street, which it has since occupied for its Library and Ivuseum Collections, and as a place for many of its meetings. The Second Article of its By-Laws reads as follows: "The objects .of the Society shall be to discover, collect, and preserve, such publicaticns, manuscritps, pictures, emeorials, and speci mens, as may illustrate local and general history, but particularly the annals and a.itural history of the Town of Danver-?; to establish within the town a Library and Jviuseum, in which such treasures as it iriay thus received or procure shall be deposited and kept; and, generally, to foster ajmong the iTiembers and others by meetings and lectures, and in various ways, a love of histcdcal, literary, and scientific pursuits." Unexpected and most gratifying success has attended the work of the 5ociety_during the first year of its existence. At the meeting on the 9th of c>eptemiber, 1889, eightean men and women signed the Consti tution and By-Laws, and became members. At the meeting of Septen.ber ICth, the num.ber rose to lifty. There is now a membership of* over one hundred, and it is steadily increasing. Nearly all are inhabitants of Danvers, a few being residents of other towns. The first reunion of the members, on the 1st of January, 1890 and the coroir.emoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the death of * General Israel Putnam, on the 19th of May, 1890, were notable occasions in the -'ociety s brief history. Besides the various meetings of the Board and of the several committees, the general quarterly and monthly meetings h ve been regularly held, and have been of much interest. The Ifst-named have taken place on the first Monday evening of each nionth and have been open to all members. Papers h ve be^n read, conversations have ensued, and much important information has been gathered for future use, about old houses and landmarks, fire companies, schools and teachers churches and church music, proniinent characters and divers kinds of bus- ' iness, and other matters pertaining to the past of Danvers. These meett^^retolore, the subjects sultawl fo^ their consideration being of great number and of much promise. . Library and Museum Room is already largely stocked with rare and valuable collections, donated by members and friends. Its sevlir-ustrafrvp ' ^®e®^her with its several hundred pamphlets (chiefly Essex County), p y% have been events, gather and from interests various of sources-, Danvers and and other present parts a of good nucleus for the more extensive Library which we trust is yet to be at no distant day. The case which holds them was formerly owned and used by the late Hon. Joh.n D. Philbrick anP h-- +i v. has quite rilled another- large case with a unique and atPraotl" aJraf' liles UlSof the town. oeveral cases, rrooured besides, from cntain descendants articles of of old min+nptr tinSars^sildui:'- wars, soidlero belts, sashes, canteens, and blankets; ^evolution Indian and In relics the la^e^ mortars and pestles, flre-buc.ets, flax-oombs, and foit-stoves; sSls 476 and wallets, coin and noney-weights, lamps and hour-glasses, cups and ^ pitchers, bowls and tankards and plate; carved wood, metal pieces, and ^ other specimens from ancient houses; saniplers and curiously wrought fabrics from near and far; medals, badges. Continental and Confederate scrip, and military commissions; souvenirs from famous forts, bridges, battlefields, and from distant lands; photographs and silhousetts, printed and written documients, manuscriptsermons, addresses and diaries; autograph signatures and letters, maps and drawings, files of newspaioers and single or several copies of old numbers of the same, and other things too numerous to niention. On the walls, or elsewhere in the room are numerous pictures, am.ong which is one of Maj. ^en. Grenville M. -Dodge, with several large, beautiful photographs of scenes of the late war and of the Union Pacific Railroad; others, likewise in frame, of Gen. Israel Putnam, Gen. V.'illiam H. Harrison, Oeorge Peabody, Rufus Choate, Governor Simon Bradstreet, Rev. Edward Brown, David tnd Douglass Putnam, of L'.arietta, Ohio, Rev. Drs. Isaac and ii'-ilton P. Braman, John D. Philbrick, ^amiuel P. Fowler, and Dr. Amos Putnam; and also a chande lier, an officer's staff, several antipue chairs and a cradle of inter esting history, case-stands and a center-table, a camp-desk and a Spring field rifle used in the War of the Rebellion, a French tricolor captured from an English blockade runner, a i;andsome banner and pole of the Fre mont campaign, and a United aates. flag once borne on the Nile and in the Holy Land. This partial ^d ha-ty enumeration of gifts, which have been acknowledged from time to time in the Danvers Mirror, with the names of the donors, serves to show the range and variety of the Society's pre- ^ sent collections. A full catalogue will shortly be published, de- " scriptive of each article--book, pamphlet, manuscript, picture, relic. Or whatever else--with the name of the contributor apended and Including all the tuings that shall have been presented up to Jan uary 1, 1891. But the above list also indicates, in a general way the nature and variety of the treasures which we still solicit. With hearty thanks to all vho have thus far.done so much to make our room attractive and instructive, we appeal to members, and others for additional oflerings, in the firm conviction that there is no wiser or more useful things than to donate them to an institution like this. Our Society not only has its headquarters in a brick building w.th a slate roof and strong shutters, but it has a larp-e iron safe in which precious manuscripts and otherarticles of special value can be lodged and kept, as may be required or deemed advisable. We are persuaded that gifts thus cared for are less liable to perish b" fire or to be otherwise destroyed, and are less liable to be stolen,""or in jured, or scattered and lost, than when they are sought to be preserved in private dwellings, and are there exposed to all the chanres danp-pr^ and reverses, whereby so many of such treasurers ever and aLn'disapS beyond recovery. It is painful to recall how much that was of inestim able worth has gone forever from the town and its fatailLr frL well If it had bSf been iounded twenty-five establ.S or fiftv nSnat'oo vearssoon, g . Moreover, such tilings are made to serve a niuch wideh pjod bv ben.any, rather than the few, may for a long and in- I less our own whL we allow others than ourselves and our iram.ediate friends to enjoy them. 4^'7 December, 1890. Sheet § 2 The Danvers Historical Society, "The best things any mortal hath Are tJ^ose which every mortal shares." The merely sentimental feeling that holds so strongly to an object as an exclusive possession and privilege sometimes costs too dear ly. It is all the more to us when we n.ake it a common benefaction to neighbors and strangers both, and when with it we helpto open to all a pure and perennial well-spring of wisdom and ^fe in the place of our nativity or home. I'ew towns of its size can boast a more eventful or honorable history than -^anvers, and we are co fident that one day this Society will be to her a credit and a blessing. We beseak for it the earnest sympathy and liberal support of her citizens, and of all who desire and seek her prosperity and the best good of her rising, success ive generations. 'We shall be happy to receive, and shall thankfully acknowledge, whatever gifts they may contribute at any time; but we beg to express the hope that the approaching ^'^ew Year's Festival, on the even ing of January 1, 1891, may record many fresh offerings for our Library and ^;useum. Ncr can we refrain from the further suggestion that dona tions of money are much needed for a vigorous prosecution of the work we have in hand. like ^'r. A. A. Low's bountiful gift of $500, made to us last spring, they will prove of signal encouragement andhelp to us. in our efforts to build up the institution inthese early years of its plans and struggles. In behalfl of the directors, A. Pi PUTNAM, President. Danvers, ■'-'ec. 12, 1890, OFFE ERS, Alfred P. Putnam Alden P. White Sarah E, Hunt Mrs. Ellen M. P. Gould D. A. Massey George Tapley Watson M. Ayres Bessie Putnam Mrs . Annie G, Newhall Ezra D. Hines . President. Vice President. Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Librarian Assistant Librarian. Curator Assistant Curator. Historiographer. ^78 DIRECTORS. Augustus Mudge Mrs. E. F. Masury Ghalres B. Rice. Israel H. Putnam G. A. Tapley Andrew Nichols 'A'arren Porter Ezra D. ^ines. Mrs. Louisa P. Weston, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Alfred P. Putnam Andrew Nichols . Alden P. White, Chariman. Augustus Mudge Israel H. Putnam 4i9 December, 1890. DENVER TEXAS & FORT WORTH RAIL ROAD--FAN I'ANDLE ROUTE. J. T. Granger, Treasurer No. 1 Broadway, New York, Dec. 1, 1890, Private, General G. .. Dodge, c/o t/iunroe & Co., Bankers, Paris, France. Dear General: Before leaving Denver I received your letters in regard to my-personal .n,atter, and note your inquiries in regard to the property. Since receiving them, changes of vital importance" in the controlling powers of the '^nion Pacific have taken place, and as you are aware, it is impossible to forecast the future.. I find all the people here well pleased with the . P. D. & G. showing for September, and more than pleased with the Ft. W. & D. C. for Sept. and October, and regard these properties as of the best which go to make up the ^nion Pacific. The. U. P. D. & showing for October will be affected by the Denver strike which largely increased expenses ol operating in the yard and station for nearly all of that month. And another thing which oper ates decidedly to the disadvantage of that road is the fact that we are hauling some 90 cars of company coal a day from Trinidad to Denver for use on the Union Pacilic lines east of Denver. On this we receive but half a cent a cent a ton a mile. It absorbs our equipment and uses up our power which we might otherwise use f.or the pay business as we are short some 290 cars per day on the U. P. D. & G., so that the showing for the Union Pacific, ^enver & Gulf ought to be some $40,000 to $50,000 a month better than it is. Of course, the Union Pacific gets advantage of this, but in analyzing the statement made for that division, due credit will not be given by those who do not understand the situation. It seems to me that the Union Pacific should pay the same rate for its coal at Denver as is being paid by the Burlington & Missouri River Company. You understand, of, course, that this coal coming from the joint track must be pooled with the Rio Grande at the same rate that is paid by the B. & M., so that it is a double cross against us. The conipany coal would be an advantage to the P. D. ^ G. provided we had enough equipment to supply all the commercial orders, but this is not the case. For the mines nohth of Denver on the U, p. d. & G. we have been unable to come any where near supplying the demand for cars. At one mine they have contracts calling for 60 cars a day of coal until the first of April. So fer this season, we have been able to furnish them no more than an average of SIX cars per day. On this we received 80^ per ton on a haul of 27 miles with quicx car service. I feel perfectly warranted in making the statement that with the necessary equipment the N. P. d. & G. would show, at the very least, $3,000 more gross earnings per day, half of which under the circumstances should be n6t. The Union Pacific system is suffering from this same cause, lack of power and lack of cars. I feel quite confident that with sufficient equipment the earnings for 480 August, least $40,000 September, to $50,000 October a and day. November As ay understanding might have been is, eniianoed they have at | " been short about 1500 cars a day, which ought to average $30.°° per car, and many of the local industries on the line have been languishing and their output curtailed in a very large measure for want of trans-, portation. This, I know, has been true on my division, and at compe titive points on the system thousands of cars have been lost for this reason. At one time daring the Fail, we had 500 cars of stock, waiting on the Ft. I'/orth & Denver for cars, and a large aniount of it was driven to the Rock Island and Santa Fe and loaded on these lines . The fact is, we have been crippled from the beginning to the end of the year for equipment. The locomotives and cars bough.t to be delivered early in the Fall season are just now coming. Very few of the locomotives have been received. The more study the Union Pacific system, the more I am impressed with its great possibilities. It appears to me to possess the greatest resources of any line in this country, and I be lieve that instead of earning eleven or twelve millions net per year, it ought to earn twenty-five, and can be made to do it and will do i1t if the proper policy is pursued. I have been led by the advice of friends to reconsider my acceptance of Ur'. Chamberlain's offer, at least for the present. I met Mr. Pullman "in Chicago, and he urged me strongly to give up the- idea of changing from the railroad service, Jones is also very anxious I should do this, so when the change- took place, i came to New York and have had several talks with Mr. Dillon and yesterday morning Mr. Gould d telegraphed me to come to his house, which ^ did, and we had a very " satisfactory talk at .the end of which he said that what I had said in terested him very iiuch, and that he- would seriously consider the matter and talk to Mr. Dillon. I am to see Mr. Dillon this evening. He says he wants to have a. talk with me for an hour or two. I explained to Mr. Gould my situation with reference to the Investnont Company and the olfer they had made me, and he like other of my friends, advised me against leaving the railroad business. I talk ed very frankly to him; told him 1 thought I could show good results with the Union Pacific property and went over the whole matter very carefully. I am not certain what his imipressions are nor do I know what influences are at work in other directions. Of course, I will have the opposition of Mr. Nellen and all of his friends, as Mellen would not stay with the Company were ^ to take charge. Both Mr. Gould and Mr. Dillon are anxious I should stay with the company, and they express the view that a change would be necessary in the Captaincy at Gmaha, I would be willing, with the proper policy and continuation of a reasonable prosperity in this country, to pledge my good faith future, to earn twenty-five millions net a year with the nion Pacific just as it is inside of five years. The Den ver yardfc. are in the best shape.now they have ever been in. A tele- i gram received this morning says the yards have never been in anything like as good shape as they are now. This is under a clan I out into effect before leaving Denver. ^ ^ 481 December 1, 1890. Gen. G. i". Dodge, All indications here look to a permanent settlement of the rate difficulties in the West. I am satisfied that Mr. Gould has it in his own hands to adjust the whole matter, and that he intends to do it. The. boycott against the P. amounted to notb-ing and is entirely off now. What the ^nion Pacific wants more than anything else, how ever, is not a policy that looks toward the development and encourage ment of the through business that saps the strength and retards the development of its local territory. This is what has been done, and it is a mistaken policy. I believe the Union Pacific system will earn locally more than the Pennsylvania if the proper policy is pur sued, and it is to be hoped that Kv. Dillon and I/.r. Gould will com prehend the possibilities ahead of this great system. I will have some of the C. W. reports copied and sent you, before leaving here. Very truly yours, C . P . r/:eek. 4S3 December, 1890, GRANT MONUIffiNT ASSOCIATION. Officers No. 146 Broadway. William Grace, President Executive Committee. Hamilton Fish, Vice Pres. Charles H. T. Collis, Chairman Sidney Dillon, Vice Pres. Alonzo B. Cornell, Adolph L. Sanger Horace L. Hotchkiss, Treasurer. Cornelius 0'Reilly,Chas. H. Woodman. Richard T. Greener, Secretary. Edward iV-. Knox. New York City, Dec. 20th, 1890, Confidential. Uy dear Sir: Congress having refused to pass the Resolution looking to the removal of Gen'l Grant's remains to Arlington, everything is in good shape to go ahead with the Memorial. I want to start the ball rolling and keep it moving, and hope in a short time to publish a long list of additional Subscriptions to the fund, which now reaches $147,000, but must come up to $250,000 before spring. Please help me to the extent of your ability, and even though the amount should fall short of what you would wish to contribute the example will be of t,reat service to the cause. I am very truly yours, Charles H. t. Collis, Chairman . Maj. Gen'l Godge. 1890. W. T. Walters, 16 Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore. 495 1890. Genl. G. M. Dodge: I have your letter and will take some interest in your new Bank if you wish me to, but Bank stock has never been a favorable investment with me. i dont own a dollar in any Bank. Respectfully, W. T. Walters. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/f07a45760af6462bab9d417d607e5637.pdf 271a80774d805cb175c3bc6170a4b13f PDF Text Text 497 1891. h'lAJ. GEN. GRENVILLE M. DODGE'S MILITARY PAPERS. Diploma in the hand-writing of Capt. Allen Partridge, with letter of transmittal. Commissions as Captain, Colonel, Brigadier and Major "jeneral. The commission of Brigadier General was in Gen. Dodge's gocket when he lell almost mortally wounded beofer Atlanta, Aug. 19, 1864. » It was deeply stained with his blood, as was also the ofiicial letter of transraittal, signed by Lieut. Col. J. P. Garesche, which was folded around it. The acceptance of Maj. Gen. Dodge's resignation, from the War Gepartm.ent, Letter by Nathan P. Dodge, Esq., of Council Bluffs, Iowa, transmitting these precious mementos of his illustrious brother. A highly interesting printed letter by Gapt. h. I., Smith, of Mason City, Iowa, who was with Gen. Dodge at the time he was wounded. Letter by Gen. Sherman commending Gen. Dodge to the kindly offices of our Official Representatives abroad. A lot of Confederate and Southern State Bank paper money, durinf th period. ^ e war These interesting papers remain the property of Gen. Doctee Subject to his order. ' 501 4162 Washington, Ave., St, Louis, Mo., Jan. 5, 1891, Gen. G. M. Dodge, I know that I can depend with perfect certainty upon your friendship and sympathy to aid me in a matter which I have nearly at heart and with that belief I proceed without hesitation to tell you exactly what I want. I have a son who is a civil engineer and in the employ of t the Union Bridge Company of New York for the last two years and a half, building bridges over the Mississijpi at St Louis and Memphis and now in charge of the work of building bridges over some streams in Louisiana for the same comparer . He is very anxious as I am, to enlarge his experience by being connected with building some of the great bridges in the country now being built or likely soon to be. He prticularly wishes to gain the experience which he would acquire by being employed on the great bridge over ths Hudson at New York Just begun, and I want to ask you with your knowledge of and influence with the principal persons concerned in the work to get for him an appointment as one of the assistant eng ineers employed by the Bridge Company. He is a young man with much experience of that kind of work of excellent abilities and flill of energy and zeal and precisely a person likely to be of use and to commend himself to his employers. I know, my dear Dodge, that you will exert yourself in this matter on my account and because of the affection which I have always cherished for you and I therfore feel reasonably sure of success. I know none of the persons having the matter in charge and shall write to nobody except you. My son (John H. Pope) can t-ke with him the strongest recommendation from the Union Bridge Company. Your sincere friend, Jno. Pope. by (L.P.) P.S.My own hand is so xmsteady that I am compelled to use an amanuensis. January, 1891 New York City, Jan. 7, 1891 Fred L. Amefe, Esq., Boston, Tv.ass. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter in relation to the Rock Island contract. ty recollection about the matter is the same as yours. ■ I understand ^ir. Holcomb's position before the contract was made to be the same as you stated, that it was a question of how much Rock Island & St. Paul should pay. I never saw the contract after it/as made, and it was not drawn in accordance with the agreemient or the understanding that I/r. Cable, Kr. Nilier, Nr. Cameron, Nr. Dillon and I had, in three or four pretty vital par ticulars, and I don't understand how our people made the n.istakes, because, in one case, it is evidently a clear ouussion. For instance, the contract provides that they shall pay for uiaintenance of way, taxes, etc., east of the east end of the Bridge, but makes no provision for the maintenance of the way, taxes, etc., over the three niiles to the stock yards. Again, the manner of stating the rights of the Rock Island and the St. Paul, is rather peculiar, and different from any Contract of tliat nature that I ever made, and, accordini^, to Judge Dillon, is subject to dangei'ous interpre tation. I have not had the whiole contract to read, yet. I have only seen that part relating to the trackage to thestock yards. The part from thestock yards South to Beatrice I never had any knowledge of, and therefore, do not know but what that part is all right. The policy of making the contract, and the part I took in it in the two days interviews I have had with Nr. Gould, I have stated frankly and fully, sustaining miy position in the matter the best I could, but the real difficulty is that the policy of the Union "acific Company when they made these contracts as to the treatment of foreign roads and as to lettin^ themi on and over our tracks end through our terminals is entirely different from the position that Nr. Gould takes in this matter. At no meeting that I ever had or any conference, was there any objection made to the St. Paul and Rock Island coming through to the stockyards where they could build their lines South or 'Vest. It was only a question of _ the details of the right and the amiount they were to pay. The Union Pacific considered it better to obtain revenue from them, and if they were bound to be competitors that it was better to let them into our own depots and onto our own grounds, thinking that we could make more money out of them, and be able to work in more harDiony with them, thus avoiding ruinous comi^etition rather than to force them to put large amounts of capital into new work for which they have got to earn money in competition to us to maintain. Nr. Gould uhinxs th.at it is a great n.istake and a great damage to the Union Pacific to let them any further than our passenger depot, and t il they want to do business West| they rnust force tl:eir way in through Omaha by themselves. ■ ■ 506 That question never caii.e up v.hen considering • the Latter, so far as I kno';v, because I had understood from the negotiations that had been on foot, that before i took hold of the matter, they had agreed upon preliirdnary understanding at Omaha "-hich gave them vitually these privileges, and that we were to occupy jointly the road to Lincoln, but that the Rock Island and St. Paul had backed out thinking our conditions too of that kind. severe, or something I an. in hopes, after my talks with Lr. Gpuld for two days, and having shown him the former position fo the U. P. in these matters, ti.at he will be able to come to soriie arrangement with them. I have not been able to see Lr. C^ble yet, but in tend to, to-iriorrow, to see why the changes were made in the con tract different from what we agreed upon at the Windsor hotel. Judge Dillon, they say, considered the contract as an illegal one. 0 course, that I am no judge of, but I miust admit that I am disappointed in the way the contract is drawn in carrying our views out, and I know that my some accident a very great has been made. Yours -feery trulyi^ G . M . Dodre. 509 January, 1891 47 Equitable Building, Boston. January 8, 1891 Gen. G. At, Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York. A'iy dear General: I have your favor of the 7th inst., and note contents. We hive this morning the following telegram from Air. Hdcomb, received in reply to an inquiry as to how the consideration in the Rock Island contract was fixed: "Consideration in Rock Island contract is a lump sum offered by Cable to General Dodge bnd by him taken to the executive committee. Shall I send you copy of Camer/^on's letter to Cable?" It has always seemed a very curious provision to us, since the contract has been more closely ^canned, that the Rock Island and St. Paul roads were only called upon to pay maintenance from the east end of the Omaha bridge. As 1 understand your statement, the agreement was-that the charge for niaintenance should apply to the entire line from South Omaha to Council Bluffs. That seemed reasonable and natural. We never questioned why the distinction was made in the contract, but supposed that it was the result of your negotiation and agreement. I am entirely at a loss to make out from the contract how much right the Rock Island and the St. Paul people have in our terminals at Omaha, and how much compensation they will be called upon to pay the Union Pacific for doing their business. Mr. Adams has written Mr. Atkins, Mr. Dexter and myself a letter explaining his recollection of the situation and the miaking of this agreement, copy of which Mr. Atkins takes over tb New York tonight and will show to you. I still think that tie policy oi' the Union Pacific in miaking this contract was the proper one, and that it is much better for us to do the business over oui' line and make something out of our conipetitors when we could not, h-j closing our lines, prevent their forcing their way through.Omaha. If such contracts are illegal, I do not see how any contract for joint use of track, or even for the operation of sleeping car or fast freight lines, are valid. I aii' very sorry not to be able to go over to New York this week, but hope to see you before a greatwhile. Yours truly, fred L. Ames. 511 January, 1891. Union Pacific System Culf Division. Office of the General iv-anager. PERSONAL Denver, Col. Jany.12, 1891 General G. M. ^odge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, . Y . ^ear General: When I was in Omaha and was talking with Iv.r. '^lark in regard to the Rock-Island, Milwaukee and Ot. Paul bridge contract with the Union Pacific, he said that Ilolcomb had thrown the responsibility of this contract on you, and 1 am satisfied from what I have since heard that Holcomb has placed you in a wrong light in this matter, and while I hope ^ou will say nothing about the source of your information, I think you ought to be pos.ted in regard to what has been said. I told Clark that wh.ile I knew you had urged the contract on the Union Pacific and were responsible in a great measure for its being riiade, you had no part whatever in naming the consideration, nor did you have anything whatever to do with the details. It was for r.olcomb to protect the _ interests of the Union Pacific in closing up the contract. The principle of making the contract is all fight and is not disputed. As I understand the principal objection is to the nominal consideration and the fact that the Rock-Island, I-i]waukee and Lt. Paul get to use the Union Pacific terminals for freight purposes. What you were after was the interest on the bridge and Union Depot facilities. As I was in New York at the time, I remember the whole conversation, and I do not consider it right or decent for Ilolcomb to try a nd unload his own short-comings on you. 0 AtM Neill 4TI . is ^ now, he ve and arranged take up with all Sherwin these cases go and to Ft. see "orth, that they whereare properly taken care of. O'Neill is trying to fasten himself on you and Jones m your personal matters. Since receiving your letter to show him, looking toward having him .nly as Advisory Counsel I iiaye not been able to get hcM of him, but 1 think it would be well to let Sherwin take up all these cases and tet the evidence in and in such shape that he can dispense with O'Neill's services. Before leaving here I will have Sherwin elected ^resident of the Pacific Improvement Company. I have told him not to let up until he cets every case in such shape that it can be tried, so that you will not be bothered about them. Will write you again before leaving. Yours truly, C. F. ^ieek. 513 New York, January 12, 1891, Messrs. Stanley, Spoonts & Meek, Attorneys, Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Sirs.- Referrlng to your letter of Nov. 20, 1890, to Mr. 0. F. Meek in relation to the different suits that you ^nqu^'red about, Mr, O'Neill has all the facts in regard to these suits, and knows about them, and if they are tried T suppose he will be present in my behalf, whilst you act in the company's behalf. The suit for salary is the one Important one, and T enclose you copies of letters written to Mr. O'Neill, but to makd it more clear to you, T will restate the case. "IVhen we closed up all our construction, the five companies as usual in all sucli cases, sent all the books to the roads that we bu'^lt, and if it is necessary to continue, the companies generally continue them locally, and when Messrs. Adamson and Frost were placed in charge of tlie company It was merely as nominal officers to hold the position without doing any work at all unb^l suits pendin™ were settled o.nd the Company dissolved, as the records of the company will show, t.e minute book of the company being now on file In El Paso, in a suit there against me. You will see by these minutes that they never held a meeting or performed any duty. The only act that they ever did perform was repud-'ated by the Board of Directors and the stockholders and by the new Board. Mr. Adamson, who was made Secretary had deposited with h'm the books off the five companies. The only work he ever did was foi' one of the other companies. He took off the records for the settlement of the Colorado & Texas Improvement Company. He made a copy of the minutes of the Pacific Railway Improvement Company. That is all the work he ever did for that company, and he received pay for it. T think he got $50 per month whilst he had the books of the f've companies in charge, so T cannot see how it is possible for any court to give them anything for their work. They were the employees of the companies that these construction companies built, and remained so until they were discharged for cause. The Secretary of the Company, even when it was In full action and building the Texas & Pacific Road, received no pay. His duties were i® rely nominal. The other matters T have written directly to Mr. Meek a bout. T write to you directly in relation to this because " understand Mr. Meek has left or soon will leave Texas. I should think a certified copy of the proceed'ngs of the stock holders and the Boards of Directors of the Pacific Improvement company, a copy of which Mr. O'Neill has. would settle the question of the right of these people to sftlary. Yours very truly, G. M. Dodge. 515 Jan.:, 1801. 47 Equitable Building, Boston. January 14, 1891 Gen. G. M. ^odge, No. 1 Broadway, New York. Ly dear General: I have your two favors of the 13th inst., and in reply would say that if you will conie over on Saturday evening, Vr. Atkins and Mr. Dexter will be very glad to meet you at my house on Sunday. I note what you say in regard to the condition of the Rock Island agreement, and trust that some arrangement will be made to stop all this stir which has been created about it. You speak about my taking hold to help carry the debt, which, Isuppose, is the result of something which Mr. Dillon or Mr. Gould may have said to you, but the fact is that the attempt to repudiate the traffic agreement with the Rock Island road has absolutely ruined the credit of the Gnion Pacific in Boston. There naturally was some un easiness growing out of the change of nianagemient and the fact that Mr. Gould had come back into the control of the company. I think that after money became a little easier here, we co..ld have nianaged to carry along such part of our debt as was held by the banks here without any difficulty, but almost immediately came the repudiation of what was looked upon here as a solid and binding agreement, made by the directors and ratified by the stockholders. This action absolutely destroyed the credit of the company and confirmed the fears that had been expressed as to what would be the result of the change. It has always seemed to mie that the time and the method chosen for this action were, to say the least, ill-advised and inopportune. I was very sorry to see that Mr. Clark has discharged the master mechanic, M.r. Middleton,--for what grounds I know not, I do not be lieve that a change in the master mechanic on the Union -Pacific can be made without costing the company at least a million of dollars, and this is an office which hasntver been vacated or filled, before except with the consent and ap^/roval of the executive committee. There has been no meeting of the executive committee called since the resignation of Mr. Adams, and M.r. Clark's appointment has never, to my knowledge, been miade legal. Yours truly. Fred L. Ames. January 1891-. P. M. Hubbell, Esq., Des Moines, lov^a Dear Hir:- 517 New York, Jan. 14, 1891. I am in receipt of yours of Jan. 10th. I had a long session yesterday with the people who have oeen talking with you about negotiating the ues !;Toines & Northwestern Bonds. They « >1 ^ - e% "» j • asked me all kinds of question: referred thera to you in everything encept the description of the Road and. what I thought it v/oul do. They want a price on the bonds, and they want some stock with the bonds, which I told them I did not believe they could get, etc. I do not believe there is any show to negotiate a bond of any kind, at present, and youwant to be-ca.eful and not get yourself under any obligations that ties them upor that t^:ey can claim commi ssions on. X do not know enough al'out this institution. They claim tc have three or four millions of Prenc'^ money to put into property, but if there is anybody in rrance who is willing to invest in American security, they will be a c riosity. I never have seen any body yet who was willing to do it. i only write this as a precaution. I think I know about as much of France as most people, and if the money had been coming from any other point, 1 would have thought there mi ht be something in it. i gave the prop rty a good send-off. ^ think you had better hold the terms on bonds very close and firm. I have a copy of the ordinance as reported by the Committee of the Council, of course, we could not stand that ordinance a minute. We never could raise the money to put into such a building or to open that street. It will be some time before j'ou can sell any or our bonds here. You have got to show the country thtt rail roads Ir-ve got over fighting, and there is little or no sale for bonds in Etirope, so it is best to get under no obligations that we are not certain of meeting. I shall be west in Febniary, when we can take these matters all up, personally. I will sec Page and try to get him to work on the terminal bonds. Very tmly yours, G * .r I r.» QSI , J > .'not. ,>i'ivY 519 New York, January 14, 1891. Oliver W, Mink, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- vi .0 < r laloD ,invn«»(I Mr. Jones has forwarded me your letters in relation to the closof the Ft. Worth office in this city. T expect to go to Boston this week, but it ^"s possible T may not go. The difficulty in the way of ■ closing is the importance of keeping the Ft, Worth & Denver City as far as poss-ible independent of the other lines unt^'l we control -the 3,800 " ' shares of stock out. Mayer, who owns that stock, has entered his protest at the Regular meeting at Ft. Worth in December, and is going t commence su^t in the Eexas Court to annul our charter on account of ^ violation of the Texas law in running the Ft. Worth & Denver in connec1^ tion with the U*.P.D.& 0. TThat I would suggest is to cut down the expenses to the I'owest point, but still hold the transfer and financial agency of the Ft, Worth & Denver independent unMl we get some decision on these suits afid see ho./ far we can go. You know that wo have to run the Ft. Worth h Denver by making the U.P.D.& G. officers the officers of the Ft. W. and Denver. Mr.' Lane can explain this situation to you fully. I suppose you could reduce the rents here one-half, and whatever salary you pay, the same. Of course you have got'.to have a transfer agency in "ew York fol» the bonds. T have no desire to have the offices separate or to creat any expense. My only wish te to keep from giving these strikers opportunity to use against us any action that seems like violating the Texhs law. V I '. (. 1" Very trulj^ yours, ^ G. M. Dodge. »«V 520 ' New York, January 15, 1891, .ro'U , •/ C. F« Meek, Esq., Denver, Colorado# ,.*r.Sr irvfK' .anxiM gnojrof! Dear Sir:- -r.'- X 0 I have your "two private letters. The Rock Island and Milwaukee ;' & St,. Paul contract is und^erstood very differently, since I came home, to what it was claimed to he at Omaha. T e contract speaks for itself. 'They made some mistake ,in drawing it, but neither the Rock Island nor O: the St. Paul have any rights- upon our terminals of any kind. They only have a right over our ma'n tracks. When I made^ that agreement I estim ated -the value of the five m^ les from Coxinc^l Bluffs to the stock yards not including the Union depot which they havo to pay- extra for at $800,000 per mile, and they paid half the interest for th- use of- it, and maintenance, taxes, insurance, etc. on wi.eelage. You can judge ^jjj^ whether it is a good contract for the U.P. or not. I understand that the objection to it is, it allows, the Rock Island and St. Paul to build run '* fafter they cut through to the stock yards but if. they did not cut througr. us,, ti.ey would have bu^lt. a bridge and taken away from us ..their bu iness,. all, of which we now get. This does not touch their throug • • • • business; that tl;ey have to deliver to us at Council Bluffs and we get u our pay for it as before. As to the Colorado. ^ Texas construetj)nn company, there is an unsettled, account between^ua^ They never carried out their agreements with, me on the Gray's Creek line whic. this account was made for. I never intend to pay it or settle it until they do, but T will take it up with them indivitally.. • •V .0A Yours very truly, 9 fi. H. Dodge. January, 1891. 47 Equitable Building. Boston. January 16, 1891 Gen . G . M. Dod ge, No 1. Broadway, New York. ^iy dear General: I have your note of the 15th inst., and in reply would say that if you will come to my house, 306, Dartmouth street, at half-past ten Gunday morning, N''r. ^exter and I^'^r. Atkins will be there to meet you. I see by the morning papers that ^;r. Holcomb, acting, i suppose under instructions from New York, has thrown over the whole Rock Island agreement, notwithstanding it was made and ratified with so much care and formality. If a subordinate, without authority fromthe board of directors or the executive comn.ittee, ha^> power to repudiate the solerrn agreements of the Union Pacific, it would not besurprising to find that the public would hesitate about either loaning it money or buying its securities. Yours truly. Fred L. ^mes. January 17,1891 r.!org''n Jones, Esq., 523 New York City, January' 17, 1891. Jf'ort worth, Texas. Dear Sir: There is a good deal of friction here between the boston and Gould parties on the U. P. The boston parties are very much against the breaking of the contract with the Rock Island, and they do not lilce this discharging of the chiefs of departments without consulting the board of Directors. Do you know anything about DiddletonV There is a fearful state of affairs on the line, about cars. we have about 2,000 cars in ship, and 15/5 of our locomotives there, and nearly 300 of the U.P. D. & G. in shop, of the 23, "00 cars we have left 13,400 are off of our road. I notice from the statement that we are hauling more empties than loaded or. the U.P These are all serious matters, 1 do not know that you get at these things. ^ never say the statements until today. I understand Olark has issued an order to stop all foreign cars at Council Bluffs and change loads so as to utilize our empties, -■•here is something peculiar about this, we are loaded with forei.gn cars and still our people claim to be short. Very trulygyours, ✓ G. M. Dodge. 527 January, 1891, San Diego, Gala, Jany, 18, 1891, Dear Genl: I received yours 8th several days ago and glad that your plans are to come this way. The weather has been-so delightful since I came to Southern Gala. I am quite in love with the country, especially with San Diego although the country back of it is far behind the country around Los Angelos, Riverside, etc. The bay and ocean view will in time make it one of the most beautiful cities on this coast and the climate both winter and summer surpasses that of all other parts of the coast or inland towns. If you come over Santa Fee have your car side tracked at San Bernardino if the weather is pleasant but if you happen to come in a rainy spell go on to Riverside the next station. I believe however the train you will be attached to goes through to Los ,'i-ngelos, turning west at San Bernardino, so in either case you want to be cut offthere. I shall expect to meet you and with Dearborn we will drive to Rialto passing the flowing wells which supply San Bernardino with water. Rialto is ex Gov. Merrills investment and which he has not yet got his money out of. Then there is Arrow Head ^ot Springs which are said to be beneficial for Rheumatic troubles. About a dozen miles N. east and in going there you pass through the "Highlands" country. The most interesting place near San Bernardino however is Redlands which is best seen by taking motor R. R. at San Bernardino and going to the Village 10 miles and driving about for an hour or two in carriage. These points in vicinity of S. B. you will enjoy seeing if the weather is favorable, but for beautiful orange groves Riverside surpasses any place I h£ve seen. At Riverside you will notice you are on the direct road to San Diego and it would be a good plan to come here from there and from here go to Los Angelos by the same line but along the coast. This So. Gal. R. R. seems to be a part oi' ^t. Fee system as my trip pass Los Angelos to San Diego and return is signed by A. Manuel. If your transportation will cover me when I reach your car I will meet you at San Bernardino and go with you to San Diego. When you arrive at S. g, I presume I shall be in vicinity of Los Anglos if you have occasion to write or telegraph me direct as on enclosed card, care A'. W. Dearborn 7th & G. otreets San Bernardino, as I shall keep him posted on my move ments and I shall get anything sent to him without delay. We shall leave here last of next week about 28th and go to Los Angelos and after visiting different points near settle down at some quiet hotel or boarding house near there. I want to get back to C. Bluffs early part of April and perhaps stop day or two at Salt Lake. Climate and country. Ihis hotel is kept by John M. Bal on formerly of Dubuque, was a lawver there I think, friend of J. W. Ghapman, Allison and others, used to 1igure in political matters, you may remember him he does you. 528- I have made acquaintance of Mr. J. . Collins who ,also knows you, he is Prest. of a bank in Cheyenne in which Senator Sherman and Jno. J. Knox are stockholders, he has been very successful in building up a Natl. Bank here and they have Just"made him President, It was started 3 yrs . ago (since the collapse of the boom) and you can see from statement I enclose what they have done in a city of 16,000 people. For a permanent investment their new stock is as good thing as ^ know of, better than efo mortgages. Have Granger send them Washington N. Bank card. Very truly, N. P. D. X .29- •• » '• ii. »J»bbr N§w Yoric, January 21, 1891*'M i\' ' ' ;r 'ti.* lol v: . , . • • * > i -i no^nU • ■ 't V ,vnr{ 'ifirn* b r,.t ...o -■ , ■ ^ .U Jnneifl Sidney Dillon, Esq., f 'liJ \;r., oJ eir*r .InJncn .President Union Pacific Railroad, City. V . - ) 10 0vnMrm^ttffm loY \mfi ,e3b*lKf ortJ 'n^Jqeoxo Dear There has been so faucb discussion in relation to the contract between the Union Pacific and th--^ Rock Island and St. Paul Ra-'lways, and there have been so many conotructions placed upon the contract, and as it is well known that you and I la^d the bas^s for the final contract thou'^h having]; nothin,:^; to do w^t-. the understandings between these companies in relation to these contracts before we met Mr. Cable and Mr. Mill r, that I consider it necessary to lay before the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors my understanding of the matter. First. For a long time it has been the policy of the Union Pacify*c Railway company to let over its tracks and across its bridges and through and on its terminals, roads passing through the same cities or along our lines. It has only been a question in any case that T know of aS to price. The agreements of this k'nd are so many that K never supposed there was any question as to the policy of allovTing the Rock Island flc St. Paul Companies to take trackage over us from Council Bluffs to South Omaha, (which I understand is the real point in dispute in this matter.) if we could obtain from them what ®as considered a fair price; in fact, the official correspondence of which n doubt you have copies, will sl.ow that the Rock Isaldn & St. Paul was virtually invited by the Union Pacific to do what they finally did do, some months before you and T saw them. This being the policy of the company, the question arises, what was the intention to convey to the Roc): sland Sr, St. Paul Companies in our preliminary agreement with them. My understanding is, • First: The right of the use of the main tracks and passing sidings from Council Bluffs to South Omaha about five m'les. , u" Second Tliat we should provide, as long as we did their local business in Omaha, siding or sidings, giving sufficient room for them to set out and receive the cars exclusively used in their local busi ness in Oraa)a. " « " « Third: That' those roads should pay a proper sum for handling their present local business and pay for Its future growth* Fourth: $he ri^t of those companies upon proper notice, to at any time take charge of their own local business ufjon* their own groiinds, we simply glv'ng them a switch out of the ma^n li e to reach those grounds. ' ooU Fifth: That they should pay add^'tion to what they pay the Union Pacific Railway Corapa y, such sum for the use of the Union Depot then building as any other road would pay. For this right of trackage they were to pay the U.P.Railway ^45,000_per year each for rental. For maintenance of way, insurance and taxes over the five miles, excepting the bridge, such sume as the wheelage determined. No matter how the contract is drawn, there is no difference of opinioi: between the Rock Island & 3t. Paul and myself as to what that agreement contemplated and" they insist it is in the contract, excepting the maintenance, o way from the "ITest end of the bridge to the stock yards, which Mr. Cable of the Rock Island has one v'ew of and T another. I certainly never contemplated or agreed th'^t they should- use the line West of the bridge without paying maintenance, taxes and insurance the same as they did East of the bridge. Confining this contract to this understand''ng ' cannot, see how the Union Pacific Raily/ay would be Injured as much as it would be" for those two companies to come into Omaha upon an indep ndent liridge and upon independent ground s_ and do their own business, which there is no question but what they would have done if the agreement had not been made. In making this ccaitract we in ho wgcy" contemplate d the interference or the disturbance of the through business. In fact, as I understand it, the charter of the com pany absolutely controls that. It must be.de ivered to us at Council Bluffs. It certainly does not contemplate nor do they claim that it gives th ffi the r''ght to take anyone's else cars and business over that line except their ow . It certainly was not contemplated nor do those companies cla'ra that it gave them the use of any part of our terminals proper.- . The roHult of the contract has been that as soon as it was made the Rock Island and St. Paul companies conmenced givin us the business that they had .taken away from us on account of the Northwest agreement, and I am informed that thpy have given us a much larger proportion of business since that time than we have, given them, and it has been a montly increasing business, and in making this contract, I had in view not merely getting the pay for letting them into and through Omaha, but the fact that it would bring ti.oso two companies In harmony with us, and that we would get from them business t.at T thought we were enti tled to but which t,.ey w^re turning to other companies. The question o reai^l was arrived at by estimating the value of the two tracks and the land lying under them 30 to.50 feet wide and 5_miles long from Council Bluffs to the st ck yards including the bridge was worth at a present valuation today of ^800,000 per mile, this not_including the Union depot,. TI.e trackage over the bridge was left out becaiise it was maintained in therefore.# if the bridge were lost, the Rock Island & St. Paul company would have to pay for the replacement of the bridge, w Ich, of course, not receiving any part of tl.e income of the line, they could not be expected to do. T also considered in mak ng this agreement th t we, having the absolu e control of the police of this li^e, could certalnlj^^ protect ourselves in any contract that was made as to our construct'on of it. the discussion that tracka ge carried replacements and 531 9th. Too much attention cannot he given to the restriction of fast running of fre ght trains and unnecessary fast time by passenger trains. I believe the Operating Department should be held to strict accountabd ity for bringing all tra^'n service down to a safe and economical rate of speed. The extravagance of fast runnigg cuts in every direction and our failure to make a better net showin is, in a large measure, due to this cause. Mr. Clark will make no mistake if he makes his strongest fight on this po^nt. Yoiors very truly, G. M, Dodge. 533 New York, January 21, 1891. S. H. H. Clark, Esq., Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir:- Since I.Tr, Bougue came here in relation to the Puget Sound l^ne, ho has told me of his conversation with you at St. Lou^s, and while T in no way wish to Influence you in the changes you see proper to make or the policy you propose to pursue, T think as Yr. Bogue is of the same profession as myself that it is no more than just to him that t state to you what I know of him. First. T consider him one of the ablest and most reliable engineers that we have ever had. He is certainly a very industrious and hard working man, and has a better knowledge of all our property and all our surveys than anyone upon the road. When it comes to this Puget Sound road, there is no person who has the knowledge of that country that he has, and in my opinio;., there ^s no person who can bring the line to just such a cond:'tion as the company may desire, whether it be a first-class expensive line or a clieap l^ne. That leads me to say in relation to this matter, that if we had stated to Mr. Bogue that we wanted a million or two millions of dollars cut out of th's line, he thereupon could have done it for us very quickly. With this view of his past services, and with the fact that if he should leave the road we will have to arrange for him in relation to his yearly salary, would it not be better, if you agree with me as to his work for the conpany, to add something to his duties? I am certain that he will handle any department given to him with ability and will work with you just as v/ell as any man that you could select. 1 hope to be out west soon when T will see you and talk over matters fully. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 535 January, 1891. Ksatschapplj tot Bebeer van bet Adiriinietratiekantoor van Anierikannsche fondsen, opgerigt door Broes & Gosman, ten Habe & van Essen en Harman & Zooman & Zoonen to Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Den January 23d, 1891. General . M. '^odge, Esq., 1 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir We have to thank you for the receipt of a copy of your "paper on the transcontinental Railways, read before the Society of the Army of the 'Tennessee, at Toledo Sept. 15th, 1888," which very interesting paper we have read with the greatest pleasure. Yours very truly, K. Bensma, ^^■anager. 557 January 24,1891". • New York City, January 24, 1891. J. 2. Cameron, Esq., Dear 51 r:- I am in receipt of yours of Jan. 17th I think if you sell one uarter, we should all ^o in and each one sell his part as you sugcest which I am willing to do. There are some parties here v;ho are pi oposing to take bonds from us and furnish the money to complete the Pioche line. How far they will go in it, I do not know, but if they take the bonds from us that we have, and furnish the money for the steSl, I think we would be disposedto settle it. There has been a great deal of talk and disciission as to the union Pacific ard Rock Island contract here. The lawyers put a coiistruction upon the co». tract which 1 do not think you or fTr. Holcomb intended should be put upon it. They put a coi.struct ion upon it which is certainly different: from what i intended in Cew York. Did you consider under the contract that they had the right to bring other roads cars or trains over the bridge? Did you consider under that tmder the contract you gave each road one half of the bridge, so that , if the busine.ss should be large enough the U. P. would have to get out and let both of those companies on? Did you consider the contract to be a lease or a tra-kage? Our agreement in New Yorkwas simply trackage. Did you consider that the contract allowed them the use of our terminals any more than todeliver to us on a siding, local cars and receive local c-rsV Did you consider under the contract that the Rock Islan & 5t Paul could deliver to us in umalia through freight they getting the right on it over t':e bridge destined to points on the U . P. line? ■»v-s_it not a clear understandin • that all through business should be delivered to us, that is, business that they proposed to deliver to us to go on the U P. line to Council uluffs where it was heretofore delivered? our attorneys here hold that this contract can be construed to give all these rights and many more, none of which did i ever a"-roe to. 1 do not understand how you came to leave out the raaintenance'^of trackage of wheologe nest of the bridge wlien you put it in nast. Cable disag ee about that, but Miller and 1 aarec. I think when it comes to the question. Miller will hold with me tin t it was intended to be in. Cable claims that he p id for the extra 5,000 per year. If you will remember the extra 5,000 per year was paid for maintenance of bridge. I explained to the U. P. Board «::at x understood was to + u + 5!"^^ contract m.d what the objection to it seems to be the riahts that it scorns to convey in drafting the contract. I write this merely to give what the contention of the attornevs and some of the p. P. Board here is as to it. Judge nillon claims that all i have mentioned is in the contract. I prefer you would treat ' this motter confidentially, i merely wanted toget your ideas •ours very truly, G. M. jjodge. 589 Dixon, 111. January 27, 1891, My dear General:- I ampained to learn of Mr. J. M. Eddy's death which I saw in a Cal . paper a few days ago. We are writing a history of the 13th Ills. Infty. of which he was a member, and we would like a brief biography of his services etc., and I write to ask if you cannot write us a brief sketch beginning when he first came to your notice, say two or three pages in length. We will get his war services but he is entitled to more than that for he has made his splendid record while under you. This may be done in the form of a letter to me or in srch other way as you choose.—so it will be in form to go into our history, I hope Gen. you and yours are well and enjoying all the blessings you deserve. Not knowing your New York address I will send this to Co. Bluffs and have the P.M. forward. Truly yours. Henry T . Noble u- v.. 541 January, 1891. Chicago, 111., 1/29/1891, Gen. G. K. Dodge, New York Dity, New York. Dear General: You will doubtless remember me as one of your 4th Iowa boys, having served continuodSly in your Regt. from its organization to close of the "Var and of our meeting at Council Dluffs, at your home some years ago. I am now in trouble and very much desire the assistance of your self and others in my behalf and I write this not knowing that it will reach you, not having your proper address, should you feel interested in my behalf I can furnish you all the evidnece you may require as to life OS a man, except as to the one thing that I nov/ want your assistance for and which ^ will fully explain to you hereafter. I will say now that I do not want any financial assistance, but your name and influ ence as an Iowa man and as the first Col. of the Regt in which I had the honor to serve throughout the four year:, of our Civil War. I can furnish you letters from Col. Nichols, IV'aj. -Anderson and many of the exeoldiers of the Regt. and shall be pleased very much to hear from you when I will fully explain through some party you know all about the matter I have only intimated in this letter hoping to hear from you in near future I remain. Yours truly. Peter C. King. 204 Da Salle St., Chicago, 111. February, 1891. Cincinnati, February 9, 1891. Genl. Dodge, T Dear Sir: Dr. . R. Thrall has handed me your check on New York (Yachington -:c Bank) two hundred and fifty dollars for benefit of Mrs. Noyes which sl.all be applied ana for vhich I beg to thank you sincerely in her name. I am glad to say that this ahd. pr'evious contributions with Genl. Swaynes additional help will about enable us to clear her of debt which the dear Genl. left upon his estate and secure the honie to I called upon her Saturday last,found her recovering from a sick bed, brave and hopeful since the f^ension has been awarded by Congress She is full of gratitude to the kind friends of her husband who have come to her aid in her extemity. I remain. Yours very truly, W. Hooper. 651 February, 1891. THE UNION PRISONERS OF WAR. Loyalty. In Keniory of Pemberton, Cahawba, Danville, Goluri.bia, Libby, Tyler, Killen, Salisbury, Wacon, Belle Isle, Castle Thunder, CharleLvton, Andersonville, Florence, Savannah, Blackshear, Raleigh. NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. Incorporated under the laws of Lhe State of New York. Headquarters; Room 121 Times BuHding, Alonzo T. Becker, President George h. Van Hoesen, Vice ^resident. J. L. Killgore, Secretary. Ira N. Hedges, Treasurer. New York, February lOth, 1891. Grenville Bodge, Esq., New York City, Dear Sir: We heve the honor to inform you that you have been selected as one of the Vice-Presidents of a meeting to be held in the Metro politan Opera House, New York ^ity, under the auspices of "The Union Prisoners of "ar National Memorial Association," at 8 P. M., Thursday, March 5th, 1891, and it is hoped by the Coiumittee that your engagements are such that y-u will be enabled to be present. Unless we hear from you to the contrary before February 26th, we shall assume that you consent to act, and we shall forward to you the necessary platform ticket. We remain, on behalf of the Association, Very truly yours, Floyd Clarkson, chairman, A. T. Becker, George M. Van Hoesen, Hibbert B. Masters, James D. Bell, Attest: J. L. Killgore, Secretary S COMMITTEE. 553 February, 1891. John F. Dillon • Wap-.er Swayne F.ush Taggart Wm. J. Harding Herbei't E. Dickson Winslow S. Pierce C . Walter Artz Harry Hubbard. Dillon & Swayne, Attorneys & Counsellors at Daw 59 Wall Street New York. February 11, 1891 Gen . G . M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City. ¥y dear General: I encose to you herewith a note received this morning from ^r. William Hooper, treasurer of the fund which has been raised for::, the benefit of ^;rs. Noyes . i trust it will be a gratification to you to know that the contributions which we sent were the finishing stroke, so that since the passage of the pension bill yrs. Noyes has now her own home in which to live and a little income well secured for )ier support. Her health I suppose is very poor, and it will be a comfort to her that when she passes from this world the General's boy will also own a home. Yours very truly. Wager Swayne . (Enclosure.) 555 February, 1891, 142 Dearborn St., Chicago, Feby. 16th, 1891, My dear Gen: I:iclosed is a letter from Mrs. C. We are all mourning the death of our good friend Gen. gherman,- sad end indeed is this removal of one so beloved by all this great nation. I see you are named as one of the honored Pall Fearers. Till you go to New York or to St. Louis? You are sofer away in the west that you may not' be able to act as such. Annie has doubtless given you all the news. Te are all well now. With best wishes, hoping to see you again ere long. I am. Faithfully yours, A- L. Chetlain. it y: 557 February, 1891.. Headquarters division of the Atlantic, Governor's Island, Hew York. February 16, 1891. Genl. G. W. I^odge, Union League Club, 39th St. and 5th Avenue, Hew York City, Dear General: Your telegram is received and will be handed to Genl. Howard. The remains of Genl. Sherman will be taxen from his late residence 75 West 71 St. at .1>30 P. K. Thursday the 19th inst. The Pallbearers proceeding the remains in carriages. The Penna. R. R. has placed 4 cars at the disposal of the party which leaves Jersey City 6:43 ?. M. Express arriving in St. Houis at 7 A. Ni. Saturday. Genls. Schofield, Howard,&Slocum will go on to St. Louis with the family and friends. All the Pallbearers do not go however. I will inform the General of your address here in town and he will be pleased to send you what ever of information he has as to further plans. Very respectfully. Your obedient Svt., • , Chas. G. Treat, 1 Lt. 3 Arty. A. D'; C. 1891 In the Iowa State Regiester of February 18, 1891, General arranged give me a When the d a letter he said, the Dodge paid the following tribute to General Sherman: ■ - Vtv,| U.uvi^ ."l first met General Sherman at C^inth. I was there as commander of the district of Corinth, ;jwad been idle for several months and I was sick. I was stretched on my back with the doctors about me when General Sherman was announced, or rather walkoointo my bed-room. There was no pretense in his manner. He was plain, direct and affable. He sat down at my bedside and read me a letter frdm General Grant. Gen. Grant, in his letter, wiiich was very com plimentary to me, had instructed Sherman to take my command with him on his march to Chattanooga. Gen. 'Sherman said: "You see whet Grant writes, can you do it? I at once said I would go. It'was arranged that my corps should constitute the-rear guard, so as to give me a few days to recover, and I was to follow Sherman's army. When the time came I was up and ready. During the march I received a letter changing my orders to take me into sl ^ow.-cc^Ur^^^^use, he said, the Fifteenth army corps had passed over hfe^io not think there was, a chleckn, left for me. I was with General Shermar from ChattanoogJ^ to Atlanta during the war. We implicitly obeyed him, because we saw that he was a mater of the art of war.; and we «oon learned that,_ apparently, in an outward sense, he had no sympathy outside of his duties. He was called a tycoon by some soldiers on that account, but no soldier received an order of iiis with any doubt. They believed any order he gave meant victory. ■ After-the war, at the reunion, at the banquet table, in his own house, in business circles, a greater man, a kinder man and a more lovable man it has never been my lot to meet, I speak of him as a friend who, from* the first time I' ever met, has been almost a father to m,e. J speak of him enthusiastically, for my heart approves what my head knows of the general," , General Sherman in the war and General Sherman after the war, ho-.vever, were two distinc persons'. During the war he was of all com manders most exact and pKacting. There was with him but one thing for a saidier to do and that was his whole duty. He wa's sometime" sgruff and sometimes he seemed a hard task master, and yet, within his heart, no commander thought more of his men and was more wrapt up in their welfare^ Since the war he grew gradjualJ^y milder, kinder warmer, deeper and more cordial. ITo grea . General has been easier of approach, to rich and poor alike. No man has personally done more to aid those^ who fought under him And in their need appealed to him for help.'His charities to his old soldiers forced economies that he should not have ^ade< made. Wherever he went he was the center of friends who crowded around. ■•■t was onlg a few weeks ago that he came up to my New York office, admiring the grand view presented over the Bay. How often he has come >0 sit in the same place*. His private life is as beautiful and as sacre' as his military life waw distinguished. On religious matters I don't know the exact nature of his belief. It is n t true that he is a cmmmunicant ol the Catholic church. He is nob a member of any church, nor, as far as I know, devoted to any creed. His wife was a devouted Catholic. No one could know her but to love her; a woman beautiful in her devotion to her church and the goneral^'^lcubt regarded her roll lous beliefs with favor and reverence. 560 1891. » ' » ' '♦'I" ^ If General Sherrnan had a weakne33--I speak now of the .time during; the war--no one ever found it out. He was always the same. He was never despondent. He never seemed to iiave a doubt. To all appearances he was too great for discouragements, too courageous to entertain even a possibility of failure, and of too much faith to entertain an idea of anything but ultimate success. He rode at the • head of the best drilled and discipl ned army the world ever saw, as one on whom was laid the heavy weight of great responsibility, but who in his heart ever believed that the-outcome was as certain as the sun was to rise on the morrow. The tilings that fOffected others did not affect him. What others hoped-he felt and-believed with his whole heart and soul.- Grant himself, made greater by the final .victory of the war, was in almost all things different from Sh-rman, but in loyalty, ' ■ in faith and confidence in their own plans and acts they were alike." ' A full account of General Sherman's funeral will be found in scrap-book 10, page". 120, 121, 122, 163, 124, 114, 115, 117, 126; also . • in scrap-book 25 pages 23, 26 to 63. * The funeral arrangements were all in Charge of thp Division '.fT' of the Atlantic and tlie pall-bearera were Kajor General James w ' Schofield, Major General 0. 0. Howard, Rear Admiral J. A. Green, ^ * t Rear Admiral D. Braine, Prof. H. L. Kendrick, General Joseph E. ' Johnston, Major General H. W. Slocum^>*^^eral G. M. Dodge, Major General ' . A r'>2 "h'J, M. Corse, Major General Wager Swayne, Major General Stewart L, « Woodford. - « -11 r- I - ■ , " • , • The order of proeession will be found on page 67- scrap-book O.' , . . j., ' '• jfes. 7.. i _ ' .-I' 1 . . • ■ • 1 '.il 4'.' . .1)1.. 'U l|) b' #n TilOi.i li II4IA . .i(. ttt' <IU .hi ' • 'UI flfl-to.-joof h#0io*J •lelhJon tlo .Id .0 o t (Ti d.iKf lo ieineb «*• ed Jntr iwi toYin^ifw : ( loY V,#!* yi rj fjii AtnAo mti i AJ •ieirw wpf 1. Inr tanw J* Rfl . e.i neJlo wrl? teJiidfebii wehr 'xitfip edJ l . f^orjrj -Jjia n/ Jta 0 pMJU.lat ' fit an cn .Sprn »• jj| -ill oi;: fioh' *„ t aw p'lJalb elfX O.I.' n Jnrt.-lrt'fa 4«i • al i»<i rmi J n ai Jt ♦lel'i- lo n-ftrjRn r C.n 1 t/'. iPtiiiie « i- fjl el' .. r^utAO oHofUnn •' n't .all' 4..; Hjuovab » mm- •liw afti .nee-io ^nr < fjnJevo ..o t-i ^ aj i evof Ji/ i-d wo uj. r A .I'J / -i fAknb , onu aftaw. » t . 'ai«* tfTf ' J*- * iaii J ' ' ■ ' *4-'-- ^ ^ K—' Si February, 1891. T. H. Aldrich, Prest. ftnd Treas. Cornelius Gadle, Vice-Pres.& ivianager. John Grote, Sec'y. THE CARABA GOAL MINING COMPANY. Directors. . S. Gurnee, New ^ork City. A. L. Tyler, Anniston, Ala. S. E. Noble, Anniston, Ala. T. H. Aldrich, Blocton, Ala. Blocton, Bibb Co., Ala., G. Gadle, Blocton, Ala. Feby. 25th, 1891. Gen * 1. G . . Dodge, New York City. Dear General: I think it eminently proper that you should succeed Gen'l Sherman as President of our "Army of the Tennessee." I saw Hickenlooper and Dawes about ten days ago and suggested this matter to them and they agreed with me. Unless you have good reasons to the contrary, and ^ do not think you can have, I shall do vhat I can to have this done; indeed I think it probably that our members have generally and naturally, already thought of you as the man. Yours very truly, Cornelius Gadle. .563 March, 1891. THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Ass't General Miana^er's Office. On Ft. W. & D. 0. Ry., Marchl, 1891. CONFIDENTIAL . Gen. G. M. Dodge, El Paso, Texas. My dear Sir: Referring to our personal conversation this afternoon. You say to rr;e "It is asserted, and you are charged with the fact, that at the tine the Peavey contract was n.ade on the Pacific Division, you had a personal interest in the same:" And you ^Iso ?ay, "You showed great weakness in making the reply that you did to Mr. Adams' letter asking that a copy of one of the official letters you had written Mr. Adams he sent to him by you." I feel under personal obligation to you for this frank assertion on your part. It is a kindness to me that I am per mitted to know direct what charges stand against me, and I have the following to say in reply: I accepted the position of General Manager of the ^regon Rail way &. Navigation Company, the Oregon Lhort Line, Lessee, by invitation of Mr. Potter, and with the full knowledge and approval of Mr. Adams, in the ^ummer of 1887. I had no Knowledge whatever of the country or its condition when I went there, and set about, as rapidly as possible, to do what I considered to be for the best interests of the Company. Phe -Northern Pacific were then just building their Cascade line through to Tacoma. What were known as the "Hunt Lines" were then under (instruction in the creaii. of the Walla Walla wheat country. The Navigation Company had no connection between what was known as the Columbia & Palouse line and Portland, except by the use of the Northern Pacific tracks from what is now known as Oonnell Junction to Wallulla. At the same time the Northern Pacific were just building a line of their own leaving their main line a short distance west of Spokane Falls and running down through the richest part of the Palouse wheat country. The Navigation Company had not a sufficient numiber of cars to handle;.the business by at least 50 per cent. There were no grain elevators on the line .of that road, and no menas of handling the business at Portland except either bhrough what is known as hand" or "truck" warehouses. A company known as the P-oTthern Pacific Elevator Company were putting up elevators on the Hunt lines in Oregon and_ on.;the Spokane and Palouse line of the Northern Pacific in the Palouse country." Every effort was being put forth to divert wheat via the Northern Pacific to Tacom.a for exprot. It was commnnly and currently given out that the Northern Pacific Elevator Com pany were men of large capital, and proposed to secure business via the Northern Pacific line regardless of cost. We were handling the wheat in any way possible to get it from the wheat country to Portland. The grain was loaded in stock cars, flat cars, coal cars, and any other way o move it, giving cocipetitive points to a certain extent the preference ? +? glance how it tied up equipment to have each car loaded* reached o \ Portland it was trucking agiin trucked it in out sacks of into the the car in car. sacks When into*the the car warehouses. If we had been supplied with a suf icient amoutn of equipPn^M" Portland H S by reason grain of filling promptly all we of would these have hand been warehouses. blocked at once at This ^rain was sacked in the wheat region just as it came from the n.achine and shipped in the same condition to Portland. The farmer did not re ceive as much by 4 or 5 cents per bushel for his grain as he would to have it cleaned before marketing. If I renember rightly, the sacks cost the farmer from 8 to 10 cents each. Please bear in mind that at this time the Northern Pacif-C Elevator Company had constructed an elevator at Tacoma and were paying prices for this wheat at all station then reached by that Company far beyond the Portland buyers, who had to handle the• grain as have described, could afford to pay. • I believed that we could economize greatly in the use of our equipment if we could bring this wheat down in bulk. Ifurther believed that there was great danger, and I now think I am correct; in this belief. that the Northern Pacific, who were at this time continually extending their lines and have been since, woula soon contiol all this wheat area, which is not excessively large, and that the 0. r, & N, Company would lose their best paying business. About this time the Northern Pacific Elevator people came to Portland with a proposition to locate on the Union Pacific and divide the business. I did not think that it was a good thing to trade with them, They-were too closely allied and tied up with a competitive line. I knew by hearsay, and in a general way, of the firm of Peavey & Company of N.inneapolis, bui I never had met a memiber of this firm or held any corres pondence with them. I knew about their having a large number of eleva tors in Nlinnesota and Dakota; that they had the reputation of being a firm of large capital, and thorough business men. I invited Iv.r. Peavey to coir.e out and look the situation over. Re and his partner spent several weeks in investigating the situation and said to me that they believed shipping wheat in bulk and sacking it at Portland for export was pract- ^ icable. It would save the cost of sacking to the farmer and insure the ^^9 cleaning of wheat before marketing, and the cleaned wheat would command a higher price to the faririer. We had been paying large rebates to bring this wheat to Portland as against its going to Tacoma. It was stacked quantities in the Palouse country and we were dependent upon the Northern Pacific for taking our empty cars fron Wallula to Connell and returning them with the wheat. This gave them access to all infor mation regarding our business. It enabled them to favor their shippers to a certain extent, and it "was impossible for buyers located on our line to store wheat at the stations because there were no warehouses erected for this purpose. The country was very new and four-fifths of all the wheat shipped went from open platforms or from the ground, where it was stored in sacks, into the car. I believed that it would be a large ad vantage to the Navigation Company to have as strong a firm as Peavey & Company interested and located on our line. After suliicient investigation, Peavey & Company made a pro position to erent a number of elevators, and a large storage elevator at Portland. You are vamiliar with the trade of Portland and the necessity to us of holding and protecting the export business via the Columbia River as against the Northern Pacific's-line to Puget Sound and the opportunilies f exporting irom there. Another difficulty to contend with at this time wa^ the fact that under the laws of Oregon and Washington granting rates Jneoo to J2,ooo to put a ohirrrln, Portland and return as against {;S00. to put a ship from the sea to Tacoma and.return. After vigorous effort these laws were amended .A The towage and pilotage was practicaily controlled by the Navigation * ^ Company. The contract was made with Peavey & Co., with which you are familiar, and they set about putting up their houses and protecting the 565 Niarchl, 1891. Sheet # 2 Gen. G. w, ^odge. interests of the ^nion Pacific Go. in the grain territory. Before the contract was completed I was calledto Omaha in R'r. Potter's place. The outlines of it when arranged, were given to our Attorneys, and after a good deal of labor on. their part in trying to cover all the points, the contract was perfected and executed. 1 have no desire to shirk any re sponsibility for the same on to any other person. I would be glad if I could make plainer the whole situation and relative condition of the Pacific division with the Northern Pacific at the time the contract was first thought.of. I wish to say as emphatically as I can write the English lan guage, that up to this time I never had had a word of conversation or a letter of correspondence in regard to being interested in this Company myself or taking any stock in the same. Such a thing had never entered my head. Njy desire was to promote and protect the interests of the . Company I represented, and whatever mistakes or error in judgment were made let themrest on me. Peavey & Co. went on in good faith to carry out this contract. They lost, they told me, and I do not doubt it,- quite a large sum of money, and as a result, the stock was nearly valieless. Mr. Peavey proposed to me at this time tl:at I ta^-E 250 shares of the stock. Isaid that if I had remained at Portland, wh ere I was in direct charge of the handling and moving of the business, I would not think of doing do. I had information that officers of the railroads leading into Minneapolis and Duluth were interested in the elevators on the lines of those roads and in the termiinal elevators to the extent of holding stocx in the same. 1 was not where I would have charge ct furnishing the cars or managing the details of the business, and did not coasider that it was improper for m-e to hold some of the stock. I never have received a cent of dividend or profit, directly or indirectly out of the stock from the day I took it until now. Whatever questions have arisen since the contract was niade have been between the Traffic Department and Mr. Peavey, and it is not ffor me to make a ruling as -to what is right or what is wrong. I inquired of Mr. Ames, when on the steamer going from Riparia to Lewiston, on the Pacific Division, when he had seen the workings of the business, if he though there was any im propriety in my taking any of this stock. He replied that he did not see any harm in my doing so as we had a contract with them for their business and I would not be the party to quote themi rates. 1 also made the same inquiry of Mr. Adams about the same time. He reply was that it was his rule to have nothing to do with investments that would be connected with the Oom^.any. Y.e did not say further than that whether he would object or approve my taking the same. (l also let Mr F H my hands and iave not had it since stock go out of at this time if I wanted to because I hive no power to get it back (See Parenthesis previous paVagraph). money enough to do so. 566 This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. M Next, as regards the Nebraska contract: " You are familiar with the old agreement with Ilimebaugh 5c .Merriam as made, and as to what it required from the Union Pacific Uompany for handling their business» There was a good deal of complaint of their not taking business at competitive points. Suit was broiight against the Company becuase they would not furnish grounds to other parties who wished to locate elevators on the line of the road, and our interests wex'e not well protected. About this time Mr. Me lien i:ad one or two conversations with Mr. Peavey in regard to.putting up elevators on our line in Nebraska. During the rush of grain business in 1889 we were compelled to see large quantities of grain go from points on our road to competitive lines be cause we could not furnish cars enough to handle the grain. We allowed the Wabash to take some of our cars east loaded with grain consigned to Ohio River Points, and before we knew it had 500 of our cars tied up east of the Missouri River and were unable to get them back. Mr. Peavey was invited to look the situation over, and after doing so, decided that he did not care to make a contract just at that time, but was willing to put his men into out country to buy for a time. We were still unable to furnish cars, but through his influence with the "Soo" line and others running into the territory where he marketed his grain< he was able to get cars when we were not; and I think every one will admit and no one will attempt to deny that our earnings in the Fall of 1889 in Nebraska and Kansas were largely increased by reason of Mr. Peavey's coming on to our line. After this matter ran along through the Fall,- Mr. Peavey de- d cided that he did not wish to contract to put up elevators in Nebraska " as he had done in Oregon; that he did not believe it was policy to oppose the farmer's Alliance or any one else who desired to erect an elevator, but that they should be encouraged to do so. I believed it to be good policy, and 1 believe it yet, to secure just as ii.any eleva tors on our lines as we possibly can. We then have a place to receive the grain when there is a large volum.e to handle, and if we cannot furnish cars at once for shipping the same we have a place to hold it until we can. We were paying the other buyers, if I remember rightly, one cent per bushel on their grain from where it was shipped to the Missouri River. I think, prior to 1889 they had been apid two cents fro some time. Mr. Peav£y's proposition was to provide, ample facilities for storing the grain at the Missouri River, or .else guarantee that he would rake care of the grain at Minneapolis and Duluth and secure cai-s enough from the lines east of the Missouri River so that there would be no delay to our cars and they would not. be diverted to any purpose if we allowed them to go to N.inneapolis and Duluth. He bound himself, whenever we requir ed it, if competition made it necessary, to bu-y the graL n, and we were in the position of having a, man with strong capital ready to go at any time to any point and secure the grain for our line. The Traffic De partment were fully, advised when this negotiation with Mr. Peavey was in progress as to its terms and conditions, and approved it heartily even suggesting that we pay a little more than the one cent per hundred wbich was finally paid Peavey &.Co. on all grain coming fron Nebraska and Kansas points to the Missouri River gateways. d The mistake was made in continuing to pay other parties who were not in condition financially to control to handle the grain at the 567 March 1, 1891. Sheet § 3 Gen. Gf. Dodge. same tin.e that it was agreed to pay Peavey ^ Go. They provided a large elevator at Kansas City capable of taking care of our grain without letting our own cars go east of that point. It transpired that the crop of 1890 was almost a total failure, and as a result, we have had but ver^ little grain to ship to the i^dssouri River,.but Peavey & Co., have consigned a large portion of their grain to Colorado and points West. On consignments of this kind they are.not paid anything at all, Lnng after this contract was all completed and has been exe cuted and turned over to the Traffic Department, I took 150 shares in the Elevator Company, which, mea time, had bought out the Himebaugh & Merriam Elevator Company and left them in condition to take the grain at all points in Nebraska. I have never made any disposition of thi^r stock. It is still in my hands. I have never I'eceived a dollar cf benefit from"it either directly or indirectly, and I do not suppose that I could sell it if 1 attempted to. During the past year quite an amount of wheat from the Pacific Division has been shipped to eastern points, Pea\ey & Co..do not get anything refunded on this business. When the 3+ock-yard Company was organized at Sioux.City about six months ago, Mr. Peavey, through a brother of his, who lives at Sioux City, took quite an interest in this Company. I hafe 50 shares of this d,ock. It never has paid a dollar in dividends or netted me a dollar in any way. I have given you fully, and I am afraid at tiresome length, this complete history of my transactions as an officer of this Company with the firm of F. K. Peavey & Co. Whatever errors of head or heart that I have committed i am alone responsible for and have no desire to shoulder on to any one else. of f my past life. I easy was matter in the trace railroad my record service and for character a time before through theall war. ..hortly after the war I reentered the service, and was for fifteen years at Rochelle, -i-llionols, in every capacity from Station Agent to General Superintendent with the Chicago iowa road, which durfnS tte whole tin,e, was either partly or wholly controlled by the *C .B & o ex cept for such tine as it was in my hands as Receiver! If iy recS;d there is of any interest, or if you have any desire to invesL^atr^t It will only give me pleasure to have you do so. From the dav t en * tered the c^egon Railway & Navigation Company's service to th?! Lment This has ^ sacrifice every dollar of prooertv that 1 come about by my being too Lbitious to^J^cu^e^a competent This Jau^r^'howeverrL'^Sf JS Jou'"and'l\'" dtles for mentioning it. interest to you, and I beg your pardon rwi 568 As regards the other niatter that you referred to: a Mr. Adams, after he had resigned and left the Company, asked me for a ' copy of a letter from the files, which I had written hiiji when he vas, President. did not believe that it was right for me to furnish this. I did say when in New York, to President Dillon, that I had been asked for this letter and showed him the request and my reply. Mr. Dnion did not seem to give very clpse interest to the iriatter either way, but remarked that if Mr. Adams asked him for the letter he should probably give him a copy of it. I may have erred in thinking i had no right to give our correspondence of the Company to Mr. Adams as a private individ ual. If I did it was my mistake. it is a. mistake that is irreparable now and was lot inspired by any wrong motive. I n.ust bear the burden of-having made it, and trust to the future, if I remain with the Company, to give me an opportunity for satisfying every one that I am honest, that I am loyal, and that so far as in me lies, every available talent is de voted to the best interests of the Company i serve. In declining to furnish this letter to Mr. Adams after he had left the service of the '^ompany, I had a precedent. I was, when on the Pacific Division, frequently called upon by Mr. Elijah Smith for correspondence and statements from that division. I wrote Mr. Smith that he ought to call on Mr. Adams for such information and referred the matter to Mr..Adams. He replied that that was the correct thing to do, and that correspondence of that nature should be handled between him self and Mr. Smith. Yours truly, A'. H. Holcomb . 573 1891 Mr. H. M. McCartney cairie aboard the car at Spokane Falls, and in response to inquiries addressed to him by General Dodge Mr . McCart ney (among other things) said: The Mullan Pass, that by way of the Coeur d' Alene, is nearly 5200 feet above tide water. This is the old Sahon Pass, The people of Lewiston induced General Sprague to send me out to find a Pass in the neighborhood of the Skalkaho Creek. Then I got out there I found that a pass existed there only in the minds of the people in the barrooms of Lewiston. I followed up the branch carrying the main volume of water and found the elevation there 7600 feet. Then I sent Mr. Bogue out, when I was in charge of this division, and as a result of aJLl our in vestigations I am convinced that to get into the Big Hole country they must go through that 6,000 foot Pass. This valley is precipitous, mountainous; all the rise is within the last few miles. It has easy grades until you get up near the mountain. In regard to the timber there the cedar is good; the pine and tamarac is not particularly good We are going to test a proposition made by a Cincinnati gen tleman and try grape raising in the Spokane Valley. South from the Spokane River to Lewsiton is the finest wheat country we have. This valley is all gravel; but when you strike that basaltic range a mile away you h ve no more travel; and when you strike that timber range you have no more gravel in that direction. Sprague is 1908 feet above the sea. Cheney has an elevation of some 2840 feet. Spokane Falls is 1910 feet. '.Ve have one per cent grade. The station this side of Coriacan Defile Pass is Heron. There the grades are 116 feet each side . Missoula is at its foot on one side and Heron the foot on the other, with a 116 foot grade on each side of the summit. I have never been jn the country north of Helena and cannot give you any information about that. Hill, of the Manitoba road, can tell you all about that. North of here in British America; it is a fine cattle country near the boundary line, but there are not any large tracts of agricultural land in the eastern part of Washington Territory. running from Kettle Falls on the Columbia to •r K about 220 miles. We put that boat in in May, 1885 Daues. The ColvUle Valley has beiA settled tor some fifty years. it is the oldest settled ir rt of the country. My boat is a 150 ton boat. In the whole 220 miles there >- only one l.ouse, and that is the custom house on the boundary. It is utterly undeveloped and unknown, but it is ail a mineral country. There io gold and silver, and mines of various kinds. It is utterly unooen Hut the^Colviile Valley is one of the finest valleys to be fou^d in i!" J lands are held in large quantities by Indians and old OHudlhn^B^^f^r^fr^H® hadshn B y fur traders are not voyageurs. very enterprising. These descendants On the of contrarvhe they are shiftless, and no effort at progress and their'influence is to eep out a more progressive class of immigrants. Their want insecure tanu?e by whloA tAey hSld their lands. ;.hen the land is surveyed according to the laws of th#> country and good titles can be obtained that vailey is likeirt? settle upjery rapidly. we have a land grant of some 600,000 acre! toroug" ,.-.574 I think it will come up to 750,000 acres including the mining land. The grant is from the Brisish authorities. ^ Here at the Spokane River we leave the volcanic country. " This is the finest wheat country in the world. Outside of- the volcan ic" belt you cannot raise grain for any number of years. You saw your You saw your last of the wheat country at Cheney. We never irrigate for anything here and the best wheat is raised on the top of the hills and mountains. The wheat should be all fall sown at the same time they have two,classes of wheat, but the spring wheat is apt to prove a fail ure. The winter v-heat is sown in November. The range of the thermometer here is from 23 to 24, the lowest in winter, to 100 in the shade, the highest in the summer. We have no timber of any consequence. The Bull Pine ties will last about five years but they rot q-,ticker in the gravel than in the soil. The tamarac is the" best tie-Limber in the country. The tamarac is a desiduous tree, and if you will notive you can no distinguish the tamarac wherever you see them by the color. Their leaves are now turning yellow. The fir timber of the coast is splendid for railroad purposes. The firs of the Colville used to be shipped down to Astoria on the Columbia, and by portages. We make the cheapest flour on the Continent of America at Spokane Falls. We have half as much again water power there as they have at T.^inneapolis. It runs through this basalt formation. The stream never overflows in the summer time and it never freezes in the winter. There must be warm springs or some other influence that keeps these waters from .freezing. Spokane is growing rapidly. It has the finest prospect in America. We started Spokane Falls in 1880 and our assess ment roll this year is a million and quarter. We will soon have two branch roads in there. On the '^outh fork of the Goeur d' Alene will be the finest mining camp in the country within two years .• If any body talks to you about Coeur D' Alene mines don't get the North Coeur d' Alene and the' South fork of the Coeur d'Alene mised. The road reaching out to those mines starts, at Howser and Alene , starts, at Howser and runs down to the military post at Coeur d* There was no wheat raised here until 1877. Near Walla Walla .they irrigated and tried to raise wheat in the valleys before that time, but they had no good results until it was accidentally discovered thit the wheat would grow on the hills and mountains without irrigation. Coeur d' Alene post is a I'-our-company post, nine miles from Rathfrum. This is Parnell's favorite place and the town is named after his home place. Sherman says that- Coeur d'Alene post is the prettiest place in America*. There is a steamer at the very first water of ttee Columbia so that you can say that the Columbia is navigable from its very source except its portage.s. The formation is basaltic to Spokane Palls, then granite to the Coeur d'Alene laxe, then limestone. The Hudson Bay Company came into this country in 1832. The people who belonged, to that outlit were Scotch, or -^'rench born Canadians. Their descendants are a pretty hard lot. ^ met Bogue in Lima, Peru. is quite a famous man in South America, and, by the way, I served with Maxwell down there. I Virgil G. Bogue is the assistant Chief engineer of this road". Anderson is the chief engineer. Morris died last spring. His wife is in 575 1891. Sheet jf" 2 Mr. H. M. McCartney in responbe to inquiries by General G. Dodge. San Raphael near Dan Francisco. L. E. Ricksecker is at Occidnntal, Sonoma County, Galifornia. J. G. Scurry is at Seattle, "ashington •Territory. James R. Maxwell is at ^'^ewark, Del. Fdmund Kuntz is ■ dead and was buried at Umatilla. Address Edward P. North, care of the American Society of Civil Engineers, N. Y. We are now at Half Mile Prairie. E Tracy Scovil s address is Euclid Avenue, ''leveland, Ohio.- I do not recollect the number but that will reach him. He was a locating engineer, more than anything else. A good deal of the location along here was him. Hubert C. ?i/ard is at Dqs ^^ngleos. Gal. Charley White is the best location man and Ward the best prelimii.ary man. E. H. ^ooper, Corvallis, Oregon. He is .a good construction man (and final location) but has no geogra phic eye. He gets lost. Thielson was a pet of Villard's. He was the m.ost utterly incompetent man I ever saw. He spent 57,000,000 on a division of 121 miles along here. This division cost $57,000 a mile. He located that piece of road froni the Dalles to Portland and that was the worst piece of botcr. work I ever saw. He is as utter and ignoramus as you ever saw. He would never have a mian with him who knew more than him self. These fellows comimenced at the Dalles and worked down grade and they have in some places 12 degrees curvature. Buckley got" ex tremely exasperated whe.i locating the road and changed the location in some places. That division cost $97,000 a mile. Anderson was the jnan who built Fort Donelson. xhe first time I saw Anderson was the 4th of July, 1863, at Gettysburg. '/.'hen Tennessee seceded Anderson came North and joined the Fe.deral army. Colonel James Hudnet and 'V. . DeLacy are at Helena, Montana. It was in 1879 that I went to t,he mountain., on the north fork of the Clearwater, and I foudn it the best fame country I ever saw. Montgomery was the suttler of our brigade in the army, (the Pennsylvania Reserves). I .seem fated to strike that man every now and then since 1862. He is an unscrupulous nan. He undertook to beat Sprague. You will find it on the records of the Horthern Pacific where he is denounced as a fraud. I iirst met Villard in 1879. Wherever you see granite you will find springs and lakes and running streams. No barley was sent from this country until-last year. A Milwaukee brewer came out here and when he saw the barley he ordered a shipment of it. It afterwards sold at auction in Chicago for four or five cents a bushel more than any other barley could command. Cedar is the niost lasting tii.ber tha,t we have" in this country, and tamarac is the next. • • In round nunibers 500 miles of rail were brought up'for this road from the west. We see there the first snow covered mountains this side of the Cascades. We cross the Pend d'Oreille. There are ducks on the other end of the lake as well as brants and swans and geese. They have high winds on this lake sometimes. It rises and falls 22 feet between high and low water. where he 5f6 ^rm A German nan.ed Bitner ran the line here. Roberts eiiployed him. Bitner commenced at Lissoula end ran down below here. 'i'hat was in 1871,^^' In 1872 Ward canie and surveyed froii. Sprague back to Bitner's survey. The division .was assigned to me in 1873 but we did not build it then. It lay till 1879 when it was commenced again and built. This is part of the line bui_t at a cost of f57,000 a, n.ile by Thielson. -^he Indians you see along here are a miscellaneous lot, Kootenays, Flatheads, and so on. . . The trouble between kiorris and Oprague grew out of an attack of the big head on the part of korris . Morris was eapecting to get charge of all the interests of the company on this coast. Morris and Montgomery were in cahoots in the fight on Sprague. There are three luouths to Clark fork into Make Pond d'Oreille. I built from Walulla to Lake Pond d'Oreille and Thielson built 121 miles this way from there. Mine cost .^18,200 a mile, including roll ing stock, station houses and everything and I had to get my rails around Cape horn. The mountains around here are about 2,000 feet high. Mullan's military road from the head waters of the miss ouri to the head waters of the Columbia wa.. very badly located. The stream is called the Jocko along here. We strike the Bitterroot at Miasoula. On tiie north fork of the Coeur d'Alene River are gold mines. The silver mines are more especially on the south fork. I never saw such a display of minerals anywhere in the country as there is on the south fork. The first ton of ore ta^en out on the south fork was last spring. The first house was built there in April and there are about 1,000 inhabitants there now. I think it is going to beat Leadville. There arc also mines on the St. Joseph. Two miies, the Sullivan and the Bunker Hill, are especially rich. Take the number of feet of tun nel and the^ore taken in the tunnels it beats everything ever known in the United States. The ores are silver-galena. Work started on these in December 1885. Several other mines are open showing altogether five thousand tons of,ore in sight. The postoffice on the south fork is named '.Vardner, the one on the north fork is Murray. The present mayor of Portland invented a new system of dredring which is now used on the Columbia River. Butte is the biggest mining camp in the world. There is no red-wood in Oregon, and very little fur, if any, south of the U^egon line. Red-wood shrinks end-v/ise. Bogue has a wife and three children, I think his office is in Tacoma. Bogue is a goodman all around. He is the best all-round engineer that there is on the northwest coast. In Peru we used to call wio was once r. when Jinimie. he received About a telegraii the only fron, time me. that Bogue he was • telegraphed ever known to me laumh to nrpL former inspector oftents, and wh at is his happened to be on the train and telegraphed back Robertoon dead. Don t know his present address." Bogue's nam.e is J. M. He had trouble once with Horris, and M rris got the worst of it all around. Aprague looked into the miatter and exonerated Borue entirpiv They called him (^.o^^ls) Col. Sellers there. He rXthe bif head With this drawback he was a very efficient engineer. Spra^Tue is a weaghy man. lie has four eons all about Pugft SoSnd. Ue"oLe here In A resigned In 1884;. He resigned volSntarlly. lie had th??L spect of everybody. Notwithstanding his fight with the Villard riinno retained hin, all through. Villard said "Now the fight is over"* \ / and he wanted him to stay there. Cyrus W. Field wrote up the Villard regime in the Chicago Interccean fox- October 12, 1884. Villard miade Horace White treasurer of the O.R.&.M.C0. Gee II .Y .World for about Jan.3d, 1884. -577 March, 1891. POST OFFICE, BOSTON, Iv^ASS. Office of the Postmaster. March 5, 1891. My dear General: Our trip back was uneventful, although the relations of the family and the members of the funeral party were of the most charming character. Of course we chaffed Tom. Sherman and Howard to no end about their respective religions, which they took in good prt. John Sherman was very gracious, and the girls were, of course, as amiiable as could be. They all spoke of you in the most delightful manner, and sympathized with me in my loss of the trip with you to the Pacific coast and back. I had hoped I might wire you to meet you on the road some place, but that is all past now, as my successor comes in on the first of the month, and it is necessary to be here in order to turn over the office to him. Please bear in mind the importance of our conversation, and let me know as soon as you return wher«r. we can ueet and go over the ground again. With kindest regards, am. Your friend, Jno . M. Corse . Gen. G. M. Dodge. 579 March, 1891. Hotel de la Tour, Cannes, France, March 7th, 1891 My dear General; My husband hes sent me your "Interview" in the "Register" and it was so splendid and breezy that I could not help writing to you, to thank you for it. Our farmers need just such talk from people whoni they love and trust. Ail Iowa simply adores you, (please remember that I am an lowan) and your words will carry great weigjit with them. The McKinley bill is such a dreadfully unpopular measure over here that we republicans who hear Europeans talk, need a little strengthening. The Parisians say that entire industries are ruined for them, factories are closed and many firms gone into liquidation on this account. You cant tell people you are glad of it because it seems heartless, so I avoid politics, and talk of something else. I hope dear General that your trip did you much good, that you have not let down any since your return. I am glad that you keep a good man with you all the time. Devote your whole ti n;e to getting well, be careful what you eat and wear enough clothes to keep you warm. If I was in America I would not let you live alone so. You shouM come to our house and I know I could help you regain your strength, if devotion, and good care would aid any and then, I can say this on paper, but would not dare to otherwise,it breaKs my heart to see you live alone, V^hen you should be surrounded with gentle loving care and fond attentions . Promise me if I ever can brmg you one hour of com fort you will let me do it. It is needless to say I have long known, many sad things, connected with your life, the sweet bravery with which you have borne them all, has connianded my admiration and drawn me toward you with tender affection. This I h;ve always tried to show you, but have said nothing, but I believe you know how dear you are to Ret and me and how gladly we would share our joys and pleasures with you. Our boys love and honor you. So if there is any satisfaction in knowing that an entire family follows your every movement with in terest you may depend upon that feeling in ours. If I have spoken too plainly or touched a chord too sentitive to bear it will you for give me. I cant tell you much about this country, I intend "Carrying no coals to New Castle ." I am with my little party at Cannes and will remain here until Ret comes. It is delightful here, and I hope it will make me well. Grasvenor(?) is perfectly restored. We will go to Italy, Spain etc. in due season. With much affection always. Ruby Glarkson. What a lovely place Paris is and how many temptations it does present. 581 N'arch, 1891 Portland, Oregon, I/:arch 19th, 1891 Sidney Dillon, Esq., j^l95 Broadway, E. Y. Dear Sir: I received your despatches. I can hold these people and accoiTiplish nothing. You know the comnittee of each,_town covering these terminals and Subsidies, have got to go to their people and subscribers individually, and it is no easy job to get them renewed when there is no opposition, but when opposing elements are rising daily we have got to say something definite to them or or drop it. It is not necessary to discuss this. With no definite plan and no promise of continuance and comple tion of the work, these committees v.ill do nothing. hr. Bogue tells me that the Engineers on the work got so frightened by so many people coming here criticising that they were afraid to give the proper classification and estimate to the contractors, and he has had to go all over it in person, as the classifica tion they gave cannot be sustained. He is having a correct final estimate on a proper classification made. About every contractor here is broke and Eogue is trying to get release ard save us from harm, but in my opinion we inust hold the contractors to protect us fromi the Subs. The new estimates and classifications will give the contractors about )45,000 and that will give Fitz Patrick & Collins a good profit. They sublet their work twice the last time the sub took it too cheap, and we should make final settlement untilthe last sub is settled with, for the sub creditors will finally hold the road for their claims. The earnings are falling off out here on all roads, but most on ours. The Hunt lines, which the Northern Pacific-are behind of, hurt us the most. 7»e ought to have those lines. They cut right into our best earning territory and unless the Northern Pacific treats us rightly about themj, we should in some way get even. I had no idea of the am.ount they took away from us until I got here, that and the advantage the Northern Pacific has of the line to Sound if cause oi' our losses out here. I write this so you can get the exacts facts. In round figures we have spent about two miillions on new work. It will cost about five millions to complete. The original estimate should be $3,600,000. The Bridge under N^orrison contract will cost |:i,600,000 instead of ,250,000 as we were told, and bringing it down, to a single track bridge the least Morrison says he can do it will cost over a million, $200,000 of which has been spent. I start over the line to look at it carefully in detail to-morrow. Yours truly. (Signed) G . N.. Dodge . 583 March, 1891. Jolict, Ills., March 24, 1891. Genl. G. M. Dodge. Dear Friend: Your old friend and co-worker is in poor health end is obliged to spend most of his time indoors and to shorten the long and often heavy hours we read considerable. We have looked in vain for a notice of your book reminiscence of the old Pacific days or some other name. Your personal experiences of those early days and feel assured they are very interesting and most esi)ecially so to Mr. Reed and miyself . If you will write me where I can find the book I shall be very glad to send for it. Mr. Reed has talked about it, with the hope of getting it quite often lately. If your book is not yet coniplete, your m.an that called a year or two ago would be able (with Mr. Reed's present health) to obtain more satisfactory information. Then Mr. Reed was suffering from acute disease and now it is chronic and while he is losing strength from year to year yet his mind is clear and vigorous and he will gladly give him, for you, all the items of dates and facts which he then de sired, but Mr. Reed was not able to give. Hoping that you and yours are in good health I am yours. With respect and most sincerely, Mrs . S . B, Reed. No. 500 Eastern Ave., Joliet, Ills, P. S. Mr. Reed is very anxious in respect to his old friend M. P. Kurd. If you can give us his address or any imfcrmation we shall deem it a great favor. Yours, Q. E. R. 585 K;arch, 1891 Tacoii.a, Washington, 26th., 1891 Sidney Dillon, President., ,fl95, Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: I wired you the results of my examination here . We have got the business line in this country. It is ablely located anu the arrangements with the citizens let us in is excellent and we must hold them. The eleven miles of road bought.in Tacome will be a great thing to us. It puts us in a position in Tacoma to trade with the Northern Pacific. We will do all the retail trade of Tacoma in Lumber, Goal and heavy material over that line . With that line I not fear the Northern Pacific. Bogue has certainly shown ability and good judgement in in obtaining our rights and givini^ us position and he has the con fidence of the people of this country, having been among them so many years, and h^ can hold theni I think, to all of their original agreements. If it is possible, we should commence obtaining the right of way anu„closing our extensions with the cities say to Jan. 1st., 1893. Before we commence work Nr. Bogue should have at least, sixty days notice in order to close up matters successfully and get our right of way and privileges and tie everything up before any one else knows it. When I see that 3/4 of our line runs through cleared farms, that it cost per acre to clear, I understand why our right of way costs so much. If you and Hill could agree and let us get to work on the extension of privileges and obtaining right of way, so that we can get them cleared up and get the benefit of Summer for our work, it would help greatly in reducing cost. Nearly all of the Sub Contractors are still on their jobs. They have opened them up and could com plete them much cheaper and miuch better than any new parties would. You know how hard it is to clean up after old work economically. We arranged settlements with contractors and subs so that we will be relieved and free from any suits or bad fellings. The subs all took their work too cheap. When I see the line and the class of work I can see that Hilpatrick and Collins prices were not so much out of the way for grading, in bridging and ties it was a little high. I have simply gone over the line with Nr. Bogue and the local engineers in detail and we have changed it and cheap ened it in every way we could saving its commercial value, and no man is more competent to do this than Nr. Bogue. It is only necessary to tell him what we miust have. I made some sug^^estions that he proniptly accepted, and I think if you evei' come oi.it to see the road you will be pleased with it. I h.ave been ten days in the rain and miud until I an. compiletely worn out and will be gald ot get back. I am vei'y truly, G. N . Dodge. 587 Warch, 1891 Taconia, '.Vashington, March 26th, 1891 Sidney Dillon, 195 Broadway, New York. I have been over the entire line carefully. Coniinercially it is well located and we cannot now change its general location. It can be completed to include bridge over the eolumbia for foremost mule, seven hundred and forty thousand which makes total cost seue-schal n.ule, seven hundred and fifty thousand. It is about tlirive less than original es timate of amount to, complete it. It takes $900,000 I think this is too much an am going to try to decrease it. Everything is in good chape to go ahead when you d esire and we will be able to obtain most of the privileges given us. I start home about Monday. G . M . Dodge. Portland Oregon, March 26th, 1891. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Director, U. P. R.R. Co. Dear Sir:- Referring to our conversation a few evenings since, upon the subject ofthe China trade in its relation to Portlan^^ I beg to say; it offers greater inducement for the establishment of a line of Steamers to Hong Kong than apy other port of the North West Coast, it being a larger importer o.: Chinese merchandise than all other ports combined North of San Francisco. This is verified by CustomHouse statistics; and the reason is made apparent by the last Census Report, which shows a Chinese population in Portland alone of 5000 which is greater than the aggregate in Washington, Idaho and British Columbia, and in addition, there is scattered throughout the State of Oregon and that part of Washington tributary to Portland aboit as many more. The tea trade as well as the wholesale business of the North West unquestionably centres here. A large Cordage manufactory in successful operation conoe umes hempand sisal from Manilla which come via Hong Kong. Bags and Bagging will also form a very considerable item of freight coming from Calcutta tras-shipped at Hong Kong, In export of food products Portland stands pre-egiinently at the head. Our flouring mills, ione, under present conditions, will furnish from 1500 to 2500 tons per month for shipment to the Chinese market. The trade at present is retarded by limited and uncertain transportation facilities. The C nadian Steamers are and have been unable to carry in addition to other freight but a small portion of the flour offering. The trade can be increased to an ahost unlimited extent with adequate freighting facilities. The Manager of the C-^nadian Line expressed his views, upon the value of the Portland business, by saying it was ten times greater than that Of all tiie Puget Sound Ports combined. It is a well known fact tliat ample means of transportation beget and stimulate trade, and with a line of steamers ru nning between Portland and Hong Kong a demand for many of the products of both Countrieswouldbe developed that cut no fi,gure at present, the V lue of Imports from China and other Ports via Pong Kong & Yokohama for 1890 amounted to ^380.167. Uhis does not includ tea of East rn a/c) This represents upon a fair estimate based upon the value of Chinese goods about 6000 tons and would be largely increased by the establishment of a direct line. The subject of navigation of the Columbia bar and rivers reiquires consideration; the dangers of the former and difficulties of the latter have always been greatly exaggerated. Damage and loss of vessels coming to, and going fromColximbia river has been less, in proportion to the tonnage that enters and leaves the various ports than that of either San Francisco or Puget Sound and the vast improvements that the Ge :ral Government has made 591 and is making both at the Bar and on the rivers renders this during all seasons of the year more accessible and safe than any of the principal ports on the Coast. Dense fogs which prevail many months of the year both North and South are comparatively rare at the Mouth of the Columbia, The jetty which at the latter place extends four miles from Point Adams, and will extend five when completed, already gives 30 feet of water at lov/ tide • with a tidal rise of from seven to eight feet, with a well defined straight Channel one and one-half miles in width which enables vessels to pass from anchorage to sea visa versa withing five miles cannot be considered a dangerous entrace. The Columbia and Willamette reivers have now a depth on the shoalest bars of 20 feet when the rivers are at the lowest stage. The.i e are shoals in the aggregate about 7 miles in length now in course of improvement, which when completed, will give a depth of 25 feet at low water from Portland to the sea with a tidal rise of from 2 to 7 feet. This improvement will doubtless be com pleted during the present year, as there remains an unexpended balance of cn appropriation by the General Gcv ernment for that purpose of .f100,000 and the st te at the last session of its Legislature authorized the expenditure of $500,000 additional which it is estimated is ample for the work. These matters are worthy your careful consideration in view of the subject of the establishment of a line of Steamers be tween Hong Kon^ and a port on this North 'Vest Coast, andif you will s send a competent person, who will take the time to thoroughly inves tigate, the statements made above can be verified to your satisfaction. Every facility wi'1 be rendered by our Chamber of Commerce in this direction. Trusting the opportunity thus affored to present these facts will result in mutual benefit to the great transportation interests you represent and the section oftho country tributary to Portland, I remain. Yours truly. J. McCraken, 5S3 Siimmary from letter of J. McCrakiHi, Portland, Oregon. Great inducement offers for establishment of line of st«amers to Hong ~'ong, it being large importer of Chinese mer chandise than all points combin ed North of San Francisco. Last census report shows Chinese population in Portland 5000. Tea trade centres here (Portland) Large cordage manufactory in Hempand Sisal from Manilla, which comes via Hong Kong. Bags and Baggingwill form considerable item of freight from Calcutta, trans-shipped at Hong Kong. In food products Portland stands at head. Flouring mills will furni h from 1500 to 2500 tons per month for shipment to China. Canadian steamers unable to carry other than small portion of flour offering. Manager Canadian line views are: Portland business 10 times greater than all Puget Suund combined. Value of imports from China, via Hong Kong 1890, amount to 380,167, not including tea. The subject of navigation requires consideration, danger has been exaggerated. Shoal bnrs of Columbia & Willamette Rivers when completed '"ill give depth of 25 ft. d, low water, $100,000. appropriation remains unexpended. State at last sess ion authorized additional expenditure $500,000. 5S7 April, 1891, Council Bluffs, Apr. 12, 1891. Bear Genl: I must not let your 60th birthday pass without sending you my congratulations. Yours has been a busy life. I do not think one could have been more so. You seem to have inherited fromfather and mother the untiring energy and industry which was such a marked feature of their lives, more than any other of the children. By the favor of God yours has been an eventful life. He led you from your New Eng. home to the great West when the field was wide and the country new, almost at the beginning of railroad building, thus offering you an opportunity in your chosen profession that could not have been offered at any other period. The experience and training you received in surveying R. R. lines in a new and wild coimtry gave you the best pr-ejjaration possible for the soldier's life and had much to do in giving you the success you met with in handling troops and enduring the hard ships of the Civil War. Your success in the War led to your election to Congress. That would seem, with all tba t came before it to have been enough to round up one life, but since then you have given nearly twenty-five years to the surveying and building of Rail Roads and those of nation al importance. All these years you have worked hard; too many hours in the day, too many days in the week. It's time to reduce all this, draw in and lessen the strain that is upon you, care for your health and not push on with failing strength as if in your prime. Old age is comfortable only when free from business perplexities and care. Every year from this on they will worry and wear as never bef.ore . Be wise and anticipate this by unloading as fast as possible and putting your business affairs in safe and compact shape . Let the hard work you are doing for others be turned over to those younger. As I view your 60 years of life it has been marked all the way along by God's love and mercy and you ought to be very grateful to Him. I trust you are. I hope as the years roll along you will turn your thoughts more and more away I rom the busy scenes of this life to that eternal life beyond the grave which awaits us all. With ray best wishes, Very truly, N . P . Dodge. n' **1 589 April, 1891. THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB. My dear Nate: I received your birthday letter it touched me as it did everyone who I showed it to*. In all my life there is no letter that gives me the satisfaction that it does; for there is no one who knows me so well as you do I to its adtice that I propose to take . If I was at liberty to tell you the offers I have had and the induceDients held out to n,e you would be convinced of my deter mination'. But with the great interests I have had control of, sJnce that, I am under obligations to see things- You can see how it is im.possible for ir.e to resist at my own will. You know that all my life I have been subordinate to super ior authority, that while profiessing little 1 have done all I was able for niy fellow men and women and that in miy own way I have honored all those who lived a Christian life and as a firm believer in the future I have never seen the day or moment that I would not hopefully face it. Thanking you more than I can tell for your letter. Truly your brother, G . M . Dodge . 601 April, 1891. Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Apl. 1, 1891, 5/;y dear General: I hoped to see you on your return to Portland, but find you have passed through Eastward. I find that Col. Steptoe came through on his march to Wash. Territory via Salt Lake in 1854-55 and came out again and was on duty at this place, the Cascades. With sincere regards. Yours faithfully. Genl. G. L. Lodge, Denver. I. G. C. Lee . 603 April, 1891. 42 Wall Street. P. 0. Box 810 (Copy of Newspaper Clipping) SILVER TALKS OF SETTLING UP. The ''^/asliington Bank People Over*joyed At His Proposition. Some of the directors of the Ac Shington National Bank h6id an informal meeting yesterday, but as a quorum was not present they could take no official action. Some interest was created by the fact that a representative of John S. Silver appeared at the banx and made a proposition of settlement. "It looks now as if we should certainly receive something on the Silver account." said Director Tilghman, "and in addition collections are coming in very fairly fi'om other debtors of the bank. Quite a number of the debtors turned in money to-day." Mr. Tilghman said nothing would be done'towards reorganization until Gen. Dodge returns. He will probably be here by Monday. If he feels like taking hold in earnest and is willing to carry the institution, it will probably open again for business. My dear General: I know you can "carry" whatever you will undertake, but is it worth while for you to risk your health by assuming such a load in addition to your R. R. bonding. You are not as young as you were twenty years ago and you must not forget it. Good men are getting acarce and I hope you wont undertake what may break you down in health. Yours sincerely. P'rank J. Bond. April 3/91 • ''r, 605 .April, 1891. ... 7^82 Second St., ^ Brooklyn 4/3/91 My dear Gen. Dodge: ■1^ would very much like to see you, and ask your advice upon certain matteis that are of vital importance to me. My brother Chauncey has proved to be an unreliable person with whom I have no communication, as I will explain to you, I hsve no relative upon whose judgment i could rely. Since my mother's death four years ago, my father has gradually fallen off in his remittances to me, without any explanation (n.erely "not having sold his stock") until he has almost ceased sending me any thing. My daughters have had to prepare themselves to be self-supporting. Alice is ready to take a position as stenographer having been an assistant-teacher in that department in Pratt Inst. She is now an amanuensis for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, attends to her social corres pondence, which requires only three or four hours each week, and of course not remunerative. She is obliged to take a ^^osition and has had some experience in a lawyers office, knowing of your influence etc. thought you might be able to assist her in so doing, Nellie was going through the Art course at Pratt Inst. and had only one more year to finish, could not continue as had to turn her brush to such account as she was able, to keep the wolf from the door, Clara will also be soon fitted to assist herself. I have always asxed my father's advice, and wanted to consult him in every move I made, but he always kept silent, same as he did during my husband's illness and trouble until he died. 6C6 At present I airi living in his house under force of circutristances. He came north last summer to sell it, is now in the market, and through my brothers peculiar manipulations is liable to be sold at any moment. My father left me with fifty dollars the fifth of Octi last, proDiising to soon send me more. I have not received a cent from him all winter, and have managed to get along on what the girls have earned. It is important that Alice should take a position soon, as I may be obliged to leave this house on short notice. If you would kindly consider the matter, and could find time to talk with me I could explain much that would surprise you. Very truly,yours, G. J. Fairfield. Vr;;' r- 607 n New York, April 8th, 1891. National Capital Bank, Washington, B. C. Gentlemen I returned here Monday and after going through the condHion of the Washington National Bank, and conferring with the principal stock holders we have concluded that it is best to liquidate and we desire to take possession as soon after ti.e stockholders moet'ng as possible. The Bank Examiner states there is due you $11,133. are you willing when we open, that we shall pay you one half of hthis and the balance as we get in our assets? This will enable us to go right ahead and liquidate without going into q Receiver's hands. The Board of Directors will guarantee tiiat the other half will be paid in a reason able time, say not to exceed ninety days. Please write me confidentially so that I can have this before the stockholders meeting. We propose to pay off at once all the small stock, olders and have only asked a little accommodation from some of our heavy credi tors. I wish to say that the assets of the bank are at least more than what is duo to depositors, twt as you know some of it is time paper and we prefer not to re-discount it, desiring to hold it and collect it as it comes due ourselves. Truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 6C9 April, 1891 -CELEBRATION by the DMVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY of the FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION. The Danvers historical Society will celebrate on ^Jonday the 20th of April, 1091, the First Battle of the ^evolutionary 77ar (April 19, 1775), with special reference to the part which patriots of the town took in connection with the event. Meetings will take place at the Town hall, at 3 o'clock, and also at 7:50 B. M., when addresses will be made by hon. R. S. Rantoul, of Salem, Hon. Kellen Chamberlian, of Boston, President h. R. Oapen, h. of Tufts College, F. B. Sanborn Esq., of Concord, Rev. Carlton A. Staples, of Lexington, hev. James Fletcher, of Acton, and Rev. C. B. Rice and hon. Alden P. '"hite of Dnavers; these speeches being interspersed with short biographical sletches of some of the uanvers men who responded to the call of their country, prepared by D. l^ebwter King, Esq., Mr. Arthur T. heed, of Boston, Nathan H. Bushby, hsq., of Peabody, Rev Clarence Fowler, of Randolph, and Miss Sarah E. Hunt, Mr. Eben Putnam and Mr. Uharles H. Preston, of Lnavers . There will also be appropriatenusic . The afternoon meeting will open with a selected hymn, and with prayer by Rev. K. Ewing, pastor of the Maple Street Church, after which Rev. A. P. Putnam, , the president of the Society , will extend a welcome to the guests oi the occasion. Rev. George W. Por ter, D. D., president of the Lexington Historical Society, which has accepted an invitation to be present, will respond for thr t town. E. D. Lines, Esq., historiogropher of the -Society, willfollow with a rapid account of the Battle. The members of the G. A. R, Post of Danvers have been invited to attend these meetings, and theiir presence may be expected . After the adjournment of the afternoon meeting, there will be a social gathering at 5:30, and a supper at 6 o'clock, at Gothic Hall, at which niembers of the Society and other purchasers of tickets will Diset the guests from out of town who have been specially invited to participate in the proceedings of the day. Tickets for this n^ore social or festive gatherings may be had, at one dollar each, at the rooms of the Society, in the National Bank Building, on and after Saturday, April llth. Tickets for the mornin? and evening meetings, at the Town Hall, will be sent freely to members and guests, and to those who hx ve donated gii ts to the Lebrary and Museum. They may also be obtained by any others who desire them, on application at the rooms of the '^ociety. George Tapley, Chairman of "^eneral Committee. Danvers, April 9, 1891. v N. B Trains leaving Boston(Boston & Maine R. R., Eastern division) Danvers, via Salem, in season for and G^OO meeting. ^.ater trains, at 2:55; 4:00; 4:40; 5:00; 5:15 Trains leave Boston (B. & Iv . , Western Division), .at 12:15 3:02; 4:45; 5:30; and 6:15; P. Iv-. Trains return frequently to Boston from Banvers . Horse-cars to Salem connect there with trains to Boston, .V', April, 1891 No. 75 West 71st Street, Mew York, April 12th, 1891. My dear Gen. Godge: I write to tell you that we consider the large sketch of the Coniirianders of the Army of the '•Tennessee as yours, and hold it subject to your ordei-s. My father was very much pleased with it and had it hung prominently in his dining room, and told us that you had given it to him, but that ii' you ever wanted it we should give it back to you. You must feel perfectly at liberty to take it, if you would like to have it on account of its personal association with my father If however you do not take it, we will of course preserve it sacredly. This letter may be some time reaching you, as I have to find out your address before I can mail it. Yours very truly, P. 'f'. '^herman . v 613 April, 1891. P. Tecumseh Shernian Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 52V;all Street. New York, April 16, 1891 hy dear Gen. Bodge: I received your kind note this morning, and thank you for your interest. V/e have only not countenanced the books you mention but we have denounced them. Gen.-Howard revised one chapter of the book to which you refer under a misunderstanding. He has since re pudiated all connection with it and the use of his name is absolutely unauthorized and without his authority. I send you a few of the circulars of my fathers publishers to show you what I have done. I wrote you a few days ago to the Union League ^lub. We shall be delighted to see you whenever you may call. There are only two of us at home. Yours very truly, P. T, Sherman. 615 April, 1891. OFFICE OF JAlv.ES GATES, I. anuafacturer of and Dealer in Wagons, Plov^s and Agricultural Implements, Cincinnati, Ark., April 25, 1891 Gen. G. Dodge, K'y dear General: Incolsed you will find Photo taken at St. Louis the week of Gen. Shermans funeral. It dor?t look niuch like the young Englishman who commanded your advance through Snake Greek Gap and on to Atlanta. From Resaca to Atlanta was in comd. of the Detachment of the 9th His. at your Head Quarters . Do I look like him? Be kind enough to exchange by sending me one of yourself. Resp., Jamies Gates. •x'f-/ April, 1891. New York, Apr. 29, 1891 15 Broad Street. h'.y deaC General: Nothing could be kinder or Kore thoughtful than the letter you took the trouble to write me about myaddress. I am sure I am very glad if I have been instrumental in setting any useful facts before the public regarding our grand old commander. I well knew that your whole heart v;as in the subject. Yours truly, Horace Porter. Gen . G . M . Googe, No. 1 Broadway, New York. April 30,1891 Personal. 619 New York City, April 30, 1S91. Mr. Fred 1j. Ames, ' • Dear Sir:- - . I did not know until yesterday, coming over with Mr. Mink, ■ Of the purchase of the u. P. D & 0. bonds b^' the U. P. at .85 to pay off the debts of the underlying companies to the u. P. when I made my arrangements with Mr. Adams the agreement was that all those de':ts should be adjusted with bonds at par on both ends of the road, which v/as done on the bouth end. lou know the u. P. got a good deal n more than one bond on the North end for one of the underlying bonds, that is, they got over ^20,000 , per mile in U. P. D. & G. bonds, where t o underlying roads only had out Ol5,000 or more per mile• This exchange, if allowed to stand, will give us a good deal of trouble. 1 am going to see nr. uillon a:.out it. if 1 had been present, of course, it wouldn't have been made, but one of your knew of the condition of the trade, it seems to me that u. P. D. & G; bonds its own interest guaranteed by the union Pacific ought to be worth par to the U. P. in exchange for th-t class of debts, i wish you would talk to Mr. ^itkins and Mr. Dexter a out this. Mr. Mink thought it could be readily adjusted before it was too late. I wish you would t"lk to him about it when he returns. Please consider this confidential until i have an opportunity to see the other parties. I am. Truly yours. G. M. Dodge. Copy. May 5th, 189I. 621 G.M.Dodge, Dear Sir: I have yours of this date, of Eugene Kelly & Co., and contents noted. We did not make a survey from Tampioo to Pachuca. We crossed the Panuco River above Tampioo and passed East of Pachuca on our way to Mex ico. Our survey passed by Tulancingo and a line from Tampioo to -cachuca or to Mexico City should pass at or near Tulancingo. Pachuca is in a Canon on the South side of the Range and a line from Tampic ■*■•0 Pachuca must pass through the Range at the gap near Tulancingo and then turn West along the mountain for Pachuca. There is no line to Pachuca via the Del Monte, without enormous difficulties and expense. '^'he notes of the line from Mexico City North were left in the off ice in iYexico and when we "busted" in Dec. 1883 the ovmer, of the office confiscated everything.! do not sup^-ose any of the old notes could be found now. The setiij»ates for the line from the Panuco River up to the Table lands and on the Mexico City were made. About 80 miles was quite heavy with Zf grades, eguated. My estimate of the Cost of the 80 miles was about $3o,ooo per Mile, remainder of the line (I5o) miles, was very reasonable. Grading the line from Tampico would be very much like the one surveyed in 1882 until the Pass at Tulancingo was passed. It would then be more heavy than the line to Mexico, but I made a recannaissance of it, excepting the hasty glance over it with a view of a Branch of the "Oriental" to Pachuca. Yours truly, (Signed) B.i».Wathen. RTay, 1891. Rowley, ^•.ay 20,/91 Dear Cousin: The typewritten genealogy came to nie all right together with your note. I was very much pleased to hear from you, and thank you for the kindly favor which enables me to copy much easier the history of our line, which I have done several tiri.es already, having just sent one, to cousin Judith Dodge (the last survivor of Uncle Wm. Dodges large family) who is living withe her nephew Wm. B. D. Gray in South Dakota. I wrote M. P. the first of last winter that I had after a search of many years succeeded in finding the lost links in the broicen chain oi our family genealogy. He at once sent for a copy for you, knowing your interest in the search. Your brothers brithday letter written to you so full of kindly solicitude and good advice I shall treasure and prize it with the many interesting one I have received from him from tine to timie. We should be very glad, should you ever find a leisure moment when in Boston, (as no doubt your business occasionally calls you there) to have you visit us, and rest in the quietness of our old homiC, father often speaks of you and your i'ather, who. always seemed nearer and closer in the ties of brotherliood than any other member of the family, perhaps their mutherless boyhood enlarged their sympathies for each other. He feels very proud of your war"record as well as your eminence as a rail-read u,an and national importance generally, please come and see him when you can as wc should ail deem it a great privilege to mieet you once again and add one more scene of pleasantness to father's declining years. He passed his eighty fourth birth day the 26th of last Feb. He is quite well, but wonles that he cannot work as in his youthful days. We are expecting N. p. and wife in June v.'hen Dockwood graduates at Cambridge . i saw that he had taken the 1st prize in declamation, (sixty dollars) which will gratify his parents very muc)' I think, in whom they have spared no pains to educate. All your old friends here are passing away. R/r. Benjamin Pinrree died last winter of pheumonia and his wife feeble. Your Aunt Gynthia since the death of her sister Lydia has failed very rapidly, her mind ' seems breaking up and Ithink l/rs. Webster will soon take her to her own home in Newton and care lor her. Aunt Gynthia deserves the best of care for her faithfulness and loving kindness to her friends. Almira your father s sister is not well is aging very fast is vet at thp Mill House, and very lonly since my brother moved to Georgetown. Our r irl at homie oophia, was m.arried two weeks ago, had quite a wed.iing, which has ff.rjr;: ful and handsome presents. t-" -n parties. She was the reolplen^^if sany U'eiuy e pleasant Goodbje another, thank ya.. and a Fromi your cousin. B. P . Dodge. Way, 1891 627 Council Blulfs, Way 30, 1891. Dear Genl: cemetery. I have just come from tte memorial exercises held in the It was a perfect day and universally observed especially by the children in the -Public Schools who march in the x-^rocession with their own music. One does not realize how many people there are in a city even of our size until they see them gathered along the streets to witness a procession and congregated in op-en air to listen to the exer cises on such an occasion. The oration by a man from Dubuque was good but twice too long. The exercises on top of the hill where the canon are planted at the "unknown" graves were interesting. Chas . Haul made a short address, eloquent and excellent in matter, I was honored with a Abe hincoln Post G. A. R. badge and given a seat on the Platform near the speaker. They having elected me an Honorary member of tiieir Post. Your not being here it was probably in appreciation of your services and the interest you have shown in their G. A. P. Post by the annual Christmas gift. It is a gift well bestowed, for the larger number of the old soldiers are men of small means. Some of them have a hard time to keep the wolf from the door and the gathering at their hall Christmas eve with their wives and children is a most en joyable occasion. While I was meditating on this matter today I thought of those two one thousand dollar Sioux City & Pacific R. R. Bonds of yours which I haA^e in my possession and what a grand thing it would be for you to set them aside permanently for this very purpose, the income |l20 only to be 628 used and let it also cover providing conveyances for the families of the old soldiers living in the city to convey them to and from the grounds where the exercises are held memorial Day and also providing seats for them there. It would give their overworked wives an opportunity to wit ness the exercises under favorable circumstances end also place them where more respect and consideration would be shown them by the public. The amount would I think, be sufficient for both Christmas and Memorial Day. If you think favorably of the plan put it in shape and I will make it known when they are gathered together next Christmas eve. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. ■ • ''1 \ f OllJ New York, Juno 16, 1891. S. H. H. Clark, Esq., u, t, Vjoaj* wnfX * SedJ Mi OJ JT * nt tl . Mgr. U.P.Ra^-lway Company, ^ * ,7 tU u,^H- --ft.- ^orf»>j|Xl Dear Sir;- • - •• „ ,. • ' w ' » . . ^ ' -1 Referring to the enclosed papers and Mr. Mellen's-letter of May 22nd, 1891, since then matters have grown worse. The Santa Pe people now our tak'ng not only our larger business but our local business. They are do^'ng most of our business in Trinidad, and this is becoming a very serious matter to us. I have investigated the business go?ng .westward here, and I- find that there is a good deal of .business routed out of New York in different ways. Tf you will refer to t e contract of April 1st, 1890, between the U.P. and the U.P.D.&G. you will find that the U.P. agrees to take all competitive freight to p points on the line of the U.P.D.& G. as low as any other parties. Of course, freight bound from New York or Bulf points to Denver, Tr^'nidad and Pueblo are competitive po^nt?; and the U.P. under that agreement are bound to protect the U.P.D.& G. In that I think you should maintain our differential and also that wo should go back to the agreement of the Atchison 'c Topeka and get them into harmony with us. Of course you are on the ground and know what controls these matters, but I certainly cannot see what has been gained to the U.P. by the agreement v/ith the Central Pacific virtually putting the U.P.D.& G. out of Santa Fe Railroad business. My experience when I handled the road was that a large number of merchants were glad to take advantage of the differential and when rates were being maintained by all rail lines and th Gulf route could and did control a large amount of the seaboard business. Therefore, the decrease in burd ness mainly on that road, if it is properly worked, should only be in proportion to the decrease in the general volume; while now it is vi.rtually notliing to us. Again the claim of poor time made by Mr. Ilawley rom Ft. Worth to Denver is without foundation, except in special cases. The fast freight running between those points is nearly always on time. There were several aggravating delays on important shipments and those were made a good deal of by Mr, Hawley since the Mellen and Stubbs agjreement against the Gulf route, in which it was sacrificed to their interests. The record shows, T think, thet good time is as much the rule on that route as on any otlrr route. In any event, it is a very simple matter to rectify any difficulties which may have prevented good time being made. The question of better service is one of very easy solution and that reason should not keep the Gulf route from becoming one in name only. And again, the business between Texas and Colorado needs close attention. If the rates are maintained the U.G. will be able to control at least 90^ of it, but it cannot do this under the policy of letting it take care of itself. In that case thos# lines keeping agents actively in the field will get most of the business—especially the good paying business, I do not agree with Mr. Mellen about the a gency at New Orleans. T agree with Mr. "ild and Mr. Hinton; and there is as much reason for maintaining an agency at New Orleans as there is at any large computing 630 tifrtxV. , ; '^Y *?»W polnt--especlally as the lines In active compete-'on with the Gulf ^ line keep strong organizations there and. work-the field for all .there is in it. It seems to me that it would be poor policy to make a joint agency, either with th T, & P. or-with the Southern-Pacific. The agency ^Quid b® independent. T also think it would be a mistaken policy for the U.P not to keep the Gulf line strongly in the field, as it is certain'to strengthen the position of the If. P. in the mountai ns states, and contingencies might arise that would give signal importance to the existence of the gulf route as an active factor in seaborad business. This can be done without tak'ng anyt; ing of consequence from the main line. . . ' . It seems to me, under the contract of -"-pril 1st, 1890, by which the roads were consolidated^ that the U.P. is bound to do this, that it is bound to take care of the competitive business, namely,the U.P.D.3c G. route. ,, j r ■ r '1 . ■ —ly . . • .* -) ■ 1 : f i •' I am <0 M . i (t'i iiJao .HJVnr ■ ' - i»oq JImM '40 I i ,»a'iuoo M iAiil HAonu' . . mii • Yoiirs very truly, UnftiJ 1 at j r r '1 . ■ ■ 1 <0 Ml mm , . . . i . a ♦oq 1X09 '40 lit ' I 1 \U OOi |aJa*a<l • Yours very truly, st iammwrnm 04 itoaO «i bfimiA •« imAi o»Xa i' >(u AS^ pMMiioO oxof ooiU Xor om oOoqaT .ntoiXoo OMoOl 40011 «0 0 t»na Mm 0(14 to mdt oX Mt«| MoO ootf #od^ «HtJ MiUim tllMifir oMitM to *1,0 mdt 94 Mt«| MoO ootf #od^ Q. M. 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Y . June 19,/91 Genl. Dodge, Dear Sir; The photo oi the 16th Corps as the Battle of Atlanta received in good order. I thAnk you for the picture most sincerely as I am specially fond of war pictures and this is a most excellent one. We often speak of the lovely days we passed at your house, I saw Mr. Bridgeman the other day and he said you had written that you could not agree with him, that his wife was a 'G .* Neither can Mrs. Roe is counting on your coming here with Mir. McCullum, I tell her it is not fair for you all to be here when I am away ten thousand miles. With kindest regards from us to yourself and M.r. M^acCullum, I am. Very sincerely yours, Chas. F. Roe, ' ^' f. 'f' '*• ' / I i June, 1891. , Richard Butler, President Geo. R. T^ahnbull, Treasurer & Secy. THE BUTLER HARD RUBBER GO No. 33 Lercer Street. American Rubber Co. Works Butler, i^orris Co, N. J. New York, June 19, 1891. f/:y dear General: Some time ago at the mess table, you expressed a desire to obtain and possess a portfolio containing Forbes' sketches and war scenes, since which time I have had my scouts out and have finally succeeded in captirring a complete set. Under these circumstances will you knidly inform em where you would like to ha", e the portfolio sent, which it will give me great pleasure to do, and which I beg you will accept with my highest esteem and uindly consideration. Always faithfully, Richard Butler. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. June, 1Q91 685 "The Oxford" Boston, June 22, 1891 h'y dear General Can you give me the precise date of your appointment as Chief Engineer of the U. P. Alsoaray additional particulars besides what the reports contain of the killing ot' Brown and Hill? I have brought the history down, to the time you took hold and shall want to see you and get some facts before long. It has been a dreadful tangle to unravel. Has taken nearly 200 pages so far, but if it isn't interesting as a novel I'll agree to cut it. Are you going to be in N.Y. all summer? At the Club? Please let me know. Yours faithfully, Isaac F. Bromley. I89I Jvme 6S7 88 Linden Avenue, Flushing, L.I.,N.Y. June 23, I89I Dear General; Not hearing from you on my Inquiry for the "right parties" I was supplied by the Secretary of the Essex Institute of Salem with the following names of persons of property and culture, as he alleges either descended, allied or interested in the lineage of William Dodge, of the fleet founding Salem 1629; and first of our name in America. Of course, they are entire strangers to me, but as you may know them, I give the list: Mrs. Samuel Johnson ,Salem ^G.D.Isreal Dodge. Mrs. M.Marshall, West Roxbury, Mass. Geo.P.Messervy, Salem (Banker,-Boston) G.S.Pyam Dodge, Salem Mrs. William A.Saunders, Salem. D.Pickering Dodge, The Misses Allen, Salem G.D. of same Edwin H.Dodge, Salem Thos.F.Hunt " Sidney Perley, " Francis M.Lee " Harrison Ellery, Boston John Robinson, Salem Hon. Abner C.Goodell, Jr.,Salem and also I added Major, Asst. PavU.S.A., Francis S.Dodge of Mass, now Fort Walla Walla State of Washington, 1st Lieut. 24th Infantry, U^-S.A. now at Fort Gill Indian Territory; also of Mass, Charles Dodge making in all Fifteen to each of whom on the 2oth, to the 25th, of last M^y, I addressed a type copy of enclosed letter marked "A" and to several wrote more than once besides and later a Postal Card to each. Alii but, as yet have answered, ao jrcu. uniform tenor of their answers is very hearty approval but no money to invest therein. With these, over thirty letters I have done more than my share for such people, being myself of Block l.land Lineage and of the sixth generation, dlrec?®f?orTrlatl»nr Dodge, first purchaser, 1659, and first settler I66I, of Block Island, 638 I volunteered-at Salem 1879 to give'the family history and origin which I alone knew and having long since heen in correspondence in Enrland at the homestead of William Dodge of 1629 and with many others of the ancient family there, and being familiar in England by frequent visits I alone am qualified to complete the history as defined by letter "A". I shall volunteer no further. I report hereby my earnest and fruit less effort. Let me add; that this summer is the last opportunity of leisure that I can give to this subject as I shall shortly resume active practice as Counsel. As the season is runninglet me ask your prompt and cordial co-operation. Name such as will at once continue with you, and remit :!'I000 required and I will start. Faithfully yours, (Signed) Robt. Dodge. General Dodge . I - ; , Jf 1- v.: f': i i/r " ■ '• . '■ (pi https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/670cd689dc72af4d11f15ad14f651d8a.pdf 96839cf50f4b56b2542eee9fe9d03c15 PDF Text Text 639 July, 1891. Northfield Savings Bank A. E. Denny, Vice President. J. Carey B. Thayer, Treasurer Jorthfieid, Vt., July 6, 1891, G. M. Dodge, Dear Sir: I received yours of the 30th Ult. with'Draft '^5,000 and the same placed in Bank to the Credit Trustees N. u. J. C. B. Thayer, Norwich University. Norwich University. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Northfield, Vermont, July 6, 1891. Cenl. G. t''. Dodge, Dear Sir: Your letter of June 30th with enclosure $5000 to Wr. Thayer Treasurer, N. u. has been received. It was directed to Northfield Conn, and so delayed a few days. '.Vitti regard to the use of the amount sent by you on the new building I fear there is a little misunderotanding. wrote you April 29th asking if we might use the amount subscribed by you, without waiting to raise the whole am.ount necessary to finish the building and your reply of N'ay 1st I took as a consent on your part to our so proceeding with the building, although you wrote that we ought nofto start the building and not be able to enclose It. Now, we h; ve sufficient subscriptions and funds to enclose the building, that is, to build the walls, put on the roof, finish all the outside and part of the inside, but not enough to complete the building n every particular. .Ve expect to raise the balance soon, but as I rote you before, we think it can be done easier with the building in process of erecUon. I do not see how I failed to make myself under stood by you and regret it exceedingly. very much desire your consent to our proceeding with the work as 1 have above indicated, satisfactory to you. I shall enclose the Northfield News account of Commencement, and awaiting your renlv I am, e J . a-j, Very respectfully yours, J. K. Egerton, Secretary, July, 1891. On Steamship City of Chicago, July 10, 1891, Dear ^enl ocean all Our daily Liverpool But few of I have not squeamish helped us have some under the Our voyage has been an exceptional one, fair weather adn a smooth the way and we are now in sight of the rocjt shores of Ireland, run has been 308 to 326 and the schedule time from N. Y to is 10 days. We expect to reach there Saturday afternoon, the 114 Cabin passengers have beendown sick. i^ockwood and missed a meal although one or two days both felt a little but your thoughtfulness in sending aboard a basket of fruit over the shaky time. We have enjoyed it every day and still left, besides what I gave to some of my friends who have been weather. We have a fine lot of people aboard and it has been an intel lectual as well as Social treat. Fourth of July we sailed under the American flag and meetings were held both morning and evening and some very fine speeches made Ex-Senator Patterson is a fine speaker and so many others D. D.s from Colleges and Benevolent Societies and Churches. Gales of Iowa College is aboard and others who I know. In afternoon of 4th both old and young participated in Games and Athletic Sports on deck which Loclcwood enjoyed very much. Ten days on the ocean cut olf from the world seems long and grows monotLnous and all rejoice at the sight of land. We will reach Queenstown about dark I think, and Leverpool Sat. afternoon, 4 or 5 o'clock. I may stop over at Chester or Chatsworth so as to go down to London in day time fv.onday. My address is care City Bank Limited for present. Very truly. N. P. Sodge. July, 1891. .643 1891 Headquarters NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE. of the ^nited States. 202 Fifth-Avenue, New York. July 20, 1891 Dear General: I have your note of tlie 16th, and am indeed sorry to hear of your condition. I had hoped to return to find you well, or betterthan ever. You ought to do nothing else until you have secured re storation of health. Your life and health are worth more to you and are dearer to your friends than anything else. Don't let business worry you to death. Don't let anything worry you, but turn in and get well. We all want you with us twnety-five years yet at least. Mrs. Mrs. Glarkson and ^ talk much of you. She had received your letter, and was very much pleased with it. She would have answered it at the time, but she had then, and had for a long time afterwards, affelon on her hand which incapacitated her for writing. She sent all sorts of congratulations and friendly messages to you. She was not much better when I first went abra, d, but under the care ofDr. Warren Bey. who is one of your great friends, she rapidly improved, s^nd when I left she was better than she has been in several years. The boys joined her in Liverpool the day I landed in New York. They wiil spend the summer in Germany, Switzerland, France, and -England, coming home the last week in September. I shall remain in New York and vicinity probably for a month, and expect to be here until winter un less -1- get into the newspaper business at Chicago. Hope to see you soon, for a good long talk. I am at the Plaza hotel, and have secured splendid rooms on the seventh floor directly overlooking the park. They are cool and nice and the hotel is good, and I shall do iTiost of mywork there. I am going into this work head over heels. It is the only chance to save the party. If I can be left free to the work, I an. confident I can have thirty thousand clubs and three million Republicans enrol ,ed in niembership by next May. We can use them in the winter in a social and literary as well as political way, for joint discussions, and in utilizing the ambition of the neighborhood and drawing recruits, and in the spring we can turn them into marching clubs. ',\e shall then have a niobilized, active, and powerful force to take the word of comir.and early inthe campaign. Mea time I shall also gather ti:e names of every doubtful Republican and doubtful Dem ocrat in the country, or in the Northern States, with his nationality, occupation, and post office address. We can thus reach hin. direct through the winter months, and treat him on the subjects in which he is interested. In this way of wisdom we can win. It is a good deal better to inform the voter the year round than to depend for success on trying to inflame the voters during the short days of theformal campaign Very truly yours, J. S. Clarkson General G. M. ^odge, 1 Broadway, New York City. 645 August, 1891. 45 Rue de Clichy: Paris, Aug. 4th, 1891 Dear '^enl* I came here on 1st Sug. from London and expect to remain until lOth and then go to Switzerland by way of ^ologne . ^^y address until 5th Sept. will be care M. G. Gritzner, Durlach, Germany after th&t until I sail 26th Sept., care Red Star L^-ne Steamer, Friesland, sailing 26th Sept. Antwerp, Belgium. I shall take a route thro Switzerland which I have been over before so as to rest by the way while Rockwood does the sight seeing. I have a cough that annoys me in day time result of a severe cold. I took when I landed at Liverpool. In England the weather was cool and sowery nearly every day and we both got very tired of it as well as the living, poor colfee and no fruit. Here it is better we are at a nice American family Pension at $2 per day each and have a nice table . Lockwood has been seeing City with gay excursion parties and I hsve been wandering about in a quiet way. One of the pleasant excursions I took in Rng. was to Plymouth with about 50 Council fttends . We were invited down and treated roy ally. Excursions about the city lead by their historian also about harbor by steamer. Public reception given us by "kayor and ^:ayoress" in Guild hall was a fine affair. We stood on the Pier the Mayflower sailed from in Got, 1620 also where it is more than probably our ances tor Richard Dodge sailed from in 1629 if he came with his brother as we suppose. ■'•he country in which our ancestor John Dodge lived "Somerset " joins Devon on north (Plymouth is in S. W, corner Devon) and we passed through it both going and returning but in returning took a route which took me in sigl.t of "Middle Chinnock and Coker near line of Dorset. The first named place was I believe John Dodge's (father of Richard) home according to the geneology which Betsey Dodge sent to us and she speaks of Halstock and Dorset. It should read Halstock in ■'^orset. These towns are but clusters of stone houses where the tenants live wiio rent the land. it is a beautiful country all in grass divided into fields or pastures by hedges and enough oak, elm etc. trees scattered along hedges to give it a park like appearance. Plymouth has a beautiful location. Has a beautiful promenade fronting the bay, called the Hoe (hight) where the people go to walk in the evening. I had no Idea of its beauty or that it was so large aud important City. The nonconformists are quite numerous there, the Mayor being one. Mrs. Everett and Torney are in the city. I also met at our boarding house tonight Prof. Wright of Oberlin who I knew years ago. SSy® Bois de not Boiogne, looked up according your friend Spaulding, think his home is out niar to the address you gave me. ^ called on Mrs. D. & Annie before leaving London. They were well and e> pect to return as i wrote tl:e last oi' Aug. '^rs. D. asked Credit and I advised her to turn it back to ..ountz Bros, and 1 would have Lougee send her from C. Bluffs "^.500 per month. Very truly, N . P . Dodge . G47 Augus-t, 1891. Wildbad Wa temberg, Germany, Aug. 18th, 1891. Dear Geni*. I am resting here few days and visiting with m; the summer here . It is a s of the black forest about 30 the mountains to Baden Baden and the following day we sha ride and from there turn sou. bruck in the Austrian Tyrol south as Venice. in this quiet German bathing resort for a y friend Gritzner of Durlach who is spending mall town located in one of the small valleys m. east of Baden Baden. Lockwood walked over yesterday and I expect him to return tomor row 11 probably move onto Stuttgard a few hours th to Lake Constance, thence East to Innscountry and it is our plan now to go as far I met Iwr. & Mrs. Montgomery in Paris and afterwards called on them and saw their children which have grown very much since I saw them. They all appeared well and seemed glad to see us. -^ockwood went again and took dinner with them. The day we left they expected to leave Paris. Mr. Mrs. M. but not the children, and visit Mrs, Dodge in -London and Irum there Lake passage in a steam vessel for a cruise in the Baltic Sea to be gone 30 days, then Mr. M. expects to return to d.o, but his fam.ily will remain another year, probably go to Germany. Prom Paris where we remained nine days we went to Cologne Stopping over one day at Brussels to visit the Battle field of 'Waterloo. 'Ae gave it a thorough inspection, came up the Ehine to Miyence, tfen to Keddelberg ana from there here. I got very tired of •London and Paris in fact ^ had to keep very quiet in Paris not feel_ing very well. If I ever made another trip abroad which I do not expect now I shall ever do. I think I should the continent and spend my time in Germany. Its less exrjensive and I like their country and people. ^ Mr. Gritzner' and Sons are large manufacturers of sewine persons. The skilled men earn five marks a day and the men and women who do work which requires no skill earn from to 2 marks per d^, but people live so simply and cheaply in this country. I think it does not cost them one half what it does laboring man in America. The Mci^inley bill has no friends here in fact I ® sln.e I Lnded'ai LlveJnool. in.,ury to this country and predict it will not benefit the people in U. States, only the manuf'r. classes. draw your own conclusions. , . . ^ have vatched the stock market In N v + solicitude as the stocks hr ve droooPd ^ ^ Cood deal of terested and that present depressed statP n? + are inyour care and an.lety. I Xf? en I see f see a change for the better. again I shall 648 N.y address until the 10th Sept. will be in care of . C. Gritzner, Durlach, Germany. After that care steamer Friesland "sailing ^ept. 26th Red Star line Antwerp. Belgium. Very truly, N. R. bodge. Lockwood. thought at one time of remaining over but has cb.anged his mind and will retunn with me and study at Columbia College, probably. - 'f; v'll 649 August 18,18S1 New York City, August 18th, 1891, Chas. M. Hayes, Esq., Gen. "ngr.lVabash R. R. Co., 3t Louis, Mo. Dear Sir:-- I suppose that I have made trade with Mr. "ubbell, by which our roads will be consolid-^ted into one road, and the whole will go under the traffic management of Mr. Martin • There has been some question as to how you would feel in relation to retaining "'r. Martin in the Wabash after he got control of both these lines, uf course, you know Mr. Martin's ability and that you can got no man there equal to him , and in my opinion, with the larger field he could do more than he has here-to-fore. I do not see any pl-^ce where the two interests would be antagonistic, unless it would be in east bound business, and, of course, that could be anangedj but I can see, which you will when you come to think, how both interests will be benefitted. And i hope you will keep him as here-to-fore. what I write you please treat as confiden1 ' 1 • I believe, wl.en wc get the Northv/estern widened, with all the interests working in harmony, we can create a much larger busi ness than we have before, especially, if we have Martin at the head Ox X ^ • Yours truly. G. j^. Dodge. V ; ' . v<* . . 'm 651 Pasadena Cal. Aug. 19, 1891, Dear General G. M. Dodge. I have been waiting hoping to tell you of our safe journey and continued improvement in health for Mr. Reed, but two weeks agu Mr. Reed was seized with a low fever and I can see that he is showly losing strength. Added to this he is consuming himself with nnxiety to return home where he may have his other two daughters about him and his family complete. This is impossible in his weak condition and since I have promised to write to you for passes ove" the road (Union Pacific ) that they may come to him he seems satisfied. I feel sorry to give you any trouble and perhaps I should write direct to Mr. Dillon but he is so apt to be from home and Mr. Reed thinks you will take a personal interest in our daughters coming out to him. Perhaps I can say to you in confidence that it has been about five years since Mr. Reed has been able to attend to business and in the mean time he has made some bad investments. This gives me courage to ask this favor to lessen his arjciety. Sen. I.eland Stanford sent us tick ets (Passes) for our two dai^ers to come from Ogden to Los Angeles and return . I feel sure Mr. Disson will not do less for us. Perhaps I had better write to him that he may understand the case when youapply for the passes. That there may be no confusion. I will add that our family consists of four daughters, the eldest ( was adopted thirty years ago) and youngest are with me here caring for the sick in a well furnished rented cottage. Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Stevens and daughters hrave been to see us. We all hope you will come again this winter. Where you Fill find well preserved peaches and kind grateful friends ready to welcome you. This is a most wonderful land of fruits and flowers. Our physician and friends encourage me that Mr. Reed is in no Immediate danger and by another month he may improve;that chronic cases oftan assume this alarming form the first month. This is why I have written instead of a telegram. ie.Mrs. S. B. Reed. Yours very sincerely Mrs. E. Reed, P. S. Our daughters address is Zaliot, 111. They both live at and near our old home . Mrs. Ame Reed Be nitt, and Mrs. Mg^ry Reed Hyde . If yousend the passes they can come at our summons or sooner later Yours Z.E.R. 653 August, 1891. THE ASSOCIATED ©RESS. The Western Associated Press, and the ^"ew York Associated Press; repressenting the Prominent Newspapers throughout the ^^nited States. Acting also for the Reuter, Havas, and Wolff Agencies of Europe, and the lead ing Journals of the British Provinces. General Offices: New York and Chicago. W. 11. Chamberlin., Cincinnati, Agent, Cincinnati, 0., August 23, 1891. i/iy dear General Dodge i The ^^hio Gommandery Loyal Degion is illustrating one copy of its War Sketches by inserting Photographs, maps and engravings, binding them along with the text. I write to ask you if you have any photograph or engraving of yourself which you could give us for that purpose. Or any plan or map of Atlanta campaign operations small enough to fit an octavo page. We remount photographs on sheets of the proper thickness, also engravings. Anything you may be willing to spare for that purpose win be appreciated by the Gommandery. So far as I have heard all the Army of the Tennessee men of this locality are for Gen. Dodge for President. I hope to attend the next meeting and to have the pleasure of voting for you. Yours -truly, W. H. Chamberlin. September 6, I89I. 655 Henderson, Texas, Sept. 6, 189I, General G.M.Dodge, Dear Sir: Your kind letter of 3Ist. to hand today. I acknowledge receipt of your check at once and receipt of same. I learn that there is a strong probability that the reorganization of the I.& G.N.R.R. affairs has been agrred on, Mr.Gould taking possession on Oct. next and that the case of Trustees will not be acted on tomorrow, but continued by consent. I also learn that Receiver Campbell will have control after the road is discharged from Court. How far Mr. Gould proposes to use Campbell is not to be guessed. But if he knew him as well as his neighblrs here, he would not hold to him long. Campbell has a pretty strong ^^pull with the dominant political crowd here now, but beyond that he can do no good— this is his first experience with R.R. property. He and Senator C^^ilton really got the present receivership and have used tit for their own ends. Hundon and Boomer were only held on to because of the relation Hundon had with the M.K.&.T. at the time Mr.Gould's suit was before the Court. Campbell fired Hundon recently. These are matters it will do no harm for you to know even if you have no interest in the property. Thanking you very kindly for your good offices in my behalf, I am very truly yours, R.S. Watkina. 657 Sept. 1891 (Fr^atl'^au^rh Bay, aept 10th, 1891, j). (Jtrnmins, j:,sq., ucar Gir:- Mr. Grany^er name down to see my last ni^ht and infornL®d me of your safe a rival, j. am £;lad to hear after your return that you' have had a plasant trip abroad and come back, impressed with the charms of our own country, i world come in to see you, but i have had to be in the uity so mucii during the p"st summer tha i want to stay here and get a little rest if possible, before going west, which I oxcpect to do about the last of 8ept., and if so, will be in Ues Moines before the first of Oct., i have to be in Chicago the 7th or the 8th of that month, but if anything should happen that I could not get away from here in Sept. then I shall go toques Moines after tlie re-union of the society oi the Army of the Tennessee, which occurs in Chicago on the 7th of Oct. All there is to do in relation to the agreement is to broaden the guage a,.d carry out the provisions of the contract and hold tb.e meetings, which lUcxy be necessary, and issue the stock and bonds. Mr. uu Iboll wrote me that the guage had beer, broadened. I am anxious to get this ma ter fully accomplished if possible, by:, the first of Iloverabcr, and want you to do all you can towards hasten ing it to a conclusion, as I ha ve business that is going to take me away for a long time after that date. Mr. nybbell also wrote me that the Iowa rpads were threatiening to cut down the percenta ges of the local lowa roads from 50/^ to 25^^ of their through rate. That is on the business going to and from points out of the state, or on other roads. It would be a very serious thing to the new consolidation if thi should be done, aid there is really no reason for doing it because, all the business that they divide is created by the local roads, and as a general thin g , it is not competitive tc tiiem, and Martin muut not allow this to be done. A fight must be made on it and if the roads do it then a tr-de must be^'immediatelv made cither with Diagonal or the Illinois uentral R. r. (jo, turning all our busincs to one of those roads. 1 have no'doubt that either one of them will hold the percentage to us. I think th.at trie contract between the ues 'loines & Northern and the st. Paul runs for fiv years. This is so important a matter that no stone must be left unt rned that would help put a stop to it. The St. Paul people may think that the consolidri t' on iets them out of this agreement, but x do^ not think that when they have thcrourblv considored the question they will want to raise it now, for the local will affect arc poor enough at present, lines, with the feelir,g in Iowa against them, cannot fford to ma e a division in the Railroad interest of that State would certainly do. It was this matter that 1 wanted to tfi]< to you al.uut, and as ' ou are the couivel of some of these roads you better caution them in regard to it. lou know that they are in the habit of doing things and repenting. G59 Sept. .1891 A. B. Cummins. afterv/ards . The snrae as they have done in all their rate matters in the alate. They do not seem to think or look ahead and see whether or not the gun is loaded. As I understand matters now in iowa the^r are movin- more satisfactorily than for a long time past and the piople a e beginning to turn favorably towards the roads, and in fact, they are beginning to see that the legislation and their war upon the railroads has been of no ^benefit to them; on the contrary , they have been of great detrimei t to the roads and the State, and have only diverted a great d'.al of business away from the State or around it. Under the agreement of the consolidation of the Des Moines " Uorthern and the Des Moincs & northwestern, does the Ues fToincs & Northern have to hold any meetings for ratification or other purposes? if so, you will have to arrange for them. They had probably better be held when I am out there. In this connectio serious question has arisen in my mind as to the legality of the contracts and the action of Des FToines ai-.d Northwestern from the fact th t Nr. Hubbell, as President of that Company, makes a contract with himself to do the work of broadening the guage. Mr. Granger can show you the resolutions that were passed at that meeting, and I wish you would consider them carefully in this connection. Perhaps, howevei*, as all of the stockholders voted for it, it might not have the same affect it would have it tl.ere were r- minority to vote against it or hereafter open it stp. t. There seems to be, however, a possibility that these acts might be questioned and it well for you to look carefully into them. Of course, if tjiere is any queston, Mr. Hubbell could ste|) out as President, leaving rred there until the roads were consoli dated. I have not had an opportunity of consulting Judge Dillon upon this subject preferring to wait until you returned. I suppose the stock was present or represented and voted for Uie contract', there could be no question in regard to its legality. If you have time, i rh-^.l be glad to hear from you upon the ^'Oints mentioned in this leter before you leave for the west, and if you feel lite it, you '-an dictate your reply to my stenographer in the office. If you do not have time to ansv/cr before you leave, write n<e fully just as soon as you get time to consider the subject after your arrival in Des Moines. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. October, 1891. Cambridge, Oct. 3, 1891 Uy dear General Dodge: I received your note of a few days since in I^ew ^ork, and happening to see a toy circus rider for sale in twenty-third street, I bought it and asked the clerk at the Brevort I'ouse to see that it reached your office. I hope that you have received it by this time, and that it is now rejoicing your niece. I am at home again, and consider that my work for the Union Pacific is iiow over. In the course of 2 or 3 weeks, it is probable th^t I shall go to England and Holland. I shall hope to see you before leaving. I feel that a great load is off my niind, now that the Union Pacific is out of danger and I am quite ready for a vacation. In hopes that I may see you often in future, even though I shall not be connected with the Union Pacific,- and with expression of my highest regards, I am. Faithfully yours, Gardiner . Lane. Cambridge, Oct. 3, 1891. 1891. CEUiV. j At the" meeting on ^Aie 8th, tlie Coinmittee on officers reported as officers. President General Grenville Dodge of Iowa and twelve Vice ^residents. I was unanimously elected and on taking tlie position as President spoke as follows: ■< ' Comrades of the Army of the Tennessee:' I cannot in words express my thanks for the great honor you so kindly conferred on me. It was a great privilege for one to serve in the Army of the Tennessee and be a part cff its imperishable record. It would have been the greatest honor, that could have been, bestowed upon one of ; its soldiers to have been co mander of the Army of the Tennessee, for it gave imperishable renown to Grant and Sherman, whom history is beginning to recognize as the two great soldiers of the century. l^cPherson, Logan, Howard were placed by it in the fore-front rank among the Generals' of the war. Grant and Sherman have often said to me that had the opportunity offered, the Army of the Tennessee had many officers who would have filled the highest rank and command with honor to themselves and credit to the army. To be called by such a body of men to its civil head, I take' as a kind,ly endorsement of my servi-ces in its days of battles and great victories. It is- the knowledge, in a busy life, of the fact that the comrades of our younger days do not forget us in their later acts, that touches the tender chords of the Jieart and plants a succession of monuments that are th'^ happiest mile-stones of our Jives. But there is another and more potent reason why I siiould be especially thankful for this mark of your .confidence. It was my good fortune early in the '//ar to fall first under the guidance of Grant, who, when he left us, turned me over to Sherman, telling him that he must look after me; and how faithfully Sherman did so durln"" the war you all- kiiow. Wi.ile I have been in civil life he htt^taken greater interest, if passible, in all the enterprises that it has fallen to my lot to be a part of, and has watched them and advised with me about them, and been more anxious for their success seemingly, tiian I could be myself. In Tact, his interest has made him a part of them. Prom the day I said adieu to army 'service up to the day I bid gaod-hy to General Sherma in my office in Ifew York two weeks before he died, he watched, advised, and, when necessary, commanded,' to keep me in the Jine that he desired every one of tlie Army of the Tennessee to ^pursue through life. In the few wards permitted me to say, I cannot give an adequate idea of the import of his friensi.'ip to me. In later days he seeuiod to take more pride in his success in civil .life and in the growth of tl.is nation than in ..is great war victories; -and I on y wl^h while I occi'py, tk.is position that I can fill it as he would have me. I will only say that "i will make my best effort and leave the rest to you," . . . • , 1891, There v;ere several speeches made hy several of the members. all very complimentary to' the new President, ' ' , . " General BaJ^ne spoke as follows: , "I want to say a word about fTeneral Dodge. I never knew him to make but one mistake. I will tell you how it was. When Burnside issued his celebrated order sup pressing the Chicago Times, he said to me Burnside is the man for me. I said General, Lincoln is a magnificent politicna, he knows all the ins and outs, and it is my jud'^ment that he will revoke that order in less than three days. I'll bet you'a bottle of green seal chompagne he won't do it, says General Dodge. I'll take the bet, I said. In tliree days Lincoln revoked the order and the General sent me the champagne, and I have it t,oday in my house. The first time he comes to Washington we are going to knock the neck off." I reported the following resolutions, in relation to the death of General Sherman; ' • ' - "Whereas, An all-wise and over-ruling Providence has by the hand of death takoi; from our mids't our boloved comrade, our M adored commander--General William Tecumseh Sl'ierman,—it is fitting ^ that we, the Society of the Army of the Ternossee, put on record, in tribute to his memory, an expression: I. Commemorating in fitting words the inestimable service rendered by him to his country in ti.e capacity of coirunander, ranking second onLy to Grant, the peerless chieftain, with whose name his own will ever remain imperishably linked in history, and whose fame he will .continue to share as he shared with him the unceasing cares and totturing responsibilities of the mightiest struggle for 'iberty, and union known in the annals of, time. II. Recounting h^ow, we, the Society of the Army of the Tennessee who saw him cl,ay by day, and felt tiie insptring magnetism of his example from Corinth to Washington; who submitted to his command so willingly .throughout the war, and heard his command ever only to obey; and who, the war being over, felt the glow of that kindly heart, that generous soul, that genial companioship which ,bound us to him witi. ties ,far' stronger than the firm steel-hooks of military duty, until, as we had first measured him as a oommandor of brigodo, of diviion, of corps, of army, so we came at last to measure Jiim as a social, genial, companionable comrade. President of. our Society, keenly alive to the amenities of our gentler human nature. III. Recalling witli delight the personal reminiscences in "hie he has so free"'^' indulged—happy, original, j.istorical; recalling his plain, outspoken iionesty—for it was characteristic of him to ^ speak as he thougiit; recalling..the hearty, responsive social spirit ^ with which he ever welcomed us all as comrades, and as equals—for he met our every wish and expression of good-will -dth a response which brought us so near to him that we felt as if we could not part. GC9 1891. I V. Honoring; hiiq for his- true spirit of Anericanism during and since the War,—a spirit which brought him ever nearer and nearer to the people i civic lif.e, until they came to love the determined soldier for the charms of his per3onality--so that, the death of no other man then living could have left a deeper and. wider void in the hearts rf the American people; honoring him for tiie uncompromising adherence to the spirit of nationality,, the principle which inspired him to deeds of valor in v;ar, and to vxrgent warnings to his countrymen when, in peace, it was sometimes tljought possille that we might again have to "tighten our belts;" honoring liim for having .no doubts and expressing none as to vhat as soldiers we had fought for, accomplished and demanded as the results of the war, an' imperishable legacy to his countrymen, over and beyond that transmitted as a great soldier . and commander; and lastly, . . , V. Declaring our hearth-felt sorrow for his de.atl., our entire and deep sympathy with his children, in their touching and_ undying love and reverence for his name; declaring our profound appreciation of his matchless ser;vice to his country, and oui- boundless satisfaction in knowing that, while all of him that was mortal is dead to us, the disembodied essence of . is. life "goes on and remains the heritage of the nation. To this end be it Resolved, That this, our. tribute to tl:e memory of -General William ^ficumseh Sherman', some time commander of each of its .separate units, and finally of the entire Army of the Tennessee, from Shiloh to -the end of the war; an original member of this Society from its organization, and its president fr.ora the time of the death of General Rawllns .to the date of his own, be suitably engrossed, spread upon the minutes of this meeting, and pres.erved with the records of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Resolved, further. That the Secretary of this .Soc'ety be, and is hereby instructed to transmit a duly authenticated copy of this preamble and resolution to the surviving members of the family of General Sherman," General WLllard Warner, of General Sherman's staff, sp^ke as follows on the death df McPherson and General Dodge's ba.ttle' of Atlanta: • . . "As we rode down on the littl,e road .that McPherson w.as after wards killed on^ we met General Dodge, and he asked General McPherson where he should put his troops. Gen, licPherson asked him, "Wiiere are they now?" General Dodge replied, "They are in the rear a mile and a half, or so, haj.ted." General I'cPhorson said to him, "We will send f.-^rward and prepare a new line, and then towards evening moj^e your troops on towards Blair'.: left." We went ti;en to Blair's head quarters. While tliero I reme ier some officers reported to Ger.eral Blair tiiAt Confedorate' cavalry were seeh near his hospital. General Blair gave some directions about havinp; it moved further In. Somebody else reported that Gpnfedorate cavalry Had leen seen near McPherson's headquarters, and General licPherson inquired about it, and asked wjjo was tl.ere and the officer said, ''Colonel Clark." MePherson G70 1891. ^ said, "It is a ri^ht if Clark is there." It was thre« oi four miles to Sherman's headquarters. This si.ows Itow linconscious we all^ were of any enemy on our left and rear. We went to General ^herman s headquarters and while' there, the rattle of firing began on bur left, with General Dodge, and on the left of Blair. We listened a moment, and Shern^n and McPherson both said, as it began to rattle louder and quicker,"This means fight,.." LlcPherson mounted his horse and rode off. I think Major Steele was with him. Within an hour Steels came back saying that McPherson was killed, and that there was a heavy, attack on the left. General Sherman said to me,"You have been over that ground, go ovei' there and 1 t me ki":OW tlie siuuation. Crossing a little creek, I'met McPherson's dead body in an ambulanbe. I rode on and came to General Dodge. It v/as that accident, I think I may say, of General Dodge's two divisions being lef.t there in thzh^ way on the rear of our Left, that changed, perhaps, the whole tide' of the day's fight. Hardee, w ith fifteen thousand- men had made a detour entirely aroundour left, and taker, us in flank aricin reaiJ, and it was General Dodge wit., his two flivisions so unexpectedly there, meeting him with such a f-irra front, that cnecked'him, and changed the 22n,d of July from a possible disaster into a great victory. Am I right in the general: I rode up to General Dodge. He had repulsed Hardee's attack on him. Hardee was surprised to find Dodge's troops thex^e. And they stood there and kept their ground and drove Hardee back into tixe .woods. Waen I came General Dodge had just" repulsed hi . I asked him, ^|P "Gereral, how is it?" He .-.aid, "We have been attacked by a heavy foi-ce, but we have- repulsed them and we oan hold them." I said, "You will have reinforcements quickly." , ' . I think these facts have never gone fully into the history of this battle. It was due to -the accidehtaj. presenc.e of these two divisionc and to the skill and bravery with which General Dodge .met- the attack of fifteen thousand men, that the 22nd of July was saved to us. It illustrates the accid-^nts of battlo." At the banquet On the evening of the Bt'hi, General Dodge presided. Ge^xeraL Horace Porter .spnke to "The Memory of General Grant," Hon. Henry Watterson spoke on "The War is Over.". James L. Blair, son of James P. Blair, spoke on "The Generation after the War." General John Nobel spoke on ."The Reward of Patriotism." and James f Whitoomb Riley spike to "The Coiimon Patriot." and recl.ted a poem on "t)ecoration Day on the Place." Mr. Charles M.. Sherman, nephew of General Sherman spoke on "The New Recr*uits" and Genei^al Edward S. Bragg spoke on "The "^^olunteers," and Col. Augustus JAcobson spolde on "The Ifemory of General Sherman." 675 October, 1891, Pullman Building, Oct. 8th, 1891. Dear Genl: Mr. Pullman has not been invited I find, to the banquet to night. He has subscribed liberally to the monument and soldier's organizations generally, and if you can quietly bring about sonie kind of invitation which will give him a good place at the table I know he would enjoy it particularly as you are to preside. Of course he would insist on paying for his ticket like the others. I believe he has had the privilege extended to him by notice, to purchase tickets, but you know that in addition thereto some little compliment in the way of an invitation and the assurance of a good location would add much to his pleasure. Can you arrange it? Yours very truly. Horace Porter. Gen. G. M. Dodge. October, 1891,.. Norv/lch University. Alun.ni Association. John B. Johnson, *79, Secretary Northfield, Vt., Oct. 10th, 1891 Gen. G. Oodge, Dear Sir; The Transit Theodolite has arrived and we used it yesterday with our class in railroad Engineering. We are very much pleased with it. It is a fine looking instrument, being nicely finished and having all the modern ideas except the stadia and gradieuter which I will have added at once. It works very well and smoothly and the glasses are such an improvement in power and cleaxness over what \^e now have, that the students are delighted with it. The attached level, gives us another level practicall;: get another transit. the same time that we I can now do good work in my department and keep one more party at work than I have of late. I am resolved to improve the Civil Eng. Dept. in every way possible. This is only my second year in charge of it , but this transit gives us a great lift. I can truthfully say that had I possess ed the right of ordering from Buff and Berger just such an instrument as I wished for, I could not have selected one so suitable lor all the phases of college work as is this, I thank you most heartily in the name of the students. Faculty and Trustees of N. U. for your kindness in furnishing ua with so desirable an article. It shall rerecdive due recognition in our new catalogue and may stir up some other alumnus to a similar act. Yours very truly, J. B. Johnson, Prof, of Civ. Eng. 079 October, 1891. Union Ptxo-ific Systeni Ofl'ice of General Superintendent Denver, Colo., October 20th, 1891 . 0. S. Ri'.ellen, General Traffic tanager, U. P. Ry•, Co., Omaha, Neb. N!y dear Sir: I received yours of October 12th from Mew York. I am now on my way south and after I get through my business there sahll return to Omiaha and will see you. I will be better able then to discuss matters than I was before going over the ground. There is a marked improvement in the U. P. D. & G., earnings for August, and there is a good deal busi ness in sight; I notice that the traffic men are after it. On the south end we are still in the "soup" mostly caused by the numerous washouts and a loss of the north-bound business a good deal of which of course comes from the fact that the busi ness is dropping out of this country. I hope October will show up better in the in the Fort Worth and Denver, it is holding its own on locally. If Wild could make arrangements to load back at a low price some of the Black Hills ores to the smelters here at •!:- it would help out the Cheyenne & Northern, they have been m a few cars. I have had a conversation with N'r. Wild about this. As the ore would come solely in our empties it is possible that we could create a trade tliere tiat we have not got and it Aould help on the low price of coal going north. I am very truly yours, G. M. Dodge . October, 1891 681 Denver, Cel., Oct. 22d, 1891 S. F. F. Clark, Esq., Vice-President, Union Pacific Ry., St. Louis, Fo. Dear Sir: with Fr. ences of I sent you the dispatch this evening after three meetings Jefiry. I do not propose to trouble you with the differthree year s controversy- merely wish to say that Attorneys supported me in every position I took on the contract, and Fr. Jeffry took a very strong ground here in relation to the diverting of our cars to local business, v/hich I can explain to you when I see you and which has been a very great detriment to us. 'yhile he did not admit that he should put this business on his own cars, he said to make your agreement good as to diversions, that he ..ould and did give t:.e order to have the Burlington coal, loaded at the Sopris Fine, diverted to us on the 3. 5: F. Cars, to bring us up in a proportion so that the debt would be liquidated January 1st. Fe expressed a great desire to act fully in a coord with you and he also was glad to get at the bottom of this contract with his attorneys and all his Chiefs of Departments present, and I know your feeling, in this matter, and the only thing I said to him was that I would commtunicate with you, and you better communicate with him direct and simply say you have ordered one month's rent paid. When we come to sift this thing right down to the actual cash, really there is not over ^75,000 due us, even on the Pool Commissioner's statements. Of course OCiaha is not up to date, but I got the Commdssioners account to date. What we want to do is to get back as sonn as possible to the original contract. These supplemiental agreenients miade one or two years ago, v/hen the Denver, Texas k P't. Worth were fight ing on their own business was all right, but when we turn onto themi the buisness oi the U. P. D. & G. it is This when I sei, you, I will explain. '.Ve are running out of Pueblo miore than they do, and under the original contract we should pay themi nothing for the business going to Grin Junction, but under stand this is no reflection upon the people tlrt miade this agree ment, because they were made under different circumstances from new , and as soon as you pay the month's rental you want to send notice to the Rio Grande people that you want ot come immediately to the percentages due us under t}ie original contract. Yours very truly, G . M. Dodge . October, 1891 683 Denver, Col., Oct. 22d, 1891 Colonel D. B. Henderson, Dubuque, Iowa. I'.y dear Henderson: You were made one of the Committee for the erection of a L'onument in 'Washington to Sherman. The other meiribers of the Committee are Colonel How, of St. Louis, H'cCrory of Minneapolis, Noble of V/ashington and Major Barrett of Chicago. I propose to get this Committee, (on my return North in about two weeks or so) to gether either at St. Louis or at Chicago, and will give you notice in time so you can meet us if it is after you are through with your Campaign. At any rate, upon the receipt of this, write me a letter to the care of Col. James F. How, Vice President of the Wabash By., St. Louis, and let me know if you can meet us and what ideas you have in the matter. We of course, propose to go before Congress, but outside of that we propose first to appeal to the Army of the Tennessee, and second to the country generally. I am. Truly yours. G . M . Dodge. 685 October, 1891 Denver, Col., Oct. 2..d, 1891 Sidney Dillon, Esq., President, Union Pacific P.ailway, 40 Wall Street, Mew York City. N'y dear Mir. Dillon: I have bt-en spending a good deal of time on hMe line from Omaha to Cheyenne, Cheyenne north, and on my way South this far.. . I see a great improvement in the operation and discipline of the road, which is gratifying, and the prospects, for earnings are good. Our great trouble is going' to be want of cars. There is a good deal of traffic in -- there is a great deal of coiTipetition for it, especially for the paying part of it, but I think our Traffic man is gaining on the crowd all the time. The August showing on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf proper was nearly 100 per-cent gain in net. ''Ve were unfortun ate in losing part of this on the Ft. Worth & ^enver City, but the cause was .local on account of the tremendous washouts we have had down ther and the almost entire loss of our through business, which we are beginning to get back. I think my visit here, anci my meeting of all the old people here, has been beneficial. I have got out of their heads a good many of the notions that they have had, by laying before them the actual facts, which I have been able to do because I have gathered up all the statisttcs bearing upon all the matters. I shall go from here south and remain there som.e tim;e. Am satisfied that the September earnings will show' a very large net increase for the whole line, but especially on the Ft. Worth & Denver and on this Division, and I have no doubt it is the same on the entire System. I have had a good many sessions with the Rio Grande people here and Mr. Jeffry, and I think have shown them very plain ly the bearings of our contracts with them. I know fr. Jeffry has got a proper view of this question now. He appeared to be disposed to be very friendly and very anxious to carry out their agreem.ents with us. It is very satisfactory to know that they are working in entire harmony with Mr. Duncan on that line, and there has been no friction there for several months. There is a vast improvement in the Denver yards. They have raised its capacity from a One-thousand car yard, a year ago, to 2200 cars tO-day, and tint can be increased thirty-three and one-third pe.cent by putting in a few more tracks at the breaking-up yards if it becomes necessary. After coming out here and looking at the situation I feel much better satisfied and miuch happier. I am. Truly yours, G. M . Dodge. GS7 October, 1891 On Road, in Texas, October 24, 1891 S. H. Jaffa, Esq., Trinidad, Col. ¥.y dear Sir: dad that you business av/ay ure of the Ei freight stati beyond the co necessary for last year suf Union Pacific as rather surprised to learn from our Agent at Trinl and some other citizens ol' Trinidad had taken their from the Union Pacific Road on account of the failo Grande and Union Pacific to build the passenger and on. Of course we all regi'et that, but circum,stances ntrol of either of us has prevented it. It is not me to go into those reasons. You have seen in the ficient to tell you that it is impossible for the to raise any money. ■ATiat I want to call your attention to is the injustice of this to our Company, when you consider what we have done for Trinidad, We i.ade our terminals th.ere as we agreed. Our pay-roll right in Trinidad is ^p20,000 per month. IVe employ 200 people-- one-half of them are married ir:en, and we are the only Com.pany there that makes that point a terminal, and we made, by making this a terminal passenger and freight rates into Trinidad the same as into t)enver. '.Ve have opened up a group of mines b^ wP.ich you people reach at 15 cents a hundred, and have given you a protection by miaking from the nearest other point 70 cents. We have pushed our line into the Maxwell Grant creating a business and tonnage that is all tributary to Trinidad, and your retail stores sell in that country not less than One hundred an: fifty thousand pounds per month. On all the California goods and all commodities, our rates give you control of all the surrounding country and you are protected against all competing points, there being a rate of about 55 cents in your favor by the car-load as against package rate, and the difference between a car and comi.odity rate for points South even gives you business in that country though they are nearer to eastern points than you. The distribution for our line is 8 cars per day out of Trinidad as against the Santa Fe's 2 cars, and to be added to our 8 cars is the distribution for the Rio Grande. Now. my dear Mr. Jaffa, dont you think this is pretty severe treatment upon us, that v;e have failed in one only'of all the things that we intended to do. I wish you would think this matter over, and I hope will change your views and change the views of all other people ther who happen to feel disao-pointed as you do . It is our intention to, just as soon as we can, put uo the necessary passenger and freight buildings there, but you must be patient with us. I am, Truly yours. G . L . Dodge. October, 1891 6S9 On Road in Texas, October 24th, 1891 3. !I. H. Clark, Esq., Vice-Fresident, Union Pacific Ry., Co., St. Louis, Mo. Dear Sir: The situation at Trinidad is injuring us in business on account ofour inability to carry out, or we might say delay in carrying our the agreements made there vhen the road ,was built. , The citizens agreed to give us certain property, nearly all of which we now have title to. They paid about ■:^90,000 in cash them selves, and the D. T. £: Ft. W. in closing the matter up paid ^30,000 more and our property there consists of about 60 acres Forth of the River, .where our roundl.ouse, tracks, etc. are, that is exclusively ours, and on the South side, vhere the passenger and freight station is, there are about 10 acres that is used jointly with the Rio Grande, who have about 4 acres. Two years ago we bought there two (2) additional blocks for a Passenger station that was to be built jointly by the Rio Grande and the D. T. & Ft. W. It was supposed to cost about $25, 000 and we were also to build a joint freight station, and the citizens subscribed and out in the Bank ^11,000 in N^tes that were accepted by th.e First Rational Bank. The time-for us to comr..ence this work expired last tay and th.. Notes were withdrawn, so that we are there to-day with the same little shanty for freight and passengers as w}:en we first entered in there. One cause of the trouble Was the inability -to agree on the value of property owned by each Company on the South side of the River. The business to the urD(5:G out of Trinidad averages about $20,000 a month. We used to carry in and out of that town 10% of the business, outside of the purely local, whereas the Santa Fe only carried 30,^, and that business is now clmiost reversed, and our loss is caused from thefact that the principal merchants there have turned their business away fromi us on account of our not carry ing out our agreements. The original agreement, when they paid the $90,000 to the D. T. & Ft. W. Ry., was that that Company should build a passenger and freight house. They subsequently agreed that we .should build jointly with the Rio Grande. I suppose this $11 ,000 could be obtained from them again. The Rio Grande & D. t. & Ft. W. proposed to raise the money upon the bonding of the property on the South side of the River, making a Terminal Company of it, but it seems to me that a better thing for us to do now would be, if possible, to ret the Rio Grande to join us and we put up a decent passenger and freight station with the help of tlie Citizens, by an agreemient between the two to have the value of our property agreed upon. II' they cannot do it th.emselves, leave it to three experts, and then issue bonds sufficient to pay for the two stations. Both 690 of them hadn't oucht to cost over ;^25,000; so that if we get back ^11,000 iropj the citizens, it would leave a very small amount of money for the tv;o companies to raise. Whilst this matter is fresh in my mind, I have put my recollections upon it on paper so that you will have it before you, as no doubt the question will get before you before long either by the Rio Grande or the citizens. All the details of all of the property, and all the details of the negotiations, contracts, etc. are fully known by the Right of Way Agent I.'r. J. -G. Sherwin. I am. Truly yours. G . 1. Dodge . Kf ■ , October, 1891 Ft. Worth, Texas., Oct. 28, 1891 Mr. J. Granger, Dear Sir: New York City. I send you, herewith, a check for ;jl,738.50, which goes to the credit of W. J. Jones of Quanah. Please deposit same to my credit with Kountz Brothers. I have been over the Ft. Worth & Denver. It is not in as good condition as the road north of Texline. The heavy rains in the Northern part of the State, the washouts, etc. has taken all their time. The earnings on the line are looking well. The gross and net will both be larger in September than they were last year. October I think will si.ow a large increase also. There is a large increase in business here in every direction, but there is a great scarcity of cars. I leave here for Velasco and Galveston, then New Orleans, and then return again to Omaha. I received your cipher dispatch and also received letter here from Carrie. I enclose, also. Mortgage on property in Quanah that I have taken in settlement of my account with Jones. I have full settlements from him, and all that you can do in these matters is to make note of then until I return, or Jennings returns and puts them through the books. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. ■Y'" ■ > 6S3 October, 1891 Ft. Vorth, Texas, October 28, 1891 Morgan Jones, Esq., Foi't Worth, Texas. Dear Sir: Referring to the suit against me at Harrold by the State of Texas; Knowing all the facts as you do, and knowing the injust ice of the suit to me, I believe that if the Governor and the Attorney General were acquainted with them they would immediately discontinue the suit. . Let me give you the facts; First, in 1885 I purchased, through my Agent, R. E. Montgomery, Section 36 in Block 13 of the Houston & Texas Central Survey, from. WilLiam Cain, who had filed and settled upon said Section of school land. I made this purchase at the instance of the Ft. Worth & ^enver City Ry., who were building into this country, and as you know you and I had to furnish this money and to protect ourselves at the terminal I was appealed to to make this purchase for the protection of the Company. At the time this land was pur chased from Cain there was no doubt on the part of anyone that all legal requirements had been complied with and that the title was perfect, or you know I would not have touchedit. The town of Harrold was immediately platted u. on this and adjoining sections, and lots were imn.ediately sold and Warranty Deeds given for them. A great many houses were buiit in this town and a great n.any erect ed upon this section, there being to my own personal knowledge at one time as^ many as thirty (30) and these upon lots that I had sold and Waranteed. No claim or no dispute as to my title to this property was made up to the time it was patented in 1888, and receiving the Patent from the State I of course felt secure in my possession. When the road was pushed on the town of Harrold dwindled away. Houses were moved froin it and people went to other terminals, but now the Town of Harrold is again recovering, and it wont be long before it will have as many houses in it as it had in its best days when it was a terminal. After receiving this Patent, and after many of the houses had been removed from this property, a man by the name of Terry moved upon it and endeavored to jump the Section. Suit was commenc ed against him by my Attorneys and it was tried in the United States Courts and was decided in iT.y favor. All the facts of my purchase, ol the entry and of the property that was upon it and removed from it was presented to th.at Court. After receiving the decision of th.at Court and supposing of coarse that settled the question forever, I sold this section all of the h.ouses from which had then been removed, to F. B. Tilghman of New York, excepting the lots that I had already sold and^iven Warranty Deeds to. 694 The Attorneys of this man Terry then induced the State to commence a new suit against me on behalf of the State, desiring to take advantage of the fact ti:at the houses upon the land had been removed, and it falls upon me to defend this suit, having given the 'Warranty Deed. Now, I appeal to you in all fairness and to the State of Texas in all justice, if this is not pretty hard lines for a non-resident of Texas, and I do believe that when the Governor and the Attorney General know the facts, and you state them to "them as you cSfiA^S^sonally had every knowledge from beginning to end of all the tracsactions, that they .vill order this suit dismissed. I am, Truly yours. G. Iv". Dodge. October, 1891 Ft. Worth, Texas, Got. 28, 1891 diver W. Ivlink, Esq., Comptroller, Union Pacific Ry. Boston, Iv'ass . Dear Sir: Co ., I enclose you copy of the questions asked by the State Commissions here, and refer you more especially to the. questions from Page . t'ost of these questions are similar to those asked by the Interstate Commission and have been answered by t'r. Ross, but answer to the questio.-s that I call your attention to he wants some advice on, and I wish you would write him yoLir ad vice of the matter. Of course he could answer this generally but not in detail. He could show that to replace the property with its plant, business and everything, would cost a great deal more money than the actual bonded debt of the property. You have had more experience with these matters than anyone else, and I told him I would write you to give him advice in the matter. I have been spending a gooddeal of time on the Union Pac ific and on this Division. Business is picking up everywhere and expenses are being held about on a level and I think we will get good returns. There is a great scarcity of cars, especially in this country now that cattle, wheat and cotton are all moving together. There is a great improvement in the operating department of the road and in the discipline all over the Union Pacific. We have got great opportunities to get a good business and a paying one if we fight hard for it. and that is wh.at we have got to do. I find tliat everybody is rustling all over the country for the business in sight and find that most ui our men know and see the situation. I think when I get back to Omaha and see r/r. Vellen and I^-r. Clark I can suggestsome things that will enable us to aid in helping the earnrings. After seeing the condition out liere andgoing over the pro perty and seeing the fairness with which it is treated, I have been able to wipe out the dissatisfaction that has existed as to the way it has been handled, and I feel much better and happier as to the future. I saw Wheeler in Denver. He says that he is asked in formation in matters that he dont have on account of not having the books, but that any information that is wanted upon the old books of any kind, if he could go to Omaha he could immediately get. I wrote Young, in case whe.e he dont understand matters that if he sent for Wheeler he would soon straighten them out. I give you this imformation so that you can avail yourself of it at any time you happen to get a knotty question that you cannot solve. » We have had heavy rains down to the Pease River, but from Pease River to the south of Texas there has been no rain in a good many parts of it since July, and unless we have it pretty soon it will hurt us on our next crop of wliear. The people north of Pease River are getting all their crops in and everything looks bright. I am. Truly yours. G. K . Dodge. 697 Pargo, North Dakota, Nov. 2nd, 18S1, My dear General: I am rejoiced to learn of your unanimous election to the Presidency of our Society, The members Oi' the society of the officers of the army of the Tennessee, have honored themselves, by selecting one, so every way worth , one who has ever been held in highest regard by '.hose who, like myself, served under you the longest. We who were permil.ted to be with you daily during army life can ever remember with highest esteem your uniform kindness to eacn a and every one, and your example of self reliance and bravery, made us younger associates, for better, because of such. I look back now General, to the years spent in your military family , as amount those, the best of my life. Best because I was of that age when proper influences aided inshaping after life, and in your exampl of p triotism, endurance, and indominable courage I had a never failing mentor and guide. Pardon this lengthy intrusion, but in all these years since the war I have never had more fitting opportunity to express the real regard I have ever felt for you, since knowing you so well. Permit me again to say that in honoring you with the presidency ©f the Society aslo honored itself, and took no back ward step in placing you where Dear General Sherman was. Truly Yours A. W. Edwards, Gen. G. M. Dodge No. 2 B'Way,, New York. Savoy, Texas, Nov. 4, 1891, Genl. G. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Dear Sir:- I served under Genl. Dodge as pilot and scout with Capt. Prank Harris, whom I learn is dead. I served fro"- the Pall of 1863 until the Army left Corinth, Miss. I belonged to the 1st Alabama. Col. Spencer was with him when he was killed at Barton Station, Tenn. I left in charge of some old men , women and children with instructions from Provost Vansellen to Memphis, Tenn. thence to Cairo, 111., thence to Duquain, Ills, where we disbanded. Before leaving Genl. Dodge, I became afflicted with my eyes, one of v/hich went totally out. I was used by Gen'l. I^odge for general detail purposes. My principal object in writing to you, is to learn whether you are the same Gen'l. I served with, in the first Alabama. I have made appli ation for a pension for the loss of my eye. I cannot be found on the rolls of my company--at the department. I think the General will remember me. I went under the name of Dutch Prank while with the scouts. If you are the same, that served under, I can give you circumstances that will make you re ollect me. Please let me know whether you are the same or not by so doing you will must oblige an old soldier. Yours truly. William Pields. alias Dutch Prank. 701 November, 1891 Plaza Hptel, New York, N. Y November 9, 1891. Dear General: Could you take dinner with me next KondaJ night, the 16th, to gether with six or eight other Republicans, to discuss some practical plans for the organization of Republican forces during the coming winter and th reinforcement of the party strength? The literary compaign, the work d' reaching every home in ti e North and presenting the Republicanpolicies, and gaining every possible recruit, must be done during the sinter months if it is to be affected. After next spring, when party lines are drawn, few converts will be made. The Democrats are pressing this work with wonderful energy and as wonderful iningenuity. I have several plans, and I wish to present them to you before the meeting of the Republican National league Committee on the 19th and the National Committee itself on the 23rd. I do not want to ask you for money. This ti;e I want you advice. I have several projects for the dissemination of literature, the multiplication of Republican clubs, and the rebuilding of our waste places. We must first do what lies within the range of possibilities to reinforce our newspaper strength. It now stands as three to two against us throughout the Northern States on an average, and is wholly against us in the South of course. I have on plan by which I think we can, beginning with December, if we are properly organ ized, pull up on circulation of Republican literature twenty million additional copies of newspapers a month. The Democrats, led by the Tariff Reform Club, have secured the name of every voter in the Northwest, and are now engaged in perfecting similar lists in Indiana, N'ichigan, New York, Massachusetts, New Fan-pshire, and Connecticut. They are going direct to the home of every voter, after gaining his occupation, nation ality, age and post office addreso. They are also drilling a great corps of speakers in this city and in Chicago I'or a special discussion of the tariff reform issue next year. have a plan to meet this by similar work on our part, with a minimum exi^ense. I cannot even cover by sug gestion the different subjects 1 would like to discuss with you. I simply want to have the views of strong and sensible nien upon the different plans I propose, as a means of testing them, their good sense and practicability, before presenting them to the two national committees. I hope you will keep Monday evening clear, and that you will not fail to attend this little conference and dinner. I go to Washington to-day, and will be back Wed nesday night. Meantime, will you kindly lei me know by note to the Plaza Hotel whether you shall keep yourself free for this engagement Monday night, and if so I will notify you of the place and hour. It is very plain to all Republicans now that we must take up the wor.. of *92 at once, and with all possible energy, system and power. ^ am sure that you share in this feeling, and so I feel free to ask you to this little conference. Very truly youxs. General G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, New York City. Clarkson . 7G3 Roveiriber, 1891 New York City, Nov. 20th, 1891 CONFIDENTIAL Hon. J. S.' Clsrkson, Chairrnon oi the N:t. Rep. Com. oi the United States. Ky dear Sir: I think that when New York presents her case, asking your cominittee to vote to hold the Republican National Convention here, before a vote is taken you should ask New York what they are doing to prevent the steeling of the Legislature-- both Senate and House--of this State, whcih ti:e returns and records show, are half Republican. It seenis to be an easy master to get a Conin.ittee to gether for the purpose of bringing a Republican Convention to New York City to "fill" the hotels, but it seems impossible to get a meeting of Republicans here to protest or object toithis great outrage. I undertake to say that no such action as has been going on in the State of New York in the last month, with such men as Hill, Flower and, I suppose, Cleveland(because his press does not say a word against it) could occur in any other State in the Union without the people rising to wipe out the rascals connected with these outrages. New York Republicans simply seemi to submit; and, if all the Republicans of the United States are of the samie "miilkand-water" kind that the Republicans of New York are, in my opinion when they get to New York Tammany will dictate the Republican nominee. I am, Truly and cordially yours, G. M. Dodge. Savoy, Texas. Nov. 20, 1891 Gen. G.M. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York. My dear Gen'l. I received your kind reply to my letter of Nov. 4th, I am glad to know that you still live, I had learned that you were dead. I was not, it seems regularly discharged, orat least it cannot be found. Capt. Vansellars, gave mp charge ofrefugeesat Corinth to secort them to Dugoin 111, and gave me an instrument of writing giving me authority to drav/ rations from Union posts, which was countersigned by yourself, which I have worn out and lost. When Gen'l Braman was fighting at Bolivar, Tern. Iwas sent from him with a dispatch to you at Corinth, I was with Parsons, when the dispatchwas brought. You sent for me from my mess, to tell you the truth about the Confeds shooting at us, that you knew Parsons had lied to you. You then turned P-rsons off and kept. me. This was Christmas week of 1862, About that time I had neuralgia in tent at your he dquarters. I continued with spells of neuralgia until the lattcrpart of the winter of 1866, when my right eye went totally out. What I need is your affidavit (if you can remember it ) to enable rnc to get a regular certificate of discharge. Whatever your trouble will be let me know and I will refund expenses to you. Wm. Field, alias Prank Dutch. Co. A. 1st Ala. 707 November, 1891. Fort //orth & •'-'enver City Railway Co., Office of the i'resident. Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 26th, 1891. Dear General: Your favor of 23rd inst just to hand. Duncan showed A. & K, over U. P. D. & G. I sent Good- to meet them at Texline. • I order ed ^■offatt to take them over the W. V. but they would not taxe the tine and came to Fort Worth where they stayed over one day. Mr. Adkims drrmd yo yhink a good deal of Fort W. & D. but was disappointed with the Road from Trinidad to Texline. He is under the impression that Clark is going to improve everything. Mr. Adkins is rather a bright man, he is much better informed than I expected. He expressed him self to me as very sorry to se^ these old men go out, especially Duncan. I think Duncan is going into the coal business the 1st of the month in Denver. He gets the same salary as the Road was paying him I understand. I will have a talk with him about going East . He is on his way down here now with "-lark and party. I shall meet them at W. Falls to-morrow or perhaps further west, although I have another case in Court that I ought to attend. Adkins and Mink will leave New Drieans tonight for St. Louis they expect to stay there to meet Clark. Will write you again after I see Clark. We are having quite a time with the Ry. Commission, they h;. ve reduced our division with the H. & T. C, I have protested against their action in two letters. They have raised the revenue of the H. & T. c. & S. P. about 16^ and reauced F. & D. revenue about 55% on lumber. Think they will modify the rates yet. Will look after the matters you speak about , order etc.. Yours truly, Morgan Jones. [ti if-. .,'tI2 709 November, 1891, THE FORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY CO. Office of the ^resident. Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 29th, 1891 Personal. Dear General: I met Clark and party west of ^hildress. They were detained by a wreck. Clark was despoded to Lake a pessimistic view of the F. W. & D. I think I convinced him .that I knew about as much as he did about this property and that if the property got any show at all there should be no question about its earning power. Clark was very nice the second day. Dickinson, Duel & Duncan etc. were with the party. Clark left last night for Lt. l-quIs to meet Adkim Is Mink. Dickenson ^ Duel and the new man, Moore, that has taken Winters place will return over the F. W. & D. to morrow. We did not go over the 'Wichita Valley but look ed over the terminals and Clark says he will advise the U. P. folks to purchase it. He hinted that the contract for wheelage as a bad thhg for the N, P. i asked him how he wouid like to put his money to protect a property without something, and that i would not touch it with a forty foot pole without some inducement from the property whose territory it protected. Duncan is going into a Coal Co. in Denver the 1st of the month. Will write you again tomorrow. Yours, Morgan Jones. . . '; ■ ^ .. . A ■! 711 December, 1891, Fort Worth & Denver ^ity ^'ailway Go. Oflice of the ^resident. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 7th, 1891, Genl. G. M. Dodge. Dear Sir: Your favor is just received, Mr. Giark is opposed to letting the ^ock Island coming into F. Worth over the F. W, & The road from Bowie to lort Worth is an expensive one and unless a very favorable arrangement can be made taking into consideration the extra danger of collisions etc. I do not see that we have very much to gain to let them come in over our Road our terminals will not do much more than our own business, so there will be some draw backs to a joint track. Although I told Mr. G-iark if the right kind of an arrangement can be made I would be in favor of it rather, than let them build a parallel ii^oad and more especially if the R I would enter into an agree ment for us to do their business for them. Have not heard from Mr. Clark since he left but l presuem he wants tiu.e to consulfc Mr. Gould or other U. P. folks before he wij.1 do anything with W, V. Ry. Mr,. Keely has gone to St. Louis to attend a Frt. meeting . I asked him to fight the contraction of the common point business should it coine up as far as our Road is concerned but of course he will be governed by the wishes of U. P. & Mo. Pa. regardless of what ,ill be to the interest of this end, I can only stand a certain amt. of this kind of business and if it gets too bad I shall Kick and resigp: anu het out of their way. Life is too short to fight for the sake of fighting. If they have the controll, my fighting the Company will only injure the interests of all concerned. Oct. and Nov. earnings are goaii. better than same months last year. Yours truly, Morgan Jones. 713 .' , :jc1» jit'V.Jx"' New York, Dec. 17, 1891.''"'oH •ilT rk 1'^ I f i • » r»- , TT Delos A. Chappell Esq., Pres. & Genl, Mgr., Trinidad, Colorado. Dear Sir;-- I am in receipt of yours of December 4th. I see one great difficultly in the''~ray Creek line matter. Since Mr. Mink was out there, h-' has been throu h all our coal matters and returns me a statement in relation to our earnings upon them which surprises me. The shipments from Berwind, Forbes and Hastings the Union Pacific Denver & Gulf road only get 0.689 per ton per m'le and we have to run empties one way for that. The Union Pacific system get on coal coming from these mines only 0.577 per ton per mile. Of course there is no profit on this for us, and unless we can f^nd some way to raise these rates, it is my opinion that they will not feel like opening any more m^nes. On the company coal that we get from the m'nes we are losing money and we only get 1/2/ per ton per mile for that, and we have to put it into the Rio Grande pool at about q/iO^ per ton a mile. What aetion they will take T do not know but it is giving the Union Pacific Denver ic Gulf Board a great deal of trouble. T never looked at this matter in detail and t had no idea our coal rates were so low. The coal that is being sent to the H.W. road we are getting 1/2/ ^er ton a mile for, and have to haul empties one way. This, of course, is a dead loss to us, and t think that the cornany is disposed to abandon that business. We have been unable to get any return freight as was ex :)ected and unless you can make some arrangements by wh^cli we can obtain more for haitling it, the people will, T think, arrange w^ th the Nortliwest to vacate the contract. The Nortljwest do' nqt seemto care anything about mainta^'ning it, Very truly yours. A lioXoff G. M. 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Oliver W. Mink, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: T am in receipt of yours of November I^th, the letter I v/rote today will show you my view. Of course the low revenue of coal is made by the liandling of so much Company coaL. The rate for Commercial coal and for coal given other rdaids, I see from your letter is all right; it all comes from the 1/2/ per ton a mile for Union Pacific. The commercial coal going south T see now is limited because we have so few empties, but still pretty near all that revenue is net money. There is another thing to be sa^d in relation to the coal that goes from Cheyenne north, and that is we have to run no extra trains for it. It is put into the one trainthat runs up there and back, so that the only extra cost is the cost of fuel for hauling the additional loads. Where it tells against us is between Trinidad and Cheyonne. I think we ought to make a great effort during May, June, July and August to handle as much of this coal commercially as possible, as it pays as about a cent per ton a mile. If T am right in my figures of rates, it is 1,75 per ton for coal delivered railroads and 2,25 for coal delivered citizens and industries. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 717 December, 1891. Fort Eiley, Kansas, Dec. 21st, 1891 My dear General ^odge: I take advantage of this, my first opportunity, to avail myself of your assistance, proffered in St. Louis when i met you there last V-inter. General Kautz is to be retired in January, and I under stand that you are intimately acquainted with the New Secretary of War (Elkins). Would you be kind enough to use your influence with him looking to a favorable action upon miy application and papers now in his office. I would like very much to get the Kautz vacancy and think if I could secure the influence of the new Secretary there would be no trouble getting it. Of course Miles will do all he can against me, that is to be expected, but the basis of his opposition is well known. The vacancy occurx'S on Jan. 5th, and anything you can do for me w^l be greatly appreciated by yours sincerely. James W. Forsyth, Colonel 7th U. S. Cavalry. To General Granville N'. Doul e . Wilmington, Del., Dec. 25th, 1891. Please do all you can in this case and oblige. Yours truly, J. N. Wilson. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/92472a2256ec74eb70a3f9d265f30a8e.pdf ddeab472e68a9b0967b4c838c9e539da https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/daa1f68eec2207eb4a0bdbfe3d951985.pdf 89394489b4583bef248c02fdea805ae5 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/4a423cce8b60d469bc9a697f960e4e54.pdf 9460119473bde04d85f12ddffef09c62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Oregon Navigation. D. T. & G. Railway. Ft. W. & D. C. Ry. Colorado Central. Fort Townsend & Seattle Ry. Des Moines & Northwestern Railroad. Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Railway. Puget Sound Lines. Ry. Line over Mullens Pass. Omaha Bridge Contract with Rock Island, St. Paul and Milwaukee Roads. Military Papers Deposited with Iowa Historical Dept. Letter to N. P. Dodge on 70th Birthday April, 1891. Letters from Europe. Index for Book 13 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. 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Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1890 1891 1892 General Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/96ae6c92c4c49894f6e5e4ec32c90699.pdf d806fa3e1940bdecaed6db5a8ed72102 PDF Text Text DATA Chronologically Arranged For Ready Reference in Preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE MELLEN DODGE President of Sundry Railroad and Construction Companies Late Chief Engineer of Union Pacific & Texas Pacific Railroads Member of Congress Major General in War for Preservation of the Union, etc. etc. etc. BOOK XIV Union Pacific Ry - Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry. Des Moines Northern and Des Moines Northwestern. Receivership of Union Pacific Railway.— Reorganization of Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Victor Coal Co. - Election for U. S. Senate favor John Y. Stone to Gear. Death of Frederick L. Ames - C. G. Carpenter Biography of G. M. Dodge in Annals of Iowa. Painting as Grand Marshall at Dedication of Grant Tomh, Letter on Indian Campaign to Genl. Nelson S. Miles. Hon. Wm. B. Allison Condidate for President, U. S. A. 1893 - 4 - 5 - 6. MILITARY ILSTRUCTIOK IH SCHOOLS. There •solutions passe "lie favorinp mi colleges, accoiii sident Harrison resolutions sug, that it will be their education Harrison discus and pertinent s V ill be found elsewhere in this issue a series of red by Lafayette (K.Y.) Post of the Grand Army of the Reptblitary instruction in public and private schools and panied by a strong indorsenient of the idea which ex-Precoir.municates to the January issue of the Century. The gest the proposition in a general way upon the ground the duty of the young when they become citizens to bring in military natters to the defense of the country. Mr. ses the proposition in detail and makes some excellent uggestions. Mr. Harrison correctly assumes that all young men should have a free, easy, and graceful carriage, which is the prime physical out come of military training. It is the conmon observation that boys do not knov/ v.hat to do with those useful appendages, their armiS and legs, when in company. They have to pass through what is xnown as the awk ward age, and sometinies the awkwardness clings to them even into man hood. Military training would teach them what to do with these append ages. It develops proportionatejy the head, chest, arms, and legs. It quicKens the hearing and sharpens the eyesight. It keens the bov on the alert, develops activity, strengthens muscles, and promotes the health. And it does all this better than the ordinary sports, wnich develop unevenly, do not secure graceful, erect carriage, but o.ten just the contrary, and by their violence and strain are quite as apt to be injurious as bcj-ieficial in their results. IS iB of the highest advantage to other youth. than It pJijysical brightens a military up the dull, training slugIf othe rillful. It develops personal naturally pride. tlnld. Better n belka thn the all oShLaly it teaches the invaluable lessons of discipline and subordination' of respect for duty, and of regard for superiors. There Irno lesson which the young need n,ore to learn at the present day than thi^ and apparently there is no other way in which they can learn it so thor oughly as under military drill and disciolirp ^oora horeles_ task, but atudied in oonmon »ith otters where®erio?t°?? Spurred by contpetition and the force of examnip 1 Qiu/Qtro 4.^ lesson is learned with con.oarati^rease Tas?iv Present, the military education is of the highLt Jm'ortLire °^tcome of no time .eeps a large standing frmv S wMeh in country which at rely upon its citizen soldier? Under any emergency must of the country should have the benef its oh ni^ "'f people edge. The State, which furnishes free S and knowlpect the service of the best calss of the on ® right to exservice is Of a militarv nature SL comm.unity whenever that and colleges are the best defense of thn^oo t schools quickest and nfst alLt! ?enL [hev mentally -^vantage of drill discinlinp ^ others should h- ve the n.ovements. Ex-President Harrison is"rirht^in°ur the attention of educators. urging this m.atter upon Boston has its school regiment of gallant young fellows w.ose evolution^ and soldierly bearing have attracted the admiration of old army officers. Where is our Chicago school regiment? Why should not some time be devoted to this Diatter in our own schools? It need not entail any additional expense nor encroach upon the pupils' time, for some of the -Silly, useless fads now taught can be dropped to make room for it. . Harrison's suggestions are worthy of serious consideration by the guard ians _of our public schools. A little military discipline would do sonders towards imiproving the regular school discipline which is now a matter of much difficulty, since no scholar-can be punished or scarcely rebuked, whatever he m.0y do. (Newspc;. per clipping) ' I w ' On January 2, 1893 I went to Uvalde; arrived at 3 P.M. and drove to the ranch,.43 miles. The Nueces crossing 20 miles; New Montel 10 miles. .The ranch 13 miles. The rustlers are getting our state sections and giving much trouble. The disputes on land give the opportunity. The last year six sections are fenced in^ two of the I state and belonging to me making an extensive pasture. * January 3, 1893, I rode over ranch all day. Mr. Granger, who was with me, was used up at noon. When Mr. Clark took hold of the ranch in 1891, Mr. Jennings represented 5000 head of stock; 3500 cattle, 100 head of horses and 400 goats. They have branded only 300 calrves which indicates only 500 cows. Clark does not think 5000 head on the ranch and thinks it would take a year to round up and sell that number. I don't see how 11 is possible to check stock as tl.ey claim that rustlers are steadily killing it, A man on the place claimed to have branded 900 head in t 1891; before that not over 300 were branded. I doubt, if he is right. How could Coosray gain 600 head of stock in four years and we have 1500. He has so much better stock on the dry Frio. They seei. to be bunched together against the rancii. The hog law is bad and no protection for any one who tries to improve the country; they break up the gates and rebrand the cattle. Mr. Clark thinks there is not much money in breeding stock only in steers and not much in that; says he knows Cumralngs did not brand 900 head in 1891; s'ays that man on plac-:' says he never branded that number; also thinks 'no money in cattle; they are so scattered that only 50^ of the cows haVe calves and there is not over Ike Jennings says ^vers run out block which the Dodge and Stone lands are in; that in b.85 he started by the established comer made by the State District Surveyor,Mr. Williams made in 1849. 18931 bef^inninr north of the block and wasauthorized to make surveys the State which they accepted. Reeves recorded his , ' * i" \ / also field notes and from it after lands were paid for; after T^illiams durvey the deputy county surveyoh re-surveyed showing the discrepancies and the cotmty is now making surveys using the Williams* lines as a basis, ' The difference in the two surveys is 1860 varas north and 177 varas weso,' There are 1900 varas in a mil'e. Triat is through the Dodge and Stone lands; that much north and west; the case will come up this spring.' Clark of Clark & Grover, Uvalde, has* the case. In conversation with Mr.' Clark he says the survey of Reeves amounts to no I •• ' . . more than the survey of anyone else; that in court he will depend upon the facts of corners and measurements; that a survey of stafe fifficial only Carrie's the act of the State but carries no certain title if disputed unless corners were established when original survey was made; if field notes v/ere defective, they refer to ske'tch so as to divine the intention 'of survey where line over mountain, it is lisual to offset so as to get as near a straight lin as possible. On January 8th', I agreed to pay ^'.108.50 per month from January t Ist \intil I could settle upon some policy; he ^intends to run the ranch in its interest. He estimates the expense whiCi: he assumes as follows: Labor $1000. Salt 250. Leases 100. Taxes . 350. Living 400. Incidentals 200. l , '/)•" !M<n ' JA*! ' .riiuP 'S*. w' bina '.* t a.rr Ur jt hi - Des Moines, January 9th, 1893. Private. Dear General I hope the request I am about to make of you will not be such a surprise as to prevent your reading this letter through. I war.t you to give me your Des Moines Northern & Western stock. I am aware that yor. have given an option on it but if you will turn it over to me I will-of course accept it subject to the option. I have never head you express yourself as to whether you were satis fied with the consolidation or not. I have always thought it was and will be a good thing for you inasmuch as you are guaranteed the in terest on your bonds for five years and there is no doubt whatever in my mind but that before the five years have elapsed the road will be earning sufficient to insure the payment of your interest right along. If thisbe true, then we done a good thing in coreolidating and I am led to believe that if you look upon it in the same light I do that you feel satisfied with the manner the-ppspepty in which I have handled and recommended the property be handled in the past and would ther fore be willing to trust qie in the future and also heljJ me towards m king some money for myself. You will agree with me that if I held your stock the Ilul-'bells would look upon me in a different manner and would also be more ready to adopt my statements with respect to the management of the property in which event I would have more authority ^d could operate the road more according to my own notion than I am now allowed to do. I believe you will agree with me in saying that it is a close question whether or not the stock is at present worth anything and it can only be made to have a value by the hardest kind of work and good management. Now if this be true you are not parting with any verv great ^OTint when you transfer the stock to me and now let me say how want you to give it to me. I wnt the stock and will .ork night and day, to, if possible, bringing the earnings of the road up to that point where the stock will h-ve a value, then, if you want to dispose of it you can do so and the n oceeds to to you, also the proceeds of the option spoken of shall go to you provided the option IB exoroiood, which I think donbtful"a3 I S't bllllve yet,owing to his having to put so much into the betterment foi- some of time thr-- road in the way of steel, bridges, rolling stock, etc™ but L® ^ option is exercised and I dispose of the shares you nn +K ri""® t ^ stock put in my think I have w purchased r® it from influence you. with Then these I want people to go as ahead they make willthe stock worth something and in which event I am willin? to turn it back to you or whatever it sells for knowing that if I su meed vou will do Whatever you think is rigbt in the matter Jy L! Thfnex? enILror„oi wnf property can be made great + deal 1 ? J-o ?? its owners is while managed on the properly other it hand will it it be is worth handled a connections Sfits worthless mismanaged it will be rendered practically We earned $417,000 In 1892. I can, if ,;iot too badly handicapped rcake it earn $500,000 in 93. I ani just in that position now where I am extremely anxious to make somie money, in fact must iriake some if possible for my faniily's sake and if 1 can be allowed to somewhat dictate the policy of the orad I feel satisfied I can make it pay and thus make money for you. If you think favorably of this"I would suggest that you direct me to go east with you when you returh and when we reach New York you can transfer the stock to me. I y-ill I'eturn at once, give it out to V.r. h . that you and I lia ve made a trade whereby I am the owner of your stock and beginat once such negotiations and suggestions with hin as will soon result in his giving me more latitude in defining the policy of the company. What do you think of the plan? Very respectfully yours, L. M. Martin. To Gen. G. M. Dodge, on Road. P. S. If you will be through with the car about Feby. 10th I would like to take a few of our shippers to New Orleare to It will help us and they have asked me to do so. ' f f': 11 ► ^ ' *1 ■i''*,' 'i January, 1893, THE WTISTERN UNION TELEGRAM COMPANY. Received at 932 Mulberry St. 1-13-1893. Dated New York 13 To Genl. Gcehville M. Dodee c/o W. A. Duel, Denver. The World will publish on Sunday views of General Collis, Gen. Ewing, President Harrison, and nany others on Gen. Ben. But ler as a General Will you kindly wire us at our expense brief review of Butler in a purely military aspect. Editor the World. January 24, 1893 Christiania, 24-1-93. General G.M.Dodge,Esq.. Dear Sir: I send you herety my most sincerely thanks for your very hand some and welcome present, which I received yesterday. I am very happy to keep it as a dear remembrance about your kindness to me. I am glad to know that you, dear sir, are so well that you can undertake so long journeys and hope you enjoy it veiy much, and widh you in the future always good health. I very often recall in mind our travel in Norway last summer and wish you Vi'ould come back again in a good health and really enjoy it and have more pleasure of your long trip than you had last year. We have an awful cold stormy v;inter and lots of snow. I can't remember it so ruff for many years back. Very sad for all the poor peo ple . I sup.ose it is going to be a grand exhibition in Chicago this year, the largest in the world. Norway is also going to be repres ented, and besides going to send a Vikin,< ship to Chicago next s;immer, sailing all the v/ay. I hope the Americans will not forbid the Vikings to land. Please give my best compliments to Madam and Miss Gilbert. A happy new year t and my most renewed thanks, f am my dear Sir, Your most respectfully and obedient servant, A. Wold. January, 1893 New York City, January 24th, 1893 My dear Henderson: I returned to-day, after 6 weeks spent in the west. I will be in Washington in a week or two. I have written-to almost every one I know in relation to the retirement of Major Dunbar R. Ransom, and I ha\e received answers from all: but my heart is set in doing Lo him justice. He was a school boy with ire. He is now in m,; employ in Rort Worth, Tex. His mother and brothers and sisters, when I was a school boy, and did not have a cent to my name, took me in and cared for me, and made it possible for me to graduate, and be what I am.. But Major Ransom is too proud to ask for anything, and does not to-day know what is being done for him. Now, my dear Dave, go see Senator Proctor. Get the facts. Then see my Texas, Missouri, Iowa, and other Democratic friends, and put this bill through. Each and every one of them, as well as yourself, know they never call upon me but I respond. Now, my dear Dave, I call upon you, and I know what you will do . Truly and cordially, G. M. Dodge. m. January, 1693 New York City, January 24th, 1893 Hon. J. F. Dillon, 195 Broadway. % Uy dear Judge: I enclose you a letter of my nephew. You know who he is He was the president of his class when he graduated from Harvard. He carried off the Rollston Prize there in oratory. After he went into the law school he was made president of the Republican Club of Harvard, and stumped the State of ^'assachusetts with Wolcott and otl.ers. In addition to these things, he has probably carried off more medals for athletics: than any one man in Harvard,- thougli I do not suppose that would help him seeking a.place. What I woiaIq like to do is to place him somewhere in New York where he can work his way up, for I know that he is a young man of ability, and would be an honor to my home and my State He Is absolutely temperate; of good habits; a modest, quiet, and unasuuming young man. Probably you can help me in this matter. Very truly yours, G. U. Dodge. January, 1893 Personal. New York City, January 25th, 1893 Gen. Kenry W. Slocuni, Brooklyn, IT-. Y. My dear Slocum: Hayes's death makes a vacancy in the comrr.andery of the Loyal Legion, There should go to the head of it some prominent, able, well-known soldier, who is not in Regular Army. You are the only one left that holds that position: and it seems to n.e, if, we are to maintain the position of the organization, and not let it run into s scramble for position, that some of us should state who is to be the man. You know I send this as an old friend, and in all kindliness, and I want to hear from you about it. Very truly yours, G . M . ^odge . f 17 January., 1893. United States Circuit and District Courts, Southern District of Iowa. J. J. Steadman, District Clerk. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 27th, 1893 Gen. G. ^odge. New York, N. Y. Lear General: Our State If^ncampment occurs at Keokuk April 25, 26, 27. It promises to be a great meeting. Illinois, Missouri and Iowa par ticipating in the parade on the 25th. I write to invite you personnally and officially to be present with others to review the parade and participate in the meeting. Can you not help me secure the attendance of ^en. Schofield and Secretary Noble? If so it will greatly add to the meeting. Please help me if possible. Fraternally, J. 'J. Steadman, Dept. Comdr. G . A, R, Department of the Interior, Washington, January 28 , 1893, Gen. G. M. Dodge, No. 1, Broadway, New York City: My dear General: Yours of the 25th instant is at hand, in regard to our old Colonel, M. M. Bane. No one appreciates more than m yself the claims of comradeship made on behalf of Col. Bane. I kept him clfef of the contest division as long as the public service would permit, and I have made him a special agent of the General Land Office which place he holds now. It is my purpose to continue him in that pi ace, but I cannot restore him as chief of the contest division; he is not fitted for that. If it were possible to increase my desire to favor him, your letter wotild have that effect, but in doing what I have, I have done all 3m my power. With best wishes, and assuring you that I shall be happy to see you in St. Louis when you come that way after the 4th of Marbh, Believe me, as ever, your friend. John W. Noble. Secretary, January, 1893, THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB. January 28, 1893, Dear Sir: You are advised that the President of the Union League Club, General Horace Porter, in pursuance of a resolution of the Executive Committee, has appointed you a member os a committee of twenty-five to attend the funeral of the Honorable James G. Elaine which is to be held in Washington, D. c., on t'onday morning next. You are urgently requested to attend. Respectfully yours, John H. Van Wormer, Secretary, Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, 17 fv'ADlCOK PLACE WASHING TON. January 31, 1893. Kis birthday. Dear General Dodge: Thank you for writing and thank you for coming. Iknew you would if you could but thought you wereaway. I trust you got your ticket and had no difficulty though it was rather late but you would hardly need a ticket to anything. I remember you well in the old days. Now I can only look forward to the New days as they are where he is and where is the centre of so much life. Very truly yours, N . A. Dodge . February, 1893 New York City, February 1st, 1893 Hon. J. H. Rusk, Secretary of A^jriculture, Washington, C». C. N!y dear Iv'.r. Secretary: I understand the question of quarantine lines in Texas is to coii.e bei'ore you iinn.ediately. You know my personal experience in Texas ever since 1870. You also are aware th t I have been there almost every year since that time; that I also built the read from Fort Worth to Denver, Texas Pacific, Wichita Valley, aridother roads. I wish to say that there is no question in my mind that there is any Texas fever, nor any dcnger of Texas fever north the south line of Throckmorton, Young and their extension west, nor west of ti.e east line of Wichita , Archer and Young Counties. These Counties carry almost the same altitude as that cf your present quarantine line, which is too far to the west to accomodate people who have stock in a country that is absolutely free of the Texas fever. No doubt there >111 be plenty of evidence before you on this question, and I state this sin-ply because my own experience has shown me that the lines heretofore adopted do not allow the people to get their stock out proir.^^tly and with economy, whicli 1 know you desire to have theni do. I have no interest in any stock in the country, or in any of the Counties, only in tlie railways that run through it. Yours truly, G . . ^odge . ■ y -I ^ •' February, 1893 New York City, February 1st, 1893 Hon. Caldwell Yeamans, 507 Boston Building, Denver, Coj.o. y.y dear Judge: I was called to Washington on the death of Iv r. Blaine . Tuesday I called upon the Attorney-General in relation to the coal case. Re took it up fully, and he understands the question. I informed h.im that I expected to find in the Department a letter from ^'r'. Fleming, whom I had called upon in Denver, and asked that the case be tried or dismissed, and told him that N:r. Flemming had intimated to me that he did not care to try the case. There upon the Attorney-General sent tr. Dien.ming a letter instructing him to report upon the case, and that, if in his dpinion the case could not be maintained by the Government, it was his recomn.endation to dismiss the case; but, if in his judgment it was a doubtful case , or possible to maintain, them to immeaiately try it. Yours very truly. G. M. Dodge I return the Ilobson report. February, 1893. WASK'iANDORF & HEINEMANK, CHICAGO, Feb. 3rd, 1893. General G, M. ■"odge. No. 1 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: We have made the sale of the ^«ixon and Kent properties, as we wired you yesterday, at a net figure to you of $650,000 on terms, to wit: $250,000 cash, of which amoutn $216,666.67 go to you. The Balance of 2/3, or $433,333.33, at 5^ interest, payable semi-annually, secured by Trust Deeds or Mortgages on the properties in question, and payable on or before 10 years or a shorter period, which is ncCb deter mined yet. We hold now $5,000 in our hands ot complete abstracts, the further sum of $45,000 to be placed with us when abstracts are ready to be submitted, and as security against any possible losses which may result by the vacating of tenants. The $250,000, of which 'above would be a part, to be txiid within five months. The first part of the abstract of the Nixon property begin.ling with the governn.ent in simply a notary's copy, which was all right and acceptable when you bought the property, owing to the difficulties experienced at that tiiiie to get any kind ol abstract, but is not a merchantable one now, and we fear will not be acce-^ted, and a new one will have to be made. This will take considerable timie, but we think can be com pleted, and the title to both properties fully examined into, by tiB purchasers in less than five n.onths. The sale is rriade to a syndicate of good, strong parties, and the consideration in the deeds to be $400,000 will be put on the Nixon, as requested, and v350,000, on the Kent, as separate deeds have to be miade, according to fvr. N. P. ^odge s instructions. 'lie hive sent a new note to Mr. Chappell as directed by you and requested him to het Mr. Jones signature and return note to you for completion at the Merchantile National Bank who are to hold the collaterals and send the note to the National Bank of Illinois for oir enclosement. Where do you want the money to be placed. Yours truly, Wasmansdorff and Heinemann. ..,31 1893. On February 4, 1893, there gathered at the home of Col. K. Bane in TTashington, a number of distinguished persons to oppn a bottle of wine. This bottle of v/ine was won from me by Col. Bane on a bet made at Corinth in 1863. The "Chicago Times", v/hici: was rebel in its instincts, and attacked the Army, had a very attack on President Lincoln and General Grant as Commander of that Department issued an order prohibiting its circulation in our line^ , Col' Ban.e in discussir.^ the question with mo said he knew Lincoln's disposition so well that he knew h would instruct General Gtant to withdraw the order. I took the position that he would not and we bet a bottle of wine. Sure enough the next mail that came to us brought an order from Lincoln withdrawing the prohibition on the "Times", so I lost the bottle of wine. My brother-in-law, received a box of champaign about that time from Ids in payment of my bet wife's fati,er's vineyard in Prance, and I gave a Lottie of this ohambottle of pange to Col. Bane. He kept tids^vine until 1893, declaring he would never open it until I could be present and he caught me in IVashington and made ti.e arrangements for opening it. The wine was perfectly good as a wine, but all the fizz was out of it. He had a lunch and many other wines so it was a very happy occasion. I have in my office a framed photograph of the Pottle of wine, with a full statement of the occasion and photograph of each of the party present and I hold it as a valuable sourvenir. Col. Bane was the Colonel of the 50th Iowa. He lost an arm at Shiloh. He was a splendid officer and served through the entire war. B41304 February, 1893 New York City, February 6th, 1893 W. T. Walters, Esq., 16 Chamber of Gomn.erce, Baltimore, ^'d, ^ear Sir: I enclose you 2 docum.ents which explain themselves. The gist of th.em is, that we have sold one-half of our coal pro perties to the Union Pacific R. T called "The Victor Goal & Coke Go." hey form a new company, to be The Union Pacific Railway pays us for one-half of our cod. property a little over lOO^i of the stock in bonds of the U. p. D. S; g. and lOO^o in the bonds in stock of the nev/ com.pany. In otlier words, we get out a good deal more thrn v/e put in, and then have left a one-half interest in tlie coal company, of which the Union Pacific owns a one-half interest. Of course you can see what this means for us. Wont you kindly sign the papers, and send me your stock signed so I can forward it to carry out the agreement. I think you and Parry both have to sign, I will send you a receipt for the stock, but I guess we are thoroughly protected in the agreenients. ■ Tlie condition of the sale of the U. P. D. & G. bonds is fcr the purpose of protecting the market. The U. P. do not want any of these securities to go on the n.arket here until the prices get to about 90. I just received the returns of earnings of tiie Fort Worth & Denver for year 1892. The loss of the wheat crop we thought would put us behind, but we are coming out of the year earning our interest, taxes, etc. with a ip4,000 surplus. This is pretty good on a loss of ^400,000 gross earnings; and we liave done m.ore in m.aintenance of way, equipments etc. this year than ever before . Yours truly, G. L.Dodge. /,r35 February, 1893. New York 2ity, February 13th, 1893 Hon. iv. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir: I sent you this morning a dispatch as follows: "Please look Section 5 Circular on QuarAhtdne. Should not Throckmorton, Baylor and U'ilbarger Counties be in that Section, as in the Circular it does not help the cattlemen of the other counties you name, because they cannot ship at Seymour, Baylor Co., which I think from your letter it was your intention they should." Your letter says "You v.ill see from this that provision has been made by which cattle from Throckmorton .County m.ay be " - shipped to the. Nortlv.vestern range districts for grazing purposes:" but your circular cuts out Throckmorton, "^aylor and Wilbarger Counties, which your letter seens to indicate were to be included therein. When you cut out Baylor Co. from the 3 months Quarantine, then you force everybody to drive to Quanah, while Baylor Co., which is of as great an altitude, and just as safe as the counties you name, if included would allow then to ship at Ceyn.our, which is only a -15 mile drive. That country is so fenced up now that it is very hard to drive to Quanah, for the counties you name, whilst most of them could drive to Seymour with very little difficulty that is, those nearest to it, and those nearest to Hardeman could drive to Quanah. I know that the people v/ho have been to sew you wer-e certain that the counties of Throckmorton, Baylor and Wilbarger were included, but they do not seem to be in the circular. I an , Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge . 4 February, 1893. New York City, February 14th, 1893 L^organ Jones, Esq., . ■"rest. Fort Worth & Denver Ry. Co., Fort Worth, Ten. Dear Sir: Herewith please find the Department order regulating cattle transportation out of Texas; also, a letter i rom J. I'.' . Rusk, Secretary, and copy of a dispatch from him in answer to a dis patch from him in answer to a dispatch I sent Iiim, copy of which I enclose, and which explains itself. Now, you see what you can do in the way of shipment at Seynour. This explains the whole status of the case for shipping cattle out oi that zone. Mr. Swinson, who went to Washington on this case, has large ranche tributary to Seymour as a si:ipping point, andwould prefer to ship from that point than to drive to Quanah if satis factory rates are nacie . He advises that parties from the north-west are in the State now making contracts for cattle; and, in his case, when he comes to contract his cattle, he will want to designate the point of shipment, and he presumes that other sellers will like to do the same thing; and that he thinks that shipment will commence within 90 days. Can you make such rates as will pay you, and control tliis business form Seymour? I send this whole matter now to you, as this covers the case entirely. Yours truly. G. M. Dodge. Peb'y. 17, 1893. Dear General: Des Moines, Iowa. I am not able to get clearly on track of you lately and hence send this to your regular eastern address. I have not communicated with Hepburn because I have learned that he feels bitterly toward me ( as well as toward the other canidates) but I knov/ of no reason for it in my case. I am c onfident from what I have learned that it wall be useless to see him. If there is anything to be done in that direction I shall have to depend on you. There is a belief among some that Ret intends at some stage to push: Dolliver, though I don't know just what it is based on. Have you seen Ret yet. If he wouldtake hold in earnest for me he could do me great good by getting into service a large number of very active influences. Gear is at work with ajl his might and his friends are very active. I feel confident Mr. lythe, the G* E.& n solicitor( who is a son-in-law of the Governor's (Gear) is pushing the canidacy with great energy. If you could hold the influences we talked about and which you thought it wouldbe no trouble to hold, I should feel confident of success . I have thus far taken your advice and not pressed matters -ggossively, but I -m getting in doubt whether I should not be more active. Of course if it should be true that Perkins, Hepburn, Gear, Lacy, Hall, Cummins, Dolliver, Conger and others s'-.ould all be in the field the passive policy with some quiet activity wouldbe better. I would like to haear from you especially after you have carefully looked the field over after your return and had a consul tation with Ret and if possible with Allison and Henderson, Hep um and others. Truly yours. Jno. Y. Stone. February, 1893. UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D, C,, Feby. 19th, 1893. My dear Genl. Dodge, New York, ^. Y, Your letter of the 16th inst. is at hand, and in reply to it will say that, there was nothing so important in the matters I had in ndnd to talk over with you as to require you to make a special trip to 'Washington, I had in mind to have a talk with you about Iowa politics for this year. I do hope tfe t we shall be able to hold the state up to last years standard and elect our state ticket and a. majority in both houses of the Legislature so that my successor shall be a^ repub lican. Of course i go out of public life at the end of my te^m to stay out, and have some of the peaceful contentment which can d>nly be found in private life. Of course -l- do not mean by this that I shall refrain from taking interest in the public affairs of our state and country"; f or it seems to me that we are entering upon a condition in our public affairs that will require of every true citizen most con servative and at the same time earnest and unselfish action. The ele ments which in many res.ects seem so potential in the political field need our most watchful care and guidance to save our country from many threatening ills and disasters, I do hope that the next Iowa State convention of our party will be composed of our best material, that it may steer clear of the many fads which have troubled our party in so many of the formerly reliable republican states. Dne of these fads it seems to me is the nomination of a candidate for U. S. Senator by state conventions. In states where this thing is done the active of every man in the party who wants to be a candidate befoi'e the legislature for the posi tion of b . o. Senator is subdued if not crushed out except of the one who may be placed in nomination by the state convention. It win be better for the party and state to give every aspirant a chance to work up his case to the point of succe ss if he can. This will induce every man who wants to be a candidate for the place to do his best for the success of the party and then take his chances with the legislature If we succeed in electing a majority in tiiat body. In the struggle for the place my feeling runs rather with Gear. hxs experience in public affairs and the energy which he has oeryatiye tendencies 1 of his mind relative he has filled to the coupled nany question with the now con- so active in Congressional movements induce me to believe that for the next term at least he would make for our state a very useful Senator L me Linn would be the better lor our state subject and party but i under give existing you what seems condltlore. to I have not assumed any public position on the subject and merely give you my personal views for your private information and would like to know what you think of the subject. • There was one other matter had intended to mention to you if I had had the opportunity while you were herewhich relates to ray Fairfield pet, which is our public Lebrary. That is an object I have been caring for since the first year i located at Failfield. I finally reached the point where was able to get a donation- from Andrew Carnegie of a sum sufficient to erect on a quarter block of • ground near the public square in ^'airfield which I donated to the Asso ciation, a fire-proof building- of sufficient capacity for the accom modation of the lebrary ana museum of the association. But I find that I am about fifteen hundred dollars short of the funds necessary to do some things for it that I want to do before the dedication of the building. I do not mention this because I want to seem a beggar, but if you could give me a suggestion in regard to raishg this amount from some of our friends in iiew York, it would be a delight to me which I would neverforget. If I could apare the amount myself I would not ask for aid, but as I cant, and do want to make the enterprise the cotaplete thing I have had in mind for years. I submit the subject to you for a suggestion. Whatever your answer may be you may rely upon one-'fact that I shall never be other than profoundly grateful to you for your unselfish and generous kindness to me and my purposes in the past. Yours truly, James F. Wilson. 43 New York City, February 21st, 1893. Hon. Jarneo F. Wilson, United States Senate, 'Washington, D. C, Wy dear Senator: I enclose you a check for :|p5S0 for your library, which you are to give them, but, under no circumstance, to tell them who it comes from. Whatever ^ood I do in this world. I propose to do it while I live; and, as there is no man in all my life who has been a dearer friend to me than you, I feel like doing someftiing for your pet. Now, as to the senatorship. Of course, if you were a can didate, the west would come up for you. I appreciate what you say about Gear. I think he knows how good and great a friend I am to him. But, as you know, during all my life I have had to fight for the ^"issouri Slope. I al.ays gave up all my desires there for Allison and for you; simply because you two were not only the representatives of IqWu, but of the whole United States. I appreciated it, and fought for you under many local criticisms. There is a chance now for the ^'issouri Slope to have a senator. I thin^, and I know that you will agree with me, that they are entitled to it. My only antagonism to Gear is location. If anybody from the east should get it, then I hope Gear will get it; but, otherwise, my entire influence, whatever it m.ay be, will go for some person from the i^dssouri Slope. My pre ferences are for John Y. Stone; simply oecause, in all my fights during my early days in Iowa, he was the soldier who came up, and did whatever he was asked to do without question, without thought; simply saying. whatever Dodge says I will agree to do." Now, then I would be an ingrate, when he has the ambition to be a senator, if I would not throw my influence with him. I do not expect to have you take your the + 1! State, c + I T°^' beg of you but, to if throw the nomination it with Stone. goes to I the am perfectly west side will- of iSSld would I I have h«Sp him think ^ that I was not his because, friend under and felt no circumstances, cold towards him,- simply because I fought for my part of the State. I think or^v of my stating sees it absolutely my position and , frankly. will love You me all know the I always better on do so. account Truly and cordially your ffiend, G. M. Dodge. _February, 1893, Judge Carsons address before the Union Veteran Legion February 22nd, 1893, COW.'JlNDER', COIv.EABES AND FRIENDS: It allords me great pleasure to receive these tokens from our honored and distinguished comrade, from the hands of his esteemed and partiotic Brother. Kis allusion to Fidelity to duty is the spirit of this occasion. As works of art these pictures woulci be appreciated by us coming from any source. But conung as they do from one we delight to honor, adds a thousand fold to their value as expressing a sentiment of an affectionate Tribute, from one who commanded to those who obeyed the orders, that should obtain the result desired, in a coiMhon cause, in favor of Constitutional Government, It was not my pleasure to have known General Dodge while in the service, but an acquaintance of nearly a quarter of a century has given me a knowledge of his worth, and to know that he was of those who are born to Uommand, In times of peace he is a leader and displayes the same Spirit of advance thought, he displated while on the field, that of organization and wide coniprehension, The boys of the Cumber land reraemiber him gratefully when in forty days iand without proper tools and material his troops rebuilt the Rail Road via. Athens to Chattanooga giving"us another line of over one hundred miles rebuilt and equiped. This work done he joined the forces at the front and took a conspicuous part in the meh.orable campaign to Atlanta, extending over a period of one hundred days of fighting and manouvering. Of the Gallant part his corps took at Resaca you kriow so well, and the tragic 22nd, of July found hin, mioving with his Gomnia.nd from right to left flank, which brought him confronting a heavy force of tlie enemy, who had stealthly pas^.to the left arid rear of the Army, intending a surprise. His troops attacked this force and repulsed them with heavy loss. The General thus speaks of it in his replrt of the engagement to General Logan, The desparity of forces can be seen from the fact that the charge mjade by my two Brigades under Fuller and l^-ersey, they took 351 prisoners, representing forty nine different regiments, eight Brigades Enemy divisions , and broL^ght back eight Battle Flags from the "The "herman speaking of this flank and rear movenient says, thi I Struck Dodges troops in miotion; but forihem the^SooS!" How fortunate it was for the army that day, that this Uaiinnt ComMnder and his corps were providentially on the gAund to Interoepf o^"caJt?on'we?e''o|:de?ed ?o lattTel'Ttlce ® SSId^°lVt'Troa^ hanL^^:^?d olTTdlJnT >fShortly after this ^attle General ^oage received a fnic-htrm wound upon his head, whilst taking observation of the enemy fJom his lines from the effects of ,hlch he came near loising MrilJe! was compelled to leave the field for somie time. •Of his service in the organization and coEniiand of the 4th Iowa the highest praise has always been awarded him. At Pea-ridge he did his duty nobly and received his first promotion for Gallant conduct on that field and was subsequently promot ed to fv:ajor General Ui)on the recomniendation of general Grant, V/ith the time alloted me I have only been able to give this brief sketch of his services to the end, that all the comrades may have a general idea of him, who has been mindful of us and gave us these his toric ^'ementoes, to remind us, that there is a warm place in his heart for all old soldiers. Comrades of the Tennessee he no longer belongs to you alone. But is claimied by the Potomac, with her Gettesburg and Appomiatax, The Cumberland with their Stone River and Nashville , and the Gulf with their Port Hudson and Pleasant Hill, all represented here. He did not ask at Atlanta whose ti oops his com.mand had protected fromi a frightful as sault in the rear, but like Napoleons great General "marched to the sound oi' the guns," We may be abused by those born since we marched and fought, and we may be hated by those who never sympathized with us, in the tine of peril, carnage and death. But for me, I would not take any consid eration to part with those Hallowed iiiem.ories. What consideration could induce the Com.mander in Chief at that supreme m.oment, to blot fromi mem ory the recollection of the valor of his troops, as■they responded to his orders on that day and hour and crises. What consideration would induce the survivors to forget their Commanaer, or their Comrades who fell on that field while nobly advancing on a determined foe. Nothing but death alone can sever these ties of affection and fraternity. It is indeed the Brotherhood of Peril, when one man will lay down his life for another, when one Brigade would charge into the jaws of death to help other Comrades in distress. This is Holy Ground, here again we see our young friends fall at our side, and with dimed eyes see their Blood run to quench the Fire of Treason and Anarchy. Their work was nobly done and they shall always be near us in sweet m.emories ties. Now on the Glorious anniversary of the Hero of York Town we proclaim that whoever withholds what is just and awarded to all old soldiers their Widows and Orphans by the common law of the Nation will be driven through the woods" and into oblivion. The great Patriotic Heart of this Country will throb again as it did from 61 to 65, and will borne the battle appeal to them in the name of -T-, 7 7 — idj-xcii xnto premaLure rraves. The qur^viv- ors will rise to a man and rally under the old banner and call for I Who Zs^tL abiuty aL^cou;age'''to'l:iad ^Hs^'Je^dld the^Boyrof^?^®"^' and he will see to it tK«+ victory, With him all will be secure. and Orphans, Sorrow, Tears, LonllneL 04>"pepurj aid hnj * JriiJlairi?" yuui Kinane^s on behalf of our generous Comrade, j ^ Iviarcl'., 1893. George Carson. Attorney and Counsel at Law Room 9 Everett i^lcok, Pearl Steeet. Council Bluffs, IqWU March 6th, 1893. R, F. ^odge, Esq., Dear ^ir: City. Complying with the General's request, I herewith hand you copy of my remarks substantially as deliveeed. The short time I had to prepare and the brevity required, leaves the same rough hewen. But trust that the spirit is in a m.easure disclosed and to some extent expresses our feelings and appreciation of the giver and our high regard for him, and that we still respond to old tine memories, as the most sacred of our r-ecollections. Please kindly rememiber us to him:, I am sincerely yours, Geo, Carson, • *' .! ' : ■ i ' ':' ■' S' 1, . February, 1893, N , i', 1^0dge & . Real Estate Agents. Council Bluffs, Iowa, E'eb. 23rd, 1893. Dear General: I presented the two sets of pictures you sent, one to the Abe Lincoln Post G. A. R. and the other to Union Veteran Legion Post of which Gpl, B. W. Right is commander. The 22nd happened to be the night for regular meeting of the Union Veteran Legion and they decided to make it a public meeting and invited the Abe Lincoln Post and citizens, so their hall was crowded. You know I do not often speak in public, but I had my thoughts so well committed that I foudn no difiiculty in expressing them and held the close attention of the audience throughout. My reference to Col. Right pleased the old soldiers, you remember how the News Papers pounded him because he would not pad the census of this ^ity. Judge Carson's response was partly extempore but most of it he read fromnanusciipt it had extracts from your report of Battle of Atlanta and also from other reports shwoing your record and that of your Corps and spoke of youi^ interest in the old soldiers and how often you remember them here in yottr •own home. It was very appropriate and very complimentary. While I dreaded the ordeal, after it was over it seemed to me one of-the pleasantest occasions I ever attended. The three pictures were placed on easels in front of platform and draped with bunting, I enclose on separate sheet substance of my remarks. Yours truly, N . E . Dodge. Pictures to Union Veteran Legion February, 22nd, 1893 N, p. ^odge said: r. received these pictures from my brother with the request that they be presented to you Hith his compliments, I did not expect to make the presentation in this public manner for I do not feel loou ook into 1 the faces such of position, men whose yet courage it is endurance always a and pleasure manhood for has me been to battle fleldB on n.y Country andthls has broSghrme heJf SI rrs!:.;sr.:Ls; li^pLtSre!)'" ?L^'Tlnt°S^'L^aayL-" IL' lUUll .ho^^afntsTSF''' ^Sere^crth^ECnd'of'^JuJ^ trounds'with some of the officers who were that part of the field, you, who were there, must be the judgL ^ am sure there is enough of war in that picture to remind you of those days when you faced the bullets, shot and shell. For you to look at these Coirimanders I'ill be like lookj.ng into the faces of personal- friends, |for you have shown your love for them on many a battle field. ^ As I stood by the grave of Gen. Sherman, a few months ago and" v.atched the officers of the •''■rray of the Tennessee drop* sprigs of Ever green over the spot where their late chief lay,.and listened to the addresses at their annual meeting and in the banquet hall, I was impress ed as never before, with the soldier's love for and loyalty to his command er. This was not confined to the soldiers in the Army of the ■'■ennessee but it prevaded the whole Army. I think you will bear me out in the statement that as soon as an officer had been tested under fire and ahown himself worthy to command he won the confidence and love of the soldiers in his command, and what an insoriation it nust have been to these' offiders to feel that, they had the support and could depend upon the- men under them for any service in the trying ordeals of those desparate con flicts . History will faithfully represent to coming generations the loyalty of the soldier to his country, it will tell of his love for the old flag, and of the daring deeds he performed on the field of battle to preserve it. But who will record the soldier's love for, and loyalty to his commander, and tell of the hardships and sufferings endured, un complainingly, in the long march, his bivouc in the storm, with scant rations, that some coveted position might be gained or some attack made at an appoint tirne? And who will tell of the defeats he turned into victory, under the eye of his chief? This loyalty to which I refer is no mere senti ment but one of the noble traits of a true manhood, d oh', that we had more of this spirit of loyalty in oui' civil affairs, what an inspiration it would be-to our civil officers in the performance of their duties. I.believe our law makers and those who administer and execute the laws are entitled to that same loyalty on the part of their fellow citizens which you soldiers gave your commanders during the War. Who can predict the disasters that would h ve befallen our Army if the soldiers had possessed the spirit of doubt and criticism to ward their officers? The same danger threatens us in our civil affairs and serious ly impairs the efliciency of our civil officers and weakend their author ity. You will all remember how a few years ago, one, who now holds the place of honor in this post, then a Government Official, was merci lessly assailed. What for? Because he refused to depart from the truth. Thank God he stood the test, he was true to his oath of office he was true to his Government, and true to the best interest of this * City and I thank him for it. February 23, 1893. HONOR TO WASHINGTON. , The Union 'Veteran Legion celebrated the anniversary of Washing ton s birthda^ last evening at their ball, A large audience was present composed largely of old soldiers and their families. Every military organization in the city was represented. An interesting feature of < the entertainmen't was the presentation of three elegant steel engravings to the encampment from General G. J'l. Dodge, who still keeps a warm pldce February 23, 1893. Gen. G. M. Dodge: Sheet fr 2, Konor to i^ashington, continued. in his heart for the coiiirades of Gpuncil fluffs, and frequently takes an opportunity of showing his regard by sending some substantial token The presentation speech was made by J:>i. P. Dodge and the response by Judge Carson. James tlcCabe and Colonel D. B. Dailey made addresses and Miss Tomlinson gave a recitation, while variety was given to the program by the singing of several rousing soldier songs, in which the whole audience uoined enthusiastically. ' 111 "'ii' February, 1893. /-53 New York City, February 23rd, 1893 John Y Stone, Esq., Attorney General For State of Iowa, Council Bluffs, la. Ky dear Stone: % I have been to Washington three times, and know as much about the senatoi-ial matter now as I did when I was out west. Everybody is reticent, and there are several candidates. Gear was very muci. disappointed that I was not for him. Wilson made an appeal to me for him. The best way to post you on the matter is to send you a copy of a letter that I wrote Wilson. WhE. t I have torn out of it related to a personal matter between us. I send you all that there is in relation to the senatorship confidentially, and, of course, youwill treat it so. Wilson will do wl:at he pleases with it. It is an impossibility for me to give you anyadvice as to what course to pursue out there. Wilson, in his letter to me, says he does not believe in nominating a candidate. I enclose you that portion of the last letter I got from him that refers to the senatorial question, so as to let you know how he appeals. This, of course, is confidential, and, under no circuu,stance, to be used. I think he is right as to a nomination of a senator. Very truly yours, G.k. Dodge. .V n r. I tJO February, 1893, UNITED STATE3 SENATE. Washington, D. C., Feby. 24th, 1893 My dear Genl. Dodge, New York, N . Y, I have received your very kind letter of the 21st inst, and return to you very warmest thanks for your generous gift in aid of my work for the Lebrary association at Fairfield. I assure you ti^ t I am grateful to you for your generosity and I will observe your injunc tion not to make known to the association the source froni which the gift is derived. But you may be assured that it will ever be present in my mind. Now as to what you say relative to the senatorial contest in Iowa. I will be frank and say that I have no adverse criticism to apply to it. Your position is one which is creditable to you in every respect and I am sure that Gear will find no fault with it. I will let him see your letter as you suggest and I am sure it will add to his high appreciation of you. With sincerest thanks I am now as ever. Yours truly. Janies F. Wilson, 57 February, 1893 New York City, February 24th, 1893 ?. K. V;CGricket, Esq., Long Block, Denver, Colo. Dear Sir: If you can, I wish you to proceed at once to Uvalde, TeXas, and there report to Clark, Fuller & Garner, attorneys, who will afvise with you, and supply another surveyor, if it is thought necessary, to join you with the county surveyor of Edwards County, who will form the surveying party. Mr. Clark, the sup erintendent on my ranch, willsupi.ly all necessary transportation and outfit for the work. This letter will be suflicient introduction to the attor neys in Uvalde, as I have advised tham that, if you can go, I will send you. The I', ork which I want done is running a line to establish my boundries on a large tract of land which I own in Et;^wards County, wher-^in there appears to be a conflict between the original locating surveys and one recently made by Williams, a State appointment made to re-survey railroad lands. The trouble ap.^ears to be in the difference in distance between Reeves, county surveyor, who once did this work for me, and who seems to have run his line directly over the miountains, and Williams vho run down the valley on flat lands, triangulating for his distances. You will notice by maps which will be furnished you by Mr. Clark, and the field notes of- the original surveys made by Edwards, who located these lands for the railroad company, which I now control, that they tied to Section No .71 S-outh Pacific Land. This survey ^71 was made upon the ground, and the proper and correct pocation of the corners of that survey and the point to which Section No. 1, Te-xas-, I'estern Narrow Gauge Railroad land is tied is the iriiportant point to determine. Thence running south down to fix my south-west corner 73 in block 13. Williams's re-survey for the C. n. & S. A. R.K.Co. lands in block F. throws our whole line one mile north. These lands have bi.en r^e-surveyed once by the Deputy District Surveyor, and by the County Surveyor, Reeves; starting south, as they claim, from the sane point, southeast corner of 77, as laid down in the old county map, a cppy of which the attorneys have, and which does not confirm Williams's survey. It will be necessary to have a copy of Edwards's field notes for Section No. 1, block 3, and of the field notes of surveys 71, 72 and 77 of South Pacific Surveys on the Uueces River. You will want to test your instrument as to its needle, and make a survey vhich will be accepted- by the County Surveyor, and which will be sufficient for me to go into court on. I want this work done so that it will for ever -close all controversy and contests, and Ihave every confidence in your ability to do it. . My attorneys, to wJ.on I have referred you, in Uvalde will give you all the necessary data, I think that you will need; and I would advise that you demand of them everything you want, as representing me. I will advise Mr. Clark, my superintendent, as soon as I hear from you, to prepare ways and means for your transportation and cai-e while on the work. Please advise me when you can start, and I will have all arrangements made for meeting you at Uvalde, with transportation for yourself and whoever may accompany you from there. These surveys m.ust ve made in establishing my West and especially my South Line; but in the valley which will be a line -Ahere by measuren.ent you can get as near as possible the same as a true land air line. Then, as you go down the valley from your starting point, or near it, make an air line base, form which you can, by triangulation and calculation,, test your measure ments and William:s*s measuremients . I want, il possible, to niaintain the Reeves survey, which you will see the inportance of when you get on the ground and SO'. Nr. Clark. Yours truly. G . M . Lodge. Please wire me when you can go 59 February, 1893 New York City, February 25th, 1893 Mrs. Benedette B. Tobin, Austin, Tex. My dear ^'adam: I air. in receipt of your favor of Feb. 10th in relation to your financial condition connected with the World's Fair, and I fully appreciate your necessities. I feel highly indignant upon the disposition shown by the legislative powers oi' Texas. It is truly astonishing that a State needing, as Texas does everything to display her greatness, her magnitude, and her agricultural, mineral and mercantile advantages, should be cursed with such a set of re presentatives as she has in her present legislature; men incapable of realizing what benefits the State generally would derive from such an exhibition as sl;e as a State could make, were they imbued with ordinary sense of their duty to the people oi' that common wealth. It was just so at the Centennial of '76. Texas alone of all the St;tes in the Union neglected the greatest opportunity that she ever had to advance her agricultural and commercial interests. I am doing more than I am actually able to do in assisting my own State, Iowa, in making a proper exhibit at Chicago; and, as I am not connected with the railroads of Texas any longer, I have taken the responsibility of referring your letter to the president of the Fort Worth & Denver Road, Mr. Morgan Jones, with my commients on the actiwn of your legislature. I trust that he may be able in some way to assist you, and that the great State of Texas may have such an exhibition in Chicago OS will do honor to the ladies of that State, for they will be entitled to it all. With my best wishes for your success, I beg to remain, my dear Madam, Yours very truly, G . M!. Dodge , i'' ' ' • Iw ' M.v,, ■ ; 61 u.,. ..fii February, 1893 New York City, February 27th, 1893. Private P.P. ticCricket, Esq., Dear Sir: Trinidad, Colo. A„ter you have consulted the lawyers at Uvalde, you want to consult, confidentially, A'. K. Clark, my superintendent on the ranch; because, ii these surveys should throw me out, it is im portant that I should save my property there. To the people who are with you, you are not to divulge anything confidentially, only to r/r. Clark. if this survey is going to go against me, let him know immediately, so that he can at once protect my interests, and file on thevacancies. Talk freely to him, and to no one else. It will be very easy in your examination there not to divulge anything, unless it is in m.y favor, even though you have county surveyors with you, Yours truly. G . N . Dodge ''i •' . . * '■ War Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington,D.G. March 3, 1893. Referring to your indorsement on application of recent' date in the case of Colonel Charles H. T. Collis for a Medal of Honor for bravery during the late war, I have the honor to state that having examined the record of Colonel (Collis as shown by the papers on file in this Department, I have directed that the medal be issued at once. Very respectfully. (signed ) S . E. Elkins, Secretary of War. Genei»al John C. Robinson, #1731 H. Street, N.W. Washington, D«^' My most hearty congratulations (signed) Jno. C. Robinson & r i" 67 H'arch, 1893. New York City, t;arch 4th, 1893 H'r. John Y. Stone, Council Bluffs, la. Dear Stone: Since I wrote you I got your letter of Narch 2nd. You know I am for you, and want you to -.".in, and air. going to help you. But the best way to help^ it to do it while you ar making your fight, and therefore I enclose, confidentially, check for .^|;500. This will help you out in expenses. I have a letter from Wilson, in which he says .that, if it goes to the west, he is for you. I know that Allison, Henderson, Hall and all my friends are for you, andyou will leel their.help; but, of course, under no circumstances, must you repeat this, or tell it to any one, because it will only hurt them, and would not help you. You must fight your battle as I used to fight Hiine--never give away a confidence . Truly yours friend, G . N'. Dodge . IM y,-i f. r Iciarch, 1893. Omaha, Neb., March 8th, 1893. N. P. ^odge, Esq., Council Bluffs, Iowa. My dear Mr. Dodge: Have this morning received your favor of March 7th, Am not prepared to give you any definite reply. Must first consuit Mr. Ames with whom and myself the original understanding was had. Possibly he may feel now under no obligations to continue negotiations Will take pleasure, however, in forwarding your letter with copy of this one. Believe he understands the situation without further par ticulars. When 1 hear from him will immediately advise you. Desire to express our thanks for your friendljiryinterest in our behalf. Yours truly, S, H. H. ^lark, President. / ' Karch, 1893. Washington, D, C. March 9, 1893 Gen. G . M . -^odge, My dear Sir: I wish to tell you of my good fortune, which at the "eleventh hour," came to me as a glad surprise. The Departments here under the Administration of Mr. Harrison and his Cabinet closed at 2 P. on March 3rd. At 1:30 of that day. I was sent for to go to the War Dept. I reached the building two minutes before 2 O'clock and found an appointment had been made out for me by order of Secy. Elkins, and after taking the requisite oath was'told to report on Monday. I find my work will be on the "Records of the Kebellion" which I understand is temporary work, and as i am not under the classified service, the question of holding the position for any length of time, will depend entirly upon the pleasure or favor of Mr. Lamont, and I am hoping that his consideration for you is such that he will keep me at work. Am I wrong in indulging this hope? The salary is $75 per month a very acceptable increase on Census Office pay and- I cannot well express how gratei'ul I am to you for this added evidence of your kindness and good will to myself and my little girl. Gen. Halton has taken a deal of trouble in this case and I am indebted to him also for his persistent efforts. Grace sends you her love, was delighted with your letter from New Orleans and much grieved when she went to see you at IVillards and found you had just left. Hoping that you are well and happy. I am. Very sincerely yours, K. R. Greene. 1706 Tenth St. Wash ington, D. C. 3/9/93 •' 73 r.'arch 20th, 1893 New York City, Karch 20th, 1893 P. H. KcCricket, Esq., c/o W .II. Clark, Esq., % K'Ontell, Texas. My dear Sir: After you have run your south line, and after you have settled in your own mind which is the true line, I wish you ivould run ri£,ht up the stream of the ""ittle Frio. I want to locate on what sections the improvements are up that stream. You can run an angular line up the bend of stream, plot it, and make notes where the improvements are, and that will show m.e on what sections they are. This you can do after you get entirely through in lo cating the west and south lines. You also want to be carel'ul and see what the improven,ents are up the Big Frio; but it will not be necessary to run up that stream to determine that, as they are accura.tely marked on the maps, and the change of section lines will show it, if there is any change. Yours truly, % G. M. Dodge. 75 March, 1893 New York City, March 20th, 1895 Hon. S. J. Kirkwood, Iowa City, Is. My dear Governor Kirkwood: Cn rf:y retur-n I'rom the west, I found your letter of intro duction. I know of no inan in all niy acquaintance whom it would give me more pleasure to take by the hand again than you. I can remember, when you wex'e first running i'or governor, of traveling over Yest Iowa with you, wl:en you were stumping that portion of the State, and of our long acquaintance from: that day until you left public life-- and certainly thex'e is no man who left it with more credit than you did. I shall never forget how loyally and sensibly you sustained us during the war, so different fi^om many governors, in promoting the men in our regiments whom we in the field recommend ed. That was one reason of the great efficiency in line of battle of the Iowa troops. They were not as well provided for as those of many States, but they never failed when they came under fire. . It must be gratifying to you in your old age to know that ttll oi Iowa, and, in fact, all of the United States, hold you so high. Do you rem.ember the day we visited Gen. Grant when Ben Wade, who was present, told Grant that he had seen the rebel flag from the window looking out south of the ^otomac, and of Grant saying that, if the flag ever flew there again, there was one thing, if he had anything to say about it, that all the rebels "ould be on the south side of the "^otom.ac. I think those were the sentiments, if not the words. It struck you I know verv forcibly. ^ I trust you are enjoying good health; and, if there is anything in this world that I can do to niake your time pleasant and days happy, it would give me great pleasure to do it. I an, Truly and cordually yours, G . M . Dodge . March, 1893 Nev.' York City, March 27th, 1893 Mess. Deles A. Chappell and Mprgan Jones. Gentlemen: Mr. Herrmann was in to see nie to-day, and wrote me the enclosed letter. I have had a long talk with him. He has turned over 72 shares of his stock to his brother, Nathan, leaving him self 258 shares. He says he is willing to settle, if he gets 195 shares of Victor stock, at original cost, or the proceeds which you would get for then^ from the U. P. Co., if you would prefer to give that instead of the stock; or he is willing to take an interest in the Gray Creek; and, finally, he is willing to leave it to arbi tration, you selecting a party, he a party,- and, if the two cannot agree, they a third party. He is willing to take for his party John King, president of the Union Trust, or S.. H. H. Clark. He said, unless he is settled v/ith, there should be no payirients made on the Victor stock. He expects to go to St. Louis in a week or 10 days, and it seems to ire that you both ought to arrange to meet him. He makes a strong claim on the Victor on the ground of its business. Megeath told me here to-day that he expects to run the Victor up to 2,000 tons a day. He also said to me that the com mercial business of the Victor had been almost run down to nothing when he took it. It seems to me that was a mistake. We should have held it right up to its work. I am not competent to discuss these matters with Herrmann, because he brings in so many reports of different people whom he has seen, and of what he heard out there, and of the yearly reports made from the Victor. There is a serious question in this matter. If you give Mr. Herrmann moi-e than any one else, how are you to settle with the other stockholders?. And why should he receive more than Mr. Walters or Mr. ^earsall? The only way that I can sec such a settlement could be made is that you would have to buy him out, and, if you paid him any more than the other stockholders receive, you would have to buy him out individually. I told him that I thought that the division was a fair one, and that he got all that he was entitled to; but he did not agree with me. St. Louis . On receipt of this, wire hin: or me for a meeting in Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. 79 ¥arch, 1893. UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C., ^iarch 27, 1893, My dear Genl: I notice that . Clark has resigned the presidency of the Union Pacific. It does seern to me that you ought now to become pre sident of that Company. You are familiar with it than any one else, and can do a great deal for our western people by accepting the pre sidency . I had hoped to go to New York before going west but fear I will not be able to do so as we are remaining here so long. Very truly yours, W. B. Allison. To Genl. G. M. No. 1 Broadway, N. Y..City. 4..., -85 March, 1893. Wager Swayne, Attorney <5: Counsellor at i^aw, 120 Broadway, New York. March 31st, 1893, Gen. G. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, City. My dear General: I have your very kind note, inviting me to be with you at the banquet at Delmonico's on the evening of April 18th. I will certainly allow no local engagement to prevent my doirjg so. It is possible, however, that I may be obliged to be in Court at New Orleans at that time. If so I shall know the fact within the next few days, and will advise you, I send herewith copy of a note which I have this morning received from Judge Dillon, and which explains itself. I have had further conference with Cov. Hoadly, and shall see him again to-d^ . Yours very truly. Wager Swayne. (Fnclosure) '•f •■87 New York, April 1st, 1893. George J. Gould, Esq., 195 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir:- T hope that when you go west you will look carefully into establishing a fruit business on the west side of the Mississippi River, to handle the fruit that is consumed west of the Mississippi by transporting it over those lines. The sure way to do it is to extend what is known as hhe "Warmouth Railway" to or near the head of the Jetties, andhandle the fruit from there. It will save one to two days in transportation; w'11 be beyond high water (the river rising and falling there about 2 feet); will put you outside of t..e heavy local charges in New Orleans, Port, and, in time, will not nnly control the fruit business coming into New Orleans, but will build up a business witli ships loaded for points in the interior, - the wharves can be built there so much cheaper and made so staple. If you do not feel like investing in the project, if, after examination you would be will' g to enter into a traffic contract, by which an arbitrary could be establ shed from New Orleans bo the Jetties, I feel so much confidence in the future of such a scheme, I believe T would undertake to balse the funds and put it in operati ©n. Truly yours. G. M. Dodge. New York, April 1st, 1893. Fred L. Ames, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- Referring to our conversat^"on in relation to the extension to Astoria, I enclose you the letter written to me by Mr. Bogue. A line that strikes me that should be examined is what he marks as "D", I have been over a port*on of this country, and it has several recoirmendat' ons that the line on the south side has not. It will be our own I'ne from Portland to Knapton. Again the line on the south side of the River will have little, if any, local traffic. It is Virtually brought down to the bus'ness that goes out of the mouth of the river, while the line from Portland, all the way, w^'ll have a good local tra ffic, that w-11 ga*n every day. Then, again, if it ever comes to the interest - the company to develop the country west and North of Olequa, or between there and the Pacific Ocean, you are in a condit'on to do it, while, on the south s^de of the river, the only way to develop the country would b to get into HahaBiem valley the mountains between that the Colum^:ua river virtually prohibit^'ng any local business getting over to us. The statement cat h you made in relation to filling up Gray's Bay, is a new one to me; because when T was out there, it was considers by the government engineers as the best harbbr near the mouth of the river; and, of course, ^'f this has occurred, it would be an objection to the line; but T think before the line is settled on we should ascertain that fact, and examine the Gray's river line. I have no doubt myself but that, ^'n the near future, the line from Portland to Puget Goxmd will be built; and also believe that the Northern acific will forces its way down to the mouth of the Columbia, probably extending their l^ne south from Nehallis to Willipa Harbor, the southerly bend of which is only about 25 or 30 miles from Gray's Bay. They would have a heavy range of mountains to cross, and they might to avoid this extend along the coast from Willipa Harbor to Itoapton. I have no interest in this matter, directly or indirectly, excepting the desire that, when we bu^ld there, we should occupy fehe best country. I was led to these conclusions, when I was out there, by Mr, Kennedy, who made the surveys on the north side as well as the south side of the River. His opinion theri was greatly in preference for the north side. He may have changed it since. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. April, 1893. 96 Ames Building, Boston . Gen. G. . Dodge, April 4, 1893. Dear Sir: No. 1 Broadway, New York, I have your note of the 1st inst., with copy of letter from Ur. Bogue. I have sent copies of both letters to Mr. Clark and asked him to take up the matter. My impression originally was in favor of the line on the north side of the river, but on going down to Astoria last autumn and looking over the ground, from the information that 1 got from the government officers in charge of the jetty work, I came to the conclusion that the other side would be the better side for us as far as the ex port business was concerned. Of course you must ren.ember that Mr. Bogue is reported to have quite a large personal investment in land on the north side of the river. Yours truly. Fred L. Ames, sApril, 1893. Clipping from New York Herald, Sunday, April 9, 1893• The graduates, past cadets and friends of Norwich University, Vermont, are looking forward to the annual reunion ana dinner of the alumni of Norwich University to be held at Delmonico s on April 18. The business meeting will be at half-past six P.M. All those who have ever attended the university are expected to come to the-dinner. General Grenville M. Dodge will preside at the dinner. Speeches will be made by the present officers of the university, by several of the alumni and by General Horace Porter, John R. Von Wormer, General Swayne, General Stanley, Senator Proctor, of Vermont, and others. April, 1893 Chicago, 111., U.S.A. April 5, 1893 General G. M. Dodge, I Broadway, New York. Dear General;- Your letter, dated March 21 but postmarked April I. did not reach me until to-day, and I hasten to reply. n * ^ recollection is that I copied the letter of General Grant from the General s official record and inserted it in your records. I am very sure you will findit there by referring to vour index. I know the letter of General Grant was such as you saythat your name headed the list for promotion to Major General. Of course I have no records here; but I am very sure that If I were in I seems to me I have seen some I reference point to out it in that some lettL publication tryou! but what publication I cannot now recall, jf i had time to p-o to * the public library I would try to look it up, LTl a^now located at Jackson Park- 7 miles from the library. located I part Of nndlng ago, in whlcJ tolf JhSf ?esLnaUon afof f as February 17 and that he »as expecting ooL^rTsLn. Wishes, I am'*'^^^ expect to see you out here? With best Yours very truly, N. E. Dawson Mrs. Grant has taken a suite of rooms here for month of October. Mrs. N. E. Dawson April, 1893. UI-IITED STATES SEEATE, Washington, A.pril 12, 1893 Dear General •^odge; It would give me great pleasure to attend the Banquet of the "New York Association of Norwich University" on the evening of the 18th inst., and ^ will certtinly do so if in my power, but it does not now seem probable that it will be. I have made engagements in Boston and Vermont, expecting an earlier adjournmient of the Senate, but at this writing I am entiieiy unable to make any promise for your meeting. yiy first acquaintance . ith Norwich University was while a student at Dartmouth from 47 to '51, meeting its Cadets occasionally on the Foot Ball Ground, and in other like rivalries. I learned to respect their ability in such contests. -^ater i met n.any of them in Vermont Regiments, and their grand record is too well known to require comment, and since the 7/ar they are to be found amiong our strongest and best citizens. The State taken just pride in the record of the graduates of the Institution and is giad to see its renewed prosperity. I am confident it is entering upon a period of much greater usefulness than in the past, and 1 am sure that the people of the State will gladly join with you and others of the Alumni in encouraging this forward iiiovement. Very truly yours. Redfield Proctor, V:. ^odge, Prest., ^1 Broadway, New iork City, ICl April, 1893. New York City, April 13th, 1893 Robert J. Kin.ball, Esq., Pres't. Brooklyn Society of Vermonters, 16 Broad 8t., New York. Deor Sir: «. f.r. Miner hac handed me your letter, the advertisement for the Norwich University Dinner, as well as the invitations asked for the friends of the Norwich University to attend. I ani very much obliged for your calling ouratteiition to the matter. I extend througi you a cordial invitation to one and all of your Society to attend. I will send invitations to all you furnish me the nan.es of, or, if you prefer, will send you the invitations to be sent them. V;e look to see as large a representation as possible from the University and its friends at the Dinner, for they are making effort in the State to build up the University, and are quite successful. I have acceptances from Gen. Horace Porter, Gen. Wager Swayne, Gen. D. S. Stanley, Gen. Howard, Senator Proctor, Judge Horace Russell, John R. Von ',"orn.er, and other distinguished people, who will entertain us, and I would like to give them as large an audience as possible. I have sent invitations to all ofi icers and Executive Comirittee of your society. If you see proper, you could make known through the Brooklyn papers the cordial invitation of the New York Association of N. U. to all members of your Society, and, in fact, to all friends of N. U. oblige, Will you kindly let me hear from you in this matter, and Yours truly, G. M. ^odge, President. -jt a ' - -v April, 1893. NORWICH UNIVER3ITY, NOKTHFIELD,VT. April 15th, 1893. General G. M, Dodge, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City. J/jy dear Sir: I feel reasonably sure that there will be present at the dinner Tuesday at least four to represent Northfifeid and the University. In the first place we have arranged with Dr. S. H, ' Collester N, U. Galas of *51 to be there as one of the representatives of the University. While the Doctor is not in fact one of the officer of the institution still he is taking a very lively interest in us. Our first acquaintance with him was formed last year when he delivered the Baccalaureate Sermon and he made at that time a most favorable impression upon all who heard and met him. He was for a number of years the President of Buchtel College, Ohio and has been identified with educational work more or less for many years. He has been quite successful in raising endowments and funds for colleges and churches and he seems to have some excellent ideas in regard to this particular line of work. We have had some talk with Dr. M* Collester in regard to his doing something for the University along the line of eiidowmant and we felt that it would be well to have him present at the dinner in order that he may meet as many as possible of the Aluji.ni, I expect to meet Dt. Ni'Collester at So. Vernon, Vt», Tuesday morning and we shall reach New York at 3:30 Tueaday afternoon and will stop at the Grand Union 42nd St. so that any word left at that address will reach us immiediately upon our arrival. There are two miembers of the class of Ninety one, R'r. A F Booth, assistant principal of our High School and ^^r. H. G. Gady of our Savings B^nk who were to leave Northfield tonight and who will be at the dinner. hope V, to + see Dr hln . Nichols at the has dinner. been in Mr. New Egerton York for has several written weeks him urrlnr and we him to be present and i hove seconded I'.r. Eserton's request by a letter this evening. ^ ^ ujr a xcuoei hilt 4 +V. meeting appeared in not only the Vermont papers Used"by thirtUef thorouehly adver- ' Yours very respectfully, Charles C. Brill 105 April, 1893. Office of Frank Plumley, U . . Attorney. Northfield, Vt., April 17, 1893. Gen. Crenville K. Dodge, President N. Y. Association, Norwich University Alumni, Iv.y dear Sir: I have been seeking an opportunity to be present at the banquet to-morrow evening from the hour I knew of its appointment, but I have no sooner dislodged one preventing circumstance than another more formidable arises to take its place and at last I yield to the negative conditions and send this written word of deep regret instead. Since we niet in Boston the University has made marked pro gress, in numbers, in interest, in influence. Your own valued and generous aid in the matter of ^odge Pall has been a very considerable factor in this problem of growth, while a better feeling throughout the State and outside its borders toward the University has been reaected from the College itself. A fine Corps of professors, excell ent, indeed, now fill the chairs of instruction. The College in this regard lacks nothing save in numbers. . ^'.ore professors are needed to lighten somewhat the too arduous Ihabors of the present professors and to extend with greater careand etficiency lines of insturction which it is now impossible with the present force to skillfully or sufficient ly develop. I note expecially electricaOL and mechanical engineering as needing especial care and development. To successfully compete with its two State rivals it must have more opportunities to give ff»ee scholarships to worthy students having large ambition but small pocket books. I have attested my faith in Norwich University by committing to its careand culture, rr.y son who is in his Freshman year. I look for th future to crown our beloved University with that large and generous n.easure of power and of influence which shall measurablv satisfy our fondest ambitions in her behalf. gether + V, at * this banquet warm find af lection permanent of its form Alumni and I riends meeting to in wise benefactions for its development and growth. Accept, my dear sir, my profound regrets that 1 cannot be with you to enjoy the presence of so many distinguished guests and regard " present with you and believe me with high Yours, Frank Plumley, April, 1893 Ba te d Boston 18 To Geo. R. Miner, 1G7 TELEGRim Rec'd at yain Ofllce, 187 Broadway, New York. 4/18/1893. Secy. Care New York Herald, K. Y. Give N. U. a president and her future is secure. N. L. Sheldon, Secy, 109 The Annual Banquet THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION . NORWICH UNIVERSITY ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS, will be held at Delmonico * s Twenty-sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, On Tuesday Evening, April Eighteenth, 1893. Tickets, Five Dollars Each. Business meeting at 6:30 P. M. Dinner at 7:30 P. M. All graduates. Past Cadets, and friends of the University are cordially invited to attend, and, if it is your pleasure to do so, you will greatly facilitate the work of the officers by notifying the secretary at your earliest possible convenience, of your intentidn to be present. Tickets may be secured in advance at the office of the President, No. 1 Broadway, or from the Secretary, at Delmonico's, on the evening of the Banquet. G. M. Dodge f President, G. R. Miner, Secretary, Herald Office, New York. April, 1893, Des ^'.oines, la., Apr. 24, 1893 Gen. G. M. Dodge, 1 Broadway, Dear ^ir: New York, N . Y. Mr. L. M. Martin's Democratic friends have proposed hin to the President as a suitable man for the appointment of Second Assis tant Postmaster General, which offive, as you doubtless know, has charge of the railwaynail service. This was originally done without fvir. Martin's knowledge or consent; and even if the appointment were tendered hiii it may be gravely doubted whether it would be wise for him to accept it. Personally I should be very sorry to lose him from our road, because I regard Mr. Martin as one of the ablest railway men in this part of the country. However, a secret attacK has been make upon him by an unknown person, evidently inspired by jealousy or malice, discrediting his capacity, and intimating that he is not capable of filling the place mentioned; and wh.ile I am not of Mr. Martin's poli tical faith, I cannot but resent so unjust and unmanly an assault upon him. You know hin very well, and I would be very much obliged if you would send to me a letter addressed to the President stating your opinion as to his capacity. Yours very truly, A. B. Cunimins. ■ , * r ■* >; ' ' • *) ■r." /f - /■ ] 1 >5-. - 'v.,'*?,: h • ■ .'f -rh' t' ' ■ '■'t .l»h' w-.!/ . .-' '. .vr - .nyy-Pwi ,! - ' v 113 May 1st, 1893 Nev/ York City, Maylst, 1893. General T.M. I^incent, War Department, Washington, D. 0. Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your recent favor, cover ing a copy of my report, as filed in the War Department, I am very much obliged to you for your attention in this matter, and for the work that has been done in making the copy. On examiination of the copy, I find, however, that htere are a great many serious miistakes in it, and, if this report is an exact copy of the one filed in your Department, I certainly want to correct the original in a great many particulars. I find in this copy many words misspelled and some omisions which show b^d work sorr.ewhere, and, while I do not in any way want to criticise the copyist wr.o has kindly done this work for me, I do want to find wlierethe trouble lies. For instance on page 2 of the copy, under date of January 6th, reads as follows: "A acout reports Johnson's Army (25,000 in number) .at Dalton, and , Roddy guards the north bank of the Tennessee, from Flint River'to Dear Creek." The work omitted in the above sentence is Resacam and, if it is not in the original, I will thank you to in sert it there. Again, on page 3, under date of January 7th, the copy, "Major Talcourt (Reb.) is operating a system ofspies and curr iers." This last work should of course be couriers. On the same page,under Jan. 11th, copy reads, "The officers will be held dtrictly accountable for all unauthorized depredations committed by his men." On page 7, about the middle of the page, copy reads, "I believe every able-boied negro who can be used by the government to advantage, should be taken. The man who refuses to allow his negx o -to serve the governnient, when is not required himself to serve, but remains under the government's protection, should have no sym.pathy from us." In the original copy of the report, which I found since I asked you to furnish this copy to me,these paragraphs read "I believe every able-boied negro who can be used to advantage by the goveinii.ent should be taken. The man who refuses to allow his negro to serve the governmient, when he is not required himself to serve" etc. On page 12, under date February 4th, copy reads, oend seven corr.pGnleL of the 18th Missouri to Athens; one company to saw-mill from miles from Athens." it should read "One company to saw-mill five iiriles froiri Athens." On same page, cppy reads. All our prisoners, lorage and subsistence has been procured on the march or near our can.ps." Thisshould read "All our provisions forage, and subsistence, etc." On page 16, copy reads, "Lieut! col. hillips telegrapi:s that he cannot for the Tennessee River." It should read ford the Tennessee River." ^age 17, under date Feb. 19th, copy reads, "The rebel force is aaid to be made up of a regiment stationed opj>osite Lucas Ferry, and a third at Decatur." Ihis should read, the rebel force is said to be made up of a regiment stationed opposite Lucas Ferry, another at Brown's Ferrv and a third at Decatur." On page 19., under date Feb. 24th, the name "Cosonba is spelled Casonba. I could call attentior. to many more eriocs in the Qopy sent me, but the aoove are suilicicnt lor m.y purpose, which is, to ascertain whether or not the report filed in the Depart ment is such a one as I would care to have go into history. If these and other mistakes exist in the original report, I want perm.issien to correct then.. Will you be kind enough to have this niatter looked into, and advise me of the result of the investigation, and believe me. Truly yours, G . k . Dodge . .'V i 115 Way, 1893. K . P . -^odge & Co . Real Estate Agents Council fluffs, Iowa, ^^ay 5th, 1893. Gen. G. W. "^odge, No 1 Broadway, New York. Dear General: You requested me to procure for you a copy of Judge CarsoBs response to my remarks in presenting the War pictures you sent to the Union Veteran Legion, I did so and enclose san;e herewith with Judge Carsons letter. I'rom date you will see it was handed to me two months ago, it was misplaced and not discovered until yesterday, supposing it had been sent you. When you write Judge Carson acknowledging its receipt please explain that through its being mislaid by me it has only just reached you. Yours truly, N. P. "odge. 117. Iowa City, May 8th, 1893. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dr. Sir;- On the breaking out of the rebellion in 18G1 when our state treasury was empty, the st te arsenal without arms, and the state militia imorganized, there were a few men in the st te on whom Gov. Kirkwood relied to assist him in the dilemma in which he found himself when called upon to raise Iowa's quota of troops. I propose to illustrate these men in my forthcoming book. They .vill include Hiram Price, E. Clark, Gen. Baker, Judge Baldwin, and Hubbann and a few others including yoursoM'. Can "ou furnish me with a photohraph or engra.ving of yourself for this purpose? Your succe r in obtaining arms for the state when such men as Grimes and Warren had f-iled and when the state most needed them ranks you with the men whom I will illustrate,. Very truly yours. H. W. Lathrop, 119 H'.ay, 1393. Mew York City, May 16th, 1893 Hon. D. B. Henderson, Washington, D. C. My dear .Henderson: In answer to yoar letter in relation to the battles that the Army of the Tennessee has fought, the old Second Division 16th Army Gorp probably is the neuclus of the Army of the Tennessee, It is a division that was formed at Cairo by Grant. It had in it the celebrated 2nd and 7th Iowa., besides the numerous Illinois and Itissouri regiments, to make it up. it fought at Relmont first; then at Donaldson; thenat ,3hiloh and Corinth. I find tint the first assigniiient that I had myself to a command in the Army of the Tennessee was in October 3rd, 1862, when I was assigned to the command of this Division, and about that time the Army, as an army, was organized. But Grant and Sherman always considered the forces that started from Cairo as being the Army of the Tennessee; but occasionally they got different names. Then, of course, the Army of the Tennessee fought at Vicksburg both times, and all the battles back of it. From there it went to Arkansas Post. From there, it marched across the country by way of Ivemphis to Corinth and Battanooga, Battanooga, and was the extreme extreme left under Sherman Sherman at the great battle of Ivission Ridge ^ During the next winter it made the raid to Meridian, or a portion of it did. Then it took part in the battles ol the Atlanta campaign. From there, to Goldsburg, Raleigh, Washington, anu horn to Louisville, where it disbanded. Th; gives you a pretty good idea of the history of the Army of the Tennessee. I have not my orders here so that I can give you the exact date of th organization of the Army, as an organization; but it was commanded iirst by Grant, second by Sherman, third by McPherson, fourth by Logan (a few days only), fifth by Howard. When mustered out it was under the commani of Logan. Every general in it , who commanded it was raised in it from a colonel almost up to its captain, excepting Howard, who was an out-side assigniiient. It is an army that never lost a battle, and never took one step backwards. It traveled probably miore than twice as many miles as any other army. It fought in nearly all the States that the Army entered. You know that, after Chattanooga, barefooted and bareback, Stierman run it up to prnoxville to save Burnside, because Granger's division of the Ar.my of tte Cumberland was so slow. Its corps were the 13th, 15th, 16th. and 17th. The 13th was merged into the oth.or corps soon after Vicksburg. I am writing this from recollection, but I think it is correct. li there is anything rnxore thAt you want, let me know, and I will hunt it up for you. Truly yours, G .t . Dodge . I enclose two extracts that willtell you about the organization.-- You have the records of the Society oi' Army of Tennessee; it v/ill give you lots of infora.ation. G. M. D. Tennessee. exact date but it was McPherson, I can give you the an organization; Sherman, third by will hunt it May, 1893 121 New York City, May 25th, 1893 Mrs. WiTi. H. Greenwood, Marlboro, N.H. My dear Mladau.: Your husband, l.r. Greenwood, during his professional life was an acquaintance and a valued friend of mine . A n.an who stood high in his profession v.ho, if it had not been for his untimely end, would have risen to the head of it; for he was well known as one of the growing engineers of the covintry. He, like Diyself, was a graduate oif Norwich University, and among us we have been trying to do something to bring the University promptly and properly to the front. As you know, most of these cadets were poor; had to work their way through in their own way and no endowments have been made to the University. It seen.s to me that you could not commemorate the name of your husband better, than by founding a chair of Civil Engineering, bearing your husband's name. I am induced to write and suggest this to you from my knowledge of thelove your husband bore old N. U. At the meeting of the alumni In New York, wl.ich was a marked one, we had present some of the most noted people of our country. The record of that meeting, as soon as printed, I will senc you. I desire to say that I have done what little I could, my self, for the University occasionally, but I think if you should take this course you would start a new interest and, I believe, would bring oth.ers to do sin.ilar acts. There certainly is no University in the country of its kind that has its standing, or that has done more to graduate the men who have handled the internal improvements of this country, and its record in the war was far beyond that of any similar institution. I am. Truly and cordially, G . M . Dodge . m 1893, (Probably about June) HEAD::UARTER£ 50th REGB'EKT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Reunion Association. Fowler, Illinois, 1893. Genl. Dodge: Dear Sir: The Colonel brought your- picture to nie,covering the name he asked n^e who it was, covering the top of the head as a Iiat wou d, I answered Genl. Dodge. We have delayed answering your letter until we could tell you just what wt desired. With this I enclose you a copy of the Western veter-an,- containling the 3rd Chapter of the Rook also notice of our reunion, and a supplement which please read. The edition is one of Co. I of the Blind Half. The cut of Col. Hanna on the supplenient is not good and we will have another. Now General,-what we would like is a photo as you looked to us boys. We would prefer a war picture, and if you have one in which those cavalry boots appear we would li^e it. However please send the one you prefer,- also the nane of the Black horse you roade, the one you sent back to Rome from this front also a Biography as you would like it, and any item of interest that may come to your mind. The price of the cut desired I have not been informed. It is intended to have the Field officers the size of Chaplain Bii be left to the committee as to what will appear best, cut will I presume be somewhere between 10 and 15.00 Wh.ile the others will The full size The Col. unites with me in requesting your attendance at our reunion. We expect that it will be the best one we will have, and at the Gol.'s Home, in Golden. Thanking you for your kind regards to the boys,I remain, Yours respectfully, C. F. Hubert, Secy. The Col. Photo was taken from a sn;all one. T "... ■ ■ ■ 125 June, 1893. Waterloo, N. H. June 28/93. Wy dear General: I have your telegram "am at Northfield, Vt. would like to see you. I say to myself. Is my impulsive friend rushing ahout as of old; up to Northfield for a day; off somewhere else tomorrow; wanting to see me instanter so that I must telegraph to him at once either "I leave for Northfield on the next train;" "See n.e at Concord or Waterloo at convenience at any time;"- or is he really trying to take a little rest with his' wife and daughter at Northfield; and hear that h.e would like to have me run up and see him some tinie during the next fortnight or perhaps would manage to come to Waterloo before if asked? . Please let n.e hear ag ain. I hope you are taking some rest and trying to prolong life. Our friends ar'e disappearing. General. Ny health is bad. I am here for the summer with no one but wife and her boy Jack 8 years old, I wish to stay here quietly for months; but Cleveland is to have an extra session and Chicago must be visited; and the Committee or Interstate Commerce meet in Washington, July 6th. and so on. I am now struggling between duty and inclination and with my wife about going to Washington, July 6th. I ought to go as the Com mittee has been packed in the interest of the Railroad and I am one of the few "People's Senators." I shall probably settle the question before I mail this letter. I shell be at Waterloo till Monday A. M.; at Concord during the day Monday; and 4th of July at Waterloo. We shall be c-fad to see you and yours at this home of ours at any time. I am at your service. My affection for the old friends grows stronger than ever; and your friendship and mine was always unmixed with any alloy. Truly yours, Wm. E, Chandler, m June, 1893. C. Blulfs, June 29tii, 1893. Dear C^enl When Iv'ir. Ames was here we had a talk with him about buying our Union Cepot Ground which lays along side of Union Pacific Ground in Riddle Tract. He and Mr. Clark oiiered to take it of.us several months ago on condition we would get an ordinance thro the Council confirming their right to Union Ave. This we failed to do. The City Atty. however rendered an opinion to Council that City had no rights there. That it belonged to U. P. R. R. We took this opinion with a pledge of leading citizens to protect them in those rights in event they should ever be questioned. This we handed to Mr. Ames about a month ago when he was i- Omaha and he gave us to understand that it would be satisfactory. He went west with Mr. Clark and we have no word from him. We are anxious for U. P. to have this ground for two reasons. It gives them ample room if th.ey should ever want to move their passenger business up there and it will enable us who have bought th.e ground and are holding it to get our money back, otherwise the mortgage we have had to place on it will take it. Do you think the present financial disturbance is cause of matter being held, would it be proper for me to write Mr. Ames or would it be better to wait until there is a turn in money matters for better. I dont want to do any thing to cut off our prospects that U. P. will take it, Yours, N. P. Dodge. N . P. -^odge & Co, Real Estate Agents. 328 Broadway. Council Bluffs, lowa^ June 29, 1893, Dear Genl: Yours 26th received with enclosures. I do not apprehend any failure on part of 'alker & Phipps to meet the $50,000 note in the hands of Wasmansdorf & Kinemann. Kr. Hinemann was sure that it would be met and it was taken with the understanding that it would take up your note. Wr. Hinemann has a moral responsibility in this matter and if V/alker & Phip s should from any cause fail to pay it he must protect you and not subject you to inconvenience of raising money elsewliere . Phipps is in England and I have no doubt is prepared to protect notes which iValker ha guaranteed for him. I think you are wise not to increase annuities until you see the result of present financial ruraipus. I think we are in pretty good shape in Iowa to meet the sit uation, an agricultural state is always in better condition to meet financial reverses than a manufacturing Bgate. Our season is favorable for good crops. We are expecting a call from auditor for Bank State ment during next four or five days. After that I shall send you some more money. Our deposits shrink and I suppose will continue to do so until confidence is restored. By calling in loans we keep in good condition but Vi/atch signs of tinies with good deal anxiety. Yours, N. P. B. »■-' • n '.l,V nr ■ ; V ^4; - If '• June, 1893. Personal REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N. P. ^odge & Go. Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 30th, 1893. Dear GenL: I enclose Power of Atty. Annie Dodge to N. P. ^odge which please sign and have acknowledged and return to me. I expect to be called upon for suit claim for ^'^ixon Bldg. property and under laws of Illinois the wife\ Power of -^tty separate from her husband is not legal in Ills. It is to perfect this Power of Atty that I want your name attached. Please return it to me by express. Very truly, N. P. Codge. ' ; • '■ i •.MC, . https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/ecf92d0d4ec4680f9a2d1509638658ce.pdf c36576e2c82e3bcb2b02246294ac9ff7 PDF Text Text July, 1893 133 New York City, July 3, 1893 Thos. %. Vencent, Esq. Asst. Adjutant Gen'l., Washington, C. My dear General: Referring to your valued favor of May 5th, I have taken the'type written copy of my report, which you kindly sent me and have corrected it, duly signed it and now I'eturn it to you per express, to be filed in the War Department as my original report, retaining the old one in my office here. The only changes I have made are verbal ones to make it read more smoothly, and nothing has been added to or taken out of the report. Thanking you for your attention and courtesy in this matter I am. Very truly yours, G . K . Dodge. UbfiHftWe...' 18:5 July, 1893. Council fluffs, Iowa, July 3d, 1893. jJear Gen^: Your telegram received. I can remit $5000 to Chicago in event you have to have it and possibly the tenthousand. In these times its difficult to tell a day ahead what one can do. I dont believe I could get a dollar I'rom Omaha Natl. I know those Omaha banks have been drawn upon so by their country bank cori-espondents they will not let a dollar go except where they have to. If it is necessary I will go and see Millard but if Beresheim can possibly let me have it I had rather not go to Omaha. I cant understand what grounds you have for thinking the Wal ter Phipps note may not be paid I believe it will be met unless you have advices to contrary. about it. I have just written Hinemann to inquire if he has any fear Very truly. N . P. Oodge. /.rf' i' July, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N. i , ^ocJge & '^o, Council Siuffs, Iowa, July 6, 1893. Dear Geni: I went to Omaha yesterday and saw Millard and he said ifi you were in a fix where you had to have |50G0 he would spare it for ten days but he hoped such an emergency would not arise. '^he ^maha banks have been drawn upon so by their Oountry Bank customers they feel the pressure more than the smaller institutions. I see another speculative concern Am. L. & Trust Co and Am. Lar. Bank closed there yesterday which keeps the pot boiling. I rec. ived letter from Hinemann today informing me he ha s already received $25,000 from Walker expects to get $5,000 more and arrange the balance lor Walker so as to substitute his and Phipps note for yours as I understand him. I feel relieved because it is so difficult to raise money now. I have been holding on here until this matter was safe before going to C• Lake. I thin^ now I will go there Friday eve. Please address me there. Very truly, N. ^. Dodge. '.U/ift h:?' i 1.'• ' i '.ViL ' - ^ ■ " "'t July, 1893. Clear Lale,Iowa, July 14, 1893 Dear Genl: I received your telegram last eve and have prepared answer which I will send across to oliice today. I enclose copy of same here in addressed to U. P. d & G. Co. to use if necessary. I wish you would have I'^r . Granger prepare a brief statement of condition of Company (Col. ^ Tex. Cons. Co.) and send mie to file away and also inform mie if any progress has been made in Mejfer Suit I suppose that is only obstacle in way of winding up affairs of Comipany. Very truly, N. P. ^odge. Clear Lake, Iowa, July 14, 1893. Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Comp&ny, Dear Sirs; Dodge as follows: I have this day sent a telegram to Genl. G. W. "The Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Company will please deliver to G. M. Dodge seventy-five bonds, and he is herely authorized to receipt therefor." N. P. DODGE, Prest. Colorado & Texas Railway Construction Company. Very truly. N . P. Dodge. . . . . ;.(• 3^ ■■-Pir Ml N. P. ^odge & Co . Real Estate Agents, 328 Broadway. Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 17, 1893 Dear Genl: I am in receipt yours 14th and herewith return duly signed a receipt to U. P. & Gulf- R. R. Co. for §75,000 of bonds which were delivered to you and are in your hands. Also have indorsed over to you a draft on Mercantile Trust Co. for 4062.75/100 dollars and signed two receipts, one for §3750 to Union Pacific Denver & Gulf R. R. Go. and other for 312.75/100 to same all herein. Please acknowledge receipt. Very truly, . P. ^pdge. ^ ' ' ' '' ^ ^ July, 1893. Fort Dodge, Iowa, July 17, 1893 Genl. G . M . Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Dear General: I am getting together the data with the view of writing some thing ahout your career for the next number of the Annals of -"-owa. I would like to work in such incidents as may give it a little spice. You will remember that Rebel Scout by the name oi Johnson (I think) wJ;o was tried by Court Partial and executed. at Pulaski . I understand that when your name was under consideration for promotion to the rank of jor General, President Lincoln inquired "if. that was not the General who executed Rebel Guerrillas and submitted the proceedings of the Court Nartial to him for approval afterwards?" Of course what you write will be confidential. I write because I do not desire to use tl e story if it is not authentic Yours very truly. C. C. Carpenter. r: 145 July, 1893. NORWICH UNIVERSITY, NORTHFIELD, VT., July 18th, 1893 Gen . G. M. Dodge. ^.y dear Sir: I regret to hear of your illness and trust that your im provement is permanent. The letter from Mrs. Greenwood is very satisfactory as it indicates that your letter has av/akened an interest in Norwich Univei'Sity which may result in great benefit to the Institution. I have purposely delayed answering until I could consult the President, Supt. and others concerning tiie amount necessary to found a Professorship. We all agree that ti would require $37,500., thirty-seven thousand firve hundred dollars, as this sum at four per cent would produce fifteen hundred dollars a year, a sum which in this place would be suifcicent to pay the salary of a competent man for the head of the Departn<ent of Civil Engineering. This is lower than the salaries at Dartmouth ($2000.) but the same that the Faculty of Widdleburg College, and the Oniv. of Vermont receive. If ^'.rs. Greenwood does not feel that she can spare so much at present, could she not give a part now, and the rest at some future tiiiie? If you think best in the course of your correspondence with her you might suggest that if she cannot spare the money to endow the professorship, nevertheless if she could support it or partially support it by annual contributions it would be a great help to N, tJ. and would be named in memory of her husband. Of course we would rather have the chair based on a permanent fund and I think that is the thing to work for first. can assure her that any moneys she may give to Norwich Univ. will be safely invested by a Treasurer whois under large bonds. I am encouraged by the knowledge that something is being done in this way for the University and i thank you for your warm inT>61?©Su • I have the honor to be Yours very truly. J . B . Johnson. July, 1893 Northfield, Vermont, Norwich University, July 20, 1893 My dear Mrs. Greenwood: I am very glad to acknov/ledge receipt of your welcome letter and your kindly response. I have made some inquiries in order to answer your quest ions, and I find t.:at a professorship of Civil Engineering in Dart mouth requires an income of about y2000. per annum, but at Norwich I think one could be founded for about ^1,500. per aiinum and a sum which would bring that interest could safely be given. You could give it in funds already invested or you could allow it to be in vested by the Trustees of the University. The Treasurer of the University is a very reputable man andiie is under very heavy bonds. If you give them the investment already made the sum would be say at 4:% ^p37.500., if at 5/j or 6'p it would be much less, this you can easily figure for yourself. Let me suggest that if you do not desire to give immediately the entire amount, I know it would be very acceptable to the University, if, each year until you do give it, you would give something, in behalf of your husband, toward that professorship. No matter how large or how small, it would be well received and so considered. I do not see any difiiculty in in vesting a sum of this kind so -as to produce 5;j or per annum, therefore the amount you would have to owe would be less than the principal sura I have mentioned above. You will see from the Catalogue of the University ior 1892, page 35, that Dr. Nichols, the President of the University and "^rofessor Johnson are author ized to receive donations, and you can consult them directly if you so desire . It costs a boy only about .'p300 to pass threugh the University and he is absolutely under the eye of the Superintendent from tl.e time he enters until l:e leaves, every hour, from six in the morning until nine at night, being occupied by instruction, study or recreation, under the officers, and professors. Col. hughes, of U. S. A., Who is the inspector of Schools and Universities which have military oliicers assigned to them by the U. S. Government states that, of the 25 schools he has examined, all of them together would not compare with Norwich University. I think, if you would visit the institution, at its annual commencement, as I did, and see what an institution it is, the training it gives to young men, how closely they are held and what reputation they have obtained as Cadets, you would see what made your husband so able a man in his profession and so absolutely observant of orders, and gave him that respect for authority which I know he always had and held. I was in Morthfield, at the University during the last Commencement, June 27, 28 & 29th and I was very much pleased with everytliing I saw there. The Governor, with his Staff, and many representative men ol Verm.ont were present, and there was a very large attendance from all parts of the State. You know that by the laws of Vermont the University is now a State institution each Senator having the right to appoint one cadet and it is growing, but I believe it is the only institution of its kind in the United States which has never had an endowm.ent.What it really needs to make it what it should be is a permanent income, from which to pay its professors. I shall be very glad to hear irom you at any time, in relation to this matter, and give you any information in my power. Very truly yours, G.iv'. Dodge. To h^re .E . D. Greenwood East Dummerstown, Verm-ont. I enclose a letter from the University sent in answer to mine in regard to your proposition. Truly, G. K:. D. ... July, 1895, HALL'S JOUEHAL OFHEiVLTH. 23 Park Row, New York, July 21, 1893, Dear General: I called at your office yesterday and you were not in. I d4d not leave my card with the gentleman because I thought to call later;. I served three years in the 1st Iowa Battery, and thot I would like to see you a nioment, t}:at was all. Ur. J. B. Pinch, former ly of Gapt. Taylor's Co. 4th Iowa and who was detailed into the Battery just prior to Pea Ridge, told me he met you at the Grand Reunion at 'Washington and he gave me your address. The last time I saw you, I think was the day NcPherson was killed, and by the way, tomori-ow is the anniversary of the battle. Comrade Finch is a foreman in the Navy Yards, and wished to be remembered in case I niet you. In looking over old papers I find a letter of Commendation sent me years ago by Capt. Griffith and as I look at the familiar hand writing I cannot realize that the hand that penned it long since mouldered into dust, I wish you long life and happiness, always increasing till it shall end at last in the happiness of Heaven. Fraternally, L. J. White, July, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY, N, P. Lodge &■ Co., Council Blufis, Iowa, July 22d, 1893, Dear Genl: The enclosed letter and bill came from Ella few days ago. I replied that Nixon Building Fund was overdrawn as shown by statement recently sent you and the $200 she needed could not be paid out of that at present, but I would loan her |200 and take her note for 90 days and sent her check for that amount. I also expressed my regret that she should abandon the house so soon, and that, it would be a disappoint ment to you. Yesterday came another letter in reply and enclosing your telegram to her advising her to consult me and I have today written her that I expect to be in C. Bluffs on 29th and will then talk matters over with her or Frank in event she is absent. Ky feelings are all against breaking up that home now that so much money has been expended inside and out, to place it in first class condition. If the country was in normal condition iLetter from N. P. Dodge Remainder of letter is missing.) July, 1893 Dubuque, July, 22/'dZ My Dear freneraljYours of the I9th received this morning. I am in distress to learn that you are having a hard financiall fight and that too at a time when you are so ill with the Grippe and its tedious effects. I fear that the Democratic financial Grippe has also a hard hold upon us all. I do not believe that Silver is the cause or even the trading cause of our troubles. The last Democratic platform was harmless enough in itself, but backed by an election that clothes that party with power to enforce its promises and it suddenly became a proclamation of war to all of our active, completing work ar.d therein lies our chief troubles. We are denounced for the Sherman law when two facts are overlooked;- 1st . It was that or open mints to Silver. 2nd. The Dem. Party with Mr.Carlisle in the van voted for free coinage. But the Rep. Party will now, as in the past come to the fc work with cheer country and not a party advantage as the rallying cry. We will do whatever will helpt Don't look for sudden relief. General. It may come from a change in our trade balance but I fear that the money will not go to work until the short (special) and the long sessions of the next (53rd) Congress are dead. The Dems. dare not carry out their promises. When that fact is accomplished we will all be better. Allison is off in a two weeks trip in Canada with Senator Washburne and will be back about Aug. 1st and soon after that I will go to Washington. You are in a great business centre. If it gives your clear head conviction about the situation run down about Aug. 7th and let us have a talk. To my eye it seems like a necessity to repeal so much of the Sherman law as authorizes the purchase of sil-eer. If we could do this promptly and the Dems. would introduce a tariff bill, known to be a reflection of the Executive mind and which would give the tie to the Dem. platform the countrv would po forward. " Affectionately yours, Henderson. 155 July, 1893 New York City, July 27th, 1893 Gen'l. W. Q. Gresham, Sec. State, Washington, D. C. Ky dear General: I am in receipt of any quantity of applications to appeal to you to help old soldiers, but I know how impossible it is for you to do it and how your time is taken up and therefore have not troubled you, but I received a letter from Colonel . y. Bane, of the 50th Illinois, who writes me you are interesting yourself for him. This is a very deserving case. You know Col. Bane served under me two or three years, commanding a Brigade with credit to himself and to his country. He lost an arm in the service. He is destitute and has a large family. All he asks is an humble position, as a disabled Union soldier, to relieve his necessities. This is one of those cases that I think an exception should be made of. However, I desire to testify my appreciation of Col. Bane and his services and of my great desire that, if possible, he may be helped. Truly your friend, G . h'.. Dodge . IJuljr, 1893, S. E. Hev.es, Ouincy, 111. F. C. Ward, Table Grove, 111, J. A. Anderson, Clayton, 111. Gol. Bane and Ha ina, meinbers ex 4^-f" A « officio HEARQUARTERS 50th RFGIHZHT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, Reunion Association, Fowler, Illinois, July 29, 1893, Genl, G, M. Dodge, I received this A. N.. yours of 27th inst. containing Data and two photos also packages of , Army of I'ennessee matters please accept thanks. I find in your data Nov. 15/62 as the date on which you were °f; the 2nd division, at Corinth. In some notes of the time that we have Nov_. 1st is said to be the date but this may be when we first learned of it, your special order 26, Nov. 10-62 the possession indicates that the date was earlier'than OV » XO bfl • I see by your data that you were born xn Dan\ers Vass and suppose you must be related to ti.e -^odges of North Beverly' I was born in Beverly leaving there in 1856. Vy Brother J S Hubert Oh:r''Dod.°f lleht Infantry an/l NaineniL 0?UzenfirPeverI!y! ^ n,any of the done with.^^® rr-atter received will be returned as requested as soon as Respectfully yours, C. F, Hubert, August, 1893, REAL ESTATE AGENCY N. P. ■^odge Co, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 1st, 1893 Dear Genl* I received your letters and the Painting by ^iiss Stanley of one of your Camps when on the trip west with '-'enl. Rawlins which now hangs in the Savings Bank over depositoisdesk. It is a beautiful painting. I have placed a card in one dorner so that those who see it willknow what it*represents. I called on Frank Pusey today and learn that the opportunity to rent your house has passed. Ella will probably go to Chatham next week. Was out for the first tiii.e today for four or five weeks but Frank says while she has been quite sick she is looking well. I received from her the enclosed note concerning the bill of C. B. Carpet Co. which she wants me to pay. The only other similar bill which has been sent to me was one of Myers Durfee & Co. §132 for fur niture bought here. This was sent to you and returned to me for payment. I hope no serious disaster has befallen you financially where by you have htd to sacrifice bonds and stocks to meet your obligations . Every day seem.s to lower price of securities and with the news of one day taken by newspapers to their homes the next keeps up the excitement all overthe country. With banks the shrinkage goes on and .they meet it by collecting in everything they can and thus distress comes to all and every one is hami^ered. Our bank has so far been well treated by its customers but Mr. Beresheim watches every transaction and his constant anxiety and warchfulness is wearing on him. We are anxious for one of our neighbors (1st) wi.o is running on low cash margin. If it should go to wall it will create some excitement here but we can stand a pretty good run which we do not expect unless a bank failure should occur in city. I have not remitted to you any money on account of the con tinued stringency and my desire to keep as good balance On my account as I could knowing it would please Mr. Beresheim, and it is a time that a man who stands over a bank daily needs all the support and encour agement he can get. Very truly, N . P. godge Please send to Capt. B, g, Clark Council Bluffs, Iowa one of your Cabinet size Photographs for his old Settlers Album, presented to him on his 50th Wedding Anniversary. He has rest of family and place left for yours. I promised him he should have one but cannot find one at my house suitable. (Over) Please inform n.e more particularly the location by t'iss Stanley. You say on Snake River Range N. P. * • • of the ^aipp^ painted iVts., where is that? « ' ,■ •* * „ .1 • . , . 1 • , ,' '■ \ ■ < f ' T , • '' ' ■ ' .1'. ' ■ • • • .y : r I. ■ . ■ " 1 ' ) X ' , . '> ^ ■ ' i ' ' ■ S'" ► ■■V ^ , ; ; I'J ' w • • > •■' •- " ,: ■ < ■ ' •<; - " .<. . .• ■■■' ■'■■"• ■ * „ A? * r, . ■ *■ ■ . * ' ■ ■ "■ ■ " ■ .vvv ■ •• August, 1893 '161 REAL ESTATE AGENCY. M . P. Dodge & Go. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 3, 1893. Dear Genl: If I am to pay these bills out of Trustee Fund please 0. K. them. I think two of them A. C. & Co. and Boston Cab Co. came in an envelope from your office. The other Annie sent me and seems to be an old bill, that is prior to July 1, Nothing new here. I hope the improvement in N. Y. will hold for it must begin there. Yours, N. P. D. August, 1893. N. F. Dodge & Co, Real Estate Agents, 328 3roadv/ay. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 7th, 1893 Dear General: I have sent Wasniansdorff ^ Heinemann $211.52 in settlement of a bill they render giving credit for insurance premium on unexpired policies and proceeds of sale of Gas engines, and charging ^ cf R. Costillo interest not paid 111. Trust and Savings Bank ($937.50) and charge this $211.52 to your account. Yours truly. N . P . Dodge rf'vv ,, •■/UK w August, 1893. United States Post '-'ffice, Fort Dodge, iowa, Aug. 7, 1893. Genl. G. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y, dear Sir: In the spring of 1863, I think it was. Forest came in north and north East of Corinth and we marched up into Henderson Co. to drive him out. Some of the facts in relation to what Forest was try ing to do have slipped my mind. Did he attempt anything more than to prey upon the people and replenish his supplies, and secure a remount of horses; or was it for the purpose of capturing'some of the ports protecting the Rail Road? As I remember, whatever he had in view, he got out Of the r*egion pretty fast when your command started out after . him. !Vere your reports of this campaign, and the march up to Tuscumbia and Town Creek published in the Rebellion Record? I was very much interested in the Docum.ents which you sent me. I had your address on the Union Pacific Rail Road, but it was filed away with other pamphlets and I was just thinking about looking it up. I read it soon after its delivery but was glad to read it again, Yours truly. G. G. Carpenter. 169 August, 1893, SAVERY HGU3E Des IGoines, Iowa. W. L. Brown, Manager, Aug. 9th, 1893. Dear Generali I have your telegram to L. N. Martin saying for me to send my letter to No. O^e Broadway. I did not have anything special to write but feared you might not have received.an important letter I wrote you 4 or 5 weeks ago as I had heard nothing from you since then. The main political talk is now over the Governorship and the convention to be held on the 16th inst. The Senatorship is not therefore, being very much discussed. The . ■ as to it is satisfactory. The G. b. &: Q. and R. C. R. & N. people are pushing Gear's condidacy. The convention will not entertain the matter. In my letter I urged you to see Hughitt, Cable and Miller and get them to neutralize the other Companies. I have tried hard to get to see Ret when he has been here but always failed. I sometimes think he avoids me. I was told by a close frierd of his that he had quietly asked his friends to support Hepburn. But I dont think Hepburn has any strength outside his district. If Henderson, Hull, Lacy and Updigraff will secretly ask their friends to support me the matter will be easy, I have much strength in their districts as well as in the northwest in Dolliver and Perkins Districts. My letters were produc tive of great good and other like means have established an excellent feeling. I need only fear the greater capacity of the " concern above mentioned for organization. I cannot adequately meet them in this field. I learn that Judge Hubbard (Northwestern Attorney) is also at work along his line for Gear. Mr. Hughitt could stop this, I hope to see you at Chicago in September. Truly yours, Jno. Y. Stone. August, 1893 Kew York City, Aug. II, 1893 ^'y dear Nate: I note the painting' of Camp on ed in the painting i Grays ^ond or I.aiie, South Pass and just If you will look on County, Gray's Lake, right on that sumrrit head to select the s the teams up to me. questions you ask in relation to Miss Stanleys the Summit of Snake Hills. The plan represents the east summit, just after you raise from on the "Lander Cut Off." It is east of the about due north of th(e big Bend of Bear River, the map of Idaho, you will see, in Bingham and east of that Mount ^isgah. The camp is I camped there in the afternoon, going apot and make the Camp, and then returning, to bring Col. J. Kemip Iv.izner, now in command oi the 10th U. S. Cavalry had charge ol theescort of Infantry and Cavalry and was rather show in bringing up our trains, not being up to handling them on the side of the Mountains. I was in the habit of hitching the Infantry ahead ol' the mules and pulling them up the mountains, then snubbing the wagons back, by putting ropes around the stumps. Where this camp was located was in a little valley and I remember distinctly clearing away the snow for Gen. Rawlings tent, and finding strawberries under it. I left Rawings and Dunn there and told them to stay in can;p. I had told them before never to leave camp anywhere,unless they had a guide with them. Just after I had left them, Dunn discovered the tracks of a Griiley Bear just back of the tent and crossing the trail, and he and Rawlings took their rifles and started after the bear. After I had got the train well started up the mountain, I took m^y guide, Sol Gee, and went up to camp soriie'.vhat earlier tl:an usual. What induced me to do so I do not know, but wi.en I neared the camp I heard a rifle shot and pushed rapidly onward. The cook told me that Rawlings and Dunn had followed the Bear tracks out. I imnediately called to Gee, and we rode out as far as wo could then lel't our horses and followed their trail. We had gone but a little way when we saw Dunn and Rawlings coming, as fast as they could run, and the bear not far behind them.. I spoke to Gee anc. told him; to fire fii'st. Gee was considered a safe shot, safer than I was. I stepped out on the trail knowing that when the bear saw me, it would halt him. Gee wanted mie to fire iirst and as soon as the bear saw us and halt ed, I lired and hit himi squarely between the eyes. Then Gee shot and hit him right back of the shoulder and he fe]l. Rawlings and' Dunn l;ad each shot himi one in the fore leg and one in the neck, but neither of these shots were fatal. However we gave theni the trofihies of the Bear, and they took the skin, paws and scalp hom-e with them. The picture as painted represents Rawlings and Dunn just after the bear had been killed, sitting in front of their tent. Rawlings Sc.ylng what an escape they had had and how well deserved their fate would have been if the bear had caught them afterthey had disobeyed my orders about going out alone. You know Rawlings WES a very strict disciplinarian but Dunn had induced him to go, without thinking of their danger, but they were very glad to see me. coming to their rescue. This I think will give you a good idea of the location of the camp, and explain ta you why I remember it so vividly, and want it commemorated in a painting. Very truly yours, - - . G . n; . Dodge . To N. ^P. Dodge, Esq. Gouncil Blufis, 173 August, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N . P. Dodge & Co. Clear Lake, Iowa, Aug. 17th, 1893 Dear Genl: Pledse sign the enclosed Life Ins . Assignments and have some one sign as witness and return to me. I hold a Life Ins. in Kas-. Nutual for ^3000, one third was payable to "S & Julia T. Dodge". I want this interest to go to Julia which is purport of these papers. Very truly, M . P . Dodge. Washington, D. C. Aug. 24, 1893 Private My Dear Gen'1.;- I am just in receipt of your letter and note contents. I am sorry to hear of your illness, I learned some time ago you were not well, but did not know that you were so badly off. I will give you my best opinion of the situation. It is that in a course of two or three weeks we will repeal the purchase clause of the Sherman law but this will depend upon the action of the miniority, they can prolong the debate, for some weeks if they are determined to do so on the Dem. Side. This I understand they will not do but the sit uation may change. It is possible that some bill may also pass for the enlargement of the Cy. by increase of Rk. note circulation etc, etc. Now as to the tariff. I have no doubt they will begin work on it in such a way as to get a bill into the House by the 1st of December and t}ien take it up. I do not believe they can pass through the House or Senate, any radical measure, but the uncertaintv respecting what they will do, will doubtless lead to widespread disaster and distress , which nothing we can do will restrain. I am sorry to hear of your financial trouble. I only wish I could help ^rou out. but in a small way, I am aleo in distress. I wish I could see you and talk matters over in the course of ten days or two weeks, when I hone it will be cooler. I would run over to N. Y. if I could find you there. If the vote for repeal in the House is stormv it will hasten action in the Senate, but even then two weeks will be required. Very truly yours. W. B. Allison Gen. G. M. Dodge, Eroadwaj', N. Y. City. August,, 1893 New York City, Aug. S.5, 1893 Robert Dodge, Esq., Dear Sir: . I have your letter of recent date. General Dodge is out of town attending to no business at present. The only creditors we have in the west are in Iowa and Colorado. In Iowa his c.ffalrs are looked after by his brother, K. P.Dodge. In Colorado, by an agent who is employed by the year to do nothing else, and who so far has given complete satis faction for several years. In regard to passes. General Dodge is no longer an officer of any Railroad Company, and has no relations with them which wo.lid warrant his asking them for any free transportation even if the R. Rs. were not prohibited by the Inter-State Com.- merce law, from extending such coui'tises to any other than R. R. officials. Very truly yours, J. T. Granger. Septeiiroer, 1693 New York City, Sept. 7, 1893 My dear Mr'S. Logan: ; On my return to tlie city today I find yours of September i 2d-. I have been ill nearly all sumn.er. I go to Chicago on Satur day to attend the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee .and was in hopes that I would see you there. Itwill be impossible for ir.e to come to Washington to see Simmons Model, unless I do it as I return from Chicago, You will remember that I saw the design, and agreed with you as to the bronze pedastel. I appreciate their desire to have the close friends of General Logan represented as you suggest and should consider it a great honor to be selectea as one of them because, as you know Gen'l. Logon and myself, not only during the entire war, but even afterwards, were as close as any two persons could be whose pro fessions kept them sofar apart. I would like to know iron, you how long ""Ginmons intends " to remain in Washington. I suggested to hini some tinie ago that ^ he should be tl.inking of a model for the Sherman statue. Very truly yours. :181 September, 1893 Council Bluffs, Seiotr. \2/9Z. Dear Genl: The "Union Vet. Legion" Post here are watching for an oppo-rtunity .to install you as one of their members. You may have already been solicited to be come a member of their organization and have already signified your willingness to become a member. If not do not make any promise until I see you, I dont know that there is any obj'^ction but having joined the G. A. R. which is open to all soldiers it might be wise for you Lo stop there. I think very many of the Union Vet. Legion belong to G. A. R., some, a goodly number, including Stedman, Lindt and others are shut out because lack of sufficient service. There is not the cor dial feeling between some of the members of the two posts there might Phil and I roade up past your old home yesterday. It never looked as well as it does now. Very truly, N. P. D, I sent copies of all the letters I preserved pertaining to JIarper & Co. matter to Granger, iS3 pv 1893. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee held its twenty-fifth Annual meeting at Chicago, on the 12th and ISth of September. There was a large attendance. At this meeting, the Society was extended an invitation to » - hold their next meeting at Council Bluffs', Iowa, my home. Our meetings in Chicago were held in Eimhall, Hall.l '-p There was no, one there to receive us but on the opening of the at the "Jorld's Fair. meeting at Festival Hall, I spoho as follc.vs:. . • t 'S « » "It is not possible for me on this occasion* to suppress or conceal an emotion whi.ch almost oveppowers me. Like tlieoutlines of a magnificent ocean greyhound, bursting in viev; out of the depths of a dense ocean fog, the ITorld's Fair is a. concrete fact to my visition for the first time in Sl.e splendor of. its varied spectacular effects", as I find myself suddenly in the midst of an ar.chltectural artistic and industrial grouping, tl.e like of which the world has neve before, seen. Under tlie spell of this marvelous aggregation,* the past rises before, rae as a dream. Thrice the attendance of a single day on these grounds would outnumber the whole population of the State of Illinois, v/hen. I, a young ma;., first set foot ip Cliicago. The ^dmi.ssions to these grounds for a month ending this day, far surpass the numbers the total population, of M-s, United Statps at that time west of the meridian of Chicago. < - ' Turn to the maps of that da;;, and you w^ IJ. find papked thereon the* Great American Desert, a trackless-waste stretcnin'g for a thousand miles, barpli g Chicago from the Pacific shores, as the desert of Sahar bars the' fertile plains of Central Africa from the shores of the L!edlterr*anean. Tlioro was then not a single completed line of railway out of the city of Chicago. The declaration of Puck "I will* put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes," had not yet attained in the minds of men so much as the dignity of a prophecy,*but was still classed as one of the visionary vagaries of the Bard of Avon; and even tliat peerless poet of the imagination ho.d not, in the wildest flights of his fanciful genius, dreamed that human .bciigs might converse by word of mouth five hundred or a* thousand'mi les' apprt. No single association of men has had more to do "with bringing about this marvelous transformat^ or. than' the Army of the Tennessee. Wi.en Port Donelson foil, aji ontei-prising nev/sboy ih a noxthei-n city, on good terms with operators, conceived the idea that by sending telograpliic notice in advance along the railroad upon whicli he was the peanut," he would largely increase his sales of'-^apers containing the news on that day. The result justified hlrs judgment and gave him such a higli opinion of the advantages of the telegraph that he determin"" to become a telegraph operator himself. Once dealing with electricity his inventive genius carried him on, and the mighty results directly traceable to that first battle of the Army of the Tennessee will be at "1-84 1893. ..once appre<5iated when I say that the, nape of that, "b.oy is Thomas A. Edison. No commander, no member of that army, or any army, ever , dreamed or thought, of the mighty revolution they were teaching the world. The necessities of the war brought cut and developed every faculty possessed by men. They built and "destroyed, annihilated distance-, maintained for ti.ousands of miles .lines of transportatio in an enemy* j country. IVliat they did and* said developdd faculties and resources, ability, ingenuity and breadth of thought that made every soldier a "new fa'ctor in our country. And when all the armies disbanded each and evejry soldier applied t!ic object-lesson learned under fire, in his ov/n sphere and to his own home; and here you see the -first great monument that astonished and testifies to the world what great necessities and opportunities will produce, and you can loo]^ upon it with greater satisfaction than you ever look upon your great victories, Vicksburg, Chattanooga', Atlanta, and Savannah to Appomatoox. -There is- but one regret to have, and. that is that our- comrades and coimiianders who led and taught us our possibilities are not here to enjoy and witness this triumph, and it is. opportune that the ora or of torad.y was a cokrade, fought and fall in your . ranks, and he has builded upon the lesson there instilled in. him, xintil-, today, he is one of thie leading statesmen, and law-makers of our nation." ' . . Col. D.-B. Henderson made the annual address 'demoting himself to the cost of IUm War, making a very strong argument against it, deraouncing it as 'demoralizing, desolating, consuming the toll and comfort of our people, is the world's terrible, relentless, remorseles inquirisition, is the weapon' of tyrants, thA prop- of thrones. Blood should feed the brain, and not satiate the so-called "Gdd bf Battles." War, the black pathway to hell, has been the pretended passage to Heaven. In the naho of Church and State, God and the Crown, wholesale butcheries have blackened the fiirest fields of earth and polluted the waters of the purest seas. Col. Henderson then made a strong appeal for arbitration. Hhe banquet was held at the Palmoh House on September 13th. ' and the toasts wore as follows: • ^ ,;o ».T i, , ufiJ ^ _ iJ.l.'iVi r r-.ij Z < t ' .. ,.*44 "• .*r)4:u ■ - 'I'ft ' ii " '.iJO'l.f oj '■ ■ t '■ iJ-rt - .bi.i; Vi jf 1893. "Our Brotherhood," - Responded to by Col. C. Cadle. "War Echoes," - Responded to by Rev. T. Ewing Sherman. " War and Peace," - Responded to by Gen. James A. Williamson. "The Volunteers," - Responded to by Col. William Warner, General J. H. ^tibbs recited James Whitcomb Riley's peom, "Down to the Capital," Miss Mary Logan Pearson sang at this meeting and was highly complimented by Governor McKinley, Col. Henderson and others and she was made the daughter of the Society, which position she has held until this day. NOTE; In Scrap-book 24, page 6, is James W. Brent's History of the hanging of the Confederate spy, Samuel Davis. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CrMPANY Received at Palmer House Dated Boston, Mass. 13 To Gen. G. M. Dodge , Palmer House 9/13 I89^rMr, Ames went to New York on the Pall River line Steamer last evening returning early and apparently well at ten oclock this morning he not having appeared, his room was entered where he was foxind dead what are your plans shall you return to attend the funeral. Oliver W. Mink Sept., 1893 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY Received at 1254 P. 9/14 189'?;- Dated St. Paul, Minn. 14 To Gen'l. G. M. Dodge, Palmer House Your message received here it is impossible for me to reach Boston in time to attend the funeral of Mr. Ames. Marvin Hughitt, 1893 .^193 5HE WESTERN UNION TELEORAPH COMPANY. To Mrs Frederick L. Ames, Boston, Mass. No one onts4de of the family feels more keenly the death of your husband than myself. His father was my best friend and he outdone him in his friendship to me. The loss of such a man cannot be believed where his liberal views has done so much to build up the west and protest its interests. You and your family have my heartfelt sympathy the loss of no one could be so great a blow to me as his. G. M. D. , /it . 1893 THE WESTERN UI-IION TELEGRAPH C0A4PANY 189* None of us can appreciate now this great loss, wire immediately when funeral will be. G. M. Dodge, TPIE WESTERN UNION TELEORAPH COMPANY 0. W. Mink 189^: U. P. Ry. Boston, Mass My plans were to go west but will immediately return to attend funeral if I can reach Boston in time by leaving here Thursday. Wright ' ''. .t •• 1S9 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY r 4; -K- 4^' 4; 4- 4: 4; 4g 4r Dated Boston, Mass, 14 Via Chica^om 111 16 9/I6 189^9 To Can. G. M. Dodge Parker House Boston The funeral of Mr. Ames takes place at twelve o'clock on Staurday a special train will leave old colony station Kneeland St. Boston at eleven oclock for No.Easton Shall you be able to attend answer. Alex Miller ,V- September T.";, 1893 Chicago, 111., September 15, 1893 Gen. G.M.Dodge, #I Broadway, New York City. Dear General;- I am very sorry you were called away so suddenly and on so sad a mission. I wanted to have a talk with you upon a subject which I think might interest-you. I see that Jay Gould's children are building a church in his memory. It seems to me that a much more appropriate memorial, one that would render special and fitting tribute to his achievements and his unique genius, would be a pro vision for a.Library and Museum of Transportation. It might be in connection with the memorial church, or a separate institution entire ly. The time is soon coming when much of the historical material relating to transportation, now possibly accessible, will be inaccess ible, if the collection is not systematically begun very soon. Few of the pioneers of the railway and telegraph are left, and they are rapidly passing away. Before they are gone, some one should make it his mission to collect from them all that can be obtained, and place it where it will not be lost to the historian. The modem I means of transportation had its birth almost coincident with your own birth. It has grown up almost within your own memory; and Mr. Gould, yourself and your ftiends were the chief and leading factors in that growth, the most important single factor of political economy in the history of the world. It has made it possible for all those agencies which tend to improve and benefit mankind to spread their work throughout the whole world. It has made it possible to hold the World's Columbian Exposition. It is the one thing without which such an Exposition could never have been held. A special study of the exhibit gathered here, and an exhaustive report on it, would form a sort of key or groundwork for the commencement of such a col lection as above indicated. Don't you think that if the attention of the Gould s were called to this matter, that they would provide the means for making such a collection and establishing a home for it? If not, don t you think that among the men who have amassed furtunes in the railway business, a society could be formed with this purpose i"" be infinitesim.al, contribution and the importance of each, in to proportion them historically to his wealth, of an exhaust would ive and adequate collection of this kind of data it seems to me, does'' not need any argument. what what vniTtbTnti you think of it, and whether you consideration, think it worth and while let to me move know in the matter yourself? if you should conclude to initiate the matter I immediate succLs! to + be S done, but V of course I would like very it much is something to make this that collect ourht ion, and I think that the drift of my studies, my connection with vou a few yeans ago, and with the President of the C. B. forme? years, and with Gen. Grant when on railroad and telegraph business in 2QZ Mexico, and with Director-General Davis in the work of building up the greatest of all World's Fairs, all together, furnish an education for me in that line, for which no one else has had equal opportunities. At all events, I wish you would let me know what you think of the matter. Would not such a work from such a nucleus grow in time into a monument to the pioneers of rapid intercommunication and transport ation of equal grandeur with those of Peter Cooper, Graithson,.and others, or even greater grandeur because of the vastly greater import ance of their work to the material and intellectual advancement of the human race?" I enclose herewith a communication which explains itself, which I sent to one of the Chicago papers soon after Mr. Gould's death, and which indicates my estimate of the importance of.the work of him self and his associates in Railway Building. Very truly yours, N. E. Dawson. 205 Sept. 1893 Washington, D.C. Sept. IBth, 1893 My Dear Gen'l;- I sent telegram to you yesterday that I would be here today. I called at your office about II and waited til twelve. I wanted to talk over with you the situation in Iowa and some special phases of the political outlook there. I also wanted to go over with you the financial matter as developing at Washington, but I suppose all can wait until I can see you. When do you go west and when will you be in Chicago? If I can get away from Washington I want to go to Chicago the ^last of this week. There will be no final outcome at Washington during this month and may not be next. I go back this afternoon. Very truly yours, W. fe. Allison. ' ■ ..r. <.207 Septeniber, 1693 New York City, September 21st, 1893 Ken. Wm. B. Allison, Washington, B. C. hy dear Senator; I found your letter on my arrival in lown Tuesday. I am very sorry to have failed to have net you but the fact is, I was completely worn out after my trip to Chicago, thence inmediately back to Boston, and nearlynine nights with very little sleep, so that Sunday and N'.onday I had to keep in the house. If I had known you would have been her-e I would liave cei'tainly seen you, as I feel very anxious about n.atters in 'Vai^hington. I see no hope of getting to Washington very soon. I hope you will be able to run over here again and if you do let me know far enough ahead, so that I may be able to conie over here so as to see you. Very truly your friend, G . . Sodge . September, 1893 Nev; York City, September 21st, 1893 W. T. V.'alters, Esq., Board ol' Trade Building, ^ ■ Baltimore, td. ^'.y dear N'.r. Walters:- I enclose you petition of affidavit to be used in the United States Court in the case of Evans against the U. p. Railway, t'r. J^nes has signed a much stronger affidavit than this. V/hile there may be delinquincies on the part of the U. still they do not amount to anything to be compared with the injury we would receive if this property went into a Receiver's hands with Evans or his friend at the head of it, and we should lose the endorsem.ent upon our bonds with the business that the U. P. gives us and the additional mileage that it allows us on all business. There are very few if the statements in Evan's petition that are correct. Kis fight is mostly to have a headquarters es tablished at Denvei*; it is a local one. Will you kindly sign and have acknowledged, and also any of your friends whom you know who own stock in the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf and the Et. I^orth & Denver City, and the amount of each, and return to me as promptly as possible. Yours truly, G. ^.Dodge . , 1893. Iowa Union Ex-Prisoners of '^.ar Association. Des Tvioines, Sept. 21, 1893 G. V.. Do (.Ige, Mo. 1 Broadway, M. Y. City. Dear General: It is with inexpressible regret that I write you on a matter in which I fear I may not make myself sufticiently understook and yet perhaps you may realize the ,'osition in which 1 ma placed. Do you call to mind your old scout Wm. Callender to whome you kindly gave your photo when here about five years ago? Time has dealth kindly with me in some respects, while in others I an. peculirrly unfortunate. Two years ago in April a surgical operation was performe^' on my left hand which leaves nie a helpless cripple for life and un^le to perfojrm any manual labor to maintain my family and my only means of support is $12 per mo. received under act June 29, 1890., and with a maturing mortgage of $300 on uy home the outlook is indeed gloomy. Therefore miy only : polbgy for writing this letter is to appeal to yoiir generosity for assistaacein rny dire extremity. I ai. well aware that I am asking much at your hands and ^)ossibly more than I have a right to do, but when I remember our associations in years gone by, when the cause was a comin.on one, and how thro* your own efforts you are placed far out ol the reach ot any possible contingency like my own. I tho't and indulged the hope that possibly my appeal might hot be in vain. I have now set my case before you and should .you be prompted to consider the same favorably and desire to satisfy yourself of the truthfulness of my statements, I would gladly refer you to J. H. MoCord, Comrnander Crocker Post, No. 12, this City or II. C. Buchradt a merchant and P. M. Cottage Crove Station this City. Either of whom know me well. Trusting to at least a reply, I am as ever your friend and comrade, William Callender, Late Co. D. 2 Regt. Iowa,Vols. No. 909 Western Avenue. ■213 September, 1893. Nathan P. Dodge, President John Beresheim, Vice President, COUNCIL BLUFFS'^ SAVINGS BANK Council Bluffs, Iowa, ^eptr. 23d, 1893. Dear Genl; I agree with your views as expressed ^n letter 20th, The expense you incur in keeping old home open, hired man, repairs, water coal, adding small rental will amount to ^1000 per annum. My view of the matter was, if instead ofpaying out money for these specific things you made an allowance of about ^600 it would be a better arrangemient but I can see now it would be in addition to what you are now doing, and what you did for one should be done for the other^Rarried daughter. Inasmiuch as the "Declaration of Trust does not contemip^i te this and it could only be done by exercise of your reserve power, I think for present it,would be best to aid the married children by loans as you have done and wait until the impaired capital is restored. I fear any other course would lead you into more trouble. The demands upon the Trustee Fund will leave but a small margin to add to Capital at present rate. I wish you would send m.e by express your copy of Declaration of Trust Nixon Bldg. Fund. Mine was delivered to John Walker to be recorded with deeds which are still held off record so I will not be likely to get mine back until next spring. Yours I will return as soon as I copy it. The Homie here should be kept as it is, unless the furniture is taken out, whether occupied all the tiUie or not. Ithink M .r & Mrs. P. could live in it as now arranged with the privileges granted as cheap as they could live in a smialler house. Will you be out this fall? Very truly. N, P. Dodge. !.215 October, 1893. The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, Oct. 9, 1893. Genl. G . . Bodge , New York. ily dear Sir: IVy book, the history of the 4th Iowa Cav. was but just out when I heard that you had bought it, the first copy sold, I believe. Of course that gave me a great deal of pleasure, for, tho you do not know me, I have known you since early in the IVar,- since my first meeting with the 4th Iowa Infantry on the field at Pea Ridge, just after their splendid battle. But I found anything tell me so for Winslow and I) too poor to buy possible. Btit I am the more out any excepti struction good. write this note to ask a favor of youi If you have to approve in my book, would it be agreeable to you to this purpose, nan.ely.- We have presented my book (Col. to the survivors of our regiment, many of them being it, and have taken pains to hunt them up as far as we, or I, also want to sell the book to other soldiers willing to make the effort because the reviewers, withon, speak highly of it and consider its pbi n and conOn returning to town soon I am to have a circular printed, to be sent to soldiers, in which will appear the opinions of officers and dritics of influence If you like the book a few lines from you would be of great influence especially thro the west and in our own State of lowa. I may properly add that, to favor the soldiers, the price of the book has been placed much below the price of other books equal in size and quality. Ky city address is 59 Wall St., and I shall feel greatly obliged by any attention you can give. I am very truly yours. Wm. P. Scott r; ;2rl7 October 11, 1893 Nev. York City, October 11, 1893 K'.organ Jones, Esq., Fort '/Vorth, Texas, Dear Sir: I have been writing every one that I could think of that would take any oi our lien notes. It seems to me we should raise our money on the lien notes and hold the land we have got intact. I doubt very much if we c.n raise any money any place outside of our own people; and my idea is that you should make up a statement showing the exact condition of the property, what we have got, and then call upon each stockholder to raise his proportion of the money needed, upon the lien notes, giving hirn ample security. I should show particularly what this lien note covers, so that it would be patent to all of them that tley are perfectly secure. Ir the demands there are upon us, it is not right to call upon you and I. I am absolutely at the endof my string. If it was coming in Warch, it is possible I might be able to raise some funds then, but in December I know I cannot. 'A'e will have to lay down upon the peoi)le we owe, the same as everybody are lying down upon us. No one pays me. I have got any quantity of money due me, but not one single dollar is paid n.e . People just siniply say they can't, and won't; and that is what we will have to say unless matters get better. ^:oney is easing up here all the time for "call", but nobody is willing to loan on time, and so far I have been unable to find anyone who is willing to loan a cent upon anything except what they can walk into the Stock Exchange and sell at any moment. You cannot now borrow any money upon any of our U. . securities. I have had to lay down on the people th; t are carrying my loans, and simply tell them I cannot take them upl it is what everybody is doing, and it is the first tine in my life that I have had to say it. No one objects that securities are sufficient, but everybody wants money and nobody pays you. I appreciate your position and condition. Hubbell was here yesterday. The Iowa Trunk Lines have cut their percentages on our property there just one-half, offering us 25;j instead of 50^. Of course that knocks out all income from thn t entire property; unless it can be defeated, which I am going to work at. Very truly yours, G . V,. Dodge . .221 October, 1893 New York City, October 13, 1893 Ron. D. B. Henderson, Washington, B. C. Ny dear Henderson; What has been done in the Raum case; has anything? It looks as though you people in Washington intended to give us plenty of grief. What is the outlook in Iowa? Row much will tl;is pension matter hurt Jackson? Did not you people know of this before he was nonanated? It seems to me you hinted some thing of the kind to me when I spole to you about him in Chicago. If you did know it, he ought not to have been nondnated, for you know that is one of the tender^iuestions that has more effect than any thing you could touch just now. Truly yours, G. W. Dodge . 223 October, 1893 New York City, October 15, 1893 Vy dear Aldrich: I received to-day the October number of the Annals of Iowa that has CarpenLer's article in it,- the first lialf. This is the best written article, as to my views and actions, as far as it goes, that I have ever seen. Carpenter of course was niore competent to do this than anyone, because he was present, I think, during most of the tinie that he writes about. I want you to send me 100 copies of this October number, and also 100 copies of the January number Truly yours. G . U. bodge. Charles Aldrich, Esq., Hist. Dept. of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. '.2.2 5 October, 1893. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY Received at Produce Exchange, New York. Oct. 13, 1893. Dated Council Bluffs, la. 13 To Gen. G. M. Dodge 1 Broadway, N. Y. Do not quite understand note like.one given for Rent Interest payable monthly at Kountze Brothers trust deed secures it beyond doubt and Phipps endorsement makes it doubly secure my endorsement would be without recourse and twenty or thrity more Bonds should be added to securities named I write. N. P. Bodge, 1893. , On October 13, 1893, the Beverly Historical Society observed the two hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of Beverly and in the ^ % 1 m statements made there, the following was said of Richard Dodge, of whom I am a direct descendant: Hon. Ezra D. Hines, the his-torian of the Danvers Society said: T "The one foundation stone of this County (Essex) was Richard Dodge. He- settled in Beverly near the shores of the great pond and lived the peaceful and quiet life of a fanrer, was a real good citizen and were he living today would be just the kind .of a", man we would like to occupy a seat in the U. S. Senate. He v/ould consider that he v;as a servant of the people. He has had many distinguished descendants among them, Wm. E. Dodge of New York, General Grenville LI. Dodge, Rev. Theorodre Parker and George Peabody of London. " « William Dodge, my great Uncle, was j?epresented by Prof. Robinson .of Salem, Massachusetts. Mr. A. A. Putnam gives the following description of the place where I was bonn in Danvers: "The paragraph in last week's Mirros, referring to Mr. John A. Sears' farraliouse in tl;e northern part of Danvers as marking the place where General Grenville M. Dodge was born, suggests a somewhat more extended account of the spot or homo, and of the estate to which it belongs. The stoi^y is vitally connected vith that of the older PorberBradstreet house whicJ. stands on the other or eastern side of the road, about a quarter cf third of a mile still further north and very near the Topsfield line. This earlier homestead, now owned by Mr. Calvin Putnam, has a most interesting history. A part of the pre-sent enlarged and neat-looking habitation is shown as a portion, at least, of the original dwelling built there on the grants of 500 acres, which the town of Salem made- in 1638 to Emanuel Downing in anticipation of his arrival in this country from England. Dovmigg reached Boston in August of the same year. He was an eminent lawyer of the Inner -Temple and distinguished of tha Massachu setts Colonists. His son, Gir George Dovming, was one of the first class that graduated at Harvard College, and was, says Mr. Upham, tlae historian, "A man of extraordinary talents and wonderful fortunes." The father,- witl. his family, appears to have lived, however, not on the grant of 500 acres above mentioned, but on another of 600 acres which he received from the General Court and which was situated next to Governor Endicott's farm,"on tli-^ -road between Lynn ,and Ipswich." The former was bought of Downin in 1650 by John Porter, the emigrant progenitor of the Porters of Eesex County, who "at the .time of his death was the largest land holder.in Salem Village." Joseph Porter, son of John, married in 1664, Anna, daughter of Major 7illiam and Ann 228 1893. Hathorne, and received from his father,, as a, marr age gift, the farm of 5CC acres and a half acre in torm. He settled on the Dovming land and" it was here that the principal Porter hive in America came to be. I.!rs. John Bradstreet, who long lived there during the present century, told me, in her old age, that it had been the home of six successive Joseph Orters, who, with their families, represented as many generations of the name in regular descent and- continuous line. From the Porter genealogical book I can make out only five at most," but I think that will do. , ; . For about a hundred and fifty years, they and their children owned and occupied the place and gave it their name, and their blood still flowed on in the Bradstreets who came after them. ■ It was the abode of many honest and intelligent farmers, - brave soldiers, excellent women and noble youths,- large numbers of whom.went forth from time to time, to do well their part in other- scenes near or far, like Amos Porter, a nati.ve of the place and one of the pioneer settlers of the JTanous colony of Ma;r'ie.tta,. Ohio, in 1788. A brother of Amos was one of the five successive Josephs and was a Lieutenant or Captain in the Revolutionary war. One of his sons, Major Jonathan, married Eunice Boardman, sister of Nathanidl Boardman. The Captain died in 18 5 and the Major followed him hence a few years later. Then it was, thct Captain Dudley Bradstreet and Oovernor Thomas Dudley both came dovm to take' possession and end ti.e Porter reign. And he, in turn, was succeeded by his milder-mannered son. Major John Bradstreet, sc well remembered by mani^^ •,vho are living today. Thus it was that tl.e Downing farm again cliangec^ its name. From the first, tl.e Porters buried their dead in a neighboring pasture, at a spot which .is now much grovm over with trees and bu bes. Yet careful search discloses numerous humbel mourids or rude stones that tell where these l.ong departed worthies lie, though there are no inscriptions. One of the Endicott sisters, daugiaters of Elias Endicott, Jr. who lived so long in the vicinity but all or whom are now gone, said to me that probably Capt. Joseph and Major •jQnaj,|ian Porter were among fehe .last who were bur,ied there, , Of the children of .the first Joseph Porter and i.is wife Anna Hathorne, Samuel was bom August 4, 1669. He married Love How, of Ipswich, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Peabod^).- How; Abraham being a brother-in-law of tiie Elizabeth (Jackson) IIo.? of whom, as one of the condemned and executed victims of the witchcraft persecutions, Mr. Uphan gives so affecting an account, and Sarah being a daughter of Lieut. Fra-cis Poabody, of Topsfield. These early .settlers had a fine way of looking out for their .promising sons, ,and so Joseph Porter settled Samuel and Love upon what is now the Sears farm, and in 1713 he bequeathed it to the son in his will as the southern part of t,he Do-wning grant, the property consisting of a dwellin'- house or .housing standinr; on said laid wnere he now dwells together with one hvindred acres of land adjoining to the land he nov/ lives upon, and has improved, ^ Tl^ia later couple had three children born here: Sanuel, Eleaz^F and Lydia, Of admuel wo know nothing. Lydia married Join Putnam of the fourth generation, and Dea, and Capt. Edmund Putnam was their son. 229 1893. . . . Eleq-zer inherited the farm and lived upon it, was twice "married, and had David, Asa, Mary, Abigail, and Samuel. Samuel Porter, the youngest of Eleazer' i^'ldren and born here with rest, graduated, at Harvard College in 1763, lived in Ipswich and Salem, was a noted lawyer and loyalist, was one of addres: Gov. Hut chins on" and also Governor Gage, fled to England during the Revolutionary war, and died in Loridon in 1798. Ris siter Mary became -the first wife of Tarrant Putnam of Bedford, (second ccoisin of Dea Edmund), v/;.o, j.-zitl. his sons and daughters, came into possession as well as occupancy of the estate. It was while he was there and previous to April 28, 1769 that the house was burnt, and old "lady Porter", who was the second wife of Capt. Joseph Pnrtor and whose-maiden name was,Elizabeth Herrick, told my mother, who spent some of her early years most pleasantly in that old Porter home, she saw Tarrant Porter's house when it was in flames. It was Tarrant who soon built the-present house"on the site of the old one. He married for his second vvife, widow Eunice Porter of Wenham. The first of his niimerous children 'was Eleazer Porter Putnam, whose son. Rev. Benjamin Putnam^ a Baptist preacher, was the father of the late Mrs. Harriet L. Packer, wido".7 of William S. Packer, the founder of the notable Packer Institute of Brooklyn, II.Y. Tarrant is-said to have removed to'Newbury, Vt., whither others of the name also went from Danvehs. As regards the precise numbers of his successors on the farm and just the years when some of them came and went I am not altogether certain. , ' , " Israel Putnara, son of Deaaon Edmund, bought the place of Tarrant, or ratlier of his heirs, married-Anna Endicott'in 1788, and with her at once began to keep house there in ti e loser rooms. Si.ortly after wards, Ellas Endicott, Jr., Anna's brother, married Nancy Greasy of Beverly, and the two inmediately commenced house-keeping in"the chambefs their future home soon to be built a short distance - down the road. Israel and Anna conti-.^ued on the farm until after their three children, Elias, and two others^ were born, or until about the end of the"century, when they all moved to the-Neck or Port, wliere they lived for a wi.ile, s said one of the Miss Endicotts, in the Thomas" Putnam house. They then raoyed up to the Rea Place (recently tlie home of the late Augustus Fowler) to care for the old folks, Deacon Edmund and his wife Anna. At.one time or another in that long ago, the farm of Samuel and Eleazer Porter and Tarrant and Israel Putnam, with which we specially now have to do, was tenanted by a Thomas Tenney, whose daughter Mary taiigth for a season the district echooJb; and then, again it was once the home of a Daniel Putnam who'was son of Lieut, and Deacon Daniel Putnam, and who-married Sally'Porter, sister of the Major Jonathan and of the-Mrs, Dudley Bradstreet before mentipned. This Daniel was a kinsman of both Tarrant and Edmund, and'he was one of the number that emigrated to Nev/bury, Vt. Among his descendants there, is D. P.Kimball, EsqT, wliom I saw on Ids visit at Mr. Burbeck's Danvers Plains, three years «go. Curiously enough, the old farm for about five years was the home of the grand-father of General Dodge, Capt. Solomon Dodge. Whethor -Splwanus, son of Solomon and father of Grenville,, was borp there, I kno"w ifl' nil..!, •i iJltl , • ;J • SUorih ' ■ X * 4 I ' - '■ f ■) m 1893. not. Certain it is that he was there as a little child of three or four years at the time of Ids mother's death; and as he was bonn in 1801, we know pretty nearly how. to fix the term durinr y/hich-the Dodges fir.ot sojourned on the premises. The Endicotts, best of all authorities, told me that the Captain was as we might -ell suppose fro;:, the character of his descendants and his race, " a good man. wanted to buy the place, but Isreal Putnam declined to sell, and ere long gave it to his son Ellas. In 1812, Elias taarried Eunice Ross and took her to his native spot, where in the chambers they began housekeeping as his parents had done in the lower rooms,' about a quarter of a century before. Here all their children were born, except the youngest, Krs. Charles H. Gould. '.7hen the-- first ^occupied the second story, the apartments below were still tenanted by a Simeon Putnam and family,'who came to Danvers from Boxford, but vdio previously lived in Charlton, N. H, They soon removed.to the old Rea place, and not long afterward to the old Emerson place, on the Boston road, in what is now Peabody. Deacon Edmund and his \7ife, Anna, were now dead, anc Israel with his family returned to the upper.farm to^abide with^Elias and Eunice. More room.was needed, and it was at this time, shortly after the marrigige of his son, thatlsrael built, on the northern end of the house, particularly.for himself and his wife, the ell in whose chamber the future civil engineer and surveyor of. vastterritories, military hero, cong^*essman, projector of great raildoads and President of I knovy not how many powerful companies, was one day to make his ^ advent • into the world.. But neai?ly two decades must elapse before that important event. Meanwhile the old farm was to be the scene of unwonted a ctivity and enterprise. Its young proprietor was a-tremendous worker and he made his older boys work .hard with him. I know of one who is mighty .glad that he came along too late to be impressed into the service. The estate took on larger dimensions. ( rchards were planted. Meadow, woodland and rocky v/astes were converted into fields. Hired men, horses, oxen and cattle were everywhere; and as if there were npt enougi. to do in still i"urther devolooing his portion of the Downing grant and much else besides, Elias must needs buy the old school house pove tt up..tol his ^own place and begin to manufacture shoes in it, by way of variety. The bxick school house which succeeded the-other was wi.ere the Universalist society of Danverp chiefly had its origin, the movement there taking organized form as early as'1815. Earnest apostles of the faith came there to pi^each before and after that date, Joshua Plagg, Barzillai Streeter, Charles Hudson the great Hoseft Ballou, and others. They were all vlsitorp at the farm. Hosea, a prohphet Indeed, came there once and 'pent a week; and Hudson, afterward a distinguished civil functionary and historian, came and spent many.' Isreal Putnam was gathered to h.is fathers in the sumraeh of 1820. His daughter Nancy had been married to Nathaniel Boardman in 1816, and his only other daughter, Mary, or Polly, married Israel Endicott, Jr., in 1026". In 1827 the bll needed nqw tenants, end now it was that Capt. Solomon's Dodge'b son, Gylvanus, returned, under happies.t circumstances, to these scenes of his very early ch^'ldhood, brining with him his fait? bride, Ju2iia Th-^resa Phillips, of New Rowley, or Georgetown, About fifty years later, I saw the wonderful lady in her old age for the last time at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and soon 1893. after\7ard received from her several exceedingly interesting letters, from one of which I must quote here. It was dictated by her, though penned by her son, Nathan P. Dodge, Esq., with whose, family she spent her declining years, at the place just mentioned. Another, likewise in my possession, was penned by her own hand. Under date of Feb. 28, 1877 she says; 2l was married to Syl-anus Dodge, Nov. 22, 1827, by Rev. Isaac Braman at his residence in Georgetown, Mass., in the evening. Phineas Dodge and wife, Martha Dodge and others were there. 77e rode that evening to Mr. Ellas Putnam's in Oanvers, Mass., and commenced our married life by keeping house, rentinr" of him that part of the house towards towards Topsfield." She states that her first child, named Grenville, was born Sept. 23, 1829 but died Oct. 6th of the same year, and in another connection she mentions the circumstance that it died in Mr. Putnam's arms. Then she adds: "Mrs. Putnam was with me at his birth and at :.is death. My second child, Grenville M. Dodge, was born, April 12, 1831, in the chamber of the ell part of the house. Mrs. Putnam was alsot present at his birth. I was very sick, and as I recall those seasons of sickness and trial after nearly fifty years, there is nothing more impressed upon my mind than the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Ellas Putnam." Mr. Putnam and family finally moved to the Rea place, or the old er homestead, in April 1832, letting the upper farm to Benjamin Dodge of Wenham, (not a near relative of Sylvanus) and afterward selling it to another party. Other occupants have since followed in succession, but they have less to do with the main urpose of our story than those whom we have thus far brought to view. Sylvanus and family still lived in the ell for sometime after the Putnams went and the other Dodges came. Subsequently they lived awhile in Salera and Lynn; then in Sotith Danvers where the General's brother Nalhan was born Aug. 20, 1837 and next in Tapleyville where his sister Julie (Mrs. Beard}) was born. Jan. 14, 1843. All the children are thus seen to have been natives of "Old Danvers. I have been all the more minute in this detailed account of the heroe's place of birti; for the reason that nov/ and tiren some uninformed writers have referred the event to Sales, or Peabody. Danvers has tie honor, and as the Mirror of last week states, the now e:.pt,y ell which was his earliest home, still stands on a spot a little distance soitth of the main spot a little distance south of the ma" n body of the old house, from vhiich it was detached about thirty years ago and moved to its present site, where it was enlarged as a tenement on its western side, and where it is now the eastern chaiaber that gives to the humble and deserted structure its special historic interest. Gen, Dodge revisited these secnes durin':' the week of the recent celebration. In writing thus at much length about two old farms in School District No. 3, I have found my material in various books and traditions, and in old time conversations with friends, most of whom have now passed away. 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'>,1/1 ! .ft- I , ..t -i4.* • oaooa ncviU bol *f. f'O* ■ '>f . . ft . ■ ■ "b.* ; f ft fr •> it)'' » • .id' t-fT -nra U.'.J l.V' " I •• ■ » T >' f -J.t • ' f •♦•ilij/" v.i'i ;i f-a;,'.."? f.'l; I I ..»■, 40't ..oM ' ♦ I.*.'ffl . > fja ' V T 1ft si'O.. , : tiJf*' li.rvfjrirftovuftft bfn <» ;-ni '"p f ' of'ft.ll ■ I 'iKOft n nnd ftootl . -' f ;• '• ■ i •»ri?r »• - T ' * ; ^v '«a nifru T f .n,;j f .b«rl •.' ^ y * 'J i .i" l" r.ld 101 ft • iift p » 'c ft ' -df** b.M'* 'ift ft ft O;.*!' ' r r , i.Mv.' n' '. ,..f. t' ' • ' ' Jil- ff" ft ft . -b-v , •*« cir.l v., 7 .?n J ■ ' .r ... j» October, 1893. N . P. Dodge & Co. Real Estate Agents >• ' . P-Xr.- 1 Council Bluffs, Iowa, ^ct. 27th, 1893 Gen. G-. .M. ^odge. Dear General: Sorry to hear .you are sick. The best Real Estate loans here only net 6%, that is what they are taken at and the Loan Agent makes his conmission out of the borrower. Taxes Mortgages are not sold in this market and I about theiii. If I put Trust funds into them I would prefer the money to the Western Industrial Co. at &% and have them farm notes and mortgages (say $2 for :f)l.) up as collateral The Country being subject to drouth and so large a per cent poor and dependent upon crop to pay interest, I do not cons purchase mortgages as reliable as those taken of the early Iowa, where the Settlers were more thrifty and crops sure, would prefer to look to the Industi'ial Co. and have them do ing. know little to loan put the security. of settlers ider the Settlers of hence I the collectMr. Jones was here last week and frank Fusey is trying to negotiate some of these mortgages in Chicago. I hcve little faith in R. R. Securities and I fear it will be long tine before any interest will be paid on those U. P. C, q. Bonds. I wish you conld get clear of all R. R. business and have nothing to do with purchase of R. R. Bonds and Stocks. I fear if you stick to it you will lose all your savings. It seems to down nearly every one sooner or later. You cannot expect many more yeai'S and with failing health, all admonish you to draw in and close up as fast as you can. Tlie U. P. has lots ol ^,rouble ahead. I hope Receiver ship will not increase your troubles and add to your losses. I ex pect to gee a good many of their feeders lopped off when they fail to pay interest on their bonds. Very truly. N . P. Dodge, October, 1893. 2S7 Real Estate Agency. N . P , Dodge , «&: CO . Council Bluffs, Iowa, Octr, 30th, 1893. Dear Genl: ^1r, H. L. Henry is desirous of having a letter from you to Genl. Thurston, Atty. for U. P. R. R. indorsing his fitness for a position in the Personal injury and damage claim Department of U. P. R.R, I wrote you about this matter a year or so ago and you thought I better see Mr. Thurston personally but Mr. Henry was detained looking after his wifes business or property in Puget Sound Country and I not being personally acquainted with Nt . Thurston let the matter drop. Mr. Henry is now here and has Judge Reed preparing his Evans case for Supreme Court and about all he has is locked up in this Cattle Suit and he is determined he will not touch a dollar of his wifes money so he is anxious to be at work in some capacity where he feels he can do good service. He is the same energetic, loyal fellow. He thinks if he had a letter from you which he could hand Ii'ir. Thurston whom he knows he would stand a better chance of securing a place where they have nLed of a man. You can speak of him ee a man whom you have known over thirty years, was in your employ when building the lexas Pacific ft, R. in 1872, very efficient and thoroughly loyal and careful and economical in all his financial affairs. Very truly, N. P, Dodge . 289 Noveniber, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N . P , Dodge & Go. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1893 Dear Genl: I just mailed a letter in which I said bal. to Cr. of Nixon Bldg. was ,7800. It is not quite 1^400. I write to make this correction. Yours, N. P. D. ■ ■n- ■. A, Av- 241 New York, November 1, 1893. W, T. Walters, Esq,, Baltimore, l^d. dear Mr. Walters: Senator Btlce and some others are mak-'ng a strong effort through legislation to change the receivers appointed over the Uniion Pac^'fic property and its dependent lines, dosir'ng to have a majority of Government receivers, Mr. Anderson, who represents the Government, is probably the best man kho could have been selected, as he has a thor ough knowledge of the property. Of course, if Brico should succeed it would mean a disrupting of the systems, and, I fear, putting it into politics. At any rate it would be very detrimental to all of us. There are, in round numbers $250,000,000 of $50,000 of which is to the government. T believe that of all this two hundred millions held by private parites there is not one million which would ask for a change. T wish you and your friends ■'n Baltimore would communicate with your Senators «o as to see that there is no snap judgment taken in the way of legislation. It is possible that they migiit try to pass some law by which they would undo all that the courts have done. T sm not afraid of anytliing when we can be heard, but you know how easy it is to sometimes rush a bill through Congress. I enclose a copy of a petition which we are all signing to show to the courts that we are all satisfied with the present receivers. Mr. Jones writes me that from the first of December on he feels that he can earn the interest on the Fort Wort;, and Denver City bonds. The U.P.D.(5: G, cannot earn interest until times out there improve. We have organized a committee to look out for our interest in the property. On the Ft. W. and D. c. and the U.P.D..V. G. committee, T expect to put Mr. Pullman and yourself and on the U.P.D.<% G. Mr. Oliver Ames and other prominent men in Boston. On the r. W. Sc D.C. T will have to find some other prominent parties here. Unless we organize and get these matters in hand someone may undertake to do it whosfe interests are not the interests of tne property. Please act promptly in these matters for if they undertake to do anyt, .ing in Washington it will be done immediately. Very truly yours, G. ■ . Dodge. November, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY N . P . ^odge & Co. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nqv 2d, 1893 Dear Genl: Please sign enclosed Q. C. Deed under your power of and hsve ^"otary acknowledge a nd return to me. It is one of the Lots you sold Nixon. This deed is to clear up an old Tax claim. Very truly. N . P. Dodge. r ■ ■ . . ■/"V ;'i V ■rf' . y . ■ '' ■ ' ^ y - • . • > .4' 7 , " ' S49 New York, November 9, 1893. Hon. luose Hallett, U. S. District Jugge, Denver,Colo. Dear Sir<i; We represent a very large bholdlng of the bonds and securities of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Company, and think T am safe in saying we represent the greater part of those owned outside of the holdings of the Union Pacific Railway Co. In view of the bill brought by Governor Evans praying for the appo^'ntment of a receiver for the said Fulg line properties, we are deeply interested on behalf of these bond and security holders in the matter of the selection of a receiver or receivers, in case the Court shall determine to change the present receivership. The bond and security interest which we represent is satisfied with the present receivers, Messrs. Clark, Mink and Anderson and willing that they should continue to administer the property in connection with the other properties of the Union Pacific System so long as they treat it the same as heretofore, but it is of the great est importance to these interest that they should have a voice in the selection of receivers if a :y change is to be made. As they are not made parties to the Evans bill, T respectfully request, on their ber.alf if any change is contemplated that they shall be given an opportunity to appear and be heard in the select'on of any other receiver or receivers than those already ^n possession of the property. Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Committee of Consol idated 1st Mortgage bond-holders of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Ry. 0. M. Dodge, Chairman. 251 November 10th, 1893 New York City, Novenher 10th, 1893 N'r. D. B. Henderson, Dubuque, Iowa. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letters of November Gth. It is -ossible that it v;ill be time when Congress meets for you to get an answer to ra y question, but I am afraid that long before it meets people will know what decision has been made. If you get any information on it let rae knwo. The demand for it now is growing less,and less. Hard times affect that as much as anything else and there is an utter stagnation in the trade.a I am glad to see Iowa has done so well. It is m.uch better than we could have hoped but I guess this state will astonish you all. The great satisfaction is, that people will stand a cer tain amount of rascality and pressure but when they .move, they do it so strongly that no party can claim much, credit, for if there was an absolutely impotent party in the New York campaign, it was the Republican. Success came to then, without them even looking for it. The election of a majority in a constitutional convention means everything for good government in the cities of New York State , and it will come near to bringing us back to absolutely honest and fair election. With an impartial police and inspectors and anything else that coald occur, I have not much doubt but what an organization will be formed in New York City and Brooklyn that, for a time, will conlrol the two cities outside of the old gang. Yours very truly, G. V. fo dge. Nov. 1893. Paris,Nov. 11, 1893, Mr. Ghas. Adams:- Dear. ;=:ir: - Your dispatch received this morning was very opportune. I immediately forwarded the letter to London, Amsterdam and to some of our security holders in Germany. The upheaval in Wall St. will mak^ them more anxious . The persistent lieing over here is remarkeble. The Paris edition of New york Herald is a nasty, mean, sheet, re eivinr only mean lies about all Americans properties. In fact, it never has a :j,ood word and seldom the traith about anything relating to our country that gives color to some, of the lies. The London Times is the . its financial cables from America are clear, conservative and never sensational and has sevciaL times denied lies about us. The trouble over here and I guess at the bottom of all the trouble is the on South Americans and Africans. It has caused an entire liquidati n in all money centers in ii^urope. L'ngland has suffered very seriously . The 6f, Bank r-ates in India is a very cil.ear indication of wh^t has been going on. were tipped over first as long as New York would buy and finally they were sold regardless of price. I do not look for much better condition of money affairs tintil ther.^ is a letter situation in South America and Africa. I received a latter fi*om Mr. Mark explaining his resignation the first I have heard from him since 1 sailed. I also received your dispatch that he could remain until January. I am sorry he leaves but the offer to him is so large, I don't see how it is to be avoided. If he goes i hope Holcomb will put Duncan in his place. 1 believe he will maintain the same that exist on ::ioi.ith end and by joining hams be thoroughly up on north end. I desire to suggest to you to have Morgan Jones go to uregon and spend a month on that system . "^hile slow in thou ht still he is^'very sure and he has a great faculty of seeing the weak points and advising ways to mend them. If Cameron or someone thoroughly posted could go with him I am sure it will be Very beneficial to Holcomb and McDeif. Mr. Jones is so quiet and retiring he would not create any comment or feeling and you would be sure to get his miinterested advice. I only suggest this for your consideration don't approve it, drop it. I don't Icnow as Mr. Joiif s has the tine but some time after his December meeting he would and as he has never seen Lhat country it would be interesting to him j again--his personal interest in the proposition must be nearly a million and that would be an inducement to him. I trust you went to kt Worth . I see by Port north papers you were expected there . The earnings sent me indicate that Port Worth & Denver property is doing well. I felt some anxiety about Paithoms noycott order but reasoned that it was or would be a boomcrang;am glad it will be off. It has been used with our Holland people pretty extensively. I don't think that many of our securities have been sent over, but of the Could from prop rties a .great sacrifice has been made, very foolishly, for in most cases there was no nei^essity for it. The Atchison suffered on account of the bad methods since the bankers-took to^ i hope . to hear from you about; esult of your trip west and the outlook. I am improving all the time; free frompain; putting on fle-sh, and the doctors are very much encouraged over my weak point, I feel myself that i will be well by spring and that is much of the battle. The weather for a month has been wet, disagre.able, rut mild. I am, truly. your friend G. Dodge. 255 N o ve mbe r, 1893. STATE OF IOWA OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GEMRAL DES f/-OINES. Glenv.ood, Nov. 11th, 1893, Dear General: We have a n,ajority of 75 or 76 on joint ballot in the General Assembly. It will take about 55 voters in the Caucus to nominate the Senator. From ,„ne standpoint the outlook is' favorable, though it probably that Gear has n.ore pledged members (but not many more) than I have. Several of my friends were elected that we had scarcely any hope of, for example, Stepens of Jackson Co. Evans of Crawford Byers of Shelby, Philps of Cass (Senator) Schfeldt of Crawford (Senator) and some others. Besides, the general list electee outside of Gear's locality and away from the Burlington Road and the B. C. R. & N. are well disposed and their surroundings favorable as between me and Gear. The field is an exceptionally fine one to work in. If it could be carefully gone over and the labors of Gear met with like effort and organization, we can count 60 to 75 votes when other candidates retire. I think Clarkson's interview will hblp much. It will start much thinking. It will amuse Gear's friends, but it will put in moticn the objections to Gear that cannot be answered. It was a staggering blow. I have already apprised you of what is to be feared most. If Ret will persist in his own sKillful way in keeping alive and in action the reasons against Gear and we can have some organization, and a feeling of harmony among other candidates we can win. I am £_oing to write Bet today. I will address him at the Plaza hotel. I am not sure this is his address. I am anxious to see him the first time he comes out this way or even to Chicago. Will you be out in this direction soon? Truly yours, Jno. Y Stone . I am confident Gear has not to exceed 20 votes pledged to him, and some of them are weak in their sup;)Ort. .This includes those who will go to him on geographical grounds. Y. S. 257 ■ - .1 . i>' 'I November, 1893. U. S. SENATE CHil^iBER, Watihlngton, D. C., Nov. 11, 1893. Gen. G. Ivi. Docige, IVy dear Sir; Ohio. Your note of the 1st inst. is received upon n.y return from As you will see from the copy of the Gongressinnal Record sent you, a resolution was adopted by the Senate directing an inquiry into the appointment of a Receiver for the Union Pacific R. R, No doubt you can appear before the Committee after the meeting of Congress I am not very familiar with the subject and the Comniittee will doubt less be glad to receive any information you can give them. Very truly yours, John Sherman. 259 November, 1893, United States Post Office, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Nov. 11, 1893 Gen . 0 . Iv':. Dodge , No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y, Dear General; I received your recent letter. Am very glad my article in the "Annals of Iowa" (just past) suits you. I want to keep the next, which I expect will bring your life down to the close of your Army Career, up to the standard. You sent me the compilation of IV.r. Granger, which I have found very useful. All the accounts of your career which I have consulted are vei'y meager in material covering your action as commander of the Dept. of Missouri; and also your Indian Campaign in the fall and winter of 1865 and 66. If I can get your Reports to the War Dept. covering your comn^and of the Pept. of Missouri and your Indian campaign i can use theiii to good advantage. I am getting fuite a number of letters showing the interest people still have in you and your career, I enclose one which will doubtless recall to you a familiar name, Capt. Smith of the 7th, Infantry. Very truly your fliend, C . . Carpenter . November, 1893. N . P. DODGE & GO. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 13th, 1S93 Genl. G. E. ^odge, Bear Genl: Yours 10th received. It would be against my judgment to make any further investment of Trust Fund in Railway Securities but I under stand from your letter your proposal is a loan of |40,000 secured by bonds and the note given is to be signed by Tilghman Rowland & Co. and yourself and the Collarteral to be 48,000 Desmoines Union Bonds and ^36,000 Iron mountain R. R. 5% Bonds. As to the desirability and value of the bonds I know very little and shall depend upon your judgment. I want enough collarteral behind them to make the loan absolutely safe in event any financial misfortune should come to T, H. & Co. and yourself. Such a loan should bear 7% Int. Int. payable quarterly at Kountze Bros, where note and collateral can be deposited. There is a coupon #498 on the Walker, Phipps note cf $100,000 which , if sold, I think should be taken off, it is due Nov. 29th. The balance of proceeds from sale of this note I should in vest in farm mortgages, loan on iniproved farms in Pottawattamie Countrv at Least a portion of it. While these loans only net 6 and 6i- per cent they are absolutely safe under all circumstances and it is something I know all about and can exercise my judgment. I should probably male such investments through Pusey and Thomas to encourage Frank Pusey and from fact they are having now some goa. applications and no money to XOaxl • 10;^ TO'- sedured as Worgan you describe, Jones wants that $25,000 would for seem a to year be and a good will loan. pay 8 or from you iLfo? twrn.ontL"" Interest due I want thoti tharare''?L'sa?est'irho?df"" Very truly, N. P. Bodge. -£63 November, 1893. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH GONPANY. Received at Produce Exchange, New York, November 14, 1893• Dated Council Bluffs, Iowa. 14 To Genl. G. ^odge, 1 B'way, New York. If Walker note is sold do not invest proceeds in R. bonds the investment you suggest could be made by taking a good note with plenty of good bonds behind it to make it absolutely safe Have written. N. P. Dodge. Nov. 1893 ^■ ■265 New York, Nov. 17, 1893 Dear General;- ^ I am glad to hear that you are better. I will be down town the first of the week and will call and see you. The victory was won in Iowa, in its larger results, by the young men taking charge, doing the work, and putting lifeand power and enthusiasm in it. The party must come to this all over the country if it is going to have the energy and momentum to fight and win and make Itself attractive to modern ideas. The people grow tired of profes sional leaders or men who appear to be such. They ought to elect a man of modern times Senator in Iowa. I fear however that the railroads have arranged to try it for Gear rwho is a good old feller, but office-worn,shelf-worn and who has ' made his life more of a prof/essional office-holder. Besides he is too old to be of active service and will go into the Senate and be a cipher just as Wilson has been in his last term. A man's own ambition is the best guarantee of able and faithful public service. Gear will * the 4;- as an old horse does a fine pasture to die in . Sincerely yours, James S? Clarkson Gen. G. M. Dodge. ; ■ 267 United States Post Office. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Nov. 18, 1895. Genl. G . K. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y, Dear Genl; I received your letter this A. Ni. and this P. M. the books came. Of course I have not had tii;e to look through them but I know they will be of great assistance to me. I will send them bfck as soon as I can fully exairiine them, but you must not think them lost if I keep then, some little time. When I sent the manuscript for the July number of the Annals, I sent about 2/3 as much mor'e as appeared in the first installment. I had written to cover the time, up to your being wounded and leaving the Army of the Tenn. at Atlanta. But Mr. Aidrich thought it was longer than he could npare space for in the July number, so he closed that installnient with the close of your occupancy of Middle Tenn. Now Mr. Aldrich suggests that I add tow hat I had al ready written covering the Atlantia campaign, a history of your command of the Dept. of Mc. and your Indian campaign, for the January number; which will probably make an article just about as long as that in the July nu;;,ber and then le^ ve your career as Rail Road engineer and a Rail Road builder for a future numiber. So I will want to keep the books until I get the notes made up tor the Rail Road article. (Over) Yours very truly. C. 0. Oarpenter. 268 P. S. I hove read your statement of transactions in !Vissour-i and on the. Indian Campaign and it makes' a basis for a good article. Yours, C. C, c. ■ . • i i-' r' i ( r )i*' t • 269 November, 1893 New York City, November 29th, 1893 Maj, Gen'l Schofield, Commander of the Army of the United States, 'A'ashington, D. G, My dear Ganeral: Referring to Section 6 of the Act of Congress approved March 3rd, 1863, which orders medals of honor to be struck off and given to officers and soldiers who distinguished themselves during the Civil War, I respectfully request such medal to be given to Brigadier General J. W. Sprague, who commanded the Second Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Sixth Army Corps on July 22nd, 1864, at Decatur, Georgia, for his distinguished services on that day in fighting the enemy and defeating their attacks upon him, and saving the trains of the armies then located at Decatur. For his services on that day he was recommended by me, as his Corps Commander, and by Gen'l Sherman, for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General, which rank was conferred upon him. My official report speaks of him as follows: Colonel Sprague, v^ho had with him three small regiments and six guns, the Chicago Board of Trade Battery belonging to Gen eral Garard's Command of Cavalry, which had reported to him, and I section of "C" Battery, 1st Michigan Artillery, was attacked by overwhelming numbers. Two Divisions of l^Tieeler's Cavalry dismounted and poured down upon him from three directions. "Colonel Sprague immediately concentrated his command and by determined, unyielding fighting, held the enemy in check and gained a position north of the tov/n, which he was able to hold. Bv so doing he saved the trains of the 15th, 16th and 17th Army Corps, then on the road from Rosvfell to the commands. Great credit is due Colonel (now General) Sprague, and his Brigade for their conduct on this occasion. We were no doubt saved a serious disaster by his cool judgment and excellent dispositions. The 9th Illinois Infantry (mounted) and 43d Ohio Infantry, joined him during the engagement and promptly went into action. Light Battery "F" 2d U. S. Artillery, belonging to the 4th Division, had reported the day before to the 17th A. C. and was placed in position on the Iront line, soon after the commencement of the fight." nr ^ Colonel J. W. Sprague's official report +5 P M * dated near Atlanta, Georgia, July 25th, 1864. Also ® official report of the battle of Atlanta, in whicrt he was so favorable mentioned. You also have a personal that d t^ General Sprague's gallant and successful conduct on In addition it is only necessary for me to say that, as the commander of a regiiuent and of a Brigade under me for nearly three years, I can speak of him as being a very able, brave, and competent commander, and I know it will gratify all the officers and soldiers of his own Brigade, as well as the officers under whom he served, for him to receive this recognition by the Government. I am. Truly yours, G. M. Dodge ■ ,i' ' r' 4 >■ , ■ < . • : ' ' t■"'I . ,i V ' r ■ I' ■ '!'• •. . ■ " . . .. I ■ -T'tl • ' fv ,.fV yV ..vJ. . r '..vf in r' !- ' ' " . 1:4^' . -v. . ' • 'ito# '-V ^T. " '.f S ' \>- 'm- ■ ■ -.271 November, 1893, Feadquarters SEDGWICK POST, No. 42, G • A • R . Department of Penn'a. Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 30, 1893 Gen. G. M. i^odge. No. 2 Broadway, New York. General; Somietime ago in reply to my inquiry you said that if you could assist me in getting data for completing the History of Company "A" 14th Penna. Cavalry, whose last service for the Government was performed when we returned to Fort Leavenwcrth after the pleasant trip across the Plains as your escort, you would do so. Our next Regimental re-union will be held at Pittsburgh next Geptember, when the National Encan.pment of the G. R. meets in that city, and on that occasion we expect our historian will be ready to submit his work to the Regimental Asso ciation for approval. As the Regiment was mustered oul long before Co. "A" returned from that trip they cannot feel the same interest in that part of ti e history as those of us do who participated, the burden of contribu'.ing that part of tlie history falls upon us. If you could aid us in getting the copy of the order detailing the Company a copy of your report of the town, the names of the members of your staff and such other information as will be valuable to us it would be hichly appreciated. Captain Harrison who commanded the Company is dead and the members of the company are widely scattered so the task falls on a* few of us. not Hoping this request will take too much of your valuable tine and awaiting a reply at your convenience, I remain, General, Yours very truly. y ' A. Gherst. 273 December, 1893. $75,000.00 Received from The Union Pacific, Denver end Gulf Railway Company Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) in that Company's First Mortgage Consolidated Five per cent. Bonds, Nos. 15727 a 15801 inclusive, having the coupon due December 1, 1893, and all sub sequent coupons attached, in full compensation forbuilding and equip ping the road of The Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad Co. from Forbes, Colorado, to Victor Junction, Colorado, a distance of 5 3/l0 miles, more or less; and in full compensation for, and in final settle ment of, all and all possible claims and demands whatsoever which the Colorado and Texas Consturction Company now has or ever has had in law or in equity against The Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad Company or the stockholders thereof, or against the said The Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Co., (successor by consolidation to the said Denver, Texas & i'ort Worth Railroad Co.) or the stockholders thereof, for rights of way and terminals, and for all work done or claimed to have been done under a certain contract made and executed by and between the said Construction Company and the said The Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad Co., bearing Date May 10, 1887. THE COLORADO & TEXAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, President. 275 New York, D'^cem'ber 1, 1893, Ur. Morgan Jones, Receiver, Ft, Worth & Denver City Railway, Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- The way matters are drifting here T don't see how it is possible for me to go south. Of course our reorganizations are more important than anything el and if you could come on here T th^nk it would be better. Clark will be here Monday, and, of course, that will keep me here. We are just consdiering matters generally about the U.P. and T would I'ke your views as to Ft. Worh & Denver And U.P. D. &: G. so as to get matters straight. The Coreign holders are fighting for more than they are entitled to in the Northwest, their theory being to bu Id themselves up and let us bear the brunt of the fight, not only ^n scaling bones, but in assessment of stocks. Then, aga^n, Mr. Pullman, Mr. Walters and the other people here want to consult with you as to how we shall shape matters in the future. T shall have to organize a committee on the Ft. Worth & Denver City 80 if you can get t^rae your better v/ay is to come right to New York, though T could go to Washington to meet you ^f you thought better. However, that seems to me unnecessary because your presence here would do more good than anything else to our security holders. The coal people, also, are anxious to see you. Very truly yours, i G. M, Dodge. 277 December, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N. P. Dodge & Co. Council Bluffs, Ic^wa, Deer. 2d, 1893 Dear Genl: Yours received with bill of E. Stauffer 899.15. I will remit $299.15 today and make further remittance as you suggest mounthly, The question raised is one upon which Lawyers will differ. I hope it will not come up in any shape and should not be talked about. I have been hoping of late you would dispose of the note sent That I might invest part of it in Farm mortgages through Pusey & Thomas. They have good applications and no money and it seems to be a good opportunity. Perhaps it is not easy to dispose of one note with out your indorcment and you might not like to make yourself liable as indorser. I charged up interest on the $25,000 note to your acct. Frank has not paid his yet. If it does not cons soon I will notify him of it. I do not think he is earning much in his business. Mr. Montgoniery is here. Very truly, N . P. Dodge. I 'iV '_r. £79 December, 1893. HARVARD REPUBLICAN CLUB. President, John L. Dodge Treasurer, Arthur F. Cosby, Secretary, R. McK. Gillespie. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 3, 1893. My dear General: I have already drawn |200 of the ^500 which you so generously gave me to enable me to be President of this Club. The work we have done you have been informed of through the papers. I have put con siderable time and work on the Club and have been amply repaid by having the opportunity of speaking throughout the State at some 20 different cities and amking many valuable acquaintances. 1 feel very grateful to you for your help for without it I would have not been able to do all this. I had not intended to ask for more money but I find I am in debt some ^100 for various expenses connected with the club and so I am going to ask if I may draw .•^100 more on this account? We are going to keep our club going and from time to time will keep holding meetings and playing "Marchin' thro* Georgia" to keep things stirring and as a counteracting influence to the mugwump sentiment. Very respectfully yours. John Lockwood Dodge. i'4\i m 281 December, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY N. P. Dodge &; '-o . Council Bluffs, Iowa, I^ecr. 4, 1893. Dear Gebl; I suppose you have received one of the enclosed circulars from Jose.ph T. -^odge, I write to inquire if you have indicated to him the no of copies of his Geneology when issued. He seems to be "stalled" financially and I suppose will have to be helped out. Please write me what you have done in the matter of anything and return this circular and letter. Very truly, N . P. godge• Dec. 1893 283 December 4, 1893 My Dear GeneraljI beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 1st instant, and to enclose herewith, a report of your operations in command of the Department of T'lissouri in the later part of 1865. I have looked over the book carefully, and find that attempts have been made to enter the same report twice, and that both were rather carelessly copied. The entries seem to cover the entire operation fully. I have had them both carefully copied and compared, and hope that the copy which I enclose will answer your purpose. With very sincere apologies for the delay, which as I have observed was due to the difficulties of making a satisfactory copy, I remain. Faithfully yours, Geo, B. Davis, Major, U.S.A. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Broadway, New York, N. Y. 285 New York, December 5th, 1893. Hon. Moses Hallett, , ' ' . :.t jo Jugge United States District Court, " - • • • Denver, Colorado. • Dear Sir: - t> ^ « The Committee on reorganization 6f the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway, representing 6/7 of the bonds and 3/4 of the stock. outside of that o^med-or controlled by the Un^'on Pacific Railway Compan respectfully subm.its the following names from which appo-'ntments of receivers of the Union Pacific, Denver Gulf Railway may be made: Morgan Jones, S. T.. Smith. J. D. Duel. • Frank Trumbull. Vlrcll G. Bogue H. G. Duncan. i Wi. UJ-.LJ o V j. .i. * receivers of the Union Pacific, Denver Gulf Railway may be made: Morgan Jones, S. T.. Smith. J. D. Duel. • Frank Trumbull. Virgil G. Bogue H. G. Duncan. Fisher. In submitting these names this committee has taken into con sideration the necessity of appointing persons well versed in the operating and commercial necessities of the property and of well-known high standin- and integrity. x . 4.v. The committee has had full knowledge and large interest in the property ever since its organization, and desires to call your attentio the property is to be maintained financially and physically to the necessity of ^ .x xx. 4. First: Running it as one contin uous line from its northern to its southerm limit at Fort iVorth, Texas, thus maintaining friendly relations with the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway, making one continuous line in its operafons, as was orginally intended when the consolidation was made. Second. The necessity of operating it so as to maintain, as far as practlcab e, the percentages given it under the traffic contract between the Union Pacific and tl.e Un'on Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railways. Under that contract, the large earnings from the extra mileage given, have enabled the property, up to July 1st, 1893, to earn a 1 of its operating expenses and expenditures for betterments, which added materially to the physical condition of the property and also in addition nearly Its fixed charges. The property, physclally. Is so Involved in its operation with the use of portions of the Union Pacific lines and terminals, that the committee considers ^t very important that it should be operated in harmony with that line. This will be apparent to you without any arguemtns on our part. We'were earnestly urge the appointment of Morgan Jones as one of the receivers. First, on account of his familiarity with the property, its necessities and advantages. Second, the fact that his annointment will maintain the property and run it as one continuous ln?epSSt llAe. Third, his friendly relations with all the connectinr lines, which will enable him to maintam all the percentages that are now granted us. Fourth, ho is largely financially interested In th6 property, and he has the dence of 9/10 s of all the Dond— holders and stockholders of the property and his appointment will roceive^yigj.g appointed he will make his headouarters in Denver and establish the reorganization of the compny ther and operate the road from that point. The other persons are also wellknown in Denver, and their abilities as railway managers and business men are well established. It is, therefore, not necessary to speak =:2S6 at length as to them, \ The interest on the six million dollars of underlying honds on the -ystem will soon be due, and mufet be paid in order to maintain the system intact. intact. To-have To-have the different different lines separated separated now would be a great detreiment to the owners of all the bonds and stock. The Committee desires to hold the property together and to maintain its friendly relations and percentages witi. all its connections and to see it olaced puuonp a foot ng where ^t can take care of itself^ itself^ which theyj k knrw can be done if it is properly operated. The conrrd.ttee trusts that whoever is appointed the court will Instruct them to carry out, as far. as practicable, the policy . indicated in this dippatch. . ,G. M, Dodge ' ,M Chairman. , -ijoo uMi '.fifiOCfwi. fiT oni-tXaw in tm mU t© aeViVianM 3n>J«n«o . .. - b<*'4 %mi nnJifMHip ntfT nis nf PtlAl r>«| nsMvortif IJcrt bed %mL nnJifMop ntfT Hio ni ^ ^oVn«trui3fo esnfA iHWn f>sMoiq edt 0.1 him fXlA*Od«n*f bftnfnJn*nai ntf oi nf ^^nqoi^ etU If Ki r.J» ami «n»l rcio# rtfJimo uno •• jf nntmidl :3n»»i»n4nf«i cutti .iUi«V iiof jn miUuot^ e;t 1 rtw bnb/minr •m •« ,lik» imnqo ttf f^nt/ anmtrtMaoo , *MJa*m oJ M •• if snUmeqP !• nrf «H ^itr f letiti* (OW'onl no'iM nli bn0 n liiO nil^ n00wi0d b2Li3n» I fhiiwm$9iiri4 i¥f Math* *artMptn bnt la ■••naq|IM> viU fiamm nnf^fumaao nvMf i** 9AS 10 op Xiinfe«,tq »4J oi tl'MfnmilUM "L.|» Ill*ln ••WMP bpiff lit iStMm nor.i»r)bn i? ^ »«w f%o» mtiqn 041 .il bnvlnvnf • " Seimqe itf Uimd* Jf Jp.ti wo poJiiiiMfiJi ugp Juodi'w i#0"{ oj vnmw' o f »♦ ixTw SfjfStr-^ j4iIsJ«^a2iZAI f.^111 •litp^.'ine mm nW n»< f?*i« ^ ♦''•ift .mnvfopni oil.f to 1 5am *45 ,^»oP ttm •oUlmeoon a.if •.tnenaa# « ilBra !f» "Mnfm iwn on pniBeiflMs m j mvy Off aaAol runmll 10 JMIiitToqaiiMU 00.1 Dfri IP Inifoop ifil Ja.W 5am *45 ,b(io»oP •PPIPilftprM ••M5(inriM| 045 Ifo rf*m tfm ol af 9AS Itt It H nl • - !*~Tx wan tiw 5»it5 tXJiaqmq offJT rt f >bAo4 a to tOiM ).a v ^'iowt ooi tat oaf# rxt ati araiatniH l>no «i( o5 -.uass u'lti s/Ihrit"!::--" December, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N. P. ^odge & . Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 5th, 1893 Dear Genl: I think the plan suggested in your letter is a good one, but I would make the amount 133,000 instead of $100,000. That would be her dower interest in the proceeds of Nixon. So far as I have seen you have an unbroken record for generosity in dealing with your family and in this I would set apart for her especial benefit and use under restructions suggested the full amount she could possible have any claim to, so long as she has Annie with her and other child ren and grand-children which she cannot well help answering their calls and they will be frequent. I shall say nothing to P. until we have the matter fully decided and I want to think over it and may write you again in day or two. today attending tax sale. Yours, N. P, Dodge . ' ^ ■ .1 ' ^>189 December, 1893 New York City, December 7th, 1893 Maj. George B. Davis, ' ^ War Records Office, Washington, D. G. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of Dec. 4th and 6th, for which please accept my thanks. I wish to say that the books that were sent .you that had my private matters in some portion of them, I think, must need correcting. It looks as though somebody had tried to copy into them from my handwriting which, as you knov/, is very hard to read. Gen. Grant used to write me that if I wrote him myself, to send along an interpreter to read it to him. I suppose all those reports are amatter of record in the Department. However, I would not want you to take out from the book such a report as that on the operations of the "district of the plains," without having it properly and grammatically rei/i(ritten. I notice you have corrected soirie points. It is now in the S|,ate of Iowa, which has called upon me for it; and when it is returned to me, if you intend to use it in your records and have not the original, then I will take pains to have this properly written. Ho¥/ever, it seems to me t;:e original must be with you and all the documents that are attached to it which, of course, you would use instead of what comes out of my book. The last copies don't seem to be properly Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge . •291 December, 1893 December 8, 1893 My Dear General I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 7th instant, in reference to the copies of reports which I sent you by mail the other day, I am now engaged in the preparation for publication of the volume which will cover the operations in the Trans-Mississippi theater, from January I, 1865 to the end of the War. In every case, of course, we will use the official record on the files of the War Department where that record is attainable. It is only in its absence that we make use of any other material. The caee of your personal books is not singular, and my experience has been that whereever dispatches relating to operations were copied into books after the operations have been completed, the work is always carelessly done, and the copies themselves are full of the most obvious errors, I see that your books contain a great many dispatches sent and received by yourself prior to your assignment to the command in Missouri, in 1864, I will have all these compared with the printed volumes, and will copy such as are not on the files of the Department, with a view to their insertion in proper supplemental volumes. Again thanking you for your thoughtful kindness, believe me, always. Faithfully yours, Geo, B. Davis Major, U.S.A. To Gen. G. M. Dodge, Broadway, New York 293 1893. When the Union Pacific went into a Receiver's hands, it became necessary for the bond-holders of the U.P.D.& G. and Ft. Worth and Denver City Railway to have a Committee for the protection of their securities and on December 9, 1893, iD organized the following Committee for that purpose. G. M. Dodge, Chairman. George M. Pullman, Franklin B. Lord, Sydell Tilghman. On November 3, 1893, it was also necessary to protect the first mortgage bond-holders of the U.P.D.& G. Railway and I organized the follov/ing committee: G. M. Dodge, Chairman. George M. Pullman. Uriah Herrmann, Oliver Ames. H. IValters, Henry Levitt. •295 United States post Oifice . Fort Dodge, lov/a, Dec. 9, 1893» Genl. G. k. Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, New York, . Y. Dear Genl: I received this A. K. your letter of the 3d inst. containing copy of your report upon the campaign against the Indians. 1 had read the detailed statement you made to the War Department - parts of it twice - and had blocked out about what I intended to say in regard ot it. But I was very glad to get this report, because it contains somie things not in the Diary, and it enables me to verify my facts by your report. I h£ve not read it all, but I have been much;'interested in your- report upon the varioas routes to the Pacific. The fact that the great established thoroughfares so nearly follow the routes you then reported the most feasible, is en interesting feature of the report. I shall return the Diary which you obtained from, the War Dept. in a few days, and also the Report to Col. McBell which I re ceived to-day. If you have no objection I will keep the large Vol. of bound Documents and letters a while longer. I intend, if I can get time, to write another article on your Rail Road history. By looking over the index I notice there are quite a number of letter in it in regard to Railroad matters and especially in respect to the ^nion Pacif i 0. Yours very truly. C. G. Carpenter. 297 New York, December 12, 1893, Frank Tmmbull, Esq., Receiver of the U.P., D. & n.? Denver, Colorado, My dear Sir:- After consratulatlng you upon your appointment which, T think is a happy outcome of the conflicting interests and which, T knovT is satisfactojry to 9/10's of the holders of the securities of t e company, T wish to call your attention to the question of the \inderlying bonds of tha., company as they require immediate attention, which, on Septembe 11th, 1893, were as follows: Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railv/ay company first mortgage 5s outstanding $721,000. Of these $300,000 are owned by the Colorado & Texas and Construction Company, are under an Injunction and no interest upon them. Denver, Texas & Fort Worth funded interest certifi cates $86 000; equipment Trust 5s, $4,000. The funded interest certificates have no lien upon the property. Equipment Trust 5s have a lien upon the eq uipment. Denver, Texas & Gulf Railway Company first mortgage 5s $1,032,000. Of these about $800,000 have been reported to my committee, Chicosa Canon Railway Company f^'rst mortgage 53 $2,000, Canon de Agua 53, $2, 00; Colorado Central Railroad company 7^ $4,788,000 iPhe interest upon Colorado Central becomes due January 1st and they are held in two 5p and 6^ trusts, which is collateral for the 0% and 6f} Kansas Pacific collateral trust bonds. The Receiver of the Un^on Pacific had applied to the court for authority to pay this interest j ust before the decision of Judge Hallett, T shall immediately try to induce tham, now that you are appointed, to go on and pay this interest out of the receipts of the road received up to the time you take charge. The pe. alty for non-payment of the interest oi^ the 5% and 6% collateral trust, is a prompt sale of the collateral securities at auction, T think they will, at any rate, pay the interest upon the 5/j and 6fj collateral trust bonds if they don't pay interest upon Colorado Central but, as T said, oiir comm'ttee will endeavor to hava them pay upon the Colorado Central, If they don't, then we w^'ll have to consider what is best to be done, If.th Of course, it will not do for us to all'-'W any action on the part of the solders of the Colorado Central bonds, and T flon't think the Un^on Pacific will take any as long as the property is run in its own interest and in harmony with them, I have sent you a good many documents today that explain all our bonded interests, that have been compiled by the different committees and by the receivers since they were appointed, which will give you a good deal of information properly Indexed and con densed. Truly yours, G. M. DOdge, . 2S9 New York, Decoinber 12, 1893. Morgan Jones, Esq., Port Worth, Texas. Dear Sir:- The result of the fight at denver, of course you know. As Timmbull had the recommendation of all the security holders they cannot object, and T suppose he is acceptable to Evans. A good deal wi11 depend on the future of that road on who 1s appointed as traffic manager. If, he should have Newlin it would be of great benefit to the property. That is the opinion of Mr. Clark and myself and no doubt you will agree with li'm, as no ore knows the prpperty as well as he does and can get more for it. No doubt yeu v/1 see h^"m soon and T would suggest it to l.lm. t cannot tell what changes he w'll make. Of course if the Union Pacific siiOuld take away the three to one mileage, it would injure uis earnings very much. They have no disposition to do it if he keeps in accord with them, which I have no doubt he will, I understand he is an economical man and the security holders will watch his management of the property very closely as they are taking a great interest in It. He wants to keep in touch with them. I have written them to send me copies of all his orders, reports, etc,, etc,, an have shown him that he w'll ha e our support in every way, as ong as he handles the property in its own interest. You, no doubt, will be able to get along v/ith him without any troubl When you see him you hed better take up with him the quest"'on of payments t - the Rio CTrande for trackage. They raise us from fl60,000 a year to $185,000 which was an outrage and I have wondered whether, by the aid of the court, he could not get us back to the $160,000, If he could It would be a great advantage to us if he cannot, when we organize we must provide for building that piece, I am trying to get the Union Pacific receivers here to pay the interest on the Colorado Central, whl^h comes due January 1st. If they defai:lt It then Trumbull will have to make some effort to pay it before the six months elapse. I would liek to have you write me fully what you think about the way he will handle the property. You, no doubt, had talks with him -ffhen you were in Denver dur'ng your negotiations trying to get Evans to agree to him, . The question of hauling the Union Pacific coal at 1/2/ per ton per mile no doubt, will come up immediately. It is not enought but the question that shoulo be looked at is to ser if it is not more than offset by the extra mileage, T understand we have been getting this extra m'leage from. Julesburg to Denver, instead of from Julesburg to La Salle, That gives us considerable mileage that we are not entitled to. You ougiit to be able to arrange your train service with h'm now, so as not to let the Rock Island take everything away fro m you. You have written me several times as to what time I shall go west, I have been thinking and hoping that you might come this way but I shall try to go now as soon as matters are a little more settled here and as soon as Trumbull gets hold. Truly, G. M. Dodge, 301 ft * iiftPff Jo . blui jft .j New York, December 12th,- 1893. ill? lel iffto bfuow .j . . j •;r >rJ»'to i n «<ul ^TUnoc « ij J- K' jt iQJlW'i JhOtl f.J b« tr'Junuia' Morgan Jones, Esq.^, i*B<5qf',u8 T h/wi o'lO^hretfpbM.i lo eftjio , Ft. Worth, T§xas. ■> .'".it _ „ tlfV . , ,*'fMV • <*»>♦<•( r. •• Dear Sir:- . • ' * . . ^ I have received your tele rams and letters from Denver. It is in comprehensible to the attorneys here -:f the two •organ-'zatlon com mittees one representing the Un-'on Pac'fic and the other representing the outstanding securities, -and to the Government, which represents a contingent Interest in the property, and to Drexel, Morgan Sr. Company, ' who are the trustees of the U. P. D. & tx. bonds and ttock held as collateral for the three years notes, that the court should not listen to them. This represents 9/10's of all the securities of the road. Mr. Clark, who has been here, has insisted fro m the first that you should be .the receiver. I think his next choice is Trumbulle or S. T. Smith, but he has been unwilling that you should withdraw, and so have all of the security holders; all are agreed upon you. The Government and Price's committee suggested me simply as an offset to Evans, thinkin - that m'ght keep the court from appointing Evans. These committees have communicated their views directly to the judge and every one has protested aga'nst the appointment of Evans. If a receiver is once appointed it will be almost impossible to change him. There is no higher court to go to. What the result of all this will be I cannot tell. I enclose you the copy of Price's and the Government's and my awn applications direct to the court, so that you may have them with you. If we get a favorable Rece'ver appointed the Union Pacific will go right on and pay all the underlying interest if an unfavorable one, they wil let the interest go to protest on the Colorado & Central Denver, Texas & Fort Worti. and Denver, Texas & Gulf outstanding. The protests of Price, of Hoadley and of Drexel, Morgan & Co. were very strong and direct to the court and all their later appeals are for your appointment, so no matter what occurs you will have to accept as gracefully as you can. It is much better to have you there then there w^ 11 be no attack upon Fort Worth Se Denver City, An unfriendly Receiver there m^ght go to the United States Court in Texas and ask for a receiver on account of the stock they held. In that case We would have to antagonize with the stock held by the Union Pacific and possibly by Meyer, if he would join and by our bond-holders. I am preparing for this by the notice in all the papers calling for Fort Worth & D enver City bond-holders to send their addresses to us. i't is very difficult here to obtain information except what we get through the papers though we have called for it to guide us but our attorneys here have been very certain of the ground they are standing upon, in making determined efforts on behalf of the owners of the property and thus making a record. That is the result of the consultations of the Government's attorney; of the U.P's attorneys; of Price's attorney, of mine and of Drexel, Morgan is Go's, and it has been hard work to keep them from insisting upon putting back one of the receivers of the Union Pacific. 302 Tht.s decision of Hallett's says that if we had not been in receiver's hands the petit'on of Evans would simply call for an injunction as to headquarters; that the court has no authority as to how a road hhall be operated, etc; it only had authority in the case of headquarters and shops. I suppose you read t;;at decision carefully. It also indicates that all branches of the U.P. must be ih separate receiver's hands. This was my position or'ginally but overruled by Dillon and Thurston, a d it was the reason "why I was so strenuous in placing you at the head of the Et. Worth at Denver City. ®f course all these matters are only giving us more trouble in our reorganization . T woul Ikb to knov; from you what you think we can do with the U.P. D. & f. w'thout the additional mileage frm the U.P. and cut off from OTir roads to build to all parts of that system. Can we make up the earnings from other deals with other lines? This, .of course, is all written before we -know what the decision at Denver is, but for the purpose of consulting you, you having the information on hand, ' provided you have to go^back to Denver. . TrUily yours, • G. M. Dodge. 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'O' f r*- December, 1893. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. N . P . Dodge & Co, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Deer. 13th, 1893 Dear Genl: Yours 9th received. I can see the difficulties in way of negotiating one of those notes and rather than go to any extraordinary espense or loss, its better to hold them until due. I write Wm. Hinemann today to see if anything can be done with them in Chicago If not its no use trying elsewhere. I appreciate what you write about the possibility of renewed demands upon you and from your standpoint and with experience you have had you can probably see further into the future of these matters than I. You probably had not received my last letter when you wrote as no reference is made to the disposition of the separated fund. Before I talk with kr, P. I want to have a definite plan agreed upon so there will be no changes by us. I am glad to see an increased interest taken by the children here in matters which effect your wel fare. They kept watch of the C. p. matters and were regretting last eve over your failure to secure Receivership of the U. p. D. & G. There seems to be a breaking down of the wall that they seemed to build up as between them and myself. I think Mr. P. has been instrumental in brushing away their fears and suspicions and they are beginning to see we are both looking to their interest instead of yours. Carrie gave Lettie a tea last eve. Frank, Ella, Leonard Everett, Geo. G, Wright, Dawson (J. Y. stones partner) Mrs. Lyman and Mrs. Everett's niece were there,a very pleasant time. The family in Boston have always treated my children cordially All these things indicate a better feeling all around. Ella seemed pleased at the allowance made to help out the expense of the house and Mr. P. appreciates your desire to let him invest some of the funds. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. 305 December, 1893. NORWICH UNIVERSITY, Northfield, Vt., Dec. 14th, 1893. Gen. G. M. ^odge, Dear Sir; I am very glad to hear that you are to represent N. U. at the meeting of the Sons of Vermont and my feelings are shared by all members of the Faculty and'Trustees who ve heard of it. It seems to me that what we need most is to get the fact that we do a good work up here, and that we need iioney badly, well advertised. Endowments, and gifts are coming to all the colleges about us. Middleburg has recently received |:150,000. from Mrs . Storr's estate. The Univ. of Vt. and Dartmouth have just got large gifts and so it goes, and I be lieve that some rich and benevolent ijerson exists who will endow us richly, if only he can be convinced of our merit and needs. We are miaintaining the University on the howest possible amount of mionev $4200 annually. Of this sum $2900 comies from the state of Vt., $1200 from students and about $100 from income of en dowment . Running expenses eat up about $1500 of this sum, leaving $2700 for salaries of professors. This enables us to have only four active professors beside our Army Officer and their salaries are m;eager, and their hours of labor many. Several of us being obliged after carrying seven daily redtations,and preparing therefor, to take charge of business n.atters or correspondence for the University, Only a few years ago the income of Lafayette College was but $4000 a year, now she is very wealthy and flourishing, through the benevo lence of Pardee of Philadelphia. You ask me about the needs of the ^niv. I have already spoken of our need of endowment, but there are other things. We need steam or hot water heat for our buildings, a new Drill Hall and Gymnasium combined, an electrical engineering Department, more in structors, these are our most pre.-sing needs. Of course an endow ment would help about all the other needs. While I probably make things seem a little dark nevertheless we have mtuch to encourage us. Within ten past years. State aid to thie extent of $2400 a year has been secured; our attendance quadrupled Dodge Hall built and wellfurnished, (and when we see how indispensable • it is to us we wonder how we ever got along without it), the mortgage on our property removed, an endowment of $3000 raised, many improven.ents about grounds and buildings made which are of lesser importance, for instance we have just raised money enough to put in a good Sanitary system on which the plumbers are engaged and the Town of Northfieid 806 has built us a .^500 reservoir near the buildings as security against fire, within the past six moths. I also send you a History of the Institution, a copy of latest catalogue, and a copy of the'Rules e.nd Regulations which may help you in your work. Should you desire information on any subject which I have not covered I will gladly furnish it in response to an'* inquiry. Of thj© $2900 received from the State of Vt. $500 is paid us for services as iV-ilitia. It is probably best not to advertise this fact on account ofill feeling on the part of Gov. Fuller concerning the matter. Yours very truly, , John B. Johnson. <1. ' . « ' • > '■ t ' ■■ ■ ■" -m yA A'. .-V ,, . Jersey City, N.J. Dec. 15, 1893. General Grenville M. Dodge, New York# Dear Sir:- You will doubtless have forgotten me since our meetings have been confined to the dinners of the N. U. Alumni Association of New York. I am an N. U. boy of the class of 1879 and am engaged in an attempt to organize a battalion of militia for the state. My object in writing you is to ask if youcan and wi 1 furnish me with any letters which will be of service either in assisting to get the necess'. y legisl-ative act passed or otherwise by interesting any one v/hom you may know here or hereabout . It is but fair to state that there are no ulterior or selfish motives concealed in the JJroject nor is ther anything mercenary. Love of arms and a desire not to see the state of my adoption the last of the seaco st st-^tes to become possessed of a naval reserve are my only reasons for going into the thing. While not as well fitted for the work in hand as an Annaaolis man would be my N. U. training together with experience gained in four of my younger years passed as a sea captain wil, jxrhaps, in addition to a life long interest in vaval and military affairs, render me less unfit than some others might be. Trusting that you will think of some who can assist toward the suxers of my project, I remain, very Faithfully yours. Edward McPeters. 309 New York, December 15, 1893. Frank Trumbull, Esq., Receiver of the U.P., D. & G., Denver, Colorado, Dear Sir;- T hhd an interview with the Receivers of the Union Pacific in relation to the payment of t.ie interest on the Colorado Central, Judge Thurston, their attorney was present. They came to the conclusion that they could not pay that interest hut that they would pay the interest on the 5fj and 6% Kansas Pacific Collateral Trust, a portion of the security for which is the Colorado Central 7s, That places them out of jeopardy as to the right to sell the collateral but will leave those bonds in default after January first. iVhatever money the receivers will will will be turned over to you. Of course there are six months before action ca be taken for foreclosure on the Colorado Central, Still, the interest should be paid as soon as possible. There are a great many reasons for this which I can explain to you when I see you. There is more money due from the Un'on Pacific and also fromthe Receivers of the Un'on Pacific, Denver and Gulf than would pay this interest, forin tance; all expenditures necessary for the maintaining and operating of the road and all unpaid bills of all kinds up to October 13th, ■vrtien the road went into Receivers' hands, are due from the Union Pacific to the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf, Also the interest up to that dta of all bonds that it h'^s not paid, under the traffic agreement. How a court would hold on t. is matter T do not kno The Union Pacific, of course, will claim that they have a right to apply all this sum to the w ip'ng out of what they claim to be its floating debt. Whatever has been earned net s^nce the 13th of October, the Receivers of the ^nion Pacific, Denver & Gulf, of o uuse will turn over to you. This ^s amatter that T think you shoul look into very carefully and have your attorneys and probably the courtSs opinion upon it. I write you very fully about it because I am thoroughly posted arid it might take your t'me to investigate and ascertain all the facts in relation to it. Yours triuly, G. M. Dodge. '1 • • r .t' .J fx Ji:. ' tj'. cf ^ ■ New York, December 20, 1893. Frank Truiabull, Esq., XciJ / ■ •. Receiver of the U.P., D. & G., - s i,- , • r; • Denver, Colorado, Dear Sir:- I appreciate the pressure upon you in making up your organizations but what I wish to urge you to do is to use the ustmot economy in the new organizations. A great many think the change will,bring additional expense to us; that the independent organization cannot be maintained nearly as cheaply as the duties it w'll have to perform has cost us under the U.P. gianagement and control. It is a test and T hope you will cut your coat according to your cloth. We have not had the reduction in expenses on the U.P., D. Sc G. that has been made upon the rest of the system. Again the net earnings compared to gross, have not been in proportion to the rest of the system since June. There are, no doubt, special reasons for this. T know your desire will be to make a showing for the property, I hope you will get along with just as few people as possible until we can see where are are to land, "'"f v/e lose our percentages it can probably be made up largely in the additional charge that would come upon U.P, coal. However, we should have on all business exhcnaged between us and other roads, at least two miles to one. We calculated when the U.P. raised its percentage from two miles to one to three mile's to one last January, it would add about $13,000 per month net. This proved to be true up to Juno, and we would have gone out of the year 'with all our interest earned, if it had not been for the cyclone that stnuck that country. Different estimates made upon our business in 1891 a:d 1892, by Auditor Young, show that about 50 per cent of the total earnings north of Denver come from the interchange with the Union Pacific railway and about 27 per cent of those south of Denver, exclcuing Fort Worth and Qenver City, and that Kbout 50 per cent of our total earnings is from business interchanged with the Union Pacific. This, of course, shows the necessity of holding on to those earnings as far as possible, T notice there is a great deal of talk and sentiment about the competitive business by way of the gulf. When I first opened that road 33 1/3^ of the business g^'ng west of the Missouri River was tide water business. Today only 8^ is tide water business. It is remarkable how fast the business that goes west of tlie Missouri River to all points on the Union Pacific is connantrating west of Pittsburg. , and how fast is decreasing east of Pittsburgh, Then again when we opened the line we had no competition on this tide water business. Now this tide water business is divided up among five or six lines and theie is virtually nothing in it, the rates are so low, and T believe that you will have '.o concentrate your efforts on Texas, New Orleans and the country tributary to it. Th'^ Rock Island and Atchison are taking the business now by the Morgan line, which has given them a much less percentage north of Ft. Worth than we used to give. The water differential no attention is paid to and I believe the place to control tl.is business is right in your o*n country. Possibly you may be able to control a portion of it in Denvef throxigh sent'ment. 312 • Wh-n-buSiness starts up aga^'n T believe it will be v/orth y ur while to look carefully into our old contract with the Morgan line and see if It coul not be used to advantage to us. We certainly ought to control that business as against the-Rock Island and Santa Fe. It 7/ill be very hard to control it as against the Charleston and Savannah lines. Tiey get the same differential and take a rate upon the business that you probably would not care to haul it for from Ft. ' "Worth to Denver, but you could haul it to Utah or Montana or Idaho, provided you got the two to one Union Pacific mileage on it. If the Union Pacific keeps open these I'nes bo you for business into Utah, Montana, etc., you will find it a good field to woi-^k tide water bu iness. Where we used to get 10 to 50 cars a v/eek out of . • New York, the total amount now won't average 3. Whether we are ever going to get back to even what it was before last June is doubtful, as the te ency v;est of the Mi ssouri river -oppears to be a decrease of yide water purchases and an increase of interior ones, and theprincipal ' • business now from bide water business in the East is commodities. I a; in hopes that through your local traffic efforts you will be able to control a good portion of this business by a personal appeal • to the merchants of that country, and get a fair price for hauling it, I notice the through cars going north from Fort Worth are down to • from 5 to 10 a week where it used to be a train a day. I suppose that • • is a lack of business out of Texas ar.d Louisiana, and the fact that the Rock Island has put in a percentage t..ere of 41 against our old 50 • . "per Cent. • • . You have got to meet the Rock Island percentage to get the ■ ' business. Texas Pacific and Morgan lines are virtually giving them the business that used to come to us on that percentage. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. • ■ . » .-.. Mi; t o;,..' i. « I Jc iiifto i JU , .,;.V ,:«■ 0* tfo/tM nvfftV fiiiJ .iJfw f r, lo riJion diloV t# ilJurB or In ban uf laioi wo to Jaro tort 90 J dU i>nA nov bius ."^e.-iuoo 10 jqMT mli dJPn bo^ja t,lotoJaf tar-a*i 'rJ qonJ . «■ un o&onJ oj no :yi?b|ou to e .< cv^aa J Jaofft irMi.«Uafia ton lo toob « af aafion ' I J' .'J Jirifl t .liuj OlU lo «IW BOHf*BU>S OV ' .'oOfflOO a o!,Kt oait lavffl "dJ to iaow yt'-.n tann'aurf odX lo M ilMNit cl JT .Mon'cutf laiao obfl ol ^0 x.lno .ub ui <i IX* OJ aavm ' looo *'t lo Jua» aforj JoitJ rto'ff.od < aJ it.fl • Ja^l *011 nil* , :yi lo X»ow :in»Jr:nln«f>non : f or>»o<rt no'rt" r-d. 1'- 0'i'£ ".;J bejT^fo ow naii* noriT ? iaao /tfoorioolb •joX iw r f ij w Ti .tta tfiiifcf la^aw t fAJ ao nof j'Jm.rtio -m bmi n* ( "».ij fuiJSi i ^wfl •laojtia ffu » caon'cad iJ'o ufo^ iniS ' bn" ,'or '>n in-' odJ ' n' • . ■V. o yt^frtvoty adJ biia anaaiio woff ^aacoT no a/*Kolla muo^ oitya^u anno in . _ . .i > cJ- xaaiucf uJ •> «tf Utvolt oaontauif oaontauif oiU aoa uooUxOJA <io«»aalA baa laftaloT la^taloT ioo tW • *if lo . :XM>n oj|«inada«a aaoX .itim a ne.ti oai li M* I d'^.tn'-Xia on ln*iriaioll^b loJaw odT •mla oi boat; • iUitj luoij 4 [ * i o» $ao.reu<f ' J IcnJitOn o/ aooLj oxU avaU T bna r> I It' ♦.til" oi boat; a X'lo j* to •Jioii a I'tlrtoo oJ aldfl ecf inw uci\ .tiJntfoo an»< • Jri-MrJnoQ ri7'ir«'ntx liifnor December, 1893. P. IT. Hubbell, Esq , Des I.TQincs, Iowa, Dear : - New York. D, ceniber 2p, 1893, Defevrinc to your letter of December 14th and to the dis patch of Treasurer Thompson, after consultation with Ilr. Humphreys and other holders of the bonds here, they none of them can sec any valid reason why the six pe r cent of the ^ros;: earnings th- t was agreed to be set aside by you and also by resolutions of the company has. not beer so done. The bonds were taken upon an absolute agreement that this :Sh 'Uld be done, in order that we could use them. Of course, that is what made value of the bonds and enabled us to pay some of our del)ts with them. It is not a question of what the constriction has cost the company, but it .is a question whether or not the offi cers of 'he company will carry out the agreements made at that time. Six per c nt upon -11 gross earnings for the year 1893 will pay, or nearly pay the interest upon t'^e 650 bonds and unless it is paid I am fearful we will be given a good deal of trouble. I take it the company has no option except to lay aside this six per cent cf the gross eai'nings. I did not collect a out ^5,000 due me in June and it is beyond my control now to take up tlie coupons upon a large portion of the bonds that I. hold, and I kno it is also the sam with bonds thr-t I.Tr. Humphreys holds. All the coupons will be presented, for payment regardless of vrhnt our wishes may be. Truly you.s. n. IvI. Dodge. ■-'■''An ^::Sy ■■ . . 815 December, 1893 TELEGRAM Dated Chicago, 111. Gen. G. M, ^odpie Received at 31 Broadway. Dec. 20, 1893. 1 B'way. Will pay Wasmansdorff and Heinemann Wednesday or Thursday of next week have received all insturctions needed from Nathan P. Dodge. Bogue <5c Co, December, 1893 Taconia, Wash. Dec. 21, 1893 Genl. G. Dodge, # 1 Broadway, New York. ^:y dear General: I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of the 16th inst. It brings to me a ray of Sunsliine through the efforts of an old friend and from a bed of sickness I dictate a letter to my son Winthrop W. in acknowledgement of its receipt. I had supposed that the awarding of Medals was passed and buried in the '^ar Dept. but it seems a dear fir end would not let it sleep there. You have my grateful thanks for reserecting it. I am tratefully and truly. Yours, John W. Sprague, /I i t December, 1893. THE WESTERIJ UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY Received at Produce Exchange, New York. Dec. 21, 1893, Dated Council Bluffs, la 21 To Genl. G. M. Bodge 1 Broadway, N. y. Am afraid of Texas land Mortgage notes unless they are guaranteed by Morgan Jones. I write. ^ . P . Dodge, 321 December, 1893 New York City, December 23r(i, 1893 N. P. Dodge, Esq., Goulcil Bluffs, la. My dear Nate: I am in receipt of your different messages and letters in relation to the payment of the Nixon block, all of wihich I have complied with. I note 'What you say in relation to the investment of the money, andalso your telegram in relation to the loan on Texas farms. Mr.Jones has decided to endorse paper for $10,000 and will make a note on the Industrial Company for that amount with his per sonal endorsement, and put behind it lien notes of double amount on farms. I think lien notes on farms in Texas where they are occupied at * low rates, are just as safe as they are in Iowa and we can get better interest. When I come West I want to change a loan in the Trinidad Natinnal Bank, of the Victor Coal Sc Coke Company, which they are paying 12^ on, and get a loan with you at a lower interest. This loan carrys a deed of trust upon the entire Gray Creek Mine, which includes 6,000 acres of coal lands which cost about $20. an acre, and the entire improvements of that mine, which have cost in cash over $100,000. The mine is doing well right along andreducing its indebtedness. This indebtedness was vreated for building coke ovens and, with so large a security, is absolutely secure. I want to get the loan for 8/j or 10^ and get it out of the Western banks into a place where we can carry it and pay it off as we desire. The mine, you know, is near the town of Trinidad and is one of our very best. Since the coal properties came back to us they are doing well, all of them. The way you suggest of placing the rest of the money is all right, but you want to look carefully after theloans on farms in Pottawatoraie County and that portion of the state, and see that they go into the hands of thrifty people so that the interest will be paid and not too high a value put upon them. Of course, these loaning agents, no matter who they are, will overlook many of these things in their desire to make loans, and it will devolve upon you to hold a strict hand upon them. It is well enough to keep portions of the money in bank untilwe see matters in this country begin to turn, then will be the time to put a portion of it in the securities which we know to be good which are selling vexy low, as we have not gone through our siege here yet. Yours truly, G. M. -^odge . December, 1893. N . P . Dodge & Co. Real Estate Agents. 328 Broadway, Gomcil Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 23rd, 1893, Genl. G. M . ^odge, N. 1 Broadway, New York *^ity. Dear General: I received Kenny & Ch rk bill and send draft for $227,16 to apply upon same. Here is one from Turner & Co. which was sent to me, if it is to be paid return with your indorsment and I will get arodnd to it after awhile. Yours truly. N . P. ■i-'odge , Wish you Werry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Q-9K Deceiriber, 1893. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Received at the Western Union Building, 195 Broadway, N. Y, Dec. 24, 1893. Dated Tacoma, Wash. 4 To Gen. G. M. Dodge, One Broadway, New York Father died at four P. M. Otis Sprague 1693. * • <w ^ i ^ General John W. Sprague died at Tacoma, Washington on December 24th, 1893, General Sprague served with me for three years; first, as Colonel of the 63rd Ohio Infantry and 2nd as a Brigadier General. He was an officer well advanced in years but .of fine appearance, of fine command and was a very talented and able officer. He was of the celebrated Ohio Brigade and at the Battle of Atlanta, he distinguishe himself greatly by holding the town of Decatur .with one brigade against the whole of General Wheeler's Cavalry .force. Wheeler, by his superior force, was able *to push him back slowly towards the North of the town, where all the transportation of the Army of the Tennessee was concenCen.. Sprajme trated. He got to a position in the north part of the town where he determined to stand and there he fought all day, finally defeating Wheeler, The 47th Ohio and 9th Ill'nois came to him in the latter part of the day as they were escorting a train from Hoswell to Decatur, For his work on this day I recommended him for pnomotion and after the battle of the 22nd, the President of the United States notified General Sherman that he could have the appointment of eight Brigadier Generals and my Corps was entitled to one of them and I selected General Sprague^ and on July 30th, the War Department, in answer to T!aJor General Sherman's dispatch, appointed the following: officers Brigadier Generals. Col. V/illiar.. Grose, 3Gth Indiana. Col. Charles C. Wolcutt, 46th Ohio, Col. James W, Reillyj 104th Ohio. Col. L. P. Bradley, 51st, 111. Col. J. '7. Sprague, 63 Ohio. Col. Joseph A. Cooper, 6th "ast Tennessee. Col. Jolin T. Croxton, 4th Kentucky. Col. Wm. W. Belknap, 15th Iowa. ■■A.Vi 1893. he war, the After 'war. the througliout served Sprague General Tjecame and Railway Pacific Northern the of interest the in west went officer prominent very a also and Tacoma of citizen prorainent "very a interests. Pacific Northern H.he in together citizens, of number large very a out called funeral His organizations, patbiotic the all with • . . • r r • during myself and Sprague^ General between formed friendship The '.kJ 'lu I.! il' -la- *'I ' ■I'jx' v-x X I* XI. 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Jt« QROiUU*" ' n T ai .T jUoJromT^ .144 . , .T' ,<.;aallXRCI .nvol Dec., 1893 Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec.26, 1893 Gen'l. G. I^odge, No. I, Broadway, New York. Dear Gen'l;- Your letter to Children of Old Soldiers is good; I have had it copied and will hand to Judge Carson to read, in connection with his remarks, as he is to speak of the fund, its use, and doner. The Post only uses a portion of the fund for the festival. There is a large number of children connected with the post; mostly from families who do not have an abundance of this worlds goods, and the ^omens Relief Corps is sometimes taxed heavily to care for the poor and sick; and each year a portion of your fund is saved up as emergency fund to fall back upon in event of failure of the Corps fund; to be used in such emergency, solely for the children, so no child belonging to the Post shall suffer. Yours truly, N. P. Dodge P. 8. P. R, Reed, Jr., has not been successful beyond a bare living, Sarah has little, Mrs. Drury less, Mrs. Parsons has some promising children and is in most hopeful situation. N. P. D. Dec•f i893 331 Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 26, 1893 Dear Gen'1.;- I agree with you in your views as to investments of Nixon Bldg.,Funds as expressed in your letter of the 23d. The large loans are preferable but I must depend on your judgment as to the security. The supervision of the loans Mr. Pusey will make will give me almost as much care and attention as If I made them myself but I think it is best that he should make them. It will please Mrs. D. and probably others of the family and encourage him in a dry time. The competition in loaning money on Iowa fams is so much greater than it used to be that it requires the supervision of one who is exper ienced and conservative to prevent getting farms on to ones hands. I think Mr,Pusey will not be able to find desirable loans as fast as he anticipates and I shall probably arrange to take a certain amount each month and get interest upon what I hold for him. I haveno doubt good loans can be made on Texas farms at higher rates of interest but I don't know the country and would be dependent upon Loan Agents who are probably no more reliable than some we have had here and I do not want to put myself in the hands of them. If a good man like Morgan Jones is behind a loan, then I feel safe and then have some one to look after the security if any default should come. I presume you are intending to come west soon. If so we can talk these matters over. Very truly, N. P. Dodge. I dined with Mr. and Mrs. Pusey and Lettie yesterday. Mr. Montgomerv came in eve. from Denver. Grenville Montgomery is here and goes back to school in January. ^ N.P.D. GuO December, 1893. WAGER SW/iYNE, Attorney & Counsellor at Gaw, IGO Broadway, New York. December 29th, 1893. C-en . G . N,. Dodce, 1 Broadway, Y. City. Dear General: I return herewith General Sprague's note to you of December 21, and his son's telegram of Deceniber 24th. I am sincerely glad the dear old gentleman received this news in time to warm the cockles of his heart before he died. I wrote to him Monday December 18th trans mitting the official con.munication from the A'ar Department and have been fearing ever since my letter was too late. Yours was in time and that is good enou^.. I wish you would stop in and see me for a n.oment either as you go Uptown tonight or when you come Downtown tomorrow. Yours very truly, Wager Swayne. Enclosures. - ' ■ it . r- ■ *» ' 835 December, 1893 New York City, December 30th, 1893 TJ. H. Painter, Esq., Washington, D. G. Dear Sir: Do you suppose there is any good property in Washington that could be exchanged for good railroad bonds? I have got a large number of the Des Moines, Northern & Western Railway bonds. They have a guarantee upon them for five years, of the gross earn ings at 6^. They carry ^ interest for five years and then 5^. The road is 150 miles long and is a valuable property. It also owns 7/8 of the very valuable terminals in Des B/;oines. In fact, the terminals are worth almost the bonded debt of the road. I would like to exchange them into Washington property, if I could get it at a low price, as I want to transfer some of my railroad interests into real estate. The St. Paul Railroad transacts its business into Des Moines over this road and, of course, being local to the Capital of the State, will always be a growing property. It has always earned the interest upon its bonds. I think it will fully, this year, notwithstanding the hard times, but whether it does or not its bonds have a gaarantee from the gross earnings. I don't care about advertising them or hawking them about but you might know of some person who would like to make some such a deal. I am, Truly yours, G.M. Dodge. oqm fJO i T^ecember. 1893. New York. December 50, 1893. p. Hubbell, Esq., Prest, Des Moincs, No thern & Western Py., Des Moires, la, Dear Sir:- I air. in receipt of your different letters and ness^cs* I have had tc put up the money to pay these coupons. Hot only those inclusive^ from 1 to 650, but for some others tliat we had like Pullman's, in order to hold the credit of the oompany. Sage or none of those people would do a cent's worth. In fact, it would have been bad judgment to go to them, pending the negotiatLons that they are making to get into Des Moinc:s and to deal with us. T question has been sent to "ayes and if he gives a favorable answer, I have no doubt the Central will go to Des Noincs. That After sacrificing as much as 1 have in the property it is pretty '.ard to have to pay your own inter' st where a guarantee has been mide upon it. So far ^ ^s I am concerned it would have beer, far better for me to have held on to ray ro-d. Of course, you have so much of -a margin over what you have put into the property that you can afford to tal e some reduction, but bok and see what I h-^ve put into the prop' rty and in what interests 1 have put it in. The last fun coupons that I hold should be taken up now, \«A th the Des Moines Union Bonds so that I can have sone thing tliat I can \ise. It is impossible to use the Ues Moines, Northern & Westerrj. I don t understand your paying in Jhly Cl0,000 worth of coupons v/kilst I held ^5,000 v;orth of the coupor:s, vdiich are guar anteed, 1 to 650 inclusive. You must have paid on other bonds that should have cone to me. The amount of money we have to pay rut her' now is an even Cl3,000 on the 650 coupons. I don't under stand where j^ou got sia,600. Please let pjc hear from you on this matter. rir. Humphrey's bonds are all out of his hands and he has no,.stock. 5agc, Dillon and Gould hold most of it. The balance is sc-tte ed. However, notwithst;:nding this he has done vdiat he could to help the matter through, as he isvery anxious to make a sale of the bonds, which ho thinks he can accomplish. YouiT truly. M. Dodge. 3S9 1893. On December 31st, I made a trip over the Colorado Southern System with Mr, Prank Trumbull, the Receiver of the U.P.D, & G,; we also visited the Pecos Valley. On arriving at Fort Worth, I gave the following interview in relation to my trip over the road: "I was very much surprised and pleased on my visit to the Pecos Valley to see the progress made in that portion of Texas. Mr. Hagerma and his company are certainly entitled to the thanks of Texas for de monstrating wh at the possibilities of Western Texas are. IThere water can be utilized the improvements, developments and expenditures are on a very large scale, and, as far as I can judge, very judiciously made. With a few years tl.e Pecos valley, from the crossing of the Texas and Pacific railway and below Fort Sumner, will be under water and devoted to agriculture. The farmers there now sliow what the future of that country will be. I never saw such a body of land so easily placed under irrigation, and they can raise anything theyr desire if they simply put the labor upon it. The ifilfalfa, corn, fruit and stock that we saw there were all fine. The raising of hogs and feeding them upon alfalfa is just beginnin';^ on a large scale. They claim they are free from all 1disease. There are now over 100,000 in the valley. Then, the price of land and water is so reasonable that it is within the roaci. of any thrifty farmer. Within the last ninety days $80,000 worth of lane has been sold to settlers. Outside of the lands and the water, the stock range adjacent to the valley is a great aid and gives the farmer the opportunity o' not only using his land under water, but of a fine stock range adjacent and the amount of stock that will be raised in the valley and fattened on its product will be a continually increasing member. We are very favorably impressed with the two towns of Eddy and Roswell and espeically with the hospitality and energy or their citizens. The extension of the Pecos railway from Roswell to Washburn 212 miles, A'ill add greatly to the future prosperity and value of the valley, giving it direct connection with Kansas City by the Atchison, Topeka and Canta Fe, and with Denver and Fort Worth by the Ft. Wort h and Denver City and Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railwasy, and on th shortest routes. Tills road when built will be a great aid to these roads as well as to their own lino. Some years ago I made a survey from Washbui-"^ to Roswell and Mr, Kingman, the engineer who has just finished a survey for the Pecos Valley railway, confirms the report then made by ny engineers. With present prices the road can be built and equipped for about $10,000 per mile and with grades not to exceed 1 per cent and the road when completed will be the shortest line to Denver and Ft. Worth and of the least grades,end will tend to develop a portion of Texas that now sadly needs it. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/6b6e2fa4da37de4ba18e7bffcf4d7e74.pdf 932f7a000b0f005fe28f2598168e2824 PDF Text Text 1894 . During my attendance of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, I made the following address to the ^odge Light Guard*. "The three things which you learn here, discipline, obedience, and respect for authority, are invaluable in life. I have noticed these things in every young man with whom i have ever come in contact with wiio has had the benefit of the military drift, and always to his benefit. % education, which was received at a military school, so proved to me, and the school had such a re putation in the east that any young iran from it could always get first place. An a^^plicant can.e from this school to a contractor, and although a graduate of the school offered to take any kind of work and was placed at laying brick. in two months he had charge of the tuilding and now is the greatest contractor in the city of rJew "ii^ork. This is only an instance of many like it. Another thing which the military drill does for you is to inculcate patriotism of the military life. After a young man has had the benefit of the military drill, he is so imbued with the idea of patriotism and in taking up arms for this country that he will do so at the first necessity, and almost always made the best use of his time while under enlistm.ent. Elihu R^/Ot, as Secretary of War, in his efforts to get the Kativonal "^uard and the regular army together has done great benefit to those enlisted in the guard. They get an acquaintance that cannot fail to be beneficial to the boys who have not as civilians all the advantage of a military drill. Another benefit to the soldier is the faculty of meeting and overcoming obstacles. It makes of him a stronger man, ready to meet ti;e other perplexities of life. 1 am greatly pleased at the appearance of your armory. I suppose that you often come into the company hardly knowing what benefit you are to receive, serve the three years and pass our, but experience is that you never get fully away from the principles inculcated here, and ara able to unconsciously introduce themi into the service of those who emiploy you. I thank you for the exhibit oi' your prowess which you have given me. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee has a kindly feeling for the young soldier and if you will present yourselves at the 0 era house on the evening of tl:e 8th, either singly or as a com pany and also accompanied by your ladies, the society will see that you are comfortably seated." 1894 1438 High St., My Dear General;- I have read with a great deal of pleasure Governor Garpentors' article in regard to yourself published in the October number of the "Anrials of Iowa". It seems to me that the Governor has very faithfully portrayed the facts and that the article is a strong and true one. To a person acquainted with you it is a source of great pleasure to read such an article. The personal points spoken of wherein mention is made of the practice of your tearing into strips a piece of paper whilst considering a proposition is certainly Very true to life and again when you are made to say to one of your officers "You need not tell me the negro will not fight, his nature is to fight", sounds just as if one could hear you replying to the officer. That portion of the article referring to your railroad work is indeed interesting and I am anxious for the November number to read more about both your soldiering and railroading. With the best wishes for your health, I am Sincerely yours. L. M. Martin To Gen. G. M. Dodge, New York. 845 1894 New York City, New York Adimiral DeweyjMy Dear Admiral;- I regret that my detentions here prevented me calling in person and talking with you about what we all hasre so much at heart, the upbuilding of Norwich University and giving it a position in our Nation that its services entitle it to. During my life many of its °adets have served under me * * * and whether in a Military, professional or business point of view they were all superior men and it does seem as though we ought to obtain for it when colleges are receiving so much a recognition. I believe now is our appointed time and no one can do so much for us as you and it seems to me this Nation could not give you so proper and so lasting an honor and at the same time perform a generous and good deed as to put old N. U. in a condition that it can go forward on an equallity with the other colleges of the Nation. -Lxcfcct, , your various duties and in arranging your Western trin don t forget the Army of the Tennessee Meeting Oct. 10 and IIth In all your travels there is not one who will appreciate your responsilabors thave been and what is they.Prom before you. experience Many of they them know have what' sons yourand grandsons in the war fcoth with Cuba and the Phillipines and they want ^hey could line up L o? Id and show a bold front to all our enemies in front and rear. ^ earlier day this old army and no one an- preciates more fully than they do your great work. If you should visit Chicago on the 9th to be present at their great celebr«t?n>. 22 2 T. J greatly disappointed if you do not give a part of vour tima tn ® I know that we will protLt and acofde Lf^attLrto J congratulate you on your safe return. I trust that -;.rv:K.T: s.;; Yours trolly and Cordially, Crenville M. Dodge, CoTincil Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 3rd, 1894 Dear Gen'1.;- I wired Boque two days ago to inform me " what day money would be paid on Walker notes" and this A.M. rec'd telegram which reads; "The annoying delay will be prolonged until the I5th or I6th inst. We regret it exceedingly but cannot avoid it." Morgan Jones wrote me that he had drawn on me for ^10,000 placing notes collateral in hands of Pt.Worth Nat'l.Bank. As soon as I rec'd his letter I wired him to recall draft or have it held, money promised last this week. Today I have wired him "Chicago notes will not be paid until about I6th." On the assurance of money being paid last week, Pusey & Thomas made a farm loan of J2500 and were in a box and I had to come to their rescue which is not very convenient for money is very close here. Ranks deposits continue to shrink and the call upon them for accomodations from their customers increases. Of course it is impossible for me to furnish Jones money until the Walker notes are paid. If you should.need money I think you could get some of Wasmanndorf & Heinemann upon the 125 note in their hands. Very truly, N. P. Dodge ■ ' , r'-- -'lA" ' .r, ■' • Jan., 1894 249 Coxincil Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 5, 1894 Dear Gen'l.;- In reply to yours 30th you have a very difficult problem to deal with and one that will require both wisdom and patience. It is not an unusual thing in this day for children of wealthy parents to contract a habit of spending money freely. I do not think Mrs. D. encourages it but that it troubles her and is one of the caused of the exdited state of mind she is in as shown by her letters. There is nothing in ones experience more perplexing than to see going on that which is theoretically under your control but practically you cannot prevent. I should write and deal with all parties kindly regardless of tone of letters received. The income from 125 m. when set aside to Mrs. D. will not net her any more or even as much as she now receives and I do not believe it would be wise to raise the question as to just what jshe intends to do for daughter. A mothers love for her children is equal to a mans and I think there is no doubt she will exert her influence to refetrain her probably, however, without effect and sometime make her home with her. If the agreement sent you can be signed by all parties I think it in better shape for you to handle as well as serving their interests. You must know that you are dealing with a mind which from long brooding over troubles both real and imaginary has become prejudiced on certainsubjects and you want to avoid in your communications anything that will stir up that prejudice. If you hold firm to keeping outgoes of TrustfeePund inside of income I think this matter will eorrect itself in some measure. I intend to get some separate books when this separation is made if it is accomplished and keep the capital and income in separate accounts. I shall soon send you a statement of the a/c with an account of the securities held as listed on my books. -Very truly, N.P.Dodge QfTi ui/l Jan. 1894 BROOKLYN: SOCIETY OF \^RMONTERS. SECRETARY'S OFFICE Cen. G.M.Dodge Sir; - Brooklyn, January 5th, 1894. I have the pleasure to notify you of your election as an Honorary member of this Saciety, at a meeting of the Executive Committee held on the Second day of January, 1894, The Constitution will be found for signature, at the office of the President, and will be also brought to the Annual Reunion on the I7th inst. Yours very respectfully, B. L. Benedict. Secretary Howell 2 * * R. S. Robertson 429 Broadway January, 1894 . . /..'ftv' ^ Nevi York City, Jan. 5th, 1894 Hon. John J. Lacey, Member of Congress, . Washington, D. C. My dear Lacey: There is a bill before your coniinittee, giving a pension to Mrs, Gen'l Corse, which I trust will pass. It is not necessary for me to say anything to you in re lation to Gen'l Corse. As I understand it he died leaving his family without much support. He was a brave soldier, came from Iowa, and the Government should look after his widow. I don't know that there will be any objection but if there is will you kindly speak to all the Iowa members and see that they support him? I not only ask this for myself but I also ask it as from the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to which he belonged, and which I know will indorse the request. I am. Truly yours, G. M. Dodge. iTi January, 1894 New York City, Jan. 8, 1894 Grenville D. Montgomery, Esq., 605 Third Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Gren: I received your letter. I have to dictate as it is hard for me to write on account of my rheumatic fingers. I am glad to know that you are getting along so well. Hard study is what will bring you out; nothing else. It is better to have to fight your own way in the world than to have someone do it for you. There will be plenty of opportunities before you die to be a soldier. The only thing I regret is that your mother did not send you to a military school, such as Norwich University. Yom will find that in future life the training, discipline and educa tion you would receive there would excel that of Harvard or Yale. When a boy works from six in the morning till nine at night and accounts for every moment of the time, there is not much risk but that he willcome out all right. I make an address before the Sons of Vermont at their banquet on Jan. 17th. I am, Truly yours. G. M. Dodge. Jan., 1894 Council Bluffs, Iowa; l/9~I894 Dear Gen'ljPour years ago I sold Geo. P. Wright for you a tract of land on the bottom in south part of Sec.7 7443 for iifiSOOO and took his notes upon which he paid one years interest. I gave him a bond for deed which bond has never been placed on record. It was a good sale and I have been hoping from year to year that Mr. Wright would get out of his findncial embarrasment and pay up at least the back interest but instead of getting in better shape his condition has been growing worse and unless he succeeds in selling his Gas Bonds between now and spring I dn't see how he he is going to hold out longer. There are now entered up against him over $17000 of judgements here and I understand an Ins. case in Omaha, when he gave note for stock in Ins. Co. in connection with S.R.Johnson has gone against him which would double the amount above and his indebtedness, mortgages and otherwise is very large upon which he is not paying even interest, I bought most of his property in for taxes a year ago. The question may come up whether I had better propose to return his notes and take back the land and get the use of it or whether I shall still wait and let it run over another year by which time he will either be in shape to pay off some of the indebtedness which is pressing him or give up. What do you think about it. Very truly. N. P. D. Personal Jan., 1894 859 Council Bluffs, Iowa, l/ll- 1894 Dear Gen'ljPlease read and return to me enclosed letter and my answer pencilled on the back. Yours returning Dearborn's letter rec'd. The Agreement you speak of returning not yet received. I am rather glad you made the , charge making Miss Annie successor to her mother in the Trust. It is generous toward her to and will have better effect. I am glad Mrs. D. is coming here and I do not have to send it to Boston. I do not know cause of delay in Chicago. I6th was last date given me. You speak of last of month. Please let me know where you get that from. It is causing great inconvenience to me. Morgon Jones notes are here waiting and Prank Pusey has a good many loans on the hook which he is delaying but I suppose nothing can be done to hurry them up. Very truly, N.P.Dodge. Jan., 1894 Council Bluffs, Iowa, l/ll- 1894 Dear Gen'l.;- I think a good building in Chicago that pays good income would be good investment but a mortgage on good Chicago property is preferable. I don't see how prices of Chicago property can increase They seem to me very high and I should be afraid the ownership would not at present prices result in so favorable an investment as Nixon and Kent properties and that investment resulted favorably by reason of your buying low and selling just at right time. You may never hit the two points again. I have found Real Estate a great burden here. It depends of course where you have it, but I think on an average a Real Estate mortgage is better than the property for an income. I think I will go out to Puget Sound next July and take Phil with me. I want him to see something of that Pacific Coast country and I can judge better whether it is wise to make any loans there, chief objections, it is far away. I can place money in bank 6 months at 5^ and I think with you it is well to hold a good amount in that way. Everything in country is so unsettled especially in way of R.R. Securities Very truly , N.P.Dodge. 363 United States fost Office, Fort Dodge, Iowa, January 15, 1694 Genl. G . . Dodge , No. 1 Broadway, New York, . Y. Dear General: I have expressed to you at the address of this letter the Diary which you sent nie and which I suppose belongs to the files of the War oifice. I read it with great interest, and it was the most helpful thing I had in preparing the Article which will appear in the current number of the BistoricsO. ^:agazine. I hao written up to the dtose A of your connection with Atlanta campaign before I received it; but I was glad to read even the portion that covered that campaign, as it verified my dates and facts . I have retained the large book which you sent me and such of the loose letters and Documents as relate to the Union Bacific Bali Road. I have only read about a half a dozen of the letters which appeared in the large book, and they were those referring, to your com» mand in K.issouri and on the plains. You will see in my article that I make one or two extracts I'rom those letters. Rut I see by looking over the index which accompanies it, that thsie are several letters in relation to the Rail Road; and as soon as I can get time I propose to write another orticle covering your Rail Road history; and I will then want to use those letters. 364 I hope my second article willsuit you. It dont suit me very well. I wrote it at odd times when it sesmed to Die I was never more driven and harrassed by my private affairs, As ever your friend, G. 0. Car*pentei)t. , P. S. I enclose you { 11 the reports referring to your military career in N'issouri and on the Plains , Yours, G. e. e. if/4 mm. , I ■ 1898, Jan. 365 Laurence, Mass., Jan. 16,/94 General Grenville M. Dodge, Dear Sir:- I have a favor to ask of you which is not of a financial nature on your part, though your advice should you see fit to give it me would doubtless be of a monetary benefit to me. Before proceeding to name the favor desired allow me a word for Lang Syne. Way back in the early 40ths I was living in what is now Peabody and attending school on I-owell Street with the Valentines, at different times, as masters; among the boys who were my associates at school I rem ember more particularly B. F. Upton, Albert Buxton, Jacob Hardy, Thomas Stimpson, George F. Osborn and the two Osborn brothers Lewis and Jacob, the two or three Dodge boys, rons of the blacksmith, Ezra Morton and last though not least Grenville M. Dodge. You were I think among the youngest perhaps the youngest of those named. I well remember the many pleasant hours and days passed with these my play mates; in summer with ball, marbles, kites and in bathing and swiming at the place called the beam near the Glue Works; and in winter .in coasting on the hills and in skating on the ponds in and around ^the village. You like myself soon left Peabody and though I have not since those early days seen you, still I have been pleased from time to time to note your successful career. From the military school at Norwich then to the chief Engineership of the Union Pacifl R. Road which enterprize bound our country together from its center to its two great oceans, east and west, thus, I think, saving our great Pacific coast to our Union. Your entering the army, your skill and valor displayed at Pea Ridge, your march with Gherman to the sea, always to the front, never shirking duty, as I remember the boy, so we find the man. Since the war I find you for a time in Congress voting as you fought for the country and its best interests, pity we have so few of your stamp at Washington now. After leaving Congress up to the present time I hear of you as being engaged in enterprises which have materially advanced the best interests ai-id added very largely to the prosperity of our beloved land. Such in brief is what I have learned to be the history of one of my old school mates, one who has honored himself by honoring his country. As to myself the story is a short one, coming to Laurence in 1848. I worked some years as a machinist, then for twenty five (25) jrears in city office, first as an assessor and later as City Treasurer, but am atpresent out of employment. Should have gone as a soldier in tVie Rebellion but was unable to pass the surgeons examination. I now come to the favor, which if a proper one I would like to fask of you. I have quite a large portion of all that I have been enabled on a small salary, to lay up for my support in lifes evening invested in three year Coll. notes of the Union Pacific R.R. due August of this year 1894. My investment in them is fSOOO and my 366 query is had I better sell them now for what they will bring and thus suffer a severe loss to me, or had I better hold them with the hope and expectation of better things for them in the future. Now if you could with propriety to yourself and to your intei'ests and connection with the U. P. R. R. enlighten rr.e on this matter I will assure you that any advice of yours in this matter will be considered by me in the nature of a profound secret as between us; but, however you decide I can assure that I remain your Humble friend. Edward P. Poor. 11 . , ;'i ■ I V ■ ' V'. . MM . 'VA: / :*■ I't yi Jan, 1894 367 Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. I6th, 1894 Dear Gen'l.;- If you will look in Bee of today under heading of "Thousands gone wrong", you will learn of the misfortune of Geo. M. Boque of Boque & Co., who I suppose is our Mr, Boqpe but not knowing his first name cannot be sure. Possibly there may be trouble between him and Phipps which is delaying payment in Chicago. I have had further correspondence with Dearborn and he has lent one application for a loan of ;J|;i500--8^-- semi-annually on 73 acres of land near Lake Washington partly under cultivation and in fruit which has appearance of being first class and I have written him I would take it when certain money came that I expected to be paid during the month and probably would be able to take some more and have written asking him what int. his Bank can pay on .?I0,000 for 6 months and turn me over available security like City Warrant or Bonds to secure it. He writes me that he never saw such a time to get money from eastern friends, says that for some reason every effort he makes to obtain money on Loans or Bonds fails while there were never better opportunities. Very truly, N. P. D. I just wired you to return the Aggreeraent . I fear there may not be time for me to send it to Chicago and get it back before Annie comes, N, P. Dodge. New York, January 16, 1894. Frank Trumbull, Esq., Denver, Colorado. Dear Slr:- T took particular pains to look into the credentials of Mr. Monk. I also had Mr. Few look up matters and Interviewed him fully. Frew is very much pleased with h^m and thinks you will make no mistake in taking him. He w^11 have all the inside holp that Few and Marshall can give him. T have started h^ir. out with Marsi.all and Frew to get acquainted until you get his orders to h-^rn. He has been up to Tenbrook of the Union Pacific, who is anx'ous to have him rema''n there and says he w^ll help him all he can, give him desk room, etc., so unless T hear from you that you have an objection to his going T think I shall place him there. Few and Marshall both think that under the circum stances We had better let him remain there. The signs are all out and no clianges will be required. He w^ll stay at my officer here until he gets orders from Mr. Wild what to do. I am seeing the Standard Oil peoJ>ie and am go^ng over the matter with them that you talked about but have no definite word to send you, Very truly youfs. G. M. Dodge. ... fi/ 371 QOncord> Jan. 17, 1894. Dear General:- Yours was rec'd in ansv/er to mine about Endicott. Since then there have appe ared in the sensational papers various articles or reports about lhis contract that led to the loss of his situation, much exaggerated as usual. I only trust that the lessonhas not been lost upon him, but as I intimated, he should not obtain money or be charged with responsibilities. Yet, if any work, hard. honest, and humble might he given him to do it would be a good thing for him as well as necessary, I can but believe that he now intends to do well and he can if he will. This , should he call on you, though he may not do so, I will not trouble yo\i with an answer, but as he mentioned you I ■'■hought it was due to you that you should be apprized of the facts in the premises. 'incerely ycurs Gen. G. M . Dodge, A. P. Putij^arri, S73 New York, January 18, 1894, 'un-i "•I bXw accff, Frank Trumbull, Esq., " L,. Denver, Colorado. • Dear Sir:- I was before three of the reoe^'vers of the Union Pacific who are present here, Mr. Mink, Mr. Goudert and Mr. Do>ne and heard read the decision of Judge Dundy upon.the traffic agreement between the.U.P. and the.U.P.D.& C. and upon the consoldiated charter"whlch provides for one-half the trackage from Denver to Cheyenne on the Colorado Central. No doubt you have that before you, T presented to them the question, first, thot the U.P. to bd equitable should give a percentage to thn U.P. D & G. equal to any percentage that was gWen to any other I'ne; that the percentage to the U.P.D & G. Sii-^uld be larger than the percentage of tic Oregon Short L^'ne for the following reasons: First. The gross earnings per mile of the two roads ape about the same, and also when you take the U.P.D.5; G. system. Fort Uorth to Denver, the total gross earnings of each are about the same, -wh^le •the net earnings of the U.P.D.& G. are much less. This comes from the fact th.at the grades and curvature on the U.P.D.& G. are much heavier than those on the Oregon Short line, and therefore the same power on the Oregon Short Line will haul at least one-th^rd.more cars than on the U.P.!:&G(S: at the same cost. Th^t is shov7n on the rpport of the U.P. in 1893, including ten months. Tt shows there that the gross earnings per pwwenue train m*le on the Oregon Short L'ne are 1.75^ while ' upon the U. P. T). ?c r , they are 1.47. The cost on ti.e Oregon Short line is 1.13, whilst upon the UP. D. ^ g. it is 1.26. This shows not only that we are at a disadvantage in the number of cars we haul but in the cost of hauling them, therefore if there were to te any reduction of the percentages paid for the-benefit of the U. P. . prpperty it should come from that portion of.its system which is earning fully its interest, rather than from that portion w;ich is deficient In its•interest. The Receivers of the U. G. are there to look after this property, and when they discriminate against the U. P. D. 3c G. they discriminate against the U. :. itself, because it owns, of the $22,000,000 of vonds outstanding $14",000,000, and of the stock ou standing $13,000,000, a very muc], larger proportion than it owns of the fregon Short Line. The receivers could present no argument for this, excepting that the property being divorced from the Union Pacific in a.sepate Receiver's hands they did not consider that.thdy should treat It the'same as a a property similarly situated w-;ich was still controlled by the Receivers of the U.P. That position, however, was only taken by one of the Receivers. They tried to treat the buelnsess of tiie line from Denver to Julesburg as being of low grade and s'miarly situated as the 0 egon Short Lin;e ; tl.at it was that did the busines, but T continued in that this business was concentrated from all parts or our Denver, and it was the cost to us of that'concentratlon that they got the profit of, wli'lst they paid when it was routed direct from Denver to Julesburg only on .hat portion of the line of low grades and curvature, giv'ng us nothing for what we concentrated at Denver locally oiirselves. 374 I don't know how you are rout'nc your business but 1 suppose that you are routine or should route everyt. ing that is a car-load from the point loaded to Julesburg og beyond, v/here it is under any agreement of right of m^'leage, but fdr that portion of the business which comes off our lines and condentrates at Denver and there goes into a manufactured product, we can only obtain^the percentage from Denver to Julesburg. This po'nt should b'- very strongly put, and also the point that this discrimination is absolutely "against the U. P. Itself and only punishes a very small portion of the owners of the property, wh'lst its effect might be to "disintegrate the U. P. D. & G* Now as to the traffic.arfangeme t that provides that they shall transport our cars Or trains from Denver to Cheyenne at cost, the court should consider thtit "qTlestion in c necti on with the consolidation. When the property was consolidated the Colorado Central owned property extending some distance northwest of Fort Collins.and the Colorado Central of Wyoming extended from Colorado Junction to the.Wyoming line. Instead of filling in that gap -"n order to make the consolidation legal, connecting all its'pdrts, the trackage right on page three of the Colorado & Union Pacific recited that the agreement of traffic from Denver to Cheyenne was made in order"that the U.P. could run the line from Denver to "Cheyenne as it was .a part of its main line and for economy, and the consolidation unless that right was given to the" Colorado Central Railway as a transfer to us could not have been made. This trackage right, as recited in the Cdloi-ado Central, enabled'the U, P. . to put into the consolidation a protjrty that .none of us desired, the line from Cheyenne to the Northwest; a piece of property which ^ never has earned its operating expenses and is absolutely cut off from us by this'action of the court. How a Court can-wipe out that part of the consolidation agreement which says, on page three, "The Colorado Central Railroad co any ajso operates the following line"of railroad dnder a joint tight to use tracks of the Un on Pacific Railroad Company, to.wit, Ec, Is beyond my coraprehension_when it absolutely cuts in two a consolidated road that this right alone enabled it to consolidate upon. The taking away of this right"is much more farreaching than/the simple business-between Sen-ver and the Northwestern road*. It*absolutely controls the rate on all stock and everything else that comes from the whole length of the"U. consolidated and owned, from Ft. Worth to Denver, beca^-se if the U.P. is allowed to put in the rate upon our through business on the.distance from-Denver to Cheyenne they can absolutely.stop all that business, which"is the" only paying business that the road obtains North of Cheyenne. Again, this condit' on. was accepted b the U. P. n. Sc G, in" Hue of ompleting the few miles between theend of the Colorado"Central of Colorad'o and the Colorado" Central, of Wyoming, the theory being that there was no necessity for'two parallel lings, and this right was given up by me \^on.the absolute condition and understanding that the right from Denvef* to Cheyenne, was a perpetual one that could not be broken, and in order to make it so the ccntract was first made between the Colorado Central and the If'. P. for jo'nt trackage. C .o.) u ' .r.£> t » . » ' X'y ,.'1* .JOiJ i ,j ii oc'iJX) .IfhenX 375 i4i T have not presented fully the question on this trackage right to the Receivers here yet, as T was not aware when T went over there that the decisio'^ carried this Colorado Central trackage right. The question T wish to raise with you, which T fiid partially with Mr, Coudert, the lawyer there, is how Judge ^undy gets the r^'gh to wipe out a trackage agrement made between two roads both located in Colorado, both of them under the jurisdiction of Judge Ilallett. It seems to me if there is any question as to the Colorado trackage right between the TJ. P. and fehe Colorado Central and the U. P. D. &G. where all the property is situated in Colorado, that Judge -'allett mu have absolute jurisdiction over it, and it seems to me that this is '• matter you should consult Judge Hallett upon. T can see that Judge Dundy knew how f ar-r-^aching this decision would be, and therefo would not make it ex parte, Tt ^s unfortunate, T expect, for you that the lawyers you have are not thoroughly posted in this entire matter, like those who made out all the papers, but wit:i Mr. Tueeier with you, you oug.^t to get at all the facts. Judge Dunday may wipe out the traffic agreenssnt for the present, except that portion that Is a part of the consolidation, but how he can go in and wipe out a part of the consolidation thkt is absolutely vital to make the consol idation upon, and without which it could not be made except by complet-'ng the Colorado Central to the Colorado State line and to Cheyenne, I cannot understand. Yours truly, G. M. TX)dge. o?7 Jan., I8S4 Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 18, 1894 Gen'l. G. M. Dodge. No.I, Broadway, Hew York City. Dear General;- I have been busy of late and have not before had time to make out Nixon Building Fund account to Jan, 1st, 1894. The charge of ^^^99.25 for Sewer connection is reduced ?I3.00 by refund, credited on Jan. and covers half expense of taking it up Story St., past Squires property, and all the expense from Street intersection up through your yard to a direct connection with main sewer from house; makes no connection with cess-pool. New sewer pipes were laid in cellar a year ago, so the sewerage pipes are new throughout. There is one more improvement needed a't the house and that is a new lining to water tank; when I was there I kept the old one patched up so it did very well but it has been leaking lately and I ordered the water drawn off and it is now empty. Bixby says to re-line will cost *95. for 5 lb, lead and vII2. for 6 lb. lead; it seems to be only thing to do as the pipes in house will not stand direct pressure and by keeping tank in use in times of rain and city water at other times; it will supply basins in 2nd story. City water now runs into tank, also to sink and feeds steam boiler in cellar, also in bath room and water closet. Please say which weight of lead is best to use; if you think that is best thing to do. When I made out statements I look up vouchers and pack them away so they can be referred to. The taking away of earth from Story St., has been quite expensive as the street runs through the bluff into the hollow; I have paid 5 cts per yard. I have consented that 1000 yards more may be taken out this winter at 4 cts. so as to aid teamsters, who are having hard times; otherwise I should let the hill rest for a while. I send drafts to-day of flOO. each to E.STauffer and to Kenny & Clark to apply on their bills. Yours truly. N.P.Dodge. Jan. 1894 VERMONT " ROLL OF HONOR." Office Vermont Publishing Company. Burlington, Vt., Jan. 24, 1894, Dear Sir and Comrade have undertaken to publish a personal history of the life and military record of every Vermont soldier, together with his protrait. The work is intended to provide a biographical sketch of every honorably discharged soldier and sailor, and reflect the spirit, pnius and patriotism of each. Your service for your countrv is more honorable and accomplished greater results than all the Kinrs hp be left until after governments you are on dead. earth. You A know biographical better than sketch anyone should elsenot what IS the best work of your life, or the most interesting in your war history. The old soldiers are fast passing away. What «e do must be done quickly, and ought not the record be made at once, before the data and actors pass away? No one can tell perfectly the storv of a life so well as he who has lived it. work is not limited to officers, but includes the soldier, the rank and ftle, the bone and sinew of the army Fflag to hand 3 it down to posterity untarnished. fighting and When saved you die the there old may be put up a stone giving your name and age. Is tha? all vorLve "Ith this record? YourjrJenL and children may know of you, but will their children know that vou ever lived. This printed record with your protrait will be handed generation to generation, reproducing at the fireside tL to which yoSr desoende^fwln point With pride. This will be a beautiful work, and will stand in your home as a reminder of scenes in which you had a personal intp3pfi+ vour^?„ your family and friends, and a personal lns^ruc?or memorial to o/pa^MoUsm be preserved as as a tribute to your P°=tplty worth and as perpetuating well as In tohousands chilren's of Mb^^ler children' an honored name in the Nation's history. While momimpnto 33 a°nd":ni'%^° '5^ Biography PP^P^®^ Is -?;ndTs'lb:o™te;y\mpe?IshL1e Infinitely more valuable thaf gone, future r, ages °P will ™™'"®nt, see the and faces, many and years read after with we are dead and^ inM3d3°fh® Include the names of surviving children, the country. date of Besides marriage it Ldwiu''^ in es?aSuh?ng'so:; g^ernLSt cLJS!='k"feSpl:srof"t^r'^ T"® ^to every thoughtful comrade. recommend itself bVio who is pre-eminently work Will be fitted under for the it personal havlnir supervision boon +3 of Pen '®";r«^'Peck, T P p«f>v Re;rBed'Ls?i3'3?\e?monrT3LpB!' We'L've'SSgf ou3 ^ep^e^falSe ti 380 call upon you as soon as practicable, and explain this matter fully, when we trust you will give him such a sketch of your life and war record as you would be pleased to see in a work of this characher. Yours very truly, '■ VERMONT PUBLISHING COMPANY •4' ' Jan. 1894 VERMONT ROLL-OF HONOR Office • Vermont Publishing Company Burlington, Vt., Jan. 24, 1894 My Dear Comrade While the Revised Roster of Vermont in the War of the Rebellion was under way, I endeavored to conceive some plan whereby the individual records of Vermonters serving in regiments from the Green Mountain State and otherwise might be handed down to future generations as a reminder of the days spent by our gallant sons in the service of there country. It was impossible, however, to formul ate a plan until the idea of the Vermont Roll of Honor was suggested, and already the work on the first volume is well under way, some three hundred records with photographs having been obtained of our gallant men. I write this letter to say that we are anxious to receive your record, and if you will fill out the enclosed order, and send me the best possible photograph of yourself, taken either during the war or since, also a sketch of your life, you will be contributing to the first and best record of the war of the rebellion that has ever been produced, and I am sure you will have a work which you can hand down to your descendants with great pride. A page picture with a page record of some three hundred words will cost v24 first volume, and a picture and record on the same page will cost f.I2.00 first volume, all subsequent volumes ?6. There will be several volumes, and in the first part of each one will be the pictures and records of the War Governors of Vermont, The Adjutant, '^Quartermaster, and Surgeon Generals, and as far as'can be procured the original commanding officers of the Vermont organiza tions. There will also be the records of Vermonters who served in the regular army, navy, veteran reserve corps, U. S.-Colored troops as well as Vermonters who served in organizations of other states. The production of this book has been delayed on account of the death of Comreade E. W. Hopkins, who had charge of the field work but the enthusiasm and interest of our comrades is so great that'I ' shall endeavor to go with the work. Complimentary letters have been received from the Adjutants General of many states, congratulatinpVermont upon starting this idea. xc^oxng In order that this volume may be issued as soon as possible will you please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience, stat ing how many copies you wish. Enclosed please find sample pages, showing what the work will be. l> * Awaiting early reply, believe me, with best wishes. Yours in P. C. & L., „ , T. S. Peck. Comrade:— There is so much correspondence to do and short a time in 382 which to do it that I am obliged to send you a printed letter, but can assure you that I-would be glad to write you personally in my own handwriting and at length was there time, T.S.P, Jan. 25, 1894 S83 Gen. G. M. Dodge NORWICH UNIVERSITY NORTHFIELD, VERMONT, Jan. 25,1894 My Dear Sir: I had just posted a letter asking for a copy of your address when I received the copy which you kindly sent. I have arranged with the Editors of the Reveille to publish it in their February number. They agree to make the whole number an especially good one and to allow me to read all the proof so that it may be made as valuable as possible for advertising. We all consider it a great speech and a strong one and we feel for the first time that we have had our case presented to the world as it should be. Good results will surely come from it. Would you like to read the proof? It could be sent without mak ing any delay as it will be some time before it will come out. I would like to have you read the proof if you can conveniently. We will read the first proof here and get it nearly correct. I believe you have received your Alumni Record. We shall probably print it before commencement and should you learn of other addresses I would be glad to know of them. I see the paperi that Senator Proctor has introduced a bill in favor of Mr. Danbar Ransom. I trust it will be passed as I think he was a very able officer. Yours very truly. John B. Johnson. Jan., 1894 Publishing Office of Louis H. Everts & Co. 355 L.H.Everts E.A.Everts P. F.CiOist 52 and 54 Ilorth 6th St. (Dictated) Philadelphia, Jan. 26th, 1894 Gen. G.M.Dodge, New York City, Dear General:- This will introduce Mr. J.T.Laram, who will explain his mission, and I trust you will do me the personal favor to give him a little time. First, you must try to give him your photograph, taken during the War Period, and in Uniform, if possible, as page portraits will be shown in my work of all Army, Department and Corps Commanders. If you can give the work a little attention, so that you can recommend it, I shall be pleased. Thus far, it has created great interest among the better element of the ex-soldier. Sincerely and fraternally yours. L. H. Everts ^1^ January, 1895, Fort Dodge, Iowa, January 29, 1895 Genl. . Do(^ e, No. 1 Broadway, New York. Dear General: Nr. Aldrich, the Editor of the Annals of -^owa, writes me that when he built a house and permanently established his honie in Boone, he did not think that the state would m,ake the historical Department a pernianent institution. But as it is, his hoihe is in Boone, and his work in Bes W'Oines. He says that when Nr. Martin superintended your Road from Bes ^''Oines to Boone he gave him free transportation, which was a great convenience and some saving in view of the fact that he gener ally goes home Saturday and returns Rionday . Since Nr. Martins resign ation and Nr. Hubbell's appointment he has not felt free to ask him for such a favor, and wishes, if you feel free to doso, that you would aid hin. in securingi such transportation. Yours very truly, C . C. Carpenter. Feb., 1894 3S1 Chicago, 111., Febry. 1st,1894 Dear Genl;- In mafting the loan to Coal Co., I wish you would make the interest payable quarterly with the payment of fbOO which we propose to continue to Mrs. Dodge for five or six months and other payments . I can see we shall run out of money in spring and early summer, very likely have to borrow some for awhile. Not jffithstanding this fact, I should say to Mrs.D. I that you have directed me to pay her per month out of income of your G.M.D. and children's part of trust fund for five months beginning 1st day of March, some of which she will need to use while her trust fund is being invested and before interest payments will begin to come in and some will enable her to pay up bills,retc., referred to. This will make half of the ?5000 she thinks she ought to have and when times are better and things again on the up grade and properties in which you have so much invested and bringing in no income but are an expense. Then if the family want a cottage on sea shore you might be disposed to help them to it, but you do not want to want to impair the capital of the remaining trust to do it if you can help it. There are my views after talking matter over with you. I do not think Mrs. D. or the children realize how your income is I reduced by the properties in which you are interested not paying interest, when I explain situation to them I think they will realize they are asking too much, I leave for home feeling better than when I came and the charges in this trust fund knowing that it is satisfactory to all the members of the family will relieve me of care although adding to my labors. Very truly , N.P.D. I am very glad to see you looking so well. I have felt sometimes as of your days were being shortened but I can see that with the care you are taking of yourself, you will have new lease of life. N.P.D. Feb., 1894 Council Bluffs, Iowa,2/l4-I894 Dear Gen'l;- Mr, Pusey is having some good applications for Farm Loans and would like to get .'"'10,000 more the last of this month from Heinemann. If you approve of his advancing it please write him that he is authorized to advance it when called for and deduct from your note when paid. Very truly. N,P.Dodge. r^. n RTtr 3S5 February, 1894 Hastings, Nebr., Feby. 7th, 1894 ^ear General; I read in the Chicago Interocean of late date your story of the hanging of the rebel spy at Pulaski Tenn. in 63. I was present at the tiriie and your story was niost interesting to me . You perhaps remember a Chaplin ri.ade a prayer at the tiii.e for said spy. This was printed and circulated in slips aii.ong our soldiers. I had one at the tin.e but dont know what became of it. Could you send me or tell me where I can secure one of those slips you will oblige me. I was wounded in left thigh at Battle of Belmont, Mo. 61 and ray leg was arai-utated last April above knee. I cant think, as the member in Congres.-., i t was much of a picnic. I ani now well and wound healed. Sincerely yours. Levi Carkins, Private Co. B 7 iowa.Inft. 3S7 Feb., 1894 Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2/I4-I894 Dear Gen'l.jI have not heard from j^ou since you returned to New York neither have I heard from Boque & Co., d>r anyone about payment of notes since letter I sent you. The enclosed letter I received from Ella sometime ago and advised her to consult with you about the matter of.remaining in the house when you came on 1st of May. I explained to Mr, Pusey situation of N.B.Trust Fund. Your not thinking it wise to break into the CapitM'-- necessity of continuing Mrs.Dodge allowance until she derived a revenue from the portion to be set apart for her benefit. The loss of income while money to be paid in was being invested hence the impossibility of making revenue cover even the payments now promised during coming year. ( When Ella has other members of familji-there I suppose her expenses are increased and with Frank's income I can readily see how they find it difficult to bring expenses down to it, but I dont see how Nixon B. Fund will stand any further drafts upon it. If Ella has on her hands too expensive a house. Lettie has the extra expense of educating her children so they are about equal on that score. When Nixon B. PMjnd is permainently invested again and your matters in better shape I should think it wise to increase their allowance. The Boidiers re-union here is post-poned to June I9th. 20th and 2Ist. ' Very truly. N. P. Dodge. Feb. 1894 3S9 Dear Gen'1.jCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, 2/I7-I894 I am sorry to hear of your illness and have no doubt a few weeks at Hot Springs would be beneficial to you. The baths, rest and change of climate will all do you good. You must let up on your head work, your constitution will not stand so much continuous brain work. I will cut slips from * and send I hear nothing from Boque and do not now look for payment of money until due 22nd of March. Yours very truly. N. P. Dodge Feb. 1894 \ ' : . » ,, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Feb. 19, 1894 Gen. G. M. Dodge, No.I Broadway, New York, N.Y. My Dear GeneraljI have your recent letter. Regretted to learn that your health had been poor, but glad that you are on the mend. I was very much pleased to learn that my second article pleased you. It was not all that I would like to have made it, because, as I wrote you, it was written whilst I was driven and harrassed with private matters. I intend to go on and write about your civil career but I will not be able to do it for some months as it will require considerable reading and investigation of documents to flo the subject justice, and the hard times make it worse for me to give attention to other matters to keep my neck above water. I have received two vory appreciative letters from Col. Keatley and he has furnished me a very important fact which I shall use when I get to it. Do you know whether Gen'l. Sprague is living and if so. do you know where he is? I always liked him and would like to send him a copy of the article if he is alive. I think with you, that this Democratic outfit which is at the head of public affairs has manifested an ignorance and imbecilitv disgraceful to our civilization. If they will only get out of it before they run the industries of the country it will be a happv deliverance. Yours very sincerely, C. b. Carpenter. 403 New York, February 19, 1894. Frank Trumbull, Esq., Denver, Colorado, Dear Sir:- I wrote you a personal letter about the coupons presented by Mr. Mink. Of course T do not know upon what ground they base their presentation of these coupons. They certainly are no debt against the Union Pacific, Denver h Culf Company, as their claim is for interest due prior to the consolidation. They ere never presented as a part of the indebtedness of the companies which were consol* dated, but they v;ere absolutely throvm out by the Union Pacific Company itself when the consolidation was made. The U. P. did not then claim that they were a debt against the consti tuent companies, and T do not think that any books of the U. P.D.&G* or of any other -"f the constituent companies will show that they were such debt. If they had been they would have been recognized in the consolidation and paid for by an issue of U.P.D.3c C, first mortgage bonds. Mr. Mink once spoke to me in relation to these coupons and told me that they .vere held by the U. P. Co., but said that he did not consider that they were any debt against the U. P. U. ^ G, or that they should have been considered in the consolidation. Of course if they had ever been presented before the consolidation we would have promptly looked into the case and seen whether or not they were a proper charge. They do not appear in any statement during the time we were considering the consolidation as a debt against the Govern ment or in any statements made by the U. P. D. & G. for itself, as being a debt. I do not understand the reasons which govern the officers of the company in now presenting them. Tt may be that the Receivers have found them on hand in the Treasury of the U. P. Company and that they assumed the responisibility of presBtling them. As soon as T have an interview with the U. P. Receivers, T will ask for full information in regard to them. Perhaps Mr. T*heeler, of Denver, would know something ab ut them and could tell whether or not they were ever brought to his attent'on. am somewhat better today but still coflfined to my room. As soon as T am able to travel X nope to go to the Hot Springs of Arkknsas in hopes that a few weeks there will greatly improve my health. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge, Vice-resident. Feb.. 1894 ft u ' ^-■" ■ 4G5 Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2/21, 1894 Dear Gen'l;- I learn from Mr, Heinemann,the Att'ys of N.Y.Life deem the ambiguous expression in your Trust Deed to me of sufficient importance to bring suit to remove any possible cloud it may occasion and that we both are expected to be in Chicago in April to give needed testimony and he intimates there will be no pay ment until after this matter is cleared up so they can get their ^loan. I write him in reply if that if is situation I do not want any more money for Mr.Fusey and had I have been informed of situation should not have written you upon the matter. Had I not better have the Nixon Trust notes now with 1st Nat,Bank Chicago returned to Kountz Bros., where they are pay able so as to have them there on 22nd March when they become due. If so, shall they be sent by express or Reg.letter. Very truly, N.P.Dodge. 407 New York, Febraary 24, 1894. ••.rrl r.r ill * j W / Frank T^umbull, > » • - , Denver, Colorado. , • Dear Sir:- . .x,. T have not bee:\ able to get out nor to have a meeting with the Union Pacific Receivers, but so far as I can learn the.v are d^* sposed to f^ght matters out in the courts. It seems as though the more we stand up for our rights the less disposed are they to.give tliem to us. The reason why is beyond my comprehension. This is the first time in my experience where T ever saw persons who desired to destroy •(^h0ip own property. There may be some ■ rand tactics in it which T do not understand, such perhaps as where in war we surrender a small part of our forces for the purpose of gaining a greai battld with the other portion 6f them. That is the only way T can see anything to be p-aned by their actions, unless they consider the policy to be. to dis integrate the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf lines and take what they want out of thera. - 4.1 0 + I notice in the discussion before the Committee of the Senate that I.Ir. ■ Bossevain, who wants more for the bonds of the Oregon Short line, v;hich has nothing behind it except the stock of the r egon Navigation Co^ which'never has earned a cent, said in answer to a question by Mr. Wolcott that he thought the Gulf lines were a burden upon tlB Union Pacific property, but these matters will all be changed whenever they come to a discussion before th full committee. It $3 very important in this view of the case that your attorney before Judge Caldweli should make a plain presentation of the Gulf's Road's case, taking fe hrongly the position of the injury to the Union Pacific Company caused by the action of that company. I do not know whether you intend to contest the right of Judge Caldweli to juris diction in this case. My attorneys here say that where in the absence of a Circuit Judge two district Judges sit as Circuit Judges, as they understand Hallett and Riner are odoing, there is no appeal to the Cirtuit Court. „ j . x Judge Gresliam refers to a decision of that kind in te case of the Indiana, Decatur ^ Sprin-field Railroad Company, w ere Judge W-^ods filed a'brief in the case, which is cons-dered by lawyers unanswerable. If your lawyers have not got it, it can probably be obtained or they can send for it. It was in a suit for foreclosure of the T.D. and S R R. and Judge Woods' brief was considered an able and learned opinion, holding that the Circuit Judge has not the power upon r turning to his circuit to set aside actions wh'ch have been taken in his absence by the District Judge sitting as a Circuit Judp. I am told that the Union Pacific at the meeting in Omaha will endeavor to have some decision made by Ca dwell which will give the acts of Judge Dundy the authority of the Circuit Court, so as to cover all of the popertv that is within the jurisdiction of Caldweli as Circuit Judge. This would be for the purpose of avoiding the going So far kiiK as U.P.D.ac G. is concerned that question should be 408 pressed with all the ability"you have. T am not lawyer enough to ^ know what the bearings in these matters are, but am $old it is ^ a very necessary thing for you to follow them up closely. T notice that the U.P. ^"s seeking to undo several contracts, such as the.Rock Island and the St. Paul contracts for traffic "over the bridge. Mr. Clark "s here but i.e is s-'ck and I have not'seen him. No doubt I shall do so before he-returns or before I myself go south. hWhilst.you may be.able to negotiate with them the operations of the road, etc., I think where are concerned payme ts that the . receivers have.received, etc, they will want to fight out in the r courts thinking tliat they have not the authority to compromise them. Then again two of the receivers of the U.P. are lawyers and will want to keep cases in the courts as much as possible. , I do.not understand how the Government is interested in the suits, yet I see by the papers that Judge Cowin is to appear on behalf of the Government. I think it would be very hard for h^'di to tell where the.Government was injured, if the interest upon the collateral trust notes was paid as I suggested,'by raising the price of the securities upon which they are based; or, by paying the coupons of the Colorado.Central or the U. P. D. & G. bonds. Let me hear from you ^f you have information as to the policy . our attorneys propose to pursue in this case, and.what their opinions of it are. , Very truly yours, " ' ^ " .. ■ ' ir, ' r G. M. 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I.!. Hubbell, Des Moines, Iov/a» York. Februar" 24, 1894, Dear Sir:- - I received your favor of Feb.. 19th. 1 have also seen the Mr. Martin. I have been confined to my room ever since ^ returned from 8hica;^o and have seen no one; in fact have been too sick to see any one, therefore, it is imposrible for me to say anythir-.g about tbe bonds. • I-have found that they are more v/idely scattered than i had supposed them to be an" several peOple have got to be seen. I can control absolutely three hundrei of them and I think probably another hundred, but one of the parties v/ho ovms fifty of the last hundred is not nov; in the city and will not be foi' a week or so. • As to the stock: As i told you when in. Chicago, I am willing to reduce my stock to ^20,000 per mile, then reduce that pro rata according to the amount.of bonds 1 hold; that is certainly more than fair. The balance of the sotkc I have no control of. I have talked to Mr. Martin, who is willing to reduce his stock to "^20,000 per mile ,but he is net willing to giv( tie 40/' as he cannot see any way of getting his money back if he should do so. You say in yoiir le ter that he is willing to turn back his stock to nt , but I am not disposed to take it from him. You have over 2,000,000 of bonds which cost you a very small sum whilst all the bonds I have cost me more than par, and unless I can gat something for my stock I never can get back the principal amount which i put into the property, to say nothing of the interest. I also want arrangements made to pay the coupons I resei-^ved last July and those which are outst ndir.g* beyond bonds numbered up to 650. Those are all now giving trouble. You took care of oil the money which was due at the last meeting. 1 do not think you shcyld have ta]:en in payment the stock of the Des Moines Tenninal Company, for if this agreement was not carried out it would mat--rially decrease the value'^of the railway company s stock. As soon as i can get out to reach tl^cse people on iheir bonds 1 will do so. I, myself, think it is askinthem a good deal of perrons who have no interest in the property' except their stock to reduce it and give up almost one-half of it and then tie U25 the balance in a trusteerhij) for several years. 1 do not believe that under the circumstances'you would for one moment consider such a proposition, i can see, of course, that it would be to tlie advantage of those having the bonds to use their stock to make a deal with the bonds and that I am perfectly willing to do. Then arnin the trouble with those having the bords outstcndirg Is, t-intthey consider that thos- holding so large a maloritv of them will look out for the property, and it is hard to get them to give up their coupons and take n lower i^riced coupon wlien we could shovf them that even when v;e had 50^ of the earnings the coupons were paid. I know that some of the bond-holders here are goii-ig to hoi out on behalf of sonetliing for giving up t eir 5% coupons. You know there has never been any trade made with these bond-holders except where 1 have had to submit to some claim or pay some- - thing, the s -m as I had to pay this last January cash for all those coupons on bonds outstanding, here.. Youps very tnily. G. M. Vodge. Feb. 1894 411 Council Bljiffs, ^owa, 2/26-1894 Dear Gen'l;- I have received the two Duplicate Agreements, G.M.Dodge, Mrs. G. M. Dodge, Miss Annie Dodge and N.P.Dodge creating a Trust for Mrs. Dodge and also two aggrements G.M.Dodge and N.P.Dodge creating trust for G.M.D. and children. I will look them over carefully again and if there is no objection, sign. There is one thing that occurs to me. We expected to have the money in hand before these new trusts were consummated and Mrs. Dodge directed me by letter to invest her money until otherwise ordered in Real Estate mortgages through Mr. Pusey. Before I let these agreements go out of my hands .1 may want to procure from her an order which recognizes that the investment is now in Nixon Bldg. mortg. I am glad to have these agreements duly signed in my possession because I feel this trust matter is simplified and in very much better shaped for all concerned. I think Mr. Pusey is willing Mrs. Dodge should invest part of her money in Chicago mortgage through Mr. Heinemann and when she returns I think I shall suggest it to her. If all her money was invested in small mortgages it would increase both care and work for me and I am planning to reduce both in all my other affairs. I will lend you list Nixon Bldg. Fimd Securities as I have them so there will be an understanding what is to be listed on the agreement. Yours, N.P.Dodge 415 March, 1894 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., Mar. 12, 1894 Frank Trumbull, Esq., Dear Sir: Receiver Denver Colo. I received your despatch and sent imiriediately to the Post Office, and obtained your two favors of 5th and which I wired you, are very satisfactory. The raising of the percentages on our New York business is a very important matter. I think that business will grow. I am glad that the Governor went south with you. I think that if he looks into the details of the work he will change his views about a great many things. I have always considered the Morgan line our strongest ally, because they are much better prepared for Yours truly. G . M.. Dodge . 4i7 March, 1S94. Arlington-Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., March 12, 1894 Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of 8th March, the Springs for my health. here at It is hard to answer your questions. The earnings of the U. P. D. & G. are now very small. It is suffering, like all roads; and this more because it has lost the percentages formerly allowed it by the Union Pacific Company. I think it is the general opinion of the stock and bond holders that it would have been better if the road had remained in the hands of the original Receivers, but the Courts thought other wise . The Union Pacific Company although it is the owner of a large majoritv of the property, does not, in my opinion, treat it fairly. Their reasons for it I do not understand. It seems to me that being the owners of the property they should aid it in its business as much as possible, giving it at.least the same treat ment as it gives to its other branches, but this it does not do, therefore the Receivers of t};e road are forced to do the best they can, it being a continuous conflict. I myself have no doubt that when business again starts up the road will do as well as it ever has done, and if the U. P. declines to give it the percentage formerly allowed it will be easy for it to obtain them from others, but of course it would be a hard struggle to obtain the advantages heretofore given by the guarantee upon our bonds. In the reorganization of the entire U. P. System, no doubt an offer will be made to this road, but upon what condition it is now hard to decide because it is impossible to tell, as yet, what the Government will do with Ihe Union Pacific oroperty. So far as I can see, the roa. is being ably handled. "The Receiver, Mr. Trumbull is giving his close attention to it. He is an honest man, and a man of considerable experience, and he is using all his energies to work in harmony with his connections. The reorganization committee has not done anything be cause we liavo nothing on which to base any action; before we can do an-thing we must see what course the courts are going to take in the contest between the U. P. Receivers and the U. P. D. & g. Receivers and also what the U. P. reorganization comrrittee oroposes to offer us. pc^ Any inforniatio ■. whcjLJi.we may receive, bearing upon the case will be transmitted tb'the bond holders. The earnings of the road since the first of January have fallen off from 40 to 50^. So far all decisions in the contest between the Re ceivers have been in favor of the U. P. D. & G. The U. F. however has appealed them to the Circuit Court and no final decision on them can be obtained before the end of this month. The indications now are that by the Kiiddle of April business will begin to move all along the line, and then we .expect better earnings. Very truly yours, G . . Dodge . Geo. C. Worrell, Esq., Boston, Wass. P.O.Box 2817. 419 iVlarch, 1894 Arlington T'otel, Hot Springs, Ark., Iv'ar. 15, 1894 Frank Trumbull, Esq., Receiver, Denver, Colo. Dear Sir: - I have carefully read the letter of your attorneys, which makes plain to n.e the situation and is a bout what I had myself thought. The opinion of Judge-'A'oods was filed. In that case Judge Gresham did exactly what our attorneys say they see no chance of being done, namely, he reversed Judge lYood's decision. In the slip I sent, I sent the name, and numiber of the case. General Swayne, who have me the case says that the argument of Wood is universally used as being good law and unanswerable, but it was not a deci:iion of a court. I i\ish you would instruct K:r. Patterson, when he is in Omaha, as the matter progresses, to drop me here an ocdsional line, for my inf orm.ation. I do not care about his telegraphing it. He can just give me tl'.e drift of matter. In my opinion, there is a great deal in the future of one road depending upon this decision and also a great deal in the treatment we will receive in the reoi'ganization. I take it from kr. darks letters that, as I wrote you from Hew York they had concluded to do nothing except under the orders of the Court. The question then arises, after the court ha.s made the orders, if it should bt in our favor, will they endeavor to carry it out, in spirit as well as in letter? I trust they will. I am apparently gettin very little benefit from the treatmient h.ere . Am not yet able to go out. Very truly yours, G . M. ^^odge . 421 ^1^ I/arch, 1894. Washington, D. C., March 11th, 1894. My dear General; Herewith please find enclosed an article clipped from "Washing ton Post," which will no doubt bring to your mind the reminisences of old war times ani which are sometimes pleasant to refer to. I sincei-ely trust my dear General, that you have entirely recovered from, your pain ful rheumatism. Both Mr. Hasbrook and myself were so favorably;,impress ed with your goodness of heart and manhood, and will remember with so much pleasure having met you and our trip froii. N. Y. to St. Louis. You niust be sure and get acquainted with Mrs. Lyman Hay, the managers ife cf the Arlington Hotel. She is a most charming lady and very cheerful. Mr. Hasbrook and myself failed in getting control of th.e Fort Worth Gazette. The same old management seciired it. Suppose it will be continued in the samie old way. For the good of Ft. Worth and Texas, I hope they will change its policy . With a renewal of my warnest wishes for your good health and future prosperity. I am yours most respectfully, J. E. Caven. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. 423 Karch, 1894 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., March 15, 1894 Geo. Bethum Davis, Esq. Secy. Union League Club, New York City. Dear Sir: Replying to your circular letter of 8th inst., Mr. P. T. Sb-errnan, who is a candidate for admission to the Club, is a son of Gen'l. Wm. T. Sherman. He is a lawyer by profession, of good standing at the bar of New York City. I have known him from his boyhood up to today. He is a young man of ability, integrity and excellent habits, and a thorough Republican, and in my opin ion he would be a commendable addition to the Membership of the Club. I urge his election for these reasons, and for many others of which the coranittee is aware, not only on account of himself individually but also on account of his father. Very truly yours. G. L . Bodge 425 March, 1894 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., Mar,16, 1894 C. M'. Clapp, Esq., The Maples, Roxbury, Mass. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of 12th instant forwarded to me here from New York. I have been earnestly at work in behalf of the widow of General Corse, ever since the bill was presented. I have written or spoken to all my friends in both Houses, about it. - I did not suppose that there was any doubt as to Lacy. I wrote him and will write to him again today. As foi' Kilgore, Bailey and Enloe, I have no acquaintance with them. I am here, quite sick, and have been under the weather quite a time but I hope to be better soon. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 427 March, 1894 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, ^rk., Mar.16, 1894 My dear Lacy: The Corse pension bill has passed the Senate and is now before the house. I understand that there is some opposition to it, but I hope not enough to defeat it. Whilst General Corse at one time was quite well off when he died he had very little, if anything, and his family really needs a pension. Certainly his services entitle them to it, I suppose that what objection there comes more from principle than from anything else, but when you select an officer for specially distinguished'services, such a._ General Corse rendered I cannot see how that should pertain. I feel a strong personal interest in the matter, because General Corse commanded a Division under me during the Atlanta Campaign, and was also in command of a Division of m.y Corps at the time when he made the m.emorable fight, at Altoona. He was also a member of the Society of the Arniy of The Tennessee, and I know that it is the unanimous wish of the Society that his widow should receive a pension. I intended, before I came here to go to Washington, and see some of my friends, but the fact is that since last March I have been more or less under the weather, and for the last two months have been in bed most of the time.- I believe that I am improving here. I wish, if there are any of our delegation who have any doubts about this question, that you would apeak to them for me. Very truly yours. G . M . Dodge. To. Hon. J. I. Lacey, Washington, D. C. 429 I.'arch, 1894 Arlington,Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., J'ar. 17, 1894 lion. D. K. Richardson, Secretary I. S. £ S.i.. Ass'n., Davenport, la. r/.y dear Sir: I .am in receipt of yours of Mach. 12, forwarded to me, here from' Hew York. I should think that a photograph of me, as I was during the wars would be most uroper. I have some such photographs, and will enclose a copy of the best of them. Before I decide, I would like to have the ideas of the Artists as to the time. I will accommodate myself to their views, and wishes. Has it been decided what figures and battle pieces are to be placed upon the monument? If it has, and it is a matter proper to comn^unicate I should line to know what they are and wliat they represent. General Winslow is in Paris. I will com municate with him and ask him. to correspond with you. I am sorry I was not at home to see you when you called but I have been under the weather for a lon^_ time, in fact, con fined to my room. I have been here two weeks trying to get upon my feet. I think I am some better and hope I shall soon be out. The letters which you enclosed to me I have sent to their destination, but I do not know where Iglor is, and I think Captain tiarsh is dead. Very truly yours, G . M . Dodge . r)' c. .. p i V:' . • ■ ■ - ■. I'-' - ' , "4 'U 481 Karch, 1894 Arllnfjton Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., Var. 17, 1894 Gen. Iv.. R. L'organ, Coimr.issary of Subsistence, Washington, D. Q. Ky dear General: I am in receipt of yours of Larcb. 14th. I have been under the weath r for a long time and came here to"try to get upon my feet. Have been here for "a couple of weeks and am leable to stay much longer. I can send you-.-letters to Palmer, Vilas or Cockrell, and when I return to-IIew York, I can get you letters to Cochran and Tracey. The data which you sent to me is locked up in Nev/ York and if I have to write those letters from here you will have to send me a draft of such a letter as you desire. I have taken so much medicine and have been sick for so long a time that I do not know that I could even remember anything about the case, or draft a letter which would be readable. How ever, I will do my level best for you, in any direction. I thank you very much for your interest in Alexander. I hope it will be the neams of saving the life of his wife. No man can help you in your desires more than Clarkson. He knows how to do those things and if he is favorable towards you his efforts in your behalf will be very effective. It seems to me that Vilas would be a good man. Let me hear from you again. Very truly yours, G . IVj . Dodge . 433 Iv'arch, 1894. Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., War. 18, 1894 Wy dear Henderson, I am in receipt of yours Inclosing draft of a bill for a National Military Park at the Battlefield of Shiloh. So far as I can see it is all right. The selection of the Commission, one from each Army, meets my approval but in the bill you do not say haw they shall be appointed. You say they shall be subjecL to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War and that each shall have served in one of the armies, and that the one who served in Grant's Array shall be Chairman, but I see no place where you provide for their appointment. Do you intend that they shall be appointed by organizations representing each one of these Armies and has each Array such an organization? The Army of the Tennessee and The Array of the Cumberland have but I doubt if Johnsons now has. Probably this is an oversight, and is it intended that the appointment shall be given to the Secretary of War?. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge . March, 1894 4S5 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., March 19, 1894 Geo. C. Morrell, Esq., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: « I am in receipt of yours of March 15th. Governor Evanfe entered suit last fall, to take the U. P. D. & G. out of the Company's hands before the Union Pacific went into the hands of Receivers. And according to tlie decision of the Judge, if the U. P. had not been in Receivers hands he would not have put the U. P. D. & G. there, but that Company having gone into a Receiver ship he thought that the U. P. D. & G. should have a Separate Receiver and so he appointed Mr. Frank Trumbull. The Union Pacific can only release themselves from the guarantee on the bonds by the foreclosure of their own line. Neither the Rio Grande Road nor the Atchison have ever given us any business. The only ally of the U. G.; the one which can do us most good, if they so desire is the U. P. They can use a portion of our line for their main track, and can help us in a thousand ways as no other road could do. Mr. Trumbull is doing everything he cm to get business from all the Roads, the U. P. having shown a disposition to cut off from us some of the privileges they have heretofore given us. But, as I wrote you before all these qrestions are now in Court. The real true interest of the U. G. is that is should have the entire force of the U. P. behind it, for all business, and that it should be allowed to work up to the best of its ability all tide water ports. Somehow the U. P. has thought that the tide water business, via the U. G. injured its (U.P.) business but I never could so see it. From what I ste now I am satisfied that if that policy had been pursued the road would have earned its interest easily. Answering you last question the road has considerable money on hand and is more than earning its operating expenses. Of course if the U. P. gets in its fe<..t, then it would have to account to the U. G. under the traffic agreement which would mean a large sum to us. I believe that if good times ever return and we get the volume of business over the road even without the help of the U. P. they can make a fair showing. Nothing can now be done to expedite matters. We must wait until earnings get better and courts decide the different questions, and those • of imnortance will to comn.unicated to you. Yours truly, G. M. Dodge. .H March, 1894 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., Mar. 20,1894 Frank Trumbull, Esq., Receiver, Denver, Colo. Dear Sir: I an. in receipt of your several letters. Referring to your statement of earnings for January with a net of :]!34,000 that is nearly 100^^ better than the December earn ings, I suppose that you have received from the U. P. Company the statement of earnings and expenses for the month of Decemiber 1893. From it you will see that there is shown a net deficiency of :|j)35,512.90. The trouble on the U. P. during 1893 seems to have been in their inability to bring down their expenses to somewhere near the decrease or loss of net earnings. During the year its expenses were reduced only about $300,000 while its gross earnings were reduced about ^800,000. I notice one item in their statement for December, of :^13,000 for renewal of rails. I sup.ose that in the December account there is a general cleaning up of the old U. P. accounts. The fact that our loss is ir.ade upon commodity freights, coal, and Company freights shows that we ought to be able to bring the loss of gross earnings and the decrease in expenses very vearly together. I have no doubt you are studying this question. Another question, which seems to me an important one, is that on the position we take, as to What is due us, under our contracts 'vith U. P. shoui.d be made natters of record and regular monthly statements of them should be made and charged up on the books of the Company. I have often seen heretofore intrials in Court with Receivers where the neglect of doing such things has caused us the loss of a great deal of money. Of course there is plenty of time in which to commience this, but, if it is done every month, and runs through the accounts, and stands on our books as a.debt from the U. P. to us, with this trafiic agreement behind it, it is a very valuable asset in any statement which you may make to the stockholders, and bondholders. You will have to take the adivce of the Judge or your Attornies on this. 1 ^ Point was raised with me, as against my position as to how the interest on the collateral Trust notes should be met, that a partial payment, on the interest could not be made. I think this is the position which the U. P. will take. There is nothing in that because all the property which Dread Morgan & Go. holds as a collateral Trust, is the absolute property of the U. P. Co. and goes into the hand-s of the Courts. llow, if lie applies ^55,000 per month to taking up the .coupons of for instance the Colorado Central Bonds so far as they go, it would take them all up, and then he could apply the balance to taking up coupons of the U. G. Bonds in their hands. That would be no discrimination against outside bondholders. It would be siniply liquidating one debt by paying another, and the if. F. could agree to accept such coupons so far as they would go,'for the purpose of relieving them selves of the obligations of paying these coupons. Then they may take the other side of the case and say that they are not the guarantors of the Colorado Central Bonds, and are under no obliga tions to pay the coupons. In this case let t .em apply the whole ^55,000 per month toward the payment of the coupons'on the eight millions of the U. G. Bonds they hold, which would pretty nearly wipe out that interest, and leave whatever earnings you have to apply lo the outstanding bonds. So far as I can see you appear to be handling as many cars, commercially, outside of the coal trade as you did a year ago. I shall be glad to have your statement as to what we are losing on percentages. I think they will give a good deal of information as to what we have got to make up. I hear from your efforts and your connections south on tide water business, both directly and indirectly, all the time. Everybody begins to understand that you are in the market to take that business, and Railroad people are discussing the question as to whether they will let you have it or ma..e a fight against you. Vy own boinion is that they will let you have it. What is the reason the Rio Grande will not allow you to solicit freights to its local points by the tide water route? or cannot you afford to give it the percentages it demiands? You could increase your tidewater business very materially in that way. I think I am improving somewhat here but an"still con fined to my room. If I could get on my feet I think it would do me good to get into my car and travel. Very truly yoiirs, G . ^ . Dodge . 459 April, 1894 Hot Springs, Ark., April, 1894 E. G. Townsend, Esq., 0 . P . A. etc., St. Louis, ^'o. Jli'y dear Sir: I aiii in receipt of your favor of Karch 31st. The books and circulars sent me were just what I wanted, and I aiii very much obliged to you for them. I have beep here now for about four weeks and have grown continually worse, but this fact does not in any way change my views as to the efficacy of these waters, for certain deseases. I know that in my case they are nota specific. I knew th.at when I decided to come here but I was in hO;:es that the climate and change of air would benefit me. You know I was a good deal in strumental in getting the Governmient to take up the work here, and came here when the com.missioners were laying out the place, and endeavored to make them /.rasp its future. I want to suggest to you one or two things which it seems to me will aid greatly in the development of the place . You have here now three fairly good'hotels, but what you need more than anything else is a m.odern bath house, built upon European princi ples with trained and educated attendants, under proper supervision. There, are a good many bath houses here, but there is not one comfortable one. People who are lame, or crippled need baths on a level with the floor, and a great deal larger than any of those now in use here. The bathing arrangements, here are neat and clean, but the surroundings carry none of the comforts which an invalid needs and which you find in all the foreign resorts. I have been to them all and I know that if they had a large bath house here built upon m'.-'dern principles with large tub:: Or vats set in the floor, with var'ious cooling rooms and properly trained attendatns, with medical supervision you would find a great many more visitors com ing here and also tliat the", class of people would improve. I make no criticism, because the plan has improved so muoh and so rapidly, and every thing that has been done here-has been well done; I am only making suggestions for the future. The Go\ernment appears to have taken hold here in earnest and no doubt will continue to lay out and improve the mountains, and beautify the place. The next great necessity here is a casino, built upon the general principles of such buildings at other resorts, and run 440 with a broad and liberal managenient. With these inproveaents I think we have no conception of the nuiriber of people who would con,e here, who now seek such things in Europe. I know there is no one who can do more toward bringing these improvements here than you can. The attention to me, since I have,been here has been very satisfactory and, individually I have nothing to complain of. I am only looking ahead at general great results. The fact that there is so much water here, and that it is so beneficial to those suffering from fo n.any diseases, and that anyone coming here can obtain all the baths he needs, indicates to i;e that we should begin to broaden out and get the bathing facilities upon a higher plane. Thanking you for your kindness and-attention I am. Very thuly yours, G . . Dodge. April, 1894 Hot. Springs, Ark., A.pril 2, 1894 dear Jones: I have ordered ir.y car to come here and as quich as I can travel I an going to get away. I have been growing steadily worse all the time, in fact I began to get frightened, as the gout attacked my well foot, but I think that is better this morning. Since- you were here I have been unable to leave my room, and now only able to sit up. The decision in Nebraska, which no doubt you have, makes a pretty clear cut case of what a Receiver is. Simply what the Court wants him to be, v/ithout regard to what contracts or agreements may exist. It is a pr-etty hard place to put a property in, but I guess it is in accordance with the law. Of course the bondand stock holders of the U. P. D. & G. will now see what a detriment to their property was the change of Receivers, but it may be beneficial to us in the long r\in, and may enable us to show what the property can do. I am hoping to be with you before long but of co urse I cannot travel as I am now. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. April, 1894 Hot Springs, Ark., April 5, 1894 F. M. Hubbf^ll, Esq., Des Nioines, la. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter. I certainly want to do what is fair in this matter, and if you can present any argu ment or show any reason why I, who have spent and lost so much money in that property, should, in a deal with the St. Paul Company give away nearly double the percentage for the interest' I won, compared with what you own, then I shall be willing to take up the question. There certainly is no equity in forcing me to reduce my stock to twenty thousand dollars per mile and then give up 40^ of it when my bonded intert^st is so vei-y small as compared with yours. As to Vr. Martin's stock, I absolutely have' no control.over it. You seem, to think I have. Ti.e only way in which I could get control ol it would be, if he was willing, for mie to buy it back from him, which I ami not disposed to do. I think I have put all the mioney into the concern that I could be expected to do. Again, I do not think it was fair to me for you to take care of yourself for all the mioney that was owing to you whilst there was a great deal owing to me for coupons which were not taken into consideration and on which no payment has been m.ade. However, if you and I cannot agree in this matter I am perfectly willing, so far, as m.y own interest is concerned, to leave it to any fair disinterested mian. I would be willing to leave it to N'.r. R. N.iller the President of the Ivi. & St. P. Co. and abide by his decision. I am still sick here, confined to my roomi. I have been in hopes that before this I would be able to come to Des Woines, but the prospect now is very poor. Very truly yours, G. k. Dodge . 445 April, 1894 Hot Springs, Ark., April 6, 1894 Prank Trumbull, Esq., Denver. Dear Sii": I take it that Judge Caldwells decision is that tiie Receiver is not to carry out any contract which he does riot con sider a benefit to the road, using his own judgement as to that. It seems to me that we ought to immediately form some plan for getting rid of the Rio Grande Contract, and I suggest that follow ing . First, endeavor to arrange with Jeffries for trackage to V/alsenberg and then get a monthly allowance say on the amiount which you would save, with such addition as is necessary, from Judge Hallet for the purpose of grading, tieing and bridging the distance from the Acme y.ine to Walsenberg, using the rails which you now have on hand. The grading is light, and so is the bridging, and it would seem to me that we could put in this piece of line for a very smiall amount of ready money. You could bring your ties from the Iv'.axwell Grant, and your bridging, stringers, cap, etc., from Texas. You could move the telegraph line from the Rio Grande over to your line. You would need no Stations, for then you could get along with some temporary arrangemients, so that all you would have to provide for would be water, which at Walsenberg and at Fishpangh is in plenty. There is no doubt that you could get grading,ties and bridging as well as tracklaying done on small monthly payments. I take it that the distance is about 20 miles, and that the whole cost would not exceed $100,000. at present prices, and with the aid which you could give in the miatter of transportation etc. Now, if Nr. Jeffries is willing to pro rate per male to Walsenberg, you could do this, on trackage. If he is not then you should take the position that it is impossible for your Company to pay. He cannot turn you off within six months, and, with the help of the Court he would be willing to make some arrangem;ent vith you, or you could keep paying him somiething on account. All you have to do is to plead poverty. As the Courts hold, it would be inipossible, since the road is in a Receiver's hands for the Rio Grande to turn you off, for you could beat them upon the question of reasonable charge. The locations and surveys of the line to Walsenberg have all been made and the papers should be in Nr. Ashton's office. If any man is put upon the work, one who could handle it economiically and whom you could get at a very small price is NcCrickett. I think he m.ade all these surveys, but anyhow he is far superior bd anyone who has been lately upon the road. He would cut his coat according to his cloth, little cloth you gave hin.. No matter how The distance from Pueblo to Walsenberg is 56 miles and for the purpose of acconiplishing this you could afford to allow the R. G. as much as ^83,000 if it should be actually necessary. The other .^^100,000 would be almost absolute saving with the exception of the amount required to maintain 30 addit ional miles of road. This of course also necessitates the closing in of the 11 miles of road from Ti-inidad to Chicosa Junction, a very easy line; this would make 30 miles in all, and another $50,000 of cost. One years rental would pay this cost, as you are now maintaining a line in there nearly the whole distance as well as the terminals which protect it. I am better, and hope to be able to leave here soon, and come up to see you. Very truly yours. G. M . Dodge April, 1894 Hot Springs, Ark., Arpil 7, 1894 Richard DeGray, Esq., Atty. at Law, 122 CoEin.on St., New Orleans, La, Dear Sir: Yours of ttaroh 31st has reached me here. The statement in the slip you enclose is true, so far as it relates to the U. P. Ry. proper, but not so far as the System is concerned. However, the Courts have held that the guarantee of inter^ost and the' traffic agreements between the two Companies, the Union Pacific and the U. P. D. & G. are held in abeyance, and ttet the U.P. D. & G. must act and be operated as an independent line whilst in the Receiver's hands. Since Jan'y 1st the earnings, both on this line and -the E. W.<5c D. C. have been very poor, in fact all the earnings west of' Missouri River have fallen off more than ever. It has been hoped that after April 1st there would be a better showing. In answer to your question "'''hy has not the interest on the bonds been paid?" I will say that the interest on the bonds of theU. P. proper, has bev.n paid, but interest on bonds guaranteed by the U. P. is not paid, unless the j^roperty to which the guarantee applies earns the interest. You are an attorney at law, and of course you undei'Stand the bearings,of these questions. Under a recent decision of Judge Caldwell Keceivers are not required to carry out any guarantees of the U. ?. proper except such as they deem to be to the advantage of that Company. There is no guarantee upon the Bonds of the F. W. & D. C. Company. That road has always earned its interest up to June 1st, 1893. Since that time, during this great depression it .has not earned it. It is however managed in its own interest, and if times imijrove it will again earn it. Very truly yours. d. Ni. Dodge, Pres't. F. W. & D. C. Ry.Co. WwmW 453 April, 1894 Eot Springs, Ark., April 9, 1894 Hon. Calvin S. Brice, U. S. Senator, Washington, D. C. Ky dear Senator: 1.have been here now for five weeks, trying to get on my feet and am commencing to improve. Whilst I have been here I have been looking into some of the plans proposed for reorganization of the U. System. Of course you -enow my position, that the Company should be reorganized under one single bond, at 2% or thereabouts, which should, by some credit or recognition given to it by the Government be made acceptable to the holders of all our securities, or saleable, for the purpose of paying off those which are coming due or will not be exchanged. I wish to call your attention to some of thedetails of the U. P. D. & G. property, take for instance, there 1st Mortgage Bonds. They are not treated any betLer if so well, as the bonds of the . Utah Northern which has behind it nothing but the stock of the Oregon Ky. & Navigation Co., which has never earned one cent, whilst the U. G. has always earned, of itself sufficient money to pay the interest on all its bonds not owned by the U. P. Ry. Co. and will continue to do so. I can already see the benelits which will accrue to it from an independent man agement and the net e;rnings which it can make so soon as the volume of business increases. In the case oi the stock of the U. G. Ipl? ,000,000 is assessed 3 l/3)o and is then reduced to •j'6,500,000 oi new shares whilst there is, in the Treasury of the U. G. nearly v8,000,000 of Ft. Worth and Denver City Ry. Go's, stock which certainly is worth more than any stock of any of the Branch lines of the U. p. It is not necessary for mje to discuss that question with you. With the volume of business which the F. A. & u. c. did in 1892 and 1893 it can very easily earn a dividend on that stock. The original owners of that stock exchanged it for U. G. stock, and they are now left without a single dollar of stock to repre sent their ownership. I simj^'ly call your attention to this, knowing that the moii.ent you see it you will see the injustice of it. I suppose it has been put xn as it is because people who comjpiled the pro position did not xnow the facts. Of course the U. G. stocxholdero would be very glad to turn into the Treasury of that Company their stock, in exchange for the stock of the F. W. & D. C., 454 if there is any desire to decrease the stock of the U. G.Company The stockholders wh6 should certainly be protected are those outside of the U. P. who turned into the U • u. their' stock in the F. W. & D. 0. ana this should be considered in any scheme of reorganization. I notice that Olney has some plan, is it on the main line only, or on the whole system? I shall be here sonetiii.e yet and would like to hear from you what is going on. Yours truly. G. k. Dodge ,4 '• 455 April, 1894 Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., April 12, 1894 My dear Mrs. Logan: I am in receipt of yours of April 7th. I have been here some six weexs, most of the time confined to my room, but I think I am now improving, and will soon.be out. I have now been sick so long that I feel it is about Liem for me to begin to get permanently better. Of course. I shall consider it a great honor, to be among the celebrated group in connection with General Logan, and I thank you very much for your interest in the matter. I saw Mr. Simnions on his return from Washington, and there promised to furnish him with photographs, but I was so sick that I neglected to oo it. However, as I return to Hew York I will send you one or two. ^erhaps you can give me some idea as to just what is required. Do you desire a full length portrait, or merely a bust, and should it be as I appeared during the war? I regret very much that I was unable to go to Washington to see the model. I saw the small model, which was selected. I am glad to know that you feel so ..ell pleased with it. I am look ing forward to the time when it will be inaugurated, and our army will be present. I have met Captain Lemon here, have discussed this matter. He is improving, and we I am ver-y sorry to hear that you have not been well I am afraid from v;hat I hear that you are taking too many labors and responsibilities upon yourself. Let me beg of you to take things quietly and easily. You know how we til feel toward you, and are all in the right to protest when we think you are over doing it Let me hear from you about the photographs and I will send them to you as soon as I return to New York. l L.. .il With kindest regards, I am, Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. To Mrs. John A. Logan, Calun.et T'lace , Washington, D. G. April, 1894 Hot Springs, Ark., April 14, 1894 My dear Senator: I notice that a bill has pasaed the House givirigt : com mutation quarters allowance to olTicers detailed as ndlitary in structors to Colleges and public schools of the Country. It seems to me that this is a great injustice to those institutions. If the Schoold and Colleges of thei scountry are willing to devote a portion ol' their time to instructing their students in Military drill and science the Government can at least afford to furnish an officer as instructor and superintendent, for, as you know the benefits which would arise fromsuch instruction in case our country should ever engage in another war would be far beyond any cost to the Government. A gr-eat many of these institutions are unable to stand this expense. 'Ahen you go outside of a few first class Colleges, they all have a hard struggle to get along. Take for instance my own College, Norwich University whose recird during the war you and everyone else knows. To that class of Colleges such an expense is a burden, and I cannot see what interest it can be to the United States Government. V/ill you kindly take this up in your Committee, and, if you agree with me, endeavor to defeat it. I send you a state ment in relation to Norwich University whibh shows you the situation in that College, which is only a sample of a great many miore. Very tx'uly yours. G. M. Dodge To Gen. J. B. Hawley, U. Senator, Washington, D. C. 459 •April, 1894 Hot Springs, Ark., PERSONAL April 15, 1894. I/y dear Senator: I have been here now six weeks and expect to leave on Monday. I am better but not by any means well, and am goingsouth to stay until the weather in the east gets settled. I read an article in "Puck" on fractional currency which was so very useful to us during war tines, and I have appreciated this ever since it was abolished. It seems to n.e that if you wish to help silver you could base 10, 25, and 50 cent fractional notes upon it, which would be a great accommodation to the people of the United States in giving them something to use in mail service without having to run to the Postoffice for a postal order -or a postal note, as well as in a thousand other ways. Make them I'edeemable in silver and base the issue upon coined silver and as it g.ets worn redeem it in new notes as started. You have no idea how popular such an issue would be to the great mass of people who buy away from their homes. I think the article I refer to was in last weeks ^uck. If not, it was in the week, before that. I intended to cut it out and send it to you, but I forgot it. Ihis is a legitimate way of putting silver into circu lation. I do not believe in having any silver unless it is coined and if I had my way I would abolish every bill below the value of ^20. and thus put gold and silver directly into circulation but, so long as we are to have small bills I do not see any I'eason why we should not i.ave an issue oi' fractional currency based upon silver and thus meet a great public demand. It would also be a source of considerable profit to the Government because a great deal of it would be lost and destroyed.Any way, hunt up and read the article in Puck. It will give you more reasons for it than I can give. I would like to have you write me, care the U. P. D. & G Ry. Co., Denver, Colorado, what the outcon.e is to be in tarrif legislation. It seems to me that Hills speech either puts the Wilson Rill ill great jeopardy oi' else solidifies the Dem.ocrats for it. You would be astonished to see how many business people in the West, especially an.ong the better' class of Democrats, are opposed to the whole scheme. I think that ii' the bill was beaten there would be the greatest rejoiceing you ever heard even among people who are now considered to be for it. I can sec no in'proveir.ent in business, in There evidently was sent out, about the first of th structions to all quarters to write up improveii.ent outlook. It has not ir;aterialized. The earnings are getting no better, but the small stores through, are barren of goods, and people are not buying more as much as they bought a year ago and what they do tliird less. The prices of all products are so low to effect evei'ything. It may be that we will have basis until the natural results follow. any direction, e year, inin the business of our roads out the country than one third buy costs one that it seen.s to stay on this Judge• Caldwells decision in the U. P. V.'ages-Case will cost that company one million of dollars and that amount is over and above what is paid by an,; other company in the west, and, unless I sm greatly mistaken there is not a single railway company in the west but what will have to reduce wages any where f rom 20 to 3Z/o below what they now are paying. They are starting in on a 10>a re duction i ut they will have to m.ore than aouble it. It is a remark able fact that whilst every other company which is solvent, has cut down wages or in now aoing it, the companies which are insol vent are having wages increased, because, as a result of Caldwell's order we have to restoi'c wages which were reduced a year ago. I am astonished at his decision. Very truly yours, G . N'. Dodge . Hon. W. B. Allison, Washington, D. C. J V ; 461 April, 1894. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S., Washington, D, D., April 16th, 1894, Gen 1 G. M. Oodge, ^otel Arlington, Hot Springs, Ark. r/.y dear General; I am glad to get your letter of the 12th, and to know that you are improving. New York seems to me a dead place when you are not in it. I am improving ^uite rapidly myself. Though still on crutcheB I am able now for full dity, and feel that ^ amsteadly on the gain. I note what you say about the Yellowstone Park, and will take the liberty of sending your letter to my brother. Prof. G. Hen derson, of Ghula Vista, California, who named many of the places of interest, and who will be delighted to have your contribution of thoughts touching the Park. We are having some fun now with the Democrats. We have shipped them with their present rules until they are now formulating a rule for counting a quorum. Slowly but surely Democracy must move on to the advanced grounds occupied by the Republicans. Touching the tariff matters in the ^enate ought to say to you that find quite a number of Republicans whobegin to have hopes that they may defeat the bill. While ^ cannot share verv vigorously in this belief, still it obtains in several quarters among the Senators. i mention this in case you have any interests at stake connected with this legislation, and advise you to keep in communica tion with oenator Allison on this subject. Your sincere friend, D. B. Henderson. 463 Office of the Governor Columbus, Ohio, April 17, 1894• Genl, Granville Dodge, Council Bluffs, la. My dear General:- As Chairman of the Committee on Invitations, I take particular pleasure in extending to you a cordial invitation to be present at the Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic of Ohio at Canton (my old home) on the 15th, 16th and 17th of May next. This will be one of the largest encampments ever held by the Ohio Department, and I will be particularly delighted to receive your acceptance of this invitation. Very truly yours. W. McKinley. Apr. 1894 465 DEPARTPilENT OF OHIO, ORAHD ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Rlpley, fflhlo., 4-18-94 Gen. Grenvllle M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. My Dear Sir & Comrdde:— In behalf of more than 42000 comrades of this Department T extend to you a pressing inviting to be present at our Department encampment to be held at Canton, 0., May 15, 16, and 17th. I hope that you may be able to accept the invitation and be present during the entire time, but , if you cannot be with us during the entire time, at least give one day and night and notify me the date that we can depend on. I hope however, that you may be able to give us the entire time. I remember you during the service and should be exceedingly glad, personally, to have you present and be sides I know the comrades of this Department will give you a warm welcome. Fraternally yours, L.H.Williams, Commander Dept. of Ohio Dictated 471 Address; "Chief of the Record fif^Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. Subject; ?.Tedal of honor case of Gen. J. A. Williamson. May, 1894 384,372 RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE. War Department Washington City. May 5, 1894. - General Eugene A. Carr, Brevet Major General, U.S.Army (Retired) "The Richmondy, I7th Street, Corner H, N.W., Washington, D. C. Sir;- In reply to your application for the award of a medal of Honor to General James A. Williamson, late colonel, 4th Iowa Infantry, Brigadier General, and brevet major general of volunteers, for distinguished gallantry in actions during the late war, I have the honor to inform you that the A.cting Secretary of War, to whom the application and its accompanying testimony were submitted, has this day returned it to this office with endorsement as follows; "It does not seem to me that Congressional medals of honor were intended to be given to general or other officers for leading their commands into action, whatever measure of gallantry may have been shown in such leadership. As I view the law, these medals were intended as regards for conspicuous acts of personal bravery or self-sacrifice rather beyond the mere call of duty, and not for acts wholly within the line of official duty, however nobly performed. The application in this case is therefore denied. While the record shows most gallant and meritorious service yet the case does not fall within either the letter or the spirit of the law in reference to medals tf honor." Very respectfully, (Signed) F.C.Ainsworth Colonel, U.S.Army Chief Record and Pension Office. 473 ^ United States Senate, Washington D.C. May 7th, 1894. My dear General Dodge It was kind of your to write me the line of commendation which reached me a day or two ago. * I realize perfectly that what I said will injure me in Colorad, but I would rather retire from public life than lose my self-respect. There are many things I sould be glad to talk with you about and I hope to have the pleasure of ap personal interview with you. Confidentially, I am somewhat under the weather and am taking a trip to the other side soon. I shall return in August. There is absolutely no posribility of any Union Pa-ific legislation until the December session. The tarriff discussion willengross everybody's time and when that and the appropriation bills are settled you will find that Ocngress will not remain in session a day. With regards and best wishes. Yours faithfully. E.W. Wolcott General G. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 475 May, 1894 New York City, May 12th, 1894 Hon. A. S. Paddock, Washington, D. G. Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiry as to the result of niy examin ation of Sabine Pass,I wish to say that I visited Sabine Pass about the first of May, and spent two days there giving the harbor a very careful exaii.ination and sou nding it myself from the wharf to the end of the jetties. The lowest depth of water I found was 19ft. and that .only at two points. At other points it ran all the way from 20 to 24 ft. These two points were said to be lumps in the channel where the dredge had failed to do its work. I found the channel maintained itself. The dredge has only cut out a width of 100 ft. but that width by the action of the current of the two rivers, has been main tained and the depth increased. The only claim of the engineer in charge is 16 or 17 ft. but vessels go in andout of there drawing 17 ft. without any difficulty, and if the channel was extended to the 30 ft. line I have no doubt but that ships drawing 18 to 20 ft, could be readily towed in and out. Whilst I was there the water was hi^ being, as I saw it upon the engineer's test sta^.e, say about 10 to 12 inches above mean low water. It seems to ii.e that the question of deep water on the Texas coast is virtually solved andl do believe that $1,000,000 spent there this year would give a permanent 24 or 25 feet of water. The jetties need extending out a mile or more to the 30 foot line. The outer harbor being protected by the reef some 14 miles out, makes it unnecessary to build the jetties as heavy as they would have to be built as against the open sea, and this space makes a fine anchorage that vessels can lay at in any weather in safety. In fact, the day I was there it was blowing a gale from the South east and vessels were laying out between the jetties and this reef in comparatively smooth water. This was a feature of this harbor of which I was not aware. I talked to the captains of the ships that were in there loading with lumber for different points, and they dll informed me that there was no trouble in going out or in with 17 ft. of water at the lowest tide, and that the current was in creasing the depth and width of the dredged channel all the time. My opinion is that the dredge should be used there freely in widen ing anc deepening it and the jetties should be imimediately extended to the 30 ft. line of the outside channel. This done you will have a channel that will be maintained with very small cost to the Government. I have no desire to make any comparison between this and other ports in Texas, because I am greatly interested in seeing a deep water channel at Galveston, but I am certain that if improveiTients contemplated there by Kajor Quinn can be immediately carried out, Sabine Pass within a year could give plenty of water for the ships bound to or from the Texas coast, and I trust that you will not hesitate to use your influence to obtain an appro priation for this purpose, as the railroads of that country have been handicapped for a long time for the want of such water. I asn, Truly yours, G . M . Dodge. ' ■ 't-' ' ■ ■ y:. ,.. ,v4 ' " 'I'l;.. ■ ''M Kay, 1894 477 New York City, Kay 12th, 1894 Plon. Wn . B. Allison, Washington, D. G. Dear Sir: You know that I have been interested for a long time in Texas. In fact, probably have invested in internal improvement there for myself and others, almost as much money as any other person. We have always been anxious to obtain deep water and haA/e waited a long tim.e . Within the last month I visited the Sabine Pass and gave it a careful examination to see what the prospects were for obtain ing it there. I was greatly surprised to see .the work done at Sabine Pass and the depth of water obtained and I have no hesitation in saying, that in my opinion we will have obtained the first deep water upon the coast in Texas at that Harbor. When I was there the tides were nearly a foot above mean low tide and there were, in and out of Sabine Pass, a clear 19 feet of water. In fact, in the soundings,which I took myself, there were but two points at which it was less than 19 feet, and I have no hesitation in saying that an appropriation of ^jfl,000,000 at that point, expended as the moneys have heretofore been will give 25 feet of water thei'e within the year. The jetties need extending one or two miles to get to the 30 ft. line of the outside channel. A dredger has been used fr-om the inner harbor to the end of the jetties. I saw vessels draw ing 17 ft. of water go out of this channel and I was told by capt ains of these vessels that if the jetties were extended a niile further and the chan:,el dredged, they would run out easily, carry ing 20 ft. The channel scours itself clean by the tremendous current coming from the Sabine and Neches Rivers. The bottom is mud in stead of sand and only, I think, about 30 ft. clay, and that is one reason why a channel there is so successfully maintained, it is so easili. scoured. Where a channel is so easily maintained the drift from the sides of the main channel is carried out by the action of the tide. Another mattei* that I consider of far m.ore importance here than to any other point on the coast, is the fact that 14 miles out is a reef that protects any ships that lay between the jetties and this reef, so that it really makes in any and all kinds of weather a fine outside harbor or anchorage. This reef again protects the jetties. They are not subjected to the immense tides and storms that the other fetties on the coast are. I trust that you will use all your in fluence to carry on the improvements at this pass and oonplete them. I talked with Major Quinn, the engineer in charge and he seems to consider that he has solved the problem of deep water here and that it only required a comparatively small appropriation to make a per manent deep channel easily maintained. Truly yours, G. M . Dodge » 479 May, 1894 Ndw York City, May 12th, 1894 Gen. D. B. Henderson, Washington, D. 0 My dear Henderson: I got back two days ago somewhat better but not well. I hope, though, in a fair v/ay to recover. I received a letter from Cadle, who desires to be the commissioner from the Army of the Tennessee, if the Shiloh bill is passed. It seems to me he v.ould be a good representative, being the Secretary of our Society. I don't knov/ who is applying for it nor whom you have inview. Of course, I would like to help Cadle if it is proper for me to do so and I wrote him and told him to communicate with you. You know he is a very competent, safe, reli able man, and he was at Shiloh, I believe he was on staff duty there; perhaps on Halleck's Staff, but of this I am not fully informed. I saw a piece in the paper that you were again down and had another operation performed. Is this true? What were the reasons for it and what the result of it? I have been trying to go over to Washington and see you and others andlook after some of my matters there, but it is not a safe thing for me to do just yet. Possibly I may have to puit and go to the country for the summer. Tell me, what is going to be done with the Tariff if you can? I suppose you will answer that by asking me when times are to be better. Will the House swallow all that the Seante has put on the Wilson Bill? It seems to me it is coming pretty close to McKinley. I founk in the South a far greater respect for McKinley this year than I ever did before. Truly yours. G . M . Dodge. .. s :-.:A ■* . 481 May, 1894 New York City, May 15th, 1894 Mrs. Elizabeth S. HaLton, 2013 Hilyer Place, Washington, 0. C. My dear Mrs. Hatton: On n.y return here I find your let er of May 6th, and give you the information you desire. I loaned the money to Mr .Hatton, I think about December first, 1885. It was in order to help him in his paper project in Chicago. After that failed he gave me as security to the note, the stock on the Post. He v.as unable to pay any of the note or even tl.e enterest upon it, and to help him along I let it run to suit himself. After he got hold of the Washington Post Mr. U. II. Painter desired to get an interest in it and wanted to purchase this note and stock of me. I consulted Mr. Hatton about it and he knew of my transaction with Painter. I gave him an option on it in December, 1890, and on Oct ober 16th, 1891, §600 interest was paid upon it and Mr. Painter not ified me afterwards that he would accept the option and he now owns the stock. I did not transfer the stock as Mr. Hatton desired to have it remain in his name and I made that a condition when I let Mr. Painter have it, until such time as Mr. Hatton was ready to take it up. When I transferred it to Mr. Painter on October 12th, 1890, the amount he agreed to give me was §12,875, that being, I think, the amount on the note and interest at that date. I am. Truly yours, G.M. Dodge. 483 May, 1894. Nev/ York City, May 16th, 1894 J.M. O'Neill, Esq., Denver, Col. Dear Sir: Mr. R. S. Ryan, who is now in Denver, obtained from me during the year 1892 nearly $1,000 in a manner which is to say the least fradulent and I desire to in some way prosecute him or if possible obtain repayment of the money. The cir'cumstances are about as follows:- On Feb. 16th, 1892, Mr. Ryan came to n.c and asked me to cash for him a draft on Ireland for fc300 sterling, assuring me that the money was in bank to meet the draft. I wrote a note to my bankers asking them to cash the draft on my account, which, of course, made me liable for its payment. This draft was paid and and on the strength of this and representations made by Mr. Ryan, I authorized the bank to cash two additional drafts,~ each for tlOO sterling which wei'e protested for non-payment and with various costs were charged to my account. I enclose herewith all the papers in the case, including the original drafts and copies of my letters to the bank authorizing their paymiOnt. Mr. Ryan is now in Denver; I do not know exactly,where he lives, but he is intimate with the Tabors and is, I believe, a member of the Denver Club. I do not think he has anything but at any rate, he should be arrested and sent up, unless he pays or gives some kind of security for the amount of these drafts, costs and interests, as the whole transaction was an absolute ..swindle on me. I was particular to question him as to the funds being on hand to mieet these drafts and he assured me that the funds were there and that he had telegramis to that eflect. You will notice that he got cash for the second draft before the first one was paid, but he repiesented to me when he got authority to have the second one C£Shed that the first one had been paid. I went up to see the bank before I cashed the second one and as time sufi'icient had elaps ed for the draft to have been paid over there, the bank thought it must have been paid or they would have been notified, but they were notified by i.a il instead of by cable. Thsi explanation refers to the first and second \inpaid drafts and not to the first one, which was paid. The bank is willing that action should be taken in their name if in your opinion, it would be more advisable to do so. ^lease look over these papers and let me know what you think we ought to do in this case. very truly yours, G . M , Dodge. May 22nd, 1894 485 C^iicago, May, 22nd, 1894 General G. M. Dodge, No.I Broadway, New York. Dear Sir;- Your letter and box containing; uniform, belt and seven portraits have been received and I am very glad for them and shall take great care to preserve all well and return to you as soon as I have used them. You mentioned that you would pass through Chicago laterwould it be possible for you then to give me 4 or 5 sittings for a portrait bust to be used for the equestrian statue? It would enable me to do this work much better if I could make a portrait study from life. I know how valuable your time is, but your statue is the most important of the portrait figures- it would be very sad to be content with the next best to work from. Respectfully, C. Rohl-Smith May, 1894 487 House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D. C. , May 23rd, 1894 Gen'l G. M. Dodge, ' New York, N. Y. My Dear Friend;- Your letter came yesterday, but as I had to have another surgical operation on that day, I was compelled to postpone the acknowledgement until this morning. I am feeling much better. You want to know the nature of the operations and the necessity of them. I have been on crutches since the I5th of October. My Dubuque surgeon said that the trouble was intermittent neuralgia in the stump, and finally settled down to the opinion that it was periostetis, which is an inflamation of the covering of the bone. When I came to Washington, I employed J. Ford Thompson, a most noted surgeon here. He at first said it was periostetis, but on February lOth, he concluded an ulcer was formed, and he operated upon me, cutting down to the bone, and then with a flat instrument exploring the bone to test its condition. It was believed that this operation would remove all my troubles, and for a time it looked very much like a cure, as I was able on crutches to visit the House, attend to my public duties and participate in the debates there. In the latter part of April, however, things took a bad turn, and an ^exploration with a needle satisfied Dr. Thompson that a thorough ■l^peration had to be performed, and that an abscess existed in the ^Done. This time he gave me an anaesthetic, and performed a very severe and exhausting operation, removing a large quantity of bone with hammer and chisel, and rimming out wherever he found any traces of the abscess, or of defective bone. This operation was on May 1st, and now all hands thought that more would be needed, but a fever continued night and day, which began to exhaust me pretty rapidly and on the 8th of May the presence of another abscess a muscular one, was plainly manifest, and he operated again with the result that a large amount of pus escaped. This opening he syringed with water, thoroughly forcing out the matter. The result of this oper ation was manifestly good, as the gever stopped almost at once, and I began to recover my appetite; but still I had not slept well at night, and on the night of the 2lBt I got very little if any sleep, and experienced considerable pain in the stump. On the morning of the 22nd, when the Doctor came to dress it he became satisfied that there was a pus cavity which was not reached by the operation of the 8th, and into this cavity he promptly dashed with his knife, again drawing out considerable matter, and establishing communicatior between the opening of the 8th and the one of yesterday, so that the syringe inserted in either hole washed out the cut the entire length some eight inches. The result of yesterday mornings operation was magical. I got my first good night's sleep, and am feeling today quite like another man. The doctor believes and I believe that •there will be no further operations needed; but the wounds will have |Lo be dressed for some time. The big one of May 1st, for instance, was syringed thoroughly this morning and a large amount of matter was dislodged from it. All three will have to be kept open with packing for some time, and just when I will be able to dispense with 4SS the aid of a surgeon I cannot say. I have run down a good deal in flesh, but feel plucky as the devil yet, and have no idea of throwing up the sponge. So much for ray condition. I may add that I feel pretty confident that I will, within a reasonable time, say two or three weeks, be able to resume my seat in the House. But of course I cannot speak confidently on this point because of the -many backsets that I have had during the last seven months. Governor Hull is back and , and I want you to write him a letter about the Ransom case, and make him believe that you de pend hn him to put it through. While writing him give him a shot for the Philoh Park, and tell him to push it. Now, General, I come to your kind suggestion to go with you to the seaside. I cannot at this writing say what I will be able to do physically, and when. I know that after I am able to get about it would do me a great good .to go to the seashore for a while, and I have no doubt it would build me up rapidly. The only trouble is I may feel it to be my duty to be on hand for work in the House when I am well enough to get about. I will ask per mission, however, to keep your invitation open for me, not, however, to interfere in any respect with your own plans as they may develop. Your sincere friend, D. B. Henderson 'i 1 't - v May, 1894 489 Concord, Mass., May 27, 1894 Dear General You remember the old Danvers Center Common , or "Training Ground", a short distance beyond the old First Church on the Middletown road, do you not? It witnessed the military drills of the earliest "Salera Village " f^ilitia. More than two centuries ago Nattaniel Ingersoll, so prominent in local Colonial History, gave it to the town to be used for that purpose "forever". It has seen soldiers of all the wars from then until our own day practising the art and departing for the scenes of conflict. The town voted a sum of money for a memorial to be placed there in honor of Ingorsoll and the soldiers. On the approaching I6th of June Hhe I7th being Siinday, the Anniversary of the Bunker Hill Battle), an immense boulder, soon to be placed upon the ground there, will be duly set apart to their memory. Hon. Alden P. White making the presentation speech and Mr. Rice, the minister of the Old Church responding. The Danvers Historical Society will then take charge of proceedings and various speeches will follow on the spot from distinguished guests. The Danvers Historical Society begs the honor of welcoming you to your native town for that occasion, in behalf of all the people, I and will be most happy to extend to you every mark of hospitably and greeting due to one whom we all so honor as a hero and public benefactor. We have long looked forward to a suitable time when we might testify to you our esteem and properly receive you. This seems to be the desired opportunity and we earnestly trust that you will then make us the visit, with such members of your family as may^be able to accompany you. Bunker Hill Day, the associations of the"Training Ground", the presence of Danvers soldiers of the last war, and also, we trust, of some of the older militia, will be an inspiration and may we not hope that among the speeches we may hear some words from yourself. We will not tax over much a man who has so many cares as you hav^ but we shall be most happy to hear your voice and any word you may have to offer. Last night the various town and Historical Society Committees held a meeting at our rooms and did much to forward the business in hand. I was directed to invite you and our Secretary, Miss Hunt will also soon write to you to the same effect. Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience and trusting that we may have the pleasure of seeing you and Mrs.Dodge and others with you for Saturday, June I6th and for such time as you can spend with us. Gen. Grenvllle M, Dodge. I remain. Faithfully yours, Alfred P. Putnam President' May, 1894 491 Danvers, Mass., 27th of May, 1894 Dear General Dodge;-, Can you not and will you not come to Danvers to help us celebrate the valor and valorous deeds of the men of Danvers, who from its earliest settlement to our own generation of the last war in their time "trained" on the old Common at the center-- the spot given to the town way back in 1600 and I daon't ^jnow how much by Natlhaniel Ingersoll as "a training field, forever?" We want you to come very much and I know you will enter Into the spirit of the occasion. Dr. Putnam will write you formally, but this is Informal to beg you to keep the date June I6th (because the I7th falls this year on Sunday) for us if you can. Martha and Mr. Goodell will be delighted to have you make their house your home and if you can/ arrange to stay over or come earlier, we will do all in our power to make you enjoy your home coming, for after all Danvers is the home of your birth no matter how other places may claim you in middle life. I The town appropriated some money for a stone to properly mark the historic spot'and our committee; wfent to South Peabody and calmly picked out a 10 ton boulder that was round about these parts when old Nath'l Ingersoll himself was active in town and military affairs. It is about four times larger than the boulder on Lexington common. It has a smooth side and on it they are to have the inscrip tion cut or will put in a bronze tablet as the committee shall decide. We shall ask our High Scliool Cadets specially and Capt. Damon of our Company K. ( letter from A. P. Putnam, remainder of letter missing.) May, 1894 Danvers, Mass., 30th of May, 1894 Dear General Dodge;- It has been decided to postpone the exercises in dedication of the memorial on the old Training Field at Danvers Centre until June 30th» We had given no public notice of it, the matter being still in process of arrangement by the Committee. I wrote to you knowing you would have many engage ments and hoping that you could keep that time free for us; and nov/ I write at once hoping that the 30th of June will be as convenient for you if not more so, than the earlier date. We have a perfect day for Memorial Day,— clear and not too warm. Hoping soon to hear from you, I am Ever sincerely yours, Lizzie Hunt. 495 June, 1894. Department of the Interior UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1428 Q. St., N. W. Washington, D. 0. June 5, 1894. Gen . G . M. Dodge, K.y dear Gen: I send you by this n.ail an unmounted photograph of our "Old wine bottle banquette," any photographer can mount it on a suit able card .for you. I found it would not be safe to sendit by mail after mounting. I want to ask you for another favorable letter in my behalf to Judge Gresham. He still talks favorably to me. Truly yours, N'i. W . Bane, E -'-d 4S7 June, 1894 WAR DEPARTMENT? OFFICE OF AEPISTAMT SECRETARY Washington, D.C. June 6, 1694 General Eugene A.Carr, Brevet Major General, U.S.Army,(retired), Hotel Richmond, City. My Dear SirReferring to yciir application for the award of a medal of honor to Oeneral James A. Williamson, late U.S..Volunteers, permit me to say that I am still keeping the papers on my desk In the hope of receiving such additional evidence as would enable the Department to give favorable consideration to this case, ^ It Is proper to say In this connection that under the law a medal honor can only be awarded for conspicuous gallantry In some particular action, not for general good conduct, nor for wounds received. The papers submitted In Gen. Williamson's case are deficient In that they do not specify of what the gallantry consisted In any particular case, although mention Is made of his gallant conduct at different times and places. Very respectfully yours, (Signed) Joseph B. Doe. Assistant Secretary of War, w\ 4 ^ 4S9 June, 18&4 Nev/ York City, June 8th, 1894 Mr. Frank Trumbull, Denver, Colorado. Dear Sir: I returned here yesterday and found your letter; also letters from Mr. Ilobson. I did not get Hobson's letter in time to come here and see him. I have been away and am improving in my health and have kept as free from business as possible, I have been taking up with our people on the Pueblo & Trin idad Line. I had got it in pretty good shape when Governor Evans appeared here and comn;enced suit against Drexel, Morgan & Co. on the securities held by them. He is also attacking the issue of bonds from Pueblo to Trinidad and it frightens everybody. They don't like to move. Of course, it makes the Union Pacific people very mad. They have been depending upon the payment of the interest on the Colorado Central bonds. What do you propose to do in this matter? Do you think it is safe to let July go over. They are going to be, I fear, very aggressive on it now. Of course, if Evan's suit should hold, so far as Drexel, Morgan & Co. are concerned, you would be relieved from the payment. But how about the other trustees. The earnings made over the whole U. p, system are so small that it makes it troublesome for me to get our people to act on the issuance of Receiver's certilicates to complete the line. Coppel has returned here and I think I would see him.. I believe that I can bring our people to an agreen.ent finally but it is better for me to xcep still now until the result of Evan's suits is known. I suppose you P.ave hau all your time taken up with washouts, coal strikes, etc. Would like to hear from you; how much you have been damaged. I enclose you the petition issued by the Receivers of Uie Union Pacific as to the disposition of the lines that do not earn their operating expenses. You will notice that they want to give up the Denver, Leadville &■ Gunnison Road, but virtually want to retain all the others, including the Brighton & Boulder Branch. When will the question come up in relation to Evans' or iginal suit and won't that be tried by a Referee or a Master. I think that whilst the authority was given for Mr.Clark to purchase all of I^olbrook's surveys and the land that he had ob tained and appropriated ;];28,000 to do it, that it never was consum mated so that you have clean work from ^ueblo to Trinidad. Just what the purchase from Holbrook included I do not know, outside the surveys, nor how valuable those surveys are but I understand that they had control of some canon that they thought necessary for us to useu I expect to leave here on the 16th for Council Bluffs, and wiLl be there the 19th, 20th,21st, and perhaps a day or two afterward when I shall return here. I hope before I return that the Evans^suit^wlll be settled. I am, 'InjuncTTot? -'.I Truly yours, G. W . Codge . '• ' '• 1 ^ . I • if ■ < . ■ ■ 'C ) ;'rh- ■ • ; V 'j '• "c:-\ ■f :■ . . , ; ■ •■■■}■■ ■ ■ y'-: • . '■ tri, ■ jf •».< < ,, '"VJ t'" ; . • : V. ,• ^ - .h f ^ -i ■ \ •'' , ' ; *11, •' 1 •/ . ' 501 June, 1894. Department of the Interior UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1428 Q. St., K. W. Washington, D. C., June 12, 1894. My dear Gen. Dodge: Yours of June 6th acknowledging receipt of Banquet picture is before me. You request me to give the names of parties at the table. I will ccxiimence at the right oi your picture and name the parties clear round the old bottle to the place of beginning Viz: 1st. Gen. Bussey, Iowa. 2nd. Gen. Henderson, Iowa, ivi. C. 3rd Thos. Carter, Montana. 4th. Mr. Bowman, Iowa, M. C. 5th. Col. A. C. Mathews, Ills. 6th. Gov. Stone, Iowa. 7th. Capt. Ross, Ills. 8th. D. A. Ray, Ills. 9th. Frank Kattan, Iowa. ICth Capt. Hayes. 11th Judge Reed, Iowa. 12th Gen. Thos. 0 Osborne, Ills. 13th M. M. Bane. 14th Gen. G. M. Dodge. I also enclose a diagram of the picture with names. Please write Gresham in my behalf and send same to me that I may deliver it in person. Your friend, M . M . Bane . 503 Jiine, 1894 Gen. Granville M. Dodge, Rowley, Mass.I3 June, 1894 New York City. Dear SirjIn May 1893 by the will of J. Henry Stickney of Baltimore the town of Rowley was given two thousand dollars to improve Rowley Common. A Committee was chosen by the town to carry out the work. A curbing and concrete walk has been laid around the Common and we have begun grading. The legacy has been expended and we are now raising money by subscription to continue the work of grading and seed ing, all money subscribed will be used for this purpose, the Committee serve without pay. The Committee respectfully solicit from you a contribution to aid in this work. All checks should be sent and made payable to Albert E. Bailey, Treas. Very respectfully. Geo. B. Blodgette, Clerk 505 m 1894. r On Jione 19, 20, and. 2l3t I v/ent to Council Bluffs and attended • ' ■ the annual meeting of the lov/a Department 'o.f the Grand Army of the Republic, I was given a very horcWal reception by. my old comrades, f • , . . t many of whom I had not met ffor a great many years, • i' ' f • • ■ * J ' ■ ' At one of the meetings, I delivered the following address on my personal recallectlons of s.ome of our great Comr.ianders: - r p» ' ABRAIIALI Li:iGOLIi; ^ • * « '• I first met Abraham Lincoln in th^s ci.ty. It was, I tiiink, in 1858,' I had .been, making reconnaissances wes.t of- the Kissour-' River for tho Union Pacific Ra'lway, and on my return I stopped at the Pacific Hotel. After, my dinner I'r, Ldnco.ln sougiit me out and engaged me ih conversation about, what I knew of the country west of tue liissouri River. 'He very ingeniously extracted 'informat^* on" from me, 'and t found that tjie secrerts I was ■ .oldlng for my employers in the East had .been given to him. 1. ' My sficond Interview was in 1863. '7hl-le in corximand at Corinth ' I received an order from General Grant to report to tie President in Washington. No. explanation coming with the order, it alarmed me, as I had been, arming some negroes to guard a cont-rabarid camp; a"nd, as there had been no authority giv.en me for .it then, I thought I was to be called to. account,. But when I reache.d Washington and reported to the President, I found he had not forgotten our conversation on the Pacific House stopp, and he had called me to consult as to the proper place for the initial po^nt of the Union Paci-fic' Rail.vay; and, after a full discussion of all the po'nts, he decided upon Council . . Bluffs, the plnco I recoimiiended, . • . A'gain, in 1864, after the Atlanta campaign, Ge.neral Grant, , called me to City Point. It was in October., 1864,. and a.t a "t^'me when everything around Petersburg look.ad blue; the desertions'.from our army -j were about equal to the enlistments., ; nd there was a gene'ral demand „ that Grant should move. I spent two weeks looking at one of the finest ' qnd best equipped armies I ever saw. As I was leaving, General 'Grant suggested I should call on President Lincoln as I returned to my ' corama.nd in the Afmy of the Tennessee. General Rufus Ingalls", Chief Quartermaster of the'A'ray of tl ^ Potomac,, and Major General BurJ:, of the-Brltlsii Army, vhio. commanded in Canada, were on bho headquarters boat that took me to 'Tashlngton, When I arrived I went iiiime.dlately to the White Houbg, In the ante-room I met Senator Harlap, "of this State, who took me immediately to President Lincoln. He had a poom full of Callers, and asked* me to sit down until ho disposed of the |tG Waiting crowd. I sat the^e anc vatched President Lincoln dispose of one after, another, always in a kindly way. After' waiting a long time, j-f -'l felt that perhaps he had di-opooed of mo In the shme way that he had i the otiiers, and I took occasion t,o say to him *ti;at I had only called ' 1894. m to pay my respects,' and, unless he desired tie t*o wait lon£:er, I would bid h^'m good-bye. .He iimnediately asked me .to wa"'t longer, saying he desired to see me $ had th- time to spare. After the crowd had rone the doors were closed. President Lincoln saw I w.as ill at ease, not knowing what I was there for or what say, but he sat me down near his desk, and c rossing his legs, took down a small book; I ti.ink it was called the "Gospel of Peace; At any rate, it was very humouous, and as ne read some extracts from «it he soon }.ad md laughing atd at He was called to lunch and took me w^ii him; and then he continued the same methods he did the first time I saw him and extracted from me all I had seen on my visit to General Grant and p.e Army of the Potomac, got my views, and finally drew me out until he had obta n^d from me an answer to a que st.lon something like this: . You know, Mr. Pre-sident, we in the West- have no doubts about Grant, and, l.i he'is given the time, I have no doubt he will whip Lee s army. . When, or how, I confess, I cannot see, but tha^ he w 11 I. have no doubt whatever." As I said this we were leaving the 'table,, and Lincoln bri'^htened up, took my ha d in his,- and said, wit:- great so.lemnity: •"I am so glad to hear- you say that'." As I bad'e him good-bye, in a cordial way I asked him if there was- anything- I could do to repay his •great kindness to- me.- He answered- only: "-If you don't objeco, I would like to have you take to your army, when you go, my kindes.t regards. I was -then too young -to -.ve-igh and comprehono all that, was said^^ 'but in after yo'ars, when I learned the great crisis pending, I saw he^p completely he took me i-nto his power and. extracted my innermost thoughts and what a satisfaction it -.vas to have me expres.i that implic-'.t faitli i-n General Grant while so many were di'sseminating .charges and denouncing his great battles as great descrut^on of life without proper compensation.- . . , In after years, I learned that Grant knew tne conflict n Washing-ton and knew that, if I had th- opportunity, I would give the President an unpre-judlced view cT what I saw and learned..' I never saw president Lincoln afterward, but wh^le. in coiijnand .of the Department of the Missouri", I daily saw wha a kindly i.eart he had, and how iiis sympathies went out to everyone *n trouble, and his great desire to save life. The conflict in Missouri was a bitter, personal revengeful one. I remeiTiboy the day before President L.incoln's assassination, a lady came to see me whose son' was about to be executed for murder, coraraitted as a guerrilla. She had been to Washington to save him, and had seen the President. She brought to mr. mr. Lincoln s card, on the back of which he had written: ' . ^ "My dear GeneralDodge: GeneralDodge: Cannot you do somfething somfething for this lady,. who is in so much trouble? . x x ... '1 understood, the case; that, while he wbuld not interfere, he hoped that I- 'co\Jld see my way to do so, and he dispo.^.ed of the lady in that^wa, . presenting the case, supposed that card alone would pardon her son, but wh,en I told her I would consider she was indignant and loft, nr doubt determined to report me to the Pros de?t^ and appeal over my head. That evening President Lincoln was ^ 833838'ntatedj all off'cera hold'nc 'mporlant oonmands were in the ni'^-t. so that tliey could prepare for the excHement that was ioumlo Somh The lady called the next day and aaked me for the card; 5G7 1894. . i: sa^d she desired to keep it as a memento, no douht giving up all hope ■ for her son; but I did not have 1t in my he'art, after Lincoln's death, to carry O" t the .order of the court, and therefore 'commuted the sentence to imprisonment. " ' ■ ' GENERAL GRAlilT. 'My first interview with General Grant was a "day or two "after the battle -of Corinth. Inv/as in "command of the 4th Division Dis.trict of West Tennessee and was rebuilding the railway from Columbrs to Corinth. 'I had just made the connection at Humb'oldt and had beqn several days at thb front, giving personal attention to the work; I received a dis patch from f'eneral iuimby, my command ng officer, directing "me to • report immediately at Corint.i fcr orders. I was away from my own head quarters In a'working, undress suit; ,ha"d nothing -.vith me and hesitated about going as I was, but I concluded it \7as best to report, so took the train and at Jackson, "Tenn., General Ratlins, whom I had never seen, came to the train and asked if I were on board. I made myself known to him, and General Rawlins said that General -Grant was out on the platform and desired to see me.. I apologized to Gen ral Rawlins, stating that i was not in 'a proper condition for presenting myself to the 'commanding officer. General Rawlins say my predicament and he said: "Oh, we linow all about you, don't mind that." I stepped out on tne platform. General Grant met me, "shook me cordially by the hand, and I then saw that he was no better dressed than I "was, whicli greatly relieved me. In a few words General Grant Informed me that ha had assigned me to the command of the 2nd division of the Army of the Tennessee at Corinth, and quietly, but .with determination that struck me so forcibly that I could make no answer, "said: "And I want you to understand you are not going to c-^mmand a division'of cowards." I stammered out someti.ln'-,- I kriow riot what, and tried .to thank him, but had no comprehension of whet he meant, as I had heafd no', hing against the division; but when I arrived at Corinth and assumed command, reliev'n,'" General Avies, T found that in-the battle of Coririth, on tiie second day, tlie division had been forced back 'nto the town of Corinth," but had held their organization iritact and finally regained all lost .groupd, really saving the day. I also fiound that it was the division that was organized by Grant at Cairo, favorite v.^i th Grant, General Posecrans, in his official report of the battle of Corinth, had branded the mer. as cowards and General Grant had disapproved his action and comments* The division won imperishable reno'wn. Upon their bannerJ was incpibed, "First at Donelson," and from that time until after the Atlanta campaign they served directly under me. From Corinth to the end of .the war', they took no steps backward. -Their great battle at Atlanta, where ti.ey held a whole corps of Hood's army, and rftervmrd Altoona, when, under General Corse, they held that strategic po^nt against the terrific onslaughts-of four times the'r number, gave me cause to always remember the words of General Grant. I have no time'to recite here many of the acts of General Grant which bound him so closely, to those whp served-under him, and which markeii him" as the greatesU general this or^ any other age. '0 i I * T . ' r. ' r-i ' i «i ....... , .•», o ffanr Jof Jr S "t ina . OP e|T » ■if-v ' fsCfT, no ♦ oaw a.I . .) ffOO 0*1-1 ■ f •: 1 0 "1 » 508 1894. ^ Ti:e f^reat d-'.st1 n^u^shlng qualities of General Crant were truth, cour ce, modesty, generosity and'ioyalty. He was loyal to every work and every cause in which he was engaged; to his friends, his fam-'ly, his country and to his God; and It was these characterlsf'cs which bound to him with hooks of steel all those who served w'th him. He absolutely Slink himself to give to others honor and'prlaSe to which *he himself was entitled. "No o'f^'cer who served under him "but understood this. I was a young man and given much larger commands "than my rank and experience entitled me to. Grant neverfalled to encourage me by glv'ng me credit for whatever I did or tried to do. If I failed he assumed the responsl blllty; If I succeeded, "he would recommend .me for a promotion. He alv/ays looked at the Intention of those wi^o served under him, as well as to the^.r acts. If they failed him, he dropped thqm so quickly and so efficiently that tiie whole country could hear and see their "fall. I will give you "an object lesson which shows Grant's Idea of a^ty. While I was stationed-at Corlnt.., looking after that fl.ank of tlie army. Grant hammering away at Vicksburg and Rosecran^ -bounding Bragg in Tennessee, It -was necessary for me to be awake.- I was in a dangerous position, and .the enemy could have destroyed either campaign by establ ishing themselves in my position, I wrote Grant at Vicksburg that I thought with the 12,000 men I had, I oould perietra!te by the Tennessee Valley .to the rear of Bragg and destroy'His communications and supplies concentrated in that valley and force him to retreat. I received no ans wer In my letter and I began to think I had made a fool of myself and M swore inwardly that it was the first and last time T would ever be ™ caught in such a boat. " A long t^me (to me) after the suggestion. Gen, Oglesby, wlio vras command'ng that district received a dispatch from Gen. Grant, i-nstructing h'm to have Dodge -carrj^ out the "movement suggested in his letter, arid that was all the order "I received, and I marched up the Tennessee valley, "destroying the railways and stores, which the Confederate government estimated to be in value not less tqan $20,000,000. Of course Bragg throw before me and behind me .such forces as ].e could spare, so that the rrmors wiy.ch reached Corin^i-, were, generally, that I was cfDptured, whippefl, etc. These reports were all fired Into-Gen. Grant, and no doubt he became disgusted at them; u t .he finally wired in answer to tl'em tiiat "If Dodge has accomplished what he started out to do, we can afford to lose him." Ti.at .settled the,question tJiey sent Grant no "mdre rumors. The enemy was "dstracted .by my sending out from my column Gen. "Straight, who had been sent out upon his celebrated raid by Rosecrans. Grant, in commenting on it afterwards, said*to me that he knew the troops I had, and he had no doubt they vrould be eard from before they were captured or destroyed. I did not start out to fight, but to destroy; and he thought the distraction of the movement of Gtraight would puzzle the enemy so much that I would be able to get out of harm's way before they could con- {oroe_^on a great deal and I was associ ted with him in some of h'.s enterprises, such as the ra'lway from the City of Kexlco to the Pacific" Ocean, and It was irapossibl for me to meet him as I did and not comprehend that he was In dvll life, as In milUary life, of that peculiar make-^ flip which could let small matters go without r-ttention, but in any crisi rise to c mmand it. He was so modest and do simple that his great ess was absolutely forced on one from his very acts. Nevertheless, so far. 1894. 509 no-cr^t^c In-this nation or any other has ever been able to write a .word*against hi s,mi l^'tarj?- course or ciyii life wiiich carr^'ed strength Qnough to be mentioned the second time. Grant's greatness was admitted long before he left our shores and although a simple citizen, he was honored as no one ever was before, "and his si mpli ci tj'' • si mply astonished the world. GENERAL SHERLIAN. My first meeting with General Sherman was in the fall of 1863. I was commanding at Corinth, Sherman had received orders.from Gen. Grant to move-frora Memphis to th'^ Tennessee "River and up that valley to rebu" Id the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. '.Then he reached Corinth he was to take my command with him. I vas lying very ill in Cor'nth, when General Sherman came to my bed-side. He read me a.long letter from Grant, outlining what he expected of Slierman's movement. In the letter some complimentary th'ngs were sale of me and my command. Sherman no doubt read the letter to mej thinking it would do more to make me v/ell than shy otJier medicine and it did so. After he had finished he said, "Now, do you think you are ell enough to do what Grant wants tyou to do?" • I sale, "Yes," Sherman said, "I will nive you plenty of time; there is ho hurry. " I soon got on my feet and In a few days wg.s called to luka, and while there an order came to To Sheman to drop everytl-ins and push for Chattanooga, and that reraarkabl march was made across the State. My command brou'^ht up the rear and Sherman would wrHe back letters to me, encouraging me and tellini~ me what roads to take so that I cotild feed my animals and men. I remember that at the crosslTsg of Ellc River, he wrote back and told'me not to try .to follow/yf the 15th7Corps, as they had literally skinned the country. He .said he did no . .believe they "had left a chicbbn for me, and advised me to keep north toward Pulaski, and thus we forged along, living off of the country. After Sherman had readied Chattanooga, he'wrote me a letter stating th:^t Grant could not wait until Igot up and they would have to fl"-ht with what he had in the advance; but to soothe our dis appointment at not beinf- in the fi ht, he wrote me that if I would ride from Bridgeport to Chattanooga, as he had, I would be glad'not to force my corpd through there, as the road was knee-deep In mud, and literal.ly paved v/i th dead m^leg. , • After Chattanooga, when Grant had bee:- called east and Sherman had returned from his Meridian raid, the corps commanders of the Army you plenty of there is ho hurry. of ti e Tennessee/.7ere were called called to to Nasjiville, Nasliville. None None of of usus had ever ever been been there. We had been without communication by rail and Were a sorry looking lot. Grant intended taking some of-us'east with him, but Shermap protested and only Sher dan, from tie Army of the Cumberland went. We all arrived in Nashville i the evening; Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Logan, Rawl^ns and some others tliat I do not now remember. 'v7e were poorly, rou;*] ly dressed, generally wealng'a soldier's 'overcoat. Grant took us to ceil or Andrew Johnson," the mi litany'governor of Tennessee, who was very emphat''c in his denunciation of what a rebel deserved and whet he would get under under h^m; but wh'le I was In Tennessee I never put rfly handupon a prominent rebel, taking his stock and provisions, that Johnson did not try to pull • 11-off,. As soon a9'"*our call was over, Sherman said-we would go to the theater, Wo one in Nashv'lie had heard-of oar being there, so we paid our way in and. had front seats ifi the baloony. The houae wAs filled witr soldiers '>-o»hg to and retirttn^ng from veteran furloug. . No one observed us. The play was 'dar.l t, which was simply being murdered. 1894. .. . ^ M General Sherman was a f^'ne Shakespearean scholar and he cr"" t"-c-'sed^ ^ the play severely and loudly. As I sat next to him, I cautioned h^'m that we*^ woiild he reco^n-'zed and ti.at there would he a scbq©® The grave dagger scene was on. and the actor was solilcqui z^'ng on YoH ck's s|aill when a soldier away hack called out so that the whole aud-'ence couid hear, "Say, pard,-what rt ^'s, Yank or Reh?" and the whole house was in an uproar. Grant said e had hotter get out, so we left undiscovered. Sherman then said we had better get some oysters, and put General Rawlins forward to find a place.- He took to a very fa-ir saloon. Vie went in and found that a^l the tables were occupied hut one that a large table-with only one man sitting at it. Rawlins, -who was a retiring man, agked this person if he would not take a small table near by and give our party thq othnr-one. He did not mention who his party was, hut the man replied that the table was good enough for him and.he guessed'lie would keep it. So Rawlins said we had better hunt, ano-ther place, and out we went. Sherman told Rawl-ns'we would never get anything under-his guidan ce so he stopped some one and asked for an oyster galoon. The man pointer, out one kept by a wi ow and we went In and ordered our oysters and-naturally all hands got to discussing matters unti^ the hour was getting lat , when the woman came in and told us we must leave, as tl.e rules of the city were that every place must be closed by midnight* so v/e were turned out wi.th our meal about half concludQd and ti.en we went up to General Grant's headquarters, which was in a large house presided o ver by Colonel Powers. We camped there for the nigh-b, some'in beds and some on ti e floor. ^ Our expeirnece of the evening wa^ oourse, the ai ds heard"it and before breakfast the next morning Grant and Sherman were overrun with callers who came to apologize—the theater proprietor, the saloon keeper and the widow—all expecting to be suiranapily disposed of for their inhospitality; but Sherman laughingly told them it was all right, tl.at it was wh t they might expect from a lot of rebels and that thiey would not-be hurt. - The next evening we v/ero invited to dine at the-house of the commanding officer. We were in the Department of the CTimberland and at the dinner there was a lady who had knov/n Grant and Sherman in the old army and was ■ sti ll.of ' tl at army; but she was v^ry critical and found fault wHh the way Sherman made war, especially -/itl. the-treatment his troops gave the East Tenneseeans in their march to Knoxville. Sfteman tried to fend off and change-the conversation, but the lady stuck to liim and finally Sherman turned on her and said: "Madam, my soldiers were-without food^ blankets shoes, and no doubt they too^ whab they could find. Uy men had to subsist, even if the whole of Tennessee was ruined to susta'n them. There are two armies here,, one in rebellion against, the other-fighting for the Un*on. If either must starve to death, I propo :e it shall not be the one ri gnt-ing :ror tne Union. -There is nothing too good for them. '.Tar is cruelty; there is no use trying to refine it; the crueler the sooner ended. " That fnded the talk-about t lie Army of the Tennessee and the dinner was a very'cool one from that rfioraent on. When "we pdr^ed .at Nashville 3herm-an accompanied General Grant as far east as Cincinnati. When the Society of the Army of'the A Tennessee had its meeting in Cincinnati in 1860, Sherman pointed ^ ou . to me the room in which Grant developed his plan for the gr nd movement of our army on May 1, 1864. T}:ey pored over their maps and they agreed that all armies shbuld move at once; and Grant told oherman propo :e It shall not be the one fighting-for the 511 1894. he must press Johnston so that he could not send any troops to help Lee, and Grant sa^d he would Lee all he wanted to do to take care of the Army of the Potomac. You all know ,the result of Ihese hr^ 11''antly conceived and energetically executed campaigns that closed out all the rebel arm^'es v/itlin one year after that time. I have no time to follow Sherman ifrom'Chattanooga to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to t:-e sea, and In his strategic movement from Savahhah to the time of Johnston's surrender, Tn my opinion, that movement alone is all Sherman needs to fix for all time his place in history as one of the greatest maste.rs of the art of war. Sherman as a sold'er an -as a qit^'zen were two different men. As a sqldi.er, he demanded the utmost "irait of a man's endurance. His own loyalty and energy were such a': embodiment and absolute .obedience to orders, .that he could conceive no duty for a subordinate that he could not cheerfully perform and consider it a -privilege instead of a duty. His appreciation of what the v/ar meant and his papers written during the war upon the different mi li ta-ry and civil phases of it, stamp him as a soldier, statesman and one who could advise in civil life, tout who absolutely knew himself so well -that no inducement could entice hi rr to lead. After the war, as a citizen, Sherman-was one of the most genial of companions. -It was his delight t-o surround himself with comrades and di sti.nt^ui s;;-ed citizens and recruit the good qualities of the soldiers who served with -him,, and to always hold them to the front. Then v^hat soldier is there hero who, -.vhen he met Sherman at reunions and encampments, di-d not feel his kindly words and his great efforts to make their meetings jolly, happy, successful ones, and, above all, none .of the sophistries or ingenious arguments that have been used since the war to prove that this country is doing more for the soldier than he i s entitled to, ever had for one m.":.;en"t the countenance of even the si'lence of Sherman to prove it. He could not discuss the bad qualities of the soldier who had faced bullets, and die not consider such a discovery pertinent to th.e' question, hut as a discovery' after the 'act. ■ Sherman's after-dinner speecl.eS were always happy and to the point, and always with a live new thou-lit, so tlut he was always in demand. I saw a great deal of hi'm after the war; traveled with .him; and it was a long time before I could fathom the 'soldier who was so exacting, whom we called 2The Old Tycoon," and the citizens who responded to every request, and w?io delighted in doing'kindly acts for all of us, and kep h'imself poor in answering the appeals of his old comrades. . My first proi.otlon in a comm'and was in 1861, tb the post of Rolla", Missouri, and concentrated there, 'preparatory to tlie march to the southwest was the nucleus, of that arpiy that Curtis led so ' successfully to victory. A young staff officer reported to'me there, small in stature, very modest in his ways; in. fact, his diffidence belittled his great ab-ilities. I was Inexperienced in the necessities of the oara'pai gn, and my troops had about, t. ree wagons to a company. This 6taff off'icer-was Captain Phil Sheridan, and his first order at Rolla was to reduce tra ■sportati on to three v^agons to a regiment, and I had a small rebellion on my* hands and every regimental, every 512 1894, company off'^cer applied to me to countermand the orders of such an ^ unfeel-'ng regular army officer. -The German reg^'ments absolutely refused to obey ^*t; but I had learned myself to respect the experience of educated soldiers, and when I supportec Sheridan and endeavored to carry out his orders I came in for-a ,share of the blessings which came 'from our people and press. However, the Fourth Iowa Infantry, vhich I commanded, fell promptly into line. That army v/as o.ie-half Amer'can and one-half German, 'with the Germans under ti.e command of Slegel, who had been deposed by Halleck from the command of the army and succeeded by General Gurfs, who had no bed of roses to li-e upon. Siegel was then considered a great general. were then -being educated that retreat was often as much 'a victory as success which came from advance. Sheridan in that campaig fed and furnished transportation for an army hundreds of mi-les from its -base, with nei-ther rail nor water to aic him, and stamped himself as a great staff officer. 'Vhere he got the corn .f of the anima-ls and •bread and meat for ourselves was a ouzile to every sold-i er who tramped •from Rolla to Pea R^ge. -Unfortunatel-y for that army. General •Curtis relieved Sheridan just as we needed him most, but it was a great favor t -Sheridan. During that -campaign Sheridan, when he came to the army, shared my tent and told me of his di ffi cultie-s and- of his efforts and failures, I sometimes had detailed to help him, almost all of tlie Fourth Towa Infantry, 'In squads, at bnce, Jlis -Memoirs show that he never -forgot them. lie often said to rae:-"Dodge, I- believe I could do something if I could get into the line, " and was telling me what a flA field was before me, so young and in command ef a- brigade. It seemed W be his ambi-ti on to get the oommard of troops.- A brigade was his idea. After Pea Ridge my duties took me to Cerinth,-v/here I found Sheridan as Quartermaster to General- Halleck's personal headquarters, and it was thefe -that he got his first commission in the line as Colonel of a Michigan Cavalry Regiment and immediately -started out and rode down a rebel cavalry camp at Rienzi, IJissi ssi pp'.- I met him again after Miss-ipnary Ridge as commander -of a division, Grant taking him East from what he saw of him during that battle and- giving him command of his cavalry, where he demonstrated ho-/? valuable an armed cavalry was to the service, ano that tiny could f'ight as well as travel. ' When I was at City Point Grant told me of the great abi 1-ity and fighting qualities of Sheridan and of g c'fferences with-Meade, and "the trouble he had to- keep fw fiery from confli ct. He said that after t-l.e battle of The Wilderness Meade and Sheridan had some hot words and Meade came to h-im and said: "Do you know -what Sheridan said to me last night? He was mad, and told mo if I would let hJ-m out he would wipe, up the* earth witii Jeb Stuart, ?hom they were all so afraid eC," Grant answered, in his quiet way:" Why, Meade, why didn't you tell him to go and do it? Let him out; that'a-just what we want," Meade gave __ J Vvnir4v^rr "T 4 H O b4c CI1 P C? Q hll T. WA knO'.V m Xi O KO uriU Uu * U ; iJts u H'UI uuo, UHCIU 'O'JU.OU vviiau wo wcAiioa Shei'idan the order, having no confidence ^n his success,but we kno-,v the-result-of those bri Hi ant. marches an'd battles in the rear of Lee until Stuart-was killed and one-half of. the rebel cavalry destroyed. That made permanent, Sheridan's position in that arpiy. The battles of the Valley of Virginia and Five Forks followed^ and from a captain and quartermaster at Rolla, we find him a Lieutenant General, dying w. ile in- command of our army, , 513 1894. GEKEPL'iL THOtlAS. In the winter" of 1863-4, it fell to the- lot of- my Corps to "be quartered ^n the richest part of Tennessee, both ■'n what ^t produced and in rebels, "I occupied the country extend^nr. from Columbia to Decatur, I had 12,000 men and" 10-,00C animals to feed off of the country. I v/as quartered in the Department of the Cumberland, commanded, by Gen. George H. Thomas, but I was not subject to'his orders;-a dl ff ■'cult-pos^'t'on, as my troops had l^ved so long on foraging that no doubt they committed many depredations and the complaints of the officers of the'Army of the Cumberland and the citizens of that country piled up aga'nst me mountains high. They appalled even myself, and, as they passed on up through different headquarters, the endorsements upon them virtually made me command a lot of indiciplined, depredating bummers that ought to be driven out of the department for the benefit of the service. The complaints finally reached Gen, Thomas. Gen. Sherman v7as away on the Meridian riad and I.was reporting directly to Gen. Giant. Gen, Thomas knew the work I had before me in rebuilding the railway to Decatur and Muntsville and had kept watch of my progress, and, 'rstead of follow'ng the endorsements of his subordinates, passed the papers on to Gen, Grant stating that probably I was so engaged in my other work that I was not aware of the depredations and they were unauthorized, V/hen the charges reached Grant, he put an endorsement on them that, as it traveled back the same way that it came, must have mad S the endorser's earfe tingle, for Grant knew the 16th Army Corps and what it was made of, and the great work it was doing, and made it very plain in his reprimands to thos who had denounced us without a hearing. When the documents f'nally reach ed me, I felt it my duty to v;rite Gen. Thomas a letter stating how difficult my position was and how much I regretted that I should have fallen under the ban of ]:is officers, but how much we appreciated his courtesy and commendation. In May, 1864, I came into the same r'-rand army with Thomas and he made it a point so plairtthat every one could see it, to be very friendly with me. I was Brigadier General commanding a corps, while under him were 11ajor Generals commanding divisions. Thomas always had a word of encouragement for me and always a kind word for me when he was with oth.er officers, and you can appreciate what a benefit it v;as to me. After Atlanta, I fell to the command of the Department of the Missouri and General Tliomas was forcing Hood at Nashville and I had an opportunity to return some of his thoughtfu"" aid to me for I sent him every organized command in my Department, I h d nothing left but a few companies of Missouri State militia, to take care of a groat department and it was tl.ose troops tliat, in the freat battle of Nashville, under that superb soldier. A, J, Smith, crushed Hood's left and almost captured Itis command. After the war. General Thomas, when enroute to his command on the Pacific Coast, stopped off and visited me at my home in this citj^, Thomas told me ; ow thankful j e was and how much he apprediated my efforts to send him tro ps and how opportune their arrival was. Thomas was tren a happy, satisfied soldier; in fact, I never saw any of those disappoint ments or anyth.lng of that feeling that has been dep'cted by some of hi e. 514 1894 • ■ • ^ historians, and I do - ot believe: th,e thou-ht ever entered s head that his superior officers, or his government did not appreciate the great work'he did in the war, anc it, seems to me hothin" "can be more unfortunate to a general than bo have, after the fact, himself depicted as not having had the proper appreciation or credit for wh't he had done: especially must this be the case in a person'of the sturdy disposition and soldierly qualities of the 'Rock of Chickamauga, General Hfeorge H. Thomas. « . rO» r n • 1 r r- • »v . ""-rr '■ •• .t .f, ' n oh TO ■ rd t r.T*"""' • , .i*""* f' **> lo do'' f;oo ■ ' ' 1 . •TAT' rxT, • ."oO .r»*(no.-*T ,'*en bo yf'#''"! •• t ■ * r fTmo;, n ^ : o.t yfioirt'I) "-th'iooiri mnr t on# bw'n r*' Mo ; Tg rrtt a' T%.l*"a • 'i ■ • »t) r»tr. 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The huge boulder will be in place on the old common all suitably inscribed to the memory of the soldiers who have gone thence to Battle as often as service was required of them for their country, from old Colonial days to our own times. The present ation speech will be made by Hon. A.P.White, Chairman of the town Committee, and an address of acceptance will be given by Daniel P. Pope, Chairman of the Selectmen. The flag will be raised and there will be some singing and a poem and etc., some remarks by Rev. Mr. Rice of the Old Parrish Church and by the President of the Historical Society after which there will be several speeches and we shall be ^lad to have you first on the list if agreeable. We know you are a ^usy man and will not tax you overmuch. Indeed Mr. White writes me today that the speeches will all be short or not long and you shall speal to us orally or extemporaneously or from your manuscript as you choose. The great thing is to have you there and hear your voice and see youi Without doubt you are expected at the Goodales from what Miss Hunt said to me and she informed me that you would be urged by them to come early a few days before the event. They will see you conveyed to Danvers at the proper hour. Shall all be glad to welcome you. General G. M. Dodge. Faithfully yours, A. P. Putnam P.S.- Shall go to Danvers in a flying trip tomorrow or next day and if there is anything more of special importance to write I will comaunicate with you further from there. June, 1894 Chicago, June 23, 1894 General G, M. Dodge, Care of Union Pacif Railroad Offices, New York City, N.Y. My Dear General;- Inclosed herewith I send you copies of letters written by Hon. J.B.Doe, Assistant Secretary of v/ar to General E. A, Carr, who it appears had written him a letter, asking that a medal of honor be granted to me. General Carr, as the basis of his letter, submitted some extracts from the Rebellion Records. Among those extracts contain ing honorable mention, was one given by yourself in your report of the battle of Pea Ridge, and I suppose he sent a considerable number extracted from the reports of other officers. I also know that he made mention of the fact, that after the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, General Grant caused a commission to convene to determine the relative merits of the regiments and regimental commanders for their actions during the siege of Vicksburg, as you well know General Grant, after receiving the report, issued an order authorizing and directiiig the 4th Iowa infantry to have inscribed on its banners, "First at ^Chickasaw Bayou". I received in that action, one painful and four slight wounds and lay upon the field all night. I doubt if any mention is made of these things in the Rebellion Records; I have not examined to see. • You will see by the letters of the Assistant Secretary of War that he seems to think, and no doubt does think, that an officer or' soldier, to be entitled to this medal, should have stolen out some night and captured an army, or a large part of it, without orders. denies that one is entitled to the medal on account of obedience and efficiency when acting strictly in the line of his duty. oO it would seem that something irregular and extraordinary had to be done. If an officer leads a forlorn hope, he does it under orders which brings his action strictly within the line of duty. On the «cc.nd of July, at the battle of Atlanta, the orders I received for retaking the part of the line which our army had lost, when con«3idered in the light of the small numbers of troops I had with me, was almost in the nature of a forlorn hope. How well I succeeded in dolL work. Gen. Chas. R. Wood tells in his officiarrepor?. ^ ^ T dD not care to multiply instances of what I did; I did no more than the humblest soldier whom I commanded, did, but vou as my former Colonel, and as the Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantrv which cfter your promotion, must be fairly familiar f ith the history of that regiment, and what it achieved. If you, by looking through the Rebellion Records, or in anv wav irmy in raybehalf""? oenaii, i Shalf'S shall be very grateful for Justify it. you In taking some action Inclosures inciosures. WiiHamson friend, June, 1894 Chicago, June 28, 1894 General G.M.Dodge, I Broadway, New York. My Dear General;- In compliance with your request, I send you a copy of the extracts from the Rebellion Records, made by General Carr, in applying to the Secretary of War for a Medal of Honor for me. I do not know how much more might be found in the Rebellion Records of the same character. Some friends of mine have told me, that in all the records so far as published, there is nothing to be found concerning me, which is not complimentary. It is my opinion, if you would say to the Secretary of War what you said to me at our last meeting at the Grand Pacific, that it would be all sufficient. You may remember that you said that I did all the commanding which you did not do; that the Colonels after you were disabled, turned to me for orders instead of going to the senior Colonel present. This, as you and I both know, was a fact and a truth, and it has, perhaps, seldom happened to an officer of my, then rank, to assume, or rather to respond to the needs of the occasion by taking command in several parts of the field at different times during an engagement. These facts emphasised by yourself, could not fail, in my opinion, to establish the requirements made, by the Secretary of War. You Hill be a better judge of it, however, than I am. Leaving the matter in your hands, I am As ever your friend. inc. J. A. Williamson 521 June 28, 1894, Chicago, June 28, 1894. ^ General G.M.Dodge, I Broadway, New York, My dear General I have just returned from a visit to Rohl-Smith's Stud io, where I have spent an hour examing as well as I was able to, your bust, and I think it excellent, I notice a marked improvement since Sunday, He said the last sitting ;,'ou gave him, enabled him to get in many little de tails that did not appear when we were there together, I made, one, and only one suggestion of a further small detail which I asked him to carefully consider, and not give any weight to my opinion unless his own judgement, after consideration, confirmed it, I am well pleased with it, and have or dered a copy of the bust for myself, ^ Inclosed herev/ith I send you a copy of the Boston Her ald of Friday, January 14, 1887, which contains a small part of the address which I delivered on the evening of the I3th of January, You will see the tribute I paid to Oakes and Oliver Ames, I have concluded, after v;aiting all these years, that I will have the whole addresse printed in pamphlet ' form, as 1 find in looking over the manuscript, that I did ample justice to yourself, I am encouraged to print this because I receive many very flattering letters; flattering to the extent of being told that it was the best exposition of the benefit of land grants to transcontinental roads that the writers had ever heard. Some allowance must of course be made for what a man's friends may say to him, or of him while he is still living. The Club at its next meeting, passed a formal vote of thanks to me for the address. Very truly your friend, J.A.Williamson, •Mex On June 28th, I was in Boston attending the Union Pacific llt.ol Railroad meeting. On the 29th I went to Peabody with Albert'" Goodrell. Called on Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, in Peahody". Mr. Merrill was of the firm o:' Lambert &■. Merrill, whom I worked for when, I was a young boy. I also called on Mr. Simons, one of,my old school" ofl iffrf teachers. Went up the back street and back by Essex Street. A Stephen Blaney came to see me about lots he owned in Council Bluffs. In the afternoon I drove to Putnamville. Saw.Elias Endicott Putnam; also drove to Oak Knoll, Whitteir's old home, now occupied by "Miss Page and Johnson, nieces of Whittier. Oak Knoll is a very . _ 'f! > "beautiful place, full of trees of all climates. It was built up : by William Lunz who named it. Whittier and my father were great friends. The old Prank Dodge place on the h^ll has been turned Into a State Insance Asylum. < • " oeJnaX , : I iJ l.uiin , , < il drove down through Ta leyville : saw TenbrookiHija l i . I ' Gardiner and Oroundshiled places.' jftf . ; • ju'oo M tU't'ii .1 iftd if ,!■. ' OnnJune 30th I saw Dean Peabody; he said my mother consulted . ■ I ' '4 ■ *. 1, hlDT'ebout my going to a railitory school. nre i i , - -n-n '■ iJ .' I went to Danvers Center to the Dedication of the old Training ; Vf ' ' • r . ,1 Ground.' Met Preatoh White^ A. p. Putnam> Mre* Putnam^lMrs. Page, Andrew Nichols, Secretary of War, Endicoatt, H. Phillips and Robert Harris, Israel Andrews» Gilbert Tapley ahd also visited the old * ' o ' t Nourse house of the, wltohee* I m-d© a,»hcrt address at the training -aiJ! -X •• h. ,♦ r e,! benieesttSeel as followet ivk| ** J wA ol e« •>•(« >.-) i 'n<ht Je m ee I .id- ciCoXe •.(. liSw vOtN hi* bmminm I eeilJ mU mshIi )o leieo^ >nr foowv eiW ia doel X iMie t^ltdnae aoa nl tdlb/ow aim Ai AAA i| nlMA!4 • AM nso X •imliuiUmt $mii ^ WA aI AWlriAA aAI iwfSm Ja^aa yenq turn IaIMo twe ' MAivAn AX AiifA MAt^f .iMPi I^A nA|4AnllAlft nAlXAnllAlft iMihl > Mli W miAAA^ —<ntmm xMm 524 1894. .NQ ^ "Last week many of my old comrades came to my home in Iowa to shake me once more by the hand. Veterans who had survived thus long. And I told them that the applause and.commendation that a Commander who had led his forces to victory and who had received their applause and the applause of his country in the ex citement of war and upon the battle-field, could be easily under stood, but when those old soldiers, many of whom had seen me the last time in the heat of b-ttle or under the strict discipline of active campaigns, preserve their, love and respect for, him who came hundreds of miles to grasp his hand 30 years after the events, was A compliment' that-carried a satisfaction to his heart that he could in no adequate way respond to or in proper words return his thanks. It carried to him the absolute proo: and the xinqualified declaration that his life had not been spent in vain. And, sir, now, when, you come here an old playmate and greet a boy of your own town with a greeting and welcome you give me, it must be because my l®fe has mefe your and the tovm's approval. Ky answer to you is the same as to those old scarred veterans that had faced battle at. my command so mai y f-imes, this is an older and greater compliment because you have not the incentive they have. For there is notldng in or about it to give it the,enthusiasm of the battle-field, march and the camp or the victory that they had. Your welcome sends my thoughts, back 50 or more years, when a boy, whose ambition was to follow a drum and fife and attend trainings^^ Even Sarah Ann Osgood, .vho was my best friend and whose teachings, enforced by a very hea-vy ferrule, pounded into me principles that lasted me all my life, could not keep me from playing hookey and running away to May trainings, knowing full well, as I did, what the suffering and penalty would be next day. Upon this ground I saw the first soldier and right her^ was instilled the desire to become a soldier, and no doubt to the hundreds of others who first,congregated here it had the same charm that it did for me, and it is a wonderful coincidence that nearly sixty years after that I would be present when it is devoted for all time to the art of V.'ar. Those experiences are evident to me today, and their peculiar surroundings made an impression upon my mind tvat has never been effaced. It was an Instinct born here that made every present the desire to become a soldier, and it caused me to secure a military education. In those days there was but one Military School.outside of West Point--Norwich University, and it was t.ought a loss of time to attend such institutions of learning; in fact, it was a reflection upon the boy who selected such a course, but it is now safe to say that no one who in those days faced public opinion and gave years of respect to authority and obedience to law and his superior officer, Which the education carried, ever regretted it, for it was an exper ience that lasted him through his life. The education and drill obtained at that Institution caused me to keei- the practice of what I had learned from the time I entered old N.U. until the close of the war, I was a soldier in som capacity and when I look at the record and roster of that Institution, I can see what a blessinr it was to the country; al-Ak most every cadet and past cadet entered the service in some capacity aSF many rose to the highest distinction and rank. There were 14 Generals r: 9c; Field officers by t];e hundred; all of its cadets who entBred the service received^'promotion in the lire or staff. .Its cadets and.the Oniversity-often'wcn :;reat commanders, ' How' different the so One commendation our £:;reat commanders. How different the so One today', Lv! You You have have honored and consecrated for-oil time to the military"spirit of your town, the ground'upoh which i you play-^d soldier, to be hereafter devoted to.the use of our National Guard in peace or in^ war, if necessary. But the soldier is now so important and necessary a part of th'^ Gia^vernment that the military spirit of a nation'has grov/n until' now it is oiie of the i5ri..clpal ,ele3ients of our pi'Ogress. Universities all over the land teach the art of war; our high schools uniform and drill as cadetjS years before they cdn shoulder a mushet in actual oonflict, and that• teaching they will forever be thankful for* Sherman has .said that war was. cruelty and there was no refining It, He has also pictured the otiier side of the question and demon strated that the Civil Yar ma'de .possible in thirty .years'What would not have been accomplidhe'd in one hundhed undei; the slow development of peace, "It taught nearly five millions,of ^oJdiers--what'was possible under great necessities—five yearq actual conflict sent to their homes milliops educated to-the belief that everything, was" possible and their enthusiasm, experience and exaraale was caught and "followed until'the nation has .gro'wn and de.veloped, until almost .every acre of moun"tain and valley, desert and plain has been con quered and put in hcarness aqd made usefu]^ to tiie whole world. ■ • , It was the experience of• .the war that has" bound tl/is" continent together with five ^*reat" -transcontlner^tal" railroads, Canada, our neighbor on the North., caught the inspiration and has constructed' another," where before the "war it was not thought possible to maintain successfully even llfe^ let alone a great railway line ln"'5uccessful operation fror,. the Atlpntixj 'to Lhe Pacific, yes, "from" Boston to Van couver and Puget Sound, er great continental line under one head. Manyof, t-<e principles instilled by .the" sword into the heart of this nation" as a result of the, war," have for various reasons been of late, years forgottdp or at least r>egle,ctod,' - . * A frew country has been by many cons.trued as a freedom ,frbm all' law and order and thp result *"f the sopnistries thaV'C'an bd •bpilt upon slender foundat' ons has bb^n to awaken this nation and is bringing to the front many of the facts and rights established by the arbitration of battle. It Bepmn to have'awakened anew .the military Spirit, to have brou-ht out a new life to the oM veterans. The history of th° war is being again recited and renewed.. The encampments of our national guard and re^'nions of our old armies and regiments this year have brought out, as never before, a love andhonor and a respect for the old flag that astonished us all. You have it right here, and it is only a week .og- that I saw It demonstrated in my own ■ ity, decorated and given over to 2,500 old veterans who had congregated there to shake the hand of their old comrades, and from every hbuSe and eveyy hill-top "Old Glory" welcomed tj.om. The cl.ildren of all the schools, in red, white and blue, took object lessons that they will hever forget, and it is that sentiment that just no\"/ is drawing thoroughly the line between a Republic -f law and order that so many thousands laid down their lives to maintain and for the respect of the individual rights of every man to be his own master, as against the theories of riot and anarchy that trample down all law and ctab to death all authority. '\\\ 526 And, now, my tovmsmen, the condition today brings forcibly 60 my mind the celebrated speech of th^t greatest d" Generals, and most■successful of statesmen—GenGral Grant, delivered to hhe Army of the Tennessee in Des lioines, I'bw^, in 1875--a. speech that created a sensation over the whole United States, s speech that Cardinal Antonnelli said--"Wiii3a3 he did not agree fully with its sentiments, .it v;ould go down to history as one of tl:e most noted and important events of this century*" I cannot read it to you but it should be today posted up in every public school house of this land and be as ever present to us as the old flag, which e'er long will floatevery school house, never to be taken down. General Grant, in talking to his old command, closed his advice to them with words that were prophetic, and I cannot doge what I have• to say GO well as repeating to you the last paragraph of his speech. He said: 'If we are to have another contest in the near ftiture of our national existence, I predict tJ.at the dividing line will not be Mason's and Dixon'-s, but betv;een patriotism and intelligence on the one Side and superstition, ambition-and ignorance on the other. Uow, in this centennial year of our national existence, I believe it is a good 'dme to begin the work of strengthenin- the foundation of tJ.e house conunenced by our forefathers IOC years ago at Concord and Lexington. Let us all labor to do all needful guarantees for the more perfect security of free ti.ought, free speech, free press, pure morals, unfetter ed religious sentiments and of equal rights and privileges to all men, irrespective af nationality, color or religion, encourage free sc.hools a and resolve that not one dollar of money appropriated to their support^ no matter hovf raised should be appropriated to any sectarian school." ™ "RlilSOLVE- tl at either tJie state or nation o: both combined shall support instituticx}-B of learnigg sufficient to afford to every child grjQwing up in the land the opportunity of a good ooimnon school education unmixed with sectarian, Pagan or atheistical tenfets. Leave the matter of religion to the family circle, the cl.urch and private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keen the church and state forever separate. "WitJi these safe-guards, I believe, the battles which "created us the 'Army of the Tennessee' will not have been fou]glit in vain." NpTE: Met the Secretary of War on Novembei? 13, 1894 and General Gcliofield and decided to takb the North Square just south of the Treasury^ /tK Department on the circle on tlie east front of the White House, The Secretary of War will report It in his" message to. Congress. After the * decision I found lienator Sherman and other friends of General Sherman and all agreed it was the best site for us take. , ■ ■ -4 ■ ' * ..I tutiJ I n ^ 1 I ' "1.« f ' fr U" lu 0: June, 1894. Headquarters DepartUient of iowa GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLE State Capitol. Des ^"oines, "^^ne 50, 1894. Gen. G. M. Dodce, New ^ork City. My dear General: As you will doubtless remember, agreed to furnish you with the size of the portrait of Gen. Crocker now hanging in the department headquarters in the ■'•owa State Capitol, i find the size d' the canvas stretcher to be three feet long and twenty-nine inciies wide. The somewhat heavy gilt frame did not measure as the size of the frame is not so great importance perhaps as to have the portraits somewhat uni form in size . When this promised portrait of yours if completed, if agree able to you, ^ would be pleased to have it placed on public exhibition in Des Mioines previous to its being hung in the ^^tate Capitol. And to that end, if, wiien finished, you will address it ot me in care of B. Abdill, 1 will take pleasure in seeing that it is so exhibited for a few days after its arrival, and attention called to it in the daily papers. You will also remember without doubt, that your address ard historical reminiscences before one of the campfires at Council Bluffs was, by resolution of the Encampment, ordered printed in the Encampment Journal, the notes of which are now in my hands. I would be glad to receive this address at as early a day as possible as the printing of the Journal is to be pushed rapidly to comple tion, and inasmuch as this Encampment was held at your oldhome and you so graciously consented to take part therein it would give me great pleasure, as editor of thi.. Journal, and I know it will be pleasing to the comrades of the department, to have either a steel engraving such other portraits as you might desire bound in with this Journal. It occurs to me tliat it might be well if the same portrait iurnished by you for the Jnauary number of the "Annals of Iowa be used in this together with anotherportrait representing vou as you are to-day. If this suggestion meets with your approval I would be very glad to place both of these portraits in this forthcoming Journal, the edition of which is to be one tliouaand copies, A that you may desire to make please ad dress me without title and mark personal. Otherwise my'mail will be delayed. ^ waxi. Iruuy and fraternally yours, . E. Leonard, ^1100 6th Ave, 529 k Carr, VaL encia Go. New Ivexico June 30th, 1894 Dear General Dodge: While in Washington I started in to obtain a medal of honor for General James A. Williamson late U. 5. Volunteers; supposing that it would be sufficient to lefer to official reports, on file and printed in the rebellion records among which is yours. It seems that it is believed that these medals have hereto fore been given with too little care £nd discrimination; and I aim told in a letter fron. the Hon. Asst. Sec. of War as follows; " A medal of iionor, rider the law, can only be awarded for conspicuous gallantry in some particular action, not for general good conduct nor for wounds received. The papers submitted in Gen. Williamson's case are deficient in that they do not specify of what the gallantry consisted in any particular case, altho mention is made of his gallant conduct at different times and .laces. The mere performance of duty is not sufficient to satisfy the law. I am still k^.epinr the papers on my desk in the hope of receiving such additional evidence as would enable the Department to give favorable consideration to this case . (Signed) Joseph B. Doe, Assistant Secretary of War." In my opinion, and i so told the Dept. Secretary, the official reports are all sufficient; and the medals, instead of being held up for most extraordinary cases, should be given to all who ba ve a reasonable claim. They cost but little, but will still be highly prized; and, the only care or restriction should be that no unworthy person receives them. But the above is the official stand of the War Department, and as I do not want to give up after comriiencing such an enterprise, and as General Williamson's heart is set on it, I write to you to know if you can and will lui'nish a certificate or affadavit which will satisfy the law as interpreted. If so please send it to me, or direct to the Hon. Apt. Se cretary, and let me know. Also, if you can, please send mie thenames of any ofi icers or soldiers cognizant as required above who could furnish evidence. I suppose that a certificate will be sufficient from an officer; but an affadavit would be required fromi a soldier. If they are in your reach, probably a request from you would meet with better attention than one from me. I am, as ever, yours n.ost truly, E . H . Carr. Brigadier and Brevet Maj. Genl., Retired. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/51b685c006b0d2d91907bfbe2db5d447.pdf 88862e62a6720b514f3ad18aee4f63d9 PDF Text Text July, 1894 H si Concord, Mags., July 3rd, 1894 My Dear General;- Your kind letter reached me this morning and the book this evening and I thank you heartily for them both. I'was nbt"the possess or of the very valuaVle and finely illustrated volume, though I had known something about and wished I had it by my side, so as to peruse it and consult it as occasion might require or opportunity might allow. With my taste for historical and genealogical pursuits, I find myself fond of this kind of literature and find it very useful but a book that thus treats of the Dodge family and of yourself and family as a prominent part thereof-- can hardly fail to be of special interest and value to me and so I thank you again for your very welcome and noble gift. I need not say how glad T shall be to have the others you speak of-- for nothing relating to you and yours, can fail to be duly apprec iated and prised by me. Only I fear you are too generous, however much I covet whatever concerns your story or illustrates your great life work. You have rendered the country in manifold ways. It will live in history and have a large and honored place. You know you are to give us (D.H.Society) a-portrait of yourself before long. You can't blame me for my interest or rather for our common interest in that matter. How fortunate it was that I got good portraits of Whittier and A. A. Law and others when I did. They soon passed off the stage, but how their faces look down on us from the walls, where theywill be seen for generations to come And though I trust many, many, years are reserved for you amonr men * yet you see I am not going to let the matter drop. Vou are onerof ' the famous lines of old Danvers and its Historical Society is bound to claim you. But we shall see you here at Concord ere long, no doubt In one of your mothers letters she had stated that your father wao born on the old Putnamville farm, but in a subsequent letter -^he statprt that she might have been In error about that and she woSl^rlte certein Beverly friends to learn from them about It. It protabL Slipped her mind, so in my article I did not venture the + then as will talk about many things. Yes, your grardfathPi-'i old place the Endlcotts had told me of !?'an~thiri frim ever dear and honored mother said the same. from your Always heartily yours. A. P. Putnam. July, 1894 Concord, Mass.> July 4, 1894 Dear General I trust you. did not get too tried coming and gibing back and while having so much to think about and to do. You must have realized how glad all wej^e to see you and how much real delight your visit afforded. It was an immense thing for us to have you with us and it was well that what our own Society began was allowed to become a town affair. So that it could be Danvers itself that should celebrate and give you welcome. Ye shall greatly prize the Ms. you kindly said you would send me for preservation in our archives. If no copy has been given for publication yet, perhaps you will let me have it copied, when it comes, by one of my boys here, so as to have it printed in the Danvers Mirror. It was so timely and admirable that it otight soon to be given in full to the public. I am writing a little history of two or three of the old houses in Putnamville for the Mirror, and when it is out, I will send you a copy. There is a vast deal of interest that centres in the spot where you were born, and the Bradstreet and Endicott houses• Do not fail to drop me a line when you come East, so that we may arraiige for that visit at Concord. I am sure you would enjoy seeing the grand old historic town and that it will be glad to see you. Come and make us aslong a visit as you can. So say we all of us and I am, my dear old veteran. Heartily yours. A. P. Putnam P. S.— My warm regard to the daughter. Sorry I could not have seen her more on Saturday, but we were all so busy. The strikes are as alarming as they are wicked. It is the Fourth of July and as I write, I hear the noise of the day, though it is rather less uproarious than usual, and it is well that it should be so. Millions of our people have yet to learn the first lessons of justice and liberty for which the Anniversary is supposed to stand. The tyranny and cruelty of "Labor"is tenfold more oppressive and injuman than Capital has ever been. It cannot be that the great body of our Countrymen will long endure such wrongs and outrages and such defiance of National authority. A. P. P. July, 1894 5S5 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY •Kr- r'W iit «-5; 4:* 4;-;- -Ki -5;%: 4 July IB, 1894 Dated Omaha, Neb. 18 To Gen. G. M. Dodge, I Broadwaj You are requested to command Iowa Veterans Battle flag day August tenth Des ?JIoines will you come answer DesMoines. John R. Prime Adjt. Gen'l. & Chairman Committee ''•K .Si ■- Sent vIOO fj(j i Northfield, Vt., July 2Ist, 1894 Gen. G. M. Dodge, My Dear Sir^f We have just had a very successful Commencement and I am happy to say that we already have about twenty-five new Cadets promised for the fall terra. You may be aware that Prof. Brill and myself have been conducting the University tmder a five year arrangement which term will expire next June. We are anxious to see a very large class coming in next term and have secured double the usual number of catalogues and have made and are making arrangements for a system atic personal canvass of Vermont and Northern New Hampshire and parts of New York. This is the plan which the University of Vermont has followed with great success of late and which we in small way found valuable last summer. Now in order to properly canvass this territory not less than two hundred dollars will be necessary and of this sum we have one hundred which we can use for the purpose. Having heard that you have said that you intended to do something for N. U. every year, and judging from same of your remarks at our Alumni gatherings that you prefer to help in such a manner as will bring still more help, I apply to you to aid us in our efforts or rather we do for ProfJ Brill joines with me in this communication. Should this experiment prove as successful as we expect, it will need no contributions hereafter for it will be carried on with confidence as something sxu?e to pay well. This, however, is an experiment and as such we are too poor to risk the whole sum needed. You saw the Institution last year and we now have a few m.ore than then. We received some encouragement at Commencement such as the beginning of the Capt. Partridge Memorial Fund by Mrs. Partridge herself, also the proposal of Dr. McCollester of Waltham, Mass., to pay a Scholorship and a fund which may be used for the Library from another source. I mall you herewith a copy of paper with full account of the exercises. And now sir if my request seems unwise or presuming or if for any reason you think best not to grant it I trust that you will excuse my boldness on the grounds of our common zeal for the welfare of the University. Very truly. John B» Johnson July 2S, 1894 539 V: v.,-' ».'irfi'.,-i\;3w. RETIREMENT TO t^lAJOR IN REGULAR ARtjy MAJOR DUNBAR R. RANGOM., July 23, 1894. Ransom. March, 1892, Washington, D. C., March 7, 1892. General G. M, Dodge, No.l Broadway, New York, My dear General Since the receipt of your letter of March 4th, I have, ex amined the record in Ransom's case enough, I think, to enable me to fully understand the nature of the case. There was no serious fault committed by Ransom in the borrowing of the money from an enlisted man, although a thing which an officer ought to avoid doing; but his long failure to make payment does not appear to be at all satis factory explained in the record, and fully justified, apparently, the finding of the Court and its sentence. Yet, it is plain enough that the circumstances to which you allude in your letter to Senator Proctor may have been such as to exonerate him from serious blame, and if that were made to appear officially before a Committee of Congress, I should think that favorable action might reasonably be expected, but that would be, as you will readily perceive, outside of my jurisdiction. So far as I can not tell from an examination of the offibial record as it now stands, or was made up at the time of the trial, if called upon for an opinion in the matter, I would be compelled to give a rather unfatoorable one. But in view of what you say of exten uating circumstances, I do not think the aspect of the case is so bad that it need discourage you from an effort to do what is possible to restore io a gallant soldier and an honorable family what has been lost through faults which did not amount to crimes. Yours very truly, J. M. Schofield. ,•/* A'' to,' . ' "' i ^ ^ « A ' ' ' ' Ransom-. March, 1892. United States Senate. Washington, D.C., March 14th, 1892, My dear Sir:- ■ - I introduced a bill for Col. Ransom and almost got-a favorable report from the Senate Committee, but one or two members wanted some further information in regard to his age and capacity to earn. One suggested that he was probably drawing a good large salary in your employ. They all agreed that injustice was done him by the Court Martial and were ready to favor his receiving an honorable discharge, the same as if he had resigned at the time, and suggested that there was pro bably sufficient reason for asking for his resignation, though not sufficient for his dismissal. I did not wish to accept such a report without consulting you. I think they will agree to his being appointed a Captain by the President, and placed on the retired list, but they may not. Please reply as to his age, property and salary, and anything you may choose to state about ha4 conduct and standing in the service at the time of his trial, which does not appear in the record. If you say anything which you do not wish laid before the Committee you will please write it on a separate sheet. We also agreed to report favorably a bill making an approprition for a statue for Gen. Sherman, and making the Secretary of War, I the Architect of the Capitol and yourself, comrissioners to fix upon a site and design, and to spend the money. Very truly yours. Redfield Proctor, Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, New York City. Ransom Letter. 543 RTarch, 1892, Washington, Barracks, March 16, 1892, Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Friend;- I received your letter with enclosure - letters to and from Senator Proctor - this morning and have written to the Senator giving the "desired information;- Dunbar's age - Dunbar was eighty one Jan. last. I saw Senator Proctor yesterday and he received me most kindly. He spoke of my father and brother Greenfield, whom he seemed to know all about; said he had seen my father and admired him when "a lad and had also attended his funeral, when a young m.an at Dartmouth. He seemed to think not only that the sentence of the court mattial was unfair, but that holding Dunbar responsible for the thieving at McPherson w-s unaccountable. He, erroneously thought that the .^.800. had afterw.ards been remitted to !^'80. stoppage of pay and I asstired him of the mistake. He did not know that the principal of "the debt - .^'200.- had been paid; said there was no record of it. He asked me if I were sure it had been paid and that Sanborn was satisfied. I am sorry we have no receipt, as we sent it to Gen. Logan and I think it strange there is no record, considering that Gen. Logan laid such stress on the importance of the payment. Mrs. Logan must remember about it for she spoke of it to me, w" en I met her at West Point, called it "noble conduct" to give our "little earnings" so willingly, Ferator Proctor said that though the court martial sentence was un justly severe, it seemed that there must be something behind it, and asked if Dunbar were drinking. I said, I did not know, but, just -previous to that when he had been at home, he was doing well and I was sure such was the case after his return to Pulaski, when his wife had left the post and he was taking measures to obtain the divorce. It seems to me that even if he did drink - and 1 never heard of his disgracing himself in that way, that the court had no right to dis grace his name by dismissing him as a thief - d dishonest person - and now, the least that can be done in justice, is to remove the dis honor as far as possible, by re-installment, and then retire him, as furnishing means of suppoEfe in his old age, for, if he is not dishonored, his war record gives him as great a claim to be on the retired list as any officer enjoying that privilege. I trust we shall succeed in the Senate, but may there not be trouble in the House. Will Rep. Lockwood see to the bill when it comes up? I think Rep. Wheeler of Ala. would be a good man to help us. We know him and he is a great friend to the Army. With sincerest regards. Sincerely yours, K. R. O'Hara. 544, Sansom Letter'/' March, 1892, Washington Barracks, March 27, 1892. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Friend I have received a copy of the report of the military committee of the Senate - dictated by Senator Proctor - from the Senator and suppose you have one also. It is highly encouraging to us as I think and very satisfactory. I received another copy of to-day from Rep. Jose'ph Wheeler of Ala., ( on whom I called last week) with the accomp anying letter. I am sure you will be pleased with the interest he" manifests. He received me most kindly and promised his aid; though I did not ask him to present the bill, as I understood from you that Senator Proctor would select someone. The Gen. looked over the papers, that you sent me, and seemed to understand and appreciate the situation and to have resolved on the part he was to take, even to something he intended to say in regard to said motives being attributed to ones actions. ^ I mentioned Dunbar's utter humiliation on account of the court s sentence and how he replied lately to a gentleman in Texas who desired him to visit at his house. Dunbar's excuse was "iTou know I am a disgraced affair.'" The Gen. Said, "0, that shouldn't be." I told him of another 'incident that occurred to my mind (from something he had seen relating to me) in reference to Dunbar's sense of hunor It was during the war, and Dunbar had need to purchase horses, for hi*s battery, when a friend sent a man with horses to select from and Dunbar found exactly what he needed and was about to make the pur chase when the owner, for a still greatetninducement, said "If you will take these horses, I willsenfl you a firm, little creature for yourself." "I won't tnke the horses" (resi. of letter missing.) Ransom, 545 August, 1893. Washington, D. C., August 15th, 1893, Gen. Grenville M, Dodge, No. 91, Broadway, New York. Dear Gen. Dodge I enclose copy of bill for Ransom, for which I of course will do everything possible. Think there will be-no trouble in the Senate and that its chance in the House will be much better for the fact that Mr. Outhwaite, who was"and will be again Chairman of the Military Committee, has just been made a member of the Committee oh Rules in the House." This Coranittee you know practically determines •vhat" business shall be transacted. Mr. Outhwaite at the last Session' tried very hard to get this Committee to give the Military one or two days time, but did not get it. Now he is a member of the Com. on Rules I think the btisiness before the military Committee ought to and will have a fair show, which it" did not have in my opinion iast session. I will"get some Member to introduce the same bill in the House, and it will be well if you can write any acquaintances there and ask them to help it along. Very truly yours, Redfield Proctor. S. 322 IN THE SENATE OP THE UNITED STATES. August 14, 1893. Mr. Proctor introduced the following bill; which was re-^d twice and referred to the Committee on Military affairs.' A BILL To place Dunbar R. Ransom on the retired list of the Army. of of the United . tc^tes of America '"Senate In and Conpress House of assembled Representatives Th.t the President of the ITnited State? te. a?d he i^herebv authorized to nominate and, by and with the advise and consLt of the Senate, to appoint Dunbar R. Ransom, late cantain in the Third Artillep of the Army, a captain'in tL A?my anS to place him on the unlimited retired list. . 546 Ransom Letter, November, 1893. Key West Barracks, Nov. 1, 1895. Gen. G. M. Dodpe, Dear Friend;- Many thanks for your letter and the good news abOLit Dunbar's case that it contained. I knew that nothing short of sickness or absence would prevent your working in his behalf, but it seems even the former was not an obstacle with you. God bless you for your goodness to us I I am very sorry you have been ill and hope you will decide to come to Florida as your letter suggests, "^e shall be very happy to have you come and make our home your headquarters. Capt. O'Hara says the hunting and fishing are excellent in our vicinity - a few miles out - and the fishing very good right here. He hopes to see you here and will try to make your stay pleasant. We expect to be here till February and perhaps longer. There is a small chance of our being ordered to San Antonio, Texas, as the Capt. in command of the Light Battery there is almost certain of being made Assistant Adjutant General, and Cant. O'Hara may get it, but as he has not followed the new-fashioned plan of applying for it, I hardly think it will be offered, but being the only available Capt. who is a West Pointer, it may be his good luck to be chosen. Hoping to see you soon and with kindest regards from all. Very sincerely. Kali R. O'Hara. ■■ ■ Ransom £47 January, 1894 Key West Barracks, Key West, Florida, Jan. 28, 1894, Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Friend:- The two letters of Senator Proctor to you were received by to-day's mail - many thanks. They show how well the Senator is look ing after us. You and he are very much alike in your determination and perseverance and I feel we are safe and sure in such hands. You did not decide to come South it seems,- it is iovely and mild here, and has been all along, except a few days in December. We have received our orders to go north as far as Atlanta, Georgia, where we exoect to be for the next two years. I hope you will come to see us there. I understand Atlanta is a beautiful city and the fort. Fort McPherson - five miles distant - a lovely place. Steam and electric cars furnish easy communication with the city, where the marketing and shopping are said to be good. We shall miss the water and sea bathing, but, as a whole, shall not regret Key West. I hope to hear from you soon and as we leave some time between the 10th and 28th of February you had better address me at Fort Mc Pherson, Georgia. The post office is near the barracks, not in Atlant-; With kind regards from Capt. O'Hara and myself. Very sincerely, K. R. O'Hara. WESTERN UNION TELEGR/vPH COMPANY RECEIVED AT July 18 1894 Dated Washington, D.C., 18 To Can« C. M. Dodge 1 Broadway New York. Passed Senate Bill for Ransom today it now goes to the President. J. A. T. Hull rra '/r '- ..V V Ransom. July, 1894. Fort McPherson, Georgia, July 22, 1894, Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear Friend:- I may now say that you that you have succeeded in getting our bill through, for there is hardly a chance for opposition from the President in what is so evidently a case of justice. I congratulate you with all my heart- and I wish I knew how to express my thanks, but I cannot and can only say that I shall always pray for you that you may be specially blessed for the happi ness and honor you have procured for us, with God's help. I started my part in prayer,. hav4 continued and wish it to end so. May you and yours be blessed and all who have kindly aided us. I have written to Gen. Wheeler to use his influence for se curing the signature of the President. I will ask Capt. Clem to write to his friends when he returns to Atlanta which will be soon, and I suppose that will be sufficient - will it not? I will write to my cousin - Emma Wallace too, as more * help may be needed and we mustn't fail now. I hope soon to hear fhat our labors are successfully over and I shall never cease to be thanking that our Lord sent me to you for help. God bless youl ^ Very sincerely. Kali R. O'Hara. Ranaora 550 ^ jm July, 1894. Fort Worth, Texas, July 23d, 1894. Genl. G. M. Dodge, No.l Broadway, IT.Y. City. General:- The papers say ray bill has passed the House. You have given me my life - I am not gifted with words, and even if I had them, they could not tell you of. my gratitude. You have always been so kind, and it lies deep in my heart. Very truly yours, D. R. Ransom. Majors Neb., July 27, 1894. My dear Gen. & Gorarade;- I read with great interest the programme for Aug. 10th at Des Moines. Would be glad to meet old comrades on that occasion and have the pleasure of beholding and saluting those old battle flags, The season has been so unfortunate that those in this part of Nebraska will have to be present in spirit only unless we can in some way secure transportation from Kearney and return. Mr. John McCool who was color Sargent for a long time would very much enjoy the exercises on that occasion. I hope you may be able to be there and am sure the Iowa soldier swill be glad to greet you. The depositing of these flags intheir final resting place signifies that their work is d^ne and that they are sacred. May it be so with their bearers and defenders when they are at last all deposited in their final resting place. Yours very truly, Z.E. Miller, late of Go. B. 2nd Iowa Inft. July, 1894 Co3 NORWICH UNIVERSITY NORTHFIELD, VT. July 30th, 1894 Gen. G, M. Dodge, My Dear Sir:- Mr. H. H. Steams and Mr. L. C. Hubburd, have written you asking your assistance in obtaining positions as assistant engineers or draftsrnBn, They are graduates of our Engineering course and are very honest and capable young men. You need not fear to recom mend them for places as they are willing to work hard and render respectful and energetic service for the sake of making a begining in life. They are in much the same position that we were when we finished our courses. There seems to be no opening for them. Your good offices at this time will be doubly appreciated by them and by the Institute. Very truly, John B. Johnson July, 1894 r r. cr KjtjO NORWICH UNIVERSITY NORTHFIELD, VT. July, 31, 1894 Gen« G. M, Dodge My Dear Sir ; - I am In receipt of your letter enclosing check in aid of the canvass for N. U. We all thank you most heartily for this very generous and timely helpi It gives us all new hope and courage and enables us to carry out our plans in full. We shall push the work from now till term opens with the earnest purpose of getting the hundred Cadets. Prof. Brill and I both leave town tomorrow, he for the southern part of Vt. and Eastern New York and I for northern N. H. and N. Y. We shall have others in the field and shall advertise in a few journals which experience has shown us will pay, such as the Heview of Reviews, Youths Companion, etc. You are the best friend that the Instution possesses and I trust that your health may be restored and your life prolonged for her sake. I would like to know what you think of the proposition to make Major H, E. Alvord of Washington, President of Norwich Uni versity. He was hereat Commencement and his friends say that he would accept the place if offered at a salary of about fl500 per year for a term of not less than three years and would spend most of his time in the field working up endowment and students. Of the whole scheme is as yet in its infancy and some of us, most of us, do not know as much about Maj. Alvords fitness for the place as we should. You may have had a chance to hear more of him than we have. If you are willing to express an opinion about him I would be glad to hear it. Although you did not ask it, we intend to send you an itemized account of our expenditures for the canvass. Once more expressing our deep gratitude for your substantial aid, I remain ■ "// - : ■ i ' - • , 7 . > H., • ' ' f. ■ ' 'i '. r. , L' ' a' • .► ■!■ f >v ■ ' . i Yours truly. John B. Johnson ^ . 'j ■ • . * p» ' ^ • July, 1894 Lebanon, Pa, July 31, 1894 General G.M.Dodge, New York, Dear Dlr;- Qulte a long tinie ago I wrote to you asking for a copy of your report to the War Dept. of the trip across the Plains in the fall of 1865 when Co. "A" I4th Pa. Cavalry formed your escort. You replied that you would secure it for me, bxit not getting it and not wishing to encroach upon your time more, I wrote to the War Dept. myself and of course was refused., so I have exhausted my efforts in that direction and am compelled to ask one favor of you. Will you briefly give me the object of the trip., the names of the mem bers of your staff and such data as may be convenient. Hon Jno. A. Kasson wrote me quite an interesting account of his experience when lost, What was the name of the Military station on the Powder River we visited, what did the ffarrison consist of and who was in command? I have been appointed by the Company Association to prepare an article on the Trip to be read before the Regimental re-union to be held at Pittsburgh during the week of the meeting of the National Encampment C. A. R. The article is to become a part of the Regimental history I am anxious to make it accurate as well as interesting. Thanking you in advance for any further favors you nav be able to do, I remain Yours and Cordially, M. A. Gherst. 559 m August, 1894, ATLANTIC & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Chicago, Aug. 6, 1894 General G. M, Dodge, No. 1 Broadway, ^^ew ^ork. My dear General: I have been absent from this ^ity since about the 6th oflast month, and somwhere in my travels I received your letter dated the 12th untimo, inclosing copy of letter you had sent to the Assistant Secre tary of ii^ar, I cannot tell you how much I thank you for the kind words you said in my favor, andthe high commendation which you gave me. On my return here this morning I found on my desk, a letter from Mr. Carl Rohl-Smith, in which he said that Mr. D. N. Richardson had called on him, and said ttet a Medallion Portrait in bronze of myself was required among others. i met General Noble, late Secre tary of the interior, here this morning, and went with him to RohlSmith s Studio. ihe General was greatly plaesed with your bust, and said that he would recognise it anywhere as being an excellent piece of work, showing you as you really are. I am very much pleased with a copy of the bust which I have secured for myself. I still think it very good. I very sincerely hope that your health is better than when i saw you, and that you will, through the course of the summer, regain There seems to be an i scandal concerning ath Atchison. what has been said in trie papers Railroads, and especially to thi abuse and point It out as one oi' I suppose therewlll be in New York,at the meeting which in interest for the reorganizati nterminable muddle, if not a veritable ^ know nothing of this myself, but gives people who are unfriendly to s one, a great margin on which to the soulless and robbing corporations. yOme interesting disclosures tomorrow understand is to be held by parties on. comments, pLa'se It in the fcrm cf Very truly your ftiend, J. A. W»illiamson. />• 5bi IIOO 6th Ave., Des Moines Iowa Aug. II, /94 Gen. G. M. Dodge, Dear General;- You will please find in this mail a complete and perfect copy of the Encampment journal as the entire edition will be. The error in the advance copy sent you having been corrected. Please inform me how many copies you would like expressed to you, M. L. Leonard. ■ ■ August, 1894 563 t. %■*. 'W *■ 1 New York City, August 14th, 1894 Major Dunbar R. Ransom, Fort Worth, Texas. My dear Dunbar: I received your very kind and appreciative letter. I have never forgotten the kindness of your mother to ne, as well as yours and Creerie'c, v hen I v.as a young boy, and aftervards the kind ness of the Gilson's. I looked into your case very carefully and I sav/ what an injustice had been done you. I then took it to Senator Protor, who I induced to take it up and look into it. Re imnediately saw the injustice and took an active i^art in trying to secure the ap pointment. I then went to Col. J.A. T.'Iull, a Member of Congress from my own State, who is on the Military Committee of the House, and succeeded in interesting him in the matter and these two men during two Congresses have worked vepy faithfully in the matter, and I hope you will write a letter to both of thern, letting them know just how much you appreciate their work for you. I enclose Senator Proctor's letters; also his ;ast letter. I became very nervous about the bill when I saw the President had vetoed the Well's bill, knowing, as I do, his objection to such bills. However, he allowed it to become a law and we will now follow it up until we get the appointment. It is a great satis faction to me to know that in your old age you andyour family can feel that justice has been done you. I knov/ how it will relieve you and the letters from your sister tell me fully how it will relieve her. I am. Truly and cordially yours, G. M. Dodge. 565 Aug., I894 Incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa DEERE WELLS & CO. Chas.H. Deere,Pres. Wholesal Dealers in M.Rosenfield,v.Pres. Moline, Agricultural implements Lucius Wells, 111 Wagons, Buggies and Carriages Rec'y & Treas. Council Bluffs, la. Dictated byCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 15,1894 General G. M. Dodge, fl Broadway, ^^ew York City Dear Sir:- After conferring with Mr. Wright and Mr. Hart, I have answered your telegram requesting that you send vI666.67 to J.W.Earner of the Pen Mutual, Philadelphia. I presume Mr. Wright has written you, but as he is away from his office and may be busy during the day, I write now to say that we have completed the organization of the Grand Hotel Company, and that the Directors have made a call for the first payment. As you are aware we were to pay viOOOO.OO to the Penn Mutual Company which we expect to have ready to send as soon as the contract which we have agreed upon with their attorneys here has been signed by them and returned to us for our signature. In accordance with terras of agreement with Mr. Clark, we are required to put repairs on the house to the extent of ^^1000.00. We succeeded in our negotiations with the Penn Mutual to get them to reduce their price to us that amount, making the property net us without the furniture now in it ^86,500.00, but they would not reduce the amount of the first payment below flO,000.00. As the amount of stock subscribed was ^"30,000.00, an assess ment of 33 1/3^ would only give us ClO,000.00, and so with the consent of subscribers of stock, except yourself, we decided to make the first assessment 38 1/3^ instead of 33 1/3,^, thus raising enough to put the repairs on the house and pay for Insurance Policies. We shall hope this will be satisfactory to you. Yours truly, Lucius Wells. Aug. 18,1894 567 Highland, Kansas, Aug.18,1894 Gen.G.M.Dodge, My Dear ComradeI have often thought of writing you a few lines, and telling you of a war relic in my possession, and the other day a friend of mine in Des Moines sent me the account of "Battle Flag Day", and I notice your name- hence this letter. Well to the point The relic I speak" of is letter to Maj. Gen. John Pope, Com. Mil. Div. of Mo. written by you in 1865 while you were in command at Port Leavenworth. I w^s a clerk at Dept. H'dquarters, and among the several books, I had charge of was "Letters Sent". This parti cular one is the first one you sent in|to me to copy after you had assumed command. Do you remember how you wrote, somewhat on the Greely style, and how you abbreviated your words? Well, I couldn't make it out, and took it to Captain John Williams, bo go. I then took it to a friend in the room adjoining your private office, who looked at it and said"who wrote that," I replied "Gen.Dodge". You heard me and said "What have you got there young man?" I said "A letter of yours." You asked "Can't you read it ?" abd upon receiving a .negative reply you said "Bring it here" which I did, and I'll be hanged if you didn't have to look it over before you could make it out. After making a copy for your signature, and also sopying it in "Letters Sent", I put the original in my desk and it is in my possession today— a reminder of the days at Fort Leavenworth when we drank from the same canteen, or big white picture rather, and it wasn't water either. And how you used to scold those clerks for getting an occasional cigar from the room adjoining the Adjt. General's office I ! They deserved it tool But we were boys then, and I have no doubt if you could meet those clerks now and take them by the hand you would forgive them all and set 'em up once more for the boys. I'm glad you are living yet, God bless you General Dodge r. and keep you many years to come in health and happiness. The latter will come in 1896 when we turn the tariff "deformers" out.' don't you think so? I meet many Iowa boys every year, and I haven't met a mean one yet. FactI Yours in P.C.&.L. Frank Kiezmiller late Co.H. I3th Kan.V. I. Aug., 1894 Chicago, Aug. 20th, 1894 General G.M.Dodge, I, Broadway, New York. Dear Sir;- Your letter. Photographs and Sailor's suit are received. I am thankful to you for it all; the Photographs are splendid and will be a great help to me by the execution of the Equestrian Statue, the horse must be very much like the one Mr.Taylor used for model, but his whole representation of you is, I think, with out real life and individuality. I am, nevertheless, glad'for the Battle of Atlanta", because it gives the whole equipment of the horse. There can be no doubt as to the three quarter facing view being the best portrait of yourself. Regarding expression in a portrait bust of a great man Iwhose life work is in the highest degree earnest and important' for a whole nation, I confess that to me the moments where his features express what he is doing are the dearest. _ In the must I have shown a little of the "Setting of the jaw as you named it- I think it very characteristic and feel sure that the part of your spiritual personality for which the "setting of the jaw" is a surface expression was necessary To accomplish what you have done and am doing. I hope that those who look for more than a smile or a pleasant expression in a man T io ^ could make two portrait/ busts of you,' family fn 4^ or good the friends. second select Am I right the expression in this? you have when among mandlng mo Ai General on Equestrian the battlefield, statue, it where will you be appear necessary as a to com-rive an expression answering to such a situation. If you desire more plaster casts of your bust I <?h«n IsiJIo^'eaoroopr I shall be very careful with all you send me and return Respectfully, C. Rohl-Gmith 571 New York, August 22nd, 1894, Hon. Daniel S. Lament, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: understand tiiat the appointment of Major Dunbar P. Ransom to the retired list of the army, in accordance with tl.e Act lately passed for his relief, is under consideration by the President. As the reasons for the passage of the law have been fully set forth by Senator Proctor and the reportsof the two committees of ongress, (and of the justice of wh^'ch there can be no cdoubt) T will not say anything in relation to that part of the case. The question naturally arises as to Major Ransom's life since he left the army. Nearly all this time he has been employed in the Supply Department of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, where I have personal knowledge of him. T do not kno-w of Ms losing a single day or haVng t taken a single leave of absence and he has never left Fort Worth to my knowledge Since he went there. His dismissal was so great a blow to h^m that he has absolutely kept himself shut up from the world, living plainly, quietly and devoting lumself to his work. T think I can say tliat he has the respect of every person on our road who has come in contact w'th h'm and T have never had a complaint entered against h^'m during the many years he has been with us. I also think vefy few know anything of his troubles and he never referred to his services in the army though they were of such a character that any officer might be proud of them. He never referred to them to me and wa nut aware for two years of the effort being made to reinstate h^m. He feook no part in the matter and tliis is a case where his own comrades, knowing the facts, voluntarily acted and obtained the passage of the law. I have known Major Ransom and all his family since we were cadets together at Norwich University. His brothe commanded a division in my Corps, dy^ng while in command of the 16 h Army Corps in my absenc#, and T can assure you tha Major Ransom is the soul/ of honor, a modest, retiring, lionest man,- who, under no c 1 rctimstances would be guilty of any act to make the army or War Department regret the act of Congress or his rein^statement. If it is necessqry T wish you would make known these facts to the President, as T fully appreciate h^ s ■'nterest in preserving the standing and moral of the army, T believe In it, myself, absolutely and would not for one moment ask anytliing that could reflect upon It, I knew from the letter I have received from Major Ransom that the long-delayed justice done IMm will make a new man of him; will prolong his l^fe and allow him to visit his old home and his people, which he has not done since he left the army, an d will also lift a great burden from a noble family, the father, son and daughter all having devoted their lives to their country. As showing best what kind of a man M^ajor Ransom is, T ecnlose a copy of the one letter I have received from him s^nce he left the army. Yours very truly, G. M. Dddge. 573 . >■ August, 1894 Vinton, la., 8th, 22d, '94. Gen . G. M. ^odge, Council Bluffs, la. Dear Sir and Comrade: I have been requested to extend to you a cordial and frater nal invitation to attend and participate in our 16th Annual Reunion, and to assertain what you espress woula be so that we can be prepared if you accept. I will add that I hope that you can arrange to be witli us. Comrade J. J. Stectman was with us one year and can give you an idea of what kind of a reunion we have, and should you see him give my respects to him. Hoping to hear from you soon. Yours in F. C. & l., E. H. Colcord, Sec. Eenton Co. Vet. Assn. Dates 26 & 27 Sept. '94. ■ ■ ■ ;v f r e Sept., 1894 E. ATKINS & CO. 35 Broad St., Cable Address. Atkins 575 Boston, Sept. 4th, 1894 Gen. G. M. Dodge, I, Broadway, New York My Dear General Dodge; I could find neither Mr. Carr or Mr. Ames on Saturday after my return here and yesterday was a holiday so of course I could see nobody then. I have had a talk with Mr. Carr this morning regarding U.P., D. & G. matters. The feeling here among the bond holders is generally favorable to the foreclosure measure; at least to have it commenced. I think, however, that they will insist upon' charging the petition in such form as to request the appointment of not only Mr. Trumbull but also Mink and Clark, or at least Mink and Anderson in the interest of the Union Pacific holdings of bonds. Both Mr. Carr and myself firmly believe that we should not sign or present this petition without the knowledge and consent of Drexel Morgan Co. If the movement is agreeable to them, and I see no ' reason to doubt that it will be so, I believe we can get all the large holders here to sign, after making the change in the names of receivers, which appointment, of course, lies with the Court. would suggest that you again call on Drexel, Morp-an & Co. and urge the importance of their either taking action,"^or givinr' tacit consent to the minority holders proceeding before we go further in the matter. If you will telegraph me the result tomorrow, I will leave the matter so it will go forward during my absence from the ty as I intend going to the mountains tomorrow night for about 9. W©©K• ^ talk with Morawitz regarding the orooosed action of the minority bondholders, but the reply which comes to me does not satisfy us regarding the position of Drexel, Morgan wharpo"?lon teey Sui answer at twf JltTr^ea^^rtrMr! I remain, ' Yours very truly, E. Atkins September, 1894 577 New York City, September 4, 1894 Wrs. S. J. Kirkwood, \ Iowa City, Iowa. The death of Governor Kirkwood brings back remembrance of his friendship and kindness to me; and with all Iowa I mourn his loss. To his good judgment in supporting his officers, during the war was dur in a great measure the hight standing of all Iowa Troops, and to his long and successful civil administration Iowa owes much of her growth, her high credit, and her standing in the world. You have my sincere sympathy. G. M. Dodge . September, 1894 New York City, September 5th, 1894 Kr. R. E. Montgomery, MitcJ.ell College, York Harbor, Me. Dear Sir: On my return to the city to-day I find yours of September 1st. I trust you are unduly anxious about what the doctor says. That disease does not come generally from so active a life as you lead. It would be impossible for me to take a trusteeship and such obligations upon me as you speak of, and I know N. P. would not do it. He has all the burden he can carry now. It should be placed in the hands of some younger person; Frank Fusey, for instance. The great trouble these times is that people who are supposed to have themost money, have the least. I don't suppose if is necessary for me to say to you that during these tin.es my obligations are tem times what they have been and it is useless for ir<e to agree to do what I know is impossible. I wrote Lettie that if you woula make notes and put behind them clean security for undoubted amount, I would endorse them, get them discounted, sufiicient to pay the children's schooling. I believe, myself, if there was a good office to put Grenville in for one year, it would be a great aid to liim before going through Yale. N. P. says that was the mistake he made, that he did not give Lockie and Phil a year in some office before they took up their final course. However, as you have arrang ed for Grenville to to Yale probably it would not do to change now. What I want is an estimate of the cost of the tuition and board each year, and notes made for themi for the first year. I don't want to be called upon for the clothing or the nicknacks they need, you must make them understand that upon this they m.ust go through. Whilst you are here you can ascertain all these facts from the Treasurer at Yale and from you expednitures at Stamford. I shall be in th city Monday and will see you any time Monday that will be convenient for you to call. I am very busy and have to leave the city on business to-night. I should have wired you but this letter will reach you almost as soon as the wire. I am. Very truly yoars, G . If.. Dodge . ' ,* •t' «• 581 1894. On geptember 7, 1894, the corner stone of the soldier's gomuinent at Des ICoines was laid. The sc-.lpture of this work was Carl Rohl Smith and a full report and description of the monument and the laying of the comer-stone is given in scrap-book 24, pages 98 to 105. The Hon. James Harlan delivered tlie principal address. His speech went into tl:e history of Iowa as a review of the growth of the military spirit and tlio idea of a monument for the commemoration of military deeds in the civil war. The other speakers on the occasion were Governor Jackson, who presided. Commander Newman, of the Iowa Grand Army of the Republic and Thomas B. Hedges of Burlington. NOTE: The report of the bond-holders Com;:.ittee of the Ft. W. and Denvei' City Railway and the U.P.D.'-. G. and the Committees for the reorganization of the Ft. Vif. and Denvei' City and the Coloi'ado and Texas Railway Construction Company and the VTashington National Bank will be found in Book 13, pages 14 to 28 inclusive. 583 September, 1894 New York City, September 12th, 1894 N. P. Dodge, Esq., Council Bluffs, lov/a. My dear Nate: I had a long talx with Montgomery yesterday. He is de sirous of putting inyour hands a certain amount of his property that is entirely free, to be held for his wife and children. He don't expect you to do anything with it except to hold it as trust ee for them and entirely put of his hands so that he cannot touch it He seems to have plenty of property but no money. He says that to pay the schooling debts and pay for his daughter one year and his son another year in Yale, it will require about :J3,000 this year, but after that it will require, he thinks, about :5l,200 apiece per year. This includes everything. He don't seem to have anything now to even take care of himself with. I suggest ed to him that I was willing to advance the schooling and board, which is about :J^700 for Eleanor and ;p800 or $900 for Grenville upon ample /.^f loan and his note. He seems to think he could not get along with that amount. I would like to hear from you about this. As far as I can learn from inquiries the prices he states are about what would have to be paid. He would take Grenville out for a year if he had any place to put him but he has no business himself and I know of no place where he could be put to get experience. I am. Truly and cordially yours, G. M. Dodge. 585 September, 1894. Denver, Sept. 14, 1894. Gen'l. G. Dodge, No. 1 Wall St., N. Y. Uy dear General: Among the more than thousand acts of kindness which have made your brillian and.useful life a matter of history, there is none more heartily and gratefully appreciated than that in which you gave my only son, Tom, a position on the U. P. R. R. as Asst. Engineer. He is the proudest boy in the world, earning $1000 a year, in bharge of a Bridge Force and I leam giving entire satisfaction. He had four other offers of appointment, among them, a place on the Santa Fe, and a position as Irrigation Engineer under the Gov't, but I told him to put himself under your protecting wing if he worked for his board. I did not iTiake any mistake. He must save enocgh to help me out and pay part at least, of tiie debts I have incurred to secure his education I ami sure Pegram will like himi and push himi forward whenever possible. I owe about $500 and must pay my obligations to those personal friends and that is why I m.ay not be able to see you at the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee in Oct. If I go will cost money. is $4000 behind and I want to pay up and get miy meii.bership again. That Just now I am in ti^ouble with my Gen'l Agt. who on his bond. He has claims against Ins. Cos for $10000 for loss of his arm and they are contesting. I an, perfectly safe in the outcome but it will take time. Ady and I have talked the matter over and we will miake the best show possible at Council Bluffs. I never wa ted to attend a meeting more in my life. It may be my last chance, but I must deny myself and be true to my friends. As ever, Sincerely and gratefully yours, W. T. Clark. Sept., 1894 Gen. G.M.Dodge, New York City, N. Y. 5S7 Greenfield, Iowa, Sept. I5th, 1894 My Dear SirjSince reaching home I have employed much of my time in going over the district and gathering the sentiment as nearly as possible as to the Republican prospects this fall. As you are aware the democrats have endorsed Gen. Weaver and the object is to focus the fight in the 9th and elect Weaver if hard work, thorough organization and money can accomplish such result. I am not advised from what source Mr.Weaver is receiveing money, but it is generally conceded that it is being furnish ed him in quite sufficient abundance. It is thought by some that the Silver League is figuring in this Campaign. During the past week I have seen many of the leading republicans in each count of the district, and many of them are of the opinion that the combine is very strong, and Weaver's friends are predicting his election by a large majority. I have realized from the first that it would require the most thorough organization, the most earnest work and the most perfect party harmony with the present industrial conditions combination. The majority against me and ^ the corn over crop 600, almost and a with failure, the labor the outlook organizations is not re-assurinr. dissatisfied I am ready now, as in 1892, to give all of my time to the campaign and put as much money into the fight as I can afford to, and Lch more, but I have already found that the demands made upon me for money to make the fight is much greater than I can respond to. Outside of the help which you were so kind to extend me in 1892 ^3200. ^3200^ /ith the exception of your ray brother campaign at expenses Council Bluffs reached no nearly one knows that you furnished me but .^500. At his suggestion, and I think it was a good one, the last remittance was not made knowA to the committee, not to any person in the district. Had it been rcnerallv known that you aided me to the extent of a thousand dollars^ mv campaign expenses would have been increased exactly to that amount. Gen. Weaver is the Populist God, and as I am informed they expec? to aid him. in every way possible. I am more anxious to defeat wLvL in? Lm ^ already convinced that it it did ?n TRQ^ larger outlay of money than T I ♦ Without consulting the committee or any of my friends ? V "i to the outlook, Llyou In? h' " "teht consider best. T?ust- eSflyli loToLrTl Bluffs Very sincerely yours, A. L. Eager. - 589 Sept., 1894. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH GOiv^PANY Dated Boston, F;ass, 14 Via Chicago m 111. 16 9/l6 - 1894 To Gen. G. Iv.. Dodge Parker House Boston. The funeral of Nr. Ames takes place aj; twelve o'clock on Saturday a special train will leave old colony station Kneeland St. Boston at eleven oclock for N. Easton Shall you be able to attend answer. Alex iVlller. UnyiWm jAJ! . . 1» ■ i 'Jt.' y.'M'',? 591 r.ept. 1894 Gen. G.M.Dodge Marshalltown, Iowa., Sept. 19, 1894 My Dear General;-. When I took charge of the la. Soldiers Home two (2) years ago, I found an Adjutant and a Quartermaster holding over, from the former administration of the Home. At the first meeting of the Board of the Commissioners, I found that the Adjutant could not do the increasing work of the Home, even after I had personally relieved him of all that I could, and undertaking to do it myself and asked the Board, not only then, but a score of times, afterward for authority to employ an additional reliable, competent man, so as to avoid mistakes and confusion. After waiting two years, a committe of the Board came here to look over the books, and after examining the accounts showing ray own expenditure of f85,000 for salaries and wages and support, they found them,absolutely correct and have so stated. In a hasty glance at the books of the Adjutant they found an apparent discreoancy of s,447.00 due to mistakes of the Board itself. Acting in extreme haste, they at once suspended the Adjutant and myself, and to make the matter worse, they placed a notice of our suspension on the bulletin. That gave the Agent of the Associated Press the opportunity to say what he imagined and he sent out a statement that a discrepancy existed of from ,,600 to •,,1400. The Committe have gone through the Adjutant's books and found that all the discrepancy that exists is that from I time to time, he loaned to inmates of the Home between pension quarter r days, and to men all drawing pensions, the sura of .^96. 90, f24.00 of which was to persons who have gone out of the Home and that amount balance is receiveable, because the pension certificates and vouchers are on deposit with the Home. That is the sum and substance of the whole deficiency about which thev have madp so much ado. In other -words it has been clearly shown that I havf not misappropriated a single dollar of public money. began, however, with administering "J « ias^ff^lltv proceeded to try me to see whether I i ^ ^ ?sked for a meeting of the Board nn be bplacedaced^befo?pre it, l"?® as they are insisting responsible that for this the whole wrst farcend mnQ+ injurious part of it, and am going to place before the?r^ ll ? 4 ment and resignation. ^ oeiore them my final state- ^1 T, ^ ""y bo go to New York when it io over, and make an attempt to begin life over again. I cannot I write this explanation for this reason* vm, +v, i 4 ^ I ness to invite my attendance at the meeting of 4 f 5® rArmy of the Tennessee at your old hoL ConnSii ui, re month. As my plans are now T win r i early next will not r.eturn before spring, if then "l am I^i'n ^ ^nen. I am guilty of no wrong doing 592 and this inves-tigation shows it, but there are somethings I never ' forgive and this is one of them. When men deliberately and'irreparably injure me, that ends it, so far as I am concerned. No newspaper publication in an attempt to right this wrong can be effective, for the truth can never over take the malicious statements which the Commissioners enabled the Press Association to make. Sincerely your friend, John K. Keatley " , // • - - *** ■' 593 September, 1894 New York City, September 19th, 1894 Hon. A. L. Eager, Greenfield, Iowa. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of yoars of September loth. It is going to be very hard to raise funds for the campaing this year. Those of us who have given pretty liberally in the past are tied up now and the demands made upon us from our own properties have been such that we are all borrowers. Then the fight of labor and everything else against us has cost our company so much, and we are looked upon by legislative bodies with so little respect that the people who are at the head of the great properties and have done so much are absolutely discouraged. I never saw such a feeling in my life before. This last strike in Chicago was such an eyeopener to people who owned any property in this country that it has set them to thinking more than I ever saw them do before. I feel, of course, a great interest in your success and I shall try to help you the best I can,but it seems to me that the fight in Iowa is concentrated in Hayes* and your district, and the State Committee should look thoroughly after it. Expecially your district. I shall see you at the Bluffs and talk matters over with you, I am. Truly and cordially yours^ G. M. Dodge. September, 1894. New York City, Sept. 19, 1894, Gov. Wm. McKinley, Columbus,Ohio. My dear Governor: I notice that you are to speak at Lincoln, Neb., on October 4th. It occurred to me that you might come t-o the Bluffs on October 3rd, or the evening of the 4th, where you would receive a cordial welcome. I have had one or two letters from the Local Committee at Council Bluffs, asking me to write you in relation to this. I received your answer to my letter but bear this in mind and if it so happens that you can be present let me know at any time. The Governors of Nebraska and Iowa will both be present. You would get a royal reception out in that country that would do your heart good. I am. Truly andcordially yours, G. M. Dodge. • ■« Vi' ■i ' ^ IV, ■'A, 597 September, 1894 New York City, ■ Septejiiber 26th, 1894 C. 0. Jones, Adjt. Gen'l, Grand Array of the Republic, Rockford, 111. My dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of September 24th, for which please accept mytbianks. I am anxious to concentrate what money there is of the Sherman Monument subscriptions before the meetin^j on the 3rd and 4th, at Council Bluffs. What there is in the hands of the Quartermaster's Department should be turned over to Col. Jas, P. Howe, the Treasurer, St. Louis. I am slad to hear that action has been taken to turn over the balance of the Grazit Monument fund in the hands ofthe Grand Array. I shall be glad to see you at our meeting at Council Bluffs. It will be a noted one and I enclose herewith an invitation for the Commander and his Staff, which please see that he gets. I am. Truly and cordially yours, G. M. Dodge. When in Iowa I learn they had our JlOO in their funds, did you get it? 5S9 September, 1894. Nev/ York City, Sept. 27, 1894, Col. C. C. Cadle, Rec. Sec'y., 7 Mason Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. My dear Cadle; I received your letter saying that you would reach the Bluffs on Monday. I s?iall be there on Tuesdny. The important thing to look after there is the detail programme of what is to be odne each day and the time and the arrangements for carrying it out. Also the fact wants to be thoroughly understood that the reception at my house is for thearmy and its guests, all army societies and army organizations, and all those in attendance at the reunion. As it is originally worded it seems to be for the army of the Tennessee only, but it is to be a reception for everybody sho attends the reunion. Whilst it should be on the local programme,which gives each day's exercises, it should also be put in the papers on the morning of the 3rd, in both Council Bluffs and Omaha. I have sent out the badges from here and I shall bring with me the sourenir menu, which covers everything for the evening of the 4th in detail, so that needs togo on the programme would be, for the evening of the 4th, banouet at such and such a time. Youunderstand these things thoroughly and I only write you because I have received letters from some of my friends there who seem to be very anxious about everything. I suppose their anxiety arises from thedesire that everything shall go smoothly. Mrs. Logan andi^lajor Tucker and his wife (the daughter of Mrs. Logan), will arrive there in the morning of the 3rd from St. Paul, and there are going out with me Schofield, Howard, Grant, Swayne, P. T. Sherman and part of my family, and I might be able to pick up Hickenlooper and his daughter at Columbus. ' I pass through at 7.15 A. M. Monday. As soon as you arrive there I wish you would see my son-inlaw, F. S. Puaey,and get the details of what has been done for the reception to be held at my house and give them any advice about it you may think proper. I don't intend it to be a formal reception. I want it understood that the army and its guests and everybody attending our reunion is at liberty to go up there and have a good time, andthere they can meet the distinguished guests and the mem bers of our Society. I have received responses to my letters from a great many people who say they will be there. I have written nearly all our members in Illinois and Missouri, besides those in Iowa, inviting them to come,and everybody west of the Missouri River. I have not written very fully to the Ohio members as they generally attend. The Chicago people write me that they won t be able to take as many as they hoped to on account of the hard times. Cole, of St. Louis writer, me that they will take from fifteen totwenty from there and when you get there youwill see the list of the guests and others whom I have invited and who have written me that they will be there. I am, ■ Truly and cordially yours, G. M. Dodge. ■ . ■ .< 'j.* ■ ' ^ ' v"' ' ■ ' ' h'- . t'r- :.n- . . ' ' * ' ■ , i . ■ , '•o;- •' • ' • .VI* .V • .>):• I ■' • ' V V' ■ •• f ■< » /i V I* •' I 1j I > ■ . . ■ , ' i. V '1- ■ " . ''H' , "• -h'"* : ■ ' v. U ^ •'» ' . fc V^' , f T *. ■ ' ' /«) I Sept.,1894 601 Dear General Dodge New York City, Sept. 28,1894 12 Gramercy Park You have been so very kind to me always, that I hasten to inform you that a change has taken place in ray situation which enables me to look ray troubles in the face believing that I can work out of them all. I trust I shall never forget your help when I was most keenly at a loss. Yours very truly , Wager Swayne Gen. G. M, Dodge, No.I Broadway, New York City. Oct., 1894 Peter K:iene Peter Kiene, Jr. Franc W. Altman ESTABLISHED IN 1857 PETER.KIENE & SON LOAN INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY Fire,,Marine, Tornado, Life and Resident • insurance. Dubuque, Jowa, October 3rd. I89i Gen. G. M. Dodge, Coiincil Bluffs, Iowa Dear Sir: You will probably remember a book published years ago named "The History of Iowa Colonels", and same contains a sketch of your services and also your lithograph picture. Write to ascertain if you have one of those books and if not would be pleased to present you with the one I have. Noticed your name in the papers as being in attendance at the Reunion in your city, which prompted me to address you there. During the war I was a member of the Sixteenth Iowa Crockers Brigade, serving from Shiloh to the end, and shortly after the close of the service I purchased the book, but think it more value to a gentleman like yourself, who served so gallantly and was so deserv edly made and recognized as one of our leading and best generals . Yours respectfully, Peter Kine Jr. 6C5 October, 1894 Des Moines, Iowa, October 4th, 1894 Gen, G, M. Dodge, Dear General As this is the Anniversary of the Battle of Corinth I take the liberty to call your attention to Capt. Frank Harrison of Lyons, Iowa who at one time was your Chief of Scouts at Corinth and I was detailed under him from Company H, I2th Ills. Vol. Infty. Mr. Harrison today is in need of a clerkship in some Railroad office. He some years ago met with an accident (while working at his trade as a carpenter) and had part of his foot amputated and can no longer work at his trade. He has spent the last two winters at the Soldiers Home, Marshall town in charge of the "Conservatory" and his summers with his Erother-in- law Lieut. Joseph Conway. I have not seen him since the war although I went to Marshalltown lest spring especially to see him but he had left for Lyons the day before. Comrades who are reliable inform me that he is too proud spirited to ask any one to help him or give him aiiy assistance. "Fie does not draw a pension." Now General in remembrance of the past, can't you secure him a clerk ship and tender it to him where he can make enough to keep him above want. From all the reports I can get from others about him he is sober and indtistrious but he has to use a crutch. He certainly is worthy of recognition from those he served so faithfully. If you will kindly investigate him and find the representations I have made about him true you cannot perform a more worthy act than to secure him employ© ment Fie is capable of doing. My writing you may be an unwarranted liberty but I do it solely without the knowledge and in the interest of a man I always admired for his bravery and fearlessness and who should have been a Colonel. If I had any position Mr, Harrison could fill in my business I would not make this appeal to you, but would tender it to him at once. Respectfully your Comrade, Edward C. KoFin 407 Walnut.-St. ^ jk- if-. '*:> . ■ ' 'llAiF'fA'' 611 October, 1894 New York City, October Sth, 1894. Personal Richard P. Clarkson, Esq., Editor "Register," Des Moines, la, My dear Dick: Since I arrived home I have seen the Register of October 5th, with the editorial in it in relation to me. Of course I appreciate fully the friendship of the Register and of yourself and how kindly you always treat me. I am very sorry that you were not present at the reunion at the Bluffs. It certainly was the most satisfactory that we have ever had, if we are to take the judgment of the Society. The Towns of Council Bluffs and Omaha outdid themselves in receiving that army and it was a celebrated gathering with the noted men there. I was in hopes when I stopped at Des Moines to see you but the fact is, I had to get East here by Monday morning. All the people with me were greatly pleased with the at tention and consideration they received at the Bluffs and Des Moines and I was more than pleased to have the opportunity for them to see Iowa as they did. They came home with a very high opinion of that State. I am. Truly yours, G . M . Dodge . mm613 October, 1894 New York City, October 8th, 1894 J. B. Johnson, Esq., Norwich University, North field, Vt, My dear Sir: I received the paper containing the notice of the death of your wife, of which I was very sorry to learn. You have my heartfelt sympathy for your great loss. I met Mrs. Johnson at Northfield and saw what a helpmatfe she was to you. . On my trip to the n.eeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Council Bluffs, Iowa, I was accompanied by Gen'l 0. 0. Howard. I learned from him that when he retires in November he intends to make Burlington, Veimont, his home. I talked to him about Norwich University and succeeded in getting him interested in the institution and think if it were possible to plAce him at the head of it that it would be a great help to the University. I know he would be perfectly willing to go there and deliver lectures. Perhaps he would take a position as President or some other which wojld give him an active interest in its affairs. There is no person that could obtain the endowments that he could and it would so n fill your school, for his reputation as a great soldier and as a consistent Christian gentleman is such that every one concedes to hln. the highest standing the country. He i® also a very warm, personal friend of mine and he has had plenty of experience with our cadets so that you won't have to urge upon him the worth of the institution. I write this that you may imimediately com municate with him if it is considered best. He spOi-ce to me about a son of his who is a very able man, whom he thougl^t would be willing to take the Presidency of the University if a salary could be fixed at, say ^200 per month. That, of course, would insure theactive support of the General. After my conversation with him it struck me that this would be the turning point in the growth of the University if something could be accomplished with him. I am, Truly yours, G. M . Dodge . October 10, 1894 was made Battle flag day at Des Llo^'nos, on which day the battle flags belong-'ng to the Iowa regiments and those which they captured were turned over to the Adjutant General of the State by' an act of the Legislature to have-them-put in glass cases 4 and preserved. John F. Lacey made tl.e presentation of the flags. October, 1894. 617 New York City, Oct. I3th, 1894, Gen'l 0. 0. Howard, Governor's Island, New York Harbor. Dear General: I received your note in relation to the letter from Col, Barber. I also received yesterday the enclosed letter. Iwish you would read it and tell me what you think of it. He seems to think that our Society made a great fuss about this, which is not the case, for it never was mentioned in one of our meetings. The trouble originated with the Omaha Committee, who had suggested him and who got hold of the letters and published the porceedings. The Executive Committee at Council Bluffs or the Society had no part in that. The people who were most indignant about it were the Regu lar Army officers. I never knew or heard ofit until it was shown to me in the paper on the morning of the 4th or 5th, I forget which. I want to be very careful about this because I do not want to give any opportunity for criticism of our Society in the treatment of such a case, especially as you know our army,aDove all others, was friend ly to the Regular Army. Kindly return the enclosed letter when you have read it. I am, Truly and cordially yours, M. Dodge. Oct. 1894 •■ •619 MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE U.S. HEADQUARTERS COM 'AMDERY OF THE STATE OF lO^A. Room I,Equitable Building Des Moines, Iowa, Oct.13,1894 Genl.G.M.Dodge, #I Broadway, N.Y. Dear Sir and Companion:- At the meeting of the Commandery of Iowa, Military Order of the Loyal Legion held on the 9th., inst, on motion of Companion Hoyt Sherma.n I was directed to forward you with the Compliments of the Commandery a copj' of "War Sketches and Incidients" being Vol.(l) of papers read before the Iowa Com mandery. In accordance therewith I have this day mailed same to you. The Commandery of Iowa has learned with great pleasure of your intention to transfer your membership to us and according with the suggestion made in connection with this announcement I have put your name on the list of Companions /ho are to read papers in the future meetings of the Commandery. Upon completion of your transfer and with the understanding that you are willing to contribute a paper, will you kindly indicate your topic and the date at which it will be convenient for you to present the paper. Cur meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month from Oct. to May inclusive omitting Dec. except that the Nov. Meeting being an anniversary and Banquet is usually held on the Tuesday nearest the 23rd., of the month which is the date of the institution of the Commandery. Very truly yours, J.W.Muffly, (M.C.) Recorder G21 October, 1894 New York City, October 13th, 1894 Lieut. H.J. Gallagher, Fort Niobara, Neb. My dear Sir: When I was at the Bluffs I was there handed some letters and documents in relation to your joining your company at Fort Meyer. I was gald to see the good record you have in the ser vice. I remember you and also your old father, at whose instance I appointed you to West Point, or aided in your appointment, I for get which I have written Gen'l Schofield and asked him if it was in accordance with the regulations and proper that it should be done, that you be sent to Fort Meyer. I am too good a soldier myself to ask for anything to be done that is not right and proper I did not mention you to him .on the ground that whilst I was at the Bluffs several of the citizens there spoke to me about it. If you shoald ever come to New York I will be glad to have you call and see me. I am. Very truly yours. G. M. Dodge. 623 October, 1894 New York City, October 13th, 1894 General J.M. Schofield, Washington, D. C Wy dear General; Whilst I was at Coulcil Bluffs several of the citizens there spoke to me about 1st Lieut. H. G. Gallagher, 6 th Cavalry, whom I appointed to West Point. They seemed desirous that he should join his company at Fort Ueyer. As I understand it he is on detail service at Fort Niobara in charge of an Indian company of scouts and that they have either been reduced or mustered out. Friends of Lieut. Gallagher say he has been a long time on duty on the plains and that his record in the regiment is good. Of course, this the records will show. If it js proper and not in violation of any of the rules or regulations of the service I would be glad to see their wishes complied with. I understand he has never been off duty since he entered the service and it would seem proper that he should join his command if there is no further necessity for his detail. I also understand he has been iiiantioned in general orders. Of course you understand this matter much better than I and if my request is not a proper one then I don't desire it to be acted upon. I am, Trvily and cordially yours, G . W, Dodge. G25 October, 1894 New York City, October 26th, 1894 A. B. Cuir.inins, Esq., Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Sir: I have yours of October 15th. The Northwest Goal Com pany was a regularly organized company, the stock subscribedand paid in. It was organized by people interested in the Union Pacific, way back wiien we were building the Union Pacific, for the purpose of furnishing coal to that company. Most of the stock holders sold out and Mr. Pusey, Mr. Montgomery, myself and others, bought the stock and the con.pany was maintained up to the time Pusey took it. Montgomery and Pusey the agents of the company. Of course, they know all about the company for they know of the stookholder's meetings having been held. I think Montgomery or Pusey has the books and I have written to that effect. The company was indebt right along and I took it and handled it with a view of paying off that debt, and did finally liquidate a good portion of it. I think M'acfarland loaned the money to Morgan on what he had seen the company doing. I certainly never had any with Macfarland or any one else in relation to the notes. Morgan, I think, considered that he could pay up what was owing in the com pany and run it until I ordered it closed down and stopped. A portion of the machinery was sold to the Midland Coal Company, which they never paid for. I am, Very truly yours. G .M . Dodge. . -A 627 Oklahoma City, O.T. Oct. 27, 1894, Dear Sir;- Like most soldiers of the last war, I am anxious to secure on of the special medals awarded under the act of 1863. In my wanderings over the West since the war I have never met a member of my old regiment . I have met two members of the 2nd Iowa— our old brigade men--in this city. In '84 I m nt our old regimental adjutant "Wilcox" with the Payne Oklahoma Colony. When you were wounded, in front of Atlanta, you will remember the place—an advance skirmish line of intrenbhments, you came into them alone and was shot while endeavoring to get a view of our front—probably of Atlanta as a part of it could be seen .:^rom this line. Possibly you may remember that just before you were shot •a priv-te soldier warned you that a sharpshooter had the range on the locality where a private soldier had been killed a few minutes before. After you were hit them soldiers ca;ried you to the rear. I was one of them and the soldier who warned you. I have never seen you since although I hope to at some time. I was a private in Co. "G." 52nd 111, 1st Brigade 2nd Division, 16th A. C. The 2nd and the 7th Iowa were of our brigade from Donelson until the close of the war. The 66th Ind. was added to it at Corinth. W. H. L. Wallace was the first comrander and was killed at Shiloh. Gen'l. Hackelman commanded it and was killed at Corinth . Then Genl. Sweeny until relieved in front of Atlanta and after him Gen. Rice formerly Col. of the 7th Iowa. I have mentioned these incidents to show I was with that brigade. I could easily secure a medal for specialservice if the man and officers we. e alive but it is impossible for me to find them. H. N. Wheeler, Editor of the Journal, Quincy 111. is the only member of ray odl company whose whereabouts I know. technical + J requirements hoping and recommend you may see me for enough a medal, in it if to you waive can purely do SO • With most respect yours sincerely, Frank McMaster Private Co. G 52nd 111. Maj. Gen. o G.M.Dodge, „ r, , 16th A.C. Omaha, Neb. 1894, Nov. 629 Gee.A.Newman, Cedar Falls, Dept.Commander. J.C.Milliraan,Logan Senior Vice-Commander W.W.Ellid,Villisca Junior Vice-Commander E.H.Hazen, Des Moines, Medical Director B.F.w,Cozier,Coifax Chaplain HEADQUARTERS DEPARTIffiNT OF lO'^A GRAND AR^^Y OF THE REPUBLIC Cha s.L• ASSISTfiKSETADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE Longley STATE CAPITAI. DesMoines, Ass't.Adjutant General, R.L.Chase,DesMoines, Ass't.O.M.Genl. Harry B.Shaw,Nora Springs Dept.Inspector , H.C.Heraenway,Cedar Falls Judge Advocate Ceo.Currier,Storm Lake, Chief Mustering Officer W.A.Dinwiddie, Cedar Falls Senior Aide-De-Camp Des Moines, Iowa, Nov.12,1894 Dear Sir and Comrade:- Referring to your letter in which you suggested the substitution of a bust for the protrait of yourself, which you were so kind as to promise to place in the Headquarters of this Department, I wish to say that the former will be in every way as acceptable as the latter, and will be received with the greatest satisfaction and accorded the best-position at our command* I am. General, with the greatest respect. Yours in F.C.ft L,, Chas. L. Longley, A.A.G. ."i ,■ ' November, 1894. New York City, Ngvember 3rd, 1894. Col. Merritt Barber, Headquarters Department of the Platte, Omaha, Neb. Uy dear Col.: Your letter and explanation received. We had taken no oflicial or public notice in the Society of the subject to which you refer. Individual members of the Society believed that you understood that the Local Committee was acting for the Society of the Army of the Te;ine.:see and that your words and actions were intended for that. Hence the manifestation of the feeling. I will do what I can to let members know of your disavowal and explanation, though I cannot properly introdice them into the records of the Society. I am. Very respectfully, ■- G. M. Dodge. 633 Nove iTibe r, 1894 . New York' City, November 3rd, 1894 Hon. Jno. Y. Stone, Council Bluffs, la. Dear Sir: On October 9th I received a letter of explanation and regret from Col. Barber, for his action in relation to appointment upon the Local Committee at the Bluffs, in which he says: "It never occurred to me that the general Society of the Army of the Tennessee was to assemble at Council Bluffs for their annual meeting, and it never entered my mind that I had been assigned to service in connection with that Society, other than to some local branch that perhaps existed in the neighboring city." He disavows any intention of insulting or reflecting upon the Society and I have acknowledged the receipt of his letter, but in formed i:im that it was impossible to have theSociety take any action in the master or for mc to place the correspondonoe before the Societ y as the ruatter liad never come befor-e it. I merely write this for your information. He also wrote a letter to Gen'l Howard regarding his action in the matter. I Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. m h: 635 Noven-iber, 1894 Nev; York City, November 3rd, 1894 Mr. Frank McMaster, Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, My dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of October 27th. I remember the circumstances you state, in relation to being cautioned be fore I was wounded. After that, of course, I remember nothing. I doubt, however, whether that fact would be considered a deed for which under the law a medal would be given. I understand they are very particular andwill not award a medal .except for some personally brave act, or something of that kind. As I understand your letter youdesire to have the medal for having cautioned me. I ami very glad to have heard from you and whenever I pass through your country I shall encfeavor to find you. I am. Very truly yours, G. M . Dodge. r? . Nov., 1894 637 Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 9, 1894 My Dear General Yours of the seventh received. The victory is so great that it almost staggers us to contemplate it. The great effect of it is Adverse to the free coinage of silvdr by the United States alone. Populism pure and simple has received- a staggering blow as has all isms that look toward hazardous experiments respecting property labor and industry. I believe that the only way for us to treat silver on a safe and enduring basis is through international action or conciirrent action of great commercial states. No country can so well afford to wait this action as we can. In the meantime we must devise some comprehensive system for our currency. The difficulty in doing this will be in iffinding /m enough in the two houses. It is possible to deal with this question in the next Congress, but nothing else can be done until after 1896. The country will now have a needed rest and there will be a slow but gradual revival of business. I partially promised Solor Humphreys to attend the Chamber of Commerce dinner but was told it would be the last of November. Now it is the 20th. I have had no time for my little affairs and no rest practically for two years and I cannot make the journey on the 20th and return here and I had made engagements covering that date, so I do not see that it is possible for me to make the necessary preparations to do myself justice even if I could be present. I hope to see you early in December. Sincerely yours, W. B, Allison Oklahoma City, O.T. Nov. 15, 1S94. Dear Sir:- I hope you will excuse persistency as I should not have troulled you with an answer to yours of the 3rd inst. but for this sentence in it. "As I \inderstand you letter you desire to have a medal for hnvinr; carried me." Let me briefly recall the facts: To the left of where you were wounded was a Baytery of heavy ^ns shelling Atlanta. To hinder them the Conffilorates had placed a heavy force of sharp shooters in our frong. So deadly was their fire that we were com pelled to dig a zigzag approach to the works where you were v;ounded, You might have entered the line by it but I was farther to the left and did not see you until you came up to our squad. As soon as you were shot it was suggested that you be carried to the rear. The ditch was soo narrow you could not be taken out that way. We were forced to carry you over the open ground in f 11 view of a hundred rebel sharpshooters with the sun onour backs. There was no officer present to order it done and then two volunteered and carried you so far to the rear as was necessary. The ground we crossed was known to the boys as the "graveyard" for no man had been able to cross it alive, for days. There was no more dangerous spot seen from Chattanooga to the sea, and no more dangerous service performed in that or any other campaign. The other two men which did not belong to my company and I never knew their names, nor in fact thought of them. ' I edit. I hope you will kindly read the enclosure from the magazine Tha king you for your kindness I"promise not to intrude the matter upon you agd, n. Yours most resp'y.. Maj. Genl. G. M. Dodge, N. Y City. Prank JcMaster. Nov. 1894 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPAlvTY Nov. 22, ] Dated Baltimore, Md. 22nd Gen. G.M Dodge I B'wa;; N.Y. My father died at ten oclock this morning. Funeral services will be held Saturday two oclock. Grace Espicopal Church . H. Walters November, 1894 Copy of Telegram Council Bluffs, la., November 22nd, 1894 To Harry w'alters, Esq., Baltimore, Md. I received here notice of your father's Death. My long association with him, reaching back to 1870, without a single breach, tells me how great the loss is to me, and I appreciate how great it must be to you. His close friendship and his unfalter ing support made me rely upon him more than upon any one else, and his judgment and advice was always of the best. You have my sin cere sympathy, in which Morgan Jones who is here, joins me. (Signed) G. M. Dodge 645 (Copy) Denver, Colo., Nov. 22nd,, 1894. Mr. Frank Trmnbull, Receiver & General Mana er. Denver, Colo. Dear Sir:- I have the honor to suhrait the following report on the proposed line between Pueblo and Trinidad: According to instructions, I have used 1^ grades, fully compensated (.04 to the degree) for curvature, as a maximum against south-bound business, and a l/2 ^ grade as a maximum against north bound business, and 6^ curves as the mAximun curve to be allowed. The divide between Granero^ Creek and Apache Creek known as the Graneros Divide, is the controlling feature of the country between Pueblo and Walsenburg, and from Graneros station on the D.<5:. R. G.R.R. to the --ountains, the only point to get over this divideis at Greenhorn village, on Section 2, Township 25 South, of Range 67 West. While there are several gaps in this divide east of the D. & R.G.R.R., I believe the line should lie west of the P., & R«G. at all points, as all the business comes to that from the west, where all the coal, mineral and agricultural lands in this section are located. From the Graneros Divide all the streams flow north-east and fall at the rate of about 100 feet to the mile, so a line along any of them must necessarily have a rate of grade greater than ifo Graneros and Rock Creeks become canons a few miles below the divide and once inside of them it is impossible to get out, and leaves one no other alternative but to follow them down, compelling the use of a rate of grade t e natural fall of the stream. The Green horn, being between these two streams, has too narrow a drainage on which to develop th. distance necessary for a 1% grade. This leaves us but one course to follow, -and that is to pass around the heads of Greenhorn and Rock Creeks,- following down each as far as a If- grade will allow before passing over to the next valley, thus working our way to Muddy Creek Canon; crossit and fellow down its north s3qpe until the divide between Muddy Creek and St. Charles River becomes low enough to cross, and thence to St. Charles river and Bessemer Jet. Following this gen ral outline, we began at a point just to the left of the country road, one-half mile south of Greenhorn village in Section 2, Twp. 25 S. of Rng. 67 W., near the south line of Pueblo County; running north across Gr neros Creek, thence northwest around the head of Greenhorn Creek, thence north and 647 east through the "^ec with Ranch, skirting the drainage of Ro ok Creek, and as far east as our max imiun rate of grade will allow us, until we reach '^he lowest point in the divide between Rock Creek and i-'uddy Creek on Sec. 6, Twp. 24 S, of Rn . 66 W, Here we go over to Muddy Creek on Sec. 6, Twp. 24 S,, of Rng. 66 W. Here we go over to Muddy Creek and crossithe Muddy on Sec. 31, Twp. 28 S. of Rng, 6' 6 '7., at the McDonald farm. Prom this point we follow along the north slope of Muddy Creek northeasterly until we reach the gap in the di•ide between Muddy Creek, St. Charles river , known as "The Cedars", at the Northeast corner of Sec. 13, Two. 23 S,, of Rng. 66 W, where the country road p;. sses through; thence to the St. Charles River , Crossing same at the Northeast corner of Sec, 21, Twp, 22 S, of Rng. 65 IV,, about one-half mile east of the county bridge, and thence direct to Bessemer .let. I h've adopted his line only after trials at many other that resulted in encountering obst cles that I considered impractic ble to surmount. I tried to ®void the heavy work betv/een the two branches of Graneros Creek, but found it would take 12 degree curves to follow around the end of the ridge, and the divide is nearly as high at the end as it is where we p^ss over it. I also t Tied a line ("R Line ") staying in the Ra k Creek drainage, as in dicated by Mr. McCrickett, and passing around the end of the high mesa between it and Muddy Creelf, arid then ce up Muddy Creek along its south slpe until a good crossing could be found, and then cross and go down on the northslope and out, as on adopted line; but I found that this lengthened the line about 2.4 miles, with heavy rock work and bridging, and then it did not materially help the crossing of Muddy Creek, as the creek falls 110 feet between the two crossings. The heavy rock work in Rock Creek is in solid lime stone, while Muddy Creek is in sandstone, and that only in six to ten feet ledges, with from twenty to thirty feet of earth be tween these ledges. I also tried running up Muddy Creek from pres ent crossing, but could not get any practicable line. Between the Cedars and the St, Charles River crossing, a distance of six miles on a direct line I found the distance in elev tion to be nearly five hundred feet. I first tried a line crossing the St, Charles as high up as possible, ut found it did not shorten the total dis tance any, and also that the stream does not rise as fast as the adjacent country, and, while the crossing was bad, the hills just south were worse, preclriling the use of as maximun adverse grade, I further tried a line around the end of the divide between St Charles River and Muddy Creek, but soon found the line alongside a perpendicular rock cliff, with the grade line fifty feet up from 649 ■ the base. The only thin; left to do was to develop distance on the slpe as done, lengthening the distance 4^ miles. Nearly all the work from the divide between Rock Creek and Muddy Greek to the Cedars, is side hill work and the looated line can be so adjusted as to balance the cuts and fills more even ly than shown on the ^preliminary line. In a gre t m.any places I have run in the curves, as any angle line would not show the count ry nor the work to be done, besides giving us nearer the actual distance and grade line. With few exceptions, the line is on a supported maximum grade from Greenhorn to the St. harles River. The bridging onthis section is rather heavy, but this is to be expected on any line that runs across the drainage of the country as this does. " Prom Graneros Divide south, the country presents no such serioi s difficulties as on the north side. While there is a littl^ heavy work getting across the Huerfano River, the rest is comparativ ly light work. There is a bountiful supply of good water along the line at St. Charles River, Greenhorn Creek, Apache Creek and springs in the hills on the Huerfano River. Muddy Creek water is not so good, being soraew'-at alkaline. Table of distance of line to be built: Bessemer Junction St. Charles River The Cedars Muddy Creek, Greenhorn Creek. Graneros Divide 'Apache Monument Draw Huerfano River Walsenburg Acme Junction ^'"orbes Junction to RollingMill 7.8 18.2 25.6 33.0 35.6 40.0 43.0 48.3 60.3 79. 86 .5 The total length of the line, as compared with the D. & R.G. us as follows: Bessmer Jet. to Trinidad, Bessemer Jet. to Walsenburg Walsenburg to Trinidad U.P.D. &. G. 102 60.3 41.7 D.5: R.G, 88.7 54.5 48.5 careful preliminary has been completed for 43miles. This includes all the heavy work on Muddy Creek. The rest of the line will cost considerably less. The grading and bridging on the 43 miles, I estimate as follows: 60,000 cubic yard s solid rock at 65^ 100,000 " " loose rock, " 3o/ 355,000 " " earth excavation at 12i^ 690,000 ' " embankment, at 12^ 4,6000,000 feet B.M. bridge trestle at$25 57,000 lineal feet Piling at 33/^ $39,000.00 30,000.00 42,600.00 82,000,00 ^194,400.OCT 115,000.00 19,074.00 651 forward 6 40 ft. nirders, 1 60' Howe Truss, 1 80' do., 8,000.00 Culverts 6,000.00 3,000 lineal feet pipe drain 5,000.00 ('153,074. 00 Average per mile for grading Average per mile for bridging $4,521.00 3,560.00 The work on the next 43 miles is such as will reduce the average per mile. I estimate the cost per mile on Ihe whole distance to be built, 86.5 miles as follows: 60 pound rail, $23. per ton 60-6 hole angle bars, (l.^ 7 bolts, ('2.50 30 spikes,$170 2640 cross ties, at 30/ Track laying and surfacing Sidings Eddging Grading, and Switches Telegraph line, Depots, Tater stations a.d aectior; houses Right of Sup. Freight aid cupervision Contingencies Total cost of 86.5 miles $1,053,397.00 $2,162.00 312.00 35.00 102 .00 792.00 ,,^50.00 2,300.00 4,000.00 200.00 250.00 250.00 200.00 300.00 125.00 800.00 $12,178.00 The valleys of the steams are settled from four to eight miles below the line of the road up to the mountains, a distance of from six to twelve miles, and under cultivation by irrigation, raising large crops of blue stem hay, alfalfa, oats, corn, potatoes, apples and some wh at. There is also quite an industry engaged in r-^ising cattle, horses, sheep and wool. Pears and cherries also do well and orchards of them are being st-^rtcd, besides cabbages, on ions and small vegetables generally, that are now raised only in small quantities because of the distance from market. I estimate that there is now raised along the propo ed line, to ship out: 25,000 tons of hay and alfalfa 150,000 bushels of oats) 50,000 5,000 50,000 50,000 corn) Grain potatoes ar^ples wheat) 2,500 cars. 250 cars. 60 c rs 100 " 25,000 pounds Of honey Stock Wool, Total, 2 50 ' 300 ' 3,262 All this business is tributary to this line, there being 653 no coed road to haul it to the D.&.R.G.R.R. Practicall, this bus iness is at present handled in wagons either to Pueblo or Walsenburg, so neither the Rio Grande or the Gulf gets the local revenue which this business ought to afford to a properly located railroad. It should also be said that the productioncf the country referred to would be much stimulated by such a line as is proposed, on account of its proximity to the producing sections. Additional land would be put under cultivation, and the present output would be dou led withing a year after completion of the road. As examples of crops that are raised, I can mention Fish er, on the St. Charles, raised this year 250 tons of alfalfa on 15 acres, Endicott, on Muddy Greek, raised this year 10,000 pounds of honey. Whitman's orchard, on the Apple Greek yielded 2,000 bushels of appl.es and Hunson, on the Huerfano, 1,200 bushels of apples. Besides this, there would be not a little inbound business mostly first-class merchandise. There is one store at Greenhorn vill ge, one at Greenhorn crossing andtwo at Rye village, their combined business being about $5,000.00 a month. In addition to the freig^it business, there will be a good local pass nger business, which now goes to Pueblo by buggy or horseback. The line passes through a fine country, with may ex cellent views, and is close to the mountains makinr- it attractive aid, when advertised, should help t e through travel. The people along the proposed route are very anxious to have the road built, and the feeling i such that the right of way should ODSt but little. The great advantage of this line over the existing lines and other surveys is the low rates of grades. The tonnage of the trains can be more than doubled, that of the present rains running over the D. &. R. G. track at a cost of practically the same train ex pense, While now 23 loaded cars are a north-bound train, 50 cars can be handled on the proposed line from Walsenburg to Pueblo with the same engine and with less fuel, and on south-bound business there is the same proportion in favor of the proposed line, or, with the same motive power, twich the tonnage can be handled. T'ere would also be a gre^t saving in the expense andrepairs to engines, on account of the be ten quality of water a d no water cars to handle because of the better supply. Respectfully submitted. Eng. Ghg, Gonst, Nov. 1894 655 Elkins, W. VA.jji November 24th, 1894 Gen. G. M. Dodge, No.I Broadway, New "Vork, N. Y. My Dear GeneralIt is poor treatment of a note so friendly as yours of the 7th inst., to allow it to remain so long without acknowledgment, but the fact is my correspondence and other matter requiring attention since the election have exacted of me even harder work than I did during the campaign. I did appreciate very much, however, your kind 'words of congratulation, and was pleased to know that feeling at the"eiub" on the night of the election. The results achieved all over the country, and especially in the West, are glorious, but they perhaps were not so much unlocked for as the victory in West Virginia, which you must have observed was most complete. Iowa has emphasized, as she was accustomed to do in former days, her devotion to Republican principles, and is now again in her normal condition. You will be glad to know that I consider my election to the Genate as assured, and have reason to believe that it will be unanimous. With kind regard, I am Very truly yours, S. B. Elkins Dec, 1894 Denver, Colorado, Dec. 20, 1894 Mr, J, W. Granger, #I Broadway, Nev/ York City, Dear Sir;- I am in receipt of yours of December I7th in relation to the sketch of the summit from t'le hills west of it on the Evans or Cherokee trail before descending into the Bitter Creek Valley, If I remember rightly this is the west summit of the continent, the eastern summit being some fifty miles further east, and between the two is the Red Basin, When I first struck that summit I was astonished not to find it a single divide, the waters running east toward the Atlantic and the waters west toward the Pacific, similar to the south pass, but there is ah immense basin where we crossed the divide, giving two summits, the waters flowing into the basin and being lost there, I think the person with me with the cloak cape around him is Jno, A. Rawlins, who was then Gen, Grants Chief of Staff, and the other is myself, and if they look closely they will probably see that we are examining a compass to get our direction as I was a good deal nonplussed at finding this basin right on the divide of the continent, and was getting the directions of the permanent landmarks to see exactly my location. It was in this Red Desertra whilst we were on this trip, that we rescued Bates's party who had come through from Salt Lake to meet me and who got into this basin and got lost, and we dTound them exhausfeed, being without water. Truly yours. Dictated by C. M. Dodge G.M. Dodge Dec., 1894 r? eei Cedar Palls, Iowa, Dec.,26th, 1894 Gen. G.M.Dodge, New York My Dear Sir;- At a meeting of the Iowa Soldiers-Gailors Monument Com's., held in Chicago last week it was agreed to distribute the plaster casts of the various models to be cast in bronze for use on said monument among the Educational Institutions of the State of Iowa. I saw in the rooms of one artist one or two busts of yourself if 1 mistake not your figure on the monument is to be equestrian I suppose these I saw are studies. When the artist is done using them if you would have one of them shipped to me for the use of the Iowa State Normal School at this place at my expense it would be very highly appreciated by the Trustees and Faculty. The State is to build a new Library next year and we wish to place tliem busts and models in it. Hoping you can grant this request, I am Very tmily , E. Townsend. Mem. I. S. & S. Monu't.Com's. Trustee Iowa State Normal School Refer to Wra. B. Allison John H.Gear D.B.Henderson Jas. Harlin Geo. G. Wright: P.S.- Cannot use the Equestrian figure. 1894 Note-- Write on one side of the paper only. OUTLINE OP BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Write plainly. M 1. Full name with title if any. 2. Date and place of birth. 3. Sketch of early life, education, etc, 4. Date of entering service, Co. and Regiment. 5. Intering War Reminiscences. 6 Occupation, etc., since discharge. 7. Offices held, etc. since discharge. 8. Maiden name of Wife, date of marriage. 9. Names of surviving children. 10. Your present political and religious views. I II. Any item relating to your physical appearance, personal characteristics or social qualities that will assist in giving complete and coneise history of your life, especially record. 12. Give name of some person to whom sketch may be sent for addition, revision and make ready for printer. 13. Biographical sketches are limited to about 500 words. '0 1894 -Office No. FolioVERMONT ROLL OF HONOR. 61 -- 66 To the Vermont Publishing Co., Burlington, Vermont. Please deliver, when issued, according to directions given below copies of volume "Vermont Roll of Honor," which is to contain the Biographical Sketch and Portrait page picture and page record, bound in cloth ^24. Picture and record on same page, bound in cloth, *12. 5 24.00^. I hereby agree to pay the said sura of 12.00 as follows;- One quarter on or about and. one-half on delivery of six I ^ artist proffs of the above protrait, and the balance on delivery of the volume. All copies of this volume .(after the first) $6.00 eacli. You are authorized to draw on me for these several months when due. Note:- No money to be paid to the representative on this contract, and any condition, verbal or otherwise, differing from these printed terms, to be valid, must be written in ink on the face of this contract Name' TownCo. StateRepresentative Date 189 ** Parties remitting full amount with order will receive their volumes with GILT TOP . Please draw a line through the price of volume that is not (ordered. TffM I89t 667 PRANK HATTON AT REST Gently laid away in Rook Creek Cemetery Simple and Impressive Services i ■" 1 !' ' ; 1 ./"i; '1 >' Manji loving friends pay a last tribute to the worth of the Veteran Journalist-- Carried to his last Resting-place by members of the Post Staff, followed by Men high in the Councils of the Mation-- Many beautiful floral offerings . Simple and unostentatious as he himself could have wished were the funeral services over the late Frank Hatton, Editor of The Post. No words of eulogy were pronounced over the remains-only the simple and impressive service for the dead. Amidst the inceijse of flowers, the sweet, sad strains of funeral hymns, and the silent sorrow of friends, he was borne to his last resting place. More eloquent than words were these unspoken tributes to a man who, in his busy life among men, by vifctue of his own strong affections had drawn many to him.- During his varied and extensive career as an editor and public official, Mr. Hatton had achieved a wide acquaintance with people in ail w^lks of life. Th4t this acquaintance was cherished by all who knew him was proved by their presence yesterday. There were men high in the counsels of the Nation, who knew him well and had not infrequently, sought his adVice in public affairs. There were representative citizens of V/ashington, who had been connected with him in many movements for the advancement and welfare of the Capital City; there were leading journalists and political correspondents of the National Capital, who were proud' of him as a represezitative newspaper man; many personal friei ds of all professions, who could remember man;'' kindnesses at his hands, and last, but not least, in their sincere mourning, the men who had worked under him for years or months, as the case might be, but all feeling deeply the loss not only of a kind employer, but a friend and well wisher. Tributes from his friends. Thus to the house of mourning in Hillyer place came many friends. They found the late editor in his final sleep, surrounded by beautiful floral tributes from present and distant friends. The coffin was completely covered with an elaborate mat of roses, the-gift of the • * Gridiron Club, and shortly afterward^ that organization filed past • • ^o,t,ake the last look "at their popular president. . The Press Club ■im was also largely represented and, had sent a large wreath of laurels and palms. A magnificent cross and crown composed of purity roses and pansies came from the National Rifles, and thereby gangs a tale; Years ago, when Mr.Hatton was editor of the Burlington Hawkeye the Rifles went on a tour of the West. While in Burlington they were most hospitably entertained by Mr.Hatton, and that they have never forgotten this kindness from a stranger in a strange land was proved by their tribute yesterday. 668 The Post editorial force sent a beautiful bank of lilies-of the valley and orchids, the employes of the business office a pillar of purity buds inscribed in immortelles, "A True Friend," while the compositors presented a characteristic piece- a printer's "stick", such as Mr.Hatton;^ himself had often handled in his earlier days, J composed of red and white carnations and inscribed with those ' " mystic and in this case mournful figures of the craft "30", mean ing "good night". Those employes of the Post-office department who served under him while he .was Postmaster General also sent a beautiful floral tribute in the shape of a broken column and a wreath. The Princeton College associates of the dead editor's son expressed sympathy with their classmate by sending a most beautiful floral cross, attached to which were silk ribbons of black and oranme, the familiar Princeton s colors. The Loyal Legion!s remembrance came in the shape of a magnificent wreath aiid palms, upon which was in immortelles the words "Loyal Legion. The offerings from personal friends weremany and elegant. From Mat C.Goodwin came a wreath inscribed "Good Night, Dear Friend." Mr. Goodwin himself was present. Among others present were Postmaster-General Bissell and his First Assistant, Frank Jones; Hon. John S.Clarkson, of the Republican National Committee; Congressman Hepburn and Pickier, Genator-elect Gear, Public Printer Palmer, Col. Richard Wintersmith, John Joy Edson Capt. James E.Rtuart, chief post-office inspector, who came from ' Chicago to attend the funeral of his old friend, and Gens.Hazen and Mahone. The Post's Amateur '-Vriters, an organization of juvenile journal- ^ ists which Mr.Hatton h-d founded and developed, was represented bv officers, Alice Weldon Wasserbach, President; Louise Randolph,and Gussie Evans Rees, Vice-presidents, and several members. Of the famdly of the deceased, besides the widow and her onlv son, were Mr.Hatton's uncle. Dr.Green, his nephew, Richard McAdam and George Gnyder, a brother of Mrs.Hatton, both from Iowa. ' The services. Bishop Hurst officiated, reading the burial service and offerirff a beautiful prayer. The Gridiron Quartet, Messrs. Mosher, Morsell. Kaisor, and Hoover, sang, Icannot always see the way," and Mrs orsell and Miss Blanche Mattingly joined in singing "Lead Kindly Liprht". T, benediction the procession started for Rock Creek Cemetery. W Tai "-"-Oresham. ^enatLs tt'q'a U., .A., Admiral James Teller, A.Greer, and William U.G.N., E.Chandler, Maj.John M.Carson Capt. William of the Fletcher Phila- ' TbiSS Theodore W.Noyes w Col.W.B.Thompson, of the Washington Ex-Second Star, B.H.Warner Assistant and Post-master JeLf^rwuSon*' Gen'l 669 1894 EXTRACTS PROM LETTERS AMD REPORTS -OF OT COMMAFDIRG OFFICERS from I86I to 1865 inclusive. I. Report of Col. G.M.Dodge,•Commanding-1st Brigade, 4thDivision, Army of the Southwest, upon action of his command at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 7th and 8th, 1862, (Official records, '''ar. of the Rebellion, Vol.8 page 264.) " I wish to mention especially the bravery of Capt.H.H. Griffiths, Acting Major, and of Lieut. J.A..Williamson, Brigade Adjutant; Also of Lieut, V.J.David, Commanding the section of the battery on the right; also of Private J.T.Bell, Adjutant's Clerk who fell mortally wounded while nobly doing his duty, and Color Sergt. T.Teil, who, after being severly wounded, staid upon the field. "The conduct of the above named officers came under my personal observation. All did well and fought nobly, nnd did their parts in winning a great battle." ,2. Report of Brigadier General John M.Thayer, Commanding 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing, I3th Army Corps, upon action of his ^^commant at assault of Vicksburg, Miss., December 29, 1892. (Volume 17, Part I, page 658) . "The Fourth Iowa, Col. J.A.Williamson, was on the right, I took my place at the head of the Column and moved forward by the right flank. We crossed the bayou and went over the enemy's outside works. I then directed Colonel Williamson to deploy-his regiment to the right and extend ti.em as skirmishers. "We:were still;:adv8ncing in front of the enemy's rifle-pits and batteries and crossed over a high rail fence. On seeing the ground I at once formed my plan to move up the hill, when, looking back for my other regiments, to my amazement none were to be seen and none coming, for I coyld see back to the point from which I started I could not account for it. I had supposed that five regiments were following me. I found myself within the enemy's works with but one regiment. I then went back to the intrenchments, where I had seen" as we went over, a regiment of our troops lying in the ditch, entirely protected from the rebel fire. I ordered and begged them, but without effect, to come forward and support my regiment, which was now warmly engaged. I do not what regiment it was." had entered i returning the works away to Col. to Williamson, my left, retiring, I observed which our of forces, course added which to our extreme peril. The Fourth Iowa was then drawing the concentrated fire of all the enemy's batteries and rifle-pits. I directerColSner Williamson to hold the position, if possible, till I could get up ^re-enforcements, but if he could not to retire. -Being on foot and ^phorapletely exhausted, and the distance back so great, before regiments 670 % could be moved forward. Col. ■^'illiarnson was compelled to bring off his regiment, which he did -in good order. It was nothing but slaughter for it to remain. During the half hour, it was there , 7 men were killed and 104 wounded." X X X X X. X X X X X X X " The conduct of Colonel Williamson-, his officers, and men through this trying ordeal is worthy of the highest pr4ise." 3. Report of Brig. General P. Jos. Osterhaus, Commanding 1st Division, I5th Army Corps on the action of his command at engage ment at Cane Creek,.Ala., October 20th, 1863. (Vol. 31, Part I, page IB.) "Only the Gecond Brigade, under Colonel Williamson, Landgraeber's battery, and the Fifth Ohio Cavalry,, and Third TJ.S.Cavalry, participated in the fight, and they all did their whole duty." . 4. Report of f.fa jor General Jos.Hobker, Commanding IIth and I2th Array Corps on action of his command during operations in and around • Chattanooga and Ringgold Campaign, November, 1894. (Vol. 31, Part 2, Pages 321 and 322) "While this was going on in front of the gorge, Osterhaus detached four regiments, under Colonel Williamson, half a mile to the left, to ascend the ridge and turn the enemy's right. Two of these the Seventy-sixth Ohio, supported by the Fourth Iowa, were thrown ' forward, and as the enemy appeared in great force, when they had nearly gai ned the crest, Geary ordered four of his regiments still farther to the left, under Colonel Creighton, for the same object where they also found an overwhelming force confronting them. Vigor ous attacks were made by both of these columns, in which the troops extraordinary daring and devotion, but were compelled to yield -to numerical superiority." ^ X X X _ "Williamson's Brigade followed him over the mountain, while skirmishers from the Sixtieth and One hundred and Second New York Regiments pursued him through the gap. Efforts were made to burn the railroad bridges but the rebels were driven from them and the fires extinguished." 5, Report of Major General W.T.Sherman, Commanding Army of Tennessee, of operations from September 22, to November 29 1863 (Vol. 31, Part 2, Page 582) ' report is already so long I.must forbear mentioning acts of* individual merit. These will be recorded in the reports of D1vic;inn Oo^nders, which I will cheerfully Indoree. bu? TSSst bay but justice that Colonels of Regiments who have so long and «^o'well commanded Brigades, as in the following cases, should be commissioned to the ""f ueefulness and* credit "Colonel J. A. Williamson, Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteers." #2 €71 1694 Extracts from letters and reports of my comiranding officers. 6. Report of Brigadier Tieneral P. Jos. Osterhaus, Commanding 1st Division, I5th'Array Corps, of operations of the-command furing Chattanooga- Ringgold Campaign,. (Vol. 31, Part 2, Pages 604, 605, 606.) "The Ceventy-sixth Ohio, also Gnneral Wood's brigade, was de tailed to ascend Taylor's Ridge on the left, with a view of gStting on the enemy's flank. This movement was, however, soon observed by the rebel commander, who appears to have been stationed on the ridge, and I saw a strong column moving in a direction to theck the progress of the Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry. Three regiments, the Fourth, ninth, and Twenty-fifth Iowa Infantry of Second Brigade, were accord ingly dispatched, to support the Seventy-sixth 0|[io Infantry. Colonel Williamson personally took command of this party, and they climbed steadily up the steep slope in two lines." "While the rebels were making this charge in the center. Colonel Williamson, who had meanwhile almost reached the crest of the ridge, sustained a similar assault by superior forces. I refer to his account of the occurrences connected therewith." "After yielding to the enemy a sliort time, the regiments_ under command of Colonel Williamson rallied promptly and soon possessed themselves of a position on the ridge in advance of the one they had occupied before," "The enemy's guns were soon silenced, and an advance along our whole line found the enemy retreating at all points. Colonel William son discovered them in an attempt to burn two bridges across Chi'ckamauga Creek, and drove them away in time to save the bridges. Your orders were not to pursue any further." "I have some names to add from my personal observation." "Col. Williamson, Commanding Second Brigade;" "They all did their whole duty." 7. Letter dated September 13, i864, from Major General John A.Logan, Commanding I5th Army Corps, recommending promotion to rank of Brigadier General, (Vol. 38, part 3, page 112) "I have the honor to recommend for promotion to the rank of Brigadier-General of Volunteers the following named officers, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during this campaign." Col. James A. Williamson, Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry." 8. Report of Major General P. Jos. Osterhaus, Commanding 1st Division, I5th Army Corps, of operations of his comrand at Resaca, (Vol. 38, part 3, pages 129," 131, 132) "The enemy opposed these operations persistently, and attempted repeatedly, during the evening and night of 26th, to drive Colonel illiamson back, all of which attempts this officer succeeded in repellXxig • "Every few minutes after the order was given, and its execution being barely commenced, the rebels attacked on the left flank of Second Brigade, throwing an enfilading fire into its lines, and compelling them to fall back, in spite of the desperate resistance of Colonel 67^ Williamson's coramand. " " . "Colonel Williamson, commanding brigade, and the officers commanding regiments, deserve praise for the prompt and energetic manner in which they executed this maneuver and enabled "us to o-ain and hold a position forbidding any further attempts on the part of the rebels." "On the 2oth of June, in pursuance of orders received. Colonel Williamson's (Second) Brigade deployed on the crest of a hill to the right of the Second Division, where he intrenched himself. This position was in the direct front of rebel batteries placed on the very summit of Big Kenesaw, and exposed to their plunging fire." 9» Report of same officer- Action at Jonesborough, Ga. (Vol. 38, part 3, pages 135 and 136) "At the same time the troops of Colonel Williamson's brirade who formed the connection with the refused line, poured their fire into the assaulting column. Here I cannot omit to mention the splendid conduct of the officers and men of the Fourth Iowa Infantrv, who were ordered to occupy that portion of this connecting line where as vet no breast-works had been thrown up; they whirled in and held the place most gallantly. The effect of our fire was immediate and terrible* the enemy s line, compact until now, broke and dispersed in all direct ions. A number came over into our lines; the masses, however, fell back into the timber on their right and rear to find protection from timber, + y and The attacked enemy formed again, again though several very feebly, times lander showing cover their of first this repulse to have been a very severe and decided one." ed, pri displayed riic, the "'angelin same promptness, and Williamson, zeal, and whose bravery men were which mostly thev exMb- engag ited on so many occasions during the past months." . 10. Reprt of Brigadier General Chas. R.Woods, temporarilv com manding 1st Division I5th Army Corps, at Atlanta, Ga. (Vol. 38, part 3, page 140) mention, as deserving special notice for gallantry on the ^nd of July, Col. James A. Williamson, commanding '"Second Brigade." 11. Letter dated October 24, 1864 of Maior General w m « Commanding Military Division of the Mississiooi motion .to rank of Brigadier General ' recommending pro39, Part 3, 412 and 413) mo+n- General; I always designed to canvass the claims to nroonly be known to him by the record Rut i whom can general I earsonly n°3e'^Col?^ 'pourth''lo«a°^ brlgadlerand .ell commanded brlgadee and .ho eeem to'h.ve no Si C75 1894. The Governor of the State of Tov/a, Governor Boles, had requested me to have my portrait painted for the State and T engaged an Iowa artists, George H. Yewell. The portjrait was at once ordered. This portrait was so highly thought of by the Union Pacific that a replica was at once ordered for their general office in Boston. It was opened on and hung in the capital. It attracted quite a crowd; it was a very fine work of art. George H. Yewell who painted it was an Iowa City Boy and a member of the National Academy, On Noveml^er 18, 1908, made a trip over/our roads in Colorado and Texas and ims cordially received/by all the/employees along the line of the roa^and a grd^^mahy of\ the cit'zehs, .. U--' I jAt^. « l.i.."" .1 "I. .j 677 1894. .I»C8I When I returned I found my car filled with roses. Majof-'^Quinn of the engineers arrived and lunched with me. He has no doubt as to the.amount of water he can obtain. . ' On April 19 .h I arrived at San Antonio at 9 A. M. Met Will H. Clark. It has rained for fifteen hours; first rain for twelve months and only one heavy rain before. He is in favor of irrigation at all places that can be used on the Frio, Messrs. Clark and Puller have decided on a decision in the Rio Ftdbo case. They will recognize the survey of McClintock and Hodges. Nelson who is city engineer of San Antonio gave strong testimony that 9° 15' East was as near the true variation of the needle as could be calculated from the Standard of 8° 40". The only suit now is Eaton on Little Frio. He wsuits to settle on eighteen years possession before our entrance in 1858. On April 20ti. I was disabled again v/ith gout, in the right foot this time. Mr. Clark was down to call and says the plaintiff to set aside sale 19 will get judgment for the money and interest, less the amount court will allow for use as what we sold for 19 was 20, a state section, which they have since bought from the State, their con tention being to have Williams' survey adopted instead of McCrickets so as it covers their improvements better. This will give a judgment of |500 against the stone land. On the Eaton suit I concluded to settle it out of court so as to establish our lines on .he Dry Frio and if we succeed in the Rio Frio also we will bo well fixed. On May Ist was in Council Bluffs and had a meeting of the citizens there as to the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee in the Pall. They showed great interest in it. Johb Y. Stone will be chairman of the local committee. Thomas Bowman, 678 1894. said he ^ould aid. , t?irn 5. ,• ?i-«r 1 I bemrfw'^Tt X noi-iT On May 3rd, Mr. Hu'tjhell met me and we agreed to close v;ith the St. Paul road for the purchase.of our Northwestern interests. 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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. Correspondence, diaries, business papers, speeches, and miscellaneous notes related to Dodge's family history, Civil War activities, railroad construction, life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and travels in Europe. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851-1916 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context B D6643z Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers - Book 14 Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource General Dodge Papers - 1893-1896, Book 14 Union Pacific Ry. Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Ry. Des Moines Northern and Des Moines Northwestern. Receivership of Union Pacific Railway. Reorganization of Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Victor Coal Co. Election for U. S. Senate favor John Y. Stone to Gear. Death of Frederick L. Ames. C. C. Carpenter. Biography of G. M. Dodge in Annals of Iowa. Painting as Grand Marshall at Dedication of Grant Tomb. Letter on Indian Campaign to Genl. Nelson S. Miles. Hon. Wm. B. Allison Candidate for President, U. S. A. Index for Book 14 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1893-1896 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context B D6643z Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1893 1894 1895 1896 General Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad